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"Dan C" <youmustbejoking@invalid.lan> wrote in message 
news:pan.2005.11.30.21.11.34.326012@invalid.lan...
> On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 06:47:14 +0000, EvilBill wrote:
>
>>> For the record, I play Diablo II (with the CDs I bought for Windows) 
>>> under
>>> Linux with Wine (not WineX), which is freely available. Any non-3D game
>>> has a fair chance of being supported by Wine.
>
>> That's cool :) I play a lot of games both 3D and otherwise, it's nice to
>> know that at least some of them can be made to run on Linux.
>
> Many, many (nearly all) will run either natively, or via Wine/Cedega.
>
>>> But that's only _commercial_ strategy of game makers. If you don't want 
>>> to
>>> use Linux because you don't have your favorite games ported, that's 
>>> fine.
>>> But blame the game makers, NOT the OS, for God's sake!
>
>> I'm not blaming the OS at all. Just outlining the main reason why most
>> people are still stuck with Windows. ;)
>
> Gaming is not the "main reason".  It is for some, but the real reason is
> that most Windows-droids either have never heard of Linux, or find it "too
> hard".  In reality, it's not harder, just different.  Once some of that is
> understood, there's no comparison.  Almost never will you see a Linux user
> decide to go back to Windows.
>
> -- 
> If you're not on the edge, you're taking up too much space.
> Linux Registered User #327951
>

Hmpfh.   The apps that are most important to me are not supported in Linux 
at all.  I've read elsewhere that Paint Shop Pro middle versions are being 
run with some success under Wine.   I have to have version 9 and X.   But 
that isn't the only issue.
I'll keep at it occasionaly.   One of these days, someone will promise to 
walk me through installing nVidias or ATI's full driver set, and keep it. 
If I can actually understand what I'm doing with that, then I should have no 
problem with full driver sets for sound, mouse, pen tablet etc.
McG.