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@a.m.d | 1 May 13 | |
Once I have the cr*pload of stuff on my hard drives backed up I'm going to dualboot Ubuntu and Win7 myself. I've always enjoyed Linux, even though back in the days of Fedora and Mandrake it was more of a challenge to get everything working, especially if you wanted to use wine but for all its other advantages, I have always considered Linux worth the trouble. If you can't see from my name, I'm pro-AMD. And I'm also pro-anything that opposes Microsoft etc. = Linux lol
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@edit.or | 2 May 13 | |
i was considering linux myself for some time and still would love to give it a try, especially the plazma kde thing if its as good as i imagine.. but there are too many distributions with two many aproaches, where to start and why? then there is no replacement for much software that was coded for windows, there are only alternatives but how good are they? i had trouble finding them on windows and let alone to find it on linux. the command line seams confusing, sudo and all whatever that?? and
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@trollulz | 2 May 13 | |
I suggest you start with a Debian based distro like Ubuntu, Linux Mint or even Debian itself. I prefer Linux Mint 14 with the MATE desktop. Yes there are many alternatives of Windows software on Linux. You can always install WINE in Linux and run Windows executables like that.
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@edit.or | 2 May 13 | |
and finally, i am very familiar with the windows api and just love the possibilities, even though its a shame! that you have to use some library just to decently play sound, there should be a better function within winapi itself for that.. and all kind of other incompletenesses... but after all the headache, it finally works and im happy, things fit into place just right. and linux just yet doesn't show all that it has to offer to be as attractive as windows..
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@trollulz | 2 May 13 | |
If you've got an old USB stick lying around somewhere get it and format it in FAT32 and build a bootable Linux USB stick. For running Linux on USB I highly recommend Racy Puppy. It's about 130MB but it doesn't skimp on features. Like all Puppy Linux versions it runs in RAM and is lightning quick.
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@trollulz | 2 May 13 | |
I would try running it from USB first before making drive partitions to install. To boot in to Linux after you build a bootable USB, restart your PC and select to boot from that drive in the BIOS menu. Your motherboard has to support that feature though.
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@trollulz | 2 May 13 | |
Also, the best way to build a USB Linux drive is with Unetbootin. Just make sure you can choose where to boot from in your BIOS and that the USB stick filesystem is FAT32. If you wanna try and get stuck, message me. I'd gladly help.
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@edit.or | 2 May 13 | |
does linux have something like msdn library for programmers? some official all together website where you could get introduced with the linux world? some overview of software availible? i ran the kubuntu live disc as a rescue aid for my system many times and i've introduced myself with some of the alternatives.. for example, i prefer realworld paint over gimp. prefer daum potplayer over smplayer/mplayer. and WINE completely takes away the point of going linux..
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@trollulz | 2 May 13 | |
http://www.tldp.org/
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@trollulz | 2 May 13 | |
not really, WINE is great for people on the fence but are still dependant on Windows software. Come and see why GNU/Linux will take over Windows.
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