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| 885292 | 2010-05-19 07:41:00 | i'm dual booting Ubuntu 10.04 and WinXP and I have WinXP in a VirtualBox running in Ubuntu as well. I hardly ever boot into Windows now, had to yesterday to use my ancient parallel port scanner as it will not work in Ubuntu. As far as games go: Nexuiz is good natively in Linux, and under Wine StarCraft (OK, I know it's old) works perfectly and Kyodai Mahjongg 2006 actually works better than I could get it running in Windows 7 RC when I tried it there. |
Rod J (451) | ||
| 885293 | 2010-05-19 08:26:00 | Unreal Tournament 2004 also runs natively in Linux. | Erayd (23) | ||
| 885294 | 2010-05-19 09:00:00 | DualBoot :clap |
icow (15313) | ||
| 885295 | 2010-05-19 10:26:00 | Due to the lack of integrated DX9,10,11 support Linux is a piss poor gaming O/S, sure a handful of mostly old games can be emulated. Linux has major advantages in the commercial world, I can never recommend it for mum and dad at home over a OS like Windows 7 or even XP for that matter. |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 885296 | 2010-05-19 10:37:00 | www.dedoimedo.com Directx 9 installation for WINE:p |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 885297 | 2010-05-19 12:24:00 | I can never recommend it for mum and dad at home over a OS like Windows 7 or even XP for that matter. Why not because most mums and dads aren't gamers and for email, cruising and a little word processing it is a lot more stable than Windows. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 885298 | 2010-05-19 12:41:00 | And less likely to fall foul of the old malware. | KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 885299 | 2010-05-19 13:15:00 | Due to the lack of integrated DX9,10,11 support Linux is a piss poor gaming O/S, sure a handful of mostly old games can be emulated. I have DX9 running under Wine - and you'd be surprised how many good games run under it - and very well. Would I recommend Linux to serious gamers yet - no. To casual gamers (I'm one) - no problems. Linux has major advantages in the commercial world, I can never recommend it for mum and dad at home over a OS like Windows 7 or even XP for that matter. Bollocks - my kids are growing up with it and they have no problems at all. In fact most of the people I show it to - who are willing to give it a decent go - rarely go back. I have one 60yo (not family) who knows nothing of computers, swears it is much easier to use than 'that other system'. Different people have different needs. A linux system set up properly - most non computer savvy people wouldn't even know the difference. |
Brooko (8444) | ||
| 885300 | 2010-05-20 01:52:00 | Different people have different needs. A linux system set up properly - most non computer savvy people wouldn't even know the difference. Agreed ... the local camp ground here has a PC set up for people to use (a kiosk system, just put $2 into it and surf and email for 20 minutes). It was set up with WinXP originally but some time ago they changed it to Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS ... I'm sure most people don't even realise it's not Windows when they use it. It doesn't seem to phase anyone at all. |
Rod J (451) | ||
| 885301 | 2010-05-20 03:15:00 | www.dedoimedo.com Directx 9 installation for WINE:p umm FOR WINE, hello!! I have DX9 running under Wine - and you'd be surprised how many good games run under it - and very well. Would I recommend Linux to serious gamers yet - no. To casual gamers (I'm one) - no problems. Great list all the latest high end games you are running under wine :rolleyes: Lets not BS the less informed, Linux is not a Gaming OS as i dual boot myself i have a pretty good idea. Linux fans loose creditability when they misrepresent what linux strong points really are. |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
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