Myxo Has Gotten Better At Linux(2)!

[myxomatosii]

..hmm maybe someone got it.. haha surely some kindred souls here ..

Anyway, on to topic!! (if you detect sarcasm at any time in this post, you're probably on target ;P )

I finally migrated from windows for reasons I explain to my friend when he asked such as..

"XP just well.... kept disappointing me, especially the fact that i had all this raw power in my computer and lacked the ability to harness it
i had the same problem with the monster desktop i built
so i said hell... if i MUST i'll make a 15gb XP partition OR i can actually just run windows INSIDE of linux as a program lol, you should see it.. its great"

and of course I don't need to explain why I tried to run XP on a 64-bit system after Vista left me on the brink of .. ugh I don't want to talk about it.


Anyway this is my "Hi" post. I am sure it will be followed by many "help" posts but thats is what happens when migrating to a new system of doing things.

I'm 23, and an EE major in North Carolina. I enjoy gaming in MMO's, RTS and a few single player RPG's.. FPS a bit but not seriously. I play guitar and would love to incorporate my laptop into that, I would also love to pick up a MIDI keyboard sometime in the near future... more near depending on the capabilities of my computer with this new OS.

My hardware setup is an ASUS G50v MOBO w. a Nvidia 9700GT, sound-card is built in so I am not sure of the quality.. but I know the on-board speakers are pathetic and have relied on using headphones, not really a big disappointment as I find that is the best way to become immersed in what you are doing. My perfect environment is sitting in a room only lit by my monitor and maybe a small candle( ^_^ ) playing WoW (yea I know pathetic.. or EQemu!! d2 etc) with my feet propped up sitting in Vent with some good ol' 65daysofstatic blaring through my headphones (at a safe level! we all want to keep our hearing, lol..) or other more obscure snooty "underground" bands on a play-list while I turn my nose up at the radio in superiority..

Along with my hi I would like to request a bit of suggestion in direction.. I am in need of direction to find some "basic applications".. to explain I understand that "basic" means something a little different to everyone and I'm asking this with that in mind. I am wanting opinions on which programs anyone reading this and willing to apply considers essential and why? Put into account that I don't currently have a wireless access point where I am living and spend much time off-line, so any fun learning software for programming or things of that sort would be welcome as well. Anyway thanks in advance for the suggestions, and thank you for all the tips I am sure I will stumble across~!

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

You can take a look at these two websites for some software options that might work for you:

The table of equivalents / replacements / analogs of Windows software in Linux. (Official site of the table)

Linux App Finder | Helping find the Linux apps you need

As for my own must have apps, I like to keep the following programs/applications close by:

web browser
word processor
text editor
terminal
file manager

Hope you are able to find what you are looking for.