On Wednesday 20 February 2002 14:33, Michel Loos wrote: > > B) Games. Kids had absolutely no problems spending WEEKS trying > > to customize CONFIG.SYS, installing new memory managers, > > hacking their system to get more free RAM, just for DOOM to > > be 0.2% faster. > > They will become the ultimate Linux cracks if the goal is > > there. You just can't impress a 13-old with an ultra-fast > > and stable Apache. > > > > I couldn't care less about games, but I know a LOT of people > > who would switch to Linux today if they could play games > > there. > > 100% correct. Apple lost the Macintosh-PC war because most of the games > running on "serious" machines (that was the time where there were a lot > of 8bit home computers + the Amiga as pure diversion computers) came out > on PC before (if ever) on Mac. > > When Games will be put on the market at the same timeon Linux and > Windows. Linux will win, because in addition it is more "serious".
Still I think also OLD games should be playable under linux, I'd still like to play games from the 80's once in a while. I have an old pentium for that at the moment. I have tried to run them under dosemu, but boy is that slow. Simcity is not al all playable. Larry I won't even walk two steps in a minute! Bastiaan
