Linux vs Windows
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The univoter strikes again.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - -Lazarus Long
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The univoter strikes again.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. - -Lazarus Long
Appears to me like a Windows Vista basher basher.
ROFLOLMFAO
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ramhog wrote:
Is a Linux user just stuck with whatever games happen to be in the open source world?
no, not really... though I am not ready to switch to Linux as prime, I do run it as a secondary OS. Wine is the tool of choice for those wanting to run existing windows games without additional charge. That is not to say it is perfect, as with any free Linux tool, it is constantly changing and improving and so new games tend to take time before they are supported. Cadega mentioned above is a commercial tool, and it will take almost any windows program using graphics and display it under Linux. It is very good, and gets better much faster, but you do pay for it. There are choices even under Linux, and tomorrow there will probably be more.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
I don't believe in running DirectX games on Linux. I checked last time about 2.5 years ago, perhaps they moved forward? (and Microsoft went ahead with DX10 :P) Last time I tried this was when I bought WoW. After fighting with the installer for a couple hours I wiped out the system and installed a fresh copy of WinXP to finally play the damn game! :P Nowadays I will tell you - if you want to play games get yourself a console.
Kind regards, Pawel Krakowiak Miraculum Software[^]
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I don't believe in running DirectX games on Linux. I checked last time about 2.5 years ago, perhaps they moved forward? (and Microsoft went ahead with DX10 :P) Last time I tried this was when I bought WoW. After fighting with the installer for a couple hours I wiped out the system and installed a fresh copy of WinXP to finally play the damn game! :P Nowadays I will tell you - if you want to play games get yourself a console.
Kind regards, Pawel Krakowiak Miraculum Software[^]
Pawel Krakowiak wrote:
I don't believe in running DirectX games on Linux.
Cedega[^] has come a long way, but it is a pay as you go product... you for a subscription and then can use the software... I never paid to see if your software times out at the end.... It's $55 a year, which isn't bad, but you are talking year after year, after year.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Pawel Krakowiak wrote:
I don't believe in running DirectX games on Linux.
Cedega[^] has come a long way, but it is a pay as you go product... you for a subscription and then can use the software... I never paid to see if your software times out at the end.... It's $55 a year, which isn't bad, but you are talking year after year, after year.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
I know Cedega, haven't used it though. Their list of supported games[^] (some are listed but not playable, you have to check individual titles) is not satisfactory, though. :) At least for me.
Kind regards, Pawel Krakowiak Miraculum Software[^]