Wonder when the gov will step in and try to tax us for our PCs? Or we'll have to register them, or have them inspected...they aren't 'green', people have waaay too much freedom in regards to overclocking them, and putting in 'performace enhancing' mods...hey boonie, there's a guy behind you, and he doesn't have a pc. Why not step aside and let him have a chance? (Oh wait, sorry, you're not a plumber...)
That being said, I would love to have an Ultimate CD somehow magically arrive on my doorstep...
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Dec 18th, 2009
Rallaster Member
Posts: 9105 From: Indy southside, IN Registered: Jul 2009
*dons flame suit* Why pay for an OS? Or risk a pirated OS? Free is the way to go. Free to Download. Free to use. Free to distribute. Free to MODIFY. Free to do anything with you wish, as long as it's FREELY given. No licensing fees. No risk of getting caught with a Pirated version.
Not bashing Windows or Mac, or those that use them, but just curious. ------------------ Pennock's Official Thread Killer Indiana Fiero Club The Duke will NEVER DIE
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*dons flame suit* Why pay for an OS? Or risk a pirated OS? Free is the way to go. Free to Download. Free to use. Free to distribute. Free to MODIFY. Free to do anything with you wish, as long as it's FREELY given. No licensing fees. No risk of getting caught with a Pirated version.
Not bashing Windows or Mac, or those that use them, but just curious.
Plays all Windows-based games? Talks to other Windows computers on the Local Area Network?
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It can. Takes 1 program to run Win based games, and AFAIK, none to talk to other Win machines on a network, but since I don't run a LAN with other computers talking to each other, I don't know for sure. In the forums, just like here with Fieros, you can find info on anything and everything Ubuntu. If you know anything about computer software, you can run a Linux machine. Breeze through here and you can and will learn a lot in a very short time.
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I've played a few games on nix.. worked alright. Had all sorts of script issues that kept running and looping. FPS sucks with SLi in most games.
If you have a single card and play some of the simple fps games older cod's and cs type games.. but honestly it's not the same at all especially if you play multiplayer. Quick scoping especially has an odd feeling to it no matter what I tried..
Would be fine for casual gamers most likely. Could give it a try and see if you like it.. some games work with linux out of the box also depends on which ones ya wanna play.
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WINE is an emulator of Windows without really being an emulator and it allows Windows programs to be run on Linux. I'm not a gamer, but from what I have heard/read it works fairly well with most if not all of the popular games.
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In the spirit of fairness, as I haven't really been fair to Windows or Mac in my talking about them since I switched to Linux, here is a very open discussion on the Ubuntu Forums about Ubuntu/Linux competing with Win7/OSx
I'm gonna get incredibly bashed for posting this, but here it goes.
I've been running various Linux distributions on a bunch of computers since I was 13. Windows would piss me off, Vista got released, or sometimes I just felt like playing around. I've been through MEPIS, OpenSuse, Kubuntu, Ubuntu,amongst others. It eventually became clear to me that Ubuntu was the overall best desktop distribution out there, if only for the tremendous amount of support there is out there for it.
I love Ubuntu. It's a very capable OS and I love the idea of running a completely free and open operating system. I've probably run some variation of Ubuntu on and off for the past four years. I usually run Ubuntu for six months to a year until something forces me to go back to Windows or I just get too annoyed at a few bugs. Whenever a new release comes out I usually check it out, eager to see what improvements have come along.
However, I have to admit that Ubuntu simply can't compete anymore. Windows 7 is a huge leap for Windows, and OS X has always been user-friendly and functional. I know that under the hood, Linux is more stable, quicker, more secure than Windows. But the truth is, to the end-user on the desktop front, the experience you get running Ubuntu doesn't measure up. The problem isn't a lack of applications of features. Ubuntu just lacks polish and integration. Say what you will, the amount of bugs, small crashes that happen for seemingly no reason, lack of conformity across the OS, destroy the experience for most users. I think Ubuntu will never be a viable option for the consumer because it trades off quality, functionality and intuitiveness for customizability. Most users just want a nice OS with features designed to make their life easier on the computer. They want all those features out of the box and they don't want to tinker with their operating system. They want it to just work for them. Anyways, no amount of customization or tweaking will bring Ubuntu up to the level of functionality Windows or OS X offer right now.
What do you guys think? Am I missing something? Why do you prefer Ubuntu?
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