Your views: Time for Linux?
The recession is apparently driving some firms to look at Linux as a cost-saving alternative to Microsoft – is it time for open source to take off?
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Video Games
Only when games can be played on a Linux based O/S I believe you will see the average consumer opt for this Linux.
By Ip_rhudsona2cce9 on Thursday Apr 23
the average consumer isn't
a serious gamer. Most home computers are used for e-mail, websurfing, and SOHO (small office home office) stuff. I've used Linux for that for the last several years, in fact, that's what I'm using right now.
By alizard on Friday Apr 24
Play on Linux
Maybe this is not the first target of Linux to be an OS for games but, yet you can with Play on Linux. http://www.playonlinux.com/en/ Thing is... 15 years of Widows leave a mark. Maybe a scar ;-)) It is hard to recover from 15 years of misguided use of computers (like driving without having an instructor).
By Ip_me27dac34d9a7 on Friday Apr 24
Chicken and egg
What came first, the OS or the software? The more gains Linux makes, the harder it will be to ignore as a software release platform. You can casual game on Linux with Java or Flash, there are a number of open source projects with OpenGL graphics. If the credit crunch hits the Windows version churn takeup, then maybe Linux can gain the momentum to make more software producers sit up and take notice.
By Ip_nonsense574f8 on Friday Apr 24