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Take the plunge
For those who wish to take the plunge, there is a lot of support here for Linux.
http://www.linuxquestions.org Andy |
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Andy wrote:
For those who wish to take the plunge, there is a lot of support here for Linux. http://www.linuxquestions.org Andy Everyone here has moved to Windows 7 :-) You're too late. ******* You can test Linux without abandoning Windows. Many Linux distributions make a LiveCD version which can be used as a boot CD. You boot the computer with the CD, and commands run off the contents of the CD. If you like your Linux CD, you can keep your Linux CD. Do not accept just any CD. It must say LiveCD, to be used as a boot choice allowing evaluation of the OS. There is no need to install anything, so stay away from the "Install" button unless you've drunk the Koolaid. Any time you install an OS, it can disturb your existing setup. Someone in one of the newsgroups can assist you with any details on such topics. Because installing multiple OSes is a "computer question", and not necessarily only a Linux question or only a Windows question. You see, the fun part comes, when you want to uninstall Linux later. By not installing, and just evaluating (dabble in the water, not plunge in), you can learn all you need to know. As for what you can do with the Linux OS, I understand it's great for storing your Cookie Recipes. Bon appetit. (Well, they said Windows was good for that too.) You should have at least 512MB of RAM. Your processor should have SSE2 in the instruction set. These are convenient minimums to work with. While it's possible to find less demanding OS choices, it's more research work. A P4 processor (something around during the WinXP era) will still work nicely for this. It helps if the video card can support some forms of acceleration, as this reduces the load from Compiz (for those Linux OSes that insist on using animations for stuff). https://wiki.debian.org/FlashPlayer/ "Adobe dropped support of processors without SSE2 on Linux in an early point release of Flashplayer 11. The player will install, but then crashes when it is invoked. This mostly affects older 32bit AMD processors. You can install Flashplayer 10 from Adobe" And you must be ready to read lots of web pages, to find solutions for the issues you find. Just like you would for Windows. Linux doesn't come with a money back guarantee, or a lifetime support contract. Some elbow grease required. Paul |
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| For those who wish to take the plunge, there is a lot of support here for
Linux. | | http://www.linuxquestions.org | So what? Since when is Linux an XP issue? If you want to use Linux that's up to you. I actually used to install Mandriva occasionally to try it out. Likewise with Suse. I figured that someday maybe it wold be ready for actual use. I finally gave up. I don't have weeks to waste fiddling with a half-done system that makes me open console windows to get things done. I read the other day that Mandriva just went out of business. Suse releases on a 6 month cycle and supports for 2 years. I'm typing now on XP -- nearly 15 years old and it still runs almost all available Windows software. That's far better than any Linux version. WINE is 20+ years old and never really did succeed at running Windows software. |
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On Thu, 28 May 2015 08:55:41 -0400, "Mayayana" wrote:
WINE is 20+ years old and never really did succeed at running Windows software. Disagree. It depends on the software. I use WINE on different Linux distros for 32-bit apps, although not sure about old 16-bit or newer 64-bit. |
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On Thu, 28 May 2015 08:55:41 -0400, "Mayayana"
wrote: | For those who wish to take the plunge, there is a lot of support here for Linux. | | http://www.linuxquestions.org | So what? Since when is Linux an XP issue? If you want to use Linux that's up to you. I actually used to install Mandriva occasionally to try it out. Likewise with Suse. I figured that someday maybe it wold be ready for actual use. I finally gave up. I don't have weeks to waste fiddling with a half-done system that makes me open console windows to get things done. I read the other day that Mandriva just went out of business. Suse releases on a 6 month cycle and supports for 2 years. I'm typing now on XP -- nearly 15 years old and it still runs almost all available Windows software. That's far better than any Linux version. WINE is 20+ years old and never really did succeed at running Windows software. Linux is made for only a small percentage of people, and those people are anti-social and have no life beyond their computers. For them, spending weeks fighting with an OS is natural. In fact when they do finally get it working, they wipe the drive and move on to another distro to fight with. It's sad in many ways. Those people might actually be useful members of society, and accomplish things, if they just threw their computers in the garbage. I'm surprised no one has yet designed self help groups, and treatment centers for Linux Addicts! On the positive side, they do cut down on traffic congestion on the highway, since they rarely ever leave their homes, unless they have a linux powered laptop on their car's dashboard! As far as WINE, it only works if it's sold in a bottle and poured into a long stemmed glass! It works the best if it's at least 20 years old..... |
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On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 18:16:50 -0500, wrote:
20 years old Hmm, you mean just like you? |
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