DirectX 9 for Linux

[Topha]

Check it out

Thought this would not only be interesting for the alternative lifestyle readers

Don't know if it works, and I can't find out anyway, since I am using a G400, but it sounds interesting

[Kooldino]

AWESOME! I assume this won't be free. estimated cost?

[Ribbit]

I'm guessing it's available under the same subscription scheme they've always been doing. Which is what, $5/month?

[leech]

yeah, $5 a month, but you have to pay for at least the first three months up front. So an initial $15.

Of course, this is just WineX... renamed, but still.. the only thing I've ever managed to get working properly under it is Diablo2 and then the 3D wouldn't work.... it'd lock up... but then again, I DO have a parhelia....

Leech

[Kooldino]

$5/month? Screw that.

[Wombat]

Originally posted by Kooldino
$5/month? Screw that.

Huh? Let's see: Free OS, + $5/month. At that rate, it would take you about 2-3 years to get to the cost of one copy of Windows.

[Kooldino]

I just don't like the idea of a recurring charge. It's just annoying.

I'd rather pay a $50 one time fee.

[Wombat]

Nothing says you can't pay your subscription in advance, does it?

Or, you <I>could</I> stop subscribing, and then you'd stop getting updates. I doubt that it stops working.

[Kooldino]

Originally posted by Wombat
Or, you <I>could</I> stop subscribing, and then you'd stop getting updates. I doubt that it stops working.

Well, that wouldn't be that bad.

[Kurt]

Actually it might be cheaper to just buy Windows...

There's a new OS every 2 to 3 years, so that's every 120 to 180$ you'd have spent on your registration fee...

The basic Windows costs about 80$ OEM...given you'd have to buy a new HDD to beneit from the OEM price, you'd spend sth like 140$ and you can always resell the HDD for cheap...

At worst you'd end up paying 100$. That's between 20 and 80$ cheaper...and you get full compatibility. No more complaining about Linux driver support

[Wombat]

Yeah, instead you get to complain about Windows driver support, security holes, and instabilities.

[Kurt]

I have no problems with any of these...and you can say Windows driver support is the best in the world as virtually every company has drivers written for it...

Using either win2k or xp will solve your instability problems and getting rid of that crappy VIA mobo will help stabilize your system even more.

As for security holes, just use a firewall. Ditto for Linux which is also swiss cheese, only ppl think it's not because of all the hype. You still need to configure your Linux box to attain reasonable security...

[leech]

As far as security is concerned... the default setup for linux IS a lot more secure than the default setup for windows.

And actually windows Driver support actually isn't as good as you'd think it'd be... there are quite a few devices out there that don't get updated windows drivers from Win9x to WinXP. Granted they're mostly older devices... but this really all depends on the company. But then again, seeing as how there are so many problems with hardware combinations out there... what do we blame, the hardware (which will work fine under linux, but not windows in some cases) or do we blame the software? Which as I said, in some cases linux will run just fine on some boxes and even the so-called more stable WinXP will run crappy as all hell on the same box.

Leech

[Wombat]

Originally posted by Kurt
I have no problems with any of these...and you can say Windows driver support is the best in the world as virtually every company has drivers written for it...

No, I wouldn't say that.

Using either win2k or xp will solve your instability problems and getting rid of that crappy VIA mobo will help stabilize your system even more.

Nope, we still bluescreen W2K/XP/2003 all the time at work - often due to the "best in the world" drivers.

As for security holes, just use a firewall. Ditto for Linux which is also swiss cheese, only ppl think it's not because of all the hype. You still need to configure your Linux box to attain reasonable security...

Generally Linux distros have everything turned off by default, as opposed to Windows. Hell, Windows has services and exploits you can't even turn off!

[leech]

@Wombat...

You couldn't possibly mean that windows has things turned on by default that are incredibly stupid? <Sarcasm intended>

I don't think I ever laughed so hard in my life when this guy that I work with told me this story....

One day he was browsing the internet and up popped this box saying that The Windows Messenger was activated on his system and that he could pay 10 dollars for a program that would disable it and would make all these annoying pop-ups disappear...

Well, considering it's really easy to turn that messenger off. (and to be more specific for those who don't know what I'm talking about, there is a messaging system in Windows XP that will allow an admin on a server to send out a message that the main file server/print server, or whatever else the admin needs to broadcast into an internal corporate network to notify the users of something.) This is like asking someone on the street for 10 dollars so that you'll stop asking them for 10 dollars!

But at least the guy on the street can punch you in the face, laugh, then walk off.

Actually it does kind of suck with some of the more bloated linux distros out there, because they DO turn a lot of services on by default... Like if you're using linux for a desktop (corporate or home) why would you need apache installed?

Leech