The State of Linux Gaming

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Friday February 4, 2005 @02:15AM from the games-people-play dept.

Srikant_Chaudhry writes "CTZ has an interesting article that talks about hardware and software problems, along with others, that is limiting Linux gaming as a whole. Here's a quote from their concluding paragraph: "As of this moment, gaming on Linux is still a little like the Wild West. It's somewhat chaotic, random and empty, but it can be very exciting too. As time progresses and the market matures, we will see a plethora of games on Linux. Right now, many distributions are concentrating on other materials, like making their distributions easy to use, and making sure they work well with all the different hardware. Once the Linux desktop has stabilized to a certain extent, you can expect to see developers turn their energies to better gaming support under Linux. That's when the Linux gaming market will really take off."

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Dupe! by nicholasharbour · 2005-02-04 02:17 · Score: 5, Funny

I swear I read this EXACT story 3 years ago.

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1. Re:Dupe! by Otter · 2005-02-04 03:00 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Sure, but now we have the Cube LiveCD for PegasosPPC!. With a game I've never heard of running on hardware I've never heard of we've entered a new world of Linux gaming!
  
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All that matters by Sfing_ter · 2005-02-04 02:18 · Score: 4, Funny

All that matters is I can play Quake 3 just fine... well, the game plays just fine... :)

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Current state of my Linux gaming by JamesD_UK · 2005-02-04 02:18 · Score: 5, Funny

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1. Re:Current state of my Linux gaming by dr_dank · 2005-02-04 02:34 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Wait until Nethack for Playstation2 comes out. The f? rendered in 3d will be breathtaking.
  
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Re:Another state of games article? by Backdraft32 · 2005-02-04 02:29 · Score: 1, Funny

tod_miller said "In good news, flash games and java games all fly like shit out of a teflon coated colon. Which is kinda cool." Wow! That was vivid imagery for this time of the morning....
Re:Another state of games article? by grub · 2005-02-04 02:31 · Score: 1, Funny

flash games and java games all fly like shit out of a teflon coated colon.

So... like tubgirl?

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Re:I'm willing to change by nighthawk127127 · 2005-02-04 02:32 · Score: 1, Funny

TuxRacer! w00t!

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Re:America's Army rocks by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-04 02:46 · Score: 5, Funny

AA:SF is cool. Can someone help me with the later missions. I've toppled the statue, and am holding my own against the insurgents, and I've seen the "Mission Accomplished" splash screen... but I can't seem to find the WMD anywhere? Is there a secret button I need to push somewhere?

God be with you,
George.
Re:I'm willing to change by fitten · 2005-02-04 03:09 · Score: 1, Funny

Dance Dance Revolution

My condolences.
Re:I'm willing to change by DenDave · 2005-02-04 04:00 · Score: 5, Funny

Who cares about gaming? When you have a linux box you can have fun resolving dependancies, building packages and simply netcatting your little brothers porn traffic!!!

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Re:Software Like Cedega I get 75% working. by Anonymous Coward · 2005-02-04 04:57 · Score: 1, Funny

Paying for Cedega is much like paying for a special adapter that will allow you to use your Ferarri steering wheel on your Pinto.
Re:Let's pick on the Linux community today! by WilyCoder · 2005-02-04 09:38 · Score: 2, Funny

GCC: Get back to work, dumbass, or I'll cut your balls off.

I thought I was the only one to get that compiler error.