Author: Steve Coladonato
Date: 04:57:40 08/27/02
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On August 26, 2002 at 23:59:03, Christophe Theron wrote: >On August 26, 2002 at 14:10:25, Steve Coladonato wrote: > >>On August 26, 2002 at 11:15:26, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On August 26, 2002 at 07:08:40, Jorge Pichard wrote: >>> >>>>On August 26, 2002 at 02:51:44, Lei , Shiann-Tzong wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>>My internet friend tell me , his Fritz7 can run under Linux >>>>>via x windows interface , But , I have tried it , and can not do it. >>>>> >>>>>Who can tell me , if it can be done or not ? >>>>> >>>>>My internet friend use a dual computer with a mandrake linux 8.2 . >>>>> >>>>>Regards ., >>>>> >>>>>Lei , Shiann-Tzong @ TAIWAN >>>> >>>>What is the benefit to run Fritz 7 or any other Chesss Programs under Linux, if >>>>it was NOT meant to run under that operating system? When an airplane is >>>>designed to run with JP8 , I would not care if it run under any other fuel. I am >>>>not saying that Linux 8.2 is not a good operating system, simply what I am >>>>saying is, that it wasn't written to run under Linux. >>>> >>>>Pichard. >>> >>> >>> >>>The idea is to get rid of the closed, buggy, lousy, bloated, virus-like, >>>expensive OS called Windows. >>> >>>If you don't see the point, I can tell you that *I* can see it. >>> >>> >>> >>> Christophe >> >> >>That pretty much hits the nail on the head. Now when can we expect to see >>commercial programs available for Linux? CA is written with Borland's >>programming environment and Borland has released a version of the environment >>for Linux. I would expect to see a CA for Linux but it hasn't happened yet. >> >>I believe ChessMaster is entrenched in the Windows environment and probably >>would require a major rewrite as would Fritz, Shredder, et al. >> >>Right now, the Xboard engines and SCID are where it's at on Linux. And it ain't >>too bad. >> >>Steve > > > >I'm investing some of my time in Linux. I *will* produce a version of the Chess >Tiger engine for Linux, as soon as possible (probably sometime in 2003). Maybe >in the form of a XBoard engine. > >I think that the first releases of Chess Tiger for Linux will be free (not open >source, just free like in "free beer"). I'm not completely out on this. > >One thing that could stop me from producing a free version for Linux is if one >could run the Linux executable under Windows. > >I'm now absolutely convinced that Windows is going to disappear and Linux will >replace it. It might take 10 to 15 years, I don't care. It is necessary, it will >happen, and BTW it cannot be stopped. I want to be part of this revolution, and >maybe it will be with a free Chess Tiger for Linux. > > > > > Christophe Linux and "free" are not synonymous. I have always said that I would be more than happy to pay for a commercial program that ran on Linux. By that I mean something equivalent to CA or the original Shredder. Not just an engine. A free engine for Xboard would be nice but a free engine that hooked into SCID would be better. Windows isn't going to go away in the near future but, like you, I think it is doomed. Linux has a way to go but I use it 99.9% of the time. Like today, I applied a Mandrake update and it broke my internet dial-up, so I'm writing this from the Windows partition. I have to go back and fix Linux. They (the Linux distros) have to fix that. Steve BTW I first encountered the Chess Tiger engine in CA and thought it was great.
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