• General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. Install Arch
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[QUOTE=Soleeedus;36769807]I know my GPU/drivers, but when I execute the .run file for the drivers, it opens in text editor and stops responding.[/QUOTE] You have to make the .run file an executable. Open up the terminal, go to the file's location and do: [code]chmod +x filename.run[/code] Where filename is the name of the .run file. Afterwards, as Rayjingstorm said, run it by using the following command: [code]./filename.run[/code]
[QUOTE=supervoltage;36770495]./filename.run[/QUOTE] Or just... [code]bash filename.run[/code]
[QUOTE=Soleeedus;36769749]I heard it's the most user-friendly distro out there. I'm completely new to linux itself, so I'd rather not throw myself at fedora/debian/etc[/QUOTE] Used to be. These days as long as you're not going with arch, gentoo, or sourcemage you'll get about the same level of user friendliness
Thinking of installing Linux Mint in my main computer. I only play HL2, TF2 and some CS (not source) Do you guys think with wine i'll be alright? I don't care if i have to lower down grafics.
[QUOTE=Foxconn;36770783]Or just... [code]bash filename.run[/code][/QUOTE] I can only assume a .run file starts with a shebang and interpreter path? I suppose you can forgo the step of making it executable but it just seems right for an installer script to be executable.
Also the nVidia drivers require you to not have an X server running, not sure if it's the same for AMD
What Linux distro would you guys recommend for a non technical user that is not Ubuntu or Linux Mint.
[QUOTE=TheCreeper;36772360]What Linux distro would you guys recommend for a non technical user that is not Ubuntu or Linux Mint.[/QUOTE] [I]"Hi guys, what type of [B]X[/B] would you recommend that [B]ISN'T X[/B]"[/I]
If you have no idea of what the hell you are doing I suggest you stay away from Linux. Because if you aren't a technical person you're gonna have to become one.
[QUOTE=FlamingSpaz;36771582]Also the nVidia drivers require you to not have an X server running, not sure if it's the same for AMD[/QUOTE] I installed the proprietary ATi drivers without having to quit X. After the install was finished, I edited some files and then I restarted the PC, as the wiki suggested. Now I'm running sexy proprietary drivers.
[QUOTE=esalaka;36772491]If you have no idea of what the hell you are doing I suggest you stay away from Linux. Because if you aren't a technical person you're gonna have to become one.[/QUOTE] I am a "technical person". I run a Arch Linux and FreeBSD server (speak out if this is not "technical" enough for you). My question was more for on behalf of a family member whose laptop I manage. I simply wanted to know the opinion of others here.
[QUOTE=FlamingSpaz;36771582]Also the nVidia drivers require you to not have an X server running, not sure if it's the same for AMD[/QUOTE] You don't have to stop X from running, you can just install them, edit your xorg.conf then restart X (which is generally logging out then back in if you use a display manager).
[QUOTE=TheCreeper;36772360]What Linux distro would you guys recommend for a non technical user that is not Ubuntu or Linux Mint.[/QUOTE] Fedora / OpenSUSE
[QUOTE=TheCreeper;36772694]I am a "technical person". I run a Arch Linux and FreeBSD server (speak out if this is not "technical" enough for you). My question was more for on behalf of a family member whose laptop I manage. I simply wanted to know the opinion of others here.[/QUOTE] Well there's a reason both Ubuntu and Linux Mint has gained a tremendously big popularity, and that's because it's as close as you're gonna get at a distro even your old & senile granny could use. Both my brother and mother could easily use Xubuntu with a few small tweaks to the UI and a few mandatory programs (Microsoft Office replacement, Total Commander alternative, ect ect) installed. Take a look here if you wanna check out lesser known derivatives: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_distributions#Ubuntu-based[/url] & [url]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Gldt.svg[/url]
[QUOTE=TheCreeper;36772694]I am a "technical person". I run a Arch Linux and FreeBSD server (speak out if this is not "technical" enough for you). My question was more for on behalf of a family member whose laptop I manage. I simply wanted to know the opinion of others here.[/QUOTE] Technical enough for me yeah, I just mean... You can't introduce Arch to someone who's afraid of the CLI because that's all you get to do the initial installation, for example.
So apparently chromium OS is ubuntu based.
[url]https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/29850[/url] Does anyone else get this (especially on other distros)? Load average with any kernel after 3.3.4 is literally 12x higher on my server Can't believe such a critical bug has been in the linux kernel for months
[QUOTE=Darkimmortal;36775452][url]https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/29850[/url] Does anyone else get this (especially on other distros)? Load average with any kernel after 3.3.4 is literally 12x higher on my server Can't believe such a critical bug has been in the linux kernel for months[/QUOTE] I've been having a similar problem in Fedora 17. Just idling, my load averages hang around 1.00. They used to be 0.05 or so. I didn't really think much of it until now though.
[QUOTE=Darkimmortal;36775452][url]https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/29850[/url] Does anyone else get this (especially on other distros)? Load average with any kernel after 3.3.4 is literally 12x higher on my server Can't believe such a critical bug has been in the linux kernel for months[/QUOTE] I'm still on 2.6 :v: I'm afraid to update packages because the last time it broke everything and I had to reinstall my VPS about five times.
[QUOTE=neos300;36774196]So apparently chromium OS is ubuntu based.[/QUOTE] Any source on this? Because as far as I can tell, it's Gentoo-based.
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;36779522]Any source on this? Because as far as I can tell, it's Gentoo-based.[/QUOTE] It's on that chart that jookia posed up there.
Do you guys think my Raspberry pi could run Wine and possible Half life?
[QUOTE=Niven;36782093]Do you guys think my Raspberry pi could run Wine and possible Half life?[/QUOTE] Uhm.. I recall the Pi having 256MB of RAM? If that's true, then you might have some trouble. The rest of the specifications can easily handle it though, you'll just need some multilib software installed for wine.
[QUOTE=Niven;36782093]Do you guys think my Raspberry pi could run Wine and possible Half life?[/QUOTE] No. Different architectures..
Has anyone every sucessfully converted a console font to an X11 compatible one? I tried using psftools to make default8x16.psfu into a bdf, and then xorg-bdftopcf to make it into a pcf. I put it into an X11 font directory, used mkfontdir, and it appears when using xlsfonts but my x terminal wont load it. Is there any sane way to do this?
[QUOTE=Darkimmortal;36775452][url]https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/29850[/url] Does anyone else get this (especially on other distros)? Load average with any kernel after 3.3.4 is literally 12x higher on my server Can't believe such a critical bug has been in the linux kernel for months[/QUOTE] It could be a bug with the pre-compiled kernels. Either that or it's fixed by 3.3.8 (I use Gentoo with kernel 3.3.8 that I compiled and I don't have this problem).
Anyone else held back from using a Linux distro as a primary OS ONLY by video games? :v:
[QUOTE=KaylaB;36783883]Anyone else held back from using a Linux distro as a primary OS ONLY by video games? :v:[/QUOTE] No matter how hard I try I just can't get stuff done on anything but Windows, probably because I've used nothing else until a couple of years ago. Using linux on a desktop to me is just compromise after compromise for very little gain. I do however keep an Arch virtual machine running the whole time and use it regularly for things that are easier or work better in linux (nginx, mysql, git, compiling shit, etc.) Absolutely swear by linux for servers though
[QUOTE=Darkimmortal;36784042]No matter how hard I try I just can't get stuff done on anything but Windows, probably because I've used nothing else until a couple of years ago. Using linux on a desktop to me is just compromise after compromise for very little gain. I do however keep an Arch virtual machine running the whole time and use it regularly for things that are easier or work better in linux (nginx, mysql, git, compiling shit, etc.) Absolutely swear by linux for servers though[/QUOTE] If only we could get all the advantages and none of the disadvantages.
[QUOTE=KaylaB;36783883]Anyone else held back from using a Linux distro as a primary OS ONLY by video games? :v:[/QUOTE] I'm limited by hardware. If I had money, I'd build an Intel rig with 2 GPUs and give the other GPU to a Windows VM through Xen VGA passthrough and play games in that.
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