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dzjepp
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PostPosted: 02-08-2005 02:54 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Hi! What is the best penguin distro to use for gaming?

Thanx! :icon31:
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Pho
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PostPosted: 02-08-2005 05:35 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Any really. http://www.transgaming.com/ will be all you need.

Fedora seems a very good distro, I tried it recently on my laptopa nd it was fast. It also uses the new X.org window system; rather than the old Xfree86 one.
http://fedora.redhat.com/

Debian is a bit more hardcore, the installer is pretty shit (Fedora has a GUI like windows installer) as it's console based, but the distro is still very good. http://www.debian.org/

Fedora I think :up:
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PostPosted: 02-08-2005 05:35 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Check if a game is supported with Linux : http://transgaming.org/gamesdb/
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PostPosted: 02-08-2005 07:33 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


http://www.linuxiso.org is also great :icon14:
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Seg
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PostPosted: 02-08-2005 08:07 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


dzjepp wrote:
Hi! What is the best penguin distro to use for gaming?

Thanx! :icon31:


Well, which games are you hoping to play? There are very few native Linux ports out there. Another good question is what video card are you using? Really if you are running an ATI you should stick with Windows...

If you are just looking to test it out try Knoppix.
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PostPosted: 02-08-2005 08:14 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


For the record, Seg is THE MAN!
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PostPosted: 02-10-2005 12:12 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Thanks man, good job on getting this place going again. Looks great!
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