Quoting: mr-victoryCan you browse GamingOnLinux from that CD?

Nope, for the same reason most older web browsers no longer work with modern websites, which is the mass adoption of HTTPS starting around 2016 or so.

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Quoting: GuestPersonally I don't mind using slowly rolling distros

Until one day you realize you are in fact using Fedora. :wink:

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Quoting: systmrrrIs it possible to share an image of your retro gaming pc?

You can see some pictures of the computer in the first few articles I posted. I honestly do not have the best setup for it all, with the computer crammed into a corner on a filing cabinet up against my desk with my main Arch Linux computer.

I settle for an LCD monitor and an optical mouse despite them not being the most period accurate simply for the space convenience they offer.

Quoting: LightkeyI still play The Ace of Penguins Solitaire by DJ Delorie when I'm not in the mood for Mines.

There is an AUR package for them and I still play them quite regularly too, although the help screens no longer seem to work for me.

Quoting: GroganKnoppix was amazing back in the day. I think other distros learned a lot about hardware detection and automatic configuration from Knoppix.

Yep, I eventually just switched to using Fedora live media back when I still used it as my main distro, but it is clear how much all modern live Linux distros are indebted to Knoppix.

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The official news release for Knoppix 3.4 can be read here:
https://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-old-en.html [External Link]

An article on the release of Knoppix 3.4 can be found here:
https://lwn.net/Articles/84851/ [External Link]

And the Knoppix 3.4 ISO can be downloaded here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/knoppix-mirror/files/knoppix/KNOPPIX_V3.4-2004-05-17-EN.iso/download [External Link]

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Quoting: Linuxerwhat you mean? im not scared. but im not techninal at all either and dont want to be ill just wait for the clickable whatever :heart:

Nothing wrong with taking the easy way in of itself, but if you go out of your way to NOT acquire knowledge, technical or not, then you are going to be spinning your wheels a lot. Like in this thread.

Running the Windows binaries through WINE is a serious suggestion if you would like to play right now.

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Quoting: PenglingWell well, X-Bomber [External Link] looks right up my alley. :grin: Thanks for that!

Just stumbled across another game going by the name XBomber but was also ported to SDL:
https://www.linuxmotors.com/linux/SDL_bomber/ [External Link]

Just to keep things nice and confusing. :whistle:

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Quoting: Linuxerwelll its ok! i will just wait thanks so much anyway.

You could try running the Windows binaries through WINE if you are that scared of compiling.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeYeah, I think these were the only id Software games' expansions done by third parties?

Nope, there was X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse for a start, although the less said about that game the better, or so I have been told. And there were a number of custom map compilations released such as Aftershock and Time of Reckoning, but those are more like D!ZONE was for Doom.

It turns out my brother actually picked up a Microsoft Sidewinder Precision Pro while thrifting for only $6 CAD, so I can definitely pencil in trying it out with Heavy Gear II once I have a few less pots boiling on the stove as it were. Still have a number of articles lined up for the next few weeks.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeDid you get an old Joystick for the retro build? I'm thinking Heavy Gear II (I'm not sure if you've done one on that) had a Linux native release by Loki. Would be great to see that working with a flight stick, etc. (I have it buried somewhere).

I do indeed have Heavy Gear II in box and I do intend to cover it at some point, although I do not have a joystick I could pair with it at present. I do have a USB racing wheel I hooked up for use in a later article, but I would be curious to see if I could get something going with the game port on my SoundBlaster 16.

I grew up playing everything keyboard and mouse only, and I am now only passable at using an Xbox controller, so I may have a steep learning curve ahead of me. Not that Heavy Gear II is easy to learn in the first place.

Quoting: Guesttry modern quake sourceports

I mean, of course I have. Kind of missing the point though.

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The Shrak FAQ can be found here:
http://www.shrak.com/faq.html#help [External Link]

The Malice website is archived here:
https://web.archive.org/web/19990429000108/http://qamalice.com/ [External Link]

The list of secrets I compiled for Shrak can be read here:
https://quake.fandom.com/wiki/Shrak_for_Quake#Secrets [External Link]

All of the official patches for Shrak and Malice can be downloaded here:
https://icculus.org/~hamish/dianoga/shrak-malice-patches.zip [External Link]

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