[NBLUG/talk] GBLD (or similar)?

[ck3k]

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Yeah, used to run WoW in linux each time they patch it, they break  
something new in linux. Gentoo's forum has the best gaming emulation  
threads for such things. I personally love gentoo for certain things.  
I mainly enjoy the learning process that goes on during a first- 
timers gentoo install. It exposes the user to things like fstab, and  
the chroot command, things which until gentoo I had not really known  
about (first gentoo install was pre 1.4, forgot the release number) I  
do however agree it is impossible to do a gentoo install at an  
installfest as was noted by someone earlier, it just takes forever,  
the initial install on a fast box can be realistic, but not a full on  
graphical interface/xorg.

Paul Peterson

On Feb 8, 2006, at 4:38 PM, Nat W. wrote:

> I've played Neverwinter Nights on a Linux box. Bioware actually  
> supports a
> Linux version of the game.
>
> -Nat W.
> http://www.pseudoweb.net
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk-bounces at nblug.org [mailto:talk-bounces at nblug.org] On  
> Behalf Of
> Stephen Cilley
> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 3:19 PM
> To: General NBLUG chatter about anything Linux, answers to  
> questions,etc.
> Subject: Re: [NBLUG/talk] GBLD (or similar)?
>
> Well, gaming on Linux is somewhat problematic, but
> there are plenty of counter examples to show.  Like
> whoever said, Quake III, Quake IV, Doom III, and UT2k4
> all work without any hitches on linux (those are the
> ones I've personally experienced.)  Paul (ck) said
> that he runs WoW on a linux box.  Other than that the
> Cedega compatability list is your best shot for
> figuring it out beforehand:
> http://transgaming.org/gamesdb/
>
> Cedega, btw, can just as easily be installed using CVS
> for free, especially if you're using Gentoo.
>
> As for Gentoo, unless your friend is fairly
> comfortable with Linux/BSD/UNIX, I would most
> forcefully recomend against it.  I would recomend
> Ubuntu/Kubuntu.  Easy, everything just works.  It'll
> be slower than straight Debian, which is slower than
> Gentoo, but we're not talking anything more than a 10%
> boost in FPS, at best (rough estimate.)
>
> Also, in terms of alternative gaming, every Linux
> setup I've ever seen supports most of the popular
> console emulators, and there's DOSBox, so it's classic
> games ahoy.  There's also a fair amount of (somewhat)
> decent open source games.  (decent as in they looked
> alright, I never really took the time to play one.)  I
> mean, who can resist Planet Penguin Racer?
>
> I'm working on a Gentoo gaming box right now, so you
> can e-mail me directly with specific questions if you
> have any.
>
> Stephen
>
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