xAxelx Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 I dont understand linux, but i like the looks of it. Does it make your computer faster or something, and can i run photoshop on it? Edit: http://www.novell.com/products/suselinux/ Supposably thats where you can download everything. heres a review i read. http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/47135/index.html Oh looky, instalation and setup guide. http://gnuman.com/distros/suse_10_review.html I finally beat runescape.. YES I have quit.~-I am athiest-~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anesthesia Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 AFAIK you can't use photoshop on it, but I don't know very much. As for installing it - don't install it as your main OS. Dual-boot if you don't know what you're doing then if you mess it up you have less to lose. Some people are changed by being a moderator. I wouldn't be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannibal Posted February 16, 2006 Share Posted February 16, 2006 You could try running photoshop on it using Wine, but given your lack of understanding on what it really is I doubt you'd succeed in doing it (if it's at all possible in the first place). At the very least, installing it will take more than your average Windows install of any regular application which is just about clicking Next and "I agree" long enough to get to the good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xAxelx Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 Thanks, I guess I'll dual boot it an read some guides. I finally beat runescape.. YES I have quit.~-I am athiest-~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xAxelx Posted February 16, 2006 Author Share Posted February 16, 2006 Does it make your computer faster? As in using it over windows. I finally beat runescape.. YES I have quit.~-I am athiest-~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannibal Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Does it make your computer faster? As in using it over windows. It doesn't make your computer 'faster'. It might feel snappier in some cases. At the very least, it should crash less often than Windows does. Oh, and something I forgot to mention in my earlier post, you can just use GIMP instead of Photoshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyro Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 If you do not have any idea whatsoever of what it really is, I seriously suggest not installing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
____ Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 SUSE is good, but if you're not overly familiar with linux, you'd be better off installing it on a seperate drive or something and just getting used to it before you decide on using it as your primarly OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomster Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Unless you really know what you are doing, DON'T - Linux is another operating system entirely, and setting it up to run alongside windows is not a trivial task. If you want a safe taste of linux, then try Knoppix. This is a live CD (or DVD) version with much pre-installed, including the premier graphics application for Linux - "The Gimp". It boots and runs direct from the CD - and while some have hacked it to a hard disk install, other distributions are better for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xAxelx Posted February 18, 2006 Author Share Posted February 18, 2006 Thanks, I'll try knoppix I finally beat runescape.. YES I have quit.~-I am athiest-~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Militaris Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 In my opinion Linux is not worth the hassle, although I have not had the best of luck when I have tried it, I have found it to be sluggish, unstable and not very user friendly. It also had a habit of corrupting itself and later refusing to start. If you have nothing better to do, then by all means learn how to use Linux, but it has next to no market share for a reason. I would only consider using it on a HTPC or a server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwisatz Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 It also had a habit of corrupting itself and later refusing to start. I would only consider using it on a HTPC or a server. I agree with those points. If your Linux ever crashes then it always screws over the swap partition and refuses to start. But then again, the only time my Linux (Fedora Core) has ever frozen was on my old computer (350Mhz 64MB 4GB) while using Gnome, and it didn't actually freeze, it just took more than an hour to install an RPM, and so i got bored and shut the computer off. However, once I started using Fluxbox everything was a bit speedier. Now on my new comp (AMD64 3500+, 1GB, 80GB + 10GB) it works wonderfully, and has never "frozen." The one nice thing about Linux is that it never gets extremely mucked up like Windows does, and you can leave a Linux machine running for years, unlike Windows, which needs to be restarted every so often. Since you seem to know little about Linux, I would suggest getting a book that has CDs/DVDs in the back of a Linux distro, and then following the book instructions to install and configure your system. If you decide that you like Linux then you can keep it, and if not then uninstall it and repartition the Linux space as a drive for storage in Windows. handed me TWO tissues to clear up. I was like "i'm going to need a few more paper towels than that luv" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcowcow Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 If you dont know what you are doing, dont try linux. As mentioned, dual booting is really what you should do. I have Linux running on a seperate computer (aka the one im on) from my main computer. Linux does have the stability advantage over Windows, so if you only need to surf the web/check email/use a word processor Linux is great. But try dual booting it, and see if you can get it up. It would help to have a second hard drive just for Linux so you can wipe the drive during installation. Its not necessary, but it makes things easier. Trophy Fish Caught: 3/399 Woodcutting 10-30-0599 Firemaking 2-22-0699 Fletching 9-27-07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigevil Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 If you want to give Linux a try I would suggest PCLinuxOS. Much easier to install than SUSE, plus things like Multimedia, Java, Flash all work without needing to tweak or install things. It is also a LiveCD like Knoppix. PCLinuxOS http://www.pclinuxos.com/ Personally I love Linux and wouldn't go back to running windows again if someone paid me. Proud member of Affliction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannibal Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 If your Linux ever crashes then it always screws over the swap partition and refuses to start. What kind of kernel were you using? I was at FOSDEM this weekend (just got home), had like 3 times my kernel panicked, and every time a hard reboot solved the problem. It reconstructed the swap drive (and the open files on the main drive) without any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzanne_Vega Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Linux does not screw up your partitions, shutting down improperly does. Linux is a professional operating system, not a toy like Windows. If you are going to use it, you need to learn how to use it properly. There are many books and online resources for learning Linux, how to use it, how to install it properly, how to install it alongside Windows or as a replacement for Windows. There may or may not be a version of PhotoShop for Linux, I haven't looked into it, but Linux comes with GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program), which is a very powerful graphics editing tool not very different from PhotoShop or PaintShop Pro. If you do manage to get into the world of Linux, congratulations, you will have graduated into the world of stable, powerful and unlimited computing, where you can, if you wish, go into your operating system and completely change everything about it without needing Micro$oft's permission or having to obey their petty rules. Suzanne Vegatokin rite wurx gud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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