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Linux

October 1999
20 Oct
New Release Linux
ATI announces Official Support For Linux OS

The useful part: Recognizing the phenomenal growth and increasing popularity of Linux, ATI is committed to ensuring that the open source development community has access to technical development information on all its key components.

12 Oct
New Release Linux
Penguin Computing unveils First Linux Gaming Computer

The useful part: This system is based on the latest high speed multimedia hardware and the most popular commercial games available for Linux bundled together with the Red Hat 6.1 Linux Operating System.

11 Oct
New Release Linux
Activision and Loki Partner to Bring Games to Linux

Activision and Loki Partner to Bring Games to Linux is one for the preservation and tinkering crowd, which means the old-game weirdos get something new to test, break.

August 1999
09 Aug
Hardware Linux
3dfx to incorporate ERI into Linux Drivers

3dfx to incorporate ERI into Linux Drivers landed today, giving players another thing to circle on the calendar. To mark the opening of the Linux World Conference is...

July 1999
20 Jul
New Release Linux
Q3Test v1.07 released with cheat fixes

This addresses many cheat exploit issues as well as fixing an exploit in the q3tourney map. Q3Test v1.07 is only currently available for Win32 (Win98/NT) and Linux.

17 Jul
New Release Linux Mac
Q3Test v1.06 released for Win32

id Software has has the latest July 1999 move: Q3Test v1.06 released for Win32. id Software has released Q3Test v1.06 is only currently available for Win32 at present.

15 Jul
New Release Linux Mac
Loki and Terra Soft bring Linux games to PowerPC

Terra Soft Solutions and Loki Entertainment Software announce a strategic alliance to bring best-selling PC games to Linux on PowerPC computers, in some cases before those same.

June 1999
07 Jun
Industry Linux
Red Hat Announces IPO

Red Hat, Inc. announced it has filed a registration statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission for the initial public offering of its Common Stock.

May 1999
18 May
New Release Linux Mac
Linux Versions of three games Announced

Loki Entertainment Software, the first company to bring best-selling PC and Macintosh games to the Linux environment, announced contracts to port three more titles this year.

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