Moving over to linux for first time

[josh_frawley97]

Hi, I have decided to move over to Linux. This is a new thing for me, I have chosen my OS ubuntu with an OSX theme so I can use it easily. I need help to get games working and ways to install things like notepad ++ or have an alternative for software ill need. If I could have some help with things ill need and basis it would be great. 

[Enderman]

if youre a gamer why are you switching to linux

[josh_frawley97]

Fed up of viruses and errors all the time. Upgraded to windows but only use it to play games otherwise I use OSX

[ShadowCaptain]

Just now, josh_frawley97 said:

Fed up of viruses and errors all the time. Upgraded to windows but only use it to play games otherwise I use OSX

Literally never get any of those

 

You could run Windows in coherence mode through parallels so you can run windows programs without seeing windows

[Minsekt]

Just now, josh_frawley97 said:

Fed up of viruses and errors all the time. Upgraded to windows but only use it to play games otherwise I use OSX

someone whos fed up of viruses sure does know how to get them on any OS. lol.

[Burusutazu]

Geany and GEdit are good alternatives to Notepad++. 

PlayOnLinux is what you will use to install windows games, if your game is not listed then it is probably more work than it is worth. Of course there is Steam for Ubuntu.

[Thermite]

1 minute ago, josh_frawley97 said:

Fed up of viruses and errors all the time. Upgraded to windows but only use it to play games otherwise I use OSX

If your fed up with errors then it sounds like you just want something to work easily. If thats the case then stay away from linux. It will need your attention a lot more than windows will and it will require you to learn how to use its command line.

[josh_frawley97]

1 minute ago, ShadowCaptain said:

Literally never get any of those

 

You could run Windows in coherence mode through parallels so you can run windows programs without seeing windows

Thanks I want to dual boot so i can work on Linux and play games on windows.

[Xaring]

Well, id recommend grabbing a Linux Mint distro.

Intro to mint: https://www.google.es/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwjRqK78t97KAhXHbRQKHVPOCs0QFggiMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxmint.com%2Fdocumentation%2Fuser-guide%2FCinnamon%2Fenglish_17.2.pdf&usg=AFQjCNF0Ikov794IGoNKPN-mYj3qTvYnPg&cad=rja

Getting started guide: http://lifehacker.com/5778882/getting-started-with-linux-the-complete-guide

 

You should have plenty of material with those two links.

[ShadowCaptain]

4 minutes ago, josh_frawley97 said:

Thanks I want to dual boot so i can work on Linux and play games on windows.

 

Ah I see

 

Honestly I find linux complicated and horrible to use, but maybe you will enjoy it, getting stuff you want to work is not that straight forward

[josh_frawley97]

Just now, Xaring said:

Well, id recommend grabbing a Linux Mint distro.

Intro to mint: https://www.google.es/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwjRqK78t97KAhXHbRQKHVPOCs0QFggiMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linuxmint.com%2Fdocumentation%2Fuser-guide%2FCinnamon%2Fenglish_17.2.pdf&usg=AFQjCNF0Ikov794IGoNKPN-mYj3qTvYnPg&cad=rja

Gettiung started guide: http://lifehacker.com/5778882/getting-started-with-linux-the-complete-guide

 

You should have plenty of material with those two links.

Thank you

[TidaLWaveZ]

If your looking for ease of use, Linux is probably a step in the wrong direction.

[RustyZombie]

I picked a Mint, so I can't comment on the distribution you choose.  But I have found it easy to use, and I like it better than the Windows 7 I was using previously.  My only real complaint so far is that if a program isn't in the software repository, it is more complicated to install than in Windows.  But if you are smart enough to install an OS, you are smart enough to figure it out.

[josh_frawley97]

Just now, TidaLWaveZ said:

If your looking for ease of use, Linux is probably a step in the wrong direction.

I'm not looking to ease of use I'm looking for a OS that will allow me to do what I want and won't move my files locations without telling me. I like the idea of Linux and want to give it ago. I'll be using it for college work so assignments and java, PHP and HTML coding. 

[TidaLWaveZ]

3 minutes ago, josh_frawley97 said:

I'm not looking to ease of use I'm looking for a OS that will allow me to do what I want and won't move my files locations without telling me. I like the idea of Linux and want to give it ago. I'll be using it for college work so assignments and java, PHP and HTML coding. 

I don't think Windows will just move files without something telling it to.

[linuxfan66]

11 hours ago, josh_frawley97 said:

Hi, I have decided to move over to Linux. This is a new thing for me, I have chosen my OS ubuntu with an OSX theme so I can use it easily. I need help to get games working and ways to install things like notepad ++ or have an alternative for software ill need. If I could have some help with things ill need and basis it would be great. 

Um honestly...i would not normally say this but depending on your pc specs you might be better off going osx86/hackintosh route depending how how close your hardware is not normal macs...

[Qwerty2323]

For linux mint which I tried more games work then on my windows xp which I swiched out on old pc. Pretty much most games run linux just might need some workarounds

[Gachr]

For games, some run using WINE (which is something like an emulator), but there are lots of titles on Steam available for Linux. For the list, look here: http://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=&sort_by=_ASC&os=linux&page=1

 

For development, you have lots of options. I personally use gedit for quick edits - generally small stuff and I use Atom as my IDE for development, even though it's not a full-fledged IDE.

There are quite a few other editors worth mentioning. If you are on KDE, you might use an editor called Kate instead of gedit, which is for GNOME-based desktops. Geany is a nice GTK-based universal IDE, but I found it lacking some features so I went with Atom. Microsoft actually released their editor Visual Studio Code for Linux. It's okay, but it's like a cut down version of Atom.