What games can I play in Linux?
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Redbull{wings}
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all games will work but they will need a windows emulator running too
Linux and MS compatable games are worlds apart there. The common titles you are familiar with for the most part won't run on Linux regardless of distro. Linux offers support for some pc compatable games. There are also video and sound drivers now becoming more readily available.
Fortunately you will have some good news for MOHAA as it seems to be one of the common titles that will run according the games listed at http://www.icculus.org/lgfaq/gamelist.php This is the Linux Gamers' Game List seen there and is part of the Linuz Gamers' FAQ site. You will find games that run on Linux at the following links as well as articles on them.
http://www.linux-gamers.net/
http://lgames.sourceforge.net/
http://www.linuxgamepublishing.com/
Another thing to note is that even though you may see a familiar game title it doesn't mean it is pc compatable. Some of the newer Linux are actually releases intended for Linux only. Another place for gaming information is well? taking trips to a few Linux forums.
Fortunately you will have some good news for MOHAA as it seems to be one of the common titles that will run according the games listed at http://www.icculus.org/lgfaq/gamelist.php This is the Linux Gamers' Game List seen there and is part of the Linuz Gamers' FAQ site. You will find games that run on Linux at the following links as well as articles on them.
http://www.linux-gamers.net/
http://lgames.sourceforge.net/
http://www.linuxgamepublishing.com/
Another thing to note is that even though you may see a familiar game title it doesn't mean it is pc compatable. Some of the newer Linux are actually releases intended for Linux only. Another place for gaming information is well? taking trips to a few Linux forums.
spacedude89
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What those do is create a virtual shell for pc games there. Likewise there are some mods for Linux utilities like Grub to run on Fat16 and Fat32 partitions like Grub4Dos. Some live versions of Linux can even be used for cloning Windows installations. One of them intended more for system recovery is called ReactOS and can be found at http://www.reactos.org/xhtml/en/index.html
Redbull{wings}
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in an emulator no as a general rule you want to have at least recomeneded hardware for a game and possibly better as your running an emulator and the game itself so it takes more resources
as for linux games i dont know much about them
as for linux games i dont know much about them
Most the of the live distros have emulators included. The one thing that stands out about Linux over Windows is the lack of need for memory. The newer distros only require about 32mb to be on a system. With 1 or 2gb installed you won't have to worry any there.
The one thing that could hang up the works in Linux is the configuration of sound, video, and a few other things to add to that. Newer distros offer support for lcds with the options for higher screen resolutions. That's an improvement over many of the older releases where something close to 1024x768 was about the highest available.
The one thing that could hang up the works in Linux is the configuration of sound, video, and a few other things to add to that. Newer distros offer support for lcds with the options for higher screen resolutions. That's an improvement over many of the older releases where something close to 1024x768 was about the highest available.