• It's better... But I can't use it!
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I have a problem. I've fallen in love with Linux. Which is bad, because I need Windows for EVERYTHING I do. I'm just wondering if it's worth it to go back, or even keep the dual boot... Linux is much faster, even when only using 3/4 of my RAM. It's more stable... It's all-around better, but I can't do the things I need with it. What should I do about this?
[quote]What should I do about this?[/quote] List the things you need to do that you need Windows for.
For my work, I use a series of windows-only programs. I also have a library of Steam games, and I require Windows for school as well. I've tried virtualizing for my work, but it doesn't seem to work, and when it does, it's not as efficient as Windows.
you could try keeping a windows vm
Well list the programs, they might be stable in WINE. Steam might not work though, depending on your distro. Never could get it to work in Fedora :smith:
[QUOTE=woolio1;25338058]For my work, I use a series of windows-only programs.[/QUOTE] Are you unable to use alternatives?
There's not much you can do besides wine, vm, or dual booting, or simply using an old machine for windows.
mmhmmm
Dual-boot if you have the spare hard drive space.
I use Windows for Windows applications. I use Linux for Linux applications. It's not that hard.
If you [i]absolutely must have[/i] Windows for these unnamed Windows-only programs, it's pretty retarded to even tell us at all. We can't do shit to help you because we can't instantly make those programs work with Linux. You're pretty much stuck with Windows. There's Wine (which almost never works quite right) and virtual machines (which require extra disk space, a legal copy of Windows, and run ultra slow). I really don't consider either one to be a serious option.
I dual-boot... because there's still alot that linux won't do for me, like Ventrillo, iTunes/Phone/Pod restoration or jailbreaking, U3 hacking (installing custom ISOs to the U3 device), etc...
I'd stick an old machine on the network behind a good firewall and VNC into it for windows stuff.
I don't think there's anything on Windows I couldn't leave behind for alternatives, with the exception of the games.
[QUOTE=Justice;25365633][url]http://www.mangler.org/[/url] Thank me later.[/QUOTE] I just discovered this last week. Ventrilo has been a huge annoyance to me for a long time. I have absolutely no idea why it's become the de-facto standard for gaming.
If you have spare cash, the ideal situation is separate Windows and Linux boxes. I used to dual boot, but in the end Windows had more exclusive apps than Linux did, so I ended up almost never using Linux.
I've decided to just stick with my current dual-boot. It works fine, even if it does tack on three seconds to the boot time. I'll just use my Windows partition to do what needs doing, and use this for day-to-day use. Thanks everyone.
TeamSpeak 3 > Ventrilo Mostly because the server license for Ventrilo really sucks.
[QUOTE=ROBO_DONUT;25366545]I just discovered this last week. Ventrilo has been a huge annoyance to me for a long time. I have absolutely no idea why it's become the de-facto standard for gaming.[/QUOTE] Because it had the best voice quality and ease of use for a long time, until TeamSpeak 3, where they are now equivalent in quality AFAIK and pretty equal in program quality as well.
[QUOTE=gparent;25377528]Because it had the best voice quality and ease of use for a long time, until TeamSpeak 3, where they are now equivalent in quality AFAIK and pretty equal in program quality as well.[/QUOTE] I'm just glad the voip market has some healthy competition. They're keeping each other on their toes.
I'm writing a voip client (well more of a protocol and a library than a full client) for a course I'm taking and considering writing a myawesomevoipprotocol-Ventrilo bridge (think what bitlbee does for IRC/IM) using Mangler's [url=http://www.mangler.org/trac/wiki/lv3]libventrilo[/url] if I ever finish the thing. Of course, 99% of my crazy ideas never happen. It would be neat, though, if I were able to set up my own little server (server might be the wrong word, it's more of a p2p topology) for my own little protocol/client and bridge it with my friend's more active Ventrilo server.
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