[ut2004] what Linux distros?

Andrew Colvin apc at abcj.demon.co.uk
Tue Aug 31 11:39:11 EDT 2004


I run it on SuSe 8.2 and it works very well here although it is processor 
bound in the fps stakes (XP2100)

On Tuesday 31 August 2004 16:00, Pollywog wrote:
> I have tried UT2004 on three different distros, with different results.  On
> Debian, it did not run well at all.  My Debian system had the filesystem
> spread across 3 or 4 partitions (ext3).  I then installed Linspire 4.x on
> the same system and the game ran better than it did on Win98SE.  I then
> tried Xandros on the same system and the game runs better than it did in
> Debian but not as well as it ran on Linspire.
>
> Xandros and Linspire both install reiserfs by default.  I don't know if
> this has something to do with the results I experienced.
>
> I don't want to install Linspire because although I think it is a great
> distro for people who are new to Linux, it has disadvantages for people who
> want to install software that is not included with Linspire.  I had trouble
> getting libraries for Linspire so I could compile software without breaking
> the system.
>
> So what distros are people using with UT2004 and how does your game run,
> better than in Windows/XP or not?
>
> 8)

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