moving to ubuntu - have questions.

locutus12 · 16 Nov 2006 at 14:48

so ive decided to install ubuntu as the XGL GUI looks excellent and appears to put Vista to shame but i have some questions for you linux users as ive only ever used linux once before 7 years ago and it was a disaster...

1) which ubuntu should i get ? the latest 6.10 or 6.06 that comes with long term support? as the site offers both.

2) anyone know if my music programs will work on linux ? they are reason and cubase

3) does anyone know where i can get soundblaster live drivers for Linux ?

4) i know linux cant work on an NTFS files structure, but can it read files on an NTFS structure ? as ive got about 300 gigs of stuff all on NTFS

5) should i download the 32 bit or 64 bit version. id like the 64 bit one as i am 64bit capable but if its going to cause more problems than its worth then i may as well stick to 32 bit.

locutus12 · 16 Nov 2006 at 17:38

BillytheImpaler said:
If you really want to have a go with read/write support for NTFS you can follow these instructions: http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_...t-up.2C_and_allow_users_read_and_write_access

your talking to a guy whose last command switch usage was in dos 6.22 that lots pretty much gibberish to me at the moment

thanks for the thought though, i will book mark it for later.

p.s. to Hate, wasnt your sig a song from October rust by Type O negative ?

locutus12 · 16 Nov 2006 at 17:48

ATi X1900XT 512mb and no im not upgrading to DX10 just so i can have a larger E-penis.

opteron 148, 2 gig corsair XMS

am a little worried about my mobo platform drivers though as i am unsure if they support linux, but i can check that out myself.

how do DX games run on a platform that doesnt have DX by the way ??

locutus12 · 16 Nov 2006 at 17:57

the only games i will be playing over the next 2 years are bf2, bf2142, supreme commander, spore and Crysis. if it can play those i may not even bother keeping an XP install.

locutus12 · 16 Nov 2006 at 19:20

BillytheImpaler said:
Crysis? Isn't that going to be DX10/Vista only? to play ANY DirectX games you'll need an emulator/compatibility layer such as the one offered by Cedega. OpenGL games like Doom 3, UT, etc, run fabulously.

crysis is predominantly a DX9 game, most of the vids out for it are renderd in dx9.