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Thinking of going Linux :)
« on: January 09, 2008, 06:08:59 PM »
Hiya guys so yeh im thinking of going to Linux as im quite bored now of XP i tryed vista and i dont like it, but i was watching a few videos on youtube showing the cool stuff new linux distributions can do and i must say im quite interested in it.

I was just wondering if anyone uses linux here?

Oh and another thing if i switch to linux will i still be able to play games like battlefield 2,warrock using that program that enables linux to use .exe files?

Thanks guys. http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />
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IF YOUR IN ANY TRADE AND FEEL UNCOMFERTABLE DONT GO AHEAD WITH IT, IF YOU THINK ITS A SCAM, BACK OUT.

ALSO REMEMBER, ALWAYS TAKE PROOF OF EVERY TRADE INCASE YOU DO GET SCAMMED THEN YOU CAN GET THE SCAMMER BANNED.[/color]





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[color=\"#0000ff\"]1)traded my main with nonameatall for low lvled pure-succesful

2)bought a sig of smogmonsta-succesful (cheers dude)

3)trained legends account from 1 def,stre an attack to 10.-succesful

4)bought a pure off zendba for 4mill-unsuccesful (zendba recovered account)

5)got a free sig off Devilman-succesful(great sig)Recommended

6)sold a pbp membership pin to dan daa man for 1m-succesful

[/color][color=\"#0000ff\"]7) bought a lvl 56 range pure, 72 range, 55 mage off colleto for whip-succesful[/color][color=\"#0000ff\"]

8) bought a brill pure from jacklunn, trusted mills mmed- very sucesful trade- recommended

9)Bought a lvl 81 mage pure 4mill off z skilz z -unsuccesful - Z skillz Z recovered account SCAMMER!!!!!!!!!

10) Bought range/mage hybrid off "fireboy" - Succesful - VOUCHE!

11) Bought muted Rune pure off karansood2, R1ch dude12 Mmed - THE SCUM RECOVERED IT!!!!!!!!!

12) Bought an Sms pin off Marijuanalove i went first - Succesful - VOUCHE

13) Colletto transferred around 35mill plus for me - Succesful

14) Bought an awesome Hybrid pure from colletto - succesful[/color]







Mming services



1)Transfered 464k over accounts for shamrock-succesful



Mming for free at the moment.





[color=\"#00ff00\"]I vouche for..

[/color][color=\"#00ff00\"]Listermanballs

Fireboy

r1ch dude12

marijuanalove

"Colletto" ftw!!

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Scammers:

Z skillz Z

The email: [email protected] - Scammer

karansood2









[color=\"#00ff00\"]My Aim is "blooodtech"

My email is "[email protected]"

My msn is "james_pickles@Email Removed.co.uk"







[color=\"#696969\"]Quit runescape now due to losing around 30-40mill and a minted pure because of ONCE AGAIN scamming Pr*cks - Losers..[/color]

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Thinking of going Linux :)
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2008, 12:23:54 AM »
Stay with XP.. more reliable.. Plus I don't think linux runs .exe's..

If you want those features then go find programs that incorporate linux features into your XP, like the cubed desktop display..
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« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2008, 11:13:02 PM »
[quote name=\'blooodtech\' post=\'418300\' date=\'Jan 9 2008, 04:08 PM\']Hiya guys so yeh im thinking of going to Linux as im quite bored now of XP i tryed vista and i dont like it, but i was watching a few videos on youtube showing the cool stuff new linux distributions can do and i must say im quite interested in it.

I was just wondering if anyone uses linux here?

Oh and another thing if i switch to linux will i still be able to play games like battlefield 2,warrock using that program that enables linux to use .exe files?

Thanks guys. http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />[/quote]

Try the live distros first and see if you like it
Personally, I know myself and at least one other on these forums use SuSE 10.3
That's personal preference

You have to decide which you like the best
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« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2008, 07:35:33 AM »
ahh i see

OMFG just checked out my graphics card compatability and.. Out of all the ATI graphics cards mine is like the only one not supported by linux http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':(\' />
i was hoping to use Fusion and beryl but oh well guess ill stick with Xp
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IF YOUR IN ANY TRADE AND FEEL UNCOMFERTABLE DONT GO AHEAD WITH IT, IF YOU THINK ITS A SCAM, BACK OUT.

ALSO REMEMBER, ALWAYS TAKE PROOF OF EVERY TRADE INCASE YOU DO GET SCAMMED THEN YOU CAN GET THE SCAMMER BANNED.[/color]





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[color=\"#0000ff\"]1)traded my main with nonameatall for low lvled pure-succesful

2)bought a sig of smogmonsta-succesful (cheers dude)

3)trained legends account from 1 def,stre an attack to 10.-succesful

4)bought a pure off zendba for 4mill-unsuccesful (zendba recovered account)

5)got a free sig off Devilman-succesful(great sig)Recommended

6)sold a pbp membership pin to dan daa man for 1m-succesful

[/color][color=\"#0000ff\"]7) bought a lvl 56 range pure, 72 range, 55 mage off colleto for whip-succesful[/color][color=\"#0000ff\"]

8) bought a brill pure from jacklunn, trusted mills mmed- very sucesful trade- recommended

9)Bought a lvl 81 mage pure 4mill off z skilz z -unsuccesful - Z skillz Z recovered account SCAMMER!!!!!!!!!

10) Bought range/mage hybrid off "fireboy" - Succesful - VOUCHE!

11) Bought muted Rune pure off karansood2, R1ch dude12 Mmed - THE SCUM RECOVERED IT!!!!!!!!!

12) Bought an Sms pin off Marijuanalove i went first - Succesful - VOUCHE

13) Colletto transferred around 35mill plus for me - Succesful

14) Bought an awesome Hybrid pure from colletto - succesful[/color]







Mming services



1)Transfered 464k over accounts for shamrock-succesful



Mming for free at the moment.





[color=\"#00ff00\"]I vouche for..

[/color][color=\"#00ff00\"]Listermanballs

Fireboy

r1ch dude12

marijuanalove

"Colletto" ftw!!

[/color]

Scammers:

Z skillz Z

The email: [email protected] - Scammer

karansood2









[color=\"#00ff00\"]My Aim is "blooodtech"

My email is "[email protected]"

My msn is "james_pickles@Email Removed.co.uk"







[color=\"#696969\"]Quit runescape now due to losing around 30-40mill and a minted pure because of ONCE AGAIN scamming Pr*cks - Losers..[/color]

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« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2008, 01:13:23 PM »
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Out of all the ATI graphics cards mine is like the only one not supported by linux

I also dual boot my laptop with XP and SuSE
Unfortunately for me also my mobility 7500 doesn't have ATI support
But it does everything else I need  http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />
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« Reply #5 on: January 12, 2008, 02:06:32 PM »
ahh i see, well you cant ask for any more really http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\':)\' />
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IF YOUR IN ANY TRADE AND FEEL UNCOMFERTABLE DONT GO AHEAD WITH IT, IF YOU THINK ITS A SCAM, BACK OUT.

ALSO REMEMBER, ALWAYS TAKE PROOF OF EVERY TRADE INCASE YOU DO GET SCAMMED THEN YOU CAN GET THE SCAMMER BANNED.[/color]





Transactions



[color=\"#0000ff\"]1)traded my main with nonameatall for low lvled pure-succesful

2)bought a sig of smogmonsta-succesful (cheers dude)

3)trained legends account from 1 def,stre an attack to 10.-succesful

4)bought a pure off zendba for 4mill-unsuccesful (zendba recovered account)

5)got a free sig off Devilman-succesful(great sig)Recommended

6)sold a pbp membership pin to dan daa man for 1m-succesful

[/color][color=\"#0000ff\"]7) bought a lvl 56 range pure, 72 range, 55 mage off colleto for whip-succesful[/color][color=\"#0000ff\"]

8) bought a brill pure from jacklunn, trusted mills mmed- very sucesful trade- recommended

9)Bought a lvl 81 mage pure 4mill off z skilz z -unsuccesful - Z skillz Z recovered account SCAMMER!!!!!!!!!

10) Bought range/mage hybrid off "fireboy" - Succesful - VOUCHE!

11) Bought muted Rune pure off karansood2, R1ch dude12 Mmed - THE SCUM RECOVERED IT!!!!!!!!!

12) Bought an Sms pin off Marijuanalove i went first - Succesful - VOUCHE

13) Colletto transferred around 35mill plus for me - Succesful

14) Bought an awesome Hybrid pure from colletto - succesful[/color]







Mming services



1)Transfered 464k over accounts for shamrock-succesful



Mming for free at the moment.





[color=\"#00ff00\"]I vouche for..

[/color][color=\"#00ff00\"]Listermanballs

Fireboy

r1ch dude12

marijuanalove

"Colletto" ftw!!

[/color]

Scammers:

Z skillz Z

The email: [email protected] - Scammer

karansood2









[color=\"#00ff00\"]My Aim is "blooodtech"

My email is "[email protected]"

My msn is "james_pickles@Email Removed.co.uk"







[color=\"#696969\"]Quit runescape now due to losing around 30-40mill and a minted pure because of ONCE AGAIN scamming Pr*cks - Losers..[/color]

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« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2008, 05:54:11 PM »
I'm not sure whether it'll be any use to you, and it helps to have a pretty high spec computer, but I use Virtual PC 2007 from Microsoft, it allows you to install different operating systems along side your main OS, so you can get the feel of a new OS etc. I recommend you try it out if your thinking of doing a switch, just to be on the safe side.
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« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2008, 04:05:32 AM »
I use Ubuntu and Vista. If you're running Vista it's much more easier to partition your hard drive and if you're only on the computer to do a few task e.g. web browsing, msn, irc etc. Than Ubuntu is great uses a rare amount of resources and is much better functioning than Vista because of this. I don't have any regrets having my computer run with Linux and Vista. I think they both have their advantages.
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« Reply #8 on: April 07, 2008, 06:35:50 PM »
I've used quite a few.  Started with RedHat, then Mandrake (now Mandriva), then CentOS, then Suse, and right now I'm using Slackware (but not on a desktop).  I just make sure I have some way of running Windows (either a separate desktop that I can remote desktop into, or win4lin, vmware, etc.), and I'm good.
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« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2008, 09:47:26 PM »
I tested out suse, and I'm loving it, except for the minor set backs w/ linux. I.E. Beryl +Compiz/Fusion isn't all that it's made out to be. Sure it's fun to sit back and watch your monitor go up in flames (who doesn't love a movie night), but the programs are very limited. I was feeling less in control of my computer, and taking up more time looking for apps that I'd be interested in for linux. There's WINE, and other API based programs that can help you run window apps, but it's not the same (very limited #, and there is some unevitable lag). But by all means, go test it out. It's great to use and a great OS to get away from Windows, temporarily.
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« Reply #10 on: April 17, 2008, 12:33:20 PM »
[quote name=\'Zack The Man\' post=\'426532\' date=\'Apr 13 2008, 09:47 PM\']I tested out suse, and I'm loving it, except for the minor set backs w/ linux. I.E. Beryl +Compiz/Fusion isn't all that it's made out to be. Sure it's fun to sit back and watch your monitor go up in flames (who doesn't love a movie night), but the programs are very limited. I was feeling less in control of my computer, and taking up more time looking for apps that I'd be interested in for linux. There's WINE, and other API based programs that can help you run window apps, but it's not the same (very limited #, and there is some unevitable lag). But by all means, go test it out. It's great to use and a great OS to get away from Windows, temporarily.[/quote]

I think the best time to try out Linux would be when you're about to upgrade your version of Windows or buy a new PC.  There's going to be a learning curve, not all of your old programs would work with the new version of Windows, you've got to reinstall all your stuff, etc.  It won't be much more painful to go ahead and switch to Linux (or any other Alternative OS) at that point.

There are some things you can do now to make the transition easier.  Try to run software on your Windows PC that will also run on Linux.  For a browser try Mozilla Firefox.  For word documents, spreadsheets, etc. try OpenOffice.org.  For your Instant Messaging needs, try Pidgin (formerly Gaim).  There's even Windows versions of TheGimp (think PhotoShop clone) and Mplayer.  If you're used to using those programs, then a transition to Linux will be even easier.
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« Reply #11 on: April 17, 2008, 06:27:03 PM »
There's still the problem about video codecs, etc. You'd have to actually 'buy' them.. Linux is the best choice for a server, of course, but at this moment I would only use it as an OS if you were a true hobbyist.
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« Reply #12 on: May 07, 2008, 12:52:52 PM »
[quote name=\'Zack The Man\' post=\'426746\' date=\'Apr 17 2008, 04:27 PM\']There's still the problem about video codecs, etc. You'd have to actually 'buy' them.. Linux is the best choice for a server, of course, but at this moment I would only use it as an OS if you were a true hobbyist.[/quote]

What codecs do you have to buy?
None that I know of, that I use anyways
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« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2008, 08:55:58 PM »
I went Suse for a bit of time, and the media player's that were pre-installed could not run .wmv's or .avi's (I know these are for windows, but most of the videos I have are in the format). It brought me up to the help page, and gave me a link to a site to buy the codecs. I couldn't find another media player (free w/ codecs) that I could dl off YAST. I'm pretty sure you could get your hands on them through sites for free, but it just aggravated me for a bit.
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« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2008, 09:40:43 PM »
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« Reply #15 on: August 12, 2008, 08:25:43 AM »
BEFORE YOU INSTALL LINUX LOOK AT THIS FIRST: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-22EpQOm8c GOOD ADVICE!!!
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[color=\"#ff0000\"]1. Traded 4mill for pure off colletto---No MM---Went all smoothe like------(Recommended great seller and trust worthy,and this was my first transaction ever yay!)Yay!!!Colleto recovered from guy who hacked!!!!This guy is the best. Also it just got hacked again so colleto RECOVER IT AGAIN lol thank you very much.



2. Traded 750k for pure off Scammer d i e---No MM---Went smoothe---(Recommended seller and sells so much for so little lol this kid is the best there is to buy off of.)



3. traded 1mil for pin,did 50/50 off of [/color][/b][color=\"#ff0000\"][email protected][/color][/b][/email][color=\"#ff0000\"] for 500k?The proof thread is broken now lol too old.



4. Bought one month of membership from dog of j2---NO MM--- Awesome guy



5. Bought 6 months of membership from dog of j2---NO MM---AWESOME GUY very successful



6. Colleto recovered an acc for me---Thanks ALOT!! and contact me please i need ur help.



7. Donated a pure to Colleto after he got scammed



8. Bought one month of membership from robin hood---Pureblood MMed---thanks



9. Bought an acc off of dog of j2---succesful untill i wish i was rich recovered(orginal owner)



10. Paintballer121 made me an aim for free cause i was lazy lol this is considered a vouch too.



11. I vouch for Darkwatch for donating me an acc. Thanks dude.Alot.Really.I mean it.I love you.Not really.I was jking.Thanks.

[/color][/b][color=\"#00ff00\"]Scamming started with one person who wanted to make a profit so he started taking people for there accounts..I cant believe scammers dont feel guilt in themselves. Taking rs gp or an account away from maybe a 10 year old kid that worked night and day on his account that he loved. Scamming happened to all of us and need to stop right now. Some scammers don't even think that they might of made a 11 year old kid cry..I hope we can all stop scamming and play with trustworthiness. If you support this, put this in your sig. Thank you!!! Make thetechguide a better place!

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Vouches

1.Colleto Thanks man ;)

2.Elvemage Thanks alot dude :D

3.Mesmerized10 Thanks alot :)

4.Red Fall Thanks alot man ;)

and also some other ones which i forget about 1 or 2 more and thanks to you guys too!![/color][/u][color=\"#9932cc\"]

5. I vouche for XxmentalpatientxX trustworthy person;)!!

[/color][color=\"#9932cc\"]6. I vouche for Darkwatch thanks alot bro.[/color]
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