General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. Install Arch
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[QUOTE=TheCreeper;37275614]Tor is for anonymity. Tor is not very fast either depending on which node your connected to. Its also not very "secure" considering that anyone can setup their own node and then use sniffing software on that node to see the traffic going in and out.
I just thought I might state the obvious just in case.[/QUOTE]
There's a TOR site dedicated to testing, logging and "shaming" "bad" nodes.
Also on most sites where the video stream is Flash based, you only need to use TOR in the start of a video, then pause it, turn TOR off and wait a few seconds, then click resume.
so what is holding back WINE from replacing the need for windows in games and applications? I really hate the archaicness of Windows, just how [I]ancient[/I] some stuff (like their file system, NTFS) are. I mean Windows isn't even comparable to say most Linux Distros or even Apple OSX, Windows really has no strengths or things to like, it just happens to have all the support in the world :v:
I know that Gabe has been pressuring AMD and nVidia to make better graphics drivers for Linux (in preparation for L4D2 and Steam on Linux) so that might help
I mean I want to buy Windows 8 just for some of these archaic stuff are removed (Windows 8 has allot of under the hood changes) but Linux distros are just so much ahead in terms of development
Also on a side note: Since Logitech and Razer do not provide their mice software on Linux, how do you change your DPI? Changing DPI is sorta kinda the most important mouse feature there is :v:
[QUOTE=The Baconator;37296867]so what is holding back WINE from replacing the need for windows in games and applications? I really hate the archaicness of Windows, just how [I]ancient[/I] some stuff (like their file system, NTFS) are. I mean Windows isn't even comparable to say most Linux Distros or even Apple OSX, Windows really has no strengths or things to like, it just happens to have all the support in the world :v:
I know that Gabe has been pressuring AMD and nVidia to make better graphics drivers for Linux (in preparation for L4D2 and Steam on Linux) so that might help
I mean I want to buy Windows 8 just for some of these archaic stuff are removed (Windows 8 has allot of under the hood changes) but Linux distros are just so much ahead in terms of development
Also on a side note: Since Logitech and Razer do not provide their mice software on Linux, how do you change your DPI? Changing DPI is sorta kinda the most important mouse feature there is :v:[/QUOTE]
Theres a program called razercfg for razer mice.
Apologies, great people, but I'm coming back here with a new issue. I'm unsure if it's anything new, though.
Apparently, no Orange Box based game runs on my system. It gives the "Could not load library client" error.
GMod and HL2:DM work fine, though. Which is strange, since I've *heard* that GMod is based on the Orange Box engine, but I'm not completely sure of that.
Can you, great and kind Linux folk, help me, please?
[QUOTE=supervoltage;37302213]GMod and HL2:DM work fine, though. Which is strange, since I've *heard* that GMod is based on the Orange Box engine, but I'm not completely sure of that.[/QUOTE]
I believe GMod uses a slightly modified codebase, but HL2DM should be up-to-date with OB.
Does linux hate amd notebooks because i have a hard time enabling my adapter, i have installed the drivers correctly yet it says cannot find adapter its an HP Probook 6555b with an HD4200 integrated.
[QUOTE=Strikebango;37302547]Does linux hate amd notebooks because i have a hard time enabling my adapter, i have installed the drivers correctly yet it says cannot find adapter its an HP Probook 6555b with an HD4200 integrated.[/QUOTE]
Adapter? as in wireless?
[QUOTE=Strikebango;37302547]Does linux hate amd notebooks because i have a hard time enabling my adapter, i have installed the drivers correctly yet it says cannot find adapter its an HP Probook 6555b with an HD4200 integrated.[/QUOTE]
AMD failed to define several adapters. You need to force x to use it.
I put this in my xorg.conf to force it (I use HD 6520G). You may need to edit a few lines to make it compatible for your machine.
[code]
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "LCD"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "RadeonHD"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Primary Screen"
Device "RadeonHD"
Monitor "LCD"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1366x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection
[/code]
[QUOTE=esalaka;37302463]I believe GMod uses a slightly modified codebase, but HL2DM should be up-to-date with OB.[/QUOTE]
Sadly, that doesn't explain why HL2:EP1, HL2:EP2, CS:S, Portal and TF2 share the same error.
I think I might take a crack at writing my own wm this week. [editline]18th August 2012[/editline] Got a basic thing written, just have to test now. [editline]18th August 2012[/editline] [img]http://s17.postimage.org/kx2dx207x/2012_08_18_231540_1366x768_scrot.png[/img] sup bitches Code: [url]http://pastebin.com/4sZhVjhz[/url]
[QUOTE=neos300;37306631]I think I might take a crack at writing my own wm this week. [editline]18th August 2012[/editline] Got a basic thing written, just have to test now. [editline]18th August 2012[/editline] [IMG]http://s17.postimage.org/kx2dx207x/2012_08_18_231540_1366x768_scrot.png[/IMG] sup bitches Code: [URL]http://pastebin.com/4sZhVjhz[/URL][/QUOTE]
Very nice! Any inspiration from tinyWM?
Also, is it strange that I'm repelled almost visceraly from wine/playonlinux? I find myself wanting to play tf2/gmod but I'm just not ready to install windows software on my linux hard drive :v:
Maybe I will be patient and hope for native support... in the mean time I guess this means booting back into windows every so often to get my fix.
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;37307808]Very nice! Any inspiration from tinyWM?
Also, is it strange that I'm repelled almost visceraly from wine/playonlinux? I find myself wanting to play tf2/gmod but I'm just not ready to install windows software on my linux hard drive :v:
Maybe I will be patient and hope for native support... in the mean time I guess this means booting back into windows every so often to get my fix.[/QUOTE]
Just a bit.
I made it mostly from the xlib docs, but it turned out to be really similar to tinywm (except in mine you can use a terminal)
This was about 10 minutes work, I'm going to add more stuff tomorrow.
[QUOTE=neos300;37307837]Just a bit.
I made it mostly from the xlib docs, but it turned out to be really similar to tinywm (except in mine you can use a terminal)
This was about 10 minutes work, I'm going to add more stuff tomorrow.[/QUOTE]
I didn't mean to make any accusations, was just making an idle observation. Also, please make your WM sane (that is, make it tiling).
I got so fed up messing with UEFI and GPT when installing ArchLinux, I just ragequit and now I'm installing Windows 8 with UEFI disabled (so it uses MBR).
UEFI doesn't give me any extra functionality, so I might as well not bother with it.
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;37307808]Very nice! Any inspiration from tinyWM?
Also, is it strange that I'm repelled almost visceraly from wine/playonlinux? I find myself wanting to play tf2/gmod but I'm just not ready to install windows software on my linux hard drive :v:
Maybe I will be patient and hope for native support... in the mean time I guess this means booting back into windows every so often to get my fix.[/QUOTE]
I've got FL studio 10 installed along with Synthesia. Linux is not a religion. Installing Windows programs is not a sin.
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;37308058]I didn't mean to make any accusations, was just making an idle observation. Also, please make your WM sane (that is, make it tiling).[/QUOTE]
Sorry, I didn't really mean that as a counter. I was really tired last night.
And of course it's going to be tiling, stacking is too much work.
[QUOTE=supervoltage;37310435]I've got FL studio 10 installed along with Synthesia. Linux is not a religion. Installing Windows programs is not a sin.[/QUOTE]
I get that it's not a religion, and I suppose the fact that linux can run windows programs "almost natively" is saying something.
I do question why xterm is a playonlinux dependency. You just can't escape the damn thing it appears :v:
Try removing xterm and run PlayOnLinux, maybe? It may work. Or not. I have no idea. Just go ahead and do it; what could possibly break?
[QUOTE=supervoltage;37312236]Try removing xterm and run PlayOnLinux, maybe? It may work. Or not. I have no idea. Just go ahead and do it; what could possibly break?[/QUOTE]
Everything?
And why the hell would removing xterm be any good, it's the simplest of terminal emulators I know of.
You can never know. Besides, it's easily fixable. Just download and install it again and you're off to go. I guess.
I just went with wine + winetricks instead. I hope tf2 runs fine, steam didn't have any issues (except for the problem displaying text as mentioned earlier in this thread; thanks for the easy fix guys :v:)
I finally did it and got tf2 up and running without issues on linux.
My WM now has support for switching between different desktops, but still no tiling.
[QUOTE=Strikebango;37312630]I finally did it and got tf2 up and running without issues on linux.[/QUOTE]
I get the steam error saying I can't play the game at this time :/
[img]http://i.imgur.com/s5KQe.png[/img]
Tiling!
I don't really like how it tiles though, I'm going to change it.
It's about 200L so far.
Very nice! Also after a couple of google searches I satisfied all of the dependencies and now tf2 runs like a champ. I'm not sure I ever got 120fps in windows... I can't wait to see native support. Only issue now is sound, but that's probably just a wine issue.
[QUOTE=Strikebango;37312630]I finally did it and got tf2 up and running without issues on linux.[/QUOTE]
How? Any Orange Box based game gives me the "Could not load client library" error.
Posting from dwb, it is an incredibly slick browser.
Might even switch from chromium.
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;37311991]I get that it's not a religion, and I suppose the fact that linux can run windows programs "almost natively" is saying something.
I do question why xterm is a playonlinux dependency. You just can't escape the damn thing it appears :v:[/QUOTE]
It's not "almost natively", it [B]is[/B] natively. It's native x86 / x86_64 code executed on Linux, just has this interface to deal with the APIs and the binary format (PE) because the kernel can't handle those.
The code is run natively and with theoretically zero performance overhead. All of the inherent slowness in Wine results from, for instance, redirecting API calls.
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