Finally after trying for so long.......

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...... I have everything working in linux, that I had working in Windows!!!! yay

1) Windows shares work

2) Mediatomb replaces WMP11 for PS3 streaming

3) Mplayer replaces VLC player for films with subtitles

4) Dual screens working as of tonight! Now can watch films with subtitles that my ps3 cant handle on my 42" plasma!!!!

5) open office replaces MS office etc etc etc

Im proper happy with linux mint 5!!!!! Finally success.

So got Mint 5 on my desktop and os x on my macbook. All on the day Bill Gates left M$ (almost :p)

Someone wanna give me a high 5?
 
I might try Mint, I use ubuntu at the moment but Mint looks rather nice, next time I do a reinstall I think I'll give it a go!
 
now installed utorrent via wine woot woot, it works like a native app. love utorrent lol

Does anyone know of a program like peergaurdian 2 for windows? It blocks your ip from evil p2p spies.
 
could you use a big-ass hosts file?

Also, how does this stack up against Ubuntu? Does it have the multiple desktops like Gnome does?
 
mint = ubuntu with propietary codecs and java and flash pre-installed. stay with ubuntu if you already have it or if you like the 6 month release cycle (mint lags behind ubuntu there)
why use utorrent under wine when transmission and deluge work natively?
 
also mike gnome is a desktop environment, mint uses gnome as does ubuntu. pretty much all desktop environments and window managers have multiple desktops however if you are referring to the cube that is an app called compiz fusion that comes bundled with both ubuntu and mint however the settings manager doesnt (ccsm in the repos)
 
Ok, sounds good, I'm downloading it now. :)

Just a quick question on multiple monitors, I'm guessing it's easier with an Nvidia card? I have yet to get dual monitors working under Linux, but this is pretty much the only niggle I have yet to eliminate... Any tips on where to start with dual screens.
 
MikeHunt79 said:
Ok, sounds good, I'm downloading it now. :)

Just a quick question on multiple monitors, I'm guessing it's easier with an Nvidia card? I have yet to get dual monitors working under Linux, but this is pretty much the only niggle I have yet to eliminate... Any tips on where to start with dual screens.
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Yes nvidia is a piece of **** to get up and running, you just use the nvidia graphics control pannel, and you can configure them all in that GUI, no hacking with the configs these days :p. Dunno how good ATI are.
 
I ended up swapping to an FX5200 for this exact reason... I'll have a play around with the control panel, hopefully I'll get it working. :)
 
MikeHunt79 said:
Ok, sounds good, I'm downloading it now. :)

Just a quick question on multiple monitors, I'm guessing it's easier with an Nvidia card? I have yet to get dual monitors working under Linux, but this is pretty much the only niggle I have yet to eliminate... Any tips on where to start with dual screens.
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I got this working last night after borking my xorg.conf manually, try this:

Assuming you have an Nvidia card & the restricted driver is already installed.

Code: 
sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings

Then type this:

Code: 
gksudo nvidia-settings

The program itself is self explanatory. I now have 2x monitors working on two desktops, got my pc monitor at 1680x1050 and my plasma tv working at 1024x768.

Enjoy

Cew - I use utorrent as I find it easier to use than Transmission. I can set upload and download limits for each torrent and can use the webgui to manage my torrents remotely. Its not ideal, but utorrent over wine feels like a native app tbh.
 
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Nvidia are far and away ahead of ATI in Linux driver support, which is the sole reason that I will never consider an ATI card again in the (near) future.

I personally wouldnt bother with uTorrent, although I love it on windows. I find an old version of Azureus works best for me, although I have started just using my server as a torrent box - Which is far superior :)
 
I use Deluge bittorrent myself. It has a nice GUI, it supports encryption, and it has a blacklist plugin which accepts emule\peerguardian dlocklist downloading. Plus its native and fast.
 
MotherMayI said:
Nvidia are far and away ahead of ATI in Linux driver support, which is the sole reason that I will never consider an ATI card again in the (near) future.
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This is the same for me... back in the day I loved my Radeon 9800 Pro, but I struggled to get it working decently under Linux that I took some advice and went Nvidia when I upgraded it to a 6600 card. Even back then, getting the 6600 to work was so much easier that I'm now converted to using Nvidia over ATI. From what I've heard, ATI still haven't caught up so I'm not planning on going back to them just yet.

It seems so daft... decent Linux drivers are something they could use to very easily and cheaply compete against Nvidia, whereas competing on a technical level costs millions. Silly ATI.
 
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