Any Linux gurus?

[shamrock_uk]

Glad it worked [img]smile.gif[/img] Can I be nosy and ask what you do with it - just email and word processing or anything else?

Do you have any outstanding niggles with it?

If you like Ubuntu Breezy, then wait until you see Ubuntu Dapper (currently in beta) - a noticeable speed boost and a ton of polish. (and if you have a 3d accelerator - fully accelerated desktop )

[Zebodog]

Be my guest and nose away! [img]smile.gif[/img]

I use it for every task with the exception of gaming. I do quite a considerable amount of work in Excel and Powerpoint at work, so needless to say I'm impressed with OpenOffice. I plan on trying loading NWN soon and giving that a shot.

The main reason I chose Ubuntu was because of the apt-get command and Package Manager. Being a total Linux noob, I wanted something that was relatively noob-friendly but that didn't hold my hand too much. The only frustration I have is the Load/Shutdown times, but that's more being spoiled than anything else.

I've noticed that occasional there is no AMD64 alternative to an i386 app, but I suspect that will change in the future.

So far, so good! [img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img]

[shamrock_uk]

I'm impressed - I've been using Linux for years now and haven't actually braved the AMD64 version - is there really only minimal compatibility problems?

If there are particular apps then I should imagine you can build them from source to include 64-bit support.

One of the major improvements in Dapper is actualy much faster boot and shutdown times - on my new computer it actually boots faster than Win2000 which is no mean feat.

This HOWTO on the forums will probably save you a good 10 seconds for booting in the meantime however. There's a lot of cruft (included to support the maximum possible number of machines out of the box) that can simply be got rid of like EVMS.

[Zebodog]

The main reason I tried Linux was for the 64bit support. I wasn't prepared to shell out for another version of XP.

I'm running the AMD64-smp kernel right now, and the only issue that I can't seem to straighten out is with my Audigy 2ZS. For some reason, setting 5.1 under Xine causes a hardlock, and I have yet to get my remote working for my LiveDrive.

I've read on the forums that many people are having problems with the smp version of the kernel when using X2 processors, but I haven't had any issues. I installed the normal AMD64 version first, and then did a command line install of the smp kernel.

Also, I've heard horrow stories of ATI and AMD64 as well, but I've got nVidia gfx so I can't confirm that. I plan on using Ubuntu on my other PC (which is ATI) but I won't be running AMD64 on that one.