what side of the valley are you in? On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 7:30 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > ok, > I have asked before when one of these events comes up for a ride. I would > go over there on the bus, but it doesn't run late enough for me to get back > home (the routes I live on last bus goes through at 9:30 which means I > would have to leave the meeting before 7:30 to get home. so, again, I am > asking if anyone on the west side is going. C'mon guys! have a heart and > help out a blind person who uses linux. > > my contact details: > > eric.oyen@icloud.com > (623)399-5635 > > thanks. > > -eric > > On Jun 5, 2016, at 1:20 PM, PLUG Announcements wrote: > > GAMES NIGHT June 9th! > We've got at 2 presentations for this month's meeting from Todd Millecam > and Aaron Jones. > > *Todd Millecam: Linux and Gaming Technology* > > Linux has never been considered much of a gaming platform, but to those > who know how some of the tools work and how to make them work for you, it > can provide a stable and higher performance environment than any > proprietary OS. > > I'll show you how to get Steam and Steam games working on (nearly) any > distro. > > I'll cover the different console emulators and how to use them in a Linux > environment. > > We'll discuss different GPU drivers and their advantages and disadvantages > to the open-source ecosystem. We'll cover a few graphics libraries and what > they do, and show you how to get most every game working on a Linux desktop > environment. You might even learn enough to get started on writing your own > game in Linux. > > We'll go through all different types of gaming, from solitaire to > Starcraft, and how to get most all of them to work on Linux. > > *Biography:* > Todd has worked in Linux DevOps for 9 years. He Specializes in high > performance and high availability systems > > > *Aaron Jones: REAL gaming on Linux * > Who needs Proprietary Graphics Drivers, GLX, or GUI's? Not us! We are > going to play games the way they were meant to be played. In the terminal. > Are you ready to enjoy some hard core gaming in VIM? How about collecting > lamps and slaying monsters? > > Still interested in running games that require a GUI or even worse... > Windows? That's fine. We will discuss Steam Streaming and how you can > create a gaming box for your home that you can access from your Linux > system when you feel the need to do so. > > Infocom, Visicorp, and Jack Daniels. Three companies that make gaming on > Linux possible. Let's play!--- > > *Biography:* > Aaron spends the majority of my time on the computer using the terminal > and would rather use Linux when ever he can. > > > *Meeting Info:* > The meeting will start at 7pm at The Desert Breeze Substation. People > start arriving as early as 6pm, so if you would like to help setup and/or > chat for a while, arrive a little early. > > We go for food/discussion after the meeting, usually to BJs at the nearby > mall. There is talk of moving to a different location. > Meeting Location: > Desert Breeze Substation > 251 North Desert Breeze Blvd > Chandler, AZ 85226 > > The Desert Breeze Substation is on Chandler Blvd and Desert Breeze Blvd, > which is half way between McClintock and Rural. It is very close > to both the south 202 and 101 freeways. Public transportation is > available into the late hours. > See http://phxlinux.org/meetings/14-east-valley-meeting.html for a map > and other info. > > See you there, > Brian Cluff > _______________________________________________ > PLUG-announce mailing list - PLUG-announce@lists.phxlinux.org > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > PLUG Website at > http://plug.phoenix.az.us--------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen