Comment Hate to beat the dead horse (Score 1) 1852
IT'S THE GAMES, IT'S THE GAMES, IT'S THE GAMES, IT'S THE GAMES!!!!!
Maybe not for this guy but it is for me. When Warcraft III comes out for linux (yeah right) I'm switching for good. I know there are some ports available but you have to wait an extra amount of time to get those ports while your friends are already playing the latest games on their pc the day of release. I know there are a lot of people in here that don't game, but a lot of the people who can use linux but don't, play pc games.
Look at what I perceive to the average linux home user. He's a dual-booter. Works and surfs in linux, and plays games in Windows. Until that changes Windows will still dominate.
On the subject of rude linux users and the RTFM mantra, I can see both sides of the issue. Noobs should quit being lazy and read the documentation. But as a softare test engineer, I know how programmers write documentation. Something is always left out, and the directions are dumbed down with grudging, painful, gun-to-the-head, joy.
As far as the critical and insulting jerks that hang out in the linux help forums and slam people...I know part of the joy of knowing something someone else doesn't, is being able to make fun of them. Just don't whine when they go back to windows.
Linux rocks as a server but it has a way to go before it can dominate the desktop. And just to head this off at the pass, I don't use macs for gaming because I want to be able to replace my processor, video card, and sound card every year for under $600. And yes I get just as good, if not better, performance than my friends who spend thousands of dollars a year buying the latest Macs.
Maybe not for this guy but it is for me. When Warcraft III comes out for linux (yeah right) I'm switching for good. I know there are some ports available but you have to wait an extra amount of time to get those ports while your friends are already playing the latest games on their pc the day of release. I know there are a lot of people in here that don't game, but a lot of the people who can use linux but don't, play pc games.
Look at what I perceive to the average linux home user. He's a dual-booter. Works and surfs in linux, and plays games in Windows. Until that changes Windows will still dominate.
On the subject of rude linux users and the RTFM mantra, I can see both sides of the issue. Noobs should quit being lazy and read the documentation. But as a softare test engineer, I know how programmers write documentation. Something is always left out, and the directions are dumbed down with grudging, painful, gun-to-the-head, joy.
As far as the critical and insulting jerks that hang out in the linux help forums and slam people...I know part of the joy of knowing something someone else doesn't, is being able to make fun of them. Just don't whine when they go back to windows.
Linux rocks as a server but it has a way to go before it can dominate the desktop. And just to head this off at the pass, I don't use macs for gaming because I want to be able to replace my processor, video card, and sound card every year for under $600. And yes I get just as good, if not better, performance than my friends who spend thousands of dollars a year buying the latest Macs.
