For those using ripped copies of xp

[Master of Reality]

but half-life kicks so much ass....
I've been wonderin'; shouldnt half-life run good in wine? It does have an OpenGL mode for its graphics.

[Chooco]

quote:Originally posted by VoidMain:
And no one is forcing you to play those M$ specific games.  Quake* runs just fine in Linux.

that is sort of half true. Quake1/2/3 is made for Linux but you will NEVER see it in a store, you have to order it from a website. i don't trust ordering from websites because the house on the other side of my block has the same house number as me but the avenue is different, people mistake that guy's house with my house all the time.

another reason i don't trust the internet is because you have to give up your credit card number to order something, i'm not scared of some guy getting my number, i'm scared of some asshole company screw me by charging like 200 bucks for crap i didn't order. one of my friends had 56k internet then he switched to broadband, when they cancelled the service though, the 56k internet company charged them for payments over the next 2 years even though they had no contract. the company is being a bastard by not giving it back so he actually has to take them to court to get his money back. stuff like that happens to everybody i know, my brother cancelled his car insurance for summer because he rides a bike but the insurance company kept charging for the months of summer and they won't give his money back.when my brother cancelled his cell phone service with rogers, they kept charging for monthly service even though it wasn't a contract deal. all this stuff happens because some dickhead company has access to your bank account or credit card and they can basically rob you and get away with it, 99% of those on line purchase things say they do not accept checks or money order. knowing the incompitance of the Canadian and United States postal services, you won't dare sending money because it will just get lost like every other thing they lose.


i seem paranoid but i've been screwed by things l ike this all the time, i ordered a book through mail and it never came, i got a subscription to gamepro and those assholes never sent 1 copy.

[voidmain]

quote:Originally posted by Chooco:


that is sort of half true. Quake1/2/3 is made for Linux but you will NEVER see it in a store, you have to order it from a website. i don't trust ordering from websites because the house on the other side of my block has the same house number as me but the avenue is different, people mistake that guy's house with my house all the time.

You obviously have never run Quake in Linux or you would know that Windows and Linux both use the same CD. Again, you continue to speak as if you know when in fact you don't. If you don't know something, but just "believe it to be true" you should qualify your comments with "I am not sure, but I believe it to be the case". You download the Linux version of the engine from idSoftware and use the data files from the CD that you buy in the store.  And the Linux versions of Quake I/II/III are not only free as in beer, but you can also download the Quake I/II source code if you want to modify it.  No credit cards, no signing up for anything, just download it like you do any other Linux app.

[ August 14, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]

[Calum]

re: "i need windows so i can play all my games (drool drool)"

my comment is: get a life. Do you know how to write a letter? then fucking do it instead of whining on a bulletin board. If enough people wrote to the actual software houses and complained that their games were not available for some (widely used) platform, how long do you think it would take them to recompile and bring out another version of it?

get off your arses instead of whining, i say.

ps - not directed at anybody in particular, that, so if you got pissed off when you read it, then you must have a guilty conscience. Time to sharpen that pencil...

[lazygamer]

Lol Calum, your obviously not familiar with the vast quantities of games for Windows/Dos that don't have a hope in hell of ever being recompiled. *drool drool*

[choasforages]

i know, i know, i aready sent letters to blizzard about diablo II, but after the bnet.d incident, i said FUCK BLIZZARD. then agian, a linux client for war craft III would be very very sweet

[Chooco]

quote:Originally posted by VoidMain:
You obviously have never run Quake in Linux or you would know that Windows and Linux both use the same CD. Again, you continue to speak as if you know when in fact you don't. If you don't know something, but just "believe it to be true" you should qualify your comments with "I am not sure, but I believe it to be the case". You download the Linux version of the engine from idSoftware and use the data files from the CD that you buy in the store.  And the Linux versions of Quake I/II/III are not only free as in beer, but you can also download the Quake I/II source code if you want to modify it.  No credit cards, no signing up for anything, just download it like you do any other Linux app.

[ August 14, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]

YOU obviously don't have a clue here boy. go to http://idsoftware.com
click on downloads, look on that menu on the left and just TRY to click on source code. notice how you CAN'T
i managed to get a copy of the Quake1 source because one of the guys i met in a forum works for ID software. the source doesn't have makefiles or anything so it's not like you can compile it without having taken a class on programming for Linux.

on a second note, i actually own all 3 version of Quake, legal copies on CDs i bought from Future Shop and Radio Shack. all 3 versions of Quake install through a .exe file, in fact, Quake1 is simply 1 file with the .exe extention and it extracts into all the needed files. none of the Quake CDs have any instructions for Linux either.

so what was it you were saying about me, the own of all 3 Quakes, not knowing shit about Quake?

btw here is what happens when you try to download Quake2 for Linux, this link is from PlanetQuake


[ August 15, 2002: Message edited by: Chooco ]

[voidmain]

Sigh, again you spew what you think are facts rather than asking the simple questions "how do I?" or "where do I?".  Again you get the Linux versions of both the game engine and the source from idsoftware.  Look here:

ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff

Please ask if you do not know something.  Because you do not know something you state that it can not be done.  This misleads everyone else unjustly.

And I suppose you are going to tell me that I am not really running Quake/Doom/Wolfenstein for Linux using my game data files from my Windows CDs that I bought from a store like I have been doing for years and like several other people are doing on this forum.... Hmmm, I guess we must all be idiots because we could get it to work and you couldn't.

And here is the INSTALL document that comes with the downloaded Quake III for Linux:

Code: [Select]

From the FTP site just get the "linuxq3apoint-1.31.x86.run" as that will probably be the easiest for you to start with.  It's a shell archive so you can run the install by typing "sh linuxquake3apoint-1.31.x86.run" or by making it executable by typing "chmod +x linuxquake3apoint-1.31.x86.run" then executing it "./linuxquake3apoint-1.31.x86.run". You should do the install as root.  Also, hopefully you have a Geforce 2/3/4 card. If so, download the GL kernel modules and code from the nVidia web site and install them.

And I very possibly could be your father, so don't call me boy.

[ August 15, 2002: Message edited by: VoidMain ]

[lazygamer]

Off-topic of this Q3 Linux discussion...

To add insult to injury, I will soon be making a Wind0ze 95 partition(and yes, w98 works fine now) just as an extra compatibility measure. Oh boy, ain't I such a wanker.  

[Altimas]

Hello everyone...I was recommended this sight by a friend..well actually my boss but who really cares. Anyways I have been a Windows use for all my life. I have always wondered about Linux and Unix and other OS but never really explored. Is there some way I can keep Windows on my computer and also have Linux on here as well? I would like to keep Windows for my Parents not for me. Anyways if anyone would help me out I would appreciate it. Oh and if you could please email me with the information. Also email me any links that would help me get started with Linux.
Thnx. [email protected]

[Master of Reality]

what you need to do is first, start a topic in the Linux forum and ask how to do what you want to do. And dont ask people in a 'support' thread to email you information. This place is to help everyone and of course there are many others in your situation which would like to know what the answer is. So we will answer you in replies in the Forum.

[voidmain]

I wouldn't post my email address if I were you. You might want to edit your post and remove it.  Yes, you can run both Linux and Windows on the same computer. It's called "dual booting".  You can dual boot any Linux distribution that you choose and Windows with no problem.  However, if you have not done this or understand the concept you might want to do some google searches for "dual boot Linux Windows" or search this forum.  

There has been much discussion regarding this topic here.  I would say, search, read, and absorb as much as you can and then if you do not understand something post your questions and several people will offer help.

Welcome aboard!