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Originally Posted by ut2k4wikichici
Hello peeplz i have been with windows since i was born 1991 may and since windows 3.1 windows has been buggy driver picky and un helpful
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I feel for you
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SO! i kept on asking my self "what the hell is linux?"
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It's a kernel. Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003 have kernels too - you just don't see them. Kernels bascically manage your hardware at a very low level and provide a software layer between user-space programs and the hardware.
Depends on the context.
Better as a server? Yes
Better as a desktop? Yes
Better for playing games? No (but it's improving)
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Can it run games that require SP1 in windows XP ?
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Not unless you buy some sort of package like Cedega that allows this to some extent. The games won't be as fast (most of the time you will not notice this) and some games will have bugs as a result of Windows being emulated.
Why don't you check your games list
http://transgaming.org/gamesdb/
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Would i get any more performace then i would in windows? (in 32bit games)
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Mostly no, but sometimes yes. Doom3 and UT2004 play better under Windows on my box. Enemy Territory plays better under Linux on my box. Note, all three of those games work natviely under Linux without any need for something like Cedega - but games like this are few and far between.
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What are the benifits of Linux ?
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Freedom.
I can install what I want, not what is dictated.
I can safely save documents knowing that I can open them with other applications.
Standards.
Programs are written to open, documented standards which means greater competition. There a a choice of at least 8 Desktop Environments (GNOME, KDE, XFCE, Fluxbox, OpenBox, BlackBox, ICEWM, Enlightenment) which control how your desktop looks and feels.
Under Windows there is only 1 - no choice. And for me, that's no choice.
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Thankyou looking forward to hearing from u all ive allways wanted to try linux and yea
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Thank-you for listening. Maybe you'll try Linux, maybe you won't. Hopefully you will
BTW, you mention Windows 3.1 - the days of DOS. If you enjoyed finding the best TSR's to contol your mouse, etc, and squeezing them into the High Memory Area so everything was good, fast and you had enough low memory for games then the recommended Linux distro for you is ..........
Gentoo