I've had the itch to put linux on over the past few weeks. There are several things I keep thinking about that put it on hold though.
1) Games. Although this is less of a problem since my internet where I am sucks now and I usually played online.
2) Capturing/converting video. I'll capture TV shows with my AIW Radeon 8500. The card will work with linux, and I'll probably be able to capture, however the converting part is holding me back. Windows has tons of nice tools to convert video. Linux has transcode though, but I filter my video (needs smoother) and I have no idea if transcode can do this.
3) DVD watching. I know I can play dvds on it and maybe get 5.1 sound (not sure what drivers would do it for me). And some people say that Xine, Mplayer, etc don't have the same quality as PowerDVD and WinDVD.
4) Ease of use. Although I figure I will like the challenge, it's just not as easy as Windows.
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I've had the itch to put linux on over the past few weeks. There are several things I keep thinking about that put it on hold though. 1) Games. Although this is less of a problem since my internet where I am sucks now and I usually played online. 2) Capturing/converting video. I'll capture TV shows with my AIW Radeon 8500. The card will work with linux, and I'll probably be able to capture, however the converting part is holding me back. Windows has tons of nice tools to convert video. Linux has transcode though, but I filter my video (needs smoother) and I have no idea if transcode can do this. 3) DVD watching. I know I can play dvds on it and maybe get 5.1 sound (not sure what drivers would do it for me). And some people say that Xine, Mplayer, etc don't have the same quality as PowerDVD and WinDVD. 4) Ease of use. Although I figure I will like the challenge, it's just not as easy as Windows.
Um, no...A rabies shot is for rabies...
Wow, I figured Napster disappeared a long time ago since no one uses that thing anymore.