I want to move to linux full time, got questions.
Long story short, i am very upset with windowsxp, and have formated twice in the past week, and this time i formated, it is worst now then it was before. I can't take it any more.
Now i am thinking of using linux full time, i got some questions though i want answered, if that is ok with you guys.. 1) Like a smart man, i keep my files on another partition. It's NTFS, but someone told me if i use linux, it might be hard to read and write to those files. Should i just wipe my whole drive, keep my back up files on my backup drive (40GB) and then copy the files to linux? What should i do? 2) I've bought a ton of *windows* software and games, that i want to use. DreamWeaver MX, Photoshop6, Games, how well does wine work, and how do i use it? Well, that is it for now, i'll come up with more questions later. |
Re: I want to move to linux full time, got questions.
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cheers Jamie... |
So i should move them to my backup drive, then copy them to my home folder? Will tehy read and write even if they came from a NTFS drive?
Aren't there other ways to use windows programs and games via linux? Or should i dual boot with my second hard drive? ======================================= Here's some more questions: 3) I have a Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard, how will i get that to work with linux? I have a "Mail" button, how can i get those to work if i want it to go to my choice of linux mail? 4) I have a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz and 5.1 speakers, is there an easy way to get surround and virtual 5.1 to work? |
Don't know about NTFS, but as for Wine, if you have invested a lot of money in games and stuff, you may want to consider getting a subscription to WineX from Transgaming. It's fairly cheap, and a lot of people have reported good success with games and stuff.
If you haven't already, I'd suggest dual-booting Windows and Linux for a while, until you get comfortable with it and get a grasp on what's going to work in Wine. That way you're not totally screwed if you can't get something working :) Then, if everything is cool, you can always backup all your Windows stuff to Linux, reformat the partitions and give them to Linux. |
Well, i think i'm going to dual boot. All my files (apps, media, personal files) are on partitions, so if i have to format, i can get back up within an hour or less.
How do i dual boot using two hard drives? Any turtorials i can read? |
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Ok, well i'm going to dual boot, when i say i have a backup drive, i mean a 40GB hard drive from my old machine. I just need to know how to dual boot the hard drives using lilo.
Also, i bought a program called Pop-Up Stopper ( http://panicware.com/product_companion.html ) That allows me to save cookies from certain websites when i clear my cache, and a popup stop, are there any programs that can do that via linux? |
about wine and various windows apps, including dreamweaver mx, go here.
and if you use mozilla or phoenix / firebird as a browser; they have built-in popup blockers with an option to exclude sites. also, they have nice cookie-managing options. |
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NTSF is sketchy in linux. Wine, or VMware might be good for Dreamweaver & stuff. |
There's no need to deal with popups or unwanted cookies once you get a decent browser, just a few preference clicks'll do it :)
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it's nice how people repeat what i say.. lol
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