The Linux Thread
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3vans
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BackTack Linux
Pretty much the hackiest distro. It's got all kinds of stuff like wifi crackers and password crackers, and it can run stuff like tor and HOIC/LOIC.
Pretty much the hackiest distro. It's got all kinds of stuff like wifi crackers and password crackers, and it can run stuff like tor and HOIC/LOIC.
Jazz007
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Bump for creativity in the form of a freakin' different OS.
For those who don't understand how much of a concept this supposed "Linux" is that some speak of, here's a diagram to help you understand.
[WARNING: GIANT PICTURE AHEAD.]
https://t9k.me/1Cx
that_taco_guy
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mcfar45
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I'm using Mint 12 with Cinnamon!
The battery life issues are unfortunately not isolated to Linux Mint. All distros I have tried encounter the same problem. Myself and one of the lecturers I used to have are investigating what is going on so I'll keep you posted.
mcfar45
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The Laptop is an HP Pavilion dv7-6b01txYAY CINNAMON!!!!!
And what kind of laptop is this? Usually battery life is insanely better with linux, not worse.
mcfar45
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Yes! It looks like it would be fun just to have to tinker with....which is what we geeks do best!
MoleManMike
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LOL LINUX.
That is all.
That is all.
3vans
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Are you angered, my close acquaintance?
Redezra
Member
I've always 'd linux. It made me happy, I could make the terminal green text on a black background and feel like a real hacker, and I never, ever, had to use a mouse. That was cool. It made me fall in love with the console.
However I've always had to jump to windows for purposes of games. Diablo 3 ain't gonna run on mah linux as well as it's gonna run on Win7. So it's always been a small war between the powers that be.
Two things happened recently that's swapped me over to Fedora for good (or for a long long time). One, my desktop plays all my games. It runs windows because it can, and it has so much power that Windows has to try really, really hard to do something stupid to make my computer even blink. So, my laptop is free. Two, I really don't like Windows 8. And I tried to like it, I really did, but somewhere in the beta, they went horribly wrong. So, no more Windows on my laptop.
Also Unity looks pretty crap, nom nom Gnome3.
So here I am, on my Beefy Miracle laptop, overcoming my unique Optimus problems with a combination of Bumblebee and hacked together CUDA where every start up is a magical hunt through my hard drive for graphics drivers. I'm running Pentadactyl (look it up, best Firefox total conversion mod *ever*) on one desktop, and running my Wine apps in the corner. Oh, I also managed to get DirectX11 running on this thing.
Linux: Making the average user feel like some kind of 90's superhacker-god-cyperpunk-superhero mashup since 1991
tl;dr: Get linux, Use it, make it work, make it your own. The sense of accomplishment that you will get is worth far more than a copy of Win7 Ultimate is supposed to be.
'd linux. It made me happy, I could make the terminal green text on a black background and feel like a real hacker, and I never, ever, had to use a mouse. That was cool. It made me fall in love with the console.However I've always had to jump to windows for purposes of games. Diablo 3 ain't gonna run on mah linux as well as it's gonna run on Win7. So it's always been a small war between the powers that be.
Two things happened recently that's swapped me over to Fedora for good (or for a long long time). One, my desktop plays all my games. It runs windows because it can, and it has so much power that Windows has to try really, really hard to do something stupid to make my computer even blink. So, my laptop is free. Two, I really don't like Windows 8. And I tried to like it, I really did, but somewhere in the beta, they went horribly wrong. So, no more Windows on my laptop.
Also Unity looks pretty crap, nom nom Gnome3.
So here I am, on my Beefy Miracle laptop, overcoming my unique Optimus problems with a combination of Bumblebee and hacked together CUDA where every start up is a magical hunt through my hard drive for graphics drivers. I'm running Pentadactyl (look it up, best Firefox total conversion mod *ever*) on one desktop, and running my Wine apps in the corner. Oh, I also managed to get DirectX11 running on this thing.
Linux: Making the average user feel like some kind of 90's superhacker-god-cyperpunk-superhero mashup since 1991
tl;dr: Get linux, Use it, make it work, make it your own. The sense of accomplishment that you will get is worth far more than a copy of Win7 Ultimate is supposed to be.
Redezra
Member
Yeah, if it's Nvida, you're likely to be suffering the horrors of the Optimus bug, but thankfully it *is* solveable.
If it's ATI.... God help you.
EDIT:
Come to think of it, you may be able to use Bumblebee and BBswitch to operate your graphics card. That'll solve your power issues.... I'll start looking into that for you
I like LinuxQuestsEDIT 2:
Nope. However looks like your problem is known of, and they are looking into it. Try here
mcfar45
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Yeah, if it's Nvida, you're likely to be suffering the horrors of the Optimus bug, but thankfully it *is* solveable.
If it's ATI.... God help you.
EDIT:
Come to think of it, you may be able to use Bumblebee and BBswitch to operate your graphics card. That'll solve your power issues.... I'll start looking into that for you
EDIT 2:
Nope. However looks like your problem is known of, and they are looking into it. Try here
This is why I keep saying....HP and AMD can go fuck themselves in the ass with a stick!
I hope they find a solution soon as it is really frustrating to have to use Windows when I don't need to be and could be using Linux
Redezra
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Mnaaaah. I don't particularily like Nvidia, or Intel. I've always considered them to ship inferior product to AMD/ATI. Just because I have a 990X in mah PC don't mean I support them, if AMD built something as good as it it would run cooler. Much cooler. Problem is they didn't, cause somebody in AMD seems to have derped up big time: "nah who really wants uber fast processors? We'll just sit here where it's safe."
Also you cannot deny that Crossfire is better than SLI~~
However I will give, that up until recently, Intel and Nvidia have been good for Linuxland.
Also has anyone tried out the LLVM and Clang yet? Sooooo much better than GCC.
Also you cannot deny that Crossfire is better than SLI~~
However I will give, that up until recently, Intel and Nvidia have been good for Linuxland.
Also has anyone tried out the LLVM and Clang yet? Sooooo much better than GCC.
Jazz007
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Redezra
Member
Lol, I do use openoffice a bit, but I don't prefer it =/ Personal preference.
Woaaaah, you are *way* behind the times there. Currently AMD has a rolling patch system that works flawlessly. Every now and then it'll say "Yo, update, catch" and install seamlessly onto the old ones. I have never had a problem with my 6770's
Uhm, when you're overclocking the hell out of everything and running your machine to within an inch of it's life... yeah it does
See, I'm not just running a hot honda around the usual grind, I am running it through the most gruelling and severe test track every day of it's horrible, misbegotten existence.Yes you could say I am a royal bitch to my poor computer. But it was built for precisely this purpose
I'm sad I had to use an intel card, because, seriously, it runs hot as is, and it's a constant battle to provide the cooling required to keep it below dangerous temperatures when overclocked past 4.2GHz (It runs at 3.5GHz baseline), but the black sticker is cool so, I'll stick with that. Also, Crossfire *is* better than SLI. I've tried both, I know what works better with more games
But yeah, my rebuttal endeth.