Hi Stephen, You misunderstood me. I have a linux box sitting right here next to me running Debian Sarge 31r1. The code works and have been extensively play tested. I DON'T have a linuxbox with a static IP address directly on the internet where I can host a newbie server for *everyone* to play on 24x7. Jimmy --- Stephen Thorne <stephen.thorne at gmail.com> wrote: > On 5/16/06, Jimmy Huang <jimmyhua73 at yahoo.com> > wrote: > > Thanks for the general pointers. I've generally > hacked > > up other people's code for my own personal use. > > Participating in an Open Source environment is > pretty > > new to me. > > > > As I have a great idea for a "newbie" server... > BUT I > > have no access to a Linux Box or other unix box > out on > > the internet... So, this is my only recourse, is > to > > add it into the Vanilla source (and hope someone > else > > uses it for a newbie server). > > If you don't have access to a linux machine, then > this is probably a good idea: > > 1) Get vmware server from http://vmware.com/ > 2) Get a linux image from > http://www.thoughtpolice.co.uk/vmware/ I > recommend debian-31r0a-i386-netinst-kernel2.6.zip, > 115M > 3) apt-get install a bunch of things (I don't > remember what, probably > things like libgdbm-dev) > 4) Install Vanilla. > 5) Playtest your changes. > 6) Share the image with others. > > :) > -- > Stephen Thorne > > "Give me enough bandwidth and a place to sit and I > will move the world." > --Jonathan Lange > > _______________________________________________ > netrek-dev mailing list > netrek-dev at us.netrek.org > http://mailman.us.netrek.org/listinfo/netrek-dev >