I'm a Linux user (MEPIS 6.5), and was just curious how many of you chess players out there were also fellow Linux fans, and what 'flavor' you use.

Let me know! 

Count me in.  I have 3 working Linuxes--Ubuntu 7.10, Xubuntu 7.10 and Debian GNU/Linux 4.0.  I'm using the latter 2 for my older computer, and the 1st for the newer one. 

pft. Slackware for life losers. =P

ubuntu, I used to play with the linux kernel lots with gentoo, but gentoo started to fall apart. used to compile all my binaries from src too hehe =) firefox and open office took 1-2hrs to compile, each!

gnu chess is one of the toughest chess engines i have ever played, and its completely open src!

rootworm, you don't seem enthusiastic...  It's good to have a choice in Linux--use the binaries, or compile your own binaries from source. 

I'm using Ubuntu 7.10.

I run ChessBase products under Wine. It's OK. I don't miss anything from windows apps. 

 

Plus I don't miss antivirus programs, anti worm programs... and ipTables works perfect for me!  

Ubuntu 7.10 with Vista as a dualboot.

 The only thing I've missed is the ability to have a library in Windows Media Player.

JJJJS wrote:

Ubuntu 7.10 with Vista as a dualboot.

 The only thing I've missed is the ability to have a library in Windows Media Player.

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 Hi JJJJS!

Try AmaroK .. it's way better than Windows Media Player.

Yes...AmoroK is my main music choice...it also has live radio feeds! 

 

Charlie91 wrote: Count me in.  I have 3 working Linuxes--Ubuntu 7.10, Xubuntu 7.10 and Debian GNU/Linux 4.0.  I'm using the latter 2 for my older computer, and the 1st for the newer one. 

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 ...and I'm using Ubuntu 7.10 for an older computer-

excellent choice! 

I used to run Redhat and Debian on my home computer. These days I just use xp: it's more insulting to my intelligence, and more virus-prone, but it's less of a pain in the ass. I still use Fedora Core at my work. I've also used Suse and Knoppix.

Thanks for that, I'll definitely check AmaroK out. At the moment I'm just using VLC and loading an album or a video at a time.

I use Fedora Core at home.

Sharukin wrote: I have used various Linuxes (Suse, Red Hat, Yellow Dog, Mandrake and so on) on PCs and Macs. Now I just stick to OS X because it is Unix based and works without me having to think too hard.

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 to be more exact, OS X is based on FreeBSD. and that is what www.chess.com is running on.

I use Suse Linux.

igor wrote: Sharukin wrote: I have used various Linuxes (Suse, Red Hat, Yellow Dog, Mandrake and so on) on PCs and Macs. Now I just stick to OS X because it is Unix based and works without me having to think too hard.

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 to be more exact, OS X is based on FreeBSD. and that is what www.chess.com is running on.

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 Correct me if I'm wrong, if the OS is a big family tree, are all the OSes today descendants of UNIX?  Even Windows descends from UNIX?  OS X, BSD and Linux are more closely related, while Windows became a distant relative...  What makes a UNIX?    [Maybe this should be a separate topic.]

That makes sense.  Yes, there is much effort of making Windows 'UNIX-like', but lesser effort of making Linux 'Windows-like' using Wine as mentioned by lubo.  In terms of appearance, KDE looks like Windows, and I guess Windows tries to look like Mac...

gmatt wrote: gnu chess is one of the toughest chess engines i have ever played, and its completely open src!

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You aren't kidding!!!

Big fan of Ubuntu Linux. Use it for work and play. I have also used Knoppix. The only thing that keeps me attached to Windows is the Adobe Creative Suite. I'm using virtualization - VirtualBox by Sun - to overcome that issue and it works just fine. I plan on benchmarking the performance of my VirtualBox setup vs. my Windows XP setup soon and posting the results on my blog at www.deeperdatait.com.