Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 10:25:07 -0400 From: Technical Information <tech_info@threespace.com> To: Stephen McKay <mckay@thehub.com.au> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Most BSD-like and games-friendly Linux? Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010727101140.03130ba0@threespace.com> In-Reply-To: <200107271328.f6RDScq34621@dungeon.home>
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[rising from his seat in the circle] Hello everyone. My name is Chip, and I am a Linux user. [everyone in group chimes in "Hi, Chip."] I haven't yet become a Linux gaming expert, but I do have a stack of commercial Linux games waiting for me to take a swipe at installing them. So far, I just haven't had the time, and after Quake III choked Red Hat Linux 7.1, I realized that there was going to be some debugging involved, so I'm waiting until I can really dedicate some time to it. I use Red Hat largely because it's a good distribution with the best support from software vendors. But there ain't really nothing BSD about it. I hear that Debian has a BSD-ish philosophy even if they don't have a BSD style, but that's nothing that I can confirm. Of course I will point out that even on true Linux my experiences have been "iffy." I've had about as much success with commercial products on the Linuxulator as I have on very up-to-date versions of Linux. The state of gaming on Linux is about like gaming on Windows 95 back in early 1996. (Remember DirectX 2.0? Brrrr.) Linux just doesn't have things like the standard installer and the mature, highly tested graphics libraries that Windows now has. Sometimes having one dominant member to focus the group is a good thing. Anyway, that's my experience so far. When I get around to installing/playing these games, I'll let you know. --Chip Morton At 09:28 AM 7/27/2001, you wrote: >What do you do when you want to play action games? I'm talking heavy >3D OpenGL graphics, not just xbill. :-) > >At the moment I have to use that unmentionable OS from Redmond, and though >it crashes and is generally stupid, it usually delivers enough action >gaming to satisfy. But is there an alternative? > >My first choice would be FreeBSD, of course, but I've had not a great deal >of success with FreeBSD and 3D action gaming. XP is coming soon, and I >want to not even have the displeasure of installing it even once, not >even for a taste. That leaves a Linux distro. But which one? > >I'm interested in opinions on the most game friendly, and most BSD-like >Linux distro around. I've got a Geforce2 in an Athlon box and want to >try Quake and Unreal and such. I want to install and play, not debug >the Linuxulator or hopeless game install scripts. I want nVidia's >display driver to just work without tricks. That sort of thing. > >Anyone willing to admit to being a Linux gaming expert on a FreeBSD list? :-) > >Stephen. > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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