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10-24-2004, 07:37 PM
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I have literally had it. I dont like microsoft products to start with and now windows media player is causing problems with music match. IE is crap and in general i dont like XP and SP2 has just pushed me over the edge. I have a firewall i like. I have anti-virus i like. Get rid of this pre-packaged crap that cant do jack.
So i was wondering if all you wonderful geeks could explain to this 75% geek which is the best LINUX version to use and how hard is it to set up. Secondly i am currently using firefox and i am slightly annoyed that it keeps opening up new webpages in a seperate window instead of a seperate tab in the same window. How do i change that?
Plus any additional help to de-microsoft my system willl be greatly appreciated.
Oh yeah and complain about Microsoft all you want.
Edit: Oh yeah i forgot to ask will my games still work on Linux? Say my Kotor or NWN cds? Before i go ahead and download say Suse or something a compatibility assessment would be nice. 
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10-24-2004, 08:01 PM
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Secondly i am currently using firefox and i am slightly annoyed that it keeps opening up new webpages in a seperate window instead of a seperate tab in the same window. How do i change that?
| When you right click on the link you have no option to open in 'New Tab' or 'New Window'? (Or 'In this Window' as well). There is an extension to force a link to open 'In this Window', but I don't think this is what your looking for.
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10-24-2004, 08:05 PM
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Actually that is exactly what i am looking for. I want any link i click on to open in a new tab. Wonder where I could download that?
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10-24-2004, 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by CM Actually that is exactly what i am looking for. I want any link i click on to open in a new tab. Wonder where I could download that? |  My lack of wording, it forces the new link to open in the first window, not a new tab. The right click on a link should give you the option of choosing a new tab. Here is a link to the extension, called This Window. This Window
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10-24-2004, 08:20 PM
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So no program or add on which gets all the windows to open up in the same window but different tabs? Oh well, the right click it is.
An added question it seems most games dont support Linux like NWN and WoW (only a bit is supported). So does that include the ones that emulate windows like Suse?
If it does include windows is it possiible to have windows and linux running on one pc?
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10-24-2004, 08:29 PM
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Alright bugger this. With all i can read it would be pretty stupid to have both windows and linux on one pc when i am trying to do away with windows. So here is what i need help with if it can be done.
Firstly if it is actually possible to play games with Linux without having to get special add ons and specially marked games, then great hook me up with whatever there is for me to get rid of Microsoft.
If that is not possible, please tell me how to get rid of the following from my Windows XP:
1. IE
2. Microsoft Media Player
3. Anything else that there is a better freeware version available
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10-24-2004, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by CM So no program or add on which gets all the windows to open up in the same window but different tabs? Oh well, the right click it is.
An added question it seems most games dont support Linux | No add on that I know of, but Vicsun might know of one. After a while you get use to the right click, but if Vicsun has one, I would download it. 
As for Linux, I would love to get away from MS, but the games seems to be the weak link. And sadly (or some might say galdly) I don't have XP, still in the stone age of 98se and will not update until forced to.
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10-24-2004, 09:12 PM
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That is why I use netscape and Winamp...
You're right, CM, Microscoft is junk.
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10-24-2004, 09:30 PM
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Opera's my choice: great program, and constantly being updated with extra features. The only reason IE has any market at all is its bundling with Windows.
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10-24-2004, 09:36 PM
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CM, you might try XPlite and see if that meets your needs. I still use 98Lite on an old Pentium notebook computer, and it does wonders for keeping my OS small, fast, and reliable.
You might have screwed yourself by installing XP Service Pack 2, so if I were you, I'd install Windows XP from scratch and limit yourself to updates prior to SP2.
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10-24-2004, 09:51 PM
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If I were to install XPlite does it have to be on a fresh install and if not what would happen to everything that's on my computer now?
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10-24-2004, 11:58 PM
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Erm, truthfully I don't really care as long as my computer's motherboard hasn't melted or somesuch . Out of curiosity, what's so horrible about SP2?
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10-25-2004, 12:42 AM
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| | 1. IE You cannot get rid of tihs pey say as windows messenger works through IE and uses it's proxy settings. You can however delete all the shortcuts to it that you can find and you'll be rid of it forever. You might also want to have a look at this and more specifically this extension 2. Microsoft Media Player For playing music I use iTunes and for video I use the Real Alternative (can't seem to find a link...) 3. Anything else that there is a better freeware version available for Firewall I use Kerio.
as for a linux dist. I can highly recommend SuSE. I've used it extensively and found nothing but good things in it I've also heard alot of people say that gentoo is a great OS but I cannot vouch for that myself. The only reason why I don't use Linux permanetly right now is because of my sporadic tendansies to game.
EDIT: Oh and I would really recommend everybody to look at Miranda and OpenOffice. Both are really good opensource alternatives to MSN Messenger and M$ Office respectively. Also if you have firebird you just have to have Thunderbird, it's a really great mail client.
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Originally Posted by CM An added question it seems most games dont support Linux like NWN and WoW (only a bit is supported). So does that include the ones that emulate windows like Suse? | SuSE does not emulate windows, it uses X windows like all other graphical Linux distrubutions. All graphical linux distrubutions can however emulate windows through the use of wine or xwine, but this can be really tricky to get to work as you have to link to directx/opengl/whateverthegameuses manually and generally you are looking at quite a performance hit when emulating. So generally playing games that were not built for linux on a linux system can be really hard ad only people that are prepared to spend days trying out settings might get it to work.
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10-25-2004, 12:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Opalescence Erm, truthfully I don't really care as long as my computer's motherboard hasn't melted or somesuch . Out of curiosity, what's so horrible about SP2? | It installes a firewall with an interface that is just horrible and it's almost impossible to turn off. Also my external sound card has stopped working because of it and I've had some other minor HW incompatabileties with it. Hopefully M$ will fix these issues soon but as external soundcards is a pretty small target I have few hopes for it being fixed...
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10-25-2004, 01:24 AM
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You can remove Media Player like any other Windows component, can't you?
What about RadLight? Less tawdry, much faster.
I really don't know why MS always goes for design and spectacle instead of expediency. That's why many people don't like their applications.
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