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 Anonvmous+Coward · 2002-09-17 05:19 · Score: 5, Interesting
  
  Heh that was funny. GJ. :)
  
  I remember a couple of years ago, my former office mate was really getting into Linux. He got Samba working and was reaaaally happy about that. Today I understand why Samba's cool, but back then his demo didn't impress me.
  
  Coworker: "Go to my Linux box under Network Neighborhood."
  
  Me: "Ok"
  
  Coworker: "See that directory there?"
  
  Me: "You mean the folder called 'Public'?"
  
  Coworker: "yeah!!!"
  
  Me: "okay.. I'm in there."
  
  Coworker: "YES!! I got Samba working!! Isn't that great?"
  
  Me: "Umm.. you spent all of yesterday and today on that?"
  
  Coworker: "Yeah! It was hard!" (if memory serves, he had a bit of trouble getting it to work on our network, we had some strange issues with it before he started messing with Samba. This was a startup company so the computers were basically band-aided together with whatever MS thought we needed...)
  
  Me: "You realize that a sane person could recreate that trick on Windows by right clicking here, then clicking this checkbox here, then hitting apply, right?" (I was a bit of a smeghead then, still am today.)
  
  After that day, a new policy was created that banned the use of the F-word above a certain number of decibals.
  
  Piece of advice to Linux Zealots out there: Don't brag about features of Linux designed to keep up with Windows. To the uninformed, it makes Linux sound like an un-evolved OS.
Were is my pointy-horned cap? by jvmatthe · 2002-09-17 05:03 · Score: 5, Insightful

The submitter wrote:

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

Well, I don't know exactly what the LiveCD does, but I will say that if you're trying to impress them with the game, then I'm not sure that the Linux demo is going to be that impressive to Windows people. If I were a Windows-only user, I'd ask them what the big deal was, since I could play it on my Windows machine already. And I'd point out that, despite the fact that NVIDIA cards are pretty widespread, the demo on Windows supports a wider range of cards, including the lowly 3dfx Voodoo3. And that it doesn't require rebooting the machine.

If this were a Linux-only game that supported a wide range of hardware configurations and showed off graphical splendor that wasn't generally available on Windows, then that'd be impressive to lots of people. As much as my geeky side can be impressed by the idea of putting together a CD like this, I just don't see Windows people giving a hoot.

FWIW, I'm not a Windows user. I only use Linux at work and at home. Heck, I even wrote an article on the Linux demo and how it came to be. But most Windows users are still puzzled about why a Linux port even exists. They're certainly not going to want you rebooting their machine just so you can boot up Linux and play it from a CD.

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1. Re:Were is my pointy-horned cap? by Soko · 2002-09-17 05:26 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  I agree that Windows users won't actively seek out this - especially if they're happy with thier current OS.
  
  However, this can be the coup-de-grace for the people who are merely curious about Linux, even more so to those who are considering a switch. Observe:
  
  WindowsUser: Y'know, I'd like to try that Linux thing but I don't want to hose my Windows machine.
  
  LinuxAdvocate: No problem. Here's a Gentoo Linux 1.4 CD. You boot from it and it creates a temporary but fully working Linux system. You have an NVIDIA card, so you're good to go.
  
  WindowsUser: It won't hose my system?
  
  LinuxAdvocate: Not at all. It won't even look at your disk unless you tell it to.
  
  WindowsUser: Hmmmmmm - OK, lemme plug it in and re-boot.
  
  (Many minutes of playing with Linux)
  
  WindowsUser: Seems stable and fast. It's alot like Windows, too. Not bad. What about games?
  
  LinuxAdvocate: *ShitEatingGrin* Have I got a treat for you....
  
  It's a marketing tool. UT2003 is just a way to draw the bees to the honey. Besides, it'd be cool to carry around your UT2003 environment wherever you go...
  
  Soko
  
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  "Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm." - Anonymous
FTP mirrors by mortis_aeturnus · 2002-09-17 05:16 · Score: 5, Informative

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Answer by Mustang+Matt · 2002-09-17 05:23 · Score: 5, Informative

LiveCD is a standalone bootable CD that you can pop in most newer computers, boot up and play the game.

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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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Kevin
"It's not the cough that carries you off, it's the coffin they carry you off in" O. Nash
PC "Consoles"? by Vireo · 2002-09-17 06:32 · Score: 5, Interesting

What I find interesting is the possibility to offer games that come with their own OS. Instead of distributing a game which comes for Windows, Linux, or MacOS, why not put an optimized OS on the CD or DVD so that anyone can boot it and play the game. The game could fetch configs and saved games, if available, on a user-specified location on disk, or better, online. It would work much as a console; of course, having to boot on the CD is a drawback, but console users don't seem to mind.