Linux!

[ammo]

hey guys, im thinking of going to linux ive tried ditros like mandrake suse slackware, but not in depth. Just wonder what do you guys think i should use if im planing to stay on it for quite a while?

 

[Brian]

gentoo, or debian

 

[SaN-DeeP]

how about freebsd ? one of the most popular server os today !

 

[ammo]

im so confused what to go for now lol

 

[ThreeD]

isn't freebsd without a GUI? I'd always prefer an OS with a gui, mandrake or redhat..

 

[Amnezia]

fedora is my fav :tu:

 

[ammo]

I quite like mandrake does Cedega work on it? anyone know i need an answer asap as im going to get linux disks in a min!

 

[zaros64]

DO NOT go for ubuntu.. first it F***ed up, then I couldn't find where to put my internet connection details.. so I couldn't go onto the internet.. so I ring them up.. go to unbuntu.com <<thats what the said... helpful eh? especially when I can't connect lol

Try one of them live cds you can get them for a few bucks off ebay

Thanks
Dylan

 

[ammo]

^^ I love that lol, i saw a link to them there giving out free cds. But ive god mandrake now. And Cedega so hopefully ill be playing games propably as well!

 

[abdulmueid]

Cedega works perfect on Mandrake. U can download mandrake specific binaries from Cedega site.

 

[ammo]

^^ Top geezer cheers for that wanted to make sure!

 

[Zeeble]

Im going to test out Vits Beta 1 before going back to Linux.

 

[ammo]

Im now posting from linux, got quite a few little things that are bugging me, and for some reason the interenet is really slow but its not on winxp machines. But otherwise its okay.

 

[ThreeD]

so what did you install? Mandrake? If so, good choice

 

[ammo]

Yeah i did! it is a good choice, im getting it to how i like it, but i still cant speed up the internet. Not to sure whats wrong

 

[PoorDoggie]

hey guys, im thinking of going to linux ive tried ditros like mandrake suse slackware, but not in depth. Just wonder what do you guys think i should use if im planing to stay on it for quite a while?

I say don't move (Ok... too late... but anyway...) I moved (because my windows decided it wouldn't work) and I hate it. I can't use half the programs I want to, and I can't seem to work anything!

List of things I want, but can't use:
- MS Office (openoffice is ok for infrequent use, but dosen't have half the features of MS Office)
- Photoshop!!!! (argh... only have the windows version)
- Macromedia Studio MX 2004
- PHP Designer 2005
- Internet Explorer
- Thunderbird Email (downloaded linux version but can't seem to run it! )
- Mixcraft
- Bearshare/Limewire/Kazaa and all the others
- Graphics Tablet! <-- windows software only
- Canon 350d (apparantly software only works on WinXP and Mac!)
- My monitor (not supported by suse)
- Second hard drive (not found for some reason!
- Web Server
- PHP
- MySql

And loads of other things! I don't know how people cope!

 

[Zeeble]

I say don't move (Ok... too late... but anyway...) I moved (because my windows decided it wouldn't work) and I hate it. I can't use half the programs I want to, and I can't seem to work anything!

List of things I want, but can't use:
- MS Office (openoffice is ok for infrequent use, but dosen't have half the features of MS Office)
- Photoshop!!!! (argh... only have the windows version)
- Macromedia Studio MX 2004
- PHP Designer 2005
- Internet Explorer
- Thunderbird Email (downloaded linux version but can't seem to run it! )
- Mixcraft
- Bearshare/Limewire/Kazaa and all the others
- Graphics Tablet! <-- windows software only
- Canon 350d (apparantly software only works on WinXP and Mac!)
- My monitor (not supported by suse)
- Second hard drive (not found for some reason!
- Web Server
- PHP
- MySql

And loads of other things! I don't know how people cope!

Try installing WINE to run windows Apps.

Try using a more updated Linux OS if it doesn't recognise your hardware.

Yeah i did! it is a good choice, im getting it to how i like it, but i still cant speed up the internet. Not to sure whats wrong

I am guessing that you are using DSL, if so how did you configure that on Linux?

 

[Amnezia]

I say don't move (Ok... too late... but anyway...) I moved (because my windows decided it wouldn't work) and I hate it. I can't use half the programs I want to, and I can't seem to work anything!

List of things I want, but can't use:
- MS Office (openoffice is ok for infrequent use, but dosen't have half the features of MS Office)
- Photoshop!!!! (argh... only have the windows version)
- Macromedia Studio MX 2004
- PHP Designer 2005
- Internet Explorer
- Thunderbird Email (downloaded linux version but can't seem to run it! )
- Mixcraft
- Bearshare/Limewire/Kazaa and all the others
- Graphics Tablet! <-- windows software only
- Canon 350d (apparantly software only works on WinXP and Mac!)
- My monitor (not supported by suse)
- Second hard drive (not found for some reason!
- Web Server
- PHP
- MySql

And loads of other things! I don't know how people cope!

i dont understand how you cant get php apache and mysql to work lol what distro are you running?

 

[ammo]

Ive done a little tweaking, getting it more and more setup to how i like it. The internet is fine now back to normal speed. Its all going to take some getting used to and im installing wine and cegeda now, so thats cool hopefully can get photoshop on.

 

[zaros64]

Ive done a little tweaking, getting it more and more setup to how i like it. The internet is fine now back to normal speed. Its all going to take some getting used to and im installing wine and cegeda now, so thats cool hopefully can get photoshop on.

whats the point of moving to linux anyway lol? and whats cegeda? I know what wine is though lol