General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. I broke my Arch Install - Hardware & Software

[QUOTE=Mega1mpact;45275857]Great and all that you installed linux but please don't use ubuntu. The main issue with it is that it gives users a wrong impression of what linux really is. Ubuntu used to be the go-to first linux distro but that isn't the case anymore. Give elementary OS a go. It's great.[/QUOTE] On the contrary, I think Ubuntu can generally be a fine introduction. Because it shows that Linux isn't all command line and programming and silly bullshit like that, which is the general consensus from what I've encountered. Average, non-power users often assume you gotta know how to program to use Linux, but distros like Ubuntu show the complete opposite... Like it or not, Unity is pretty easy to figure out and pick up and use for an everyday user, at least as of 14.04. [editline]2nd July 2014[/editline] At least that's just like, my opinion. [editline]2nd July 2014[/editline] Man.

Installed GNOME on laptop and everything magically broke. Wiped it. Swapping mobo+CPU on desktop PC today, maybe I'll finally get around to playing with Bedrock Linux after I'm done with that - I want to get a working CLI in a VM before I start thinking about a laptop install.

[QUOTE=Lyokanthrope;45277624]On the contrary, I think Ubuntu can generally be a fine introduction. Because it shows that Linux isn't all command line and programming and silly bullshit like that, which is the general consensus from what I've encountered. Average, non-power users often assume you gotta know how to program to use Linux, but distros like Ubuntu show the complete opposite... Like it or not, Unity is pretty easy to figure out and pick up and use for an everyday user, at least as of 14.04. [editline]2nd July 2014[/editline] At least that's just like, my opinion. [editline]2nd July 2014[/editline] Man.[/QUOTE] I smacked Ubuntu on a USB stick and booted it up on my girlfriends ultrabook and she liked it a lot. The fact that it supports booting in secure boot on UEFI-based systems as well as fully integrated touch support with ease of use only makes it better.

I figured that I should just give up on fedora (too much is outdated) and move to debian. For some reason all themes give me white text (gnome3 GTK). Any clue how to fix this? I've never had this issue on fedora. There are a bunch more issues. I think Iḿ just gonna bail debian and get back to comfy Fedora.

[t]https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-rZYptIg0qIU/U7V22ecH2lI/AAAAAAAAC94/eCGId46Wa2g/s0/IMG_20140703_150436.jpg[/t] Forgive me Lord Duarte.

I've been thinking of buying an ultrabook, but at the same time I'm wondering what I'd do with my window manager if I were to get one. I don't think AwesomeWM is touch screen friendly. Maybe it doesn't have to be, maybe I can just use the touch screen only when browsing. What do you need a touch screen for anyway?

[QUOTE=FPtje;45283073]I've been thinking of buying an ultrabook, but at the same time I'm wondering what I'd do with my window manager if I were to get one. I don't think AwesomeWM is touch screen friendly. Maybe it doesn't have to be, maybe I can just use the touch screen only when browsing. What do you need a touch screen for anyway?[/QUOTE] Nothing really, a tablet screen (with a pen) would be more useful since you could write/draw. Sure you could also do that on a touch screen but then you can't rest your hand on the screen.

[QUOTE=Darkwater124;45283298]Nothing really, a tablet screen (with a pen) would be more useful since you could write/draw. Sure you could also do that on a touch screen but then you can't rest your hand on the screen.[/QUOTE] I already have my Note 10.1 for drawing.

[QUOTE=FPtje;45283073]I've been thinking of buying an ultrabook, but at the same time I'm wondering what I'd do with my window manager if I were to get one. I don't think AwesomeWM is touch screen friendly. Maybe it doesn't have to be, maybe I can just use the touch screen only when browsing. What do you need a touch screen for anyway?[/QUOTE] Touchscreens on laptops are pointless, you won't be improving your UX beyond tapping things in web browsers.

just get a good laptop without a touchscreen (rMBP if you can sort out scaling or deal with small stuff) [editline]3rd July 2014[/editline] there are a lot of benefits with using an apple laptop with linux, they have so much support compared to other brand ultrabooks

Ubuntu has been running flawlessly and very fast on my macbook pro. I'm quite pleased and would definitely recommend it.

[QUOTE=mastersrp;45280631]I smacked Ubuntu on a USB stick and booted it up on my girlfriends ultrabook and she liked it a lot. The fact that it supports booting in secure boot on UEFI-based systems as well as fully integrated touch support with ease of use only makes it better.[/QUOTE] wait seriously? Could I boot up Ubuntu on my roomie's Surface Pro? AWESOME

[QUOTE=Lyokanthrope;45284235]wait seriously? Could I boot up Ubuntu on my roomie's Surface Pro? AWESOME[/QUOTE] Considering the Surface Pro is a Microsoft product, probably not. You WILL have to have some sort of access to the UEFI, it doesn't just plug and play. There's likely a boot order thing that you'll need to change or even add.

it can be done not that you'd probably want to. i doubt driver support is all there OS X is probably even better supported than linux is on the surface

[QUOTE=mastersrp;45284535]Considering the Surface Pro is a Microsoft product, probably not. You WILL have to have some sort of access to the UEFI, it doesn't just plug and play. There's likely a boot order thing that you'll need to change or even add.[/QUOTE] There are no issues (apart from going into the settings and disabling a option) with using Linux on a surface pro, I tried it as soon as I got mine, the OSX installer also boots fine, I was not brave enough to continue though :v:

[QUOTE=benjojo;45284972]There are no issues (apart from going into the settings and disabling a option) with using Linux on a surface pro, I tried it as soon as I got mine, the OSX installer also boots fine, I was not brave enough to continue though :v:[/QUOTE] ...OS X on a Surface Pro. Iiiinteresting idea.

So apparently I can get Arch on my Nexus 7 as well, I'd need an OTG cable to do everything though unless I felt like fucking around with VNC for an hour.

[QUOTE=Lyokanthrope;45285483]...OS X on a Surface Pro. Iiiinteresting idea.[/QUOTE] yeah on a surface at least os x has dpi scaling worth a shit how does linux do dpi scaling if it does at all?

Anyone know of any good tablet related packages for arch?

Late but I didn't see it posted. [video=youtube;5pOxlazS3zs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pOxlazS3zs[/video]

I remember that, it's a pretty epic talk. Speaking of Linux sucking, this systemd sure is some feature creep. I'm considering moving from my two year old Arch install to a Gentoo install. Anyone here have any tips?

[QUOTE=Jookia;45289397]I remember that, it's a pretty epic talk. Speaking of Linux sucking, this systemd sure is some feature creep. I'm considering moving from my two year old Arch install to a Gentoo install. Anyone here have any tips?[/QUOTE] Keep things simple as fuck. With Gentoo it's very easy to overcomplicate things, and that's just a road to damnation.

[QUOTE=reevezy67;45288244]Late but I didn't see it posted. [video=youtube;5pOxlazS3zs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pOxlazS3zs[/video][/QUOTE] I watched that video yesterday. I want to be that fedora guy. Also wayland experimental next month in fedora 21 alpha. Get hype!

Open Broadcaster Software is currently being rewritten to have more functionality, and Win+OS X+Linux support, under the name OBS Studio. It's not even close to done yet, though.

[QUOTE=KOManiacJim;45291033]Is there anything like Open Broadcaster for Linux? I just made the jump a few days ago and I may have the need to do Let's Plays.[/QUOTE] With some dedication you can probably hack something out with [URL="http://delog.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/stream-live-webm-video-to-browser-using-node-js-and-gstreamer/"]nodejs[/URL], [URL="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FFmpeg#Screen_cast"]ffmpeg[/URL], and [URL="https://github.com/naelstrof/slop"]slop[/URL], but you'd need a decent internet connection or server handy.

[QUOTE=.Lain;45286318]yeah on a surface at least os x has dpi scaling worth a shit how does linux do dpi scaling if it does at all?[/QUOTE] It depends entirely on the DE. As far as I know, Unity handles DPI scaling pretty well these days. I remember having lots of issues with XFCE on a TV with my raspi ages ago. Can't really vouch for KDE or Gnome 3 because I've only ever used them on my laptop.

[QUOTE=Naelstrom;45292350]With some dedication you can probably hack something out with [URL="http://delog.wordpress.com/2011/04/26/stream-live-webm-video-to-browser-using-node-js-and-gstreamer/"]nodejs[/URL], [URL="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/FFmpeg#Screen_cast"]ffmpeg[/URL], and [URL="https://github.com/naelstrof/slop"]slop[/URL], but you'd need a decent internet connection or server handy.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure with ffmpeg and slop you can stream really well already from there.

[QUOTE=KOManiacJim;45291033]Is there anything like Open Broadcaster for Linux? I just made the jump a few days ago and I may have the need to do Let's Plays.[/QUOTE] Using ffmpeg [code]ffmpeg -f x11grab -s 1920x1080 -i :0.0 -f alsa -i :0.0 -vcodec libx264 -r framerate -preset ultrafast -pix_fmt yuv444p -crf 0 -threads 0 -acodec flac -compression_level 0 -threads 0 letsplay.mkv[/code] Change framerate to the framerate you want to record at. Also, you'll probably have to change the second .0:0 to what it is on your end. The output file would be large, but it's lossless If you want to use your microphone with the game audio, I can't help you with that [editline]4th July 2014[/editline] You're probably better off waiting for OBS Studio

[QUOTE=Jookia;45289397]I remember that, it's a pretty epic talk. Speaking of Linux sucking, this systemd sure is some feature creep. I'm considering moving from my two year old Arch install to a Gentoo install. Anyone here have any tips?[/QUOTE] genkernel is a thing if you decide you don't feel comfortable configuring the kernel yourself. we won't shame you for it. Assuming you're installing 64 bit, you might want to put this line in /etc/portage/make.conf: [code]ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~amd64"[/code] That gets you the latest package versions that are considered "stable", though there is the rare occasion where some specific thing won't build in the presence/absence of another thing. Not doing that will practically guarantee everything builds at the expense of generally being a version or two behind. also pop into #gentoo @ Freenode and ask nicely whenever you have a problem, it's nice and chill in there. Finally, [b]for the love of God install eix[/b], it's a cache-based Portage tree search tool. You'll need this - `emerge -s` is technically a thing, but it's unbearably slow as fuck. [editline]4th July 2014[/editline] [code]Searching... [ Results for search key : firefox ] [ Applications found : 2 ] * www-client/firefox Latest version available: 30.0 Latest version installed: [ Not Installed ] Size of files: 139,820 kB Homepage: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox Description: Firefox Web Browser License: MPL-2.0 GPL-2 LGPL-2.1 * www-client/firefox-bin Latest version available: 30.0 Latest version installed: 30.0 Size of files: 35,630 kB Homepage: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox Description: Firefox Web Browser License: MPL-2.0 GPL-2 LGPL-2.1 emerge -s firefox 3.41s user 0.64s system 25% cpu 15.986 total [/code] 16 seconds to search for "firefox", and that's just a name only search.

[url=http://www.maartenbaert.be/simplescreenrecorder/live-streaming/]SimpleScreenRecorder can be used to stream[/url] as well, I haven't tried it myself but I've seen other use it.