If a game doesn't make use of the gtk.net stuff, it'd probably run fine just as long as you have x and sdl compiled and installed. Unless you need text boxes and buttons, I see no need to install gnome to play games as SDL can probably operate with it's own window manager (or one you install on your own - perhaps one comes with X). Anyway, just theorizing htat it might not be necessary to install gnome. Registration can easily be done using the command line - just make a console app.
On 3/7/09, shaun everiss <shau...@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > hmm if you are going to ubuntu then you probably should go for vibuntu, I > think its called vinix or something vinux somelike that. > At 06:45 a.m. 8/03/2009, you wrote: >>Hi Tom, >>Multiboot is definitely a posibility. I've installed Gnome under >>Slackware before actually, not compiled from source (thank God.) Ubuntu >>might make things a little more streamlined though. >>Thanks for the suggestion. Yeah, I'm sure targetting linux at all can >>be a problem. I'm glad you're doing it at all. >>All the best, >>Zack. >> >>Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> writes: >> >>> Hi Zack, >>> Yes, I am beginning to see the problem. Slackware's lack of Gnome >>> support is one of the reasons I totally stay clear of that distro. It >>> is alright if all you want is a command line only environment, but if >>> you want to play games that requires Gnome, use Open Office, Firefox, >>> or a hundred other Gnome based applications you are basically >>> screwed. Compiling Gnome from scratch, plus mono, gnome-sharp, etc is >>> not something I would want to wish on my worst enemy let alone a >>> potential customer. >>> Have you considered some sort of multiboot setup. You could keep >>> Slackware on one partition since you favor that distro, but install >>> something like Ubuntu on another so you could access a fully >>> operational Gnome environment, easily install Mono, etc for any >>> graphical applications? >>> I'm just throwing this out there as a suggestion as I know from >>> first-hand experience compiling a fully working Gnome desktop, mono, >>> bla by hand is very very painful. Plus there is a boatload of Mono and >>> Gnome dependancies MOTA requires that are native to Fedora and Ubuntu, >>> and some distributions such as Slackware lack. It is things like this >>> that makes targeting Linux difficult. No two distros are a like, and >>> while one might have everything you need right out of the box the next >>> distro doesn't have it at all. it is enough to drive a developer >>> insane. >>> Smile. >>> >>> Zachary Kline wrote: >>>> Hi Tom, >>>> I suppose the best reason I can give for not switching to Gnome is that >>>> I find the command line quite powerful enough. I have Emacspeak >>>> installed on this machine, which lets me send email, read Usenet news, >>>> etc. Speakup lets me play all the linux compatible games I want. >>>> edbrowse and Emacs/w3 provide web browsers, LaTeX is my word/math >>>> processor. >>>> All this being the case, I might be persuaded to install Gnome over here >>>> if MOTA came out for it. This is a Slackware system, which doesn't make >>>> Gnome easily available by default, but I can get it if I want it. >>>> Hope this explaination makes sense. >>>> Best, >>>> Zack. >>>> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>> list, >>> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >>> >> >>-- >>LOVE >>When you like to think of someone on days that begin with a morning. >> >>--- >>Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >>You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. >>If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >>please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
