Thread: OS of Choice - Part II

Originally Posted by Lucid Seeker

I prefer Windows, but i have taken a liking to Mac OS, the only reason though is because i have had so many bad experiences with the computers i have had with windows. I have nothing wrong with windows, but i've had no problems with my Mac. I'm actually saving up so i can install vista on my mac

Give me the money and I will show you how to install ubuntu (which can literally do everything vista can do and more, and generally works better). That, or pirate vista. Either one is better than BUYING and SUPPORTING windows and vista.

Originally Posted by wasup

Give me the money and I will show you how to install ubuntu (which can literally do everything vista can do and more, and generally works better). That, or pirate vista. Either one is better than BUYING and SUPPORTING windows and vista.

Yeah, i've been hearing a lot of good things about Ubuntu, when i have a spare system to install it on i may give it a test run. Isn't it supposed to have some really cool graphical interface as well as great stability?

Your Bresenham Algorithm looks incomplete, yours will only do lines with a positive slope. Do you not need the negative slope lines or would you like me to show you how?

to be honest, i've completely scratched that code (along with a lot more) for the next version

Originally Posted by Lucid Seeker

Yeah, i've been hearing a lot of good things about Ubuntu, when i have a spare system to install it on i may give it a test run. Isn't it supposed to have some really cool graphical interface as well as great stability?

Linux is the most stable OS out there, it's why 90% of embedded and servers use it. Ubuntu's look is kind of like a cross between Windows and OSX. It used to have the Mac's cool rotating cube thing, but they took that out for a sliding set of spaces.

Originally Posted by Pyrofan1

to be honest, i've completely scratched that code (along with a lot more) for the next version

Oh, I was wondering why you needed a line method anyway, you never used it.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Linux is the most stable OS out there, it's why 90% of embedded and servers use it. Ubuntu's look is kind of like a cross between Windows and OSX. It used to have the Mac's cool rotating cube thing, but they took that out for a sliding set of spaces.

the cube's still there
it's just not enabled by default

Oh, mind telling me how to turn it on? It's not in the effects tab.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Oh, mind telling me how to turn it on? It's not in the effects tab.

Ubuntu 7.10 seems to omit the compiz settings manager (I don't know why, seems a bit strange)

apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

After that, you'll have a new menu item in preferences - "Advanced Desktop Effects"

In here, you can tweak compiz to your hearts content

Ah, there's my old buddy. I wonder why they took it out as default in 7.10

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Ah, there's my old buddy. I wonder why they took it out as default in 7.10

I think it was just an oversight

I use Vista... as I've got a fast desktop that can run it without problems. I've been meaning to install Ubuntu on one of my hard drives for months, but never seem to get around to it. I just don't see that point right now. Hell, I even stopped using XP32. Vista x64 has actually been more stable than XP32... go figure. Haven't seen a BSOD in months, running a large overclock too.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Ah, there's my old buddy. I wonder why they took it out as default in 7.10

Because it's not actually the most effective way of switching desktops... I prefer "desktop wall" (I think that's what they call it - default anyhow).

Linux and Windshit XP

Originally Posted by Identity X

Because it's not actually the most effective way of switching desktops... I prefer "desktop wall" (I think that's what they call it - default anyhow).

Well the point is more choice... the compiz settings manager not being included is silly... it has a TON of features you can modify, and without it ubuntu seems more or less useless to me. You can still use things like expo (the equivalent of mac spaces) or the desktop wall or the cube. Choices are good

Originally Posted by wasup

Well the point is more choice... the compiz settings manager not being included is silly... it has a TON of features you can modify, and without it ubuntu seems more or less useless to me. You can still use things like expo (the equivalent of mac spaces) or the desktop wall or the cube. Choices are good

Yes, I entirely agree. It's the secnd thing I installed on by 8.10 install (after Opera )

nearly 400 views, but only 27 votes

come on

XP for gaming(mainly WoW), Ubuntu for everything else.

You can run WoW in Ubuntu with Wine. AppDB gave it a gold medal for compatibility.

Windows is going downhill for gaming, they're trying to force DirectX on developers and they don't want to do that because all the other major platforms are OpenGL only.

Originally Posted by dsr

You can run WoW in Ubuntu with Wine. AppDB gave it a gold medal for compatibility.

I know it's possible, but it isn't perfect. I had to disable the full screen glow and the death glow, also the game would crash much too often (related to minimizing and switching to windowed mode). Ironically, with cedega it's even worse.

Cedega's quite inferior to Wine, now
(Wine's had better compatibility since the 0.9.30's - current version is 0.9.59)

I've had great success with WoW running in OpenGL mode
full screen in a virtual desktop

I think, from memory, I used this guide
http://www.wowwiki.com/Linux/Wine

no crashes, or anything

The important bit, is telling WoW to use OpenGL, rather than DirectX
Open up Config.wtf
and add the following line

Code:

SET gxApi "opengl"

Regarding Cedega,
Please bear in mind that Cedega is a proprietary fork of wine from back in 2002.
since then, Wine (in my opinion, at least) has far surpassed it

Having said all that,
I do find I drop about 10 FPS running WoW under wine, compared to under WinXP
so, if you're on the fringe of acceptable FPS, you may want to stick with WinXP for performance reasons

That's exactly the guide I followed. For opengl to work I had to disable said effects (they're really minor things, but I think it's worth rebooting to xp to have them), I googled to no end and couldn't find solution for the crashes.

With cedega the game was just unplayable with all the slowness, good thing I didn't pay for it.

Windows XP. I skip Vista, then go for Windows 7.
I was on Linux for a couple of months, but after all it wasn't really worth it for me. And with my new rig I'll certainly stay with XP for best gaming compatibility and widest array of "stuff".

Good luck getting Windows 7 before you die. It'll either take forever to get out and suffer software rot, or they'll rush to get it out and release an unfinished product like Vista.

Ubuntu updated itself today and required a restart.

Now I don't think it boots.

Wahey!