Huan "KDE Zealot" Truong a ?crit : >> Well. It needs to be installed and tested. > >> Obviously this is not 100% straightforward (needs to be >> compiled => not exactly for the beginner in GNU/Linux) >> as installing from e.g. Add/Remove... in Ubuntu. > > If it runs on Windows, what is the problem of promoting that game to > end users? Aren't we distributing Firefox for Windows, OOO for > Windows and Unikey for Windows?
The policy I used until now was not to favor Windows against GNU/Linux, i.e. it should be equally easy to install in Windows as in GNU/Linux. In fact last year, I even chose a game 100% GNU/Linux, this is to favor GNU/Linux users. This is to show people that using GNU/Linux (Ubuntu here) is not as hard as using Windows and ... is far more secure. > > I still think that we don't need to be extreme in terms of platform -- > esp. when approaching the masses -- as most of the people still use > Windows. SFD is more of an approach to the masses, so I don't think > installation on Linux is a very big deal. I don't know if you have > Windows machines in AUF anymore, but in case you do, showing Free > Software runs just fine in Windows is good too, people don't get > scared by having the impression "oh this program is cool but looks > like I have to do a lot of things to have it?" versus "ok... this > program is cool, I'll copy this one to the usb flash drive and I will > try to install it on my computer as soon as I get home!" We do not have Windows computers at AUF, at least in my compound, anymore. I have 4 licenses Win XP Home but opened only one in 4 years, to use it. We do have several laptops licensed with Win XP (Home). However because everybody is used to Windows, so, we like to do the reverse i.e. show them something they are not easily able to see around them: a GNU/Linux Desktop. Then, we can tell them that all the applications they see on the GNU/Linux Desktop are also available in Windows and then, we can hand them a free CDs of Free softwares for Windows. > > Even if the game runs on Windows only, as long as it's open source, > and it is fun, I don't think that is a limiting factor of the game. > Notepad++ is another example of that kind of an Open source > Windows-only software. It works, it works well and it is open source, > so... we all promote using it. > As I said, our (i.e. mine if I'm alone to do everything) policy is to select at least games that runs at least both on Windows AND GNU/Linux. Selecting Windows-only games would not be IMHO a good nor fair choice for a SFD event. Anyway, thanks for your inputs. -- M. VU DO Quynh AUF (T? ch?c h?p t?c ?H Ph?p ng?) Campus num?rique francophone (CNF) de Hanoi Nh? D, ng? 42 T? Quang B?u T?l.: (84-4) 38.68.48.85 ; Fax: (84-4) 38.69.45.09 http://www.vn.refer.org/vietnam/
