What is the coolest thing you can do using Linux that you can't do with Windows
or on a Mac?
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| Someone asked me this recently. I don't have just one answer. I compiled a
| list of things I thought of and emailed it to my friend...then I thought I
| would post it here for future reference. Feel free to add to the list! There
| is also a forums thread on the same topic, that I remembered as I complied my
| thoughts, so I stole some of the ideas posted there.
|
| 1. Upgrade to the newest version legally and without paying money
| 2. Have the latest version of the operating system run faster than the
| previous version on the same hardware
| 3. Easily install and run different graphical interfaces if I don't like the
| default setup
| 4. Install twenty programs with one command
|
| [...]
|
| 21. Use almost any hardware and have a driver for it included with the
| operating system...eliminating the need to scour the internet to find the
| hardware manufacturer's website to locate one
| 22. Get the source code for almost anything, including the OS kernel and most
| of my applications
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http://matthewhelmke.net/index.php/2008/02/02/32-what-is-the-coolest-thing-you-can-do-using-linux-that-you-can-t-do-with-windows-or-on-a-mac
Much more below.
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Things I can do in Linux that I can't do on Windows.
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| # Update every single piece of software on my system with a single
| action...
|
| # Update nearly everything on my computer without a reboot...
|
| # Keep my system secure without software that consumes my system resources,
| requires my time, and frequently nags me...
|
| # Run an entire operating system for free without pirating software,
| and without breaking the law...
|
| # Take my settings with me where ever I go...
|
| # Run Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, and 7.0 on the same desktop...
|
| # Understand everything that is going on in my computer...
|
| # Customize every aspect of my desktop...
|
| # Benefit from competition between projects for each system on my
| computer...
|
| # Run thousands of great pieces of software that only run on Linux...
|
| # Learn about, support, and appreciate the value of free software...
|
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http://dmartin.org/weblog/things-i-can-do-in-linux-that-i-cant-do-on-windows
Bah, **** this I'm going into Ubuntu
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| An unusually "personal" post this one and it's as short as it is
| unprofessional. It came about while I was writing my review of the
| Relisys 32" LCD HD TV as Windows frustrated me sufficiently that I
| had to go into Ubuntu to get the job done.
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http://www.seopher.com/articles/bah____this_im_going_into_ubuntu
Linux has better Windows compatibility than Vista
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| But recently my blood has been set to a rolling boil by the fact that most of
| my games just don’t work in Vista. At all. Its so bad that out of spite I
| have decided to make a list of games that work better in Linux under Wine
| than in Vista. These are games that were originally written to run in Windows
| XP, are broken in Vista, but magically work in Linux.
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http://wine-review.blogspot.com/2008/02/linux-has-better-windows-compatibility.html
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?
|
| 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/
Gaming on (Foresight) Linux
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| With the upcoming Enemy Territory: Quake Wars release, I installed
| Quake IV, Doom 3 and the original Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory on
| my desktop today. Since I did a clean install of Foresight a couple
| months ago, I wanted to make sure I work out any kinks before
| ET:QW's release.
|
| Everything worked like a champ...
|
| [...]
|
| Who said you couldn't game on Linux? Come get some!
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http://www.silwenae.org/blog/?p=725
Cedega 6.0 Released
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| After many months of intense development, we couldn't be more
| thrilled to unveil our latest and most exciting Cedega version
| yet: Cedega 6.0. We're escalating Linux gaming to new heights...
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http://transgaming.org/
Cedega 6.0 Performance Preview
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| For those new to Linux or the yet to be converts, Cedega is an
| application that emulates Microsoft's DirectX and allows the user to
| play a variety of games within Linux that otherwise wouldn't be
| possible.
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http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=681&num=1
Cedega 6.0 - Review
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| Overall, I am quite pleased with the install process. It was a
| matter of untaring the files to / and running the simple setup.
| I didn't run into any problems, so hopefully your experience will be
| similar. With installation out of the way, let's check out the GUI and
| features, then finally then move onto testing.
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http://techgage.com/article/cedega_60
Quake 4 On XP, Vista, & Linux
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| However, I spent the extra time and while I was at it had run three
| Quake 4 v1.3 benchmarks in XP, Vista, and Fedora Core 6 (2.6.20 kernel).
| The hardware used was a modest AMD Sempron setup with a NVIDIA GeForce
| 6150 and the NVIDIA 1.0-9755 drivers (the hardware chosen was to
| represent the more common Linux user rather than using an octal-core
| setup). The NVIDIA driver on Vista was 100.65 while the XP version
| was 93.71. Below is the average frame-rate from each test on each
| operating system.
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http://www.michaellarabel.com/index.php?k=blog&i=164
Vista gaming will be 10 to 15 per cent slower than XP
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| So if you play Battlefield 2 or FEAR or any other popular game
| you are likely to get lower frame rates with Vista. That is
| certainly not a good buying argument but don?t think you
| and I have much choice as it looks like a take it or leave it deal.
| I like Vista as the 3D desktop looks sexy but that is probably
| its key feature.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34915
Microsoft doesn't yet play games on Vista
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| The firm has its Vista logo all over its boothm, but all the
| machines that we investigated were running Windows XP.
|
| Obviously, it is still not the right time to switch to Vista as
| things might be not stable for current games. We hope
| that they can meet the early 2007 schedules.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33924
Valve questions Microsoft's commitment to PC gaming
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| Half-Life 2 developer Valve thinks that Microsoft's current
| "Games for Windows" marketing push is a cynical ploy to sell
| more copies of Windows Vista, rather than a genuine effort to
| invigorate the PC gaming market.
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http://tomshardware.co.uk/2007/03/12/valve_questions_microsofts_commitment/
Vista breaks 90% of games, claims game publisher
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| Alex St. John, chief executive of game publisher WildTangent, today
| blasted his former employer for a half-baked and negligent way of
| treating the majority of game publishers - small development studios
| and individual programmers of casual games: St. John claims that at
| least nine out of ten games do not work with Vista.
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http://tomshardware.co.uk/2007/01/30/vista_games/
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