Unix = Linux ?????

[linemu]

And don't forget... if you have a Nvidia or ATI card you can get 3D open-gl acceleration, but you MUST download the linux drivers from Nvidia's and ATI's sites. The bundled video drivers do no feature 3D acceleration. Although Voodoo cards DO have 3D acceleration out of the box. Another thing.. don't forget about the exellent N64 emulator, Mupen64, here on this site.

 

[Matata]

Ialready downloaded the lastest nVidia drivers for my card, Are those or I need Linux specific drivers?

Do you know of a good Linux Download Manager?

With all the programs inclued in the 5 CD´s I´m downloading I have everything I need?, I mean: I can remove Win XP and have only SuSE?

 

[linemu]

Ialready downloaded the lastest nVidia drivers for my card, Are those or I need Linux specific drivers?

Do you know of a good Linux Download Manager?

With all the programs inclued in the 5 CD´s I´m downloading I have everything I need?, I mean: I can remove Win XP and have only SuSE?

Yes you'll need the linux specific drivers installed. And whether or not you can remove Win XP will depend on what you want to do. Of course I think that before doing anything like removing Windows you should be very comfortable working with linux.

the linux nvidia drivers can be obtained here:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-4496

 

[Matata]

Yeah but I mean: I will be able to do the same things and manage the same filetypes with linux as I did with windows? Because my HD is only 30 GB and having the windows programs installed as well as their linux counterpart is going to fill up all my entire HD ( I have only 13 GB left) and with all those programs installed my PC will be slow as hell,tht´s why it would be good to have only one OS installed, that´s why I want to know...
You only have SuSE installed, don´t you?

 

[Matata]

Oh and about the N64 emus: You can have PJ64 or 1946 in Linux using WineX (that´s what I heard).

 

[linemu]

Yeah but I mean: I will be able to do the same things and manage the same filetypes with linux as I did with windows? Because my HD is only 30 GB and having the windows programs installed as well as their linux counterpart is going to fill up all my entire HD ( I have only 13 GB left) and with all those programs installed my PC will be slow as hell,tht´s why it would be good to have only one OS installed, that´s why I want to know...
You only have SuSE installed, don´t you?

One of the things I like about linux is that it's compatible with (and uses) almost every windoze file type. On my linux computer I can listen to MP3's (although I have a giant music collection ripped in OGG format), view/edit/create/ jpeg,png,BMP, and other image formats, watch .mpeg and .avi videos, unzip .zip files. Using openoffice I can create/edit/view/ ms word files, ms powerpoint files, and excel files. Plain text files are still .txt files, etc. Unfortunately there is no quicktime player for linux, but this can be remedied using this: http://www.codeweavers.com/site/products/cxplugin/?cw=df5eefa03c4d48b9364e586f43393061
the above is "crossover plugin" a piece of software that allows you to install quicktime player,windows media player, and flash browser plugins. The demo version is exactly like the full version, except it displays a little screen reminding you to buy it every once in a while (the messages are pretty funny though ).
And also... MY computer (I built it early this year) only has SuSE on it, but it has no internet connection. My parents have a windows only computer with an awesome broadband connection. So I use my parents computer to download stuff for my linux computer, and to browse the internet, but I use my computer for everything else. As a note, my Linux computer, and the windows computer, are compatible with all their file types (except programs), and I have never encountered a problem taking files from one computer and using them on the other.

 

[Matata]

Ok thanks. One more question: I have Outlook 2000 and I need to keep all my contacs and eMails from Outlook. Is there a way to trasspass them to KMail or Evolution???

 

[Matata]

I just tryed to post my email problem in JustLinux but everytime I try to post says I´m not logged in so I can´t post anything. Could you post this problem for me in JustLinux? that´s if you don´t know how to fix this yourself of course).

 

[linemu]

I just tryed to post my email problem in JustLinux but everytime I try to post says I´m not logged in so I can´t post anything. Could you post this problem for me in JustLinux? that´s if you don´t know how to fix this yourself of course).

Just posted it, you can check it out for yourself... my screen name there is vader89. The name of the post is "Outlook contacts in Evolution?".

 

[Matata]

Thanks a lot! Just one more thing before I change to SuSE (if this problem fixes of course): Can I use AutoCAD in Linux? That would be the final requisite for me.

Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!

 

[linemu]

Thanks a lot! Just one more thing before I change to SuSE (if this problem fixes of course): Can I use AutoCAD in Linux? That would be the final requisite for me.

Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!

Not AutoCAD... but there are several equivelent programs.

1. Varicad - Commercial. price: $400
www.varicad.com
this one looks nice... but the price tag is pretty heavy. It also says it specifically supports SuSE 9.0

2. CYCAS - Commercial. price: free for non-commercial use, $68 for the "basic" version for commercial use. $118 for the "campus" version . "pro" version costs $228.
www.cycas.de
This one looks pretty good as well... the price is O.K.

3. LinuxCad - Commercial. price: $180/$99 depending on version
www.linuxcad.com
The site Boasts: "Implements ALL core features of AutoCad in a VERY compatible way. NO learning curve for AutoCad users!"
this one has been around since 1998, but says it has been enhanced, and upgraded since then.

heres some links to some FREE programs.
http://thancad.sourceforge.net/
http://www.soffernet.com/jaime/fandango/
http://lignumcad.sourceforge.net/doc/en/HTML/index.html
http://www.giram.org/
http://qs.co.nz/Tcl/QSCad/
http://freeengineer.org/
http://www.nocrew.org/software/ocadis/
http://www.pythoncad.org/
http://www.opencascade.org/


I posted your Evolution/Outlook question on another forum as well.
You MIGHT be able to get AutoCad working in WINE but.. I wouldn't count on it.
Check THIS out: http://www.suse.com/us/private/products/suse_linux/winerack/index.html

 

[Matata]

Thanks man, you´re really helping me out here!

Well that´s it, if my email problem is fixed I´ll do the change but if there´s no way to fix it, well, it´s not gonna be posibe because of my dad´s work... Let´s see what happens...

 

[Matata]

I have another question: If I use Wine to use Outlook 2000 in SuSE, will Outlook be as stable and fast as it was in Win XP? What about Word and Exel?

 

[Matata]

Okay I just checked at Wine´s HopePage and it barely works but What abut CrossOver? Does it work well?

 

[linemu]

just got a tip from someone on a forum. He says:

install Mozilla in Windows, import into Mozilla, then copy the mail folder from mozilla into a linux dir, import from there.

 

[linemu]

Okay I just checked at Wine´s HopePage and it barely works but What abut CrossOver? Does it work well?

this lists some of the bugs with running outlook in crossover office.
http://www.codeweavers.com/site/products/cxoffice/supported_apps/?id=5
But since you have SuSE 9.0, I would recommend SuSE wine rack... it includes: Crossover plugin, Winex, Crossover office, and the game "marble blast". I sort of want to buy it.. but it says that only SuSE 9.0 is supported .

 

[Matata]

Well I´ll have to try that Mozilla thing because using Outlook doesn´t seems to be a good option...

 

[linemu]

Well I´ll have to try that Mozilla thing because using Outlook doesn´t seems to be a good option...

yeah... I think it's the best option

 

[Matata]

But how come I can export all my emails and contacts to mozilla if it´s a web browser?

 

[linemu]

But how come I can export all my emails and contacts to mozilla if it´s a web browser?

Mozilla isn't just a web browser... It also comes with a pretty good email program "mozilla mail".