What is SDL?

[fjr at marsdome.myip.org (Frank J. Ramsay)]

SDL applications don't nessesarily write directly to the hardware, you can
write SDL application that work with
remote X11 sessions.  The best source for info on sdl is
http://www.libsdl.org and and the sdl newsgroup at
news.lokigames.com.

                                        -fjr

----- Original Message -----
From: <linuxguy at ici.net>
To: <discuss at Blu.Org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 7:30 PM
Subject: What is SDL?


>
> Howdy all,
>
> I'm in the mode of compiling games and activities for my
> kiddies to play on my computers.  For those not familiar with
> my setup at home, I have a beefy server in the basement and
> diskless terminals (X-terminals in the traditional sense) throughout
> the house.
>
> A lot of nifty games I'm looking at require the SDL (Simple DirectMedia
> Layer) package to work.  If I understand it correctly, SDL provides
> a API to directly address video/audio hardware much like M$ DirectX which
> leads me to believe that these games won't work over a remote X11
> session.  Meaning, SDL games running on the server won't display on
> my terminals as expected.  True?
>
> Comments on SDL or suggestions for kids Linux-friendly games appreciated.
>
> - christoph
>
>
>
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