Linux On Desktop - Page 2

16-07-2005, 12:46

I prefer Kubuntu to Windows. But I use Windows as it supports all the games I have, which Linux doesn't

Graham M · 16-07-2005, 13:22

purenuman · 16-07-2005, 13:27

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Originally Posted by cyclone

I certainly think,since SP2 that WinXP is the best OS I've used,although I'm still pining for the Workbench screen on my now scrapped Amiga 1200!

Gareth · 16-07-2005, 14:37

Ah well, I guess you and Wayne aren't cut out for Linux or any non-MS OS... too bad.

MadGamer · 16-07-2005, 15:44

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Originally Posted by Gareth

Ah well, I guess you and Wayne aren't cut out for Linux or any non-MS OS... too bad.

Well once i get my new PC i might try Linux (NOTE: the MIGHT

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Gareth · 16-07-2005, 16:26

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Originally Posted by Wayne A

Well once i get my new PC i might try Linux (NOTE: the MIGHT

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Good on ya

Y'know you want to really

Plonking · 16-07-2005, 16:52

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Originally Posted by Gareth

Good on ya

Y'know you want to really

yeah, go for it guys! as soon as my hard drive with linux died on this pc, I went and bought a new one, and used it as an excuse to get Suse 9.3 - the installer is even easier than 9.1, and it's impressive to see an OS that moves ahead so quickly. I use it as a desktop OS myself, but I can understand why some people wouldn't really be into it.

16-07-2005, 17:37

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Originally Posted by Gareth

Good on ya

Y'know you want to really

Well due to how much Windows has p***** me off today I'm moving to Linux. For good

BBKing · 18-07-2005, 15:25

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One laptop has an elderly Lucent Orinoco, which has kernel support (comes up as eth1 on bootup), the other uses an Atheros chipset based D-Link 802.11g card which is autodetected under Ubuntu as ath0.

Bah - no sooner had I written this than my missus knocked the laptop off the sofa, breaking the Orinoco. No problem, I'll get the D-Link out of the other laptop and buy another D-Link when I've got some cash, then I'll just be a new ADSL modem/router/wireless point away from 802.11g throughout the house (I'm completely wireless apart from my server).

Bit of a problem getting it working on the old 2.4 kernel based Debian system - kernel recompile to add crypto support, compile a kernel module, sort out a startup script for the interface, sort out a kernel freeze when it found that there are five wireless points around here (most with no security :P ). Up and running now, but it shows how far Linux has moved in the two years since I installed Debian on that box - your average user wouldn't have been able to do that. As I said before, Ubuntu works out of the box with that card, no messing, and I'd expect any modern distro to be the same. XP of course is now four years old - Linux's improvement in that time has been stratospheric in comparison, and is of course free.

zovat · 18-07-2005, 15:44

I run Suse On My laptop, (and Solaris), I have Suse Pro 9.2 on my home PC with WinXP for Gaming (if they release CS:Source and HL2 and Civ1-3, then I can blat windows forever

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Suse Is pretty stable, I even have the Cenrtino wireless working on it (ok, using the NdisWrapper scripts to use the windows drivers), and it has been faultless since install (nearly a year as my main work machine..)
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Originally Posted by Zeph

Check out www.transgaming.com

Nice - might look at that tonight... If its as good as it claims, then ByeBye Windows