That's fine and all, but I think the point of the original poster is that since you don't know how fast the baseline is, then you don't know how fast any of the others are. Sure they are 10% faster, but faster than what? If it means that it takes 10 seconds to do one round of the Game of Life with GCC, and then HotSpot does *two* rounds in ten seconds, then sure it is 100% faster, but who cares! It is still unacceptable!
The market for Linux games may still be new, but with OpenGL, kernel 2.4 and XFree86 4.0 all the technology required has been built. Tweaking still needs doing, but the hard work has been done. I look forward to running D3 on my kernel-accellerated VooDoo3.
Speaking of coming to your senses, the idea of Microsoft porting one of their games is absurd.
Actually one of the things I have liked about the Descent series, right from the start, is the odd puzzles that pop up. Blasting enemy alien robots is fun, but the little puzzles stop the action and give the game a better sense, being the pilot. Then you think you've got it and some bloody cruncher bot comes screaming around the corner..
There is nothing preventing companies from writing commercial software for Linux, and keeping the source closed. There are, however, excellent multimedia libraries that are open source and would make the porting or writing job easier.
Proof: Look at Loki's popular games, released under closed-source. At the same time, however, Loki is giving back by making their library (SDL) LGPL'ed.
I purchased my Voodoo 3 because of the new DRI stuff in XFree86 4. I've tried the card under W2K and was amazed with its quality and smoothness even at high resolutions.
Under Linux, the story is different. While bearable, the card has visible chunking even with undemanding quake levels, and slows down a lot with advanced features like reflective surfaces. It is understandable, given the drivers have to go through the old glide API, but still, I want my speed!
I can't stand to use Windows, so I can do nothing but wait for better software under Linux. Meanwhile, my gaming friends mock Linux as a gaming platform, and rightfully so.
Perhaps instead of labelling the author of an offensive comment as 'male', a more appropriate label might be 'author of an offensive comment.' I hate to point it out, but not all men write offensive comments, nor appreciate them.
The items you buy that say 'Made in China' are typically made in China to take advantage of the cheap labour force. Thus, these products aren't really interested in quality anyway.. they are designed and sold in the US.
The quality of 'Made in China' products speak nothing of Chinese engineering or govornment. Sometimes the best products come from China (Tsingtao, for example!)
I wish China the best of luck with their endeavours. It can only expand the human knowledge base.
Some of you might be interested in a project called Enigma. It is open source, written entirely in Java, and works with just about any e-mail package. Enigma works by being a proxy server decrypting all e-mail and intelligently encrypting e-mail according to who is on your keyring.
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That's fine and all, but I think the point of the original poster is that since you don't know how fast the baseline is, then you don't know how fast any of the others are. Sure they are 10% faster, but faster than what? If it means that it takes 10 seconds to do one round of the Game of Life with GCC, and then HotSpot does *two* rounds in ten seconds, then sure it is 100% faster, but who cares! It is still unacceptable!
The market for Linux games may still be new, but with OpenGL, kernel 2.4 and XFree86 4.0 all the technology required has been built. Tweaking still needs doing, but the hard work has been done. I look forward to running D3 on my kernel-accellerated VooDoo3.
Speaking of coming to your senses, the idea of Microsoft porting one of their games is absurd.
Actually one of the things I have liked about the Descent series, right from the start, is the odd puzzles that pop up. Blasting enemy alien robots is fun, but the little puzzles stop the action and give the game a better sense, being the pilot. Then you think you've got it and some bloody cruncher bot comes screaming around the corner..
There is nothing preventing companies from writing commercial software for Linux, and keeping the source closed. There are, however, excellent multimedia libraries that are open source and would make the porting or writing job easier.
Proof: Look at Loki's popular games, released under closed-source. At the same time, however, Loki is giving back by making their library (SDL) LGPL'ed.
I purchased my Voodoo 3 because of the new DRI stuff in XFree86 4. I've tried the card under W2K and was amazed with its quality and smoothness even at high resolutions.
Under Linux, the story is different. While bearable, the card has visible chunking even with undemanding quake levels, and slows down a lot with advanced features like reflective surfaces. It is understandable, given the drivers have to go through the old glide API, but still, I want my speed!
I can't stand to use Windows, so I can do nothing but wait for better software under Linux. Meanwhile, my gaming friends mock Linux as a gaming platform, and rightfully so.
d1x has made it possible for me to be happy with gaming under Linux. I will be first in line to buy DIII for Linux.
Perhaps instead of labelling the author of an offensive comment as 'male', a more appropriate label might be 'author of an offensive comment.' I hate to point it out, but not all men write offensive comments, nor appreciate them.
The items you buy that say 'Made in China' are typically made in China to take advantage of the cheap labour force. Thus, these products aren't really interested in quality anyway.. they are designed and sold in the US.
The quality of 'Made in China' products speak nothing of Chinese engineering or govornment. Sometimes the best products come from China (Tsingtao, for example!)
I wish China the best of luck with their endeavours. It can only expand the human knowledge base.
HalfLife is a sweet game. But I must admit, moving to Linux has opened my mind to other types of games. I now enjoy RRTII and Myth.
So I guess that would make the other half qt apps...
Some of you might be interested in a project called Enigma. It is open source, written entirely in Java, and works with just about any e-mail package. Enigma works by being a proxy server decrypting all e-mail and intelligently encrypting e-mail according to who is on your keyring.
Says you need Win95/98/NT.. useable under Linux?
Heh.. good old quote!