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Post by: rush on 6 April 2004, 05:51: I din know where to post this so dun hurt me if its in the wrong category, but im graduating from high school soon and im getting a fresh new comp for graduation, thing is i dun want a Microsoft (excuse me ...Microsuck] OS's on it. So i wanted to know which OS's you would recommend. i know there is a big list on the site, and 3 category blocks on this forum for mac and linux and stuff, but i need to know which is the best NON- miscrosoft OS's that u can suggest that is compatible with most computer games. Again i apologize if this is in the wrong forums, dont bite me head off, and if u do save me my trachea..i need that.
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Post by: WMD on 6 April 2004, 07:06: quote:
Originally posted by EvilPies:
which is the best NON- miscrosoft OS's that u can suggest that is compatible with most computer games.

There isn't one, unfortunately. Both MacOS and Linux have some game support, more so for Mac, but it isn't comprehensive.
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Post by: rush on 6 April 2004, 21:24: so you would suggest mac?
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Post by: skyman8081 on 6 April 2004, 10:25: definately get a Mac. You will be glad if you do.

it just works.

no libglx1.4-4r6.so.2 to hunt down for a game to run.

linux really isn't ready for prime-time quite yet.

if you want to run linux, go ahead, I can help you out with any problems you might encounter

[ April 06, 2004: Message edited by: Sauron: GenSTEP Fanboy ]
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Post by: Stilly on 6 April 2004, 12:48: why are you leaving windows?
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Post by: Refalm on 6 April 2004, 17:30: quote:
Originally posted by The Stiller:
why are you leaving windows?

Spyware, bugs, holes, Internet Explorer, instability, BSOD's, lack of features, etc.

[ April 06, 2004: Message edited by: Refalm ]
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Post by: Laukev7 on 6 April 2004, 22:27: I agree with Sauron. Get a Mac, you won't regret it. That's what I'm going to do as well.
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Post by: DukePuke on 6 April 2004, 22:59: My suggest would be.. get linux, and you will forget all games. When i had windoze installed, i played games much, but then i got linuxoze installed in second comp (shitty with integrated video) I allways choose this box to use. Its fun to use much console, cool network tools, and more stuff. Now i use windoze only for document writing with word, lol my Amd1600+ with geforce 5600
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Post by: Refalm on 7 April 2004, 02:35: Dude:

Cube, Duke Nukem 3D, Doom II, Quake III Arena, Enemy Territory, UT, UT 2003, UT 2004, MOHAA.

Enough cool games to play on Linux :cool:
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Post by: rush on 7 April 2004, 03:16: why am i leaving windows?

not many reasons, 1) there is that privacy thing with the logs and stuff, then there is that peice of crap Internet Explorer. i hate that thing. i installed it like 6 months ago...crap is still on my computer grrrr.

other than that i want the best for my comptuer and i know windows wont be that.

All those games that can be played on Linux i already had/have and dnt like them.

I still dont understand what makes one better than the other thats why i asked for your opinon but its hard to tell so i might have to do some research
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Post by: preacher on 7 April 2004, 03:36: quote:
Originally posted by Sauron: GenSTEP Fanboy:
definately get a Mac. You will be glad if you do.

it just works.

no libglx1.4-4r6.so.2 to hunt down for a game to run.

linux really isn't ready for prime-time quite yet.

if you want to run linux, go ahead, I can help you out with any problems you might encounter

[ April 06, 2004: Message edited by: Sauron: GenSTEP Fanboy ]

Ok you fucked up on that one. Never once during any of my linux game installs have I ever had to find any obscure OpenGL file that you made up out of the top of your head. Do not lie about linux, this frustrates me more than anything else, people who lie to make it look bad. Installing UT2003, Quake 3 arena, or any other game that has been ported to linux is super easy.

Unfortunately not many games have been ported to linux, so WineX a windows emulator has come to the recue. It is just as easy to install games using WineX, as it is on windows.
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Post by: skyman8081 on 7 April 2004, 04:08: no shit I made it up, I was giving an example of module deps that have sent me hunting on google.

I use linux and windows, and I think (an opinion) that linux still needs some work.

you came in and flamed me for saying that.
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Post by: hm_murdock on 7 April 2004, 04:08: that is, you run setup.exe and it belches multiple GB of mess onto your HD!

I MISS THE DAYS WHEN GOOD GAMES CAME ON SIX HD FLOPPIES!
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Post by: WMD on 7 April 2004, 04:56: Amen, Jimmy. :(
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Post by: hm_murdock on 7 April 2004, 15:10: like classic Lucas games.

X Wing.

'nuff said.

X Wing and Dark Forces = 2 of the greatest games EVER MADE.

If you went up against Mohc in his death armor and lived, you were a badass to be reckoned with.
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Post by: Refalm on 7 April 2004, 18:59: Lucas game Outlaws kicks ass!
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Post by: rush on 12 April 2004, 21:41: so..linux then? :confused:
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Post by: Refalm on 12 April 2004, 15:00: quote:
Originally posted by EvilPies:
so..linux then? :confused:

You should try it. I recommend Mandrake again, because they have a kernel that's actually stable, and they didn't modify it to suck :rolleyes:

http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=29 (http://www.linuxiso.org/distro.php?distro=29)
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Post by: rush on 13 April 2004, 06:52: ok linux then.

:D
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Post by: rush on 27 April 2004, 01:04: my moms putting together a spec list for my computer but says i need to have a windows os on my system (for miscrosoft powerpoint and stuff) but i dont want it on there. but she insists i should have it for my school work. isnt there a program that allows u you use Linux and powerpoint ? or a program just like powerpoint for linx, that can run on comptuer with windows?

*im not really comptuer smart so i dun know*
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Post by: WMD on 27 April 2004, 01:10: Well, Powerpoint itself doesn't have a Linux version. It's possible to run the Windows Powerpoint in Linux with Wine, but that's not so great. Then there's other software like OpenOffice which has a Linux version. I've tried it's powerpoint importing/exporting, and it seems to work.
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Post by: choasforages on 28 April 2004, 10:48: and once you get linux running great. you will soon learn to have fun making things freebsd work and work well. and making them do things they really shouldn't.if one of you out of dmca's reach people wanna host it. i could whip up a mean native jdk package for fbsd.

now for linux distro's fedora core is nice, mandreck i mean mandrake is acceptiable, suse should be decent.

yes i should be back for a while this time
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Post by: KernelPanic on 28 April 2004, 16:42: quote:
Originally posted by choasforages:
and once you get linux running great. you will soon learn to have fun making things freebsd work and work well. and making them do things they really shouldn't.if one of you out of dmca's reach people wanna host it. i could whip up a mean native jdk package for fbsd.

now for linux distro's fedora core is nice, mandreck i mean mandrake is acceptiable, suse should be decent.

yes i should be back for a while this time

HEY!
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Post by: Refalm on 28 April 2004, 17:24: quote:
Originally posted by EvilPies:
my moms putting together a spec list for my computer but says i need to have a windows os on my system (for miscrosoft powerpoint and stuff) but i dont want it on there. but she insists i should have it for my school work. isnt there a program that allows u you use Linux and powerpoint ? or a program just like powerpoint for linx, that can run on comptuer with windows?

*im not really comptuer smart so i dun know*

Just tell this to the dude in the store:

I want a nForce motherboard and a GeForce videocard.

Those two are the best for Linux.
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Post by: hepcat1968 on 1 May 2004, 14:01: Well you can run office with crossover office i've heard that it should be good never tried it though i run Open Office.

http://www.codeweavers.com/site/products/ (http://www.codeweavers.com/site/products/)

unfortualy it's not free