Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on October 03, 2003 02:56 AM
I'm a guy who is gradually making the transition to Linux. I keep some dual-boot Windows machines at home mainly so the kids and I can use Windows games. A lot of people seem to do that. And I have seen reams of discussion on slashdot etc. about how Linux will have really really really made it on the desktop when games developers start porting to it.
I was vaguely aware that a person can run Linux on a Mac, and I never really thought much about it before. But -- don't most computer games have Mac versions? If I want to play something popular like Half Life or my kids' play their educational games, will those games run on a Mac?
If this is so, then why are the various sites like slashdot so quiet about this? It seems to me that this would be such a natural transition path for the desktop. The home desktop user could say, "Hmmm, I need a new computer. I'd better dual boot so I can still play games. But I'm sure tired of Windows crap. Hey, what if I bought a Mac, and dual booted it with Linux? Then I could play all the games I want to, explore all of the Mac's other goodies, but still keep using the Linux I'm starting to know and love...".
Etc. etc. You get my point. If a dual booted Mac with Linux on it, playing all the games you would want on the Mac side is *possible*<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... then why aren't people streaming to this alternative in droves? If this is so, then jeez, we need to start shouting about this alternative everywhere and every time we can.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on October 03, 2003 02:56 AMI was vaguely aware that a person can run Linux on a Mac, and I never really thought much about it before. But -- don't most computer games have Mac versions? If I want to play something popular like Half Life or my kids' play their educational games, will those games run on a Mac?
If this is so, then why are the various sites like slashdot so quiet about this? It seems to me that this would be such a natural transition path for the desktop. The home desktop user could say, "Hmmm, I need a new computer. I'd better dual boot so I can still play games. But I'm sure tired of Windows crap. Hey, what if I bought a Mac, and dual booted it with Linux? Then I could play all the games I want to, explore all of the Mac's other goodies, but still keep using the Linux I'm starting to know and love...".
Etc. etc. You get my point. If a dual booted Mac with Linux on it, playing all the games you would want on the Mac side is *possible*<nobr> <wbr></nobr>... then why aren't people streaming to this alternative in droves? If this is so, then jeez, we need to start shouting about this alternative everywhere and every time we can.
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