Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 09:33:22 +0200 (CEST) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa <root@pukruppa.de> To: Radu MOLNAR <taipan@hawat.cc.ubbcluj.ro> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wine Message-ID: <20040513093044.T882@pukruppa.net> In-Reply-To: <20040513092623.A7207@hawat.cc.ubbcluj.ro> References: <20040512153811.F1552@hawat.cc.ubbcluj.ro> <c7ua9h$ro2$1@sea.gmane.org> <20040513092623.A7207@hawat.cc.ubbcluj.ro>
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On Thu, 13 May 2004, Radu MOLNAR wrote: > > On Thu, 13 May 2004, Pavel Duda wrote: > > > Radu MOLNAR wrote: > > > > > This is odd as from what i heard freebsd's power is in it's speed, > > > something that i noticed for my self by using it for desktop > > > aplications. > > > > > > > There is almost no performance gap between games that you run under > > linux, bsd or windows (especially for FPS games like CS). I really like > > fbsd, but when it comes to games, I'd rather use my windoz machine. > > > > I believe that this is where the opensource comunity in general looses to > windows. I dont know about you guys but computer games is how i got in > touch with IT and i see that is still hapening with kids nowadays. > The only reason i still install windows on my desktop is to > play games. I would gladly give up the microsoft products and most of my > friends would do so too if it wasn't for the reason mentioned above. Before we start a holy war about education and OpenSource in general: Has anybody ever tried www.transgaming.com Are there more projects/companies like this? Regards, Uli. > > You may say that games are not important but i must disagree. How can one > claim to make an OS for workstations if you can not play games in that OS. > Games are the peak of multimedia aplications. Just take a look at the > slashdot.org site and you will see that every day the GAMES section has > the most new news. > > If we want an alternative to windows (we wants it) than maybe we should > concentrate our energies on making a desktop. But these are just the > rambling words of a guy that is frustrated of having to use microsoft > operating systems, having to pay a lot of money for them and then getting > the quality that we all know. > whatever > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > +---------------------------+ | Peter Ulrich Kruppa | | Wuppertal | | Germany | +---------------------------+
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