The NEW 3D PanUbuntu Was: Is it me or does Hardy run like a pig?

[Emanoil Kotsev]

Knapp wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca>
> wrote:
>> Knapp wrote:
>>
>>> I think that it would be great fun to include panda3d in *Ubuntu as
>>> part of the standard install and then use it for making a new desktop
>>> to replace KDE, Gnome etc. You could do one like Neuromancer and there
>>> would not even be that much code. Talk about eye candy. BTW the
>>> license has been changed to be fully open source now. That being the
>>> reason it is not even in the repos now.
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer
>>
>> Either you're the most brilliant programmer ever, or like me you're lousy
>> at
>> estimating project costs :-)  But if it's the first, count me in on the
>> project!
>> --
>> derek
> 
> What do we call it PanUbuntu because the devil is in the details? LOL
> What costs? We all work for free around here. :-)
> 
> So what do we need? A bunch of links to software seen as floating
> balls of light in a large room? When clicked on they blow up into a
> full normal 2d screen. Perhaps like a first person shooter for
> movement with your shot starting up the balls of light? Moving the
> mouse to the bottom of a 2d program brings up kicker like bar for fast
> switching.
> 
> No start up menu but some sort of rotating 3d lists?? Favorites and
> desktop choices float. Do we have gravity? How much animation? What
> would it look like to you?
> 
> I have in the past started something, X??, and you can start and run
> software there but no windows manager is running, so we just need
> something on top of that, whatever it was. Yes, I know almost nothing
> about that layer of Linux. I am a game programmer turned computer
> hobby game writer. Never bothered to learn the gritty details of KDE
> or X.
> 
> You really want to try this? I have the animation of the man almost
> done. He can walk right now. Better yet, lets use ManCandy, because he
> is ugly but REALLY well done and open source. Making a walk for him is
> something I am going to do anyway.
> 
> The simple room would take 10 minutes to make. 3d icons would be a bit
> of work but we could prototype it with like FF, KVirc, OO, Kate,
> Konqueror. Stick with Qt? Make this a sort of 3d KDE? Perhaps we can
> make it standard in Kununtu for the April Fools Day release?
> 
> I have a movement interface designed for doing complex puppet moving
> using the 10 key and the mouse. It is a bit like Mortal Kombat in
> feel. (OK, this might not be the best choice as it was designed with
> body language portrayal usage for interacting with others online, not
> for ease of use to the average Newbie.)
> 
> Only thing I am not sure of is the launching and ending of a program
> from within Panda3d.
> 
> BTW, I don't claim to be the best programmer anymore, perhaps 20 years
> ago but not know. I went for 10 years without doing any programming
> and now I am REALLY rusty and just getting good with python.
> 
> The real first step would be to get Panda3d into the repositories.
> 
> So do you REALLY want to try it?
> 

Hehe, good story.

I remember few years ago some python programmers convinced me to try to
learn it and indeed it's pretty handy language. So I was amazed how fast
things get done. They were laughing at me using perl to get the job done.
I've tried it and then I discovered the vpython module and programmed a 3d
filebrowser in about few hours.
Unfortunately after one cleanup it disappeared ;-( and I'm too lazy to
search into the backups for it.
Unfortunately since I'm using this stupid company dell notebook with intell
graphic card and two monitors I forgot what 3d was.

I can imagine that panda will not like my configuration - what do you think?

regards