Doom 3 on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon

Thanks to the wonderful folks over at ID software. Linux users can now enjoy one more game originally created for Windows. This is Doom 3 running directly on Ubuntu, no emulator like wine was used.

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Science & Technology

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• Doom
• Doom3
• Ubuntu
• gutsy
• linux
• game

[Fridgemusa]

At least on Windows they have that little thing called sound!

[webbhawk]

@Fridgemusa The sound during gameplay was great. My desktop video recorder at the time didn't record sound. Also, it never crashed the whole time I played it. Not too many people can say that about Windows gaming.

[thepwner7]

howd u do this

[webbhawk]

@thepwner7 The neede software is at ID software's site. They make many of their games Linux compatible.

[conorsulli]

When you compare it to the fact that you can run doom, quake1 and quake2 at full frame rate and textures on a phone...There is nothing major about this, but I still love my Linux only OS.

[webbhawk]

@conorsulli I don't really think Doom and Quake are good comparisons in this instance. Unless of course you're saying they run better on your phone than in Windows. lol

[Amebixfan]

OpenGL ftw, fuck Directx

[handofstand]

@Amebixfan Yes, open standards make life easier for everybody.

[handofstand]

@Fridgemusa here on YouTube search for "Unreal Tournament 2004 in Debian (LINUX)"

[Leadwerks]

@webbhawk You should use Windows, it records sound.

[Amebixfan]

@stopthrm They do look similar, but OpenGL is free, DirectX is not. 

[stopthrm]

@Fridgemusa Its running slow cause a. video capture and gaming in linux a is a recipie for slow frame rates, honestly I used to have my doubts until I installed Doom 3 for Linux myself. Doom 3 actaually has a smoother frame rate in Linux than in windows same machine. I dont know why, however I do know that OpenGL scripts tend to compile faster than D3D scripts...

[stopthrm]

@Amebixfan The Irony is..THEY LOOK VIRTUALLY THE SAME SIDE BY SIDE! I mean it, look at the Open GL vs Direct x 11 videos, they speak for themselves. I honestly dont care which one I am using as long as the game runs at a decent framerate, which with OPENGL usually is the case...

[conorsulli]

@Fridgemusa maybe! ;-)

[conorsulli]

@webbhawk no no, Just that there for a while ubuntu had real issues with intel performance, I couldn't understand why my phone ran it better. drivers have improved since then (my other comment is like 1year old).

[Fridgemusa]

@naryanr I run Win 7 64 bit Ultimate and that is not nine years old! Hey I've tried a few Linux distros (Ubuntu, Xandros, Linspire) and even set up a CentOS server and all were very reliable but for sheer variety of games Linux just doesn't cut it, but what's really sad is that you Linux fanbois can't even admit that Linux support for games sux! Game developers know that all to well why do you think the majority of developers code their games for windows? Linux might be great for games 1 day...

[Fridgemusa]

ROFL...(Sarcasm Alert) REALLY no crashes during gameplay that's amazing! Hot Zigadee I gotta install me Linux straight away! (News Flash) webbhawk I too can play Doom 3 with no crashes! Wow you really are a tenacious Linux fanboi and I think your dedication is admirable but not everyone has crashes in games on Windows! Also Doom 3 is a pretty old game now and runs pretty stable on most systems! By the way there are a lot more games out there than just Doom 3 how many other games have you got?