Okay, well, setting noob aside. What would it take to get Lightwave for Windows code running stably on Linux? I understand that this isn't going to happen anytime soon. But if you say, "you need to know C programming, and such and such," then I can start studying what I need, and I have a goal in mind. (A goal I've had to some years and now have some direction on how to achieve it.) To be able to run all my apps on a Linux 64bit system, and not have to deal with Windows at all anymore would be a dream! Die, evil bastard OS monster! Die! *Sniff* Haven't you ever had a dream? A dream so big you just couldn't contain it? Well, you must believe, my son! You must believe! /cheesy-whatever the hell that was ; ) C'mon! Throw me a bone! Nick On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:53 PM, Florin Iucha <florin at iucha.net> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:23:28PM -0500, Nick Scholtes wrote: > > Can't remember exactly. It was a couple years ago. I read it a few times > > when researching Linux. Is this a myth? Is it possible to do? > > If you are a n00b, then rebuilding from source should not concern you. > It's right up there with rebuilding the engine and transmission of a > car. > > "Closed source" means exactly that, that you don't have access to the > source, outside of the owners of the software. > > And lastly, there does not appear to be a version of Lightwave for > Linux. Getting the Windows/MacOS code to run on Linux is equivalent > to moving the transmission and engine between two different kind of > vehicles. To stop milking of the car analogy, you can think of > submarines and fighter jets. > > Cheers, > florin > > -- > Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition. > http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163 > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- Art: http://www.coroflot.com/bellsoffreedom -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20080930/8c01508c/attachment.htm