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Eventy One
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Posted - 2009.02.02 22:17:00 -
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 Originally by: Corwain
To quote SNL's Celebrity Jeopardy parody of Sean Connery: "Gussy it up any way you like lad, the question is does it work?"
And OpenGL does indeed work. DirectX doesn't.
I agree OpenGL works, but OpenGL doesn't support all of the shading functions required by DirectX so its really about the differences between the two (I'm talking about the NVidia driver specifically) |
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Posted - 2009.02.02 22:24:00 -
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Originally by: nether void
Linux is disappointing.
.. ya .. kind of forces you to have some braincells when you use a computer. Clearly, whoever thought the vast majority of computer users, had braincells clearly should think again. |
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Posted - 2009.02.02 22:36:00 -
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Edited by: Eventy One on 02/02/2009 22:37:16
Originally by: nether void
This is actually why it's disappointing. Target audience is too narrow, hence never get enough market share for anyone to care. Lack of apps. Client side anyway. Sure stick it on every server, but if I see you put it on my clients I'm going to kill you slowly.
*edit* Acutally yeah. Found the problem. Linux and client. Oxymoron right there.
Well those who enjoy Linux would disagree. Linux was never meant for a wide audience. It was meant:
- For users who had x86 hardware that enjoyed Unix
- To be open source
- To not be propitiatory & thus able to be modified by those using it
- To be a secure OS
- To implement the features of module OS without losing the benefits of a monolithic kernel
- To perform well enough to be considered for the enterprise
I think your view of what Linux was suppose to do is a bit off. Popularity was not on the list. Having said that, if you think the only way to gauge popularity is what people use on their desktop, again I'd say your view of things is a bit mixed up.
You should google LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) for a glimpse at what infrastructure is most popular in terms of running network sites. I can tell you it isn't from Microsoft.
But again ... I don't expect the target audience you likely represent to understand any of this.
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Eventy One
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Posted - 2009.02.02 22:57:00 -
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Originally by: nether void
Originally by: Eventy One
Stuff
If linux was never intended for a wide audience, how can it also have a large market share? Cause it's free? That would be about it. If you work with the client at all, learn MS. Market share is better than perfection. Bill Gates can attest to this.
Most businesses run MS clients, so learning non-MS client stuff is a waste of time.
Linux - Great for the backend
MS - Great for the frontend
This is the beauty of it .. because Linux was never meant to be popular, it hasn't dumbed down the OS.
Because it hasn't dumbed down the OS, it does most things better than its commercial counter parts. I've personally bench marked the eve client in both Windows and Linux (in Classical graphics mode), and my frame rate per second is, on average 33% higher in linux than in windows.
That is using the same windows binary (except wrapped in wine under linux). In theory it should be slower in linux than windows because its running natively (i.e. not wrapped in wine). There are other metrics too that point to better performance in linux.
Fact is, Linux is efficient, with wide-support from broader computer using community for the simple fact it is a better OS. I long abandoned any MS product years ago and have never looked back. I know computer-illiterate people abandoning MS office in favour of Open Office not only because its free, but because it employs open stardards.
If Linux is not popular with you .. and your crowd .. cool. |
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Posted - 2009.02.02 23:56:00 -
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Originally by: WarlockX
Ok you keep telling yourself it's better.
I'll be playing crysis with dx10 graphics. oh what's that you can't play that on linux? Oh shoot, well at least it's a better OS.
The better OS for me is the one that works. 
I love the hostility it receives ... its a sign that it is a threat.
You don't like linux? You're absolutely free not too - that doesn't, however, make it any less a good OS.
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