Linux is great, but can you live without Windows? - Page 4

icyfire · 01-02-2003, 06:09 PM

why wont LQ let me delete this post?!!!?!??!?!

icyfire · 01-02-2003, 06:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by J_Szucs
...but my little son likes gaming and I cannot offer him anything on linux (not the number counts: he spends most of his time with two or three favourites - strangely enough these are old DOS games)...

try dosemu. I personally haven't tried it, but from what I hear, it's next to flawless.

icy

snocked · 01-02-2003, 06:32 PM

I just started using Linux on dual boot with winxp, and since Linux has been installed (3 weeks) I've not booted into Windows once.

Blitzkrieg · 01-02-2003, 09:43 PM

I only use windoze to play games sometimes.

Mety · 01-03-2003, 02:04 AM

I just installed a HD and Mandrake, so I'm trying to ween myself off windows.

Soleil-Raid · 01-03-2003, 05:01 AM

Linux almost exclusivily. There's a Windows 2K HD for games, but I avoiding booting into that as much as possible.

moeminhtun · 01-03-2003, 05:08 AM

I don't play games.
I have no sound and so no movie.
But I'm living without windows.

HwzrHlslndr · 01-03-2003, 05:45 PM

Moe, you wanna come over and use my machine? ; )

Genesee · 01-03-2003, 07:09 PM

absolutely. no plan to ever use another m$ product

(voluntarily, anyway - once they've bought enough politicians we may not have a choice...)

Mara · 01-04-2003, 05:05 AM

Genesee, you always have a choice, really.

abd_bela · 01-04-2003, 11:31 AM

yes , sure.
I installed in my machine both windows and linux, but believe me, I did opened my windows for many and many months.
I do everything in linux.
I develop in C and C++ with GUI fltk
I am a teacher and all my studients develop and prepare article and report on linux platform
I write document with Lyx (scientific word) interface for latex
and of course sound, image, and many other things ...
Sometimes I run my machine as a server web and server nfs to give students a possibility to download files ..;;

what otherthings do you want ?

bela

Mety · 01-04-2003, 03:31 PM

I do a lot of graphics in 3Dsmax, so I doubt I can ever 100% convert. Can anyone offer any tips on this?

schatoor · 01-04-2003, 06:21 PM

Yes try maya. I heard it's good.

ubien · 01-04-2003, 06:42 PM

blender just recently went open source, never used it but I heard it's really good for 3d stuff.

yngwin · 01-04-2003, 08:07 PM

Even in Hollywood they use Linux more and more for 3D & related stuff, but I doubt that a lot of the software they use is Open Source. Maya and Houdini seem to be leading packages. Hey, The Lord of the Rings is made with Linux!