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| 885302 | 2010-05-20 05:53:00 | umm FOR WINE, hello!!And why is this an issue? DirectX performance under wine (assuming your game will run - many do) is almost identical to DirectX performance on Windows. Great list all the latest high end games you are running under wine :rolleyes:I'm not sure why you feel that Wine is such a huge problem - can you expand on that a bit? 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.Lest we not BS the misinformed, Linux is more than capable as a gaming OS, and is about to get a native Steam client. You're right in that (at the moment) most games don't release a Linux native client - the reason for this is the small market share versus the effort of developing and supporting an OpenGL-based version of the rendering engine. The rationale is that DirectX is natively supported by a majority of their (Windows-using) customers, so they just don't bother with Linux. This doesn't mean that the platform itself is inherently incapable. Windows fans such as yourself lose credibility when they slag off the competition using invalid data... |
Erayd (23) | ||
| 885303 | 2010-05-20 05:55:00 | Cedega is also pretty handy for Windows games on linux. Not free though :( | Dannz (1668) | ||
| 885304 | 2010-05-20 06:09:00 | A lot of games can work when you use www.playonlinux.com It automatically configures and installs Wine and the games you want and gets you a working setup quickly and easily |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 885305 | 2010-05-20 06:23:00 | A lot of games can work when you use www.playonlinux.com It automatically configures and installs Wine and the games you want and gets you a working setup quickly and easily Didn't know about that one, awesome! |
Dannz (1668) | ||
| 885306 | 2010-05-20 06:30:00 | I am not one of those tweaking geeky types . I just want to check my emails, surf the web and run MS Office . I'm used to it at school or work . I've tried Red Hat some yrs ago, too hard . I then tried Ubuntu, much easier but it was just too different . I could use it, sure . To me Windows is just more simple . |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 885307 | 2010-05-20 06:33:00 | 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. They are used to MS Windows. Might be too much of a hassle to them I guess, to me it is. Plus Windows comes free with new computers. Well at least together in the purchase price. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 885308 | 2010-05-20 09:40:00 | Great list all the latest high end games you are running under wine :rolleyes: Suggest you go back and reread my post - properly this time. Here - I'll help ..... Would I recommend Linux to serious gamers yet - no. To casual gamers (I'm one) - no problems. A serious gamer will likely run high end games. Most won't run on linux - they're designed for windows. I thought I'd made that clear. I do use windows for farcry2 and crysis when the mood takes me. But I also play on linux - either natively or with wine: Doom3, Quake4, Prey, Penumbra, Heroes4, Heroes5, Civ4, Brothers in Arms, Stalker, Il Sturmovik, Pacific Fighters. My wife plays here Hoyle games (all run really well on Wine). If you want a good list - try these two: wine platinum apps/games (appdb.winehq.org) - over 100 titles wine gold apps/games (appdb.winehq.org) - approx 90 titles 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. And where did I misrepresent? Linux is a reasonable platform for the casual gamer. I'm not a fanboy - I use the appropriate application for the job. For my needs, 99% of the time it does everything I need. And considering I've been using the platform for over 4 years, and am now compiling for my distro's community repositories, and actively involved in it's development - I'd say I'm "reasonably" informed :rolleyes: |
Brooko (8444) | ||
| 885309 | 2010-05-20 10:34:00 | Suggest you go back and reread my post - properly this time. Here - I'll help ..... Would I recommend Linux to serious gamers yet - no. To casual gamers (I'm one) - no problems. A serious gamer will likely run high end games. Most won't run on linux - they're designed for windows. I thought I'd made that clear. I do use windows for farcry2 and crysis when the mood takes me. But I also play on linux - either natively or with wine: Doom3, Quake4, Prey, Penumbra, Heroes4, Heroes5, Civ4, Brothers in Arms, Stalker, Il Sturmovik, Pacific Fighters. My wife plays here Hoyle games (all run really well on Wine). If you want a good list - try these two: wine platinum apps/games (appdb.winehq.org) - over 100 titles wine gold apps/games (appdb.winehq.org) - approx 90 titles And where did I misrepresent? Linux is a reasonable platform for the casual gamer. I'm not a fanboy - I use the appropriate application for the job. For my needs, 99% of the time it does everything I need. And considering I've been using the platform for over 4 years, and am now compiling for my distro's community repositories, and actively involved in it's development - I'd say I'm "reasonably" informed :rolleyes: Just ignore him.:devil |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 885310 | 2010-05-20 10:36:00 | They are used to MS Windows . . Stop talking BS they are used to browsing etc . Most wouldn't notice any real difference between the two . You are dreaming if you think Windows comes free with a new PC . |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
| 885311 | 2010-05-20 10:48:00 | Stop talking BS they are used to browsing etc . Most wouldn't notice any real difference between the two . You are dreaming if you think Windows comes free with a new PC . People like myself are just used to windows . The avg people I know, just wanna turn it on and it works and run MS Office etc . I said it was not free but it comes within the package . The avg person buys a computer as a package at a real computer shop or at a toaster shop, Windows is included . |
Nomad (952) | ||
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