Originally posted by Pallidus
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Console is not an option, I use PC for my work.
And if You ask, why I use Linux - because it gives me more power & stability.
Yes, I'm sure they are very important to some people, the same people that will most likely have a console...
but even people that play in windows do you really expect them to switch OS's
because some publisher made a 3 year old title available in that OS?
It's not hard for a company the size of valve to get a few people spending a couple of hours porting stuff to another OS,
they did it for mac os x so linux shouldn't prove too difficult. This is not going to be the linux supernova you all have been waiting for.
they did it for mac os x so linux shouldn't prove too difficult. This is not going to be the linux supernova you all have been waiting for.
Hell, is not call of duty modern warfare based on idtech3? that game would have probably been easier to port and sell more in linux than l4d.
And I understand that games attract people and linux needs more people but what's holding linux back is not the lack games, it's that both companies and the great majority of people don't take it seriously.
The solution ATI gave me for integrated graphics issue was "to run the windows version it had been designed to use for".
The solution ATI gave me for integrated graphics issue was "to run the windows version it had been designed to use for".
Terminal is working so what do You want :/ You need more? What for?
A friend of mine asked me to assemble a ib i5 for him, I asked him if he wanted to check linux out and his reaction was "nah, I'll just download win7 off pirate bay", still since it didn't take much effort I installed him fedora17 and a bunch of software like libre office, gimp, vlc, chrome etc etc
He really loved it and he kept it since that's what he wanted the i5 for.
He really loved it and he kept it since that's what he wanted the i5 for.
But the time will come when he has to go the console and compile stuff and then he will probably go back to windows.
Mass adoption of linux will have to overcome many factors, one is indeed lack of applications (games included) but software/hardware integration and ease of use are much more important IMO.
Now there is hope. Now everything ( OK, maybe not everything ) is going in the right direction.
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