Thread: XP or Linux?

Originally Posted by ...bigdog...

.....we put in the time, and the effort.....and even then, you have to come to teh realization that some parts of the software and OS are out of your control. And then you have to make decisions on how to avoid problems out of your control.

Wow. That's a sysadmin version of

God grant me the power to change the things I can, the serenity to accept the things I can't, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Originally Posted by ...bigdog...

but you keep saying it, over and over, as if it matters.

if it matters in this discussion, then you are implying that we are either incapable, or disinterested, in doing what's best for our servers.

And thats.....just silly.

It's in context, since your context is "if you put in the time and effort, linux works better".

And like I've had to say 10 times now.....we put in the time, and the effort.....and even then, you have to come to teh realization that some parts of the software and OS are out of your control. And then you have to make decisions on how to avoid problems out of your control.

There's a world of difference between me implying something and you inferring it. I didn't say that linux worked better at any point. I said if you put in some time and effort you could get it to work, specifically for Source. I also said that it was far from ideal. I'm not some linux zealot in here proclaiming Linus Torvalds as God and Bill Gates as Satan.

I don't have anything against the way that TTP runs the servers. I didn't suggest that anyone was lazy, unskilled, incapable, or disinterested.

I agreed with a lot of what you said, but disagreed that it was always right for everyone. For you to proclaim that since windows is the best option for TTP it's the best option for everyone, after bashing on others for their anecdotal evidence, is hypocritical. I'm a sysadmin by trade. Linux has been incredibly useful for lots of applications. I know that it's not always the right choice, and I conceded that. I use whichever OS fits my needs with the least amount of hassle and frustration. Whether that OS is windows, linux, macos, bsd, doesn't matter as long as it gets the job done, and well. And I'm not a hippie, dammit.

I'm glad that the servers are running smooth and well supported. I frankly don't care what OS they're running.

*laugh* I almost think I'd offer beer to the first admin team who can reliably get an OS-X server running a Source or EA game. That'd be some serious geek cred

I'm clueless about OS-X. Isn't it a POSIX compliant OS? If so, wouldn't it be within a realm of possibility for a talented few to port from Linux to OS-X? Providing of course that they have access to the source code...that's an issue. Never mind.

well since osx is almost freebsd, just install linux compatibility and run the linux binaries

Sure, it's quite possible for all the reasons stated. But it'd be a major pain in the ass to get it to run reliably.

Remember, it might have begun life as BSD, but soon thereafter it was twisted by dark and fell magics in the stronghold of Dark Lord Jobs

Whee! I'm browsing TTP through the Konqueror browser in Kubuntu while it is still installing and formatting my disks.

This is easy like pie.

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Destroy All Zombies 3

A nice little TD game for those who like them.
Zombie Tower Defense 4

And here is a complete website devoted to zombie games.

Zombie Games.Net

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Damn! Thought this was "Zombie Flesh Games for you"