General Linux Chat and Small Questions - Hardware & Software

Hi, I'm doing a small project for my computer class and I need to know the easiest way to share files between three Ubuntu boxes.

[QUOTE=faillord adam;29427331]Where can I get the source code of Cedega?[/QUOTE] IIRC it's closed-source and/or might be using WINE to get somewhere. [editline]26th April 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Madmac10;29427809]Hi, I'm doing a small project for my computer class and I need to know the easiest way to share files between three Ubuntu boxes.[/QUOTE] Dropbox. I keep my entire workspace in Dropbox, and some backups/snapshots of dropbox in external.

I'm gonna get a server later this year, and I plan to use Ubuntu Server with it. To get started I'm going to read the [url=http://ebookee.org/The-Official-Ubuntu-Server-Book-2nd-Edition_761545.html]The official Ubuntu Server book[/url] [editline]26th April 2011[/editline] I was going to use Arch but I'm too much of a linux noob for that I think

I'm about done reinstalling most of arch on my laptop. I started fiddling around with awesome wm. Dows anyone have a good guide that expains what the hell is going. I've read a few things and looked at the config. I understand some things but others are quite confusing. For example, I'm not sure what al the layouts do and it seems like there's no clear explanation of them.

[QUOTE=Boris-B;29434147]I'm about done reinstalling most of arch on my laptop. I started fiddling around with awesome wm. Dows anyone have a good guide that expains what the hell is going. I've read a few things and looked at the config. I understand some things but others are quite confusing. For example, I'm not sure what al the layouts do and it seems like there's no clear explanation of them.[/QUOTE] The Awesome wiki is the best source of info. the LUA files are actually incredibly easy to work with. [url]https://awesome.naquadah.org/wiki/Main_Page[/url]

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I did a pacman-db-upgrade today, it made it up to man-db and as it rebuilt its' database I get this error: 'mandb: can't set the locale; make sure $LC_* and $LANG are correct' and doesn't continue.

[QUOTE=MasterFen007;29447603]I did a pacman-db-upgrade today, it made it up to man-db and as it rebuilt its' database I get this error: 'mandb: can't set the locale; make sure $LC_* and $LANG are correct' and doesn't continue.[/QUOTE] Well did you make sure that $LC_* and $LANG was correct? Try printing them. [code] printf "$LANG" [/code]

I wish netflix didn't use silverlight so I could watch netflix on linux.

[QUOTE=Takkun10;29450360]I wish netflix didn't use silverlight so I could watch netflix on linux.[/QUOTE] does it not work with moonlight?

What's a good lightweight and not too hard to use DE for use on a netbook?

Awesome or Openbox.

[QUOTE=Biotic;29462249]What's a good lightweight and not too hard to use DE for use on a netbook?[/QUOTE] DWM if you can handle the learning curve, if you want something you'll understand out the box just go with openbox. it pairs up nicely with xfpanel

I'm starting to get used to awesome. Knowing the proper keybinds and the difference between a master and non-master client does help a lot.

Also, can somebody help me setup the wifi on my netbook running Arch? I've tried almost everything on the Arch Wiki but it still wont work. :saddowns: [editline]27th April 2011[/editline] I don't get any errors, it just plain doesn't work.

Run lspci and we'll see.

[code]Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev01)[/code]

It seems like your chip is partially supported. It should work. You probably need firmware thos since it's very common for the drive you need to ask for it. I'll need some more information just to be sur I need to check if I'm right too. Can you run the following? [code] uname -a ifconfig -a iwconfig dmesg | grep -i firmware lsmod [/code] Post all the results. If i'm right, you'll most likely only need to get the firmware and shove it in the right place.

I'll be back in a bit when I install a DE to copy and paste this all. :v:

How can I change the main menu icon for gnome? I'm on ubuntu 11.04 classic, and i've got a nice icon theme, but i don't like their main menu icon.

[QUOTE=ButtsexV2;29451982]does it not work with moonlight?[/QUOTE] Never heard of moonlight. I'm gonna look into it. Thanks.

[QUOTE=Biotic;29474785]I'll be back in a bit when I install a DE to copy and paste this all. :v:[/QUOTE] You could always use screen. It's the best way I found to copy/paste in a terminal.

[QUOTE=Boris-B;29474897]You could always use screen. It's the best way I found to copy/paste in a terminal.[/QUOTE] I'll try that. [editline]27th April 2011[/editline] Would I have to use links? Because I'm horrible with it.

You would. The thing with screen is that you can only copy/paste within screen sessions. So the text's going to have to be in your console to work. I guess you might aswell install a DE since you'll be using one at some point.

How do I use screen?

It's a bit confusing to explain. To copy you do: (Don't do the things starting with #) First run screen [code] # Copy Ctrl-A Escape Select the text using the arrows to move and Enter to select the start and end point of the selection # Paste Ctrl-A ] # Help file Ctrl-A ? [/code]

Will it copy everything that's been shown in the current terminal session, or just whats on the screen?

It'll copy everything you select. Screen has a buffer for the text outputted to screen. You can go back further than with a normal tty session. You could always do it with a DE or something like that. It would also be less problematic for pasting the stuff back.

[QUOTE=Biotic;29475161]How do I use screen?[/QUOTE] [url]http://monkey-robot.com/2007/11/i-scream-you-scream-we-all-scream-for-screen/[/url] here's a good explanation, and where I first learned about the program

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