On Monday 22 November 2004 04:13 pm, Alexandru Cabuz wrote: > > How difficult, would you say, was it to get it installed and get > > everything working. Do you play any games? Specifically do you play any > > Windows games using cedega? Are you happy with your configuration? Would > > you recommend this configuration to others? > > Right now I'm pretty happy with it. The difficulties I encountered were > mostly because of my revolting ignorance in certain respects and also > because of particular things about my hardware, nothing major. > > But I do not play any games, however I should warn you that ATI's > proprietary driver set has not been ported to AMD64, so if you want to get > one of those cards, especially from the high end, stick with 386. Check out > http://xoomer.virgilio.it/flavio.stanchina/debian/fglrx-installer.html > > Right now I am in the process of installing 386 into a chroot to be able to > run openoffice, flash plugin, java plugin, and install the ATI drivers I > mentioned above, and see if there is any performance difference. it's going > smooth up to this point. > > > Not that I know anything about gaming, but just one question: since most > games are designed for windows, why don't you just play them in windows, > you know, double boot... Is there any particular reason you want to try > them in linux? And AMD64 Debian unstable moreover? You think the > performance might be that much better that it will be worth the hassle? > > Alex.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but you can compile anything as 64-bit. The only problem comes from binary only apps. Also let me know if I'm correct please. :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
