Making my PC Dual Boot with Ubuntu and W7

[Fletcher]

Hmm, once I understand how to utilize WINE effectively I'll keep gaming on W7 and work on Ubuntu.

Also Hielor, I asked for people who have experience using Ubuntu with Windows, since you don't, why are you even in here?

Also cheers Kaz.:D

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[Kazinsal]

Anytime you need some more help with it, hit me up on skype. If I don't respond, I'm either asleep, at work, or at school. As usual.

And both of them run at least as well on Windows as they do on Linux...

You're delving into the territory of "Windows is better than Linux at gaming therefore Linux is useless" here.

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[Tathrim]

That doesn't really give me a reason to switch, given that I haven't run into anything I've wanted to use that "didn't work right" under Windows in quite some time...
And both of them run at least as well on Windows as they do on Linux...

That may be the case until you run into legacy application problems, when WINE shines like a beacon. Homeworld, for instance, was easier for me to get working on WINE (OpenSUSE, detest Unity) than it was with Windows 7.

That said, native application support with games such as Nexuiz, World of Goo, Braid, some of the Unreal tournament games and NWN have the games running faster. Why? Because the Operating system is smaller, cleaner and more effeicient with what it does, and is also more secure due to the presence of a monolithic kernel.

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[coffee]

Just play in windows. Saves you a lot of hussle.
Besides there's no directx for loonix so you would need a good pc to run
the native windows games in wine as they would in windows.
Been there, done that.
Easier to dual boot.

[Alex.]

No, why would I?

What possible reason do I have to use Ubuntu over Windows? Running all my games under an emulation layer instead of natively? Oh man, sounds sweet, sign me up!

If you haven't even tried it, don't post in a thread saying it's seriously disappointing please. Wine is not an emulator.

@Fletcher: I dual-boot Ubuntu and W7, and I usually run Steam, TF2 and such under Wine. There is a bug with Steam's window manager, but it's no big deal. This might help you: http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/...nder_Linux
Portal 2 does not work on non-NTFS systems without using the Skidrow crack/fix, so it wont run under Wine.

[DeathsOverture]

Wine is not an emulator.
Wine is not an emulator.
Wine is not an emulator.
Wine is not an emulator.
Wine is not an emulator.

Hidden message :ohmy:

Hey Fletcher, explain what you mean about not being able to "copy-pasta my music and video library." You can mount ntfs filesystems, even at boot. Kaz probably knows how to do it. Also, have him set you up with symbolic links. (ln -s /media/<mount>/Users/<Username>/Music ~/Music, etc)

Unity is getting so much flak from the community, but personally I like it... and if you don't, can't you just choose classic environment when you log in?

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[Tathrim]

Hidden message :ohmy:

Hey Fletcher, explain what you mean about not being able to "copy-pasta my music and video library." You can mount ntfs filesystems, even at boot. Kaz probably knows how to do it. Also, have him set you up with symbolic links. (ln -s /media/<mount>/Users/<Username>/Music ~/Music, etc)

Unity is getting so much flak from the community, but personally I like it... and if you don't, can't you just choose classic environment when you log in?

I don't like Unity, but that's because it's inflexible compared to GNOME. I also dislike GNOME3, and will be switching away from GNOME/Unity, possibly command line only, then Fluxbox or a Minimal X window for GUI development as that saves on battery life (12 hours compared to 3:crazy:) once I've finished my exams.

Attempting an Arch install on my main desktop taught me a lesson that you don't NEED half the stuff Ubuntu arrives with, all you need are the daemons/scripts to run the hardware, kernel components, a text editor (Vim) and a browser of some description. That's it.

Also, you may be able to use Ubuntu classic for now, but come October, you won't.

EDIT:Yes, I study Computer Science, and CLO/Arch Linux isn't for everyone. Ubuntu/Mint will do in most cases.

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You will never go in to space.
FACT: Space does not exist.
Spheres that insist on going into space are inferior to ones that don't.