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backscatter712

(26,355 posts) Wed Nov 21, 2012, 02:49 PM Nov 2012

I'm rapidly running out of reasons not to abandon Windows.

Last edited Wed Nov 21, 2012, 06:09 PM - Edit history (2)

I just put the latest version of Kubuntu on my system, and it's working great!

And now, Netflix works, see here! http://www.iheartubuntu.com/2012/11/ppa-for-netflix-desktop-app.html

Wine also runs lots of my games...

And Steam's getting a Linux native client - right now in beta, but we're going to see native Valve games! With better performance than their Windows versions!

And I might add that Kubuntu is much snappier than Windows 7 on my system.

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I'm rapidly running out of reasons not to abandon Windows. (Original Post) backscatter712 Nov 2012 OP

Shouldn't there be a "not" in your title uriel1972 Nov 2012 #1

D'oh! Fixed. n/t backscatter712 Nov 2012 #2

Linux is SO nice to have. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2012 #3

Now that Netflix is there, all I need is for Occulus Dec 2012 #10

ohhh..thanks for pointing that out! dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #12

Second for latest Kubuntu Adelante Nov 2012 #4

join us... don't be afraid phantom power Nov 2012 #5

Here's what I'm running now! backscatter712 Nov 2012 #6

shiny... phantom power Nov 2012 #7

I had some fun with KDE's theming features and plasmoids. backscatter712 Nov 2012 #8

I see Steam Occulus Dec 2012 #11

That screenshot has the Windows version. backscatter712 Dec 2012 #13

K&R !!! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2012 #9

uriel1972

(4,261 posts)

1. Shouldn't there be a "not" in your title

Reply to backscatter712 (Original post)

Wed Nov 21, 2012, 05:18 PM

Nov 2012

it reads the opposite of your post. Sorry for the word police action.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)

2. D'oh! Fixed. n/t

Reply to uriel1972 (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 21, 2012, 05:52 PM

Nov 2012

dixiegrrrrl

(60,011 posts)

3. Linux is SO nice to have.

Reply to backscatter712 (Original post)

Wed Nov 21, 2012, 06:27 PM

Nov 2012

I kept my Windows machine for a year, sitting, collecting dust, "just in case" there was something on it that I might need after I switched to Linux.
I am not a gamer, so that aspect of the change did not bother me.
After a year, I could find no reason to keep Windows around at all.

i love the way Linux "cleans itself" so there are no zillion copies of the same file hogging resources.
And Mr. Dixie, in an effort to tempt to change to Linux ( I can be a bit stubborn at times) built me a machine that has
500 GB of memory.
so nice to be free of Gates World.

Regrettably, cannot stream Netflix even on the new app, my ISP is unpredictable.

Occulus

(20,599 posts)

10. Now that Netflix is there, all I need is for

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 6, 2012, 10:10 AM

Dec 2012

Steam to get released for linux and I can probably leave Windows entirely.

I signed up for the beta, of course. Valve intends their entire library to be there eventually. How they're managing to do it, I don't know but the blog claims the following:

Submitted by keynight on Tue, 11/06/2012 - 17:37

NVIDIA today announced the latest NVIDIA® GeForce® drivers -- R310 -- double the performance(1) and dramatically reduce game loading times for those gaming on the Linux operating system. The result of almost a year of development by NVIDIA, Valve and other game developers, the new GeForce R310 drivers are designed to give GeForce customers the best possible Linux-based PC gaming experience -- and showcase the enormous potential of the world's biggest open-source operating system...

<snip>

(1) Comparing 304.51 driver performance of 142.7 fps versus 310.14 driver performance of 301.4 fps in beta build of Left for Dead 2. All tests run on the same system using Intel Core i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz with 8 GB memory, GeForce GTX 680 and Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit. Source

Three hundred and one frames per second.

Jesus. Jesus Christ.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,011 posts)

12. ohhh..thanks for pointing that out!

Reply to Occulus (Reply #10)

Thu Dec 6, 2012, 11:47 AM

Dec 2012

I gotta show Mr. D.

Adelante

(28,394 posts)

4. Second for latest Kubuntu

Reply to backscatter712 (Original post)

Fri Nov 23, 2012, 09:23 AM

Nov 2012

Kubuntu has become truly good with the 12.10 version. I initially installed it because I wanted to try out the Razor-Qt DE, which I liked a lot, actually, after configuring it. But I soon found myself settling comfortably into Kubuntu's KDE desktop instead. Very nice job they did with this release.