Linux.com: How Not to Release a Live DVD Game | Linux Today

Linux.com: How Not to Release a Live DVD Game

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 25, 2007

[ Thanks to Dolores Parker for this link.
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“I was intrigued when I heard about SuperGamer, a beta live DVD
based on PCLinuxOS. The DVD includes, in demo version for the most
part, 3-D shooters America’s Army, Doom 3, Postal 2, Cube, Enemy
Territory, Nexuiz, Quake 4, Soldier of Fortune, UFO: Alien
Invasion, and Wesnoth. Unfortunately, my SuperGamer/PCLinuxOS
experience was as bad a Linux experience as I can remember
having.

“I tried to download the DVD with BitTorrent, but gave up when
the estimated completion time started at 7 days in the future and
slipped badly beyond that mark after only an hour or so. Instead, I
ordered a DVD from On-Disk for $8.75, including postage…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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