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Just a bunch of "HotAir"
(Tue, 20 May 2008 13:26:51 -0500)I have started a new project that goes along with Kwadrix Gamers Edition. It's called HotAir. It's somewhat of a clone of Valve Software's Steam. HotAir allows you to download Free Games for Linux, and possibly Windows and/or Mac OSX in the future.
So far these games will be First Person Shooters, but I will be adding other multiplayer games to the mix.
Features (will) include:- News
- Game Launcher
- Game Downloader
- Chat
- Friends List (with game status)
You can see a screenshot of the development version GUI here: http://hotair.kwadrix.com/Screenshot-HotAir.png
CommentKwadrix Imager Edition
(Wed, 19 Mar 2008 22:25:03 -0500)I've volunteered to help a new local game center Image their computers so they have the same patches, fixes, games, etc on each of their systems. This is how Kwadrix Imager Edition was born.
I wanted an easy way to run PartImage on several machines at once. I was going to use Knoppix to do this with, but we imaged the drives using clonezilla that had a newer version of partimage than what Knoppix came with. I figured there would be an easier way to do this, so after searching and not finding exactly what I was looking for, I stopped.
I took a version of Xubuntu and stripped out all of the desktop apps and added Partimage from Ubuntu 8.04 so I would have the latest version. I've added DHCP and PXEBooting to the CD and now it will boot clients from a LiveCD Server.
Of course this has delayed me on working on Kwadrix Gamers Edition, but I should be back to work on it Monday March 24th. Ubuntu 8.04 Beta comes out on the 20th so I will need to start working on upgrading KGE to the new version of Ubuntu that should come next month.
CommentFinishing up Kwadrix Gamers Edition
(Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:10:59 -0600)Kwadrix Gamers Edition Beta 2 is nearly complete. I need to put the finishing touches on a few scripts, then it will be ready for a release. I'm hoping to have this ready by Jan 25, the start of Wintereenmas. This just gives me a few more days to go.
This version has some handy features such as Game Server notification and Instant Messaging using Avahi.
Here's a list of games included on the approx. 3GB DVD ISO:- Sauerbraten
- Open Arena
- AssaultCube
- AlienArena 2007
- Nexuiz
- Warsow
- Advanced Armagetron
- BZFlag
- Warzone 2100
- Tremulous
- GL-117
- Western Quake 3
- True Combat
- Quake2World
- Military Forces
- Q3Rally
- Frets On Fire
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