Wow I have just installed linux...

bradclark1 · 09-11-07, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

So where exactly is the "WOW" here? :hmm:

It's not Microsoft.

The Avon Lady · 09-11-07, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by bradclark1

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Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

So where exactly is the "WOW" here? :hmm:

It's not Microsoft.

That would be "aaaahhhhhhhh", as in a sigh of relief.

DeepIron · 09-11-07, 08:25 AM

I'm an ex-IT admin and have used LINUX in one form or another for over ten years. I owned an ISP at one time and ran all 10 servers on SuSE Linux very successfully. One thing to keep in mind, Linux can be an incredible production enviroment for services like web serving, email servers and firewalling boxes. Or as a development tool using the GCC compilers and toolchain.

LINUX still has a long way to go to garner the kind of userbase that Windows has established over the years.

It is NOT going to fulfill any needs you may have in the gaming arena if that is what you're after. It has an emulation system called WINE which is quite powerful in it's own right, and would be ok for games using SDL and OpenGL, but performs poorly, if at all for MS stuff...

Please don't let my comments detract from the "WOW" factor. Once you harness the power of a UNIX-like OS, it can be very hard to put up with the mediocre cr*p that MS calls an Operating System.

Enjoy your new found power!

Camaero · 09-12-07, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by DeepIron

I'm an ex-IT admin and have used LINUX in one form or another for over ten years. I owned an ISP at one time and ran all 10 servers on SuSE Linux very successfully. One thing to keep in mind, Linux can be an incredible production enviroment for services like web serving, email servers and firewalling boxes. Or as a development tool using the GCC compilers and toolchain.

LINUX still has a long way to go to garner the kind of userbase that Windows has established over the years.

It is NOT going to fulfill any needs you may have in the gaming arena if that is what you're after. It has an emulation system called WINE which is quite powerful in it's own right, and would be ok for games using SDL and OpenGL, but performs poorly, if at all for MS stuff...

Please don't let my comments detract from the "WOW" factor. Once you harness the power of a UNIX-like OS, it can be very hard to put up with the mediocre cr*p that MS calls an Operating System.

Enjoy your new found power!

As far as website development, do you have any good suggestions when it comes to Linux? I have made a few on Front Page but I am curious if there are some better ones for free on Linux?

Zantham · 09-12-07, 07:34 PM

Linux, especially Gentoo (which I also prefer) is an amazing system if you want to learn a lot about how your computer works. I heard ATI is supposed to be releasing a much-updated driver for its video, and also considering making it open source.

But, for all I may want to, i can't get rid of Windows. Linux is great if you don't mind doing lots of research trying to get stuff to work. But when you just need it to plain work now...I've found it very difficult, much like left-handed people must find a right-handed world.

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The guys on the Gentoo forum found a solution though - they took their ASUS boards back and purchased Linux compatible versions.

I don't understand this...Asus does provide Linux drivers for their motherboards? All my Gentoo systems have been based on Asus motherboards? Why would the Gentoo people not like Asus?

09-11-07, 08:25 AM	#3
DeepIron Sea Lord Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Too far from the Pacific right now... Posts: 1,634 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I'm an ex-IT admin and have used LINUX in one form or another for over ten years. I owned an ISP at one time and ran all 10 servers on SuSE Linux very successfully. One thing to keep in mind, Linux can be an incredible production enviroment for services like web serving, email servers and firewalling boxes. Or as a development tool using the GCC compilers and toolchain. LINUX still has a long way to go to garner the kind of userbase that Windows has established over the years. It is NOT going to fulfill any needs you may have in the gaming arena if that is what you're after. It has an emulation system called WINE which is quite powerful in it's own right, and would be ok for games using SDL and OpenGL, but performs poorly, if at all for MS stuff... Please don't let my comments detract from the "WOW" factor. Once you harness the power of a UNIX-like OS, it can be very hard to put up with the mediocre cr*p that MS calls an Operating System. Enjoy your new found power!