Linux Beginner Q's

RWBRWB Icrontian
edited September 2004 in Science & Tech
I would like to install Linux and give it a shot once again, I feel that I have grown more and might be more capable of learning the command line stuff that pretty much forced me to leave before. IE: installing the drivers for my old NVidia card from back then, that SHOULD have been quick and easy, but proved to be the exact opposite, and I AM NOT GOING TO READ A DAMNED 30 PAGE DOCUMENT on how to install them the other way, that is just too insane. OK, I don't remember the actual length, but it was insanely HUGE and so were many documents back then.

First, are there any GOOD Linux Drivers for a Radeon 9700 Pro?

Any 3D software for Linux?

Photoshop like software?

Does Unreal Tournament 2004 work in Linux? :D

Thank you for your time, and pardon me if any questions are lame :thumbsup:

Comments

  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited August 2004
    Photoshop might work in Linux if you use WINE.
    Also, there is The GIMP, but that's more like Paint Shop Pro than Photoshop.

    For the other questions: I don't know.
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited August 2004
    I didn't add the next question cuase i figured I would find it in the 64bit section of the forums... but I didn't.

    Is there any good Linux Distro's for 64bit? I saw some threads on SuSE but it seems it costs money to get, which is retarded since it supposed to be available for free. Either way... I would like a Distro that has the auto update feature like RedHat... I'd like to get to know Linux closely ;)
    Oh yeah, and I found a few Linux websites, like linux.org, but none of them seemed to be very good. Any favorites of people around here they'd like to share?
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited August 2004
    there are good 9700 pro drivers
    installing them is a pain, but a good learning experience.

    just remember, test every gfx driver install with tux racer and you'll know when you've gotten it right
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited August 2004
    I've decided to go with Gentoo, it seems nice, and is the type of program I would be if I were a program. According tow hat I read it compiles to your system as it installs, which from my understanding of Compiles I believe will make it a more clean, stable and better suited for MY system.

    Tell me if I am wrong please ;)

    Plus it has an auto update feature I believe. Very cool. I'll install it today, have it compile while I am at school I suppose(if it takes that long) and do all my testing on it before I get my new card, which I hope to buy tomorrow from newegg. Then hopefully by the time it arrives I'll be more prepared for linux.
  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited August 2004
    do yourself a favor and download the full 30 page manual, print it out (or have it up on an adjacent computer) and do the install step by step. gentoo is great, but its a pain in the butt to install, especially if you're not already a die hard linux user
  • RWBRWB Icrontian
    edited August 2004
    TheBaron wrote:
    do yourself a favor and download the full 30 page manual, print it out (or have it up on an adjacent computer) and do the install step by step. gentoo is great, but its a pain in the butt to install, especially if you're not already a die hard linux user

    Yeah I have been reading it, seems like a good manual... sadly I have no ink, nor a seconf computer :(

    I DLed the LiveCD instead for now... a 64bit version is available, so I am burning that as we speak. :D
  • BudBud Chesterfield, Va
    edited August 2004
    gentoo is the hardest linux distro to install
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2004
    I liked slackware as a beginner's linux. It was suitably challenging, but the problems weren't insurmountable as a total noob.
  • DOSMANDOSMAN Grand Rapids, MI
    edited August 2004
    I prefer Damn Small Linux, because the entire operating system fits on one Business Card CD (not a mini CD, even smaller, 50MB).

    AND it's bootable from the CD-ROM, no installing.

    Suh-weet.
    http://www.damnsmalllinux.org
  • a2jfreaka2jfreak Houston, TX Member
    edited August 2004
    Off-Topic: Love the AV, DOSMAN! Alan Keyes is great!
  • SquillSquill Chesterfield, Va
    edited August 2004
    RWB wrote:
    Does Unreal Tournament 2004 work in Linux? :D


    Yes, the game does have a linux install on the DVD (or the last CD I belive if you have the cd version) I never auctually got it to run, Because I've always had trouble getting graphic card drivers to work properly in linux.
  • XyphusXyphus South Bend, Indiana
    edited August 2004
    Novell is once again giving away a free SuSE Linux Evaluation Kit.

    http://www.novell.com/community/linux/order_limited.php

    Comes with the full version of SuSE 9.1 Pro, Enterprise Server 9.0, and various other software goodies.

    If you ever wanted to try it, this is the time. Of course, you need to act fast, the offer is stated as "Quantity Limited". And if it goes as fast as the first offer, it will probably only last a few days until the supply is gone.

    (My kit should be delivered sometime this week according to the email I got...)
    RWB wrote:
    I didn't add the next question cuase i figured I would find it in the 64bit section of the forums... but I didn't.

    Is there any good Linux Distro's for 64bit? I saw some threads on SuSE but it seems it costs money to get, which is retarded since it supposed to be available for free. Either way... I would like a Distro that has the auto update feature like RedHat... I'd like to get to know Linux closely ;)
    Oh yeah, and I found a few Linux websites, like linux.org, but none of them seemed to be very good. Any favorites of people around here they'd like to share?
  • SputnikSputnik Worcester, MA
    edited September 2004
    i've always found gentoo easy to install.... then again i found debian easy....

    probably have duplicate answers but:

    yes, 9700 drivers exist, if doing gentoo the instructions are there in the manual under the kernel config.

    anyways, yes there are 3d programs for linux, try http://www.blender3d.com/

    photoshop like: The GIMP

    i hear that UT2004 does work... check their website for a howto


    also read the install manual for gentoo, it's amazing! sooooo simple to install if you do it that way.
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