Ubuntu vs Xp

[Digmaster]

In regard to making a dedicated server. Is it worth it to Install this less resorch hogging OS, but need to go through the strains of wine? I need help.

Its a stuffty computer. Anyone else have a dedi with Ubuntu or something?

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[tapemaster21]

I have Ubuntu running my dedicated, it works like a dream. Yes, it is worth it. When I used windows on it, the server lagged in-game.

Doit, it's really simple.

[Hephaestus]

I have Ubuntu running my dedicated, it works like a dream. Yes, it is worth it. When I used windows on it, the server lagged in-game.

Doit, it's really simple.

Ubuntu is no-nonsense.

Everything Linux, like Leopard and Ubuntu (I have both) tend to work the best for dedicated servers for me. Anything except XP.

[Digmaster]

Thanks. Wanted to be sure that the performance benefits of Ubuntu would not be weighed out by needing to use Wine.

[tails]

Ubuntu for everything without exe's.
(wine runs most things ok but with a bit of a fps loss)

[Otis Da HousKat]

Ubuntu for everything without exe's.
(wine runs most things ok but with a bit of a fps loss)

Ya, really have to watch your fps on those console windows.

[Duxteif]

I've played blockland on ubuntu for a long time now, it's great. Never had a single crash.

Not only blockland, but WoW, and every single other game I own.

[Badspot]

No.

[PhantomJack]

No.

what do you mean by no?

[Digmaster]

No.

forget tell me you lie.

I spent three hours yesterday attempting to install ubuntu on my stufftop. When tat failed, I stuck the HDD in this computer. It worked, but I lsot my grub. The I reinstalled my grub, that took forever. Now the loving craptop wouldn't work correctly.

[Wizzard1]

For a server, try a SERVER OS!! Jesus, not that hard to comprehend. Unless you just want a box... Then you can stick whatever stuffty OS you want on it.

If you want low resource use, high stability and compatability, Windows Server 2000 (or 2003) or bust. Dont build a 'server' and use anything other than a server OS.

[Digmaster]

For a server, try a SERVER OS!! Jesus, not that hard to comprehend. Unless you just want a box... Then you can stick whatever stuffty OS you want on it.

If you want low resource use, high stability and compatability, Windows Server 2000 (or 2003) or bust. Dont build a 'server' and use anything other than a server OS.

Sounds good. One problem, I don't have any money, only an old computer and lots of Ubuntu install disks.

[General Nick]

Yarly. For a good dedi, get a good server OS like Windows Server 2003. Doesn't matter about version or up-to-date-ness. As long as it has enough CPU power, the hard drive doesn't break and it's got the right OS and power then you'll be A-Okay.

[Space Guy]

For a server, try a SERVER OS!! Jesus, not that hard to comprehend. Unless you just want a box... Then you can stick whatever stuffty OS you want on it.

If you want low resource use, high stability and compatability, Windows Server 2000 (or 2003) or bust. Dont build a 'server' and use anything other than a server OS.

Ubuntu (Linux) IS a server OS. Practically all of the longest-running, highest-load servers and supercomputers use a Unix OS like Linux. Linux has much lower system requirements than Windows Server (it doesn't even require you to support a GUI, unlike WS) and higher uptimes.

[Wizzard1]

Space Guy, I am well aware of *nix in the server OS realm... But did you actually just say that the Ubuntu in mention is a server OS?

I wont disagree with you, but your claims are completely out-of-scope for this forum. I mean, come on, dont you think he'll need a UI?

I'm willing to bet if he checked his local Craigslist, or asked around, he could get a copy of Server 2000 or 2003, for pennies on the dollar. And dont act like nobody pirates these OS's, for those without a Microsoft Funpack for all their software needs.