Tom's Hardware Reviews ATI and Nvidia on Linux 201
Beuno writes "I stumbled upon a GeForce vs Radeon review on Tom's Hardware, which seems normal enough. The big surprise is that it was actually a comparison of those two video cards on Linux (Fedora Core 5).
The review isn't as thorough as I would like, but it does review all aspects ranging from tools available, complexity of getting them to work and benchmarks on performance.
To me, this is a clear signs of Linux finally making a long expected breakthrough into common desktops."
Compatibility... (Score:3, Insightful)
I know I'd move properly from XP if this were the case, and I suspect a lot of gamers feel the same way - there are a large portion that only use XP because getting the games to run under Linux is such a hassle.
We can but hope...
Ah yes (Score:4, Insightful)
Like erm
Oh, 3D rendering. I mean, everyone in my office spends all day doing 3D rendering.
Clue : if the speed at which windows are blitted to the screen is the rate determining step in you workflow, you're probably not getting paid enough.
Re:Linux on the desktop (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Linux on desktops? (Score:4, Insightful)
Excellent troll my friend. Explain http://www.desktoplinux.com/index.html [desktoplinux.com]
Out of the 4 Desktops and 1 laptop in my home, 2 dual-boot, 3 are full time Linux.(All Debian) All of them gamers.
With an NVidia Graphics card Linux is a viable desktop. For work, web and Leisure.
Free Software is not a hobby, it is a way of life.
I look forward to the money I will save and you will spend on Vista. I look forward to the knowledge I will gain and you will be ignorant of. I look forward to modifying my system and my code to my liking, while you look forward to being locked out, broken apps and slashed features, and unsolvable crashes. (lest I forget the required reboots and reinstalls)
To each his own.
Re:Linux on the desktop (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Compatibility... (Score:1, Insightful)
No, he lives on a planet where 7 years have 84 months.
KFG
Re:Compatibility... (Score:4, Insightful)
Yes it is, at least if you do it in order to imitate a different system. The word "emulate" means "behave in a fashion that imitates". Stop trying to redefine it to some restrictive use that would be better of being called "simulation".
Re:Compatibility... (Score:1, Insightful)