XP VS Linux?

forzt i dont give a damn about your opinion considering you have 6 posts and dont seem to friendly

frozt can crysis cod4 battlefield run on linux?

i would imagine your answer is no

i dont use xp i use vista which has never crashed or given me to many hassles

dude there is no debate xp/vista can everything linux does plus play the latest games

so again i dont see the need to go over to linux unless you want to try something different

its not xp that does games it games that do xp bwhahahahahah, put the crack pipe down :)

without xp or vista htf do you think games would get played? not linux thats for sure

can linux encode multiple movies at once using a quadcore?
can linux any new games?
does linux run corel draw?

xp/vista you can do your daily chores without much effort so explain to me why linux is better and it offers that is better than xp/vista and office?
 
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Caveman, good luck if you do decide to try it out. It is a good idea to start off with a VM or some kind of dual boot setup, so you got something to fall back on if you're stuck somewhere.

One thing though - linux can do everything that windows can do (yeah, yeah, except for games) but it is not windows. It is neither easier or harder than windows, but you've got however many years of windows-knowledge embedded in your brain. It can be confusing to see that there is a different way of doing things.

But it is also exciting. I learnt a huge amount about windows when I started using linux. Have fun. :)
 
Moederloos - Better is such an objective term. However, it can be said that for a non-gaming "run of the mill" user, linux would very likely be an extremely cheap alternative that does everything they do in XP just as well.

I find it difficult to think of areas where XP is better with respect to non-specialist software.
 
chiskop makes a very good point. if you are serious about using linux you will have to throw away the thought process of "but windows does it like this".
 
milomak said:
chiskop makes a very good point. if you are serious about using linux you will have to throw away the thought process of "but windows does it like this".
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Its OK - because before long you will be thinking "wtf does windows do it like that???"
 
does linux support dual view monitors without to much hassles ? if thats the case I'll give it a try again, last time I used Suse 9 and it wasn't really all that
 
Bondizzo said:
does linux support dual view monitors without to much hassles ? if thats the case I'll give it a try again, last time I used Suse 9 and it wasn't really all that
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from what i've read it's straightforward for nvidia users. ati's linux support seems to suck from what i've read so it could be an issue if you use an ati card.
 
milomak said:
from what i've read it's straightforward for nvidia users. ati's linux support seems to suck from what i've read so it could be an issue if you use an ati card.
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Heard a rumour about native nvidia and ati open source drivers in the next ubuntu. I am not a big gamer, so did not pay much attention - I am quite happy without 3D acceleration (for my uses).
 
I'm gonna try to answer a lot of your questions inline. Please bear with me as I am going to be pointing out specific facts.

killadoob said:
forzt i dont give a damn about your opinion considering you have 6 posts and dont seem to friendly
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-> don't judge on posts-count. Friendly, very. I just don't like it when people shoot something down because of a one-sided opinion.

killadoob said:
frozt can crysis cod4 battlefield run on linux?
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-> If the technology which the games used were also available on Linux, immediately. The Wine project is a community of people busy writing up a complete application compatibility layer for the whole execution core of the entire win32 API (in layman's terms, making methods for Windows things to run where "officially" they should never have been able to)

killadoob said:
i would imagine your answer is no
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-> my answer is 'Not yet.'

killadoob said:
i dont use xp i use vista which has never crashed or given me to many hassles
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-> Your own choice.

killadoob said:
dude there is no debate xp/vista can everything linux does plus play the latest games
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-> Yes there is, and I will illustrate many of them to you if you want me to (got a Vista install which came along with my laptop).

killadoob said:
so again i dont see the need to go over to linux unless you want to try something different
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-> Point of perspective, and as I've said above, your own choice.

killadoob said:
its not xp that does games it games that do xp bwhahahahahah, put the crack pipe down :)
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-> Assumption, and namecalling.

killadoob said:
without xp or vista htf do you think games would get played? not linux thats for sure
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-> Quake 4, Doom 3, Unreal 3 (working, not publicly released because of some legal department gripes), Neverwinter Nights (older game, yes, but still a massive fan-base, and one of the first which had shown games could do just as well and even better on Linux compared to Windows.)

killadoob said:
can linux encode multiple movies at once using a quadcore?
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-> Yes. Frankly, multi-core code in the Linux kernel whoops Windows' ass, and I have a dual-core laptop to illustrate this.
killadoob said:
can linux any new games?
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-> Quite. As mentioned, it is the technology with which the games get run which is (currently) the problem, and the implementation thereof is rapidly becoming better.
killadoob said:
does linux run corel draw?
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-> Yes.

killadoob said:
xp/vista you can do your daily chores without much effort so explain to me why linux is better and it offers that is better than xp/vista and office?
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-> Because of various reasons. Inherent system security (the kernel which runs Vista is still the nt4 kernel, only speed-upgraded and patched. I can back this statement up with evidence if you wish). Spyware, viruses, and various others, all written for Windows because of the fact that Windows has so many holes in it. Stability. Freedom (though most of you probably don't give much care about your actual rights. Notice when you set up Vista that there's in fact a clause in the license agreement where you need to agree to certain terms for permission to use your computer. From a consumer standpoint, that's bull****. It is YOUR computer, you have the right to do on it whatever you want to. Think about it.)
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Bondizzo said:
does linux support dual view monitors without to much hassles ? if thats the case I'll give it a try again, last time I used Suse 9 and it wasn't really all that
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This was one of the major features of the latest release of Ubuntu (7.10).

Try Ubuntu. It's really a great OS.

But, before you switch, here are a 2 marjor things you will lose:
* Games (although you can get a few to work via Wine)
* Photoshop

What you will gain, though, is:
* A fast, beautiful, 3D desktop environment
* The best package management system out there (apt-get just rox)
* A better understanding of how your computer works
 
Bondizzo said:
does linux support dual view monitors without to much hassles ? if thats the case I'll give it a try again, last time I used Suse 9 and it wasn't really all that
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Bondizzo, here's my desktop - two monitors = 2560 x 1024. [Another picture]

Kubuntu, nvidia card, restricted drivers. Wasn't too difficult to setup, but it's too early in the morning to try remember what was involved.

Edit: Photoshop: I use the Gimp for quick edits, but keep PS in a virtualbox VM for when I need to do a little more serious stuff. Copy/paste between windows and linux apps is supported, can save to the same place etc. Really the only difference is the amount of time that it takes to start up PS, but if I'm spending the day in PS that hardly matters.
 
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milomak said:
For those in the know about Corel Draw, is The GIMP any close as an alternative?
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CorelDraw, like Adobe Illustrator, is a vector based drawing app rather than a graphics editor.

I've often heard GIMP touted as a Photoshop replacement but its not really in the same league.
 
killadoob said:
xp/vista you can do your daily chores without much effort so explain to me why linux is better and it offers that is better than xp/vista and office?
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/me think the clug members can give you lotsa reasons

:)
 
bwana said:
CorelDraw, like Adobe Illustrator, is a vector based drawing app rather than a graphics editor.

I've often heard GIMP touted as a Photoshop replacement but its not really in the same league.
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Sketch is a linux vector based drawing app, it can even open Adobe Illustrator files and edit it further.
 
bwana said:
CorelDraw, like Adobe Illustrator, is a vector based drawing app rather than a graphics editor.

I've often heard GIMP touted as a Photoshop replacement but its not really in the same league.
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I suspected that they possibly weren't the same type of app
 
Just on the multi-proc note, *nix supported SMP quite a long time before Windows flavours were able to.
 
Ryder_JHB said:
Bobbymac, have you ever tried linux?

(I know I said lets agree to disagree, but I need something to do today -work is quiet!)
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I run OpenSUSE, Ubuntu, Red Hat and some other not so linux flavours. I talk from years of experience. My XP box has been a rock of stability. So has my Mac. My Linux boxes, on the other hand, have not.
 
How exactly have your Linux boxes not been a "rock of stability"?
 
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