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Forum: General 04-25-2015, 10:18 AM
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Posted By maples
I know that there is an extension for Firefox...

I know that there is an extension for Firefox that lets you modify your user agent, are you thinking of that?

As for me, I've been Windows-free with only one exception. My school's robotics club...
Forum: General 06-06-2014, 08:33 PM
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Posted By maples
I've had a fairly good experience with Win7. ...

I've had a fairly good experience with Win7. Then a friend introduced me to Linux. Then my uncle gave me this laptop, which came with Win8. Once I got all the manufacturer defects sorted out (mobo...
Forum: General 06-05-2014, 03:34 PM
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Posted By maples
I just had another one of those "I love Linux"...

I just had another one of those "I love Linux" moments. I was checking my battery on my laptop. I ran 'upower -d' like I usually do, then scrolled up just to see what all other stuff it outputs. I...
Forum: General 05-22-2014, 02:38 PM
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Posted By maples
I figured out the sound. I made a...

I figured out the sound. I made a /etc/asound.conf that specified the proper sound card as the default. That might lead to problems if I tried to use HDMI, but I don't use it, so it's not a...
Forum: General 05-22-2014, 01:47 PM
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Posted By maples
I figured, but IDK how to do that. But I plan on...

I figured, but IDK how to do that. But I plan on poking around the wikis before I start another thread.


I might end up doing that. Thanks for the suggestion!\


Yeah, I have the same...
Forum: General 05-21-2014, 08:42 PM
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Posted By maples
I installed Arch on the new Dell laptop. At...

I installed Arch on the new Dell laptop. At first it looked fine. But the display brightness keys don't work, so to change the brightness I have to 'sudo su' and then 'echo [number between 0 and...
Forum: General 05-16-2014, 12:38 PM
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Posted By maples
It was more than jsut Explorer...CTRL+ALT+DEL...

It was more than jsut Explorer...CTRL+ALT+DEL didn't do a thing. I waited for about 5 minutes, so I don't think it was jsut hung. Also, I couldn't do anything, which is why I ended up holding the...
Forum: General 05-15-2014, 07:20 PM
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Posted By maples
Thanks for the thoughts on the commands! The...

Thanks for the thoughts on the commands! The lscpu was the one I was looking for. The Atom is 32-bit, single core, but has Intel's Hyper-Threading, so I have 2 logical processors.

And once...
Forum: General 05-15-2014, 03:08 PM
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Posted By maples
I saw a command on these forums that printed teh...

I saw a command on these forums that printed teh CPU info...It wasn't lspci, I just tried that...I hate that feeling. You know what you're looking for but you don't know what word to type! :banghead:
Forum: General 05-15-2014, 11:28 AM
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Posted By maples
I don't think that's my CPU...I'm pretty sure...

I don't think that's my CPU...I'm pretty sure mine is 32-bit. I'll check again when I get home, but I know that I installed a 32-bit OS on it.
Forum: General 05-15-2014, 09:50 AM
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Posted By maples
I use VirtualBox...considering how well it runs,I...

I use VirtualBox...considering how well it runs,I think the Atom has virtulization
Forum: General 05-14-2014, 09:02 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 407,580
Posted By maples
I'd say that there are very few computers that...

I'd say that there are very few computers that can't get Linux installed...Sure, we might need to get rid of Win8, but that's what VMs are for.

BTW, I did get XP installed in a VM on this eee...it...
Forum: General 05-14-2014, 08:35 PM
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Posted By maples
I don't mean to be rude, but that's like...

I don't mean to be rude, but that's like comparing a clock to a toothpick. A rasberry pi is a physical piece of hardware. Windows 8 is a piece of software which runs on a piece of hardware.
...
Forum: General 05-14-2014, 06:56 PM
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Views: 407,580
Posted By maples
Good point, and in real life I wouldn't make a...

Good point, and in real life I wouldn't make a comparison like that. The point of the presentation was to present a one-sided and biased view. However, I think that with 1GB RAM and a Pentium...
Forum: General 05-14-2014, 04:58 PM
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Posted By maples
Yeah I kinnd of included it. My three points...

Yeah I kinnd of included it. My three points were Open Source (free, security holes fixed by the end of the week), Security (I explained the executale bit in really simple terms, and Windows viruses...
Forum: General 05-14-2014, 04:55 PM
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Posted By maples
I've known Linux for less than a year, so I...

I've known Linux for less than a year, so I haven't had a chance to get depressed of that yet. :D It makes sense, though. If you're surrounded by Windows users, there's not much you can do. Of...
Forum: General 05-14-2014, 04:06 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 407,580
Posted By maples
Thanks! The presentation went well, BTW. My...

Thanks!

The presentation went well, BTW. My introduction mentioned that most people fork out $400-$500 for a new Win8 computer, when most of them don't know that they have alternatives.
Forum: General 05-14-2014, 04:03 PM
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Views: 407,580
Posted By maples
I think that if schools switched to OpenOffice or...

I think that if schools switched to OpenOffice or LibreOffice we would still have the same problems. They would teach you how to do something in that specific word processor instead of teaching the...
Forum: General 05-13-2014, 08:30 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 407,580
Posted By maples
After reading that, I'm really tempted to get...

After reading that, I'm really tempted to get Vbox on this Eee (Atom single-core, 2GB RAM) and see what happens. Wait...Windows hogs hard drive space, and my /home is on the 4GB volume...I guess I...
Forum: General 05-13-2014, 08:23 PM
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Posted By maples
I did! We all have those long...

I did!

We all have those long here's-my-story posts...I enjoy reading them.
Forum: General 05-13-2014, 02:47 PM
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Posted By maples
Yeah...I like it a lot. But I guess everyone has...

Yeah...I like it a lot. But I guess everyone has a favorite distro... Sorry :D
Forum: General 05-13-2014, 01:07 PM
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Posted By maples
Good point...I'll probably install VirtualBox in...

Good point...I'll probably install VirtualBox in Arch, then install Win7 there. The question will be if I can get it to connect to the NXT brick for robotics.

Off-topic (again): I just gave a...
Forum: General 05-11-2014, 07:06 PM
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Views: 407,580
Posted By maples
So I re-installed 8, upgraded to 8.1, and it...

So I re-installed 8, upgraded to 8.1, and it worked. Took an image and immediately shrunk the Win partition to 100GB. It's a 1TB hard drive, so it's not that big of a deal for me. (My backup...
Forum: General 05-09-2014, 10:30 PM
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Posted By maples
I just lost what little faith I had that...

I just lost what little faith I had that Microsoft was going to be able to make Windows 8 usable. I know it was a long shot, but I was honestly hoping that it would work out all right.

I tried to...
Forum: General 05-08-2014, 05:42 PM
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Posted By maples
I'm sure we've all had some of that at one point...

I'm sure we've all had some of that at one point or another...My moment came the first time I booted a computer without a HDD... It was a 486, and I found a DOS boot floppy... Somehow, it ended up in...
Forum: General 05-08-2014, 04:56 PM
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Posted By maples
Good point, I'll keep that in mind. I haven't...

Good point, I'll keep that in mind. I haven't tried Debian much, I might give it a shot.

What makes you say that Ubuntu Server wouldn't be a good choice? Is it the whole Ubuntu thing, or...
Forum: General 05-08-2014, 03:18 PM
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Views: 407,580
Posted By maples
What distro did you do that on? Debian? I'm on...

What distro did you do that on? Debian? I'm on Arch, and the 'console-setup' file didn't exist, so I created it. Then when I tried to run the second one, it told me that the command wasn't found. ...
Forum: General 05-08-2014, 01:33 PM
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Views: 407,580
Posted By maples
Ok, I'll try the font. It better not be...

Ok, I'll try the font. It better not be permenant...

Arch is a good distro for forcing you to use the CLI...When you install it, you start off with the pacage manager and a few things like nano...
Forum: General 05-07-2014, 08:25 PM
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Views: 407,580
Posted By maples
What will that do? From what I see, it looks...

What will that do? From what I see, it looks like it would change the console font, am I right? What is the new font?

Also, I just tried my first CLI web browser, lynx. It...
Forum: General 05-07-2014, 07:10 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 407,580
Posted By maples
But that's what makes it so fun!!! Try doing...

But that's what makes it so fun!!! Try doing that in an environment where nobody knows that much about computers and see what people think.

In grade school, every now and then during "computer...
Forum: General 05-07-2014, 03:05 PM
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Posted By maples
I just did that, and it works! I wish you could...

I just did that, and it works! I wish you could connect to a secured wifi from the ncurses interfaces, but I can live with that.
Forum: General 05-07-2014, 02:32 PM
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Views: 407,580
Posted By maples
I find myself doing the exact same thing... ...

I find myself doing the exact same thing...

The repairman came and replaced my mobo again. Let's hope this one works...

A little off-topic: (was I even on topic to begin with?) I currently...
Forum: General 05-07-2014, 11:28 AM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 407,580
Posted By maples
Well, for videos (if you have the actual file)...

Well, for videos (if you have the actual file) mplayer does a surprisingly good job of rendering the video in ASCII. There's likely something similar for images.
Forum: General 05-07-2014, 11:27 AM
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Posted By maples
I might try that...now, I use netctl, and I've...

I might try that...now, I use netctl, and I've broken it a few times.....
Forum: General 05-06-2014, 01:21 PM
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Posted By maples
I run as admin on Windows...you're right, I...

I run as admin on Windows...you're right, I probably should make a separate admin account for myself. And I already planned on making my sister a limited account, but thanks for making sure.
And...
Forum: General 05-06-2014, 01:16 PM
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Posted By maples
I'm hoping I get that type of reaction from her...

I'm hoping I get that type of reaction from her (not the one your sister had, the note about my sister)...I never minded the CLI login, and actually like it. Boots a lot faster.

One thing I...
Forum: General 05-06-2014, 05:07 AM
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Posted By maples
Nothing, I just prefer CLI login. I may look...

Nothing, I just prefer CLI login. I may look into installing one on that laptop, though.
Forum: General 05-05-2014, 08:10 PM
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Views: 407,580
Posted By maples
Sorry, I probably wasn't as clear as I should...

Sorry, I probably wasn't as clear as I should have been.

I was given this laptop for my 8th grade graduation, and in the end it will remain my laptop. However, my sister will be using it like it...
Forum: General 05-05-2014, 07:11 PM
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Posted By maples
OK, maybe DreamSpark isn't as bad as I thought......

OK, maybe DreamSpark isn't as bad as I thought... I guess I just have a natural aversion to MS after the whole Windows 8 thing.

...and a little off-topic, my parents want me to give my Win7 laptop...
Forum: General 05-05-2014, 04:54 PM
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Posted By maples
It's not the actual product that I think is a...

It's not the actual product that I think is a scam, it's the "12-month activation" part that I don't like. What happens after the 12 months? My bet is that all of your work will be saved in some...
Forum: General 05-05-2014, 04:40 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 407,580
Posted By maples
I was just going through my wallet, and I...

I was just going through my wallet, and I discovered a "verification code" for Microsoft DreamSpark, whatever that is. They were passing them out at the robotics competition, and I completely forgot...
Forum: General 05-03-2014, 05:32 PM
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Views: 407,580
Posted By maples
The robot runs on a Lego Mindstorms NXT brick. ...

The robot runs on a Lego Mindstorms NXT brick. From Googling, there have been many attempts by people far more knowledgeable than myself, and they could not get it to actually send the program to...
Forum: General 05-03-2014, 01:40 PM
Replies: 3,733
Views: 407,580
Posted By maples
Yeah, I plan on ditching Windows ASAP. As a...

Yeah, I plan on ditching Windows ASAP. As a sophomore in high school, it's not that easy. I find myself booting into Linux more and more and using Windows for things that don't work in Linux. (Why...
Forum: General 05-03-2014, 10:15 AM
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Views: 407,580
Posted By maples
Very true. Because of this experience, I will...

Very true. Because of this experience, I will never buy a Dell. If someone wants to give me one, I'll take it (MORE COMPOOTERS!!!!) but I will never put any money into it.

I neglected to mention...
Forum: General 05-03-2014, 07:19 AM
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Views: 407,580
Posted By maples
Sorry in advance for the rant I'm sick of...

Sorry in advance for the rant

I'm sick of Windows 8/8.1. Let me ask a question. If there is a hardware problem, should the OS try to "circumvent" the problem, or should it give an error, or at...
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