What's with the crashes?

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Originally Posted by Shining-Scias

It may work, but it's stupid to solve a minor issue with huge and unecessary changes on all the computer. It's like squashing a fly with a nuclear bomb.

8 crashes in the same evening a minor issue ? We don't share the same values.

Originally Posted by Shining-Scias

If the drivers are up-to-date, OpenGL is absolutely fine on Windows. Maybe just less performant than on Linux tho.
The graphics drivers share the same OpenGL rendering code between Linux and Windows.

Or not. Test it by yourself, you'll see.

Originally Posted by Shining-Scias

Even if it's much easier to install Linux noadays, it's still a big task and very invasive changes in the computer and in the daily usage of a computer. There's nothing wrong with someone (beginner or not) that wants to switch on and discover Linux, who's ready to change his daily Win-habits...
Because even if most of the Desktop Environments in Linux are as simple if not simpler than Windows, it's still very different. The core of the OS is radically different and same for the possible issues the user might encounter too...

Only few people switch because they want to lose their time to discover something they don't care. Each switch I heard of is because of painful crashes, virus/trojan/whatever, OS that slows down months after months, need to reinstall every 3 months, unstable applications, reboot each time something got installed ...
In fact I never knew anyone wanting to discover linux if everything went fine on windows.

Originally Posted by Shining-Scias

And that's why, suggesting to someone to cut his hard drive in half, reserve 3GB+RO and install a totally different OS just to solve a stupid issue concerning a game is not a good solution. Not everyone wants to reboot just to avoid a bug for a game, then reboot again to use some Windows-only programs or just get back to it as not needing/wanting Linux for the other normal computer tasks...
In the best case it's just uneeded, in the worst it's just leading to the frustration of the user (who naturally becomes an anti-linux troll)...

Constant crashes are not minor/stupid issues.

I first suggested to remove some options in regnum, since he plays on safe-mode it's useless. Then I gave him a fully tested solution. He has choice now, give a try and test regnum on linux or stay on win. No one pointed a gun at his head. He knows there is a good solution. Free for him to try it or not.

@ blood-raven:
Make sure you have a windows restoration CD and back-up all your data. Sometimes shit happens.

And no need to reboot, linux has a pretty good amount of programs, only AAA games are lacking (except regnum). If he plays on safe-mode, I doubt he's a hard-core gamer. So everything will be fine on linux: web/youtube/facebook/twitter, photo/audio/video, mail, instant messaging, games, ... and most of them for free.

...and thinking blood-raven may become a linux/win troll...
Since he doesn't pay much attention to computers, I doubt he will haunt all forums on the web to search for trolling topics.

Originally Posted by Shining-Scias

Anyways back on the topic, a lot of RO players are running Windows and don't seem to complain about excessive crashes, why would this case be impossible ?

Never heard of losing sound ? Multiple crashes in game ?
I hear of them everyday from windows players.
Not a single one from linux players.