Serious ATI bug makes Vista virtually unusable for some
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| Over the past few weeks I’ve been working on trying to isolate a problem
| between Windows Vista and ATI graphics cards where the display driver stops
| responding and sometimes recovers and sometimes doesn’t.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=933
ATI performance may be better in Linux than in Vista (open source drivers
aside). No wonder support for Linux among game makers is increasing.
Computer role-playing games for GNU/Linux
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| Of all the various types of computers games out there, my favorite is the
| computer role-playing game, or CRPG for short. Almost everyone has heard of
| classic CRPGs like Ultima, Baldur’s Gate, and Fall Out, but what about free
| software CRPGs? In this article, I take a peek at what’s out there.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/role_playing_games_gnu_linux
Recent:
ATI: Linux vs. Windows Vista
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| Wow! We were completely blown away when our final results came in and the
| Linux 8.42.3 driver had outperformed Windows Vista with Catalyst 7.10 in
| Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. It wasn't just a neck-and-neck race but Linux
| was about 10 frames per second faster when running at 1280 x 1024 and 1680 x
| 1050.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=897&num=3
SL Speed Showdown: Linux Tops Windoze
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| This was not a scientific study - only a small test which confirmed what I
| thought I had "felt" already while using Second Life on my new PC.
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http://www.secondlifeherald.com/slh/2007/07/sl-speed-showdo.html
[Microsoft MVP] Foray into Feisty Fawn helped me take back my MIPS
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| Long story short - World of Warcraft runs faster under Ubuntu/Wine than
| natively under Windows XP Professional.
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http://msmvps.com/blogs/plenderj/archive/2007/07/14/foray-into-feisty-fawn-helped-me-take-back-my-mips.aspx
Does WINE + Linux support more Windows apps than Vista?
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| WINE supports most of the applications which are made for Windows
| 2.0 up to Windows XP. WINE has the ability to run different versions
| of IE, run most of Adobe's products, run World of Warcraft, Half Life
| 2, Microsoft Office 2003, XP, 2000 and 97, Visio, Quicken,
|
| * Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars
| * Need for Speed Carbon
|
| [...]
|
| What about drivers, hardware support, and upgrades?
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| Want to upgrade you XP to Vista? no chance. might as well do a fresh
| install and shell out $300.
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http://jagtalon.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/does-wine-linux-support-more-apps-than-vista/
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