Re: [gentoo-user] [Less OT] Tally ho! - RC Flight Sims on Linux
On Monday 30 June 2014 01:26:48 waben...@gmail.com wrote: Am Sonntag, 29.06.2014 um 16:26 schrieb Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com: waben...@gmail.com wrote: Am Sonntag, 29.06.2014 um 20:38 schrieb Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk: On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:29:56 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Please folks, stop that crap. It has nothing to do with gentoo or computers at all. If you wanna discuss the delightfulness of war machines then please to this at another place and not on this list. Allow me to introduce your to my good friend Delete and his lovely wife button Or you could filter anything with OT in the subject to /dev/null. It's not like this thread is masquerading as something relevant. That's not the point. If you wanna talk about stuff that's apparently absolut useless to almost every member of this ML, then you should do this at another place. Especially discussions with politically and or military background are IMHO absolutely inappropriate. But hey, maybe I'm wrong. Why shouldn't we talk here about everything that cross one's mind? We could mark it as OT in the subject line, so it should be no problem for everyone. Maybe we should discuss the local daily weather? I think, that's a pretty good idea as it would increase the noise level of this list even more. What do you think? Just a FYI. I have in the past asked questions about Windoze XP on this very list. Why, I'm not joining a windoze mailing list for just one question and I know a lot of people on this list know about windoze as well. I have seen other topics raised on this list before. It's not often but it does happen. I see Gentoo threads that don't interest me at all and I just mark them as read and move right along but I don't tell folks that I don't want to see them. I could start with systemd. If I see systemd in the subject, I mark it read and move right along usually without reading even the first post. Why, I don't use systemd so I am certainly not interested in it. There are other threads that I do the same thing with. That's right. But all examples you've mentioned are computer related topics and maybe useful for anyone on this list. We can turn this into a computer related thread. Anyone know of a way to get a flight-sim (for model planes) to run on Linux? I have a legit copy of Realflight ( http://www.realflight.com ) and occasionally have to boot into a legit copy (yes, all my software is 100% legit) of MS Windows. Ideas welcome. -- Joost
Re: [gentoo-user] [Less OT] Tally ho! - RC Flight Sims on Linux
在 2014年6月30日 星期一 09:17:02，Joost Roeleveld 写道： On Monday 30 June 2014 01:26:48 waben...@gmail.com wrote: Am Sonntag, 29.06.2014 um 16:26 schrieb Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com: waben...@gmail.com wrote: Am Sonntag, 29.06.2014 um 20:38 schrieb Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk: On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:29:56 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Please folks, stop that crap. It has nothing to do with gentoo or computers at all. If you wanna discuss the delightfulness of war machines then please to this at another place and not on this list. Allow me to introduce your to my good friend Delete and his lovely wife button Or you could filter anything with OT in the subject to /dev/null. It's not like this thread is masquerading as something relevant. That's not the point. If you wanna talk about stuff that's apparently absolut useless to almost every member of this ML, then you should do this at another place. Especially discussions with politically and or military background are IMHO absolutely inappropriate. But hey, maybe I'm wrong. Why shouldn't we talk here about everything that cross one's mind? We could mark it as OT in the subject line, so it should be no problem for everyone. Maybe we should discuss the local daily weather? I think, that's a pretty good idea as it would increase the noise level of this list even more. What do you think? Just a FYI. I have in the past asked questions about Windoze XP on this very list. Why, I'm not joining a windoze mailing list for just one question and I know a lot of people on this list know about windoze as well. I have seen other topics raised on this list before. It's not often but it does happen. I see Gentoo threads that don't interest me at all and I just mark them as read and move right along but I don't tell folks that I don't want to see them. I could start with systemd. If I see systemd in the subject, I mark it read and move right along usually without reading even the first post. Why, I don't use systemd so I am certainly not interested in it. There are other threads that I do the same thing with. That's right. But all examples you've mentioned are computer related topics and maybe useful for anyone on this list. We can turn this into a computer related thread. Anyone know of a way to get a flight-sim (for model planes) to run on Linux? I have a legit copy of Realflight ( http://www.realflight.com ) and occasionally have to boot into a legit copy (yes, all my software is 100% legit) of MS Windows. X-plane ? Ideas welcome. -- Joost
Re: [gentoo-user] [Less OT] Tally ho! - RC Flight Sims on Linux
On Monday 30 June 2014 15:40:02 microcai wrote: 在 2014年6月30日 星期一 09:17:02，Joost Roeleveld 写道： On Monday 30 June 2014 01:26:48 waben...@gmail.com wrote: Am Sonntag, 29.06.2014 um 16:26 schrieb Dale rdalek1...@gmail.com: waben...@gmail.com wrote: Am Sonntag, 29.06.2014 um 20:38 schrieb Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk: On Sun, 29 Jun 2014 21:29:56 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: Please folks, stop that crap. It has nothing to do with gentoo or computers at all. If you wanna discuss the delightfulness of war machines then please to this at another place and not on this list. Allow me to introduce your to my good friend Delete and his lovely wife button Or you could filter anything with OT in the subject to /dev/null. It's not like this thread is masquerading as something relevant. That's not the point. If you wanna talk about stuff that's apparently absolut useless to almost every member of this ML, then you should do this at another place. Especially discussions with politically and or military background are IMHO absolutely inappropriate. But hey, maybe I'm wrong. Why shouldn't we talk here about everything that cross one's mind? We could mark it as OT in the subject line, so it should be no problem for everyone. Maybe we should discuss the local daily weather? I think, that's a pretty good idea as it would increase the noise level of this list even more. What do you think? Just a FYI. I have in the past asked questions about Windoze XP on this very list. Why, I'm not joining a windoze mailing list for just one question and I know a lot of people on this list know about windoze as well. I have seen other topics raised on this list before. It's not often but it does happen. I see Gentoo threads that don't interest me at all and I just mark them as read and move right along but I don't tell folks that I don't want to see them. I could start with systemd. If I see systemd in the subject, I mark it read and move right along usually without reading even the first post. Why, I don't use systemd so I am certainly not interested in it. There are other threads that I do the same thing with. That's right. But all examples you've mentioned are computer related topics and maybe useful for anyone on this list. We can turn this into a computer related thread. Anyone know of a way to get a flight-sim (for model planes) to run on Linux? I have a legit copy of Realflight ( http://www.realflight.com ) and occasionally have to boot into a legit copy (yes, all my software is 100% legit) of MS Windows. X-plane ? Not what I'm looking for. That simulates 1:1 scale planes (full size). I am talking about one I can use to practice flying without risking my real planes on the first attempt. I need one where I can use my own transmitter connected to the computer. There are cables to hook them up to the USB-port. But the problem is finding a decent one that actually runs on Linux. All the commercial ones I can find are MS Windows only. -- Joost
Re: [gentoo-user] [Less OT] Tally ho! - RC Flight Sims on Linux
Joost Roeleveld wrote: On Monday 30 June 2014 15:40:02 microcai wrote: 在 2014年6月30日 星期一 09:17:02，Joost Roeleveld 写道： We can turn this into a computer related thread. Anyone know of a way to get a flight-sim (for model planes) to run on Linux? I have a legit copy of Realflight ( http://www.realflight.com ) and occasionally have to boot into a legit copy (yes, all my software is 100% legit) of MS Windows. X-plane ? Not what I'm looking for. That simulates 1:1 scale planes (full size). I am talking about one I can use to practice flying without risking my real planes on the first attempt. I need one where I can use my own transmitter connected to the computer. There are cables to hook them up to the USB-port. But the problem is finding a decent one that actually runs on Linux. All the commercial ones I can find are MS Windows only. -- Joost Don't forget, there was a guitar that ran Gentoo Linux too. Heck, did plane engines have puters even back then? I know they do now, at least according to all the stuff I see on TV. I don't think puter stuff started until like in the 80's or something tho. M$ Windoze. Yuck! I wouldn't put that stuff on my rig. Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] [Less OT] Tally ho! - RC Flight Sims on Linux
On Monday 30 June 2014 03:56:44 Dale wrote:
Joost Roeleveld wrote:
On Monday 30 June 2014 15:40:02 microcai wrote:
在 2014年6月30日 星期一 09:17:02，Joost Roeleveld 写道：
We can turn this into a computer related thread.
Anyone know of a way to get a flight-sim (for model planes) to run on
Linux?
I have a legit copy of Realflight ( http://www.realflight.com ) and
occasionally have to boot into a legit copy (yes, all my software is
100%
legit) of MS Windows.
X-plane ?
Not what I'm looking for.
That simulates 1:1 scale planes (full size).
I am talking about one I can use to practice flying without risking my
real
planes on the first attempt. I need one where I can use my own transmitter
connected to the computer. There are cables to hook them up to the
USB-port.
But the problem is finding a decent one that actually runs on Linux. All
the commercial ones I can find are MS Windows only.
--
Joost
Don't forget, there was a guitar that ran Gentoo Linux too.
I remember that one, still wondering about the point though, but that's just me
:)
Heck, did
plane engines have puters even back then? I know they do now, at least
according to all the stuff I see on TV. I don't think puter stuff
started until like in the 80's or something tho.
They had computers during WWII, they used them to break the german encryption.
They appeared in planes not too long after:
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly-by-wire
***
The first non-experimental aircraft that was designed and flown (in 1958) with
a fly-by-
wire flight control system was the Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow[1],^{[5][2][6][3]}
a feat
not repeated with a production aircraft until Concorde[4] in 1969. This system
also
included solid-state components and system redundancy, was designed to be
integrated with a computerised navigation and automatic search and track radar,
was
flyable from ground control with data uplink and downlink, and provided
artificial feel
(feedback) to the pilot.
***
Also:
https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/america-by-air/online/jetage/jetage17.cfm
***
The first autopilots were used on airliners in the mid-1930s. In the late
1950s,
electronic computers became small enough to be used aboard aircraft.
Sophisticated
digital computers can now fly aircraft in virtually any situation, while
ensuring that all
systems are functioning properly.
***
M$ Windoze. Yuck! I wouldn't put that stuff on my rig.
I do, for a few programs that aren't available on Linux (yet).
The flightsim for RC model planes is one of them.
--
Joost
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly-by-wire#cite_note-5
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly-by-wire#cite_note-Whitcomb-6
[4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde
Re: [gentoo-user] [Less OT] Tally ho! - RC Flight Sims on Linux
On 30/06/2014 09:40, microcai wrote: 在 2014年6月30日 星期一 09:17:02，Joost Roeleveld 写道： On Monday 30 June 2014 01:26:48 waben...@gmail.com wrote: [snip] That's right. But all examples you've mentioned are computer related topics and maybe useful for anyone on this list. We can turn this into a computer related thread. Anyone know of a way to get a flight-sim (for model planes) to run on Linux? I have a legit copy of Realflight ( http://www.realflight.com ) and occasionally have to boot into a legit copy (yes, all my software is 100% legit) of MS Windows. X-plane ? wine? -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
Re: [gentoo-user] [Less OT] Tally ho! - RC Flight Sims on Linux
On Monday 30 June 2014 11:51:08 Alan McKinnon wrote: On 30/06/2014 09:40, microcai wrote: 在 2014年6月30日 星期一 09:17:02，Joost Roeleveld 写道： On Monday 30 June 2014 01:26:48 waben...@gmail.com wrote: [snip] That's right. But all examples you've mentioned are computer related topics and maybe useful for anyone on this list. We can turn this into a computer related thread. Anyone know of a way to get a flight-sim (for model planes) to run on Linux? I have a legit copy of Realflight ( http://www.realflight.com ) and occasionally have to boot into a legit copy (yes, all my software is 100% legit) of MS Windows. X-plane ? wine? I try that once every few months, not been one that works yet. Problem is the copy-protection with the one I use. The CD needs to be in the drive for it to work. -- Joost
Re: [gentoo-user] [Less OT] Tally ho! - RC Flight Sims on Linux
On 30/06/2014 12:01, Joost Roeleveld wrote: On Monday 30 June 2014 11:51:08 Alan McKinnon wrote: On 30/06/2014 09:40, microcai wrote: 在 2014年6月30日 星期一 09:17:02，Joost Roeleveld 写道： On Monday 30 June 2014 01:26:48 waben...@gmail.com wrote: [snip] That's right. But all examples you've mentioned are computer related topics and maybe useful for anyone on this list. We can turn this into a computer related thread. Anyone know of a way to get a flight-sim (for model planes) to run on Linux? I have a legit copy of Realflight ( http://www.realflight.com ) and occasionally have to boot into a legit copy (yes, all my software is 100% legit) of MS Windows. X-plane ? wine? I try that once every few months, not been one that works yet. Problem is the copy-protection with the one I use. The CD needs to be in the drive for it to work. Can you fudge it using a ripped .iso of the CD and loop mounting it somewhere? -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
Re: [gentoo-user] [Less OT] Tally ho! - RC Flight Sims on Linux
On Monday 30 June 2014 12:09:16 Alan McKinnon wrote: On 30/06/2014 12:01, Joost Roeleveld wrote: On Monday 30 June 2014 11:51:08 Alan McKinnon wrote: On 30/06/2014 09:40, microcai wrote: 在 2014年6月30日 星期一 09:17:02，Joost Roeleveld 写道： On Monday 30 June 2014 01:26:48 waben...@gmail.com wrote: [snip] That's right. But all examples you've mentioned are computer related topics and maybe useful for anyone on this list. We can turn this into a computer related thread. Anyone know of a way to get a flight-sim (for model planes) to run on Linux? I have a legit copy of Realflight ( http://www.realflight.com ) and occasionally have to boot into a legit copy (yes, all my software is 100% legit) of MS Windows. X-plane ? wine? I try that once every few months, not been one that works yet. Problem is the copy-protection with the one I use. The CD needs to be in the drive for it to work. Can you fudge it using a ripped .iso of the CD and loop mounting it somewhere? Would work in Linux, I guess. But even with the disk in the drive, it didn't work last time I tried it. It is time for a new try though. But my preference would be something native. -- Joost
Re: [gentoo-user] [Less OT] Tally ho! - RC Flight Sims on Linux
Alan McKinnon wrote: On 30/06/2014 09:40, microcai wrote: X-plane ? wine? Sorry, I don't drink. ROFL Dale :-) :-)
Re: [gentoo-user] [Less OT] Tally ho! - RC Flight Sims on Linux
On Monday 30 June 2014 05:23:31 Dale wrote: Alan McKinnon wrote: On 30/06/2014 09:40, microcai wrote: X-plane ? wine? Sorry, I don't drink. ROFL What about the alcohol free version? Also known as grape juice...
Re: [gentoo-user] [Less OT] Tally ho! - RC Flight Sims on Linux
Joost Roeleveld wrote: On Monday 30 June 2014 05:23:31 Dale wrote: Alan McKinnon wrote: On 30/06/2014 09:40, microcai wrote: X-plane ? wine? Sorry, I don't drink. ROFL What about the alcohol free version? Also known as grape juice... On occasion. Some times apple juice, tomato juice. lol This thread is sort of funny. We need a good laugh every now and then. ;-) Dale :-) :-)
