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| 633838 | 2008-01-25 06:45:00 | Hi again everyone, i am building a new computer but dont want to fork out hundreds just for the os, so, ive decided ill install the latest linux (i believe it is either Ubuntu 10.0 or Fedora 8) I am going to lan the two computers together so i can play games against someone on my other computer. I am just wondering whether my games will actually work on Linux systems since the games were intended fo windows OS's. | nzjab06 (101) | ||
| 633839 | 2008-01-25 07:17:00 | An OEM copy of WIndows is hardly hundreds, especially when you seem to be happy to fork out for hardware. Good luck trying to game on Linux............ |
pctek (84) | ||
| 633840 | 2008-01-25 08:45:00 | Hi again everyone, i am building a new computer but dont want to fork out hundreds just for the os, so, ive decided ill install the latest linux (i believe it is either Ubuntu 10.0 or Fedora 8) I am going to lan the two computers together so i can play games against someone on my other computer. I am just wondering whether my games will actually work on Linux systems since the games were intended fo windows OS's. No, get Windows. It starts at like $149 so its hardly bank breaking. |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 633841 | 2008-01-25 09:37:00 | Hi again everyone, i am building a new computer but dont want to fork out hundreds just for the os, so, ive decided ill install the latest linux (i believe it is either Ubuntu 10.0 or Fedora 8) I am going to lan the two computers together so i can play games against someone on my other computer. I am just wondering whether my games will actually work on Linux systems since the games were intended fo windows OS's. As long as you have no expectations about Linux being like Windows this may work for you. There are too many people though who install Linux looking to save a few hundred dollars then get wound up and start yelling because things are different. Just make sure you're willing to have things look different, use different applications and learn a few new techniques. The first thing to be aware of is that there are many Linux-based distributions available. All of them target different groups of people. For learning and getting used to the system you may like to start with Ubuntu or Mepis or something similar. I would especially recommend running the live CD of one of these to try the OS out before you install it. It'll be slow off the CD and data will not be saved between boots but you can at least have a play and learn more about it. One you've had a play with a live CD, feel free to install it after backing up everything you want to keep from your computer. If you have any questions, there's usually a ready supply of help from people in this forum. |
TGoddard (7263) | ||
| 633842 | 2008-01-25 09:42:00 | Windows XP Home OEM is only $127. Windows Vista Home Premium OEM is only $137. Take your pick, they're both cheap. www.pricespy.co.nz |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 633843 | 2008-01-26 22:25:00 | OEM software can only be bought with hardware. Otherwise you have to pay for the OS itself which is more than the OEM price. I don't know how much, the price frightened me last time I looked. | mister harbies (5607) | ||
| 633844 | 2008-01-26 22:26:00 | Oh, and there is no Ubuntu 10 that I know of. I'm using the latest Ubuntu which is 7.10. | mister harbies (5607) | ||
| 633845 | 2008-01-26 23:23:00 | OEM software can only be bought with hardware. Otherwise you have to pay for the OS itself which is more than the OEM price. I don't know how much, the price frightened me last time I looked. Fully correct :thumbs: As stated in most of the sites from Pricespy Example (www.imagef1.net.nz) | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 633846 | 2008-01-27 20:31:00 | That depends on what qualifies as hardware :) Not too long ago, you would qualify for an OEM license if you "bought" a stick of old RAM or something else equally useless. |
autechre (266) | ||
| 633847 | 2008-01-27 20:55:00 | That depends on what qualifies as hardware :) Not too long ago, you would qualify for an OEM license if you "bought" a stick of old RAM or something else equally useless.Many places used the wording - A piece of hardware the Computer can not run with out. This basically meant the following- as a computer will not run with out - RAM Motherbaord CPU Hard Drive - for the OS Power supply Every thing else a PC will run without - Might be hard to operate, but it will run. |
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