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Hey guys,
I've known about linux for a long time now, but avoided it simply because i'm mostly a gamer (not that i'm in love with windows, it just has a much broader support for games). I recently built myself a amd-64 gaming rig, and i'm intersted in dual booting to linux to take advantage of the 64 bit editions out there. What is a good free/cheap version of linux that would work for me (games/basic software).
My specs are:
Amd 64 X2 4400+
2gb DDR 400
7800 Gtx
2* 250 GB Sata
Thanks (and sorry if this is in the wrong forum).
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windows, it just has a much broader support for games
...windows doesn't 'support' anything, its the developers that compile for windows, and write software using windows development environments, simply because thats what the home user generally has. if you want to play games or run software under gnu/linux, you must depend on the developers of such software to support gnu/linux. alternatives do exist, such as emulating the win32 api, directory structure, io handlers, and other such technologies, but as these technologies are closed source and largely undocumented its hard for gnu developers to backward engineer them, and as such emulation tools are currently pretty unreliable.
thankfully gnu developers are usually much more innovative and constructive, working for pleasure and with the community in mind rather than driven by profit and market share. this alone ensures there's plenty of alternatives to commercial crapware, plenty of software ports, and PLENTY of new developments for gnu/linux users. if gamings what your after, then americas army is a fine example. major commercial game developers are also migrating to gnu/linux these days, idsoftware for example, have gnu/linux binaries for most of there games freely available for download.
What is a good free/cheap version of linux that would work for me
...gnu/linux is free; free as in freedom, and mostly free as in free beer. all software licensed under the gnu gpl is distribtued without charge, including the linux kernel. put simply, all gnu distributions are freeware.
as for versions, gnu/linux distributions are NOT versions of linux. linux is the kernel, the operating system itself is gnu. a gnu distribution based around a linux kernel is known as gnu/linux. the current stable linux mainstream release of the linux kernel is 2.6 and thus many of todays gnu/linux distributions are based around a 2.6 series kernel. the distribution you chose is entirely up to you, but personally i'm a fedora fan soon to migrate to gentoo, which isn't quite so friendly towards the gnu/linux newbie.
Amd 64 X2 4400+
...for multi-processor task assigning you'll want to install, or compile, an smp linux kernel. and for 64bit you'll want it x86_64 optimised. other than that there's little to say.
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