General Linux Chat and Small Questions v. I broke my Arch Install

[lavacano]

i like mpd and ncmpcpp as my music playing setup

clementine is also really nice

[Doritos_Man]

I came across this:

Linux 3.12 Brings Big AMD Radeon Improvements
[url]http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_linux312_preview&num=1[/url]

[Stonecycle]

[QUOTE=Doritos_Man;42499285]I came across this:

Linux 3.12 Brings Big AMD Radeon Improvements
[url]http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_linux312_preview&num=1[/url][/QUOTE]

Yet Sandy Bridge freezings are still prevailing.

[Terin7]

[QUOTE=Doritos_Man;42499285]I came across this:

Linux 3.12 Brings Big AMD Radeon Improvements
[url]http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_linux312_preview&num=1[/url][/QUOTE]By AMD improvements, does it mean improvements if you are using open source? I have an HD 7770 which isn't fully supported by the open source drivers yet, and I want to know if this is something that will affect me.

[Liam]

[QUOTE=Terin7;42500085]By AMD improvements, does it mean improvements if you are using open source? I have an HD 7770 which isn't fully supported by the open source drivers yet, and I want to know if this is something that will affect me.[/QUOTE]

Yeah when it says Gallium3D in the first paragraph there that is basically the open source ones. Gallium is also the 31st element on the periodic table and is shit for making teaspoons.

[XxThreedogxX]

This is probably a really stupid question.
I'm currently using elementary OS.
I need to know how I can change the color of my text in terminal.

[MuThing]

[QUOTE=XxThreedogxX;42503345]This is probably a really stupid question.
I'm currently using elementary OS.
I need to know how I can change the color of my text in terminal.[/QUOTE]

Depending on the program it uses there should be a preferences option in there somewhere.

Also I tried out EleOS today, installed it for about half an hour, uninstalled it afterwards because of some weird graphical glitches. Besides that if I could get that fixed it'd be perfect for me.

[XxThreedogxX]

it uses what looks like a modded xterm and for some reason I can't get into the options to change it.

[mastersrp]

[QUOTE=XxThreedogxX;42504504]it uses what looks like a modded xterm and for some reason I can't get into the options to change it.[/QUOTE]

I believe you'll need to change the urxvt or xterm color configuration for it to work, but I don't really recall.
If that's the case, you'll need to add and change colours in your .Xdefaults file located in your $HOME directory.
Mine looks like the following:

xterm*background: black
xterm*foreground: white
xterm*font: xft:Profont:11

!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
!
!   U R X V T - Setting
!   Curtesy of nos217 (facepunch member 84481)
!

URxvt*scrollBar:                       false
!URxvt*scrollColor:                    grey13
!URxvt*troughColor:                    black
!URxvt*scrollBar_floating:             true
!URxvt*scrollBar_right:                true
URxvt*cursorColor:                     #999999
URxvt*foreground:                      white
URxvt*background:                      black
URxvt*saveLines:                       7777
URxvt*cursorBlink:                     false
URxvt*termName:                        rxvt-256color
URxvt*font:                            xft:ProFont:pixelsize=11
URxvt*boldFont:                        xft:ProFont:pixelsize=11
URxvt*colorBD:                         #e85656
URxvt.cutchars:                        ()*,<>[]{}|`""''
URxvt.perl-ext-common:                 matcher
URxvt.urlLauncher:                     sensible-browser
URxvt*iso14755_52:                     false
URxvt*matcher.pattern.1:     \\bhttps?:\/\/(www.youtube|youtube).com\/watch\\?v=([\\w-]*)|vimeo.com\/([\\w-]*)
URxvt*matcher.launcher.1:              mtube $0
URxvt*matcher.pattern.2:               \\bhttps?:\/\/[\\w-.]*\/[\\w./?&@#-]*.(jpg|jpeg|png)
URxvt*matcher.launcher.2:              feh $0

!black
urxvt.color0: #353535
urxvt.color8: #666666

!red
urxvt.color1: #D81860
urxvt.color9: #F00060

!green
urxvt.color2: #B7CE42
urxvt.color10: #BDE077

!brown/yellow
urxvt.color3: #FEA63C
urxvt.color11: #FFE863

!blue
urxvt.color4: #6F99B4
urxvt.color12: #7C96B0

!magenta
urxvt.color5: #8B7B8B
urxvt.color13: #D8BFD8

!cyan
urxvt.color6: #A7A15E
urxvt.color14: #F0E68C

!white
urxvt.color7: #DDDDDD
urxvt.color15: #FFFFFF

Xcursor*theme: mate

[editline]13th October 2013[/editline]

this is old, but might be useful: [url]http://www.elementaryupdate.com/2013/03/change-terminals-color-scheme.html[/url]

[neos300]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/qOKR6OA.png[/img]

Making awesome themes feels so good for me for some reason.

This is my latest one that I stole and edited to fit my needs, now I just need to find a decent wallpaper that isn't one that I stole from someone and I'll be golden.

Also I'm aware that the alignment on the tag layout is fucked, I'm bad at gimp.

[XxThreedogxX]

Question.
What are all your various reasons for using Linux?

[naelstrof]

[QUOTE=XxThreedogxX;42516290]Question.
What are all your various reasons for using Linux?[/QUOTE]

Package manager
Workspaces
Does whatever you tell it to
Free

[Stonecycle]

[QUOTE=XxThreedogxX;42516290]Question.
What are all your various reasons for using Linux?[/QUOTE]

* Free.
* It works (in general, better, and faster).
* No need to wait for five minutes after logging in to "warm up".
* Customizable.
* Workspaces. Unfortunately the one OS dominating the market is also the only mainstream one that doesn't even have them.
* The package system. This is a keeper. No need to haggle with broken uninstallers.
* Please oh please don't make me go back to Windows. It physically hurts to use it.

[Lerlth]

[t]http://i.imgur.com/gadpvTv.png[/t]

Yup. I can get used to this.

[danharibo]

[QUOTE=XxThreedogxX;42516290]Question.
What are all your various reasons for using Linux?[/QUOTE]

In adition to the reasons above;

KDE's kwin is excellent for keyboard shortcuts and plug-ins (muh wobbly windows).
Numix looks nicer than Aero or whatever it is in Windows 8.
POSIX is more portable and overall a much better environment for development than Windows is.
Much more secure than Windows is, via obscurity or otherwise.
The KDE software is generally rock solid and overflowing with features.

[smileykiller447]

[QUOTE=XxThreedogxX;42516290]Question.
What are all your various reasons for using Linux?[/QUOTE]

Bumps battery life way up. No viruses, I hope. Free. Stable. Still runs things I need it to.

[ipha]

[QUOTE=danharibo;42517412]In adition to the reasons above;

KDE's kwin is excellent for keyboard shortcuts and plug-ins (muh wobbly windows).
Numix looks nicer than Aero or whatever it is in Windows 8.
POSIX is more portable and overall a much better environment for development than Windows is.
Much more secure than Windows is, via obscurity or otherwise.
The KDE software is generally rock solid and overflowing with features.[/QUOTE]

I'm so glad the wobbly window fad is over.

[Comfy]

[QUOTE=XxThreedogxX;42516290]Question.
What are all your various reasons for using Linux?[/QUOTE]

* It's your system, you are the highest authority.
* Linux doesen't get into your way when doing work.
* You can configure everything, and make it YOUR machine.
* No known backdoors.
* Freedom of choice (You can replace everything you don't like)
* Free Software (Gratis)
* Free Software (license)
* It does everything I need it to do.
* Very lightweight.
* Good battery life.
* The ability to use package managers
* Many flavors to choose from.
* Best OS when you're a developer.
* Bash / ZSH > CMD
* Linux kernel is more mature than the NT kernel.
* Almost everything is opensource/ free software.

[Sax]

My personal reasons, some have been noted already so I'm just going to say the more unique reasons (for me).

* Awesome's WM is something that I can't live without on a laptop
* It's a comfortable environment for me, especially now when I want to learn Unix/Linux more, due to me going a complete cisco program, and since most servers run at least something Unix-based, I thought why not.
* Kinda like the whole feel of having a choice what's included or not (when running something Gentoo-based), also the weird feel I get when I access most my programs by running them through Awesome's run function, not through shortcuts.

[djjkxbox360]

My single reason: Super fast

Seriously, Windows installations can take ages on the updating process, especially with stuff like .NET framework, and even on fast computers Windows will sometimes brain fart and go really slow for 5 seconds

[mastersrp]

[QUOTE=XxThreedogxX;42516290]Question.
What are all your various reasons for using Linux?[/QUOTE]

* Free (libre)
* Most reliable and stable kernel I've ever worked with, and I can change anything.
* Package managers (although I'm still not convinced that they're perfect. Working on it)
* WYSIWYG

[editline]14th October 2013[/editline]

[QUOTE=danharibo;42517412]In adition to the reasons above;

KDE's kwin is excellent for keyboard shortcuts and plug-ins (muh wobbly windows).
Numix looks nicer than Aero or whatever it is in Windows 8.
[b]POSIX is more portable and overall a much better environment for development than Windows is.[/b]
Much more secure than Windows is, via obscurity or otherwise.
The KDE software is generally rock solid and overflowing with features.[/QUOTE]

While Linux is [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX#Mostly_POSIX-compliant]Mostly POSIX-compliant[/url], appearantly it isn't fully compliant with the POSIX standards. I do agree with you though, that POSIX makes the world a better place.

[Liam]

[QUOTE=XxThreedogxX;42516290]Question.
What are all your various reasons for using Linux?[/QUOTE]

I have a huge beard and I love control.

[postcert]

Because Tiling Windows Managers. I just need to get one for my new Macbook as well.

[Van-man]

[QUOTE=XxThreedogxX;42516290]Question.
What are all your various reasons for using Linux?[/QUOTE]

[B]+[/B] Not being a utter dick when it comes to customisation and fixing problems.

[B]-[/B] Horrible GFX drivers almost evens out the advantages of Linux over Windows.

[Comfy]

I never had a single problem with GFX drivers on Linux.

I guess I must be lucky.

[Killervalon]

[QUOTE=kaukassus;42520073]I never had a single problem with GFX drivers on Linux.

I guess I must be lucky.[/QUOTE]

They work fine, they're just not as fast. But I guess game optimizations can equally be to blame.

[mastersrp]

[QUOTE=kaukassus;42520073]I never had a single problem with GFX drivers on Linux.

I guess I must be lucky.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, me neither. Well, I have had major fucking gamebreaking issues with getting fglrx working on any Linux distro ever, but the open source radeon and radeonsi drivers have always worked out of the box for me.

[Van-man]

[QUOTE=kaukassus;42520073]I never had a single problem with GFX drivers on Linux.

I guess I must be lucky.[/QUOTE]

When you mix different chipset series models and monitor models they truly are.
Only a little bit troublesome to setup on Windows, but my worst nightmare under Linux

[Rockman1811]

[QUOTE=XxThreedogxX;42516290]Question.
What are all your various reasons for using Linux?[/QUOTE]

My laptop literally just shit on its registry and windows was basically gone. I though Linux would be a temp thing but I am really falling in love with it. the only problems I have would be my PS3 controller not acting like an Xbox 360 controller and the fact that Unity acts weird sometimes

[danharibo]

[QUOTE=Megaman1811;42521286]My laptop literally just shit on its registry and windows was basically gone. I though Linux would be a temp thing but I am really falling in love with it. the only problems I have would be my PS3 controller not acting like an Xbox 360 controller and the fact that Unity acts weird sometimes[/QUOTE]

What do you mean about your PS3 controller?