Yeah, lots of things can be a pain on linux.

Linux itself can be a pain if you don't know it inside and out - simple as that.

As for WINE - A big linux friend of mine says "WINE" stands for "Wine Is Not an Emulator" - blah. He said you can use some other program for running blizzard games (D2, BW, W3) and some others such as CS. Though drivers seem to be the big pain that I see with Linux.

Though there's things like .doc formats (word) that it's nice to be able to open up on multiple computers (for working on it in different locations and transporting on a flash drive). It'd be nice if you could open that up on a linux distro, but unless it's in GEDIT I don't see it working. That shit's a pain.

Linux has the same problem that Macs have, in my opinion. The majority of files are created for Windows NTFS systems, and without a program like VMWare, it's hard to stay "up" on things. I've been around in the software world of mechanical engineering for a little over a year, and I can tell you, if you don't have XP, you = boned, b/c the software won't run on Vista, nor OS X, nor Linux. Even the heavy linux only users that are here on campus keep a laptop with XP on it - it's necessary unless you have dual cores which can run VMWare to emulate windows - then things can work fine.

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dude why is this thread about ubuntu? kubuntu is 10 times better. just got the livecd and it kicks ass. for free anyways lol. (windows!)
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hey and wut exactly is VMware? cause im gonna need to be able to play css and dods, along with oblivion and DAoC on kubuntu. any pointers for how to set that up so i can play games? any tips on how to use wine, or whatever else will help me play those games on kubuntu?

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If you're looking to run Windows on your Linux box, try VirtualBox. IMHO it's less laggy than vmWare, but vmWare may work better with your games.

And by the way... Linux is NOT windows! You have to do things differently. It's hard at first not to just give up and go back to Windows but use it for a few months, and you start to see why everyone says it's better

And as for Kubuntu being better - Kubuntu IS Ubuntu, just with the KDE desktop environment instead of Gnome [KDE is more similar to Windows in many aspects]

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which is better lol. kde is awesome

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i've noticed some strange things though. when i get on to myspace the textbox used for password entry sometimes is only like 5 pixels wide, as opposed to being a bar where you can see your password being typed. most the time it loads properly, but i kind of have my doubts about Konqueror. then again this isnt a full install.

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Why not use firefox with linux?

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im thinking i should. like i said i was on a live cd today, so i didnt feel like taking the time, but i hope little problems like that dont occur throughout ubuntu.

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I have never had any problems using firefox in Linux so I dont think you will have a problems

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I tried ubuntu, but I had sound card driver issues, and didn't really care for it anyway.

Other then your sound card issue what didnt you like?

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He's a gamer. Anything other than Windows isn't comprehensible

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oh heck yes anything but windows in incomprehensible. linux is basically a learning tool. otherwise why else get something that takes 100X the work, and is AT BEST a little improvement on windows. and just cause windows is "big bad brother" doesnt mean their os's are crap. sides vista lol. i hope

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100x the work now thats funny

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why's that? for me it is. i dont know any shell commands, and i'm buying a gaming computer. linux is basically pointless, lol although i want it so i can learn.

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