[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi all. I am the epitomy of newbie. > > I've finally had enough of MS (Multiple Sclorosis)......I'm tired of being > paralyzed. But I need help. > > After plenty of review, and a couple disappointing attempts with RedHat, > I've decided to try > Debian. Primary reason being the quality / layout of information readily > available on the web site. > I'm guessing this will roll over to the mailing list as well...... > > I need to know what are the best (if any) alternatives available on Linux > for applications I use > on a daily basis.....I also need to know a bit more about Debian now that > I've decided to give it > a go...... > > APPS and GAMES: > ----------------------------- > Quake / QuakeWorld -- I'm guessing that the Linux build for these works on > the Debian distribution....Any pointers? (Debian specific FAQ's) > Q3A Quake 1/2 works fine but you need hardware acceleration for Q3A. The viper is a tnt2 chipset correct? I assume that hardware accel for that will come fairly soon.
> VisualStudio6.0 Many different development tools for linux exist. Gcc, G++, perl, java - I think there is basic and I know there is fortran, and pascal. > Word 6.0 -- I've been told that StarOffice is pretty good? (Pros / > Cons please...) StarOffice works great with the slight problem that is big and slow but on you machine I doubt you would notice. Pros - free. Cons - a little slow. > Access There is a whole slouh of sql's for databases. > Excel Gnumeric is rumored to be a very good spreadsheet program. > Photoshop 5.0 The GIMP is arguable the most famous linux app with good reason. Almost anything photoshop can do, the gimp can do. > LightWave5.5 > 3DSMax I don't have experience with these programs. > Director 6.0 Well, I only wish. No macromedia software for linux.<-Except for the brand new flash plugin. With the right scripting in cgi, php, or perl I have seen some pretty spectaular sites though. > Palm Desktop More then likely software for this has been written as there is an attempt to port linux to it. > RioShell 3.0 I know there is software that allows linking to the rio but I don't have experience with it. > Adaptec EZ CD4.0 Xcdroast comes to mind; there are others. > > HARDWARE: > --------------------- > Abit BP6 > Dual Celery 450 (OC's to 504 ) > 128 PC 100 > Seagate (Model?) 4.5GB UDMA33 Drive > 3Com 3C905B No problem on anything above. > Diamond v770 Ultra Someone with a tnt2 set would have to answer but I think this has an X server but I could be wrong. > Iomega Zip 100 > Iomega Jaz 2GB You don't say what kind of zip - all but usb are supported and usb is coming. I believe the Jaz is supported but again - I don't have one. > I plan on running a dual boot at first, with all of my WinNT stuff staying > where it is......Any tips would be > much appreciated!!!! The Nt boot loader is a pain - you can't use lilo. There is a howto for this though. I take you have partitioning all done as fips can split and NTFS partition as of yet. > I'll be posting specific questions once I get started ( CDs are on the way > still from CheapBytes ) Well, I take it you got slink correct? This could be a problem if you need to support all of your fairly new hardware. A 2.2 kernel has the SMP advantage as well. In any event, get your system up and you can apt-get up to potato if need be. Good Luck, Justin -- Debian potato w/2.2.12 #linux op (jus10) on dal.net > Thanks, > > -- Erich
