Slackware on linode

the3dfxdude · 01-31-2017, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by NoStressHQ

Thank you, yeah in fact I just have to take the time to give it a try... It's just I'm in another universe than admin'ing my VPS right now

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BTW, your user name looks like 20 years old !

Did you work with the 3D FX at the time ? Or did you played some games (like Tomb Raider ?).

Yes, it is a reference to 3DFX games. I really did use it as an alias 20 years ago, making it obvious I had the graphics hardware when I was in an FPS match. Today, it takes a slackware user to recognize this finally?

Feanor · 02-01-2017, 03:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Didier Spaier

I am not sure to understand what you mean, but perl (version 5.22.2) is of course included in Slackware 14.2. So you should have it if you made a full installation.

As NoStressHQ said, I was meaning the Linode image.

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Originally Posted by the3dfxdude

Yes, it is a reference to 3DFX games. I really did use it as an alias 20 years ago, making it obvious I had the graphics hardware when I was in an FPS match. Today, it takes a slackware user to recognize this finally?

Hehe. nice of you to admit your (then) hardware advantage over your foes up front

I remember seeing hardware-accelerated Quake 2 on my cousins Voodoo2 for the first time and being blown away by the bilinear filtering. Got my own Voodoo3 within a week or so!