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sirTheMore

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« on: April 18, 2013, 07:16:14 PM »
Linux is complete and udder ass.  As I write this, I'm trying to play a simple online game and my screen is going absolutely f**k all nuts.  I guess I'll have to run a dozen obscure commands in the terminal to get my s**t back up and running... or just go back to using Window where stuff just works.  This "free" stuff just isn't worth my time.
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Re: On the notion of Linux
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2013, 08:24:55 PM »
I guess I'll have to run a dozen obscure commands in the terminal to get my s**t back up and running...
Good job.
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Re: Linux
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2013, 03:34:07 AM »
Linux is complete and udder ass.  As I write this, I'm trying to play a simple online game and my screen is going absolutely f**k all nuts.  I guess I'll have to run a dozen obscure commands in the terminal to get my s**t back up and running... or just go back to using Window where stuff just works.  This "free" stuff just isn't worth my time.
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Linux sucks when it comes to playing games.

Unless it's one of the new linux compatible steam games.
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Re: Linux
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2013, 03:40:07 AM »
Linux is complete and udder ass.  As I write this, I'm trying to play a simple online game and my screen is going absolutely f**k all nuts.  I guess I'll have to run a dozen obscure commands in the terminal to get my s**t back up and running... or just go back to using Window where stuff just works.  This "free" stuff just isn't worth my time.
sirTheMore

Linux sucks when it comes to playing games.

Unless it's one of the new linux compatible steam games.
Noob.

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Re: Linux
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2013, 05:53:40 AM »
Linux sucks when it comes to playing games.

Unless it's one of the new linux compatible steam games.

Or, you know, one of the many existing Linux-compatible games outside of Steam that have been around for years.
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Re: Linux
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2013, 07:42:43 AM »
Only a complete dumbass would get Linux for the sole purpose of using it as a gaming rig.

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sirTheMore

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Re: Linux
« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2013, 08:07:28 AM »
Linux sucks when it comes to playing games.

Unless it's one of the new linux compatible steam games.

Or, you know, one of the many existing Linux-compatible games outside of Steam that have been around for years.

You mean like Battle for Wesnoth?  The graphics in that piece of dog crap look like they were drawn by a 5yr old using MS Paint. 
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Re: Linux
« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2013, 09:53:43 AM »
Linux sucks when it comes to playing games.

Unless it's one of the new linux compatible steam games.

Or, you know, one of the many existing Linux-compatible games outside of Steam that have been around for years.
You mean the ones that use the Quake 3 engine?
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sirTheMore

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Re: Linux
« Reply #8 on: April 19, 2013, 04:58:04 PM »
Linux is ass.
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Re: Linux
« Reply #9 on: April 19, 2013, 05:28:50 PM »
Nah.  Linux is an intelligence test.  You failed.  Deal with it.
Science is what happens when preconception meets verification.
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Re: Linux
« Reply #10 on: April 19, 2013, 06:42:15 PM »
Nah.  Linux is an intelligence test.  You failed.  Deal with it.

Look out guys. Big e-penis coming.

See what I did there?

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Re: Linux
« Reply #11 on: April 19, 2013, 08:14:03 PM »
Linux sucks when it comes to playing games.

Unless it's one of the new linux compatible steam games.

Or, you know, one of the many existing Linux-compatible games outside of Steam that have been around for years.

You mean like Battle for Wesnoth?  The graphics in that piece of dog crap look like they were drawn by a 5yr old using MS Paint.

One might even say that it blows chimp.

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Parsifal

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Re: Linux
« Reply #12 on: April 20, 2013, 01:27:23 AM »
Linux sucks when it comes to playing games.

Unless it's one of the new linux compatible steam games.

Or, you know, one of the many existing Linux-compatible games outside of Steam that have been around for years.
You mean the ones that use the Quake 3 engine?

Among other existing Linux-compatible games outside of Steam, sure.
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Re: Linux
« Reply #13 on: April 20, 2013, 02:20:45 AM »
Look out guys. Big e-penis coming.

See what I did there?
Holy shit, how did you do this? You've announced your arrival while also arriving!1!!1!!!!!
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Lorddave

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Re: Linux
« Reply #14 on: April 20, 2013, 04:40:55 AM »
Linux sucks when it comes to playing games.

Unless it's one of the new linux compatible steam games.

Or, you know, one of the many existing Linux-compatible games outside of Steam that have been around for years.
You mean the ones that use the Quake 3 engine?

Among other existing Linux-compatible games outside of Steam, sure.
You're right.  There's a lot of crappy games with broken links.
http://www.icculus.org/lgfaq/gamelist.php
Along with a lot of ports that have major bugs or are only demos or just don't work.

And it looks like Loki Software is the biggest name in porting.
And tuxgames.com seems to be having issues.  But if the google cache is any indication, it's been inactive for a good year.
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sirTheMore

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Re: Linux
« Reply #15 on: April 25, 2013, 06:27:47 PM »
Linux 13 is so slow I want to poke my own eyes out with a rusty fork.  How can anyone happily use this monstrosity!?  And oh... the audacity that I might actually want to play one of my favourite online games!!!  Will Linass allow me to do this??? Of course the f*ck not...  G*d I hate this operating system.
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Re: Linux
« Reply #16 on: April 25, 2013, 06:39:12 PM »
What is Linux 13?  Do you mean Linux Mint 13?

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sirTheMore

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Re: Linux
« Reply #17 on: April 25, 2013, 06:43:05 PM »
What is Linux 13?  Do you mean Linux Mint 13?
F*ck NO
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Re: Linux
« Reply #18 on: April 25, 2013, 07:07:18 PM »
Linux is so awful that not even sirTheMore can remain a gentleman while discussing it.

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Re: Linux
« Reply #19 on: April 25, 2013, 07:13:50 PM »
Calculate Linux 13?

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Lorddave

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Re: Linux
« Reply #20 on: April 26, 2013, 03:37:17 AM »
I've never had an issue with speed on linux. Games on linux, however, is a different story and I suspect that is the source of your frustration.

The reason for your slowness or inability to play some games is not the fault of linux, it's the developers.

There are two major rendering libraries: OpenGL ans DirectX. One is open source, the other is Microsoft only.
Back 10 years ago, before windows XP became dominant, games would often be coded in both because developers didn't know what would win out. Over time, they moved almost exclusively to DirectX for one reason or another. As such, any game that uses DirectX won't work on linux. WINE helps fix this by creating a software compatibility layer to translate the instructions to something linux can read as well as using custom DirectX dll files. However, this isn't always successful or functional and can often require a lot of tweaking to get working.

There is something called PlayOnLinux www.playonlinux.com/en/

it helps install and run windows games by automating a lot of the tweaking for you.
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Re: Linux
« Reply #21 on: April 26, 2013, 04:45:55 AM »
Linux 13 is so slow I want to poke my own eyes out with a rusty fork.  How can anyone happily use this monstrosity!?  And oh... the audacity that I might actually want to play one of my favourite online games!!!  Will Linass allow me to do this??? Of course the f*ck not...  G*d I hate this operating system.

There is no such thing as Linux 13. The most recent version of Linux is 3.8.

This is proof that you are lying and are not, in fact, using Linux.
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Re: Linux
« Reply #22 on: April 26, 2013, 06:11:58 AM »
I think he's just confused on the numbers.

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sirTheMore

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Re: Linux
« Reply #23 on: April 26, 2013, 08:45:47 PM »
Linux 13 is so slow I want to poke my own eyes out with a rusty fork.  How can anyone happily use this monstrosity!?  And oh... the audacity that I might actually want to play one of my favourite online games!!!  Will Linass allow me to do this??? Of course the f*ck not...  G*d I hate this operating system.

There is no such thing as Linux 13. The most recent version of Linux is 3.8.

This is proof that you are lying and are not, in fact, using Linux.

My computer says 13.04 you moron.  Now what obscure command do I have to issue to get you believing me?  Or do I have to go "sudo"????
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Re: Linux
« Reply #24 on: April 27, 2013, 12:35:18 AM »
My computer says 13.04 you moron.

My computer says 2013-04-27. This cannot represent anything other than the version number of Linux, so I must be running Linux 2013.

It's way better than Linux 13. You should upgrade.

Now what obscure command do I have to issue to get you believing me?

cat /proc/version will tell you what your version of Linux identifies itself as, if you are indeed running Linux.

Or do I have to go "sudo"????

No, /proc/version is world-readable.
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Lorddave

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Re: Linux
« Reply #25 on: April 27, 2013, 03:59:39 AM »
13.04 is the latest version of Ubuntu.

So he is running Ubuntu.
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Re: Linux
« Reply #26 on: April 27, 2013, 04:00:58 AM »
13.04 is the latest version of Ubuntu.

Irrelevant.

So he is running Ubuntu.

No wonder he's so bitter and agnry.
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Re: Linux
« Reply #27 on: April 27, 2013, 04:05:23 AM »
13.04 is the latest version of Ubuntu.

Irrelevant.
Is that code for "I can't believe Dave figured it out before me"?

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So he is running Ubuntu.

No wonder he's so bitter and agnry.
Aside from the new Unity interface, what's the problem?
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Re: Linux
« Reply #28 on: April 27, 2013, 06:04:25 AM »
Is that code for "I can't believe Dave figured it out before me"?

No, it's code for "I'm irritated that Lorddave stated outright what I already knew but was trying to get sirTheMore to say for himself".

Aside from the new Unity interface, what's the problem?

Everything. Ubuntu has become an exercise in making Linux as bloated and unusable as possible.
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« Reply #29 on: April 27, 2013, 06:16:36 AM »
Everything. Ubuntu has become an exercise in making Linux as bloated and unusable as possible.
Ubuntu is the poster child for desktop Linux. Now imagine what the vulgar and uninitiated, such as myself, think when they see advocates of Linux cannibalising their own community.

Desktop Linux failed because the people who used it were all smug contrarians that roved around the internet in noisy groups being unhelpful and condescending.