Posted January 13, 2015
Hello, I'm starting this thread to discusses the difference between OpenGL DirectX as well as Linux and Windows.
This all started when a thread about extracting data from an exe went off topic and we all started talking about operating systems.
Let me start by stating that I like Linux, but I feel it's been over sold by it's fans and I don't think it has a future in the gaming industry in it's current state. The key word being state. It's only my opinion, but I don't think neither industry or the end user base will see Linux as an attractive platform due to what I can only describe as a mish mash of small problems that add up to one big problem with Linux. If I had to biol it down though I'd say the lack of centralisation. There's a lot of distors out there that all have their own repositories which are needed for your drivers and programs to work. Not only that but apps require dependences and those dependences may also require other dependences and again this varies depending no your distro. So going to a website and downloading your favorate app or driver to install on your favourite Linux distro is not as simply as simply clicking on a little picture and having it happen.
If there's one thing I'll say about the mass PC user base that is all they want to do is click on little pictures and have things work with as little getting in the way as possible. Not only is nothing in Linux quite that simple I found that in my experience with Linux fans is that they tend to resent that very idea/ Almost as if ease of use and simplicity is some kind of sin. They seem to prefer doing things the hard way, even when using Windows where an easier way is available the common Linux user will try and take a more unorthodox way of solving it. Case and point. Trying to manually extract game data from the most idiot proof installer I have ever seen.
As a reminder is all my opinion and I would like to post this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnsXRdU98uw This Youtube video is made by someone who also likes Linux but makes what I think is a very good point.
This all started when a thread about extracting data from an exe went off topic and we all started talking about operating systems.
Let me start by stating that I like Linux, but I feel it's been over sold by it's fans and I don't think it has a future in the gaming industry in it's current state. The key word being state. It's only my opinion, but I don't think neither industry or the end user base will see Linux as an attractive platform due to what I can only describe as a mish mash of small problems that add up to one big problem with Linux. If I had to biol it down though I'd say the lack of centralisation. There's a lot of distors out there that all have their own repositories which are needed for your drivers and programs to work. Not only that but apps require dependences and those dependences may also require other dependences and again this varies depending no your distro. So going to a website and downloading your favorate app or driver to install on your favourite Linux distro is not as simply as simply clicking on a little picture and having it happen.
If there's one thing I'll say about the mass PC user base that is all they want to do is click on little pictures and have things work with as little getting in the way as possible. Not only is nothing in Linux quite that simple I found that in my experience with Linux fans is that they tend to resent that very idea/ Almost as if ease of use and simplicity is some kind of sin. They seem to prefer doing things the hard way, even when using Windows where an easier way is available the common Linux user will try and take a more unorthodox way of solving it. Case and point. Trying to manually extract game data from the most idiot proof installer I have ever seen.
As a reminder is all my opinion and I would like to post this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnsXRdU98uw This Youtube video is made by someone who also likes Linux but makes what I think is a very good point.