I play lots of windows games that way. HL2 and all its derivatives work great.
...right up until you put it alongside a Windows PC running the same hardware and wonder where half the graphics effects have gone and why you're only getting half the FPS with the Linux box. HL2 with a DX9 card under Linux is like running it in DX7 in Windows.
So even in Windows Gamer Country, Vista has reached only 15% market share...
That's perfectly OK. It's achieved a market share thats FIVE TIMES that of Linux in one ninth of the time that Linux has been out. So if your point was as a Linux advocate to diss Vista, you've done a great job of shooting down Linux.
Actually they can and are doing. The problem is that Sandisk can't so they're blaming Vista for their own shortcomings but it doesn't matter what OS you use as Sandisk SSDs are so shite, they're no faster than a HDD whether Windows, Linux or Mac OS X.
Because it's not even a Vista problem you dumbass. If you bothered to do some research, you'd find it was purely Sandisks problems as all other SSDs from other manufacturers work perfectly fine.
Seriously, how could the SSD manufacturers not know that one of Vista requirements were: Thrash the hard disk for no reason at some random point in time yielding no apparent benefits.
They did. Unfortunately it appears only Sandisk didn't because it's only them who are having a problem.
Difference being that the.deb packaging system, together with a proper package manager (like apt-get or its synaptic front-end) will auto-resolve dependencies in a completely clean manner, with no user interaction other than answering to "to make program X work, you also need Y and Z. Proceed?".
With Windows, you've no need to worry about dependencies at all. You don't end up with the ludicrous situation where a 20MB app download then turns into 200MB as the package manager buggers off and gets the dependencies required.
As much as I really don't like Linux, I have to say that on distributions for the best part of half a decade that if you've got the right package, you just have to click on it and the package manager will go off and do its thing. A decent package manager, such as the Debian based ones, will even go off and get all the dependencies required.
One thing that is annoying though is downloading a 10MB.deb or.rpm file to then find the package manager asking if it is OK to download 200MB of dependencies.
How do you know you don't have a virus unless you scan your computer? Even then, if you have a rootkit successfully installed it might be possible for the rootkit to avoid the AV software.
Same could be said about Linux. In fact I'd go as far to say that that post is more pertinent to Linux given the false sense of security Linux users have.
Which is exactly my point. We know those machines get pwned quickly, so why is this news?
Because it's about Windows and in the current trend, you don't have to bother on/. with little annoyances like facts and the truth if it's to do with Microsoft - any old shite will do if it is trying to make Microsoft look bad.
Yet you'll notice that the/. crowd isn't bleating on about the 33 year old Unix bug that's only just been fixed this week.
What other features would you suggest to Microsoft if they are to have a hope for recovery?
Why do they need to recover? They seem to be doing quite well. Its hardly like they've had a drop in value is it?
Windows keeps "calling home", prevents you to copy a legitimately purchased DVD or CD thanks to all that DRM stuff.
Really? Care to explain how I manage to have over 1200 MP3s on my PC that I've ripped from my CDs and can use to create my own compilation CDs even using WMP to burn said CDs? If what you were saying wasn't utter bullshit, surely I'd not be able to?
And as for Windows calling home, so do all the major Linux distros.
The court CLEARLY doesn't have jurisdiction.
No, the US court really does have jurisdiction. Again, read Asahi Metals. The Supreme Court found that US courts had jurisdiction over a Japanese parts manufacturer. Only within the borders of the US. Outside of those boarders, it means jack shit.
To check this, see the Supreme Court's decision in Asahi Metal Industries Co. (1987), holding that a foreign product manufacturer could be dragged into US court if it foresaw that its products would be used in the US. And just how would they drag them into court?
"A US District Court today ordered a halt to the illegal practice of Canadian companies"
Because a US court has jurisdiction in Canada doesn't it? Oh that's right, no it doesn't. So yet again another completely meaningless judgement which has no effect outside of the room it was made in.
Obviously you're stupid and drive with your eyes closed. If one truck is catching up on another, what's the most likely thing it's going to do? Oh, let me think all of a nanosecond. Yes, that's right..overtake it.
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45 million wii and ps3 players disagree.
On computers, dumb cunt.
BULLSHIT
Try crossover or wine.
I play lots of windows games that way. HL2 and all its derivatives work great.
...right up until you put it alongside a Windows PC running the same hardware and wonder where half the graphics effects have gone and why you're only getting half the FPS with the Linux box. HL2 with a DX9 card under Linux is like running it in DX7 in Windows.
Apart from drivers for the hardware they've bought in PC World...
Thankfully as it's not like Linux, they've no need to.
So even in Windows Gamer Country, Vista has reached only 15% market share...
That's perfectly OK. It's achieved a market share thats FIVE TIMES that of Linux in one ninth of the time that Linux has been out. So if your point was as a Linux advocate to diss Vista, you've done a great job of shooting down Linux.
The free software movement has never been very good at PR/communication.
Are they heavily involved in promoting Linux? It would explain a lot...
Actually they can and are doing. The problem is that Sandisk can't so they're blaming Vista for their own shortcomings but it doesn't matter what OS you use as Sandisk SSDs are so shite, they're no faster than a HDD whether Windows, Linux or Mac OS X.
See? Linux does make you stupid.
Seriously, how could the SSD manufacturers not know that one of Vista requirements were: Thrash the hard disk for no reason at some random point in time yielding no apparent benefits.
They did. Unfortunately it appears only Sandisk didn't because it's only them who are having a problem.
DUMB CUNT. If it were a Vista problem, then why is it only Sandisks SSD's that are having the issues when EVERY OTHER SSD WORKS ABSOLUTELY FINE ?
That's the beauty of open source. Gotta problem? Don't have to wait for someone else - you can fix it yourself.
Is that why it took QUARTER OF A CENTURY to finally fix a Unix bug ?
Or they could put in a bug report than the project maintainer can fix in 5 minutes, since he's already done all that work.
Which one sounds more efficient?
Well the fact there was a news story recently where they've only just fixed a THIRTY YEAR OLD Unix bug, it can't be all that good, can it?
Difference being that the .deb packaging system, together with a proper package manager (like apt-get or its synaptic front-end) will auto-resolve dependencies in a completely clean manner, with no user interaction other than answering to "to make program X work, you also need Y and Z. Proceed?".
With Windows, you've no need to worry about dependencies at all. You don't end up with the ludicrous situation where a 20MB app download then turns into 200MB as the package manager buggers off and gets the dependencies required.
Total bullshit.
I have had a better-than-Windows installation process under Linux starting with Mandrake.
And how many MB of additional dependencies did it have to go download?
One thing that is annoying though is downloading a 10MB .deb or .rpm file to then find the package manager asking if it is OK to download 200MB of dependencies.
How do you know you don't have a virus unless you scan your computer? Even then, if you have a rootkit successfully installed it might be possible for the rootkit to avoid the AV software.
Same could be said about Linux. In fact I'd go as far to say that that post is more pertinent to Linux given the false sense of security Linux users have.
Which is exactly my point. We know those machines get pwned quickly, so why is this news?
Because it's about Windows and in the current trend, you don't have to bother on /. with little annoyances like facts and the truth if it's to do with Microsoft - any old shite will do if it is trying to make Microsoft look bad.
Yet you'll notice that the /. crowd isn't bleating on about the 33 year old Unix bug that's only just been fixed this week.
What other features would you suggest to Microsoft if they are to have a hope for recovery? Why do they need to recover? They seem to be doing quite well. Its hardly like they've had a drop in value is it?
Windows keeps "calling home", prevents you to copy a legitimately purchased DVD or CD thanks to all that DRM stuff.
Really? Care to explain how I manage to have over 1200 MP3s on my PC that I've ripped from my CDs and can use to create my own compilation CDs even using WMP to burn said CDs? If what you were saying wasn't utter bullshit, surely I'd not be able to?
And as for Windows calling home, so do all the major Linux distros.
"A US District Court today ordered a halt to the illegal practice of Canadian companies" Because a US court has jurisdiction in Canada doesn't it? Oh that's right, no it doesn't. So yet again another completely meaningless judgement which has no effect outside of the room it was made in.
Yes. And the fact we run at higher weights, have far higher traffic congestion and don't benefit from the long free flowing highways the US has.
Obviously you're stupid and drive with your eyes closed. If one truck is catching up on another, what's the most likely thing it's going to do? Oh, let me think all of a nanosecond. Yes, that's right..overtake it.