tardistestpilot Posted January 31, 2009 i have installed mandriva linux 2009 on my pc for about a week now and its awesome I can not beleive how easy it was to install ... ive got everything working to how XP was working but better all up untill it came to installing my beloved counterstrike source/hl2.....who here is using (wine) or there is another option (cedega) to get those games running anybody here had any experience with these?>> advice and or experiences with the above and linux in general would be fantastic as im a linux noob thanks in advance Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hebrew Posted January 31, 2009 linux is wonderful i prefer ubuntu however. give windows a kick in the arse, that OS is a pile of crap linux is a solid wonderful OS in my opinion Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolwarra Posted January 31, 2009 linux is wonderful i prefer ubuntu however.eI haven't tried Mandriva, but, Ubuntu gets my vote too. I run Hardy Heron on an old Acer laptop. I think most distributions these days can boot from CD's...very useful for testing before committing to a full install. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tardistestpilot Posted January 31, 2009 eI haven't tried Mandriva, but, Ubuntu gets my vote too. I run Hardy Heron on an old Acer laptop. I think most distributions these days can boot from CD's...very useful for testing before committing to a full install. i could not get ubuntu to work on my computer could not get it to connect to cable modem had login issues but now that i have had success with mandriva it will give me the cofidence to try other linux distros Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bolwarra Posted February 17, 2009 (edited) i could not get ubuntu to work on my computer could not get it to connect to cable modem had login issues but now that i have had success with mandriva it will give me the cofidence to try other linux distros I haven't tried Cable internet configuration with Linux at all, so can't really comment. However, the most recent canonical releases of Ubuntu, 8.04 and 8.10 (Hardy Heron) have really improved their support for Wireless adapters and the like. I wouldn't be surprised if Cable functionality/config has been reduced to a GUI --Great for noobs like me Keep at it! EDIT: things Edited February 17, 2009 by Bolwarra Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThunderIdeal Posted February 18, 2009 not to dissuade from linux (i hope it gets so good that everybody starts using it and for that matter i hope microsoft burns to the ground and bill gates gets his balls stomped) but for all the windows users, seriously consider making your own install disc using nLite. i'm happy to give some hard-won tips if you PM me. if you're using vista you are crazy and i expect 7 to suck as well, so you may as well fix XP up the way you want it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apothecary Posted February 19, 2009 AFAIK you cannot get HL2 or games based on that engine to work using Wine or WineX (Cedega) or Crossover, because they use DX10 while most emulation layers are only kitted out with DX9. I play CS1.6 fine on WineX. Like it better than CS:S anyway! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skunkjar Posted February 20, 2009 I have Ubuntu Intrepid on all 4 of my computers (a laptop, a desktop, a http/ftp server and a storage server). I haven't tried Mandriva since it was called Mandrake, but I don't care for KDE, I prefer Gnome or xfce. Is there a way to get virtualbox to play games in a windows VM? that might work for you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tardistestpilot Posted February 20, 2009 AFAIK you cannot get HL2 or games based on that engine to work using Wine or WineX (Cedega) or Crossover, because they use DX10 while most emulation layers are only kitted out with DX9.I play CS1.6 fine on WineX. Like it better than CS:S anyway! ok some questions what distro do you use sina? ...and does WineX = Cedega? im still trying to get my head around getting any game to work even linux native games like americas army I dunno I will keep working at though i will never go back to XPoo thats for sure Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coin Posted February 22, 2009 Hmm this weekend I installed Ubuntu....and then Mint The main problem I'm having is getting a video mode higher than 800x600. (Once I enable the NVIDIA drivers, the 3D desktop stuff works, but then it goes back to 640x480) I thought using Mint might make it simpler...but - no....I don't know anything about Linux and I have no time for geeking out anymore ... it's getting kind of annoying. It seems like heaps of people have this problem, and there are so many different solutions that involve a lot of fucking around. I need a usable desktop ASAP or I'm going back to XP, unfortunately. It sounds lazy, but I have better things to do than manually editing text config files...I guess Linux is not for me Is it an NVIDIA thing? Don't know if I could be bothered trying to figure it out, unless someone has some good advice Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
apothecary Posted February 25, 2009 hi testpilot, I use Debian since 1999 as my desktop and in the workplace proprietary HP-UX and RedHat Enterprise. coin, check this out https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/38922 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coin Posted February 25, 2009 thanks Sina but I'm back to a fresh install of XP. too many hours wasted messing around with it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
