deathwarder Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 ok, I am installing linux, and was wondering if I could have some help finding the right distro, here are my machine specs1gig of ramati radeon x800pro 256linksys wusb54g version 2.0floppy drive120gig 7200rpm hddintel p4 520 2.8ghz with htbuilt in sound and ethernet on an asus p5gd1here is what I wish to do on it, and some specs I want it to adhere toI will be using it to play multimedia files, ie pictures, videos, music in a variety of formatsI will be programming c++ on it(this is lee essential though)internet browsing with mozillaconnect to my network, it is wireless and has all windows comps on itword processing in all formats, including ms formatsthe ability to run many programs such as xbc that were built for windows(this is less essential)most importantly, the ability to play my favorite games, which are1.Far cry2.Unreal 033this isnt as important but rise of nationsfinally, I would like to be able to run programs on other comps running the same distro, and have the programs show up on my screen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubar Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 probably something like slackware , gentoo or debian. debian or slackware being the favoured two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathwarder Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 (edited) why? I just want to know as much as possible before choosingalso:one well under 4gigs would be nice, I have a usb drive that is waiting for it Edited April 5, 2006 by deathwarder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 there's already an open discussion about the same herebtw with ubuntu (based on debian) i can do 90% of what you described (note i haven't tested the xbc thing for example ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 I'd say the same as what simonsays said.But forget about this part:the ability to run many programs such as xbc that were built for windows(this is less essential)most importantly, the ability to play my favorite games, which are1.Far cry2.Unreal 033.rise of nationsits POSSIBLE to use an emulator (wine) to run windows games, but directx games such as the above, would either not run at all, or run very bad. Why not just buy the linux version of the games you want? (you can get ut2k3/ut2k4 for linux, but farcry & RON are windows-only) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 about games, far cry runs decently (reference) under cedega, not the same for rise of nations and for ut2k3 there's a native installer.in my experience i've been able to run and play games such as doom3, ut2k4, quake4 without issues (maybe better than on windows). others such as counter-strike, nfs: most wanted and diablo 2 are fully playable but need emulation; actually i'm playing all of those and i'm impressed how smooth these three run even emulated as an advice if you want a gaming system don't look for a linux distro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathwarder Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 so ubuntu with cedga will do it? the games I am really interested in are far cry, and if possible ron, how does cedga work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 as any other program for debian, install the .deb package (sudo dpkg -i nameofpackage.deb), launch it and configure it 1 thing: cedega is not free, and it will require a "local-upgrade" which is something like the engine it uses.alternatively you can use WineX which is free, you better take a deeper look on http://www.linux-gamers.net/, section 'howtos' nor loki installers.it will take you a time to learn how everything works but believe me, on a couple of days you'll be running windows stuff like if you were... well on windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathwarder Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 thanks, so ubuntu with cedga or winex?how do I log into other comps though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EchoNoise Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 You can use Rdesktop or vnc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathwarder Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 I thought linux could do it nativly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EchoNoise Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Do what natively?I don't think any OS that I've ever known or have come across that can connect and view/control another computer without either VNC or remote desktop or its derivitives! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathwarder Posted April 5, 2006 Author Share Posted April 5, 2006 doesnt the x system allow it? these are just things I have heard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dels Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 so?cendega = gaming usewine = general apps usewinex = same as wine but with better compability?crossxoffice = office and productivity usewow there's a lot choice there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiMoNsAyS Posted April 20, 2006 Share Posted April 20, 2006 yesyesyeshell no! = openoffice all the way! you can do exactly the same you did before on mcrsft office i think the best you can do is just jump over there and see what's cooking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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