Statical link a single library that has everything you depend on, freely distribute this library from your site. Have your exec load this module at runtime. It is not hard to release code that will work on most modern Linux boxes. Have all your games use that one statically linked library to run. Vendors could also just test their software under Wine and contribute fixes to the Wine project that let their Windows programs run without change under Linux.
Disclaimer: I use Windows and Linux. They each have their place in my daily activities.I'm rather tired of seeing these threads where the dialog suggests that UAC prompts the user for every action they attempt. It's simply not true. Anything a user does in his user space - copying/cutting/moving files is allowed without prompting. When a user attempts an action that affects system locations that is when UAC comes into play. UAC will ask for permission when you attempt to install a program if that program modifies anything within the system space. UAC will not activate if you are simply copying or moving files around within your user space (ie your 'my documents' folder). If a user attempts to move/copy/delete a file from their user space into the system space (such as copying a file from your desktop into say the 'program files' folder) you will receive an alert.Considering that similar operations on Linux require at the very least sudo to achieve I don't see how Windows is any worse in this regard. A simple prompt versus a command line of 'sudo cp myfile.c /usr/bin' is actually more intuitive for those not familiar with a terminal.
@Waffles "what difference does that make?"Because he had the same wireless card as a Macbook? If he had a different notebook like an Asus 1008HA wireless would not have worked, but it works in Ubuntu without the backport modules.Is this concept a little too advanced for you to follow?
buckrogers1965Jul 22, 2009
Statical link a single library that has everything you depend on, freely distribute this library from your site. Have your exec load this module at runtime. It is not hard to release code that will work on most modern Linux boxes. Have all your games use that one statically linked library to run. Vendors could also just test their software under Wine and contribute fixes to the Wine project that let their Windows programs run without change under Linux.
mkdxJul 22, 2009
@WafflesIDWhat are you talking about?? He's not dugg down. At the time of my reply danbrunell was at +15/-0 !As with regards to the kids control thing, I remember reading that Linus had made one. I haven't tried it, as I don't need something like this. Here's a link: <a class="user" href="http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/tracker.git">http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds ...</a>
heavyalJul 22, 2009
Disclaimer: I use Windows and Linux. They each have their place in my daily activities.I'm rather tired of seeing these threads where the dialog suggests that UAC prompts the user for every action they attempt. It's simply not true. Anything a user does in his user space - copying/cutting/moving files is allowed without prompting. When a user attempts an action that affects system locations that is when UAC comes into play. UAC will ask for permission when you attempt to install a program if that program modifies anything within the system space. UAC will not activate if you are simply copying or moving files around within your user space (ie your 'my documents' folder). If a user attempts to move/copy/delete a file from their user space into the system space (such as copying a file from your desktop into say the 'program files' folder) you will receive an alert.Considering that similar operations on Linux require at the very least sudo to achieve I don't see how Windows is any worse in this regard. A simple prompt versus a command line of 'sudo cp myfile.c /usr/bin' is actually more intuitive for those not familiar with a terminal.
derangedpenguinJul 22, 2009
I want to be able to run viruses worm and trojans natively without having to run Windows in a VM
wafflesidJul 24, 2009
At the time when I looked he was -5 ish
wafflesidJul 24, 2009
Looks like the morons changed their votes.
wafflesidJul 24, 2009
Uhm, congratulations? go mac?what difference does that make? It still works on osx and not linux.
Closed AccountAug 1, 2009
@Waffles "what difference does that make?"Because he had the same wireless card as a Macbook? If he had a different notebook like an Asus 1008HA wireless would not have worked, but it works in Ubuntu without the backport modules.Is this concept a little too advanced for you to follow?