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pretty neat. would definitely use a symlink to it somewhere with a name that isn't stupid, though

My screenshot script is just called scrot because that's the tool I used before I switched

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[Ipquarx]

https://github.com/Roger/escrotum

Great screenshot utility. Easily scriptable, so you can make a script to upload the taken screenshot to wherever if you want.

I'd need this in an actual executable that i can store on the task bar. Opening it up on the CLI every time I want to take a screenshot is just way too inconvenient for me... Any idea how to do that? I also don't know how to make it upload anywhere, so it's pretty much out of the question right off the bat anyways.

[Foxscotch]

I'd need this in an actual executable that i can store on the task bar.

can you put bash files on the taskbar?

[cooolguy32]

can someone recommend which linux OS (or whatever do you call them) I should use?

[Foxscotch]

can someone recommend which linux OS (or whatever do you call them) I should use?

they're called distributions
debian is good

[BlocklandBlockoCity]

if you are looking for games, mandriva is a good system

[Ipquarx]

can you put bash files on the taskbar?

Don't think so no

[Pecon]

I'd need this in an actual executable that i can store on the task bar. Opening it up on the CLI every time I want to take a screenshot is just way too inconvenient for me... Any idea how to do that? I also don't know how to make it upload anywhere, so it's pretty much out of the question right off the bat anyways.

What you're looking for is some basic desktop integration. If your DE is Gnome based, you can use the .desktop files to define menu items (this probably applies to other DE's as well). You can simply create your own entries with whatever commands you want. Try copying /usr/share/applications/gnome-calculator.desktop into a new file and edit it to make the entry you want. You can just remove all the translation entries since you're making the entry for yourself.

[Ipquarx]

What you're looking for is some basic desktop integration. If your DE is Gnome based, you can use the .desktop files to define menu items (this probably applies to other DE's as well). You can simply create your own entries with whatever commands you want. Try copying /usr/share/applications/gnome-calculator.desktop into a new file and edit it to make the entry you want. You can just remove all the translation entries since you're making the entry for yourself.

Oh sweet, thanks

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[The Murderous Cop]

is it possible to use a lightweight distro on a stuffty PC to make some games run better?

ex. Lubuntu + TF2 + lower graphix cfgs + other settings = faster than winDOS?

[Steve5451²]

is it possible to use a lightweight distro on a stuffty PC to make some games run better?

ex. Lubuntu + TF2 + lower graphix cfgs + other settings = faster than winDOS?

If it's got low ram then there's a fair chance it will. It really depends on the game though. If it was originally made with DirectX and ported to OpenGL it'll likely have worse performance.

If you plan on using Wine then you'll get much worse performance.

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is it possible to use a lightweight distro on a stuffty PC to make some games run better?

ex. Lubuntu + TF2 + lower graphix cfgs + other settings = faster than winDOS?

Probably. Assuming you have less stuff running with the proper drivers ( nouveau, proprietary, mesa, etc. ) it should run just fine.

[The Murderous Cop]

If it's got low ram then there's a fair chance it will. It really depends on the game though. If it was originally made with DirectX and ported to OpenGL it'll likely have worse performance.

If you plan on using Wine then you'll get much worse performance.

in the case of TF2, it runs natively on linux. however, i'm unsure if there's any way to use it on dx8/9 or something. unsure what it even uses.

the computer also has like 2GB of ram, so that's something.

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however, i'm unsure if there's any way to use it on dx8/9 or something.

What do you mean by this? DirectX is not a Linux compatible thing.. you can still use -dxlevel [number], but it only does minor changes. Team Fortress uses OpenGL on Linux.