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Can't afford xp, should I try linux?

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SithMaster:
if you own a pc then use the restore disc if its xp.

JoshuaMiller:
How old are your Macs?  MacMAME works great for me (I don't have it in a cab yet, though)

If all you have are macs, you won't be able to install XP on them anyway, because of differences in system architecture.

If you are building a PC from scratch, you don't have the system restore disk.

I don't use Linux, but buddies of mine who are programmers swear by it (one even works at Microsoft)

Another option might be to use a friend's install disk, windows will allow you to authenticate 3 installations per license.

There is no reason that any sane person should spend $200 on an operating system.

--Joshua--

gamecreature:

--- Quote from: rackoon on July 28, 2006, 05:13:08 pm ---I attend a satalight of Chapman university. I will look into it right now.

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I weep for the standard of higher education in this country...  :'(

Animeka:

--- Quote from: gamecreature on July 28, 2006, 05:58:56 pm ---
--- Quote from: rackoon on July 28, 2006, 05:13:08 pm ---I attend a satalight of Chapman university. I will look into it right now.

--- End quote ---

I weep for the standard of higher education in this country...  :'(

--- End quote ---

Amen to that... Won't be the first rackoon in space that's for sure ;)

Marc

elvis:

--- Quote from: rackoon on July 28, 2006, 04:40:02 pm ---    
Can't afford xp, should I try linux?
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I'll go against the grain here (surprise surprise).

Yes, try Linux.

It's free (of cost, and of licensing restrictions).  Even if you don't like it, you've wasted nothing but your time.  Plus modern distros like Ubuntu are ludicrously simple to install.  Anyone who tells you otherwise obviously hasn't used such a distro in a while. 

I was contacted by an 80 year old grandmother not 2 months ago who told me that she successfully installed and configured Ubuntu Linux on her home PC with near zero effort, and was happily chatting to her grandkids over IM and email in under 30 minutes.  If grandma can do it, anyone can do it.

Download Ubuntu here:
http://www.ubuntu.com/

Or alternatively have them ship you 5 CDs for free (they cover the shipping at their own expense!):
https://shipit.ubuntu.com/

I've recently helped a company here in Australia develop a low-cost PC sales outlet that supplies systems pre-installed with Ubuntu.  The customers range from students to the unemployed and even to businesses wanting to save money on stupidly overexpensive corporate software licensing.

The in-built GUI config wizards for the system, networking, graphics/monitor, etc, etc are all point-and-click simplicity.  Plus the graphically-driven package manager means you can search quickly and easily for over 10,000 software packages (including 2 different MAME builds and 10 different frontends) and never need to go trawling on the internet for software again.  And in 2 mouse clicks, you can synchronise every single piece of software on your system (including MAME, or anything else you've installed) with the latest stable updates.

Give it a go.  It'll only cost you your time to try it out.  And if it all fails miserably, then you can always fall back to a lesser operating system.

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