Linux

[Wolfie]

I don't think the people speaking out against Linux actually understand how Linux works.

But I still don't think FFXIV's dev team is competent enough to make an OpenGL game.

[Leyza]

But I still don't think FFXIV's dev team is competent enough to make an OpenGL game.

I was doing some reading, and apparently the PS3 is running on some form of OpenGL, and since they have games on the PS3, and are making XIV on the PS3...

[Delsus]

...and since they have games on the PS3, and are making XIV on the PS3...

It really seems this way, people don't seem to understand how easy linux is, install on Ubuntu:

Sudo apt-get *FFXIV package name* it downloads and installs, then click on the FFXIV logo in the draw.

Other distros:

Apt-get *FFXIV package name* it downloads and installs, then click on the FFXIV logo in the draw.

As opposed to open the installer, choose a location, install DirectX, wait for ages to install, then find it in all programs > Square Enix > FFXIV.

Which is easier based on these steps?

[Leyza]

It really seems this way, people don't seem to understand how easy linux is, install on Ubuntu:

Sudo apt-get *FFXIV package name* it downloads and installs, then click on the FFXIV logo in the draw.

Other distros:

Apt-get *FFXIV package name* it downloads and installs, then click on the FFXIV logo in the draw.

As opposed to open the installer, choose a location, install DirectX, wait for ages to install, then find it in all programs > Square Enix > FFXIV.

Which is easier based on these steps?

Well, I can tell you from experience Linux is easier!

[Delsus]

Well, I can tell you from experience Linux is easier!

I know it is from experiance, I can't wait to get a bigger HDD so dual boot is more viable for me (I fill a 500GB HDD with one OS)

[Mirage]

I know it is from experiance, I can't wait to get a bigger HDD so dual boot is more viable for me (I fill a 500GB HDD with one OS)

Well, if you install linux, that OS would be able to read all your media files you currently have without needing to make an additional copy of the files. That means your Linux partition will only need space forthe OS itself, which is just a few gigabytes, and because most non-game applications are pretty small, it would probably be unproblematic to only set aside something like 20 GB for all your Linux needs.

[Delsus]

Well, if you install linux, that OS would be able to read all your media files you currently have without needing to make an additional copy of the files. That means your Linux partition will only need space forthe OS itself, which is just a few gigabytes, and because most non-game applications are pretty small, it would probably be unproblematic to only set aside something like 20 GB for all your Linux needs.

I know all this I literally just removed Ubuntu after I installed Windows 8 and couldn't access grub, so I just removed the partition for the extra space rather than mess on getting grub back in the mbr.

[Soukyuu]

I don't think the people speaking out against Linux actually understand how Linux works.

That's what I noticed too. They seem to be arguing against linux simply because it's linux.

But I still don't think FFXIV's dev team is competent enough to make an OpenGL game.

As said multiple times in this thread already, the PS3 uses openGL, so they certainly have more experience with openGL than with directX