I haven't touched Linux in years but yesterday I got curious as to how it had evolved and installed OpenSuse 11.1. Installation worked really good, as long as I kept my hands away from version 11.2 (beta?) and I like the idea of downloading the installation on the fly to be sure it is update, rather, as with Windows, installing and then downloading 2GB of patches and THEN wait for the patching. I also like the idea that the CD boots a fully functioning version of the OS with Firefox and what not, and from there you can choose to install.
I had to learn how the YaST2 worked and the idea with repositories, but after a bit of starting trouble I have to say the 1-click install works perfectly. Click a link on the net, wait a while, and the app you want is installed and regularly checked for updates. That is brilliant.
The deskop itself it pretty, slick and runs well with widgets, allowing you to make your own start bar from scratch very quickly. I did that because I accidently deleted the one that was there lol :rolleyes:
Over all, I now have a disk with a perfectly function Linux disk with Firefox and OpenOffice... It looks sweet, the OpenGL works fine, VLC plays back DVDs and video files perfectly... but then the problem comes: What else can I do with that? Are there ANY good games that have been ported to or developed for Linux? How much will my system suffer when running that Windows emulation stuff? (wine?) For example Total Commander, POP Peeper and all the small apps I like - do I have to try and find the functionality in Linux apps - and will these apps work with 1-click install?
Quote from: delanvital;271538How much will my system suffer when running that Windows emulation stuff? (wine?) For example Total Commander, POP Peeper and all the small apps I like - do I have to try and find the functionality in Linux apps - and will these apps work with 1-click install?
Wine is not an emulator
W I N E
LOL have you tried ubuntu mate? that has some really cool features and don't forget you can run windows pretty well within linux with Virtualbox
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&hl=en-GB&v=ch8X86R6d-g&NR=1
http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-To-Play-Half-Life-2-on-Ubuntu-74731.shtml
I had no idea you could get that virtual stuff for free... How about efficiency? How much is the OS limited performance-wise? Fx I have 2GB of RAM in the PC, and if I install Linux on my XP virtually, how much will Linux have availble, and vice versa?
Quote from: delanvital;271542I had no idea you could get that virtual stuff for free... How about efficiency? How much is the OS limited performance-wise? Fx I have 2GB of RAM in the PC, and if I install Linux on my XP virtually, how much will Linux have availble, and vice versa?
Well, I have ubuntu on my well old dell 500m running from a flash usb stick (HD died - still trying to fix) and I can do all the fire writing, 3d Cube etc etc
Plus I have a MAME and Snes emulator working nicely on there too.
a couple of years back I used cedega (had a subscription) and played all my source games on Redhat without any problems.
If you planning on running windows applications I would recommend VMware. (http://www.vmware.com/download/server/)
Or grab yourself a copy of Virtual Box (http://www.virtualbox.org/)
When setting up the virtual machines you will have the option of specifying how much RAM HD space will be availiable to the virtual pc.
You shouldnt have any issues running applications in a virtual environment, not sure how gaming will work out tho.
I just installed virtual box on Windows, so I can play around with Linux there. Installed Ubuntu and tried also DSL (with 2.4 kernel). After also trying SUSE with the KDE-interface, I have to say KDE is really slick but Gnome is much more solid.
(post from Ubuntu :))
I haven't used SUSE since version 9. I used to play around with Linux in a very amature way. I played with Fedora Core, Redhat, SUSE and a few others. I have to say SUSE was the nicest because it had a great interface for installing drivers. This was long before Ubuntu became so popular. I've put that on my laptop now, and it's alright I guess, but I'm still tempted to join you on SUSE again.
Anyway as for stuff you can do with Linux. Using Wine you can play Abes Oddysee and games like that with no problem. Also if you get a game called Beneath a Steel Sky off the Linux servers you then have a Linux Scumm engine which allows you to run all the Classic Lucasarts point and click games such as the Monkey Islands (I've tested 1,2 and 3). Unreal Tournament 2004 came with an installer for Linux, so you could run that without emulation too.