Anyone play on Linux?

[MonkMachine]

Does anyone play on Linux? Is there any improvement in performance? Im thinking of switching from xp. So what I really want to know is it worth doing it?

[Y2Stu]

Re: Anyone play on Linux?

don't think u can play BF2 on linux!

[PureBlueFlames]

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Does anyone play on Linux? Is there any improvement in performance? Im thinking of switching from xp. So what I really want to know is it worth doing it?

I like your signature though, do you know what it means?

[big_sammy_b]

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there is a linux server but no client.

There is a client for Americas Army in linux and i had it running and really in terms of graphics etc it was exactly the same, in terms of performance to be honest it didn't get quite the same fps but that varies a lot depending on the latest nvidia drivers.

[Kipper]

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don't think u can play BF2 on linux!

oh yes you can !

http://www.transgaming.com/products_linux.php

my friend just told me that he plays cs:s with kubuntu :p

[BIFF EXPLODER]

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there are emulators for windows games, but i think the performance suffers a big hit with the more powerfull games, and u can have some graphical bugs aswell.

[PureBlueFlames]

Re: Anyone play on Linux?

oh yes you can !

http://www.transgaming.com/products_linux.php

my friend just told me that he plays cs:s with kubuntu :p

BF2 is a memory/CPU/network intensive game (and buggy too), why not play it directly on Windows instead to save all the hassles. What benefits you will get running a windows program in Linux? If you have to spend a lot of the time dealing all the troubles with video/audio/network drivers, and finally got it run but lost most of your fps, what is the point?

[The Soup Nazi]

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i've often pondered migrating to Redhat Enterprise Linux (i run it as a fileserver on a seperate machine currently), but the lack of software support has kept me firmly in Gates' grasp. Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Visual Studio, etc. all run on windows without a hitch. until some (or all) of those products are offered to run in native *nix, i won't be switching completely.

i did run Redhat awhile back and played Quake III. the graphics and fps were basically identical to windows. (note: id released a build of Quake III that would run in native *nix, not in emulation mode) i can't imagine that emulating a windows environment and playing BF2 would be very successful.

if you want to experiment, i'd suggest downloading Virtual PC for windows and running Windows XP in a Virtual PC window and attempting to play BF2 that way. even routine applications like Outlook and Word run EXTREMELY slow in such an environment.

*shrugs*

oh, and one more thing... Ubuntu sucks. they don't even install sshd as one of the components when you choose server install. what's that all about? a server is usually "headless" and you're going to need sshd in order to control it remotely. nice one, Ubuntu group.

[JSS3]

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Does anyone play on Linux? Is there any improvement in performance? Im thinking of switching from xp. So what I really want to know is it worth doing it?

Yes, you can play BF2 on Linux. There are a number of serious issues with the game at the moment however.
The following issues will likely be resolved in the future, but as of the time of this posting:
1)Most importantly, the game will not work on PunkBuster servers without a PunkBuster hack. You will be able to play ofline and in non-PunkBuster servers without issue. (This is the reason I am playing BF2 on Windows XP, I don't want to use some shady closed source 3d party hack).
2) The game will NOT work with anything but nVidida cards, and I have not heard of anyone running it with anything other than a GeForce 7800GTX, but it might be possible to run it with other nVidia cards.
3) Video performance is poor, you will have to drop your settings to very low levels. It is possible to run the game on higher settings by striping the OpenGL command stream prior to rendering however I have yet to get a acceptable stream filter (one that provides good output quality and good performance).

BF2 is a memory/CPU/network intensive game (and buggy too), why not play it directly on Windows instead to save all the hassles. What benefits you will get running a windows program in Linux? If you have to spend a lot of the time dealing all the troubles with video/audio/network drivers, and finally got it run but lost most of your fps, what is the point?

It can take over a half hour to boot some Linux clusters. this is my #1 reason for playing as many games as possible on Linux. If he is going to a standard Linux desktop duel booting will not be and issue, but by the time you add in OpenMOSIX (multiple PCs work as one big unit with all system resources combined), Software RAID over all the PCs disk (baiscly RAID using disks in 8 differnt computers), xDMX (Distributed Multihead X, using 8 monitors, attached to 8 differnt machines as one big desktop), Chromium (allowing one 3d appliaction to run over 8 monitors in 8 machines with full hardware acceleration), 256-bit disk encryption and Project looking glass (3d desktop, allows windows to be rotated and moved in 3d rather than the 2d window manager used by windows) things start to take a while to start up.

if you want to experiment, i'd suggest downloading Virtual PC for windows and running Windows XP in a Virtual PC window and attempting to play BF2 that way. even routine applications like Outlook and Word run EXTREMELY slow in such an environment.

That is not fair at all. Virtual PC emulates/recompiles(On the fly)/executes high ring instructions. Cedega does not. Virtual PC does not provide any 3d acceleration. Any 3d you find in VPC will be software rendering. Cedega makes use of the PCs hardware OpenGL acceleration. (It translates DirectX commands to OpenGL commands). There will be very little performance loss by using wine or cedega (This is possible because Linux does not use the LDT (Local Descritper table). It uses the GDT (Global Descritper table) only, allowing applications to make use of the LDT. Running outlook in cedega or wine will be much, much faster than running it in Virtual PC.

oh, and one more thing... Ubuntu sucks. they don't even install sshd as one of the components when you choose server install. what's that all about? a server is usually "headless" and you're going to need sshd in order to control it remotely. nice one, Ubuntu group.

Ubuntu is a desktop OS, if you want a server you should use something like RedHat or Novell, or if you are like me, LFS (Linux from scratch).
Thank you for your time,
Arrummzen

[sirex]

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i run many linux boxes, and dual boot my gaming machine with linux.

battlefield 2 (client) works well in linux using cedega. The performance is as good (or better) than windows. but at the moment cedega doesn't support punkbuster, so you cant use it on ranked servers. it should be fixed in the new version of cedega though, its been voted top priority for the cedega developers.
Also top on their list is the new version of safedisc protection, which should allow many other games to work too.

i use a nvidia 6600GT card and performance was at least equal to my windows o/s. I dont know of ati card owners.

as for ubuntu. its a very, very good distro. however, i do have debian and gentoo systems in use, and they work really well too. (debian esp for servers).

[LaGrenouille]

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Have you ever used Linux/UNIX before??

'cause if you aren't an experienced user and want to switch to Linux JUST to play BF2, don't bother, it's not worth the huge trouble you'll probably get yourself into, as you probably won't get any performance improvements.

[Auto-ER-]

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A ran Fedora Core (and several other distros) for a long time, and let me tell you, unless you have a good reason to switch to Linux, it isn't worth it. You will see 0 performance increase running it under Cedega, along with problems setting it up to even run. It may sound simnple, but it is not for a novice user. Linux is good if you run a server, surf the net and deal with media, gaming is still best left to Windows till more developers make open source compatibility.

[The Soup Nazi]

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That is not fair at all. Virtual PC emulates/recompiles(On the fly)/executes high ring instructions. Cedega does not. Virtual PC does not provide any 3d acceleration. Any 3d you find in VPC will be software rendering. Cedega makes use of the PCs hardware OpenGL acceleration. (It translates DirectX commands to OpenGL commands). There will be very little performance loss by using wine or cedega (This is possible because Linux does not use the LDT (Local Descritper table). It uses the GDT (Global Descritper table) only, allowing applications to make use of the LDT. Running outlook in cedega or wine will be much, much faster than running it in Virtual PC.

I stand corrected. My apologies.

[MonkMachine]

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Thanks guys I think I will leave well alone.