Good morning, I am fascinated that you are playing old games like Quake using Linux. So, how would I go about doing so, or is it possible to take some old games that were for my old iMac and adapt them to play on a linux system? I have Ubuntu latest download. Or would I need a specific version of linux that is better for gaming?
You all are the best and have helped me a lot with my questions. I should be a bit more active on the forum I guess. I read the posts but sometimes feel a bit imtimidated to ask my newbie type questions. So, now you have one, please be kind as I am still learning and have a very long way to go. Thank you --- In [email protected], Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote: > > I guess there aren't too many Newbies. We must have brought them along to > by veteran users. > > I am glad that you like Debian. I am assuming that it is version 6. I could > not get it to work. It would not support my ethernet card and there is not > way to download one without it. Dumb. > > I liked KDE 3.5, but have moved on to KDE 4. Trinity is the KDE version of > Mate. I can't understand the logic. These projects are killed for valid > reasons. The language in which they are written are dead ended by the > project. That means you are being superseded on every application and are > either losing features or losing applications themselves as > the developers abandon it for the newer version of QT. You have to REALLY > like it to want to use it. > > Roy > > Using Kubuntu 12.04, 64-bit > Location: Canada > > > On 12 June 2012 12:26, Paul pfrederick1@... wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > No one is posting much lately so I'll just ramble a bit about some of my > > recent Linux doings here. > > > > A few months back I got a new (to me) computer and I set it up as my junk > > garage system. It is the first dual monitor system I've ever had, so I am a > > total newbie in that regard. Today other than blue people on YouTube all of > > that seems fine to me. I sure hope that gets fixed someday. > > > > I set this box up with Debian GNU/Linux and I'd like to share a strategy > > I've been employing with some success lately in regards to doing that. What > > it boils down to essentially is don't be afraid of the "expert" install. I > > think the stuff is poorly named. I'm no expert and it works for me. I think > > it'd be better if they called it the custom install, or something. > > > > Going "expert", picking nothing, then installing packages I want once the > > machine is running yields me a system more to my liking than going with a > > regular install and choosing the desktop environment. Now I'm not saying > > the package manager hasn't dragged in a bunch of cruft I don't want, but > > there is less of it than regular installs leave me with. > > > > It does help to be somewhat familiar with Linux though, and know what one > > wants in order to do this. Maybe that is what they mean by expert? I don't > > know. Not really my take on what expert means but I'm not going to argue > > semantics. > > > > My really big mod with this system has been running the Trinity KDE > > desktop on it. I've still some kinks to iron out there but overall I'm > > thrilled to have the desktop I want, as opposed to what is being foisted > > off on users today. I've never liked Gnome, and I don't care much for the > > new KDE. Without FOSS choice I'd be stuck running one or the other now. > > Smile, it'll grow on you, right? > > > > Nah, I'd rather have what I want. > > > > Anyhow, I put up an article on another site about some dual monitor arms I > > made for this box. Maybe someone here will get a kick out of looking at > > that. > > > > http://www.instructables.com/id/Under-Shelf-Dual-Monitor-Support-Arms/ > > > > Not really Linux related per se, but that is the Linux system I'm talking > > about here. Marvel at my dual display Quake Darkplaces engine running on it: > > > > http://www.instructables.com/file/F1DW328H347FJ9O/?size=ORIGINAL > > > > Oh yeah! Die! Die! Die! Who says you can't game on Linux? > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
