New Linux User

juju · 10-02-2002, 08:16 PM

You should pick up a cheap soundcard that <i>is</i> supported by linux. I bet you could get one for like $10-15.

I don't do much word processing, but I hear that Abiword, Kword, and OpenOffice are all good. I use Abiword, 'cause it's fast, it reads Word documents, and it's good enough for me. for mp3's, I use xmms. I've never had a DVD-ROM, so I don't know how to set that up. linuxvideo.org looks like it's the place to go for that, but it appears to be down right now. Looking through the DVD-Howto, it looks kinda complicated for a newbie.

Gaming is obviously much better on Windows. I have a home LAN myself, and I use my Linux machine to play against my wife on her Windows 2000 machine. We usually play Quake 3, BZFlag, or Armagetron. Of course, if you're adventerous you might could get any number of Windows games working through wine or winex.

10-02-2002, 08:16 PM	#1
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	You should pick up a cheap soundcard that <i>is</i> supported by linux. I bet you could get one for like $10-15. I don't do much word processing, but I hear that Abiword, Kword, and OpenOffice are all good. I use Abiword, 'cause it's fast, it reads Word documents, and it's good enough for me. for mp3's, I use xmms. I've never had a DVD-ROM, so I don't know how to set that up. linuxvideo.org looks like it's the place to go for that, but it appears to be down right now. Looking through the DVD-Howto, it looks kinda complicated for a newbie. Gaming is obviously much better on Windows. I have a home LAN myself, and I use my Linux machine to play against my wife on her Windows 2000 machine. We usually play Quake 3, BZFlag, or Armagetron. Of course, if you're adventerous you might could get any number of Windows games working through wine or winex.

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