Linux Raiding: Tonight, For the First Time Ever
garreth — Fri, 07/18/2008 - 12:13
For the first time, I will be raiding completely on my linux machine tonight. The game, all addons, and all the extra programs used to run my G15 keyboard are up and going. It was a big pain in the ass to get the keyboard working.
The only thing that hasn't made the transition yet is Ventrilo. Trying to run vent via Wine has not produced much optimism, so I'll be stringing a wire across my office to run Vent on a nearby windows machine.
Other than that, I should be 100% tonight, barring any crashes or other catastrophic failures. I'm at about 60fps standing around in Shatt, so I'm hoping Black Temple will be just as good.
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the games run better in
Atakheal — Fri, 07/18/2008 - 14:27the games run better in linux than windows????
Chain Heal FTW
Yes and no. Running on a
garreth — Fri, 07/18/2008 - 14:52Yes and no. Running on a dual core system, the system itself runs great. There's a lot of power and it's very smooth.
But, there are things that are written exclusively for windows that you can tell aren't there. For instance, hardware mouse movement. You don't notice how smooth your mouse is until you don't have the hardware mouse option ;)
Here's a vide of the desktop in action: http://downfallguild.org/files/wowbuntu2
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I'm using the Audigy 2 card
garreth — Fri, 07/18/2008 - 12:31I'm using the Audigy 2 card you gave me and no dice :(
I'm really get into it more this week. Getting the g15 going was really the only thing holding me back at this point, so i'm stoked.
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I was able to get Vent
starstalker — Fri, 07/18/2008 - 12:28I was able to get Vent working under wine in Fedora, not sure how Ubuntu would be any different.