General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. Install Arch
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The DE depends on what you need. I prefer XFCE or gnome-fallback. They look nice, aren't very cluttered.
I'd probably go for some form of Debian (personally, Ubuntu, seeing as how I have some games on my Ubuntu One account) with gnome-shell (the default shell for Gnome) or [url=http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/]cinnamon[/url] (yet another shell for Gnome) installed. If you do go for Ubuntu, you'll probably wind up uninstalling some software, but seeing as how you aren't hurting for processing power, it's probably the best option.
Unless, of course, you go for Arch Linux. Everybody loves Arch Linux.
Arch Linux is the incarnation of epic win. Go for it.
And about the DE, pick MATE.
If you've got the time and the ability to follow instructions go ahead and get a WM instead of DE, awesome and openbox are good ones that aren't that hard to customize and are powerful.
[QUOTE=neos300;36288750]If you've got the time and the ability to follow instructions go ahead and get a WM instead of DE, awesome and openbox are good ones that aren't that hard to customize and are powerful.[/QUOTE]
Could you explain the differences between a windows manager and desktop environment? I'm assuming a wm is usually just a small piece of a de, but I could be wrong. Could you explain the pros of just going with a wm?
[QUOTE=Funcoot;36288813]Could you explain the differences between a windows manager and desktop environment? I'm assuming a wm is usually just a small piece of a de, but I could be wrong. Could you explain the pros of just going with a wm?[/QUOTE]
A DE is like a fully stocked kitchen with all the ingredients in it and everything you need to make food.
A WM is just an empty room(openbox) or has some basic appliances(awesome) but you need to add most of the stuff yourself.
or
A WM just manages what windows look like and how they move around
A DE does that and includes menus and stuff
[QUOTE=neos300;36289180]A DE is like a fully stocked kitchen with all the ingredients in it and everything you need to make food.
A WM is just an empty room(openbox) or has some basic appliances(awesome) but you need to add most of the stuff yourself.
or
A WM just manages what windows look like and how they move around
A DE does that and includes menus and stuff[/QUOTE]
Hmm, in that case I will probably opt for de for a while, until I really get used to Linux and start figuring out the items I do not need. Seems like something you grow into.
My linux just went to something that looked like the shutdown screen and then went to the login screen and all of my windows were closed
What
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yey
[editline]11th June 2012[/editline]
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Not too bad for an hour.
Maybe Xorg got killed somehow. Ctrl-Alt-Bksp should kill X. You can try to do that and see if it does the same thing. (This will kill all the apps running inside your X session, so don't do it if you're working on some 50 page essay and haven't save all night.)
[QUOTE=Boris-B;36294034]Maybe Xorg got killed somehow. Ctrl-Alt-Bksp should kill X. You can try to do that and see if it does the same thing. (This will kill all the apps running inside your X session, so don't do it if you're working on some 50 page essay and haven't save all night.)[/QUOTE]
It shouldn't. Unless you add it in there yourself, the option to do so should be disabled on all distributions (iirc).
I've always wanted someone to do this (you'll have to listen hard for the scammer's voice).
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT7O_ipt9EU[/media]
Well I installed Arch Linux successfully last night, at least I believe I did. I didn't get much farther though, I couldn't get my wireless drivers to work, so I couldn't connect to the internet. :(
I'm going to try again tonight.
[QUOTE=Funcoot;36305001]I couldn't get my wireless drivers to work, so I couldn't connect to the internet. :([/QUOTE]
I find the easiest way is to briefly connect to the internet using your Ethernet port, then install a wireless utility like wicd.
Hello all! It's me again, asking for a little help with something.
I'm going on vacation with my family very soon, but I still want to work on some certain projects. I cannot bring my laptop, but what I [I]can[/I] bring is my smartphone. I've realized that, while there are easier solutions available, this would be a great chance for me to get some experience working with networks!
I'm going to attempt to set up an ssh and ftp server. The problem is, I know little about networking! I was hoping I could get some good resources to start with on things such as port forwarding, good FTP clients for Android, or anything else that will help me accomplish my goals.
Huzzah! On my second attempt, I got much farther. I went from the lame core disc to the net install. I also got my wireless drivers to work, so I didn't have to hook up to the Ethernet in my living room. I also successfully set it up so I am dual booting windows 7. However, I think I screwed up in my configs somewhere, or I did something wrong, because pacman was being an ass. Kept on giving me key errors, even after changing the pacman.config file and signing the master keys.
I was able to install most things, but some of the installations were missing random files, random packages weren't being installed because their keys still couldn't be trusted. Somethings installed fine, and others, like gnome, were buggered.
Blah. Going to try again tonight. I will conquer you arch!
[editline]12th June 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Naelstrom;36306652]I find the easiest way is to briefly connect to the internet using your Ethernet port, then install a wireless utility like wicd.[/QUOTE]
Thank you for the tip, that does sound a lot easier. Luckily, I was able to figure out how to get my wifi working properly. :)
[QUOTE=Tinker Toy;36309185]
I'm going to attempt to set up an ssh and ftp server. The problem is, I know little about networking[/QUOTE]
Step 1: [url=https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Secure_Shell]Follow arch wiki[/url]
Step 2: Forward port 22
This can usually be done by accessing [url]192.168.0.1[/url] or [url]10.0.1.1[/url] in your webbrowser.
If you want more specific instructions, you'll need to give me your router model number.
[QUOTE=Tinker Toy;36309185]Hello all! It's me again, asking for a little help with something.
I'm going on vacation with my family very soon, but I still want to work on some certain projects. I cannot bring my laptop, but what I [I]can[/I] bring is my smartphone. I've realized that, while there are easier solutions available, this would be a great chance for me to get some experience working with networks!
I'm going to attempt to set up an ssh and ftp server. The problem is, I know little about networking! I was hoping I could get some good resources to start with on things such as port forwarding, good FTP clients for Android, or anything else that will help me accomplish my goals.[/QUOTE]
Use ConnectBot to connect to an SSH server on Android.
Okay any easy install distro that comes lightweight and with [B]openbox[/B]?
I mainly use my laptop for web development and skype.
Archbang and Crunchbang should do the job.
[QUOTE=Boris-B;36313290]Archbang and Crunchbang should do the job.[/QUOTE]
Which would you recommend? Archbang or Crunchbang.
Looking a lot on Archbang, since it seems way more easy to install than i expected.
Also because it has images, that's why i hate the normal Arch, no images. I like pictures and colors as a guideline.
But Crunchbang seems nice tho'.
[editline]13th June 2012[/editline]
[del]Issues.
I connected my USB (Kingston data traveler) and it have ALWAYS worked.
Ubuntu 12.04 with Cinnamon won't detect it?
I used:
[code]dmesg | tail[/code]
Ad it says it was succesfully recognized and put in, but i can't view it?[/del]
[editline]ohhooh[/editline]
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Sorry the phone capture.
I used UNETBOOTIN to create a x64 bit system boot for my USB. (Archbang).
This error shows up.
[QUOTE=Moofy;36313309]Lots of text. Lori is the best.[/QUOTE]
Rename the USB flash drive KINGSTON and reboot. All capitals no lower-case.
My Samba transfer speeds are <1 MB/s, it's not a network problem http transfer speeds are fine. I don't know what caused this problem, I don't recall an update breaking it. I use samba to stream media to my computer and I noticed the problem when the playback slowed/skipped.
Samba version is 3.6.5-3
smdb.log
[url]http://pastebin.com/Sh49ePyu[/url]
log.nmbd
[url]http://pastebin.com/yzb45JN1[/url]
I fixed my log file getting spammed with
[code]
printing/print_cups.c:110(cups_connect)
Unable to connect to CUPS server /var/run/cups/cups.sock:631 - No such file or directory
[/code]
I did this: [url]https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Samba#Getting_a_dialog_box_up_takes_a_long_time[/url]
[QUOTE=TheCreeper;36315555]Rename the USB flash drive KINGSTON and reboot. All capitals no lower-case.[/QUOTE]
Do i need to rename it in a special way or do i just right click and rename?
And i fucking want to slice Lori's throat.
[QUOTE=Moofy;36315744]Do i need to rename it in a special way or do i just right click and rename?
And i fucking want to slice Lori's throat.[/QUOTE]
When ever ive gotten that error ive noted it down "/dev/device-by-label/ARCHISO123456" then booted back into windows. Once back into windows I open the drive properties and change the drive label to ARCHISO123456 then reboot. Works fine after that.
That's how I solved it.
Lori is the best member of the group.
EDIT:
[url]https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Persistent_block_device_naming#By-label[/url] <----- This should provide the info on how to do what I did in Windows on Linux.
Just spent a good 20 minutes trying to determine why I couldn't mount my usb. It showed up as a raw device in /dev/usb/bus/number/number but I couldn't mount it. I finally just rebooted and wouldn't you know it showed up as sdb1 first try. Kill me now.
I'm doing a cyber security course this summer so backtrack here I come!
I have a linode. Running debian on it. I'm trying to set up srcds on it, following the tutorial for installing srcds on linux.
I tried installing screen but i get this error:
[code]
nuke@silo:/$ sudo apt-get install screen
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
screen
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/605 kB of archives.
After this operation, 1,008 kB of additional disk space will be used.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10 returned an error code (100)
E: Failure running script /usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10
[/code]
So Ubuntu 12.04, I've seen hundreds of people with the same problem and nobody has answered it, so I'm wondering if anyonr can or am I going to switch back to Windows. Ubuntu cannot stream videos from youtube or any other website. I've updated my flash player, my drivers, tried every browser and even switched from wireless to a wired connection. I've tried everythuing and still the videos are unbearably choppy. Any ideas?
I've never had that problem, but it sounds like something to do with your video drivers. Which ones are you using?
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