Windows XP or Linux?

[rickykidder]

I need to know which os it better for the things i do and i want in an os

what i usually do(all online things)
-play runescape
-use youtube.
-sythe =]
-i dont do any hardcore gaming only rs lol

progs i use.(is it possible to use these on linux?)
-firefox
-limewire
-GIMP
-Photoshop

 

[Raunch It K]

ever heard of macintosh?

there ftw.

 

[Cfrey]

Windows i like better, don't know much about linux

 

[rickykidder]

ever heard of macintosh?

there ftw.

as far as i know you cant run the mac os on a pc.... and i dont got the money for a new comp

 

[Ins4n3 m0nk]

Mac's are gay.

Don't get Linux when you're just a simple PC user, because it's just for more of professional people.

 

[Skateboard]

Get a mac, if not linux is free. Xp would be better then linux.

 

[Swan]

as far as i know you cant run the mac os on a pc.... and i dont got the money for a new comp

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Mac's are gay.

Don't get Linux when you're just a simple PC user, because it's just for more of professional people.

Are you simply following a stereotype? Macs are very good computers, I don't own one, but I use them whenever I can at school, and at mates houses.

The choice is obvious. Linux. I'd consider myself a simple PC user, and I use Linux regularly. Linux can take a little getting use to, but after the bumpy bits at the start its pretty much all smooth sailing (assuming you don't go way in over your head with customization).

 

[cp]

Linux is free. That's the whole basis of it.

You can run Mac on PC with VMware.

 

[Cruel__Machine]

I need to know which os it better for the things i do and i want in an os

what i usually do(all online things)
-play runescape
-use youtube.
-sythe =]
-i dont do any hardcore gaming only rs lol

progs i use.(is it possible to use these on linux?)
-firefox
-limewire
-GIMP
-Photoshop

You can do all of that on Linux, except photoshop.
You'd have to emulate windows for that... or bend over backwards to get something like wine set up.

But Windows seems best for you. Linux provides nothing you need, unless you don't already have winxp... then you might as well try linux first before buying windows.

 

[Swan]

You can do all of that on Linux, except photoshop.
You'd have to emulate windows for that... or bend over backwards to get something like wine set up.

But Windows seems best for you. Linux provides nothing you need, unless you don't already have winxp... then you might as well try linux first before buying windows.

I never had to bend over backwards to install Photoshop, Steam etc.

CXOffice isn't actually emulation as far as I know, its an implementation of the Windows API.

 

[rickykidder]

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page



Are you simply following a stereotype? Macs are very good computers, I don't own one, but I use them whenever I can at school, and at mates houses.

The choice is obvious. Linux. I'd consider myself a simple PC user, and I use Linux regularly. Linux can take a little getting use to, but after the bumpy bits at the start its pretty much all smooth sailing (assuming you don't go way in over your head with customization).

yes i would go overboard with customization lol but w/e everyone is confusing me lol i think ill stick with xp or i might try and dual boot and tryout linux.

 

[Cruel__Machine]

I never had to bend over backwards to install Photoshop, Steam etc.

CXOffice isn't actually emulation as far as I know, its an implementation of the Windows API.

Win API clones are probably designed to work easily with particular target software. Photoshop may be one of them, I don't know. But most software has been a pain to get working correctly.

 

[chr1$]

You can do all of that on Linux, except photoshop.
You'd have to emulate windows for that... or bend over backwards to get something like wine set up.

But Windows seems best for you. Linux provides nothing you need, unless you don't already have winxp... then you might as well try linux first before buying windows.

Wine sucks, simple as that.

 

[x3mvess]

linux is for more advanced users or people who do a lot of server hosting or FTP. use windows XP.

 

[Lvl 125]

Xp has better features

 

[chr1$]

linux is for more advanced users or people who do a lot of server hosting or FTP. use windows XP.

As well as general programming, thats what developers I think use alot.

 

[Cheeter]

Xp has better features

Are you kidding me?


Dude. You don't play any OpenGL or DirectX games. Why are yo even considering XP? You shall use Linux!

And I siggest Ubuntu if you are a newb i Linux. It's very user friendly.

 

[x⁹]

ever heard of macintosh?

there ftw.

Your knowledge of computers was just summed up in that one post.

 

[Gerardcon]

Your knowledge of computers was just summed up in that one post.

I don't think Raunch it K has much knowledge regarding anything.

 

[chr1$]

Your knowledge of computers was just summed up in that one post.

Haha x9 you have earned a LoL from me.