Perhaps the true factor actually lies in the distros ability to run cedega and the video drivers optimally? I have installed cedega on several distros with diferent results, based on this I can conclude that the difference lies in the distro because the cedega package did not change. Food for thought?
You sir are 100% correct. Until linux distros get together and agree on a universal desktop sound etc etc, it is why MS windows will always remain THE gaming OS, I guess it's good for MS because Windows is no good for anything else, windows would die out without gaming.
Very well said dude, My 2cents is, and I have tried pretty much all the most popular distros and a few that were not popular. Mandrake seems to have the best balence of ease of use and still sticking with the linux ideal. Isn't ease of use most important when it comes to gaming ? I want to play not get hung up in an endless mess of compiling and tweaking. Cedega and wine/winex seem to work best on the more mainstream distros. However as mentioned MS Windows XP is currently the best OS for gaming hands down. Unless you install linux on an Xbox:-)
My first post, You are so right and this is becoming more the norm everywhere. Personally I have been using linux (MDK mostly) for about 4 years and I can still do things faster in Windows than I can in Linux. Yea Linux is easy but it does seem to take longer to do things. For example installing Nvidia drivers it's real easy but it still takes less time to do it in windows. At this point I'm just as good at Linux as I am with Windows OSes but Windows (especially XP) tend to take less time to configure and set up this is especially true when trying to run new release games in Linux that were made for windows. So the last App for me is gaming it just to big a pain in the but to set up in Linux. I'm starting to rant so I'll end this here, just my 2cents worth.
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Perhaps the true factor actually lies in the distros ability to run cedega and the video drivers optimally? I have installed cedega on several distros with diferent results, based on this I can conclude that the difference lies in the distro because the cedega package did not change. Food for thought?
I'm not sure I agree with what you said but I love the way you said it and the way you think.
You sir are 100% correct. Until linux distros get together and agree on a universal desktop sound etc etc, it is why MS windows will always remain THE gaming OS, I guess it's good for MS because Windows is no good for anything else, windows would die out without gaming.
Very well said dude, My 2cents is, and I have tried pretty much all the most popular distros and a few that were not popular. Mandrake seems to have the best balence of ease of use and still sticking with the linux ideal. Isn't ease of use most important when it comes to gaming ? I want to play not get hung up in an endless mess of compiling and tweaking. Cedega and wine/winex seem to work best on the more mainstream distros. However as mentioned MS Windows XP is currently the best OS for gaming hands down. Unless you install linux on an Xbox :-)
My first post, You are so right and this is becoming more the norm everywhere. Personally I have been using linux (MDK mostly) for about 4 years and I can still do things faster in Windows than I can in Linux. Yea Linux is easy but it does seem to take longer to do things. For example installing Nvidia drivers it's real easy but it still takes less time to do it in windows. At this point I'm just as good at Linux as I am with Windows OSes but Windows (especially XP) tend to take less time to configure and set up this is especially true when trying to run new release games in Linux that were made for windows. So the last App for me is gaming it just to big a pain in the but to set up in Linux. I'm starting to rant so I'll end this here, just my 2cents worth.