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Elli · 06-18-2008, 12:11 PM

Or even dual booting it with XP? I want to play around with it and learn some Linux, but am wondering how useful it is as a main system. Does anyone here use it for non-uber-geeky purposes?

Emil · 06-18-2008, 12:14 PM

I use it as my main system on my laptop. It does work pretty good.

Ice · 06-18-2008, 12:14 PM

I use it on one of my desktops at home... works awesome

Elli · 06-18-2008, 12:17 PM

Hm, looks good so far, then! What about doing productivity stuff? Is it demanding hardware-wise?

chris01282 · 06-18-2008, 12:22 PM

put xp on the first partition then ubuntu on the second and let it control the boot loader and then you up and down arrow to select the os you want to boot into and press enter

hardware wise, it uses a lot less resources than xp to run, plus it is more secure

try it, you'll like it

Bro Media - BANNED FOR LIFE · 06-18-2008, 12:32 PM

enough that once it supports adobe dreamweaver and photoshop, i'll switch perminately

Elli · 06-18-2008, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaysin

enough that once it supports adobe dreamweaver and photoshop, i'll switch perminately

So it doesn't yet? This is kinda what I'm after. And Sony Vegas.

Lycanthrope · 06-18-2008, 12:50 PM

That is probably the last distro you'll want to install if you actually want to learn some linux.

Elli · 06-18-2008, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Lycanthrope

That is probably the last distro you'll want to install if you actually want to learn some linux.

Let's put it this way. XP keeps getting unstable after a few months and I don't want to go Vista. I'd rather go Linux if I can.

u-Bob · 06-18-2008, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Elli

I want to play around with it and learn some Linux

if you know ubuntu, you know ubuntu.
if you know slackware, you know linux.

Elli · 06-18-2008, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by u-Bob

if you know ubuntu, you know ubuntu.
if you know slackware, you know linux.

That different, eh? Hm. What would you recommend then, both for a bit of learning and stable productivity?

Lycanthrope · 06-18-2008, 01:39 PM

Like u-Bob I prefer Slackware myself, but it isn't for most people (though not as much now as versions past, you do have to manually edit a few config files), so if you just want to "use" linux without learning too many new things... Debian, Ubuntu, OpenSuse, Mandriva, PCLOS, Zenwalk... pretty much those in the top 10 or so on http://distrowatch.com will suit you.

GrouchyAdmin · 06-18-2008, 01:41 PM

OpenSUSE 11.0 released tomorrow.

Malicious Biz · 06-18-2008, 01:50 PM

I love me some Ubuntu

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Originally Posted by Jaysin

enough that once it supports adobe dreamweaver and photoshop, i'll switch perminately

photoshop cs2 runs fine and dandy under wine for me. I use kompozer for html/css editing

Elli · 06-18-2008, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Lycanthrope

Like u-Bob I prefer Slackware myself, but it isn't for most people (though not as much now as versions past, you do have to manually edit a few config files), so if you just want to "use" linux without learning too many new things... Debian, Ubuntu, OpenSuse, Mandriva, PCLOS, Zenwalk... pretty much those in the top 10 or so on http://distrowatch.com will suit you.

Thanks for the great info!!

Violetta · 06-18-2008, 02:07 PM

my brother breaths ubuntu!

Marialovesporn · 06-18-2008, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by u-Bob

if you know ubuntu, you know ubuntu.
if you know slackware, you know linux.

u-Bob is very right on that one, but Slackware can be hard to start with I think. Ubuntu kinda works out of the box these days, but is less stable and flexible as Slackware.
Photoshop 7 and Dreamweaver 2004 can be used under wine ( wine uses windows libraries to run windows applications under linux ) but If you want to stop using windows and use all adobe products and edit some videos why not buy a Mac. Believe me, you will love it

Good luck

Bro Media - BANNED FOR LIFE · 06-18-2008, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Malicious Biz

I love me some Ubuntu

photoshop cs2 runs fine and dandy under wine for me. I use kompozer for html/css editing

I wan't to beable to install it directly and it work, not use other programs to make it work...

Malicious Biz · 06-18-2008, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaysin

I wan't to beable to install it directly and it work, not use other programs to make it work...

The wait for linux to become windows will be a long one.

Bro Media - BANNED FOR LIFE · 06-18-2008, 03:33 PM

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The wait for linux to become windows will be a long one.

nah, if windows can run programs properly, then linux should have no problem, and when that day comes, i'll switch, but until then, i'll stick with xp and mac os x

Emil · 06-19-2008, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Jaysin

nah, if windows can run programs properly, then linux should have no problem, and when that day comes, i'll switch, but until then, i'll stick with xp and mac os x

Linux can run programs properly, programs made for linux. But it can run a lot of windows programs under wine without any problem.

martinsc · 06-19-2008, 02:03 AM

i love it .... but only playing around with it... i don't use it (yet) to get any work done....

StuartD · 06-19-2008, 02:20 AM

I use Fedora 9 personally... more robust I think.
But for beginning, ubuntu is a great way to go.

And no dual boot. I really don't like Windows. And I get my work done just fine without it.

u-Bob · 06-19-2008, 11:54 AM

I'd say vectorlinux is a good one to begin with... user friendly + the stability of a slackware system.

Jens Van Assterdam · 06-19-2008, 11:55 AM

This stranger Kmanrox does.. from what i have heard..

fuzebox · 06-19-2008, 11:59 AM

I've been running Linux as my only operating system for 11 years, but I guess you could call that geek purposes...

Been using Ubuntu for 3 years now and it's great, nice and easy. I don't even program much anymore, but I use linux software for video editing and encoding, building sites and galleries, cropping thumbs etc, all my day to day webmaster tasks.

Bro Media - BANNED FOR LIFE · 06-19-2008, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Emil

Linux can run programs properly, programs made for linux. But it can run a lot of windows programs under wine without any problem.

Pretty much what I mean is I will switch once my programs that I want support Linux, I know its not Linux' fault that Adobe doesn't make their software compatable, but I'm not switching to something "similar" to what I want to use, because there is alternatives. I'll wait till Adobe gets it there act straight.

fuzebox · 06-19-2008, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by u-Bob

if you know ubuntu, you know ubuntu.
if you know slackware, you know linux.

Not everyone wants to learn to be a sysadmin.

Methodcash Rick · 06-19-2008, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by u-Bob

if you know ubuntu, you know ubuntu.
if you know slackware, you know linux.

And if you use a GUI only, you won't learn shit about linux.

Elli · 06-19-2008, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by fuzebox

I've been running Linux as my only operating system for 11 years, but I guess you could call that geek purposes...

Been using Ubuntu for 3 years now and it's great, nice and easy. I don't even program much anymore, but I use linux software for video editing and encoding, building sites and galleries, cropping thumbs etc, all my day to day webmaster tasks.

Sweet! that is very encouraging! Do you mind if I ask which proggies you use for the photo/video processing? right now I'm using Nikon Capture NX and Photoshop CS3 for my photos, Sony vegas for video.

Elli · 06-19-2008, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by fuzebox

I've been running Linux as my only operating system for 11 years, but I guess you could call that geek purposes...

Been using Ubuntu for 3 years now and it's great, nice and easy. I don't even program much anymore, but I use linux software for video editing and encoding, building sites and galleries, cropping thumbs etc, all my day to day webmaster tasks.

Sweet! that is very encouraging! Do you mind if I ask which proggies you use for the photo/video processing? right now I'm using Nikon Capture NX and Photoshop CS3 for my photos, Sony vegas for video.

GrouchyAdmin · 06-19-2008, 04:07 PM

Anyone professing the strengths of Slackware is someone who either is perpetually stuck in 1995, or doesn't yet realize that unpacking biinary payloads into a root directory with marginal bounds checking is a bad idea.

That said, I don't give a shit what you use. Pay me to support it.

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