Comments on: Ok, Now I can Switch To Linux http://www.micahville.com/2007/03/24/ok-now-i-can-switch-to-linux/ Living the Digital Life Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:30:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jen http://www.micahville.com/2007/03/24/ok-now-i-can-switch-to-linux/#comment-454 Jen Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:30:14 +0000 http://www.micahville.com/?p=86#comment-454 I've had pretty good results with WoW in Linux myself, via Cedega. Framerates are near identical to Windows, without all the Microsoft garbage, crashing spyware etc etc. Plus the load times are insanely fast vs Windows. Haven't tried it in Wine yet however. And Beryl (and recently upgraded to Compiz Fusion) is an amazing desktop.. I can't even use Windows anymore, it feels so.. primitive. I tried Vista for all of maybe an hour; an amazing pile of suck. If you need to stay with Windows, stick with XP. Granted, not everything runs in Linux (yet), but its making tremendous improvements. I've been Windows free for over a year and haven't regretted it yet. I’ve had pretty good results with WoW in Linux myself, via Cedega. Framerates are near identical to Windows, without all the Microsoft garbage, crashing spyware etc etc. Plus the load times are insanely fast vs Windows. Haven’t tried it in Wine yet however.

And Beryl (and recently upgraded to Compiz Fusion) is an amazing desktop.. I can’t even use Windows anymore, it feels so.. primitive. I tried Vista for all of maybe an hour; an amazing pile of suck. If you need to stay with Windows, stick with XP.

Granted, not everything runs in Linux (yet), but its making tremendous improvements. I’ve been Windows free for over a year and haven’t regretted it yet.

]]> By: bob http://www.micahville.com/2007/03/24/ok-now-i-can-switch-to-linux/#comment-424 bob Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:31:33 +0000 http://www.micahville.com/?p=86#comment-424 lol. the funny thing is anyone who has been using linux for like the past four years (at least) would not be jaw dropped at this concept, considering suse has been demoing 3d cubes since 2003ish, maybe sooner. our window managers have pretty much always been on the front line of cool since you have more options than just what side of the screen to put a task bar. lol.

the funny thing is anyone who has been using linux for like the past four years (at least) would not be jaw dropped at this concept, considering suse has been demoing 3d cubes since 2003ish, maybe sooner. our window managers have pretty much always been on the front line of cool since you have more options than just what side of the screen to put a task bar.

]]> By: Chris http://www.micahville.com/2007/03/24/ok-now-i-can-switch-to-linux/#comment-392 Chris Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:11:12 +0000 http://www.micahville.com/?p=86#comment-392 Actually, you can often obtain higher frame rates in WoW on linux. Helps if you have drivers of course =D http://winehq.com Actually, you can often obtain higher frame rates in WoW on linux.
Helps if you have drivers of course =D

http://winehq.com

]]> By: Arth http://www.micahville.com/2007/03/24/ok-now-i-can-switch-to-linux/#comment-320 Arth Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:30:05 +0000 http://www.micahville.com/?p=86#comment-320 It is fairly easy to accomplish. Established distros like Ubuntu or Fedora have their recently releases Beryl ready, so you get the desktop effects right after you get your graphics installed, and you can get Wine installed and WoW will be up and running in no time. D3D games like WoW runs slow and rather buggy last time I did it. It is fairly easy to accomplish. Established distros like Ubuntu or Fedora have their recently releases Beryl ready, so you get the desktop effects right after you get your graphics installed, and you can get Wine installed and WoW will be up and running in no time. D3D games like WoW runs slow and rather buggy last time I did it.

]]> By: Corey Farwell http://www.micahville.com/2007/03/24/ok-now-i-can-switch-to-linux/#comment-32 Corey Farwell Sun, 25 Mar 2007 01:53:10 +0000 http://www.micahville.com/?p=86#comment-32 i just tested my laptop with a non ati-based card, and compiz worked off the bat, it's pretty nice. i just tested my laptop with a non ati-based card, and compiz worked off the bat, it’s pretty nice.

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