[aclug-L] Re: A good ACLUG topic...

[phrostie <phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

funny thing that this would come up.
i finally got a friend a work hooked on linx.
i showed him all the cool engineering stuff
that you can get for free.

what does he do when he gets his system running.
plays aseroids!

i told him"no no no
if you're going to do games then
DO GAMES'.

Patrick Klee wrote:

> I checked LinuxGames Dot Com and I think they were working on a port for
> Half-Life on Linux and a Half-Life dedicated server program.
>
> Jonathan Hall wrote:
>
> > I like that idea.  I think it would make sense to do that AFTER the
> > presentation on X, and possibly sometime touch on sound configuration.
> > Quake isn't any fun without sound.  :-)
> >
> > Maybe after the presentation on X on Nov 8, we could do a presentation on
> > sound card configuration and other sound utilities (sox, xmms, timidity,
> > etc).
> >
> > Then have a meeting on games in Linux.
> >
> > THEN... have a LAN party.
> >
> > Somethin like:
> >
> > Nov 8 -- X Windows
> > Nov 22 -- Sound
> > Dec 6 -- Games
> > Dec 11 -- LAN party
> >
> > (Hopefully Half-Life will be available for Linux by then. :-)
> >
> > On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Patrick Klee wrote:
> >
> > > I think some night, we ought to talk about the ALL of the various games
> > > you can get for Linux and
> > > play over the internet.  This includes how to set up StarCraft and
> > > Quake.  And also, we ought to set up a Linux LAN party.  :-)
> > >
> > > What do you guys think?
> > >
> > >
> >
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