Games livecd / dvd

Nicu Buculei nicu_fedora at nicubunu.ro
Mon Apr 2 06:01:29 UTC 2007


Jon Ciesla wrote:
> On the 3D game front, I see two choices.
> 
> 1. Eschew 3D games, so all the games included work as well as possible on
> all available hardare, due to binary drivers, the pragmatic approach.
> 
> 2. Go all-out and include the best of the 3D games.  Then users can use
> the LiveDVD as a sort of hardware Shibboleth.  They can take the DVD to
> the store, and try out the available hardware, and then buy what works
> with OSS drivers.  Speak against binary-only hardware with the pocketbook.
> 
> I have a preference.  What do you all think?

A livecd/dvd has the option to install to hdd, so the user can install 
the proprietary video drivers later if he want this, so the "games" disc 
offer the benefits of a) pre-made selection of games b) offline install 
of huge game-data packages

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