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Originally Posted by Alan A
I run macs. I also use Linux at work
I’m fairly computer literate.
I used to have a Debian 4 machine as a desktop, running Gnome as the desktop env.
The problem was I needed another machine to google how to fix stuff when it wouldn’t boot.
Ok 90% of my problem was Nvidia driver compatibility
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I think Linus hit the nail on the head on the topic of NVidia; I won't quote him.
Suffice it to say that almost any ATI (now AMD) graphics card works great without all the faffing around for closed, proprietary, binary-only drivers that aren't updated fast enough.
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Originally Posted by Alan A
but I wouldn’t recommend a Linux machine to anyone unless they both know what they are doing
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Don't under-estimate the flexibility of the young. Also, depending on age and their interest/curiosity, they can learn a darn sight more from Linux than 'Doze.
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Originally Posted by Alan A
and also have windows for games and to run all the stuff that doesn’t have a crappy Linux clone that does some of the stuff but doesn’t interchange with anything else (open office I’m looking at you here).
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OpenOffice has been dead for 5 years. Try LibraOffice, because that's where all the devs went when Oracle effectively killed the project. But I don't use Orifice at all or care about compatibility. Never even opened the last 3 copies I bought...
You can run many simpler Windows programs under WINE just fine. Even Motec log analyzer works under it (so long as I use an old 32-bit version).
To actually run serious Windows programs - like Motec ECU Manager to tune my EFI in real-time - I use libvirt to run a full Win7 VM. Works great.