Vegastrike Live

[Nicu Buculei]

Pavel Shevchuk wrote:
> Dropping desktop means user is forced to reboot to play game. If you
> leave some lightweight environment like xfce, it will be also showcase
> of fedora as system for desktop usage

It can work both ways, have an Xfce if there is enough space but also 
having a "game appliance" may be an interesting angle - when I play 
something I get quite involved and don't want something to interfere 
(mail, IM, etc.)

> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Nicu Buculei <nicu_fedora at nicubunu.ro> wrote:
>> I have not played Vegastrike ever, so I have no idea about how good is the
>> game (and frankly, space sims are not my favorite genre, so I don't have any
>> plans to learn), but reading the thread about its data package file size
>> this idea seems natural to me: how about a special Fedora spin for the game?
>>
>>  While it does not solve the initial problem about space on mirrors and
>> bandwidth usage, it seems a cool idea to me to have a bootable USB pen drive
>> (with live persistence for savegames!!!) with a minimal Fedora and the
>> complete game. It may be targeted at 1 GB drives (including the space for
>> live persistence), to keep the costs low.
>>
>>  Thinking more about it, maybe even drop any desktop, start the game
>> directly and shut down on exit. Simple as this: put the drive in, start the
>> computer and play (pimp Fedora only during the startup, while RHGB is doing
>> its job).
>>
>>  This may work also for other such large games and it may be a good showcase
>> of our technology.
>>
>>  [1] -
>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2008-April/msg01927.html


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