American McGee switches from Windows to Ubuntu

[Blondie]

Game designer American McGee of Doom and Quake fame has switched from Microsoft Windows to Ubuntu, according to his blog (http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=171)

The reason? Windows Genuine Advantage.

"This isn’t the first time I’ve attempted a switch to Linux, but it is the first time that I’ve made the switch and am going to stay switched." says McGee.

[RAV TUX]

Simply Awesome, thanks for the post.


I was angry for a moment, but then I realized: I don’t much like Windows anyway. So I wiped the offending garbage from my machine and installed Ubuntu Linux (http://www.ubuntu.com/). All in all a painless process.

The truth is, Ubuntu “out of the box” is a little lacking (can’t play proprietary video formats, run PC apps, is missing much needed apps, etc), but with the use of an installer script called Automatix, (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=223087&highlight=automatix) I now have a free, highly functional, and stable OS. And it’s pretty to boot.

This isn’t the first time I’ve attempted a switch to Linux, but it is the first time that I’ve made the switch and am going to stay switched.

[prizrak]

Ooooh, I guess more Linux games now ;)

[RAV TUX]

Ooooh, I guess more Linux games now ;)
This is what I'm hoping for, America McGee's Alice is one of my favorite games.

[BWF89]

I've heard of him before.

He made that American McGees Alice I've been wanting to play for awhile.

[MetalMusicAddict]

Wow. Thats cool to hear. Alice is awesome. I didnt finish it though. Can it be natively installed? I was wondering since its Quake3 based.

[easyease]

cool. i wonder if he has popped in here for a chat yet???????

[forrestcupp]

I read some interviews and other things about him, and it seems like his interests might be shifting from gaming somewhat. Even so, I hope he can influence the gaming industry for Linux.

[easyease]

well it could be the first nail in Microsofts coffin.....

[Blondie]

I've heard of him before.

He made that American McGees Alice I've been wanting to play for awhile.

I remember him from his work on the original Doom and Quake so I guess that shows my age :lol: . Alice is a great game too though. Great atmosphere.

[rosswmcgee]

google the "mcgee dna project"

Ross McGee

[RAV TUX]

Game designer American McGee of Doom and Quake fame has switched from Microsoft Windows to Ubuntu, according to his blog (http://www.americanmcgee.com/wordpress/?p=171)

The reason? Windows Genuine Advantage.

"This isn’t the first time I’ve attempted a switch to Linux, but it is the first time that I’ve made the switch and am going to stay switched." says McGee.

OP posted: August 1st, 2006

can I load American McGee's Alice on Linux yet?

[Bragador]

OP posted: August 1st, 2006

can I load American McGee's Alice on Linux yet?

As always, it is better to ask the all mighty god "Google".

you might be interested in reading (check the links at the end) http://www.liflg.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3757&sid=b85703206eaa3ce0b313432d90d2727b

Also it seems wine and cedega are running it quite well and it seems it has been like that for a couple of years already.

Check cedega out if you don't believe wine works well. Someone did and it works perfectly it seems: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=455804

:popcorn:

[kopilo]

*dances* sweet! can't wait till his next release, anyone got some goss on what it might be? xD

Seriously.. Alice was a very well constructed game, he really knows his 3D design.

[steven8]

I actually bought my geforce fx 5200 card to play his Scrapland game, as it had pixel shading. He does great stuff!! I loved Alice.