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Johnny_dynamite
02-05-2003, 01:13 AM
I want to change to linux, but I also want to keep all my old documets and files on windows. Mostly games and word docs. I want to know if windows games and software are compatible with linux.
je_fro
02-05-2003, 01:18 AM
Not so much the games.
Why do you want to switch?

What you ought to do is buy a Linux hardDrive and dual-boot. Best-of-both-worlds...
Johnny_dynamite
02-05-2003, 01:20 AM
im sick of microsoft and their monopoly
hlrguy
02-05-2003, 01:25 AM
You can always dual boot and have the option of Windows or Linux when you start your computer. That said...

mp3, mpeg, images, text files, all standard stuff, 100%
documents, 97%. OpenOffice does a good job on *.doc, *.xls, *.ppt.
M$ Publisher - ZERO, NIL, NADA, but not even different versions are compatible.
Viseo - not yet.

Games - not without a lot of work.

I don't use Windows, have never had Windows and have never failed to find a native program that does what I want.

Like I said, keep Windows for gaming, take Linux for a spin. Recommend Suse 8.1 or Mandrake 9.0. I would wait on Redhat 8.1 if you are set on Redhat. Even more desktop work being done. Redhat 8.0, what I use, is fantastic, but 8.1 is pending, I would expect.

hlrguy
hlrguy
02-05-2003, 01:26 AM
I always think of something just after I hit the post. About 8 hours of opinions for you to read.

http://justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=59636

You can always search here LNO for 'which linux best' to read the other 2000 similar threads. :)

hlrguy
bosox79
02-05-2003, 01:48 AM
Originally posted by hlrguy
I always think of something just after I hit the post. About 8 hours of opinions for you to read.

http://justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?threadid=59636

You can always search here LNO for 'which linux best' to read the other 2000 similar threads. :)

hlrguy

yeah I find myself posting a lot of links to previous threads also, I think there needs to be a FAQ section on the site that points people to the threads that have the answers/info they are looking for :cool:

P.S. my comment is in no way meant to offended my fellow newbies:D