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LukeHashJ:
That makes sence, BadKarma. The IRQ steering is definately a pain in the ass and a major downside. My geforce3 is bogged down like a bitch...
centurian - Is there any way to get a winmodem to work on a non-windows(linux) OS via an emulator? I knew it was a win-modem when i first bought it, but i got a great price, and i wasn't planning on using any other OS cept windows anyways (it was for the family computer at the time) but now that i have my own computer and i want to possibly put another OS on it what should i do? Its an Intel Pro/dsl 2100.... used by qwest (dial-up) broadband... im running a 64k isdn and would appreciate any reccomendations on a different modem.
Calum - I do give a damn, its just at this point there isn't much i can do about it.
LukeHashJ:
Oh yea, and what version of linux would you most reccomend for me? I'll use it for gaming/surfing... not hosting a server or anything... possibly some coding later on.
Centurian:
quote:Originally posted by LukeHashJ:
centurian - Is there any way to get a winmodem to work on a non-windows(linux) OS via an emulator? I knew it was a win-modem when i first bought it, but i got a great price, and i wasn't planning on using any other OS cept windows anyways (it was for the family computer at the time) but now that i have my own computer and i want to possibly put another OS on it what should i do? Its an Intel Pro/dsl 2100.... used by qwest (dial-up) broadband... im running a 64k isdn and would appreciate any reccomendations on a different modem.
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As far as emulators there is VMWare and Plex86 is coming along nicely I hear.
Personally I would have to recommend Mandrake, or SUSE. I use Mandrake 8.1 right now and I am planning to go to Mandrake 8.2 soon.
Hardware support is somewhat dependent on what OS you get. Mostly they all support simular hardware but I have heard of a couple exceptions. Go to Mandrake Hardware they list alot of different modems that are supported. Just use the javascript pulldowns to choose what you are looking for.
Games are a bit more difficult. You can use Winex to run many windows directX games. Also more games are coming out for Linux all the time. I have about 80 linux games on my system right now. Some of them are awesome and others are just ok. Just like in windows.
With the growing number of linux users games are going to become much more popular in the near future.
In the meantime you can always run a dual boot system. That way you can play windows and linux games and do basically everything else under linux.
LukeHashJ:
awesome, thanks centurian.
I'll *probably* end up reformatting and dual booting with XP/Linux. What File System would you recommend for Linux? Just native?
[ March 22, 2002: Message edited by: LukeHashJ ]
Centurian:
Hey,
I am using the native ext2 and I like it. Alot of people use ext3 or reiser. Redhat has gone over to ext3. People say it is a bit faster.
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