How much confidence do you have in Linux based PC gaming in the future?

With all that the Steam folk have said and their linux port, do you think there's any possibility that linux would be the new Windows for gamers? Right now Mac games run slower in general and aren't really given priority. Would Windows become like that? I personally can't see it happening given that most people use Windows. I like Windows 8 so I dont even know why linux should be brought up.

Linux is never going to mainstream. nothing more to say than that

I'd dump Windows in a heartbeat if there was a viable alternative.

I'd dump Windows in a heartbeat if there was a viable alternative.

-wildflower-

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I'd dump Windows in a heartbeat if there was a viable alternative.

yellonet

I'd dump Windows in a heartbeat if there was a viable alternative.

-wildflower-

Same. Linux isn't nearly supported the way Windows is, so there's absolutely no point in using it.

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[QUOTE="-wildflower-"]

I'd dump Windows in a heartbeat if there was a viable alternative.

FelipeInside

Like I said, once there's a VIABLE ALTERNATIVE I am gone. I do find it comical how you get so overly defensive whenever anyone criticizes Microsoft.

On a brighter note, at least most consumer seem to have a clue. Windows 8 is selling slower than Microsoft's last lead balloon,Vista.

Unless Linux becomes a household OS, it will never happen. The time and money it would take to port/develop games for an OS that the "common" user doesn't operate wouldn't be beneficial at all.

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-wildflower-

Like I said, once there's a VIABLE ALTERNATIVE I am gone. I do find it comical how you get so overly defensive whenever anyone criticizes Microsoft.

On a brighter note, at least most consumer seem to have a clue. Windows 8 is selling slower than Microsoft's last lead balloon,Vista.

Something I can use for work and play games on relatively pain free.

Something I can use for work and play games on relatively pain free.

-wildflower-

Something I can use for work and play games on relatively pain free.

-wildflower-

Then ur using Windows wrong cause I have no issues working or playing games on Windows. It's the most complete OS out there, accept it, even if it's got it's own share of Blue Screen problems and other things. I'm sure if there was a viable alternative, you would jump like a happy girl to it, then 6 months down the track start complaining about that OS as well. Nothing is perfect, just enjoy what you have cause I'm sure as hell you're not posting this from a Linux box.FelipeInside

I don't have problems with Windows specifically other than Windows 8 is a bloated POS. My problem is with Microsoft in general. They're scumbags in the truest, most etymological, sense of the word.

A happy girl? Really? :roll:

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"]Then ur using Windows wrong cause I have no issues working or playing games on Windows. It's the most complete OS out there, accept it, even if it's got it's own share of Blue Screen problems and other things. I'm sure if there was a viable alternative, you would jump like a happy girl to it, then 6 months down the track start complaining about that OS as well. Nothing is perfect, just enjoy what you have cause I'm sure as hell you're not posting this from a Linux box.-wildflower-

I don't have problems with Windows specifically other than Windows 8 is a bloated POS. My problem is with Microsoft in general. They're scumbags in the truest, most etymological, sense of the word.

A happy girl? Really? :roll:

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="yellonet"]

-wildflower-

Like I said, once there's a VIABLE ALTERNATIVE I am gone. I do find it comical how you get so overly defensive whenever anyone criticizes Microsoft.

On a brighter note, at least most consumer seem to have a clue. Windows 8 is selling slower than Microsoft's last lead balloon,Vista.

I'd dump Windows in a heartbeat if there was a viable alternative.

-wildflower-

With all that the Steam folk have said and their linux port, do you think there's any possibility that linux would be the new Windows for gamers? Right now Mac games run slower in general and aren't really given priority. Would Windows become like that? I personally can't see it happening given that most people use Windows. I like Windows 8 so I dont even know why linux should be brought up.

greengloop

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With all that the Steam folk have said and their linux port, do you think there's any possibility that linux would be the new Windows for gamers? Right now Mac games run slower in general and aren't really given priority. Would Windows become like that? I personally can't see it happening given that most people use Windows. I like Windows 8 so I dont even know why linux should be brought up.

Franko_3