[Fsf-friends] Secrets of getting your favourite Windows-based games run flawlessly on Linux...

[Frederick Noronha (FN)]

THAT'S WHAT the subtitle of an article in the latest issue of CHIP (Sept 2004) 
-- the Indian edition -- promises to its readers. Quote:

 	"A word of caution though, before we find out how to
 	get these games working under Linux. To get fragging
 	in full glory, you will have to first configure your
 	graphics card to use all its 3D features in Linux.
 	3D and OpenGL are some technologies that these games
 	utilize to the maximum, in order to give the effects
 	that you love so much. Today it is possible to run
 	sophisticated 3D applications on a Linux system.
 	But for many popular cards there are no open-source
 	drivers available featuring appropriate OpenGL support...
 	Fortunately, the leading manufacturers offer their
 	own Linux drivers to be downloaded for free, be they
 	ATI or Nvidia..."

Article includes steps to work with Quake II, Quake III Arena, Unreal 
Tournament, Unreal Tournament 2004.

Other content in this time's CHIP issue related to the FLOSS world of GNU/Linux 
(not just the kernel!) includes:

 	COVER STORY: Windows vs Linux vs Mac
 	Which OS protects your PC best of all?
 	Some strange, pro-Windows results here.
 	But then, GNU/Linux doesn't advertise, does it?
 	Suse, given CHIP's German link, is tested
 	as the representative of GNU/Linux.

 	ON THE CD: Quake2 Linux binary.

 	NEW FOREIGN BOOKS reprinted in India by Shroff
 	Publishers in Mumbai spdorders@shroffpublishers.com
 	* How Linux Works Rs 300
 	* The Official Gnome 2 Rs 475
 	* Wicked Cool Shell Scripts Rs 350
 	* Write Great Code Rs 475
 	* The Cathedral & The Bazaar Rs 550 (ESR)
 	* Learning PHP5 Rs 300
 	* Code Hacking: Developers Guide to Network Security Rs 400
 	* Linux TCP/IP Stack Rs 400 and more

Interesting article on non-IE browsers, on Page 90. But, if you go by the 
boxes, you might end up thinking that Mozilla Firefox works only with Windows 
XP/2000/98SE/ME and NT4.0! (The fine print below says Mozilla Firefox "provides 
support forWindows, Linux and Mac".).

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