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Article #242Re: AOL, Thank You
From: Mr S A Penny
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 00:00
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In article <3668A679.CF6E08D7@mad-seumas.net>, Jim Raney <spamthis@mad-seumas.net> writes: ><SNIP> >> compared to M$. Today I mostly use Linux, with Win95 used primarily for >> games and internet access (because my computer came with one of those >> accursed "WinModems" that Linux can't use and I won't have the money to get >> a "real" modem in the foreseeable future). But back to the original > >Hands up, all you buggers, I've always wondered how many other people >who use Linux keep a Win partition around for that accursed addiction >known as "Games." I'm just about to install linux (Deb2.0 FYI) but I will keep my win95 instalation for more than just games. Actually, the game I play the most is Quake which is available for Linux anyway, most others I play are old simple games that will probably run under wine with little prob. >Thats one point with Linux I would love too see rectified; the distinct lack >of games hmmm, not quite as bad as you might think, though there is certainly a shortage... >or a decent hardware interface to program them with. like opengl? >Since, in the consumer market, games tend to push >hardware trends, if Linux could run a few more games, emulation or >otherwise (and not as root) I think that the Linux adoption rate would >go up. true. Wine seems to be doing a good job, there are a couple of people specifically working on getting d3d and directX games working... >I think that games could push software (I.E. OS) trends just as >easily. Driver problems aside how many people out there would erase >WIN(LOSE) from thier systems if games were available on Linux as readily >as WIN(LOSE)? hmm, games aren't the only thing, many programs are available for whingedows and not linux, there are alternatives, but it's definately prudent to allow yourself the option to use the windows version/equivalent because tracking down/downloading the linux one might take time that'd be better spent getting on with using the program... SammyTheSnake -- SammyTheSnake@SammyServ.Tollon.co.uk SammyTheSnake@Hotmail.com PHUAE S.A.Penny@Warwick.ac.uk (E)TLA page http://www.warwick.ac.uk/~phuae/ http://www.warwick.ac.uk/~phuae/StSim/index.html last update 2/11/98 --==<< StSim is a project to produce a neural network based quake bot >>==--
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1103af,a1676c29e9392b29 X-Google-Attributes: gid1103af,public X-Google-Thread: 1138ec,a1676c29e9392b29 X-Google-Attributes: gid1138ec,public X-Google-Thread: f4bda,a1676c29e9392b29 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4bda,public X-Google-Thread: 10d8ad,a1676c29e9392b29 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d8ad,public X-Google-Thread: fcfb9,a1676c29e9392b29 X-Google-Attributes: gidfcfb9,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,a1676c29e9392b29 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public From: phuae@primrose.csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr S A Penny) Subject: Re: AOL, Thank You Date: 1998/12/08 Message-ID: <74jm65$rkq$1@holly.csv.warwick.ac.uk> X-Deja-AN: 420104020 References: <etUZ7jAG#GA.256@upnetnews03> <M3mPvLdzxX1t-pn2-drGT46vq4d8I@tp246-218.dialup.seed.net.tw> <749ujm$pc0$1@netra.msu.montana.edu> <3668A679.CF6E08D7@mad-seumas.net> X-Complaints-To: abuse@csv.warwick.ac.uk X-Trace: holly.csv.warwick.ac.uk 913136645 28314 137.205.192.26 (8 Dec 1998 17:04:05 GMT) Organization: University of Warwick, UK NNTP-Posting-Date: 8 Dec 1998 17:04:05 GMT Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.x,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc