That’s one of the reasons for the breaking.
#linux-and-android
rotund dirge
And rolling release distros have their place. Their place is not on a machine I need to stay reliable.
Though you usually don’t have problems with them tbh.
night charm
aur is awesome
rotund dirge
It can be yes.
night charm
along with pacman package manager in general :)
rotund dirge
But AUR give me problems.
rotund dirge
Your classes already started? Rip.
night charm
i reserve my right to delete stupid gifs
kind panther
i reserve my right to delete stupid gifs
Admin aboos
kind panther
along with pacman package manager in general :)
frank steeple
i reserve my right to delete stupid gifs
kind panther
@rotund dirge initial elementary os review. 3 ryan reynolds out of 2 cheeseburgers
kind panther
Deleted what?
mortal totem
Interesting rating
I have elem os on one pc but my sister mostly uses it for workout vids i rarely touch. But hey that means she is able to use it without my help so id say it works nicely for noobs even
kind panther
It works great and is very intuitive without babying you around
mortal totem
Yes
frank steeple
yup
It's solid
Say what you want about customizability and DIY, but pop and elem are propbably the types of distros that's going to make the year of the linux PC actually possible
And then there's the fact that once you know what you're doing in Linux the only major difference between distros is their package managers and repos
rotund dirge
As some YouTuber once said (distro tube I think), most pc users use their OS as a boot loader for Google Chrome.
Could have been old tech bloke though.
true void
gimp is a cool program because it has things like Goat Exercise and Convolution Matrix and other scifi weapon names
rotund dirge
lol
I didn’t know that actually.
I don’t use gimp like that, just light editing and it’s just moving and decreasing canvas size.
true void
i use it to make transparents of stuff all the time
also like did anyone else have connectivity issues in windows but not linux like since switching to mint my connection just isnt flickering anymore
rotund dirge
Like on wifi or Ethernet?
true void
wifi
rotund dirge
I had the exact opposite happen actually. I have a laptop that has issues on Linux, but not on windows.
Its just driver support I suppose.
frank steeple
gimp is a cool program because it has things like Goat Exercise and Convolution ...
Convolution matrix is just a general math thing
rotund dirge
Hopefully not windows.
true void
I mean like I Don t need it back
rotund dirge
Oh lol you removed windows from your grub.
So much easier to configure grub legacy if you break stuff.
true void
there's not rlly anything I can't run, my main programs were audacity and gimp anyway
rotund dirge
Grub2 has weird entries and crap.
Fair enough, I still use windows for gaming.
Because I play F2P games with weird proprietary anti cheat.
ripe knotBOT
emy#6525 has been warned
true void
yeah,,,,,,
kind panther
Hmmmmmm
true void
anyway all my games seem to run better under wine than they did in windows for some reason although ive mostly tested older stuff so far
rotund dirge
Well, Valorant’s anti cheat for sure won’t work on Linux.
rotund dirge
That’s almost all of what I play on my PC.
That and FPS games.
So I’d play Far cry 6 on my PC.
true void
the only multiplayer game i played semi regularly was tf2 but then i just kinda got burnt out
rotund dirge
And play literally every other genre on my PS5.
true void
oh cool my names green
also question is mint considered like somehow frowned upon will i get shot for using it
true void
ive tried out a few and just ended up liking mint bcuz it was super easy to set up and i didnt have to hunt for wireless drivers
honorable mention to puppy it made my pc bark when i turned it on
rotund dirge
Because people are elitists. Use what you like.
bright shell
ive tried out a few and just ended up liking mint bcuz it was super easy to set ...
Pop!_OS and ElementaryOS are also like that.
And, I've also never had to "hunt for wireless drivers" in any install of Linux.
Even bare metal Arch had my laptop's Wi-Fi driver.
frank steeple
Even bare metal Arch had my laptop's Wi-Fi driver.
The arch installer also tries to include as many WiFi drivers as possible, since you're kinda screwed on arch without any internet. You just have to remember to install them in your chroot
That's not a big surprise
Arch ships with just as much if not more wifi drivers than most of the beginner friendly repos
night charm
LOL
mortal totem
XD
undone lichen
Ubuntu goes somewhere in the middle too
true void
Even bare metal Arch had my laptop's Wi-Fi driver.
i have a usb adapter
its usually not supported and i have to download manufacturer drivers
but theyre only available for ubuntu based distros
so unless there's community drivers im sometimes kinda screwed
bright shell
Sounds like... you should get a PCIe adapter.
frank steeple
That won't necessarily fix anything
bright shell
I mean, my PCIe Wi-Fi adapter has worked flawlessly on Linux.
It's a standard Intel chipset.
true void
wouldnt fit in my build anyway
frank steeple
Yours worked fine, doesn't mean all will
true void
there is No clearance for it
frank steeple
Same in my build, no room
bright shell
It's an Intel chipset... It's almost 100% guaranteed to work on Linux. I've tried like 10 distros and never had issues.
true void
anyway it works flawlessly now
bright shell
Fedora, Ubuntu, Manjaro, Baremetal Arch, Pop, Elementary all work.
frank steeple
It's an Intel chipset... It's almost 100% guaranteed to work on Linux. I've trie...
Like I said, your WiFi worked fine
That does not mean all will
true void
cmon lets Not fight over wifi
bright shell
And? as long as you buy a Wi-Fi card with an Intel chipset that is fairly new, I can give a rougly 90% chance that it will work.
frank steeple
cmon lets Not fight over wifi
It's fine, skip is just dumb
bright shell
I have 2 laptops with different Intel chips, and 1 Desktop with an Intel chip.
All 3 have different chips, they all work flawlessly.
My desktop being the newest.
and my oldest being only capable of 2.4ghz band Wi-Fi
true void
It's fine, skip is just dumb
this is the opposite of what i had in mind 
frank steeple
We've been trying to convince him for maybe a month or more that WiFi doesn't always work out of the box on Linux
bright shell
And unless your distro is literally just a Shell, I'm gonna say that you are wrong.
true void
i just had to run some commands to install the driver is all
it takes less than 5 minutes
bright shell
Because I've tried literally Bare metal Arch, without anything installed. And it JUST WORKED.
On 3 different devices.
With 3 different wi-fi chips
frank steeple
Arch ships with basically every WiFi driver under the moon
true void
wow you are Very adamant about this wifi thing
bright shell
Like every linux distro should.
There's no reason not to ship with all the drivers for everything.
bright shell
I... think you mean Megabytes.
frank steeple
No, I mean gigabytes
bright shell
The Arch ISO is... 831.3MB
frank steeple
Have you seen the size of a rhel iso?
Arch doesn't come with every driver for everything
bright shell
The most intelligent way to deal with drivers is
frank steeple
It comes with drivers for most WiFi adapters, but a lot of those are generic drivers that will work for multiple devices
bright shell
Step 1: ISO comes with all Ethernet and Wi-Fi drivers
Step 2: Ping the internet for drivers related to everything else in the system (prompting the user to pick if need be)
Step 3: GG you are done, no bloat, but you get all the right stuff.
frank steeple
Works fine for an online install, but you don't always have that luxury
There's also the fact that if you're distributing a fully free distro there are a lot of WiFi drivers that you can't include
true void
linux users when they engage in heated conversation about magic airwave cards
frank steeple
It just comes with all sorts of drivers and useful software
dusk kernel
I... think you mean Megabytes.
I... think you don't understand the meaning of "all drivers for everything."
bright shell
I meant all of the drivers for Wifi
dusk kernel
Since I'm fed up with work... "gimp" and "GIMP" are NOT the same thing. LOL
rotund dirge
Yo Zach and Linux Man, what’s Qtile and Xmonad?
And what are their uses.
Too lazy to research.
frank steeple
Xmonad is a tiling windows manager sorta like i3
rotund dirge
Mhm.
And can you describe the point of a tiling window manager?
I know they can be used with and without a DE.
But that’s pretty much up.
And what is a compositor(like picom)?
frank steeple
Compositor is for transparency
bright shell
And can you describe the point of a tiling window manager?
A TWM will let you more flexibly tile your windows (Think how in Windows you can move windows into sides or halves of your screen.)
night charm
And what is a compositor(like picom)?
handles fading animations, transparency effects, etc.
it makes things prettyyyy
rotund dirge
I see makes sense.
frank steeple
Happy 30th birthday Linux! (a bit late, but better later than never)
https://youtu.be/oHNKTlz1lps
rotund dirge
Yo @night charm, you mentioned you were tired fo breaking your arch install every update and you had other issues. You should look into NixOS. I think you’d like it.
rotund dirge
I’m having issues finding a super minimal small distro. Debian would be fine but it keeps installing libreoffice, vlc, etc. Really frustrating smh. Any suggestions? Gonna be running LXQT core.
NixOS wasn’t working for me either.
mortal totem
weird i don't remember debian installing vlc for me
rotund dirge
Yeah no matter what options I select it’s installing everything.
frank steeple
What will you be running it on?
rotund dirge
Reaaaaally crappy hardware.
Else I’d just use gentoo.
I might just use gentoo and setup a binhost. :’)
Compiling pciutils and its 3 dependencies has already taken 10 minutes and it’s not even done yet.
If I create a binhost it should just download all the binaries instead of compiling.
Guess I could just use distcc as well, but binhost later on.
frank steeple
Do not do gentoo on crappy hardware
I'd take a look at tinycore, puppy, or alpine
@rotund dirge side note, unless you only have 16GB or so of storage there's no real issue with having vlc or libreoffice installed. As long as they aren't running they don't take up any resources besides disk space
rotund dirge
<@!139096210832228352> side note, unless you only have 16GB or so of storage th...
Yeah I know that. But all the wasted storage!
I’ll take a look into those.
And I’m already in the middle of a dummy minimal gentoo install.
frank steeple
Wasted storage doesn't matter as long as you have any reasonable amount
tight eagle
I want to install it proper on my brother's netbook but it's just on an 8GB lego brick
maybe I'll get another 250GB blue to throw into it or even a smaller cheaper drive
rotund dirge
The reason I don’t want all the bloat is so that I don’t gotta download it in the first place.
tight eagle
n450 atom or something
rotund dirge
If I gotta lost 2 minutes per install and I install 50 computers, that’s a little over an hour’s lost time.
Granted you do them one at a time lmfao.
frank steeple
You what
rotund dirge
But gentoo will lose even more time if I gotta compile everything.
frank steeple
If you have 50 systems the last thing you do is install them one at a time
rotund dirge
Yeah I know, I just want to minimize bloat as much as I can.
Like stop it from downloading in the first place.
frank steeple
Install once and then grab something like fog or clonezilla and distribute that one installation to every other system
tight eagle
deploy
frank steeple
Yeah I know, I just want to minimize bloat as much as I can.
Tinycore it is
rotund dirge
I’ve had a mixed experience with clonezilla in the past. Usually works fine, until it doesn’t.
frank steeple
20mb install footprint or something
tight eagle
I kinda want to learn how to deploy systems but I got nothing to deploy
rotund dirge
What is it, Debian based?
rotund dirge
No package manager?
frank steeple
There's a package manager
rotund dirge
Gonna have to look into it in a week after the kernel on this gentoo install finishes compiling (hyperbole of course lol)
Probably will take a week to compile Qt5 though.
frank steeple
Don't bother waiting for Gentoo to finish, just cancel it
Like I said, Gentoo isn't for low power hardware
rotund dirge
I’m gonna try the core install, don’t see a guide immediately on their website for core though. Maybe there will be a file when I boot into it.
frank steeple
Basically you copy the files over and make it bootable
rotund dirge
Yeah I found the page on their website under manual install. Seems basic enough. Perhaps a little too basic, I’ll play with it, and then check out alpine.
Because it loads grub legacy, it was annoying to boot from bexuase the computer seems to want to boot UEFI and I just put it on Ventoy, which boots off UEFI. Don’t remember if there’s a BIOS install for ventoy. Probably.
true void
they should allow swearing but only in the linux chat
tight eagle
true void
anyway im Restaring My Computer
issue fixed no more static
no
no the issue was not fixed
oh its just firefox
god what I literally just looked up a random word to play a youtube video and apparently my keysmash meant Pain and Suffering
rotund dirge
I ended up using arch and I wrote a quick install script.
Works for my purposes. 🤷🏻♂️
night junco
ey br0ddas i need help
so theres this pentium4 e6600 2gb ram computer of mine
but im thinking about slapping my 1gb ddr3 gt 710 and undervolting the frick out of it and host sum servers (text&image websites, forge mc servers, etc.)
can anybody here recommend a linux distro that can take care of the hosting part and will ok-ishly support this janky setup?
or should i start twakin w/ da linux kernel?
rotund dirge
ey br0ddas i need help
Why not run Debian?
night junco
will it take the janky setup doe?
rotund dirge
I don’t see why not.
Should be fine for your use.
You run into issues when you start introducing wifi cards, BT, etc on debian.
Kernel should be fine and it’s minimal enough.
night junco
oh yeah about that
forgot to say that i rely on a wifi card to connect to the internet on that system
rotund dirge
Hm.
hmmmm
I would say to run arch since it’s pretty minimal and would probably have your wifi driver.
But you shouldn’t run arch unless you have some knowledge on Linux.
The wiki does make it “copy and paste go brrrrrr” though
Try OpenSUSE Leap.
That would probably have the wifi driver and it’s pretty minimal.
humble kindle
The arch wiki is very well written
rotund dirge
Still though, person should know what the commands they’re running does.
And understand how it works.
humble kindle
Yeah, if you need reliability, go with something more familiar, but the arch install process / wiki's tutorial is a fun way to learn that stuff imo.
rotund dirge
That’s true. I learned all my stuff by hating myself and using gentoo.
frank steeple
but im thinking about slapping my 1gb ddr3 gt 710 and undervolting the frick out...
Forge will probably be a hard pass on that hardware, but for everything else debian will be good
Debian will support wifi cards as long as you enable non-free software
Arch is not for servers
rotund dirge
Debian will support wifi cards as long as you enable non-free software
Didn’t even give me the option for that on bullseye.
night charm
The arch wiki is very well written
there is a page for minecraft
rotund dirge
Arch is not for servers
Gentoo is also not for servers, but the company I work at doesn’t care.
night charm
i use elementaryos for my servers 🥸
rotund dirge
But so much extra unneeded software.
night charm
issa joke
i dont have servers 😢
unless we want to include IIS built into windows that i use for remote desktop
rotund dirge
Lol
humble kindle
i dont have servers 😢
yet
tall agate
Anyone w a Umidigi Power manage to get LineageOS on it?
mortal totem
Just use old pc as server
tall agate
I'm more or less trying to revive the phone
give new life, as that phone comes with stock Android 9 but no patches/updates
bright shell
forgot to say that i rely on a wifi card to connect to the internet on that syst...
I wouldn't run Servers on a Wi-Fi system.
rotund dirge
I wouldn't run Servers on a Wi-Fi system.
I mean, With the way he described it, I believe it’s just for his friends. Not the best use case, but it’ll work.
tall agate
Wait ... are we still talking about me?
If so, which server? This is personal use Linux distro custom ROM for Android.
My phone is running quite slow and will buy a new one. Wanted to either try LineageOS on the old one, else I'll just make it a system monitor client and have a nifty lil display in my PC case to view temps and usage %.
clear rivet
@frank steeple my plex server runs on arch Linux with xanmod kernel but it's not really a critical server.
frank steeple
I wouldn't run Servers on a Wi-Fi system.
As long as it's decent WiFi and relatively low traffic it'll be fine. This system will not be network bottlenecked
true void
linux
undone lichen
truee
whole owl
Linux tech tips
rotund dirge
Linux tech tips
Anthony tech tips when? :’(
true void
hi
so basically
mint just boots to a blinking cursor
not a logo
not grub
just a _
rotund dirge
Was it a working install?
Light have messed up your HDD.
I’d boot into a live ISO and see if your HDD is detected.
brave isle
Hi all. I’m basically looking to switch from windows 10 to linux. I was wondering what you all thought of Zorin Os17? Was thinking of buying a copy of the pay for version?
Would use primarily for school and for gaming
I use steam but also the rockstar game launcher for red dead redemption two and gtav
I have a acer nitro 5 with a gtx 1650 and a Ryzen5 4600h. 128gb ssd. 256ssd and a 500gb hhd installed with 16gb of ram
Would like to do a 500gb m.2 in the future for Windows instead of the 128
rotund dirge
Hi all. I’m basically looking to switch from windows 10 to linux. I was wonderin...
I wouldn’t buy Zorin OS.
Or any distro for that matter.
Use Linux Mint or maybe Manjaro.
Would work well for gaming.
All you’re paying for with Zorin is The theme and DE. Maybe some tools, but nothing you can’t download yourself.
frank steeple
PopOS is also very nice, especially since you have an nvidia card
rotund dirge
Does PopOS play well with gaming?
frank steeple
Yes
rotund dirge
I haven’t tried that myself, only mint and Manjaro.
Then there you go, I’d go PopOS myself, it’s real nice.
frank steeple
It's one of the best distros for gaming
rotund dirge
I’m using it in my laptop for school and am loving it
Workspaces are a life saver.
especially with the key binds.
gray wagon
Linux is just great lol
It's simple but can handle lots of tweaking as users get comfortable
brave isle
I just want to make sure that what ever distro I get can use office 365 which I get might need a little work.
night charm
windows is a really cool distribution 😃 it works great with office 365
rotund dirge
I just want to make sure that what ever distro I get can use office 365 which I ...
Can't download office 365 on linux. You can however use the online version which is actually pretty competent and will has like 90% of the features that the downloaded version has.
night charm
Can't download office 365 on linux. You can however use the online version which...
doesnt have automatic table of contents which kills it for me :(
rotund dirge
Ouu does it not?
night charm
not that it matters anyways since my apush teacher doesnt let us take electronic notes anyways
rotund dirge
LibreOffice is also a super competent alternative to Office365, but it requires you learning where everything is.
rotund dirge
And has like 95% of the features 365 has,
night charm
😈
night charm
that screenshot was a vm
but its proof that office can run on linux
i dual boot windows 11, arch, and macos high sierra
rotund dirge
If you REALLY want to integrate it you can do this
Though imo it's really extra and unnecessary.
night charm
haha thats really awesome
rotund dirge
I've personally never tried it, but many people on reddit claim it does.
And you can use adobe easily too.
night charm
i wonder if it has passthrough for usb or video ports
night charm
hinting towards oculus compatibility
rotund dirge
I'd look into the issues
night charm
i think i might need to get another SSD to add a windows 10 install
because i mean windows 11 essentially bricked my vr headset
its useless now since it doesnt work well
hmmm let me try again to see
rotund dirge
Rip
rotund dirge
Lol.
Are you gonna use the VM software they recommend?
I believe it's KVM
Should allow for USB passthrough.
rotund dirge
lol
night charm
omg it works
rotund dirge
Does it really?
Lmfao.
Enjoy office 365 as floating window.
I honestly might do it too just for 365. LibreOffice is just too annoying.
On my linux lap
Do I really want to waste 4gbs of space on a windows vm though
?
Not to mention it probably eats ram too.
Does it, @night charm?
true void
I have shouted various obscenities at grub yet it refuses to listen
rotund dirge
Was your HDD detected?
true void
Yes
rotund dirge
chroot into your system and force grub to reinstall and reconfigure would be best thing to do then.
true void
im gonna reinstall tomorrow
it was what i had planned but like when i get to school i can probs make a bootable media there
rotund dirge
it was what i had planned but like when i get to school i can probs make a boota...
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Installing#via_ChRoot
Someone made a guide to fix grub over chroot
Specifically for Linux mint.
Many others have broken their grub install lol.
true void
oh actlly i tried that
rotund dirge
You tried chrooting in and reinstalling grub.
true void
no like
ripe knotBOT
emy#6525 has been warned
true void
ugh
Yep There It Is Again
ok so i assumed you were talking about something different
also question how many times can i slip swears in my messages vefore it just autobans ive done it a lot becaude i just like
ok apologies im kind of a fool ive been using this os for like 2 weeks
true void
oh my days are numbered
night charm
true void
i got banned from the pcmr discord after sending one of the mods calligraphy about how i was going to pee on their dog
rotund dirge
I got banned from this discord for little over a year for questioning the authority of the old regime.
I got banned in 2019 methinks and got unbanned last week.
true void
we are similar!!!!!!!!
true void
it was the one w/ the ron swanson pfp i think
true void
free and open source snakes
rotund dirge
ok apologies im kind of a fool ive been using this os for like 2 weeks
Did you fix your OS, I’m curious. 🙂
true void
Nope, not yet
havent had time
reinstalling grub when i get home
thanks for the advice
rotund dirge
Nice ok.
true void
y'all
would it be practical to partition a 32gb drive to use for booting multiple isos
frank steeple
You could, but it's kinda a pain to do that way. Take a look at multibootusb
true void
Did you fix your OS, I’m curious. 🙂
aight i inplemented the most redneck fix
i just installed mint again on a different partition
and that fixed sda6
dusk kernel
aight i inplemented the most redneck fix
It could only be "the most redneck fix" if you used duct tape. 😄
fallow belfry
Don't forget the hammer and wd40
dusk kernel
I have found myself looking for a hammer more than once while working on my computer.
rotund dirge
I’ve only ever found myself working with a hammer once with a PC.
And I don’t remember why even.
night charm
And I don’t remember why even.
gotta make sure the processor is in snug
that or ram sticks
i would use a mallet on ram sticks ngl
rotund dirge
Lmfao
fallow belfry
Percussive maintenance
wild nexus
I’ve been using Linux for like a week and I like it
fallow belfry
Which distro did you go with? Popular ones for starting out are Mint and Ubuntu
Then you get into ones like PopOS that people are customizing for gaming
brave isle
I got Ubuntu on my laptop, and it's pretty cool
strong plover
Are there any opinions on the Linux “low latency kernel” used in the Ubuntu Studio distro? I understand it will help, or at least not hurt, my audio work, but might it be a problem for gaming?
fallow belfry
A problem? Probably not. It's just a little higher maintenance for kernel mode drivers.
strong plover
Thanks
Also, what are the pros and cons of going with the 21.04 version vs the 20.04 version?
I’ve read some stuff, but I don’t know if y’all have any direct experience
fallow belfry
Ubuntu I assume?
20.04 is a long term support version, 21.04 will have newer stuff out of the box
strong plover
Yep, Ubuntu. Im mainly concerned about having to update more frequently using the newer
And I’ve heard updates can mess stuff up
fallow belfry
With Linux, it's pretty much if it isn't broken, don't fix it, unless it's marked as a security or other critical update.
strong plover
Ah okay, neat. Also thanks falcie for all your help, you were nice in the ssd place not like the sarcastic windshields guy xD ‘nough said
Sorry windshields if you see that xD
fallow belfry
lol
Happy to help
mortal totem
sad windshield noises
strong plover
I’m sorryyyy windshields was helpful too, he just kept being like oooh fortnite clipsss which is distracting xD
fallow belfry
sturdy aspen
true void
tall agate
Twas the day was Saturday yesterday my dude
cedar steeple
a
true void
I love my mint installation all my friends are inside it
mortal totem
Lol
strong plover
I’m actually impressed with the libreoffice “PowerPoint”. Not so much the excel rip off
strong plover
Yep, it just felt wrong to say the same word twice in a sentence
Yeah, it seems like using google sheets but it’s not pretty at all
rotund dirge
I don’t like how libreoffice hides a lot of its options. Like I get they’re trying to not copy Microsoft exactly, but finding features can be a pain.
strong plover
I just search the feature I want to use, most recently it was making a pie chart. The graphs are really simple, has a ton of data customizations, but yeah, I didn’t find it just by looking
I haven’t used Microsoft office in several years, but one thing I remember hating is the sliding cursor. I never could find a setting to turn it off on my moms laptop, but yeah, it bothered me
true void
linux
strong plover
linux
mortal totem
Linux
rotund dirge
Linux
true void
y'all so hypothetically what would happen if I snorted miralax
strong plover
Might clear your sinuses really quick, but would really advise against it. Hot sauce much better
…how did that relate to Linux…
true void
yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!
strong plover
Um
true void
dusk kernel
TabascoOS?
fallow belfry
I have my own thoughts on this but I want an outside perspective.
I want to use my secondary computer as both a mining pc and my plex/file server. I'd normally just go for a random Debian distro and call it good, but I can't even get the installer to launch on anything because my GPU really hates nouveau. In order to launch an installer I have to start it in compatibility mode which disables the drivers completely and locks it at 640x480, less than ideal.
I thought I might go for a server install but the GPU driver requirements for running as a mining PC throw a wrench into that gear. I could install a desktop onto a server distro, but then it fails to boot.
Maybe if I flash another vbios onto the 2070 it'll work better? I wouldn't mind having a lower power limit.
I'd really hate to have to go back to windows for something as stupid as this.
bright shell
Just... Don't use nouveau?
fallow belfry
Ok, but most distros default to that and I can't boot into the OS to change it
bright shell
Pop OS does.
Manjaro Does
So...
¯_(ツ)_/¯
Well
Ok, Pop!_OS has an option to download an ISO WITH the Proprietary driver.
And Manjaro just comes with it.
fallow belfry
I'll give those a look
bright shell
Manjaro is Arch based, Pop is Ubuntu based.
fallow belfry
That eliminates manjaro as an option since I don't think plex has an installer for arch, and I really don't want to compile if I don't have to. Old xeons and all.
rotund dirge
That eliminates manjaro as an option since I don't think plex has an installer f...
Extremely likely that arch has plex server on the AUR.
Just gotta enable AUR support.
rotund dirge
That eliminates manjaro as an option since I don't think plex has an installer f...
Don’t even need to be on the AUR, apparently plex server is on the official repos. Nothing to worry about.
rotund dirge
@fallow belfry https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/plex
frank steeple
I have my own thoughts on this but I want an outside perspective.
I want to use ...
I'd go with a server distro, probably just straight debian. When installing just don't select any desktop environment
System will boot into try, purge and blacklist nouveau if necessary. Once that's done download the driver installer from the Nvidia site and run it
Since it'll only ever be used for Plex, nas, and mining you won't need to bother setting up a desktop environment
fallow belfry
If I can get to a grub menu I can pass a few commands to get it to boot, but most distros I tried just skipped grub for some reason.
Once I finish up this application I'm trying pop, I already tried ubuntu server and it didn't like my hardware. It was complaining about the tpm.
strong plover
Would y’all recommend the Blackmagic Design Intensity pro 4K as an hdmi capture card for Linux? Ubuntu specifically. It’s for streaming through obs from a video camera. They currently have the elgato hd60 pro but that won’t work with Linux afaik
rotund dirge
I’m not sure that a lot of people use capture cards in Linux. There are certainly youtubers that do work on them, but I’m not 100% sure.
rotund dirge
Would y’all recommend the Blackmagic Design Intensity pro 4K as an hdmi capture ...
Look up Chris Titus tech, and see what he’s using. Iirc he does all his editing and such on Linux. Though I could also be thinking of distro tube or mental outlaw.
All 3 use capture and work on linux iirc.
strong plover
A usb capture card is fine too, just needs to be decent
I just don’t know what brands to trust ig, any suggestions?
strong plover
Look up Chris Titus tech, and see what he’s using. Iirc he does all his editing ...
I will thanks
strong plover
All 3 use capture and work on linux iirc.
What does iirc mean, sorry xD
rotund dirge
What does iirc mean, sorry xD
If I recall correctly lol.
strong plover
Lol thanks
fallow belfry
Pop seems to have been the magic bullet I needed. It even has green with envy available in the store for overclocking nvidia
rotund dirge
Pop seems to have been the magic bullet I needed. It even has green with envy av...
I’m glad it’s working out for you. Pop is pretty nice.
ripe knotBOT
emy#6525 has been warned
rotund dirge
why is it still there
?
true void
it stayed there for a while
fallow belfry
What, the warning text? It doesn't go away unless a mod deletes it
fallow belfry
Ah, yeah the bot's been a little off today
strong plover
I have a really specific question about the Kde plasma desktop, do any of you use it, or do you recommend any active, friendly Ubuntu/ Linux servers I could ask in? It has to do with the cursor theme only working over open windows, not the desktop wallpaper or some programs
rotund dirge
I have a really specific question about the Kde plasma desktop, do any of you us...
I have used KDE a lot in the past before.
But uh, I wouldn’t know any issue with the cursor theme. 😦
And I don’t know anywhere you could ask. But whatever you do, DO NOT ask in a server called “discord Linux”. Really uninviting and people will question your intelligence constantly.
Not a nice community.
strong plover
I also have a question about the little button in the corner that takes you to the blank desktop. I want it to where I can put my mouse in the very corner of my screen (just randomly shove the pointer) and work, but the button doesn’t work unless I click a little bit up from the very corner. Windows does it right by default, and I’m sure there’s a way with this.
strong plover
And I don’t know anywhere you could ask. But whatever you do, DO NOT ask in a se...
Alright I won’t be going there
I did find one called Ubuntu Hideout, I think I’ll try it
rotund dirge
Alright, good luck hope you figure out your issue.
strong plover
I figured out the corner problem I think, but thanks
dusk kernel
@strong plover I use KDE on both Fedora and Ubuntu Studio. I've seen something similar on my Fedora system. The cursor is what I want except for one application where it becomes a lot smaller and changes color & style. I figured is was just one of those "my system is wacky and it's my fault" issues and haven't invested time in looking for a solution.
I'm not sure I have that same application installed on the Ubuntu system, but I'll check on that soon.
strong plover
I’m going to be using Ubuntu studio as soon as my new ssd gets here, but for now I’m using it live cause my school is browser based and I like getting used to it. In Ubuntu studio, I changed the cursor to kde classic, and the overall theme to Ubuntu studio dark. I tried it again and even the taskbar thing the cursor is right, and apps as well, but it goes to the default gray one on home screen.
dusk kernel
I just checked and yes, the cursor changes over the same application on Ubuntu Studio. I'll try to do a little bit of searching now that I know it's not "just me."
This seems like it fits your description of your issue:
https://forum.manjaro.org/t/kde-cursor-switches-style-when-pointing-on-desktop/14477
rotund dirge
Well, it actually might have something to do with snaps not taking KDE themes. @strong plover @dusk kernel
Snaps are sandboxed apps and therefore kinda run in their own environment.
Gnome does a good job of integrating them, but I believe KDE struggles.
dusk kernel
I suppose that's possible but I don't have any Snaps that I'm aware of.
strong plover
So it’s just a matter of editing the default theme?
dusk kernel
I tried the suggestion above and it didn't solve my issue. But it might help with yours, I dunno.
strong plover
I tried the suggestion above and it didn't solve my issue. But it might help wit...
I’ll try it when I get a chance, I’ll let you know if it works for me
true void
does anyone else find troubleshooting like
weirdly fun
like i just had to thoroughly search for a texture compression thing to fix missing textures in unturned and it Awakened my Neanderthal Hunting Emotions
it was s2tc
i still dont know if that fixed it
It Did Not
true void
i havent seen anything posted about this package that isn't from 7 years ago
bleak dome
u should try bug bounties and CTFs
frank steeple
Bug bounties are hard :(
true void
u should try bug bounties and CTFs
no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
rotund dirge
Yo @frank steeple what distro would you use for servers, Debian?
frank steeple
Debian, rhel, suse, probably one of those
rotund dirge
Hmm, where debian is the free option.
I would love to use Rhel or Suse, but they not free. No idea how good OpenSUSE leap is for servers, and don’t feel like running a fedora server.
frank steeple
rhel is free for up to sixteen systems
rotund dirge
Hmm, I need more than 16 systems though.
frank steeple
How many
rotund dirge
~40+
frank steeple
What will they be doing?
rotund dirge
Stupid minimal work.
Literally running tcp and database servers.
Not accessed all the time either.
The most demanding thing it’ll do I imagine is building Qt4 from source unless they got a repo for Qt 4 binaries.
frank steeple
Would it be possible to run them all from a single system?
rotund dirge
No. 😦
wait I lied, they do need to do something else.
Needs to run in.tftpd
For diskless nodes.
And nfs too I suppose.
But that’s not a lot.
frank steeple
Wait, forty systems all of which run as diskless?
rotund dirge
They gonna be in different places.
They not gonna sit in a single room lol.
But yeah, each one is gonna run as a diskless node server.
frank steeple
What about just full remote login then?
rotund dirge
What about just full remote login then?
Wdym?
frank steeple
Have one central OS and then a bunch of dummy clients that log into it remotely
rotund dirge
Hm, you mean instead of using diskless nodes?
frank steeple
Yeah
rotund dirge
Well, I can’t change the system fully myself yet.
This system was created in the mid 90s when hard drives were expensive.
So diskless was a good option back then.
The times have changed and diskless is not great.
But nobody bothered to change the system all this time
I’m trying to slowly change the system.
rotund dirge
First step, get off freaking gentoo.
I need a way to install debian via command line.
I found an article that details how to install debian from existing Linux distro.
Which I’ll use my dummy server.
And we’ll see where we go from there.
fallow belfry
You can always host a copy of debian installer from network boot with an automated script
rotund dirge
Hmm.
That’s not a bad idea
First I need to install debian in the first plCd.
Place.*
Figure out what I need and sign.
Don’t.u
**
rotund dirge
I cry every time.
fallow belfry
Yay makefiles
I love when things don't compile and I need to fix the syntax
rotund dirge
Yay makefiles
I love when things don't compile and I need to fix the syntax
That’s not even make files. That’s just gentoo doing gentoo things.
Portage emerge log.
Currently on 367 of 536.
rotund dirge
I certainly did not. I did not have a choice in this matter.
That’s why I am going to try moving our system to debian and systemd.
Wish me luck
In the late 90s, someone decided the source based rolling distro was the best choice for servers.
What a load of hoopla.
rotund dirge
Man I was having so much trouble getting grub to install on debian.
My dumb ass forgot to install mdadm for the raid.
Soft raid1.
This guide is really good:
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/apds03.en.html
Though I wish there was a way for debian to auto detect my network driver and install the firmware required for it.
Free or not.
Now I gotta chroot back into the system again and install the firmware.
Oh well, will have to do a reinstall tomorrow anyways to make sure I didn’t miss writing down something in my notes, then it’s off to installing our actual system stuff. Gonna be a lot of fun.
true void
i am filled with rampant hatred
strong plover
Do tell
true void
this is the linux chat do i really need to explain myself
anyway so like
mesa
mesa_loader_driver_override=i965 is required to run a lot of things now
but not yesterday or the day before or the week before
i reinstalled steam 3 times before finding this out through a
Minecraft Traceback
lemme try override iris
yep iris is the issue
strong plover
Do you have an intel cpu? I don’t have direct experience with steam but I found a thread about that issue
strong plover
Ohh
I don’t know if this is similar, sounds like it
They have igpu too
Actually their issue seems to be the desktop
true void
should i just write this off as a certified Intel Corporation moment
strong plover
Might want to wait til one of the really smart guys on here sees it, maybe they would know better
strong plover
My friend has an hp intel laptop, there are soo many issues with drivers and such, finally got him on manjaro and it mostly works now
strong plover
well for now i can just use mesa override
Okay
true void
(i put mint on a school laptop don't tell the central intelligence agency)
strong plover
Ooh fun, can they even tell?
strong plover
That’s cool, I mean, they obviously didn’t lock bios or anything, they were just asking for it
strong plover
Ah handy
true void
a very funny joke that u laugh a lot at
strong plover
lots of laughing
true void
so true
rotund dirge
Rip.
true void
OH HEY its one of those people we were talking about hi
do you know how to resolve certified intel moments
strong plover
Yayyy it’s like actually one of them!! Please help him??? :D
rotund dirge
Nope lmfao.
true void
am i allowed to swear
rotund dirge
Nope.
true void
but its
a special occasion
anyway gonna try getting bioshock to run on a dual core cpu w/ igpu
strong plover
Good luck
true void
didn't even start lmao
frank steeple
It's nice
rotund dirge
It is pretty nice.
rotund dirge
I can’t qtbindings to install correctly smh.
I managed to get Qt4 installed and Ruby 2.4 installed.
But qtbindings wont compile.
Now I gotta try compiling a different version of Qt4.
And we all know that’s fun.
Qt 4.8.6
hazy river
i don't really understand why is it almost every time that people forces you to compile programs on linux
rotund dirge
i don't really understand why is it almost every time that people forces you to ...
Well this time it’s because I need Qt4 for legacy reasons, while qt4 was like purged from repos years ago.
And the version that debian has on their buster repo is not working with qtbindings, which is a gem that’s required to be compiled.
hazy river
oof
rotund dirge
Yeah it’s not fun.
Not to mention qt is only the most difficult program in the world to compile smh.
frank steeple
No
strong plover
do yall know the location of the intel ceo and a really big mace not related
…a really big mace with a Ryzen logo…
strong plover
it is now no longer software rendering everything
Good for you, what’d you end up doing
true void
oh i just had to uninstall a mesa driver
it wasnt using the iGPU
it was
llvmpipe
instead of mesa
i wish i was smart enough to post about weird problems since it seems like im the Only Person In History Who Has Ever Had Them
strong plover
i wish i was smart enough to post about weird problems since it seems like im th...
It’s really handy when people document obsolete problems like that on Reddit. Just say what the problem was, things you tried, and then what ended up working. It’s really helpful to others, and if an even smarter person sees it and knows a better answer, they can tell everyone
tight eagle
having really obscure hardware is a pain lmao
brave isle
??? IMPOSSIBLE
brave isle
having really obscure hardware is a pain lmao
im sure troubleshooting xeon e7s is a nightmare, those things are barely used, let alone today. not to mention how rare those boards are lol
i was joking lol
ah, then we're both joksters lol
tight eagle
I have nothing like that but I have computers that are obscure just because of the sheer volume of skus the oems put out with absolutely zero documentation to speak of, and the only stuff you can find online about them is scam sites and dead end forum threads asking if the gpu is upgradeable
brave isle
lmao exactly
I remember I had this Proliant G380 G7 server, and the fans would run at 100% speed, starting from 0% from boot then slowly going up to that max speed for a reason im not sure of till this day. One time it automatically fixed itself or something, then it just came back for no reason
HP servers 💩
brave isle
i actually just recently ordered a 1u rack server to mess with
two e5 2650s, four 10k 146gb hdds, 8gb of ram for about 100 before shipping
has its raid controller and everything
tight eagle
they load in this fan control garbage on laptops that detects whether it's moving or not and adjusts the fan speeds for whatever reason, it just makes things worse
o nice
brave isle
im actually having a similar issue with my laptop
but i dont feel like explaining it because ive been trying to troubleshoot the dumb thing for 3 hours today and im sick of it
tight eagle
ehe
I disabled the HP software on my grandma's laptop and it runs decently okay for something with just a dual core and a hard drive
lol
she uses her ipad
frank steeple
https://tenor.com/view/linux-breakin-windows10-windows-computer-gif-21384541
Ah, but they did not expect me to have six pound field cannons
tight eagle
but are you at a tesco
I have a 250GB blue spare and I want my mom's laptop to have something to kick it into gear but she has like 800GB of stuff on it and her 4TB mypassport is hundreds of miles away indefinitely so that's not gonna happen
brave isle
oh dang
rotund dirge
Ah, but they did not expect me to have six pound field cannons
Send the part list!!
rotund dirge
https://tenor.com/view/linux-breakin-windows10-windows-computer-gif-21384541
Behold the field cannons.
frank steeple
It should have a slot for it
strong plover
I thought it was serious until I got to the 8k tv. It looked like a really overkill setup for maybe a corporation. I mean, four hdds for raid 10 or something, the ssds were a bit much though
frank steeple
Those are in raid 5
strong plover
Raid 5 and 10 both can use 4 disks, and there is redundancy in raid 10
And who would need alllll that storage In a raid 5 config
Wait are you joking
rotund dirge
frank steeple
No, it's essentially raid 1 and 0 combined
frank steeple
Yup
rotund dirge
All I can remember is raid 1.
That’s all I use.
RIGHT that’s why it’s called raid 10.
Raid 1 + 0.
frank steeple
Raid 10 you give up half of your drives but can only lose one drive worst case
rotund dirge
frank steeple
Raid 5 you only lose one drive and can still resist a single drive failure
frank steeple
Get that Java crap outta here
Get that outta here too
@teal cape you got a sec to nuke someone?
teal cape
yes I do
frank steeple
Nitro scam link
rotund dirge
Rip
strong plover
Can mods delete and edit messages?
strong plover
Yeahh that might get abused, easy to twist words
true void
steam when it installs a 0.5gb update with no visible changes at all
rotund dirge
I hate that smh.
But if you’re running rolling release distro with snaps and flatpaks you should be used to that.
true void
i am allowed to not update things if i do not Want to except steam
I mean i could just run the games from the directory if I dont wanna wait 45 minutes
true void
But if you’re running rolling release distro with snaps and flatpaks you should ...
also im kinda glad im not running a distro w/ forced updates because that software rendering issue I was having earlier was caused by a mesa utils update
rotund dirge
also im kinda glad im not running a distro w/ forced updates because that softwa...
What distro forces you to update?
true void
ones that were invented by joe terrible when he tried to suck twice
strong plover
Uh, you could be more specific… are there actually ones like that?
rotund dirge
Isn’t one of the points of Linux that you’re not forced to update, and you can choose what packages to update?
I’d be pretty mad if I was forced to update and reboot. That’s literally one of the reasons that got me moving off of windows
strong plover
Right, as far as I know no updates even download automatically without you telling it to. And not updating shouldn’t give you problems unless they were patching a bug.
And same, that is a large reason for me to get off windows too
rotund dirge
Right, as far as I know no updates even download automatically without you telli...
Not updating shouldn’t give you any problems period. If your system is stable, then having updates won’t do anything. Do I still recommend kernel and security updates? Yeah, but still.
strong plover
True.
Updating applications is different, those usually get functionality or remove bugs all the time.
strong plover
Definitely, unless you’re not connected to the internet for some reason, as some Linux computers are especially in recording studios I know of.
rotund dirge
Hm, it’s arguable that you should still do so regardless. Here are some certain situations. The computer may not be connected to the internet, but does it have the ability to be connected? (Like has the kernel driver been disabled)
And even then, there’s situations where applications need to be updated to patch major issues like how sudo can give privileged access due to exploits. Just needs to be installed and on an old version.
But I’m probably taking that too far.
strong plover
That’s true. I mean, as long as you don’t plug an Ethernet cable in, no worries about connecting accidentally.
true void
how do i stop always having a bunch of terminals open
this is a psychological issue not a software issue
strong plover
Take a deep breath, and then carefully click the x at the top corner.
fallow belfry
EZ
Use the desktop switcher, and keep all your terminal windows in a separate desktop
strong plover
That works too. I feel like virtual desktops are better in KDE than they are in windows
Haven’t tried other desktop environments though, but they’re probably good too
true void
oh my god
true void
how do i stop always having a bunch of terminals open
y'all
I dont know how I didnt find this out after using it so much but the Terminal has Tabs
strong plover
Aw man that’s sad to think about. But glad you figured it out :)
steady saffron
So this is where the intellectuals in the server reside, I assume
fallow belfry
Some of them, mostly trolls that think they're funny but you get an occasional serious conversation
undone lichen
linux bad windows good hehe
steady saffron
Yeah I agree
Switching to Linux was probably the best decision I've recently made
Started out with Mint, am on Manjaro now
KDE
fallow belfry
I've been working with Pop lately, since the 2070 in one of my computers really hates the default driver and Pop installs the non-free Nvidia driver by default
fallow belfry
The alternative is for me to edit my grub from within windows and update the boot sector which is a PAIN
steady saffron
I'm on a 1660 TI Max-Q, and just use the regular NVIDIA drivers
Pop is based on Ubuntu, correct?
fallow belfry
Yeah those tend to work the best for power users
steady saffron
Well I'm hardly a power user
Just a simple man who's mad at Windows and Microsoft to some extent as well
fallow belfry
The fact that you know about alternative drivers makes you above average
steady saffron
I did have to install them myself, so there you go
And even reinstalled them from the recovery shell once when the computer wouldn't boot
fallow belfry
And yes Pop is Ubuntu based so wide compatibility
steady saffron
Apparently Manjaro just lets you have no graphics drivers installed
Which it should I guess
fallow belfry
Being Arch based it makes sense
steady saffron
If the user is an idiot like me having the OS break is probably well deserved
Yeah
fallow belfry
Arch is really intended to be run primarily from a TUI or just straight terminal
true void
i think im gonna switch to cinnamon
it feels smoother
this is UNRELATED to the fact that i managed to break xfce
that was just the motivation at the moment
fallow belfry
Uhuh, sure it's unrelated.
Cinnamon is still kinda nice though for other reasons
rotund dirge
Meh arch shouldn’t be used as a distro you plan to daily drive imo.
Updates break it frequently.
Manjaro tries to fix this issue by making sure that everything your upgrading is compatible with the new stuff.
But it’s still not probably the best thing to run.
I recommend anything debian/Ubuntu based for daily drive, or I guess you could go rhel based, but that’s more iffy. Opensuse leap isn’t that bad.
Rolling release distros are a bit weird, and I would never recommend anyone actually run one as their daily. Especially if you’re a beginner.
humble kindle
Trial by fire
true void
woe pretty why is my taskbar on the ceiling
dusk kernel
"Taskbar at the top" is the default for some distributions. It might be dependent on the default Desktop Environment... I'm not sure about that. If you prefer the taskbar on the bottom... you should be able to change it.
true void
yes but its also pretty
its actlly alright because my taskbar sometimes gets blocked by my soundbar
strong plover
Taskbar at top is pretty, (it’s right on eye level), but muscle memory from windows always goes to the bottoms corner so I have to keep it that way
river island
can someone help with a issue after updating ubuntu server
finished flush journal to persistant storage
thats what its stuck on
at this point im probably screwed
since google brings up nothing
river island
ended up fixing it
@frank steeple how would you install nvidia drivers on a server?
it wants to install the gui and i dont want it to
rotund dirge
Man I’m struggling to get Qt4 compiled.
Screw this old ass software.
I’m done smh.
rotund dirge
I killed the debian project. I could install Qt4 and Ruby, but it wouldn’t install qtbindings. Didn’t like qt 4.8.7
So I tried in vain to install qt 4.8.6 and 4.8.5
I ended up doing rm -rf / —no-preserve-root
fallow belfry
Whoa straight for the nuke
frank steeple
I ended up doing rm -rf / —no-preserve-root
Amateur
The data can still be recovered
undone lichen
rotund dirge
Amateur
Haha was just trying to kill the install.
Should have done dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda
But then /dev/sdb would have lived.
frank steeple
Do sdb first then
rotund dirge
But then /dev/sda would have lived.
And killed the raid at the same time.
Damn soft raids.
rotund dirge
I use mknod to create /dev/md1 (bios boot partition), /dev/md2 (swap), and /dev/md3 (root).
But with the way mdadm works, it’ll write to the main drive and take a while to write to the secondary drive.
It will kill the system before it has a chance to write everything.
steady saffron
But it’s still not probably the best thing to run.
...
Yeah probably not
I've had more success with it than Mint though
rotund dirge
I've had more success with it than Mint though
I mean I’m not trying to talk down to you lol. Run what you want to run. If you are comfortable with arch, by all means, run arch. I just don’t think it’s a good daily driver distro.
steady saffron
I mean I’m not trying to talk down to you lol. Run what you want to run. If you ...
Fair enough, Ubuntu/Debian is definitely easier
true void
god
I hate when im installing smtn and it just goes .............................. and stops telling me what its doing
zealous lantern
Can Ubuntu use the pacman to install applications?
I've noticed people mostly talk about it on Arch-based distros.
But pacman feels faster to use than snap.
small kindle
You can install pacman on Ubuntu.
Google around and you should find what you need to successfully pull it off.
small kindle
I've never ran a different package manager before so there may be complexities down the road
Have fun with it though!
zealous lantern
thank
right now i'm using my win11 build
so i'm not ready to switch to linux atm
maybe i'll fully switch for good once i can get ms paint (because i like it) working well
true void
im pretty sure paint would work in wine but im not sure
true void
I could test it
oh
ok so this is weird
ive been hopping desktop environments for a bit
I installed plasma and when I choosw it its cinnamon
but I mean thats aight I like cinnamon
true void
im pretty sure paint would work in wine but im not sure
wow this sentence makes no sense sorru
strong plover
I installed plasma and when I choosw it its cinnamon
Do you mean it goes into the cinnamon desktop, or it just looks like cinnamon
true void
Do you mean it goes into the cinnamon desktop, or it just looks like cinnamon
it went to cinnamon
I selected it again and it worked
it looked p good
frank steeple
Can Ubuntu use the pacman to install applications?
You can, but you really shouldn't
If you want pacman, just use an arch based distro
Garuda is looking pretty promising
zealous lantern
yeah i've worked with endeavour and garuda
i prefer endeavour from what i've worked with
the only thing that's keeping me from switching over is the one and only ms paint since i know other FOSS art programs that replace adobe CC work nicely
also my classes don't like linux for some stupid reason
frank steeple
For a paint replacement take a look at kolourpaint
zealous lantern
i've heard of kolour and pinta
i'm just really used to the one we know
i like the curve tool
strong plover
I selected it again and it worked
Ah good
rotund dirge
Yeah I really don't recommend installing another package manager on a distro it's not meant for.
I guess the one exception I'd say is Nix.
I like Nix.
brave isle
I know nothing abt linux so im gonna read some of this while im tired and might retain useful knowladge
strong plover
Not gonna hurt ya to learn :)
true void
native shell
Hey, i want to set up a minecraft server on a raid array of 3 2tb SSDs that i can remote into over the internet, uh what distro should i look into?
i have an nvme as a boot drive
idk if i even need it
strong plover
Ubuntu server. I don’t have experience setting up any sort of raid with Ubuntu server, but I used to have a mc server on Ubuntu server and it was good.
frank steeple
It's pretty simple to set up software raid on any mainstream server distro. For that config I'd recommend raid 5
native shell
Is anything specific easy to set up for remote access? i installed mineos but i don't think it has raid support
strong plover
Do you mean like ssh?
native shell
i think so i need to learn a lot to set this up and its a bit overwhelming
i know mineos is based on turnkey
strong plover
Here’s a pretty in depth tutorial. It shows it on a full version of Ubuntu 20.04, but (correct me if I’m wrong boblasershark) it should work the same on a server distro. And there are lots of tutorials out there for setting up/using ssh (how to remotely control a computer).
native shell
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strong plover
If I understand your situation correctly, you will need to first install a distro. If it’s on a computer physically in your house, a distro with a desktop environment might be right for you. If you install your OS on the separate boot drive, then create and mount your other ssds as raid. Again, searching it will yield many tutorials. Then, follow the instructions in that link.
rotund dirge
It doesn’t matter the distro. You can almost for sure download mdadm.
brave isle
should i install elementary OS again
i had it for a while and liked it im debating if i should or not
(if anyone replies, always ping me for it as im not always looking on discord or in this server)
rotund dirge
should i install elementary OS again
I mean, what are you running now?
brave isle
I mean, what are you running now?
windows 10 (i have 2 laptops)