Totally. If you're writing server plugins, Linux is the way to go. Linux performance has gotten better, but still hasn't come to par with Windows. Or so is the case with SRCDS, I haven't run goldsrc in a 'official' capacity for a couple years now.
Thanks, Kyle. On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Steven Sumichrast <packh...@gmail.com>wrote: > I think the general opinion has been that goldsource and source have > slightly better performance on Windows. That being said, I'm getting > significant return on my "free" investment in Debian boxes. > > Gentoo is nice, but to me all the work in customizing the kernel and > reading/learning about the kernel... It's good to do when you want to > learn about Linux, but I want my box to run without issue all the > time, and Gentoo just requires you to know "too much" about what > you're doing, IMO. I'd rather just stand the kernel up and move on. > The little extra performance I'm going to squeeze out with Gentoo > isn't worth my time (especially since game servers just cost me money > to run!) > > On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Collin Howard <my_azz...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Thank you for the replies guys, i have been using centos 5.x for past 2 > years but getting tired of segmentation faults. I have used gentoo before > on a box and have a small amount of experience with it. Im thinking about > officially moving to gentoo. Also whats your opinions on using windows if > you are specifically running gldsrc games such as cs1.6? From what I have > heard its better optimized for windows and therefore gives better > performance? > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Ook <ooksser...@zootal.com> > > To: Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list < > hlds_linux@list.valvesoftware.com> > > Sent: Monday, July 9, 2012 3:45:37 PM > > Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] OS > > > > Slackware 13.37 64 bit with the 3.3.7 kernel. Rock solid. Gets the job > done. Not really for the linux newbies, as it doesn't do much hand-holding. > Slackware is a basic distro without a lot of gui bells and whistles. I used > to use Windows 2000, but got tired of the regular BSODs everytime I passed > gas or a flock of cosmic rays blew by. Replaced Win2000 with linux, hasn't > gone down once. Even the X server is surprisingly stable, the current > version of xfce is lean and bloat free and more important, very stable. > > > > I run xfce because I use bpftp for my ftp server, and it is a windows > program. Works great via wine. Everything else I've converted from their > Windows equivalents to native linux apps. 3GB on the box, two OP4 servers, > one minecraft server, one ftp server via wine, apache, noip, and it's > currently using 1.5GB and 5% cpu (older Phenom four core cpu, one of the > slower ones). > > > > > > > > On 07/08/2012 07:12 PM, Collin Howard wrote: > >> Is Gentoo a good distro for goldsrc HLDS? What distro's do you server > ops use and recommend? I'm not looking for a OS battle here. Just a simple > answer with a small explanation why. :) > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
