Lovely! :) I'd switch over immediatly on my desktop if I could find a suitable driver for Netgear (wireless internet), as it is, I shall await my laptop's return and enjoy the fact that not only will I have a better OS, I won't be told to spend £300 on it's next 'upgrade'.
Thank you, everyone, you've converted me. :) -Dante On Nov 4, 4:32 pm, mahjongg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Second, I found a player which i've tested on Windows, and it seems > to > > handle everything I throw at it, which is far better then having > four > > media players for their own extensions; (called VLC Media Player, > you > > can grab it here;http://www.videolan.org/vlc/) > Yes that is the VLC player I was talking about, you will see it is > great. > > > Looking deeper into the rabbit hole that makes up Linux, i've > > encountered many problems trying to understand the new file > formats, I > > would be most thankful if someone could tell me what to do with > a .bin > > file, for instance, or point me towards a tutorial. > I find that Wikipedia is an excelent source for information of this > kind, for > example:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_formats_(alphabetical) > Lists (almost) all file extensions and what they are. > A .bin file is a just a container it does not have any attributes, its > just a file with a binary (.bin) content. What it does is up to the > application that uses it. > > > Another problem is that I've run accross accounts which say a new > > version is released every year or so, which requires a complete > > deinstall of the OS and installation of the new one. > No, Ubuntu, and in principle thus gOS had a full upgrading mechanism > in place that not only handles small incremental fixes but can also > upgrade to (the next) completely new version. Unfortunately because > previous gOS systems simply used the Ubuntu updater/upgrader for this, > and gOS is not an "official version" of Ubuntu, Upgrading went totally > wrong when Ubuntu Upgraded from version 7.10 to 8.04. It resulted in a > broken gOS when you did. gOS now uses their own independent updater/ > Upgrader resources, so in principle this can't happen again. With it > in place, in principle, it will be possible to upgrade to a newer > version without a re-install. > > > As a programmer, I create applications that can get a little...out > of > > control, Windows falls over and dies with some of them, is Linux > much > > more sturdy? (Reading about the virtual desktops and sandboxing > > applications, etc) > Linux is based on Unix, which is considered one of the most stable > operating systems around, it has an architecture that is fundamentally > more stable than Windows. > > > Now, back to XP-Linux file transfer, I take it I cannot take a file > > from XP (IE, the My Documents folder) and drop it in Linux? or can > I? > > (to take an example, I would download an app like WINE through XP > and > > send it to the laptop). > If you have a system that has both a Windows and a gOS partition, you > can access the "my documents" folder from gOS, the same is true if you > somehow connect an external filing system (CD, External HD, USB memory > stick, SD-Card etc etc), the information on these storage systems will > be automatically "mounted", that is incorporated into the Linux filing > system, as if they were a part of the native Linux hard-disk (filing > system). Linux knows how to handle FAT and NTFS filing systems (an > many others), so there is no problem accessing Windows data. With a > special piece of software called "Samba", > seehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_(software) > Linux can use the windows networking protocol (SMB), so you can > directly connect with a Windows network, and share files etc. > > Of course accessing a Windows file does not immediately mean you can > do anything with it under Linux, but many filetypes are actually not > Windows specific at all, like .ZIP and .JPG and .PDF files, and Linux > has applications that can handle these just as well as Windows, often > there are Linux programs that can handle Windows specific file types > too, like .DOC (word for windows), and .xls (Excell spread sheet) > files. These can be opened and saved by several programs, the > canonical example being OpenOffice. In practice there is almost always > a program available that is an alternative for a Windows program, and > that can handle files from such a program. > > On 4 nov, 15:22, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok, I've looked through WINE, and yes, it seems it can support my > > requirements. :D > > > Second, I found a player which i've tested on Windows, and it seems to > > handle everything I throw at it, which is far better then having four > > media players for their own extensions; (called VLC Media Player, you > > can grab it here;http://www.videolan.org/vlc/) > > > Looking deeper into the rabbit hole that makes up Linux, i've > > encountered many problems trying to understand the new file formats, I > > would be most thankful if someone could tell me what to do with a .bin > > file, for instance, or point me towards a tutorial. > > > Another problem is that I've run accross accounts which say a new > > version is released every year or so, which requires a complete > > deinstall of the OS and installation of the new one. > > > As a programmer, I create applications that can get a little...out of > > control, Windows falls over and dies with some of them, is Linux much > > more sturdy? (Reading about the virtual desktops and sandboxing > > applications, etc) > > > Now, back to XP-Linux file transfer, I take it I cannot take a file > > from XP (IE, the My Documents folder) and drop it in Linux? or can I? > > (to take an example, I would download an app like WINE through XP and > > send it to the laptop). > > > If that final tranfer question can be ironed out, I do beleive the > > lInux community will have another member. :) > > > -Dante > > > On Nov 3, 11:59 am, "Graham Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 2008/11/2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Hey, > > > > Be warned, multiple questions ahead; > > > > That's OK, we're ready to help... > > > > > I'm in a bit of a situation; I'm a programmer and most of my work is > > > > done tested through games (AI programmer, you see). For this, on XP, I > > > > have half-life 2 orange box with Garry's Mod, would that run under > > > > WINE and gOS? Furthermore, would WINE support the installation of a > > > > wireless network software program? (.msi, which is why I haven't moved > > > > to Linux before) > > > > Lets start at the beginning. gOS and Debian and Red Hat (for example) > > > are all Linux distributions, which means they all have the kernel > > > created by Linus Torvalds and his colleagues throughout the Linux > > > community, plus applications which the team that put the whole > > > distribution together, think appropriate. So the correct thing to do > > > is to ask the developers (which you're doing here, although I'm not a > > > developer). > > > > Codeweavers have developed WINE as an API layer which SHOULD > > > eventually be equivalent to an application that can run all Windows > > > programs. In the meantime, look up: > > > >http://appdb.winehq.org/ > > > > to find which applications WINE runs out of the box. It MAY do what > > > you want, but you are probably better off looking for greater Windows > > > compatibility with the Crossover group of applications (especially > > > Crossover Games). However, these are not covered by the same licence > > > as WINE and so are not totally free (not in cost, nor in freedom); > > > this may be something you might want to consider. > > > > > Secondly, I also have a laptop (under repair) that I hope to convert > > > > into a sort of creative programming and writing system, (also a > > > > writer) would gOS be helpful there? > > > > gOS is good for laptops, netbooks, and desktop machines. It uses the > > > Ubuntu system, which in turn is built upon Debian, so you should have > > > no difficulty in accessing the wide range of programs that are > > > available. However, you might find the GNOME desktop (which is at the > > > basis of the gOS interface) more than a little trying: coming from > > > Windows, you might find the KDE desktop more to your liking. Look up > > > available distributions (distros) at: > > > >http://www.distrowatch.com > > > > and see what they have to offer. Put it this way, OpenOffice is an > > > equivalent suite of applications to Ms Office, is totally free, and is > > > more than up to the tasks thrown at it by a professional writer. If > > > you want only a word processor, and not a Presentation, Spreadsheet > > > and graphing capabilities, look at Abiword. Any distribution capable > > > of running this will be suitable for you. > > > >http://www.openoffice.org > > > >http://www.abiword.org > > > > > Thirdly; I do a lot of movie work, as a hobby, and I'm hoping the gOS > > > > would let me play back these movies (normally saved under .flv > > > > and .avi extensions.) I've heard that Linux does not natively support > > > > video's (or, indeed, music) so are there any workarounds? > > > > First of all, you will have no problem with .avi files, as there are > > > even dedicated players for this. Most common codecs are supported > > > although many of these may be proprietary and therefore not easily > > > supported; I'm afraid I don't know about .flv files - perhaps here > > > Googling around is your best bet. > > > > > and Fourthly; as a large number of tools do seem to be google gadgets, > > > > can these gadgets run offline for laptop useage? > > > > Yes I believe so, but I don't know for sure. > > > > > finally, Fifthly, can a Linux computer transfer and accept files from > > > > a USB connection to a XP computer? > > > > Yes, but whether they can be read depends on the application at both > > > ends :-) Linux is not Windows, but a much more powerful and flexible > > > operating system, and you have to be prepared to learn about it. You > > > can, for instance communicate with Windows computers using Samba..... > > > > > Sorry for all the questions, guys and gals; > > > > Don't be sorry: that's what the Linux community is all about, Dante. > > > We share what we know with each other. > > > > -- > > > > Graham Todd --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
