HawkMan Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Linux (desktop) in general has about 1% marketshare yet you're telling us Ubuntu is on its way to 5%? Care to explain? In the past he's been known to argue that all statistics and usage ratings are false and that linux is about to get a market lead.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyboard Cowboy Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Linux (desktop) in general has about 1% marketshare yet you're telling us Ubuntu is on its way to 5%? Care to explain? It's simplezz, he'll make up whatever numbers he want's damn it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted August 14, 2012 Veteran Share Posted August 14, 2012 I'm not sure if you've studied algorithm analysis and complexity (ie asymptotic analysis, computational complexity) but this increase in frame rates is a lot. It means that it is more efficient, thus using less resources and energy. It also means it requires less resources, allowing outdated less powerful machines to still play the game. This is something that, as an example at least, has allowed the Xbox 360 to stay as relevant as it has so far. Of course there will always be physical limitations, but if you can get the best out of something then why not. In a few years time you will have a monitor with a faster refresh rate, and will see the difference. I remember talking about building a computer with my friend back in 2002 and I mentioned I wanted an 80gb HDD. I still remember his response: "you will never fill that up." I was just making a simple joke that once you go past hundereds of FPS the difference becomes very hard to tell, hence why I said 200ish vs 600ish fps large numbers for a reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_K Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 200 vs 600 fps. No, you wouldn't tell the difference, I dga(n utter)f what ANYONE says, physics and persistance of vision says YOU ARE WRONG, IT IS NOT PHYSICALLY POSSIBLY TO SEE AT EVEN 200FPS! Now I didn't watch the video but I see GNU/linux overall kinda improving. 10 years ago I was lucky if I got red hat 9 to run properly on an AMD system, no USB support, web server was flakey, random crashes. Now it runs on loads of things, heck it even runs on things that windows won't run on, from something as simple as an advanced watch or raspberry pi (btw, the WODE for the wii runs linux) or even to the leading supercomputers, or just PCs with BIOS's and boot drives > 3GB :p. Anyway I don't think linux will ever be in the lead, MS and apple hold patents, so there's things that they'll be able to do/finance and implement/share with each other that people will like/want/get used to, and linux won't be able to implement it because they'll get sued. But that does not mean open source is a bad thing or that it's wrong. Open source is what you make of it, and yes, even if closed source stuff like Steam comes to linux and the source isn't available, so what ? It's not going to harm linux and it's not gonna make FOSS developers think '****, quick, hide all the source of our software, start charging for it' etc. though it will probably get more people coding/releasing things for linux! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolguy Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Not until Microsoft dies :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted August 15, 2012 Member Share Posted August 15, 2012 Not until Microsoft dies :) Microsoft has got into open source in a big way, you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmrd Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Wow she's really annoying and loves Linux. Would not bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Yeah, you weren't clear in your post... regardless it has astronomically exploded in terms of growth Again, not on the desktop. If I was referring to Android I'd would have said "Android". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkMan Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Referring to android as Linux is fundamentally flawed anyway. javagreen 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichi Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Referring to android as Linux is fundamentally flawed anyway. Semantics, although it's definitely not GNU/Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King of GnG Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 The future, for me, is being able to play every DOS and Windows game ever released with ease. The rest is bullcrap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789A Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 This reminds me of that one time I was driving home and there was a car in front of me with a bumper sticker that had the Linux penguin and "Honk if you love Linux," so I kept honking at the guy until he started to panic. n_K, Duffydemon, javagreen and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal_dragen Veteran Posted August 29, 2012 Veteran Share Posted August 29, 2012 Sad folk. It's like another religion, Stallman's witnesses or something. Eliminate the confusion between free, open-source and zero-price. Difference is ideological, but in this society open-source, much less free (as intended) as a sole business model is unrealistic at best. You wouldn't open-source a car. In the end, someone always must pay for stuff and it better be with as little redirections as possible. Current models depend on donations (begging), ads (morally wrong), enterprise tax (free for home/personal use, unfair and unenforceable), user being the product sold (objectionable), or, perhaps the worst offence - someone else's money, often earned by selling proprietary software. Or ads, as much as Google is involved. Or altruism - well, let's see you pay your next rent with that. There are more points to address, mainly confidence, but this is the fact zero. Oh, and L4D2 power-hungry... what? *cough* First, let me explain my position - use both commercial and open-source software depending on needs/features. Have no problem with either model/philosophy. However, I have to point out that the philosophy of GNU (and Stallman) has nothing to do with monetary value. The philosophy is "free as in freedom not free as in beer" as it is often explained. The licensing however, places restrictions on monetary compensation for your work. But this is a fundamental problem with building upon the works of others - you must also compensate them for their work in order to be fair - after all, you didn't create the entire piece of software. This is often impractical if not impossible in the real world, hence why most OSS is also free (as in beer) and companies make money off of support or in some other way - custom configuration or deployment, etc. Redhat is just one example of a company that has done well with the paid support model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_K Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 This reminds me of that one time I was driving home and there was a car in front of me with a bumper sticker that had the Linux penguin and "Honk if you love Linux," so I kept honking at the guy until he started to panic. Hahaha! Brilliant :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsYcHoKiLLa Posted August 29, 2012 Share Posted August 29, 2012 Wow she's really annoying and loves Linux. Would not bang I'm sure she's heartbroken at this revelatory news. ichi and +hedleigh 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gian Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Sorry, how is it the future when there is next to no technological advancements coming from any sort of OSS app or company? Are you kidding me? Then I wonder why all the companies bother contributing to open source software and open source codes. As far as technological advancements (I don't know what you expect exactly) but open source helped create many great projects (such as Android, Firefox, git, jQuery, linux which most servers use, mysql, etc. etc.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Neo Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 This reminds me of that one time I was driving home and there was a car in front of me with a bumper sticker that had the Linux penguin and "Honk if you love Linux," so I kept honking at the guy until he started to panic. I hope the fine was worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagosilva29 Posted September 1, 2012 Share Posted September 1, 2012 Oh man, GNU+Linux is getting too mainstream. I'm going to switch to BSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted September 2, 2012 Member Share Posted September 2, 2012 Oh man, GNU+Linux is getting too mainstream. I'm going to switch to BSD. :laugh: LOL :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 I hope the fine was worth it. fine for what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LogicalApex MVC Posted September 2, 2012 MVC Share Posted September 2, 2012 fine for what? Honking when it isn't an emergency is generally illegal and subject to a ticket, hence the fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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