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WiseKran

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« on: May 29, 2005, 02:12:54 pm »
Would someone tell me about linux.. or where i can learn more about what it is?

The only thing i know about it is that its an operating system that many people prefer over windows =P

Ive never seen a game that says its linux compatible, or even mentions linux.

All i know is that im startuing to really hate windows, and i dont like macs
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« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2005, 02:38:43 pm »
http://www.linux.org/ There are many neat games for Linux, unfortunatelly not RPG/MMORPG. :(

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« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2005, 04:25:55 pm »
T=tested

Cube3D (T)
Vegastrike
Quakeforge -> the free adaptation of quake (but I saw some screenshot... wahou it was even maybe better than quake3... amazing what they did)
Slune (T)
freedroidRPG (T)
glaxium (T)
Unreal Tournament
unreal tournament 2003 (and maybe other releases -> third cdrom) (T)
freeciv (T)
planeshift : but linux release come after windows ones... (T)
Tuxracer (T)
Arkhart  (T)
NeverWinter Nights
Exult (Ultima 7 under Linux)
Slayers Online
Battle for Wesnoth
DROD
Open Warfare
SuperTux (T)
Pingus (T)
Flight Gear Flight Simulator
FooBillard
BillardGL
GL-117 (T)
Reaper
GLTron
Ryzom
Racer
TORCS
Stuntcar Racer
poopmup
Tux kart
ClanBomber (T)
Rune
Arkanae
Heavy Gear II
Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.2
Egoboo (T)
Wolfenstein Enemy Territory
Descent 3
Quake 3
Legends
Tribes 2
Heretic
Heretic II
Descent
Transfusion (blood like)
Quake 2
Soldier of Fortune
Urban terror 3 (q3 mod which seems to be better than cs 1)
Doom or glDoom (T and better than original... but the project wasnt opensource and all the sources has been lost lol)

wormux (worms like)
BankiZ (worms like)

Chromium B.S.U. (2d but nice)
Cannon Smash (ping pong...bof... but its 3d)

bygfoot (not what I like...)

skystreets (when I play this kind of games under windows I was under Win95 but it was really amusing especially when one of your friend control velocity and direction while you jump)

PowerManga (2d but I liked it)
Frozen Bubble (nice arcade games I never finished it cause its hard to stay in front of the screen without having a headaches after 5hours of hard concentration...)

Heroes of Might and Magic III

Netrek (I just saw the screenshots and... it looks ugly but I learnt a lot of teams exist...)

Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns
Myth II : Soulblighter
FreeCNC (command and conquer)

Freecraft (clone of warcraft 2) (T)
Jagged Alliance 2
XShipWars (xsw)

UFO: Alien invasion

boson

Railroad Tycoon II
OpentTTD (Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe)
Sim City 2000
LinCity
Deus EX
Sid Meier\'s Alpha Centauri
Civilization Call To Power

all the parallel realities games

and many others

I recognize some games here are old and in fact I think the list isnt up to date

All the games arent free. Some need you buy the commercial windows release of the games
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« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2005, 08:46:51 am »
Linux is stable, customizeable, secure, and free.  It does cause headaches sometimes, but the more you use it, the easier it becomes to fix problems.  I\'m using gentoo, but I dont think i\'d recommend that for a beginner.  Check out Fedora Core 3 or Knoppix.  

There aren\'t many games that run in Linux, but I contend that PS is the only game that matters.  It is true that the linux version always comes out after the windows one, but you can alwasy build your own following the guides at laanx.fragnetics.com.  It is not always easy, however.

The first time I ever installed linux on a machine, it was Red Hat 7.something, and its installer gui offered this metaphor:  \"Would you by a car that\'s hood had been welded shut?\"
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« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2005, 09:46:16 am »
In my opinion, Linux is not \"secure by default\", it merely \"supports\" security.
What I want to say with this: If you don\'t know what you are really doing, I find it a lot easier to create vulnerabilities in Linux through misconfiguration, than under Windows. Then again, if you do know what you are doing, the possibilities and and abilities are vast.
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« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2005, 04:58:56 pm »
pogo are you saying linux is less secured than windows by default?
You are the very first one who say that. I\'m using Windows and Linux. The security of my windowsXP is shatered if I dont change anything on the configuration by default of MS. Howerver, I have 2 antivirus and 1 firewall...
Ive no problem with linux... really strictly no problem! if you want a paranoiac security you can configure it but its not necessary. Each security problem is fixed in one month maximum (it\'s what I learnt and even it\'s rare when it needs one month). WindowsXP still need security fixing (after 3 years). And even if there are SP1 and SP2 I keep on fighting against hackers under windows...
just imagine pogo that linux debian ask to me if I really would like to burn a cd as a user cause it could be a hole in my system security... With windows by default you can eradicate the config files and the system files of the system... really this security is amazing! Especially in the schools...
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« Reply #6 on: May 30, 2005, 05:12:28 pm »
Oh, just a short note, if you\'re thinking of buying a vid-card, and you\'re a linux user, get Nvidia. I have an ATI, and they are horrible with linux drivers.

Not to put down ATI or anything.
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« Reply #7 on: May 30, 2005, 05:28:41 pm »
i myself jsut recently switched to linux (Suse 9.3)

let me tell you ..IT IS AWSOME

especiall for me b/c i run a server to do various tasks, in windows you were kinda stuck with that the default settings were on everytihng, in Lunix you can customize, customize, customize!

Its even given me a chance to learn new things like using gpg (kinda like pgp, aka pretty good pretection), i haven\'t gotten it fully figured out, but eerytime you do get something right o feel like a 1337 haxx0r

go linux!
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« Reply #8 on: May 30, 2005, 05:54:37 pm »
i am using linux for a long time now and i love the system .. have you ever heard someone saying this about windows? :P
to add more information:
there are a lot (and getting more) native games for linux and even a lot of commercial ones, like unreal tournament 2004 or doom?.
if you like more informations for playing games on linux visit http://www.happypenguin.org or http://www.linux-gamers.net
which distro to use? it is not easy to say ... the distros differs something between i get anything completely build in binaries (like SuSe, Debian, Redhat) to i must build up my own system from the scratch (like gentoo).
i like to build my own system especially the kernel to keep my hardware compatibility to the latest devices (DVB-T, scanner, printer, remote control, nvidia card) that is different to suse or redhat which mainly use a big common kernel with a lot of modules which were dynamicly loaded after the devices are getting autodetected (thats why knoppix runs on \"every\" system).
loadable modules support is one of the greatest advantages of linux. that means, that you can load or unload drivers in your running system without rebooting.

so thats my opinion and i would like to see more people using linux ;)
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« Reply #9 on: May 30, 2005, 06:29:08 pm »
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Originally posted by lethe
so thats my opinion and i would like to see more people using linux ;)

Yeah the linux revolution!
but please if you are not a developper, not a good advicer or useless... please dont use Debian distribution cause I like downloading my update at full speed and too many people updating would bore me... :D
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« Reply #10 on: May 30, 2005, 07:41:51 pm »
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pogo are you saying linux is less secured than windows by default?


Not necessarily, I rather meant.. well hard to explain. Lets say, you\'re setting up some webserver. It will be easier to not make mistakes if you do that with IIS or apache on windows (installer + gui setup) than with e.g. apache on linux. So I mean that you can have security holes that are \"made by you\"(tm) more easily under linux. (completely not regarding any security holes that are built into the programs, just talking about misconfiguration). :)
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« Reply #11 on: May 31, 2005, 12:18:34 am »
linux= no wow..    wisekran= no linux



sounds extremely limited..


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« Reply #12 on: May 31, 2005, 12:35:50 am »
if your wanting a gaming pc, stay windows
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« Reply #13 on: May 31, 2005, 01:03:07 am »
till longhorn and drm comes around :)
i wait for that long track of users who switch to linux when their copy of window will not work anymore or the pressure of the law is too high to use copies.
beware that every software implemented in a distribution is completely free (free as freedom of speech not as free beer :P )

ps: i have seen people running wow on linux
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« Reply #14 on: May 31, 2005, 01:07:25 am »
im not a programmer, nor do i know about code or crap to make linux work..

and i have a short temper for problems, or \'customization\'

in linux
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