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  1. On 3/21/2017 at 12:27 AM, jeffnz said:

    Regarding purplederp's philosophy: I used to think I could run old hardware forever, so long as I had Linux installed; not true though. Linux has become bloated with time and I'm not just talking about System-D becoming the new init system. Everything in Linux is slower and worse than it was 10 years ago but it's still much faster than Windows.

     

    PC technology has improved a lot since 2009 ... I didn't notice until I bought a PC in 2015. I didn't realise at the time that 8GB of RAM was normal - 2 sticks of 4GB each. 500GB hard drives are now the minimum it seems (mechanical). I also thought you judged a CPU partly by its front-side-bus speed, rather that the advertised clock-speed - when really all you need to know is Intel i5 versus cheaper, worse AMD chips. I also thought that I'd use a white (DVI?) connector for my monitor, but the monitor they gave me had only an HDMI cable.

     

    You can upgrade systems of course but it isn't an eternal solution. I could put a solid state drive in my current PC and perhaps I could get a newer AMD A-10 which would improve CPU speed and the integrated graphics capability. At best I might give myself an extra 2-3 years with those upgrades. I used to enjoy running Linux on nasty old PCs but now I prefer to run Linux on things that are 2-3 years old which are still formidable. There's no point in making a Linux experience more annoying than it has to be.

     

    Next year I'm thinking about either Debian or OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, as a development system.

    i've found Lubuntu to actually be light and stable.


  2. Windows mainly my self until the last few years. it's creeping on to more and more of my machines and laptops. if i was a bit more driven and smarter i'd make some guide or auto install scripts for various command and conquer games.

     

    i'm finding more and more games work on it these days. even the witcher 3 and GTA V, although not 100% perfect. gallium 9 (native direct x on linux) and DXVK (Dx to vulkan) seems to be making major headway. I need to re test with version 3.3 that just came out.

     

    Another big splash is Lutris and Play On Linux they install most or all of it automatically for you if the game is in the list. While windows is still king i've been pleasantly surprised the last several years.

     

    https://lutris.net/games/command-conquer/

    https://lutris.net/games/command-conquer-generals/

    https://lutris.net/games/command-conquer-red-alert-2/

    https://www.playonlinux.com/en/app-51-Command_And_Conquer_3__Tiberium_Wars_Kane_Edition.html

    https://www.playonlinux.com/en/app-667-Command_And_Conquer_3__Kanes_Wrath.html

    https://www.playonlinux.com/en/app-1303-Command_And_Conquer__Red_Alert_1.html

    https://www.playonlinux.com/en/app-360-Command_And_Conquer__Red_Alert_3.html

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