Re: Newbie Non-FAQ(I think) questions
Erich_Newell@ci.mesa.az.us 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
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