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Samuel Freedom
Minmatar
Ramdon Industries corporation
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Posted - 2007.06.19 22:40:00 -
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Anyone got any tips on which other OS's are good and I suppose a good question is, does EVE-ONLINE support othe OS's other than Windows ?
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The Pointless
Gallente
Plastic Toys
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Posted - 2007.06.19 22:43:00 -
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Peeps play EVE in Linux. I've seen screenies of it running in the Ubuntu distro mainly though.
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Patch86
Di-Tron Heavy Industries
Atlas Alliance
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Posted - 2007.06.20 00:25:00 -
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Realistically, you've only really got 2 alternatives- Mac and Linux. If you go Linux, I can recommend Ubuntu distro, using the Wine app to run EVE and other Windows programs.
Other than those two...dunno really. Theres always BSD, but thats just Linux without any of the nice bits, for those of us who aren't in to techno babble. Solaris maybe, but it isn't anything special. Go retro and get OS/2? FreeDOS? 
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Angaro
Gallente
Jericho Fraction
The Star Fraction
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Posted - 2007.06.20 00:25:00 -
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I can recommend Ubuntu... Easy installation (should be even better in next release), user-friendly, pretty good hardware compatibility (the suspend-to-RAM on my laptop actually works!) and semi-automatic updates. Try Kubuntu too (KDE desktop instead of GNOME) and see which one you like best.
I used Slackware for two years and spent most of that time maintaining software and tweaking my system... then I got sick of it and switched to Ubuntu. No regrets yet :) EVE should run under Wine, but I still boot into XP for it.
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Ryysa
Caldari
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Posted - 2007.06.20 06:12:00 -
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Edited by: Ryysa on 20/06/2007 06:13:06
Three to four good options these days (assuming linux)
The Aptitude systems:
Ubuntu - probably the easiest distro to get into linux with.
Debian - what Ubuntu is based on, might be a bit more difficult.
Emerge:
Gentoo... It runs slightly faster, but you should know one or two things about Linux because you will have to mess around sometimes.
RPM...
Redhat/OpenSUSE etc, I personally don't like rpm and think aptitude is the best thing since sliced bread, however your mileage may vary ;) The main problem is rpm hell.
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ry ry
StateCorp
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Posted - 2007.06.20 08:59:00 -
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if you want to try linux 'properly' (that is, without using one of the rickety Live CDs) but still be able to nuke it if it gets on your ****, you could do a lot worse than Wubi, a Windows Ubuntu Installer.
https://launchpad.net/wubi
this will set up linux parallel to windows, so when the PC starts you can choose which to boot into.
it worked perfectly first time for me, although i've yet to actually get eve running in it because i'm **** at linux. the good bit is that it basically takes all your existing network settings so you should be able to do stuff straight out of the box.
heartilly recommend ubuntu if you're going for linux too.
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clone 1
Caldari
The Short Bus Squad
The SUdden Death Squad
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Posted - 2007.06.20 12:01:00 -
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Linkage
Installing Rev II patch :)
This is my ubuntu 7.04 install. With Wine for running eve.
If you want to dabble in linux its hard to top the community support that reside on ubuntuforums.
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lofty29
Infinitus Odium
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Posted - 2007.06.20 12:06:00 -
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If you're really hardcore, try to get eve running on one of the original Pac-Man arcade machines!
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Dark Shikari
Caldari
Imperium Technologies
Firmus Ixion
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Posted - 2007.06.20 14:19:00 -
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Ubuntu is extremely easy and effective.
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MassonA
Caldari
coracao ardente
Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2007.06.20 15:35:00 -
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 Originally by: clone 1
Linkage
Installing Rev II patch :)
This is my ubuntu 7.04 install. With Wine for running eve.
If you want to dabble in linux its hard to top the community support that reside on ubuntuforums.
just a question, does downthemall work on linux? seeing as its only a firefox addon
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Dark Shikari
Caldari
Imperium Technologies
Firmus Ixion
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Posted - 2007.06.20 15:48:00 -
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Originally by: MassonA
Originally by: clone 1
Linkage
Installing Rev II patch :)
This is my ubuntu 7.04 install. With Wine for running eve.
If you want to dabble in linux its hard to top the community support that reside on ubuntuforums.
just a question, does downthemall work on linux? seeing as its only a firefox addon
Of course it does.
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Ryysa
Caldari
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Posted - 2007.06.20 17:13:00 -
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Because firefox is crossplatform, and afaik it's plugins are written in javascript.
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Samuel Freedom
Minmatar
Ramdon Industries corporation
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Posted - 2007.06.20 17:26:00 -
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Thx for the links and suggestions everyone ill get on it. Think I will just go for the basic Linux setup to satrt with and see where its gets me 
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Mtthias Clemi
Gallente
Infinitus Odium
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Posted - 2007.06.20 23:02:00 -
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DON'T DO IT, ITS A TRAP!!!! 
Why would you hurt windows this way? its ok baby.. he didn't mean it..
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