[ANN] RunRev Community Linux Distro

[Richard Gaskin]

Andre Garzia wrote:
> Move your browsers to http://andregarzia.com/revlinux/ and check it out. So
> far I just put the VMWare Image out, the other images and LiveCD will follow
> shortly. This is a SuSe based distro with revEnterprise, revStudio, MySQL,
> PostgreSQL, Apache2, RevOnRockets installed. I created this from our emails
> yesterday till today, so it is a bit rough. I will polish it more if there's
> interest.

Nice work, Andre! Thanks for putting that together.


This is almost totally OT, but if you loved SimCity 2 and have been 
longing for something like it you can run on modern systems, LinCity-NG 
is a good time and free:

<http://lincity-ng.berlios.de/wiki/index.php/Main_Page>

I have it on my Ubuntu netbook, but there are builds for OS X and 
Windows too.

Note: the model is a bit different from SimCity's, with the introduction 
of a new type of building called a "market", central to your city's 
success.  Definitely read the FAQ, worth the five minutes.

Andre, is it too silly to pre-install LinCity-NG in the next build of 
your distro?  Too much of a productivity killer? ;)


And if anyone has way too much time on their hands and would consider 
making a Rev port, the source for SimCity 1 has been released under the 
name "Micropolis" as open source and is available here in TCL/Tk as part 
of the OLPC project:
<http://www.donhopkins.com/home/micropolis/>

Anyone can port it provided the work conforms to the GPL, and that they 
don't use EA's trademark "SimCity" - so "RevCity"?


Even if that seems like way too much work, if you have any interest in 
simulations the source is a good read.  This snippet from an early 
prototype of The Sims is an interesting skim:
<http://www.donhopkins.com/home/images/Sims/>

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  Richard Gaskin
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