The official news release for Knoppix 3.4 can be read here:
https://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-old-en.html

An article on the release of Knoppix 3.4 can be found here:
https://lwn.net/Articles/84851/

And the Knoppix 3.4 ISO can be downloaded here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/knoppix-mirror/files/knoppix/KNOPPIX_V3.4-2004-05-17-EN.iso/download

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Quoting: Linuxerwhat you mean? im not scared. but im not techninal at all either and dont want to be ill just wait for the clickable whatever

Nothing wrong with taking the easy way in of itself, but if you go out of your way to NOT acquire knowledge, technical or not, then you are going to be spinning your wheels a lot. Like in this thread.

Running the Windows binaries through WINE is a serious suggestion if you would like to play right now.

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Quoting: PenglingWell well, X-Bomber looks right up my alley. Thanks for that!

Just stumbled across another game going by the name XBomber but was also ported to SDL:
https://www.linuxmotors.com/linux/SDL_bomber/

Just to keep things nice and confusing.

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Quoting: Linuxerwelll its ok! i will just wait thanks so much anyway.

You could try running the Windows binaries through WINE if you are that scared of compiling.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeYeah, I think these were the only id Software games' expansions done by third parties?

Nope, there was X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse for a start, although the less said about that game the better, or so I have been told. And there were a number of custom map compilations released such as Aftershock and Time of Reckoning, but those are more like D!ZONE was for Doom.

It turns out my brother actually picked up a Microsoft Sidewinder Precision Pro while thrifting for only $6 CAD, so I can definitely pencil in trying it out with Heavy Gear II once I have a few less pots boiling on the stove as it were. Still have a number of articles lined up for the next few weeks.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeDid you get an old Joystick for the retro build? I'm thinking Heavy Gear II (I'm not sure if you've done one on that) had a Linux native release by Loki. Would be great to see that working with a flight stick, etc. (I have it buried somewhere).

I do indeed have Heavy Gear II in box and I do intend to cover it at some point, although I do not have a joystick I could pair with it at present. I do have a USB racing wheel I hooked up for use in a later article, but I would be curious to see if I could get something going with the game port on my SoundBlaster 16.

I grew up playing everything keyboard and mouse only, and I am now only passable at using an Xbox controller, so I may have a steep learning curve ahead of me. Not that Heavy Gear II is easy to learn in the first place.

Quoting: Guesttry modern quake sourceports

I mean, of course I have. Kind of missing the point though.

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The Shrak FAQ can be found here:
http://www.shrak.com/faq.html#help

The Malice website is archived here:
https://web.archive.org/web/19990429000108/http://qamalice.com/

The list of secrets I compiled for Shrak can be read here:
https://quake.fandom.com/wiki/Shrak_for_Quake#Secrets

All of the official patches for Shrak and Malice can be downloaded here:
https://icculus.org/~hamish/dianoga/shrak-malice-patches.zip

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Quoting: gbudnyI thought it will about Eric's Ultimate Solitaire.

Must be someone's favourite game but it is not my mother's.

Quoting: gbudnyI can't say it was one of my favorite games. The series Runes of Avalon was much better than that.

I suspect this is too new to run on Dianoga, but the website is still up, so that is nice. I can try the demo.

Quoting: gbudnyDo you plan to write the article about The Hunted chronicle? ... I showed it to my brother and my cousin in 2005. They asked how much I paid for it.

You mean the DarkPlaces mod? I can quite confidently say that would bring Dianoga to its knees. I remember Nexuiz being quite heavy even with my Radeon 9200 card.

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Considering the vast majority of the games with Linux wrappers also have native Linux source ports available, I think one of the biggest values to storefronts like this is just supplying you with a legal means of acquiring the data for use with them. No emulation strictly necessary.

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Quoting: whizseYour mother have impeccable taste in games. I loved Frozen Bubble!

She is also quite fond of playing Tetzle:
https://gottcode.org/tetzle/

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