Windows is driving me insane

plenty of games are playable under linux, via playonlinux, wine (windows emulator), virtual machine or native linux games. also steam will hopefully soon be available on linux natively.

but yeah support from developers needs to be there more. and i think windows 8 will help support for linux alot lol.

 

Gabe only support Linux because Microsoft Store is coming.

He just want more $$$.

 

So how may of you are digging W8? I for one am not liking the new interface, I just was a desktop environment on my computer, not a console/tablet/desktop hybrid interface. It seems reaching certain old features is more cumbersome than it was before, it just all seems very unnecessary.

 

WINE Stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator, it's a recursive acronym that's not really important though. I'm not Stallman.

GABEN making the jump will start it I think. I doubt we'll see Linux exclusive titles but maybe it'll make EA think about pushing Origin to Linux and then maybe other companies will see Linux as a potential opportunity.

 

Agreed, would like to know what people think about it as well. I don't mind sticking with 7 though. I think it is a worthy successor to XP, and it has been smooth sailing for the years I have had it.

 

I wasn't really a fan of Win7, even less interested in Win8. But the times are changing as they must. Fortunately I don't anchor myself to any one OS, so if one gets changed beyond what I find bearable, I'll just switch to something else.

 

For the record this man is the reason why mac has video game. And great titles at that.

 

They all complain about one thing : Microsoft Store and Xbox Live.

But, you can still install Steam ? Yes.

It's like complaining about IE pre-installed in windows and say that no one will use Firefox or Chrome because it create unfair competition.

That's really stupid.

How indie are not welcome ?
Take a look : http://marketplace.xbox.com/fr-FR/Games/XboxIndieGames

 

according to an "phoronix" rumor, blizzard is thinking about porting something to linux........but you know, it's phoronix....lol
but atleast, he was right about steam, so who knows.........

and steam beta should come "fairly quickly" according to gabe. i have faith that it will work out in a better way then mac steam,
since many are complaining that no games are released on mac steam, because mac is limited to overpriced crap computers,
but linux can be used on ANY computer.

 

Not sure why that'd mean there'd be more games on Linux Steam, since the developers would still have to make a native Linux version just like they have to do for Mac, and most developers don't release Mac versions. Besides, there are way more Mac users than Linux users.

 

but are there more mac gamers then linux/"PC" gamers?

there are other digital distribution systems already running and working perfectly on linux like http://www.desura.com/ for example.

any game using opengl should be fairly easy to port the executables / binary files to linux as has been done in the past with the likes of Quake 4 / Droom 3, and others. even the us army's game "americas army" had a linux version. and both hardware and software support has improved alot since then.

mac's are mostly nice machines but for the same prices you could piece together a pretty awesome custom machine with a nice linux distro

 

Dunno, most Linux people to me don't seem to be that into games, from what I've seen they prefer to sperg about open source or GNU or whatever.

 

open sourse / GNU can be just as applicable to games and gaming as it is to any other software area.

 

I'd just like to interject for a moment.

What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linuxâ€￾, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use.

Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linuxâ€￾ distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

 

less keystrokes for "Linux" over "GNU/Linux"

 

Windows isn't the problem, stupid OEMs and component makers are. I had an HP2315US as my first laptop, I regret every moment of that choice. I got it for Christmas, the PCMCIA eject pin jammed in February the DVD-RW drive died that summer, it also died again about a year later, and the second replacement was DOA, not that it mattered since the motherboard died while I was waiting for the replacement drive. Now I use a Frankenstein unit that I put together with Windows 2000, aside from Firefox and µtorrent having unpatched problems for it, my computer runs great.

 

good ol hp quality i used to work for a company who done the warranty repairs for HP/Compaq. the amount of DOA parts was crazy. not exactly quality components.
although i had a HP NC8000 and it was one of the best laptops i've ever owned

 

So no credit to Blizzard? their games have been Windows/Mac for a long long time.

 

HP OEM Components are really balls, they choose the worst PSU you can possibly buy, along with HDDs.

 

You definitely get what you pay for with Laptops.

I had a £400 HP Pavillion DV6000 and it was one of the worst computers I've ever had. Firstly, it runs hot. Ungodly hot infact. Theres a ton of dead ones on eBay because the GPU cooks its self. I'm surprised mine still works (and that's quite an objective term).

I got it Christmas 2006. By January 2007, it was in for repair because the motherboard broke down. After that it worked for a year or so and then as soon as the warranty went the issues began. Firstly, the speakers clapped out. No biggie as I began using headphones. Then for whatever reason the power button went. And you have to press half-way down the bezel to turn it on. Very odd. The keyboard had keys that just wouldn't work, I've yet to replace it because I don't use the laptop anymore. The same went for the touchpad and now you rely on tapping the pad twice to click.

However at the higher end of the spectrum at say £800 the laptops were and are very reliable. Exact same goes for Dell and every other OEM manufacturer.