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Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Almo, Jan 20, 2008.

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  1. Almo

    Almo Well-Known Member

    OK ive heard so much about this OS yet know so little. I did a bit of searching and it sounds great. I may be interested in switching but id like to know more from people who use it. Whether or not certian applications that I use all the time will run is still foggy. I regularly use torrents, the internet, photoshop and all the usuall things. Will these run on linux? or is there a good alternative for these progams? If anyone can fill me in then cheers.
    Cheers in advance guys.
     
    Almo, Jan 20, 2008
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  2. jc_106

    jc_106 Well-Known Member

    i know that at least firefox works with linux.
     
    jc_106, Jan 20, 2008
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  3. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    most windows programs have linux equivalents, and photoshop can be made to run on linux.
     
    Loonylion, Jan 20, 2008
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  4. nomercy

    nomercy Well-Known Member

    My experience with linux is that working with it is great, but installing and configuring it is more of a problem. Fixing it requires command line knowledge.

    And don't use NTFS.

    Tip: Get a live-cd to try it.
     
    nomercy, Jan 20, 2008
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  5. jigglemaster7

    jigglemaster7 New Member

    Get Ubuntu it's the easiest to use and comes packed with great software the live cd is awesome.
     
    jigglemaster7, Jan 20, 2008
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  6. airsoft1117

    airsoft1117 Well-Known Member

    I would just stick with windows that way you can run just about any program without having to mess with them.
     
    airsoft1117, Jan 20, 2008
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  7. Seph

    Seph Administrator Staff Member

    Linux requires far less resources and often have more programs if you're a developer.

    It really depends on what you do, casual users and gamers best stay with Windows but more advanced users such as developers or whatnot can benefit from switching to linux.
     
    Seph, Jan 20, 2008
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  8. Almo

    Almo Well-Known Member

    cheers guys, my laptop at current runs like a pig, would switching to linux speed it up at all?
     
    Almo, Jan 20, 2008
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  9. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    well no, but it would feel faster and more responsive.
     
    Loonylion, Jan 20, 2008
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  10. Almo

    Almo Well-Known Member

    sounds good to me :) now ive heard of dual booting? how hard is that to set up?
     
    Almo, Jan 20, 2008
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  11. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    involves manually repartitioning your hard disk. Don't do it unless you know what you're doing.
     
    Loonylion, Jan 20, 2008
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  12. Warren_303

    Warren_303 Well-Known Member

    Partition magic would do the job right?
     
    Warren_303, Jan 20, 2008
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  13. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    except it's owned by Symantec so it would probably fuck it up.
     
    Loonylion, Jan 20, 2008
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  14. Almo

    Almo Well-Known Member

    @loony, would I have to partition even if its already been done? as im on a laptop it has the C: drive and a D: partition called PRESARIO_RP.
     
    Almo, Jan 20, 2008
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  15. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    D: is a recovery partition, which allows you to restore to factory condition. If you don't mind losing that, then fine.
     
    Loonylion, Jan 20, 2008
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  16. Almo

    Almo Well-Known Member

    ^ um no thanks lol. Is there a linux I can boot without installing? perhaps from a CD or DVD?
     
    Almo, Jan 20, 2008
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  17. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    yes, any live CD distribution.
     
    Loonylion, Jan 20, 2008
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  18. Almo

    Almo Well-Known Member

    cool, thanks heaps.
     
    Almo, Jan 20, 2008
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  19. anandjones

    anandjones Well-Known Member

    Isn't there a Ubuntu linux?
     
    anandjones, Jan 21, 2008
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  20. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    yes, ubuntu is one linux distribution. theres hundreds of others.
     
    Loonylion, Jan 21, 2008
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