Emulators are a subset of games. They use the same libraries and frameworks. If they do not work, games will not likely not work.
Besides, do I have to configure my sound system to play a game on Windows or Mac OS X? No. Why should I have to on Linux? Ryan On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs <dmitrij.led...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > On 6 May 2010 02:31, Ryan Oram <r...@infinityos.net> wrote: >> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 9:13 PM, Dmitrijs Ledkovs >> <dmitrij.led...@ubuntu.com> wrote: >>> Generalisation..... I know plenty of people who play games and do not >>> know how to edit *plain* text files. >> >> In order to get most emulators (which at this point sadly are what > > what is an emulator? i play games on facebook & xbox. > >> people are going to be using to play games) and native games to work > > yofrankie works fine so does skype here. > >> on Ubuntu, you have to remove PulseAudio, install aoss and, if the >> emulator/games uses SDL, libsdl1.2debian-oss as SDL seems to have >> timing problems with ALSA (especially with games made using the >> Allegro library/toolkit). >> >> It is broken to the point that the OpenSonic FAQ recommends that you >> remove PulseAudio when installing. >> http://opensnc.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/FAQ#The_game_has_no_sound.21_.28Linux.29 >> > > you lost me at installing "emulator" i play games & listen music in my > kitchen. > >>> I don't know how to configure Linux to do that. I use the PA sliders. >>> Thanks to avahi I was able to stream music to my kitchen without >>> editing any textfiles. >>> >>> I would not be able to do this without PA. >> >> Is your average user is going to be streaming audio to his kitchen? >> > > In US & Canada a lot of people do. > >> I think Ubuntu should be focusing on getting its audio system to work >> out of the box for common usage situations. Playing native games and >> emulators is much more common usage situation then Bluetooth headsets >> (hell I gave mine up as it was much more of a pain on any OS then a >> corded/RF headset) and streaming audio to another computer. >> > > > We got streaming audio & bluetooth audio for free. I don't see any > "emulators" in ubuntu main so I don't understand why should it be a > focus for ubuntu. As for games the default set of games & more > advanced like yofrankie work fine. > > >> Less common situations can be addressed by FAQs and documentation. > > For me "emulators" is a niche situation. And so is for all of my > hosemates and family. Only a few of us are gamers and they use xbox. > >> Chances are if a user wants to stream audio to his kitchen or use a >> bluetooth headset, he will be looking online for documentation and >> help anyways. >> > > On Mac & Windows streaming audio and using bluetooth headsets is dead > simple using manufacturer cd (which everyone installs) and using > iTunes for streaming. > > Why should one look up documentation & help on Ubuntu when it's > painlessly done on a Mac? > > > How *easy* is it to setup "emulators" on windows? > >> A user will not expect to have to configure his audio system to play >> games. He will expect it to work by default. >> > > Default games work. > > > You have operating system already. Work on, it make it unique, profit. > >> Ryan >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list >> Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss >> > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
