Ok, I'm going to be straight with you guys from the start, I'm a noob when it comes to linux. That why I'm here in the first place. I'm getting a notebook, 2GHz celeron 128mb ram (most probably upgrading to 512mb), 20Gb HDD. Which version of linux will work best for me? I also have no idea how compatible windows software is with linux, will I be able to use Office 2002 with it? I'm also not sure how compatible games are with this, I'm hoping to load C&C red alert 1 onto it, will it work?
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Is there anywhere I can get OpenOffice without having to download it ie. a disk. Are OpenOffice files compatible with windows office, like if I started a project in one could I continue in the other? And what about the games, mainly C&C red alert and Quake 3?
d0b33
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Comes with Ubuntu/Kubuntu
MyWorld
Executive Member
A Celeron with only 512Mb ram and 20Gb hard drive space does not sound like a performance monster, so unless you have a beefed up gfx chip in that machine, you will only be able to play oldish games.
I cannot see why C&C red alert and Quake 3 won't work on it. If you are willing to read a bit on getting it to work:
http://frankscorner.org/index.php?p=redalert
http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/q3a/
And yes, if you save your files in MS compliant formats then there should be no problem swapping files between Open Office and MS Office.
I cannot see why C&C red alert and Quake 3 won't work on it. If you are willing to read a bit on getting it to work:
http://frankscorner.org/index.php?p=redalert
http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/q3a/
And yes, if you save your files in MS compliant formats then there should be no problem swapping files between Open Office and MS Office.
LOL, it's only a notebook that I'm getting for R350, so I'm not using it as "my system". I just want to know what I can to with it. I have no intentions of playing anything newer than Quake 3 and C&C Red Alert 1. LOL and it only has 128mb ram at the moment
chiskop
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Be warned though that the games that you want you play are designed for Windows. It may be possible to get them to run in linux but that may or may not be easy. Don't blame linux for not being able to run games designed for another operating system.
But in terms of word .docs etc, I've never encountered significant formatting changes in moving between MS Office and OOo.
But in terms of word .docs etc, I've never encountered significant formatting changes in moving between MS Office and OOo.
I normally set my root partition (the one that holds the actual OS at 15GB). I've noticed though that on my laptop its managed to stay at below 6GB. This is using F9.
Wine and C&C Red Alert 1 might work. Though I have done no research to check it. I would think at the least that Cedega would do. Though of course there would be at least a once off payment for that.
Wine and C&C Red Alert 1 might work. Though I have done no research to check it. I would think at the least that Cedega would do. Though of course there would be at least a once off payment for that.
The game will work as it did in Windows. Quake (and all others from ID Soft) support Linux. You'll probably have to get the client binaries from ID, but it's possible that it is included with the CD/DVD.
Kloofvreter
Honorary Master
It can actually open "corrupted" files from ms office. Had a problem with a excel file that could not be opened under ms office. OOo however didn't have a problem. Continued working under OOo from then on.
OOo also uses a open standard for its file formats. So you can also open your files with Google's apps. For 90% of people it will do exactly the same job as ms office. OOo also support scripting and add-ons.