yaustar
UK GP32 & GP2X Owner
Here's the scenrio, a P100 24mb, no ethernet port so that limits my possibilties.. it doesnt help that I am completely new to linux/unix as well... 
Enslaved posted on May 15 2004 at 07:44 PM said:Is a bash shell the command prompt I put up with when I tried a floppy based linux to see how it is? I know there is that CD-ROM one with a desktop but i only have a 56K so I can't get that lol.
All the PC games I play work fine in Wine, WineX or have native linux versions.Enslaved posted on May 15 2004 at 08:04 PM said:OMFG!!! But don't you like playing PC games? I don't really play many but there are some that I need to play cause I dont have PS2/X-BOX (the GTA/Halo series).
Wine and WineX are not really emulators, wine stands for "Wine Is Not an Emulator" and in many games I get faster speeds using wine/winex then I do in windows! And yes wine/winex work with DirectX9. WineX plays games like Warcraft 3, Max Payne 2, Knights of the Old Republic, Everquest, etc..., all which use Directx9Enslaved posted on May 15 2004 at 08:12 PM said:So wine is a full speed windows emulator? And would I still be able to use my cards directx 9 features and stuff?
Think of Wine as a Windows compatibility layer. Wine does not require Microsoft Windows, as it is a completely alternative implementation consisting of 100% Microsoft-free code, but it can optionally use native system DLLs if they are available.
Wine Is Not a (CPU) Emulator. Wine just provides the Windows API. This means that you will need an x86-compatible processor to run an x86 Windows application, for instance from Intel or AMD. The advantage is that, unlike solutions that rely on CPU emulation, Wine runs applications at full speed.
It depends.Enslaved posted on May 15 2004 at 08:20 PM said:Ok so if I had windows and Linux on the same computer it would be pretty redundant then right? I want to buy a barebones cheap PC for my room and get linux to replace windows now!
Firewalls are easy to setup and install, you shouldnt worry about them, internet is as simple in linux as it was for you in windows. (basically whatever you did in windows to setup your internet, you do the same in linux, for me thats nothing, my internet is always on, and always works, no setup of any kind nessesary) If you have a dialup winmodem you might have some issues (depends on your modem)Tobriand posted on May 15 2004 at 11:41 PM said:Hmm... I like the idea of moving to Linux, but the actuality of it is something I've never managed. Maybe when I next change computer, methinks. Game support does bug me, though... In fact its pretty much the only thing that does, tbh. Oh - and possibly things like configuring internet in it, and, more importantly perhaps, a firewall. Norton might be commercial, but at least seems simple. I really should try to switch again sometime...