[QUOTE=Jookia;32972262]I've never been a big fan of roguelikes, but when I was on vacation stuck with my netbook, I loaded up Stone Soup and enjoyed playing the tutorials. From my experience, GUIs for roguelikes are worse than the actual game, but I'm really impressed by the GUI I got when installing it on my main machine. Here's an example:
[img]http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Low-res-layout.png[/img]
From my experience so far, you can play it using the buttons rather than keybinds, so it's good for transitioning.[/QUOTE]
Oh man, Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup is probably the single biggest time killer I have on my Linux install. I think I have over 100 deaths on there, and my highest score is still only 2500 :(
So what sort of things do you guys consider essential to have on your machine? Like conky and stuff like that
I'd say zsh.
some flavor of xorg or another, zsh, rxvt, i3 or dwm, and uzbl
everything else is more or less optional (talking about direct use machines obviously, not servers)
Hi. Im interested in taking the linux certification exam([url]http://www.lpi.org/[/url]). I realize that it will be a lot of work and I want to make sure that it is a recognized exam before I put that effort in. Do many companies/universities acknowledge the certification?
Thank you
[QUOTE=Andaeeee;32975239]So what sort of things do you guys consider essential to have on your machine? Like conky and stuff like that[/QUOTE]
There are quite a few things I install before I'm good to go. But for the desktop look, I use fvwm and configure whatever I want from there.
[QUOTE=Szwedo;32984461]Hi. Im interested in taking the linux certification exam([url]http://www.lpi.org/[/url]). I realize that it will be a lot of work and I want to make sure that it is a recognized exam before I put that effort in. Do many companies/universities acknowledge the certification?
Thank you[/QUOTE]a cert is a cert and they're all good to have but comptia's linux+ will likely get you further.
[editline]26th October 2011[/editline]
I've got lpic-2 and linux+ and Ive got to tell you lpi's certs past 1 are more about planning than they are about actually using linux
[editline]26th October 2011[/editline]
I've got lpic-2 and linux+ and Ive got to tell you lpi's certs past 1 are more about planning than they are about actually using linux
Linux+?
[url]http://certification.comptia.org/getCertified/certifications/linux.aspx?[/url]
How would I prepare for this? Books? A class?
I wasn't sure there were any other good certs. I want to take the one that is the biggest bang for the buck (not literally...the one that counts for the most)
Thank you
That's the one.
In reality, LPIC-3 or RHCE and NLCE are the absolute best, but they're so obscenely difficult compared to LPIC-1 or -2 or Linux+
as for Linux+ preparation, I've got a book called Linux+ guide to Linux Certification that I used to prepare. It's a pretty good book (even if it is extremely fedora-centric) and to this day I find myself referencing it on occasion.
[editline]26th October 2011[/editline]
[url]http://www.amazon.com/Guide-Linux-Certification-John-Schitka/dp/0619130040[/url]
that's the book I mentioned
Awesome. How long did it take you to prepare for the exam?
I'm currently in high school, so I have a lot of work right now (SAT prep included), so I probably won't have enough time during the year to study, but I could definitely study over the summer and into next year. I'm fairly new to linux although I have installed it on my computer and played around with it a little bit.
Thoughts on how I can get more into it?
Sorry for all the questions. I really appreciate it. Thanks for the book link btw.
Welp, while updating the family computer running Ubuntu 11.10 the graphics crashed and I rebooted. Now it fails to update to Linux 3.0.0-13 from -12.
[code]stephen@fpc:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/37.2 MB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 186296 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace linux-image-3.0.0-13-generic 3.0.0-13.21 (using .../linux-image-3.0.0-13-generic_3.0.0-13.21_amd64.deb) ...
Done.
Unpacking replacement linux-image-3.0.0-13-generic ...
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.0.0-13-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-13-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-extlinux 3.0.0-13-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-13-generic
P: Checking for EXTLINUX directory... found.
P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-13-generic...
P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic...
P: Updating /boot/extlinux/linux.cfg...
P: Writing config for Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sda2...
P: Installing debian theme...cp: cannot stat `/usr/share/syslinux/themes/debian-squeeze/extlinux/memtest.bin': No such file or directory
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-extlinux exited with return code 1
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postrm.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.0.0-13-generic.postrm line 328.
dpkg: warning: subprocess old post-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.0.0-13-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-13-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-extlinux 3.0.0-13-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-13-generic
P: Checking for EXTLINUX directory... found.
P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-13-generic...
P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic...
P: Writing config for Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sda2...
P: Installing debian theme...cp: cannot stat `/usr/share/syslinux/themes/debian-squeeze/extlinux/memtest.bin': No such file or directory
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-extlinux exited with return code 1
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postrm.d at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm line 328.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.0.0-13-generic_3.0.0-13.21_amd64.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.0.0-13-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-13-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-extlinux 3.0.0-13-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-13-generic
P: Checking for EXTLINUX directory... found.
P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic...
P: Updating /boot/extlinux/linux.cfg...
P: Writing config for Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sda2...
P: Installing debian theme...cp: cannot stat `/usr/share/syslinux/themes/debian-squeeze/extlinux/memtest.bin': No such file or directory
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-extlinux exited with return code 1
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postrm.d at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/postrm line 328.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-3.0.0-13-generic_3.0.0-13.21_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
stephen@fpc:~$ [/code]
Meh. No biggie. At least it boots up fine.
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;32986152]
[code]
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-extlinux 3.0.0-13-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-13-generic
P: Checking for EXTLINUX directory... found.
P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-13-generic...
P: Writing config for /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic...
P: Updating /boot/extlinux/linux.cfg...
P: Writing config for Windows 7 (loader) on /dev/sda2...
P: Installing debian theme...cp: cannot stat `/usr/share/syslinux/themes/debian-squeeze/extlinux/memtest.bin': No such file or directory
[/code]
[/QUOTE]
That zz-extlinux script is apparently part of the "extlinux" package, which is in universe so it's not part of the standard install. Did you install it?
extlinux depends on syslinux-themes-debian, which contains the /usr/share/syslinux-themes/debian directory, though the list of files on packages.ubuntu.com doesn't show it containing anything [i]in[/i] that directory. Why is (or was) there a Debian Squeeze theme on your Ubuntu system?
This might be in the wrong section, but are offensive security's certs respected?
Thanks
Anyone know how to get unity-greeter working in xubuntu 11.10? When I changed lightdm.conf it kept flashing the mouse.
Hey guys, really stupid question here.
I have a script that seemed to work fine on CentOS but not on Ubuntu, and I have traced the source of the problem
Basically what I need the script to do is execute something located in another folder. So you might say this:
[code]/somedirectory/srcds_run[/code]
But that runs it OUTSIDE of "somedirectory". So I basically need the shell to 'move' to "somedirectory"
So you might say:
[code]
cd somedirectory
./srcds_run[/code]
Which is basically a stripped down version of what I had running fine on CentOS. On Ubuntu, it says unknown file or directory "somedirectory"
Then obviously it doesn't find srcds_run either
So I need to know how to change directories correctly in a bash script. I'm not gong to lie, I'm pretty much new to Linux, so it's little things like this this really trip me up.
Thanks!
[QUOTE=Trumple;33023101]Hey guys, really stupid question here.
I have a script that seemed to work fine on CentOS but not on Ubuntu, and I have traced the source of the problem
Basically what I need the script to do is execute something located in another folder. So you might say this:
[code]/somedirectory/srcds_run[/code]
But that runs it OUTSIDE of "somedirectory". So I basically need the shell to 'move' to "somedirectory"
So you might say:
[code]
cd somedirectory
./srcds_run[/code]
Which is basically a stripped down version of what I had running fine on CentOS. On Ubuntu, it says unknown file or directory "somedirectory"
Then obviously it doesn't find srcds_run either
So I need to know how to change directories correctly in a bash script. I'm not gong to lie, I'm pretty much new to Linux, so it's little things like this this really trip me up.
Thanks![/QUOTE][code]sudo chroot somedirectory[/code]
This?
[QUOTE=Octave;33024296][code]sudo chroot somedirectory[/code]
This?[/QUOTE]
Thanks for your help. I actually solved this another way, just by doing the cd and the run command on the same line with an && operator
I.E
[code]cd somedirectory && ./srcds_run[/code]
Da fuck?
A friend gave me his craptop netbook, asking me to install Linux on it. It doesn't have a CD drive so I created a bootable Live USB using Ubuntu's Startup Disk Creator.
I brought it into class with him and his laptop, and put it in, and it told me that it needed a 32bit disk. Fuck.
So I downloaded the 32bit Ubuntu ISO, and set about creating the startup USB. Made it, put it in, and STILL it says it's 64bit! Don't know what the fuck is going on.
Quick question, what alternatives can I use instead of syslog-ng? For some reason syslog won't work on my Gentoo.
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;33025820]Da fuck?
A friend gave me his craptop netbook, asking me to install Linux on it. It doesn't have a CD drive so I created a bootable Live USB using Ubuntu's Startup Disk Creator.
I brought it into class with him and his laptop, and put it in, and it told me that it needed a 32bit disk. Fuck.
So I downloaded the 32bit Ubuntu ISO, and set about creating the startup USB. Made it, put it in, and STILL it says it's 64bit! Don't know what the fuck is going on.[/QUOTE]
At least a netbook won't gain any benefit from 64 bit.
Also, lots of Intel atom netbooks are 32 bit.
Or maybe I downloaded the correct yet installed the wrong ISO to USB, multiple times in a row
[QUOTE=punkrjp;33026612]Quick question, what alternatives can I use instead of syslog-ng? For some reason syslog won't work on my Gentoo.[/QUOTE]
rsyslog perhaps
[QUOTE=punkrjp;33026612]Quick question, what alternatives can I use instead of syslog-ng? For some reason syslog won't work on my Gentoo.[/QUOTE]
The gentoo handbook mentiones sysklogd, syslog-ng and metalog. I'm sure there's more if you search packages.gentoo.org.
Anyone know any good distros for a laptop with 256mb of memory and a 700Mhz pentium 3? I'm using DSL at the moment but it's horribly outdated
[QUOTE=FlashStock;33029044]Anyone know any good distros for a laptop with 256mb of memory and a 700Mhz pentium 3? I'm using DSL at the moment but it's horribly outdated[/QUOTE]
Ubuntu probably requires more power than that by now, but you could run Arch on this without any trouble.
Spent goddamn hours trying to figure out how to change Grub2 colors with a splashimage in Ubuntu 11.10 on a friend's craptop. Either the splashimage works, or the colors, but never both.
The Ubuntu wiki guide doesn't help- the format of 05_debian_theme has changed!
[b]edit:[/b] why is this not working fuck fuk fukc
I put set color_normal=green/black fucking everywhere and it still doesn't work
So I decided to switch from Mint to Arch because I wanted more control than what Mint was giving me, and now I have a few questions.
1.) I am currently at university where the internet connection goes through a proxy. At the moment, every time I login I have to run
[code]export http_proxy='<address here>'
dhcpcd eth0[/code]
To get my connection up and running.
How can I make these commands run automatically when I start up the system?
2.) I'd like to use a minimalistic window manager, what are the popular ones at the moment? I've used dwm for a while but it feels a little TOO minimalistic for me, it's making it harder for me to configure stuff like my network connection, or graphics settings and stuff like that.
That's all for now, I'll post back if I think of any more :P
[QUOTE=Chris220;33039262]So I decided to switch from Mint to Arch because I wanted more control than what Mint was giving me, and now I have a few questions.
1.) I am currently at university where the internet connection goes through a proxy. At the moment, every time I login I have to run
[code]export http_proxy='<address here>'
dhcpcd eth0[/code]
To get my connection up and running.
How can I make these commands run automatically when I start up the system?
2.) I'd like to use a minimalistic window manager, what are the popular ones at the moment? I've used dwm for a while but it feels a little TOO minimalistic for me, it's making it harder for me to configure stuff like my network connection, or graphics settings and stuff like that.
That's all for now, I'll post back if I think of any more :P[/QUOTE]
Just put it in an SH script and add it to the startup programs.
As for minimal GUI, have a look at LXDE
[QUOTE=Chris220;33039262]So I decided to switch from Mint to Arch because I wanted more control than what Mint was giving me, and now I have a few questions.
1.) I am currently at university where the internet connection goes through a proxy. At the moment, every time I login I have to run
[code]export http_proxy='<address here>'
dhcpcd eth0[/code]
To get my connection up and running.
How can I make these commands run automatically when I start up the system?[/QUOTE]
dhcpd isn't running on system startup?
Why aren't you using network or net-auto-wired/wireless
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