rte
@cable.rogers
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Re: If you can't beat them; join them
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-Auto mounting of removable media (Windows seems to already know the file system and ISO type... hmmm...)
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Gnome and kde do this already..hmm
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-Native gaming support for all Windows titles
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nope
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-Auto detection of all my hardware, hence the need to not run xorgconfig before running the GUI
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Hotplug does this...what distros have you been runing?? |
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AquaBlaze
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| Games and alternate Linux apps are kinda the current desktop killer for the 'nix alternatives. True, yes, there (usually) is a Linux alternative app for every app you're used to running in Windows, but the time spent on Googling/researching/finding these hidden gems is enourmous. Usually if the manufacturer didn't make a Linux alternative themselves for a certain kind of program, I just didn't even bother looking around. (spending hours on Google isn't my idea of fun)
Let alone system plug-n-play ability - wireless is a great example. Every hard-core Linux fan will say that "wireless is supported" in Unix...but I so far haven't gotten it to work. Hours of fiddling with various packages, settings, and system tweaks, and I have yet to get my wireless card to detect squat. So, yes, it might be supported, but if it requires me to dedicate a day of research just to get the stupid thing to work...most people (and I) don't even bother. $70-170 is well worth it to me (and most others) to spend on an operating system that hardware manufacturers BUILT the damn things to run on.
Games are another field where, much like the Mac, a lot simply JUST DON'T WORK. Yes, you could run an emulator, (which alone eats up a great portion of system resources) or crack the files and later run into errors, (which, after hours of Google-searching, you find have yet to be solved) but it just isn't worth it.
Now, if Linux (or any other OS) could overcome those two hurdles, I'd be the first on board to happily switch over.
PS. Please don't respond with the "games that only run on Windows aren't even worth playing" statement. I love my games that run, even if it's only in Windows. Sure, it might've been shallow for the game programmers to not design 'ports, but it was their decision to make. |
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RedXII1234
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January 15th, @10:00PM
| reply to rte
Linux detects my hardware, all that scrolling text, but I can't run gnome without telling it yet again my hardware
Gnome did not auto mount my CDs. Sure, something popped up on the desktop but it claimed it wasn't mounted. So I had to manually mount it. |
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rte
@cable.rogers | What distro were you using? I use gnome and kde daily (different computers) and they all have automount installed. |
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rte
@cable.rogers
| reply to AquaBlaze
There was an attempt to port Win games ot Linux at lokigames.com, but they went out of busniess. Maybe you'll find something there...
The problem is mostly in DirectX, but »www.transgaming.com/products_linux.php Cedega (based on WINE) is a for pay option. |
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