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What Linux Distribution is the Best for Games?

Posted by Cliff on from the introducing-the-Lbox dept.

CodeGeekGuy asks: "I've been thinking of doing the big switcheroo from Windows to Linux. I have, in the past, had various levels of success using Linux, but I generally have to give up as soon as I feel like playing a game. I've done dual booting before, but find it a pain if you're waiting for something to finish and just want a quick game of Half Life 2 or WoW. I'm willing to give this another shot (as I hear that Cedega plays HL2 and WoW quite nicely). I've used Mandrake and Fedora Core and even Redhat, is there another distribution out there that is the best distro to use to get Cedega (and ultimately games) to work well? "

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  1. arch is slim-est! by biryokumaru · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    arch, as it is designed to run uber-fast and be supar-slim!

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  2. None... by windex82 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    None and all... dont suport these half assed attempts at "emulation" to play your games. Everyone using cedega or wine are just giving the devs reasons NOT to make native ports of their games. Why should they when your happy with 70% preformance and major instabilities? But any (major) distro will play the native games just as well as any of the others.

    Either play fully supported Linux native games, hold on to windows, or duel-boot. But whatever you do DO NOT SUPPORT the efforts of these emulators! They are not for the greater good, as far as gamming goes. Using them to run old unsupported software is another story.