Martin Geisler Online

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I’ve just bought the Linux-version of Quake from a Danish reseller of Lokigames, called linuxspil.dk. And it plays beautifully :-)

With my new V7700 GeForce2 Ultra graphicscard from Asus, I can play the game at a resolution of 1600×1200 under Linux (just as I can under Windows). I think it’s nice to see, that the hardware manufactures are finally providing desent drivers for Linux.

Yesterday I stumbled across something called Domino Day 2000. It turned out to be an attempt to break the world-record in making a chain-reaction. Over 3 million domino bricks tumblet over — it took about 100 minutes.

70 students had been working for 7 weeks to make it possible, and then it’s all over in just one and a half hour :-) It was quite funny to watch, though.

We finally got ourselves a DVD-player today. So now we can watch DVDs on the TV. After I got my 21″ monitor, it has been nice to watch DVDs on the computer, but when you play the sound through a real set of speakers, and sit in a comftable couch, the whole experience just gets better.

Now I only need some more DVDs… :-)

At the ANP netparty last weekend, I saw a GeForce 256 in action. And it was easy to see how powerful it is. On a Pentium III 800 MHz it ran games at 1600×1200 with maximum detail levels!

So I decided that I need a GeForce in preparation for the next party. Since the GeForce2 Ultra has yet to arrive in Denmark (and considering that it will be quite expensive), I choose a V7700 Deluxe from Asus.

Another exciting thing about these GeForce cards, it that NVIDIA is making Linux drivers! This means that I’ll be able to get accelerated OpenGL, which will be used intensively in upcoming versions of Enlightenment. As you can see on my screenshots-page, I can only make 15-20 FPS even with my new Athlon. On the Enlightenment-maillinglist there have been reports of frame rates of 100 FPS. So it will be exciting to see how my system compare to that.

Tonight we’re having a netparty at Aalborghus. People are shooting each other to pieces in games like Half-Life Counter-Strike and Unreal Tournament.

I’ve been showing off Linux with Enlightenment and EFM — after I upgraded my computer, things look more beautiful than ever. 900 MHz makes life sweet :-)