technical/scientific one. End users opinions about how thingsTechnically and scientifically you are right and I agree with you, but not everyone has the patience for the scientific side. I as sorry as you are about this thing, but some magic some times is surely appreciated.
It doesn't help anything. People will create rumours and spread them _always_ by the rules of human nature and the fact that the overwhelming majority of people don't understand deep technical issues in general.Maybe it will not help directly you but it will help me in several ways. I will not have to dispel the myth about "the networking in X that slows it down". I will talk about RENDER or sth. else. And maybe people will stop pesting XFree86 developers to drop netwoking support. (Well they are sure to find sth else to unscientifically voice their opinion about, but let us make this one little step)
Video gaming is a perfect example. Playing video games is indeed possible in Linux using XFree86. I would NOT "advocate" Linux/XFree86 to video gamers however, nor would I try to extoll the virtues of gaming in Linux with XFree86. It does work, but it is not a push and click painless experience yet for the masses out there.Actually you ARE dropping several variables from the equation. Real life example - we had recently in Bulgaria the following case: Microsoft told computer gaming clubs that they could not use their bought and paid up licenses for Windows 98 and let people "hire" the computers on a per hour basis. Microsoft's view was that they needed Windows XP Professional licenses. The clubs showed the letters they had with MS partners from which they bought the licenses in which MS distributors explicitly stated that Windows 98 is the necessary version that would suffice (the letters were written maybe 2 years before Win XP was on the market)
What finally happened is that clubs got busted, non-compliance with licences was found (as well as tax avoidance) and a club had more than 200 computers confiscated.
So - for the end user perspective - gaming in XFree86 is not painless, but for the point of perspective of game club manager - it is less painful to have to pay your network administrators to make the thing click than to have your machines confiscated.
You are sayng that you need to make comparisons with things being equal. You mean - hardware configuration and so on. But there are people for whom what matters is the cost - so hardware specs can be left aside. You can invest what you save from licensing the OS in more games or better hardware.
Sure, nobody said explaining these things is easy of course. Why bother explaining to people in the first place though? Their rumours/opinions/whatever don't really matter much to the technical/scientific/developmental side of things. It's not likeWell times like when Bruno got burned are a thing of the past but people can get fired for voicing their scientific opinion which is not in line with the great line and path ahead.
And as this thread gets way off the limits of the theme of the list, let me ask the quetsions in a very humble way:
Will you help me show the magic in XFree86? The jaw dropping side of things?
Best regards: al_shopov
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