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Re: [SFD-discuss] wesnoth tournament

by Noven Purnell-Webb

> > You had more people participating in your event than you think Noven. > Your webcast was heard by the Mt Gambier crew and was very groovy. > Janet You guys listened in? Rock on!! On that note the streaming host we were trialling that day has thrown a few hurdles in our way... nothing insurmountable but I'm on the lookout for other potentially good Icecast streaming hosts. Google gives me results but does anyone out there have personal experience with a stream host they could recommend? - Noven -- --- > MageData: extreme technomancy <

Sept. 25, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] wesnoth tournament

by Noven Purnell-Webb

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:49:59 Judy Okite wrote: > Hi Novene, when U talk about giving a windows copy,do U give them with > the licence? Why do that on a SFD event? Kind Regards, > I meant a windows copy of Battle for Wesnoth. It is on the Open CD. A part of me definitely *wanted* to hold back and insist they run Linux to play the game, but that would have been against the spirit of the day and would have backfired. I'd rather people use FOSS under windoze than not use it at all. BTW Paul, thanks for the tip on Thousand Parsec. I am going to be playing *so* many games this weekend..... - Noven > On 9/24/07, Paul Schulz <pschulz01(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all.. (another option) > > > >On 9/25/07, Bruce Kingsbury <zcat(a)wired.net.nz> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 20:07 +0930, Noven Purnell-Webb wrote: > > > > One of the biggest reasons I hear from people against switching to > > > > Linux is the lack of games, so we had a networked Battle for Wesnoth > > > > tournament - which the gamers *loved*. The impact was somewhat > > > > diminished when I could give them a windows copy to take home, but > > > > meh, it's still FOSS. > > > > > > When people talk about 'games' on Linux, I find they usually mean > > > FPS-games. Like temulous, nexuiz, enemy territory. > > > > > > There are also a few racing games. VDrift looks like it would be pretty > > > good with a racing wheel. I haven't managed to play at all well with > > > just the keyboard. > > > > > > I also recommend Wesnoth. And lincity-ng is pretty good. The kids > > > really love Supertux, Pingus, planetpenguin racer, Frets On Fire. And > > > when I get a dance mat I'm fairly sure they'll go mad about Stepmania. > > > >Thousand Parsec - http://www.thousandparsec.net > > Turn based space conquest game. > > > > > ______________________________ _________________ > > > SFD-discuss mailing list > > > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > > > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists /listinfo/sfd-discuss > > > >______________________________ _________________ > > SFD-discuss mailing list > > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists /listinfo/sfd-discuss > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss -- --- > MageData: extreme technomancy <

Sept. 25, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] wesnoth tournament

by Judy Okite

Hi Novene, when U talk about giving a windows copy,do U give them with the licence? Why do that on a SFD event? Kind Regards, On 9/24/07, Paul Schulz <pschulz01(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all.. (another option) > >On 9/25/07, Bruce Kingsbury <zcat(a)wired.net.nz> wrote: > > On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 20:07 +0930, Noven Purnell-Webb wrote: > > > One of the biggest reasons I hear from people against switching to Linux is > > > the lack of games, so we had a networked Battle for Wesnoth tournament - > > > which the gamers *loved*. The impact was somewhat diminished when I could > > > give them a windows copy to take home, but meh, it's still FOSS. > > > > When people talk about 'games' on Linux, I find they usually mean > > FPS-games. Like temulous, nexuiz, enemy territory. > > > > There are also a few racing games. VDrift looks like it would be pretty > > good with a racing wheel. I haven't managed to play at all well with > > just the keyboard. > > > > I also recommend Wesnoth. And lincity-ng is pretty good. The kids really > > love Supertux, Pingus, planetpenguin racer, Frets On Fire. And when I > > get a dance mat I'm fairly sure they'll go mad about Stepmania. > >Thousand Parsec - http://www.thousandparsec.net > Turn based space conquest game. > >> > > ______________________________ _________________ > > SFD-discuss mailing list > > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists /listinfo/sfd-discuss > > > >______________________________ _________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists /listinfo/sfd-discuss > >

Sept. 25, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] wesnoth tournament

by Paul Schulz

Hi all.. (another option) On 9/25/07, Bruce Kingsbury <zcat(a)wired.net.nz> wrote: > On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 20:07 +0930, Noven Purnell-Webb wrote: > > One of the biggest reasons I hear from people against switching to Linux is > > the lack of games, so we had a networked Battle for Wesnoth tournament - > > which the gamers *loved*. The impact was somewhat diminished when I could > > give them a windows copy to take home, but meh, it's still FOSS. > > When people talk about 'games' on Linux, I find they usually mean > FPS-games. Like temulous, nexuiz, enemy territory. > > There are also a few racing games. VDrift looks like it would be pretty > good with a racing wheel. I haven't managed to play at all well with > just the keyboard. > > I also recommend Wesnoth. And lincity-ng is pretty good. The kids really > love Supertux, Pingus, planetpenguin racer, Frets On Fire. And when I > get a dance mat I'm fairly sure they'll go mad about Stepmania. Thousand Parsec - http://www.thousandparsec.net Turn based space conquest game. > > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list > SFD-discuss(a)sf-day.org > http://mail.sf-day.org/lists/listinfo/sfd-discuss >

Sept. 24, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] wesnoth tournament

by Bruce Kingsbury

On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 20:07 +0930, Noven Purnell-Webb wrote: > One of the biggest reasons I hear from people against switching to Linux is > the lack of games, so we had a networked Battle for Wesnoth tournament - > which the gamers *loved*. The impact was somewhat diminished when I could > give them a windows copy to take home, but meh, it's still FOSS. When people talk about 'games' on Linux, I find they usually mean FPS-games. Like temulous, nexuiz, enemy territory. There are also a few racing games. VDrift looks like it would be pretty good with a racing wheel. I haven't managed to play at all well with just the keyboard. I also recommend Wesnoth. And lincity-ng is pretty good. The kids really love Supertux, Pingus, planetpenguin racer, Frets On Fire. And when I get a dance mat I'm fairly sure they'll go mad about Stepmania.

Sept. 24, 2007

Hi, SFDay Pasto 2007 success

by andress calderon

more 300 people, talks, Burn Open CD's, Share Ubuntu CD's and a great Linux Games Tournament you can see... http://www.flickr.com/photos/14154308@N08/sets/72157602135102200/ Happy Software Freedom Day!!! Hasta el proximo año -- ANDRES O. CALDERON R. kKoDDa Group / Estrategia PIC ParqueSoft Pasto "Free Software Lives - Free Software Rules"

Sept. 24, 2007

Re: [SFD-discuss] wesnoth tournament

by Janet Hawtin

On 9/24/07, Noven Purnell-Webb <noven(a)magedata.net> wrote: > > I look at the photos from all the wonderful SFD events around the globe > and I > am proud to have been a small part of it. However I was feeling a bit > bummed > about our low turnout in comparison to other places - we had 14 people. > Then > my wife pointed out that as Copley has a permament population of 102 > people > we actually got 13.725% of the population - that seems like a very > respectable figure :) > You had more people participating in your event than you think Noven. Your webcast was heard by the Mt Gambier crew and was very groovy. Janet

Sept. 24, 2007

wesnoth tournament

by Noven Purnell-Webb

I look at the photos from all the wonderful SFD events around the globe and I am proud to have been a small part of it. However I was feeling a bit bummed about our low turnout in comparison to other places - we had 14 people. Then my wife pointed out that as Copley has a permament population of 102 people we actually got 13.725% of the population - that seems like a very respectable figure :) One of the biggest reasons I hear from people against switching to Linux is the lack of games, so we had a networked Battle for Wesnoth tournament - which the gamers *loved*. The impact was somewhat diminished when I could give them a windows copy to take home, but meh, it's still FOSS. Anyway my idea is that next year we have an international BfW tournament. Anyone out there feel they could take on the might of the Copley Crew? We can talk details when we start gearing up for next year, just thought I'd float the idea while I'm thinking about it in case I forget and someone else remembers - and to give would-be challengers time to practice :p - Noven -- --- > MageData: extreme technomancy <

Sept. 24, 2007

SFD2007 in Bitola/Macedonia

by Aleksandar Balalovski

Hello, due to the fact that the SFD in our city is on 21st of September each year (fixed), we merged the two dates, and we celebrated SFD on 22nd of September, the last weekend. It was fun! We appreciate the help that Software freedom international gave to Lugola, (the GLUG that celebrated the event in Bitola/Macedonia) and we are happy to see how many teams got organized for 15th of September to celebrate this year in the world. Our silly proposal :) would be that the next year more balloons are sent to the teams, because they make great effect on the celebration aura in the city where SFD is being celebrated, young people want balloons, babies want balloons, mothers and fathers want balloons for their children, and thus, everyone wants balloon, and people actually READ what is on the balloon :) Whatsoever, the balloons are not crucial for the message of the event, hence we had hundreds of CDs of GNU/Linux distributions, prepared a pamphlet named "Make the Move" as helping guide for migrating towards GNU/Linux and some other gifts we gave to the people in our area. Images from the event can be seen on Flickr: http://flickr.com/photos/lugola/tags/sfd2007 Have a nice time. -- Aleksandar Balalovski (keyID: FD341782) http://blog.gemidjy.info http://wiki.lugola.net - your future! gemidjy(a)lugola.net Coordinator of the Lugola (www.lugola.net)

Sept. 24, 2007

SFD celebration in Nepal

by Subir Pradhanang

Hi Pia and all, On 9/20/07, Pia Waugh <pia(a)softwarefreedomday.org> wrote: > b) post here (on sfd-discuss) any quotes or particular points of > interest about your day that may be included in the press release :) We had a grand SFD celebration in Kathmandu, Nepal with the slogan 'Linux for Desktops, let's make iT FOSSible'. It was jointly organized by High Level Commission for IT (HLCIT - www.hlcit.gov.np) the apex government body for IT in Nepal and FOSS Nepal Community (www.fossnepal.org) http://www.tuxolta.com/wiki/index.php?title=Software_Freedom_Day_2007 The talking point of our event was the prototype of Freedom Toaster. We demonstrated the Freedom Toaster with the use of mouse instead of touchscreen (which is planned to be done later with enough funds) due to budget constraint. More than 80 CD's were toasted with the demonstrated Freedom Toaster. Although we've already filled up the report form, we will have more detailed report for the competition with all the photos, descriptions and media coverage in the days to come. Cheers, Subir

Sept. 24, 2007