On Monday 29 November 2004 5:31 pm, you wrote: >> I just got fed up, wiped my system and threw away my copy of Win95 in >> 1997. Your mileage may vary, but I strongly recommend total >> immersion like the way I did it. > > I agree I got fed up with WinXP and wiped it 3 months ago. There is > very little you cant do on linux. the only thing that I miss is > graphic-intensive gaming..
Really? I haven't. I'm still bleary eyed from too much drinking and playing Unreal Tournament 2004 at the expense of sleep, which runs pretty much flawlessly once I figured out that it was a iso9660 DVD instead of a udf DVD for some reason. Got it at WalMart for $39.95 (and no sales tax, so I got change back from two $20s), Linux version came on it. Unreal Tournament from Loki Software runs well, too. A few features the Windows version doesn't have, but they're fairly insignificant and easily worked around (and it's been so long since I've seen UT on Windows, I don't have an exact idea what I'm missing anymore, that's how minor it is). Then there is America's Army, produced by the United States Army, which is a free download from http://www.americasarmy.com/ . No recruiter will call, in fact, downloading America's Army and dinking with the privacy options online actually got the recruiters to *stop* pestering me (not something they even suggested). http://www.lokisoftware.com/ is a defunct producer of ported games to Linux. They still have their FTP site up, so if you have the windows version of any of the games they have on their site, you can download the Linux binaries gratis. http://www.idsoftware.com/ is id Software's website. They've done a fantastic job supporting the Linux gamer, and they make getting quality games out to as many gamers as possible a priority. http://www.icculus.org/ is the heir-apparent to the niche Loki previously filled, producing the Linux version of UT2004 for Atari, as well as the Linux version of America's Army, among other games. http://www.transgaming.com/ is the maker of Cedega, a Windows emulator geared towards gaming. I use it to get to Vice City, and once I hear it supports it, I'll probably go track down GTA: San Andreas for the PC. It's the easy way out for many games that don't have a Linux version. Sometimes you can luck out and play something that they don't know works yet, so when in doubt, give it a whirl. You can always take it back if it doesn't work for you. You have access to a few thousand titles now. Go forth and game! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
