new 'xvmc' branch of intel video driver
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| The aim of the new 'xvmc' branch is to deprecate origin
| 'xvmc-i915' branch with lot of cleanups and new framework
| inside driver to add supports for more hardware media decode
| drivers in future. It also has changes that affect users.
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http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2007-December/031496.html
How to run games on Linux (sweet links)
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| The most important thing that make youngsters so attached to Windows and
| reject Linux distributions is running games.
|
| [...]
|
| Frank's Corner
|
| Frank is a linux user. His blog is about how to run windows applications on
| Linux. In this website you can find how to run a huge list of games using
| Wine.
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http://wddc.blogspot.com/2007/12/how-to-run-games-on-linux-sweet-links.html
Related:
Does WINE + Linux support more Windows apps than Vista?
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| WINE supports most of the applications which are made for Windows
| 2.0 up to Windows XP. WINE has the ability to run different versions
| of IE, run most of Adobe's products, run World of Warcraft, Half Life
| 2, Microsoft Office 2003, XP, 2000 and 97, Visio, Quicken,
|
| * Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars
| * Need for Speed Carbon
|
| [...]
|
| What about drivers, hardware support, and upgrades?
|
| Want to upgrade you XP to Vista? no chance. might as well do a fresh
| install and shell out $300.
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http://jagtalon.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/does-wine-linux-support-more-apps-than-vista/
TransGaming and Mandriva Renew OEM Agreement to Game Enable MandrivaLinux 2008
With Cedega
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| Cedega is the world's only commercial gaming solution for the Linux operating
| system. Cedega allows users to run PC games on their Linux operating system
| seamlessly, transparently, and with equivalent performance and game play.
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http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=777371
SL Speed Showdown: Linux Tops Windoze
,----[ Quote ]
| This was not a scientific study - only a small test which confirmed what I
| thought I had "felt" already while using Second Life on my new PC.
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http://www.secondlifeherald.com/slh/2007/07/sl-speed-showdo.html
[MS MVP] Foray into Feisty Fawn helped me take back my MIPS
,----[ Quote ]
| Long story short - World of Warcraft runs faster under Ubuntu/Wine than
| natively under Windows XP Professional.
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http://msmvps.com/blogs/plenderj/archive/2007/07/14/foray-into-feisty-fawn-helped-me-take-back-my-mips.aspx
Free Games for Linux
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| A round-up of fun Linux diversions.
|
| When people talk about computer gaming these days, they
| invariably mean commercial games running on a Windows platform. Few
| people realize that Linux can be more than just a very good Web or
| file server. Even fewer people are aware of the many open-source or
| otherwise freely available games available for Linux.
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http://www2.linuxjournal.com/node/1000435
ET:QW Linux Demo Coming TODAY
,----[ Quote ]
| We told you three days ago that the Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Linux demo
| was coming very soon. Well, we've just received confirmation that the Linux
| demo client will be available today! A new ET:QW Windows demo update is
| coming out about noon (CST) and the Linux demo will be out within a few hours
| after that. We'll have more information then.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjEyNg
Linux to game developers: No More Excuses
,----[ Quote ]
| Dell just showed us that the old "lack of market demand" excuse for
| Linux is falling flat. 200,000 users flooded Dell with requests
| for Linux pre-installed on their machines. That's just one
| manufacturer! Never mind the hundreds of thousands of Linux users,
| such as I, who gave up on Dell years ago.
|
| Previous to the Dell fiasco, I might have had my doubts about the
| commercial interests of Linux. But the last straw man has been
| beaten; from here on out, if you run a technology company and
| refuse to support Linux, it's because history's biggest and most
| oppressive monopoly is paying you not to.
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http://penguinpetes.com/b2evo/index.php?title=linux_to_game_developers_no_more_excuses&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
http://tinyurl.com/yp2se2
Vista Offers Nothing to Gamers
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| This is just a small sampling of games obviously, but for our
| intended experiment, I think they did the trick. We wanted to
| simulate what a normal gamer might go through in order to play
| games on Vista, and the end result was just slightly more hassle
| than you would with XP.
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http://tomshardware.co.uk/2007/03/01/vista_offers_nothing_to_gamers_uk/index.html
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