Gaming on linux (archived)
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When choosing a Linux distribution for gaming, consider the following factors: - Choose a distribution you are comfortable using that has out-of-the-box hardware detection. - Consider whether a graphical or text-based installer would work best for your hardware. Graphical installers are more intuitive but may be slower on older machines. - Look for distributions that provide easy-to-use configuration tools for networking, hardware, and system updates. - Research the distribution's package management and software availability for graphics drivers, 3D acceleration support, and gaming software like Wine. - Consider optimizations for disk performance, unwanted services, and lightweight desktop environments for gaming.
Gaming on linux (archived)
- 1. 1 Choose a distro - Something you are comfertable using - Out of the box hardware detection
- 2. By Buddhika Siddhisena Member of LKLUG Co-Founder ThinkCube bud@thinkcube.com bud@babytux.org Gaming on GNU/Linux
- 3. 3 Choose a distro - Something you are comfertable using - Out of the box hardware detection - Easiness to tinker with - Support tools provided - Software availability
- 4. 4 Deciding Factors – Installer Graphical installers looks better and are more intuitive but may be slow on old hardware. Text installers work better on old hardware and are more stable.
- 5. 5 Deciding Factors – Config tools Config tools make configuring network services, hardware and updating the system easier.
- 6. 6 Deciding Factors – Package management Getting 2D acceleration working - Checking your current graphic card driver - Discover your graphic hardware - Decide on the driver Free & Opensource drivers Binary only drivers
- 7. 7 Deciding Factors – Package management Getting 3D acceleration working - Checking if 3D acceleration is turned on - Installing 3D acceleration - Benchmarking
- 8. 8 Deciding Factors – Package management Optimizations Testing disk performance and optimizations Turning on DMA RAID 0/5 Turning off unwanted services Running a low resource window manager
- 9. 9 Deciding Factors – Desktop environments
- 10. 10 Deciding Factors – Package management Running Windoze games - Native ports of popular games - Installing wine (Wine is not an emulator) - Installing winex
- 11. 11 Deciding Factors – Package management See also: Nvidia Drivers - http://www.nvidia.com ATI Drivers - http://www.ati.com Wine - http://www.winehq.com WineX - http://www.transgaming.com LKLUG - http://www.linux.lk