I am not sure how many people used that system base I put on last year, but I was thinking of actually finishing it.
I dont use it myself, in fact cant even run zmud. My WINE is not the best setup.

In short, is it worth me doing? I am sure there are a few free systems floating about, but are they up to date?

If there is enough interest, I will do so.

Comments?

I'm planning to release my current zMUD system for free once I move to CMUD. I will not keep updating (or supporting) it after I do so, however. I had hoped to be using CMUD about last year at this time, but with Zugg's development progress, it's not been possible for me to do everything I want to do yet (and still isn't). I'm guessing at least another month or two.

Awww, I can't contend with you! The community styled 'master coder', heh.

Like I previously stated, I was just looking for something to occupy my time. I may very well still do this. One of the things I do say, is if one is wishing to learn how to script/code in -whatever- language, seeing how different people appraoch and tackle specific problems can be an immense help, so any interested parties do still let me know.

Is that thing still as buggy as ever? I would have expected things to be much more stable by now.

Also, if I may ask an off-topic question, why does somebody like you still use windows? I would have expected you to be a unix guy.

Thanks for your comment.

CMUD isn't as buggy as it used to be, but there are a few lingering annoyances and missing features that I'm waiting on before I really make the switch. I'd say that 2.18 is stable enough to use as a client, if you're not trying to do lots of overly complicated things with scripts and packages (which I am, unfortunately).

I still use Windows for several reasons: applications, familiarity, compatibility with others, etc. I do have a Linux server sitting nearby here, too, which I use as a backend for some development. Despite what many people say about Windows Vista (and I think at least half of it is bandwagoning), I really enjoy the OS and have virtually no problems at all with it.

*bandwagons* Vista is very good, especially now that vista specific drivers have come out and it is nolonger outpaced by xp. (and yes I know if you do performance tests with 3d rendering xp will be better, that is because vista uses directx 10, which does a lot more then 9)

I actually never had a crash with Vista, which suprises me. I miss my blue screens.

Fair comments there, to be honest, though, my views on it are as follows. Doing the work I do, having GNU/Linux is a must, though at the same time, the anti-trust rigmarole surrounding MS just makes me want to hate them. I find Windows is just way too clunky and excessive in size. The amount of deps required just to load the thing is staggering. Has vista done away with all the services started by default that plagued XP? I remember every time I installed XP, I would have to go and stop needless services.

Zarquan, have you seen Revolution OS?

EDIT: Getting back on topic, if anybody -is- interested in this project, please feel free to ask questions and/or express interest.

I hadn't heard of Revolution OS until now. Looking it up, it seems to me that it's just anti-Microsoft propaganda and misinformation. It may have been more true at the time it was created (2002, according to the site), but now it's actually fairly incorrect. Microsoft has been using FreeBSD for years (not GNU, but still Linux) and has quite a few open source projects itself. There's even an open source implementation of the .Net Framework created and released by Microsoft Research. Over time, they've been changing their strategy to include more open source and find ways to embrace the ideas purported by the open source community. Sure, they have a ton of commercial products and people will always bash them for their foibles, but the company is successful for a very good reason.

I find Linux much more useful as a server platform than as a desktop platform. The desktop interfaces have come a long way in recent years, and that's great, but my applications are still in Windows and I'm not ready to change all that yet. I enjoy maintaining the Linux server, though, whereas I've had no end of headaches from Windows server machines. (RHEL > Windows Server)


More on topic, I am always interested in the scripting work others do, especially for zMUD or CMUD. I've purchased systems from others and downloaded the free ones. I just like poring over them to see how others solve problems or track statuses. We learn from each other and improve ourselves, right?

I like your analogy on BSD and Linux. I have not looked at it for a number of years, does it use Linus' kernel, now?

The comment about downloading and purchasing systems, I can definetly identify with. I, myself also love poring over code, regardless of language. It certainly does help to have a second, even a third opinion when formulating your schema of approach to a problem.

As a final side, Gentoo > RHEL

I have no idea what kernel FreeBSD uses. I'm not a fan myself. Heh.