Unless I'm mistaken, Lightwave is a closed-source application. How are you planning on getting your hands on the source? On 9/30/08, Nick Scholtes <airchia at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > -- Erik Anderson http://andersonfam.org