Some of you might find this interesting: http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/01/29/xp-vs-vista/
Regards, Adam. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Whisper Sent: Thursday, 1 February 2007 12:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [hlds] Counter-Strike 1.6 Vista sound issues -- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Don't worry guys Vista is out now >From my understanding, it is the perfect marketing ploy to drive millions of >users towards Linux! Chin up Cheers Whisper On 2/1/07, Ook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Ook, alot of the programs you listed, there are Linux versions of > > them, (well maybe not HLSW). > > HLSW works nicely in Wine. aMule is immature and buggy. SoulSeek has > no linux version. WinMX has no linux version that I like. Alternatives > are unfortunately immature. The native linux servers work fairly well, > so there is some give and take. Linux, as a desktop, is getting there. > And there are a lot of people like me that are tired of beta testing > overpriced, bloated, Microsoft software. *That* is the future. Not > Wine, but native productivity apps for linux. > > > > > And, ATi drivers do exist on the ATi site, apparently fairly well > > supported & easy to install. > > > > On 31/01/07, Ook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> It's tongue in cheek. Wine does exactly what an emulator, by > definition, > >> does in that it allows program not written for Linux to run under > Linux. > >> I > >> used to run my OP4 server under wine on Slackware 10.0 on a PIII/800. > Ran > >> great, preformance was no better or worse then running under > >> Windows. I couldn't get serverdoc to run, and couldn't get a > >> restart script to > work, > >> so > >> I eventually moved it back to my windows box. Then I moved my ftp > >> servers, winMX, SoulSeek, eMule, and hlsw to my Linux box, all > >> running under > Wine. > >> They worked good until current releases broke them. The real > >> drawback with wine is that while they have made great strides with > >> it, there are > still > >> many compability issues. After all these years, Wine is still beta > >> quality at best. New releases frequently break things that used to > >> work. I personally think there is no future in Wine because they > >> just can't get > a > >> handle on the compability issues. > >> > >> > >> > >> > WINE == Wine is not an emulator... (see > >> > http://www.winehq.com/site/myths > >> ). > >> > > >> > It provides a thunking layer for win32 apps to directly run on > >> > linux systems :) > >> > > >> > - Alfred > >> > > >> > Cc2iscooL wrote: > >> >> -- > >> >> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Client via wine > >> >> maybe...less performance as you're emulating the Windows > >> >> environment. Server performance on Linux is terrible...lots of > >> >> fluctuation of server FPS with even low CPU usage. Stable until > >> >> a player joins, then it's all over the board. > >> >> > >> >> Though, you can get a higher max FPS on Linux. > >> >> > >> >> On 1/30/07, Brian M. Frain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> I found that decision pretty strange also since they are saying > that > >> >>> Vista is going to bring back and revolutionize pc gaming. As if > >> >>> we ever left? > >> >>> I am not one of those MS haters and I do like my xp but I am > >> >>> just > in > >> >>> awe at some of the decisions they made this time around. > >> >>> I have been seriously looking at a linux alternative. I am > wondering > >> >>> how well Valve product server and clients run on linux and this > >> >>> is definitely the place to ask. > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> -----Original Message----- > >> >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ðåñ > >> >>> Offord > >> >>> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 12:13 PM > >> >>> To: [email protected] > >> >>> Subject: Re: [hlds] Counter-Strike 1.6 Vista sound issues > >> >>> > >> >>> -- > >> >>> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Funny, that > >> >>> article was linked in the very first post... > >> >>> Creative are working on another version of DirectSound, but > >> >>> very > few > >> >>> games support it. Also, Valve would be advised to fix this, do > >> >>> they really want there loyal gamers, who upgrade cause games > >> >>> don't support DirectX 9, having awful sound, when they have a > >> >>> fairly new Sound Card > >> >>> > >> >>> On 30/01/07, Brian M. Frain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >>>> > >> >>>> I believe I read that it is the way Vista handles sound > >> >>>> (changed from past windows methods). You are no longer able to > >> >>>> use hardware acceleration or some such. I am sure if you > >> >>>> google it you will > find > >> >>>> an article about it. My point is it doesn't seem as if it is > >> >>>> something Valve can or even should try to fix. Go yell at Bill > >> >>>> Gates or Creative and tell them how stupid that decision seems > >> >>>> (I say seems cause maybe they know something we don't). > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> -----Original Message----- > >> >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > >> >>>> Clutch9 > >> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 4:03 AM > >> >>>> To: [email protected] > >> >>>> Subject: [hlds] Counter-Strike 1.6 Vista sound issues > >> >>>> > >> >>>> I've had many problems concerning CS1.6 on Vista. EAX not > >> >>>> working and others. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> http://pc.ign.com/articles/759/759538p1.html might be an > >> >>>> interesting read. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Maybe it's time Valve reprogrammed CS1.6 to comply with Vista? > >> >>>> I'm sure they've not yet completely given up this project, as > >> >>>> it still bring in money. 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