Hi Ryan, Python may be a good solution, but my coding background is object oriented programming in php / ruby, so this is why I choose ruby. It should not be that kind of a problem since the ruby gems I use are not that big and the merb framework is rather tiny in size compared with a full stack like e.g. rails. I don't speak python and don't wanna learn it, so I prefer ruby.
I'll check what the existing Gaming frontends lack... I am sure they miss something, maybe important aspects. You could help me with that - please write about whatever these frontends do bad or what they are not capable of. To assure you that I don't like to work against exisiting Ubuntu Desktops, I changed my view of how to embed the frontend. Instead of setting it to fullscreen, what might be a bit too invasive (in Desktop using terms), I changed it, so that it works like a desktop background - so it is fixed to the root window of X11. It's more elegant in my opinion. Thanks for the tip. What I have running here now reminds me a little bit of what was "Active Desktop" in my early Win98 days ;-) But it is fast, reliable and does not consume too much memory. When the whole thing is ready to show off, I'll send some screenshots and maybe a little demo will be available in the next weeks. thanks, Christian Am Sonntag, 3. Mai 2009 05:45:11 schrieb Ryan Prior: > tl;dr > > A few points: > > * Python is the official scripting language of Ubuntu and should be > preferred over Ruby > * "Gaming front-ends" already exist and gamers do not like them > - Xbox Live and the PS3 console are becoming more like traditional OS's > - PC gamers really like platforms like Steam that let them do their > normal thing while browsing games > * What you're proposing actually takes the Ubuntu Desktop as we know > it out of the picture, which is counter-productive to most of the work > that the community does > > > In short: -1 > > Far be it from me to shoot you down without offering a better > alternative: let's create a "games browser" which shows the available > games along with screen shots (possibly animated!), descriptions, > links to ratings by game sites, etc. Allow users to sort games by > genre, by age-level appropriateness, by violence levels, by system > requirements, etc). Extend this with Telepathy to have a "friends" > page which shows what games your friends are playing and allows you to > join them or start a chat with them using your preferred chat client. > Integrate it with a system like Mumble which allows for chatting > during games. > > All these things fit within the desktop paradigm we've already got and > will clearly benefit gamers, while requiring less hackery to boot. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gaming Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-gaming More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
