Comments on: New Computer (and its woes) http://blog.danfego.net/2009/05/new-computer-and-its-woes/ A guy like me? Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:32:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dan http://blog.danfego.net/2009/05/new-computer-and-its-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-1486 Dan Sat, 30 May 2009 19:31:58 +0000 http://blog.danfego.net/?p=234#comment-1486 <a href="#comment-1460" rel="nofollow">@Sendomar</a> But wait, doesn't Urban Terror run on Linux, too? @Sendomar But wait, doesn’t Urban Terror run on Linux, too?

]]> By: Sendomar http://blog.danfego.net/2009/05/new-computer-and-its-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-1460 Sendomar Tue, 26 May 2009 17:06:00 +0000 http://blog.danfego.net/?p=234#comment-1460 I'm in the same boat too now. Gotta do the game thing and except for Urban Terror I do windows. I do all my work in Linux and gaming in Vista and it just means I gotta reboot alot. Sucks but just how it is. If only windows could be like my linux desktop. Oh well. If you don't have the time to put into Gentoo try Arch for a bit, a lot like Gentoo but with precompiled binaries, and a good wiki. I’m in the same boat too now. Gotta do the game thing and except for Urban Terror I do windows. I do all my work in Linux and gaming in Vista and it just means I gotta reboot alot. Sucks but just how it is. If only windows could be like my linux desktop. Oh well. If you don’t have the time to put into Gentoo try Arch for a bit, a lot like Gentoo but with precompiled binaries, and a good wiki.

]]> By: Strayer http://blog.danfego.net/2009/05/new-computer-and-its-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-1457 Strayer Tue, 26 May 2009 08:45:31 +0000 http://blog.danfego.net/?p=234#comment-1457 Oh, how I know that situation! I love to use Linux, but always these stupid games... ;) It's so sad that most of the games just don't run because of DirectX. I currently run Windows 7 (RC1) on my computers and THIS one feels really nice, so at least I can use my computers ;) Though a clean Gentoo desktop would feel...so-much-better :/ Regards Oh, how I know that situation! I love to use Linux, but always these stupid games… ;) It’s so sad that most of the games just don’t run because of DirectX.

I currently run Windows 7 (RC1) on my computers and THIS one feels really nice, so at least I can use my computers ;) Though a clean Gentoo desktop would feel…so-much-better :/

Regards

]]> By: Dan http://blog.danfego.net/2009/05/new-computer-and-its-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-1456 Dan Tue, 26 May 2009 07:21:18 +0000 http://blog.danfego.net/?p=234#comment-1456 @Andreas I think the particular phase of my life right now (just out of college, looking for work, etc.) kinda puts the whole game thing on a slightly higher tier. What with wanting to unwind and relax and enjoy myself. :P But that may shift to your perspective over time, and for my own sake (i.e. the person I'd like to be), I hope it does. ;) @Dion I actually investigated using a VM, and went as far as to install an XP VM in Linux, but alas, Direct X doesn't seem to work. Well, it seems to work, but all reports say that it doesn't *actually* work. At least not in VirtualBox, my virtualization software of choice. Actually, you just made me think about this a bit... perhaps I should look at VMware as well. @Andreas I think the particular phase of my life right now (just out of college, looking for work, etc.) kinda puts the whole game thing on a slightly higher tier. What with wanting to unwind and relax and enjoy myself. :P But that may shift to your perspective over time, and for my own sake (i.e. the person I’d like to be), I hope it does. ;)

@Dion I actually investigated using a VM, and went as far as to install an XP VM in Linux, but alas, Direct X doesn’t seem to work. Well, it seems to work, but all reports say that it doesn’t *actually* work. At least not in VirtualBox, my virtualization software of choice. Actually, you just made me think about this a bit… perhaps I should look at VMware as well.

]]> By: Dion Moult http://blog.danfego.net/2009/05/new-computer-and-its-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-1455 Dion Moult Tue, 26 May 2009 07:15:21 +0000 http://blog.danfego.net/?p=234#comment-1455 I'm not too sure about this decision, but would a VM work? Or use your old computer as a gaming platform! Or is it not powerful enough? I’m not too sure about this decision, but would a VM work?

Or use your old computer as a gaming platform! Or is it not powerful enough?

]]> By: Andreas Nilsson http://blog.danfego.net/2009/05/new-computer-and-its-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-1454 Andreas Nilsson Tue, 26 May 2009 06:42:47 +0000 http://blog.danfego.net/?p=234#comment-1454 Hello, I'm in a similar situation, and i reasoned that one OS allowes me to do my work, assignments and such in an environment i like, the other OS allows me to play tf2 on occasion. So I dual-boot, but i tend to have OpenSolaris booted most of the time. Wine is supposed to handle tf2, but I never got it to work either :( Hello,

I’m in a similar situation, and i reasoned that one OS allowes me to do my work, assignments and such in an environment i like, the other OS allows me to play tf2 on occasion. So I dual-boot, but i tend to have OpenSolaris booted most of the time.

Wine is supposed to handle tf2, but I never got it to work either :(

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