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Microsoft delivers 'the Facts' about Linux
solarismka:
quote:Originally posted by Mandrake:
Microsoft is right... Windows DOES have better driver support. I tried running UT2004 and other new games in SuSE Linux 9 with my Radeon video card... it's a damn nightmare to get working. Windows, you run an EXE file to install the latest driver, two minutes later your playing the game. Too bad the rest of Windows is pretty fucked :)
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Welp, I disagree. But then again i'm not a 'gamer.'
Its a lot more complicated than just 'clicking the exe install file.' Alot of the times. Drivers ment for that card and windows version STILL do not work. It can and has fucked up the registry or the way windows displays the desktop on my machines. Of course the M$ Fan boys then blame 3rd party apps and/or hardware. Radeon isn't m$ so it won't work right? Well concidering the fact that m$ has been at the desktop game for a long time AND is supposed to have the most market share, you would think those 'driver install .exe's' would work the first time around. :rolleyes:
Mandrake:
I did a clean install of Win2k and SuSE 9 about a month ago, I literally just double clicked the ATI setup file, it opened, I clicked next twice and waited two minutes or so, then rebooted. It was a lot harder than that in SuSE 9. I can't really comment much more on the drivers in Windows issue.. since doing a clean install of 2k left me with only video drivers to install, and ATI's Windows drivers are pretty good.
But, today I upgraded to SuSE 9.1 and during the setup it told me I had a Radeon video card, and that hardware accleration was disabled. I checked a box and it was enabled, and when the install finished I could play games or whatever.. good stuff! SuSE 9.1 is real good :)
Paladin9:
If instead, Windows made up 5% of all computers and Linux was on the other 95%, then Linux would have better driver support than Windows.
solarismka:
quote:Originally posted by Paladin9:
If instead, Windows made up 5% of all computers and Linux was on the other 95%, then Linux would have better driver support than Windows.
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Even without the 95% market share, linux already has better support than that of windows. In Linux you don't need to worry about the correct drivers fucking up on you.
Refalm:
The disadvantage of the Linux nVidia driver is that you have to shut down X for it, and you have a problem with some kernels (2.4 with nv support works the best).
The advantage is that you can tweak the shit out of it, which is all written in the README
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