What type of software will work with Ub.?

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I mean Ubuntu when I said Ub. Anyway, what software will work for it? Like anything that needs Windows, some that needs Windows, or what? Thanks for reading, and I hope you guys can answer :).

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I mean Ubuntu when I said Ub. Anyway, what software will work for it? Like anything that needs Windows, some that needs Windows, or what? Thanks for reading, and I hope you guys can answer :).

Some Windows apps will work with Ubuntu (or any Linux) if you are willing to go to a great deal of trouble to get WINE, Cedega, or Crossover Office working. There are no guarantees when it comes to running Windows software on Linux. You'd be better off dual-booting if you need to use Windows apps fairly often, or play PC games.

I personally do not attempt to run Windows apps on Linux, so I can't help you if you choose this path.

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Some Windows apps will work with Ubuntu (or any Linux) if you are willing to go to a great deal of trouble to get WINE, Cedega, or Crossover Office working. There are no guarantees when it comes to running Windows software on Linux. You'd be better off dual-booting if you need to use Windows apps fairly often, or play PC games.

I personally do not attempt to run Windows apps on Linux, so I can't help you if you choose this path.

What if a DVD-ROM needs Windows? Samething?

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What if a DVD-ROM needs Windows? Samething?
That ALMOST never happens.

It says that it needs Windows on the box, but that's because they don't SUPPORT its use in Linux. there are SOME times that IDE drives such as DVD roms need Windows. If you ever have to install DRIVERS (not just cd burning software, actual drivers) in Windows, then it might be fishy getting it to work in Linux.

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What if a DVD-ROM needs Windows? Samething?

I've never seen an IDE optical drive that only worked under Windows. Granted, some modems and printers are Windows-only, and other cheap peripherals, but there are sites that maintain lists of Linux-compatible hardware on the net.

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My college roommate had a CD burner that would only work in Windows-- it wouldn't even be picked up by anything in Windows' device manager, other than "Unknown device," until you installed the drivers. It was a TDK. Bad bad bad design on their part.

Oh and that also means that you couldn't boot from CD with that drive as well ;) Gotta love that proprietary, against-standards hardware design, ESPECIALLY for such essential hardware.

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I picked up something called "Cedega" (www.transgaming.com), to play WoW and Half Life 2 on Linux. The games work great, but sometimes there are hoops to jump through to install, which can make things annoying. For example, in World of Warcraft, you have to copy all 4 cd's to the hard drive and install from there. One thing that's been annoying me recently about having a Linux only box is my iPod shuffle. I can copy MP3s to it with Linux software, but not Audible.com audio books. I guess there are some products and services that you just can't get running under Linux just yet.

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Ok thanks guys. :)