PS Feature Enabler

[Kramy]

So I could put it on F:(10gb) while windows could still run off of C:(10gb)?

Neat...but how would I dual boot them? I\'m getting more interested in this because today windows seems to be really buggy, having crashed 78 times. I think something corrupted the registry, as it keeps saying \"error - invalid fault page caused by kernal32.dll - blah blah\"

Hmm...makes me wish I had windows XP. It\'s supposed to have a full system backup. Oh well, I\'m certainly going to look into Linux now.

[lynx_lupo]

Nothing too advanced in that. Most linux setups will do the LILO(linux loader) for you...making a n-boot very simple.

Kernel32? Screwed to the bone. A truly nice time to format all and try other, like linux, OSs.

[zinder]

better look if your CPU cooler is working. I had one time page faults, cause my CPU overheated.

[Kramy]

I don\'t know what was causing it, but lucky me, I had backed up a copy of the registry before I updated a bunch of programs.

It seems to be working fine now.....But I\'m still going to look into Linux. How does it work, dual-booting them? Do you just alt+tab from one to the other or something?

Oh, and I\'m guessing the corrupt registry causing kernal32.dll problems had something to do with Real One Player,  because the problems appeared after I disabled it\'s transmitting abilities and renamed it\'s autoupdate files to .bad file that sux

Edit: CPU cooler is working

[Rulzern]

Dual-boot works like this: when you boot your computer, you get a menu where you can choose different OS\'es.

I really suggest looking into linux, it\'s a great learning experience if you don\'t like it, and a revelution in your computer life if you do :p

GCC is a professional state-of-the-art C/C++/Java/a few others compiler (the Gnu Compiler Collection, for a C/C++ IDE using the MINGW port of GCC (for windows) check out http://www.bloodshed.net)

The only backside of linux that\'s important to me is the lack of DX9 support (microsoft technology generally speaking doesn\'t make it to linux) although it is present to a certain extent in projects like wine and winex.

[Kramy]

Rulzern: Thanks, and I like your sig.

My comp likes to get choppy in the basement area between town and labyrinth. Not enough ram, only 256mb.

[Wedge]

Yeah that explains it, an alternate method is to create the file \"user.cfg\" in your \'Planeshift/data/config/\' directory and add \"Global.System.Plugins.iBugPlug = crystalspace.utilities.bugplug \" to it.  Since you it\'s a new file the updater doesn\'t know to check it.  Also you could remove the line where it checks for \"psclient.cfg\" in the \"updaterregistry.xml\" with your method, instead of having a program to rewrite the line.

[Kramy]

But if you alter \"updaterregistry.xml\" then you\'d actually have to open another file to enable or disable the FPS counter, whenever you want it. It\'s so much easier to just check a box and click a button!

Hey, I wonder if CB will have FPS/BPS counter options in its setup menu.

Anyway, I copied down your method so that I know two ways to make an FPS counter.

[Windra]

im getting a second HD soon, and linux  sounds interesting, i know little or nothing about these things atm tho >.< but i gotta learn sumtime.
How compatible is it with other things? and what are the advantages of using a linux os instead of/with windows?
And how stable is linux?
Like most ppl i realy cant stand windows, an i have a crappy old version, no matter how many times i reformat, somtething always goes wrong with a few weeks.
anyways...can any1 tell me a lil bit more bout this?

[Rulzern]

How compatible is it with other things?

Depends what you mean, most windows programs either are ported to linux, have a linux equiviliant, or work in wine/winex

and what are the advantages of using a linux os instead of/with windows?

That really varies from person to person, i like the absolute control, the feel of intergration, the Gnu Compiler Collection, quite a few linux-only/best-on-linux apps, the ability to play with my system without it dying down and crippling itself beyond recognition(although you can make linux do that, and probably will the first few times you install it, it\'s much more easy to predict and avoid on linuc IMHO), the stability, the ease of use, the rapidness of updates/development, the configurability, the extreme performance, the tiny requirements of your computer, apache and a bunch of others i forgot to mention

And how stable is linux?

My Debian Unstable (sid, bleeding edge) has crashed twice due to software (video card drivers, darn you nvidia ) and thrice due to hardware issues (geforce 4 ti 4200 daytona 128MB overheats a lot ) and has around a year of uptime.

[Xandria]

Rulzern is correct for the most part.

Wine is a good tool, but you can\'t depend on it for everything.

And there are a ton of reasons why people like Linux better than Windows, but you\'ll just have to try it and come up with your own.  I like it because it\'s stable, reliable, and completely customizable (that, and the \"kill\" command works perfectly every time ).

But many people switch to Linux simply because it\'s very stable.  I have never had a problem with mine crashing on it\'s own; it\'s only crashed when I did something intentionally that led to a crash.

The only problem that I run into with Linux is that I\'m a gamer, and sooner or later I have to go back to Windows to play my games

Other than that, pretty much anything you can do on Windows, you can do with Linux.  There are tons of free open-source programs (including PS ) that run on Linux, and many are just plain amazing.

[Rulzern]

There\'s just 1 game keeping my wintendo running, Endless Ages, a MMORPG using DX9 technology (which neither wine nor winex have any good grasp of yet), other than that one game, i have more fun in linux than in windows :p

[Windra]

I Dont think i should switch to linux, even tho i hate windows.
I need direct X and im playing games almost all of the time, as well as chatting and using other stuff, most of which need shockwave etc...i dunno if linux is compatable with that.
ill just havr to stick with the constant crashes and realy oudated windows i have.

[Rulzern]

linux can handle shockwave, and i think wine can handle applications to create shockwave stuff (i don\'t remember the names, hehe)

go to http://www.transgaming.com and click games, and search for whatever games you are playing on windows, to see if they are supported and have been tried in winex.