It's out, and I love it. I suspect I'll waste as many hours of my life on this as I did on the original ET.

The Linux client is not out yet but will be available as a download soon. For now it works just fine under wine. Instructions to make it work.

Note: Make sure you're running the correct version of wine! I installed the correct version and followed all the instructions correctly, but when I went to start the game I type typed wine blahblahblah..., and it used the version it found in /usr/bin/somethingsomething, which didn't work. Once I explicitly specified the path to my wine it worked just fine.

I'm also impatiently waiting for Linux installer Hope it'll be out soon, and at the moment I make use of my Windows XP on which unfortunately the game crashes in random moments. Today I had 5 crashes in about 2 hours of playing Hope it won't be a problem on Mandriva 2008.0.

It's available, I just announced it on my site; http://gaming.gwos.org/doku.php (including download link etc).

Looks like it's just the demo.

yeah forgot to mention it above. But it is something. Works good, though it need some optimization. I also got report from other linux gamers that ATI x1600 doesn't work (yet) with ETQW.

The ET-QW Linux client is now available.

http://community.enemyterritory.com/index.php?q=node/185

Having now played this game for many hours, I now find it even more absorbing than I did at first. This is one of the best games ever, IMO.

Totally agree, QW rocks!

I agree, I rather enjoy it.

Unfortunately after applying the new patch (ver. 1.4) I'm not able to run the game at all

more people have reported this.
I hadn't the time to test the new patch though.

Did you patch it to 1.4 or install the 1.4 client from scratch?

When I installed Mandi 2008 I wiped my installation, so last night I downloaded and installed the full 1.4 client. Everything runs smoothly. Even the VOIP works for me now.

The second option. The only thing I didn't remove before installing 1.4 was ~/.etqwcl/ folder.

I just deleted v.1.2 and made a full unstall with v.1.4. It works great. Alot of cool features and stuff.

I've got only one problem ; after playing a couple of maps, the fps drops from around 50 to <20 (sometimes)

Mandriva 2008.0, Nvidia 169.09 drivers and XFX 8600GT ...

Version 1.5 is out!

I want more maps!

I also kind of miss the original ET but can't get the sound working any more. I could play Seawall Battery all night..and have.

Yeah, lack of maps are a problem, wonder when they make some? I can the current maps in my sleep now.

I think partly they're expecting the community to make new maps, but I can't get the map editor to run in Linux.

Know what I'd really like to see? All the classic ET maps ported to ETQW, with as few changes as possible.