About linux

[Free Styler]

Hey there i know some peeps here use linux for every day use.
I would like to know if anybody could tell me what i need to get for
a pretty much similar based windows efficienty system meaning video music
a bit of gaming components kinda oporating system.

I have a 80 gig drive with raid 0 but i'm gonna put 1 80 gig in windows
and 1 80 gig in linux.
Links are appreciated if possible.Anyways thanks in advance

[Goober]

Drop by the downwardspiral.org website and give a shout for Awal. He's the resident Linux user. He's set up several computers with Linux for what you are asking.

[Free Styler]

thanks goober i'll try that :)

[BobtheCkroach]

First step is to decide on which distrobution of Linux you would prefer...have you done that yet?

Most of them are about 80% the same. Popular distros include Suse,Fedora Core, Ubuntu and more.

Links:

Ubuntu (currently seems to be the most popular) - http://www.ubuntu.com/

Fedora Core (my personal fav) - http://fedora.redhat.com/Download/

Ubuntu is probably the better choice for someone brand new, and you can always experiment with others later. Like I said, once you get one, it's a matter of personal preference.

As for your other questions, you might have to stick back to A-wal with that one. I've never used Linux for video and music much. I do know that it comes with a plethora of multimedia applications out of the box (in most distros, anyways), but as to whether or not they're up to snuff, I'm not sure.

Gaming is difficult. A few games out there provide legit, first-party solutions to installing their game in Linux. Sam actually does have a solution for Linux, I believe.

For most games, though, you'll have to find a third-party mod that allows you to install it. Many are difficult, take a lot of time to get working, and often still don't work when all is said and done. You'll probably find that you stay on your windows for most of your gaming, unless you happen to be lucky enough to only play a few games that are supported (UT2004 is supported out of the box without any downloads at all)

You should definitely look into some simple tutorials on linux. One big difference from windows is that you'll be using the command prompt much more often.

a few tutorials (note, I just grabbed a few that looked good - I haven't actually used any of these.) You can get a plethora of Linux books in the stores that are fantastic tools. I recommend them. As linux is a common course in Computer Science in college, try going to Half.com and looking for linux books under the "Textbook" section. You can usually find some stellar deals there.

http://www.linux-tutorial.info/
http://www.lowfatlinux.com/
http://www.fsid.cvut.cz/cz/U201/LINUX.HTML


This is the textbook that we used in my Linux course. I liked it a lot. If you don't mind getting it in "good" or "very good" shape, you can get it as low as 3-9 bucks.

http://product.half.ebay.com/A-Practical-Guide-to-Linux_W0QQprZ73087QQtgZinfo

[Free Styler]

Thanks...
Well yes i did check the different distributions and came across fedora redhat.
But after reading a few forums many people had issues with gaming.

I'm prolly gonna go with the mandriva pack 2007 dvd wich seems to have
a lot of support for gaming and all if it's not to pricy that is.

All and all my main question was if there was a kinda recipee linux based
system made for gaming.You know like take this distribution with that
package ect and you'll be on your way kinda system.

Well i will for shure make the switch for a while and check it out.

[BobtheCkroach]

I see. No, there really isn't i guess. There are a lot of pre-configured linux distros that you can download that are made for a specific thing, but since gaming in linux relies so much on user created executables and such to install games, I don't think it's really that feasible at this point.

I'm really liking Vista, but MS is trying to put down OpenGL in it. I'm kinda hopin that makes developers start looking to Linux as an alternative rather than just moving to DirectX.

Have fun with linux and if you have any questions, feel free to give me a shout. I'm not overly knowledgeable, but I know a decent amount.

[Nitro]

Mandriva is your best bet if you want to play games on Linux, although its something I don't recommend.

I personally, use Ubuntu and PCLinuxOS for day to day operations and Windows XP Pro for gaming.