Is Linux a Viable Alternative to Windows?

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Nvu offers WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editing as well as publishing (no need to switch to an ftp client to upload), and support for php.

*Note: By default this program will reformat the HTML source, save images and associated files which can screw up your ads, and remotely embedded videos. (See Tools -> Options -> General)

OpenOffice.org Presentation (comes with Ubuntu) supports WYSIWYG editing, but by default will also mess with your html (back up your pages).

Gedit (text editor included with Gnome based distributions like Ubuntu) is a step above notepad for editing html, php, etc.

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Kino

Best suited for light duty editing or video capturing. Has been recommended to people looking for a Windows Movie Maker type program for Linux.

Cinelerra

Professional grade video editing. Which can be a hurdle to install on some distros with it's dependencies on other packages which can be difficult to get.

Avidemux

Probably the closes thing so far to VirtualDub on Linux.

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Are there any 3D modelling packages for Linux at all? I currently use 3D studio max 8.0 with the V-ray render plugin as well as photoshop. This basically keeps me using windows, that and some games I play as well. But it would have to be a bloody brilliant 3D package to make me give up using max and v-ray on windows.

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I think Maya works. There's gotta be a community of developers somewhere. I doubt modelers use Windows to make games , 3d desktops, etc for Linux.

http://www.alias.com/eng/support/maya/qualified_hardware/QUAL/maya_70_linux.html

Here's some others.

http://www.cbmodelpro.com/
http://www.blender.org/features-gallery/

I'm shocked at all I can do with Linux. I probably won't ever use the dual boot option I created. I've become happy with it as if it were an upgrade from Windows.

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geez madthumbs, get on the "command line" ;

nzbget

[quote]nzbget -n ".nzb file"

Thats it

Tripled

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	postcardsfrompalestine wrote:
	I converted 3 years ago knoppix also us Mac which is debian

i think you should maybe check this again.

FreeBSD userland

Tripled

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[quote="Tripled"]geez madthumbs, get on the "command line" ;

nzbget

	Quote:
	nzbget -n ".nzb file" Thats it Tripled

never mind, you went the "easy" route Wink

Tripled

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Hellanzb is one of the reasons I'm sticking with Linux now that I have the hardware issue resolved (ram was causing the FS to corrupt, and making the hdd's clunk).

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Ubuntu Edgy Cheat Sheet: http://kyle.monoperative.net/cheat.html

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Internet Explorer:

http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Installation:Ubuntu

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Flashplayer 9:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=341727

Keep it working after restarting firefox:

	Code:
	sudo chmod 555 /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/npwrapper.libflashplayer.so sudo chmod 755 /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/

Alternate:

	Code:
	nspluginwrapper -v -a -i

To keep it working, create a document with this, and run it as a script to launch firefox:

	Code:
	#!/bin/bash nspluginwrapper -v -a -i firefox

VMware:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VMware/Server/AMD64

ATI Graphics:
http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Ubuntu_Edgy_Installation_Guide

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From:
http://www.php-editors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3382

Quote:

Basic Linux Commands:

ls:

List files/directories in a directory; can compare to dir command in windows/dos.

ls â€“l:

Shows all files, directories, and details attributes for each file.

cd:

Change directory. For Eg > your current directory is: /home/abc/public_html and want to move to the directory /etc/apf, then the command would be:

root@server [/home/abc/public_html] # cd /etc/apf

cd .. :

Move one step up on from current directory.

cat:

Display the content of files.

Cat >> filename.htm

Create the filename.htm file at current location. You can write the content of the file and save it using the key ctrl + c

rm:

Delete a file.

rm filename.txt :

Delete filename.txt and ask if you really want to delete it. Need to press Y for Yes and N for No.

rm -f filename.txt:

Delete file name without asking Yes or No.

cp:

Copy the file.

cp filename1 filename123

It will copy the filename1 and create the file filename123 with the same content.

man:

Online Manual Help. You can place any command after man.
For Eg. > man ls (it will display the all option and how they work for ls command)

pwd:

Shows what directory you are in.

mv:

Rename the file. For E.g. mv file1 file2.htm (It will rename the file1 to file2.htm at current location. You can mention the path as well).

mkdir:

Create the directory. For E.g mkdir nancy (It will create the directy named â€˜nancyâ€™ at the current location. You can mentione the path where you want to create the directory.).

free:

How much memory is used & un-used.

top :

To view top Processes with PID (Process ID number)

kill -9 PID > PID means the process ID number which you have to provide

to kill the process

ps:

Show the process state of current user

ps â€“A:

Show the process state of all users

ps â€“aux:

Show the system processes running on the server

df -h:

Check disk space usage of hard disk drives on the server. It shows total disk space size, used disk space, available disk space, * percentage of disk space used.

fdisk -l :

To check the disk partition on the server:

du:

Disk usage for the current directory and all subdirectories

du â€“h:

Show results in human-readable form (kb & MB)

du -sh ./* :

view individual directory sizes of particular user/domain:

du -csh ./*:

Disk Space used for the particular domain

mount:

List all mounted file systems.

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You could follow this complicated guide to run WinXP in Ubuntu:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SeamlessVirtualization

which works through remote desktop, or just get VirtualBox and use it's built in seamless mode!

What is seamless mode? It's being able to run two operating systems at once without switching back and forth between them using a virtual machine (like vmware, QEmu, or Virtualbox).

Pan for Linux on top of Pan for Windows:

They run as if they're running under WINE. Wine has gotten a significant upgrade recently as well!

Directx 9c in Wine:
http://wine-review.blogspot.com/2007/11/directx-90c-on-linux-with-wine.html

-blog has a lot of useful tutorials for running things using WINE.

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For those with an MX1000 mouse, here is the best tutorial I've found for setting it up:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MX1000Mouse

- side scrolling in all browsers I've tried, side buttons, etc all work. One caveat, when you get to this step:

	Quote:
	Alternatively, you can specify "SendCoreEvents" instead of "CorePointer", if for instance you use a laptop and the mx1000 mouse is not always plugged in. See man xorg.conf for more information.

-If you use "CorePointer", you won't be able to use another mouse. If you're like me and have an alternate mouse for battery charge times you'll be mouseless. I don't see any reason not to use the "SendCoreEvents" option.

Follow the instructions carefully, and be prepared to restore the config file from a backup in command line mode if you misspell or copy something wrong. -(The first reason I had to reload Ubuntu with another tutorial)

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-Helped me get filesharing through virtualbox working.

1) System -> Administration -> Networking (updated to just "Network")
Highlight your connection, then click the general tab. Fill in Host Name if needed.

2) System -> Administration -> Shared Folders
Allow any installations prompted to install, then click on the General Properties tab. By default the workgroup name would be MSHOME, if it's different correct it here. Click close.

3) Open a Terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal)
Enter: "sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf" then press enter and enter password when prompted. In the newly opened window (gedit) click Ctrl+F (find) and search for "browseable", hit enter. Remove the semicolon in front of browseable, and change no to yes if necessary. About 9 lines down, you'll see "writeable", switch that parameter to yes as well, also removing the semicolon (comment out) in front of it. Click "Save" or Ctrl+S to save changes and close gedit.

4) Back in the Terminal
"sudo smb.passwd -a [username here]" press enter
enter the password when prompted, and again
Reload Samba: "sudo /etc/init.d/samba reload"

5) Places -> Network Servers (updated to "Network")
Wait for the M$ network to show up, double click it, double click the network you want, enter the work group you want, and here you can right click on directories to map them.

6) Places -> Home Folder
Right Click in empty space in home folder, then left click to create a folder, then give it a name. Right click on the folder, and left click on "share folder". Enter password when prompted. At the "share through" prompt, use the drop down to select windows networks (smb), click "ok".

7) Go to your windows OS, and open windows explorer. Expand "my network places", then "entire network", then "microsoft windows network", then your particular workgroup name. You should be able to map network drives, and more now.

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