• General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. Install Arch
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[QUOTE=Waterrmelonn;36588485]Is there an installation guide for Crunchbang 10.1? I've previously used Ubuntu before.[/QUOTE] It's pretty simple, make it bootable via. a CD or USB and the follow on-screen instructions. [editline]2nd July 2012[/editline] But I probably suck more at Linux thank you so maybe i shouldn't talk here :v:
What are some good linux games to play? (they must be free of course).
[QUOTE=robotman5;36593839]What are some good linux games to play? (they must be free of course).[/QUOTE] i thought warsow was nice.
[quote=HP Customer Service representative]Dear Stephen, Thank you for contacting the HP Home & Home Office Store. I understand that you are interested in our g7t-1300 and would like to know if you can get it without the operating system so that you can install Linux in it. I thank you for considering our product. Honestly, you have a very noble request. I also do that sometimes. However, we have a noble mission as well to provide our customers with a machine that can be used out of the box. I'm sorry to say that all our computers are preloaded with a Windows 7 operating system. I wish that we can grant your request, but we our ordering system doesn't allow it. I hope you will understand. [/quote] :( She was sweet though. Are there any other retailers which would make it conceivable to buy a mid- to low-end laptop with Linux or no OS installed? Dell also does their "Customize" option which makes me hopeful, though again, I may have to chat with a representative for this to work, which I don't mind. Windows is [I]hardly[/I] a necessity, in fact it doesn't even work on my school WiFi network.
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;36594304]:( She was sweet though. Are there any other retailers which would make it conceivable to buy a mid- to low-end laptop with Linux or no OS installed? Dell also does their "Customize" option which makes me hopeful, though again, I may have to chat with a representative for this to work, which I don't mind. Windows is [I]hardly[/I] a necessity, in fact it doesn't even work on my school WiFi network.[/QUOTE] Sometimes the windows license can be used on another machine. So If you're lucky you could just sell your license key.
Oh fuggit. All Dell's laptops look like grandma laptops, unless I go to the $1000+ range. I might get HP or summat Windows or no Windows.
Linux has been so fun, it got me all distracted that I actually forgot about my studying on PHP. Need to get back into web development again, oh god why have I forgotten so many tags! :suicide:
Maybe I should write a package manager and make my own source-based distro. Shouldn't be to hard, right? Right? RIGHT?
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;36594818]Oh fuggit. All Dell's laptops look like grandma laptops, unless I go to the $1000+ range. I might get HP or summat Windows or no Windows.[/QUOTE] Trust me, you should only go for [I]top-of-the-line[/I] HP laptops, the rest have [I]questionable-at-best[/I] build quality. Personal experience I'm afraid.
Get a Macbook if you want a laptop that isn't a steaming pile of plastic.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;36596282]Get a Macbook if you want a laptop that isn't a steaming pile of plastic.[/QUOTE] Ohh a steaming pile of [B]EXPENSIVE[/B] metal is [I]SOOOO[/I] much better :rolleyes: Grab a Asus, but watch out for Monday models.
[QUOTE=neos300;36595539]Maybe I should write a package manager and make my own source-based distro. Shouldn't be to hard, right? Right? RIGHT?[/QUOTE] With a good bit of knowledge, and you being the only person using it, no, it's not too bad. If you want ANYONE else to be using it, it's going to get a little more difficult.
Okay I got it figured out. I just wasn't looking hard enough on the Arch wiki.
[QUOTE=Van-man;36596444]Ohh a steaming pile of [B]EXPENSIVE[/B] metal is [I]SOOOO[/I] much better :rolleyes: Grab a Asus, but watch out for Monday models.[/QUOTE] I [I]had[/I] an ASUS but I gave it to my sister because she was alone in college with no computer. All I'll be using it for is Internet and documents, I have my gaming PC at home. So I'll just look for Intel HD graphics and if I feel like spending extra on anything I'll try to find a bigger screen or summat.
Would anyone be interested in a tron clone for linux command line? I'm working on one right now and if you guys were I would love some input on the design :v:
I effing wish that every online laptop store had an option to sort by resolution rather than screen size. You know they only do it that way because Grandpa better understands it. I don't give a fuck about the size, I want my 1600x900.
Nevermind, I can add nomodeset to the end of my kernel boot options, but my screen resolution is a bit whack. Also, I herped the derp earlier, I confused my desktop with my laptop, this thing is using an AMD A4-3305 APU.
What is the best Linux distro for a Netbook such as my Aspire One D225? I've looked at jolicraft, netbook ubuntu, linux mint etc. but I don't know which one is best for me. Each has their differences but what I mainly want is something that's not too simplistic or tacky that runs well on a netbook. I've used linux before but it's always crashed on me on my old PC so I'm not a first time user.
Well, I've used everything from Ubuntu's Unity to a terminal window on my netbook, and I have to say that my favorite is Crunchbang/Archbang's Openbox setup. Although, my favorite for regular large laptops and desktops is Cinnamon. It's just so nice.
[QUOTE=ycap5;36601309]What is the best Linux distro for a Netbook such as my Aspire One D225?[/QUOTE] CrunchBang Linux.
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;36599296]I don't give a fuck about the size, I want my 1600x900.[/QUOTE] Want my HP? 17 inchers and at that resolution. Though it constantly feels like it's gonna fall apart.
[QUOTE=ASmellyOgre;36601435]Well, I've used everything from Ubuntu's Unity to a terminal window on my netbook, and I have to say that my favorite is Crunchbang/Archbang's Openbox setup. Although, my favorite for regular large laptops and desktops is Cinnamon. It's just so nice.[/QUOTE] i caved and just installed Ubuntu on my new laptop, i love how Unity looks but after a week i'm already starting to miss the menial, bare-bones feeling of arch that made me enjoy linux in the first place :( will probably install ArchBang after reading this post.
Installed Crunchbang. Now to install Wine.
If I would like to create a virtual computer on my Windows partition (so installing a Linux virtual PC while running Windows) what would the best software be? VMWare? Or what's on the market?
[QUOTE=mikkeljuhl;36604636]If I would like to create a virtual computer on my Windows partition (so installing a Linux virtual PC while running Windows) what would the best software be? VMWare? Or what's on the market?[/QUOTE] Virtualbox, or VMware player.
Man, if you have another spare hdd for linux, then create a vbox hdd image that links to the drive. Boot up the vbox, install any linux, configure with the help of the great wikis, then make sure that you can switch between windows' and syslinux bootloader when you boot your host machine. Now install VirtualBox additions on your host and linux, give another option for linux to boot with vbox modules, and then if you use a DE like XFCE, you can switch to Desktop Integration Mode, so it will make the "gap" between the host and virtual machine's desktop environment seamless. I love that feature.
Decided to try ArchBang and hope the preconfigured Openbox setup works. About to burn the ISO.
Well, I thought making a package manager was going to be easy. I wrote it really quickly and it worked fine with a test package of some empty text files. Now I just have to add some libraries. So I thought that bash is probably a good choice to go first since it has graphical output. It only requires linux api headers, glibc, readline, and ncurses, which I can all pull off of my LFS installation. Then I looked at the files contained in the packages, realized that I had to transport those lists to my symlink files, and lost all hope.
Hey guys, I'm wondering what would be the best way to learn more about simple Linux and simple Linux programming? I want to get some practical Linux experience so that I could put it on my resume and make myself a more attractive employee. The most programming experience I have is a course I've taken in Visual Basic and I have basic programming theory down. The most I've done with Linux was installed Ubuntu, Mint, Crunchbang, and Debian on laptops, configuring a CentOS Minecraft server on a VPS, and tried and failed at installing ArchOS on my Desktop in a dual-boot (I couldn't for the life of me get the WiFi drivers down.)
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;36621196]Hey guys, I'm wondering what would be the best way to learn more about simple Linux and simple Linux programming? I want to get some practical Linux experience so that I could put it on my resume and make myself a more attractive employee. The most programming experience I have is a course I've taken in Visual Basic and I have basic programming theory down. The most I've done with Linux was installed Ubuntu, Mint, Crunchbang, and Debian on laptops, configuring a CentOS Minecraft server on a VPS, and tried and failed at installing ArchOS on my Desktop in a dual-boot (I couldn't for the life of me get the WiFi drivers down.)[/QUOTE] Dick around with as many different Linux versions and variants in a virtualized environment as possible, but go deep and don't just scrape the surface. And try to set them all up for various purposes.
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