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Off Topic / Re: Linux Megathread 3.0

« on: March 24, 2014, 06:43:37 PM »

Hey I have another question. If I open a gui program in Arch Linux with no WM/DE what would happen? Would it just not open?

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Off Topic / Re: Linux Megathread 3.0

« on: March 24, 2014, 05:43:16 PM »

Not hard at all, actually. I'd recommend installing Arch first, then Ubuntu.

I remember a "Install ubuntu alongside <current os here>" option. Does that automatically set up grub bootloader to let me choose between arch and ubuntu?

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Off Topic / Re: Linux Megathread 3.0

« on: March 24, 2014, 03:37:20 PM »

How hard do you guys think it would be to dual boot Ubuntu and Arch?

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Off Topic / Re: Linux Megathread 3.0

« on: March 23, 2014, 06:33:28 PM »

1. eh, i don't see why not
2. the computer does matter, as well as your internet connection; as to how much it matters, i don't know, it's really about how much CPU and RAM blockland uses as a dedicated server, there's no better way than to just try it out! :3
3. archlinux, no DE/WM (don't use GUI environments on servers, that's just plain idiotic)

Ah, thanks. I imagine that since literally the only other thing running would be the terminal, I'll have enough cpu usage to get the job done.

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Off Topic / Re: Linux Megathread 3.0

« on: March 23, 2014, 06:31:13 PM »

wow look i did it

-finaldestinationsnip-

go me

You are now a pro at Linux. What are you going to do now?

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Off Topic / Re: Linux Megathread 3.0

« on: March 23, 2014, 03:26:07 PM »

Hey guys I have a few questions. I have an old computer that I don't use anymore. I thought that maybe I could use it as a server for blockland.

Questions:
1. Is it a good idea to host a server from an older computer?
2. Does the quality of the computer matter, or is it just my internet connection that matters?
3. What distro and DE/WM should I use to do this?

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Off Topic / Re: what's in your clipboard? (ctrl+v game)

« on: March 23, 2014, 12:51:46 PM »

The desktop environment one uses decides how the entire experience is overall. I chose to use xfce4 because it is the most customizable de I have ever used. Remember how other de's sometimes have a top panel with notifications or a side/bottom panel with application launchers? Well in xfce4 you can actually choose where those go. You can even choose what is on each of the panels.

Here's my layout:

Those two little bars on the bottom are hidden panels. If you mouse over the one on the left it gives you a workspace manager. The one on the right is sorta like the iOS7 bottom panel that gives you access to the sound/settings/etc. The panel on the right is where windows go when they are minimized. Then I can just pull them back out of the sidebar in any workspace. On the left I have a Unity-style sidebar with application launchers and an application menu. On the top is a Gnome-style top bar with a cpu monitor, a notification area, a clock, and the session menu(which has shutdown/restart/logout/etc.).

That was all in my clipboard. Excluding the quote tags of course,

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Off Topic / Re: Counter Attack

« on: March 23, 2014, 12:50:08 PM »

Since the above user forgot to attack, I take the advantage to go and finish him off myself by taking a butter knife that is still mostly intact and stabbing him in the throat, and then throw the knife at the below user.

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Off Topic / Re: Counter Attack

« on: March 23, 2014, 12:25:58 PM »

I watch this catastrophic event from a distance, but the below user was not so lucky. He was pelted by flying pieces of OP's chocolate shotgun and butter knives.

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Off Topic / Re: Counter Attack

« on: March 23, 2014, 11:54:02 AM »

Super Admin

I install Arch Linux on the below user's computer and he/she has no idea how to use it! MWAHAHAHAHA!

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Off Topic / Re: Linux Megathread 3.0

« on: March 23, 2014, 11:47:54 AM »

What is that? I've seen a lot of people with just an empty screen with a terminal in the middle and an ASCII logo of some distro. Sorry if this is a stupid question, but is that just a different DE or something?

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Off Topic / Re: Counter Attack

« on: March 23, 2014, 11:45:19 AM »

I use Vanilla Shield to reflect the chips back at you!

I then use Destructo Wand on the below user.

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Off Topic / Re: Linux Megathread 3.0

« on: March 23, 2014, 11:41:28 AM »

unity is trash and the only version of unity I would actually use is 12.04

No argument here. It's too slow. Even opening the dash menu takes a toll on my cpu usage.

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Off Topic / Re: Linux Megathread 3.0

« on: March 23, 2014, 11:35:28 AM »

The desktop environment one uses decides how the entire experience is overall. I chose to use xfce4 because it is the most customizable de I have ever used. Remember how other de's sometimes have a top panel with notifications or a side/bottom panel with application launchers? Well in xfce4 you can actually choose where those go. You can even choose what is on each of the panels.

Here's my layout:

Those two little bars on the bottom are hidden panels. If you mouse over the one on the left it gives you a workspace manager. The one on the right is sorta like the iOS7 bottom panel that gives you access to the sound/settings/etc. The panel on the right is where windows go when they are minimized. Then I can just pull them back out of the sidebar in any workspace. On the left I have a Unity-style sidebar with application launchers and an application menu. On the top is a Gnome-style top bar with a cpu monitor, a notification area, a clock, and the session menu(which has shutdown/restart/logout/etc.). I also made a really cool desktop background and name for the theme.

I think you should go with xfce4, nal. It's lightweight and extremely customizable as shown above.

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Off Topic / Re: Linux Megathread 3.0

« on: March 23, 2014, 10:55:51 AM »

I added a poll.