I want to erase Windows but unfortunately, I'm still a gamer at heart.
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I want to erase Windows but unfortunately, I'm still a gamer at heart.
3 things keep me using xp on my laptop(however ubuntu is my main OS for everything else so i use my laptop very little):Quote:
Originally Posted by Quake
my canon i850 printer.
no video editor that handles titles and audio track overlays that i have gotten to work yet. i tried kino, its really great, but no titles or audio overlay. i am thinking of creating cinerellia deb packages when i get that to work, just have not had the time.
alsa is not supported on my sound card(cause it sucks) so i use audacity on my win machine. this will be remidied when i get a new comp as i will purchase a creative labs audigy line card(which is supported in alsa so i can do sound recording).
the games thing is moot at this point for me because ut2004 is native linux and war3 run great in cedega. WOW runs good in cedega and if i ever want to play HL2 that will be supported better in the future. i mostly play blizzard titles, neverwinter nights(linux ported) and ut2004 and free games like frozen bubble.
i think over time my problems will diminish, the video editor problem will go away as kino gets more features or as i get another program working well. games will eventually be ported to linux in greater number and my printer..... well we shall see on that one.
I compleatly use Ubuntu. I started using linux in 2002(I think), with redhat 8
~Alan
I have never used windows XP. Seeing screenshots on the net, it looks awful! (So ugly and tacky that it seems to hold your attention - like not being able to look away from a mother scolding her children.)
I used to have win98 but I got rid of that in 2002. I first started with mandrake and it made me want to vomit. Debian Woody was released and I installed that. Six months later, it was the only OS on my copmuters.
When someone asks me to install linux on their computer, I instal Ubuntu because I am sick and tired of aswering everyone's questions. Ubuntu just works - or requires only minimal tweaking.
I can't say anything about dvd or video playing since I do not use my computer for that.
I haven't booted Windows for four months.
I play UT2K4, Q3, D3, SNES ROMS, and Frozen Bubble. I stay entertained.
I'm still using winXP as my primary OS because in Ubuntu I can't acces my 240 GB raid array. I don't think I will get it working. So I'm gonna lend some external harddisks and backup all my data. When that's done I will be using Ubuntu as my primary OS. I will keep a dual boot configuration for the time being.
I made the complete switch to linux about 4 or 5 months ago after using linux for about the same time. I miss some games but that's about it.
oh and my scanner doesn't work under linux but they're cheap so I'm just going to buy a new one. Once I get around to it.
My main box has been windows free for 2+ years.
The only thing I thought I'd miss is a linux version of Quicken. I tried many things to compensate for this from win4lin to codeweavers.
Instead of reinventing the wheel, it was easier to site in front of OO spreadsheet and design a budget and financial tracking template. Which has been a lot easier for me to plan and track, and more personalized for me then quicken ever was. Online banking can be done from any browser in my case so that was never a need in Quicken for me, just a convienience.
The updide of that is Quicken has reverted to licensing tacktics and upgrades annually. (my sister still can not let go).
So in addition to being windows free, I've save about 3 upgrades of Quicken and Quicktax.
Once you make up your mind to see the computing world without windows, you will find a way to accomplish the same tasks.
Gaming may be a whole new ball game. (or obsession) :D
I think if you are 'thinking' about going windowless, you are ready, JUST DO IT and learn to have fun.
i still do administrate some window boxes but for my personal use, i only use linux-systems. i feel somehow very insecure (viruses, spyware ...) and uncomfortable if i am in front of a windows-box. (not so) strange, eh? i have the constant feeling that the windows-boxes will crash and get infected anytime. i am much more relaxed behind my linux-boxes... since two and a half years now. :D
I completely use Ubuntu. I keep Windows around for gaming problems (to test if they work in Windows, basically, then boot into Ubuntu and fix (or try to fix) the problem). I haven't "used" Windows in a long time, but it's still there.
on the 5 computers that I use, they run solely Ubuntu (yes -- I did wipe Fedora yesterday... BURN IN HELL)
In my house, I have two systems running XP -- one for my parents' day-to-day work (they still prefer Windows for some reason, though my dad is starting to grow attached to my linux computer...), and one for microcontroller programming (too many proprietary programs -- most won't run well under WINE, either)
I may add that 80% of my administration headaches are with those two boxes, the other 20% with my ex-Fedora installation!
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Originally Posted by gabbman
i got quicken to work in wine.
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i got quicken to work in wine.<<<
Oh, I could too, but I am running older hardware (tyan 1854 mobo with 400 mhz celeron) so the wine, codeweavers etc reduce the resourse horse power to the point it is anoying.
Which is another positive thing for me using ubuntu, everything I need, with as few apps installed as posible, on a 2.6 kernel, so that combined with my 320 mb of ram, this old box has another few years of respectable life left in her.
right i understand. i use vanilla wine that i apt-get from universe, its a bit jumpy when you open it and you gotta full screen the program or it will bug out on you, beyond that its not too bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by gabbman
I stopped using Windows in about 2000-2001 or so. Before that I had been using Linux part-time for about 3 or 4 years in '97 or '98.Quote:
Originally Posted by jdodson
I would switch to live CD's completely except I can't find any of them can play MPEG movies :-( . ..
they dont include mpeg playback because of patent restrictions. the only way i know of is to add that functionality when you install ubuntu.Quote:
Originally Posted by BWF89
On here I only have Ubuntu. On my file server for backups I have only Ubuntu. On the kids pc I have only Ubuntu. (don't have to worry about stupid viruses and crap with them on the net.) On my gaming machine I still dual boot with XP for gaming. Linux just isn't up to snuff yet. I've heard all the arugements too about Wine/WineX/Cedega and it don't cut it. Especially for the games I play.
Besides right now I'm pretty crabby with Linux. Been using it for about 2 years now and to this day I still get fustrated. Somedays I just get sick of jumping through hoops to get things to work.
FX
Yeah i know whats its like as a heavy gamer/game artist. I would be more inclinde to ditch windows if 3d studio max and photshop were ported to linux. And a whole lot more modern games such as Tribes Vengeance and Dawn of War.Quote:
Originally Posted by FX
Next upgrade ill be dual booting with Ubuntu tho :) i have no room atm and have it on my brothers pc...
I still have WinXP on my hard drive, but I only use that for getting my printer to work (it suddenly stopped working one day, I finally reinstalled two pkgs to get it to work again) and to view any vids if I can't get mplayer to work (wmvs won't play for some reason).
I think that, at least for the rest of this academic year, I'll have WinXP be a vestigial structure.
I switched completely to Linux about 5½ years ago.
The only time I booted into Windows in the past several months was to play HL2. Played it, beat it, and now I am thankfully back using a decent desktop OS! :D
The only open Windows (coff, coff) I have are at work. At home, I currently have Ubuntu (Warty) installed as my boot OS. I'm probably going to add Ubuntu (Hoary) in the very near future as secondary boot. And, I usually save enough disk space for my "distro of the moment" junkie habit<g>.
Oh, yes...I just very recently ordered (and received!) the DR-DOS 7.03 diskettes. Intel has (so far) not made BIOS updates for my D865GLC mainboard in anything other than Windows or DOS executables & since I've sworn off Microsoft altogether, I needed some means to insure I can have the latest BIOS code...if interested (or you have a need like mine), check out http://www.drdos.com- they're nice folks.
We use some windows machines at our web design studio, but I work entirely from Ubuntu. I used to use Fedora Core 2, but I like ubuntu much better primarily because I like to be on the cutting edge and apt-get and hoary allow me to do that.
i use windows only when i need to for flash n other gfx/web apps
i use fc3 and ubuntu more jus started ubuntu today and really like it so far alot quicker than fc3
I am trying my hardest to switch over to ubuntu, but i cant seem to get the internet to work steadily on my main box, once i fix that problem i will probably never use windows again. I really hate it, it is such an evil organazation, it just makes me sick! It makes me even angrier that i am forced to use it at school! Thanksfully work uses linux redhat.. :). My other box runs completely on ubuntu, i thought about dual booting when i first set it up, but after using ubuntu for a couple days, it works better with ubuntu then it ever did with winxp.
I have no windows at the moment. I use linux since 2000 I think (redhat 7).
How many things changed for good!
(I'm going to reinstall winxp to give half-life 2 a shot, a friend of mine gave me the coupon he got with his ati-mllionair card to order HL2 for _free_ , I just can't stand that I had to reinstal grub *shrug*)
Well, I tried Linux several times, like Redhat and Mandrake (version 7 to 9), but I still use XP because I play a lot of online games.
I use Linux at work, and was on Mandrake 9 Community before I started with Ubuntu.
So I could say I spend 3/4 time on Ubuntu ;)
I have switched over completely from windows. It was a moral question for me.
I had tried several other distros before, and some I quite liked, but Ubuntu was the one that I thought that I could live with, and that is what I have been doing for the last 3 months.
Woohoo! Got a used copy of Linux Tribes 2 from Amazon.com. Now, I have to check if there's a huge Performance hit when running games in cedega and I MAY be willing to give Linux 3/4 of the HD space
Ubuntu is on my laptop, my parents' computer (which I have to administer), and I have a dual-boot setup with Windows XP and Ubuntu. I only use Ubuntu at home, and my wife only uses Windows.
I would probably be tempted to use Windows to print photos if I first have trouble with Linux, which I have in the past.
Oh, and I use Windows at work. No choice about that.
I wish I could move all the way to Linux. I would give up my CS Source addiction if I didn't need windows for one thing: DVD Shrink. I haven't found anything on
Linux that is close, and I haven't found a way for it to work in Wine/Crossover. Soon as DVD copying is automated in Linux like it is in Windows, I'll burn that partition.
dvd::rip might work well for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by poofyhairguy
LoL. Fedora Core 3 is on my girlfriends laptop because:Quote:
Originally Posted by jdong
A. She loves KDE
B. She doesn't consider Ubuntu's screensaver collection to be acceptable.
But I still have to admin it. Last night I tried for hours getting a media player to work, and getting her Ipod to work with Fedora- no success If Ubuntu ever gets better KDE support, I'll switch it out some night when she's asleep!
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Originally Posted by jdodson
Thanks for the advice. That is a fine program, but the biggest thing DVD Shrink does for me is perfectly compress huge DVD movie in order to fit them on consumer grade DVDrs. Many programs try to compress DVDs, but only Shrink's results are completely watchable.
I have recently (yesterday) found out that if I rip dvd's with dvd:rip than I can compress the files with DVD Shrink using the newest Crossover (I would prefer if Shrink would rip the disk too, but that is merely for convience).
If DVD Burning Support increases in Hoary (I just can't get K3B installed on the current Hoary without nuking my install), I will probably get to ditch windows!
i have heard that a lot on these forums, and so i gave dvd shrink a try. i have to admit, it does a good job.Quote:
Originally Posted by poofyhairguy
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Originally Posted by jdodson
I've tried the pay-for programs, it works better.
I used to use quicken until I found out about moneydance. It is a GREATE java based personal finance software. Also, the new crossover office 4.0 is out with lots of improvements ... it says they support quicken.Quote:
Originally Posted by gabbman
Ya ... I play contantly on XBOX Live anyway. I find it is much more fun online because I totally love the people interaction. I mean ... sure you have teamspeak and roger wilco on the PC, but not very many people use it ... and if you do get lots of people it isnt supported by the game so its hard to have actual team strategizing because the game can't cut off voice communication for people on the other side. Also there is no support for online buddies in any game. For example I cannot play doom3 and be notified if I want to start a game of ut2004 because an internet buddy wants to play ... must rely on other things like AIM (which I turn off in gaming anyway) or giving out phone number.Quote:
Originally Posted by gabbman
In contrast, mostly everyone has voice communications on XBOX Live, the game can control who can talk to who and there is a global buddy list for all games letting you know if a friend wants to play what game, net scoring and actual clan match support and scheduling.
So with all of this .... I NEVER use my PC for gaming anyway and rely on my console for the net gaming fun.
I have switched from using Gentoo to Ubuntu Linux and have been using it heavily ever since hoary was usable. viva Ubuntu, viva xbox live! LOL
I was done with Windows back in April. I was sick and tired of the constant updating just to protect your PC from viruses and spyware. Besides the fact that the whole operating system was a piece of crap to begin with and very insecure. I'm not into PC gaming, so Linux is fine with me. I do basic Internet functions and I like to download and burn CD's. But, the only thing that I really haven't been able to do in Linux that I could have easily accomplished with Windows is burning VCDs. It's just so damn complicated that I really haven't bothered with it. With Windows, I would load up Nero, let it convert my files and burn the disc. I also liked to burn emulators for my Dreamcast, which is another thing I cannot do with Linux. Oh, and I used Windows as a video editing platform with my Dazzle DVC USB capture card. I can't do that with Linux because I cannot find the module or program that can detect the capture card and actually capture video with it. Other than those pet peeves, I'm loving this Linux thing.
Linux needs a killer app like Nero. K3B is good, but it not as good as Nero. Since I've migrated to Gnome from KDE when I installed Ubuntu about a month and a half ago, I've been using X CD Roast to burn my data/audio CD's.
The best part about Ubuntu: my mother can get on-line to check her e-mail and surf the web without any help from me. I don't have to worry about her opening a malicious link in an e-mail or downloading some spyware crap or contracting something through ActiveX. For my mother, everything just works.
I agree: Nero is definatly something Windows has that Linux doesn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by beeldings
Amen. My mother love Billy Gates (for his business stragedies) but I get sick of fixing her windows box everytime I see her. So I'm begining a slow migration to Linux:Quote:
Originally Posted by beeldings
Step 1: Get her to use open source software on windows. I've installed Firefox, Open Office. I hope to think of more.
Step 2: Set up a linux install one night that looks like windows (so I guess KDE) but has this software she already knows on the desktop.
Step 3: Enjoy going home again.
I so wish I could say that.Quote:
Originally Posted by panickedthumb
I'm quite addicted to my games, and I haven't seen a good RTS working on linux.
On top of that, I need a good html/php editor, before I ditch xp completely.
I haven't used windows for years on my box. My kids use XP for gaming (on another computer).
If I feel the urge to play a game I use Playstation 2 and motogp 3 :-). Ok, I just might try out half-life 2 on my kids box...
I switched from window$ about four months ago. I used to use suse but now I'm very happy with ubuntu. I use my ubuntu box for everything. I use Cedega and all my games work, even half-life 2 and steam. All my videos work under mplayer, I couldn't be happier. No more window$ for me.
So are your kids into Linux & open source or do they just use XP for gaming?Quote:
Originally Posted by JsPr
Have you played Half-Life in Windows? If yes, was there a performace hit with Cedega?Quote:
Originally Posted by MoveZig
Six months ago I awitched to Fedora on my main work machine and haven't looked back..I am very happy with fedora core 3 a few days ago I installed Ubuntu on my dual boot laptop and really like waht I see so far. Planing on installing a dual boot witj Ubuntu on my Fedora Core 3 machine.. :D
I've played Half Life and Half Life 2 in Windows and Linux, and didn't see any performance hits, though the menu issues in HL2 and the fact that the videos playing on screens in the game don't have any audio did hinder the experience a bit, but I think they're fixing that (Cedega, not Valve)
BWF89: Until recently they had SuSE in a dual boot config but now they are "all XP". I'm introducing Linux slowly and hopefully they will use it when they are old enough to choose :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by BWF89
Full Linux convert as soon as I first booted Knoppix. Even with KDE, the environment I hate the most, Linux was more to me than Windows could ever amount to. I still use wine to play some non-open games like Second Life and Super Zanki 2, along with the crossover plugin for quicktime and Vitalize, but there is no copy of windows, or even a fragment of it installed on any of my computers.
Its funny. For years I always said thatQuote:
Originally Posted by MoveZig
"Linux won't get popular till its a good entertainment box."
Yet many said "no, your wrong. people want an os to do work"
I'll tell you, I didn't even think about Linux till I heard of mplayer!
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Originally Posted by Quake
theres just minor graphical glitches. this will be resolved though on transgamings next release of cedega, since they are pledging full support for half-life 2, which is on the 7th or 8th I think...
Mmh, hard to believe. I'm seeing less performance even in diablo II.Quote:
Originally Posted by panickedthumb
Well, I have 2 projects that are still under development that are windows only.
for one of them, it's a VB6 + SQL Server app, so I keep my WinXP partition unmodified, and only boot it when there's a vb6 problem to fix.
As for the other, it was an ASP + IIS + SQL2k website, I have since converted it to ASP.NET (C#) + XML compiled with Mono 1.0.5.
I have a Win2k Server in VMWare on my Ubuntu box, soley for SQL Server. It gets about 0.5-3 hours of airtime /week. And it's configured for no 'net access so it can't get viruses.
On my desktop, the things I can't do on Ubuntu, I don't do. But that's really limited to a few minor things. Like I needed to create a 256 color bmp, file yesterday... I used wine to install the demo version of Fireworks (macromedia) and I was done.
For my friends that still use windows, I tell them I know nothing about it. And take the opportunity to offer them a Gnoppix live CD. or an Ubuntu install :)
I used Suse 9.1 (with gnome) on my main PC before, but I dumped her when I met Warty.
Windows? I can't wait to finish the vb project so I have some time to trash the partition and setup the VB test suite as a VMWare machine.
checkout stratagus, its very shall we say, starcraft or warcraft 2 like:)Quote:
Originally Posted by HiddenWolf
http://stratagus.sf.net/
if you want a REALLY good turn based strategy checkout the battle for wesnoth.
http://www.wesnoth.org/
I tried it for Windows but when I clicked on the icon file nothing happened. Looks pretty cool from the screenshots though...Quote:
Originally Posted by jdodson
Solid Linux. Currently Ubuntu.
I'm putting linux back on my kids' box as well.
dvdXcopy platinum will be missed...don't talk to me about dvd::rip or mencoder or vobcopy or anything....tried 'em all.
http://www.madcarters.com/my-linux-reg.gif
i have windows and ubuntu linux on a dual boot my plan is to use windows for playing games and ubuntu for everything else (playing music, doing homework etc.)
i dunno if i will ever completely ditch windows in the future, i've been using windows for years and its kind of a "comfort blanket".
I've been Windows-free for about six weeks...ever since I downloaded Ubuntu. Before that, I'd had very limited exposure to Linux...just FC2 briefly. Now, Ubuntu is my only OS. My girlfriend is still running Windows on the other computer in our house - but I'll convert her eventually!
Ubuntu and Debian are the only OS I use for 4 month.
Okay, at work people ask me for help at their W2000-machine. The last worms nearly killed windows :-D and it is now instabil but I won't reinstall it. If it can't be Linux perhaps ReactOS will be an alternative for unconvincable ones ... whenever.
My situation mirrored mrt75's exactly.
I was dual-booting Linux since August, yet a recent upgrade of XP (SP1 => SP2) hosed my windows installation. I reformatted & have been Linux only for about a week.
Kind of scary for a new convert but I'm lovin' it.
My biggest issue is that the AMD64 branch (which I'm running) is not as mature as the i386 one. But it's all good.
With pain in the heart. I have forsaken gaming, and am planning to run naught but tux for the coming year.
I swear to god, and everything that is holy that one day i will be able to ween myself from the the horror that is windows...The biggest two things making this whole weening myself off windows is not being to really able share drives and gaming, allthough as long as i had doom 3 and quake, and UT2k4 and my Wolfenstein ET running I will be a happy camper.
Been using linux on and off since 1997. Started off with RedHat 4.2 I think, pardon me if my memory does not serves me well. But after installing (dual boot with winXP) Ubuntu 2+ months ago, I found myself using Ubuntu arounnd 85% of the time.
I only boot to windows when:
1) my parent wants to webcam/chat with my brother (still havent found a solution for Logitech Quickcam Messenger)
2) I want to view movie trailers at www.apple.com/trailers
3) print to a windows-networked printer in draft mode.
I still have it on one of my machines, but I usually use Slackware ou Ubuntu.
Only in the last month.
Dual boot Slack 10 http://www.ubuntuforums.org/images/s...on_biggrin.gif as my stable os and following "Hoary" development
Michael
I switched to Linux completely.
Actually I'm using SuSE 9.2 Pro but I'm thinking about Ubuntu as my second OS or, maybe primary in the future ;)
I'm watching these trailers using mplayer-plugin in Mozilla Firefox :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Buffalo Soldier
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Originally Posted by jdodson
deb http://www.kiberpipa.org/~minmax/cinelerra/builds/sid/ ./
Just installed it... surprised me it works :)Quote:
Originally Posted by ubuntu UsER
Haven't had Windows in over 6 months here, and haven't looked back a second...
Gaming is for console's :mrgreen:
I must say though, I'm planning to buy an iBook... so it won't be 100% pure linux here for long 8-)
I have always been a fan of "alternate OS's". I was a fan of OS/2 and BeOS before they died tragically. Right now the only reason I still use Windows is for games and audio editing. If I could find a Linux app that more or less duplicated GoldWave or CoolEdit, that would be one less reason to use Windows.
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Originally Posted by negativ
Have you tried:
http://gsmp.exactcode.de/
There are a few audio related software under GPL, and one that I think could interest you is Audacity. Maybe you have tried it and decide it's not "there" yet. But maybe your involvement and feedback as a user would help a lot in its development.Quote:
Originally Posted by negativ
The official website is http://audacity.sourceforge.net
Or you can apt-get/synaptic it. It's in the universe repository under multimedia section.
I used to dual-boot WinXP and Linux on my Thinkpad T30. But the only time I booted in WinXP was to update it and the AVG antivirus running on it. Other than that I never actually used it. Now my laptop's completely running Ubuntu. It used to be Fedora, but I've found Ubuntu easier to use, maintain, and more stable for my needs.
On my desktop, it's still Windows (2000). That's because I haven't had the time to teach my sister to use Linux. It should be easy enough since she's already using OpenOffice.org and Firefox on Windows, the 2 apps she really needs. I'm pretty sure that as long as she can surf and type, it'll be no problem.
I am compeltely switched :) (I hate games)
I think Rosegarden4 is also an excellent MIDI softwares/sequencer? tooQuote:
Originally Posted by Buffalo Soldier