On Sat, 13 Aug 2011 02:07:39 -0400, jhu wrote:

> "commodorejohn" <com### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> In the past I've had some fun playing around with POV-Ray via Moray for
>> Windows on a handful of different PCs. Recently, though, I acquired a
>> Power Mac G5 that I've installed Debian on, and as its overall
>> horsepower is several times that of even my previous P4 tower, I
>> thought it would be nice to start using it for rendering as well as
>> just general Linux acclimation.
>>
>> I got POV-Ray itself built and installed with no trouble; however, I'm
>> having a heck of a time finding a modeller to use with it. I've looked
>> at a number of ones from the "Links" section, but most of them appear
>> to be dead or abandoned years ago. Truevision looks promising, but the
>> latest tarball is throwing errors about conflicting declarations at me,
>> and the CVS server doesn't seem to be working...
>>
>> All I really want here is a simple modeller along the lines of Moray
>> that I can use for hobby rendering, and that will build without a big
>> fuss. Can anyone give me some suggestions?
> 
> You could always use the Povray SDL. It's not that difficult. Also, you
> can pick up an old and cheap core2 or athlon ii computer that is much
> faster than the ppc970.

Well, it can be difficult if you don't have a good visual way of 
thinking.  I have difficulty visualizing what I want to see on the screen 
without actually seeing it.

Jim

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