This idea sounds pretty cool, as I understand it, you will have a full screen interface like Elisa or Ubuntu Netbook Remix, instead of just being a windowed app like Mirthkit or DJL (mirthkit also only seems to support games developed for it)
The only problem I see regards the fact that people don't /just/ play games a lot of the time. You like to have controll over your music, have an im client or irc open, heck, even browse the web a lot of the time.. Having an interface that limits you to gaming could be problematic, maybe solved by integrating those activities into the app? But barde, definitely check out DJL <http://en.djl-linux.org/> in the meanwhile, the team has similar objectives and making a nice interface/adding functionality to the project would be awesome :) On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Khalid Rashid <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello Barde > > I skimmed through your email, so I'm sorry if i missed anything [?] I think > your idea sounds pretty similiar to mirthkit, which is already in existance > and FOSS. Did you check it out? > > BR, > > *Khalid Rashid <[email protected]>* My PGP public key ID: > BFC11F5F<http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xCC9370B757DE41F0A9B35496A8F1137DBFC11F5F> > > *"In the middle of every difficulty > lies opportunity."* -Albert Einstein > > > > On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 17:54, b4rd3 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi there, Ubuntu Gaming Team. >> >> Let me shortly introduce myself. I am a 27 years old programmer and web >> designer with a certain dedication to making music, playing games, >> creating media and so on... of course on linux operating systems. >> >> I primarily used Gentoo Linux for many many years now, but some time ago >> I switched to Ubuntu, 'cause it just means less trouble. At all fronts >> you don't have to fight your system, many things will just work (even >> out of the box). That's an important point these days. Linux evolved and >> many many problems we once had were solved by time. But there's one >> thing remaining: >> We've got too many distributions, so especially developers of games >> don't have all the resources to test their games on every platform or >> distribution. We need a certain "base" - I just call it Ubuntu in these >> days. >> Also, there are too many games that are not really known to the public. >> They are in the repositories, but just few people ever installed them. >> The good ones should be better promoted. >> >> And now let me explain my idea as quickly as possible... >> Well, I have the idea to write a gaming frontend ( I already have a >> proof of concept - it works). This frontend should replace a normal >> Desktop Environment when Ubuntu is in "Gaming Mode". E.g. if you're >> running XFCE4 or similar, then you would start the frontend ( or make >> the frontend to your standard X11 Environment if you like , just tell >> GDM to start it rather than XFCE/ Gnome/ etc..). >> The frontend that appears then will check the users password ( he has to >> enter it once, so the system can do all things to come automatically >> later on) and check if 3d acceleration is activated as well as an >> internet connection is enabled. These are things that often should run >> just out of the box on a modern ubuntu system. Well, the frontend will >> then offer a list of game categories that you can select and then you >> come to a list containing games to this category. You will see, which >> games are installed at the moment and which ones are not. If the game is >> not installed, the player can just click on an install button and the >> system will apt-get it instantly from the ubuntu repositories (that's >> where the password comes into play). The user even can purge games, if >> he doesn't want to have it on his system anymore. You'll also see if the >> games can be played with more than one player and so on. >> >> To minimalize the development times of the frontend , my idea is to use >> a ruby based framework called MERB and write the whole frontend as a >> local running web application,rather than program the whole interface in >> a language like C / C++ or whatever. So we basically could use a lot of >> media and the interface can look whatever you like to. Settings will be >> stored in a portable sqlite3 database and the application itself will be >> running as a local user process with the help of the mongrels server, >> that itself is written in ruby/c++. >> With the help of the database, we could extend the system at any time >> without much bliss. The User can update the system database with the >> newly available games and so it can offer more games later on. >> >> We could extend the application so that it stores some data of the User >> like his nickname and >> Further development could lead to the creation of a gaming league that >> bases on oss games. We could use the system to promote new oss games >> from developers who otherwise wouldn't get much attention, for example. >> >> So it's clear that this is a lot of work, but with the help of some of >> you guys, we could get something together in the not too far away >> future. Xorg X11 development makes good progress in these days and 3d >> games and engines will support linux, if just a broader community would >> shine on. >> Maybe we could even use wine... writing scripts to automatically install >> windows games from cd /dvd that otherwise would be a pain to install for >> most users. There are plenty of ideas, we just have to stand up and the >> penguin out. >> >> many greetings from austria to everyone who reads this. >> >> btw. i say "thank you" to every bit of comment or criticism >> >> regards, >> barde >> -- >> This message was sent from Launchpad by the user >> b4rd3 (https://launchpad.net/~barde667<https://launchpad.net/%7Ebarde667> >> ) >> using the "Contact this team" link on the Ubuntu Gaming Team team page. >> For more information see >> https://help.launchpad.net/YourAccount/ContactingPeople >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: >> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gaming<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-gaming> >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gaming<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-gaming> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gaming<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-gaming> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gaming<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-gaming> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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