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[p10trek]

hows it going kamil?

may be a stupid question, but where can i download linux from?? Never used linux and computers arent designed for vista's way of processing!!!

if any one recommends a certain version of linux let me know.
and will most CAD programs run on linux? i use AutoCAD, ArchiCAD, Prodesktop and ArtCAM

cheers,

Piotrek W

[kamil]

siema Piotrek,

I would recommend either: Ubuntu Linux (http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download) or openSUSE (http://software.opensuse.org/). You can install and run windows apps under Linux using Wine (http://www.winehq.org/) which is free or Cross Over Office (http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxoffice/) which costs $$$ but you can try it for free. Also Cross Over Office my be better tuned for some of the apps you mentioned then base Wine install. Best way to find out how stable they run on Linux is to install em and run em for a while. If they run stable, great if not then given a decent pc, preferably multi-core, with a few GBs of RAM you can always emulte windows inside Linux using VirtualBox (http://www.virtualbox.org/) for free (not counting the M$ license) or using the commercial VMWare (http://www.vmware.com/).

Installing Wine or VirtualBox is easy if you have your Linux box connected to the internet. From Ubuntu for instance you would run the following command from shell:

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sudo apt-get install wine* virtualbox

thats it... hope this helps, thanks for your post

[QuantumKnot]

There is a free CAD tool in linux called qcad. Probably won't be as feature-rich as AutoCAD but light years ahead of paintbrush

[bikash]

There is a free CAD tool in linux called qcad. Probably won't be as feature-rich as AutoCAD but light years ahead of paintbrush

what is the steps of playing video files in my computer

[kamil]

install mplayer, then from shell use:

mplayer movie.avi

[Brett]

you can install a GUI front-end for mplayer like kplayer....

[kamil]

or gmplayer