General Linux Chat and Small Questions - Hardware & Software

iirc /var/logs/mail.log [editline]01:13PM[/editline] also vi > nano

[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;24839753]iirc /var/logs/mail.log [editline]01:13PM[/editline] also vi > nano[/QUOTE] Nano works for me. Especially now that I realized I can use ctrl + V. The logs didn't really tell me anything. And I realized must not have everything setup right. mail.josephbcohen.com is just pointing to josephbcohen.com so how can that be the mail server? Do I need to point mail.josephbcohen.com to the mx record somehow?

[QUOTE=Boris-B;24830459]@ Dude with the theme issues Download the following package: [code] gtk-engines [/code] It contains all the basic gtk engines other themes are based off. If it still doesn't work you can look at the other gtk-engine packages [code] pacman -Ss gtk-engine [/code] Or you can check our AUR... [editline]07:16PM[/editline] After looking at your theme, it looks like you need the equinox theme/engine. Getting gtk-engine is still a very good idea. You can find gtk-engine-equinox from AUR, since it's equinox you might need gtk-aurora-engine from community.[/QUOTE] Cheers, I already have gtk-engined installed, but I couldn't find the equinox engine. I wonder why aurora isn't in the main repos. Nevermind, yaourt will do the trick.

I'm pretty new to ubuntu. I was just wondering why my bootloader has two separate options for ubuntu. [IMG]http://i55.tinypic.com/e66olg.jpg[/IMG] If anyone can clear up the differences between 24 and 21 that would be great. They both load fine. The following choices are recovery mode options which isn't a problem either. Thanks.

Which linux distro should i pick? I want one that is user friendly, easy to learn, and i can customize.

[QUOTE=MEOWTFLOL;24850210]Which linux distro should i pick? I want one that is user friendly, easy to learn, and i can customize.[/QUOTE] Debian is fairly user friendly, easy to learn, and very customizable.

[QUOTE=Ant1;24849846]I'm pretty new to ubuntu. I was just wondering why my bootloader has two separate options for ubuntu. If anyone can clear up the differences between 24 and 21 that would be great. They both load fine. The following choices are recovery mode options which isn't a problem either. Thanks.[/QUOTE] I think Ubuntu leaves old kernels installed so that you have a failsafe if a new kernel breaks something. You can remove those old kernels with apt if your current one works fine. [editline]11:49PM[/editline] Just make sure you leave the newest one installed. If you go and remove [I]all[/I] of them, you won't be able to boot Ubuntu.

[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;24850348]Debian is fairly user friendly, easy to learn, and very customizable.[/QUOTE] Thanks :smile:

in the process of installing Gentoo because why not. currently downloading the stage3 tarball. installing gentoo LIVE: [url]http://www.justin.tv/bootsox[/url]

equinox should be in AUR

Does anyone know if it's possible to set a different compiler for Gentoo? I think it would be neat to try using icc for better optimized binaries or tcc to speed up compilation 50x. [editline]13:37[/editline] Wow, I sound like the stereotypical gentoo ricer. I'd really like to try it though.

it's very possible, and often fairly easy. [editline]12:53AM[/editline] hell, I wouldn't be surprised if icc and tcc were in Gentoo's repos

[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;24851665]it's very possible, and often fairly easy. [editline]12:53AM[/editline] hell, I wouldn't be surprised if icc and tcc were in Gentoo's repos[/QUOTE] I don't just mean regular installation. I'm talking about setting it as system-wide default and building all your packages with it, so when you run emerge <whatever>, portage uses icc/tcc to compile it. I think it's probably possible, but I don't know where you would set your compiler. make.conf doesn't have a "CC=gcc" line or anything. Profiles, maybe?

you could always try symlinking, but that's a little hacky and may not work at all

[QUOTE=ROBO_DONUT;24851984]I don't just mean regular installation. I'm talking about setting it as system-wide default and building all your packages with it, so when you run emerge <whatever>, portage uses icc/tcc to compile it. I think it's probably possible, but I don't know where you would set your compiler. make.conf doesn't have a "CC=gcc" line or anything. Profiles, maybe?[/QUOTE] I guess you can do it, but since gcc is used to compile absolutely everything you'd probably run into a ton of issues. Like I'm 95% sure you can't compile the kernel with icc, and it would break tons of other stuff.

[url]http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Intel_C%2B%2B_Compiler[/url] Gentoo users think of everything. I'm totally going to try this when I get a chance, and I'm probably going to go for a stage-2 install with icc set as the default (as opposed to gcc as the default with icc for specific packages, as recommended in the intro). [QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;24852271]I guess you can do it, but since gcc is used to compile absolutely everything you'd probably run into a ton of issues. Like I'm 95% sure you can't compile the kernel with icc, and it would break tons of other stuff.[/QUOTE] I kind of guessed this. They have a list of problematic packages on the wiki article I linked. I'm sure it's just a small subset of all the problematic packages, but it's a starting point. They don't mention problems with the kernel in the article. I know that TCC compiles the Linux kernel fine (there was a project that used TCC to compile the kernel from source every time you booted, just to prove TCC's incredible speed), so I really don't think it uses any GCC-specific extensions.

[IMG]http://imgkk.com/i/m-r4.png[/IMG] :sad: What do? But atleast the incoming works. I can send and receive mail I just have to use someone elses outgoing mail server.

make sure your username and password are correct, then click continue.

gitcher bastardized unix shite outta here.

also I must say Aqua is easily the ugliest interface in history. also getting back to gentoo later, going to bed now

[QUOTE=Boris-B;24850982]equinox should be in AUR[/QUOTE] It is, hence why I used yaourt.

funnily enough, it took me less time to install gentoo up to a working graphical interface than it did the last time I installed Arch :v:

Gentoo refuses to fully compile GNOME. Damn.

[QUOTE=POWA KILLERDeux;24867361]Gentoo refuses to fully compile GNOME. Damn.[/QUOTE] What's the error?

it probably just takes a long time. I'm currently compiling the QT libraries and shitsux

[QUOTE=ROBO_DONUT;24867660]What's the error?[/QUOTE] I shut it down. I'll retry later.

[QUOTE=POWA KILLERDeux;24867937]I shut it down. I'll retry later.[/QUOTE] Overheating? Was it a hardware or software invoked shutdown?

Not to start a Arch vs Gentoo argument but does compiling it all yourself really create a performance increase large enough to justify the sheer amount of time it takes to compile in the first place?

[QUOTE=eXeC64;24877391]Not to start a Arch vs Gentoo argument but does compiling it all yourself really create a performance increase large enough to justify the sheer amount of time it takes to compile in the first place?[/QUOTE] Rarely.

[QUOTE=eXeC64;24877391]Not to start a Arch vs Gentoo argument but does compiling it all yourself really create a performance increase large enough to justify the sheer amount of time it takes to compile in the first place?[/QUOTE] Nope. Very few Gentoo users believe it does. It's really part of a [url=http://funroll-loops.info/]running joke[/url]. Regardless, Gentoo can be educational ("I didn't even know it was possible for a Linux system to bork like that!"), it gets package updates earlier than most other distros (probably even Arch), from-source allows it to support many different architectures, and the flexible nature of its install process makes it easy to install Gentoo when other distros would be impractical (such as over an ssh session or cross-compiling for an embedded device). But mostly, it's just fun.