Hi, Grml is debian based, so to install gnome you give the command
apt-get install gnome However last time I had it on my system I still had to do some configuring after just installing gnome -- to get the system to actually use gnome as a desktop environment. Grml is a great distribution as a live CD, but I personally won't recommend it as an every day distro. Although you can install the live system to your harddisk, it is optimized with the idea of being a live CD and when you later do a system upgrade, you will find that some components don't really play well together anymore. I would recommend you rather go with vinux or ubuntu. Take care, Rynhardt * shaun everiss <[email protected]> [101103 19:42]: > hmmm > since we are talking linux. > I have a couple choices. > 1. I can get grml that has command line systems how easy is it to > get gnome for that with all the stuff I need. > you can email me off list if you want. > the other is to use vinux or ubuntu, but then I need to get speakup > unless you can just load it. > Or I can get something like fedora core 13 with speakup which I > think has both systems compiled but is quite a large download, > though space is not a major issue. > I am not sure what has the swspeak functionality or not though. > At 04:12 a.m. 4/11/2010, you wrote: > >Hi Neophite, > > > >Initially I wrote my first game STFC in C# .NET, but I have since > >switch to C++. Do to some driver compatibility issues we have decided > >to adopt two different API standards for our games. On the Windows > >side we will be developing our games in C++ with direct support for MS > >Sapi 5, DirectInput, and other Windows specific APIs. On the Linux > >side we are going to use Speech-Dispatcher for speech support and SFML > >for input, audio, and networking support. That's actually what we are > >doing now for Mysteries of the Ancients beta 16. > > > >As far as playing interactive fiction on Linux I agree that Speakup > >works better for that. The Linux frotz interpreter is a console > >application, and sometimes Orca doesn't handle it too will in a > >terminal window. Using Speakup with frotz is a pretty good combo > >accesssibility wise. > > > >Also there is an open source Adrift Runner for Linux called Scare, and > >for the most part it works well with Speakup. As with frotz Orca > >doesn't handle the screens too well, but Speakup seams to do pretty > >well with them. For that reason alone Vinux is handy because they have > >Speakup already compiled and configured out of the box where with > >Ubuntu you have to do a bit of compiling and configuring to get > >Speakup working. > > > >As far as doing a bit of creative writing I use to do a lot of it back > >when i was in high school and college. I have the nack for it, but > >somehow coding seams to take up most of my creative time/talent. I > >keep telling myself that eventually I am going to get back into > >creative writing and lay off game coding for a while. > > > >Although, I have a project in the works that might let me do both. I'm > >working on a text based RPG in the spirit of ADOM or Nethack for > >Windows and Linux. As it is an RPG system it will take quite a lot of > >both coding and creative writing to pull off. > > > >One of the reasons I'm writing it is that for a while I was heavily > >into playing an RPG game called Sryth. Unfortunately, over the past > >couple of years Sryth has become less of a story based RPG and has a > >lot of quests that are little more than grinding. I understand the > >need to improve stats, wepons, etc but when you have to do mindless > >grinding, playing the same adventure over and over to get a special > >item, it gets old real quick. Therefore I figured I could write my own > >and do better. > > > >Cheers! > > > >--- > >Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > >[email protected]. > >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/[email protected]. > >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > >please send E-mail to [email protected]. > > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. > 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/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. 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