Personally, I play tremulous the most...followed by UT 2004, Quake 4, and Wesnoth.
2 or 3 days hardcore linux...cool, but location, location... James Attard wrote: > My dream is twofold: > > 1) linux bootcamps - like 2 or 3 days hardcore linux, we discuss > things, technical stuff etc > 2) > linux conferecens - we see Oracle talks, .NET talks, Microsoft talks - why > not organize meetings open for the public at conference halls like in hotels > where we TECHNICALLY talk about linux or opensource products - we see > conferences about ORacle and MSSQL - why not about mysql? we should volunteer > ourselves in such activities. I am quite confident that these attract many > geeks. > > > As regard gaming, I'm an 'Enemy Territory' hardcore, running on linux. > > James > > On 3/11/07, *Jean Azzopardi* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > I heard about the Linux courses, and I did notice that there are a > number of people out there who are interested in it. My concern is > people in secondary-tertiary schools. > > Anton was at my school, and as you remember, an average of only 1-10 > per 200 people used linux regularly. The others either don't care or > else give up. And gaming plays a huge part...when you mention that > Linux > cannot be used for hardcore gaming without some major tweaking, their > eyes glaze over and I know I've lost them. > > However, there is hope when it comes to restoring old computers. A guy > in my class restored an old laptop with Zenwalk Linux and liked it > quite > a lot. Another one tried out Linux for Beryl and managed...but got > bored. > > The perception is usually like this: > > 1. It's free...so it's either pirated or it has to suck. > 2. It's difficult. It's command line only...Youch, I hate the > terminal. > 3. No games. > 4. What, no Word? No Excel? > > And try and try to convince them, they remain skeptics to the > bitter end. > > And in Malta, the price issue is not that much as elsewhere. Given > that > most students either crack Windows and other software...hell I know > students who never paid for Windows...the price difference is not that > much in their eyes, so what are we making a fuss about? Piracy is > illegal? Everyone does it, why bother? > > Still, where people do care about piracy being illegal, the fact that > Linux is gratis means a lot...even though they don't know/care what > opensource really means. > > Linux bootcamp, I'll go for it. What's also needed is showing how > Linux > is perfectly usable, even in a dualboot configuration alongside > Windows. > Personally, I managed to use Linux for the whole of sixth form...even > going so far as to use Dosbox to run Turbo Pascal on Linux...so I > wouldn't dualboot to work on my cs project. > > How's the situation in Uni? Does anyone know if Linux is the champ > there? > > Regarding Xarabank...yeah, a lot of publicity there...but does Joe > Public care? > > > > > > > > Anton Xuereb wrote: > > I would go on the panel of xarabank.. > > > > now seriously... > > > > there is quite an interesting trend that is taking shape > lately...for > > instance..the MIIT is doing linux courses..David Degaetano is making > > LPI courses...so Is STC Along with RHCE Courses..also (even if > > stupidly and without any actual grounding) STC pushed hp's IT > > Essentials 2 courses as covering lots of linux (were infact only an > > introduction is covered)..I worked at STC up to a few weeks ago and > > the response was amazing...lots of ppl called in to ask about the > > lajnux courses...M$ of course can afford to push stuff that everyone > > already knows about and thus many ppl will flock to buy the cheap > > office 2007 and vista packages...An upcoming activity that the LUG > > will be doing will (altho discussions are still taking place) be > that > > of doing a linux bootcamp and try to attract as many pc users > > interested (or not ) in linux as possible. > > > > M > > > > On 3/11/07, *Philip Serracino Inglott* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote: > > > > Sadly, I feel that this situation is partly our fault too. > We, as > > the Linux community, might not be doing enough to spread the > word. > > In a sense its not our job. As a USER group our aim is to > support > > established and interested users (I'm sure there are many more > > Linux users out there in Malta who are not reading any of this). > > But if we have to take advocacy seriously, its a pretty > tough job > > to take on purely as volunteers. > > > > Think of what would happen if we found a sponsor and published a > > bunch of Edubuntu CDs with informative leaflets and distributed > > them in schools. Image the press release "Local NGO > distributes a > > few million Euros worth of software to all secondry school > > students studying Computers", That would have an impact! > (btw. the > > amount would be based on a study, wich i don't have at hand, > that > > calculates the cost of recreating Debian from scratch) > > > > But really how many of us on this list would be willing to > try and > > approach peppi to try and have a Xarabank on how the > government's > > IT strategy vis-a-vis free software? I fell that us linux guys > > tend to be a bit snobbish sometimes. > > > > Probably if we want to change the tide there are two things we > > need to do, 1. Swell our numbers. 2. at the first opportunity > > issue a FORMAL reaction to something the government does. This > > second step is important to establish MLUG as an interested > party. > > > > Philip > > > > > > On 11/03/07, *James Attard* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote: > > > > Hey Jean, > > > > Coincidentally I was just writing an article on my website > > > <http://www.jamesattard.com/2007/03/linux-education-programme.html> > > about the situation, but remarking a sign of hope. This is > > after the Linux Education Programme happening as of next > week > > due to an agreement between IBM and MIIIT. So I believe > things > > are getting better. > > > > James > > > > > > On 3/11/07, *Jean Azzopardi* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote: > > > > I am going to be as frank as I possibly can. > > > > The situation is scaring me. All over Europe, we can see > > governments > > warming towards linux, educating students to use > Linux, etc. > > In Malta, on the other hand, all we hear about is > > Microsoft, and how the > > government is sucking up towards it. How offers are > being > > made from > > Microsoft towards our students, how Microsoft is > "innovating", > > anyway...microsoft, microsoft, microsoft. > > > > Linux never gets a say...it's like the Government has > > totally ignored > > it. 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