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hexKid Joined: Jun 18, 2008 Posts: 1 Other Topics	Posted Jun 19, 2008 at 12:20:48 AM Subject: Best OS/Distibution for gaming and best way to run them? I'm building a new rig sometime soon and I'm certain I'm going Linux with it. Windows has failed me as an operating system. I've considered Mac as an option, but it seems like I'd pretty much have to go to Apple to build my computer for me, and I don't want to do that. Linux's open-source philosophy and generally helpful community sit well with me. I plan on having fairly popular/common hardware to help increase compatibility: 780i nForce motherboard (XFX) Q6600 2.4 Quad Geforce GTX 280 or 9800 GX2 or 8800 Ultra video card (probably eVGA) Patriot PC8500 DDR2 RAM, 4GB What's the fastest distribution? Which one is the most stable? Which is most compatible with different hardware, or based on the list above, will that not be a problem for me? Also, how should I go about playing games like Quake 4 and Crysis? I've learned here and there about Wine, Cedega, dual-booting... which is most stable, and which is the fastest way of playing Windows-designed games? Basically, I want my computer to last a long time, requiring only minimum upgrades to play recent games at a nice quality. No viruses. Basic applications: GIMP, Firefox, Transmission. And since I'm going to be majoring in Computer Sciences, I don't mind having to learn everything about the way it works.
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vigol Joined Apr 12, 2008 Posts: 56 Location:Iran Other Topics	Posted: Jun 22, 2008 12:53:34 AM Subject: Best OS/Distibution for gaming and best way to run them? Quote: Linux's open-source philosophy / Basic applications What's the fastest distribution? / Which one is the most stable? my computer to last a long time / Minimum upgrades Quote: OpenSUSE 11 (19-June-2008) Quote: helpful community popular/common hardware Find Answer on : http://opensuse-community.org/ Quote: most compatible with different hardware Check HCL in http://www.OpenSUSE.org Quote: playing games It's more depend on emulator that distro. It's better to install a stable distro, then seeking for appropriated Utilities/Apps Wine now is stable and Version 1.0 is released Quote: Cedega Cedega, a subscriber-based version of Wine with lots of additions and a focus on gaming Refer to --> for a detailed ... : http://www.linux.com/whatislinux/123853 Quote: I don't mind having to learn everything about the way it works Check : http://en.opensuse.org/Testing:Features_11.0 mehrshad moslehi ---- vigol ---- vigolyas www.vigol.com - mehrshadmoslehi@yahoo.com [Modified by: mehrshad moslehi on June 22, 2008 03:28 AM] mehrshad moslehi vigol vigolyas www.vigol.com mehrshadmoslehi@yahoo.com
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Bob Joined Apr 11, 2008 Posts: 93 Location:San Francisco, CA Other Topics	Posted: Jun 22, 2008 4:15:37 AM Subject: Best OS/Distibution for gaming and best way to run them? . [Modified by: Bob on June 22, 2008 04:16 AM]
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Bob Joined Apr 11, 2008 Posts: 93 Location:San Francisco, CA Other Topics	Posted: Jun 22, 2008 4:15:51 AM Subject: Best OS/Distibution for gaming and best way to run them? For speed, many would say Gentoo or Slackware. I certainly found that Vector (based on Slackware) was noticeably faster than Xubuntu (based on Ubuntu) based on OTB settings on a resource-limited system (old laptop). Of course, sytems like DSL and Puppy are even faster, but wouldn't suit your gaming purposes well. The biggest communities are likely Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, PClinuxOS, Mandriva, ... but any major distro has a lot of support. I'm not sure about hardware support differences between the distros. You should definitely confirm the choices you listed. Here's a general link: http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/ Though recent hardware is generally well supported, the absolute latest versions may have Win drivers and no linux version set up yet (these come from hardware manufacturers and they target the largest audience first/only). Check your chosen distros forums or HCL too, as mentioned above if you choose OpenSUSE. For stability, Debian apparently has very robust testing and solid reliability. As far as upgrades, all the major distro offer more rapid development than MS, but you don't need to upgrade if you don't want to. Ubuntu has a 3-year long-term-support version that was just released, meaning they'll provide security patches for that period for the sytem / all software versioned at release. Whether the games change requirements during the next few years is uncertain.
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