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I want to run doom on my elementary OS (ubuntu derivative), any ideas on how could i do it?

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You don't specify what Doom game you mean, so I presume you mean the old original Doom created by ID Software.

since its a DOS game. You need a DOS emulator.

Install dosbox from Ubuntu Software Center or with the apt-get install dosbox command from the terminal. It will allow you to run most DOS games.

After starting dosbox you need to mount the folder where you have Doom stored on your computer.

For example if I have Doom stored in /home/larry/downloads/doom, in dosbox you would have to write:

mount c /home/larry/downloads/doom

to mount the doom folder directly to the virtaul C: drive.

If you want to run the game in Multiplayer over network (Yes you can run it over the Internet as well) check out the documentation Its Much easier than in the old days.

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A much simpler way to play an original Doom clone, first I install prboom via terminal (sudo apt-get install prboom) and then I launch it by typing prboom in the terminal.

2018 Edit: Use prboom-plus fork instead:

sudo apt install prboom-plus
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  • prdoom is not the original Doom. its a clone.
    – tomodachi
    Mar 25, 2013 at 14:10
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    prboom is derived from the original Doom source code. So it's not a clone, it's a fork.
    – Christopher Bruns
    Jun 21, 2014 at 23:45
  • what is the difference between prboom, prboom-plus and the original Doom?
    – Leevo
    Jun 25, 2019 at 21:37

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