thechitowncubs Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 (edited) I just got my sister to switch to ubuntu... she likes it more than windows! go figure... I really am starting to like the linux community and the way linux works. Ubuntu is a really great distro too. Anyone else's sister running linux... i don't think so. :p I would encourage everyone that hasn't tried linux yet to give Ubuntu a try! http://www.ubuntulinux.org http://www.ubuntuguide.org Edited April 25, 2005 by thechitowncubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soham Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 i like gentoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pre Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 I probably should make the switch but im too lazy :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soham Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 can u make me a sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2687 Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Yeah..I tried putting Ubuntu on virtualpc last week and it was very nice and easy to install. Im still not ready to go linux yet because of certain hardware support issues. That and the fact its impossible to set things up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jorge Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Yay for your sister. I may be making to switch to Linux myself soon. Looking at Fedora. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandMaster Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 id switch if there were only more games that supported linux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Yay for your sister. I may be making to switch to Linux myself soon. Looking at Fedora. :D 585825387[/snapback] Please not Fedora :'( Try a Debian-child first. Fedora eats babies. And creates rifts in the space-time continuum. Okay, maybe not. But it is pretty bloated. And tends to have dependency issues if you're not careful to install from only approved repo's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thechitowncubs Posted April 25, 2005 Author Share Posted April 25, 2005 Yeah..I tried putting Ubuntu on virtualpc last week and it was very nice and easy to install. Im still not ready to go linux yet because of certain hardware support issues. That and the fact its impossible to set things up. 585825382[/snapback] Set things up... actually, you'd be surprised at how easy it is in Ubuntu. Anyways... what hardware is unsupported for you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jorge Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Please not Fedora :'( Try a Debian-child first. Fedora eats babies. And creates rifts in the space-time continuum. Okay, maybe not. But it is pretty bloated. And tends to have dependency issues if you're not careful to install from only approved repo's. 585825423[/snapback] Already set it up on Virtual PC. So far so good. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iverson0881 Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 I tried setting up my sister with gentoo. Didn't work out because she thought it wasn't usable because GAIM sucks. so wiped it and she's back on windows. Shes highly dependent on Direct IM and file transfering. And I have yet to discover how to use these things in GAIM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnimeUSA Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Ubuntu is a great distro, probably the most user-friendly I've ever used. Great for beginners and advanced users of Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrike Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Please not Fedora :'( Try a Debian-child first. Fedora eats babies. And creates rifts in the space-time continuum. Okay, maybe not. But it is pretty bloated. And tends to have dependency issues if you're not careful to install from only approved repo's. 585825423[/snapback] does that mean that Fedora eats Debian-children? I'm a Fedora fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beh Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 I tried setting up my sister with gentoo. Didn't work out because she thought it wasn't usable because GAIM sucks. so wiped it and she's back on windows. Shes highly dependent on Direct IM and file transfering. And I have yet to discover how to use these things in GAIM. 585825654[/snapback] AOL has a linux aim build: http://www.aim.com/get_aim/linux/latest_linux.adp?aolp= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyehac Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 I'll be trying ubuntu when my CD comes in the mail, but I don't now about setting up my siblings with Linux. They still have to learn Macs at school, as well as Windows, so I don't think they'll be learning a 3rd OS anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyro Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 WOW ...... \ / for your sister .... wow .. i am proud of her. i got some cousins ... and i am trying to tell everyone Linux is ready for everyone ... dont be lazy ... do it ... get it installed. just today one of my cousins is bringing his laptop home and has requested me to install Ubuntu on it. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted April 25, 2005 Veteran Share Posted April 25, 2005 go figure... I really am starting to like the windows community and the way linux works.585825334[/snapback] Me thinks that surely you have a typo in your first post. :ermm: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codegen Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 I started with Mandrake, then SuSE, then Mandrake again, then to Gentoo. Gentoo tends to be a bit of a pain in the ass to install, but once you get it done, you'll thank yourself for it ;). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drone Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 id switch if there were only more games that supported linux 585825415[/snapback] You could always use wine to run your games and windows apps. I was looking at a way to run Mathcad 12 as I use it for my Uni work and found that whilst 12, which uses .Net, won't run, Mathcad 11 will work. This site has a fair few bits of info to get certain apps running well using Wine. Includes games too. I've seen some other sites with info on getting other games running well on Linux. Not old games though, there are a fair few new games that will run well too. Failing that you could always dual boot and boot into Windows for the games that won't run on Linux. (Can you tell that I'm considering the switch??) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Pitman Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 My 13 year old daughter has been running Yellow Dog Linux on my old PowerBook G3 for quite some time. She loves it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnmnky Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 I was using Ubuntu for a few days. It's a great distro. I'm going to try it on my spare movie PC once more, and if I can get the TV-out to work and get DIV installed, I will keep it installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thechitowncubs Posted April 25, 2005 Author Share Posted April 25, 2005 Me thinks that surely you have a typo in your first post. :ermm: :laugh: 585826334[/snapback] :huh: :huh: :huh: Ya, most definetly :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codegen Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 Well, if the nvidia drivers would work with my vid card, I'd scrap windows altogether. If I'm going to have to play 3d games in whine, might as well do it right, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgevella Posted April 25, 2005 Share Posted April 25, 2005 I m half way with my conversion :-D Been using both Linux and Windows (i have two PCs on my desk) The only thing stopping me from switching is that i play a lot of windows-only games. Did anyone try Cedega? How does it perform? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thechitowncubs Posted April 25, 2005 Author Share Posted April 25, 2005 I m half way with my conversion :-DBeen using both Linux and Windows (i have two PCs on my desk) The only thing stopping me from switching is that i play a lot of windows-only games. Did anyone try Cedega? How does it perform? 585826540[/snapback] I have actually and was impressed w/ Half-Life performance... not much of a diff between windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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