Gadget Lust Thread

[JussiKala]

Fix't Linux is awesome at everything. Windows is good for gaming. Mac is worthless overpriced trash. Linux has poor compatability. The vast majority of programs are designed for windows. ATI hardware is pretty crap on linux. (lotsa personal experience) Linux has poorer multi display support. And I can't game properly on linux. I could use WINE, but only a fraction of games work even with fixes and solutions, and then I can't achieve max graphics or good perormance. I'm a gamer, and so, windows is important to me in this aspect. Linux must be more difficult to customize to make it pretty, but I bet it's possible, just like windows. Windows has it easy with rainmeter, but I bet linux has something similar. Both can be made to look fantastic.

[LikesToTrip]

Linux has poor compatability. The vast majority of programs are designed for windows. ATI hardware is pretty crap on linux. (lotsa personal experience) Linux has poorer multi display support. And I can't game properly on linux. I could use WINE, but only a fraction of games work even with fixes and solutions, and then I can't achieve max graphics or good perormance. I'm a gamer, and so, windows is important to me in this aspect. Linux must be more difficult to customize to make it pretty, but I bet it's possible, just like windows. Windows has it easy with rainmeter, but I bet linux has something similar. Both can be made to look fantastic. The vast majority of OSS is designed for Linux. I've never had any problems with ATI hardware on Linux. Don't use multi display so I wouldn't know. Linux is perfect for any emulation. But if I'm playing FPSs or anything through Steam I use Windows. Which distro were you using? Some are easier than others. And from my experience with Linux, if something isn't working properly it's most likely user error. Linux is by far more difficult to use, but it can do a whole hell of a lot more.

[JussiKala]

The vast majority of OSS is designed for Linux. I've never had any problems with ATI hardware on Linux. Don't use multi display so I wouldn't know Linux is perfect for any emulation. But if I'm playing FPSs or anything through Steam I use Windows. Which distro were you using? Some are easier than others. And from my experience with Linux, if something isn't working properly it's most likely user error. Linux is by far more difficult to use, but it can do a whole hell of a lot more. I've been using different ubuntu versions for my laptops and all had problems with the ATI GPUs... No user error there, I wasn't messing around with terminal or anything when the problems started. I rarely used the terminal for anything because they were laptops, and I wasn't doing anything more than the most basic browsing on them. One became unusable at the native resolution of the screen because the ATI driver put the CPU usage at 100% on it constantly, so I was forced to use unnative. (though I ain't saying that ATi drivers are good for windows either, but they are tolerable) Linux ain't perfect for emulation, but it certainly is capable of it. It's not impossible to game on linux, but it's a huge hassle. At least it was 9 months ago when I last checked.

[Taosaur]

This is my new lust: ASUS MeMO 370T 7-inch Ice Cream Sandwich quad-core tablet hands-on | Android Community Same price as my Nook Color a year ago, with four times the cores, higher res, full sensor array, and mini-HDMI. I want to hear about weight and battery life, but I'm already drooling.