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Linux's Future...
Faust:
You should read over the package list at debian.org sometime. We have software packages far better than Windows in all areas bar gaming, but even there its not as bad as everyone says. Personally the _only_ game I have that I (a)like and (b)need windows for is Morrowind. And that's getting dull too. On Linux I play a lot of UT2003, Starcraft (Warcraft 3 is *sooo* crap people (although it runs in Linux as well),) and of course half life mods. (Basically just keep the Day of Defeat guys away from the Counterstrike guys and life is rosy.) Oh and I nearly forgot enemy territory, great game there. Needs more levels though. As soon as Doom 3 comes out I'm grabbing that and shoving that on my Linux box too. (If it's made by id software it will run in Linux - John Carmack loves us. ;) ) Oh and that of course includes Quake 3 although my love for quake games has been steadily decreasing since Quake 1. Check out LinuxGaming.org ( <== not sure if thats the right link, but I think someone else already posted it anway.) Speaking of half life mods is anyone else here into "The Specialists?" Im getting a copy of Never Winter nights as well, although I don't think there have been many good RPG games of late on any platform. Even the Final Fantasy series has got dull. Anyway gaming on Linux is entirely possible. Now to see if I can get the Multi Theft Auto GTA3 mod up. ;)
Faust:
Oh and we support a broader range of platforms than Windows does. re:64 bit, I would like to see figures on how long Linux actually has supported 64 bit processors - sparc versions have been around for how long now?
choasforages:
damnit, linux supports 64 bit already, hell, if i had an athlon64 i could be running 64bit linux NOW, not a gazillion years from now when win64 is decent /* winxp64 anybody?.....*/
TheKnifeThrower:
If you get a program called winex then you can run some windows games in linux. This program costs money. So I suggest you download a P2P program called emule and search for winex.
baggab:
I've got an attitude about chess, when your computer game is around for 1000 years we'll talk.
If you are only interested in games and the latest hardware to play them on, then you should get a console or stick to XP, for a while.
I feel Linux and OSS strength's are in the science/server world. Reading in the Wall Street Journal I note that Oracle (2nd only to M$) is getting its ass kicked by MySQL. The U.S. Dept. of Defense is using Linux, so they should have some of the best games availible in a few years, that reality might be too scary for a armchair worrior.
Microsoft will not die on its own, it will be supplanted by Linux. It will take time, about ten years. Its all about the communal mind developing the next generation of computing and thats a more exciting game.
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