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Best Configuration for Linux Gaming?

Posted by Cliff on from the aside-from-dual-booting dept.

werjman asks: "I'm interested in switching completely to Linux but the only thing holding me back is the gaming. What I really want to know is what distro, graphical environment, Window Manager, and so forth are low on the system resources and play games great (and by games, I mean 3D accelerated memory hogs). Does anyone out there actually use Linux as a gaming platform?"

3 of 155 comments (clear)

  1. Sure by crmartin · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... rogue runs on Linux.

    Damn young whippersnappers, anyway.

  2. Well... I think that I might have found by empaler · · Score: 2, Funny

    a possible reason that he might remember...

  3. Haha, I love their 404 page. by mindaktiviti · · Score: 2, Funny

    Tried to check out a screenshot
    .

    > look
    It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

    > find link
    You stumble around trying to find http://icculus.org/projects/twmgl/screenshot1.jpg, but your hands grasp nothing except dirt and rock. You eventually touch something solid, and lift it up. As you bring it to your eyes, you squint to find that it is an electronic root kit of high-jump.

    > quit
    Your score is 25 out of a possible 375. This gives you the rank of hoser.
    Are you sure you want to give up [y/N]? : y