Ultimate Edition Forum

hey guys, i am very new to the pc scene and might sound a bit stupid ,but bear with me if u will.i currently run windows on my pc's at home.i would like to know if i can play cod4,bf2 and mw2 on the Ultimate Edition 2.4 gamers edition.is it difficult or do u have to be knowledgeable to set up home networks with Ultimate Edition.i want to crossover but i am a bit scared to do so as i only know windows and am not that smart concerning tinkering with OS's.any advise and help would be greatly appreciated,without climbing into my character that is.thank you.


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Hello, with Ultimate Edition you can use a 'program' called Play On Linux which allows you to install many Windows games, as long as you have the disk(s). Here is a link to the POL web site; http://www.playonlinux.com/en/ POL is installed on Ultimate Edition and the program lists cod4,bf2 as being installable, I didn't see mw2 but they add new games all the time.

Linux (Ultimate Edition) is very easy to set up home networks, especially if all the computers are running Ultimate Edition, one of the best sharing programs is LANDSHARK, you can access every part of each computer, home, desktop, and every folder can be shared with ease.

BTW you can also dual boot, allowing you to start up with either windows or Ultimate Edition. Just backup any data on the windows side, insert the Ultimate Edition LIVE DVD and when you get to the partition part of the installation, check the box that keeps windows and installs Ultimate Edition side by side. The computer I am using now has Windows 7, UBUNTU 9.10 and Ultimate Edition 2.5. I would suggest that you spend some time reading the beginner part of the forum so that you build up your knowledge as well as your courage to try. IF the computer boots up from the live DVD just fine and you can access the disk to open programs, etc, you shouldn't have issues installing Ultimate Edition, though there are exceptions at times. AS long as you back up all the data you want to keep, if the install, goes bad, you can just reinstall the software.

We are here to help!

As for the gaming questions....Any M$ game installed in Linux will suffer performance hits.Depending on how bad a hit is...well is up to you.

I play the COD''s.The last COD I was able to run decently in Linux was UO.


I always say if you play M$ games then use M$...You will get the best performance.Use Linux to play native games,and everything else you would use a pc for.(Duel boot)


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If you do install or even not....we will be here for you..do not be afraid of questions..
And welcome to Ultimate Edition...

Thx for all the feed back,i have taken the leap and so far i can only say thank you to all involved in creating Ultimate Edition.it was an eye opener.I am currently installing Ultimate Edition on my wife's PC as well,but i have run into a snag on my daughters PC.she has a Intel Pentium 4 2.4 ghz with 1,3 gig ram.as every one else knows and i only found out now ,i could not install Ultimate Edition .so any advice on which edition i can install on her pc,or any where i can read up on the requirements to run Ultimate Edition.once again great job in creating Ultimate Edition,if it wasn't for the ms games i would not need windows,so sad.would it be possible for companies to create Linux versions of their games or would it be too much to ask.the Linux community seems to be growing in leaps and bounds,i don't see it changing soon or dropping in popularity.thx again.

frostybear wrote:Thx for all the feed back,i have taken the leap and so far i can only say thank you to all involved in creating Ultimate Edition.it was an eye opener.I am currently installing Ultimate Edition on my wife's PC as well,but i have run into a snag on my daughters PC.she has a Intel Pentium 4 2.4 ghz with 1,3 gig ram.as every one else knows and i only found out now ,i could not install Ultimate Edition .so any advice on which edition i can install on her pc,or any where i can read up on the requirements to run Ultimate Edition.once again great job in creating Ultimate Edition,if it wasn't for the ms games i would not need windows,so sad.would it be possible for companies to create Linux versions of their games or would it be too much to ask.the Linux community seems to be growing in leaps and bounds,i don't see it changing soon or dropping in popularity.thx again.

Well TheeMahn is the one to thank, us Mods and Admin are here to help, as well as the other members.
We do contribute are time, advice, and on occasion are artwork. Glad you like the distro..

frostybear wrote:Thx for all the feed back,i have taken the leap and so far i can only say thank you to all involved in creating Ultimate Edition.it was an eye opener.I am currently installing Ultimate Edition on my wife's PC as well,but i have run into a snag on my daughters PC.she has a Intel Pentium 4 2.4 ghz with 1,3 gig ram.as every one else knows and i only found out now ,i could not install Ultimate Edition .so any advice on which edition i can install on her pc,or any where i can read up on the requirements to run Ultimate Edition.once again great job in creating Ultimate Edition,if it wasn't for the ms games i would not need windows,so sad.would it be possible for companies to create Linux versions of their games or would it be too much to ask.the Linux community seems to be growing in leaps and bounds,i don't see it changing soon or dropping in popularity.thx again.

I would try Ultimate Edition 2.0 maybe,as it is based on UBUNTU 8.10; the following at the requirments for UBUNTU 8.10

Desktop & Laptop Server
Required Recommended
Processor 300 MHz(x86) 700 MHz(x86) 300 MHz (x86)
Memory 64 MB 384 MB* 64 MB
Hard drive capacity 4 GB 8 GB 500 MB
Video card VGA @ 640x480 VGA @ 1280×1224 VGA @ 640×480

thank you for all the help much appreciated

frostybear wrote:Thx for all the feed back,i have taken the leap and so far i can only say thank you to all involved in creating Ultimate Edition.it was an eye opener.I am currently installing Ultimate Edition on my wife's PC as well,but i have run into a snag on my daughters PC.she has a Intel Pentium 4 2.4 ghz with 1,3 gig ram.as every one else knows and i only found out now ,i could not install Ultimate Edition .so any advice on which edition i can install on her pc,or any where i can read up on the requirements to run Ultimate Edition.once again great job in creating Ultimate Edition,if it wasn't for the ms games i would not need windows,so sad.would it be possible for companies to create Linux versions of their games or would it be too much to ask.the Linux community seems to be growing in leaps and bounds,i don't see it changing soon or dropping in popularity.thx again.

Actually the problem most likely isnt that Ultimate Edition wont run on it. Its probobally an issue with 32bit (x86) vs 64bit (x64/AMD64). The P4 is a 32bit chip so you need a 32bit operating system. The 32bit (x86) flavor of any version of ultimate edition should run on that pc. Do you remember if you downloaded x86 or x64?