The_Conjurer Posted September 24, 2003 Report Share Posted September 24, 2003 Win98 here, not Win98 SE, but that's what I had to vote huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quacker Posted September 26, 2003 Report Share Posted September 26, 2003 ME is the suxors...XP is running here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeros Posted September 26, 2003 Report Share Posted September 26, 2003 many still shirk the XP because it changes many files and functions around, and programmers who deal with windows often get annoyed, and some people also experience problems with it.Or you could be like me and turn on the Windows 98/2000 counterpart of everything in Windows XP, you'll feal more "at home"My Desktop(Yes, thats what my actual taskbar looks like when I'm busy doing stuff. I didn't click on 20 random things to make myself look l33ter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murchad Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 Need to update my pc. still on a p2 400mhz with windows 98 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acumen Posted October 2, 2003 Report Share Posted October 2, 2003 Well, Win98 ran quite nicely on my baby. I had serious, and yes I mean serious problems with Win95, though, although people refer to it as the most stable Win ever.. I guess I'm one of them. Never had a problem with Win95, fast and efficient, no frills, but 98 is buggy as all heck on my system (regular crashes, icons disappearing, dreadful memory management). Unfortunately I had to upgrade (yes, 98SE was an upgrade for me) to get our antiquated wireless network to work, as there is next to no network support in '95. Equally, no driver support in future versions of Windows, so I'm stuck until I get my own Internet connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murchad Posted October 4, 2003 Report Share Posted October 4, 2003 Windows 98 is really buggy for me too. Might just be that our computer is used too hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GexNZ Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 OpenGl ... excellent.Am I right in thinking there will be linux support? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nawen Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 atm I use Windows ME but I am considering to change to XP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldaron Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 Mesa have XP pro! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyhuang Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 What if I run 2 OSs? Which one do I choose?I run a Win XP on my newer com, and a Linux on my older one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeZar Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 What if I run 2 OSs? Which one do I choose?I run a Win XP on my newer com, and a Linux on my older one. I have also considered this, installing Linux, and this "Lindows" on my computer, is this a good idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 ZeZar: I suggest you try out Knoppix, if you have a broadband Internet connection It's a completely-functional Linux distribution on a bootable CD that you can play around with as much as you want without having to install it on your hard drive.Installing Linux on a computer that already has Windows on it (aka "dual-booting") can be tricky... you need to have a seperate drive or partition for the Linux install. The easiest method is to have another hard drive for Linux, but a seperate partition also works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyhuang Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 I use SuSE linux - they offer a bootable CD as well.In addition, their setup program will automatically re-partition your hard drive (that is, if your computer didn't come pre-installed with Windows XP) for you. The only problem, as mentioned above, is if your computer came pre-installed with Windows XP. Preinstalled ones come with a newer version of the NTFS filesystem - which's details have not been released yet. But you can still use the bootable CD .I personally wouldn't recommend Lindows. It's a unique idea, but IMHO won't work out well for you. They go by a monthly subscription basis, whereas I take Linux to be pay-once (to get your manual and tech support), then it's free for all time. Tech support is the best thing - you pay, you get it. Even the pro edition of SuSE's Linux (which includes development tools and all that - but if you have broadband you can download it for free from the Internet) only costs $80, and comes with tech support. On the other hand, Microsoft makes you pay $90 for each support 'incident'... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufinwe Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 Have Win2K on one computer (daily use) and Linux on my storage computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Giant Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 I have Win XP Professional and Debian 3.0 on my PC, and Win XP Pro and Debian 3.0 with the newest KDE on my laptop - and I'm fully satisfied, since everything works fine with Linux (even WLAN, ACPI and the unusual display resolution) Required some days of handwork and kernel compiling, but it works just fine now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantom_rider2 Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 I have XP. I had ME running but it was the worst OS I have ever used - ever, so I upgraded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 I agree, ME is about the worst it got I know a few people with it, and most of the time it's buggy as all get out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nawen Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 Thats about right... I've got ME and it's not the best choice... but at least I will soon get XP Can't wait for the computer to make a change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorian Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 Nice range of smilies ya got there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matei Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 I use Windows XP, although I've installed Cygwin to have access to all the Linux tools. It's great for anyone who's used a Unix-like OS at school. You can even download software made for Linux and build it from Cygwin using make, and it's likely to run.I'm surprised few people voted Mac. I know several people with Mac laptops. Luckily, if 0AD works on Linux it will probably work on Mac too (Mac OS X is based on a Linux kernel). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorian Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 Nobody's voted Mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyhuang Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 OS X is a Linux kernel!?! Yay, the open-source movement spreads!And no, unless you can get a native environment for the Linux programs to run (i.e. Cygwin), they won't. Different libraries probably. And even if it were based on a Linux kernel, I have never heard of a Mac console, let along Bash (which I use a lot ).MinGW would be a better choice than Cygwin for compiling, because the MinGW executables rely on Microsoft's MSVCRT.dll (included with Windows), while Cygwin-compiled executables rely on Cygwin1.dll (not included with Windows).A Linux port of 0 A.D. would be a very, very good idea. Same with a Mac port. Seeing that there aren't many games for Linux/Macs, this could be the first and greatest! Although there are some great games for Linux (Pingus is great), many are not as commercial-scale as 0 A.D. The only problem is that Linux doesn't have the greatest 3D acceleration support, so those people with newer graphics cards will miss out a bit (currently, I have seen support for the ATi Radeon 9700 and nVidia makes drivers for Linux, so nVidia cards shouldn't have a problem).And I would have a Linux on my new com, but it's got a pre-installed Windows and an undetailed filesystem (NTFS-2 or something, Microsoft obviously doesn't like to release filesystem details, even though Linux ext2 is way better...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acumen Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 Just for the record, we're planning to make 0 A.D. available under Win2k+ and Linux systems, and currently the engine works perfectly on both platforms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorian Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 Oh good, no compatibility issues for Windows XP then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tutankhamun Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 XP home on our computers.Anyone know when is SP2 coming out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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