I just started using Gnome3 (instead of Unity), and I like it generally. However, the launchers that come up on the meta-key search screen are completely impenetrable to me.
I.e., I have no idea where it's getting them. For example, I have Rubymine installed, and I created a launcher in /usr/share/applications. That works as expected. However, there's a second launcher from somewhere, and I have no clue how to find out where it is or how to remove it from search results.
I believe you can have both system launchers and user launchers. The second launcher might be inside your home directory somewhere.
Ahaha, it turns out that running Rubymine 7 for the first time somehow created a launcher for me. It was just under jetbrains-rubymine.desktop instead of my own rubymine.desktop. I found it by grepping for the launcher script (bin/rubymine.sh).
Long story short, grep really is the answer for everything.
Greg is great. I'm also a fan of ag (the silver searcher) and ffind (friendly-find), just because remembering grep, find, and ack arguments is a pain (and because differences between gnu and bsd commands are awful).
Greg is great. I'm also a fan of ag (the silver searcher) and ffind (friendly-find), just because remembering grep, find, and ack arguments is a pain (and because differences between gnu and bsd commands are awful).
I was going to link to some image of Good Guy Greg, but that ffind actually sounds super useful. Thanks for the tip!
Just updated my home server to systemd. That was about the most painless upgrade I've ever done. God damn do I like writing unit files over init scripts.
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augustwhere you come from is goneRegistered Userregular
Just got settled into ubuntu. I tried linux a few times in previous years, including previous shots at ubuntu. This is the first time that it seriously looks like i'll be sticking with it. TF2 runs like crap, but I use my computer more for learning python now than I do gaming. Overall things are way more user friendly than they were 3 years ago.
I am adoring Kubuntu right now, now that I ditched Kmail for Thunderbird. Sure I can't do anything more intensive than point-and-click games but it's fun to use and really just neat. I noticed Kubunutu often -but not always- remembers which applications I had open when I last turned off the computer, and brings them back up during the next successful boot. But I, for the life of me, can't figure out why it only seems to do it sometimes... any insight, folks?
Also, is there a convenient chart showing the hard drive footprint of various distros out there somewhere?
Aparrently the libs that steam uses are outdated or something? Im still fairly ignorant of the gritty details of how linux functions. I just barely have a passing understanding of packages.
The common fix seems to be a string of 6 command lines to remove some lib files from the steam folder, but that didn't work. Neither did the other 100 things I spend the last 2 hours attempting.
I added my user to the video group, im using Ubuntu 14.04 64bit,
Intel Core i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz x 4,
Geforce GTS 450/PCIe/SSE2
Last week Windows 7 decided to just misplace its own partition so I took that as an opportunity to just ditch Windows altogether and get on board that Mint bandwagon. Gaming performance isn't as good as on Windows for me either, but I can run TF2 and XCOM at 1920x1080 with the details at medium, so I'm happy enough. I seem to only have 32-bit GL libraries, but Steam isn't even complaining about that, glxinfo says direct rendering is on.
Core i3-2100T
GTX750 SC
On a related note: What's the best way to restore backups generated by the Windows backup tool in Linux?
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augustwhere you come from is goneRegistered Userregular
Where are you guys getting your video drivers from?
Where are you guys getting your video drivers from?
Straight out of the Ubuntu repos. Maybe I should install more current ones than the 331 version, but it's usually 50-50 that a driver upgrade breaks, like, everything.
Installed the 346 drivers from the Xorg-edgers PPA, which by some miracle didn't break everything, TF2 runs well now, but turning on MSAA still kinda kills my framerate.
Apothe0sisHave you ever questioned the nature of your reality?Registered Userregular
That is very pretty. How can I make my desktop look as pretty?
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Apothe0sisHave you ever questioned the nature of your reality?Registered Userregular
edited September 2015
Ok, so bash command line expansion question
I have a lot of files that I need to zip up, there are sets in a bunch of different directories that correspond to different parts of the logging environment.
When I try
for d in $(ls -d */ | sed 's/\/$//' *);
do zip -mrT $d $d;
done
zip complains about the expanded directory names if they have spaces. I've tried putting the $d's in double quotes, double quotes around single quotes and whatever else I can think of. I am pretty sure I have forgotten a basic rule here. How can I make this work?
are you sure there isn't a problem with the splitting coming out of the for loop though? that always trips me up and often the point where I start reaching for using something else to do it anyway
I wish that someway, somehow, that I could save every one of us
are you sure there isn't a problem with the splitting coming out of the for loop though? that always trips me up and often the point where I start reaching for using something else to do it anyway
Unfortunately not.
Here is me jamming as many "'s in as possible. If I remember correctly there's something odd about zip files.
nihil@nihil:~/test$ for d in $(ls -d */ | sed 's/\/$//' | sed 's/\(.*\)/\"\1\"/') ; do zip -mTr "$d.zip" "$d" ; done
zip warning: name not matched: "Directory
zip error: Nothing to do! (try: zip -mTr "Directory.zip . -i "Directory)
zip warning: name not matched: 1"
zip error: Nothing to do! (try: zip -mTr 1".zip . -i 1")
zip warning: name not matched: "Directory
zip error: Nothing to do! (try: zip -mTr "Directory.zip . -i "Directory)
zip warning: name not matched: 2"
zip error: Nothing to do! (try: zip -mTr 2".zip . -i 2")
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Apothe0sisHave you ever questioned the nature of your reality?Registered Userregular
Blah, I just python'd it.
Which is a pity because a 1 liner seems much more elegant
What do you think of Arch after using it for a bit?
I've been an Arch "fan" for years. I enjoy being on the edge of a rolling release with new software constantly, and the AUR is great for anything else you might need.
I HAVE been burned in the past by some of the big updates (like the switch to systemd) completely breaking my system.
Basically, it's great for a daily use PC if you don't mind getting your hands dirty once in a while, but I'd never put it on a mission critical server or the like.
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Apothe0sisHave you ever questioned the nature of your reality?Registered Userregular
What's the window system you're using?
I have never moved beyond kdm/unity/gnome because I am a lazy shit
I use mpd (music player daemon), that front-end is ncmpcpp (ncurses music player client plus plus). Mpd is cool because it's a daemon, you can control it with multiple clients. You can also automatically have it output to an http stream, so you can play cool tricks like connecting to the stream to listen to your music wherever, and sshing in to change the playlist quickly.
What do you think of Arch after using it for a bit?
I've been an Arch "fan" for years. I enjoy being on the edge of a rolling release with new software constantly, and the AUR is great for anything else you might need.
I HAVE been burned in the past by some of the big updates (like the switch to systemd) completely breaking my system.
Basically, it's great for a daily use PC if you don't mind getting your hands dirty once in a while, but I'd never put it on a mission critical server or the like.
How much time do you put into maintenance? I used to run Gentoo but I think those days are over for me as I don't have a lot of time to put into fiddling, so now a days I just use Ubuntu, which I like but I get the itch to try out something new once and awhile.
What do you think of Arch after using it for a bit?
I've been an Arch "fan" for years. I enjoy being on the edge of a rolling release with new software constantly, and the AUR is great for anything else you might need.
I HAVE been burned in the past by some of the big updates (like the switch to systemd) completely breaking my system.
Basically, it's great for a daily use PC if you don't mind getting your hands dirty once in a while, but I'd never put it on a mission critical server or the like.
How much time do you put into maintenance? I used to run Gentoo but I think those days are over for me as I don't have a lot of time to put into fiddling, so now a days I just use Ubuntu, which I like but I get the itch to try out something new once and awhile.
I spend an unhealthy amount of time tweaking my desktop, but for actual maintenance, I just run "pacman -Syu" once a week or so. Not really any more onerous than any other distro's update process. The thing to remember about Arch is that they don't save the big changes for a new release: there is no new release, you're always rolling up to the current stable state. It pays to read the news before updating just to make sure you're not about to update yourself into a corner.
For example, when they moved from init scripts to systemd. Most recently, the update to ncurses6 caused some issues for various packages in the AUR until their maintainers updated them. Rather than update right away, I just waited a week for the stuff I use from AUR to get updated before I upgraded.
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augustwhere you come from is goneRegistered Userregular
edited October 2015
Are Android phones easily manageable with Linux? I have this iPhone 5 my boss gave me but someday I'd like to get out of the Apple ecosystem. Mostly because iTunes sucks in general and I have to keep a crappy Windows laptop to run it on.
Are Android phones easily manageable with Linux? I have this iPhone 5 my boss gave me but someday I'd like to get out of the Apple ecosystem. Mostly because iTunes sucks in general and I have to keep a crappy Windows laptop to run it on.
Define "Manageable". I don't "manage" my phone with my computer, so I'm not sure what you mean.
Yes. If you plug the phone in and set the correct USB mode, it'll just show up as removable media and you can copy files on and off it.
Fwiw, I just used Dropbox and Google Play Music to get photos off and music on my tablet. ES File Manager also has samba compatibiltiy, so that's another way to transfer files back and forth.
If you have the Android dev tools installed, you can even telnet into your phone.
Yes. If you plug the phone in and set the correct USB mode, it'll just show up as removable media and you can copy files on and off it.
Fwiw, I just used Dropbox and Google Play Music to get photos off and music on my tablet. ES File Manager also has samba compatibiltiy, so that's another way to transfer files back and forth.
If you have the Android dev tools installed, you can even telnet into your phone.
+1 for Dropbox and ES File Manager. I've not plugged my phone into my PC for a long long time thanks to Dropbox.
augustwhere you come from is goneRegistered Userregular
edited October 2015
Relatedly, I had some point I in the past convinced myself that newer idevices were unmanageable in Linux, but libmobiledevice seems to promise otherwise. Does anyone have any experience with it? I don't have time to fiddle with it right now and it seems like it was removed from the Ubuntu repositories at some point so it will have to be built from source.
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The real challenge I tackled was getting java working... mind you I was successful, it just took a while.
Also I retract my previous statement about Kmail: it seems I prefer Thunderbird.
I.e., I have no idea where it's getting them. For example, I have Rubymine installed, and I created a launcher in /usr/share/applications. That works as expected. However, there's a second launcher from somewhere, and I have no clue how to find out where it is or how to remove it from search results.
Any ideas?
Long story short, grep really is the answer for everything.
I was going to link to some image of Good Guy Greg, but that ffind actually sounds super useful. Thanks for the tip!
Also, is there a convenient chart showing the hard drive footprint of various distros out there somewhere?
You might want to check that you're running the right (accelerated) driver for your video card.
but now when I launch steam I get "OpenGL GLX context is not using direct rendering, which may cause performance problems.
For more information visit https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9938-EYZB-7457."
and tf2 runs just as bad
Aparrently the libs that steam uses are outdated or something? Im still fairly ignorant of the gritty details of how linux functions. I just barely have a passing understanding of packages.
The common fix seems to be a string of 6 command lines to remove some lib files from the steam folder, but that didn't work. Neither did the other 100 things I spend the last 2 hours attempting.
I added my user to the video group, im using Ubuntu 14.04 64bit,
Intel Core i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz x 4,
Geforce GTS 450/PCIe/SSE2
any suggestions gentlemen?
Core i3-2100T
GTX750 SC
On a related note: What's the best way to restore backups generated by the Windows backup tool in Linux?
Straight out of the Ubuntu repos. Maybe I should install more current ones than the 331 version, but it's usually 50-50 that a driver upgrade breaks, like, everything.
i3-gaps-next-git
urxvt
ncmpcpp + mpd
irssi
http://digitalarcanum.net/stuff/archvm_2015-08-27_clean.png
http://digitalarcanum.net/stuff/archvm_2015-08-27_busy.png
I have a lot of files that I need to zip up, there are sets in a bunch of different directories that correspond to different parts of the logging environment.
When I try
zip complains about the expanded directory names if they have spaces. I've tried putting the $d's in double quotes, double quotes around single quotes and whatever else I can think of. I am pretty sure I have forgotten a basic rule here. How can I make this work?
are you sure there isn't a problem with the splitting coming out of the for loop though? that always trips me up and often the point where I start reaching for using something else to do it anyway
Spend all your time tweaking your desktop instead of doing anything productive.
Here is me jamming as many "'s in as possible. If I remember correctly there's something odd about zip files.
nihil@nihil:~/test$ for d in $(ls -d */ | sed 's/\/$//' | sed 's/\(.*\)/\"\1\"/') ; do zip -mTr "$d.zip" "$d" ; done zip warning: name not matched: "Directory zip error: Nothing to do! (try: zip -mTr "Directory.zip . -i "Directory) zip warning: name not matched: 1" zip error: Nothing to do! (try: zip -mTr 1".zip . -i 1") zip warning: name not matched: "Directory zip error: Nothing to do! (try: zip -mTr "Directory.zip . -i "Directory) zip warning: name not matched: 2" zip error: Nothing to do! (try: zip -mTr 2".zip . -i 2")Which is a pity because a 1 liner seems much more elegant
tbf one of those seds is extraneous because i was tyring to add in more quotes to the original list
and on the other hand if you don't speak basic regex fluently then what do you even
What do you think of Arch after using it for a bit?
I've been an Arch "fan" for years. I enjoy being on the edge of a rolling release with new software constantly, and the AUR is great for anything else you might need.
I HAVE been burned in the past by some of the big updates (like the switch to systemd) completely breaking my system.
Basically, it's great for a daily use PC if you don't mind getting your hands dirty once in a while, but I'd never put it on a mission critical server or the like.
I have never moved beyond kdm/unity/gnome because I am a lazy shit
It's i3, patched to put gaps between the windows. i3-next-gaps-git in the AUR, iirc.
How much time do you put into maintenance? I used to run Gentoo but I think those days are over for me as I don't have a lot of time to put into fiddling, so now a days I just use Ubuntu, which I like but I get the itch to try out something new once and awhile.
I spend an unhealthy amount of time tweaking my desktop, but for actual maintenance, I just run "pacman -Syu" once a week or so. Not really any more onerous than any other distro's update process. The thing to remember about Arch is that they don't save the big changes for a new release: there is no new release, you're always rolling up to the current stable state. It pays to read the news before updating just to make sure you're not about to update yourself into a corner.
For example, when they moved from init scripts to systemd. Most recently, the update to ncurses6 caused some issues for various packages in the AUR until their maintainers updated them. Rather than update right away, I just waited a week for the stuff I use from AUR to get updated before I upgraded.
Define "Manageable". I don't "manage" my phone with my computer, so I'm not sure what you mean.
Fwiw, I just used Dropbox and Google Play Music to get photos off and music on my tablet. ES File Manager also has samba compatibiltiy, so that's another way to transfer files back and forth.
If you have the Android dev tools installed, you can even telnet into your phone.
+1 for Dropbox and ES File Manager. I've not plugged my phone into my PC for a long long time thanks to Dropbox.