[QUOTE=zzlawlzz;33881911]Hi, I wanted to install ubuntu for my laptop as dual boot.
I have dv6-6117dx
[url]http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03068253&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=5177781[/url]
I can't seem to install it. When it's installing, the screen goes blank and it looks like nothing is happening.[/QUOTE]
It looks like your video card isn't working in the latest version of Ubuntu (at least out-of-the-box). You can go back one version (11.04) or try and see if an Ubuntu-based distro, like Linux Mint 12, is working.
[QUOTE=zzlawlzz;33881911]Hi, I wanted to install ubuntu for my laptop as dual boot.
I have dv6-6117dx
[url]http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c03068253&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&product=5177781[/url]
I can't seem to install it. When it's installing, the screen goes blank and it looks like nothing is happening.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://goo.gl/842jQ[/url]
Select F6 and hit space on 'nomodeset' which will put a cross next to it, esc to close that menu and carry on with the install.
[QUOTE=GhettoGeek;33871502]Does anyone know how to get middle mouse click scroll to work on browsers? I'm new to linux and on windows if you were to click your scroll wheel you were able to move your mouse and it would scroll. I've grown quite fond of this little feature and want to be able to use it in linux[/QUOTE]
In Firefox, you can find it in the options. Alternatively, type about:config in the address bar and enable autoscroll (type in autoscroll to filter to it)
I really want to install some Linux distro that I can use for programming and Internet browsing. I've tried Ubuntu and Xubuntu but I've always given up on them after few hours. Going to try Mint 12 today.
[QUOTE=Frugle;33895548]I really want to install some Linux distro that I can use for programming and Internet browsing. I've tried Ubuntu and Xubuntu but I've always given up on them after few hours. Going to try Mint 12 today.[/QUOTE]
Sabayon 7 Awesome.
Install vim on it, and whatever compilers you need (gcc should be pre-installed), update the system completely, and you should be good to go.
If you like those kind of systems.
As a developer myself, I'd have to say that it's lovely to use a pre-compiled ready-to-go everything-should-just-work gentoo based distro with Awesome as the WM. The only WM. No extra bullshit.
[editline]25th December 2011[/editline]
At least, not more extra bullshit than you should expect from a distro using a binary package manager (portage, gentoo's source package manager is installed as well though, so you can just use it as a quick-gentoo-install-with-extra-bleeding-edge-stable-packages.)
I don't really like tiling window managers myself.
I always preferred having windows I can grab and move. Tiling is... Using my screen space suboptimally for me.
[QUOTE=esalaka;33895987]I don't really like tiling window managers myself.
I always preferred having windows I can grab and move. Tiling is... Using my screen space suboptimally for me.[/QUOTE]
Who told you that you can't move and do stuff with windows when you're using Awesome? That person sure lied.
I do that with some of my Windows, and others (like Chromium and Terminals) I leave running in one of the many tiling modes, depending on what I'm doing.
Nobody told me that. I know you can do said activities in awesome.
But technically it's a tiling window manager and using it like a floating one feels as bad as using arrow keys in vim.
[QUOTE=Elecbullet;33893655]In Firefox, you can find it in the options. Alternatively, type about:config in the address bar and enable autoscroll (type in autoscroll to filter to it)[/QUOTE]
You wouldn't happen to know how to enable it on Chrome would you? Or should I just use firefox
[editline]25th December 2011[/editline]
fixed all I had to do was install an app from the web store
[QUOTE=esalaka;33896958]But technically it's a tiling window manager and using it like a floating one feels as bad as using arrow keys in vim.[/QUOTE]
When I first installed awesome I had no idea it was a tiling window manager. I've been using it as a floating window manager since I've installed it and I love it.
[QUOTE=esalaka;33896958]Nobody told me that. I know you can do said activities in awesome.
But technically it's a tiling window manager and using it like a floating one feels as bad as using arrow keys in vim.[/QUOTE]
I still use arrow keys in vim.
I've tried using letter keys, but I hate having to press Esc to use them, then go back to insert mode.
It just seems more natural to me to use the arrow keys for some reason.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;33900561]I still use arrow keys in vim.
I've tried using letter keys, but I hate having to press Esc to use them, then go back to insert mode.
It just seems more natural to me to use the arrow keys for some reason.[/QUOTE]
I find the arrow keys easier. I use them rarely in Vim.
Also, anybody else seen 0ad? It uses the $XDG_*_HOME variables!
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;33900561]I still use arrow keys in vim.
I've tried using letter keys, but I hate having to press Esc to use them, then go back to insert mode.
It just seems more natural to me to use the arrow keys for some reason.[/QUOTE]
If you don't understand the point of vim being modular you'd be much better off using another editor. Most commands can only be entered in normal mode anyway, and especially long moves are easier to perform that way (think gg).
[QUOTE=esalaka;33906561]If you don't understand the point of vim being modular you'd be much better off using another editor. Most commands can only be entered in normal mode anyway, and especially long moves are easier to perform that way (think gg).[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I use a lot of commands in vim. I could just never get used to using the letter keys to move.
[editline]26th December 2011[/editline]
And yeah, I do use gg and G and all that.
But if I need to move up or down one line or left or right, my hand goes to the arrow keys.
It's closer to the Home and End keys too, which I use a lot.
You don't need home or end, that's what 0 and $ are for
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;33906964]Yeah, I use a lot of commands in vim. I could just never get used to using the letter keys to move.
[editline]26th December 2011[/editline]
And yeah, I do use gg and G and all that.
But if I need to move up or down one line or left or right, my hand goes to the arrow keys.
It's closer to the Home and End keys too, which I use a lot.[/QUOTE]
I do this as well. I have a European (DK) keyboard, which.. Isn't exactly vim-suite keyboard layout, so I'll do with simple commands and insert mode.
[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;33907661]I do this as well. I have a European (DK) keyboard, which.. Isn't exactly vim-suite keyboard layout, so I'll do with simple commands and insert mode.[/QUOTE]
I use vim with this layout
[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7995419/Rehosting/800px-KB_Finnish_Multilingual.svg.png[/img]
and never had any issues with it.
The use of shift is so natural for me at this point that I don't even have to look at the keyboard when I'm doing something like <esc>:w<Enter>:%y"*
That keyboard layout would drastically lower my laptops life span as it would fly through the nearest window in no time. :v:
What distro is the most lightweight and takes the least amount of time to start up?
Googling just leads me to "well try ububtu!!" but ubuntu is bloated and takes forever to start and i don't trust anyone's other suggestions when they just suggested ubuntu
[editline]26th December 2011[/editline]
also i am a linux newbie so arch linux is terrifying
Arch can be setup with zero knowledge if you have a web browser to read the wiki on and a virtual machine.
[QUOTE=Cheesemonkey;33909689]What distro is the most lightweight and takes the least amount of time to start up?
Googling just leads me to "well try ububtu!!" but ubuntu is bloated and takes forever to start and i don't trust anyone's other suggestions when they just suggested ubuntu
[editline]26th December 2011[/editline]
also i am a linux newbie so arch linux is terrifying[/QUOTE]
Ubuntu takes forever to start for you? I think it's one of the faster starting distro's, but that could be me.
Otherwise, I'd say give Arch a go anyway in a virtual machine. Or maybe try Sabayon, which is based of off Gentoo.
probably should have specified that i'm wanting to run it on a netbook, and it takes a solid minute to boot into ubuntu
[QUOTE=Cheesemonkey;33910092]probably should have specified that i'm wanting to run it on a netbook, and it takes a solid minute to boot into ubuntu[/QUOTE]
I'm using Linux Mint 11 on a netbook, and it works great. It's a fork of ubuntu but it uses GNOME 2 which as far as I've heard is faster than Unity which Ubuntu uses.
[QUOTE=Cheesemonkey;33910092]probably should have specified that i'm wanting to run it on a netbook, and it takes a solid minute to boot into ubuntu[/QUOTE]
I can boot Sabayon 7 from my USB on a Acer Aspire One netbook in less than a minute, so I'm not sure what may be going on there.
Good luck with whatever you're going to use though! :)
[QUOTE=Cheesemonkey;33909689]What distro is the most lightweight and takes the least amount of time to start up?
Googling just leads me to "well try ububtu!!" but ubuntu is bloated and takes forever to start and i don't trust anyone's other suggestions when they just suggested ubuntu
[editline]26th December 2011[/editline]
also i am a linux newbie so arch linux is terrifying[/QUOTE]
Chrome OS perhaps? I hear it boots pretty quick, haven't tried it myself.
Check out Hexxeh's Chromium OS builds.
[editline]26th December 2011[/editline]
If all you need is to browse the web, it would be perfect.
[editline]26th December 2011[/editline]
[url]http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/[/url]
i do more than browse the web which is why i don't want to use it
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;33910599]Chrome OS perhaps? I hear it boots pretty quick, haven't tried it myself.
Check out Hexxeh's Chromium OS builds.
[editline]26th December 2011[/editline]
If all you need is to browse the web, it would be perfect.
[editline]26th December 2011[/editline]
[url]http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/[/url][/QUOTE]
Don't use it if you have an AMD GPU though.
I tried it on my laptop - I've never seen anything so fucking buggy! I basically had to switch to a VT every 15 seconds to refresh the screen. Maybe I'm just unlucky, though.
Woops wrong thread :v:
[QUOTE=Cheesemonkey;33909689]What distro is the most lightweight and takes the least amount of time to start up?
Googling just leads me to "well try ububtu!!" but ubuntu is bloated and takes forever to start and i don't trust anyone's other suggestions when they just suggested ubuntu
[editline]26th December 2011[/editline]
also i am a linux newbie so arch linux is terrifying[/QUOTE]
TinyCore? It's the most lightweight graphical linux that uses aprox 10 MB space on your pendrive, and boots "instantly"
[editline]27th December 2011[/editline]
Now I have a dilemma: I think I want to use ArchLinux as main/working os, do some programming and learn c++, and some playing and surfing on the net. I'm still on the lovely win7 with the best working drivers, the directx and all that stuff, but nowadays I don't do much gaming, and I think I want to leave windows, because I don't rely on games, I want to try out running a server, I want to try out the linux api, the qt api and all that useful and awesome stuff that linux gives for a programmer etc... What I will miss is the SourceSDK, and all that average windows stuff, but I'm sure I can find alternatives for everything, and I need motivation to do a longterm os change.
So, facepunch, do you recommed me ArchLinux, and if yes, could you show me some Pros/cons?
Oh and one thing: last time I installed Arch, I had a problem with Alsa, that it didn't detect automatically my headphone I always have plugged in, and the sound comes out of the on-board speaker that every pc has. Where can I change it, so the only sound output is the headphone?
Yes I recommend Arch Linux, as long as you have a web browser open with the arch linux beginner guide somewhere while installing. As for the pros and cons:
Arch linux cons: You install and configure everything yourself.
Arch linux pros: You install and configure everything yourself.
I personally love knowing exactly what's on my system and how it's configured, but for some people they'd rather just have something boot up and "work". If you are still genuinely interested in installing arch linux feel free to add me on steam and I'll be your linux guru.
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