[gobolinux-users] Re: replacement for zsnes on 13?

[Jonatan Liljedahl]

Hisham Muhammad wrote:
> On 7/4/06, Kristleifur Daðason <kristleifur04 at ru.is> wrote:
> 
>> On 3.7.2006, at 18:41, kenneth marken wrote:
>>
>> > i see in the wiki that hisham is looking for a replacement for zsnes.
>> > while its 5 MB bigger, how about including the kde games package?
>> >
>> > zsnes never was a directly a game anyways, it a snes emulator as so
>> > needs rom files of the games one wants to play.
>>
>> Much like the clothes you wear, the software people decide to include
>> in a Linux distribution influences what people think of them.
>>
>> When I see zsnes included in a Linux distro, I think: "That's my kind
>> of people. They must be some cool froods!" So before going back to
>> lurking, I'd like to request that zsnes isn't dropped. Even though
>> ROMs aren't included.
> 
> 
> Nice to read this, thanks. Unconsciously, I think it was one of the
> reasons we put it there. :) I always felt Gobo is supposed to have a
> 'fun' side to it. I feel somewhat negligent lately about not taking
> care about these 'little touches' like I used to do early on in the
> distro (Tetris in the installer, fading-scrolling graphic-boot, etc.)

Just be aware that some people think that GoboLinux isn't a "serious" 
distro! Of course they haven't tried it out theirself yet... but it's 
maybe something to think about anyway?

/Jonatan