I've been thinking about switching away from Windows and maybe using some distribution of Linux. There are so many benefits, I don't see why not. Some day Microsoft will crash the world anyway...
So I was wondering, which distribution is the best? Can you use standard games and programs on Linux? Or is there someway to make it so you can? How much stuff on the net won't work because of using a non-MS system?
Any other info to know about it? Maybe someone here is using it...
thanks,
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Debain's probably the most complete and easiest to set up distro.
If you're a gamer, buy a seperate Linux box to play around with first. You're not going to be able to go out and buy games that run on Linux. I'd recomend (I'm serious) that you buy an X-Box, throw Linux on it, and see how you like it.
You'll never find a cheaper deal on hardware and you'll have time to figure out if Linux is for you.
http://xbox-linux.sourceforge.net/
If you're a gamer, buy a seperate Linux box to play around with first. You're not going to be able to go out and buy games that run on Linux. I'd recomend (I'm serious) that you buy an X-Box, throw Linux on it, and see how you like it.
You'll never find a cheaper deal on hardware and you'll have time to figure out if Linux is for you.
http://xbox-linux.sourceforge.net/
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Debian's good, but I prefer Mandrake for a beginner's distro. All just a matter of personal taste, though.
Of course, you can always get Morphix. With that, you just burn the image to a CD, put the CD in the drive and reboot. It boots and runs completely from the CD so you can play with a full Linux system without touching your hard drive. If you don't like it or mess things up somehow, just take out the CD and reboot and you'll be back to your normal Windows system, just the way you left it. It's also really good for a repair/recovery in case of serious hard drive failure.
Of course, you can always get Morphix. With that, you just burn the image to a CD, put the CD in the drive and reboot. It boots and runs completely from the CD so you can play with a full Linux system without touching your hard drive. If you don't like it or mess things up somehow, just take out the CD and reboot and you'll be back to your normal Windows system, just the way you left it. It's also really good for a repair/recovery in case of serious hard drive failure.
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you could always do what i did: get a friend who knows a little something about it help you install it.
I now have a multiboot laptop. I got RedHat, but basically any linux flavor will do.
i couldn't have done it alone, linux is still not quite ready for ultra-newbies.
but once it gets set up, it works fine. I can use GIMP, listen to mp3's, make web pages, etc.
and it's very stable.
I now have a multiboot laptop. I got RedHat, but basically any linux flavor will do.
i couldn't have done it alone, linux is still not quite ready for ultra-newbies.
but once it gets set up, it works fine. I can use GIMP, listen to mp3's, make web pages, etc.
and it's very stable.
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I got RedHat
heh
use mandrake for your newb trial run...
linux is a **** load of fun if you like recompiling code and making things play nice together.
then when your really comfortable switch to slackware or debian
i prefer slackware but a lot of lazy people prefer debian for its beloved apt-get tool.
then after that step up to BSD and your a true geek!
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