OT: New PC

[dogscoff]

It was my understanding that DX10 was a unique feature of Vista that wouldn't have worked on previous versions of Windows.

As has already been pointed out, DX10 being Vista-only was a marketing decision, not a technical limitation. I think MS realised that there is no really compelling reason to down^H^H^H^Hupgrade to Vista, so they manufactured one by making DX10 Vista-only.

Unfortunately for them, it has already been demonstrated by third parties that DX10 will work on XP (and maybe other Windows OSes as well?). See here: http://www.technospot.net/blogs/down...-alky-project/

Or, as AZ suggests (i'm surprised it took this long for the thread to switch to Linux advocacy=-) you could get Linux and run your games under Wine. Apparently some Windows games run faster under Wine than under Windows! http://appdb.winehq.org/

[Randallw]

I don't trust an OS called wine. I expect the more it is used the slower it gets.

Disclaimer: yes, I'm a devoted Teetotaller. Last time I had a breath test I broke the machine. I like to think it didn't know what to think when it detected no alcohol at all.

[dogscoff]

Heh, Wine is not an OS, it's a tool to run Windows software under Linux. Note that it isn't an emulator (it's faster than that.)

Hmmm... Since Wine gets its name from a recursive acronym (Wine Is Not an Emulator), and is it as much not an OS as it is not an emulator, perhaps it would also be legitimate to refer to it as "Wino" (Wine Is Not an OS)..?

[Spoo]

Does SE5 work under wine yet?

[Atrocities]

Is there an all in one easy installation version of linux?

[Xrati]

Some of the old threads here talk about the differnt versions of Linux. I found Knoppix and Caldara to be pretty easy to deal with when starting out. The expert would be Ed Kolis who was recommending these for getting started. You may just want to PM him to see what you might like.

[Fyron]

Ubuntu/Kubuntu is the answer for your easy to use Linux needs...

But really, Linux is an absolutely terrible choice for a gaming machine. You will have about 100 orders of magnitude more hassles trying to game with Wine/Cedega than just doing it on Windows. There are lots of good uses for Linux; gaming just isn't one of them. Advocating it in a thread that is obviously about a gaming PC is doing a great disservice to the poster...

And no, SE5 does not work at all under Wine/Cedega.