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Re: linux ldraw users
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lugnet.cad
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Fri, 19 Sep 2003 20:44:35 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Jack Hawk wrote:
> Don, thanks for including the .cad group; I don't keep up w/ the .mlcad
> group.
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> I agree that there's just not a lot of publicity for the Linux flavor
> of tools. I've been using the LDraw tools since late 1999. I didn't
> realize the benefit of LDView and start using it till 2001, but I've
> been hooked ever since. I have been using an older version of LDView on
> an old machine and didn't even know there was Linux port. This is good
> timing for me as I'm trying to migrate my LDraw building to a Linux
> box. I'm still a newbie when it comes to compiling under Linux, but w/
> my CS background, I don't expect it to take too long (once I get some
> time) to figure out.
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> <two cents>
> I think there might be other Linux newbies out there who just aren't
> comfortable w/ compiling apps - they prefer pre-compiled apps like they
> get in Win-doze.</two cents>
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> Travis, PLEASE keep up the good work on LDView - I love it.
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> --Jack
> AFOL, St. Louis
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> --- Don Heyse <dheyse@hotmail.spam.go.away.com> wrote:
> [snip]
> > I'm not sure I agree with your assumptions about Linux users. From
> > my experience, they seem to be more self sufficient and generally
> > tend
> > to ask fewer questions. I've been too busy to play with LDView
> > lately, but if I did, I'd just compile it myself from the latest
> > sources, and I'd probably incorporate any new goodies from the
> > latest Windows sources if they weren't there. That's what tkdiff is
> > for. For all you know, someone could have RPMs (or whatever) on the
> > net with the latest LDView already built and ready to run. I myself
> > have no idea how long the Debian packages for ldglite were available
> > before I found out about them.
> >
> > Don
Thinking about it, I think Don's probably right. In addition, I agree with Jack
that most users aren't going to want to have to compile something themselves.
I actually have a binary distrubution of the Linux version in addition to the
source distribution (although it is in .tgz format and not RPM). The binary has
only been really tested on the RedHat version I had on my computer when I
compiled it, so it's hard to say whether it works properly on other Linux
systems.
--Travis
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| Don, thanks for including the .cad group; I don't keep up w/ the .mlcad group. I agree that there's just not a lot of publicity for the Linux flavor of tools. I've been using the LDraw tools since late 1999. I didn't realize the benefit of LDView (...) (21 years ago, 19-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad)
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