Quoting: "Cheeseness, post: 6020, member: 122"The only major difference at the moment that I know of is Office's new(ish) "ribbon" replacement for the toolbar.

Which almost everybody hates. ;)

View this comment - View article - View full comments

I would definitely argue that Linux has the advantage when it comes to older hardware support because of the in-kernel driver model. It also scales down better than Windows on older hardware too, but that is a completely separate issue. Linux has a disadvantage when it comes to the latest hardware for the same reason, but once something does get good support, it will tend to last practically forever assuming it get's into the kernel.

My transition to Linux came around the same time I really moved from a regular computer user to an administrator, so my learning curve was about as steep as it would have been if I had stuck with Windows. The motivation to stick with the old system was never really there for me though; the only reason I stuck with Windows for as a long as I did was because I had to for School, which later did not become an issue. Once I learned how to use a package manager I was pretty much set.

Now, my gaming was curiously well suited to moving to Linux as I had grew up mostly playing old DOS games and idtech titles which probably helped quite a bit, but it was not that hard for me and that was six or seven years ago when I moved full time.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

To be fair, the assumption of large user growth might be nothing more than hot air.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Maybe it is because I know my way around already, but the only Wiki I find to be up to snuff is the Arch wiki. I was never all that impressed with Ubuntu's documentation to be honest, and while it's forums are helpful, they are not alone in this and I find it a little off putting for people to state that they are.

Plus I do not think Ubuntu has made that huge a contribution to making things easier, but that may be a topic for another thread.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: "liamdawe, post: 5974, member: 1"Looks like Windows 8 will be quite the dive-bomb I have been hoping for but who knows will Microsoft do a U-Turn and open up again a bit more...i doubt it, they want more revenue and their own store is the way to really do it these days.

The thing about Windows 8 is that I have heard almost nothing about it during it's launch - virtually no news coverage or advertising. Compare that to the Windows 7 launch, or even more especially, the Windows Vista launch. Does not bode well for them.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: "liamdawe, post: 5958, member: 1"On the page again confirms Linux support. Along with Linux support the game will be available on Steam + DRM Free option as well.

*perks interest*

View this comment - View article - View full comments

The game itself looks kind of neat - although it does take the first person ghost effect to an almost unhealthy extreme.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

If you want one game that has aged brilliantly, it is RTCW.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: "SCIBOTIC, post: 5925"The "GNU/Linux" argument has been adopted by trolls as easy material for annoying Linux users. I pretty much laughed at the title since I've seen it so many times before, not only for the fact that it was most likely a troll but also for the fact that it has always been rather unproductive even when people took it seriously.

It does have a point though - the GNU project does still need to be taken seriously. I admit, I say Linux more than I say GNU/Linux, but I do understand why they make a fuss about it. Linus does not need the fame or the credit (in fact he has been trying to live it down for the past fifteen years). The GNU project does, as it always needs more hands and more developers and more money. So I can understand why they may get upset about their (large) contributions getting slighted.

Quoting: "Larian1975, post: 5919"Funny - not as in "ha ha", but rather as in "strange you should say that". While I certainly appreciate the command line for its utility, I don't use it most of the time unless I'm trying to fix something. Indeed, for me Linux is "click-and-it-works" because I've made my machine run that way. Surely I'm not the only one.:)

Yeah, but I do you pity them. Using the CLI is quite literally a life changing positive experience. ;)

Quoting: "Cheeseness, post: 5923, member: 122"I'm not quite sure of what it is you're saying. Is B Free Software in this case? If so, why would costs of development be increased?

I think he is just advancing the Micheal Simms argument:
http://blog.linuxgamepublishing.com/2009/06/29/a-closed-source-companys-ceos-view-on-open-source/ [External Link]

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Probably just an act of community moderation. Probably...

View this comment - View article - View full comments