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TheRLG · Post by **TheRLG** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 4:09 am

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jox · Post by **jox** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 4:55 am

Oh, if you're on the way, could you also quickly invent a new irllicht optimized CPU-architecture?

eXodus · Post by **eXodus** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 5:00 am

* pop *

Sarcasm is the best way to break other's dreams

TheRLG · Post by **TheRLG** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 5:13 am

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Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 6:57 am

Hmm, maybe you could steal some MS code from win98? Got it here.

http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articl ... cle388.asp

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/*  Source Code to Windows 98 --     Enjoy!           */

#include "win31.h"
#include "win95.h"
#include "evenmore.h"
#include "oldstuff.h"
#include "billrulz.h"
#define INSTALL = HARD

char make_prog_look_big[1600000];
void main()
{
    while(!CRASHED)
    {
        display_copyright_message();
        display_bill_rules_message();
        do_nothing_loop();
        if (first_time_installation)
        {
            make_50_megabyte_swapfile();
            do_nothing_loop();
            totally_screw_up_HPFS_file_system();
            search_and_destroy_the_rest_of_OS/2();
            hang_system();
        }

        write_something(anything);
        display_copyright_message();
        do_nothing_loop();
        do_some_stuff();

        if (still_not_crashed)
        {
            display_copyright_message();
            do_nothing_loop();
            basically_run_windows_3.1();
            do_nothing_loop();
            do_nothing_loop();
        }
    }

    if (detect_cache())
        disable_cache();

    if (fast_cpu())
    {
         set_wait_states(lots);
         set_mouse(speed, very_slow);
         set_mouse(action, jumpy);
         set_mouse(reaction, sometimes);
    }

    /* printf("Welcome to Windows 3.11"); */
    /* printf("Welcome to Windows 95"); */
    printf("Welcome to Windows 98");
    if (system_ok())
        crash(to_dos_prompt)
    else
        system_memory = open("a:\swp0001.swp", O_CREATE);

    while(something)
    {
        sleep(5);
        get_user_input();
        sleep(5);
        act_on_user_input();
        sleep(5);
    }
    create_general_protection_fault();
}

*sighs*
On second thought...

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Sat Apr 02, 2005 7:22 pm

some distros like Gentoo used to have Gamers-only sources that included everything you needed graphically speaking to develop and run games efficiently. Unfortunately this idea is no longer supported, but it's good to know the community still thinks in those terms.

I'm sure there must be a distro with a modified kernel for that.

katoun · Post by **katoun** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 8:13 am

Well IT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA and it's good for the future(Linux will be used even for a gamer platform and MS will be ruined

).

katoun · Post by **katoun** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 8:14 am

To bad

Linux dosent have Directx(

)cause than MS would dafinatly would be ruined.

Fraza · Post by **Fraza** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 8:16 am

HAHAHAHA! DirectX is a Microsoft product! you loon!

afecelis · Post by **afecelis** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 12:25 pm

DX is (or will be) available for linux via transgaming technologies. But I guess MS will twist and shout in pain and do some legal move, heheheheh.

Winex and Cedega already support it and are the ones who make playing HL2 in linux a reality.

TheRLG · Post by **TheRLG** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 4:09 pm

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Armen · Post by **Armen** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 9:36 pm

there are some great emulators for the older generation consoles, like the playstation, sega genesis, nintendo64.... that would be a good start for a gaming-centered linux distribution

TheRLG · Post by **TheRLG** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 11:01 pm

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Mike · Post by **Mike** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 7:58 pm

Too much work and I think some already exist. T'would be a waste of resources IMO.

firefly2442 · Post by **firefly2442** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:24 pm

The live-cd distributions (DSL, Knoppix, etc.) seem to be fairly easy to remaster from what I have read.