$450 Linux Gaming PC

[thecoroner]

http://gsreview.com/Joomla//content/view/131/38/

Check out the guide. It's amazing what you can do with Linux.

 

[tfinch2]

Wow, you can do that with Windows too. The difference is there aren't many good games for Linux.

 

[0roo0roo]

open source dev for gaming not working so well for linux. funny that.

 

[arcenite]

Uh... If linux had better support for games i'd be all over it. The fact is, it doesn't.

 

[PatboyX]

but is there anything to prevent me from buying this machine and using my current windows install on this new machine, destroying my old machine that has it?
ie: is that legal? something makes me feel like microsoft wouldnt like it but that it would still be within the bounds of what i agreed to when installing.
regardless, i dont really think 100 more dollars for windows is really that big a deal for a machine that is this cheap to begin with.
i imagine, though, the point was to break the 500 mark.

 

[TheArabian]

stupid article... big F'in deal

 

[MercenaryForHire]

On the contrary, has anyone ever noticed all the free, good games out there for Linux?

No. There's lots of free crap, but if you want to count game availability, ease of use, and time you'll spend actually playing - Windows stomps all over it.

Unfortunately, Newegg was unwilling to send me the parts needed to build the computer for free. So I'm going to skip over to the Linux part of this guide.

Translation - "I'm working from Mommy and Daddy's basement, and I can't even afford this "'budget PC.' But it's all M$'s fault!"

pengiun

I was pretty sure Chapter 1 of "How to be a Linux Sackrider" covered the correct spelling of penguin. Let's not even start on the other errata.

Cliffs: Article sucks.

- M4H

 

[bamacre]

Might as well by an XBox. 😉

 

[thecoroner]

You guys don't know Linux if you think gaming on it sucks. Wine and Cedega can be used to play many games on Linux and there are tons of free games for Linux. Just because a game doesn't look good to you doesn't mean sucks.

 

[Looney]

That was a pretty dumb article. For $450, you may as well just get an 360.

 

[eLiu]

He can do a lot better with sales... this box isnt the bwst you can do with $450

 

[TheArabian]

seriously, i can buy a f*cking emachine for less, who cares if the ****** is re-furbished...

 

[PatboyX]

Originally posted by: thecoroner
You guys don't know Linux if you think gaming on it sucks. Wine and Cedega can be used to play many games on Linux and there are tons of free games for Linux. Just because a game doesn't look good to you doesn't mean sucks.

well, thats not really the point.
if i could compile my own OS and get it to run every game that comes out for the PC it would still be a viable argument because my abilities and intelligence have no relevance for the rest of the population. (im not saying i can do any of that. and i think its sort of glib to push all responsibility on the users and not the developers for negative user response)

is it the users fault that linux is complicated to the uninitiated?
no.
is it a fault of the OS?
no. its flexibility and design method is crucial to its mission...but part of that mission means that it isnt accessible to simple users.

 

[TheArabian]

touche... so much pwnage

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: Looney
That was a pretty dumb article. For $450, you may as well just get an 360.

:thumbsup: or a pair of WII's for lan party gaming.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
open source dev for gaming not working so well for linux. funny that.

We can all thank proprietary Direct X for that. On the flip side, most OpenGL games port to linux with out much trouble. All we can do is just hope that in the future more developers will choose OpenGL over DX.

Also the poorer performance you get with linux can be attibuted to the video driver. Most of the Radeon/GeForce drivers are based off the workstation FireGL/Quadro driver for linux and as most of us know workstation cards provide great workstation performance but poor gaming FPS.

In the past with previous FireGL and Quadro's you could run the Gaming Catalyst/Detonatior driver (for Windows) and get the same performance level you would see if you were using Radeon/GeForce hardware. I suspect it still works, but do not know if this is still true today, but it probably is.

 

[0roo0roo]

i'm talking about open source development not porting. you know, makig an open source engine, then developing games and mods etc etc.

still, it boils down to linux being rather less than user friendly. sure its become much easier to install ..u can even boot off a dvd or cd, but the whole experience is not one for the masses