I am one of those guys trying to spread Linux in the college. I managed to create a local repository (http://lug.nitdgp.ac.in/mukti/repository/ ) which has helped, but most of my friends do not want to switch to Linux because they would not want to miss the games they play on Windows such as CounterStrike and Age of Empires. So i began writing this program which scans the network every 1 minute or so for online game servers, and gives a popup alert in the taskbar and gives info such as number of players online, IP address of the server and the map that is on the server. Though quite simple to implement and somewhat lame, its surprising how effective it was in bringing new people to Linux. I want to do this as a GSOC project. Want to add as many games as possible. Will implement multiple scans using threads. I also envisage adding features such as chatting on the game server. Would also like to add a Gtk+ frontend. Skill required is C/C++ and sockets APIs. What do you guys think? Is it a nice idea, or do i need to scratch my head more?
Hello,
I'm a Linux-using gamer and I would love to see a program like that. I think every 1 minutes might be too much... maybe every 5 minutes with a button for the user to force a scan might be okay, or at least a configuration screen to change how often it scans (my network admins at school tend to frown upon excessive bandwidth usage).
I'd say go for it and I'd love to hear how it progresses.
~~ Andrew D. andrewd18@gmail.com
On Thursday 20 March 2008 02:08:25 pm debayan wrote:
I am one of those guys trying to spread Linux in the college. I managed to create a local repository (http://lug.nitdgp.ac.in/mukti/repository/ ) which has helped, but most of my friends do not want to switch to Linux because they would not want to miss the games they play on Windows such as CounterStrike and Age of Empires. So i began writing this program which scans the network every 1 minute or so for online game servers, and gives a popup alert in the taskbar and gives info such as number of players online, IP address of the server and the map that is on the server. Though quite simple to implement and somewhat lame, its surprising how effective it was in bringing new people to Linux. I want to do this as a GSOC project. Want to add as many games as possible. Will implement multiple scans using threads. I also envisage adding features such as chatting on the game server. Would also like to add a Gtk+ frontend. Skill required is C/C++ and sockets APIs. What do you guys think? Is it a nice idea, or do i need to scratch my head more?
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