[OLPC-Games] Play Go issues for laptop

[Andrés Ambrois]

On Sunday 12 October 2008 17:28:15 Paul Barchilon wrote:
> Hi Walter,
>
> That was exactly the right question to ask!  I was trying the LiveCD
> method with XO-LiveCD_080919.iso, which didn't work.  When I created a
> "new PC" in Qemu and told it to use olpc-redhat-stream-ship.2-
> devel_ext3.img then it worked.
>
> Still trying to figure out how to get the screen size to the
> appropriate dimensions, and now I have to figure out how to use your
> OS.  From there I will load PlayGo and get back to all of you.  Thanks
> for the help, I am glad I got in finally!

  Great! I'm glad you got it. To install PlayGo just head to 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/PlayGo with the Browse activity and click on the 
PlayGo.xo link in the box on the upper right. Then you can launch it from the 
Journal or in the list view in the Home. 

> Here is another comment from the kid who is giving me feedback on his
> laptop:
>
> From	leinad
> Date	10/11/2008 23:39
> Subject	RE: one thing about playgo i can
> i dont think it is online i think you have to be physically near
> another XO...
> and i do not have access to wi-fi that frequently...
> also i noticed that the program does not take away dead stones...
>
>
> I am not sure if he means it doesn't take dead stones off during play,
> or at the end, both are important though.  I will definitely want to
> play a game with Andres on KGS, I think we could figure out all the
> problems quite quickly that way.

  I'm not sure about what he means by that either. The game does take away 
dead stones, and supports collaboration. To play it "online" you will need to 
connect to an online jabber server. If you have a recent version of the 
system, this is done by right clicking on the "XO guy" in the home view -> 
Control Panel -> Network and typing: jabber.laptop.org in the "Server" field. 
Then, you will need to click on the "tick" mark and restart Sugar. 

  Sure, I'm on KGS now as a guest, my handle is aambrois. Please go easy on me 
=P. 
> Thanks,
>
> Paul

  Thank you!

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>
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-- 
  -Andrés