I've been running Ubuntu on two different pc's for the last couple of months - no issues on any of them. These newer versions are much easier to install than the old Redhat I cut my teeth on about 10 years or so ago.

 

So far I like it. Nice to have a fast 10 year old laptop again.

 

I have used SuSE Linux for the last 12 years. It started out as a German translation of Slack and found its own following.

S.u.S.E. is a German acronym which stands for "Software und System Entwicklung." It means software and system development.

10 years Winders-free!

http://en.opensuse.org

 

I am finding I can Not load any programs such as Virus Protection. it will download then wont install. Any Ideas?

 

Anti-virus is not needed for Linux. There are no viruses and Trojans for Linux OS'. The only reason you would want to run ant-virus on your Linux machine is to keep from passing on to your buddies with the Windows machine an email with a virus received from a Windows machine.

All of the software that you purchased for the Windows OS will not work with Linux. The bright side is that all of the software that runs on Linux is open source (translation free).

 

ahh thanks for the heads up... I am new at it.

 

I have been thinking about trying it out. After reading about it I do have a question. I do a lot of online gaming, all my loaded games are windows formatted, so is there a patch system to get them to work with a Linux based os?



Thanks,


Tim

 

There is a program in Ubuntu called wine that will run some windows programs, that being said in my experience wine is better suited for drinking as I've had a bit of trouble getting any of my windows apps to run under it, although they say that office and some other programs run very well with it.

 

Thanks, I think I will try it on my spare machine and work it out from there.

Appreciate it,


Tim

 

A lot of these games are based on Flash, and they do work with any OS. Sometimes it helps to tell the site that you run a Mac when you use your linux box.

wine is nice, if set up correctly it will run a lot of apps, and be the same speed as the native windows box. (Read pathetic if you are used to gentoo linux)


AlpineRAM

 

I'm rebuilding a PC this evening and thinking about installing Ubuntu...think it will run Adobe Creative Suite 3? if it will I'm going to head that direction. Otherwise its back to XP again

 

If you think about switching to linux you need to consider the following:
Do I want to run Word or a good text processor
Excel or a good spreadsheet program.

You will not find a lot of the "trade names" for programs you are used to, because the commercial software vendors have these names registered as trade marks. The icons you got used to are also protected in many cases.
Instead of looking for "Product A" in linux, you should look for something that does what you want from "Product A" under Windows (TM) and just cope with the different name and different icon.

Just my 2c

AlpineRAM

 

Matt, no, I don't think Linux will run your Adobe CS3; but, you can format the HD for a dual boot capability and run a Linux OS when you want, then run Window's when needed. That's what I do with one of my older machines that runs Win2K and Ubuntu.

FWIW, Ubuntu comes with OpenOffice (www.openoffice.org) loaded on it that permits you to edit MS Office type applications with it.

I'll look up Wine when I get home, that sounds interesting.

 

Open office works well, FYI it is also available for windows users. For photo editing there is GIMP, which is available for windows as well. GIMP works well also, although from what I understand it is not as user friendly as photoshop, but I've only used the former so I can't speak first hand about that. There are lots of good linux apps out there, just have to pour through forums and other literature to figure out how to use them or solve problems with the program rather than call tech support.

 

I liked the Ubuntu, but the text on screen was not very clear, I tried changing all the settings and nothing seemed to work, I ran Fedora and the screen was fine. I checked out Mepis ....http://www.mepis.org/ ... and really like it and the screen looks great, I guess I will keep it, so Ubuntu is gone..