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color=#0000ff size=2>Nick,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=906371604-01102008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Getting a big app to run on a different platform
requires expert level skill.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=906371604-01102008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I am willing to say that by the time you gained that skill
you would be able to write the application yourself and make a tool even better
suited to your needs.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=906371604-01102008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Might I recomed instead that you look at the numberios
grapics tools available and see if some of them suit you needs - just as written
now.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Blender, povray, GIMP, ...</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=906371604-01102008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I am sure that other memebers of the list may be able to
recomend a close functional match to lightwave.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Mark Browne</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>Top-posted - because I'm lazy!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org
[mailto:tclug-list-bounces@mn-linux.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Nick
Scholtes<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 30, 2008 11:12 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
tclug-list@mn-linux.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [tclug-list] Re-building Apps
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<DIV dir=ltr>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!<BR><BR>*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!<BR>/cheesy-whatever the hell that was ;
)<BR><BR>C'mon! Throw me a bone!<BR>Nick<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:53 PM, Florin Iucha <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:florin@iucha.net">florin@iucha.net</A>></SPAN>
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<DIV class=Ih2E3d>On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:23:28PM -0500, Nick Scholtes
wrote:<BR>> Can't remember exactly. It was a couple years ago. I read it
a few times<BR>> when researching Linux. Is this a myth? Is it possible
to do?<BR><BR></DIV>If you are a n00b, then rebuilding from source should
not concern you.<BR>It's right up there with rebuilding the engine and
transmission of a<BR>car.<BR><BR>"Closed source" means exactly that, that
you don't have access to the<BR>source, outside of the owners of the
software.<BR><BR>And lastly, there does not appear to be a version of
Lightwave for<BR>Linux. Getting the Windows/MacOS code to run on Linux
is equivalent<BR>to moving the transmission and engine between two different
kind of<BR>vehicles. To stop milking of the car analogy, you can think
of<BR>submarines and fighter jets.<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR>florin<BR><FONT
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