• So im thinking of making the jump to linux
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[QUOTE=Sgt Pringles;16156363]Im trying to edit the alsa base file to add this that was metioned In another forum: but it says I still dont have permissions?[/QUOTE] Like I said above, use sudo before each command. Thats what the "root superuser" means.
Or he could do su and not have to type sudo until he closes the window. I think it's until he closes the window.
[QUOTE=nos217;16157275]Or he could do su and not have to type sudo until he closes the window. I think it's until he closes the window.[/QUOTE] I was talking about actually copy and pasting the text in manually, I dont know how to do it through terminal, also I cant run source through wine as it crashes/lags in the menu/says there are missing files I think im gonna give linux a miss for a couple of weeks as I have a lan party coming up so I will try again at a later date, thansk for all the info as I will use it all again when I do it again :)
Just enable root user login and login in as root. The password is usually root or your own.
[QUOTE=nos217;16157275]Or he could do su and not have to type sudo until he closes the window. I think it's until he closes the window.[/QUOTE] Ubuntu doesn't have su enabled by default. [editline]04:43PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Sgt Pringles;16157969]I was talking about actually copy and pasting the text in manually, I dont know how to do it through terminal, also I cant run source through wine as it crashes/lags in the menu/says there are missing files I think im gonna give linux a miss for a couple of weeks as I have a lan party coming up so I will try again at a later date, thansk for all the info as I will use it all again when I do it again :)[/QUOTE] Copying and pasting is usually Ctrl + Shift + C and Ctrl + Shift + V Ctrl + C has an entirely different function in the terminal.
Note that in Linux, you can select text to copy it, and press middle mouse to paste it. This works really well in the terminal.
[QUOTE=PyroCF;16159275]Just enable root user login and login in as root. The password is usually root or your own.[/QUOTE] or toor in many distros.
[QUOTE=evilking1;16172977]or toor in many distros.[/QUOTE] Good point.
[QUOTE=gparent;16162930]Note that in Linux, you can select text to copy it, and press middle mouse to paste it. This works really well in the terminal.[/QUOTE] Yep. This is what I do.
[QUOTE=gparent;16162930]Note that in Linux, you can select text to copy it, and press middle mouse to paste it. This works really well in the terminal.[/QUOTE] God I love that feature.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;16161920] Ctrl + C has an entirely different function in the terminal.[/QUOTE] A very nice one too, especially for the noob who expects copy.
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[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;16126944]Don't use ubuntu. The best starting point is Mandriva.[/QUOTE] Really? In Ubuntu for me atleast it feels like everything is working almost out of box, and i too learned alot. Now though i use Gentoo
[QUOTE=thf;16599232]Really? In Ubuntu for me atleast it feels like everything is working almost out of box, [/QUOTE] This is not always a good thing. [QUOTE=thf;16599232]Now though i use Gentoo[/QUOTE] This isn't really etiher (still ok though I guess).
What's wrong with Gentoo? And why do so many threads start with "So..." it's so annoying for some reason. It's like some kind of bandwagon. :D.
[QUOTE=nos217;16600415]What's wrong with Gentoo? And why do so many threads start with "So..." it's so annoying for some reason. It's like some kind of bandwagon. :D.[/QUOTE] is this thread still rolling? im gonna give linux a wait untill I get a macbook/netbook or w/e to mess about with, The sound card didnt work with linux so I decided not to, leave this thread to sleep untill I venture into linux again :3:
Yeah it is :L. Were you using Alsamixer?
You were not doing it right, try again. You always have to give linux a second chance, I myself has had to give it four. I went from ubuntu (ditched it, and screwed up grub :\), ubuntu again thinking it would be less bad seeing I knew a bit more about linux (dicthed it again because of how it wasn't much faster then windows), did it again with mint (ditched it for the same reason as 2nd ubuntu try), and now I'm on arch and I'm lovin' it.
I heard openSuSe is good. I took a test to determine which distro is the best for me, and it said openSuSe, twice. Anyone here uses that?
[QUOTE=Eudoxia;16629133]I heard openSuSe is good. I took a test to determine which distro is the best for me, and it said openSuSe, twice. Anyone here uses that?[/QUOTE] Used it in the past and found it to be a good desktop distro. Installing nvidia drivers....was fun. At least it has the ctrl+alt+backspace thing that restarts X if anything bad goes wrong, I really need that in ubuntu.
[QUOTE=PyroCF;16629568]Used it in the past and found it to be a good desktop distro. Installing nvidia drivers....was fun. At least it has the ctrl+alt+backspace thing that restarts X if anything bad goes wrong, I really need that in ubuntu.[/QUOTE] You have to add it to xorg.conf. It's like DontZap or something.
it's still there. just uses a different combination of keys. right alt+printscreen+k or you can set option "DontZap" to false in the xorg.conf like pvtcupcakes said.
openSUSE is not newbie friendly right? I hope it isn't, though I haven't used Linux before
openSUSE is fairly newbie friendly. Not so much as Ubuntu or Mint, but more so than Arch or similar distros.
I'll take the other perspective. Honestly, if you want to learn linux, you should go console-only for the first week or so. Arch linux makes this very easy, and it's super fast =D. [url]http://www.archlinux.org/[/url] Honestly. Install arch, plug in a cat4, update pacman, install lynx, learn bash, and enjoy =P. It's more fun than you think, and you learn SO MUCH.
I like the TUIs, so I think I'll learn fast. Also, I have a shell account in freeshell.org. The usual, learning how UNIX works, the commands...
[b]Linux Mint[/b] is great for beginners, much better than Ubuntu in every way. Even has codecs, flash player, and such pre-installed, so you can boot into it via USB stick and watch a DVD movie/DivX/MKV, etc... in the Live session mode if you desire. Drivers are even easier to setup than ubuntu. [b][url]www.LinuxMint.com[/url][/b]
Okay Pixel Heart, you have to stop. We get it, you like Linux Mint a lot. And yes, I acknowledge that it is a wonderful distribution. But do you have to post about it so damn much? Hell, in [url=http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=788788]this thread[/url] you posted it twice. [i]Twice.[/i] And half the time it is not even relevant. And that goes for everyone else, too. Stop advertising distros in the place of sincere help. And if changing a distro [i]will[/i] help somebody, please just link to [url=http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=756599]this thread[/url].
[QUOTE=Bionic Apple;16662645]Okay Pixel Heart, you have to stop. We get it, you like Linux Mint a lot. And yes, I acknowledge that it is a wonderful distribution. But do you have to post about it so damn much? Hell, in [url=http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=788788]this thread[/url] you posted it twice. [i]Twice.[/i] And half the time it is not even relevant. And that goes for everyone else, too. Stop advertising distros in the place of sincere help. And if changing a distro [i]will[/i] help somebody, please just link to [url=http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=756599]this thread[/url].[/QUOTE] Sorry, hadn't realized i posted in it on page one. I jumped to the end after reading the OP. :P
Nah, it's fine, just tone it down. That's all.
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