is openbox still good? havent used it for years.. is there a new lightweight ide i should look at?
[QUOTE=Kwaq;32098212]is openbox still good? havent used it for years.. is there a new lightweight ide i should look at?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, openbox is good. You could check out Xfce of LXDE as well.
gedit fulfills your needs of a text editor if you need something small.
gedit is garbage might as well just use xedit
[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;32094818]What I meant is that if one wants a true Linux system in your pocket, that phone would be a great choice... too bad it's pretty fucken expensive.[/QUOTE]
I was more confused by the fact that you recommended he bought it because he might regret it.
This is why I love linux:
[code]stat -c "%s" $(cat * | sort | uniq) | awk '{ SUM += $0 } END { print SUM/1024/1024 }'[/code]
I had a few files with lists of files in them, and I wanted find the total size of the unique files.
I remember having about a thousand pictures with the extension .JPEG (I don't know why cameras do this) and I needed to switch them to .jpg so I did this:
[code]
ls -d *.JPEG | sed 's/\(.*\).JPEG$/mv "&" "\1.jpg"/' | sh
[/code]
Hey everyone, I just installed arch on an old gateway PC that was collecting dust. I was wondering if a GUI is worthwhile. I want to learn more about Linux and do some programming in assembly, C, python, etc.
Whether or not I need it, what GUI would you recommend? I suppose you can always use a terminal within a windowing system.
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;32119421]Hey everyone, I just installed arch on an old gateway PC that was collecting dust. I was wondering if a GUI is worthwhile. I want to learn more about Linux and do some programming in assembly, C, python, etc.
Whether or not I need it, what GUI would you recommend? I suppose you can always use a terminal within a windowing system.[/QUOTE]
I say awesomeWM.
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;32119421]Hey everyone, I just installed arch on an old gateway PC that was collecting dust. I was wondering if a GUI is worthwhile. I want to learn more about Linux and do some programming in assembly, C, python, etc.
Whether or not I need it, what GUI would you recommend? I suppose you can always use a terminal within a windowing system.[/QUOTE]
You could just not bother installing X and use something like tmux or byobu..
Otherwise, I'd recommend awesome, DWM, or Openbox.
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;32119421]Hey everyone, I just installed arch on an old gateway PC that was collecting dust. I was wondering if a GUI is worthwhile. I want to learn more about Linux and do some programming in assembly, C, python, etc.
Whether or not I need it, what GUI would you recommend? I suppose you can always use a terminal within a windowing system.[/QUOTE]
xfce if you're just interested in getting stuff done.
[url=https://github.com/torvalds/linux]Torvalds' Linux branch is now hosted on GitHub![/url]
[QUOTE=snuwoods;32119716]xfce if you're just interested in getting stuff done.[/QUOTE]
This sounds great, especially if it is as fast and minimalistic as it claims to be. Just to be sure, pacman will automatically grab any of its dependencies for me?
[editline]4th September 2011[/editline]
I found the ArchWiki page on it, and it appears the daemon is the only other package that must be manually installed/configured.
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;32120625]This sounds great, especially if it is as fast and minimalistic as it claims to be. Just to be sure, pacman will automatically grab any of its dependencies for me?
[/QUOTE]
Yes, dependencies are solved automatically. The only thing you would have to configure before installing any DE or WM is your xorg and that's not a whole lot to configure (just make sure you have the proper xf86 modules and a couple lines on your .xinitrc and you're good to go).
[QUOTE=q3k;32120564][url=https://github.com/torvalds/linux]Torvalds' Linux branch is now hosted on GitHub![/url][/QUOTE]
Hasn't it been on there for like, forever? Or was that just a mirror?
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;32125754]Hasn't it been on there for like, forever? Or was that just a mirror?[/QUOTE]
I believe GitHub has only hosted them a mirror
[editline]5th September 2011[/editline]
"Them" being kernel.org
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;32125754]Hasn't it been on there for like, forever? Or was that just a mirror?[/QUOTE]
Used to be Github-offered mirror, now Torvalds moved to GItHub temporarily because kernel.org is down.
Decided against a gui, at least for now. All I have done so far is make a helloworld program in c, python, and a few misc programs in assembly. Finally found ls so that I can tell folders and files apart. Linux is really cool so far :v: I am going to run through this book on assembly, just compiling the example code and doing the exercises. I have already read through and understand everything in the book, but I read it before I was able to get a linux box running so I couldn't actually write, assemble, link and run any code. After that I plan on reading The C Book, then maybe Learn Python the Hard Way.
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;32138798]Decided against a gui, at least for now. All I have done so far is make a helloworld program in c, python, and a few misc programs in assembly. Finally found ls so that I can tell folders and files apart. Linux is really cool so far :v: I am going to run through this book on assembly, just compiling the example code and doing the exercises. I have already read through and understand everything in the book, but I read it before I was able to get a linux box running so I couldn't actually write, assemble, link and run any code. After that I plan on reading The C Book, then maybe Learn Python the Hard Way.[/QUOTE]
As a tip, add this alias on your shell's rc file. It makes things a lot easier and nicer looking.
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alias ls='ls --color=auto'
[/code]
[QUOTE=Niteshifter;32139103]As a tip, add this alias on your shell's rc file. It makes things a lot easier and nicer looking.
[code]
alias ls='ls --color=auto'
[/code][/QUOTE]
Thanks, but ls already has color. I believe 'USECOLOR="yes"' in my rc.conf already sets the color flag for ls to be auto, because adding that alias didn't change the color scheme. Thanks for the help though!
any help here?
[img]http://i.imgur.com/AahI6.png[/img]
[editline]6th September 2011[/editline]
Nevermind, fixed. There wasn't enough free space in /tmp.
[QUOTE=Artemis;32156343]any help here?
[img]http://i.imgur.com/AahI6.png[/img]
[editline]6th September 2011[/editline]
Nevermind, fixed. There wasn't enough free space in /tmp.[/QUOTE]
Chrome master race
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[QUOTE=Val67;32165755]I installed Frugalware on a old PC and would like to know if there is a way to make my windows look like [url=http://www.nikhilk.net/Content%5CImages%5CWebMatrix305_5.png]this[/url]. Anyone?[/QUOTE]
I'm not sure what WM you're using, but try installing a GTK theme that looks like that. You can find some on [url]http://gnome-looks.org/[/url]
[QUOTE=Rayjingstorm;32157259]Chrome master race[/QUOTE]
What's the difference? I thought Chromium was just the open source version.
[QUOTE=nos217;32166303]What's the difference? I thought Chromium was just the open source version.[/QUOTE]
Chrome is actually the closed version of Chromium
I'm planning to install linux on my old desktop, but I'm not sure which distribution to use. I'm currently interested in ubuntu, but I have never used any linux operating system so I would appreciate any suggestions.
[thumb]http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/4183/unledeji.png[/thumb]
[QUOTE=esalaka;32166316]Chrome is actually the closed version of Chromium[/QUOTE]
I didn't know the word "version" implied some kind of order.
I thought you implied Chromium was a fork of Chrome or something
[QUOTE=Edvinas;32167264]I'm planning to install linux on my old desktop, but I'm not sure which distribution to use. I'm currently interested in ubuntu, but I have never used any linux operating system so I would appreciate any suggestions.
[thumb]http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/4183/unledeji.png[/thumb][/QUOTE]
Linux Mint, (L/X)ubuntu, Crunchbang
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