Except that now more and more hardware/software is supporting linux. When I started using linux I had to have such specific hardware, nothing seemed to work and it was really annoying to do anything in. Now I just go to Fry's and figure, hey that probably works in linux, generally it does (unless it's like a winmodem or something.)
The key here, as usual, is the word "generally". I have to TRY to find hardware that is incomatable with win2k these days.
Gaming support(OpenGL ring a bell?) UT2K3 and 2K4 are both written for DirectX and were both ported to OpenGL, Doom 3 and every other game from ID Software will be OpenGL and will have linux support, half-life 2 probably won't have linux support as I see valve moving farther and father from linux (not that they were moving closer, just that half-life no longer works in linux thanks to all the new features they added to it that were totally useless and unecessary.) Most other new games will probably follow in Epic's and ID Software's footsteps and have linux support, if not there's always wine (ps, UT has come with the linux installer right on the disk, and a lot of my new hardware has too, most of the drivers are available the day I buy the hardware so what wait till drivers or software are you talking about?)
You have GOT to be joking...if you are comparing the feeble OpenGL performance on Linux to windows. One popular game finally releases an on-disk linux installer, and now "everything" is compatable? please. everquest? planetside? anarchy-online? the sims? star wars galaxies? city of hero's? world of warcraft? Don't make me laugh.
Of course, I am sure you will point out that john doe over at www.reallycrappybetasoftware.com has a hacked up linux binary, and even tho it is still super-alpha-beta software, we should all format our gaming machines.
How naive.
I dunno I wouldn't call my sister or her boyfriend linux zealots, they're like your everyday AOL users, but she sat down at my desk constantly, always able to find her way around (afterstep, which actually amazed me, but I have icons on Wharf). She knew the two icons she wanted (mozilla and gaim) and she used them just like she'd use IE or AIM in windows. I don't think it'd be that hard to tell people "Uhhh just click this icon to go into open office, it's just like microsoft office."
Excellent. I personally do not know the Icon for gaim, but I am glad that it is easily recognizable to first time users. For your next test, have your mother and father sit down and pop out a word document, Or possibly your grandmother. Because that is what most of the workforce in office jobs are. 40 to 70 year olds that needed a good deal of training to use windows 95 when it came out, and would cost money and time to do it again for linux. What about when the system crashes and cannot autofsck? Holy hell, what would grandma do then? Or perhaps grandma wants to share pictures of the family, and turns on an anonymous FTPD on the machine without first checking for patches? Hello remote root compromise, my name is timmy. Let's play!
Just wondering but where else does microsoft get money from if not their desktop market? I thought they got shitloads of money from OEMs that are locked into using Microsoft on every new computer they make, Microsoft is not the king of the server market, their browser is only for their desktop (meaning they'd have no real market advantage if much less people used it), they're losing money on their console, I believe the ISP is making no money either, their search engine isn't dominating, I'm pretty sure the only thing that microsoft is dominating is the desktop market, well there's the office suite, but if 40% of the people weren't using windows, they're probably using open office. I could be wrong though. Anyway, if MS was down to 60% of the desktop market I could see them as being totally fscked, I don't see this happening in the near future, but if it did Microsoft would have to think up some new ideas, like
Personally, Does it really matter what version of Directx is being used? X supports excatly none of them.
Exotic hardware? hell, dazzle, cheapo soundcards, cheapo network cards, hardware based video encoding cards...for confrencing, etc.
Personally, I consider "desktop" to be a machine that can do literally everything. a "server" should do one thing, and one thing well. Run well coded deamons with nothing else impacting the machine, so that it may serve requests in top form. IE apache, postgresql, you get the idea.
a workstation? well, that is what most businesses need. A machine that does not really require massive software support, or a cross between a server and a desktop. Workstations are the "grey" area between the two.
a Desktop, on the otherhand....needs to do it all. Play all games. Run all software. Take any hardware you throw at it.
Hence, in the "Desktop" market, linux has a long long way to go. taking a few years to port games...not supporting random hardware..lenghty and buggy ports of common applications....All of this adds up.
GPL Windows? That has to be the most idiotic question ever posted to them. I mean really..How many "real" companies...fortune 100..hell, fortune 1000 companies, live with GPL code as thier main product?
I can help you count. 0. none. nadda. zilch.
If you have to ask why, never leave that naive state of mind you currently have...since the real world will most likly scare you the second you do.
Please don't confuse "preference" with "user base". Microsoft own's the desktop market completly. It is not even a question of Microsoft admiting linux is "better". the WORLD is saying Microsoft is better. It sucks, but that is a simple truth for you.
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Except that now more and more hardware/software is supporting linux. When I started using linux I had to have such specific hardware, nothing seemed to work and it was really annoying to do anything in. Now I just go to Fry's and figure, hey that probably works in linux, generally it does (unless it's like a winmodem or something.)
The key here, as usual, is the word "generally". I have to TRY to find hardware that is incomatable with win2k these days.
Gaming support(OpenGL ring a bell?) UT2K3 and 2K4 are both written for DirectX and were both ported to OpenGL, Doom 3 and every other game from ID Software will be OpenGL and will have linux support, half-life 2 probably won't have linux support as I see valve moving farther and father from linux (not that they were moving closer, just that half-life no longer works in linux thanks to all the new features they added to it that were totally useless and unecessary.) Most other new games will probably follow in Epic's and ID Software's footsteps and have linux support, if not there's always wine (ps, UT has come with the linux installer right on the disk, and a lot of my new hardware has too, most of the drivers are available the day I buy the hardware so what wait till drivers or software are you talking about?)
You have GOT to be joking...if you are comparing the feeble OpenGL performance on Linux to windows. One popular game finally releases an on-disk linux installer, and now "everything" is compatable? please. everquest? planetside? anarchy-online? the sims? star wars galaxies? city of hero's? world of warcraft? Don't make me laugh.
Of course, I am sure you will point out that john doe over at www.reallycrappybetasoftware.com has a hacked up linux binary, and even tho it is still super-alpha-beta software, we should all format our gaming machines.
How naive.
I dunno I wouldn't call my sister or her boyfriend linux zealots, they're like your everyday AOL users, but she sat down at my desk constantly, always able to find her way around (afterstep, which actually amazed me, but I have icons on Wharf). She knew the two icons she wanted (mozilla and gaim) and she used them just like she'd use IE or AIM in windows. I don't think it'd be that hard to tell people "Uhhh just click this icon to go into open office, it's just like microsoft office."
Excellent. I personally do not know the Icon for gaim, but I am glad that it is easily recognizable to first time users. For your next test, have your mother and father sit down and pop out a word document, Or possibly your grandmother. Because that is what most of the workforce in office jobs are. 40 to 70 year olds that needed a good deal of training to use windows 95 when it came out, and would cost money and time to do it again for linux. What about when the system crashes and cannot autofsck? Holy hell, what would grandma do then? Or perhaps grandma wants to share pictures of the family, and turns on an anonymous FTPD on the machine without first checking for patches? Hello remote root compromise, my name is timmy. Let's play!
Just wondering but where else does microsoft get money from if not their desktop market? I thought they got shitloads of money from OEMs that are locked into using Microsoft on every new computer they make, Microsoft is not the king of the server market, their browser is only for their desktop (meaning they'd have no real market advantage if much less people used it), they're losing money on their console, I believe the ISP is making no money either, their search engine isn't dominating, I'm pretty sure the only thing that microsoft is dominating is the desktop market, well there's the office suite, but if 40% of the people weren't using windows, they're probably using open office. I could be wrong though. Anyway, if MS was down to 60% of the desktop market I could see them as being totally fscked, I don't see this happening in the near future, but if it did Microsoft would have to think up some new ideas, like
Personally, Does it really matter what version of Directx is being used? X supports excatly none of them. Exotic hardware? hell, dazzle, cheapo soundcards, cheapo network cards, hardware based video encoding cards...for confrencing, etc. Personally, I consider "desktop" to be a machine that can do literally everything. a "server" should do one thing, and one thing well. Run well coded deamons with nothing else impacting the machine, so that it may serve requests in top form. IE apache, postgresql, you get the idea. a workstation? well, that is what most businesses need. A machine that does not really require massive software support, or a cross between a server and a desktop. Workstations are the "grey" area between the two. a Desktop, on the otherhand....needs to do it all. Play all games. Run all software. Take any hardware you throw at it. Hence, in the "Desktop" market, linux has a long long way to go. taking a few years to port games...not supporting random hardware..lenghty and buggy ports of common applications....All of this adds up.
GPL Windows? That has to be the most idiotic question ever posted to them. I mean really..How many "real" companies...fortune 100..hell, fortune 1000 companies, live with GPL code as thier main product? I can help you count. 0. none. nadda. zilch. If you have to ask why, never leave that naive state of mind you currently have...since the real world will most likly scare you the second you do.
Please don't confuse "preference" with "user base". Microsoft own's the desktop market completly. It is not even a question of Microsoft admiting linux is "better". the WORLD is saying Microsoft is better. It sucks, but that is a simple truth for you.
Heh. Did you copy/paste that from Fedora's Install? :)