going to convert to lynex

[AMG]

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?) 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

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

 

[AMG]

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

 

[AMG]

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) have some sort of program like virtal PC? so I don't have to restart my PC >.<

 

[AMG]

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

me and my bad spelling

 

[AMG]

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

 

[AMG]

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 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.

 

[AMG]

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?

 

[AMG]

Wow - Another Linux User in Spalding! Go Lincolnshire!!!

radom LOL, need I ask

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

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 >_>

 

[AMG]

I m on linux now...wireless card sprang to life without any problems O_O to my suprise...my vista was on the raid (2 seagate 250Gb) however the computer decided that it couldn't boot from them anymore o.O so I had to take raid off, so I can't boot from vista anymore, and i could'nt get them back ethoir so I had to reset them to non raid disks which formatted them..SO I just set the HDDs back to IDE mode and installed ubuntu one one of them using the whole HDD. I have yet to get around to reinstalling vista thats going on my 500Gb HDD

there are a few flaws however one I have no sound at all, don't think I can get drivers that are nativly for liunx :|
2.wine don't seem to behave itself in other words it only installs things like steam and xfire when it wants to...and they are apps that have got a gold rating or someware around that

 

[AMG]

the sound card is more like a intergrated chipset on its own card...its a soundmax...not sure about the model number and I can't get on asus website at the moment >.> again
its the little sound card thing that comes with the ROG rampage formular

yeah my vista was on a raid and i was foced to take them off it, so if I disconnected them it might have casued a problem ethoir way. vista is now on my 500Gb with ubuntu on one of my 250Gb HDDs so no more issues there

 

[AMG]

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)

I think thats it I can't find anything else sept from my graphics card on board audio (HD4870s)

don't worry I got it working now it had like 4 of the same thing o.O sounds rubbish through :|

I still can't install my graphics cards which have a native liunx installer, just says it can't be read :S