Linux is teh gay...

[Infinity]

...NOT!

Just installed ubuntu last night and so far, I'm liking it. Already planning to get a few emulators and Doom Legacy ports, but does anyone have suggestions on what programs/games/codecs to get for the OS? (and where...) And is there any tips for running/opimizing the ubunto distro?

[KiraRin]

I was expecting to come on this thread and expect there to be a massive flame war brewing....

I asked the other half about codecs, and he was next to useless....

H.

[`Kaon]

Oh my.. What's the difference between windows whatever and Linux? o.0;

My mom is planning on putting linux on her laptop..

[Dynasty Warrior]

Yeah, Linux pwns Windows XP like a mansion. I've tried out Linux before (mostly to play some of the open-sourced games they had.) and it's not as problematic as Windows XP. Plus, what other OS can you have that'll play a sweet game of open-source Tron?

[Infinity]

Originally Posted by KiraRin

I was expecting to come on this thread and expect there to be a massive flame war brewing....

lol

thanks for the links, Holt ^_^

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthre...ram+equivalent
http://www.linuxrsp.ru/win-lin-soft/table-eng.html

If you want a program not listed there then I'm sure you can ask and they will be happy to help. I don't know exactly where to get them (I intend to install linux when I get around to it, I already have the disk, I'm just lazy) but I think you can find available packages in Ubuntu and download them from there? Failing that if you know the name of the program google should work fine.

Forte: Linux, and 99% of the software for it, is LEGALLY FREE, rather than M$' approach of "grab as much money as you can". Because it is free there is no pressure on release dates for different distros, so it isn't released until the programmers themselves are happy with it; this results in a much more stable operating system than, oh lets say Windows just as an example. It is much more customisable, and is open source. If you know what you are doing you can do more in Linux that windows - many universities use Linux for more complicated things. I know Victoria university here is switching to it for mechatronics because windows was pissing them off.
For more information you could read the wikipedia entry on it.

Mplayer will play all the things you want.

Installing it on Ubuntu is a pain, how familiar are you with Gnu/Linux.

[aceman67]

Originally Posted by ErogeOtaku

it's not as problematic as Windows XP

You're half right, Linux is a good OS, I've used it several times in the past when a copy of Windows was not avliable to me, Now here comes the big *** "But".

Yes, Windows is a peice of crap, so don't go spouting that on me, until they start making Mainstream games for Linux, i will continue to use Windows.

Linux is unforgiving, if something screws up you're basicly screwed. With windows, there's a good chance you can fix it (I don't know how many times Windows XP Safe mode or Norton System Works as saved my ***). I've had a Fedora Core (Latest Stable Build) install crap out on me and compleatly destroy the boot sector on my primary hard drive (Which had all my personal information and documents, and I was royally pissed), and here's the kicker, I didn't do anything except reboot the machine after logging into linux for the first time.

Linux has a LONG way to go before it comes anywhere near being as accepted by general computer users as Windows or OSX. It may be free, which is kewl, but for now, I would only recomend it for people who know what they are doing with computers.

*goes to install Ubuntu and attempt to get a Triple boot going on (XP/Vista/Linux)*

[vincent_10_27]

I use Ubuntu Dapper Drake, Fedora Core 5 Bordeaux.

The fact that you are using a Debian based release, GNU software's not too hard to look out for. Go search the net for different softwares. But make sure that before installing a software, you must know what are things needed for it. Cause if you make a mistake, it'll be pretty hard to reconfigure your dependencies. Remember it's less GUI in Linux and more of a CLI. So one screw up, you'll have to do it a bit...painful.

Since I am a Linux user for the past 6 years, I'm just gonna go over a little checklist for you of the things needed the most.

1. Make sure you know how to switch/update/disable/add repositories. This knowledge will help you in properly allocating your resources. Some programs will not run if a different repository is used.

2. Update your Linux, almost everyday, there'll be available update for your copy(Debian).
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

3. Just be careful of some binaries you will install, most of the binaries released over the net are pre-compiled and do not have a build. So it's either you'll need to check the source if the binaries won't screw you up or yet, do not install it until a better build is released. Remember that Ubuntu is not the only distibution for Debian as well.

4. Do not install as much as programs as you would want to. Although Linux saves space more than any other OS's. You will not want other programs to be running on the background that will enable some repositories that you do not know. This will cause some programs to have conflict with the one running on the background cause it's repo is not disabled.


About Codecs:
Do not install any other things aside from MPlayer. It'll be what you'll need from DVD's to MP4's

Installing it is not hard. Just make sure you know what you are doing.
I'll show you how:
1. Make sure you got additional repositories. If you don't know how, here:

sudo cp -p /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list_backup
gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Text editor will open
replace everything with

## Add comments (##) in front of any line to remove it from being checked.
## Use the following sources.list at your own risk.

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper main restricted universe multiverse

## MAJOR BUG FIX UPDATES produced after the final release
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-updates main restricted universe multiverse

## UBUNTU SECURITY UPDATES
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted universe multiverse

## BACKPORTS REPOSITORY (Unsupported. May contain illegal packages. Use at own risk.)
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse

## PLF REPOSITORY (Unsupported. May contain illegal packages. Use at own risk.)
deb http://packages.freecontrib.org/plf dapper free non-free
deb-src http://packages.freecontrib.org/plf dapper free non-free

## CANONICAL COMMERCIAL REPOSITORY (Hosted on Canonical servers, not Ubuntu
## servers. RealPlayer10, Opera and more to come.)
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu dapper-commercial main

careful at this point, if you got any other repo, it's your best choice to replace it with these. These are up to date and can be used with most applications.

Save the text file as it is.

sudo apt-get update

then to install MPlayer:

sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer

To use MPlayer, follow the official site's manual. They have lots of CLI's to list down here.

If you still want codecs:

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-gl gstreamer0.10-plugins-base \
gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse \
gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse w32codecs

that is probably the most complete i have ever came up with. make sure the above repo are installed when installing these codecs.

GAMES.

I never play games with Linux. But if you are pushing it. I guess Windows games are on your top list right?

You'll get a lot of answers that says use WINE. But don't use it. It's a pain to run PC games on that emulator. The only thing WINE's good at is to run MS Signature Apps.

I have never tried this for a while but you might want to check this out. http://www.transgaming.com/index.php...ceid=2&meid=-1 it's not free but the last time I tried, Warcraft: TFT worked smoothly like in Windows. Along with HALO: Combat Evolved. Such a shame that they charge for it, but i'd say, it's worth it.

If you don't want to pay then you can go for Wine, or hopefully wait for a port. or just use open sourced emulators. I can play decent PSX games on Fedora Core.

[aceman67]

Going through the Add/Remove programs app in Ubuntu, Mplayer is present, you just have to have the "Show unsupported applications" box checked and search for MPlayer