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I would say cedega is your best bet though cos wine amd crossover is really designed for applications and not games. Where as cedgea is specifically designed for games.
Also i forgot to mension that dpkg is a handy utility as well. IT's basically a program which install packages.

dpkg -i package name
installs the specified package

dpkg -r package name (not inc .deb file extension)
this removes the package

man command name
This will give u the manual for the specified command

Sometimes u may need to compile source code in order to get the package u want installed.
u need to extract the source then browse to the directory u extracted it to then run
./configure
make
make install

Mostly they are in .tar.gz file format which menas u extract using the tar command
tar -xvf packagename

There are GUI programs to assist u so that u dont need to use the scary command line but I would encourge u to learn the basics. U will find at times linux can be a little difficult to setup but there are plenty of specialised forums on the internet to help u. Such as
linuxforum.com or linuxquestions.org

Last edited by schoi, November 14th, 2005 03:52 AM (Edited 1 times)

Psh thanks for all the help guys but I don't think that I am ready to deal with a linux system. I admit there is a lot less problems and it is a lot faster but I just don't have the same experiance I do as when I use windows. In the long run having 1 computer with linux and 1 with windows seems like it would be a good idea for me. Along with the fact that my mother is harping on me for not having AOL on the computer I am alone learning a whole new operating system and I really don't have the time. On top of all that my programs don't work, warez p2p doesn't work, and I can't view most videos on the internet. So in closing Linux may be a better operating system but at the same time it really isn't worth the hastle =\. Good luck to the rest of you brave souls using linux, I give you props.

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I disagree with u it's worth the hassle because it by far better than windows. It's not uncommon for users to switch from windows to linux. U look on any forum there will be plenty of users who have switched from windows. In a way it's actually less hassle than windows because by far windows has more spyware and viruses.

Also linux has PLENTY OF FREEE SOFTWARE such as openoffice. How much do u pay for office it's £100 for students alone!! Ok openoffice isn't as mature as office but I doubt that it will develop into an excellant alternative to office.

If u think am just a fan boy then pop over to serverside forum I bet they use Linux to develop their php scripts.

you can get a windows version of open office for free aswell so that argument doesn't really stand don't get me wrong, i use fedora myself and i do like it, its just windows is easier

Last edited by mooosh, November 14th, 2005 08:22 PM (Edited 1 times)