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    Linux + gaming.

    It does exist, though few companies output stuff that's usable. Not much of a gamer myself but with it working in linux I find myself investing about 30 minutes a day into 'heroes of newerth'. Solid RTS -- inexpensive too: http://www.heroesofnewerth.com/ (works for windows, mac & linux)

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    I saw the title of this thread and thought what kind of abomination would present itself here.

    For me the natural order of things is -

    Linux - servers
    Windows - games
    Macs - work

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    Yikes Linux is a fantastic desktop. Have been using it solid for several years. Finally rid of the windows dual boot, too

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    Hello,
    Personally I am Windows Free and Proud of it (Linux all the way). Gaming is not a problem if Wine is set up properly (Starcraft 2 and GuildWars are my games of choice. I will need to give this game above a try.
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    I only use Linux for other purposes but not for Gaming well maybe I'm also not a gamer.
    If Linux (with WINE) can provide what Windows can do, I think that will save costs for gaming center owner (as they'll need to purchase Windows Licenses).
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    I would think it is more like the below

    Linux - servers
    Windows - office productivity
    Macs - designers
    xbox / playstation / nintendo: games

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zoom Active View Post
    I would think it is more like the below

    Linux - servers
    Windows - office productivity
    Macs - designers
    xbox / playstation / nintendo: games
    PCs and Macs do have a fair number of excellent games available. Starcraft II comes to mind, and I think it's PC/MAC only, right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike - Limestone View Post
    PCs and Macs do have a fair number of excellent games available. Starcraft II comes to mind, and I think it's PC/MAC only, right?

    -mike
    @ Mike - Funny you mention Starcraft 2, here is a screenshot of my computers desktop. http://www.webhostingtalk.com/attach...9&d=1304234879 (I used a modified version of WINE 1.3)

    I can also code, design, do productivity stuff and game on my Linux machine. The fact that I also run Apache on it helps me quickly test scripts
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    Quote Originally Posted by KDisk View Post
    @ Mike - Funny you mention Starcraft 2, here is a screenshot of my computers desktop. http://www.webhostingtalk.com/attach...9&d=1304234879 (I used a modified version of WINE 1.3)

    I can also code, design, do productivity stuff and game on my Linux machine. The fact that I also run Apache on it helps me quickly test scripts
    Nice. Very good points.

    Does SC 2 run well under (modified) Wine?

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    leagueoflegends.com > hon

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    Wine is not the best solutions for playing games under linux, they run too slow..

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    There are quite a few games that are compatible with linux.....

    UT2K4
    Urban Terror
    etc

    It all comes down to how many potential customers are running linux. I think that over the next few years, games will start becoming more popular on linux, due to distros like ubuntu pushing linux into the desktop market.

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