Comments on: Linux vs Windows

By: s0uThp4rk

s0uThp4rk — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:00:57 +0000

Interesting article. I think that games need to be more universal, myself. Games should be made to run on Mac OSX, Linux, and Windows. This “Games For Windows” crap is bull, and I know there are people that work very hard to make games work on Linux/Mac OSX.

By: fuzion

fuzion — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:34:05 +0000

I found this article today and thought I’d share it with you and your readers.
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/community_posts/why_games_are_not_key_linux_adoption

By: s0uThp4rk

s0uThp4rk — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:09:18 +0000

Andrew, yes, I know about Compiz, I know that there are games out there made to work with Linux. I realize that I may have generalized a bit too much with my statement. That, and DOS vs Bash, I realize that DOS can be as powerful, but really I’m just trying to be general. People that don’t want to sit around compiling & tweaking this and that to get a game to work, will most likely see that Windows is the easier choice. There’s nothing wrong with Linux gaming, it’s just really not all that easy so my post reflects this. I use Linux for everything except gaming. When I game I just switch the OS.

Please don’t be offended about this.

Thanks.

By: seif sallam

seif sallam — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:45:22 +0000

Linux is better than being compared with low lvl OS like Windows.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:47:12 +0000

Gaming not for Linux??
Hmm, Unreal Tournament 2004, Enemy Territory – Quake Wars are just two commercial games that run well under Linux. There’s plenty there if you look…

I run a dual boot with Vista (for work purposes) and OpenSuSE 11.1, never had a problem. Like eye candy? Check out my post here about OpenSuSE 11.1 and Compiz:

http://www.agt.id.au/?p=630

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By: Heresy Today

Heresy Today — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:59:59 +0000

I have RH & XP. But they are on 2 different boxes! LOL Heresy Today’s last blog post..Cleaning up, and moving up!

By: s0uThp4rk

s0uThp4rk — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:56:04 +0000

Free is definitely another plus to Linux.

By: nichive

nichive — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:04:44 +0000

don't forget, Linux distro mostly comes for FREE! but I agree with the gaming part, and some image processing software I used to have in Windy.. too bad wine didn't works all the time nichive’s last blog post..MoreNiche: Learn to Affiliate

By: s0uThp4rk

s0uThp4rk — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:44:16 +0000

Hello, yes this is true. I was thinking more along the lines of recently released games from major game developers such as Crytek, Sierra, RockStar, etc. It’s true that you can game on Linux, however you’re not going to get insane graphics on Linux if you have a top of the line graphics card, you’re better off having windows. I currently have an HD4850, will that get used much on Linux? I don’t think so.

By: eagle

eagle — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:18:16 +0000

Oh, come on. Sure, there are not as many games for Linux as Windows XP, but saying "does not having gaming functionality" is too much! Thousands of games in the official repositories, tens of thousands available for download, Flash games online, Java games online, and they are all for free. Plus, there are dozens and dozens of commercial games released and supporting Linux desktops every year! I saw a list at Linux Gaming World, where they have a list of every commercial game for Linux for the past several years. I put the link above. eagle’s last blog post..Eschalon: Book II