[GLLUG] linux-user Digest, Vol 70, Issue 19

Joel Mayer joelm_audion at msn.com
Thu Feb 26 09:10:16 EST 2009


Gentlemen-

It makes no difference to me whether or not there is a Linux version 
of trueSpace. I am trying to find someone who will teach me how to use
it, someone I can pay off in value meals. Thanks / Joel Mayer
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  Today's Topics:

     1. Re: trueSpace version 7.6 (Sean O'Malley)
     2. virtualization/netboot question (Sean O'Malley)


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  Message: 1
  Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:55:54 -0500 (EST)
  From: "Sean O'Malley" <picasso at madflower.com<mailto:picasso at madflower.com>>
  Subject: Re: [GLLUG] trueSpace version 7.6
  To: Mark Thuemmel <ldaphelp at thuemmel.com<mailto:ldaphelp at thuemmel.com>>
  Cc: karl.schuttler at gmail.com<mailto:karl.schuttler at gmail.com>, linux-user at egr.msu.edu<mailto:linux-user at egr.msu.edu>
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  from
  http://www.teknobites.com/2008/07/25/truespace-3d-modelling-software-is-free-now/<http://www.teknobites.com/2008/07/25/truespace-3d-modelling-software-is-free-now/>

  "Truespace is the product of Caligari, a company acquired by Microsoft
  recently. TrueSpace is a paid product before, but now they have released
  it as a freeware for windows. The new version of truespace allows people
  to export 3D content to virtaul earth. It also allows to export as X
  Format for game engines like XBOX 360. It serves as an alternative to 3ds
  Max and Google Sketchup. There is an open source project called Blender
  for 3D modeling which supports wide number of platforms including windows,
  mac, linux, BSD, solaris."


  Given the wording of the article, maybe he is referring to Blender.
  Blender comes with at least Fedora (I assume other distros as well.) I
  couldn't find any reference to Truespace being able to run on Linux,
  however,  I did find a reference to some compatibility between the two
  applications which could cause some confusion. ??






  On Tue, 24 Feb 2009, Mark Thuemmel wrote:

  > Joel Mayer wrote:
  > > Dear Lansing Linux Users Group-
  > >
  > > Does anybody in Lansing know how to use the 3D graphics software
  > > package: trueSpace version 7.6? This magnificent piece of code recently
  > > went free ware and is available for download at: http://www.caligari.com<http://www.caligari.com/>
  > > Seems to me anyone with any interest whatsoever in web design and
  > > graphics would have to have a copy of this package.
  > >
  >
  >
  > Is this a Linux application or Windows only?  Can you provide working
  > download link for the Linux version?
  >



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  Message: 2
  Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:38:26 -0500 (EST)
  From: "Sean O'Malley" <picasso at madflower.com<mailto:picasso at madflower.com>>
  Subject: [GLLUG] virtualization/netboot question
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  I have a couple of computers at home(doh). My little cousins like to play
  on them on occasion.  However, some of the programs they like to use are
  windows based,and some of them are linux based. I like to use the
  computers for linux based things and they are running a distributed
  client when not in use.

  What I -want- is a system that lets me netboot the machines, copy vm image
  files to the netbooted system's harddrive. Allow me to launch the VM in a
  fullscreen kiosk mode. (copy a new image file in the background while they
  are using the vm that is in use.) Let them log in as admin let them
  completely screw up the system. When they logout or restart, they get a
  nice fresh image to work with. (They have shared filespace on my server
  because i do end up wiping out the machines often as I retool for
  different projects.)

  I would like this to work with both linux and windows so you can pick n
  choose which OS you want to run/destroy.

  I was going to use the linux k12 or cobbler for the netboot system.
  Then I was going run qemu on top of it for my choice of VM's to use and
  just adjust qemu to run fullscreen in more of a kiosk mode after selection
  of the vm to actually use.

  I was going to manage/reload the vm images using the unused bandwidth in
  the background with a shell script, and do checksums on the images to
  verify the copy completed, etc.

  I found the paravirtualization drivers for kvm for Windows and I use those
  on my laptop and it seems to work okay for my use.

  I can handle it if say cobbler can drop the customized image onto the
  disk, wiping the drive isn't that bad, but I do have different sized
  drives on the system.

  I could just use a terminal server, but that doesnt really let me leverage
  the horsepower of the client machines which means my -real- projects won't
  have enough horsepower when they are screwing around.

  Does anyone know of a project that lets me do this?  Or know of a better
  way to do this? comments/flames?



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