i've never worked with Linux before and a friend of mine told me i should try Kubuntu.
just to clarify, i'm not a die-hard power user, a programmer or a network hoster.
i am sick of windows and it's garbage that i constantly have put up with for many years. the only reason i was using windows at all is to play games, but that has slowly dwindled down to almost nothing. my primary use of a computer lately has been to surf the net, make mp3s out of my cds that i have had sitting around for a long time and generally just enjoy having it.
i turned to the thought of linux because of the open-source system, it's cost of nothing and the fact that my friend hyped it's stability for days on end. he grated on me that i should stop wasting my time with XP and turn to something that would save my sanity later on down the road. so here i am, stepping up to the plate. i would ask these questions of my friend but he is now in iraq for a while.
my questions are this:
1. i know there are ways to update the different packages but what is the difficulty of this for a new user?
2. i have heard that there is a way to emulate Windows based progs in Linux. I use Acid Pro 4, Fruity Loops and a small few that i don't think have a linux distro. will i be able to continue to run these programs in linux?
3. if i make a new partition using partition magic while in windows for 21gb, will the setup of Kubuntu pick up this partition and use it to make the three partions required?
4. i want to use 21gb for my Kubuntu setup. i know 1gb should go towards the swap for the user info and that like, but what is does someone recommend for the other two?
5. how difficult is it to find similar programs to the ones i use on windows? ie. BitComet (torrent program), spybot search & destroy (if it's even needed in linux), photoshop cs2 and a few others.
6. i have most of my music stored on a second drive with a single partition in NTFS. will Kubuntu be able to read and write to this drive because most of my mp3s and other files are stored there?
7. i use a cable broadband connection through a router. when i set up the internet connection during setup, what will i need to connect through my router? also, if i need more than the router IP, what do i look for or a way to find the info i need so that i don't have to go back and edit the setup info later?
i hope i'm not being too annoying to any of you but i can't seem to find the answers i was looking for and hoped that i could get them from those that have been using linux for a while.
Niveck
just to clarify, i'm not a die-hard power user, a programmer or a network hoster.
i am sick of windows and it's garbage that i constantly have put up with for many years. the only reason i was using windows at all is to play games, but that has slowly dwindled down to almost nothing. my primary use of a computer lately has been to surf the net, make mp3s out of my cds that i have had sitting around for a long time and generally just enjoy having it.
i turned to the thought of linux because of the open-source system, it's cost of nothing and the fact that my friend hyped it's stability for days on end. he grated on me that i should stop wasting my time with XP and turn to something that would save my sanity later on down the road. so here i am, stepping up to the plate. i would ask these questions of my friend but he is now in iraq for a while.
my questions are this:
1. i know there are ways to update the different packages but what is the difficulty of this for a new user?
2. i have heard that there is a way to emulate Windows based progs in Linux. I use Acid Pro 4, Fruity Loops and a small few that i don't think have a linux distro. will i be able to continue to run these programs in linux?
3. if i make a new partition using partition magic while in windows for 21gb, will the setup of Kubuntu pick up this partition and use it to make the three partions required?
4. i want to use 21gb for my Kubuntu setup. i know 1gb should go towards the swap for the user info and that like, but what is does someone recommend for the other two?
5. how difficult is it to find similar programs to the ones i use on windows? ie. BitComet (torrent program), spybot search & destroy (if it's even needed in linux), photoshop cs2 and a few others.
6. i have most of my music stored on a second drive with a single partition in NTFS. will Kubuntu be able to read and write to this drive because most of my mp3s and other files are stored there?
7. i use a cable broadband connection through a router. when i set up the internet connection during setup, what will i need to connect through my router? also, if i need more than the router IP, what do i look for or a way to find the info i need so that i don't have to go back and edit the setup info later?
i hope i'm not being too annoying to any of you but i can't seem to find the answers i was looking for and hoped that i could get them from those that have been using linux for a while.
Niveck
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