Port Status

Here is a table of the most up to date information we have regarding icculus.org/Quake3's working status on different operating systems. There are things to bear in mind when viewing this:

The status column refers only to the latest information we are given, so it may be out of date.
"Working" doesn't always imply "usable", see the Notes column.
Status is one of working, broken or unknown.

Status of Port Targets
OS	Platform	Status	LKWR	Notes
Linux	gcc-x86	working
	gcc-x86_64	working		x86_64 JIT bytecode compiler disabled by default.
	gcc-ppc	working		Altivec build has similar problems to OS X G4 build.
	gcc-alpha	working		Dedicated server only with VM interpreter.
Windows	mingw-x86	working
Windows	MSVC-x86	broken	342	Project needs updating for codec system and OpenAL.
Max OS X	xcode-G3	working
Max OS X	xcode-G4	working		Client has severe graphical glitches.
FreeBSD	gcc-x86	working
Solaris	gcc-x86	working
Solaris	gcc-sparc	working		Release build crashes.
IRIX	cc-*	broken		Patch pending, I think.

You can keep an eye on the Subversion repository via the Web interface.

Implemented Features

OpenAL support for sound. Surround sound supported.
SDL being used for input, OpenGL context management, and sound. Though not on Windows yet.
Colors converted to ANSI escape codes in terminal output. (set ttycon_ansicolor to 1 to enable this.)
More supported platforms, see the table above.

PunkBuster Support

Even Balance's Punkbuster support can never be included with any open-source version of Quake 3 due to it being removed from the source-code before the release, and the binary-only nature of its anti-cheating software.

While it is possible that someone could write an open-source equivalent of PunkBuster, it's not very feasible for a number of reasons.