Linux Gamer’s Guide

[AstroTurf]

Interesting where this thread went.

Eish, OS wars...

Plenty fun games for Linux but I do wish more developers would start native adding support for games under Linux.

 

[Amos_Keeto]

I've only had a couple of issues with gaming on linux (ubuntu 11.04) and wine. And it tends to be the usual culprits: a .Net game, a games for windows live game, or me being too lazy to copy the installs to my linux partition. I had issues with Brink though, which made me sad, since both Doom 3 and Quake 4 are fine on linux....mind you, I had issues with Brink on Windows as well ;P

As for drivers, I run an ATi card, and I haven't had a days issue with it. (Ok, yes, it's a clean install on the card, so I can't say that I installed linux and then swopped out cards.)

 

[dacha]

Might as well spend the R300 to buy Mac OSx, rather than some software to run on linux. The OSx market is bigger and better supported and you can get Steam. There's no benefit to Linux being free if no one is going to fix it after all these years anyway. Windows 7 is R1000, a few games worth, and there's more free software for windows.

Only if you play the latest games. Older games don't all work on Windows Vista/7 or sometimes even XP, but many do work on Wine.

 

[Chevron]

I've only had a couple of issues with gaming on linux (ubuntu 11.04) and wine. And it tends to be the usual culprits: a .Net game, a games for windows live game, or me being too lazy to copy the installs to my linux partition. I had issues with Brink though, which made me sad, since both Doom 3 and Quake 4 are fine on linux....mind you, I had issues with Brink on Windows as well ;P

As for drivers, I run an ATi card, and I haven't had a days issue with it. (Ok, yes, it's a clean install on the card, so I can't say that I installed linux and then swopped out cards.)

Probably because they are OpenGL games.

 

[Amos_Keeto]

Probably because they are OpenGL games.

Yes, and Brink is built on the same engine.

 

[Elimentals]

Some Linux Games, well more like a Live DVD with games on it. There is also links to the sights to get the full games for your Distro.

http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=games

Well with wine "Emulation" I dont have much of an issue playing most Windows Games and find Steam and WOW working on it pretty well.

 

[AstroTurf]

Some Linux Games, well more like a Live DVD with games on it. There is also links to the sights to get the full games for your Distro.

http://live.linux-gamers.net/?s=games

Well with wine "Emulation" I dont have much of an issue playing most Windows Games and find Steam and WOW working on it pretty well.

I just don't want to install Wine, makes me feel dirty.

 

[ponder]

Windows has been built on the same monolith structure since Windows NT.

It's actually a hybrid kernel as it has properties of both a micro & monolithic kernel.

 

[devilfp]

clearly if you are a serious gamer, you have no option but to run windows.

for choice you just can't beat it. but that is not to say that gaming cannot be enjoyed on linux. even natively.

edit - on the driver thing, i was quite amazed that my sidewinder x4 keyboard was picked up and works flawlessly under linux without having to download drivers like i did in win7.

That's pretty cool. Developers should just start to include Linux also.

 

[flarkit]

I would buy Linux game titles, even just OpenGL. It's not only about the visual quality for me, but also the originality and creativity of a title that grabs my interest. Portal would be just as much fun with slightly older graphics, since the actual concept is so clever.