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Originally Posted by MyNameIsNobody
so is linux a good substitute for XP or are you very limited? for example editing movies, photoshoping, downloading files from torrents, playing new games, voice and video chatting over skype/ICQ/msn/ventrilo etc.. ? and other various stuff ppl do? Is it like a mac, you can do everything but you'll feel like a retard the first couple of weeks? :P what's the downsides?
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Editing movies
Not a whole lot out there for linux in that area (that i know of, i dont know anything about editing movies).
Photoshop equivilant
The GIMP. If you love photoshop you'll probably hate the gimp, but its a lot more powerful than photoshop guru's like to give it credit for. It is good for a casual photo editors needs
Torrents
Yes, lots of options.
Games
You can use use codeweavers, but its more trouble than its worth IMHO. Few games support linux out of the box, but it seems to be changing slowly. Id releases all their games for linux (quake series, doom series etc). Off the top of my head World of Warcraft runs on linux, the Unreal series games, and Neverwinter nights. People have gotten Half-life 2 and the orignal running with codeweavers. I'm sure there are more, but dont count on most games being linux compatible.
Skype/ICQ/AIM etc
Yes, yes, yes and yes. The trickiest part is buying a web cam that has linux drivers.