cool console stuff?

Howdy,

I love linux!!! I am using RH 7.2 sort of newbie

I love console too!!! So any games? especially network type that doesn't
require X.

OR, ANY COOL CONSOLE STUFF

Thanks

Timot

On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 02:38:00 GMT, Timothy Law <timlaw@gamebox.net> wrote:
>
>
> Howdy,
>
> I love linux!!! I am using RH 7.2 sort of newbie
>
> I love console too!!! So any games? especially network type that doesn't
> require X.
>
> OR, ANY COOL CONSOLE STUFF
>
> Thanks
>
> Timot
>
>

Greetings, Timot. I run Linux almost exclusively from the console,
with the window manager screen (textmode/ncurses). About the only
time I bring up X is to use a fancy browser. Usually surf in text
mode too.

Got a TIDE I put together that's the penguin's honk.

(Textual Integrated Desktop Environment)

Not a game player though. For console games you should hit the BBS
circuit.

AC

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Challenge-Response links -- http://tinyurl.com/yrfjb

cool, I have no idea what you just said. What's TIDE? I googled it and found
nothing.

Now surfing in text mode means no graphics right? only X can do that right?
I mean there's no VGA way to do it in console...or ascii art way..(LOL).

Any site I can look up for BBS game/console stuff?

Thanks again buddy



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> On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 02:38:00 GMT, Timothy Law <timlaw@gamebox.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Howdy,
> >
> > I love linux!!! I am using RH 7.2 sort of newbie
> >
> > I love console too!!! So any games? especially network type that doesn't
> > require X.
> >
> > OR, ANY COOL CONSOLE STUFF
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Timot
> >
> >
>
> Greetings, Timot. I run Linux almost exclusively from the console,
> with the window manager screen (textmode/ncurses). About the only
> time I bring up X is to use a fancy browser. Usually surf in text
> mode too.
>
> Got a TIDE I put together that's the penguin's honk.
>
> (Textual Integrated Desktop Environment)
>
> Not a game player though. For console games you should hit the BBS
> circuit.
>
> AC
>
> --
> Pass-List -----> Block-List ----> Challenge-Response
> The key to taking control of your mailbox. Design Parameters:
> http://tinyurl.com/2t5kp || http://tinyurl.com/3c3ag
> Challenge-Response links -- http://tinyurl.com/yrfjb
>

On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 03:41:57 GMT, Timothy Law <timlaw@gamebox.net> wrote:
>
>
> cool, I have no idea what you just said. What's TIDE? I googled it and found
> nothing.

It's just an integrated desktop environment that runs in the console.

Instead of buttons I have menus and instead of 'keyboard shortcuts' I
have aliases.

Screen (man screen) is a textmode window manager. I'm running 6
windows right now, could be 256. I could split them in many parts if
I wanted to and can cut and paste between windows without a mouse.
Is very cool. Works over a network too.


>
> Now surfing in text mode means no graphics right? only X can do that right?
> I mean there's no VGA way to do it in console...or ascii art way..(LOL).
>

I surf without X most of the time. No graphics. Most of the graphics on
the Internet are garbage. Very fast. If I need to, I bring up X and use
Mozilla or Dillo.

> Any site I can look up for BBS game/console stuff?
>

http://www.dmine.com

> Thanks again buddy
>

No problem.

Please bottom post. That means put your reply AFTER what you are replying
to.

See how I did it above, putting the response or question right after
the appropriate part of your post?

Easy to follow, isn't it?


AC


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> It's just an integrated desktop environment that runs in the console.
>

SWEET. DIDN'T KNOW THAT

> Instead of buttons I have menus and instead of 'keyboard shortcuts' I
> have aliases.
>
> Screen (man screen) is a textmode window manager. I'm running 6
> windows right now, could be 256. I could split them in many parts if
> I wanted to and can cut and paste between windows without a mouse.
> Is very cool. Works over a network too.
>

Don't really get it...perhaps just a little...
Is this where I see people move a thing from one monitor to another?
perhaps i need to define "window"...I will read the screen man.

> >
> > Now surfing in text mode means no graphics right? only X can do that
right?
> > I mean there's no VGA way to do it in console...or ascii art way..(LOL).
> >
>
> I surf without X most of the time. No graphics. Most of the graphics on
> the Internet are garbage. Very fast. If I need to, I bring up X and use
> Mozilla or Dillo.

is there no cheap way of loading just an image file in the console? like:
emulator -xmode timot.jpg



> > Any site I can look up for BBS game/console stuff?
> >
>
> http://www.dmine.com
>
> > Thanks again buddy

Well Thanks again bro


> >
>
> No problem.
>
> Please bottom post. That means put your reply AFTER what you are replying
> to.
>
> See how I did it above, putting the response or question right after
> the appropriate part of your post?
>
> Easy to follow, isn't it?

Yea..hehe..easy1

>
>
> AC
>
>
> --
> A mouse is a cute little furry critter that likes cheese.
>

On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 04:25:03 GMT, Timothy Law <timlaw@gamebox.net> wrote:
>
>

<snip>

>
> is there no cheap way of loading just an image file in the console? like:
> emulator -xmode timot.jpg
>

Several. Zgv is one. From man zgv:


ZGV(1) Graphics Software ZGV(1)



NAME
zgv - picture viewer for VGA/SVGA displays

SYNOPSIS
zgv [options] [start-dir | file [file2 ...]]

....

I can look at images on a website, one-at-a-time, with
my textmode browser, which calls zgv.

>
>
>> > Any site I can look up for BBS game/console stuff?
>> >
>>
>> http://www.dmine.com
>>
>> > Thanks again buddy
>
> Well Thanks again bro
>
>

Good work.

This discussion is way OT on this newsgroup.

I've set the follow-up to comp.os.linux.misc.

Please honor it.

AC

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On 2004-06-09, Timothy Law <timlaw@gamebox.net> wrote:
>
> I love linux!!! I am using RH 7.2 sort of newbie

Did you recently install RH 7.2? If so, why did you pick such an old
version?

> I love console too!!! So any games? especially network type that doesn't
> require X.

I don't really think that's what coln is about. If you're having
trouble getting your network game to communicate, that problem you
might post here.



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