Richard Have a look at this how-to, it may answer a lot of questions that you have:
http://www.howtoforge.com/the_perfect_desktop_fedora_core6 I think most of it can be applied to FC-4, however if you like the look of it and don't want to download the FC-6 discs then give me a shout and I can lend you my dvd copy. As for games: I currently run COD and CODUO on my Ubuntu box. They're not perfect yet but playable. Look for an installer called "loki" on google which simplifies the installation of a lot of games, including Battlefield2, which I have but haven't tried yet under linux. To perk your interest, on COD I found that I was getting 15 to 20 FPS more under Ubuntu than I was with XP. Video Editing and Firewire: As Mark said firewire (both 400 and 800) have been well supported since kernel 2.4.*. For video editing have a look at Kino. (try linux google or the FC repo's) Re your pen drive: Post what errors you are seeing and we can possibly help out. It may be something that is easily resolved but we could do with a little bit more information. Re your dictaphone: I don't know, I have never tried installing one. If you are coming to the meeting them bring it with you and we can have a go at getting it going. After all, two (or indeed several) heads are better than one! I think Mark has pretty much covered the rest. Look forward to meeting you on Tuesday. Stu On Fri, 2007-03-23 at 20:14 +0000, Mark Rogers wrote: > Richard Forth wrote: > > Well, actually, I think from what you say there I am probably a good > > 30% (if you can visualise a progress bar from "Windows only" to "Fully > > migrated to Linux"...) > > As one of the relatively long term members here I don't know where I'd > claim to be on that progress bar; at home I'd say about 70% (up from > about 5% only a week ago, so good progress - that's when my Win2k PC > died again and got an Ubuntu 7.04 (beta) makeover!). > > At work, all our servers are Linux and have been for a long time. All > our desktops are Windows. At present there's too much I have to do in > Windows for work, but I'm going to move a lot over to virtual machines > on a Linux base as and when I can. But at present, servers: 100%, > desktops 0%. Even then, to be fair, the servers have always been Linux - > I've never administered a "real" Windows server, so its not fair to see > that as a migration. > > What I will say for the change at home: lots of things work better, lots > of things don't work at all, and lots of things work just plain > differently. But the thought of re-installing Win2k again, and catching > up on all the updates, was just too painful (I don't like XP and don't > have a licence for anything >2k anyway). > > > > > Ditched Photoshop Elements - now using "the Gimp" > > I've used Gimp on Windows a lot recently: I needed something I could use > for making graphics changes whilst on site and anything proprietary > needed a licence for installation on the server there and for short term > use that was pointless. > > > > Ditched MS Office (even on the XP box) - now using "OpenOffice.org 2.0" > > I much prefer OOo anyway. It is much better at handling non-MS files, it > exports to PDF, its search functionality in Calc is vastly superior to > what Office can do, it doesn't cripple the PC, etc etc. > > > The biggest thing I am going to miss is Windows' InstallSheild > > Wizards, all this "make install", "apt get" and "yum update" still > > terrifies me a little bit, > > Installation stuff needs some work in some areas, but in many cases this > is so much easier. I challenge anyone to run a command on their windows > box (or let the GUI do it for you) which updates your OS, web browser, > office software, etc etc etc all in one go. And then doesn't need a reboot. > > > - Uninstalling Windows 2000 (yes scary I know hehe) > > Didn't have to: mine committed suicide (for the Nth time). > > > - My biggest love - Battlefield 2 + all the expansion packs > > - several other games, and how to overcome DirectX issues in Linux - > > ie is it possible to play DirectX games? > Gaming is an area I know little about but as a LUG we need to know the > state of play (geddit?) with this stuff - it is probably the biggest > hard to answer FAQ. > > - Video Editting and using firewire with my camcorder > > Not tried it, but I would expect firewire support on Linux to be better > (or at least as good) as on Windows, and there's probably some pretty > capable editing software around too. On Windows I like playing with > Muvee (www.muvee.com) and would love to see a free (as in speech) > alternative to that. One day I'll give it a go under Wine. > > > - DivX Conversion Software (Currently using registered version of DivX > > Converter v6) > > XviD is preferable in my view (more open); there are several transcoding > packages around although I don't know what to suggest. > > > - SATA drive support > > That's there and has been for some time (my home PC is running on a > 500GB SATA). For some reason this isn't always a default option, though; > no idea why. Ubuntu never had any problems with it. > > > [...] and the fact the Vista looks to be the biggest waste of money yet, > > Now that I'm running the silly GUI effects that come with Compiz/Beryl > on my home PC (which is *not* a powerful PC by any stretch), I find it > really weird moving windows around on my Windows desktop and not having > them resist the pull then spring into place. If I had a spare Vista > licence I'd have a laugh and see what it could do on the same hardware > (doubt it would even install!). > > > Anyway enough of my rants, i should be popping along with Malcolm, > > from work. he introduced me to the LUG. > > Look forward to meeting you! > _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
