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nukeboyt

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I had an old harddrive from a computer I no longer used, so I decided last week to give Linux a try. This is the how-to that helped me along. All I can say is ***WOW***. I've been able to load all of the memory-hog mods that I've only been able to play one-at-a-time. And without texture compression!!

If you are comfortable with installing new OS's I ***highly recommend*** giving it a shot.

Have a great day.

Also, disconnected my Windows HD completely during the installation because I'm not interested in dual boot. Instead, I now use bios to determine which HD to boot from

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Linux is what I use, worth it.

I switched to it because Windows was a buggy, sluggish OS that made my computer a turd.

When I built my gaming PC months after switching, I installed Linux. Why would I pay for crud OS?

Conveniently, I also got KSP and it works great with Ubuntu!

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I'm still a windows 7 fan... is there any Linux system similar to it?

Depends on your definition of 'similar'

Similar under the hood, hell no. But you can make the desktop look and behave pretty much however you want :)

I'm pleasantly surprised there are so many GNU/Linux fans here - this is a *game* forum after all.

Suspect the KSP Win64 debacle may have something to do with it though ;)

IMHO the best thing about Linux, aside from the all-important 'freedom' thing, is it's flexibility - where Windows really only runs on a couple of architectures in a limited set of roles Linux runs on almost anything and can *be* anything from a micro router in <50MB to a full-blown desktop to an OS for a room-filling supercomputer :D

And the GNU userland is just nice, really nice. Once you get used to a *NIX environment using Windows feels like dancing in a bodycast.

Next mission: Get KSP to run on a 'real' UNIX... AKA BSD.

Windows was originally a GUI, wrapped around a shaky at best OS. Linux/Unix is (essentially) an OS wrapped around a firewall. lol

Oh how I miss you not, you half-arsed 'multi tasking' shell... Look out, your DOS is showing.

I'm pretty sure pre 2k Windows was some kind of nasty prank :huh:

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Depends on your definition of 'similar'

Similar under the hood, hell no. But you can make the desktop look and behave pretty much however you want :)

I'm pleasantly surprised there are so many GNU/Linux fans here - this is a *game* forum after all.

Suspect the KSP Win64 debacle may have something to do with it though ;)

IMHO the best thing about Linux, aside from the all-important 'freedom' thing, is it's flexibility - where Windows really only runs on a couple of architectures in a limited set of roles Linux runs on almost anything and can *be* anything from a micro router in <50MB to a full-blown desktop to an OS for a room-filling supercomputer :D

And the GNU userland is just nice, really nice. Once you get used to a *NIX environment using Windows feels like dancing in a bodycast.

Next mission: Get KSP to run on a 'real' UNIX... AKA BSD.

Oh how I miss you not, you half-arsed 'multi tasking' shell... Look out, your DOS is showing.

I'm pretty sure pre 2k Windows was some kind of nasty prank :huh:

Nasty prank indeed! I preferred DOS over Win, at work I used to shell out just so I could get things done 'in time'. lol

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It may appear like that at first. But it produce specific targetable network signature too. Result => exactly the same

I hear what you're saying, but still - Linux/Unix is far more secure (can be made so) than Windows will ever have a hope to be. For one example, Windows STILL relies on 128-bit encryption LOLZ!!!

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Cinnamon is nice, though I personally prefer KDE for its configurability. GNOME3 is um... yeah, let's not go there.

Mint is nice, Peppermint too, Ubuntu also... lotta flavors to play with. I stick with Debian however, straight up (that's what they're all built from, yes?). And what's wrong with Gnome?!? Grrrrr! lol :D

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I use OpenSuse for mainly historical success and familiarity (it has YAST, a very good software manager), but starting out, Mint would be my first choice.

Essentially, you pick either an apt get (Ubuntu, Mint), RPM (OpenSuse, Fedora) or Gentoo driven system. I'd put them in that order in terms of general ease of use.

I use Gnome 3 - I rather like the spartan interface with the search bar, beats gazillions of shortcuts any day. Cinnamon does look good though, from the screenshots.

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I would suggest that anyone new to Linux, carefully evaluate the options as opposed to the hardware you intend to install it on... no matter the flavor, the build/desktop differences (Gnome, KDE, Xfce, LXDE/LMDE) will have a performance impact as well as be a factor in the headache you'll have (or not have) in accomplishing your task. The nice thing about pretty much all distros is that they're pretty well documented about what hardware they'll work with - just do the homework first! :)

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Mint is nice, Peppermint too, Ubuntu also... lotta flavors to play with. I stick with Debian however, straight up (that's what they're all built from, yes?). And what's wrong with Gnome?!? Grrrrr! lol :D

Debian here too :D stable for 'fire & forget' servers / workstations, sid for my gaming desktop.

I started out a slacker though - zipslack 3.5 on a 486 to be precise.

I lost a bit of faith in gnome when they started persuing the 'less is more' mentality - somewhere just after 1.6 IIRC. Nothing wrong with it I guess, just too much bling and not enough exposed knobs for my taste ;)

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Linux is great.

However the driver support is still a weak point. Also be mindful that just because there is a driver, doesn't mean it works, or that you will be able to get it to work.

The driver situation is actually pretty darn good these days, unless you, ya know, happen to have a fancy Graphics card... in which case you're at the mercy of the hardware vendors.

The open source GPU drivers are coming along nicely though.

I haven't actually found anything that doesn't have a working driver in years, and being a monolithic kernel means far less farting around downloading drivers than a new Windows setup... most of the time.

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I need a link to "How To Linux, For Complete Newbies." Following the advice here, I successfully have my computer dual-booting Windows 7 and Kubuntu, KSP_linux appears to be installed... and I can't figure out how to start the damn game.:mad:

How about http://linuxnewbieguide.org/ :) it's one of many.

One thing I just have to say, learn to use the command prompt (shell). It'll serve you well, and it's packed full of handy tools.

If you haven't a launcher in your menu (varies with desktop environment & install method), open a terminal in your KSP install directory - usually in the right click menu of your GUI file manager, or just open a terminal from the main menu and 'cd /path_to_KSP/'. <-- replacing 'path_to_KSP' withthe folder you installed it in ;) Then execute KSP.x86_64 like: './KSP.x86_64'

To make a shortcut in the KDE menu, right click the 'K' menu button and hit 'edit applications' -> right click the folder you want it in -> new item. fill in the name etc & put the above /path_to_KSP/KSP.x86_64 in the 'command' box, then save.

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