-- [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] Ok, on a more serious note
1. Linux is only good to you if you have absolute 100% control over the box the Operating System is running on. If you have to rely on somebody else, you are pretty much stuffed. That is to say, you won't be playing with Kernel timer resolutions or Kernel versions or different distros for that matter, unless you have this level of countrol, and all the advice that many people will offer to you on how to optimise Linux for SRCDS will be wasted on you. 2. Unless you are very familiar with Linux, you are going to be in a bit of trouble compared to Windows. That is to say, Windows is a lot easier to setup & tweak initially. If you are familiar with Linux, then the difference is negligable. 3. For whatever reason, SRCDS seems to run with a lot less issues under Windows than it does under Linux. This mailing list is a testament to that fact. 4. It doesn't matter what OS you use, neither Linux nor Windows is going to magically wring another 50% extra cpu out of your hardware. Either you have good enough hardware to run SRCDS at the level you expect, or you do not. The choice of OS will not make any significant difference, and any negative perceived performance differences are more likely down to the experince and skill of the server operator rather than any inherent difference in the Operating Systems. So in the end, Windows will cost you up front in dollars, but just about any idiot can set it up to run SRCDS well, it is not hard. Linux will cost you nothing up front, but MAY cost you a lot in time and effort if you are not experienced in its setup & use. That is pretty much your choices. P.S. I am not trying to scare you off Linux if you are prepared to put the time and effort into learning how to set it up and use it. It would be a commercially useful skill to have if you work in IT, so it is not a waste of time for people who want to have this sort of career. On 8/2/07, Rene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dies ist eine mehrteilige Nachricht im MIME-Format. > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > Hello everybody, > > > > what OS would you recommend for a CS Source Server? > > Windows or Linux and why? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > Rene > > > > -- > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > -- _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
