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

Hey guys. I'll be doing this: [URL="https://www.lpi.org/linux-certifications/programs/lpic-1"]lpic level 1[/URL] through uni and am wondering if the certification is any good. I'll probably be doing level 2 next year through uni as well but can't this year because of the workload I already have.

[QUOTE=rilez;42338888]Had an issue with Firefox on Linux being very slow to scroll certain pages, especially if they had embedded Youtube videos. My computer is pretty capable, and it made smooth scroll look awful, so I figured it was something I could fix. I found this awesome userscript that completely fixes it, not sure what it does exactly, but I thought it might help someone here: [url]http://www.openjs.com/scripts/greasemonkey/fixed_background_remover/[/url][/QUOTE] I've also had problems with Firefox being slow on Linux, except mine also made my whole desktop slow. So if you have an unusable driver like me (Catalyst), I recommend disabling HW/GPU Acceleration under Preferences/Advanced aswell

Who uses Firefox these days? Isn't it one of the slowest browsers?

[QUOTE=djjkxbox360;42343896]Who uses Firefox these days? Isn't it one of the slowest browsers?[/QUOTE] It's open and is stable as fuck. It's not the fastest anymore though, you're right on that.

Tom's Hardware did their 2013 browser tests, and Firefox actually edged out Chrome this year: [URL]http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/chrome-27-firefox-21-opera-next,3534-12.html[/URL] Honestly though, I use Firefox for just a few nitpicky reasons. Easier to theme (and integrates with my GTK theme better) their smooth scroll implementation is better, and Firefox has a much bigger selection of addons. I also have Firefox themed to the point where I can't even tell the difference.

[QUOTE=rilez;42344066]Tom's Hardware did their 2013 browser tests, and Firefox actually edged out Chrome this year: [URL]http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/chrome-27-firefox-21-opera-next,3534-12.html[/URL] Honestly though, I use Firefox for just a few nitpicky reasons. Easier to theme (and integrates with my GTK theme better) their smooth scroll implementation is better, and Firefox has a much bigger selection of addons. I also have Firefox themed to the point where I can't even tell the difference. [/QUOTE] I'm not sure exposing the IPs of people is a good idea.

Whoops, no hard feelings? It's still early :c

[QUOTE=rilez;42344121]Whoops, no hard feelings? It's still early :c[/QUOTE] Nah, I mean I'm cool with it. I don't care, and I don't host anything that I'm worried about exposure from. It's more of a general thing. I think it's better to assume people don't want their information exposed, than otherwise.

[QUOTE=rilez;42344066]Tom's Hardware did their 2013 browser tests, and Firefox actually edged out Chrome this year: [URL]http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/chrome-27-firefox-21-opera-next,3534-12.html[/URL] Honestly though, I use Firefox for just a few nitpicky reasons. Easier to theme (and integrates with my GTK theme better) their smooth scroll implementation is better, and Firefox has a much bigger selection of addons. I also have Firefox themed to the point where I can't even tell the difference.[/QUOTE] I found firefox slightly faster than chrome in terms of page loading but I can't stand the UI - chrome's is a lot more responsive and better laid out imo though on linux i always kept them both installed

chrome tends to shit the bed when i try to fullscreen a youtube video for some reason everything else handles it fine so idk

Firefox lets plugins (i.e. vimperator) run on more "system" pages, like the new tab page, whereas Chrome prevents this by design. Whenever I use Chrome+Vimperator I'm constantly forced to reach for the mouse or use chrome's keybindings to get to somewhere I can use Vimperator. Other than that I have no preference.

[QUOTE=lavacano;42345720]chrome tends to shit the bed when i try to fullscreen a youtube video for some reason everything else handles it fine so idk[/QUOTE] It's because chrome uses it's own flash instead of adobe flash

Chrome crashes constantly for me whenever I have adblock enabled, but I love how its tied to my gmail account. Since I have to switch between my laptop and desktop a lot; having persistent bookmarks, addons, and passwords is nice. So I use chrome, despite the fact that firefox might perform better.

I always found Chrome to be really slow with more than 3-4 tabs, it's like the individual processes were getting paged out of memory too often.

Hooray for dependency clashes! [img]http://s.duck.me.uk/server.leachnet_-_KiTTY_2013-09-29_18-29-53.png[/img]

General Linux Chat V. Chrome is bad but we still use it

[QUOTE=Naelstrom;42346473]Chrome crashes constantly for me whenever I have adblock enabled, but I love how its tied to my gmail account. Since I have to switch between my laptop and desktop a lot; having persistent bookmarks, addons, and passwords is nice. So I use chrome, despite the fact that firefox might perform better.[/QUOTE] Firefox has it's own sync feature too.

[QUOTE=IpHa;42346880]Firefox has it's own sync feature too.[/QUOTE] But chrome automatically logs you into all google services.

You could use a service like LastPass to remedy that. You would have the added benefit of being logged in automatically to other services as well.

[QUOTE=mobrockers;42338918]Hey guys. I'll be doing this: [URL="https://www.lpi.org/linux-certifications/programs/lpic-1"]lpic level 1[/URL] through uni and am wondering if the certification is any good. I'll probably be doing level 2 next year through uni as well but can't this year because of the workload I already have.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=rilez;42347598]You could use a service like LastPass to remedy that. You would have the added benefit of being logged in automatically to other services as well.[/QUOTE] lastpass never really worked for me.

[QUOTE=Mega1mpact;42348454]lastpass never really worked for me.[/QUOTE] What do you mean?

[QUOTE=mobrockers;42348492]What do you mean?[/QUOTE] It didn't work because his device was not turned on. Or it spontaneously exploded when he started the application. We might never know.

Would there be any way to have a sort of two-way symbolic link? Where you could read and write to two locations, and it would be the same in both of them? I've been using rsync with my own server to replace dropbox, and would like to replace a few of the bookmarks/password syncing tools I used in the past with it, as well, among other things.

[QUOTE=Terin7;42349319]Would there be any way to have a sort of two-way symbolic link? Where you could read and write to two locations, and it would be the same in both of them? I've been using rsync with my own server to replace dropbox, and would like to replace a few of the bookmarks/password syncing tools I used in the past with it, as well, among other things.[/QUOTE] Not really sure what you mean. If you want to sync files outside dropbox, a symlink will work fine. Symlink is "two-way", if you read or write either the actual file or the symlink both will update. You also have hard-links if you want to create a reference to the actual data of the file (Meaning it will still work if you change the name of the original file, or if you delete it (Because data on a filesystem in Linux does not get marked as empty before all references to it is gone). If you want to seamlessly sync data over an local network, you could use NFS or Samba, mount the respective share on both sides and symlink the files on both ends where you want them. ex. ln file.a file.b creates an hardlink of the file.a to file.b (Cannot be used across different filesystems) ln -s file.a file.b creates an symbolic link of the file.a to file.b

I'm looking to rent a VPS, I just want something a bit more powerful than a raspberry pi. Any recommendations for €10-20 a month? Preferably in the Netherlands or at least Europe.

[QUOTE=mobrockers;42348492]What do you mean?[/QUOTE] It didn't properly fill in passwords and got in my way a lot of the time.

[QUOTE=Darkwater124;42349707]I'm looking to rent a VPS, I just want something a bit more powerful than a raspberry pi. Any recommendations for €10-20 a month? Preferably in the Netherlands or at least Europe.[/QUOTE] I use RamNode, they are cheap and very reliable. They just opened a centre in Netherlands aswell. As an bonus they are operated by an facepuncher: [URL="http://facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=1197380"]Facepunch: RamNode Thread[/URL], and they have an 30% lifetime discount for all facepunchers

[QUOTE=Darkwater124;42349707]I'm looking to rent a VPS, I just want something a bit more powerful than a raspberry pi. Any recommendations for €10-20 a month? Preferably in the Netherlands or at least Europe.[/QUOTE] Buddy of mine is renting out server space for really cheap. 3gb ram + static IP + 3gh dual core or something for 7,50€ [editline]30th September 2013[/editline] Msg me on steam and I'll give you his Skype. What he's renting out is just leftover space he has.

[QUOTE=Mega1mpact;42349800]It didn't properly fill in passwords and got in my way a lot of the time.[/QUOTE] I've been using it for about three years now, perhaps more. Firefox and chrome. Never had an issue.