[Gllug] Will Doom 3 for Windows runs on Linux?

[Stephen Harker]

Henry Gilbert wrote:
> On 11/16/05, Nick Richards <nick.richards at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>If you have the Windows data CD/DVD then you need to get the Linux
>>binary from the iD software site (they made  the game, it's OK)
> 
> Great thanks. I guess I will have to go there myself to install it for
> him. It seems more than just running an installer from the DVD. Doom 3
> on Linux shall keep him happy.

Depending on the distribution and video card, he may not have any 
hardware accelerated 3D support by default so you may need to install 
the binary only NVIDIA or ATI driver to get it to run at all. I'm not 
sure if it will work with the open-source drivers.

Stephen
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