Which Linux and How?

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MrNah

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Hey guys,
Just wondering if I were to switch operating systems which one do you suggest. I've never ran Linux as a main operating system before but have used it when windows crashes to retrieve important files. Does linux work with most programs or will I have problems with some? I dont play many games the only one I'm playing now when I have some down time is Warhammer online. Any information you could give me before I try this out would be very much appreciated. Thanks a lot,
MrNah.
 
Check to see if anyone has tried playing War hammer Online using Wine. Wine emulates windows and lets you ran most windows apps. As for choosing witch linux you want to run can be a huge question. If your not used to installing linux and all that. Try Ubuntu, its like a good linux to start with. Hope I have helped you any.
 
MrNah said:
Just wondering if I were to switch operating systems which one do you suggest.
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Hey, I personally suggest Linux Mint, its really easy to use right of the box, and has all the usual programs, plus its noticeably faster than Windows.

MrNah said:
Does linux work with most programs or will I have problems with some?
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Linux does work with it's own programs; it has equivalents of all the Windows programs, plus lots of stuff that Windows doesn't have. Although, Windows programs do work somewhat in Linux, through Wine

MrNah said:
the only one I'm playing now when I have some down time is Warhammer online.
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Warhammer Online does work in Linux, using Wine, though not very well and needs some tweaking, so what I suggest is keep a small Windows partition, just to play that...treat it like a console.
 
I'd recommend either ubuntu or linux mint, I prefer ubuntu... not only to I prefer the OS it has way better support.

Here's how you install it (I wrote this a couple days ago for someone else so I'll just copy and paste):

Basically first you have to download a CD image (unless you already have a CD) from here: http://www.ubuntu.com/

Then you have to burn the image to a CD... you can't burn it how you normally burn CDs though, follow this guide... it explains it fairly well. Note that guide is actually written for a different version of Linux, but the method of burning is the same.

Once you have your CD burnt pop it in your computer and then restart the computer... if it doesn't boot just tell me... usually there's a simple way to fix it, but I might as well not go into it if I don't have to.

After booting the CD you have to select your native language and then you see a menu. Select the first option (something like "Try Ubuntu without any change to your computer") and press enter. You will be met with a nice clean Ubuntu Linux desktop... you can play around with it a bit on the CD if you like.

If you decide you want to install it on your computer just double click the install icon on the desktop (MAKE SURE YOU'VE BACKED UP ANYTHING IMPORTANT FIRST, BECAUSE IT WILL FORMAT YOUR HARD DRIVE, DESTROYING ANY FILES STORED ON IT.) Follow the step by step instructions and you shouldn't have any trouble... if you want to dual boot with Windows (set it up so you can choose whether to use Windows or Linux when you start up your computer) just ask and I can help you with it. :) Good luck!
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alexander said:
Linux does work with it's own programs; it has equivalents of all the Windows programs, plus lots of stuff that Windows doesn't have. Although, Windows programs do work somewhat in Linux, through Wine
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No, that's too optimistic, Linux doesn't have equivalents to all Windows programs, but has alternatives to a good share of them.
 
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Irishwhistle said:
No, that's too optimistic, Linux doesn't have equivalents to all Windows programs, but has alternatives to a good share of them.
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Ok, I accept that, though I must stress that the vice-versa is actually more true; Windows does not have equivalents of a great number of programs that Linux has as standard.
 
Actually Watchdog & vi spring to mind although technically the latter is terminal-based. It all depends on what you want out of Linux to the OP. CentOS for example is extremely basic compared to Ubuntu & SuSE but its much more stable and is in fact based on REd Hat's Enterprise product.
 
PabloTeK said:
Actually Watchdog & vi spring to mind although technically the latter is terminal-based. It all depends on what you want out of Linux to the OP. CentOS for example is extremely basic compared to Ubuntu & SuSE but its much more stable and is in fact based on REd Hat's Enterprise product.
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Yeah, but I mean software that non-geeks would use... like Adobe Premier... so far I haven't found a good Linux alternative to that.
 
Irishwhistle said:
Name one (and no, you can't say the terminal.)
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Hm, software that isn't only going to be use by geeks, oh yes, the Synaptic Package Manager allowing you to browse thousands of programs that will work right away on your system and download them there and then. Can you do that on Windows? Er...no.

How about another? Oh yes, APTonCD, allowing you to put your current programs on a disc, so no need to go around finding the stuff you used to have before your system went bust, making it a lot easier to change systems.

Another...? Compiz, the graphical behemoth prevalent in many current distros, allowing you to experience graphical effects well beyond the sophistication Windows Vista effects.

So, there you are.
 
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