Is Linux for me??

[cruzreal]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering, im a normal pc user, i dont do much with a pc, almost al of the time i use the pc to play games, listen mp3, watch movies and use messenger, and homework, search wikipedia and paste on word.

So will linux help in anything at all????

[jweekley1]

Maybe try ubuntu you could set our pc up as a dual boot and experiment with linux.
ubuntu has the utlities built in to setup dual boot.
As far as the games you will probably have to find a linux version.
There are plenty of sites that walk you through setting any "extras" you need, just do a google search for the particular version you have.
If you need anything let me know.

[techieMoe]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering, im a normal pc user, i dont do much with a pc, almost al of the time i use the pc to play games, listen mp3, watch movies and use messenger, and homework, search wikipedia and paste on word.

So will linux help in anything at all????

I'm not sure what you mean. If you're asking should you switch to Linux, that's really not a question we can answer. It's like asking whether or not we think you'll like chocolate ice cream; only you can decide that.

If you're curious about Linux but not quite ready to make any sort of hardware commitment (meaning mess with your harddrive) I'd recommend trying out a LiveCD distribution like Ubuntu or Knoppix that will let you boot into Linux from the disc without doing anything to your harddrive. You can play around with it, see if you like it and it will do what you want, and if it does, you can install it.

Most commercial (read: not free) games will not work in Linux, because they were designed for Microsoft Windows. Linux is not Microsoft Windows. MP3 support is not included in Ubuntu (nor in Fedora, Debian, or openSuSE) by default due to legal issues. You can add that in later using tutorials online.

Your internet browsing should be identical. If you use the Firefox browser in MS Windows, you can also use Firefox in Linux. If you do your homework in Microsoft Office, you will likely be able to do the same things in OpenOffice. It will even save in Office .DOC format.

For your instant messenger, you'll likely not find an official client for MSN, and the official clients for Yahoo and AIM are terrible, however there are messaging clients for Linux that will work with all 3 services. A popular one is GAIM, which comes with Ubuntu by default.

If you're interested in knowing more about Linux, I recommend this thread:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/lin...ead-first.html

However, as I said, we can't tell you which distribution to choose or even if Linux will work for you personally. That's up for you to decide.