Well I'm seriously considering moving from XP to Mandrake 9.0... I've tried it out several times (off and on from Mandrake 6-8.2) but the latest offense against the average consumer with WMP9 has lit my "fekk'm" switch. So here I am, beckoning the Linux Savy for a bit of guidance.
I'm curious as towards what kind of webdevelopment software Linux can offer me, are Macromedia programs compatible? Adobe? If not what are counterparts? How do the Linux-using-web-developers go about their construction? As I understand, Linux is very programmer savvy, I just didn't know about web-design. Also, I know there is the Gimp, but what about graphic creation, editing, manipulation, etc?
Next up, Is there a port for the popular windows Direct Connect program? (I will still need to use this after crossing over). Similarly, what games today are linux-supported__NOT__emulator supported. I'm too novice to get an emulator to work -.- I suppose I'll have to keep a partition installed with XP for my online gaming needs (DAOC, CnC Generals, Red Alert2, several others...)
How good is the compatibility of the StarOffice suite with MS Office XP ? I'm in a computer business fundamentals class here at the university, and we're learning (YAY!!! ) Office XP, resulting in many PPT presentations, and quite a large nuber of Excel spreadsheets, I also think we'll be doing Access databases later on in the semester...
Anyways, I guess the fruit my problem is, whenever I come over to linux I just go back to doze, because my games/apps are there... A common problem w/ linux's small following alltogether. (small vs M$, don't flame me, banana hungry monkeys are always looking to flame the newb *nix hater.)
Thanks.
EDIT: Also - I have software for turning DVDs into
SVCDs on doze, would need conversion programs for linux as well if I convert.
Edit #2 Also curious about how the file system structure of Linux works. Whenever I used it before, I was very confused... seems like it makes a few different "drives" - there's no common program files directory... so when installing programs/games/etc, where should I direct their files to go? Could someone give me a greater-than-brief explanation of the file-system/struction of linux? I would very much appreciate it. Thanks again.
I'm curious as towards what kind of webdevelopment software Linux can offer me, are Macromedia programs compatible? Adobe? If not what are counterparts? How do the Linux-using-web-developers go about their construction? As I understand, Linux is very programmer savvy, I just didn't know about web-design. Also, I know there is the Gimp, but what about graphic creation, editing, manipulation, etc?
Next up, Is there a port for the popular windows Direct Connect program? (I will still need to use this after crossing over). Similarly, what games today are linux-supported__NOT__emulator supported. I'm too novice to get an emulator to work -.- I suppose I'll have to keep a partition installed with XP for my online gaming needs (DAOC, CnC Generals, Red Alert2, several others...)
How good is the compatibility of the StarOffice suite with MS Office XP ? I'm in a computer business fundamentals class here at the university, and we're learning (YAY!!! ) Office XP, resulting in many PPT presentations, and quite a large nuber of Excel spreadsheets, I also think we'll be doing Access databases later on in the semester...
Anyways, I guess the fruit my problem is, whenever I come over to linux I just go back to doze, because my games/apps are there... A common problem w/ linux's small following alltogether. (small vs M$, don't flame me, banana hungry monkeys are always looking to flame the newb *nix hater.)
Thanks.
EDIT: Also - I have software for turning DVDs into
SVCDs on doze, would need conversion programs for linux as well if I convert.
Edit #2 Also curious about how the file system structure of Linux works. Whenever I used it before, I was very confused... seems like it makes a few different "drives" - there's no common program files directory... so when installing programs/games/etc, where should I direct their files to go? Could someone give me a greater-than-brief explanation of the file-system/struction of linux? I would very much appreciate it. Thanks again.