Originally posted by: Uber
I like Linux. I really do. But I am a gamer, and games made for Windows work easiest on Windows.
If someone can show me an easy way to run my games on Linux, I'll change.
And yes, I already know about Wine.
Originally posted by: BobDaMenkey
Originally posted by: Uber
I like Linux. I really do. But I am a gamer, and games made for Windows work easiest on Windows.
If someone can show me an easy way to run my games on Linux, I'll change.
And yes, I already know about Wine.
I haven't had much success with Wine so far. I got it installed. I got Steam installed. But I can't get to my account, because the buttons don't have text, and the text boxes to enter in my username/password won't get focus for some reason.
But I have enjoyed fiddling with Ubuntu, and I've taken advantage of Ubuntu and Xubuntu to run most of my DC Farm on.
I don't think that anybody mature wants to play games using wine.
And that reflects on the maturity of the gamer somehow?Originally posted by: postmortemIA
Because copy is never as good as original.
Because copy is never as good as original.
I don't think that anybody into gaming cannot aford to buy a single Windows copy.
Originally posted by: postmortemIA
yeah, pretty much you'll end up playing a copy. Who's mature know that it is just a waste of time trying to make it work in Linux, when Windows is so omni-present. I don't think that anybody into gaming cannot aford to buy a single Windows copy. Game experience in linux can be only up to one in Windows; in many cases that "up to" is same as marketing claim that NetZero is "up to 5 times faster than other dial up service"
Originally posted by: Brazen
Originally posted by: postmortemIA
yeah, pretty much you'll end up playing a copy. Who's mature know that it is just a waste of time trying to make it work in Linux, when Windows is so omni-present. I don't think that anybody into gaming cannot aford to buy a single Windows copy. Game experience in linux can be only up to one in Windows; in many cases that "up to" is same as marketing claim that NetZero is "up to 5 times faster than other dial up service"
Arguably, the "mature" crowd is not that concerned with playing video games period.
average age of a gamer is 30, if you didn't know.
Originally posted by: Nothinman
average age of a gamer is 30, if you didn't know.
You say that as if age has anything to do with maturity.
Originally posted by: IamDavid
I installed 6.1 Edgy Eft last night on my main rig.. Gotta say UBUNTU is the best. I had a few problems installing Breezy on my main but Eft installed with NO problems.. Eery peice of HW worked perfect. My PC has a ASROCK Dual SATAII which was buggy for quite a few people under Breazzy.. Looks like they fied it.
Originally posted by: ariafrost
Originally posted by: IamDavid
I installed 6.1 Edgy Eft last night on my main rig.. Gotta say UBUNTU is the best. I had a few problems installing Breezy on my main but Eft installed with NO problems.. Eery peice of HW worked perfect. My PC has a ASROCK Dual SATAII which was buggy for quite a few people under Breazzy.. Looks like they fied it.
I'm actually pleasantly surprised by how far linux distros have come - almost all of the hardware in my desktops/laptop is automatically recognized and configured out of the box - even better than Windows
Originally posted by: postmortemIA
Originally posted by: ariafrost
Originally posted by: IamDavid
I installed 6.1 Edgy Eft last night on my main rig.. Gotta say UBUNTU is the best. I had a few problems installing Breezy on my main but Eft installed with NO problems.. Eery peice of HW worked perfect. My PC has a ASROCK Dual SATAII which was buggy for quite a few people under Breazzy.. Looks like they fied it.
I'm actually pleasantly surprised by how far linux distros have come - almost all of the hardware in my desktops/laptop is automatically recognized and configured out of the box - even better than Windows
Last windows came out in 2001. Lst linux distro came out today. $0.01 question is which one has better support for hw between 2001 and today?
Originally posted by: postmortemIA
Originally posted by: ariafrost
Originally posted by: IamDavid
I installed 6.1 Edgy Eft last night on my main rig.. Gotta say UBUNTU is the best. I had a few problems installing Breezy on my main but Eft installed with NO problems.. Eery peice of HW worked perfect. My PC has a ASROCK Dual SATAII which was buggy for quite a few people under Breazzy.. Looks like they fied it.
I'm actually pleasantly surprised by how far linux distros have come - almost all of the hardware in my desktops/laptop is automatically recognized and configured out of the box - even better than Windows
Last windows came out in 2001. Lst linux distro came out today. $0.01 question is which one has better support for hw between 2001 and today?
Last windows came out in 2001. Lst linux distro came out today. $0.01 question is which one has better support for hw between 2001 and today?
Originally posted by: Nothinman
Last windows came out in 2001. Lst linux distro came out today. $0.01 question is which one has better support for hw between 2001 and today?
So? That's MS' fault for not having a method in place to release updated discs to their users.
Originally posted by: Uber
I downloaded Ubuntu and installed it on a computer at school to test it.
It seems like a good OS. I think I got Dapper, but It could be Edgy. I also downloaded Wine for Ubuntu.
I'm waiting for my parents to finish getting all their old documents of their old HP Pavilion Windows ME computer, which has fallen into a pile of spyware infested bitrot. Once they clean it out, I will wipe the HD clean and install Ubuntu on it.
However, should I get a copy of Xubuntu, or will standard work ok? I'm pretty sure its a 256 RAM machine. Might be 512, but I'm not sure.
Originally posted by: ariafrost
For all those Windows fanboys complaining about how hard linux is to use/install/maintain, you should try the distro that "just works". :thumbsup: