Trying to switch to Linux

[VenomParticipant 310]

So, I finally switched to Linux.

Operating System:

Linux Mint

Desktop Environment: XFCE

Web Browser:

Firefox

add-ons:

Adblock
Classic Theme Restorer
Shortcuts For Google Products
Youtube MP3 Podcaster (allows you to download Youtube videos directly from your browser in MP3 format)

After doing this, I’m never going to use Windows again unless it’s for work.

[Anonymous 3]

Rennie wrote:

phoenix wrote:

And Steam and GOG both are moving towards Linux releases.

That’s for new games right? I couldn’t see them releasing say Interstate ’76 for Linux – due to lack of source code.

The really old stuff is actually even easier to run, Linux can emulate Windows and it can be run that way. PlayonLinux is the package environment that you’d generally use. Most really old games are pretty easy to get running because there wasn’t much to those old versions of Windows.

Newer games are harder to run mostly because of DirectX and MS Framework. Most of it has to be reverse engineered and its proprietary MS stuff so it’s tough to get done, especially the more recent the game is.

But realistically, most people aren’t going to play older games, and I think most people would prefer packages that work on Linux without the need for something like PlayonLinux.

There really weren’t very many good PC games until around the early 2000s anyway. Prior to that there were a few great games, but most of those are already released on Linux too. GOG has a whole bunch of them. Personally the only game I can remember on PC from way back was King’s Quest VI. Everything else wasn’t noteworthy really, and most of the games I remember playing around that time were console/handheld. I can’t remember when SimCity came out, that was another good one, might have been around then too. But still, really not many games, and I think most have a Linux release. You can check on GOG if you want.

[RennieParticipant]

Anonymous wrote:

Rennie wrote:

phoenix wrote:

And Steam and GOG both are moving towards Linux releases.

That’s for new games right? I couldn’t see them releasing say Interstate ’76 for Linux – due to lack of source code.

The really old stuff is actually even easier to run, Linux can emulate Windows and it can be run that way. PlayonLinux is the package environment that you’d generally use. Most really old games are pretty easy to get running because there wasn’t much to those old versions of Windows.

Newer games are harder to run mostly because of DirectX and MS Framework. Most of it has to be reverse engineered and its proprietary MS stuff so it’s tough to get done, especially the more recent the game is.

But realistically, most people aren’t going to play older games, and I think most people would prefer packages that work on Linux without the need for something like PlayonLinux.

There really weren’t very many good PC games until around the early 2000s anyway. Prior to that there were a few great games, but most of those are already released on Linux too. GOG has a whole bunch of them. Personally the only game I can remember on PC from way back was King’s Quest VI. Everything else wasn’t noteworthy really, and most of the games I remember playing around that time were console/handheld. I can’t remember when SimCity came out, that was another good one, might have been around then too. But still, really not many games, and I think most have a Linux release. You can check on GOG if you want.

In some cases they have to mean emulation because the older games were pretty much Windows only and most never saw a source release. Though occasionally there was one that did have a native Linux version at release like Quake3 and or had sources released years after they stopped being sold.

For some games there’s just no way you’ll ever see a native Linux port. That could also apply to many modern games too. Some companies are lazy, they only want to develop for Windows and have no intention of releasing the IP into the public domain ever. An example of such a company is the infamously greedy EA.

Back in the mid 90’s to about 2005 there were some pretty entertaining and even legendary games. Some of them were groundbreaking. Though I didn’t see alot of them till ~2000 due to having a pretty awful and useless computer until that point and a mother that prevented father from getting any remotely violent games.

[Single4EverParticipant 6]

I first tried linux back in ’03 with the Simply Mepis live cd. I became a full time linux user in ’07. I’ve always had a windows install available, but it rarely gets used except for the occasional game of pinball. I’ve tried all of the major distros, and a ton of not so well known distros also. But I’ve settled on Ubuntu from here on out because it just works perfectly for me.

Couldn’t even imagine using windows again as my main OS.

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