The Desktops of 2ch

Yeah indeed, the wallpaper that 028 has particularly struck my mind. Looking for it now

images 59 and 60... not the best way to order it...

http://iqdb.org/
upload the sceenshot and it finds it
it hasnt failed me yet

Am I the only one in the world that has his Windows Taskbar on the side?

When having many windows open, the names stay better readable, and on widescreen screens it seems to fit better.

^_^ Not the only one. Back when I used Windows I started to do that to. Works even better when you have a large screen. Though since switching to Linux I haven't had a need to do that anymore. Multiple workspaces solves everything (plus you can get the OS X like view of all the windows on the screen), I also get to leave programs running fullscreen in their own desktops.

Yes enjoy Linux or Apple if you intend to miss out on basically every game.

you can use window emulators for linux to play your games or run programs.

Even being a Linux fanboy myself, I still find it childish and irritating to go around every single OS-related topic posting "OMG GAIZ USE TEH LINUCKS"...

Seriously, give people a break and let them enjoy their computers without giving trolls food for an OS-inspired flame war.

And since I want to be irritatingly honest, this is not the place to prove your OS's e-penis size, nor are we educated enough about computers to have complete, objective, scientific opinions, backed up by evidence.

On topic, awesome screenshots. Those desktops rape mine aesthetically in more than 10^100 ways.

kthxbai

@03:41

That's like using a mac with Bootcamp, what the fuck is the point of using an emulator if you can just use the os itself instead of a virtual environment which runs far less efficiently.

@HARDKOAR
with the new VT-d (not to be mistaken with the old VT-x) it is possible to get about ~98% of the real HW power. if you have a MB with VT-d support and use xen (currently the only one that supports it).
So i guess in a few months it might be a real solution (if they deliver what they promise).

On the topic of "my OS is the best":
use the one u like, everyone prefers another one, each has it strength and weaknesses. There is no "best OS".

Myself I'm a happy linux user, but sometimes have to boot windows for games.

And finally on the topic of desktops.
there are some great desktops, my fav is 9, <3 lain :)

If you're talking about "WINE" for running games under Linux, it's not a emulator. It's just a way to execute Windows executables. So it doesn't have the same performance impact as a real x86 machine emulator, such as VMWare, Virtualbox, ...

Globally, WINE just translate Windows executable calls into native calls. So Direct3D calls are transformed into OpenGL calls, DirectSound into ALSA/OSS/Pulseaudio/Whatever, ...
But this translation doesn't work everytime, mostly because none were coded or the current implementation doesn't return the right result everytime.
I played Dragon Age, Red Alert 3 and WoW quite fine with it but it surely doesn't have the same performance that their Windows counterpart on 3D intensive games, so suggesting Linux for gamers is just a no-no.

Anyway, virtualization software have to let the guest OS use the host OS graphic card directly, or running the game is impossible or quite slow at best. So, it's also a no-no, compared to Windows only.

@06:05
If you were talking to me (04:27), I never mentioned wine (which is fine for a few game, but far from being a full alternative for a windows system).
I was talking about VT-D, the Intel Virtualization tech for direct I/O, which makes it's possible to share the REAL HW with 1 VM. However currently only implemented in Xen (beta afaik).
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/VTdHowTo

Presented at Xen Summit 2k9 (december).
Slides: http://www.xen.org/files/xensummit_intel09/Graphics-Passthrough-with-VT-d.pdf
(Speech can be found on youtube, also few demo movies)

I couldn't test it yet because I don't have the required HW for it to work. I guess I'll buy a new system optimized for VT-D in a few month (as soon as more reports/tests are available, so I can be sure that it's worth it.)

The Xen Pass-Thru techniques are interesting, as they can give a perfect 3D rendering but refreshing seem quite problematic, as shown on the Alien Arena video, and performances are quite low, even while considering that the graphic card isn't a beast.
But it looks better than Virtualbox 3D supports, I'll give you that.

Anyway, Wine, is currently the only viable alternative for Windows 3D apps, as suggests AppDb's list ( http://appdb.winehq.org ). Being able to finish Dragon Age with it, lastly, perceiving heavy lag on the last battle only, I can say that's one of the best bet for running such applications on Linux. Same thing for simpler applications, unless they don't work, in which case virtualization will be obviously better.
VMWare Server might also be an option, if it has the same performance as VMware Fusion.

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