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[Phillip Whiteside <phillw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

whilst not wishing to offend anyones personal beliefs, I have never
considered card solitaire (also called patience) or free-cell to be
something that could be bet upon, unless you wish to bet you win. Both games
are single player.

Regards,

Phill.

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Luther Goh Lu Feng <elfgoh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A quick thought, a friend long ago requested that card games not be added
> to my remaster of knoppix, as there is some link to gambling. His religion
> is against gambling. It probably is not a big deal for many of us. But I
> think it wouldn't hurt to leave out card games.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Jo Gerb <gerb.jo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: Javier Mora <cousteaulecommandant@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Lubuntu <lubuntu-desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sun, May 2, 2010 6:30:48 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Lubuntu-desktop] Lubuntu games
> >
> > Hm, I think that the completeness of lubuntu is quite important. We also
> aim at
> > people who own an old computer and just want to write some letters and
> emails.
> > Of course it's no problem for us to install games to our pc with lubuntu,
> but
> > these people won't know how to do that. They will look for a 'games'
> section in
> > the menu, and because there isn't such a section they will think that
> there are
> > no games for lubuntu. Ok, there are hundreds of great games in the repos,
> but
> > what if the users who never really worked with a pc won't ever look in
> the repos
> > or even install something from there?
> We don't need many games. We already
> > had the topic, I think we agreed on one tetrisclone (tint?) one game with
> cards
> > and maybe also xinv3d. They are lightweight, have no dependencies and are
> just
> > some kb afaik. The people who use lubuntu for a server know how to remove
> the
> > games if they don't want them, but many others wouldn't know how to add
> them if
> > we didn't include them in the final distro. So in my opinion it's clear:
> two or
> > three little games and everone will be happy :-)
>
> Best
> > regards,
> Jo
>
> Am 02.05.2010 um 11:53 schrieb Javier Mora <
> > ymailto="mailto:cousteaulecommandant@xxxxxxxxx";
> > href="mailto:cousteaulecommandant@xxxxxxxxx";>
> cousteaulecommandant@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> >
> > I think that games are a very personal thing. One should have the games
> he likes
> > (for example, I installed Extreme Tux Racer and Wormux), not a set of
> > pre-defined games that he may or may not like. And since Lubuntu aims for
> > low-end machines, servers in which the owner wants a graphic environment,
> and
> > the like, maybe we should let the user what games he wants or doesn't
> > want.
> >
> > Goh Lip escribió:
> >> A small suggestion, checked
> > out the forum and understand the
> >> considerations for and against
> > having default games installed viz...
> >> o not too 'weighty' to weigh
> > down the lubuntu distro
> >> o need to have some games to show
> > 'completeness' of lubuntu.
> >> May I suggest fltk1.1-games as a
> > pre-installed game base?
> >> It is small, quite fun to play? (I don't
> > really know, not a games type
> >> of guy), but at least, it's
> > something.
> >> Regards- Goh Lip
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