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Fragging on Linux and TransGaming

Posted by Zonk on from the penguin-for-the-win dept.

Kez writes "HEXUS.net has an article looking at the current state of Linux gaming and the broad number of supported games both natively and through emulation. Included in the article is a chat with the Product Manager of TransGaming - the creators of Cedega (formerly known as WineX.)" From the article: "Well, Linux certainly isn't most peoples' thought for a games-based PC. Especially one being taken to a big tournament LAN party. However, by design or trickery, none of the tournament games at the event were out-of-bounds to my Linux machine, and rousing games of Call of Duty, Quake 2 and Unreal Tournament 2004 were shared by the HEXUS.net collective and any other gamers who felt like joining in." We ran a story about a similar article back in February.

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  1. First LOL post by Fecal+Troll+Matter · · Score: -1, Troll

    IANAL, LOL.

    nigga!
    i fucking hate you.

    1. Re:First LOL post by The_Fire_Horse · · Score: -1, Troll

      What a strange headline - I read this as:

      FAGGING ON LINUX

      and I thought, finally - these dirty GNU hippies are coming out of the closet!

  2. Windows can be free too by scenestar · · Score: -1, Troll

    If you get a warezed version of windows it's free too.

    Sure, having to tweak every aspect of your kernel is fun. But it still doesn't beat the click/run/play functionality of windows

    --
    perpetually dwelling in the -1 pits
  3. Re:Square peg -- Round hole by Tough+Love · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm a gamer first and foremost, and in this day and age that means Microsoft.

    As far as I'm concerned, if a game doesn't run on Linux, it doesn't exist.

    --
    When all you have is a hammer, every problem starts to look like a thumb.
  4. spot the linux gamer at a con - by 3rdParty · · Score: -1, Troll

    he's the one wearing the helmet.

    Seriously, as long as linux uses an X windowing system of any kind, it is going to suck for FPS gaming, and many other graphics-intensive games.

    The heavy overhead of running a separate windowing server is always going o kick linux in the ass when it comes to gaming. Why fight it? You don't see slashdotters insisting everyone drive schoolbuses, so why would everyone want a dedicated multi-user environment on their desktop? Boggles the mind.