Get Your Game on With Linux? |
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As a Linux user who is currently hooked on the Ubuntu distribution, I must admit that there are times when I am forced to ditch the lovely, stable and forgiving OS for the more game-centric, but unforgiving, unstable and un-lovely Windows XP. Aside from gaming, the only other time I use XP is when I am away from my beloved desktop and using my not so beloved laptop.
Just as I was about to surrender to the forces of Windows in order to get my gaming fix, in comes Darin, the shy, quiet developer of SuperGamer-1. SuperGamer-1 is an entirely remastered version of PCLinux that gives gamers the chance to experience the best gaming the Linux platform currently has to offer.
While SuperGamer-1 is essentially a modified version of the familiar OS PCLinux, it still uses the apt-get back-end with a GUI front-end from the widely used Synaptic Package Manager (that's the same set-up as Ubuntu!). This means that SuperGamer can be updated using the same repositories and mirrors that PCLinux users connect to when updating and installing software.
SuperGamer-1 comes with many of the office and Internet applications that we have come to expect from all distributions. This distribution comes with some pre installed games and demos (like Doom 3, UT2004, America's Army and Quake 4) and is available in a "Live CD" version and a separate version that includes the nearly foolproof hard drive installer that walks you through installation.
Those familiar with Linux will appreciate the attention to detail apparent in the layout and design of the desktop, icons and the overall theme that runs through the entirety of the distribution; they might also appreciate the time saved by using a distro that comes pre-configured for gaming instead of remastering a distro themselves.
With the ISO weighing in at 3.6GB, this OS comes packed with just about everything a user needs. It is definitely not one of those bare bones distributions. SuperGamer-1 can be obtained via Bittorent download at the PCLinux site, or purchased on a CD or DVD through the same channels.
Installing Linux on a current gen laptop, like mine, can sometimes be a headache (because of xorg, driver and graphics compatibility and other hardware/software compatibility issues). However, the SuperGamer distro is available in a Live CD format that will allow me to test it out on my own hardware, and tweak the specs to my liking, all before I commit a single ounce of hard drive space for the installation.
After discovering what the SuperGamer-1 distro has to offer it looks to me like my gaming on Linux difficulties will soon be over. Playing games on Linux, up until recently, required a bit of coding knowledge in order to get most non-Linux games to run properly. That fact alone has kept some avid gamers from trying Linux for the first time.
In the past few years though, Linux has re-emerged as an OS that offers what users really want and the progress is sure to continue. For those game aficionados who are fans of Linux, but are reluctant to try using the OS for gaming because they think that getting games to run on Linux is too much of a hassle, SuperGamer-1 might be the answer to help you get your game on!
Via Tux Machines
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I'm a user of linux and a gamer too, and I'd certainly love to forget Windows and be able to do anything with linux, but hardware makers as well as software programmers don't support Linux well enough.
I really miss some support from sound card companies such as Creative Labs, even if alsa is quite good, it simply cannot make full use of Creative's cards great features.
In the graphics side, Shaders are not fully supported under Linux, and I'm afraid this is going to get even worst when DirectX 10 comes in.
I hope this matters get solved in a near future. I love linux.