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Old January 3rd, 2005, 08:02 PM
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Default XP or Linux
Well, I am finally biting the bullet and replacing my computer after all these years. It's still a decent system but the primary IDE port died.

My old WIN98SE operating system never could reliably use DMA mode on the IDE bus. So it has to go too, because I'm doing a home entertainment DVD thing.

I am waiting for the MSI K8N2 mother board to arrive. It should be a beauty, and has nForce 3 on it.

Is linux really ready? For DVD video? For gaming (Direct X games)? Web Surfing?
I am technically literate and tolerate a little software tweaking. I just do not want to burn up a lot of hours.

So XP or Linux? (Wich Linux package, Utilities, etc?)
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