Who's the Fedora user?

[Rahul Sundaram]

Michael Schwendt wrote:

>On 24/08/05, Patrick Barnes wrote:
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>>One of the complaints we hear the most is about games that do not work.
>>Because Windows and Linux are different operating systems, Linux cannot
>>run programs that were built for Windows. 
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>Old Linux games don't work either, since newbies simply don't know
>where to get missing compatibility libraries.
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>>As an alternative, there are
>>many games available for Linux. A lot of these are available as packages
>>for Red Hat's distribution. There is a big advantage here: they're free!
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>Please don't turn your reply into a joke. "There are many games
>available for Linux"? Huh? Really? Linux is not even at the beginning
>of being a competitor in the games market.
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They might be not very competitive 3D shooter ones but there are 
certainly many games for Linux.   Apart from ones included in GNOME and 
KDE,  even Fedora Extras has a small collection

http://fedoraproject.org/extras/4/i386/repodata/repoview/games.group.html

I am sure other gamers could point to you several Linux gaming websites 
for more.


>>If there are games for Windows that you really want to get running, you
>>can look into Transgaming's Cedega. This is a commercial program that
>>may be able to get some of your Windows games running under Linux.
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>Do you have special experience with this to back up your "may be able"
>theory? I would be very (!) careful with a statement/recommendation
>like that.
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Why?. Its a well known fact that cedega runs a lot of Windows games. 
They have a public list

http://transgaming.org/gamesdb/

Its a recommendation from one users to another. I dont see a reason to 
make a big fuss about it


>>One of the best ways to really get moving with Linux is to get in touch
>>with the community.
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>Right. And seek for a real dialogue, not just poorly written letters
>which lack any details and give the impression of somebody doing some
>role-playing.
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I find your response too harsh in general.  If you do have to be 
critical there are much better ways to go about doing it

regards
Rahul