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linux for games

  • 13-11-2005 9:02pm
    #1
    shanethemofo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭


    i want to get into linux but i also want to play games e.g half-ife 2. Is there any distro that can play games? if so then could you recmend me one please?


Comments

  • #2
    garthv
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,698 ✭✭✭garthv


    http://linux-gamers.org/
    All you need to know really,
    Linux has come a long way with gaming these days and whataver distro you go for the forums should be able to tell you what you need to do. I wouldnt be able to suggest a gaming distro for you but maybe that site might.


  • #3
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,563 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    http://games-knoppix.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/faq.html
    The current Games Knoppix is based on a pre version of the 4.0.2

    # Why isn't (Enemy Territory, Quake X demo, Unreal Tournament X Demo, Americas Army, game server for game Z) included?

    I'm aware that these games exist and I know that they would run on a games knoppix without problems. But I need a permisson from the developers because these games have a strict license. Before releasing the current Games Knoppix, I wrote mails to each publisher/developer of the above games but got no answer. I tried it but it's not possible at the moment.
    list of games on the live knoppix games CD http://games-knoppix.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/gamelist-4.0.2-0.3.txt


  • #4
    HomunQlus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 210 ✭✭HomunQlus


    Some games like World Of Warcraft and Half-Life basically run out of the box when you compile WINE from source code.

    However, WINE does not run all games, it's mostly for applications. But there's TransGaming Cedega, which allows you to run 100s of games right out of the box. This is not free though, it's a subscription service. But what you get for it, I'd say, it's worth its money.

    WINE Development HQ
    http://www.winehq.com

    TransGaming Technologies: Cedega
    http://www.transgaming.com/products_linux.php


  • #5
    Syth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,865 ✭✭✭Syth


    When it comes to games, what distro you use doesn't really matter a lot. It would be good to choose a distro which makes it easy to get your hardware working.

    You do not buy cedega you subscribe to it. It costs €5/$5/£3 (AFAIR) per month and the minimum term is three months. If you subscription lapses you can still use your cedega. So you can in effect buy cedega for $15. :)


  • #6
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    All the major OpenGL games work natively on linux, but they're crap on ATI graphics cards.

    The big ones include:

    Unreal Tournament 2004
    Doom3
    Quake4


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