Vista Aero vs Ubuntu Beryl.

Here we go with all this silliness again. I have said it and will continue to say it ... until Linux really supports games worth a shyt and actually makes it easier to install them, it isn't worth much to people that like to play games!

Originally posted by BuffaloChips@Dec 12 2007, 11:10 AM
Here we go with all this silliness again. I have said it and will continue to say it ... until Linux really supports games worth a shyt and actually makes it easier to install them, it isn't worth much to people that like to play games!

I think you have a point. Yet, for office work, secure surfing and internet banking, it is excellent.

I run Ubuntu on a virtual machine using it for a intranet server for LANs, using a website control panel to launch the gameserver i want to play on.
I also run Samba so i can easily put any stuff on that box. Right now it just runs on Gnome, since i am a multitasker, but when i'm all done setting this up it won't run with a GUI and will be commandlined

It looks impressive but that bubbly shit seems unusable at best. fucking windows dissolving into bubbles. I just want to work goddamnit. :nxs:

Originally posted by Akherousin@Dec 12 2007, 08:50 PM
It looks impressive but that bubbly shit seems unusable at best. fucking windows dissolving into bubbles. I just want to work goddamnit. :nxs:

That interface was very "customised", Akherhousin. Ubuntu comes standardly with the Gnome desktop, and believe me it is much more suitable to work with then windows. Several desktops; a way better interface; and last but not least, it is much more stable (without an office suite that crashes every 15 minutes).

I find it interesting that someone posts about wanting to sell something and gets jumped because this is GAMERSHELL and people come here about gaming, but it is OK to carry on about an OS that has next to zero use for gaming. You guys can be so weird sometimes.

Originally posted by BuffaloChips@Dec 13 2007, 05:10 AM
You guys can be so weird sometimes.

Sometimes, you mean all the time Having a discussion on software is something else then using GH as your local ebay.

Anyway, this section subtitle is: Gamers use other software besides games! You must realise that Linux is currently making a huge comeback and many companies are starting to use opensource software because they can avoid the downsides and compatibility issues of closed source software with it. With coupled sales of soft and hardware becoming illegal in a year in Europe and many other continents the rpice and functions of software suddenly become really important instead f just settling for windows which came standard with all pc's.

Linux doesn't have next to zero use for gaming. Thousands of games run on it and looking at the average pc and what games it can run it shouldn't matter that it can't run the latest games. Those pc's can't either on windows.

Originally posted by Gazz@Dec 13 2007, 12:59 PM
[...] Linux doesn't have next to zero use for gaming. Thousands of games run on it [...]

I guess you mean in combination with programs like Wine and Cedega?

Yes, although there are enough games that run on Linux itself.

Originally posted by Gazz@Dec 13 2007, 02:35 PM
Yes, although there are enough games that run on Linux itself.

But .exe files are not compatible with Ubuntu, as far as I know. So running Windows-games without emulation or other "help", directly on Ubuntu, is something I can hardly imagine.