THG Linux Migration, Part Two

LqqkOut writes "Tom's Hardware Guide has posted part 2 of their Windows->Linux migration article. This time around, we're presented with some nifty divx screen caps that make life look oh, so easy. The Tom's crew packed a lot into this article, but did they sacrifice some essentials like 'RTFM' and other sage advice? This follows up their first article where users were shown how to choose and download a distro, back up some important data, and check for HW compatibility."

Comments

Great Video

[Rapid Home Offer]

I love how they demonstrate video players by showing Steve Ballmer's sweaty-pitted Developers video on Xine.

Re:Great Video

[red floyd]

Yeah, I liked that! And the Mozilla sample was Groklaw.

Developers, developers, developers, developers!

[drewhearle]

"Developers, developers, developers, developers" (1.6MB)
Dance, monkey boy ("Woohoo! I love this company!") (3MB)
and last but not least...
The 3-minute Developers music video (9.5MB)

Linux is GREAT for games

[linuxkrn]

Just a *few* big games that run WITHOUT Wine[X]

• UT2004 (Also Unreal - 2003 work as well)
• Neverwinter Nights
• SAVAGE: The Battle for Newerth
• Enemy Territory
• Quake3
• Americas Army

And of course tons more run with Wine[X] including those Direct3D only ones.

Lets not forget the GREAT Linux games too...

• Forzen Bubble
• Scorched3D
• Legends (Tribes2 Clone)
• Chromium (Space Invaders Clone)

NO reason not to use linux for games!

Re:Linux is GREAT for games

[tesmako]

OK, lets play a game then, for each game that runs native on linux you mention I mention two that do not (picked quite randomly);

* Uru: Ages Beyond Myst
* System Shock 2
* Silent Hill 3
* Serious Sam
* MechWarrior 4: Vengeance
* Homeworld2
* Europa Universalis
* Deus Ex: Invisible War
* Dark Age of Camelot
* Beyond Good & Evil
* Planescape: Torment
* Master of Orion III
* Mafia
* Far Cry
* Warcraft III
* Max Payne
* Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
* Command & Conquer Generals
* Sacrifice
* Grim Fandango

Your turn

Re:RTFM

[linuxkrn]

How about http://www.linuxquestions.org/

Re:RTFM

[Juanvaldes]

well there is Google Linux and tons of Linux Faq's
Let me say I know the frustration, this weekend I finally got a linux distro to like our PC's hardware and actually work. While a massive centralized faq would be nice I know it will never happen and so I use what is available to me. This is one of the downsides to a discentralized system, there is no one place to look and lots of reinventing the wheel is done.

xmms and mp3s

[EricWright]

Did anyone notice the statement that xmms was a great program for playing mp3s? On RedHat? Without mentioning that you have to download and install mp3 libraries, due to the proprietary nature of the mp3 codec...

Oops!

Re: First thing to install after Red Hat? APT

[pjkundert]

Haven't looked at the video, but the first (and only) RPM I have to find after installing Red Hat, is:

APT!

Just go to rpmfind.net, look up apt, and select the correct version matching the version of Red Hat you have installed. Download it, and install it:

rpm -Uvh apt...

Congratulations, that's probably the last time you'll have to search for an RPM! After that, keeping Red Hat up-to-date, and finding and installing most programs, is:

apt-get update
apt-get -u upgrade

(and occasionally "apt-get -u dist-upgrade", for when a bunch of stuff changes)

or, to find and install some package:

apt-cache search program
(review available versions)
apt-get -u install program-version

Done! All except for blowing away Red Hat, and installing Debian instead. Then, you can access the rest of APT's powerful features, and really pick and chose between what Debian release you want to run (stable, testing, unstable, experimental).