General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. Install Arch
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God damnit, lubuntu keeps freezing when I try to boot from a flash drive. I guess I'll burn a DVD and try that.
[QUOTE=neos300;35957923]Trying out awesome, it's really weird but I feel like this going to be like Vim in that it's going to be really useful once I learn how to use it.[/QUOTE]
If you don't mind it not being filled with flashy effects and all that, but just wants something that works and has a shitton of functionality, then yes, I'd say go with Awesome. And it is really useful, it's amazing.
Awesome is awesome.
Now I just need to figure out how to make system monitors and crap appear on my desktop (not the status bars) like I've seen in some pictures.
[QUOTE=neos300;35959434]Awesome is awesome.
Now I just need to figure out how to make system monitors and crap appear on my desktop (not the status bars) like I've seen in some pictures.[/QUOTE]
It's called conky.
But [B]T3hGamerDK[/B] how did you get Orcale JDK running in Ubuntu then?
[QUOTE=Moofy;35963472]But [B]T3hGamerDK[/B] how did you get Orcale JDK running in Ubuntu then?[/QUOTE]
I didn't?
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;35956005] ...
All of this, on the OpenJDK implementation.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;35964062]I didn't?[/QUOTE]
Oh my bad.
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Going to try Fedora 17 with XFCE when the release is out. Looks cool. When summer vacation hits I am home alone for a week or so, when it hits I will go for Arch, so parents wont bug me. :dance:
Hey guys.
I've been using Ubuntu lately for my college course because I'm programming for Algorithms and Data Structures (C) and I have an issue with my Asus Motherboard.
I have dual boot and every Asus motherboard now comes with the EPU aplication witch is a power saving/management program for the hardware in your computer.
Problem is when I'm on windows with EPU everything runs smoothly and my computer is the silent thing on earth.
When I'm in Ubuntu, since I don't have and can't find any Asus EPU for linux, the fan makes my PC sound like a hairdryer.
Does someone know about any EPU like program for my Ubuntu?
Thanks!
What a coincidence, I currently have Algorithms and data structures too! in C# though.
So, is arch infamous for it's difficulty to install? That's what I've sort of picked up from these posts.
[QUOTE=VistaPOWA;35957223]I have been trying to make my Xubuntu compatible with the fingerprint reader on my laptop, fprint worked really well, but when I tried making the OS itself use the fprint PAM module, I think I killed it.
The guide I used said to remove the 2 lines that was inserted during the installation of fprint and libraries and replace them with similar lines. I did that, now my laptop doesn't get to the login screen. It stalls at
"mountall: Disconnected from Plymouth [OK]"
Could someone tell me if it's fixable without reinstalling it, or is it even possible to make fprint work with Xubuntu?[/QUOTE]
Help it started spewing fire on me-
Need some help with this still.
[QUOTE=joshjet;35965133]So, is arch infamous for it's difficulty to install? That's what I've sort of picked up from these posts.[/QUOTE]
No. Arch is generally very easy to install and even much easier to configure :v:
[QUOTE=joshjet;35965133]So, is arch infamous for it's difficulty to install? That's what I've sort of picked up from these posts.[/QUOTE]
You can install and configure Arch within an hour or two.
[QUOTE=supervoltage;35965633]You can install and configure Arch within an hour or two.[/QUOTE]
If you know what you're doing, probably in less than half an hour.
Arch guides you through everything. Just keep the wiki up and open the on-disk instructions in another terminal if it's your first time. Between those you pretty much can't fail.
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;35965637]If you know what you're doing, probably in less than half an hour.[/QUOTE]
But indeed, my good friend; I forgot to mention that I referred to first-time installing, going hand in hand with the Arch Wiki.
Anyone else heard of the Guake Terminal?
[QUOTE=Behemoth_PT;35964310]Hey guys.
I've been using Ubuntu lately for my college course because I'm programming for Algorithms and Data Structures (C) and I have an issue with my Asus Motherboard.
I have dual boot and every Asus motherboard now comes with the EPU aplication witch is a power saving/management program for the hardware in your computer.
Problem is when I'm on windows with EPU everything runs smoothly and my computer is the silent thing on earth.
When I'm in Ubuntu, since I don't have and can't find any Asus EPU for linux, the fan makes my PC sound like a hairdryer.
Does someone know about any EPU like program for my Ubuntu?
Thanks![/QUOTE]
As far as I can see, there's no support for the EPU. There should be some power management tools in your repository though.
I checked it out. Even got to that download manager thing Ubuntu has and I found nothing. I know I can configure my motherboard manually using the BIOS but I'm afraid I might do more harm than good.
Back on Windows for gaming.
When summer hits: [U][I][B]ARCH[/B][/I][/U]!!!! WOOOOH!
Something I hate is that i installed 64 bit Windows 7, my computer runs it and all but it just seems quite slow. Maybe it's just all the installs i am running trough and downloads. It's like around 10-15 downloads at once. :v:
For power management, there should be several programs out there such as gnome power manager or xfce4 power manager. As for the fan, I had a program called lm-sensors which could modify the fan speed depending on the temperature it reached so instead of it being on full blast all the time, it would have the fan being on only when it needed to be on. It does require initial monitoring of the temperature to set the fan to start at whatever temperature you're comfortable with.
Hello from Arch!
Finally got it working on this old laptop.
I always wanted to try Arch.
Thanks for the new insite.
Got bored yesterday at work, so I worked on my Laptop running ubuntu 12.04 to make it look better.
Gnome-fallback + Awesome-WM
HOLYSHITIMINLOVE
Installing Oracle's Java. Why do the instructions keep telling me to do things to a *.BIN file when the download for the self-extracting file keeps showing up as a *.TAR.GZ without a single *.BIN file in it?
Should have *.sh files in it. :v:
[QUOTE=sheridanm;35981813]Should have *.sh files in it. :v:[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp?locale=en[/url]
(Linux Self-Extracting File, 32-bit)
A *.TAR.GZ shows up, and the only *.SH scripts in there are in [i]bin[/i] that handle the control panel. Anything involving help with that specific file deal with a *.BIN file. Converting the *.TAR.GZ to *.BIN doesn't help.
It's a tarball, which is meant to be extracted, although there's nothing relevant in it. I'd say to check your repository (it should have it), it's a lot easier and will also let you avoid dependency issues in regards to programs that use java.
[QUOTE=Niteshifter;35983217]It's a tarball, which is meant to be extracted, although there's nothing relevant in it. I'd say to check your repository (it should have it), it's a lot easier and will also let you avoid dependency issues in regards to programs that use java.[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't be fiddling with Oracle's JRE if I could find it in the Ubuntu Software Center/Canonical repository. Just has the OpenJDK one, and I want to avoid that like the plague if it's possible. I know it's a tarball, too. Extracting it doesn't yield results, and the tarball has the exact same filename as instructions do, not the file type.
Ah, screw it, I'll pick OpenJDK.
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