It irks me a little that Linux people refuse to consider porting their programs to Windows :) With cygwin, it's pretty easy to port Linux programs. Since these programs work on CGOS they have a gtp interface, so they don't even need cygwin. Just recompile using gcc and use a free GTP windows GUI. It's pretty trivial.
Not trolling for flames, just expressing an opinion. If someone is not willing to put in one day effort to port from Linux to Windows, why should they expect anyone else to put in one day effort to make Linux available as a platform? It seems Linux people are just as chauvinistic as Windows people :) David > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:computer-go- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Don Dailey > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:18 AM > To: computer-go > Subject: Re: [computer-go] Computer Go tournament at EGC, Leksand, > Sweden > > > > Erik van der Werf wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Nick Wedd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > >> Steenvreter no yes > >> > > > > Hi Nick, > > > > I never said yes. At this point it is rather unlikely that > Steenvreter > > will participate. Steenvreter only runs on linux. Since the machines > > in Leksand run windows and remote computation is not allowed (which > is > > funny considering the tournament is on KGS) I pretty much have to be > > present myself. > That always irks me when I hear this kind of thing. The world is > basically windows "chauvinistic" and it's common to find little > consideration given to any other platform. > > Did you know that you can create your own linux environment without > having to "touch" the machine you will be using? My wife has her own > windows machine that she doesn't want me "touching", but I have a > complete linux install via an external hard drive that leaves her > machine "untouched." Although the install is specific to that > machine, it is easy to build "universal" setups that will boot on any > modern PC into Linux, without touching the hard drive of that > machine. This would require that you bring a memory stick of some > kind or perhaps an external USB hard drive. You can get big ones > really cheap now, and they are very compact. You plug it into the > USB port and then boot into Linux. > > In my opinion, the tournament organizers should do this for you and the > other potential Linux participants since Linux is becoming more and > more > popular and apparently it is already very popular with Go > programmers. There are several possibilities for setting up > machines > that could use either Windows or Linux that would not require major > effort on their part - just one good Linux guy helping them. > > I also feel for the Mac people and also people that have built programs > that run on networks of workstations or other potential supercomputer > programs that would not be able to participate. > > - Don > > > > > > I did not find cheap flights for a short visit and I > > probably won't have time to attend the EGC for a full week, also > > housing seems to be getting difficult. > > > > So for now better assume that Steenvreter will *not* participate in > Leksand. > > > > Erik > > _______________________________________________ > > computer-go mailing list > > computer-go@computer-go.org > > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > computer-go mailing list > computer-go@computer-go.org > http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/ _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
