Alright, I've got Windows XP and it runs okay. Not perfect, but okay. I'm thinking about moving to Ubuntu, since I hear it has a much lower crash rate and runs a LOT faster. What are the merits of Linux? Is there any truth to these rumors? Would my games still work? Basically, WHY should I switch to Linux?
Linux is cool, but very few games can run on it and it lacks directx which is msoft only. If you like Prey, Quake 4, and Doom 3, which are opengl, you'll be ok. Just make sure ur gfx card has available linux drivers
Linux is cool, but very few games can run on it and it lacks directx which is msoft only. If you like Prey, Quake 4, and Doom 3, which are opengl, you'll be ok. Just make sure ur gfx card has available linux driversimrlybord7
You can always run them on a emulator like Wine or Cedega but i found that fuzzy at best so i went back to good 'ol Windows for most of my mundane desktop stuff, Some Distro are good some are not, personaly i hate Ubuntu as it's lacks serious tools i look for in a Linux(mainly server stuff), try Red hat, Fedora 6 or Suse. They are the best for Linux specific screwing around. If you haven't used a UNIX like OS before then any Mainstream Distro, like that Ubuntu or knoppix i hate, is good 'nough cept slackware which textbased and made nostalgic IT gurus. For all you wanabe h4x0rz out there try Backtrack 2, it's the troublemaker best friend.
Alright, I've got Windows XP and it runs okay. Not perfect, but okay. I'm thinking about moving to Ubuntu, since I hear it has a much lower crash rate and runs a LOT faster. What are the merits of Linux? Is there any truth to these rumors? Would my games still work? Basically, WHY should I switch to Linux?ineedbettername
One of the Stupid Techs at my school installed ubuntu on one of our computers. It sux ballz
If your computer is crashing, I wouldn't expect Linux to fix that. Crashes are generally hardware problems, Linux could actually make it worse depending on the root cause.
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