[Novalug] second life and ibm (and novalug?)

[Rich Goodwin]

I'm sorry for coming back in "late" in the thread so if I missed
something - please accept my apologies.  But there is a linux version of
Second Life - I loaded it and it ran - albeit poorly.  That is to be
expected since the video card on my laptop is not compatible Radeon
Mobility M300).

Rich

On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 18:46 -0400, DonJr wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 15:50 -0400, Jay Hart wrote:
> > > The Linux client for Second Life has (finally!) been moved to beta.  More
> > > information at http://secondlife.com/corporate/sysreqs.php.
> > >
> > > Several companies, including IBM and Sun, use Second Life for
> > > conferencing.  there are also linux user groups within Second Life.
> > >
> > > I think it could be interesting to try having a virtual meeting, but
> > > remember - that means no pizza together afterwards ;)
> > >
> > 
> > Hardly anyone ever goes out for lunch afterwards, so don't let this stop us
> > from trying.
> 
> I'm also interested in trying out a "virtual meeting".
>  {-: But I won't install/run "Windows XP" to do same. :-}
> 
> > Don,  I don't understand your negative vibes against XP or Vista. They rock....
> > 
> > uh, I mean they are rock.  (there I fixed that)
> > 
> > Jay
> 
> I don't understand what you mean.
> 
> I didn't say anything "negative" against XP or Vista for that matter,
> I just think that Linux/Ubuntu is a BETTER choice.
> 
> All I know about "Vista" is that it has a pretty user interface.
>  {-: And that most of the users complain about the printer drivers being
> broken or incomplete when compared to ones for XP. And that network
> sharing of resources/printers is somewhat broken. :-}
> 
> > >> --
> > >> --
> > >>   Don E. Groves, Jr.
> > >>
> > >> ===============================================================
> > >> A young man goes into a computer games shop. He says to an assistant "I
> > >> want a challenging computer game with lots of graphics. It should be
> > >> difficult, confusing and have plenty of contradictions to keep me busy".
> > >>
> > >> The assistant replies "Have you tried Windows XP?"
> 
> 
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