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Linux with all it's pain and glory
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<blockquote data-quote="Orcish75" data-source="post: 1120642" data-attributes="member: 21448"><p>A 3rd gen i5 with 8GB RAM will easily handle the latest Ubuntu without issue. For desktop/gaming use, you can't go wrong with Ubuntu, it does most stuff automatically, such as installing drivers, mounting HDDs etc. You don't have to pull up the terminal much with Ubuntu, it's definitely one of the easier distros to work with, coming from a Windows background. As [USER=112]@DACMan1[/USER] mentioned, you can easily set up a Windows virtual machine for anything that Wine can't handle. I haven't tried Starcraft on Linux, I've always played it on Windows machines, but MAME runs really well on Linux.</p><p></p><p>I'd suggest GroovyMAME, but I don't think it'll work on a laptop screen as I don't think laptop screeens can run at refresh rates other than 60Hz. GroovyMAME tries to replicate the display of arcade games as accurately as possible, many arcade games run at non-standard refresh rates, like 55 or 57Hz, so running them at 60Hz will make them run too fast.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orcish75, post: 1120642, member: 21448"] A 3rd gen i5 with 8GB RAM will easily handle the latest Ubuntu without issue. For desktop/gaming use, you can't go wrong with Ubuntu, it does most stuff automatically, such as installing drivers, mounting HDDs etc. You don't have to pull up the terminal much with Ubuntu, it's definitely one of the easier distros to work with, coming from a Windows background. As [USER=112]@DACMan1[/USER] mentioned, you can easily set up a Windows virtual machine for anything that Wine can't handle. I haven't tried Starcraft on Linux, I've always played it on Windows machines, but MAME runs really well on Linux. I'd suggest GroovyMAME, but I don't think it'll work on a laptop screen as I don't think laptop screeens can run at refresh rates other than 60Hz. GroovyMAME tries to replicate the display of arcade games as accurately as possible, many arcade games run at non-standard refresh rates, like 55 or 57Hz, so running them at 60Hz will make them run too fast. [/QUOTE]
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