Yes, there's a linux shareware quake:
ftp://ftp.lek.net/pub/linux/quake/intel_linux_quake091.tgz
now, let us never speak of it again.. :-)
---Seriously, I can get linux quake "0.91" (in the game it says it's 0.92) to run without problems. Unfortunately, it refuses to run for me in Kernels 2.0.1 - 2.0.4 -- and I've tried them all. No doubt this is because of the "new and improved" USSlite :-)
When trying to run it on 2.0.1+ opens a window, begins unpacking the PAK file, then shuts down with "floating point exception"
It runs great in 2.0.0 -- well, the sounds are choppy, due to the fact that it mixes the samples at too high a sampling rate: 44 KHz, much higher than the DOS version does, and sucking up too much CPU power. Fortunately this can all be corrected with environment variables:
QUAKE_SOUND_SAMPLEBITS = <8 or 16, i suppose> QUAKE_SOUND_SPEED = <11000, 22050 are good values> QUAKE_SOUND_CHANNELS = <1 or 2, i guess>
System info: P5-100 Neptune II ; 16 Mb ; kernel 2.0.0 ; libc 5.4.2 ; Xfree86 3.1.2E ; ld.so 1.8.1 ; fvwm 2.0.42 -- I guess that's all that's remotely relevant.
--- Mark Orr markorr@intersurf.com