Lolz, Doob.

I totally understood all of what you just said. I've been using Linux in one form or another (almost exclusively for server-stuff - I still use Windows for my daily driver) since the late 90s.

I do have a Linux Mint laptop that I have loaded and ready-to-go for those situations where I need linux to accomplish a particular goal (liek reading EXT* filesystems) but my daily driver is also my gaming PC, so....Windows..

Yes, I know that gaming on Linux is a thing, but it's just not really totally there yet. Just check out the Linus Tech Tips series on that topic... They had to go to pains to get it working -- and that's not something I really want to put that much time into - when I want to game, I don't want to futz with it.

So, I have my Win10 laptop and my Mint laptop -- use the right tool for the right job I always say...

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: The Ratrace Losers (21:3/166)

Lolz, Doob.

I totally understood all of what you just said. I've been using Linux
in one form or another (almost exclusively for server-stuff - I still
use Windows for my daily driver) since the late 90s.

FINALLY! INTELLIGENT CONVERSATION!!!1!1!111 \(@_@)/

I do have a Linux Mint laptop that I have loaded and ready-to-go for
those situations where I need linux to accomplish a particular goal
(liek reading EXT* filesystems) but my daily driver is also my gaming
PC, so....Windows..

I'm pretty much the same, Windows on T3H_B33ST, and Linux on T3H_M0B1L3. Also, by default, Linux on my Raspberry Pis. I don't really use my laptop much, but I do like to mess around in Linux on occasion, just to see the different ways it works. Not to mention that some of my various projects are primarily Linux-base, and my eventual game doors will need both Windows and Linux (and armhf/Pi) builds.

Yes, I know that gaming on Linux is a thing, but it's just not really totally there yet. Just check out the Linus Tech Tips series on that topic...

I'm a Canadian computer guy. You can be assured that I've already subscribed to LTT. I was subscribed when he was still a kid in a computer warehouse. The Legend of Linus Sebastian is well-known to me! (o_-)

Yeah, for gaming, nothing beats Windows. And there's a reason for that. Microsoft hands out a *LOT* of money to game devs, partly to ensure that Windows gets priority. Apple refuses to stoop to that level, and Linux literally *can't*...

So, I have my Win10 laptop and my Mint laptop -- use the right tool for the right job I always say...

Okay, wait...you game on a laptop? And then say 'use the right tool for the right job'? Are you suffering from a head injury, sir? (o_O)

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

... That's not a bug, it's an undocumented feature

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: PiBBS (21:4/135)

My laptop has an RTX 2070 in it.

I don't have space for a full rig. I also don't play shooters and the like.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: The Ratrace Losers (21:3/166)

My laptop has an RTX 2070 in it.

Jee-zuz. And here I am, stuck with my aging 1060...

_<t) SCREW YOURSELF SIDEWAYS WITH A CACTUS, SCALPERS!

First time in my life that my GPU has *risen* in value as I used it...also, first time that a GPU has cost more than my entire build budget. Who the hell pays $2k for ONE COMPONENT?

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

... Great minds think alike; small minds run together

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: PiBBS (21:4/135)

Jee-zuz. And here I am, stuck with my aging 1060...

That's one of the reasons I bought the laptop. At the time, a discrete GPU was more than I paid for the entire machine!

It's an MSI GL75 Leopard -- 17" 32G ram (up from 16), NVME SSD Boot and (added) 1hard disk, i7-10750H and RTX 2070 (not mobile version, but downclocked for heat).

Paid $1500 + the cost of the RAM and I already had the 1TB HDD. So yeah, quite a good deal at the time. Got it a little over a year ago. Still running great, and it makes my thighs sweat!

Lolz.

Good times.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: The Ratrace Losers (21:3/166)

It's an MSI GL75 Leopard -- 17" 32G ram (up from 16), NVME SSD Boot and (added) 1hard disk, i7-10750H and RTX 2070 (not mobile version, but downclocked for heat).

Lolz.

Shaddup, show-off. My dick-ionary is still bigger than yours! t(^_^t)

As I alluded to, my laptop is a 'classic'. 'Ye olde' Dell Precision m4500, aka 'Laptop Corvette'. Fine, it only had awesome hardware for its time. Just like yours does right now...for a year, at best. Because 30-series exists. And 40-series is just waiting for better market value...

And this is where towers are better: as time goes on, one can easily (budget permitting) upgrade any aging part, be it CPU, RAM, GPU, cooling, or even motherboard. The same definitely can't be said about laptops.

If you're gonna be a gamer, do it right! (o_-)

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

... Enter any 12-digit prime number to continue.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: PiBBS (21:4/135)

Shaddup, show-off. My dick-ionary is still bigger than yours! t(^_^t)

Lolz. if we are comparing dick-tionaries, you'll win, I'm sure!

I *am* pleased with the deal I got. Not nose-rubbing at all. I'm just chuffed about having power available to me if I want it.

Don't get me started on my server/SAN/network stack. Makes the laptop look like a chromebook.

If you're gonna be a gamer, do it right! (o_-)

I needed an all-around (and portable) machine, and since I live in a 5th wheel trailer, I don't have the space for a desktop setup, nor do I have the budget!

Besides, for the type of gaming I am interested in, this 2070 will last me a very long time. As it is, I can run anything I want in 1080 at ultra or near-ultra.....

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: The Ratrace Losers (21:3/166)

Shaddup, show-off. My dick-ionary is still bigger than yours! t(^_^t)

Lolz. if we are comparing dick-tionaries, you'll win, I'm sure!

I guarantee. (^_^)

I *am* pleased with the deal I got. Not nose-rubbing at all. I'm just chuffed about having power available to me if I want it.

Another reason why towers are better. You get to choose your own power supply!

Don't get me started on my server/SAN/network stack. Makes the laptop look like a chromebook.

You mean...there's a difference? (@_@)

I needed an all-around (and portable) machine, and since I live in a 5th wheel trailer, I don't have the space for a desktop setup, nor do I have the budget!

Bull feces! There are plenty of 'small form factor' towers that are far better than whatever laptop you're using, and at the same price you paid!

Hell, you know who LTT is, why am I explaining this to you?!

Oh, right...you did say budget, didn't you? Never mind...

P.S.: GFYS SCALPERS!

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

... I think I am, therefore, I am... I think.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: PiBBS (21:4/135)

Besides, for the type of gaming I am interested in, this 2070 will last
me a very long time. As it is, I can run anything I want in 1080 at
ultra or near-ultra.....

Yep. At 1080p, even my ancient 1060 still likes the 'ultra' settings. But you need to remember the age-old jab:

Can it run Crysis? (For me, yes, but Crysis 3 is pretty laggy at 'ultra')

Btw, Crysis 4 is coming soon...

And that's not all that's coming down the gaming 'pipe'...Don't expect any comfort from me, when you're complaining about your hardware next year!

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

... Fer sell cheep: BBS spel chekker. Wurks grate.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: PiBBS (21:4/135)

Jee-zuz. And here I am, stuck with my aging 1060...

I'm still dreaming of seeing a 1060, still rocking the Radeon HD6570 here :P

Spec


*** THE READER V4.50 [freeware]
--- SuperBBS v1.17-3 (Eval)
* Origin: The future's uncertain, the end is always near. (21:3/101)

Jee-zuz. And here I am, stuck with my aging 1060...

I'm still dreaming of seeing a 1060, still rocking the Radeon HD6570
here :P

Dood...I feelz u rite nao...

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
pibbs.sytes.net

... A book misplaced is a book lost

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Raspberry Pi/32)
* Origin: PiBBS (21:4/135)

Lolz, Doob.

I totally understood all of what you just said. I've been using Linux
in one form or another (almost exclusively for server-stuff - I still
use Windows for my daily driver) since the late 90s.

I do have a Linux Mint laptop that I have loaded and ready-to-go for
those situations where I need linux to accomplish a particular goal
(liek reading EXT* filesystems) but my daily driver is also my gaming
PC, so....Windows..

Yes, I know that gaming on Linux is a thing, but it's just not really totally there yet. Just check out the Linus Tech Tips series on that topic... They had to go to pains to get it working -- and that's not something I really want to put that much time into - when I want to
game, I don't want to futz with it.

So, I have my Win10 laptop and my Mint laptop -- use the right tool for the right job I always say...

Just a tip, quoting the message you are replying to, even in part really helps.

Gaming on Linux is pretty good. I'm running Windows games under Proton with quite astonishingly pleasant ease. Linux Tech Tips ran into a specific problem with a specific distro, it isn't indicative of gaming on Linux in general and it annoys me a bit how they dwelt on it. But then again, YouTubers generally annoy me.

It still is easier to game under Windows than Linux, but when you get a Linux game with Steam, its pretty much just as if you're using Windows these days for the most part.

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

Just a tip, quoting the message you are replying to, even in part really helps.

Over quoting is almost as bad though. 6Km of quote before you get to any
reply can make it hard to tie the appropriate section of the message to the reply.

ST

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Linux/64)
* Origin: Storm BBS (21:2/108)