• General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. Install Arch
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[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;35472421]'killall wine' should kill all wine processes running.[/QUOTE] Thanks :)
"wineserver -k" also works.
[QUOTE=nikomo;35460139]Opinions on Fedora, share them to me.[/QUOTE] Kind of like Ubuntu in that it does one release every 6 months, but with more up-to-date packages, less bugginess, and yum is way better than apt-get. For example Fedora sometimes updates the kernel version in the middle of a Fedora release. Fedora 15 came with 2.6.38 I believe, and it ended up being updated to 3.1. Fedora 16 started with KDE 4.7 and got updated to 4.8, etc.
So. Trying out the gnome 3.4 liveCD. It's based on Fedora 17, it seems. It has a built in virtual machine manager, called Boxes! Still runs like crap on AMD hardware, probably a driver problem. Definitely more task oriented than previous releases...Web (the new name of the browser, how original) is constantly fullscreen, as is Boxes. Everything else seems mostly the same as previous releases.. Kinda nice, actually. [editline]8th April 2012[/editline] My bad, by default Web is fullscreened but you can simply drag the titlebar to unmaximise it. [editline]8th April 2012[/editline] Boxes also seems to allow one to connect to a machine remotely? I can't figure it out, though. [editline]8th April 2012[/editline] the liveCD is actually based on opensuse..but it uses a fedora kernel? that's confusing.
Managed to get Ubuntu working after 2 days of wrestling with partitions, drivers and operating systems, but it's totally worth it. Also, I'm now actually able to place my laptop on my lap without it catching fire, which is a nice change.
[QUOTE=Lyoko774;35486556] the liveCD is actually based on opensuse..but it uses a fedora kernel? that's confusing.[/QUOTE] Nope, it's Fedora 17. cat /etc/issue GNOME release 3.4.0 (F17)
[QUOTE=nikomo;35490259]Nope, it's Fedora 17. cat /etc/issue GNOME release 3.4.0 (F17)[/QUOTE] I must've gotten misinformed somewhere along the line, somewhere on the gnome wiki it said the live images were based on openSUSE but yeah, gnome 3.4 is rather nifty. I wonder what my mom would think of it..
[QUOTE=Lyoko774;35490269]I must've gotten misinformed somewhere along the line, somewhere on the gnome wiki it said the live images were based on openSUSE but yeah, gnome 3.4 is rather nifty. I wonder what my mom would think of it..[/QUOTE] The 3.0 live image was openSUSE or Fedora (separate downloads). I don't think any after that had openSUSE.
Linux Mint or Arch for someone new to Linux? tried Ubuntu before but supposedly it's got worse since then so I'd rather not.
Arch Linux for a first time Linux user is kind of like anal with no lube for a virgin.
[QUOTE=nikomo;35495183]Arch Linux for a first time Linux user is kind of like anal with no lube for a virgin.[/QUOTE] Haha, well I was just asking since everyone seems to like it.
Personally I'd say give Ubuntu a go yourself, and if you don't like the new desktop you can always change it to Gnome. If not, go for Mint.
Okay, I'll probably go for Mint. I have an issue however, I'm not sure what to do with partitions, I'm currently like this: [img]http://i.imgur.com/OorYU.png[/img] I'm not sure what to do, how much space should I take from D:\ to give to the OS? edit: I want to keep my Windows 7 working.
I'm guessing you use D: as a storage partition. Not sure how much you should dedicate, maybe around 8GB. Also, I'd make a 'Swap' partition which is slightly larger than the amount of RAM you have.
[QUOTE=deadtiger;35495743]I'm guessing you use D: as a storage partition. Not sure how much you should dedicate, maybe around 8GB. Also, I'd make a 'Swap' partition which is slightly larger than the amount of RAM you have.[/QUOTE] Yeah, D:\ is storage, it has steam, music and other such things on it. What's a 'Swap' partition for? [editline]9th April 2012[/editline] Haha I don't think I should have gave windows a 65GB partition.
Is it alright if I add you on steam? Makes it easier than posting back and forth haha.
Go ahead. [url]http://steamcommunity.com/id/Jelllyman[/url]
[QUOTE=nikomo;35495183]Arch Linux for a first time Linux user is kind of like anal with no lube for a virgin.[/QUOTE] well considering my only prior experience with linux has been Kubuntu, I think I did pretty okay. :v:
Any good VPN programs for Linux? I used to use Hotspot Shield to access Netflix US, but can't do that on Ubuntu. Also, free is much preferred.
Just took the HDD out of my 2002 P4 machine and stuck it in my new build and Ubuntu 9.10 loaded up as if nothing changed. Linux sorcery. [editline]9th April 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=deadtiger;35500822]Any good VPN programs for Linux? I used to use Hotspot Shield to access Netflix US, but can't do that on Ubuntu. Also, free is much preferred.[/QUOTE] Not free, but you can grab a microvps from somewhere for dirt cheap and use it as a SSH tunnel. It'll work across multiple platforms (including Android) and your data will be secure.
I'm giving a Linux a better try as a desktop OS now, but I keep coming across problems. I'm running Arch with GNOME 3 and I'm trying to get Steam to work via Wine. So far it's pretty impressive and it works great, aside from the issue that it tiles horribly. Any Steam window will repeat in a tiling manner until it goes off my screen. Any ideas how I can fix this? Also, I can't figure out how to get user styles to work on my GNOME install. Pacman says I'm using gnome-shell 3.2.2.1-1. I've installed gnome-shell-extension-user-theme 3.2.3-1 but I still get the "Shell user-theme extension not enabled" error in the GNOME tweaks tool. I'm new to using Linux as a desktop OS so I'm pretty confused about this. Any ideas what I should be doing about these issues?
Tried moving it with alt+click?
[QUOTE=AMD 32;35501506]Any Steam window will repeat in a tiling manner until it goes off my screen. Any ideas how I can fix this?[/QUOTE] Open winecfg and change the windows version to Windows 7. for the gnome problems: stop using gnome? :v:
whenever i attempt to install ubuntu on my laptop it freezes never to be thawed when i try to connect to a wifi network/proceed past the wifi selection page. what should i do?
[QUOTE=AMD 32;35501506]Also, I can't figure out how to get user styles to work on my GNOME install. Pacman says I'm using gnome-shell 3.2.2.1-1. I've installed gnome-shell-extension-user-theme 3.2.3-1 but I still get the "Shell user-theme extension not enabled" error in the GNOME tweaks tool. I'm new to using Linux as a desktop OS so I'm pretty confused about this. Any ideas what I should be doing about these issues?[/QUOTE] Not sure if this relates to Gnome 3, but I ended downloading some completely different style manager to change my GTK app appearances. I think it was something that usually comes with LXDE, but it worked.
[QUOTE=Larikang;35506608]Not sure if this relates to Gnome 3, but I ended downloading some completely different style manager to change my GTK app appearances. I think it was something that usually comes with LXDE, but it worked.[/QUOTE] lxappearance is usually good for changing themes and stuff while being very lightweight (and as opposed to GNOME, it doesn't pull in the entire DE as a dependency)
I tried upgrading GNOME 3.2 to 3.4 from the testing repo on Arch, and now GNOME doesn't do anything but display my desktop wallpaper and hang. So I removed Gnome, and reinstalled it. Same thing. Is this because it's from the testing repo? I just want GNOME to support user themes :(
[QUOTE=AMD 32;35509124]I tried upgrading GNOME 3.2 to 3.4 from the testing repo on Arch, and now GNOME doesn't do anything but display my desktop wallpaper and hang. So I removed Gnome, and reinstalled it. Same thing. Is this because it's from the testing repo? I just want GNOME to support user themes :([/QUOTE] ... You do know about user extensions, right? You can install a few of those that add user theme support. This has been in most repos since 3.1
I want to make a live cd containing all my most used tools so I can have access to them on any computer I use, so I was wondering if there are any good small/lightweight debian based distros? Also is there any easier way to create a live cd from an installation than with remastersys
[QUOTE=Richy19;35510704]I want to make a live cd containing all my most used tools so I can have access to them on any computer I use, so I was wondering if there are any good small/lightweight debian based distros? Also is there any easier way to create a live cd from an installation than with remastersys[/QUOTE] Not Debian based (it's actually Gentoo based), but System Rescue CD is pretty cool. As for making live CD's, I really don't know. Maybe you could install a distro to a USB stick instead? [editline]10th April 2012[/editline] This might help: [url]http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-manual-en_How_to_personalize_SystemRescueCd[/url]
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