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| Thread ID: 60756 | 2005-08-12 04:58:00 | Say It Aint So! Linux Snobs?......Really? | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 380513 | 2005-08-13 04:02:00 | I read somewhere that Bill Gates only knows Assembly and a bit of C, and no longer has anything to do with the inner development of Windows etc, rather marketing/management. | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 380514 | 2005-08-13 04:28:00 | I read somewhere that Bill Gates only knows Assembly and a bit of C, and no longer has anything to do with the inner development of Windows etc, rather marketing/management. What do you mean "no longer"? When did he ever? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 380515 | 2005-08-13 04:29:00 | Step 2. Type: "apt-get install whatever" (whatever = what you want to install.) It's most likely that whatever you want can be found this way. Step 3. Wait and watch for a few minutes (on broadband) If watching screeds of text roll by bores you, then go eat an apple or something. You should have just enough time before step 4. Every component of what you need will be downloaded and installed. Step 4. Run your program. It's there for all users, complete with icons in a menu and all those nice touches. No reboots or other frustrations were needed. How much easier does it need to be? Hmm. apt-get HalfLife 2. apt - get GTASA I think not. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 380516 | 2005-08-13 04:49:00 | And the main point - GAMES. And don't bring up all this stuff about Wine and similar cop outs. The average home user will have to be able to walk into a shop, buy anything off the shelf, go home and run the wizardy install. And play it without needing to do anything else. Until then it remains the O/S for the more technically minded. Pity. Hear Hear |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 380517 | 2005-08-13 05:15:00 | I'd almost certainly get into Linux if a) Windows wasn't so easy b) Windows wasn't so mainstream c) I could realise any benefits from it d) Didn't pose so many potential problems such as gaming compatibility, drivers etc |
Greg (193) | ||
| 380518 | 2005-08-13 05:34:00 | I think Greg's quite right :) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 380519 | 2005-08-13 11:45:00 | Boy Joe you sure know how to pick a fight first you pick on kiwis (a little, Tell us a clocks are wrong :D ) Then OMG you post this subject......................................... Both forum mods are linux fans, Better check that flame suite mate. Its been nice knowing you :D I agree with chill If linux compares with win 3.1, then I submit Win 3.1 is long way ahead of itself and the current generation of windows is still trying to catch up. May the penguin forgive you, as we do |
beama (111) | ||
| 380520 | 2005-08-13 16:11:00 | Hmm. apt-get HalfLife 2. apt - get GTASA I think not.I take it these are games?????? i dont get into games. I get into my comp for communication, info, and music. Apparently most games can be run on *nix using wine, but i wouldn't know from experiance, just from reading of the experiances of others. I fully believe that if one is going to run a comp on the interweb thingy, its better to use a Linux box. Gaming may be better on a Windows box, i've heard rumours......... |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 380521 | 2005-08-13 21:17:00 | I take it these are games?????? i dont get into games . I get into my comp for communication, info, and music . Apparently most games can be run on *nix using wine, but i wouldn't know from experiance, just from reading of the experiances of others . I fully believe that if one is going to run a comp on the interweb thingy, its better to use a Linux box . Gaming may be better on a Windows box, i've heard rumours . . . . . . . . . I read your posts thoroughly . You obviously didn't read mine . One of the main points against Linux is GAMES . You know - those things that drive the hardware industry . No, all those "windows emulators" do not work properly . The average gamer wants to buy any game off the shelf, install and run it without hours of fiddling about . They generally want maximum performance too, and the few games that can be run in Linux do not give that at all . As I said, until that happens, its doomed to be for the technically minded, Linux fan club only . Even my friend, who loathes and detests Windows, esp XP, lives with it for that reason . |
pctek (84) | ||
| 380522 | 2005-08-13 21:33:00 | Well Pctek, maybe Debian wont do that, but you can in Gentoo (My weapon of choice): SubAtomix root # ls /usr/portage/games-fps/ aaquake2 quake3-demo aaut quake3-matrix alephone quake3-nsco americas-army quake3-osp anaglyph-stereo-quake quake3-ra3 avp-cvs quake3-ruinhunters blackshades-cvs quake3-threewave cube quake3-truecombat doom-data quake3-urbanterror doom3 quake3-wop doom3-demo quakeforge doomlegacy red-blue-quake2 doomsday rott duke3d rtcw enemy-territory soldieroffortune enemy-territory-etpro tenebrae enemy-territory-fortress transfusion-bin enemy-territory-truecombat tribes2 freedoom ttyquake fuhquake-bin unreal glxquake-bin unreal-tournament imaze unreal-tournament-bonuspacks industri unreal-tournament-goty legends unreal-tournament-infiltration lsdldoom unreal-tournament-strikeforce metadata.xml ut2003 nprquake-sdl ut2003-bonuspack-cm postal2mpdemo ut2003-bonuspack-de prboom ut2003-bonuspack-epic quake1 ut2003-demo quake1-ctf ut2004 quake1-killer ut2004-airbuccaneers quake1-movies ut2004-alienswarm quake1-rally ut2004-bonuspack-cbp1 quake1-teamfortress ut2004-bonuspack-cbp2 quake1-textures ut2004-bonuspack-ece quake2-data ut2004-data quake2-icculus ut2004-deathball quake3 ut2004-demo quake3-alliance ut2004-domain2049 quake3-alternatefire ut2004-fragops quake3-bfp ut2004-redorchestra quake3-brainworks vendetta-online-bin quake3-cpma wmquake quake3-defrag wolfgl Edited: If you go and quote the message, you should see it looking alright (Its in two columns that look fine in a terminal.) Again these can be installed from Porthole, or here's a screenshot of GuiTOO: www.gentoo-portage.com Not sure of the application name? Search for it! I dont like the Gui, but here's the command-line version: SubAtomix root # esearch doom3 [ Results for search key : doom3 ] [ Applications found : 2 ] * games-fps/doom3 Latest version available: 1.3.1302 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of downloaded files: 16,802 kB Homepage: http://www.doom3.com/ Description: Doom III - 3rd installment of the classic id 3D first-person shooter License: DOOM3 * games-fps/doom3-demo Latest version available: 1.1.1286 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of downloaded files: 473,890 kB Homepage: http://www.doom3.com/ Description: Doom III - 3rd installment of the classic id 3D first-person shooter License: DOOM3 SubAtomix root # I will conceed that of course not all games are like this. Point2Play makes installation for pretty much every new game released fine. "Gaming" is no longer a valid reason not to have tried linux. IIRC nVidia actually benchmarked their drivers a few years back using Quake3 and put the results on their site in a powerpoint stating how their linux drivers were marginally better. Times may have changed however. You're definately right thou, there's one or two apps I could do with running... However the code just wont run under Wine. I live without. Part of the sacrifice of having a system that doesnt need defragging, AV, Anti-spyware.... you know what I mean ;) |
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