Best Linux distro?

[Postal]

Christ, soap, not EVERYONE here is as obsessed with computer games as you. Some people realize that there is more to computers than playing World of Warcraft for 260 hours.

I've got an xbox for games, and a kickass linux box for programming.

Fuck off.

[+JuggerNaut+]

Christ, soap, not EVERYONE here is as obsessed with computer games as you. Some people realize that there is more to computers than playing World of Warcraft for 260 hours.

I've got an xbox for games, and a kickass linux box for programming.

Fuck off.

told :lol:

[Seg]

Once its to the point that i can put my disk in, install, and run the exe and be able to run the game in all its glory without being penalized for it do to shitty "emulation"

sorry.. linux is nice for SOME things but as a gaming OS.. ha.. no

And you don't put PS2 games in the Xbox either. The problem isn't the OS, there are games out there with linux versions. The problem is that game companies don't want to be bothered with porting the games over to linux. There are also issues with drivers. Nvidia has great linux drivers, where ATI have really shitty drivers.

I'm not a big fan for Transgaming. It works for some things but not everything. For the cost it's not worth it. If you keep your copy of Windows for 3+ years, it's cheaper than Transgaming and all your games work.

[SOAPboy]

Christ, soap, not EVERYONE here is as obsessed with computer games as you. Some people realize that there is more to computers than playing World of Warcraft for 260 hours.

I've got an xbox for games, and a kickass linux box for programming.

Fuck off.

We just happen to be on a gaming forum.. Thanks for "Trying" tho..

Once its to the point that i can put my disk in, install, and run the exe and be able to run the game in all its glory without being penalized for it do to shitty "emulation"

sorry.. linux is nice for SOME things but as a gaming OS.. ha.. no

And you don't put PS2 games in the Xbox either. The problem isn't the OS, there are games out there with linux versions. The problem is that game companies don't want to be bothered with porting the games over to linux. There are also issues with drivers. Nvidia has great linux drivers, where ATI have really shitty drivers.

I'm not a big fan for Transgaming. It works for some things but not everything. For the cost it's not worth it. If you keep your copy of Windows for 3+ years, it's cheaper than Transgaming and all your games work.

Aye, that still dont change the fact linux isnt a 'gaming' os

[Postal]

We just happen to be on a gaming forum.. Thanks for "Trying" tho..

Eh? Quake 3? Works fine for me on linux.


WoW :icon10:

[SOAPboy]

We just happen to be on a gaming forum.. Thanks for "Trying" tho..

Eh? Quake 3? Works fine for me on linux.


WoW :icon10:

Its not just WoW that dont work..

Sure UT2k4, Q3A, work.. But i for the life if me cant find a GOOD way to get Steam to work, nor many of the other games i play like Trackmania Sunrise..



Im not bashing nix here, its just not ment for gaming.. everything outside of gaming, its great..

[Postal]

Then don't use it for gaming.

[l0g1c]

*prepares screenshots*

Will take a while, new patch today.

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[SOAPboy]

*prepares screenshots*

Will take a while, new patch today.

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Care to explain how?

And what kind of performance?

right now im running 1280x1024 full detail... gonna still be possible without dipping udner 30fps?

if it is, ill be all over it..

[bork[e]]

l0g1c - what is that you have there...what to download to get looks you have sir?

[l0g1c]

Gentoo linux running fluxbox windows manager
Athlon XP 1600+ (1.4GHz)
GeForce 3 Ti200


I get 30-50fps in 1600x1200 @ 72MHz with all the fancy bits turned down low. I cranked them all the way up to see what difference it made and I was ~15fps

It runs just about the way it did in WinXP Pro. I don't have an uber box, but maybe for the better to let people know what to expect on an average machine.

Oh, and I use the transgaming thing to run it and have been pretty satisfied (although sometimes it takes a while for transgaming to get their shit together on some bugs)

Transgaming charges $5 a month for the "subscription" You can pay the $5 once and get what you need and cancel (I think they might have like a 2-3 month minimum subscription). I pay the fee though to show my support for a good project.

[Deathshroud]

Gentoo linux running fluxbox windows manager
Athlon XP 1600+ (1.4GHz)
GeForce 3 Ti200


I get 30-50fps in 1600x1200 @ 72MHz with all the fancy bits turned down low. I cranked them all the way up to see what difference it made and I was ~15fps

It runs just about the way it did in WinXP Pro. I don't have an uber box, but maybe for the better to let people know what to expect on an average machine.

Oh, and I use the transgaming thing to run it and have been pretty satisfied (although sometimes it takes a while for transgaming to get their shit together on some bugs)

Transgaming charges $5 a month for the "subscription" You can pay the $5 once and get what you need and cancel (I think they might have like a 2-3 month minimum subscription). I pay the fee though to show my support for a good project.

Heh, I actually payed and tried that Cedega thing back when I was playing CoH and thought it was utter trash. I had Fedora Core 2 I think at the time, and I couldn't even get it to install CoH.

But yea, I should try a stage 3 install? I read that handbook thing, and liked what I saw about that one tool that allows you to compile programs and features according to what you will be running.

Oh, and another complaint about Fedora is that its Up2Date proggy sucks ass. That thing froze up, and crashed on me so many times its rediculous. So, make sure to setup your yum.conf file with good repositories, and update that way. It's x100 better. Also Postal, check this website out. Awesome resource if you have any questions that need to be answered.

[SOAPboy]

Gentoo linux running fluxbox windows manager
Athlon XP 1600+ (1.4GHz)
GeForce 3 Ti200


I get 30-50fps in 1600x1200 @ 72MHz with all the fancy bits turned down low. I cranked them all the way up to see what difference it made and I was ~15fps

It runs just about the way it did in WinXP Pro. I don't have an uber box, but maybe for the better to let people know what to expect on an average machine.

Oh, and I use the transgaming thing to run it and have been pretty satisfied (although sometimes it takes a while for transgaming to get their shit together on some bugs)

Transgaming charges $5 a month for the "subscription" You can pay the $5 once and get what you need and cancel (I think they might have like a 2-3 month minimum subscription). I pay the fee though to show my support for a good project.

Cool, i might check it out..

That gives me alot of hope for linux honestly

[bork[e]]

http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=45

That second link under i386 is the one I'm guessing I need to download and get going. After reading a few manuals I'm confused. Some say that Gentoo makes a cd that boots the computer and installs the drivers so you can download the actuall OS from the Internet.

Now my question is if I download that ISO and slap it on a CD do I still have to download anything else like they are talking about or is all I need on that CD?

[Seg]

Gentoo has some of the best docs I've ever seen for a distro. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml

[^misantropia^]

Running Debian at the moment. Stable and easy to maintain. emerge may be > apt-get but only if you have lots of time and patience (I didn't have both). Did a desktop install the other day and am currently tailoring it to my needs. Q3W looks horrible with freetype fonts btw