going to convert to lynex

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okay I have used lynex before (on my old AMD system) with madrvia 2006 one

now I want to try again i have got 3 live CDs of different version (mandrivia one 2009, ubnatu and the other one on the KDE kernal whats its name?:P) anyways I can't seem to get my computer to boot on the mandriva live CD, not sure why I was thinking becasue it hates my storage controler (Jmicron) cos my 2 HDDs are on a raid. I want to keep vista also, becasue im going to use it for gaming and DX10 gaming etc and I know that can be done.
thats my main question

my minor questions
should I just forget mandrivia and use one of the other two
and what is the differnece ? sorry for bad spelling:P

edit my system specs
are Q6600 (soon to be a Q9550)
ASUS ROG X48 ramage formular
4Gb of RAM 1066
2X 250Gb seagate HDDs on raid (getting a seagte 500Gb soon also for lynex)
2 SATA optical drives

I don't think you would need to know more. than that

thanks
 
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I'd suspect that the Jmicron fakeraid controller is dependent on Windows-only drivers. To keep the array and Vista you'd probably have a much easier if you install onto a different disk.

Also Ubuntu surpassed Mandriva in usability long ago. Use it. The KDE version of Ubuntu is Kubuntu. Both use the same kernel.
 
whats the differences between them? I want to play games on it also I gorgot to aid in direct x10 etc

but also I want one that looks well nice...slik like vista does etc

as for the raid thing I m getting a seagate 500Gb on friday and its staying off raid
 
KDE probably looks nicer out of the box but I find Gnome better to work with. Check out the screenshots thread below to see what people are doing.

You want to use your Linux install for gaming? Not many commercial games are available for Linux. Why bother if you already have Vista's "slickness" for that reason? Linux does not use DirectX for 3D. It uses OpenGL like OS X does.
 
yes I m aware, I'll just use wine, this is why I want to keep vista just in case I have to go to it, does linux (spelt properly:p) have some sort of program like virtal PC? so I don't have to restart my PC >.<
 
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AMG said:
yes I m aware, I'll just use wine, this is why I want to keep vista just in case I have to go to it, does linex (spelt properly:p) have some sort of program like virtal PC? so I don't have to restart my PC >.<
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wine won't play anything new.
it's Linux.
Yes it does. But it won't play games, you'll still have to boot into windows to do anything CPU/GPU intensive.
 
okay, thanks for that I already checked over on the wine HQ webiste what goes and what doesn't etc the games I like I will play mostly does suprsie :o

me and my bad spelling :P
 
my reasons to use it is as follows
A. its safer than windows
B. it has a lot of stuff built in already so no need to download stuff or buy it.
C. its relible and less demanding on hardware
D. and its a programing OS

draw backs, some things just don't go on linux.... but any way I m dual booting vista and it together, its just that I m lazy and cba to keep restarting just to change OS just to run something >.> looks like I ll just have to oh well
 
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You can use virtual machines on Linux. VMWare (non-free, costs money) and VirtualBox (kinda-free, doesn't cost money) are popular options. To use either you'll have to buy a Windows license to comply with Microsoft's licensing agreement.

For many applications you can find near-equivalents that run natively on Linux. You'll have to evaluate these to see if they work for you. If you require an aplication that doesn't have a suitable alternative you can try to run it in WINE. If that doesn't work sufficiently well you can try running it in a Windows virtual machine. If that doesn't work sufficiently well you will have to reboot and run it on Windows. Of games 90+% will require a reboot into Windows.

What sort of programming do you want to do? Do you want to learn the traditional text editor + gcc method of development, or do you require an IDE? What language(s) will you try?

For what applications do you require Linux equivalents, other than Windows games?
 
I was going to learn C++ and C # plus linux has a few decent phot edititng and stuff, its mainly for productive work mainly. if I can get games runing on it thats a bounus :P and here comes my other point, once I learn the coding etc I can like mod it to my specs/tastes if I wanted means its open source.

I do have a OEM serial for vista on this computer i m using.
 
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You can use virtual machines on Linux. VMWare (non-free, costs money) and VirtualBox (kinda-free, doesn't cost money) are popular options. To use either you'll have to buy a Windows license to comply with Microsoft's licensing agreement.

For many applications you can find near-equivalents that run natively on Linux. You'll have to evaluate these to see if they work for you. If you require an aplication that doesn't have a suitable alternative you can try to run it in WINE. If that doesn't work sufficiently well you can try running it in a Windows virtual machine. If that doesn't work sufficiently well you will have to reboot and run it on Windows. Of games 90+% will require a reboot into Windows.

What sort of programming do you want to do? Do you want to learn the traditional text editor + gcc method of development, or do you require an IDE? What language(s) will you try?

For what applications do you require Linux equivalents, other than Windows games?
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Iagree with you points but would comment that you can get free licenses for VMWare server.
 
well, thats worrying, hmmm I have 64bit XP with OEM serial .....-.- which is not in use.

this there anything I can use that will run vista over the top of the lunux evirment?
 
May be you should consider, installing Virtual box or VMware Server (both free) on Vista and then install Linux inside a virtual machine. It also means you can install several versions all at once. You will can also me sure the virtual hardware will work on linux, where as some of your physical hardware may not or be very difficult to get working (some wireless cards can be a pain).

It depends on your system really I would suggest at least a dual core and and probably 4GB Ram just to be safe, but I have run VMs on Sempron 1.8Ghz with 256MB ram with only minor performance issues although that was on XP. Edit, just seen your spec, you will be fine.

You won't get any of the 3D (Compiz & AWN) effects in virtualised Linux, but they're meh anyway once you have set them up and played about with them for 5 mins. You may also find that the virtual video card does not support the monitor resolution you want properly, I have not found a way around this yet but there may be a solution out there.
 
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UncleBensSauce said:
Wow - Another Linux User in Spalding! Go Lincolnshire!!!
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radom LOL, need I ask :P

I tried runining linux in virtal PC in vista and well....... don't ask how well that went >_> what about if I do that the other way around, and as for min spec erm I kinda ott for that :P

I m getting a new seagate 500Gb HDD tomorrow along with a new CPU, my idea was to stick it on that (and hope)....and I don't think I ll be able to get the thing on the internet becasue i m using a D link wireless G card >_>
 
PhilGQ said:
May be you should consider, installing Virtual box or VMware Server (both free) on Vista and then install Linux inside a virtual machine. It also means you can install several versions all at once. You will can also me sure the virtual hardware will work on linux, where as some of your physical hardware may not or be very difficult to get working (some wireless cards can be a pain).
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Do this.

AMG said:
I tried runining linux in virtal PC in vista and well....... don't ask how well that went >_>
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I didn't have a very good experience with virtualPC either, but Virtualbox and VMware are both fantastic. VirtualBox feels a lot more lightweight and snappier, the integrated tools are fantastic too (drag the window larger and it automatically resizes your Linux desktop to fill).
 
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