Side question- with the introduction of Steam on OSX and now Linux, and the development of Android-powered consoles like the Ouya are we seeing the beginning of the end for Windows being the Holy Grail of gaming? Win8 has been a turd in the punchbowl, and it doesn't appear that there has been a great deal of developer interest in making Metro tiles for their gaming apps.
On May 28, 2013, at 10:53 AM, Edward Crosby <[email protected]> wrote: > Bold statement: > > "...Linux Mint 15, Olivia, is now not merely the best Linux desktop, it's the > best desktop operating system of all." > > http://www.zdnet.com/mint-15-todays-best-linux-desktop-review-7000015691/ > > I'm looking forward to LM 15. I've been using Linux Mint as my primary OS on > both my desktop and laptop for about 2 years now (still have LM 12 installed > on my desktop; LM 14 on my laptop) and have no regrets. Unfortunately, I > still have to use Windows for my PC gaming (dual boot) but that is slowly > changing with the introduction of Steam for Linux. Linux Mint is coming very > close to being a good alternate OS for beginners of PC computing. It's come > to the point that if my wife's laptop were to die tomorrow and we needed to > get her a new machine I would have no issue with loading LM 15, giving her > some basic training and letting her run with it. Of course, since she is so > used to Windows 7 she would probably have some push back because she hates > change (took me three years to get her to move from her Motorola Razr to an > iPhone) but I'm still pretty sure that being very much a "user" she would > still be able to use Linux Mint with no issues. > In other words, for any beginner that can't afford Windows or OS X, I would > definitely recommend Linux Mint. > > ---------------------------------------- > Have a Better One, > Edward Crosby > http://about.me/edwardcrosby > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
