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I Converted.. to Linux!!

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StarN
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
United States2587 Posts
June 03 2008 03:35 GMT
#1
Windows had been crashing soooo frequently that I had just gotten sick of it. That and the fact that iTunes stopped working and that Mozilla Firefox was slow as a Turtle.

I am a part of the Linux family now, and I LOVE IT!
That is all.

***
Retired BW Noob
Superiorwolf
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States5509 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-03 03:40:35
June 03 2008 03:40 GMT
#2
LINUX?!?!? >_<

What was your old computer/system -_-
Check out my stream at www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=315053 and follow me on Twitter @EGSuppy! :)
paper
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
13196 Posts
June 03 2008 03:53 GMT
#3
...windows?
Hates Fun🤔
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11565 Posts
June 03 2008 03:55 GMT
#4
lol @ Superiorwolf

I'm planning to use Ubuntu, but I heard bad things about Wine and SC incompatibility.
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
Myrmidon
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States9452 Posts
June 03 2008 03:55 GMT
#5
Which distribution? Dual-boot or did you sack Windows entirely (if so, got WINE working I hope)?
jingXD
Profile Joined May 2007
United States283 Posts
June 03 2008 04:06 GMT
#6
BW will install and run under wine, but getting battle.net to work is somewhat tricky. Things that I found helpful:

Wine's AppDB page on SC:BW
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=149

Complete Instructions on how to set up SC:BW in WINE
http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/wiwimod/index.php?page=HOWTO Starcraft

A tip for getting battle.net working
http://www.xanga.com/Susiekins/572913682/linux-and-starcraft-battlenet.html
MACDRONE
Profile Joined April 2008
United States6 Posts
June 03 2008 04:11 GMT
#7
i used to split my time between ubuntu and m$, but when the wireless stopped picking up, I was too disheartened to spend another weekend digging through online guides on how to fix it and thus ended my career as a linux nerd. Good luck with yours! :-D
naventus
Profile Blog Joined February 2004
United States1337 Posts
June 03 2008 04:15 GMT
#8
If you want to play SC seriously, you should keep Windows. Mouse acceleration and behavior is just really annoying in Linux, and last I checked there's no real way around it.
hmm.
ScarFace
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States1175 Posts
June 03 2008 04:20 GMT
#9
at least you didnt go mac. Those fucking commercials have set me off the idea forever.
Can you dig it?
ProTech_MediC
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States498 Posts
June 03 2008 04:21 GMT
#10
You don't know how to keep Windows running smoothly, so you installed Linux?


GL.
MC Fighting!~
B1nary
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Canada1267 Posts
June 03 2008 04:22 GMT
#11
whew...

I was afraid it was gonna be "I converted to Protoss!"
Falcynn
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3597 Posts
June 03 2008 04:25 GMT
#12
On June 03 2008 13:20 ScarFace wrote:
at least you didnt go mac. Those fucking commercials have set me off the idea forever.
Same, everytime I think that I might want to get myself a mac I remember those god awful commercials and just think "FUCK, THAT"
Superiorwolf
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States5509 Posts
June 03 2008 04:26 GMT
#13
I meant what model/make and Windows XP or Vista or what?
Check out my stream at www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=315053 and follow me on Twitter @EGSuppy! :)
CDRdude
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States5625 Posts
June 03 2008 04:27 GMT
#14
On June 03 2008 13:20 ScarFace wrote:
at least you didnt go mac. Those fucking commercials have set me off the idea forever.

I use a mac, and I have to say, it isn't the ads that bother me, it's the 'i' prefix. Half the *****ing programs I use have 'i' in front of them. Freeware developers seem to think that a program isn't worth writing unless it can be named something 'apple-y'. The commercials never really bothered me though.

Back on topic, which distribution of linux? Have you tested to be sure it runs BW (have to be careful about these things )
Force staff is the best item in the game.
jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5532 Posts
June 03 2008 05:04 GMT
#15
You'll be back once you realise everything is twice as hard in linux.
life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery
Quesadilla
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States1814 Posts
June 03 2008 05:22 GMT
#16
windows is dope, sorry man.

If you get Beryl running smoothly though, mmmm....
Make a lot of friends. Wear good clothes. Drink good beer. Love a nice girl.
Reflex
Profile Joined March 2007
Canada703 Posts
June 03 2008 06:06 GMT
#17
Linux.
*shudder*
zdd
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
1463 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-03 06:23:56
June 03 2008 06:23 GMT
#18
Welcome to linux Don't let anyone other than yourself shape your opinion of this operating system. Make sure you read and *understand* what the bash commands do before using them and spend a good week reading linux guides. It will be a whole lot easier that way And of course, if you have any questions that you can't find the answer to, you can always ask here.
All you need in life is a strong will to succeed and unrelenting determination. If you meet these prerequisites, you can become anything you want with absolutely no luck, fortune or natural ability.
infinity21 *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada6683 Posts
June 03 2008 06:27 GMT
#19
congratz on the switch
i was never brave enough to do it haha
Official Entusman #21
GunsofthePatriots
Profile Joined August 2007
South Africa991 Posts
June 03 2008 06:36 GMT
#20
On June 03 2008 12:35 StarN wrote:
Windows had been crashing soooo frequently that I had just gotten sick of it. That and the fact that iTunes stopped working and that Mozilla Firefox was slow as a Turtle.

I am a part of the Linux family now, and I LOVE IT!
That is all.


Good luck running StarCraft.
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