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[Cory S <fubeca AT gmail.com>]

Tuxracer was the first game I installed :).


On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 09:31:11 -0500, Paul Mahon
<dufflebunk AT dufflebunk.homeip.net> wrote:
> We could add a section called 'Software Reviews' where people can write
> up their thoughts and ratings on programs. The forums would be a good
> place to do this sort of thing.
> 
> Oh, and for children, you can't beat Tux Racer :)
> 
> On Thu, 2005-10-02 at 14:14 +0100, Pieter Lenaerts wrote:
> > I agree with mathieu on the fact that the grimoires are not the way to do 
> > this.
> >
> > the forums are aimed at communication, so that's the spot imo
> > results from these discussions can be put on the wiki as mathieu 
> > proposes, since the wiki is supposed to be more of a knowledge base than 
> > to be used as a discussion forum.
> >
> > pieter
> >
> > On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:15:40 +0100
> > "Mathieu L." <lejatorn AT smgl.homelinux.net> wrote:
> >
> >       > On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 05:54:05AM -0700, Cory S wrote:
> >       > > Hi guys. I've been thinking about this for a while and thought 
> > I would
> >       > > bring it up on the list to see what people think.
> >       > >
> >       > > As I've looked for games to install on my machine for my son to 
> > play,
> >       > > it's been a little difficult to determine what the best games 
> > are. At
> >       > > last count there are 258 games in the grimoire, and it's a 
> > little
> >       > > tough to visit each game's web site to look at screenshots, 
> > etc. to
> >       > > figure out what the best ones are. Also, frequently on 
> > #sourcemage
> >       > > someone asks "what do you guys think of exim?" or "has anyone 
> > used
> >       > > proftp?", and it would be nice to have a built-in way for them 
> > to see
> >       > > that.
> >       > >
> >       > > Anyway, I thought it would be handy to have some kind of rating 
> > system
> >       > > that could maybe be stored in the DETAILS file and be 
> > contributed by
> >       > > users/gurus/spell maintainers. That way users would know what 
> > the
> >       > > general consensus is on any given spell. I guess that a command 
> > would
> >       > > have to be added to 'gaze' to be able to see it easily, and I'm 
> > still
> >       > > not sure how users could submit their ratings, but I think it 
> > would be
> >       > > helpful to have functionality like that.
> >       > >
> >       > > I also think it could really set our distro apart as it grows 
> > and more
> >       > > people start using it.
> >       > >
> >       > > So if you think that's the dumbest idea you've ever heard, feel 
> > free
> >       > > to shoot holes in it and flame me into oblivion :).
> >       > > _______________________________________________
> >       >
> >       > I dunno, it seems to me that the grimoire is not at all the right 
> > place
> >       > for a rating system. As a part of the packaging system, I don't 
> > think
> >       > there should be in there any trace of opinions or partiality, 
> > just my
> >       > feeling.
> >       > However I like the general idea, so maybe a wiki page with a 
> > permanent
> >       > polling system could do the trick. Each user/dev could vote once 
> > for
> >       > each soft with an auth system of some kind (gpg?).
> >       > Eventually, gaze could be taught to use a bot to go through the 
> > page and
> >       > quickly give the result to a user who doesn't feel like browsing 
> > the
> >       > wiki page.
> >       >
> >       > Cheers,
> >       > Mathieu.
> >       >
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