techradar.com — What kind of user are you? Take a step back and ask yourself what you need from a Linux distribution. The answer isn't as obvious as you might think, and which distribution you do choose will have an effect on that distribution's future, and indirectly, that of Linux.
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beermadMay 10, 2009
But make sure you've got good backups for when it fails catastrophically...
disappointedMay 10, 2009
Developers will start supporting Linux when OGRE + Python + GNU C++ is much easier and more powerful to develop on than DirectX + C# + Visual C++Without an excellent API that makes cross-platform development a breeze, no-one's going to bother with a lot more work for a little more market - you're better off working on another Windows game.
mweatherMay 10, 2009
Got a link? All the tests I've seen put in under 5% faster than Vista. It won't even be noticeable.
theragu40May 11, 2009
That doesn't make it less of a pain than native support. No matter what, until games are natively supported in linux, it will be a bigger pain to play games in linux than in windows. I don't hate linux...I use it myself (though not as my main machine). It's just a fact that windows still has to be the platform of choice for gamers.
yfphMay 11, 2009
Should be a category for distros that use x server 1.5, since version 1.6 in Jaunty borked users of 1.5-2< year old ATI cards/chips when they want full 3D support. Yes, there are opensource drivers, but radeonhd is not quite there yet. However, if your ATI card isn't newer/older than 2 years, then you are SOL. Even with the recent release of docs and specs by ATI/AMD, it will take some time for the devs to implement support for 3D acceleration. I do not think it will reach parity with the proprietary drivers, but I'm not a gamer so I do not care. Oh yeah, avoid ATI like the plague when it comes to Linux.
Closed AccountMay 29, 2009
Can it run anything out of the box?
redfoxktOct 14, 2009
thats the greatness of linux...now i havnt used all the distros but like many people i like ubuntu one thing i noticed when switching from windows to using ubuntu almost all day is that 1) didnt have to spend hours gettting drivers for every thing in my computer and 2) windows crashes on me A LOT and ubuntu only crashed on me 2 times in the past 3 months but that was because of me =/..so i would say ubuntu