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then i might have mistaken... been a while:rolleyes:

That was my point somewhere between the lines.
If you want to play Doom 3 or Quake 4 single player, you don't have to be online.

But STEAM is bad (and I don't use it) because you first need to...

You can firewall Doom3 so it never connects, and it won't mind. I finished Quake 4 like that. Their DRM at least will not block you from playing.

I agree that for Online play you need to allow it...

I once bought a dictionary (on CD) from a store. I had it sealed in the case for a few years, then my dad decided he wanted it installed.

So i install it and it says I have to go to a website,...

Svartalf, thanks again for clarifying my confusion.

Your explanation does make sense. I suppose sellers such as EBGames either made enough profit or are taking a loss on those titles.

IIRC,...

Now that Tux Games, and LGP are back online, I was able to browse their products a bit.

What I found, though, is that the prices are rather high compared to the stores that sell the Windows...

I understand what you mean. Luckily for me, steam NEVER worked, so there were way too many obstacles to get me "involved" in that.

My problem is Rome Total War (TBS-game) that only runs with...

Well... I stopped playing those games altogether... that's the only choice I have. I know people that play CS a lot, but I am not that much into it, if at all.

There still are a lot of good games...

I don't understand why people are so excited about STEAM, and say that it's great.

I tried STEAM for a couple of weeks and could never get connected. Needless to say I didn't buy any STEAM game...

I'm not sure what you mean.
I have several users, and I am running compiz, but only on the first logged in user. This is a limitation of X as I have been told.
ATI has the same limitation(due to...

Howe come this new Intel card with a new (young) driver can beat hi-end cards that have had the driver around for so much longer?

There is something I don't get about OS drivers, ATI, nVidia, and Intel.

I just discovered that with my Intel GMA 950 I can have Video running perfectly with Compiz. I can even zoom-in on the...

Compiz is not the only one suffering. Leaving Compiz out of the picture, the Desktop is still not fully functional until all logged in users can use 3D applications.

If Intel will be able to...

Thanks for the clarification, Svartalf.

Any idea when LGP website and Tuxgames come back online?

Doesn't the partition need to be unmounted? (just checking)

Is there any other option? I mean besides using X?

How about OS X / FreeBSD?

Maybe OT, but how come 2.6.22 is the "latest" kernel in Ubuntu 7.10
Why not 2.6.26 or 2.6.25?

So if nVidia does not have OSS drivers. Why is everyone bashing ATI and praising nVidia?

At least ATI helps the community with OSS drivers, while nVidia doesn't (or does it?).

So all those...

So this turns out to be a "Linux problem" rather than a "driver/HW vendor problem".

Essentially, Linux (and the direct rendering management) were not designed to support 3D across simultaneously...

I understand what you say except the DRM (Digital Rights Management?)

On the other hand... looks like the DRI framework needs some major "repairs"