Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on November 09, 2005 06:51 PM
1. I downloaded the Linux client installer the night before the game itself was released. The download came to me at my full 2Mb bandwidth. Perhaps you need to learn about the legitimate uses of BitTorrent, and the ethics behind sharing your bandwidth with others rather than simply leeching off some ftp server somewhere. 2. You can install the game anywhere on your system. The default place is simply a suggestion. 3. You don't have to install the game as root. 4. What is so difficult about clicking your mouse button and dragging a few files from the CD/DVD over to the place you chose to install the game to? 5. Try running the game in full screen mode, and see if your frame rate improves. I may be wrong, but you might find higher resolutions are possible while still having the game being playable in full screen mode. This works nicely on my 6800 series graphics card, which actually gives better frame rates at 1024*768 than it does at 640*480. 6. While id Software may not provide official support, whatever that is, they do answer intelligent e-mails, and post solutions to people's problems in a public place for everyone to see. Ask yourself a question, would you rather speak to some bod in a call centre in a distant land who is reading from a preprinted card, or would you like to make use of a forum in a language you understand? 7. Google is your friend regarding the Audigy 2 sound card, which does work nicely on Linux. 8. Enjoy!<nobr> <wbr></nobr>;)
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on November 09, 2005 06:51 PM2. You can install the game anywhere on your system. The default place is simply a suggestion.
3. You don't have to install the game as root.
4. What is so difficult about clicking your mouse button and dragging a few files from the CD/DVD over to the place you chose to install the game to?
5. Try running the game in full screen mode, and see if your frame rate improves. I may be wrong, but you might find higher resolutions are possible while still having the game being playable in full screen mode. This works nicely on my 6800 series graphics card, which actually gives better frame rates at 1024*768 than it does at 640*480.
6. While id Software may not provide official support, whatever that is, they do answer intelligent e-mails, and post solutions to people's problems in a public place for everyone to see. Ask yourself a question, would you rather speak to some bod in a call centre in a distant land who is reading from a preprinted card, or would you like to make use of a forum in a language you understand?
7. Google is your friend regarding the Audigy 2 sound card, which does work nicely on Linux.
8. Enjoy!<nobr> <wbr></nobr>;)
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