how does linux deal with viruses other than alerting the user?
Viruses...?
After the Unity announcement, I'm moving to Linux Mint Debian Edition. Hello rolling-release.
[QUOTE=toaster468;25662761]how does linux deal with viruses other than alerting the user?[/QUOTE]
it doesn't get them. the only viruses have to be run as root
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;25663074]it doesn't get them. the only viruses have to be run as root[/QUOTE]
My windows fanboi friend is saying that users are still prone to idiocy. But the root access has to be verified by the user, am i correct?
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Oh and isn't Unity a game engine or am I mistaking it for another piece of software?
almost 100% of the time, user error is what causes problems on Linux.
And yes, root access has to be verified by the user.
also there is a game engine called Unity but it's a different piece of software.
[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;25663288]almost 100% of the time, user error is what causes problems on Linux.
And yes, root access has to be verified by the user.
also there is a game engine called Unity but it's a different piece of software.[/QUOTE]
what kind of user error though? I would understand it would be a bigger problem in Linux where things a re so customizable compared to Windows. But do you mean allowing malicious content run on the computer?
the problem with new users and Linux is that it's extremely easy to change any file. If you're the type to go poking around your operating system's insides, you will probably mess up Linux at some point.
[QUOTE=Dr. Deeps;25662967]Viruses...?
After the Unity announcement, I'm moving to Linux Mint Debian Edition. Hello rolling-release.[/QUOTE]
why couldn't you just change your window manager?
wait i think i answered this myself
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Fuck your Unity. I'll go with Linux Mint Debian, kbai. lol at the ten minute download for all the 500 updates.
Awesome (about Arch). I was originally going to use it, but I was a retard and burnt the image onto a DVD for a computer with only a CD drive :saddowns:. Then I saw the post about using Mint, and so I did that instead.
So I already have the image, I just need to burn.
I some how fucked up my fedora install , and instead of re installing fedora, I'm gonna try out arch. I've wanted to switch for a while, and this is a good opportunity to do so
[QUOTE=Roo-kie;25663994]why couldn't you just change your window manager?
wait i think i answered this myself[/QUOTE]
It's the fact that as far as has been announced there won't be a "Gubuntu". It's gonna be Unity, then Xubuntu, Edbuntu, Kubuntu, etc. I was planing on trying to get a rolling release on this computer or one of my older ones anyways. And yeah, there will be the ability, to hopefully, install Gnome, but then I'll end up having cluttered menus and its just too much of a pain. Debian won't be changing every 6 months and I won't have to do a re-install every six months, especially seeing as i lack an external hard drive to back stuff up.
You guys are missing the point. You either get Gnome 3 which is a turd, or Unity which is a turd. Which turd do you want?
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;25684913]You guys are missing the point. You either get Gnome 3 which is a turd, or Unity which is a turd. Which turd do you want?[/QUOTE]
Definitely not KDE.
Screw you man. :saddowns:
Hang on, why are we comparing a desktop environment to a game engine ?
:raise:
Nevermind I need to read the news more.
[QUOTE=Chryseus;25685369]Hang on, why are we comparing a desktop environment to a game engine ?
:raise:[/QUOTE]
what?
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;25684913]You guys are missing the point. You either get Gnome 3 which is a turd, or Unity which is a turd. Which turd do you want?[/QUOTE]
I haven't really read much about Gnome 3. How bad is it supposed to be?
Okay. I have 6149MB of Hard Drive space. How should I partition ArchLinux? I'm gonna do the default for /root (100MB) and the swap partition (256MB), so I have 5793MB left. It recommends 7500MB for / but I don't have that, and then /home wouldn't have anything left.
I can't seem to figure out how to get my wireless card working on my laptop, I have an Atheros 5xxx integrated card on a Compaq CQ60-420. I've seen so many issues with these cards yet I've never had them up until I updated to Ubuntu 10.10, now it's just stuck to "device is not ready".
I've even tried reformatting and switching to another distro, it's just plain odd.
It works just fine with windows 7, i even installed it just to try.
[QUOTE=slayer3032;25695706]I can't seem to figure out how to get my wireless card working on my laptop, I have an Atheros 5xxx integrated card on a Compaq CQ60-420. I've seen so many issues with these cards yet I've never had them up until I updated to Ubuntu 10.10, now it's just stuck to "device is not ready".
I've even tried reformatting and switching to another distro, it's just plain odd.
It works just fine with windows 7, i even installed it just to try.[/QUOTE]
Happened to me to until I installed those FGLRX drivers. I don't have a clue what happened, but it worked fine in my Arch box.
[QUOTE=WastedJamacan;25695446]Okay. I have 6149MB of Hard Drive space. How should I partition ArchLinux? I'm gonna do the default for /root (100MB) and the swap partition (256MB), so I have 5793MB left. It recommends 7500MB for / but I don't have that, and then /home wouldn't have anything left.[/QUOTE]
imo just put it all on /, with 50 MB on /boot and 100 MB on swap
[QUOTE=WastedJamacan;25695446]Okay. I have 6149MB of Hard Drive space. How should I partition ArchLinux? I'm gonna do the default for /root (100MB) and the swap partition (256MB), so I have 5793MB left. It recommends 7500MB for / but I don't have that, and then /home wouldn't have anything left.[/QUOTE]
Why would you put 100M on /root?
Buttsex is right. With so little storage space there's no point to have a partition for /home.
Okay, will do.
And It was the recommended amount.
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It has an error partitioning with those numbers.
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specifically, 'error partitioning /dev/sda'
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So after trial and error I discovered you need to have some space dedicated to /home or it won't work (I get the same error as above in every instance of not having space for /home).
Also, I have to have more than 50MB in /root and 100MB in swap. Having those numbers gives me the earlier error.
That's odd.
Are you partitioning manually or using arch's do-it-all partition scheme.
You should have a 50M-100M ext2 partition for /boot and an 100M one for swap. Leave the rest to be ext4 and /
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Also, I don't see why you want to have a /root partition so badly. There is really no use for it. It's not like there's going to be a lot of valuable stuff stored in /root anyways.
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Are you confusing the root directory (/) with /root?
I'm using the do-it-all, I guess. When I choose to wipe my hard drive, it asks me to partition /root, swap, / and /home. I'm not saying that I want a /root partition, I'm just saying that it's asking me for one and if I don't give it the amount it wants, it shits out an error.
[QUOTE=slayer3032;25695706]I can't seem to figure out how to get my wireless card working on my laptop, I have an Atheros 5xxx integrated card on a Compaq CQ60-420. I've seen so many issues with these cards yet I've never had them up until I updated to Ubuntu 10.10, now it's just stuck to "device is not ready".
I've even tried reformatting and switching to another distro, it's just plain odd.
It works just fine with windows 7, i even installed it just to try.[/QUOTE]
not sure if this will help, but my laptop now runs Ubuntu 10.10, and i had this issue.
What I did was connect it to an ethernet cable, and use the "Hardware and Drivers" option in "Places -> Administration". It scanned for the card, and downloaded the driver for the wireless card.
Fuck Wine and compositors. Ever since a few months ago, I can't play any game with Wine for more than 2 minutes; whatever compositor manager I have running slows down my entire system to a crawl, forcing me to either kill Xorg or restart. Has anyone else had this issue? I find it too much of a hassle to disable the compositor manager, especially when I'm doing gmod dev, alt tabbing back and forth.
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