"Tripper" (tripe46)
05/06/2016 at 14:02 • Filed to: None
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"Tripper" (tripe46)
05/06/2016 at 14:02 • Filed to: None | 2
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Two weeks ago I was on a long conference call for which I had little input. So I grabbed an old E6500 laptop and decided to take my first crack at Arch Linux (everything in arch is setup and configured manually). I have plenty of experience with the Linux command line, so I figured that it would not be that difficult.
It took me 5 full runs through setup to get it to boot after install, but now I have it all setup the way that I want and I can’t put it down.
I’ve got a really nice home office setup with a maxed out Mac Mini, a brand new Mac Book 12, and my work PC is a brand new E7470 i7 16gb...I’m using my work PC today, but other than that the only computer that I have used in the past two weeks is this poopy old Dell E6500 with a freebie operating system.
Mine looks similar to the image below, but I have a way nicer wallpaper and my panel is buttoned up.
The feeling is no different than building a piece of furniture for finishing a brake job etc... Admittedly this was a good bit easier that either of those. Still I have tried so many times to force myself to use a Linux DE to no Avail. I’ve got to get nicer hardware, but I’m sticking with Arch at least for a while.
Any Oppo’s use Linux on the reg?
BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
> Tripper
05/06/2016 at 14:08 |
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I’ve got Ubuntu 14.04 that I’m trying to use as much as possible on my gaming rig. I’ve never used linux extensively, but I really am liking it so far.
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Tripper
> BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
05/06/2016 at 14:26 |
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Ubuntu is the best place to start, and maybe even finish. Depending on how far down the rabbit hole you want to go. I still run Ubuntu server on my home file server.
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BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
> Tripper
05/06/2016 at 14:30 |
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Well I’m still learning, so the huge amount of support is nice.
Some day I’d like to take a crack at hardware level virtual machines so I can run Windows games on Linux without using Wine.
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Tripper
> BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
05/06/2016 at 14:39 |
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Yup, not one thing I have not been able to get help with.
dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter
> Tripper
05/06/2016 at 14:48 |
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ElementaryOS as my main (though I’m typing from my phone).
JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
> Tripper
05/06/2016 at 14:54 |
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Arch is fun. I run Arch-ARM on my PogoPlug. Just wait until you play around with CentOS or Redhat and have to make policies happen in SELinux. Security comes at a cost... /bangs head on desk.
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Tripper
> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
05/06/2016 at 15:02 |
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I was thinking CentOS next.
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Tripper
> dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter
05/06/2016 at 15:05 |
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I want to check out elementary, I know that you cant customize much and it’s got that OSX feel but I like OSX and the screenshots I have seen look really nice.
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> Tripper
05/06/2016 at 15:29 |
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Nice to see other Linux Oppos!
My main (i.e. used-most-of-the-time) Intel Core i7 desktop is running Win7 Ultimate 64-bit (soon to be Win10 Pro as I’ll do the update before the free period ends), but I’ve got my old Intel Core 2 Duo desktop running Linux Mint 17.3 MATE 64-bit, and I’ve also got an MSI Wind U100 netbook I bought way back in 2008 running Mint 17.3 MATE 32-bit as well.....
......and a freebie Dell Inspiron 6000 ALSO running Linux Mint 17.3 MATE 32-bit. :)
.....................and an old newer-model Pentium 4 system running Xubuntu 14.04 32-bit, but I am going to wipe that one and sell it soon. :)
People diss Linux for things being finicky to fix when they go wrong...command line and whatnot. I’m not a major “advanced” Linux user (although I am for Windows), but, in all honesty, Linux has been rock stable for me for the most part with only a few minor issues here and there (like one at the moment from a borked update of Samba File Sharing).
I’ve really had very little go wrong with it otherwise, and it’s SOOO much easier to set up than Windows (well, excepting Arch, but Arch is supposed to be more “hands-on” :) ). There’s no trying to find drivers or downloading programs or apps you want, everything (mostly) just works and can be found in the Software Manager, or through command line with apt-get.
I want to try and get back into Conky (it’s a stats/etc visualization widget/app program) - I had somebody’s theme running awhile back, but I got a little tired of it. Would be nice to try and get my own theme for it customized sometime. :) Used to look like this for me - this screenshot is an oldie from my netbook, so pardon the low resolution, haha:
My desktops look like this at the moment though, no Conky:
Freebie laptop:
Netbook:
Spare desktop:
Sorry about the novel of a post, I’m not actually a huge Linux geek, although that post may make me seem like it, it’s just nice to talk about it for a change! :)
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Tripper
> RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
05/06/2016 at 16:28 |
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I have been trying to cut down on the amount of PC’s in my house just because I work in IT and I’ve got to unplug sometimes lol (part of the reason I started using Mac’s at home).
Now I’m back to 5. Besides the ones I mentioned I’ve got a “headless” file server. Made up of an old dell dual core vostro desktop and RAM/Hard drives that have fallen into my lap. That runs ubuntu server. Finally I have an old Win 7 laptop that I only use to reprogram my harmony/URC remotes.
Funny you mention Conky. I’m in the middle of two “rainy day” projects. First, I’m building one of those cool mirrors that displays the time, weather, etc... Was thinking of using Conky, or something similar.
Secondly I’m doing one of those wall mounted PC setups:
Mine will be very similar to the smaller one up front, not the monstrous liquid cooled thing in the background. Currently it’s for a client, but its an open ended side project for someone that I work with often. So there is a good chance that he will tell me hes not interested before I get too deep into it, and there is an even better chance that I’ll finish it and not want to sell it. Either way I will most likely run some version of linux on it. All of my computers have dirt graphics cards so this build will be something that I can play a game on if I feel like it.
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dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter
> Tripper
05/06/2016 at 22:30 |
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Eh, define “much”. It’s not nearly as granular as arch (not by default anyway), but it’s still Linux, so you can fuck up/with pretty much anything you want. That said, Pantheon is pretty well integrated in to the window manager (I think it’s lightdm), so you can’t change that and keep Pantheon easily.
Otherwise there’s not much that’s any more locked down than vanilla Ubuntu.
TDogg
> Tripper
05/07/2016 at 01:23 |
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I've tinkered with a lot of distros, including Arch. I liked Arch, but there's big learning curve for not a lot of return (IMO). I've settled on Ubuntu as my daily and I have no complaints. So much faster than Windows and I love how easy the command line makes certain tasks.
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Tripper
> TDogg
05/07/2016 at 10:45 |
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Yea I can agree with that, however I wanted that learning curve. I learned more about linux during the arch installation process than I have since the first time I installed ubuntu probably 10 years ago. It is really neat what linux can do with very little resources.
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TDogg
> dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter
05/07/2016 at 13:15 |
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Good to know. I've been wanting to try out elementary for a while and you may have just convinced me.
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dsigned001 - O.R.C. hunter
> TDogg
05/07/2016 at 14:53 |
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I want to tinker with MATE + whatever dock is en vogue, to see if the ux is comparable. The nice thing about elementary is the out of the box experience is really nice, and you’re not duplicating any functionality. But I prefer since of the Ubuntu default programs to the elementary defaults, and while it’s not too much of an issue to download and replace them, it does take time, and reduces the “just works” feel.
FYI, the tools I’m not a fan of are midori, whatever they call their text editor, and the default file explorer. It’s also weird (though not that weird considering their target demographic) that they don’t include synaptic (or some equivalent).
All in all, I’d really just like to find the setup that gives me everything I want with as few potentially conflicting repositories as possible.