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| Posted by
| Gorock
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| Reply #15 on Sat 08 Sep 2007 11:14 PM (UTC) |
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| | ahh i do a fair share of gaming which requirers directX so would it be bad for me to upgrade im sure once i eventually get a new cpu for this other pc i can upgrade one to linux and see how it goes while i still have xp on the custom machine | | Top |
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| Posted by
| David Haley
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| Reply #16 on Sat 08 Sep 2007 11:33 PM (UTC) |
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| | You can always dual-boot, which is what I do. Works just fine. |
David Haley aka Ksilyan
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| Posted by
| Conner
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| Reply #17 on Sun 09 Sep 2007 04:06 AM (UTC) |
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| | Particularly if this is for development and you plan to host your live mud elsewhere. If you're hosting your mud yourself, you should probably build yourself (or buy yourself) a second machine to leave on as a server running Linux anyway. |
-=Conner=-
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| Posted by
| David Haley
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| Reply #18 on Sun 09 Sep 2007 05:28 AM (UTC) |
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| Allow me to emphasize what Conner said: you really don't want your desktop machine to be the same one as your live server. So like he said, if you plan on self-hosting, it's very recommended to get a separate computer.
Consider that a MUD uses very little CPU/memory. You could get away with getting (or even building) a very cheap computer that would run the game. Of course, I'd personally go for something a little better just because I don't like slow compilation etc., but you certainly don't need to worry about the really expensive things like good graphics cards etc. |
David Haley aka Ksilyan
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| Posted by
| Gorock
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| Reply #19 on Sun 09 Sep 2007 04:59 PM (UTC) |
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| | well as of right now i have a great custom built machine all it lacks is a nice processor but as the computer i use now it a 12 y old gateway i mean i have the first amd athlon classic socket a processor lol it looks like a sega game but it runs pretty good because i keep it in tip top shape but i run my game off of www.frostmud.com | | Top |
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| Posted by
| Conner
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| Reply #20 on Sun 09 Sep 2007 11:45 PM (UTC) |
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| | Then, since you're game is hosted elsewhere anyway, the only thing you'd need linux for at home would be development, so dual-boot might be a very good solution for you, though you may find that, after you've gotten used to using the linux desktop for a bit, that you like linux better than windows for everything except gaming, I know that I do. :) |
-=Conner=-
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or, if you just want information about either, check our web page at http://tcdbbs.zapto.org | | Top |
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