Making Discovery Freelancer work in Linux

[DeathsOverture]

@ Death's Overture: Can you get decent FPS in other linux games of similar graphical requirements? What is the result of typing "glxinfo | grep direct" into the console? what is your FPS when running "glxgears" in console?

Yeah, I have played Heroes of Newerth, Sins of a Solar Empire, and Jedi Knight Jedi Academy with little to no performance loss.

Perhaps its because I tested Freelancer in a nebula?

Here's what you requested and a few other things:

Code:

vinny@Shadowcat-XPS:~$ glxinfo |grep direct
direct rendering: Yes
    GL_EXT_Cg_shader, GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test, GL_EXT_direct_state_access,

Code:

vinny@Shadowcat-XPS:~$ glxgears
12440 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2487.909 FPS
12450 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2489.913 FPS
12226 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2445.190 FPS
12447 frames in 5.0 seconds = 2488.902 FPS

Code:

vinny@Shadowcat-XPS:~$ lspci |grep nV
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400M GS (rev a1)

I'm currently using Nvidia beta driver 195.30.

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