Bash

Actually there was a guy who attempted just that but sold out on the project. It was called lindows and it was started by a guy named Michael Robertson, who happened to be the founder of MP3.com, although his company was taken to court by Microsoft for trade name infringement. He won an MS bought the name for 20 million. He changed the company name to Linspire and the actual feature was that all the windows programs ran through the Wine api layer. Which we all know you can get in any linux flav if you download it. So it was a big failure if I remember from back then. And then the company was bought out by Xandros which has since if I remember went belly up years ago.

Looks like someone was teasing me yesterday by loading baserace.... Owned!!!

I run Red hat, FreeBSD, Mint, and openSUSE. But I only play ET in Mint. The other flavors I use strictly for Admin purposes. I have tried Ubuntu an ran it for about a month and as Th3ory said it is a big ram/resource hog. Beside the fact that the owners (Canonical) do collect data about your web searches and those get sent to third party advertizers as well. Even if you don't install the Ubuntu One program within the OS they still track your searches. The Mint Linux is a Ubuntu based distro but I dont have the problems like I did in Ubuntu. You just have to be careful what you install and update to keep the little gremlins that run behind the scenes in this Ubuntu based Linux from coming up. I'am going to goof around this week and install Arch Linux and see how it does. Never tried it before. I'm kinda looking forward to it after reading what you guys had to say about it. See if I can tweak a good configuration out of it. Thanks for the info on it. Also I plan on re-installing Debian and seeing how ET runs in its native environment. I'll let you guys know my results on Arch, hope it runs good for me.

Linux? Win? Mac? I run ET in a virtual environment (emulated windows) in Linux that eliminates most of the problems I use to have when I ran windows os. With Linux I rarely have issues with the game or the settings. Don't get me wrong there can be problems if you don't have compatible hardware. For instance when I was first learning Linux doing a legacy driver install was a tough one. Or finding a compatible driver that is needed and then install and get it running properly can be a true nightmare if you don't know what your doing. But for the most part the problems just aren't there like there use to be when I ran windows. But It took a lot out of my schedule to learn Linux through the years and to me has been worth the effort. I have seen the Linux open software community grow in leaps and bounds making games and software for drivers ever so easy to install and use. I'm sorry to say that I have no experience on Mac OS so I can't comment on it. At the time it was touted as the greatest OS and Machine, I just couldn't see paying the cost for a machine because its called brand "X" and everybody thought it was the "new pair of Levi's " at the time to get. Those of you from the 70's know what I'm saying. lol Well anyway to get to my point, the reason I posted was I wanted to see actually how many people in the community actually use Linux, Win, or Mac to run there ET game. I run into a lot of peeps in the Linux community that argue just how great Linux is. And I'm on windows forums I hear the same from them. Now we can argue the pros and cons all day, I really don't want to start an argument over what is better and what is not because this is not what this post is about. So you can quote me on this, tell them it's fiction or fact from Bash's Alamanac, but the real fact is this "Whatever Operating System is the most satisfying for you will always be the best for you no matter what anybody else says differently." So I ask "What is the most satisfying OS to run ET for you and why?" Thx, Bash

Dear Support Staff, I would like to ask the powers above if we can get Baserace added to the NQ1 Server. Theres a lot of us who play on the server that would like to see it added. Is there any possibility of this? If this is not your wish to grant your most humble servant this favor I understand. And I will commit Jihad by swallowing 50 alka-seltzer tablets at your command . I await your command. Sincerely, Your most humble servant Bash... Damn I'm Sexy!

Meh... Me you know why? Because I'm too sexy for my shirt: 'Cause I'm a model you know what I mean And I do my little turn on the catwalk Yeah on the catwalk on the catwalk yeah I shake my little touche on the catwalk'.

This video made my day. Thx, DJ!

Hmmmm...... "This is a progressive step in that it protects life in a small town from an urban-type honky-tonk environment," one resident told the Christian Science Monitor at the time. All these years and I didn't know I was an urban-type honky-tonk environmentalist. Now that is some really narrow minded thinking from people who live in a galaxy far far away.

I never been to Bosnia or Serbia but every time I read about the people and families over there I hear awful news. I have a family I cherish and wouldn't know what to do if this situation happened to our family. But you have our prayers. I hope the best for you and all the families there. Adversity and hardships are best over come by never giving up in life.

Thanks Chuck...

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Lot of good memories and good times playing this game. Love your post!

I Just wanted to Thank You! To whoever made the decision to put the BBA (CTF) map on the Hardcore server, I really like this map and enjoy the hell outta playing it on that server. Once again Thanks not really sure if its the Hardcore server or the Recruiting Server, now that i think about it? Oh well getting old sucks!

Done, Just thru in my 2 cents worth... er was that 50 smackaroos? Huh funny thing my paypal says I paid 50 smackaroos not 2 cents. F|A Reallity made me do it, its all Reallity's fault! Not really its actually everyone that plays the game and makes me have a good time. Its there fault I'm donating!

Thanks for the replies from everyone, hope to make a donation next month and pull a little share of my load for playing so much on the servers. I know its not required but I feel if your in a postion to give in these rough economic times then it helps everyone. Played with some of you that replied and thx to all for making me feel welcome. I have a great time on all the ET servers, even though I suck I still have fun.