Vista - bubbas

Can't figure out why anyone would not at least try Alias's advice on a
spare hardrive so that you actually know What you are talking about???

dm wrote:
> Can't figure out why anyone would not at least try Alias's advice on a
> spare hardrive so that you actually know What you are talking about???

Stubbornness and they feel *threatened* by Ubuntu.

Alias

Fair enough, I don't know, but I might be willing to try, just answer me
these two questions. Will Ubuntu run all my current games equal to Windows
Vista. Does\Will UBuntu offer DX10 support ?

"dm" <eswave@invalidhotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Can't figure out why anyone would not at least try Alias's advice on a
> spare hardrive so that you actually know What you are talking about???

"Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.eu> wrote in message
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> dm wrote:
>> Can't figure out why anyone would not at least try Alias's advice on a
>> spare hardrive so that you actually know What you are talking about???
>
> Stubbornness and they feel *threatened* by Ubuntu.

LOL why would anyone feel threatened by an operating system?
People make their choices there is no threat.
I have tried Ubuntu numerous times and simply do not like linux. I don't
feel threatened by it, its just my choice.

Beck wrote:
>
> "Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.eu> wrote in message
> news:erv8pg$7bd$1@aioe.org...
>> dm wrote:
>>> Can't figure out why anyone would not at least try Alias's advice on
>>> a spare hardrive so that you actually know What you are talking about???
>>
>> Stubbornness and they feel *threatened* by Ubuntu.
>
> LOL why would anyone feel threatened by an operating system?
> People make their choices there is no threat.
> I have tried Ubuntu numerous times and simply do not like linux. I
> don't feel threatened by it, its just my choice.

And the version of Ubuntu that you tried was?

Alias

Dale White wrote:
> Fair enough, I don't know, but I might be willing to try, just answer me
> these two questions. Will Ubuntu run all my current games equal to Windows
> Vista.

Probably not, although it's difficult to say when you consider you
didn't name any game.

> Does\Will UBuntu offer DX10 support ?

Good question. XP doesn't and all my games run on XP with no problem.

The main difference is that with Ubuntu, it's free, no worry about
viruses or malware and most things can be done with it.

Games seem to be leaving the PC anyway in favor of MS' XBox, Wii and
Playstation.

Alias
>
> "dm" <eswave@invalidhotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eVhz4FdWHHA.1016@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Can't figure out why anyone would not at least try Alias's advice on a
>> spare hardrive so that you actually know What you are talking about???
>
>

"Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.es> wrote in message
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> Beck wrote:
>>
>> "Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.eu> wrote in message
>> news:erv8pg$7bd$1@aioe.org...
>>> dm wrote:
>>>> Can't figure out why anyone would not at least try Alias's advice on a
>>>> spare hardrive so that you actually know What you are talking about???
>>>
>>> Stubbornness and they feel *threatened* by Ubuntu.
>>
>> LOL why would anyone feel threatened by an operating system?
>> People make their choices there is no threat.
>> I have tried Ubuntu numerous times and simply do not like linux. I don't
>> feel threatened by it, its just my choice.
>
> And the version of Ubuntu that you tried was?

Breezy, Dapper and the slight-Ubuntu - Linux Mint.

Alias wrote:

> Dale White wrote:
>> Fair enough, I don't know, but I might be willing to try, just answer me
>> these two questions. Will Ubuntu run all my current games equal to
>> Windows Vista.
>
> Probably not, although it's difficult to say when you consider you
> didn't name any game.
>
>> Does\Will UBuntu offer DX10 support ?
>
> Good question. XP doesn't and all my games run on XP with no problem.
>
> The main difference is that with Ubuntu, it's free, no worry about
> viruses or malware and most things can be done with it.
>
> Games seem to be leaving the PC anyway in favor of MS' XBox, Wii and
> Playstation.

This is true, the PC market is sad and pathetic compared to what it used to
be.

I remember when I used to go on vacations to Florida in the early 90's. EB
Games was overflowing with PC games. Console?? What Console? They were on a
small shelf next to the counter.

When I moved back to Germany 1.5 years ago, EB Games I went to had 2 shelves
with PC Games.

When I went there again 6 months ago, they were down to one single shelf
tucked all the way in the back in darkest corner of the store.

Honestly, I don't think the console market is that much better though. The
only reason why the rest of the store is filled with console games is just
because there are so many different consoles to support.

PS2, PS3, XBOX, XBOX 360, GameBoy in its various flavors, PSP, etc.

That's 6 shelves right there if I assign 1 shelf to each console. At that
point in time...that EB Games store is full.

I think games, across all systems not just PC are severely suffering from
the fact that their complexity has gone beyond what small independent
developers can easily accomplish. If I look at the screenshots of some of
the latest games, sure the graphics are breathtaking...but unlike the
average Joe I actually also know the huge amounts of effort, money and time
it takes to do something like that from a development standpoint.

Back in the DOS days, games were everywhere. All you needed to write one was
a compiler, a pixel editor and creativity. Some of it was crap...but there
were also a lot of really innovative really fun games that I think are
totally missing these days across all systems.

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Stephan Rose
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"Alias" <aka@masked&anonymous.es> wrote in message
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> Dale White wrote:
>> Fair enough, I don't know, but I might be willing to try, just answer me
>> these two questions. Will Ubuntu run all my current games equal to
>> Windows Vista.
>
> Probably not, although it's difficult to say when you consider you didn't
> name any game.
>
>> Does\Will UBuntu offer DX10 support ?
>
> Good question. XP doesn't and all my games run on XP with no problem.
>
> The main difference is that with Ubuntu, it's free, no worry about viruses
> or malware and most things can be done with it.

Do you really seriously think that Linux is immune to viruses?

Dale White wrote:

> Obviously that's an open ended question, since the list of games could be
> quite large. But if I stuck with just the current game, it would be
> Supreme Commander. Though it does appear one lad got it to work
> (http://www.solar1.net/) at least to some degree. But if I have to do all
> that everytime I want to run a DX game, then Linux is still not an option
> for a gamer, just like the Mac still isn't an option. I'm guessing about
> 3-4 more years

Actually that is incorrect, you don't have to go do all that.

The only reason he went through all that is because he compiled Wine
himself. There is no need for that.

Wine can be installed without needing to compile the source manually or you
can even go with Cedega which even gives you a nice user interface for
installing and running windows games.

That essentially reduces what needs to be done to the very last step at the
bottom: Install and run the game just like under windows.

The support just needs to get better still.

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Stephan Rose
2003 Yamaha R6

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