For quite a while I used to dual-boot between Windows 7 and whatever the distro-of-the-month was for me during that particular time, I had to stop though because it became a mess to manage files between the two after a while. The only thing still keeping me on Windows is just a handful of the games I play, everything else I ever do on the PC can be done better in Linux. In contrast to what a lot of other people said here, I'm actually more satisfied with the drivers on Linux than those on Windows, but that's probably because I never had graphics issues since I have Intel integrated graphics instead of a proper dedicated graphics card. For example, a really old scanner that I have works just fine in 64-bit Linux, but absolutely refuses to function in 64-bit Windows. As for other tasks, most of the non-game programs I use on Windows either started on Linux or have Linux ports (LibreOffice, Transmission), and of course programming in Linux is a lot easier than in Windows thanks to gcc being built-in.
As for games, 2/3 of the ones I play have either been ported to Linux because of Steam for Linux (such as Team Fortress 2) or work just fine under Wine (Darkest Hour, Starcraft 1). However, the Steam ports don't seem to be working for me since I have Ironlake graphics and not the newere Ivy Bridge / Sandy Bridge chips, and since I'm on a laptop and have a tight budget at the moment, an upgrade is out of the question for the time being. That is the only thing keeping me from switching.
More often than you think, actually. ".me" is having a lot of use, along with some dot coms adopting weird URL's to shorten their default ones for share links (Youtube becomes youtu.be, Twitter uses t.co (I think)). What you are thinking of is most likely.co.cc, those are the ones with all the spammers usually
PC makers probably didn’t mean for that to happen, but there you have it. They're a victim of unplanned non-obsolescence.
Oh, okay, but then how do you explain my laptop not being able to run the latest games after only 2 years of service? (I bought it right before Sandy Bridge came out)
Also, there have been way too many articles on this topic lately. It's almost how about a year ago every second article had something to do with cloud computing...
Seems like all your complaints go back to the start menu. Have you heard about start menu replacement programs such as Start8 or Classic Start?
As for my complaints about Windows 8, apart from the start menu which can be fixed through third-party utilities, what angered me the most is UI inconsistencies (2 control panels? Really?). I also thought it was a bit silly how you have to login with your Live account to use apps... actually, apps on a desktop PC are pretty silly to begin with.
"This is horrific news for PCs," said BGC Financial analyst Colin Gillis. "It's all about mobile computing now. We have definitely reached the tipping point."
Call me back when a tablet can run my TF2 flawlessly and when I can upgrade it by changing parts instead of buying an entirely new tablet. How many times are they gonna call the PC market dead before they realize how essential the PC market is?
Too bad Canonical is also trying for a slice of the already stuffed tablet and mobile market (face it, that's where the Unity interface has been headed)
You mean GNOME3, right? That was made with tablets in mind, all Unity did was expand on the concept by adding unnecessary features.
Dear Richard Stallman, do you think that the benefits of porting Steam to GNU/Linux, such as getting more people to switch to a free OS, outweigh the negative effects, such as having DRM on GNU/Linux?
The record-breaking sales of MW3, as well as Battlefield 3 and Skyrim's success are enough to prove this guy completely wrong. Just another sensationalist thing written in a sensationalist magazine. What next, the desktop market dying because of tablets?
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Won't that piss off the robots?
For quite a while I used to dual-boot between Windows 7 and whatever the distro-of-the-month was for me during that particular time, I had to stop though because it became a mess to manage files between the two after a while. The only thing still keeping me on Windows is just a handful of the games I play, everything else I ever do on the PC can be done better in Linux. In contrast to what a lot of other people said here, I'm actually more satisfied with the drivers on Linux than those on Windows, but that's probably because I never had graphics issues since I have Intel integrated graphics instead of a proper dedicated graphics card. For example, a really old scanner that I have works just fine in 64-bit Linux, but absolutely refuses to function in 64-bit Windows. As for other tasks, most of the non-game programs I use on Windows either started on Linux or have Linux ports (LibreOffice, Transmission), and of course programming in Linux is a lot easier than in Windows thanks to gcc being built-in.
As for games, 2/3 of the ones I play have either been ported to Linux because of Steam for Linux (such as Team Fortress 2) or work just fine under Wine (Darkest Hour, Starcraft 1). However, the Steam ports don't seem to be working for me since I have Ironlake graphics and not the newere Ivy Bridge / Sandy Bridge chips, and since I'm on a laptop and have a tight budget at the moment, an upgrade is out of the question for the time being. That is the only thing keeping me from switching.
More often than you think, actually. ".me" is having a lot of use, along with some dot coms adopting weird URL's to shorten their default ones for share links (Youtube becomes youtu.be, Twitter uses t.co (I think)). What you are thinking of is most likely .co.cc, those are the ones with all the spammers usually
Evangelion black and white and blue and white and the other hand I am not sure if you can see the light of the most part of my favorite things.
I'm dying XD
Because he can't run?
PC makers probably didn’t mean for that to happen, but there you have it. They're a victim of unplanned non-obsolescence.
Oh, okay, but then how do you explain my laptop not being able to run the latest games after only 2 years of service? (I bought it right before Sandy Bridge came out)
Also, there have been way too many articles on this topic lately. It's almost how about a year ago every second article had something to do with cloud computing...
Seems like all your complaints go back to the start menu. Have you heard about start menu replacement programs such as Start8 or Classic Start? As for my complaints about Windows 8, apart from the start menu which can be fixed through third-party utilities, what angered me the most is UI inconsistencies (2 control panels? Really?). I also thought it was a bit silly how you have to login with your Live account to use apps... actually, apps on a desktop PC are pretty silly to begin with.
"This is horrific news for PCs," said BGC Financial analyst Colin Gillis. "It's all about mobile computing now. We have definitely reached the tipping point."
Call me back when a tablet can run my TF2 flawlessly and when I can upgrade it by changing parts instead of buying an entirely new tablet. How many times are they gonna call the PC market dead before they realize how essential the PC market is?
Ah, but you can multitask now! http://pureinfotech.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/snap-view-50-50-850x637.png
OpenBox maybe?
All these puns! Someone needs to take a
it's just propagating a distro. But if you want to talk about small distros, I'm gonna suggest Puppy for its usability in a pinch at just under 160 MB
You can run even the latest and greatest Windows versions of Steam games via playonlinux
Enjoy your one frame per second!
Guess he wasn't firm enough about his decision
the biases they have are generally not shared by the mainstream US media.
Of course they don't, have you SEEN how much RT bashes the US?
Too bad Canonical is also trying for a slice of the already stuffed tablet and mobile market (face it, that's where the Unity interface has been headed)
You mean GNOME3, right? That was made with tablets in mind, all Unity did was expand on the concept by adding unnecessary features.
Dear Richard Stallman, do you think that the benefits of porting Steam to GNU/Linux, such as getting more people to switch to a free OS, outweigh the negative effects, such as having DRM on GNU/Linux?
You might want to check your PC clock. I think the battery died.
I guess some of us didn't survive Y2K then
I guess people in the Roman Empire were all counting to potato then
I've heard both pronunciations
Guess they didn't have enough evidence to be firm about the issue
The record-breaking sales of MW3, as well as Battlefield 3 and Skyrim's success are enough to prove this guy completely wrong. Just another sensationalist thing written in a sensationalist magazine. What next, the desktop market dying because of tablets?
ALWAYS!
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