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Old 07-12-2005
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im a copletely newbie... i havent installed linux yet, but i wanna quit windows cuz i dont get it anymore... anything is better than this Smilie ... anyway...:

does linux runs all file extensions thats windows does? i mean, .doc, .exe, .bat, .psp, etc? i reallly dunno how it works...

normal windows programs like photoshop, adobes etc run in linux?

ahnn... and what about drivers? i got a tablet and im afraid it wont run in linux...

is there a kind of version of msn messenger there? i dont think so, cuz msn is microsoft's (argh), but i wont die just for asking.

i use mozilla firefox, and its way better than IE... i hope that linux works the same way Smilie

silly questions, eh?
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Old 07-13-2005
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Originally Posted by guare_skt
im a copletely newbie... i havent installed linux yet, but i wanna quit windows cuz i dont get it anymore... anything is better than this Smilie ... anyway...:

does linux runs all file extensions thats windows does? i mean, .doc, .exe, .bat, .psp, etc? i reallly dunno how it works...

file extension are just a help to windows to associate application to open with. Similarly depending on all required applications installed on linux you can make sure all applications run. Though exe , bat wont run as required.

normal windows programs like photoshop, adobes etc run in linux?
they are available but usual setup for these programs wont do. you need to have linux installations for required applications.
ahnn... and what about drivers? i got a tablet and im afraid it wont run in linux...
try searching net for drivers of your tablet. Even manufacturer site could contain the required drivers.

is there a kind of version of msn messenger there? i dont think so, cuz msn is microsoft's (argh), but i wont die just for asking.
yahoo messenger is there , msn i am not sure

i use mozilla firefox, and its way better than IE... i hope that linux works the same way Smilie
i bet far far better Smilie

silly questions, eh?
see the answers in red
# 3  
Old 07-13-2005
I haven't used it.

but search and read up on a program called 'wine' that is used to run Windows applications on Linux.

Also these days you shouldn't really have any problems trying to find drivers for hardware with Linux.
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Old 07-17-2005
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Originally Posted by guare_skt
does linux runs all file extensions thats windows does? i mean, .doc, .exe, .bat, .psp, etc? i reallly dunno how it works...
GNU/Linux apps will read just about all files. It won't run most files which are proprietry types, but you might be able to find a converter.
.doc files can be converted with Antiword, some can be opened in Abiword or OpenOffice.
bat files are just DOS scripts, you wont need to worry about these, since you would just create different scripts using the shell you chose to run.
.exe files won't run natively on GNU/Linux, since they are Windows compiled binaries. To run some exe's, you could try using wine as was suggested, but, you should look for native GNU/Linux apps to replace those Windows counterparts. Your not doing a good job of "quitting Windows" if your still trying to run Windows apps on GNU/Linux.

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Originally Posted by guare_skt
normal windows programs like photoshop, adobes etc run in linux?
There is The Gimp, and even Corel's PhotoPaint, which are native GNU/Linux apps. But without using some sort of emulator or similar, you wont be able to run MS Windows programs on GNU/Linux.

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Originally Posted by guare_skt
i got a tablet and im afraid it wont run in linux...
Depending on what type of tablet it is, it may or may not work. There seems to be plenty of support for Watcom tablets.

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Originally Posted by guare_skt
is there a kind of version of msn messenger there? i dont think so, cuz msn is microsoft's (argh), but i wont die just for asking.
There is GAIM which is a multi-protocol chat client which has support of MSN, Yahoo, AOL, ICQ, IRC, Jabber...

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Originally Posted by guare_skt
i use mozilla firefox, and its way better than IE... i hope that linux works the same way
GNU/Linux has plenty of web browsers, Firefox is available, as well as Netscape Navigator, Mozilla, Galeon, Konqueror, Opera, Dillo....
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