Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 14:51:01 +0800 From: markemmanuel <lists@markemmanuel.org> To: "Questions freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Gaming on FreeBSD... Message-ID: <B709F1D4.CD3%lists@markemmanuel.org> In-Reply-To: <20010423095212.B13323@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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I kinda figured that since game development has been windows centric. I'm also a mac user so I'm kinda used to it (OH MY GOD!!! A MAC USER!!!) Yeah... Yeah... Debian was on my PowerMac and so was NetBSD. I'm still a newbie though. I'm only going to run games from Loki Games and I really don't want to use WINE. I'm not a hardcore gamer that needs 90fps. Just something that I can play with when I'm not learning code, doing graphic arts, or writing papers. The only MS product I am using right now is Office for Macintosh. I'm building a computer from scratch. Most likely with a Duron or Athlon. In short, I don't own Windows. I can probably borrow it. ;) I'm part of a small minority that's tired of MS products, likes games, and looking for an alternative other than Apple. Trying to think differently. Think of us gamers as those who are trying to grow a market segment so we can get cool stuff. :) I should refine my question and ask, "How does it stack up compared to Linux?" Thanks. :) markemmanuel Quoted from the Book of Rasputin Ch 6:7-13 on 4/23/01 4:52 PM: > To be blunt, it won't be as good as Doze. > > This is a very common question on various free OSes these days. > There are hardly any games released for Linux, let alone *BSD. > Running stuff through WINE often works,but it'll never be as > fast as Doze code running on Doze. > > (Although oddly the Linuxulator *is* faster than Linux running the > same code, at least in my experience. Netscape comes to mind.) > > What's wrong with keeping a Windows partition around for playing games? > You've probably paid for it in one way or the other, > it's all Windows is good for, so why not use it for that? > > Squeezing Window games into UNIX (*if* you#ve already shelled out for > Windows) is IMHO as illogical as trying to use a Windows machine to do any > kind of useful work. > > (Not trying to knock the spirit of 'I wonder if I can do this?', > just trying to be practical.) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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