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Daz · 02-10-2006, 21:04

There's some decent native binaries in portage these days:

http://www.gentoo-portage.com/games-fps

Used the unreal ones and they worked very well.

Burble · 02-10-2006, 21:05

Cool! I forgot to mention UT2K4 which bar some odd sound issues runs very, very well on my laptop.

Mark · 02-10-2006, 21:27

My Gentoo box is pretty well stripped down. 2.6MB kernel all-in (no modules). It'll even run X and all the other fun stuff.

Dr. Z · 02-10-2006, 21:30

These are stripped down to work ONLY on the hardware that is in there and ONLY on the processes that are needed. No X, no chance of any other network card other than the one in there working etc etc.

Bit extreme, but the best way to get the very best out of extremely aging hardware!

Mark · 02-10-2006, 21:35

Pretty much the same with mine - except it has the graphics drivers and such. While not as ancient as your hardware, it's still 5 years old, so benefited from all the TLC I could give it.

Garp · 02-10-2006, 21:50

Nice one dude, *nix isn't all that bad once you get used to it. I'm using it more and more in conjunction with my work and getting more and more used to it, picking up all loads of different tricks as different situations occur, our sysadmins are always willing to explain/teach what they're doing whenever we hit a scenario we've never done before (our NOC acts as firstline for sysadmin tickets.)

I've tried umpteen dozens of distros over the past 5 or so years, but I have to say Gentoo is still my favourite... once I got to grips with Linux and installed it properly. The flexibility and the control it leaves you with is comparible to very few. However its far, far from user friendly for the non-linux familiar geek. I do like its adherance to a lot of standard conventions. Redhat constantly pisses me off because stuff is never where it usually is, and is buried all over the place. I'm forever having to use the "locate" or "slocate" commands to go find stuff under Redshat.

I'm also growing to like Ubuntu. All the pro's of Debian, but with the decent release schedule, and much more effort to keep it up to date both at hardware and software level.

02-10-2006, 21:04	#11
Daz The Stig Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Swad! Posts: 10,713	There's some decent native binaries in portage these days: http://www.gentoo-portage.com/games-fps Used the unreal ones and they worked very well. __________________ apt-get moo

02-10-2006, 21:30	#14
Dr. Z I'm going for a scuttle... Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,021	These are stripped down to work ONLY on the hardware that is in there and ONLY on the processes that are needed. No X, no chance of any other network card other than the one in there working etc etc. Bit extreme, but the best way to get the very best out of extremely aging hardware! __________________

02-10-2006, 21:50	#16
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	Nice one dude, nix isn't all that bad once you get used to it. I'm using it more and more in conjunction with my work and getting more and more used to it, picking up all loads of different tricks as different situations occur, our sysadmins are always willing to explain/teach what they're doing whenever we hit a scenario we've never done before (our NOC acts as firstline for sysadmin tickets.) I've tried umpteen dozens of distros over the past 5 or so years, but I have to say Gentoo is still my favourite... once I got to grips with Linux and installed it properly. The flexibility and the control it leaves you with is comparible to very few. However its far, far from user friendly for the non-linux familiar geek. I do like its adherance to a lot of standard conventions. Redhat constantly pisses me off because stuff is never where it usually is, and is buried all over the place. I'm forever having to use the "locate" or "slocate" commands to go find stuff under Redshat. I'm also growing to like Ubuntu. All the pro's of Debian, but with the decent release schedule, and much more effort to keep it up to date both at hardware and software level. __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash*: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

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02-10-2006, 21:05	#12
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	Cool! I forgot to mention UT2K4 which bar some odd sound issues runs very, very well on my laptop.

02-10-2006, 21:27	#13
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	My Gentoo box is pretty well stripped down. 2.6MB kernel all-in (no modules). It'll even run X and all the other fun stuff.

02-10-2006, 21:35	#15
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Pretty much the same with mine - except it has the graphics drivers and such. While not as ancient as your hardware, it's still 5 years old, so benefited from all the TLC I could give it.