Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Linux

momodot opened this issue on Aug 31, 2003 ยท 36 posts


Penguinisto posted Tue, 02 September 2003 at 12:24 PM

"'Folks' consists of specifically who now?" Well, we can start here: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107_2-5063035.html It's begun to creep into the mainstream (which is why I picked ZDNet as an example instead of, say, Linux Today ;) ) Like I said - it ain't bashing, it's just stating what appears to be a growing trend. "Well, I tryed Linux some years ago" Some years ago Linux was really only good as a server, not a desktop. Things have changed dramatically since then - you may want to check out what's out now from Mandrake, RedHat, or SuSE... Mandrake is the most user-friendly out of the pile (Mac OSX users already have an interface that looks and acts exactly like WindowMaker.) Sun Microsystems has also gotten into the act, promising a "Mad Hatter" release at the end of this year. To put it in persepective, Windows 2.0 was a complete dog... but 3.0 running atop DOS actually held promise, and was the first of many nails in Apple's dominance coffin. "Search the net for the docs...well...WHAT docs???" http://www.tldp.org (The Linux Documentation Project - generic stuff.) http://www.redhat.com (if you used RH.) http://www.mandrakeusa.com (if you use Mandrake) http://www.suse.com (if you use... well, you get the idea.) ...and if all else fails, http://www.google.com Without the web, just open a shell and type: man foo ("foo"=whatever command you want to know about) (not that tough, was it? :) ) "Poser 5 ran well slower than on XP and 3ds Max ran decent enough" That's because it's emulated... like running Tux Racer for Linux on Win XP. /P