Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 23:28:38 +1000 From: Stephen McKay <mckay@thehub.com.au> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Cc: mckay@thehub.com.au Subject: Most BSD-like and games-friendly Linux? Message-ID: <200107271328.f6RDScq34621@dungeon.home>
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What do you do when you want to play action games? I'm talking heavy 3D OpenGL graphics, not just xbill. :-) At the moment I have to use that unmentionable OS from Redmond, and though it crashes and is generally stupid, it usually delivers enough action gaming to satisfy. But is there an alternative? My first choice would be FreeBSD, of course, but I've had not a great deal of success with FreeBSD and 3D action gaming. XP is coming soon, and I want to not even have the displeasure of installing it even once, not even for a taste. That leaves a Linux distro. But which one? I'm interested in opinions on the most game friendly, and most BSD-like Linux distro around. I've got a Geforce2 in an Athlon box and want to try Quake and Unreal and such. I want to install and play, not debug the Linuxulator or hopeless game install scripts. I want nVidia's display driver to just work without tricks. That sort of thing. Anyone willing to admit to being a Linux gaming expert on a FreeBSD list? :-) Stephen. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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