How to run Quake III and HD videos on a Netbook | Linux Today

How to run Quake III and HD videos on a Netbook

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 3, 2009

“Martin Mohring, from the Linux Foundation, was at a Mobile Dev
Camp event in Germany. There, he showed an MSI Wind U115 with an
Atom Z530 1.6GHz/Intel GMA 500 combo not only playing an HD video
clip, but also running Quake III at about 35fps. The secret? This
Netbook is using Moblin Linux, which has optimized drivers to push
the graphics performance to another level.

“If this gets you all excited, you can download a copy of Moblin
Linux here and let us know your experience. But while waiting for
the download, check out some videos posted by UMPC Portal and
Netbook News.de after the jump.”

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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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