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

[Knapp]

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 9:00 PM, Emanoil Kotsev <deloptes at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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?
>>
>
>
> Something I found by incident, look at it, it sounds interesting:
>
> http://sf-journey-creations.wikispot.org/Front_Page

Is that a joke? Did you see my sig? Or did you forget to type
something? I hope this does not come off rude. I am really confused is
all.

-- 
Douglas E Knapp

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