• General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. Install Arch
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[QUOTE=FlamingSpaz;37870273]How well does the Xonar DG work with Arch Linux? (Namely the Headphone amp and Dolby Headphone) I can't find any solid answers from Google.[/QUOTE] Mine works fine with ALSA
Cheers, guess I'll be installing Arch then. [editline]1st October 2012[/editline] Also: [quote] [B]Steam for Linux to Arrive ‘In a Few Days’[/B] Steam’s arrival on Linux isn’t a secret – and even when it was it was a poorly kept one. The company have been internally testing the Linux client for a while, and recently announced that an ‘external’ beta Linux users would be coming out ‘sometime in October’. No specific date was given. But, today, a request from Valve’s “bryceh” to Ubuntu developers has offered up a more definite time-frame – one that’s happening this week. He wrote in his request: could an archive or SRU admin accept nvidia-common and jockey from the upload queue? These are needed for the Valve Steam release that happens in a few days.”[/quote] [url]http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/steam-for-linux-to-arrive-in-a-few-days[/url]
Oh yessssss. Hopefully the fact I have sent an e-mail about it to them back when they wanted us to comment or send an e-mail to join the beta means that I'll be one of those 1000 lucky people.
So I've never used any desktop linux variant, but am running raspbmc (debian wheezy variant or something I believe), and ubuntu server. What would you guys recommend to install for linux steam?
[QUOTE=FlamingSpaz;37870273]How well does the Xonar DG work with Arch Linux? (Namely the Headphone amp and Dolby Headphone) I can't find any solid answers from Google.[/QUOTE] From [url]http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Matrix:Vendor-Asus[/url] "This hardware has no volume controls; use PulseAudio. Front panel, HP, and microphones do not work."
[QUOTE=mobrockers2;37870814]So I've never used any desktop linux variant, but am running raspbmc (debian wheezy variant or something I believe), and ubuntu server. What would you guys recommend to install for linux steam?[/QUOTE] Any debian distribution will more than likely work. Non .debs can probably be easily used also
[QUOTE=mobrockers2;37870814]So I've never used any desktop linux variant, but am running raspbmc (debian wheezy variant or something I believe), and ubuntu server. What would you guys recommend to install for linux steam?[/QUOTE] It'll be packages for Ubuntu 12.04/12.10
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;37870956]It'll be packages for Ubuntu 12.04/12.10[/QUOTE] Yes, but I've heard nothing but bad things about unity (from you guys mind you).
[QUOTE=mobrockers2;37871315]Yes, but I've heard nothing but bad things about unity (from you guys mind you).[/QUOTE] Install another DE or just extract the files and play with them yourself?
Was there a sign page for steam already? I looked on the blog and there's nothing there. Considering making an Ubuntu partition just for steam.
I'm just going to install the deb with dpkg when it comes out
[QUOTE=mobrockers2;37871315]Yes, but I've heard nothing but bad things about unity (from you guys mind you).[/QUOTE] This is Linux, not Windows. Nothing stops you from using the dozens of other DEs and WMs available if you don't like what comes stock. [editline]1st October 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=kaukassus;37869032]for me. Archlinux is the easiest to install. I don't need some fancy GUI's wich do all the work for me. :v:[/QUOTE] I think there's quite a leap between "Archlinux isn't hard to install" and "Archlinux is the [B]easiest[/B]" to install. One is a sound piece of wisdom after having tried it many times, the other one is a bragging lie.
[QUOTE=gparent;37876446]This is Linux, not Windows. Nothing stops you from using the dozens of other DEs and WMs available if you don't like what comes stock. [editline]1st October 2012[/editline] for me. :v: I think there's quite a leap between "Archlinux isn't hard to install" and "Archlinux is the [B]easiest[/B]" to install. One is a sound piece of wisdom after having tried it many times, the other one is a bragging lie.[/QUOTE] Thats why I said for me.
I just realized, i was that dumb to send the e-mail to valve, but without my steam ID or something to identify me. A free slot for you guys :v:
Are you supposed to email them? I thought they were going to post a web page on their blog.
A comment on the blog said that if you emailed/commented on their blog post you had a space, but the most recent blog post says there will be a sign up page.
[QUOTE=neos300;37885476]Are you supposed to email them? I thought they were going to post a web page on their blog.[/QUOTE] Both were possible, iirc. I emailed them so I didn't have to be on top of any blogs :v:
Hm, I'll probably email them just to make sure. In other news I'm setting up an Arch Testing partition so I can help contribute. Any WM recommendations that aren't awesome or openbox?
Ok, what do you guys think of my terminal color theme (I haven't finished modifying the color profiles yet, so thing like ls still look ugly): [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/YJMZz.png[/img_thumb] Also while on this topic: would it be possible to get my string prompt to display a partial filepath? The full path is way to long when working in my windows partition and way to short with just the head....
[QUOTE=sabreman;37897040]Ok, what do you guys think of my terminal color theme (I haven't finished modifying the color profiles yet, so thing like ls still look ugly): [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/YJMZz.png[/img_thumb] Also while on this topic: would it be possible to get my string prompt to display a partial filepath? The full path is way to long when working in my windows partition and way to short with just the head....[/QUOTE] [B]oh god my eyes [/B]Luminescent red on black is a contender for the most eyeraping combination 2012
[QUOTE=sabreman;37897040]Ok, what do you guys think of my terminal color theme (I haven't finished modifying the color profiles yet, so thing like ls still look ugly): [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/YJMZz.png[/img_thumb] Also while on this topic: would it be possible to get my string prompt to display a partial filepath? The full path is way to long when working in my windows partition and way to short with just the head....[/QUOTE] wow
[QUOTE=sabreman;37897040]Ok, what do you guys think of my terminal color theme (I haven't finished modifying the color profiles yet, so thing like ls still look ugly): Also while on this topic: would it be possible to get my string prompt to display a partial filepath? The full path is way to long when working in my windows partition and way to short with just the head....[/QUOTE] Way too aggressive for me, then again I code using Zenburn so...
Best terminal (it's actually transparent ontop of my secondary wallpaper) [img]http://imgkk.com/i/evm6.png[/img] How can I better my font rendering?
[img]http://localhostr.com/files/mlUi2LT/bestminal.png[/img] I have the bestminal. (looks way better on the ThinkPad screen) By the way, how the heck am I supposed to calibrate the colours / apply a monitor profile in Linux?
[url]http://ciembor.github.com/4bit/[/url] This is very useful for terminal colors. [editline]3rd October 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=neos300;37887279]Hm, I'll probably email them just to make sure. In other news I'm setting up an Arch Testing partition so I can help contribute. Any WM recommendations that aren't awesome or openbox?[/QUOTE] DWM or Mate.
Why do Linux desktop compositors suck so badly? The only one I've used that doesn't kill performance is xcompmgr. Compiz and Kwin just run like absolute shit even if I turn off all the fancy features (including shadows and transparency), and its even worse if I'm forced to use LLVM-pipe for some reason.
I've tried out Arch Linux in a VM (again), and I'm impressed now. The linux with X and everything boots as fast from cold boot in the VM as Windows8 on real hardware with its hybrid boot. Just imagine if it was booting from the real hardware, and I don't have a SSD. The system has base, base-devel, X, openbox, urxvt and links installed, and it's almost using up 1 GB hdd space, from boot it uses 76 MB ram, and has a 512 MB /swapfile. -snip-
[QUOTE=kaukassus;37897589][url]http://ciembor.github.com/4bit/[/url] This is very useful for terminal colors. [editline]3rd October 2012[/editline] DWM or Mate.[/QUOTE] Care to explain how to use that?
[QUOTE=VistaPOWA;37897688]Care to explain how to use that?[/QUOTE] Configure it to your liking, and get scheme in the top right
How can I choose which colour combination do I want to use, or can I only use the one in the top left corner as default?
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