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

[kenneth marken]

Jonatan Liljedahl wrote:
> 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?
> 


the usual reason i get for that thought is the unorthodox file system, 
and how on earth that can be secure...