----- Mensaje original ----- > The best way to get a linux gaming page could be a updated ebook style > format-much like the introduction to linux (in pdf format from ages ago) > that explains everything clearly for newcomers. A book style approach (in > digital format) could include documentation on games, sources (ppas) of > games for linux, links to wine emulator, ways to set up more "complex" > things in ubuntu (i.e. running windows programs if required) etc so that > it is easy to find. We must also be careful not to get the impression > that we are persuading people to switch, more like showing there are > alternatives. By that i mean not to give them a talk(rant) of why > (insert fav OS) is better than (name another OS). > > > I think the best way to advertise gaming [for linux][ it is to make it > mainstream-let me explain. > If they find some "random" forum discussion where geeks share ideas they > may get the wrong impressions about linux (most of them are easier to use > than windows, since everything is configurable). A better approach may be > to let users know that there are a lot of good games out there (and when > steam arrives that will be a LOT more). > Personally, I can see the switch happening as msft took 25 years >of > work and got rid of it. The start menu was not bad... > > My ideas on the matter was more towards getting 12.10 more ready out > of the box-by that i mean dvd playback, vlc media player (now that you > have to pay to get windows media centre(?)) and other common programs. > That way the first impressions of win 8 for the average user would be: > > 1-where is the start menu!!!??? > 2-how do i get rid of metro and go back to classic windows!? > 3-very untituitive, have to relearn everything > 4-spent £1000 on laptop, now have to spend 25 more (if have win pro) to > get media centre-(some people still use it) > > On the other hand on ubuntu side it will be > 1-have to relearn anyway so why not try this-wait, you can go back to a > similar (gnome 2/xfce) windows feel on this free os! :-) > 2-a lot of programs are free with good support (dropbox, office suite, > pdf reader, web browser, pic manager etc etc) > 3-there are games for it (on ubuntu software centre and hopefully on > steam by that time) > 4-huge community support > 5-less viruses ( etc...) > > Basically we need to let people know that there is support out there > for people switching-the vast majority(non geeks) wont try hard[read- > "at all"] if it isnt working-they will go back to what they know. If we > can advertise the ammount of support that people can receive that will > have a greater impact on all aspects of ubuntu. More people (potentially > more publicity/ more developers will start coding for it), better > applications, quicker fixes etc etc, better hardware support because of > 1. > > Currently linux hangs about 1-2% of consumer (not server) market, thats
I thought the number was more in the 5% area. If you take the amount of hits wikipedia gets from linux os. (This probably is helped by android). > why no one really knows anything about it (outside specialised sphere of > techs and geeks). I think people arent switching because there are > reluctant to change (gonna have to any way!) the way they do things and > the reluctance to relearn anything, even if it is vastly superior to > what they used before (of course , until they realise it is much > easier/more effective, unfortunately that could take months). > > What do other people think??? > > On 9 July 2012 20:36, Daniel Case <danielcas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hey guys, > > > > If you haven't heard, Windows 8 drops in October (around the release > > of 12.10) and a lot of speculation says people will be looking for > > alternate operating systems, Windows 8 gets rid of a lot and it is > > another Windows Vista as it were, whereas Unity has become a pleasure > > to use. So I think Ubuntu may get a lot of new users during this > > time... > > > > Some of the main things that stop users migrating are gaming, programs > > not working etc, but Steam is releasing a client for Linux and Unity > > (the gaming engine) as well, I think this page could do with an > > update: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Games/ and also, could we > > write a new page about "Linux Gaming" and get it to the first page of > > Google? At the moment the second result is an article from 2009: > > > > https://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=chrome&client=ubuntu&channel=cs&ie=UTF-8&q=gaming+linux > > > > Mono > > > > -- > > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > there are some videos on youtube of people gaming on linux based distros. Some of the games are not even played with wine and look pretty spectacular thanks to openGL (i think). Showing that and some of the stuff that already came out of the humble indie bundle. that being said it has been a long time since I've done any serious gaming. Appart from angry words.
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