Best Linux Distro for...

[cougar62]

Ok, well first off, whenever ive considered permanently switching to linux, ive had problems with games. Ive been to sites that have open source games for linux, but ive never been able to compile them. So, does anyone know which Linux distro is best for games? and also what to use to compile them?

[renegade600]

are you talking about just playing games on your computer or online games? What type of games. Some distros come with games. As far as compiling them, depending upon the game, all you have to do is to install, most have no compiling whatsoever.

Also there are linux programs such as wine where you can run some windows based games.

Which linux distros have you already tried?

[cougar62]

well right now ive tried both Kubuntu and Ubuntu. I want to run my half life collection. I also want to run Battlefield 2 and other FPS games. The thing is ive downloaded WINE to emulate them, and it only has DX7. So i downloaded new versions of DX source code for it but i never knew how to compile it.

The only game i ever installed successfully was Soldier of Fortune 2. most games i want to run are for multiplayer and singleplayer. so yeah, if you could help me with finding out which is the best distro that would be very helpful.

[smurfy]

The games you want to play have not been released in Linux native form. That's not Linux's fault - it's the game developers/publisher's. They release games compiled for Windows only. Got a Mac? Got a Linux PC? Tough.
Do you complain that your Nintendo games don't work in your Playstation? No.

However... all is not lost if your are on Linux.

Cedega (http://www.cedega.com/) successfully enables Linux to run may Windows (DirectX) games, including Half-Life and Source-engined games (HL2 etc).

[cougar62]

well, i dont really want to pay just to paly games i already have paid for. and i have gotten non native linux games to run before but i couldnt compile and install the new direct x versions. thats what one of my main problems was. So i think ill go back and try again for a while and see how it works.

[MishY]

You can run the Halflife collection by installing Steam through Wine. I know this works for a fact out of the box with ubuntus version of wine.

I have never tried installing BF2 on linux, although I suspect you would need to be using Cedega for that to run well.

If you don't like Wine, you can also use Codeweavers Crossover Office to install Steam.

Using the appDB on winehq will give u a fair idea of how well something should run under Wine: http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=1554

And often how to install the relevant game/software.

[agithegreat]

I got BF2 to work with wine.
Just trying out 2142 now

[cougar62]

ok great, so how did you get it to work? im in need of knowing how to update the directX version, ive downloaded it before, but it didnt have an installer and i didnt know what to do. (yes, im a bit of a noob to linux)

[agithegreat]

http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=3438

Got this link from off this forum. - http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/showthread.php?p=862530#post862530