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1. rising superstar autumn

   So what are Ubuntu's limitations, application-wise? i.e. What are major, popular windows progtams that Ubuntu dosen't have?

   Wednesday, 12-Sep-12 18:34:06 UTC from web
   1. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

      @lovetolerateandsquee VIDEOGAMES

      Wednesday, 12-Sep-12 18:34:20 UTC from web
      1. rising superstar autumn

         @ceruleanspark By the time I have my laptop, Steam Linux'll be out already.

         Wednesday, 12-Sep-12 18:36:39 UTC from web
         1. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

            @lovetolerateandsquee That isn't magically gonna make videogames work on your machine. Look at steam Mac. Source ports and casual games.

            Wednesday, 12-Sep-12 18:37:39 UTC from web
            1. rising superstar autumn

               @ceruleanspark I know, but if the SteamBox rumours are to be believed, it's gonna be Linux-based, which would mean Valve would have to get a lot of their games Linux-compatible.

               Wednesday, 12-Sep-12 18:40:01 UTC from web
               1. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

                  @lovetolerateandsquee Yes. That'll be the "Source ports" part.

                  Wednesday, 12-Sep-12 18:41:19 UTC from web
                  1. rising superstar autumn

                     @ceruleanspark Derp. I meant "A lot of THE games".

                     Wednesday, 12-Sep-12 18:42:22 UTC from web
                     1. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

                        @lovetolerateandsquee You do realise valve can't just port someone elses game to a foreign OS, right? That isn't a thing that can happen.

                        Wednesday, 12-Sep-12 18:43:03 UTC from web
                        1. Omni

                           @ceruleanspark They could ask the developers for the source code, though they would be completely insane if they would port games from other developers on their own costs.

                           Wednesday, 12-Sep-12 18:44:05 UTC from web
                           1. Cerulean Lulamoon-Spark

                              @omni Also basically no major developer would do it. Some indies might well appreciate the help reaching a wider audience though.

                              Wednesday, 12-Sep-12 18:44:49 UTC from web
                        2. rising superstar autumn

                           @ceruleanspark Hurrdurr, I know nothing about video games. Well this is a dissapointment. Anyway, I mostly use consoles anyway, and I think my old HP G61 can handle BIT.TRIP BEAT, Fieldrunners, TF2 and Spacechem.

                           Wednesday, 12-Sep-12 18:45:36 UTC from web
   2. I am an idiot

      @lovetolerateandsquee Games. Luckily I don't play.

      Wednesday, 12-Sep-12 18:36:38 UTC from MuSTArDroid
   3. sasha

      @lovetolerateandsquee Most are proprietary that you wouldn't wan't to use anyway.

      Wednesday, 12-Sep-12 18:38:40 UTC from Choqok
   4. Omni

      @lovetolerateandsquee Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office. We have good alternatives to those, though.

      Wednesday, 12-Sep-12 18:43:02 UTC from web
      1. rising superstar autumn

         @omni Chromium and Libre > IE and Microsoft Office. Also, any other browser > IE

         Wednesday, 12-Sep-12 18:50:51 UTC from web
         1. Omni

            @lovetolerateandsquee Well, that only leaves some games (we have games, though, we even have pretty good and fun games, but we just have less games).

            Wednesday, 12-Sep-12 18:51:27 UTC from web