[Liverpool] distros etc

[Stephen Mount]

I play CSS + HL2DM on my MBP (2.5 core 2 duo / 4gig ddr2 / 8600M GT  
512MB) at about 130-140fps using Crossover Games.

This is an acceptable framerate for me - not brilliant. I have not  
tested the same game in Windows on it though - but I don't think that  
it till have much improvement. Something to try though. :-)

On 28 Apr 2009, at 13:09, oscillik wrote:

> Hi Stephen,
> As an electronic musician, audio editing geek, and hardcore gamer by  
> default
> it is difficult to run Linux as my main system.
>
> I started out with SuSE 6.0 <http://tr.im/jUeM> which, back in 1998  
> was a
> bit of a bitch to get going (text mode install, lack of immediate  
> internet
> connection hence choosing SuSE's 6 disc install). After the computer  
> running
> that died in 2003 there was a big gap in my Linux usage until  
> openSuSE 10.0,
> and then more recently trying ubuntu (and still hating GNOME), trying
> Crunchbang Linux (falling in love with openbox) and over the next  
> few days
> after recommendations from Andrew and Graeme I shall be giving Arch  
> a try.
>
> As a side note, I have had an avid interest in operating systems for  
> a long
> time now. Unfortunately my allegiances are varied depending on what  
> I want
> to do! Making music, my only preferable choice would of course be  
> Mac OS X.
> Regardless of the open source tools out there for MIDI and audio  
> sequencing,
> waveform editing etc... Mac OS X still has the tools I need and has  
> out of
> the box support for many audio interfaces. I'm sure I'm going to get  
> lynched
> for this, but as a discerning gamer my only choice would be Windows  
> XP. Fact
> of the matter is that game developers target systems that are  
> prominent.
> Yes, Wine exists but I'm not prepared to take the framerate hit.  
> anything
> below 50fps and I'm an unhappy gamer!
>
> Above I mentioned Crunchbang Linux. I love this distro as it  
> combines the
> ease-of-use ubuntu-style package management, with a system that has  
> been
> tailored for the lovely minimal openbox window manager. I do feel a  
> little
> guilty, as I have yet to reinstall this to one of my machines.
>
> Regarding other devices, I've been a long time Symbian user which  
> harks back
> to my love of Psion handheld devices. More recently I've become  
> ensnared in
> the Android revolution, having purchased the developer version of  
> the G1. So
> at least I can still say I run Linux full time on something ;)
>
> I've also tinkered around with some other operating systems purely  
> from an
> inquisitive perspective...just to see how you can interact with  
> them. Stuff
> like BeOS, NeXTSTEP, OPENSTEP, etc. Desperately wanted to get hold  
> of Zeta,
> and I still really want to have a play around on OS/2 Warp v4.
>
> Sorry, this kind of turned into a semi-rant about the history of my
> computing experience!
>
> -- Andrew
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