Why GNU/Linux Rocks

[sgreger1]

Thanks Shiki! I will try that in Irssi now.

Rtorrent is way better because I am using Putty for SSL tunneling and it allows me to log on to my server, then screen into rtorrent, screen back to check hard drive usage and other stuff etc all from one window (even on my windows computer). Rtorrent is definately awesome, plus you can use RUtorrent as a GUI if you don't feel like doing the CLI thing.


As for the Raspberry pi, I can't wait. It is awesome that you can have all of that in such a small package, I could think of lots of cool things you could do with it. It even plays HDMI videos so I can strap it onto my TV like the Roku, or run a small server off it.

Another cool use I thought of was to buy a car diagnostic cable for like $9 and a small 3.5 inch flat screen rear-view camera and then connect the ECU to the data cable, connect that to the raspberry pi and then connect that to the flat screen. Real time engine diagnostics from an installed flatscreen would be so hipster.

For $25 you could do a bunch of shit. Would be interesting to buy like 10 of these and hook em all together to do some sort of distributed computing on it and have it feed to a screen. I'm sure lots of people will find interesting projects considering how low the barrier to entry is financially.

[devilock76]

HELLLLLL Yeah, rtorrent! when you got less than 128mb of ram. rtorrent all day!

just checked out the raspberry pi, model B with 256mb of ram! jesus christ! buy buy buy!

Rtorrent is great regardless of machine specs. In fact it is my general rule to opt for CLI over GUI solutions for a task whenI have a choice.

The rasberry pi thing looks awesome and as an educational product looks interesting. The only business purpose I can think of for it though is as a firewall.

Ken

[shikitohno]

Man I gotta thank you all again for your help in introducing me to the wide world of Linux. I'm learning slowly and have really been enjoying the whole experience. I was able to get into a small private tracker recently and was able to use my new very basic understanding of linux to get a seedbox set up, learned how to use rtorrent from the command line in it, and finally mastered using screen (not mastered, but can at least move around freely lol). That doesn't sound like a lot but I am sort of learning from scratch here.

And not a moment too soon, the Raspberri Pi is coming out hopefully some time next week and it only runs debian from what I understand so now I will be able to use it!

Out of the box, the Raspberry Pi will have support for Debian, Arch, and Fedora I believe. There's really no reason anything that has an arm port can't get up and running on it, provided they can any proprietary drivers working.

Also, sgreger, hate to do this to you late in the game, but I've abandoned screen in favor of tmux. Basically, screen isn't getting updated any more, tmux is, and it offers a number of cool features over screen. The controls for tmux are almost completely the same, except you replace C-a with C-b as your escape key. For a couple of the more tangible and quickly understood perks, it'll list all your opened windows in the bottom across a statusbar. The list will include the number (as in, C-b # to go to that window), and it'll automatically display the name of the program running in each window. You can also change what it displays if you want.

For your irssi issue,

/set real_name notsamson

followed by

/save

ought to solve your issues. After you quit and reconnect, all should be good again, so I'm assuming you simply forgot to save the changes to your config file with that second command before disconnecting.

Edit: Concerning multiple monitor support, I'd recommend switching to a different window manager myself. Gnome has its uses, but for some things Gnome flat out sucks. Multiple monitors is one example, though Gnome used to do alright for a while with it. i3 doesn't seem to have any issue with my two monitor set-up, though. Ratpoison did a decent job too, but with no active developement, there was only so much you could do with it in terms of getting new features before you'd essentially have to be maintaining it yourself.

[Los ßnus]

Man I gotta thank you all again for your help in introducing me to the wide world of Linux. I'm learning slowly and have really been enjoying the whole experience. I was able to get into a small private tracker recently and was able to use my new very basic understanding of linux to get a seedbox set up, learned how to use rtorrent from the command line in it, and finally mastered using screen (not mastered, but can at least move around freely lol). That doesn't sound like a lot but I am sort of learning from scratch here.

And not a moment too soon, the Raspberri Pi is coming out hopefully some time next week and it only runs debian from what I understand so now I will be able to use it!

HELLLLLL Yeah, rtorrent! when you got less than 128mb of ram. rtorrent all day!

just checked out the raspberry pi, model B with 256mb of ram! jesus christ! buy buy buy!

[devilock76]

The epic linux threads I miss not being on this forum for a while. For the record I use a mixture of Arch for desktop and FreeBSD for servers. I still have Fedora hanging out on a laptop or two but I plan to switch them over to arch linux soon enough.

Ken

[sgreger1]

Man I gotta thank you all again for your help in introducing me to the wide world of Linux. I'm learning slowly and have really been enjoying the whole experience. I was able to get into a small private tracker recently and was able to use my new very basic understanding of linux to get a seedbox set up, learned how to use rtorrent from the command line in it, and finally mastered using screen (not mastered, but can at least move around freely lol). That doesn't sound like a lot but I am sort of learning from scratch here.

And not a moment too soon, the Raspberri Pi is coming out hopefully some time next week and it only runs debian from what I understand so now I will be able to use it!

[sgreger1]

http://xchat.org/ is what the cool kids are using, when not being 1337 on IRSSI

Lol. I am just familiar with Irssi since shiki introduced me to it so i've grown used to using it.

[Los ßnus]

http://xchat.org/ is what the cool kids are using, when not being 1337 on IRSSI

[lxskllr]

http://superuser.com/questions/33485...ndows-7#334855

You could also try using Pidgin for IM. They have a native Windows client.

[sgreger1]

I am actually trying to get it changed on my Window partition. I have been playing a lot of Starcraft II lately so i've been in Windows a lot more. Does anyone know how to change the name in windows?

[Los ßnus]

He's on fedora. Btw, you spelled "portions" wrong in your sig ;^)

blame horus I'll fix it tho

[lxskllr]

did you try the /etc/passwd thingy? also what distro are you running? I am assuming Ubuntu at this point.

He's on fedora. Btw, you spelled "portions" wrong in your sig ;^)

[Los ßnus]

I tried that but the whois still shows my real name as the IRC name

did you try the /etc/passwd thingy? also what distro are you running? I am assuming Ubuntu at this point.


if you are using ubuntu, try this command: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/...n1/chfn.1.html

NAME

chfn - change real user name and information SYNOPSIS

chfn [-f full_name] [-r room_no] [-w work_ph] [-h home_ph] [-o other] [user] DESCRIPTION

The chfn command changes user fullname, office number, office..........

[Los ßnus]

All I have to say here is Torvalds for President.

OpenSuSE is the greatest thing since the invention of the wheel. I haven't run windows on any device in 6 years and I own an android phone.

If it's not open-source I probably don't need it anyway, and as far as games go, there's frontends for windows emulation so games run as if native in linux (i.e., cedega, playonlinux, wine). That is of course providing there's a game I wanna play other than Guild Wars.

Beyond that virii simply exist as theoretical programs due to rapid fire updates to the OS, consequently it's damn near impossible to become infected, partially because most virii are coded for windows by some 13 year old asian running linux anyway.

In the years since I turned my OEM windows discs into xmas decorations and clocks I can't recall a time when my pc crashed and I'm not sure what the BSOD looks like for linux (i have seen screenshots though). I've had a kernel flop or 2, but my music doesn't even stop playing. The screen blanks, comes back, X restarts (bringing video back), the desktop reappears and all my windows are still there with exactly what I was doing at the exact moment of the flop.

Beat that Apple and MS.

*End of rant*

I LOVE linux, for a server. IMO for an average desktop user, it is perfect (way easier to support). For me, I need windows for gaming. BF3, IL2, and my CH HOTAS don't work so well in linux. Even if I am manage to get a game running in WINE or cedega or whatever, it is still slower than running native in windows.

I primarily use Ubuntu but I've dabbled with Arch and fedora. I use multiple monitors and this is an area that linux (ok gnome) needs to work on. If they mimic windows "Primary monitor" I would be very happy. Pisses me off when I move my taskbar(?) and all that jazz over to the right monitor and every time I open a new window, it opens on the left!!!! even if I move them over, close them no matter what they're still going on the left monitor. infuriating!

Sound card support is hit or miss. Sometimes out of the blue, my sound will just stop working all together.

I know linux is supposed to be more stable but I have way more crashing with ubuntu than windows (7.x to 11.x).

My "clients" that I support who run linux as a desktop environment couldn't be happier though.

[dupee419]

All I have to say here is Torvalds for President.

OpenSuSE is the greatest thing since the invention of the wheel. I haven't run windows on any device in 6 years and I own an android phone.

If it's not open-source I probably don't need it anyway, and as far as games go, there's frontends for windows emulation so games run as if native in linux (i.e., cedega, playonlinux, wine). That is of course providing there's a game I wanna play other than Guild Wars.

Beyond that virii simply exist as theoretical programs due to rapid fire updates to the OS, consequently it's damn near impossible to become infected, partially because most virii are coded for windows by some 13 year old asian running linux anyway.

In the years since I turned my OEM windows discs into xmas decorations and clocks I can't recall a time when my pc crashed and I'm not sure what the BSOD looks like for linux (i have seen screenshots though). I've had a kernel flop or 2, but my music doesn't even stop playing. The screen blanks, comes back, X restarts (bringing video back), the desktop reappears and all my windows are still there with exactly what I was doing at the exact moment of the flop.

Beat that Apple and MS.

*End of rant*