switching to Gentoo?

psyfer · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 5:56 am Post subject: switching to Gentoo?

well here i am... a linux newb. i have two comps. 1 laptop that runs gentoo as we speak and one desktop that runs win xp pro. I put gentoo on my laptop so i could get a feel for it and i think im gonna stick with it. but i was unsure about what i shud do about my desktop. the only thing holding me back from running linux on it is that im a gamer and im not sure if there will be problems with gaming on linux? shud i keep my dekstop on windows for gaming and use gentoo on my laptop only? or should i run gentoo on both machines?

ataphoya · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:09 am Post subject:

You can have both Windows and Gentoo on your desktop PC. That way you can switch to windows whenever you want to play games.

psyfer · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:13 am Post subject:

wow im proud to have ur first post

but will using dual boot slow it down at all?

psyfer · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:17 am Post subject:

i also dint feel like dual booting cuz then id have to get those damn winxp disc out and shiot which i find really annoying with their whole activation thing where if u dont activate it goes away in 30 days

last time i actually ended up calling them which was really lame. :oops:

i was just wondering if it was even necessary to dual boot and if i could get along with running just gentoo and not have to give up any games.

Rainmaker · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:19 am Post subject:

Only a tiny bit, because windows will have less diskspace to use as virtual memory.

You shouldn't notice a thing under normal curcomstances.

Gaming is also very possible under linux. Take a look at WineX. www.transgaming.com

They have a free CVS version

ataphoya · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:28 am Post subject:

Gaming is possible but it won't be as good as it is on Windows. If you have WinXP installed already you don't really need a disc. Just partition your HD with PartitionMagic or anything that preserves the data. You won't have to reinstall WinXP in that case

psyfer · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:29 am Post subject:

i have heard that playing games in wine isnt good for performance tho. and can it run alot of the games? or is it just a handful of games?

psyfer · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 6:31 am Post subject:

SWEET i had no idea i colud do it that wAY I thot id have to instlal windosw again. maybeh in time ill do that but for now im still thinkin bout it. i think imma look more into it.

PS : ill also look into learning how to type

John5788 · Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 7:08 am Post subject: