UT2003 LiveCD

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Posted by michael on Tuesday September 17, 2002 @04:54AM from the plug-and-play dept.

ztc writes "Gentoo has added a Unreal Tournament 2003 demo to a version of their Linux-based LiveCD. It has up-to-date nvidia graphics drivers, sound drivers, network drivers, etc. on the CD ready-to-play. LiveCDs have always been a great way to sway potential Linux-converts, but this should really impress them! You can download the iso here." A sneaky way to promote Gentoo. I like it.

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WOW! by Reality+Master+101 · 2002-09-17 04:59 · Score: 5, Funny

LiveCDs have always been a great way to sway potential Linux-converts, but this should really impress them!

Zealot: "And look at this!! You plug in the CD, and it runs Unreal Tournament!!"

Normal Person: "But... my Windows already does that."

Zealot: "But you don't understand! It's better because it's Linux!!"

Normal Person: "But it looks the same to me... ?"

Zealot: "Well, yeah, but that's the point! It looks the same, but it's on Linux!!"

Normal Person: "Er.. OK. Show me The Sims next!"

Zealot: "Give me a few hours to get Quake working..."

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1. Re:WOW! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-17 06:49 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  can you help me re-install the $250 copy of Windows XP I bought?
  
  Sure I can help. Insert the CD and turn on the computer. Done. Have a nice day.
  
  Need help with Linux? OK - let's see here. First I need you to bring up a command shell. I don't know where it is for the distribution that your're running. Sorry. You can't find it? OK just CTRL+ALT+Backspace to get out of X. OK now I need you to type [command]. OK hmm... it looks like you're missing a package. Type [command] to install it. Dependency problem... hmmm... ok type [command]. That didn't work either eh? Hmmm... ok go to [web site] and download the source code. We'll just compile it. It's better that way anyway. OK now untar/unzip it. OK now type ./configure. Missing libraries... OK no problem. Type [command] to install the package. More dependency problems? Bummer... go to [website] and download those libraries. OK now lets install those. Missing compiler. Hmm... I guess you chose the Desktop setup when you installed the Distro. What you should have chose was the Development setup. I know... I know... you don't code... but .... well... it's too hard to explain. Just trust me on this one. OK so type [command] to install the compiler package. Yay! it worked. Break out the champagne bottles. Oh...right. That's not what we were trying to do. Sorry... in all the confusion I got side tracked and was just glad something finally worked. OK then...now back to that program. No wait... we still have to compile the libraries. Back to the libraries... compile errors. Hmm... edit the source code and see if you can find the line it's talking about and see if you can fix it. You might have to go take some classes in C programming and read a stack of books. Once you get that issue solved, then you *should* (in theory) be able to compile that program you wanted to install. What was it that you wanted to do again? Oh that's right, you wanted to check your e-mail.
The way it works by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-17 05:00 · Score: 1, Funny

1. Bundle Linux with violent game.
2. ???
3. Profit!

Okay, this is the 10000000th time someone posts that.
slashdot just posted a direct link to an iso by j1mmy · 2002-09-17 05:01 · Score: 4, Funny

I feel sorry for ibiblio.org
UT2003 & Linux.... Works for me by Tha_Big_Guy23 · 2002-09-17 05:01 · Score: 2, Funny

Now coupling a blazingly fast Linux port, they're throwing in UT 2003. What more can one ask for?

Maybe a coffee maker built into my PC to keep me awake for days while playing.

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Re:WOW! QWZX by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-17 05:10 · Score: 1, Funny

There's a project at SourceForge, Triple Threat Linux. It executes every instruction three times, and picks a winner. There's a perf hit, but improved reliability.
UT2003 by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-17 05:12 · Score: 0, Funny

Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!
Nothing new... by Eric_Cartman_South_P · 2002-09-17 05:19 · Score: 3, Funny

...that convicted warez guy in the article below has had this for months already.
Boot time by asobala · 2002-09-17 05:34 · Score: 5, Funny

Zealot > Look at this! It's a demo of Unreal Tournament under Linux. You just put in the CD and it runs.

Poor dude > What's all that writing?

Zealot > That's it booting. You don't need to worry about that.

Poor dude > Why's it taking so long?

Zealot > That's the amazing thing! Gentoo compiles the kernel, the libraries, the compiler, the compiler again, X, AND unreal tournament before running it! So it runs really fast!

Poor dude > So how long does it take to get working?

Zealot > About 3 days from pressing the power on button. But it's fast!
It's been slashdotted, here it is by Lucky+Kevin · 2002-09-17 06:05 · Score: 5, Funny

Since you can no longer get it from the site, in line with other helpful people in other discussions, I have copied the entire CD, gzipped it, uuencoded it and pasted it below. Enjoy!
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Damn Slashdot filters have cut this short. I'll post the other 7,343 parts later!

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1. Re:It's been slashdotted, here it is by Torgo's+Pizza · 2002-09-17 07:31 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  No no no no! Everyone knows that you should use yEnc. Get with the times! That'll cut your posts down to only 6,421 parts!