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Half-Life 2 - A Linux User's Lament
jvm writes "If you're a gamer with a pulse, you've probably heard about the impending release of Valve's Half-Life 2. As a gamer and a Linux user, I always get a little stirred up about the whole Half-Life situation, where we have a dedicated server but no client. So here's my reflection on the sad situation, past and present. How will the rest of the Linux gaming community react to the release of Half-Life 2? Boot into Windows? Wait for WINE or WineX support? Get the Xbox version? With so many Half-Life servers running on Linux, will the same be true for Half-Life 2?"
Stop using a broken OS which contains stolen code. As an added bonus maybe you'll stop attracting so many gay men in public washrooms.
ahem yet again a clueless person talking as if they are knowlegeable....
LibSDL is 90 times better than direct X can ever be.
why is it that you people run around trying to sound like you know what you are talking about and yet dont have a clue??
SDL is there, it has been for 3 years and IS certianly better than directX.
go learn something before you make yourself look like a fool next time.
You just boot up the copy of Windows that almost certainly came with your machine when you bought it, you fat, whiny dork.
Linux isn't for games. Sorry. Yeah I know you can play Quake, and Master of Orion now and maybe a few others using wine or winx, but lets get real Linux, just like apple, will never be as good a gaming platform as windows. Sorry. Bitch about performance, Bitch about pipelines and fantasize about 64bit architecture, but the FACT is windows 0wNz on the gaming platform and with so many game developers contnue to stick wiht that trend its gonna stay that way.
So keep your linux for your server. Your mac for your printing, and windows for your games.
Ave Molech Setting