On 12/31/2014 8:35 PM, Cadman wrote:
Greetings
I need help determining whether Debian OS is the right OS for my needs.
I am a Draftsman working from home due to physical handicaps. I use
graphic and RAM memory intensive 3D CAD software in Windows 7. My W7
OS is operating poorly and is expensive to replace.
If Linux is right for me; I need to replace it with a 1. Very stable,
2. With least amount of configuring and 3. User Friendly Linux OS.
A friend suggested that I replace Windows 7 with Ubuntu Trusty 14.04,
which I did. It worked fine until I installed my 3D CAD software
within Virtual Box. Since then Ubuntu and the software crashes
often. It even reboots instead of turning the screen black when the
10 minute screen saver feature operates.
My PC System Info is:
BioStar A780L3C Motherboard
AMD Athlon(tm) II X3 450 Processor × 3 64 Bit
8 Gig RAM Memory
150 Gig Hard Drive
Please respond
Thank You Very Much
Dave
I like PCLinuxOS 64 KDE. User friendly to Windows expatriates. There are
a number of CAD programs available in Linux, but if you're using
something like AutoCAD
in a 3-D version, I don't know if there is anything with the same
command system. For A/C 2D there is DraftSight, which is a little tricky
to get running on PCLOS,
but the commands seem to be the same as in recent versions of AutoCAD.
The Forum for PCLOS is very user-friendly and helpful, and they will
help you get
DraftSight running if you want that. If you're coming to Linux, you
should at the very least see if there is a clone, or near-clone of the
cad program you're used to
that runs natively on Linux without Virtual Box. Also, there is WINE,
which runs some Windows programs directly--no Virtual Box--which would
be a much better
solution IF it will run your program. Look up the WINE site (find it via
Google) and they have a huge listing of what runs, what almost runs, and
what won't.
I've got a version of WordPerfect that runs, slightly clunky, and a
version of Corel Draw which runs perfectly in WINE.
Keep us posted as to what you wind up doing! And good luck. Also Happy
New Year!
--doug
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