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FuhQuake

Good looking and still Quake. :)

Haven't had time to check if it is Quakeworld compatible tho...

VirtuaWin - Virtual desktop manager

PuTTY - SSH client

WinSCP - GUI-based SSH file copier

Mozilla - The Web browser

CygWin - UNIX-like command line tools and environment

FuhQuake - QuakeWorld client with advanced rendering.

Vim - text editor extraordinaire

VoodooLights - screen saver (alas, no longer supported or available)

TweakUI - Allows tweaking of various Windows UI details

DeliPlayer 2 - music player, including support for "MOD" formats

Schwab

A QuakeWorld news portal.
FuhQuake QuakeWorld Client.

I agree. Fuhquake, an opensource Quake client/server would run very nicely on said machines.

I see many posts by people that haven't played Quakeworld recently. They don't truely understand what players can do, physics wise, in Quakeworld deathmatch. They confuse bunnyhopping in Quakeworld with bunnying in Quake 3. They are two different beasts. Check out this post for more info

Let me make a few other recommendations for those who haven't played in a while, or to those that have never played this wonderful FPS game.

For Quake's first couple years of life, players enjoyed the game and basically learned a few physics tricks: rocket jumping, wall running, etc... but after roughly 3 years since its release, some new acrobatic tricks were discovered that completely changed how Quake is now played.

Quake has now become something that not only requires great aim and strategy, but also great acrobatic skill.

If you want a taste of what I am talking about, download the Frags Done Extreme and Def Dag Extreme videos. They suffer from an overuse of slow motion, but thats because most of these acrobatic tricks require such great speed, that they are hard to see in full speed. Also note, when watching these videos, that low gravity or other such things are not used. The people in the video are simply moving incredibly fast, and the video is played in incredibly slow motion.

So when the players look like they are flying, it is because they really know how to move, not because of low gravity.

Trust me, if you have ever played Quake, but not played in a long time, those videos will blow your mind! THATS REAL DEATHMATCH BABY!

For those that are interested in playing Quakeworld, note that it is opensource and runs on all of the major PC platforms, such as Windows and Linux. I recommend the FuhQuake client. Though the game engine is opensource, the art content such as levels, models, sounds, and textures are still copyrighted by Id Software.

So if you want to play, you will need to pay around $10 for a bargin bin copy of the game. Install it, and then install FuhQuake over it.

Finally, the question that I have is, if all you want is Quakeworld, then why not play Quakeworld? It is cheaper than Quake 3, opensource, and Quakeworld has lower system requirements.

People still play Chess after hundreds of years. The game gets better with time, as players learn new ways of playing. Should we give up Chess for newer shinier versions with better graphics and sound? Nah, just play the game if its fun. Stop wasting your money on more of the same.

You should try the FuhQuake Quake client, which updates the eyecandy for Quake and its mods. Check it out!

One last thing, I saw your website, and your section about Quake. Uhhh, if you still play Quakeworld, I suggest you use the FuhQuake client. It has numerous improvements both graphical and network, in addition to a few interface tweaks. In addition, you can play single player COOP using Quakeworld's network protocol. Isn't open source great? Isn't Id Software great? Well, John Carmack is great, at least.

A better open source Quake is FuhQuake, which is updated more frequently than QuakeForge. Not only that, but FuhQuake is more stable. Why pay money for more of the same? Just play Quake. Its free.