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Why Gaming Sucks On Linux

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the penguins-without-joysticks dept.

lseltzer writes "Efforts have been made to improve the situation, but things have actually gotten worse for gaming on Linux rather than better. If you're a gamer you're just plain better off running Windows and dual-booting (or VMing) between the two operating systems than hoping your games will run in Cedega or some such product." From the article: "So where does all of this leave Linux gamers? One word: Windows. Yep, you read that right. If you're a gamer, do yourself a favor and just buy a copy of Windows and set up a dual-boot system. Why bother to torture yourself with the headaches presented by Linux gaming? Why should you continually not have the games you want to play? Why settle for half-assed solutions that might or might not run the games you crave so desperately?"

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  1. Because.... by drdanny_orig · · Score: 3, Funny
    Why bother to torture yourself with the headaches presented by Linux gaming? Why should you continually not have the games you want to play? Why settle for half-assed solutions that might or might not run the games you crave so desperately?
    Because if not, the terrorists will have won!
    --
    .nosig
  2. No games? by Klaidas · · Score: 4, Funny

    Huh, what do you mean no games?! There are plenty of them:
    1. Extreme Man Page Reading
    2. Obscure error puzzle palace
    3. Mega Nmap Death Ping
    4. Ksolitaire
    5. sudo
    6. IRC
    7. Learning Emacs
    I could go on and on!
    Ok, let's close the sarcasm tag for now. This is not news. How did it get to the front page? It has been obvious for years.