Last time I tried Ubuntu (about a month ago), it lasted about 3 days before it got screwed when installing proper mouse drivers. In an OS where restoring backups makes things worse, don't try doing anything at all
Alright, so its narrowed down to Fedora, CentOS and openSUSE.
Any disadvantages I should know now?
Any disadvantages I should know now?
Dude I don't mean cool like VISTA crap visuals.....every thing about it is cool...I couldn't care less about the visuals, I use ubuntu at my university for work because it is very good.Zimmer wrote:
I don't need cool. I have Vista yet I don't use Aero. Cool is not part of the package.voodoodolphins wrote:
ubuntu without any doubt...it is just cool
Well, on any Linux OS, building from source will be a common occurence. And it takes time
Basically, all I need is for all Adobe products to work, my Samsung media center, Opera, FF, Xfire and WinRAR.elbekko wrote:
Well, on any Linux OS, building from source will be a common occurence. And it takes time
I just need a solid system for organising and storing my files while being able to operate flawlessy. Which Vista does not supply.
To be honest you would get better performance in Windows, than running stuff via wine in Linux...Zimmer wrote:
Basically, all I need is for all Adobe products to work, my Samsung media center, Opera, FF, Xfire and WinRAR.elbekko wrote:
Well, on any Linux OS, building from source will be a common occurence. And it takes time
I just need a solid system for organising and storing my files while being able to operate flawlessy. Which Vista does not supply.
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WinRAR, Opera, FF and Xfire already supply Linux versions.
Adobe doesn't, but I thought they would work fine....
If I am not going to get decent performance, then..... damn. I don't know what to do.
Adobe doesn't, but I thought they would work fine....
If I am not going to get decent performance, then..... damn. I don't know what to do.
That's quite the challenge there.
Opera, FF, Xfire and WinRAR are all doable. There's a very nice frontend for rar by default, and Opera and FF support Linux natively.
Xfire will probably work with Wine.
Only thing left are the Adobe products... in theory it should work, but I can't assure anything.
Opera, FF, Xfire and WinRAR are all doable. There's a very nice frontend for rar by default, and Opera and FF support Linux natively.
Xfire will probably work with Wine.
Only thing left are the Adobe products... in theory it should work, but I can't assure anything.
Never tried them yourself?elbekko wrote:
That's quite the challenge there.
Opera, FF, Xfire and WinRAR are all doable. There's a very nice frontend for rar by default, and Opera and FF support Linux natively.
Xfire will probably work with Wine.
Only thing left are the Adobe products... in theory it should work, but I can't assure anything.
Damn, this is getting more sceptical by the minute.
A linux is worth a try even if it won't work out well.Zimmer wrote:
Never tried them yourself?elbekko wrote:
That's quite the challenge there.
Opera, FF, Xfire and WinRAR are all doable. There's a very nice frontend for rar by default, and Opera and FF support Linux natively.
Xfire will probably work with Wine.
Only thing left are the Adobe products... in theory it should work, but I can't assure anything.
Damn, this is getting more sceptical by the minute.
The only thing left after that is x64 XP...
main battle tank karthus medikopter 117 megamegapowershot gg
Nope, never had the chance to. Either I installed it on a server or I used it briefly in dual-boot.
I want to try it later on, but not now
But yeah, it won't hurt to try. Give it a shot, you never know.
I want to try it later on, but not now
But yeah, it won't hurt to try. Give it a shot, you never know.
Well I can confirm that we got some of the adobe programs on our ubuntu machines at my university....BUT I must say I personally only used adobe reader for PDF files so I don't know with any of the other programs. We also got Linux clones for a lot of the programs so then again he he
I am a 3 year Ubuntu user myself and I gladly recommended it to you.
Or risk OSX.DeathUnlimited wrote:
A linux is worth a try even if it won't work out well.Zimmer wrote:
Never tried them yourself?elbekko wrote:
That's quite the challenge there.
Opera, FF, Xfire and WinRAR are all doable. There's a very nice frontend for rar by default, and Opera and FF support Linux natively.
Xfire will probably work with Wine.
Only thing left are the Adobe products... in theory it should work, but I can't assure anything.
Damn, this is getting more sceptical by the minute.
The only thing left after that is x64 XP...
Ok, the reasons why I am not going with MS.
A. I don't like it. Especially XP.
B. I can't go back from Vista. Not happening.
C. It is not as safe as OS X or Linux
D. Cracked MS systems tend to have more trouble than OSX cracked or Linux
E. No DX10. Waste of my GFX.
F. Photoshop and all other Adobe products will not run faster on a 64 bit system because they were not built for it.
G. I care not for games like BF2 and COD4.
H. I cannot stand folder organising and the layout of XP. It's shit. Even with skins ( which are generally never perfect )
I. If its going to be an MS product, I will stick with my 32 bit Vista and sleep until SP2 comes out.
There, my reasons. There is no way I am touching XP again.
Now, for Linux and OS X, the only problems relating to my mobo are Reboot and Sleep, even they are quite uncommon. So OSX is definitely plausible. As for Linux, I am going to start researching about Adobe products on it. If they turn out A ok, then Linux it is.
But I want OS X for its awesomeness and usability with Adobe products.
A. I don't like it. Especially XP.
B. I can't go back from Vista. Not happening.
C. It is not as safe as OS X or Linux
D. Cracked MS systems tend to have more trouble than OSX cracked or Linux
E. No DX10. Waste of my GFX.
F. Photoshop and all other Adobe products will not run faster on a 64 bit system because they were not built for it.
G. I care not for games like BF2 and COD4.
H. I cannot stand folder organising and the layout of XP. It's shit. Even with skins ( which are generally never perfect )
I. If its going to be an MS product, I will stick with my 32 bit Vista and sleep until SP2 comes out.
There, my reasons. There is no way I am touching XP again.
Now, for Linux and OS X, the only problems relating to my mobo are Reboot and Sleep, even they are quite uncommon. So OSX is definitely plausible. As for Linux, I am going to start researching about Adobe products on it. If they turn out A ok, then Linux it is.
But I want OS X for its awesomeness and usability with Adobe products.
go back to win 2000
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Die. I still remember 95 like a nightmare.menzo2003 wrote:
go back to win 2000
Is there a way to put an OS X on a regular PC though? I sure believe there is but I thought it was really hard.Zimmer wrote:
Ok, the reasons why I am not going with MS.
A. I don't like it. Especially XP.
B. I can't go back from Vista. Not happening.
C. It is not as safe as OS X or Linux
D. Cracked MS systems tend to have more trouble than OSX cracked or Linux
E. No DX10. Waste of my GFX.
F. Photoshop and all other Adobe products will not run faster on a 64 bit system because they were not built for it.
G. I care not for games like BF2 and COD4.
H. I cannot stand folder organising and the layout of XP. It's shit. Even with skins ( which are generally never perfect )
I. If its going to be an MS product, I will stick with my 32 bit Vista and sleep until SP2 comes out.
There, my reasons. There is no way I am touching XP again.
Now, for Linux and OS X, the only problems relating to my mobo are Reboot and Sleep, even they are quite uncommon. So OSX is definitely plausible. As for Linux, I am going to start researching about Adobe products on it. If they turn out A ok, then Linux it is.
But I want OS X for its awesomeness and usability with Adobe products.
Nope, the project is called iATKOS and here is a link on how to do it.xGj wrote:
Is there a way to put an OS X on a regular PC though? I sure believe there is but I thought it was really hard.Zimmer wrote:
Ok, the reasons why I am not going with MS.
A. I don't like it. Especially XP.
B. I can't go back from Vista. Not happening.
C. It is not as safe as OS X or Linux
D. Cracked MS systems tend to have more trouble than OSX cracked or Linux
E. No DX10. Waste of my GFX.
F. Photoshop and all other Adobe products will not run faster on a 64 bit system because they were not built for it.
G. I care not for games like BF2 and COD4.
H. I cannot stand folder organising and the layout of XP. It's shit. Even with skins ( which are generally never perfect )
I. If its going to be an MS product, I will stick with my 32 bit Vista and sleep until SP2 comes out.
There, my reasons. There is no way I am touching XP again.
Now, for Linux and OS X, the only problems relating to my mobo are Reboot and Sleep, even they are quite uncommon. So OSX is definitely plausible. As for Linux, I am going to start researching about Adobe products on it. If they turn out A ok, then Linux it is.
But I want OS X for its awesomeness and usability with Adobe products.
http://coolblog.profit42.com/2007/07/03 … oot-guide/
It's in fact, very easy.
So you're not going with the OSx86 Project?Zimmer wrote:
Nope, the project is called iATKOS and here is a link on how to do it.xGj wrote:
Is there a way to put an OS X on a regular PC though? I sure believe there is but I thought it was really hard.Zimmer wrote:
Ok, the reasons why I am not going with MS.
A. I don't like it. Especially XP.
B. I can't go back from Vista. Not happening.
C. It is not as safe as OS X or Linux
D. Cracked MS systems tend to have more trouble than OSX cracked or Linux
E. No DX10. Waste of my GFX.
F. Photoshop and all other Adobe products will not run faster on a 64 bit system because they were not built for it.
G. I care not for games like BF2 and COD4.
H. I cannot stand folder organising and the layout of XP. It's shit. Even with skins ( which are generally never perfect )
I. If its going to be an MS product, I will stick with my 32 bit Vista and sleep until SP2 comes out.
There, my reasons. There is no way I am touching XP again.
Now, for Linux and OS X, the only problems relating to my mobo are Reboot and Sleep, even they are quite uncommon. So OSX is definitely plausible. As for Linux, I am going to start researching about Adobe products on it. If they turn out A ok, then Linux it is.
But I want OS X for its awesomeness and usability with Adobe products.
http://coolblog.profit42.com/2007/07/03 … oot-guide/
It's in fact, very easy.
No, the iATKOS project.
http://www.uphuck.com/
http://www.uphuck.com/
Just been researching about Adobe products on Linux. According to everyone, they are a complete bitch to install and run extra slow.
They really were not made for Linux, no matter if you use WINE. You also have to go through a lot of steps to install them.
Screw that. Screw linux.
They really were not made for Linux, no matter if you use WINE. You also have to go through a lot of steps to install them.
Screw that. Screw linux.
Im thinking of linux on a 2nd HD too, can you run it with 4GB RAM?
64-bit, yes.xRBLx wrote:
Im thinking of linux on a 2nd HD too, can you run it with 4GB RAM?
But I am binning this whole idea. OS X is the way to go.
Hrmm, I was just thinking... wouldn't you be able to run the applications designed for Mac in some sort of *nix emulation mode? Would probably be alot easier to write an emulator for too, as OSX is pretty much Unix with X server and proprietary hardware behind it.
I'd say search around for it, someone else probably thought of it already
I'd say search around for it, someone else probably thought of it already