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[Epic Tissue]

Epic Tissue @ Fri Jun 06, 2008 7:46 pm wrote:

I actually just installed Ubuntu again on my laptop today. Installation went much better than previous times (Dell laptop).

Unfortunately, this experience wasn't as good. I think I might be too used to the way I have Vista set up and the way I use it. Also the windows crashing/freezing wasn't a highlight. Something that hasn't happened since I used Windows ME.

bah I take it back! Foolish me didn't have my graphics card driver enabled.

[btiffin]

Good to hear Epic Tissue. It is one thing about GNU/Linux, very little hand holding and it still requires the odd nudge here and there.

Cheers

[Aziz]

Arch requires you to fall off a damn cliff

[Epic Tissue]

Hmm laptop is getting very hot. I had a program which monitored the fan speed but can't remember the name of it. Any ideas?

[btiffin]

lm-sensors ?

[rizzix]

Aziz @ Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:48 pm wrote:

Arch requires you to fall off a damn cliff

What's wrong?

[apomb]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27373994@N02/2554310312/sizes/o/

apparently this person wasnt too happy with Ubuntu

[Aziz]

rizzix @ Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:23 pm wrote:

Aziz @ Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:48 pm wrote:

Arch requires you to fall off a damn cliff

What's wrong?

Just trying to make a lame joke about needing to find a nudge. Arch does NOT hold your hand at all. It actually makes you really understand things a lot more, though. And the ArchWiki is REALLY helpful and does guide you quite a bit. Arch is becoming my favourite distro.

[Clayton]

That is a joke right?

[tenniscrazy]

Quote:

this was one of the worst games i have even purchased

wow this guy is confused

[Aziz]

Reminds me of a quote my friend always used to tell me. He tried calling Gateway to try and get help booting linux on his laptop. The guy aparantly was very confused: "So, tell me again, your linus hates your hard drive?"

[coreyxjessica]

Aziz @ Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:48 pm wrote:

Arch requires you to fall off a damn cliff

Try a gentoo minimal install and arch will feel like an automated install.

[chrisbrown]

Can anyone point me to a good linux tutorial? I'd like to learn how to compile sources and use the shell to it's full potential. I've used (K)(X)Ubuntu Gutsy&Hardy, so I haven't had -or learned how - to compile anything. I've dabbled in bash scripting but nothing of any real use.
Thx

[Aziz]

Google would work well here. Someone else might now some more specific sources here, though. Just look for "Linux tutorials" or add "advanced" or "shell scripting".

[btiffin]

I like these pages ...

For shell
http://www.arachnoid.com/linux/shell_programming.html

For programming (kinda - not really)
http://www.arachnoid.com/cpptutor/index.html (these are wayyy too thin these pages)

To see a picture of John von Neumann (and Linus and Bill and some ra ra Linux ra, boo hiss mickey)
http://www.arachnoid.com/linux/index.html

For Ruby and irb
http://www.arachnoid.com/ruby/index.html

Anyway; poke around arachnoid ... it may be a personal preference, but for introductory technical writing, on screen, they do a nice job. And yes you can double-click on any word and get the def, like the banner line says. Sadly I'm not really answering your post. You'll want more info on gcc, make, awk, ctags, cxref and all those hundreds of nice toys.

Cheers