The linuX-gamers Live DVD is a bootable medium with a collection of popular 3D games. It contains both the NVIDIA and ATI proprietary Linux drivers and includes the following games: BzFLag, Enemy Territory, Glest, Nexuiz, Sauerbraten, Torcs, Tremulous, True Combat: Elite, Warsow and World of Padman. Although the live DVD is based on Arch Linux, it does not offer any desktop Linux functionality except gaming.
The fact of LinuX-gamers Live :
- Based on : Arch
- Origin : Germany
- Architecture: i686
- Desktop: Blackbox
- Category: Gaming, Live Medium
- Homepage : http://live.linux-gamers.net/
- Download ISO : Linux-gamers
- Download Mirror : Mirror
Video Demo :
Nexuizz 2.5.2
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Hardware Requirement :
Your PC must at least meet these requirements:
- intel x86-compatible architecture
- 512 MB ram
- videocard with 3d acceleration
This distribution has been tested on a wide variety of systems. There is a good chance it will run well on your computer.
Features :
- top free native linux games
- high performance video card drivers
- properitery nvidia drivers
- properitary ati driver
- open source drivers with 3d acceleration for many other video cards
- harddisk is not touched
- network booting and hosting support
- nothing needs to be configured, everything is done automatically
- basic applications like IRC chat (xchat), web browser (arora) and voice chat (mumble)
- FREE
v0.9.6 (linuxtag2010-release):
- improved user expierence and autoconfiguration
- easy network configuration gui
- support for chipsets of recent boards
- updated games
- new additional games
- updated proprietary drivers
- kernel 2.6.33
- network booting support
There are two editions: a big one and a lite. The differences between these are as follows:
- The big edition contains the full games selection. This includes games unsuitable for children or games requiring more powerful hardware. It will fit onto a DVD or USB flash drive (min. 5GB capacity).
- The lite edition contains a smaller games selection. It only has games suitable for children and games that run even on older hardware. It will fit onto a CD or USB flash drive (min. 1GB capacity).
Games included in current version 0.9.6
Games only available on the big edition are underlined.
- Armagetron Advanced - Tron-like
- AstroMenace - space shooter
- Blobby Volley 2 - beach ball
- Chromium B.S.U. - space shooter
- Extreme Tux Racer - downhill racing
- foobillard - billard
- Frozen Bubble - puzzle
- LBreakout2 - Breakout-like, puzzle
- LTris - Tetris-like
- Neverball - puzzle
- Neverputt - minigolf
- Osmos (demo) - ambient puzzle
- Pingus - Lemmings-like, puzzle
- Secret Maryo Chronicles - jump and run
- Teeworlds - action
- World of Goo (Demo) - puzzle
- XMoto - motocross
- Frets On Fire - music
- Glest - real-time strategy
- Hedgewars - Worms-like, artillery
- LinCity-NG - city planner
- Maniadrive - Trackmania-like, racing
- Nexuiz - first person shooter
- OpenLieroX - action
- OpenTTd - industry planner
- Sauerbraten - first person shooter
- Scorched 3D - artillery
- SuperTuxKart - kart racing
- Tremulous - first person shooter
- Urban Terror - first person shooter
- Warsow - first person shooter
- Warzone 2100 - real-time stategy
- Wesnoth - turn-based strategy, fantasy
- Widelands - real-time strategy
- World Of Padman - first person shooter