Experiences with Windows XP SP3 anyone?

[Graham Banks]

Geots is some kind of a star around here.

Hey George. You're a star!
Thanks for that autograph. I'll treasure it always.

[trojanfoe]

Best is subjective, but if you are new, I suggest Ubuntu, since it has a huge user base, so you can more easily find support when you need it.

Once you are familiar with Linux, though, distro doesn't matter much. They all have almost the same packages and the same CLI. They are all Linux after all.

This is mostly true; I have been using Ubuntu for a long time and Debian before that but have recently tried Fedora 10 at work (as it's related to Red Hat) and have had nothing but problems getting it installed on my work laptop. In the end I had to install Fedora 9 and do a package upgrade to get it on there because of the constant installer (anaconda) crashes. I also get occasional filesystem corruptions (always /var) during upgrades too, however that may be do do with the hard disk (an external USB drive).

I think Ubuntu's package system is superior however F10 does have a good native version of eclipse so it's all swings and roundabouts...

Cheers,
Andy

[thoughtful]

I'm a windows user (albeit a lucky one who has found XP SP3 very stable with very few crashes).

Can you use Chessbase GUI and Fritz GUI etc under Ubuntu though? Or if you do it via Wine is it slower than if you just used it directly in windows?

[trojanfoe]

I'm a windows user (albeit a lucky one who has found XP SP3 very stable with very few crashes).

Can you use Chessbase GUI and Fritz GUI etc under Ubuntu though? Or if you do it via Wine is it slower than if you just used it directly in windows?

No you would have to use Wine and there is obviously no guarantee it will work; I've had no luck running anything under Wine and am not a big fan.

Cheers,
Andy

[thoughtful]

So what is the Unix equivalent of Chessbase and Fritz GUI. And is it anygood?

Winboard clearly has less functionality than the Fritz GUI

[AdminX]

So what is the Unix equivalent of Chessbase and Fritz GUI. And is it anygood?

Winboard clearly has less functionality than the Fritz GUI

For Fritz its Shredder for Linux. At least thats one option.

[thoughtful]

is it still a UCI engine inside the Shredder for linux GUI? Or is it a reworked engine for linux? (sorry if this betrays my ignorance about such issues)