:rolleyes: Hey guys, I was wondering what version of Linux would be the most compatible with games.
And what programs would be great for that version of linux.
Well what types of things will you be doing on Linux besides Gaming? And Ubuntu with Wine installed is usually good for most games.
Wine is terrible for most games
Gaming on Linux? Yeah. Only reason I still have my Windows partition is gaming.
Well, I guess I'll be running a 50/50 Windows/Linux.
It's called dual-booting and there's nothing bad about it.
Except the fact you're [B]USING CAPITALIST PIG CLOSED SOURCE PROPRIETARY DEVIL'S TOOLS[/B]
But no.
WINE works perfectly for:
Source games
Unreal engine games
A lot of shit made with OpenGL/OpenAL.
Wine's biggest problem is the mouse, I'd say, lots of games need mouse hacks.
[QUOTE=Jawalt;31185308]WINE works perfectly for:
Source games
Unreal engine games
A lot of shit made with OpenGL/OpenAL.
Wine's biggest problem is the mouse, I'd say, lots of games need mouse hacks.[/QUOTE]
The mouse statement is true to a T; I tried Angry Birds for Windows, and the mouse makes the game unplayable, eventhough the game runs flawlessly otherwise.
Windows Gaming > Linux Gaming.
Probably the only place where Windows exceeds Linux, really.
A bunch of Windows games work fine with WINE; however, the gaming experience would be noticeably less enjoyable and slick.
As for the distro, since you're still new to Linux, go with Ubuntu or Mint. They're both very user-friendly and easy to get used to, and then, if you want to, you can move on and choose any other distro since then you'll know the difference between each ones.
For a Linux distro, I'd reccomend Crunchbang. It's lightweight and easy to learn, and runs pretty well on my craptop.
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[QUOTE=ndeee;31185438]Windows Gaming > Linux Gaming.
Probably the only place where Windows exceeds Linux, really.
A bunch of Windows games work fine with WINE; however, the gaming experience would be noticeably less enjoyable and slick.
As for the distro, since you're still new to Linux, go with Ubuntu or Mint. They're both very user-friendly and easy to get used to, and then, if you want to, you can move on and choose any other distro since then you'll know the difference between each ones.[/QUOTE]
And running Source games in DirectX 7 and 8 really sucks, but does give you some more FPS for games like TF2 and the like.
Debian 6.0 comes highly recommended from myself. It uses the easy apt repository system for installing packages, and WINE and PlayOnLinux (a frontend that makes life much easier with trying to get games to work) work great, and doesn't hold your hand quite as much as Ubuntu. In my opinion, it is far better for learning.
[QUOTE=Jawalt;31185308]WINE works perfectly for:
Source games
Unreal engine games
A lot of shit made with OpenGL/OpenAL.
Wine's biggest problem is the mouse, I'd say, lots of games need mouse hacks.[/QUOTE]
Last I heard Unreal engine games didn't run well. I guess that's changed.
Also the mouse problems are being fixed with XInput2.
I know this was pretty well implemented in 1.3.20-ish, but I haven't done much testing of it.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;31186579]Last I heard Unreal engine games didn't run well. I guess that's changed.
Also the mouse problems are being fixed with XInput2.
I know this was pretty well implemented in 1.3.20-ish, but I haven't done much testing of it.[/QUOTE]
I always make sure I'm on the newest version of Wine in the arch repo, 1.3.24 right now. Everything that opens, mostly runs perfectly. Source games, etc. But ME 2 for example.
ME2 renders perfectly, etc, but I have to adjust the shit out of the settings to get things to work.
[editline]18th July 2011[/editline]
By things, I meant the mouse.
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