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Working on a Linux Arcade Distribution for Cabs
Bigun:
Will this have support for the ArcadeVGA card?
tumler:
Just found the topic, gotta great idea and keep up the good work. :applaud:
I have been searching all over the place for a linux distro for mame and today even bumped a topic of mine on ubuntuforums about it.
I will be downloading the iso tonight but I got a few questions hoping to be answered before I get to installing it.
--How does the boot up compare to win98 (Mines takes about 15 secs to load advancemenu)
--Does it use the xserver, linux framebuffer or the svgalib (Noobie question but I'm guessing it's the xserver) Edit: Found out it does use xserver
Good luck to the project, it's got my full support
kangarolf:
Great project, I tried to make a distro but gave up after a while, trying to incorporate nVidia cards =(
Can I ask what version of Mame this is based on and how easy it will be in future to rebuild for newer versions..? I'm not sure what the current state of affairs is since the new graphics engine was built.
Thanks for all the hard work.....looks like it will be a good distro.
dmckean:
exactly what I've been looking for.
GlennM:
This seems great, though I am hesitant to use it right now. Some things i would like to see but am not sure you have yet (please feel free to point me to where you say otherwise for these)
The ability to choose the install location, I would like to install this, onto my second hard drive, however I really don't want to screw around pulling hard drives and such just to test an OS (This right here keeps me from installing it)
I haven't had much luck with AdvanceMENU and so far really like WahCade, I would like to see it built in with some options so that you can simply select which you prefer on the installation.
Built in support for ATI (this has been my bane with Linux so far)
A very clean install and running interface that is ultra newbie freindly (while I am getting better, I prefer something that makes sure I am not an idiot), however the option to disable that for those who know what they are doing.
I don't use an Arcade monitor, nor will I be any time in the near future (~10 yrs) how hard will it be to get it setup to run at more standard settings, like a PC monitor or HD-TV?
A LiveCD option would be good too, I like being able to see what I'll get, not to mention, I know if it runs clean off a CD, it will run amazing off my hard drive.
I am not big on manually editing files (I mean I can, and have no big issue with it, but I like interfaces better) will I be able to install and run without having to mess around with manually editing a bunch of files?
Anyways, I will be watching this heavily for my SNES-PC project. Please let me know if I overlooked something that could alter my opinions about the project.
I hope this project progresses well and I look forward to the future.
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