So, who here plays FreeCiv?

[CapTVK]

I'll have to go with Slackware on this one. It's the only distro of linux that I managed to get working on my spare machine, and even then I haven't got X-windows working properly.


"You know how difficult it is to install Linux on a Compaq prosignia 300?"->

[adaMada]

Woa, Thue, you finally got your own title! Nice! How much did you pay markg and/or danq? A title, a forum… Tell us the secret of eturnal forum happyness!!

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[Thue]

He aint cheap, I tell you!

[Kumiorava]

Any distro of Linux beats the crap out of Windoze and MacOS any time. But if you happen to be a total Unix bimbo, go with SuSE Linux. It's so easy, that the mac-crazed admin of my school managed to get it run on the same HD with WinNT without my assistance, X and everything! If you are any dumber than him, I truly feel sorry for you.

No what we need is a board to set up Freeciv games and an Apolyton based metaserver to keep track of them! So how about that new section, admins? Is it coming along or what?

[MarkG]

quote: Originally posted by Kumiorava on 05-06-2000 12:44 AM But if you happen to be a total Unix bimbo, go with SuSE Linux.

easier than mandrake?

quote: No what we need is a board to set up Freeciv games

other than this one? will this have so much traffic it will needs it's own forum?

quote: and an Apolyton based metaserver to keep track of them!

dont know if it is possible...
the requirements(in cpu power, memory, etc)?

[Thue]

Why would we need an extra metaserver? The one at www.freeciv.org works ok, and having only one means that all the players are together at one place.

[Kumiorava]

Urgh, looks like I got cornered.

MarkG, I've never tried mandrake, so I wouldn't know. I guess choosing a distro is a question of taste. No point in fighting over those.

On the extra board and meta one, you are both right Thue & MarkG. I made that post pretty late my time, so I wasn't thinking very much.

[Sophanthro]

I've played a few games of FreeCiv.

Ive seen both Mandrake and Suse install and both of their install's are very easy (assuming you have supported hardware). Personally I recommend Mandrake, as it gave me more options than Suse, on install, plus it can dynamically resize your windos partition. (not sure if Suse can do this)

Oh and Mandrake's Mailing lists are extremely helpful to newbies.

[catullus]

Let's not start a distro war already, eh? I'm using Mandrake now, but have used Debian before. An extremely well-driven and friendly community, the best installer (first dselect, then apt even better), and better for customizing for low-grade boxes. A developer release of Freeciv broke the installation, though...
Most people use RedHat, on which Mandrake is based. The next distro I will try is Corel, that one got a lot of nice reviews.

Stability:

Linux Mandrake release 6.1 (Helios)
Kernel 2.2.13-7mdk on an i586
login: stig
Password:
Last login: Thu May 4 12:21:44 on tty2
You have mail.
[stig@mandrake stig]$ uptime
9:07am up 100 days, 17:55, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

Looks good, right? 100 days since a power black-out booted the box last time. Not too high load on it, though...

C.

[rp]

Stop this silly distribution war already, Freeciv doesn't need Linux. In fact, it's easier to install on FreeBSD, and I've also seen it on Solaris, IRIX, HP/UX, Amiga, OS/2, and other platforms. Main development happens on Unix variants, mainly on Linux,
so you Windows users sometimes lag behind a little.

[Kumiorava]

A little...

[Rasputin00]

ok i followed the instruction up above from mark , but stil lno go.. I activated the Freecivserver but it just pops up a DOS window that doeasnt do much except run through a little batch file then stop. No where for me t oenter anything as you sqay , so i cant get past step one....

[Kumiorava]

Are you sure you have the right version of Freeciv. If you're using XWin32, make sure you have the X-win release of Freeciv, not the native Windows one. If you have trouble configuring XWin32, just do a search for some documentation for it. It shouldn't be too hard to find some online.

[Rasputin00]

Well I jsut downlaoded the Windows edition of Freeciv today and that one works well, but i still cant get the Xwin to work... Too complicasted for us game players come non programeers, thats why Billy invented Windows, for us computer illiterates...

[Thue]

Nono -
MAC is for the computer illiterate
Linux is for the computer literate
windows is for the ... ?