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I thought Mandrake came with all sorts of games?<BR>
On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 12:11, JJ Neff wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373" SIZE="3"><I>I also have QIII Arena for Linux. I was unable to get it to run under Man8.2
but after an upgrade to 9.0 (quite some time ago now) I was able to install
with no tricks or hoops. Just ran install as root. I had run LOKI games in
past so was familiar with the installer.
New formatted game machine with Man 9.1 so no games installed yet.
JJN
--- Robert Meyer <meyer_rm@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> --- green_man <green_man@bluefrog.biz> wrote:
> > Check this. I found it on a link from KMFMS.
> > It's a CD of Linux applications that you can run from inside windows, in
> > order to help you realize that you don't need M$ to do the things you
> > want to do.
> > Take a look at the software list, it's quite substantial - everything
> > from games to development and server apps.
> >
> > GNU Win II <</FONT><A HREF="http://gnuwin.epfl.ch/articles/en/index.html"><FONT SIZE="3">http://gnuwin.epfl.ch/articles/en/index.html</FONT></A><FONT COLOR="#737373" SIZE="3">>
> >
> > I think we should put a link to it on the NFLUG site, in order to help
> > further the OSS/Linux cause.
> >
> > I especially like this, from the Q&A page:
> >
> >
> > Q5: Why GNUWin II and not GNUWin 98 ?
> >
> > R5: Because GNUWin-II is the second version. The first one can be seen
> > here <</FONT><A HREF="http://mapc77.epfl.ch/gnu-generation/CD/gnuwin.html"><FONT SIZE="3">http://mapc77.epfl.ch/gnu-generation/CD/gnuwin.html</FONT></A><FONT COLOR="#737373" SIZE="3">>.
> > GNUWin is not a Microsoft product, and we do not count "3.1, 3.11, 95,
> > 98, 2000" !
> >
> > Regarding "free" software, both in the "costless" and "readily
> > accessible" contexts, I have Quake III Arena for Linux, brand new, still
> > sealed in the tin.
> > It cost me $20, but if can get it running, or any one can help get it
> > running, I will gladly burn a copy for anybody that wants one, once I
> > get my cd burner.
>
> I have QIII arena running here. Got two copies (with two codes) and
> installed
> on the two machines at home. I was hoping I could kick my son's butt in
> Linux
> but he spends WAY too much time on games so I didn't stand a chance.
>
> It's actually a pretty easy install... I don't remember the details but it
> went pretty smooth. Make sure that you have a video card that supports
> OpenGL
> in Linux or it won't run very well...
>
> Cheers!
>
> Bob
>
>
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