> It will be a great thing when the Linux community finally conquers
> games. That is the one thing that is keeping many people from dumping
> Winders entirely. I still have it for Counter-Strike, Diablo II, and
> Grant Theft Auto III.
I am only a user, (and the only game I ever play is "rock and
diamonds", my favorite), but from what I have read, the X system
(X windows) was not designed for and is very poorly suited for gaming.
It was primarily designed as a graphic server-terminal system.
The X system is not LINUX it runs over LINUX or any other OS, even
over windows. It was designed by MIT to provide a graphic `shell
account' service.
I get better video file/VCD playback performance on a LINUX terminal
than I do in the X system, but windows games work on API calls, which
I don't think are a LINUX match. There is a $150 (or so) graphic system
useable on LINIX that rocks for gaming, apparently it is built with a
"like M$ winders API" system, I have read. LINUX graphic programs use
a graphic server, not a text terminal, but work without any X system
support. (virtual terminal #13, where 11 is my last text terminal and
X system uses #12.
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