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December 12th, 2007, 08:08 AM
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Re: OT: New PC
I don't trust an OS called wine. I expect the more it is used the slower it gets.
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December 12th, 2007, 11:16 AM
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Re: OT: New PC
Heh, Wine is not an OS, it's a tool to run Windows software under Linux. Note that it isn't an emulator (it's faster than that.)
Hmmm... Since Wine gets its name from a recursive acronym (Wine Is Not an Emulator), and is it as much not an OS as it is not an emulator, perhaps it would also be legitimate to refer to it as "Wino" (Wine Is Not an OS)..?
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December 12th, 2007, 11:48 AM
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Re: OT: New PC
Does SE5 work under wine yet?
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December 12th, 2007, 12:13 PM
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Re: OT: New PC
Is there an all in one easy installation version of linux?
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December 12th, 2007, 01:28 PM
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Re: OT: New PC
Some of the old threads here talk about the differnt versions of Linux. I found Knoppix and Caldara to be pretty easy to deal with when starting out. The expert would be Ed Kolis who was recommending these for getting started. You may just want to PM him to see what you might like.
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December 12th, 2007, 01:53 PM
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Re: OT: New PC
Ubuntu/Kubuntu is the answer for your easy to use Linux needs...
But really, Linux is an absolutely terrible choice for a gaming machine. You will have about 100 orders of magnitude more hassles trying to game with Wine/Cedega than just doing it on Windows. There are lots of good uses for Linux; gaming just isn't one of them. Advocating it in a thread that is obviously about a gaming PC is doing a great disservice to the poster...
And no, SE5 does not work at all under Wine/Cedega.
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December 12th, 2007, 02:20 PM
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Re: OT: New PC
What would be a good affordable standard + wireless combined DSL modem to buy? The one I have from qwest keeps taking turds on me. I lost ISP from 5pm to 5am each day for three days now. Qwest says there is no problem yet, I go without service during those hours. My modem says its ok and has full download and upload, *Upload is fine during these hours* but download is worse than 14.4 dial up speeds at @ less than 2kps.
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December 18th, 2007, 11:17 PM
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Re: OT: New PC
Wouldn't hurt to try. They made a guarantee that they can not meet, and you should try to get at least a small amount off the original purchase price. Hell, just tell them to pay for your shipping costs for you and call it even  Never know, they may go for it.
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