Linux

[Fish]

I have been using Linux since 1985 where setting up Xwindow was a little like surgery without anesthesia until today where setting up SuSE is about 5 point in clicks and you are done.  

The debate of Windows versus Linux is probably done best on slashdot.  They get into all kinds of wars there like BSD versus Linux and on and on....  

So let\'s just cut to the chase.   Linux is not for everybody.  If you want to set up a PHP website with MYSQL then Linux is the ticket.  It is actually very easy to do.  I use it for all my day to day web browsing, chat room work and on and on...

However, if you\'re into gaming it\'s Windows all the way.  I don\'t even know why there\'s a debate on this.  A gamer wants to put a game into a computer and have it work.  They don\'t want to mess with Video drivers independent of who makes the card.  Windows does that.  Not because it\'s superior, but merely because if you want to sell a video card it better work on Windows.  

Most users really don\'t give a dam about customization.   This is a hard lesson for people who are really into computers.  However, it\'s true.  

So, go read Slashdot.  There\'s a lot of good information there on exactly these topics.

[fken]

Originally posted by Havox

Originally posted by fken
Linux isnt the problem there if its a driver problem then its nVidia if it\'s cs its cs...
I know sometimes nvidia made mistakes but it\'s fixed as soon as they can and really nvidia\'s drivers works really better than ati\'s one.

I have a nvidia card and nvidia drivers installed and they work great on any game i throw at it, i get no crashes, no slowdowns no nothing and i do have quite a lot of 3D games installed. Except Planeshift, the darn thing keeps crashing on me. so i\'d say it\'s a cs/ps problem yes.

some release of the nvidia driver crash under linux...

@fish : and if you want to play with a videogames under linux are you allowed to try ? (ps : if you are using a computer only to play it\'s really what Im calling be stone... because ps2 gamecube or xbox - if you like MS -  are cheaper...)