I got the deb package day-of and have it running on my system, but haven't been able to do much as I wasn't chosen for the beta, and it flags you as such, aborting the app. I can still get on their messenger/im, but I don't know anyone on steam or cared much being a windoze walled garden to now. It did work pretty flawlessly I was surprised to see, at least until getting to actually launch a game. -mb On 11/20/2012 07:15 PM, Stephen wrote: > here is a question has anyone tried doing the Steam beta. or running the > steam client yet? > > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Lisa Kachold > wrote: > > Yes, I picked up the linux Quake 4 iso via torrent, whereupon I got > a License key (which we linux users usually have to get from an XP > purchased Instruction Book) [that didn't work] and all the pk4 files > (which we linux gamers usually have to copy from the windows XP > CD/DVDs. > > I used the license key from a used game I purchased at a local > Bookmans, and the pk4 files (since my disks had corruption) and got > it running happily with my nVidia card. > > It's really nice, especially in server mode. The best parts of > Quake are the cheat codes that allow you to dink around without > really getting killed all the time. > > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Brian Cluff > wrote: > > I payed it all the way through a few years ago when it was new, > but I don't think i even have it currently installed. I was > thinking about it though since it really did enjoy that one and > it's been long enough that it would be like player a whole new game. > > The most recent game that I purchased was Alice: Madness > Returns, but it's a windows game. The only reason I got it was > that people were claiming that it ran well under wine, but so > far I've had no luck at all. So I won't be playing that one > until wine does run it. > > Brian > > > On 11/20/2012 04:49 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > > Anyone playing Quake4 under Linux? > > > -- > > > (503) 754-4452 Android > (623) 239-3392 Skype > (623) 688-3392 Google Voice > ** > it-clowns.com > Chief Clown > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------__--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - > PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > ------------------------------__--------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.__org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/__mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > -- > > > (503) 754-4452 Android > (623) 239-3392 Skype > (623) 688-3392 Google Voice > ** > it-clowns.com > Chief Clown > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss