Hooligan
Jan 21 2005, 12:26 PM
| | I will admit first that I am a big Linux fan. In general, I find Linux platforms to be much more stable than even the most patched of Windows machines. And in addition, it makes for a very useable and productive workstation and/or home PC. These days I'm quite fond of the Slackware distribution, as it's well known for only going with the most stable of apps in it's packages. Do you like Linux, and if so what distribution do you prefer?
Also, I meant to ask. Could any Linux users recommend me some first-person shooters built for Linux? I only had partial sucess running Half-Life under WINE. |
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popac
Jan 21 2005, 03:44 PM
I like Linux very mush, I am moderator on some Serbian Linux forums, I write for our Serbian Linux magazin (Gnuzilla) and I like it very much. I use Gentoo Linux, Fluxbox desktop, xmms music player, xine video player, xcdroast burnerWorker filemanager, Opera browser, sylpheed-claws mail client, Gaim messinger, GIMP image editor TVtime for watching tv etc. I have been runed Half Life under linux, it work fine with cedega emulator (note. cedega iz new generation of winex emulator). This can be find in http://transgaming.org but it is not free.
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burgen
Jan 21 2005, 04:12 PM
linux is good, for almost everything, except home PC. The problem is that you need to have certain knowledge of Unix comands, which most normal users don't. and linux, especially X-windows is very easy to break down when you play with it. For servers, workstations that is OK, once setup you don't need to touch it again, you don't even need a moniter.
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Galahad
Jan 21 2005, 11:22 PM
I agree... When it comes to running Linux for professional use, it is the best. But, when it comes to typical home user, Linux is very very scary. I have been working with computers for more than 10 years now, and started on C64, and moved up... When I first installed Linux, it took me great amount of time to set up properly, and even longer to setup X Win... So, for home use, by typical home users, Linux is very, very complicated... When i say typical home user, I mean on the great population of people, who are kind of afraid of computers, and don'y know very much about them. And by afraid, I mean afraid of breaking them  So, for professional use Linux scores 1, and for home use, Windows 1 
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popac
Jan 23 2005, 04:38 PM
Ok, but there are some easy to install and use linux distributions (eg. Mandreke)
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Someone
Jan 23 2005, 05:28 PM
Yes and suse is easy for install, feudora as well, If you have those linux on dvd there are no problems with instalation, you don't have to insert on cd then another and so because debian have 9 cd-s this is really many cd-s and you can have it on one dvd  www.mojcd.com you can get any linux for about 7$ but this page is in croatian langugage so... 30 kn is about 5$ but 2$ are shipping 1 kn is 6.5 $ so you can calculate
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joshua132
Jan 23 2005, 08:08 PM
Linux is great. It is free of alot of problems that other operating systems have, but it also has issues (such as software compatibility). In fact, the only reason I continue to use a Microsoft operating system is because Linux operating systems lack good support for mainstream games. All of my other computer activities can easily be performed on Linux. I have not overlooked Cedega (a game emulator for Linux). It just does not work well enough. I believe Linux will continue to improve especially if major companies begin/continue to write software for the platform. The great thing about Linux is its versatility. With hundreds of distros to choose from you can find the distro that fits you best. Personally, I will continue to work toward ending Windows' usefullness in my computing experience.
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xboxrulz
Jan 24 2005, 07:17 PM
LINUX IS THE BEST. I have ran Linux since February 2004, almost for a year. I have SuSE Linux 9.1 (kernel 2.6.4) on my laptop and SuSE Linux 9.1 (kernel 2.6.10) w/ X.ORG server replacement on my desktop. I still have Windows XP intact for gaming but I rarely go on that partition now. My favourite distros are Yoper and SuSE! I'm 80% Bill Gates free. The 20% includes WinXP, Microsoft Game Studios games and MSN Messenger. I am also active at the America's Army General Linux forum and sometimes in the Linux support forum. xboxrulz
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arcanistherogue
Jan 25 2005, 11:54 AM
I plan on putting a partition of Fedora on my new gaming rig I'm building. Of course I'm going to have the bigger HDD with the Windows partition, as I will only be using Linux for fooling around, doing basic tasks, and just if i feel like it. One cool thing im looking fowards for is the 64 bit linux support, so my AMD Athlon's 64 bit power wont be wasted.
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Corey
Jan 30 2005, 05:17 PM
i don't whirly like linux...infact i hate it:D... i prefer windows..
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Feb 15 2005, 07:41 AM
I have suse 9.2 pro and I like it very much I have no problems with installation, with hardware, yes I have with conexant then I have downloaded drivers and everything worked You hace corrupted cds? Like they say download iso or be careful when you buying and from who you are buying >maybe your motherboard corupt data, my frend have the same problem until he change the motherboard.. linux is good os and I hope that in the future will be more OS like linux No linux is enough more OS means more games for that os, for linux everything go slow, no games, compatibility is good but They have problems because many companies like ati don't have good drivers You understand what I mean Because of that I don't think that this will be good idea I also think that there is tu much linux versions but good is that we can choose and there is only to buy a good versions like mandrake Suse fedora debian i think that they will only survive (If I have missed on of them, let me know ) That's main opinion
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CyBoy
Feb 14 2005, 11:26 PM
maybe your motherboard corupt data, my frend have the same problem until he change the motherboard.. linux is good os and I hope that in the future will be more OS like linux
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xboxrulz
Feb 12 2005, 04:18 PM
why buy Linux when you can burn it on an ISO. This is also a very poor reason to hate Linux. Ubuntu is NOT based on FreeBSD, they run on seperate kernels and Ubuntu uses DEB, and it's a Debian based Linux. For your corrupted CDs, I think you should contact support or check if your CD-ROM is reading properly, because that happened to me once. xboxrulz
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karlo
Feb 12 2005, 01:18 PM
Hello! I hate Linux... Every CD that I bought is all corrupted. And I ordered many Ubuntu Linux, they all stinks... I can't figure out how to use my external modem... I think Ubuntu Linux is based on FreeBSD.
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popac
Feb 11 2005, 04:30 PM
I have linux for 2 years without any firewall or antivisrus software and nobody has even looked at me. For this time my linux didn't failed even once. Apache is totaly GNU so . . .
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