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Give me a reason to use lunix...

A2597A2597 Fanboy
in Zocalo v2.0
OK, I've used windows since the days of windows 3.11

I'm used to it, and with winXP, I LIKE it.

so, give me a reason to use Lunix.

I know blender will run, how about my ATI 9800 Pro? Drivers? Games? All that fun stuff...

Comments

  • C_MonC_Mon A Genuine Sucker
    I think you can forget about games.
  • Vertigo1Vertigo1 Official Fuzzy Dice of FirstOnes.com
    I've never heard of lunix, but I hear linux is good. ;)


    Seriously though, this is something you'll have to research on your own. Download a copy of Mandrake Move (Mandrake's version of Knoppix for the linux n00bies) and burn it to CD. Then just boot to it and see if you like it.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Re: Give me a reason to use lunix...

    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by A2597 [/i]
    [B]I know blender will run, how about my ATI 9800 Pro? Drivers? Games? All that fun stuff... [/B][/QUOTE]

    ATI: yes.
    Drivers: well... you don't actually need the same drivers so this is kinda irrelevant. Unless you meant hardware, if so in just about all cases yes.
    Games: That depends on the game. If it's a DirectX game, no. That's what dual booting is for. :)


    I would highly recommend you do as Vert suggested. You'd be surprised how many of the apps you commonly use in Windows have equivalent apps in linux that are as good or better.
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    ohh...a bootable OS disc, I like...

    *Ten FTP servers later*

    finally...250K a sec download. :D 40 minutes from now I'll have it.
  • Captain,SimmondsCaptain,Simmonds Trainee trainee
    I would rather go with Linux instead of windows.

    But again you can forget about game:(
  • PhiPhi <font color=#FF0000>C</font><font color=#FF9900>o</font><font color=#FFFF00>l</font><font color=#00F
    I've got a friend who reformated his computer to run linux this weekend. His one reason: "I'm bored" :rolleyes:

    However, he seems happy with it :) He doesn't play many games though.

    -Φ
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    He should try a real distribution. He'd be overjoyed. :)
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    I wish I could get Linux to run on my laptop (when it was working, that is)

    I'd be so overjoyed if I could do that, but I"ve had ACPI Issues.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    The 2.6 kernel is good. ACPI just goes. :)
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    well this is annoying....

    I get the nice little option screen to start mandrake...

    I press Enter, it uncompresses....OK. Starting Kernal...

    then it stops doing anything. and my Capslock and Scroll lock lights start blinking...

    nothing else. :(
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Try acpi=off as a boot option.
  • shadow boxershadow boxer The Finger Painter & Master Ranter
    A reason to use Linux ? Easy... one word...

    [I]MICROSOFT[/I]

    :D
  • JackNJackN <font color=#99FF99>Lightwave Alien</font>
    Mandrake is very cool...

    9.1 is very stable too... I know 9.2 and 10 are out now but... :)

    If it wasn't for the fact tha Photoshop and Lightwave are Windows, i'd be a total convert.

    Gimp is ok, but it just doesn't have the PS workflow I'm used to...

    :)
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    Photoshop works under Wine.
  • SanfamSanfam I like clocks.
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Biggles [/i]
    [B]The 2.6 kernel is good. ACPI just goes. :) [/B][/QUOTE]


    Well, by the time the 2.6 Kernel came out, the battery's cells were long gone
  • SpiritOneSpiritOne Magneto ABQ NM
    linux is very stable, unless of course your linux box is connected to an MRI machine and the GE software is loaded onto it, then it becomes just as unstable as windows 3.1.

    but seriously, linux is nice and there is even a program out now for linux that emulates a windows directx environment. I forget what its called, and have not used it so I dont know if its any good, but its out there.

    Im going to put together a dual boot linux box pretty soon Ill tell you how it works.
  • BigglesBiggles <font color=#AAFFAA>The Man Without a Face</font>
    You're probably thinking of WineX.
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