I admit I read only the posts with a higher rating. But some of those posts are plain stupid. Some people trying to support blindly what they read over and over again on some sites.
They talk about the space ocupied on the disk. But many games come on two or more CDs or on a DVD. Space is not an issue here. Maybe it was six years ago. But not anymore.
They talk about read-only filesystem. But they ignore the fact that even Live Linux distributions use the existing hardware to store various data. MandrakeMove uses a USB memory stick. Knoppix can save the rc files (or even the whole system!!!) on the existing harddrive (without interfering with the existing system, just another directory).
Problems with the drivers. But even nVidia can be convinced to supply the drivers for the actual game.
The patches problem - well, see the saving information. Those who invoked this argument didn't even bother to notice there are some years since most games offer LAN/Internet conectivity. A patch would be downloaded by default and saved next to the config files, game saves and all the rest.
And my favorite:<em> CD/DVDs deteriorate rapidly. Constant inserts/removals can lead to irreversible damage.</em> Dude! We're talking about CDs and not CDRWs.
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I admit I read only the posts with a higher rating. But some of those posts are plain stupid. Some people trying to support blindly what they read over and over again on some sites.
They talk about the space ocupied on the disk. But many games come on two or more CDs or on a DVD. Space is not an issue here. Maybe it was six years ago. But not anymore.
They talk about read-only filesystem. But they ignore the fact that even Live Linux distributions use the existing hardware to store various data. MandrakeMove uses a USB memory stick. Knoppix can save the rc files (or even the whole system!!!) on the existing harddrive (without interfering with the existing system, just another directory).
Problems with the drivers. But even nVidia can be convinced to supply the drivers for the actual game.
The patches problem - well, see the saving information. Those who invoked this argument didn't even bother to notice there are some years since most games offer LAN/Internet conectivity. A patch would be downloaded by default and saved next to the config files, game saves and all the rest.
And my favorite:<em> CD/DVDs deteriorate rapidly. Constant inserts/removals can lead to irreversible damage.</em> Dude! We're talking about CDs and not CDRWs.