Comments on: There is Good Gaming in Ubuntu!

By: UbuntuLinuxHelp

UbuntuLinuxHelp — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:48:55 +0000

@Ryan

No… It’s an issue where the proprietary game software developers are not supporting Linux, most are still supporting Windows only. There is a VERY active and hot Linux gaming community.

By: Grusque

Grusque — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 13:37:37 +0000

I would love to see the stats, but most gamers including myself in our circles run Ubuntu or another Linux OS. The gaming companies seem to think with Windows’ market share, the gaming would sell better. I am pretty sure that a very large percentage of Windows users are not gamers, but a very large percentage of gamers prefer Linux.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:58:25 +0000

It’s not that Ubuntu CAN’T run games. It’s that not every person is willing to install programs, do a dozen google searches, and sometimes even write out some code to install a game that, on windows or some other OS could just be installed through a simple, user friendly installer and still work great without all those extra thing I mentioned.

By: Dreadmoc

Dreadmoc — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 16:36:15 +0000

After further thought…

Although Windows may be “superior” as far as support for games, I think it is very telling that hardcore gamers are looking for an alternative.

It seems the “mentality” is not that of the gamer, but that of developers and that mentality is, if you want to play games, buy a console.

I find that line of thought to be rather offensive.

By: Dreadmoc

Dreadmoc — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 16:23:00 +0000

Joshua makes a good point though. Many gamers, myself included, do in fact want to “next, next, next ourselves into utopia”.

We bought the game for the eye candy, we did not buy it to practice trouble shooting.

I disagree about the “comp guru” statement though…many gamers are very familiar with hardware and compatibilty and we enjoy building our own rigs. We take pictures and show them off in forums. It’s the software trouble shooting that annoys the average gamer.

Buying a console is out of the question for many PC gamers. As I stated above, we enjoy our builds.

By: UbuntuLinuxHelp

UbuntuLinuxHelp — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:45:01 +0000

@Joshua

I think it’s the other way around, this is NOT a Linux issue. It’s an issue where developers are not supporting it! There are about 6 kids living down the road that play Nexuiz (on Linux boxes), across the Net. These kids also play Quake (I think) on Linux too. On a whim, I tried Nexuiz on Linux, and got full surround sound, 3D, the whole shebang.

So… I agree with you in the sense that it’s the “mentality” of many hardcore gamers (as others above have suggested as well). Bottom line: The fault is with developers not supporting Linux.

By: joshua

joshua — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:16:35 +0000

i develop software for both windows and linux .
as easy as linux has become it still isnt ready for hardcore gamers. ubuntu is one of the best dist. of linux i am always excited to see what they come up with next.But until software developers decide to support ubuntu it will always be inferior to windows gaming. Some hardware still isnt supported.
i use cedega and wine but ive never installed something on there that didnt need to be tweaked. most gamers are not big comp gurus and they want to next next next themselves into utopia.

By: UbuntuLinuxHelp

UbuntuLinuxHelp — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:48:05 +0000

@David Russell – Elephant?

By: David Russell

David Russell — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:45:07 +0000

I notice you didn’t mention the elephant in the room – ATI graphics cards.

By: Why I Quit Windows and Switched to Linux | Ubuntu Linux Help

Why I Quit Windows and Switched to Linux | Ubuntu Linux Help — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:05:54 +0000

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