The new Gnome2 looks like it is going to be pretty cool. It’s nice to see linux getting such attractive and useable windows managers now days. I just wish something could be done as to the graphics situation. It seems game support is the big killer for linux on home PCs, but I think it is not a problem on business type systems.
I’m not sure what the majorities preference here is, at least of those who use linux. I’m mainly using Ximian Gnome right now, but I also have KDE 3 installed. KDE is nice, but for some reason, I always end up back at Gnome. Although Enlightenment was nice experience, I’m gonna wait a little on E17 to really go with it. I keep Windowmaker around for the times I need a really long render or absolute stability.
I just wish something could be done as to the graphics situation. It seems game support is the big killer for linux on home PCs, but I think it is not a problem on business type systems.
You got it all wrong. Linux graphics are just fine. Better than Windows even. The problem is that lots of games use DirectX. DirectX costs money. Open source developers can’t pay money. Linux is open source. Linux users like open source. Linux uses open source alternatives to DirectX.
There are other APIs that are better than DirectX. I do all of my VR stuff in Linux using OpenGL, GLSL and NVidia’s Cg. The results are better than anything I could get using DirectX. The trouble is, how do you convince big games developers to take a risk programming for an OS like linux? Linux is for servers, businesses and serious power users but not many people play games on it so where is the linux games market?
That’s why there are few linux games. Nothing to do with the software. Its to do with the market.
Its one of those problems, with Linux, there arent many “Big” games for it, so the average person wont use Linux, but developers wont make games for Linux untill there are lots of people using it.
It doesnt help that DirectX is just for Windows.
Although large companies that create games engines to sell, support Linux. Like ID with there quake engine and the Doom engine, and also the creators of Unreal Tournament support Linux. Mainly because there engines use OpenGL.
I wish Valve would get their tongue out of M$ …s and make Linux version of Steam and it’s applications(the ones they’ve made ofc), we would have a lot more games. But then again Gabe Newell is ex-M$oft employee with couple of patent awards on his shelf…
All of this reminds me that I should get the DIII binaries for linux and install it. ID software has always been supportive towards open source. GPL’ed engines for example.
As far as I know, one could use SDL, OpenGL and OpenAL to great hell of a good cross platform games. Damn game developers haven’t open their eyes for other market areas… I know I’d get my games on linux, if there were more.
You got it all wrong. Linux graphics are just fine. Better than Windows even. The problem is that lots of games use DirectX. DirectX costs money. Open source developers can’t pay money. Linux is open source. Linux users like open source. Linux uses open source alternatives to DirectX.
Hmmm… I was having a problem similar to this. I have Fedora Core 4, and I installed Unreal Tournament on it. The thing runs at about 1 frame a second. My specs are 1.1Ghz with 512 RAM.
If its nvidia, then its more likely you havent got the drivers installed.
I do have an NVidia GeForce2. What do you mean I don’t have the drivers installed? When I install Linux it asks for the card type, and it selects the exact type I have, already.
Try not to dig up ancient threads folks. Since you’re all getting a kick out of it, I’ll leave it open. But don’t excite me like this. I thought acasto was back. lol
But then again Gabe Newell is ex-M$oft employee with couple of patent awards on his shelf…
ID software has always been supportive towards open source. GPL’ed engines for example.
