Here is where common sense asserts itself. Linux is by no means an easy-to-use (or configure) OS. HelixCode has the right idea, but a loooong way to go before the Average Person can simply run Linux and then run the game of their choice. Video card support under Linux is fairly dissapointing, and we all know that without proper hardware/software accelleration, Linux gaming (or any gaming, for that matter) will go nowhere fast.
Perhaps it's just me, but I figure that if programmers would stop cloning other people's projects (how many damn versions of ICQ for Linux does it take to screw in a lightbulb?) and start redirecting their efforts to more necessary projects like, say... drivers? Putting X out of its misery? Getting rid of the archaic commands and replacing them with something usable for everyone?... Linux just might become a viable platform. Until then, Linux will stay as a utility OS, and Microsoft will have the gaming market cornered.
Regards,
Shikimo
While a bit overdramatic, Katz raised a few good points.
I'm amazed at the parallels he draws between corporate America and communist China. Suppressing individualism, promoting conformity (though that's a tad redundant), corrupting the political system... I wonder if that was intentional.
One thing Katz would do well to cultivate is a little faith in humanity. He forgets that despite corporate-world-domination-schemes and totalitarian governments (like China), humans have one very strong attribute that lets us survive every time. We're tough to keep down. We're tough to kill.
To quote Bill Hicks, "We're a virus with shoes."
Besides, without McDonald's and AOL/Time Warner, who would we take our anti-establishment sentiment out on? The government?
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Here is where common sense asserts itself. Linux is by no means an easy-to-use (or configure) OS. HelixCode has the right idea, but a loooong way to go before the Average Person can simply run Linux and then run the game of their choice. Video card support under Linux is fairly dissapointing, and we all know that without proper hardware/software accelleration, Linux gaming (or any gaming, for that matter) will go nowhere fast. Perhaps it's just me, but I figure that if programmers would stop cloning other people's projects (how many damn versions of ICQ for Linux does it take to screw in a lightbulb?) and start redirecting their efforts to more necessary projects like, say... drivers? Putting X out of its misery? Getting rid of the archaic commands and replacing them with something usable for everyone? ... Linux just might become a viable platform. Until then, Linux will stay as a utility OS, and Microsoft will have the gaming market cornered.
Regards,
Shikimo
While a bit overdramatic, Katz raised a few good points.
I'm amazed at the parallels he draws between corporate America and communist China. Suppressing individualism, promoting conformity (though that's a tad redundant), corrupting the political system... I wonder if that was intentional.
One thing Katz would do well to cultivate is a little faith in humanity. He forgets that despite corporate-world-domination-schemes and totalitarian governments (like China), humans have one very strong attribute that lets us survive every time. We're tough to keep down. We're tough to kill.
To quote Bill Hicks, "We're a virus with shoes."
Besides, without McDonald's and AOL/Time Warner, who would we take our anti-establishment sentiment out on? The government?