Youtube comments of DorianDotSlash (@Doriandotslash).

  1. Haha, yes, but it's not that bad ;)
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  2. Well, the root folder is where everything is. Like, everything! Including devices and any drives mounted in the system. A lot of those folders are only there for the OS to use. Don’t worry, the more you use it, the more you’ll feel comfortable with it.
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  3. That was a long time ago. While most of their computers that run systems do still run Debian, most of their client laptops that they interact with use Windows 10. As for all the ground stations (ie mission control), they now use RedHat and have for a while now.
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  4. Pretty much sums it up lol
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  5. Just to clarify for those worried about disk space with the image updates : When you download a new updated image layer of the OS, you are only downloading the CHANGES to the image you have now, and you're not downloading an entire new image. Imagine this is like GIT for your operating system. Apologies for not making it clear. I'm planning on update videos with further details on OSTree and Toolbox.
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  6.  @ErrorNoInternet  Why not the whole partition? ;)
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  7. This video is now the top result in Google when your search "Create custom Linux desktop"! Thanks for all the likes and subscriptions guys and gals!
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  8. That’s awesome to hear David and I’m glad this helped you out! I wish him all the best! Thank you 😁
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  9. Haha well, you shouldn’t if you don’t know what you’re doing. If you know what you’re doing then all is fair game 😎
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  10. Perhaps that’s all I am 😆
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  11. I realize I'll probably get some hate for this. However, Macs just aren't what they used to be, and even the biggest Apple fans will agree. They sorta just plateaued. Once upon a time when hardware improved by leaps and bounds, their new hardware was good, but never great. And now, it just seems they can't get ahead anymore, and are selling overpriced devices that are just, "meh". Yes, they probably last a long time, but with the amount I spent on my MacBook Pro, I could have purchased 2 or 3 high-end PCs/Laptops that are current, and would still last several years. Apple's new focus seems to have shifted heavily towards their iPhone, tablets, and the iWatch, but even those are seen as expensive toys to many people. This is my rant of frustration. Enjoy!
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  12. I’m now using newer software and kernel 5.10 by using Backports. Check out my video on that as well! https://youtu.be/pcJe1LqOBv4
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  13. OMG That's awesome lol
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  14. You're right, that is the long version of what happened, I just included the coles notes to keep it short since the video isn't all about the history, but I wanted to give a quick note on it. Cheers!
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  15. Yes that is the problem right there
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  16. Haha sorry about that but I hope you have fun! 👍
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  17. IMPORTANT! There have been recent changes to how Arch is installed. The pacstrap command in this video no longer installs things like the kernel or nano using the base group. The base group has now been changed to a metapackage, so refer to the Arch Installation Guide wiki since it has been updated to include the new method of using pacstrap (pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware). There has also been mention of other things missing that need to be installed, like mkinitcpio... I'll be working on a update to this so I can post a new video so don't forget to subscribe!
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  18. The Rocky team pointed out the issue I had at the beginning was that I should have used "bash" instead of "sh" when running the script. Indeed using bash worked without errors. My bad :) Cheers!
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  19. HUGE Thank you to Curlindus for his hard work in writing the Russian translation for this video! Cheers! If anyone else would like to translate this or any of my other videos into any language just let me know!
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  20. If this video helped you out, you can thank me by sharing it on your social media accounts :) Cheers!
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  21. I installed an AMD graphics card in my production machine recently. No drivers needed, nothing proprietary, just works and works VERY well, even with games on high settings! I won't buy Nvidia again. And also, yes, Debian is fantastic!
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  22. :D
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  23. Thanks so much!
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  24. Thanks! Yes it mentions using native in the Wiki too. Good tip about reducing the jobs too. I had to do this when I was finishng up. It was either qtwebengine or firefox that failed because of memory, and reducing the jobs allowed it to finish. This is mentioned in the upcoming part 2 video :)
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  25. Thanks for the comment! The part 2 is done and will be going up tomorrow morning so keep an eye (and subscribe) ;) Cheers!
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  26. RedHat does not sell an OS, they sell the support for the OS.
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  27. Haha! "What are all these weird folders? I'm just gonna delete those..." *CRASH* :D
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  28. Click here : https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/b0c18895-4493-4db4-9964-5918a270b246/d7jtiii-efe64623-7533-492c-bff8-171f9c522288.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwic3ViIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTpmaWxlLmRvd25sb2FkIl0sIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiIvZi9iMGMxODg5NS00NDkzLTRkYjQtOTk2NC01OTE4YTI3MGIyNDYvZDdqdGlpaS1lZmU2NDYyMy03NTMzLTQ5MmMtYmZmOC0xNzFmOWM1MjIyODgucG5nIn1dXX0.phSuHSpQkS3iWdF6WZhnfW61LIzjAcIHGlxEuw_l2D4
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  29. I didn’t have this issue but I heard about it. Thanks for the tip, pinned!
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  30. Nice! Arch is indeed fun to play with, and it can be stable too. I just didn’t have time to mess with fixing it anymore when I had things I needed to do
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  31. People who aren't familiar with Linux or are new to it might get turned away from a difficult or unintuitive installer. This doesn't help the case of trying to get new users on board.
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  32. Haha I like the nicknames
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  33. Yeah this should be in the main control panel... Although at least some distros include it so that you don't have to install it separately.
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  34. Not true at all. Have you ever actually browsed the Windows folder and its system folders? Just the same... The difference is Windows was an OS installed within an OS (DOS) which is why it's all in c:/Windows. With Linux, the OS is in the root of the drive. All users need to concern themselves about is their home folder anyways, regardless of the OS they use. Developers who do use the other folders know what they're doing.
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  35. Absolutely true! But I'd argue that some of that 10% is also because there's no suitable FLOSS alternative. For work, I need to run MS Access and Excel that both use features in the files I work with that do not work in Linux. It is what it is :)
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  36.  @samsh0-q3a  Sounds like you guys are using the wrong distro... Try something else. You know the definition of insanity right?
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  37. Thanks for noticing! Yes I do read all my comments and try hard to reply to every one. Although sometimes there are too many and the odd one slips past me 🙂 Cheers and thanks for the comment! 👍
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  38. Comparing free software to Final Cut Pro, which is $400, doesn't really make much sense. Movie editing is also very specific, and not something many people do. Personally, I have no problems using Blender and it's worked great so far. I'll stick with an OS that I can completely customize and make my own, and where every aspect is under my control, compared to one where all I can do is change the wallpaper lol I've had no issues with stability using Linux since the early 90's. Sounds to like you only tried it once, and didn't know how to configure it... or maybe not at all and you're just going by what you've read. I do understand though how someone accustomed to using a GUI might not understand how a Linux poweruser might setup an OS... I mean, your Linux Mint video didn't show much "setup" other than installed applications... Check my other videos if you want to see how to really setup a linux system.
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  39. Yes that's why I decided to make this video. There IS still hope for us with a few distros :)
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  40. Thank you! I’m honestly very happy that I won’t have to fix upgrades regularly anymore lol
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  41. Agreed! Mint is good as well, and has some slightly newer packages too.
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  42. Sure! https://www.deviantart.com/joeljohnston/art/Low-Poly-Mountains-Cinema-4D-456552954
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  43. Even running Mac by itself, is slower than using my test Linux laptop. My MacBook Pro isn't even a year old, while my testing Linux laptop that I just use to play around with distros is 5 years old, but still boots faster, loads programs faster, and is just more responsive than my MacBook Pro. I also have an MSI Leopard Pro that I bought last year running Windows 10, which is also faster than my MacBook Pro, but is slightly slower than my Linux laptop. I run many VM's on my Windows 10 laptop and hardly ever notice any slowdown in the host.
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  44. There's no big change because the VM only uses 220 MB of RAM and 0 CPU when idle (as seen in my #3 video). And at the same time, the host also uses CPU cycles, they both share resources, so they should both perform the same and be equally hindered. But, the MacOS host uses more CPU at idle than the VM does. So really, the VM should be running much slower, but it doesn't.
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  45. Yeah the first install is a bit much but I’m sure it’ll improve in the future. After that the only time you need to reboot is when you get a new system update.
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  46. Thank you very much and I hope you try it out. Cheers!
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  47. That was the plan heheh ;) Thanks for watching!
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  48. Thomas Vanduren It would be a good tool for testing and running isolated applications and is probably better than a standard distro for such things.
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  49. Hah yeah that can happen. I completely got rid of Windows not that long ago. No regrets!
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  50. Thank you! I have a lot of videos on various distros out there on my channel. I'm also planning a video on all distros in general in the future, as well as root distros.
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  51. Issues are often common and many users will get a given error based on their hardware, or some kind of failure. This means that googling that error usually leads you straight to a solution which is often something you can just copy and paste into your terminal 😎
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  52. Thank you :)
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  53. Haha yes I would have also liked knowing this in the 90’s lol
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  54. Thank you! That is true, however, you need root permission to delete system files so it's hard to do it by accident. Same with deleting the hidden folders which hold your settings, you would have to purposely show hidden files and delete them. Thanks for watching :)
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  55. Artur Araripe Agreed!
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  56. I do still like and use both. If you follow my videos, I had to go back to Gnome because of KDE screen recording issues. BUT, I'm back on KDE with 2 other distros :) Thanks for the comment!
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  57. Fantastic!
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  58. Yeah I noticed that, which made my wanting to try it a little harder. Hopefully this helps more people see how it works and try it. Cheers!
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  59. Not a dead channel. Just took a break 😁
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  60. I normally don’t pronounce the G. Either way you say it, someone will complain. I really don’t care what people say as long as you know what they’re talking about.
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  61. No I've been with Gnome for a few weeks now. I haven't really bothered trying KDE anymore because I can't get rid of the flickering in recordings. Thanks for the compliment :)
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  62. Yeah. People who are new to Linux tend to dislike it. Especially nowadays with such nicer installers. Coming from Arch, it can be nice to just have an installer period lol
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  63. Very gracious of you to help out other users! I've found that POL can be pretty outdated at times, but I've also never really used it for games either. I typically only buy games that natively run on Linux, especially now that I don't even have a Windows machine in the house anymore except for a VM that I run in Linux :)
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  64. Clorox Bleach I use Gnome with the Dash to Panel extension. This is what you see in the video. But on my production machine I use Cinnamon.
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  65. Very true!
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  66. The best part of Linux is choosing a distro and desktop that you like!
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  67. Yeah, I'm a terminal kind of guy, and I sort of encourage people to use it ;) Also, using the terminal can show you some useful output, especially if something goes wrong. HOPEFULLY nothing goes wrong! lol Thanks for the comment :)
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  68. But with Linux you just open the software center and install whatever you want from a trusted source. And you don’t need to go to any website to download anything. Everything is in one place with Linux.
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  69. Thanks Bobby! I didn't want to go into specific details of any one manager, nor did I want to make a 40 minute video to cover them all. I figured a general explanation about how they work generally would be easy enough for most to pick up. After the last person asking me for help sent me a link to the files they downloaded, I figured this was needed. :)
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  70. Thank you! I have a few, and there will be more to come 😊
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  71. That sounds like my kind of install 👍
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  72. Indeed. I actually have a video on how to use screen as well. Now I’m wishing I would have included that bit in the Gentoo videos lol
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  73. Glad you enjoyed it!
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  74. Actually I never used grub rescue mode at all. The point of this video is to help people who aren't familiar with this, so you obviously don't fit the mold here.
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  75. Mint is also great. I’ve been playing with that as well. Mostly Debian edition (LMDE).
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  76. Nice, thanks for the tip!
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  77. No, Chrome is not open source. Chromium is open source, which is what Chrome is based off of. But Chrome contains additional proprietary closed source code that Google adds to it. Chromium is open source, Chrome is NOT.
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  78. Thank you! And yes I'm thinking that explaining the drives and partitions might make a great video on its own ;) Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment!
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  79. For anyone having issues with this on 10.5, you can use the 10.4 and just run the updates. Works fine. Get it from here: https://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/archive/10.4.0-live/
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  80. Yeah 2GB isn’t an issue on my home internet. Heck I download tons of ISOs well over 2GB all the time within minutes. But on the internet I had working overseas, it might as well have been 200 Terrabytes....
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  81. I’m using the Dash to Panel extension to move everything to the bottom of the desktop.
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  82. Indeed! 😎
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  83. Yes but then you’re missing the point of this device. It’s all open source and hackable. This allows the entire community to contribute to improvements and not have to do any guessing about hardware when writing software. Also, a Lenovo isn’t going to go 8+ hours on a battery.
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  84. Thank you! The current gold standard for writing ISO's to USB's is Balena Etcher. There are Linux and Windows versions available. It has never failed me and is very reliable. Other than that, for myself, I use the dd command in Linux to write the images from the terminal. The dd command is something you want to know how to use and know what you're writing to because a simple mistake can overwrite the wrong drive if you make a typo. Cheers!
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  85. Yes it's a very handy tool to keep on a USB stick for working on partitions and also doing repairs when things go wrong. Glad you found it helpful!
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  86. You need to update Grub for it to show the other OSes installed. Ubuntu for example, open a terminal and type "sudo update-grub" and let it finish. It will find the other options and add it to the Grub menu. Just make sure Ubuntu is selected as your default UEFI entry in your BIOS settings, and it should show all the distros installed on your system so you can pick whichever one you want to boot into. If you want to test out distros without using a virtual machine, you can always make sure you're downloading LiveISO files so you can boot off of the USB stick and test it out on hardware.
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  87. Hey, you're right! lol
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  88. Good luck man! I would also recommend to you Manjaro and Q4OS as some very trouble-free distros I've used, and still use to this day.
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  89. I was never a fan either, but I thought I would give it a try. Definitely potential to be something awesome!
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  90. Yes I've been thinkining of doing that. Thank you!
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  91. The green is a matter of taste and not for everyone. Luckily we have themes :D And yeah, I love a good dark theme too!
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  92. It's a good idea for a future video ;)
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  93. Thanks. And well, it depends what software you're using... Most professional software is fine, and it's not like much can happen in a Linux system without root permissions anyways...
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  94. Thanks! I use papirus-remix
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  95. Thanks. Yes it's good for maximum tuning, but it's also a great way to learn.
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  96. Yes, it has been one that I was always interested in, but was a little concerned over how complicated it seemed. Turns out it wasn't that bad at all!
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  97. Hopefully the video helps getting it up and running. Cheers!
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  98. Thank you. It’s very different indeed, and I definitely have more to share about how it works and how to use it.
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  99. Yeah, being a Gnome user for most of the past decade influenced it a bit 😉
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  100. Haha, yes well I did plenty of literal-from-scratch in the 90's compiling kernels and up just to get to a login prompt. It was fun back then, but these days between work and family I have little time to get that hardcore again :)
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  101. It does seem like it at first. And while it uses most of Ubuntu's core packages, they do still used hundreds of packages from their own repo that have been customized for PopOS. There's a few extra as well that are completely custom, like Thunderbolt options in the control panel, and of course their custom installer. Also, if you do require the Nvidia drivers, it's nice to download a version already set up for it right from the install. I'll be digging into it some more because I'm interested in it, and might do a part 2.
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  102. My wife and I had a baby so it’s been pretty busy between him and the toddler. I’m still working on things, I just don’t have that much time right now. But soon!
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  103. Yeah yeah, PC/Desktop. Y’all knew what I meant lol
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  104. Snaps. See my last video : https://youtu.be/bGdGQ7G473Q To the average user who doesn't play too much with things under the hood, or are new to Linux, it might not be an issue. To me, having everything turning into snaps is going too far now. Apps that are snaps don't theme either. It's great for servers, but making regular desktop apps snaps is a mistake and messy.
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  105. Yep, some historical references have still stuck around though. And many have made up their own versions of what they stand for, which have also stuck around. Regardless of what they actually stand for, what's important is that you know what's inside :). As for the Arch thing (also Manjaro, Antergos etc), yes they made changes, which is what I mentioned at the beginning of the video. Cheers!
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  106. I try! lol Thanks for watching :)
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  107. Thanks Mark. Yes I've been playing with it for a little while and it's very interesting. I didn't cover the package builder since this is only Part 1. My original plan was to make this a 15 minute video but that didn't work out lol
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  108. I wouldn't quite go that far. Being familiar with Linux helps, and a new user might need to read up on a few things to set it up. But I wouldn't say you need to be an advanced user to use Void.
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  109. Jaycee Santos Debian 10.6 fixed the Calamares installer issue and is now available.
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  110. Valuing your time very much influences what distro you end up choosing.
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  111. Nice to hear that you also checked out Void! I'm enjoying Debian and it's stability. I've been toying a lot with the "root" distros lately.
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  112. Yes I’m use stable with the backports. I used backports to install kernel 5.7 and LibreOffice 7 👍
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  113. There is an option to add an NVME SSD but I didn't buy the adapter.
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  114. Thank you! I had intended to keep it short but I wanted to cover all these things :)
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  115. You only contribute to ewaste if you buy a device that you’re uneducated about. Don’t buy something that you won’t or can’t use. I plan to keep this laptop for a long time.
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  116. Great! 😁👍
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  117. Ah yes that's basically doing the same thing but with the cmd prompt. Good to point out though thank you!
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  118. Interesting application. Unfortunately it's not compatible with Steam according to its Github page, but I could see it's usefulness when using GPU Editing and Rendering software.
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  119. I also wanted to clarify that when you download updates, you're only downloading changes to your current image, not the entire new image.
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  120. I used it, YAST was great when it wasn't crashing ;) I'd recommend Leap over Tumbleweed.
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  121. Thank you David! I have heard of Home Manager a few times now and I'll be trying it out for sure. Cheers!
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  122. Interesting! I've never actually tried pamac terminal options and usually just go straight to pacman. But this is great to know! I'll have to be sure to mention it in the future :) Thanks Phil! (I pinned your useful comment :) )
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  123. Well, I understand that it's not a release that they have packaged together as an "official beta" release, but I didn't really intend it to come off like I stole an early copy or anything... It's just a bunch of packages that they're actively working on (update daily) mashed together that will eventually be frozen into specific versions and installed into their base core system for release. The whole thing was just over the top to me and the complaint was more insulting than descriptive of what the complaint was actually about. Like I said, if he just said "Hey can you remove the word 'beta'?" I would have said "Ok no problem" done and done without all the attitude...
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  124. It's super easy with PlayOnLinux. It does all the work for you. You just have to tell it you're install PS, and then point it to the setup.exe file. You do still need a valid license to use it though. Unless you already have one like mine for CS6, I don't know how you would go about buying one today.
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  125. Haha that's a first in a comment! lol Yes, it's indeed because of snaps. Ubuntu "cheated" by including the default themes in their snaps. But when you start adding your own custom/downloaded ones, it doesn't work... Do the steps and you'll get all your theming for everything :)
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  126. Yes they've done a fantastic job getting this out quickly! And it's really needed to. CentOS users are going to need this.
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  127. Yes but the subscription is for 12 months, then you have to renew. And you have no guarantee that they won’t change their licensing rules or requirements the next time you need to renew. You’ll also need to ensure your use falls under their allowed terms and conditions. With Rocky there’s nothing like this to worry about.
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  128. Oh wow that's a long compile time, but I'm happy to hear it was successful! Congrats and enjoy :)
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  129.  @juzujuzu4555  This is why I just exclude webengine completely. And thanks for the comments!
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  130. I did an Arch Linux installation video already, it's on my channel. It wasn't a speed run because I explained things during the install. If I want to install it quick, I use my script :)
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  131. Well, ChromeOS is based on ChromiumOS, which is based on Gentoo. So yes 😀
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  132. Tried it several times but couldn’t get Nvidia Optimus working in Leap 15 for switchable graphics. Then after a rude and insulting conversation from a member of their board with his complete lack of giving a crap about hardware support, I’ve decided to never touch it again. 😁
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  133. It is definitely interesting, and very cool 😎
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  134. That wasn't my intention to make them seem like separate programs. I'm just pointing out that there is a difference between manually installing with nix-env for user packages and using the configuration file for system-wide changes. I suppose I could have made it more clear, but this is meant to just get you going with a running system :)
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  135. Yes, if you put & after any command, it will run it in its own thread and return control to the terminal without waiting for the program to exit. So when used in the autostart file, it allows you to run all the commands in it.
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  136. Definitely don't use or not use something just because of someone's opinion. You can however use their opinions to research the reasons behind them and educate yourself, which can be helpful. Unfortunately there will usually be someone that knocks whatever you use, no matter what it is, and you shouldn't be bothers by comments like this. Like I said in the video, use what YOU want to use on YOUR system if it work for YOU. Cheers and thanks for the comment!
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  137. Thank you! We also just bought a house and moved in last week so it’s been very crazy. I’m still setting up my new computer room…
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  138. Yes I am!
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  139. They are both built from RHEL so the performance should be identical. :)
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  140. Absolutely true. But it does still run just like a distro! Cool to play with
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  141. It would be fine. But if I were to recommend a new distro for a first time Linux user coming from Windows it would be Linux Mint.
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  142. Tax Action Thanks! 👍
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  143. I only like the Mac look on an actual Mac using the real MacOS ;)
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  144. Sure, here you go ! https://www.deviantart.com/photosoups/art/Low-Poly-Mountain-688669687
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  145. Awesome, thank you!
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  146. Great suggestion! I haven't played around with Layman too much but I'll be looking into it for sure.
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  147. Thanks! Just hoping it helps 😁
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  148. I brought up the issue on the Q4OS forum, and they were quick to figure out the problem. It was indeed just an ISO issue that caused problems with some systems not being able to detect it. They quickly fixed it and the new ISO's available for download work perfectly. They're an awesome team that always respond quickly to issues.
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  149. :D
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  150. Thanks! Yes some windows users think Linux is a mess but that’s only because everything in Windows is hidden in the Windows and Program Files folders. Windows was an OS installed in an OS (DOS) but Linux IS the OS.
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  151. I was using Ubuntu Gnome which I no longer use... but you can install Photoshop with PlayOnLinux which is available in the software centers of most distros.
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  152. Thank you! Look at this video https://youtu.be/7jiaRJJ43kI I will explain how I set the themes and where to put the files. My themes selections are also explained there.
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  153. I've thought of doing that for some time. In the decades I've used Linux, I've never touched BSD. It's on the list now though, and I'll have to install it on one of my systems and give it a shot.
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  154. Yes! But you probably need to do "sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/c" because it needs root permissions ;)
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  155. Glad you liked it!
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  156. I'm glad you found it informative! Thanks :)
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  157. Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!
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  158. Thanks very much! 😁
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  159. Correct!
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  160. Not really, but the separation of the application from your system is a little similar. Qubes uses full virtual machines to run an application in which cannot communicate with the host at all. Flatpaks run in a container which can if you allow it.
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  161. Indeed!
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  162. Adaptive in which way? The Linux kernel has built-in drivers for most hardware, and it actually already adapts to the hardware it detects ;)
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  163. Thanks Nuno :) Yes I've seen it before. Pretty cool, but very slow and laggy. I'd personally much rather run a Virtual Machine to experiment with. Distrotest also gives you a time limit, then you have to start over. Cool to get a quick look for sure though. Hopefully they get some quicker servers!
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  164. Haha yeah I mentioned it in the video. I used the cinnamon ISO but then downloaded KDE and openbox to test some things out 😁
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  165. I’m using Gnome with the Dash to Panel extension and using Kdenlive from the repo. I’ve also switched the icons and times from the defaults.
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  166. Yes I’m already running kernel 5.7 from backports. Might do the same for LibreOffice.
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  167. Drishal Ballaney I’ve used Fedora and have had a few glitches I didn’t like. I also find dnf painfully slow. I do like Fedora Silverblue and would choose that if I were to go with Fedora.
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  168. I’ve used Manjaro KDE for a while now. It’s great, but unfortunately can’t stream from Netflix, Disney+ or Prime.
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  169.  @noctiflorous1337  You can reuse the EFI partition, and Arch will just installed a GRUB bootloader in it. Then you can select which bootloader you want to run when your system boots up by pressing whatever key your system uses to select a boot device (F11, F12 etc). If you select Arch's GRUB bootloader as the default, then PopOS will also be in that list. Configuring systemd-boot isn't hard if you follow the wikis, but using Grub is much easier as it will automatically detect other distros when it is updated.
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  170. Yes, I'm not a big fan of the MacOS UI either. The great think about Linux though, is that you can make it look and behave any way you want. Have a look at my other two videos I've linked in this comment; This one is to create your own GUI from scratch : https://youtu.be/fxWRZuKqmk4 And in this next link I show you different desktops, and go further into customizing : https://youtu.be/kOZA_48SpsA
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  171. Yes I wouldn't call it 100% there, but very close. One thing I look forward to is switching to upgraded images without having to reboot.
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  172. Not really. Even after setting up, it doesn’t seem to use that much more. The first full upgrade after install is under 900MB. And you can only rollback one OS image unless you pin more of them to keep them from deleting. Besides, disk space is super cheap nowadays anyways.
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  173. VERY similar to Git.  Like GIT for your OS :)
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  174. I installed it with PlayOnLinux. I'm not sure what other products work, I only purchased CS6.
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  175. There were many reasons. They're slow, use more CPU and RAM, don't theme properly. But mainly, it was because Ubuntu uses snaps as default for some apps, and there will likely be more and more apps as snaps I think. They don't give you the choice when you install, they just do it.
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  176. Me too!
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  177. Yes there are some cases with new hardware and CPU's where you really do need the newer kernels. Luckily Manjaro makes this easy :)
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  178. Seems a bit faster. But, all distros seem to be going backwards, and taking longer to boot up, yet all claiming faster boot times. Strange.
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  179. Thanks! I've never heard of that one before. Have you checked the settings in the pamac GUI? You can select your country and then hit "Refresh Mirrors" and it will give you the fastest mirror in your country. Depending where you are, you may simply not have a very fast mirror in your country, so you could always try another country nearby.
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  180. It's very smooth on my system, and it's not very high end. It's also a laptop...
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  181. Thank you very much! I've been putting in some effort the past couple months to try to produce more uploads. I really appreciate the great comment! :)
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  182. I don't think I will. Manjaro is working flawlessly! Even using KDE :P If I were thinking of going back towards Ubuntu, I would use PopOS instead : https://youtu.be/ff5TqC0-gGs
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  183. Yes I tried it and it's pretty cool! But now I'm getting used to the bar on the bottom lol Getting stuck in a mix between both desktops haha
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  184. Thank you! I agree that there does seem to be tons more settings, some are also hard to find. That is indeed one thing that makes me a fan of Gnome : It gets out of your way. KDE can be stripped down to be a minimal desktop interface too, but then it's less useful. I'm still using it even today because I'm giving it a fair shot, but I may not stick with it forever... Thanks for the comment!
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  185. I started using Gnome almost 20 years ago. Long before YouTube, where the only way to know about it was through written text, with no real way to hear how it's 'supposed' to be pronounced. Either way it's said, I really don't care, as long as whomever hears it knows what's being discussed (it ain't garden gnomes). I also say G.N.U. and not gah-new.
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  186. Thanks Andy! I do like it and see the appeal. They've really put a lot of work into it. SSB's are handy for sure, but as I've said, they're not for everyone. Personal choice :) Glad you enjoyed the video, and thanks for commenting Andy!
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  187. Well said, and thank you!
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  188. Thanks! Not sure I want to get into podcasting on top of YouTube though. Not enough time in the day between family and having a silly job lol
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  189. They've received funding already before they even launched. It can only get better :)
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  190. Yep, I do have to agree with the inconsistent theming. I could be done, it just takes time to customize and match everything up.
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  191. Thanks! Not sure how many more I'll make if any. The first one was very popular, but the 2nd and 3rd not so much...
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  192. Ryan Mulligan interesting. Thanks for that. Is that info somewhere in the wiki or manual?
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  193. For most other distros where I have 16GB of RAM or more, I usually don't use one. However, Gentoo uses a LOT of RAM when compiling certain packages. So having swap with Gentoo might be a good idea.
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  194. Thanks! Well I just added the Part 2 video where I installed Plasma, so go check it out.
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  195. Much appreciated!
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  196.  @nikize  Yes some things are automated with it, and enabled automatically when installed etc. But all those are just part of how it works. All the code and documentation is available for it, including any change logs. I personally don't mind it as long as it doesn't hinder performance, privacy, or create security issues. And for me it never has. This is the beauty of Linux though. You have choices. There are plenty of distros that don't use systemd, and some that offer alternate versions without it as well. Or you could also change it, like changing DMs or DEs, or go hard and build it all yourself like Gentoo or Arch.
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  197. Yes, I believe Ubuntu's 20.04 runs kernel 5.4. I'm on 5.7 with Debian 10's backports :) Although if you enable backports in Ubuntu, they likely have 5.7 as well.
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  198. If you're saying you've never had package corruption due to something going wrong during an upgrade then congratulations. But it does happen, and it's happened to me many times over the 25-ish years I've been using Linux. This is why you see instructions out there on how to chroot into broken systems to fix packages. Interesting opinion you have though,and I wonder if you feel the same about doing backups...
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  199. That’s just the live installer. You can install any desktop you want, there is no default desktop.
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  200. Awesome! Thanks very much! I would also like to suggest my video where I explain the Linux folder structure and explain how it works : https://youtu.be/HbgzrKJvDRw It would be great as an OS intro as well :)
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  201. All these instructions do is edit a configuration file in /etc for pulseaudio. it does nothing to your home directory, so something else caused your problem.
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  202. Marian Stulej Yes it does, but you can’t customize them and create your own which is why I use Meow 😁
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  203. Really? Ubuntu is the only Linux distro that steam officially supports! You should be able to install it right from the package manager...
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  204. WOW, you are the best! Krita works awesome and has the exact text effects I need! All the same stuff that Photoshop has! Still learning to use it because some things work differently, but I might be able to use this! Can't thank you enough!
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  205. Thanks for the list! I'll have to check some of those out :)
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  206. Yes, Linux is a hobby. I've been using it since around 1993, and all my computers were either exclusively Linux or dual-boot with Windows. I've been in IT for over 15 years coming from a programming degree. I started with basic system repair and basic domain administration, then OS distributions over networks via imaging servers. I've been a full network administrator for the last 10 years building and maintaining corporate-scale networks and doing everything from building and configuring servers and workstations, as well as everything in between. I then got into administering routers and gateways and I got my CCNA about 6 years ago when I started veering towards the security side of things and I've been branching into that direction ever since. I did have a bit of experience running Linux workstations on a Windows domain which was interesting, and I'd like to pick that up again eventually and see how Linux workstations can be managed in a large network.
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  207. I'm surprised nobody mentioned that my thumbnail said "Accouncement" instead of "Announcement" hahahah Fixed now! :P
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  208. Definitely agree! It’s the best Gnome setup yet, and very nicely customized. I don’t know how I feel about Deepin. I find the UI strange to use and have privacy concerns over it. Thanks for the comment Faustino!
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  209. I was pleasantly surprise, it's quite nice! Definitely worth a shot.
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  210. Other than the theme and custom software included, they also have their own installer. They use AppCenter instead of Gnome Software. They also have tighter control over the drivers included, as well as their updates. Same goes with all their packages really (using their own repos). So it's a very nicely polished OS with stable updates. If you consider getting a System76 laptop, it is also guaranteed to work perfectly with their hardware, including Nvidia GPU's for gaming.
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  211. I think I will, I've been asked about it many many times :)
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  212. Thank you very much! I’ll look into ZFS and try using it for a while so I can do a proper guide on it. Sounds interesting. LVM is not so great to use, BTRFS is better. Thanks again!
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  213. All your user application settings should be restored from a backup of the home folder. For a terminal theme, you will have to ensure you check where the themes are stored, and if they’re not in the home folder then you need to back them up as well.
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  214. Very true, and that would be better protection. But as it stands now, if I had a drive fail, I would replace it ASAP. Chances of a 2nd drive failing during that 1-2 days is astronomical. You can take backups to any number of extremes. Where I work, we actually move a copy of our monthly backup tapes to another building just in case the entire building burns down and we lose all our backups. This is on top of already having off-site backups over the network.
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  215. LOL
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  216. Have you considered putting together your own lightweight desktop environment that has what you need? I have a playlist on my channel on making a desktop from scratch. All you start with is the 50MB base Ubuntu ISO that has nothing on it at all, and build up from there. You can easily end up with a desktop that only uses 160 MB of RAM on boot.
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  217. Agreed! Many distros share package managers, but I think it would be hard to make some distros change what they use. For example, I can't see Debian, Ubuntu or all the other Debian/Ubuntu-based distros changing to another package manager. I also can't see Arch, Antergos, Manjaro and all those Arch-based distro changing either. I do think though that it's a tie between apt and pacman for which manager is the best. They're both great. Thanks for the comment!
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  218. I did move on. And honestly, I'll say whatever I want in my videos on my channel. If you don't like it, move on. 😁
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  219. Well said, and I agree
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  220. Some games yes, but I don't play very many games that require a top-end GPU. So when I play those, yes, I change into Windows because it's just better. But most games I play run in Linux using just the intel GPU just fine. Other reasons are for work. I have enterprise tools and software that are only available on Windows. Our entire national network is also Windows-based, so I don't really have a choice. I also work on databases and create forms that only work with Microsoft Access as well.
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  221. No I haven’t but it sounds great! I’ll have to give it a shot. Thanks for the tip!
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  222. SO, it seems the Live ISO session does not use the same repo as the installed sessions. So YES, you CAN install Tweak Tools AFTER you install 18.04, Thank God! :) :) AND apparently, it's ALWAYS been like this! I've just never noticed lol Ah well.
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  223. Thank you. Yes, apparently you can create Windows VMs according to their docs, although I haven’t tried it myself.
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  224. Thanks! You can enable encryption as required. And all the VM's can install any package available for their distro. By default there are Fedora and Debian VM's, so whatever password managers are available for those can be installed in the VM's.
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  225. It is interesting indeed. I know you can create a special VM for direct access to USB’s so I imagine you can do the same for other things. I just haven’t tested any of that. The documentation has lots of info.
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  226. Life got busy, but I will be back
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  227. lol
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  228. It’s ok, it just has odd defaults, and they don’t give you tools to change them.
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  229. This is true, but I shouldn’t have to do that. Also, it won’t help because once I unplug the HDMI and plug it back in, I have to do the xrandr thing again...
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  230. FOSS-Lover People post opinions on YouTube. That’s one of the things people use YouTube for and one of the reasons it exists. Besides, things such as window buttons have already been brought up to the devs and ignored, a long time ago.
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  231. Yes that’s why I use dash to panel, everything on one panel 🙂
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  232. Agreed! Manjaro just worked. SO easy. No messing around with manually installing/configuring Optimus/Bumblebee
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  233. Thanks man. Works really well for me and takes up less space.
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  234. Glad you liked it, thank you!
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  235. Ishan answered well. What you could also do if you don't mind leaving your computer on while you're way, is have a cron script run an update automatically every week.
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  236. Thanks! Which drivers in particular? The Gentoo WiKi/handbook covers everything. For graphics drivers, you just need to specify what video card you have like I did in 2nd Gentoo install video and it will take care of that. If you have Nvidia, you'll have to follow their Nvidia guide. I can't help with that part since it's proprietary drivers and I don't have an Nvidia GPU.
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  237. Thanks for the compliment, and the great suggestion! I'll see about throwing something informative together for some good resource info :)
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  238. Not at all. When the CPU is required for tasks, it still runs at full power.
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  239. It’s quite simple using PlayOnLinux. Once you have PlayOnLinux installed, just open it up, click the install button, choose Photoshop from the list and open the setup file. POL does all the setup and configuration for you. If you have any other questions, just ask! 😁
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  240. Just install PlayOnLinux from the software center. It sets it up for you. However, you do still need the Photoshop setup files and a valid license of course.
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  241. Yeah lol
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  242. If I ever finish inventing time travel, I'll go back to 2005 and post this video ;)
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  243. Funny I just got rid of my last Windows install 2 weeks ago. 100% Linux now 😎
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  244. Thank you for watching! :)
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  245. пожалуйста!
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  246. Thanks for watching!
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  247. Visually, the terminal isn’t as interesting. But I did consider doing that. For new users, a familiar graphical file manager seemed logical.
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  248. Well, it makes sense to the OS and the package manager, which is what matters ;). Just stay in the /home folder and your'e fine :D
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  249.  @love.society  That would be fantastic! Please help with Russian and I'll approve it :) You know how yes? Go to this link : http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UCJYVW4HVrMWpUvvsjPQc8-Q&tab=2
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  250. I'm hoping for some people to help me contribute to other languages. Anyone can do it!
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  251. Agreed about playing and breaking. That's one thing that's so great about virtual machines :)
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  252. It is, the Windows folder is only there because Windows was an addition on top of DOS. An OS on and OS. Linux isn’t like this because it has always been the OS.
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  253. Glad to have helped out. Thanks for watching!
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  254. These directories aren't meant to be played in. It's no different than if you go playing in the folders under c:\windows... you shouldn't. Just keep your files in your home folder and carry on with life. It's not that hard to be honest.
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  255. Thanks Edwin! There will me more to come ;)
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  256. So you would rather use API’s and the Windows registry? Have fun 😁
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  257. Yes it can be tricky, but that's when autocomplete with TAB really helps too. You can also make the file system case-insensitive when you create it with the casefold flag.
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  258. Backups are your friend :)
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  259. This is all grandfathered from a very old system that's much older than Windows and works well. You shouldn't be playing in those folders anyways, just stick to the home folder. This video was only informational.
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  260. That's a very long answer, but different distros do things differently for variety, to have something different, or to try to improve upon something else. This is actually a question I'll be answering in an upcoming video ;)
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  261. Trying to remove Windows from a Linux system would create the same kind of issues, and you would have to lookup how to remove things as well. It's not an issue specific to Linux, but an issue with running multiple operating systems.
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  262. Thanks for the comment! I tried to include as much as possible without making it too long :). Thanks for watching!
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  263. Everywhere. Depends on the type of file.
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  264. I believe that was just Ubuntu with Gnome Desktop and the Matcha system theme, and icon themes are Arc-Maia and Moka (You need both installed and then select Arc-Maia).
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  265. Glad you found it useful! I lived in Germany for several years and loved it! Hope to go back someday 😎 Tschuss!
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  266. Indeed, it doesn't make sense when people first look at it. My suggestion to new users is to just stay in the home directory :D
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  267. Does not compute.
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  268. lol sips water
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  269. Glad to help!
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  270. System Flatpaks or dependencies are installed in /var/lib/flatpak/
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  271. That’s no different than installing something from a regular repo that would also have access to the host. By the way, Flatpaks only have read-only access to the host outside of the home folder, just like a regular user. And anything executed does not have sudo permissions so it can’t really do much anyways.
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  272. Awesome that's great to hear! I'm glad it helped you out, cheers!
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  273. If you open up a terminal and type "flatpak list" it will show you all the flatpaks and dependencies installed.
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  274. Yes I really like this distro. In fact, I'll be installing it on one of my test machines, which is older.
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  275. Indeed! I'm enjoying tinkering with it :)
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  276. Thanks! I haven’t explored everything yet but I’m sure they do. They have instructions to enable the nonfree packages which include proprietary Nvidia drivers. So I’m sure you can get the other stuff. I’ve been able to install everything I normally use so far...
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  277. Well I have a video capture device to record the screen of another computer and I can overlay the webpage from the computer that is doing the recording. As for how to view the documentation while installing, you can use your phone or print it.
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  278. Thanks Pizza :) I never really left, just got busy for a while :)
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  279. Haha all is well, thanks Bill! Babies to take a lot of your time away 😉 cheers!
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  280. I’ve used Manjaro for a long time, but installing Arch was fun and rewarding to finish.
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  281. It seems like a lot, but it's really not. Once you've done it once or twice you'll feel much better about!
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  282. Hey Johan! Thanks so much :) Once you've done Arch a couple times you realize how easy it is. It's just more manual work. Good to be back and nice to see a familiar name :)
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  283. There’s lots of other DE’s available that you might also like such as KDE or Cinnamon. I have 16GB of RAM so I’m not really worried about memory usage. Heck, even my older PC with 6GB or RAM is more than enough to run Gnome and whatever application I need.
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  284. Depends if you really need the newer packages or not. If you’re not missing out on anything then you don’t really HAVE to upgrade. You could also use flatpaks or backports to get newer software on Debian 9.
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  285. Indeed I have. I dual-booted Debian with Mint 20 on my production machine. I also just wiped Elementary off of my test machine and installed Mint 20 there as well :) I also like it.
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  286. Indeed I am Canadian ;) Glad to hear you're still watching! Cheers brother
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  287. Nah, Arch is great to play with and build your own system exactly how you want it with exactly what you need. It’s actually really not that hard to do either. I did a video on installing an Arch system if you’re interested.
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  288. Oh definitely not.
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  289. Yeah, it's good for fun and running custom setups. But as you said, it takes time that I don't have much of anymore :)
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  290. This 😁
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  291. I like using different distros on different machines. Keeps me current I guess
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  292. I do! But I also use Fedora on one of my machines.
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  293. Indeed it is! It just didn't work for me at the time with my slow internet. I do however have issues with it while trying to do screen recordings. It sometimes just locks up. Did it in 30,31 and now 32...
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  294.  @whenthethebeansstrikeback6728  That's great! So all you need to do it download an ISO and try it out! If you have Windows machines, download a program called Rufus to make a bootable USB stick with an ISO and go from there!
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  295.  @OpenGL4ever  The sources.list in LMDE contains the repo for http://security.debian.org, so the security updates will come directly from Debian.
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  296. OpenGL4ever But there is also Mint Debian Edition which has nothing to do with Ubuntu and is pretty great tbh
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  297. I've also been running Mint 20 the past few days. I like it very much as well, and it's a little more polished than Debian out of the box. However, I had no issues making my Debian Cinnamon look and feel just like Mint 20 :)
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  298. Fedora is also great, and yeah it’s usually running more recent packages too. Mint is also an option if you need something a little newer but want to stick close to Debian.
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  299. I've used NixOS for a while, but I didn't try using unstable. I like NixOS!
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  300. Thanks! Yeah I was real busy at work before the holidays, then away, then back at work and busy again lol But I did get this laptop and I love it!
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  301. Yes and they also build in batches, it’s not a continual assembly. So pre-orders build up and then they all get built and shipped out. The actual shipping only took 2 days from Hong Kong to Canada.
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  302. Thanks so much! :D
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  303. True, but then you just end up with very large updates when you finally do update. I might keep Manjaro around longer if they fix the sleep issue.
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  304. Nice! I haven't had much luck with emulators yet. And I couldn't get the KDE ISO to boot for some reason.
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  305. Seems there are certain ones you can use that are lower power. And you also have to restrict the laptop to stick to lower power profiles.
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  306. Casper S? You have a very good point! Perhaps this is an attempt at making a Gentoo distro that’s easier to install? Then again, everything’s peachy until you get an update that breaks something and have to try to figure out how to fix it. So, easy to install, but it’s a rolling release and easy to break, then not so easy to fix up. Kind of mixed up huh? Thanks for the great comment!
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  307. If Bitlocker is enabled in Windows, then you won't be able to read the partition from outside of Windows because it is encrypted. You need to shrink the hard drive partition in order to make room for Linux to be installed.
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  308. Sorry about that
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  309. Great to hear!
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  310. Close, it's the GP72 6QF. You shouldn't use acpi=off Instead try acpi_osi=! acpi_osi='Windows 2009' and see if that solves your issues.
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  311. For what kinds of things? There are plenty of options. For example, for graphics there is GIMP, video editing there is Blender and Kdenlive and audio editing can be done with Audacity. Those are just a few options and things that I personally use. You can always try running Linux in a virtual machine to try out software, or install it alongside your existing OS to dual-boot and keep both OSes.
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  312. Yes but I have 16GB of RAM, so memory usage shouldn't make a difference how quickly an application is opened, like in my Libreoffice example. Nothing is being cached to HDD swap.
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  313. By default, OSTree keeps only the last working layer as a backup. You can however pin any layer which will keep it forever and prevent it from being removed. The way you do it is with "sudo ostree admin pin 0". Change the zero at the end to match whichever layer you want to pin. When you do rpm-ostree status which lists your images, the first one is zero (0), then 1, then 2. After pinning it and showing the status again, you'll see the layer you pinned shows "Pinned : Yes".
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  314. Be careful, Fedora and Fedora Silverblue are 2 different things ;) And yes, in a way, you always have your OS backed up during an upgrade. So if things go wrong during an update, like corrupt packages, lost internet connection or power outage etc, you simply need to reboot and you'll go right back to where you were before the update began just like as if it never happened.
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  315. This might be more useful for servers, developers, and those who want a stable workstation for production. It's similar to a snapshot, except it's an entire new filesystem with every upgrade. In the event of a crash or even powerloss during an upgrade, your previous OS image is untouched and can still be booted. You will always have a working OS no matter what happens. The toolboxes are like running your computer using a Fedora Workstation version of your choice. Everything still works as it should and you can still interact with the desktop, home folder, dbus, dconf etc. The difference is that your applications are running with a complete other set of packages and package versions. This way you can easily test out an application you're working on with multiple OS versions to see if any version of a package might cause issues.
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  316. Good point ;)
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  317. Yes, sort of. Except Qubes uses true virtualization to run each app separately, which I'm also interested in checking out ;)
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  318. If by group install you mean metapackages, then yes. I was able to install the entire Cinnamon desktop with just 'rpm-ostree install cinnamon' and I believe you can do the same with with KDE Plasma by using 'rpm-ostree install plasma-desktop'. And in fact, I'm installing it right now to test. The beauty is that if it doesn't work, or I don't like it, I just roll back and it's just like as if I never installed Plasma to begin with ;)
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  319. Thank you. And yes I could do that.
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  320. This is true. The most secure system is one not connected to any network or any power source 😉
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  321. I'm not a fan of snaps or Flatpaks either.  But I must say that I prefer Flatpaks over snaps if given the 2 choices.
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  322. teklife I’ve had to do that in the past when kdenlive was crashing a lot, but I used the AppImage instead. Worked great for a long time.
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  323. I had that issue over a year ago. It was bad wifi drivers. It's been fixed since then. Did you try it recently? Do you know what exactly went wrong? And, did you have backups?
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  324. Glad it worked out for you! Hardware support is indeed fantastic :)
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  325. Sounds interesting, I'll put it on the list :)
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  326. Manjaro Gnome with dash to panel extension, see here https://youtu.be/RkdtJXgWHd8
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  327. Heh, sounds like Rocco has good taste ;)
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  328. I know what you mean. I loved building my OS from scratch long ago, and far enough back it was really the only way to install Linux :P Nowadays I just don't have time to spend so much time just to install a system, and laziness might come into play as well lol
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  329. Yeah I always have to use acpi_osi on most distro's after installing nvidia drivers, EVEN openSUSE. I managed to get Optimus (intel-nvidia hybrid) working on openSUSE Tumbleweed long ago, but it stopped working. I switched to openSUSE Leap and got it working for versions 42.2 but had big issues with 42.3 and no joy at all on Leap 15. For your mdac28 issue, use PlayOnLinux. With POL you can just go to Install Components > pick mdac28 from the list and done.
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  330. Yeah, I say it both ways because either way, somebody will complain lol In the end I don't really care how people pronounce things as long as I know what they're talking about ;)
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  331. I try :D Thanks again! Don't forget to share my videos!
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  332. Thanks Samy :) Just hoping to help people out!
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  333. Yes I’ll have to do one I think.
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  334. Thank you! It's definitely a viable option :)
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  335. Thanks I appreciate the comment! I agree that these boot issues fixes are not commonly discussed and can be frustrating for many people to figure out, which is why I felt I needed to address it. It was also an issue in 16.04, 14.04 and 12.04, so I'm shocked that this hasn't been sorted out by now. Distro creators, installers, or even the kernels themselves, should be able to automatically detect and adapt to this problem without user intervention... Thanks for watching Ross!
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  336. Yes it is and yes it does, running under wine :) I dug out my old license and decided to start using it again when I wanted to refresh all my thumbnails. Works well!
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  337. Thank you Fabian! I’m glad you like them! I lived in Germany in NRW for 4 years and LOVED IT! I dream of returning there permanently one day :D I even learned quite a bit of German and enough to have simple conversations, but still have problems writing it lol
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  338. I’ve seen that mentioned before, and I’ve actually never used it. I’m used to the terminal and just editing that way I guess. I’ll give it a try, I just don’t always trust GUIs 😉. Thanks!
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  339. Best of luck! It’s worked great for me for games.
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  340. Manjaro is like Baskin Robbins... So many flavors! lol
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  341. I'm sort of in the middle between Gnome and KDE myself. Been using KDE for a while now as an experiment and I'm liking it! Rolling releases can get the occasional glitch, but I find that Manjaro overall is very stable. Stating that, you should always backup your system ;) Thanks for the comment!
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  342. A DE can use a dock, and many do, while others use a panel. XFCE uses both for example. I'm using much more than just openbox in this video, and when you put all the parts together, it makes up a working Desktop Environment. I also don't NEED to use a dock because I can right-click anywhere on the desktop or the task bar to run apps, but I find it convenient. Even Unity and Gnome use docks, they just look different. See my video (#1) on the complete installation. It's complete and has everything a Linux user needs. There are many setups that people run that have much less. Either way, however you set up your desktop, it becomes your "Desktop Environment".
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  343. Thanks! I created a playlist. I've been very busy lately but will be making more videos soon-ish :)
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  344. There is no pacman or pamac command that will also remove config files like 'apt purge' in the Arch-based world. It's always been this way. However, I will mention it to the devs and see if it's possible to add this to pamac.
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  345. Thanks! Yeah it looks slick and has some great new features. No ETA yet sorry. The Gnome RC1 is out now as well so I need to check that out now :)
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  346. Thanks Mark. It's a feature of the Linux kernel. So any distro featuring the latest versions of the kernel will also have this ability. Won't be long now before all distros support it. So happy about that!
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  347. Yes, but it's not the official release. It's a release candidate. It's like the beta-beta. Almost final version ;)
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  348. I've had Fedora on my radar for a bit, and I meant to do one on 29 but got busy. I will get to it :)
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  349. Yep! The new pamac CLI commands are my fav new feature! It's great for new users :)
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  350. Oh that’s unfortunate, but I’m glad you found a solution!
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  351. Hahaha, I see.. I see ;) Thanks man!
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  352. Correct. That's because KDE uses Octopi as a package manager. Install pamac with Octopi or pacman and you'll get the options in the terminal :)
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  353. Yes Mate is very close and still very Gnome-ish :) A very good Gnome 2 fork. Gnome 3 is one of the more resource-intensive distros along with KDE. Thanks for the comment!
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  354. That's some really good points on some practical use! I guess I'm just an alt-tabber haha Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching!
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  355. Oh yeah! Just waiting to get my hands on it... Not sure who will come out with it first... Ubuntu is supposed to release it with 18.10, but we'll see. I'm hoping the Arch world pushes it out first.
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  356. Thanks! And thanks for the tip, I’ll have to check that out!
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  357. Edwin Chen now that’s a good question that will have a long answer... Being completely fair here, almost any distro is good for software devs, you just install what you need. But you also have to think about what tools are available as well as what kind of community support you can get to help you along the way if you hit a snag. Tools are usually found in the repos, or on the web as a downloadable package, and maybe even source code. The advantage of using repo packages is getting updates easily. Likewise, some software is available for download as a precompiled package, which are commonly in .deb and/or .rpm format. Debian (and child distros like Ubuntu) use .deb, and Fedora/openSUSE use .rpm. Other distros would need to download and compile source code manually, or have precompiled packages available like in the AUR for Arch-based distros. Ubuntu and Arch-based distros have the most packages available in their repos. Arch probably has more if you include the AUR, but there are some security issues you should read up on before using it. The community support is also very important, and in my opinion Ubuntu wins this one hands-down mostly because of its size, but Arch and openSUSE are also pretty good. As for which Desktop Environment to use, that’s a complete personal preference. But if you’re planning to develop desktop applications, you may want to choose wisely. For example, if you’re making Qt apps, use KDE even if you prefer Gnome because KDE uses Qt and Gnome uses GTK. You can still use what you want, you’ll just have to install a lot more libraries on your system, and it might not look how it’s intended. So even though this is more of an explanation rather than a straight answer and picking one single distro, I hope that clears things up a little.
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  358. Thank you very much! This series was very early in my YouTubing journey, and I agree the quality is not the best, but I did improve over time 😁
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  359. That would be interesting to see, and doable since I do have 2 monitors... But why wouldn't you just run the game in the same OS?
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  360. VirtualBox is quicker to set up initially, but it is also closed source. QEMU with KVM takes advantage of better integration directly with the Linux kernel, and in my experience it yields better performance overall. I also find you can do more hardware tweaks with QEMU and virt-manager compared to VB.
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  361. That's great to hear! Thank you so much and thanks for subscribing :)
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  362. You could do this yes, if you only need a basic setup. You can also put LVM across a RAID array. LVM is just easy to expand on the fly. And what I didn't cover is that you can also have multiple volume groups. So if you have 3 drives, you can have 2 VG's, where each VG takes up 1.5 disks.
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  363. Thank you! Yes it’s fine. You’ll notice that some things loads fast and some slower depending on what disk it is.
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  364. After you remove snapd, you should update the repos. In terminal : sudo apt updateThen check software. I haven't used Ubuntu in a long time because of the snap issue so I really don't know what they have as snaps now.
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  365. I do think it's ok yes and I'm getting quite used to it. But I did still run into a few glitches, like plugging in a 2nd monitor made all my icons and panel textures go funny on my main screen. I've also had several glitches adding a moving widgets around on the panel that causes the whole panel to crash. It's been about a week now, so I'm thinking of doing a 1-week update video to over some things.
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  366. Yes, only actual Ubuntu from Canonical. Ubuntu-based distros don't seem to be doing this, which is great! As it should be :)
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  367. Nothing's wrong with Flatpak. There's nothing wrong with snaps either, IF you want to use them and install it yourself, that's fine. But it's not great for regular users and should not be the default setup, which is my issue. Flatpak requires you to install a core as well, just like snaps, but Flatpaks are at least not "sandboxed" in a container like snaps, which has its advantages. I prefer Flatpak over Snappy, but prefer AppImage over all since it runs completely on its own.
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  368. Haha your comments are always nostalgic ;)Yes I much prefer AppImages over anything since they don't require anything to be installed to run them.
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  369. Yes well that's part of the beauty of Linux; you can choose to run it in almost any fashion! I for one have always liked stable fixed releases, but I'm really liking Manjaro even though it's a rolling release. You can have a good combination of both as you said, by using a fixed (LTS) release OS with newer AppImages so you get the best of both worlds. Now I have nothing against AppImages. They don't need anything to run, they're are executable on their own. Snaps however need a whole subsystem installed to handle it. Snaps won't work on their own without the core being installed first, and that's my issue : Canonical decided to install snap by default, without giving you the choice, and then making 4 of the basic applications install as snaps. I think that is wrong, and they shouldn''t mix their corporate/server features with their regular desktop users. Thanks for the comment! I might discuss Snaps vs AppImages vs FlatPak one day :)
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  370. That’s probably because you’re using a fixed release distro like Ubuntu. If you switch to a rolling release like Manjaro, you’ll have the latest packages available in the repos.
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  371. Thanks, very interesting. I've heard of it before but never actually tried it until just now. Not sure what to think. They have a "pricing" link on their website, bad sign. I downloaded it and ran it, and they really seem to push their subscription-based cloud services, which I'm not a fan of. OnlyOffice is pretty new, and OpenOffice and LibreOffice have been around for much longer (especially pre-forking). But it might end up being a good product. What I'm really not a fan of is that it seems their entire interface is built on HTML5 instead of porting to existing native frameworks. I'll definitely leave it installed and trying using it instead of LO for a while and see how things work out. Thanks for the comment! :)
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  372. Thank you so much :)
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  373. Wow! You are my hero John! This will make it feel much more like home, I mean, gnome ;) Thank you!
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  374. I have, and I do also like it. MX is one of my favorite XFCE distros. But if I go lightweight for older hardware, or a netbook, then I use openbox.
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  375. Thanks! For the wallpaper, just google "low poly mountains". The font is just the default font that Manjaro KDE uses called Noto Mono.
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  376. Exactly :)
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  377. I get that, but you can keep it simple without hiding all the ways to customize it. Mint is one of the best for beginners, and it has all the options you want to start customizing and theming. If someone has no interest at all in themes or customizing and just wants a free OS, then yes this is a good choice.
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  378. Thanks Karl. Yes I tried to make that clear as well; It's good work and looks nice, but for power users it's too restricted and "dumbed down"... Glad to hear from you and others that I'm not the only one who feels like this so thanks for the comment, as always :)
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  379. Definitely. Not only do they innovate in creating new and useful features, but they also listen to their customers and users to create what people want. This is a company that truly cares.
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  380. It is indeed! Very lightweight and complete! I also like distros that run well on older hardware. Thanks for the comment Bryan!
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  381. Just open a terminal and run this command : sudo rm /usr/share/applications/dropbox.desktop That will delete the launcher from your "Internet" section of your app menu. It will still be in the Peppermint Control Panel but at least it cleans up the app menu...
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  382. Woohoo 1900! :) Thank you, and you get a prize! Just kidding lol Yes Peppermint is amazing on older hardware, and still manages to look really good! It shows that older hardware doesn't need to run a basic and ugly OS. Thanks for the comment and thanks for subscribing! :)
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  383. Yes it's definitely a step-up from Lubuntu. I'll have to look up Chomixium just out of curiosity, sounds interesting... As with most distros, if your current version works fine, is still getting updates, and isn't causing you to miss out on a great new feature, then just stick with what you have ;)
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  384. I believe it should because that’s how neofetch was installed. Basically anything that works in RHEL or CentOS will work in Rocky.
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  385. Not a whole lot on the technical side. I haven't really looked into Almalinux a whole lot, but I see they're founded by CloudLinux and I haven't looked much into all the associations there to be honest. But Rocky Linux is founded by the same co-founder of CentOS, and it's really going to be a rebirth of what CentOS was originally meant to be before Red Hat acquired them.
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  386. Hey Colin! Yes AlmaLinux is an option as well, and already has a stable release out. But I'm not exactly sure how it fits in with their package streams. I'm also not 100% sure on the involvement of the company that founded it, CloudLinux. But I do know that Rocky is intended to be what CentOS was originally before Red Hat bought it. Their migration tool will also mean you don't need to reinstall from scratch and set everything up again. It should just swap out CentOS for Rocky, leaving all your server-based services in place. Cheers!
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  387.    Well you just need to be careful. And ALWAYS have backups.
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  388. There are too many programs to do this. However, you can check the winehq website to search for programs you want to use and see if it works or not.
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  389. Not sure. But Linux runs most hardware out of the box.
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  390. Just searching the internet for things like "minimal wallpaper", "minimalist", "low poly" etc.... Also Pixabay is good when you find someone who makes wallpapers.
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  391. Yes I'm probably never going to configure it all from every option because genkernel works fine for me, and it only takes 14 minutes to compile the kernel so no big deal. Good luck on your build!
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  392. Thank you! You can do this in a virtual machine too. This way you can just save the current state and shut it down and then resume right where you left off another day. The flatpaks are also an option for quickly getting software installed once you have your base system in place.
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  393.  @rlenclub  Genkernel may do something or use something that falls under a specific license. This is why I didn't want to mess around with any licensing issues and just set it to "*".
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  394. Thank you! Perhaps once you're comfortable with Arch you can give this one a try :)
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  395. Nice! You can do Gnome without systemd, but it takes a bit of tweaking and using overlays. Instructions are here : https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GNOME/GNOME_Without_systemd/Gentoo
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  396. Glad you enjoyed it! Xfce isn't that different than a Plasma install. There's a similar guide with instructions just like I did with Plasma. You simply install xfce4-meta instead. It's also a little quicker to compile.
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  397. Thank you and I’m glad to hear you’ll give it a shot! You can also try doing it in a virtual machine as well. I think there’s quite a few Gentoo install videos out there but maybe not one that goes all the way to a desktop install. It takes quite a while to do it all, hence 2 videos instead of one really long one. Cheers and good luck!
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  398. Yes, and set your BIOS to boot from it.
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  399. I did use Opera for a while but it was a short stint and well over a year ago... I might have to check it out again ;) Thanks for the comment Steve!
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  400. Ah cool, thanks for the reference link!
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  401. Thank you! I did try Gobolinux, but not for long. The lack of packages available as well as how old they were immediately turned me off of it.
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  402. Benny this is more of saving your system than creating specific versions. After system changes, updates, and adding/removing packages, a new version is automatically saved so that you can revert back to an old version is you should have any problems. It’s more of a backup and not really intended to be used to run parallel configurations. Check my first 2 videos on NixOS as well in order to see more of how it works. Cheers!
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  403. With load-average you're telling the compiler to use 100% of the available CPU, which might make sense as to why you won't see any output, because 100% of the CPU is dedicated to compiling the code leaving none to display output. I'm not sure if this could result in issues with the CPU overheating or running at max temp the entire time, so make sure you have good cooling. This may also be additional wear and tear on the CPU over time.
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  404. Glad you enjoyed it. Yes much older hardware would take quite a while to compile. And you’d likely want to stick with something very lightweight like a TWM just to save compile time. Some people compile on a newer machine and then copy it to the older machine but that takes a bit of set up work to do.
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  405. Thank you very much, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Cheers
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  406. Ah, yeah good point. Sorry about that lol
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  407. Oye! Well you can use something much lighter like i3 or even Xfce to reduce compile time. I know some people also compile packages on more powerful machines and then transfer them to slower machines.
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  408. It's not that hard at all. But the video is long because I'm just explaining things along the way.
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  409. Yeah you really need to take the time to read the steps in the Wiki when doing this. It's not a quick install the first couple times you do it that's for sure!
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  410. Yeah I just followed the steps. I noticed it said to make that partition for UEFI even though it’s not used, but I decided to just follow the steps as written. It may have changed now because it’s always being tweaked.
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  411. Thanks Johan!
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  412. Thank you! It's already out, and so is part 3. Check out my channel for them
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  413.  @juzujuzu4555  Yes, hitting snags is frustrating, but the Wiki is complete enough to get going again, and like you said, you learn a LOT by doing it all and fixing things too.
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  414. Good advice! It is a learning experience for sure, which is part of the appeal as well.
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  415. It was X11 which I confirmed. I’m not a fan of Wayland just yet, because some effects are not supported, and as you said, it lacks screen capture support. In fact, simple screen recorder won’t work at all under wayland. I never tried with OBS.
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  416. I do keep meaning to, but I'm very happy with Manjaro at the moment. :) I tried to use it for a while in a VM but the guest additions wouldn't work.
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  417. Well thank you for the tip ;) I do find it a bit slow and I'll have to look into that. I did like KDE, but if it can't screen record then I can't use it... Thanks again for the tip!
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  418. Thanks Julio! But I should clear something up though. Testing repos are not unstable at all. I used the Buster testing repo for a very long time via Q4OS and never had issues. There may be small issues, but nothing drastic. Now unstable/sid branch is different. Further, the backports repo is even more stable than testing because it's tested by compiling on a stable system. If for some reason your backport package has a bug, it won't affect the rest of your system. You can simply remove it and reinstall the stable version, or wait until a fix is pushed.
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  419. Thank you very much :)
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  420. Right? And all the right stuff too! Pretty much everything I install with the only thing missing being OBS!
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  421. Wow, ok... 1659 updates after enabling the repo. FYI, just enabling it causes errors with appstream when running an "apt-get update", but updating appstream to 0.12.2 fixes the problem. I still haven't done the update yet since it's still in a VM so I won't bother. I'm going to do it once I install Netrunner on hardware.
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  422. Thanks Donald! And yes, I was being spread too thin indeed. I did have many requests for an ISO, and now I've released a couple versions of it so I think I've accomplished the task lol Thanks for the comment and compliment!
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  423. It moves heavily away from the filesystem hierarchy standard, which some users and devs may not like. But it is very effective in what it can do.
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  424. I did a 2nd video on it as well, and I have a 3rd one coming up in the future.
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  425. Thank you very much! There will be more so stay tuned :)
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  426. It's quite interesting!
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  427. Thanks!
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  428. Sort of, but not quite the same.
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  429. You completely missed the point on what Nix does.
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  430. Yes I think if it doesn't work in Nix, then the package wasn't configured properly to begin with. But I haven't run into that so far. Thanks!
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  431. That’s great to hear! I’m glad it helped out 😁
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  432. Yes
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  433. Will do!
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  434. I've already made 2 videos on Silverblue. Here's the first one : https://youtu.be/BkrGij4LNC0
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  435. Thanks! It works great in a VM by the way ;)
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  436. Thanks for the compliment Nick! I've been very busy the last couple months but I will be back with regular new videos soon :) As for using USB in a VM, check my video here and it might help you out : https://youtu.be/2tUkmeDdXjM
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  437. Thanks very much! I have been trying to make distro reviews a little more interesting and straying away from the typical review, which I actually did at first as well in my older videos. And yes I do like to put in my thoughts on pros and cons while trying to stay somewhat unbiased, which can be hard sometimes :) And yes, I'm quite busy with the new baby but I've been slowly preparing to start things up again with new videos and get into a good schedule that works for me while still being able to create higher quality content (which takes more time with planning and editing etc...). Thanks so much again for the kind words!
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  438. Haha seems like we went through the same issue around the same time.... It was irritating, but the restore worked perfectly. And thanks for the compliment man!
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  439. Keep in mind this only works for Optimus laptops. Some laptops also share the fan for the CPU and GPU, which means it will never turn off. A dedicated GPU fan should turn off, but it's possible that some models will keep it on a low setting at all times.
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  440. Krita is significantly slower at blending layers, which I do often for thumbnails, mostly text with effects like stroke, drop shadow etc. GIMP does that fine, but you can’t edit the text after effects have been applied which means starting over with that text layer. I’ve discussed it a few time in my videos. It’s fine for most people, but not for what I do. Personal preference. Not sure why MPV has issues, but it’s not hardware. I have a dozen machines on several distros and even my new i7’s have this issue. Some older ones run fine, but my main machine which is new does have this problem for some reason. PS CS6 is the only version I have a license for and it runs fine. Can’t confirm with other versions though. Like most things, these are just my opinions and preferences based on my experiences. That’s what she great about Linux, we have many choices 😎
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  441. Thanks for your list! I saw Cantata on my KDE install but never tried it. I'll have to check it out :)
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  442. Yup, my recording and overlay graphics didn't match up and it was meant to be Guake. But I went with it anyways since the concept is similar ;) Ubuntu has really been falling to the wayside for me... Manjaro is my main distro :)
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  443. Definitely much improved over Windows. In Windows I'll see 1h:30m max, in Linux I can get 2h:20m. My laptop also runs much cooler which makes sense because more heat means higher CPU and higher power use therefore less battery life.
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  444. Already answered it ;)
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  445. Here you go : https://www.deviantart.com/joeljohnston/art/Low-Poly-Mountains-Cinema-4D-456552954
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  446. Hello! Just do an image search on Google or DuckDuckGo for "Low poly mountains" and you'll find it as well as tons of other cool ones :)
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  447. I've seen the Allow Flipping fix before but I never have that setting in Nvidia-settings with my GTX960M no matter what distro I'm on. Probably something with Optimus... Pretty sure if I enable TearFree for my Intel GPU it will stop it since the desktop uses the Intel GPU (Nvidia GPU is always turned off). The Nvidia is only used if I start an application with optirun. I'll do the TearFree in the config sometime, I just haven't gotten around to doing it yet :P Thanks BD!
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  448. It it suprisingly light for what it offers in terms of RAM usage, but it can still use more CPU.
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  449. Well that depends on how much data was written. You might be able to recover the partition but not all the files if they've been physically overwritten. There a chance though that you could go in and at least recover important documents that survived.
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  450. 16.04 LTS. In April when 18.04 comes out, I"ll update Scion as well. I was thinking of doing a 17.10 version but I think I'd rather stick to LTS versions...
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  451. You can run the configuration from the terminal by typing "tint2conf". Once it's open, you can edit the theme and re-add the icon. If you use PCManFM, you can also use that to go to Applications > Preferences > Tint2 panel settings
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  452. Thanks! I did make another video for this series in how to customize it.
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  453. No problem! To package it into an ISO using SystemBack with a basic installer, see my other video : https://youtu.be/2tUkmeDdXjM As for a bootup theme, I'll do that video later, but just look up plymouth for custom bootup themes. As for a full-installer, you need to use Ubiquity which is kind of a pain to set up and I'm working on getting that working properly myself.
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  454. I don't think you'll fail! If you get it done, it'll be a great way to learn for you! If you get stuck or have any questions, just ask! :)
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  455. Yes it's already in the works. I'm making a new video on this, much better quality, and using the Ubuntu 18.04 base ISO.
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  456. I used an app a while ago called Slingscold that might work for you. It's a fullscreen application launcher.
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  457. The `ubuntu-desktop` package installs the Unity desktop, which is very CPU and GPU intensive. Even on one of my laptops (a 2013 HP Pavilion) it made it run very hot, even when you weren't doing anything. If you install a lightweight desktop, like what I've shown, it will definitely run faster (especially on old hardware and VM) and use less resources.
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  458. An installer would be a lot of work. It would be much easier to distribute an ISO. You can use something like Clonezilla and Clonezilla Live to create a bootable DVD or USB which will install the ISO onto the HDD. Before creating the image, you could set the default username to "user" with a blank password, or a known password, and set the account to force a password change on the next login with "sudo chage -d 0 username" in the terminal. Yes, the command is "chage" not "change" (CHange AGE). Then whoever uses it next would change usernames and password to whatever they want. Make sure the root password is published if you distribute it and want users to have that ability.
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  459. Most distributions are just a collection of parts which make up a DE. Some are completely unique to a distribution such as the Gnome top bar, Unity top bar and launcher, and the Budgie desktop, which are a few that come to mind. Those are very specifically written to work with the entire distro and are very custom. But some of these pieces from certain distributions can be added to your custom desktop if you like how it works. For example, you can installed the Xubuntu panel (taskbar) by installing the xfce4-panel package. Or if you like the LXDE panel, install lxpanel. No need to install the entire DE, just get what you want. As for the rest like File Managers etc, they all use different ones, so just pick the one you like. I personally prefer the tint2 panel because you can customise it alot. But there are other panels like fbpanel as well. It's totally up to you what you use. Pick the parts you need and/or like, and then customize them. See my other videos like #4 in this series on customizing here -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOZA_48SpsA
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  460. Ah awesome! Ya I did a video on Meow, I was gonna send you the link but you found it 😁
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  461. That's great and I'm glad you're enjoying the videos! Unfortunately I need to keep Windows on my system for work and for Microsoft Access since there's no Linux version that I can use for our databases... Glad you took the plunge!
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  462. Thank you! In this video I was using Manjaro Gnome.
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  463. Thank you! I appreciate it :)
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  464. Yep, it's possible. As I mentioned above, there are all kinds of extremes you can go to. For example, even your Raid6+1 is useless if the entire house burns down since you don't have an off-site backup. The only things I backup in the cloud are photos since the memories are priceless.
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  465. All my games work great in both Manjaro and Q4OS. My system even switches over between the intel and Nvidia GPUs as needed.
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  466. +1! Landed on Manjaro but that’s close enough 😉
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  467. Yes :) And check out my latest reviews on Q4OS and Netrunner. Two Debian-based distros running KDE. I can't decide which to keep using lol
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  468. I like it too. I reinstalled it last night :) You can always have that feature on any distro by installing guake
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  469. Correct! Snaps run in containers and can't access system themes or the configs that state which theme the system is using. The calculator and system monitor are 2 examples that are installed as snaps when you install Ubuntu, so those don't follow set themes...
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  470. True, Ubuntu is good for transitioning, but many other distros are following suit with ease of use and installation. The snaps being installed by default is a mistake though. When I installed Ubuntu 18.04, I did not ask to install snaps, and the installer did not give me the option. Snaps are good for security and good for servers, but not for regular desktop users. They're slower, and they don't theme like the rest of the system. That's why the calculator, system monitor and any other windows aren't themed properly. And... I have to completely disagree with you that people are wasting time focusing on user interfaces and frameworks. The fact that so many people have spent lots of time on UI's and turning Linux into a useful and complete graphical interface is the entire reason why so many people are now able to leave Windows and easily start using Linux. Just look on Ask Ubuntu for example at how many people ask questions about doing simple things in the terminal even after they've been using Ubuntu for a long time. If it were less graphical, they would have probably never stuck with it.
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  471. Hey Eric, glad you like the videos, and thanks for the ideas! I know what you mean about Manjaro updates breaking things, I've experienced it more thanks once :P But I like it so much I'm willing to give it one last chance. Thanks for the comment!
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  472. Yup. Most things I will just brush off, but seeing some people's comments about things like this angers me. I dislike bullies, and those who think they are superior for the dumbest reasons.
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  473. I find working with a higher resolution and then scaling it down for a thumbnail makes it look nicer and smoother than just working with a lower resolution to begin with. I suppose it's probably from lower resolutions having more jagged edges and artifacts from effects, and those imperfections get hidden and smoothed out if you start with a higher resolution and then scale down. Thanks for the comment!
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  474. Yes I've encountered a few snags as well. I need to re-visit it.
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  475. You can use any of the network VM's and set them up individually. They can run on their own VPN's, or through WHONIX for anonymity.
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  476. The Raspberry Pi CPU doesn't support virtualization so this currently isn't possible.
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  477. Tails is just a system that runs live, leaving no trace on the PC when you shut it down. I suppose if you were to use ONLY dvm's in Qubes, it would give you the same results. But the benefits of Qubes would be that you can also use it for daily use and save your work, or even do some software development in multiple different distros.
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  478. That would be cool! But as I mentioned, running Qubes in a VM doesn't really work unfortunately.
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  479. Sort of, but it's more than that. It allows applications from multiple VM's to exist together on the desktop. It also manages their updates and allows file transfers between them.
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  480. Lucas Zanella Nice!
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  481.  @thenextpoetician6328  Thanks! The real appeal was being able to upgrade to a newer/better CPU without having to change the motherboard :)
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  482.  @djsensacion7  Yeah the gaming might be affected, but there is a Steam flatpak that works great, and you can install graphics drivers as a package layer on top of the OS. But if you were to try it out or even try it as a dual-boot, I'd strongly recommend doing a full backup of your drive first, just in case.
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  483. TimeShift backs up everything in your system including any DE’s you have, but it does not back up anything in your home folder, and doesn’t back up any settings for software. Those settings config files are hidden in your home folder. So if you want to back those up, you need to tell it to backup the user’s hidden files like I showed in the video. Then all your settings will also be saved.
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  484. Yeah this is definitely a must-have. I always recommend backups, and it's saved me more than once! Yes TimeShift can backup and restore to an external drive, but not a network drive unfortunately.I use TimeShift for local system backups, and my home folder is backed up over my network to my NAS with Deja Dup.
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  485. With hardware
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  486. If the installer is a script or executable, it might work. I have tried Guix yet. It’s coming up soon 😉
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  487.  @JanHDD  Nice! Glad to hear you're still watching :) Cheers!
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  488. The song is called Descent by Daxten :)
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  489. Oh no, I entirely get the point. I just think they’re doing it wrong and intentionally obfuscating the ability to get these things for free.
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  490. Cristian Molina Tried it again. Works fine normally, but not when the screens are mirrors and the resolution goes wonky. I’m guessing something in the compositor is failing
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  491. Even that way won't let me bring the window higher than the top of the screen. Already tried it.
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  492. Yes I’m aware of that trick. I’m just a mouse person
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  493. Check out this video I made : https://youtu.be/fxWRZuKqmk4 It's a little old, but I will be making a new and better one.
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  494. You can try a Gnome extension called impatience. You can also try installing Gnome tweak tool and disable animations. Those are really the only options if your graphics driver is installed properly. Gnome isn’t a lightweight desktop.
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  495. Best idea!
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  496. Watch your mouth Johan hahaha
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  497.  @19mitch54  I've actually pronounced it Gnome with a silent G for decades when it first came out. Because back then there was no YouTube and no way to hear how they wanted it to sound, just text. So honestly, if they wanted it pronounced differently, they should have spelled it differently. It's like coming out with a product called Stone, but saying it's pronounced "Ess-tone"... So why not just name it Esstone to begin with??
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  498. Yeah I made the switch not long ago to get rid of my last Nvidia GPUs and changed to AMD all around. No need to install any drivers and it all performs really well.
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  499. I have lots of distro reviews on my channel. I’ll also be doing a video explaining various distro’s all together in the future.
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  500. Awesome to hear! Good luck to you, and I hope this is also a great learning experience. It’s worth it! Cheers
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  501. Great to hear!
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  502. Powertop should list what’s using power.
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  503. It DOES make a difference! And it's really easy to setup (Just install it!)
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  504. Thank you :)
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  505. It's an MSI GP72, i7-6700HQ with 16GB of RAM and Nvidia GTX960M.
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  506. Not too many. Mostly simple indy games that I can just pickup and stop playing anytime. My most played games are probably Cities: Skylines and KSP.
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  507. Yes I know. Like I said, some places will still use old flash sites. In reality, your school should be upgrading everything to use something more secure.
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  508. Hm I wonder if you might be on to something with Debian being a little "behind"... Partitioning with an msdos table and fat32 partition should be the safest bet. I'll give that a try. Still doesn't explain how it murked up my entire EFI bootloader set, but that's a whole other can of worms! lol
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  509. Yes I've had the idea of doing that in my head. Mainly for troubleshooting dual graphics and ensuring the dGPU turns off. But other power-saving tricks might be useful to share as well.... Thanks Hassan, I'll work some more on it :)
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  510. Oh yeah, the all-desktops-in-one feature is awesome for sure. For me, I always use Gnome. So if a distro offers different downloads for different desktops, then I only download the one ISO anyways :)
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  511. I'm on the other end, I've used Manjaro much more than Antergos. They both seem very similar. But the ease of installing Nvidia Optimus drivers in Manjaro is what made it a winner for me. Thanks Noah! :)
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  512. I have, yes, but it's still built on the Debian/Ubuntu trunk. I'm also not too crazy about the desktops offered (as my main system). For my main working computer, I always use Gnome and I'm rather glued to it since I've been using Gnome for almost 20 years ;)
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  513. I installed it using PlayOnLinux. Just install it and it will make it easy to install Windows software using Wine and will set up everything for you. I'm not sure about all the versions that work, but my license was for CS6 and it works great in Linux.
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  514. Haha Yes, I definitely do enjoy life :) I do also enjoy making videos and helping people as well. There will be times of less videos for sure, especially with summertime coming and then baby in the fall, but I'm still fully intending to keep the videos flowing :) Thanks for the comment and thank you for subscribing!
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  515. I did but I said Linux for whatever reason lol
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  516. Both the kernel (core of the OS) and filesystem are case sensitive. This is set to change with the next kernel release of 5.2 which will allow an ext4 case Insensitive filesystem. But this is something optional that you'll have to set I believe, and the default will still be case-sensitive.
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  517. Haha, yeah I'm not sure why it defaults to that sometimes. I've asked for help on the matter but I never get a good answer from them...
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  518. Glad you found it helpful!
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  519. Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
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  520. lol Keep searching, you'll find it!
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  521. Haha, well some days I hate Linux too. And days where I hate Mac. And days where I hate Windows... :)
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  522. With PlayOnLinux.
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  523. You mean the Package Manager? The package manager installs and uninstalls applications, that's all. There is no registry like in Windows. The closest thing would be what Gnome uses, it's a database called dconf that stores various settings but not to the extent that the Windows registry does. But Linux itself doesn't use such a thing. Everything, every setting, is a file.
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  524. It's actually not that bad once you realize that you have no business being in most of those folders lol. But really, the OS and package managers take care of all of this for the user. The average Linux User only needs to use the /home folder, and maybe the /mnt folder to access mounted drives.
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  525. lol it’s very old and it’s been changed many times
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  526. It could be done yes, but with literally thousands of distros out there, it would take a lot of work to get everyone on board. And yes you would need aliases and symlinks from the old structure to the new one and keep it there for quite a long time until all the developers have changed their code. But then you may end up with some resistance from some of the community who would then fork their own versions to keep everything the same. It's a common occurrence in Linux for someone to fork something to keep it the same because they don't like what the new version is doing.
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  527. Yes but this is based on Unix, which is very old. And back then there was no tab-completion. So when they wrote programs and script, they needed to write out these paths, and shorter was better. Same with the short console commands, cp, ls, mv, rm and so on...
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  528. That's another yes...
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  529. Thanks so much! I appreciate it :)
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  530. Yes it does, but it's not very detailed on each one, and not that clear to people who aren't very techie.
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  531. Never too late!
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  532. Nah that’s in the same folder is the .gimp folder, there was just an edit cut. Meow is a handy app for organizing Gnome’s applications menu 😁
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  533. Yes, ls is an executable and is not a built-in shell command.
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  534. It was Ubuntu Gnome with the Matcha theme and Arc-Maia icons
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  535. Thank you!
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  536. In this video I was using Ubuntu Gnome. Since then I switched to Manjaro, then Arch, Silverblue, and now using Debian 😁
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  537. Yep. Linux is as good as or better than sunscreen 😆
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  538.  @ArleyMcBlain  Yes my license is for CS6. From what I've seen, CC can be installed as well, a friend of mine has CC 2018 installed on his CentOS Linux system.
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  539. Nice! Thanks
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  540. That's what happens with poor planning and having people in charge who don't know how things work lol
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  541. Great to hear!
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  542. They aren’t, it’s my Windows version. With PlayOnLinux, you can install and use many Windows programs in Linux!
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  543. Depending on the file manager you’re using there is. The newest version of Thunar for example can do it, and a couple others.
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  544. WarlonWinterheart Does not compute.
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  545. Mostly yes. There’s a few niche distros that do things differently like NixOS and Silverblue, but they do special things that can’t be done with a typical file system.
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  546. Thank you! I also use MacOS, but mostly when I need something portable and light, or I'm on the go etc...
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  547. The KDE file manager Dolphin will show a bar at the bottom of the window that shows the available disk space for the disk you are currently browsing. I typically use Gnome which has a filesystem tab in the system monitor that shows the disk space on all mounted partitions at once.
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  548. Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
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  549. Lucky Barrel Glad you like it!
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  550. Oh I see what you mean. The Kernel is what translates devices and process (and everything) into files, not real files, but just representations of things. So, yeah
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  551. There are many different meanings that people use. I personally don't like the "universal" one... But in the end, as long as you know it's the /usr directory, it doesn't matter... Myself I just call it the u. s. r. directory :)
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  552. You're correct. My oldest PC ran Mandrake Linux for 8 years and never had to be cleaned up or reinstalled. When you remove software in Linux, it's the package manager that does it, and it is also what installed it. So there's no need to worry about the software devs not properly cleaning up after themselves with an uninstaller. The package manager will remove whatever was installed. Now there is one extra step, and that is to remove dependencies that were installed for any software that you've removed. This is easy enough in most distros. Ubuntu for example is just running the command "sudo apt autoremove" and it will remove any dependencies that are no longer used by anything. This is a minor maintenance task that doesn't really need to be done but it doesn't hurt.
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  553. To put it simply, NTFS allows for files with the same name but difference cases, but the Windows API does not allow it. In Linux, both the ext file system AND the Linux kernel allow it.
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  554. Thanks for watching :)
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  555. Very welcome
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  556. It’s because different TYPES of files belong in different locations. It makes sense from an OS point of view. Luckily, a user never has to worry about what goes where. The package managers take care of all of that for you. You should NEVER have to manually delete files and folders in Linux when uninstalling applications. That’s a problem that Windows has, not Linux.
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  557. Yeah I would just stick to /mnt and don't manually mount anything in /media because the file managers use /media for automatically mounting partitions.
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  558. It will eventually be cleaned up. The current state is thanks to changes in the structure, but having to keep the old around in order to maintain support for legacy applications. The different desktops though are definitely not themes. They are full applications sets of their own which have their own themes...
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  559. Yes it is 😁
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  560. Glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching!
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  561. This is Ubuntu Gnome with the Dash to Dock extension.
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  562. I get asked this often enough that I made a video on what I use and where to get it :) Check this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocl4rnmdYYE
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  563.  @love.society  I just checked it over, fantastic work! I've published your work and it should be available now. I will definitely make a comment to credit you, and if you feel like doing any more, let me know and I'll make them available for translations. Also, feel free to share it on any Russian websites or social media that you might use as well to help spread the word, along with your great work :). Thank you!
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  564. Y di que te lo dijo un loco I use both Manjaro and Q4OS. I would highly recommend Q4OS with KDE as that’s what I use. It’s based on Debian but includes some great tools that they’ve written themselves. There’s version 2.x based on Debian stable, and 3.x based on Debian testing (Buster). I’ve been using Q4OS 3 for a long time and it’s been stable and great.
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  565. :D
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  566. The kernel (the core engine of Linux) is what creates this folder. It's a ram-based virtual folder that is only used to interact with the kernel. This folder is not actually on a disk, and if you store files here, they will be gone when you reboot or shutdown the computer.
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  567. Thanks! I've read about gobolinux, but never played with it, and honestly think it makes a worse filesystem. They created symlinks to maintain compatibility with packages that expect things to be in a traditional Unix/Linux location, so in my opinion this is just a lot of duplication and extra files. I don't know if I would ever personally used it, but I might have to give it a try.
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  568. That’s how Android and MacOS do it as well. It’s the gui file manager that places it in the left panel. Linux file managers do the same thing. Android and MacOS are both based on Unix/Linux.
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  569. Thank you! Hope you found it useful :)
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  570. Maybe you just haven't found the distro that's right for you? What frustrates you about it?
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  571. That’s a good distro to start with. In this video I was using Ubuntu Gnome, but I’ve been using Manjaro as my main distro for almost a year now.
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  572. Glad it was helpful!
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  573. Backups are always your best bet. I did a video on TimeShift which can even fix a system that can no longer boot. This is the easiest and most effective fix. There are a millions ways to break a system and a 10 millions ways to fix it so it’s hard to cover every scenario.
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  574. Thanks for watching!
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  575. Thanks! I’m hoping that people also realize that Linux and it’s package manager takes care of most things in these folders, so there isn’t much for the average user to need to poke around in other than /home and /media or /mnt. Cheers!
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  576. Thank you!
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  577. Haha Evil Billy ;)
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  578. Thank you very much!
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  579. (upcoming video) ;)
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  580. Thanks!
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  581. Yes I have a very powerful system ;)
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  582. :D Meow is an application that lets you edit the Gnome application launcher shortcuts. I did a video on that if you're interested...
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  583. In this video I was using Matcha with the Arc-Maia and Moka icon themes.
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  584. way!
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  585. Nothing wrong with that. I still do it sometimes too :)
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  586. Glad it was helpful! Thank you!
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  587. Almost all package managers have an option to view what files are included in a package. You can usually also see this on the repos website. What distro are you using?
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  588. Most users are aware of this. Rarely any care. It’s just easier to call it all Linux.
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  589. I use Moka and Arc-Maia
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  590. That’s great to hear! Glad you enjoyed it 👍
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  591. Haha that’s perfectly fine. This is more for the curious. You can get along just fine by working with your documents in your home folder and just live there 😁
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  592. Glad to hear it!
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  593. They are all in the root of the filesystem, as you can see right at the beginning of the video. That's as high as you can get in the tree...
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  594. In this video I was using Ubuntu Gnome with the Dash to Dock extension.
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  595. Correct!
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  596. Thank you!
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  597. With PlayOnLinux. Install it and then use it to install Windows applications.
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  598. Ubuntu Gnome.
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  599. Thank you!
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  600.  @JoshBagwell  That's actually a really good idea. I never thought of deleting my Windows partition and running Windows in a VM...
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  601. Thanks very much! I've done that before and it's pretty scary at that moment when you delete the partition and there's no going back lol. Unfortunately, on my main laptop I need to keep Windows because I need MS Access... :(. Thanks for the comment!
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  602. Yep, been mentioned lots of times. I did mean to say Unix but said Linux for some reason and I didn't notice until it was uploaded. My bad lol But in a way, he did play a part in Linux ;)
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  603. Yes I thought using a file manager would be more graphical and better for new users to see, and less scary lol
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  604. That would be interesting but it would break a ton of compatibility for software that uses the drive letters. I could see there being temporary link to “virtual drive letters” but I think devs would just keep using them so it would never really go away. Plus, non-techy people would be very lost looking for their usb drives lol
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  605. Yes all program preferences like that typically have user settings in each user’s home folder so that you can have different settings.
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  606. There are many things it stands for but it was indeed originally the user folder. /usr is where home folders used to reside.
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  607.  @abcpea  lol
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  608. Matcha with Moka and Arc-Maia for icons.
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  609. Ubuntu Gnome
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  610. Thanks! I have plenty of videos on my channel and there will be more to come :) I hope you can give it another try! And remember, you can always try it out in a virtual machine!
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  611. No, but it can be installed using PlayOnLinux.
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  612. Aw but I DO wear a cape... ;) Thanks so much :)
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  613. Glad to shed some light on what's going on under the hood :). Cheers!
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  614. Yes, that's what I always tell people who comment about how much of a mess it is and how unorganized it is etc... No different than messing around in the Windows or Program Files folders, you just shouldn't if you don't know what you're doing. But in fact you can do more damage in Windows because it will allow you to delete some files that could be important. Linux won't let you without root permissions.
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  615. Thanks Paul!
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  616. Thanks!
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  617. Thank you!
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  618. Check the answer here for all the details https://askubuntu.com/questions/32507/how-do-i-get-a-list-of-installed-files-from-a-package
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  619. Because that's what real Linux users watch at 3AM lol Thanks for watching!
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  620. I was using Ubuntu Gnome for this video.
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  621. I think it was Matcha with Adapta and the Arc-Maia icon theme.
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  622. With Wine. It lets you run Windows software in Linux. I used another program called PlayOnLinux to install it.
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  623. I think this theme was Arc-Darker with the Moka and Arc-Maia icon themes.
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  624. Thanks very much Daniel! I appreciate it :)
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  625. Thank you! Viva La Bamba! ;)
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  626. Thanks! I thought it was appropriate 😁
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  627. It was from the idea, layout and philosophy. I never said it was from original source code.
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  628. Glad to help out. Thanks for watching!
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  629. Thanks :)
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  630. It’s Gnome with the Matcha system theme, Moka and Arc-Maia icon themes.
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  631. That was Ubuntu Gnome with the Dash to Dock extension.
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  632. Yes but the average user should only be working with files within their home folder anyways 😉 Thanks!
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  633. Correct, that's if you want to see only hidden files and folders. To see all, it's just ls -a
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  634.  @VV-wl8gb  I've never tried it.
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  635. Installing in the home folder is a good option! But you should always do backups! I have a couple videos on making backups in Linux.
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  636. You're so welcome!
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  637. Thanks for watching!
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  638. In this video I was running Ubuntu Gnome. But my main machine is now running Manjaro (Xfce) and Q4OS (KDE)
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  639. Lots of cuts because it was quite a long video. Thanks!
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  640. That's fantastic! Good luck on the coding, it's a very useful skill! Cheers and thank you :)
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  641. Linux and BSD were both written based on Unix but went in different directions, and use different Kernels, which is the core of the OS. They still do have very similar software and commands. But their licensing is very different. Some people choose BSD for reasons other than software available, and technically, Linux has more software and better hardware support because of its popularity.
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  642. It's a Gnome Extension called NVidia GPU Temperature Indicator.
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  643. Thanks!
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  644. Thank you! The music at the end of all my videos, as well as the background music in most of them are from a great guy named Andreas Rohdin (aka MrGamer). There's a link in the description to his Soundcloud where you can check out all his tunes!
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  645. Glad it can help you out!
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  646. Yes, in Windows 3.1 I had my batch file show a menu where you could boot with different options in DOS or boot into Windows :)
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  647. Thank you! And I thank the algorithm for bringing viewers like yourself :)
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  648. It's Gnome :)
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  649. You're wrong. It's in /bin and you can check by typing "type ls". If your system has an alias, it will show the alias, but you can also confirm by doing a "mount --bind /mnt /bin" and then try to do ls, you'll see it won't work because now your /bin folder is empty. Reboot to restore it. I know this for a fact because I've chrooted into a distro with an empty /bin folder and couldn't use ls.
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  650. As opposed to what? Every OS has similar folders, they're just not in the root, or they're hidden, or they're accessed in a different way via a registry or API's. Linux makes it simple, it just looks complicated.
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  651. I don’t understand what you’re asking....?
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  652. Nick Young Ubuntu Gnome.
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  653. I see everything 😉 I made a video on my themes here https://youtu.be/ocl4rnmdYYE Just make sure you install Gnome Tweak Tool to be able to change your themes.
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  654. Some 3rd party software that is not installed by the package manager will install itself in /opt. For example, VirtualBox Guest Additions is installed from a virtual CD in the virtual machine. You might also have something like scanner drivers, or other software that you would download and install using an installation file or script. All other software that you install using the package manager will install itself into the OS in /usr. Hope that clears it up!
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  655. Matcha with Arc-Maia icons.
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  656. Thank you very much!
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  657. So do I
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  658. Thank! I’m not familiar with Android so I’m not sure
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  659. It is Gnome with the Dash to Dock extension, Matcha theme and Moka and Arc-Maia icon sets :) Thank you!
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  660. You're welcome! Thanks for watching :)
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  661. Thank you! I appreciate the kind words!
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  662. Great to hear, thanks!
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  663. That's why the videos :)
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  664. Mostly because that's what everyone knows, and what businesses use. Also, when you buy a PC, it already has Windows on it. Luckily, Linux is free!
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  665. Thanks Karl! Skipped the background music throughout this time. Haven't had feedback on it so I'm not sure if peeps are liking it or not...
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  666. They can store cash if you have a bitcoin wallet in there ;)
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  667. Thanks! I really appreciate it!
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  668. Поделись, пожалуйста :)
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  669. Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for the comment 😁
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  670. Yes, with PlayOnLinux. And it was super easy!
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  671. Ubuntu Gnome
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  672. Hahaha Thanks for watching, and the thumbs up :)
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  673. Thank you!
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  674. Thank you very much!
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  675. I haven’t used Ubuntu for almost a year. I just happened to be using it then. Also, this is why I mentioned at the beginning of the video that different distros do things differently. As for snaps, they are a creation by Canonical and it is installed by default along with default apps as snaps...
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  676.  @AndreaTani  I wouldn't say all, but a lot of it. You can check the WineHQ website to see what works and what doesn't (PlayOnLinux is like a front-end configurator for Wine). Not all Photoshop versions are compatible. My license is for CS6 and it works great.
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  677. With PlayOnLinux. It allows you to install Windows applications in Linux and it's available in most distro's software centers.
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  678. Yes, but to the average user, you never have to touch anything outside the /home folder so it's not really an issue :)
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  679. That's great to hear! I love hearing about people who have switched over :
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  680. Pretty much ;) Most users only really need to manage their files like documents and video etc, and that is all done safely within your Home folder!
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  681. Glad to shed some light!
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  682.  @_sudipidus_  Yes, like Unix System Resources, or just being short for "user"...
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  683. Thanks Samuel! I do have a few more helpful videos on my channel 😉 And thanks for subscribing! I’m going to resume making videos very soon!
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  684. Yes but that includes its dependencies. Dependencies are also shared which means you only have to download them once and multiple Flatpaks can use it.
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  685. ​ @learningbird9940  Once all the major dependencies have been installed, it will only install the applications themselves since they share dependencies. Also, hard disk space is very cheap.
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  686. Yeah VI(M), emacs, Ed, nano... It really just depends on what you want to edit. Nano works fine for me 99% of the time. If it’s not installed then I’ll use VI(M).
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  687. I'm not really much of a developer anymore outside of basic Python or Bash scripts on occasion.
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  688. Yep pretty much. Like a much easier to use version that integrates into your existing package manager and requires no managing. Much better option for the average user.
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  689. It was created by the very talented Karl Schneider. You can find it here : https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1271328/ Also check out his Google Plus page for more artwork and wallpapers : https://plus.google.com/+KarlSchneider1
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  690. Thanks :)
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  691. Thanks Garth! Glad to hear you're on an Arch adventure :) It's a wonderful distro! I did a video on Void Linux that uses runit instead of systemd and it runs fantastic! Going to try it on hardware soon :)
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  692. Thank you very much, I appreciate the positive response :) Happy new year!
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  693. Hmm, I didn't have issues after updating with the Cinnamon ISO... I also installed a base ISO and it also updated fine. Do you know what exactly went wrong or what errors are coming up?
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  694. Well, I’ve done some test installs with KDE and XFCE so I’ll probably stick with those since they’re the two most popular DE’s. But the same steps just installing a different DE should be the same, and I’ll also be covering display(login) managers as well which can be used with any DE too.
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  695. It is different! For my Part 2 I’ll cover more of it and also use the base ISO with no Desktop Environment at all, and then build it up to a usable desktop. But I have something else to review that a distro dev has asked me to check out first. And then I’ll do Void Part 2.
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  696. Haven't tried it myself, but some recent answers here might help you get further ahead : https://www.reddit.com/r/voidlinux/comments/k6umiu/how_to_get_qtile_on_voidlinux/
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  697. You're right George! I'm really enjoying it :)
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  698. It's a Steelseries keyboard that's build into my MSI Leopard Pro laptop. Definitely my favorite keyboard ever :)
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  699. I have my low-energy days :D
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  700. Thanks! I don't remember where I got it. I typically seach for minimalist wallpapers and start downloading :)
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  701. Yep, they've already asked me to and I've been playing with it :)
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  702. Hey Bobby! Yeah long time not see :) I hope you give it a shot, and share your experience on how it went! Cheers man!
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  703. :D
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  704. This was not only a how to, but also a demo of how little work is actually involved it installing it.
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  705. I agree that it shouldn't be the first distro you try, unless you really want to head straight into the deep end of learning linux! For novice Linux users it is a great learning experience which can be frustrating if you get lost. The Wiki has a LOT of options, so my goal here was to keep it as simple as possible to get to a working desktop.
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  706. Thank you :)
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  707. Haha yeah maybe one day I'll be able to upgrade my test rig to have UEFI. I installed wine the easy way: By installing PlayOnLinux. I prefer POL because it sets everything up for you. I haven't manually configure Wine in a while... WiFi can be a pain if your card isn't supported OOTB... Luckily for me, when I installed it on my laptop (Intel WiFi) it worked straight away just using wifi-menu so it was pretty easy. I might try to find out of one of my laptops needs extra things and then show how to do it in the future. Cheers!
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  708. Thanks and I hope you enjoy the content!  I've been using Manjaro for quite a while and I really enjoy it.  Cheers!
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  709. Thank you very much :)
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  710. Too easy! 😉
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  711. Yes there’s many ways to do it, which makes it awesome
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  712. Thanks very much for the great comment! The guide is a lot to take in, so I want to show that you can really just skim through and do the important parts, and block out all the optional stuff that just causes stress lol After doing it once or twice it really makes it feel so much easier, trust me :)
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  713. Thanks Karl! I figured, if it's installing the base, why not everything else? Works well :) And yes we're all doing great, thanks, and I hope you're doing well also! Cheers brother.
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  714. Glad it was helpful!
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  715. Linux has really picked up speed with it's capabilities over the past couple of years. And I can only imagine how much better it will be in the next couple years to come!
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  716. Haha that's awesome! Stability at it's finest. I do hope that you at least enabled the automatic upgrades (unattended-upgrades)for security patches yes? :D
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  717. Thanks, and me too! :)
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  718. I use OBS
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  719. Nice! Yes I got myself a new XPS 13 with the 10th gen Intel as well. I was able to install Debian 10 buster by booting off of a Fedora Live ISO and using debootstrap to install onto my system. Then I used the debian backports to install kernel 5.8 and the newest firmware-iwlwifi package for my WiFi and everything is running great. A little more work involved, but it let me use Debian Stable with just the new kernel and wifi firmware :)
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  720. Yep, so stable that it's boring. That's the truth. But that's exactly what I need in systems that need to be reliable :)
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  721. Agreed!
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  722. Lorenzo Cabrini That’s a matter of perspective. Coming from Arch makes the Debian installer look simple. Coming from Ubuntu, MAC or Windows is a different story.
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  723. It is a real thing. I just happened to have very bad internet so it wasn’t a good idea to be using a rolling release. Debian and other fixed release distros make more sense when your connection is limited.
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  724. I’m using the Arc Darker theme, and the Papirus-Remix icons along with the Dash to Panel Gnome Shell Extension.
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  725. Sure, here you go : https://www.deviantart.com/joeljohnston/art/Low-Poly-Mountains-Cinema-4D-456552954
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  726. Arch is also great 😁
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  727. BECAUSE
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  728. It has had some handy moments for me. But I’ve also found that I had to resort to using the AUR simply because the only available options were DEB or RPM packages... So now I can just install the DEB packages.
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  729. Yep. I used a Debian derivative called Q4OS for a while and was using the testing repos to use future Buster packages long before it was released.
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  730. Yes I used Arch for a while, and it's great for customizing. But since I just use desktops like Gnome, Plasma and Cinnamon, I don't really need to do much customizing other than theming anyways, so it works for me. I also like to setup a minimal install to start as well, so that there's very little software to begin with and I can install only what I need.
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  731. That is the Cinnamon desktop.
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  732. I always ran Gnome on Arch. It's my fav DE. I had no issues until I just couldn't keep up with updates due to my internet connection. And also not having time to keep doing manualy interventions. I still love Arch, but I won't use it on my main machines as a main distro.
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  733. I used Manjaro for a long time before I switched to Arch. It’s nice, but it installs too many strange programs. It also gets just as many updates as Arch. I still use Arch, but not as much anymore. It just been less of a hassle with Debian.
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  734. Not really. Because the new packages overwrite the older ones.
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  735. If you want an adrenaline rush you could always switch to Sid repos 😁
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  736. Oh, I used Debian in the 90's for a long time too. But I've used many other distros over the years
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  737. Actually, flatpaks don't install the same dependencies multiple times. They are shared. If those options aren't for you, then there's always backports as well. I did a video on that as well.
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  738. You can’t customize updates, and that was the issue. I can get all the software I need in Debian. And if I really have to, I can also use Flatpaks.
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  739. lol
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  740. Yes I've heard complaints about the classic Debian installer from new users who are used to Ubiquity and Calamares installers. However, the new installer in Debian Live ISO's is a nicer interface that newer users are used to. And, even funnier for Gentoo users to hear this :)
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  741. Using Debootstrap is very much like installing Arch.
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  742. Yes they can all use the same swap partition.
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  743. Thanks for sharing. Pop is also pretty good.
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  744. You can just enable nonfree repos for that. You can also download the ISO that says nonfree right in the filename which includes nonfree software and drivers from the start. If you download the ISO that does not state nonfree, then no, you won't get proprietary software/drivers, but again, you can just enable it.
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  745. Gnome
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  746. I’ve used Fedora quite a bit. My production machine had Fedora on it, but it kept freezing while recording with OBS for some reason, so I switched it to Arch and now Debian. I will say however that if I’m running Fedora for a stable system, I would rather just skip to Fedora Silverblue. I like it a lot (hence why I did 2 videos on it 😁)
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  747. Darxx 84 Just do a search for “low poly mountains” and you’ll find it along with many other similar ones. It’s one of my favorites
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  748.  @jonnyso1  Nah. First thing I always do with Gnome is change to Xorg on the login screen :D
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  749. You can setup a root password afterwards by going “sudo passwd root”, enter your users password then and it will prompt you to enter root’s new password.
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  750. Yes of course I knew this. But my issue that made me switch was that I had bad internet and couldn't keep running updates beause it was too slow and unstable. Using Debian Testing or Sid would have just meant much more updates.
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  751. You can also put together your own desktop on Debian as well. And if you want to do it from scratch, check out debootstrap. It’s like installing Debian in a similar was as installing Arch.
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  752. Yep. Already running backports for new kernel and LibreOffice 7 👍
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  753. Thanks very much!
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  754. Thanks Johan! Yes I'm pretty sure you're a Peppermint for life user :)
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  755. Mint in based on Ubuntu, LMDE is based on Debian. So some packages are a little older, but the Cinnamon desktop itself is up-to-date since the Mint devs make it. However, you can use backports or flatpaks for newer software. I recommend backports. You can check my recent video on using backports. With it I'm on Debian 10 but running kernel 5.7 and LibreOffice 7.
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  756. I may just enable auto updates as well.
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  757. You can use something like VirtualBox for a while if you have enough RAM and CPU power to test it out. Or, you can even buy an old $100 laptop or PC, throw a $30 SSD in it, and install Linux on that. It runs very well on older hardware, especially if using Desktop Environments like KDE, MATE, Xfce etc...
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  758. I was away for 7 months. And I was still using the internet so I wanted security updates. Does that answer your childish question?
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  759. Haha I’ve heard that before! Yes I game on Debian just fine with kernel 4.19. However, check my latest video on how to update your kernel with backports. I’m running kernel 5.7 now and it works great too.
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  760. Thank you!
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  761. Yes, I already downloaded that the other day and I'm going to try it out!
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  762. Thanks Aris! 👍
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  763. To each their own 😁 I like other DE’s as well, but I’ve been using Gnome for 20 years so it’s hard to change
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  764. Thank you and I'm glad to hear it! For what it's worth, RedHat is dropping CentOS entirely at the end of 2021 so it would be time to switch regardless. I think you'll like Debian for it's simplicity and stability. Cheers!
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  765.  @ivanguerra1260  No. Backports is not the testing branch. It’s software destined for the testing branch that is recompiled on Debian Stable. Check the video I linked above for it.
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  766. As I mentioned in the video, I was traveling at the time and using the internet where I was temporarily living. I have very fast internet at home.
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  767. Thank you! Yes, Debian is great
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  768. I was on a 7 month travel so no. You should not go that long without security updates.
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  769. I use the Dash to Panel shell extension. Works great and highly customizable.
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  770. I've tried Arcolinux. But after switching from Manjaro to Arch, I didn't want to use any other Arch-based distros.
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  771. Nurullah AKSAY crazy. I wonder if there was just something going on with gpg at the time...
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  772. Really? I think apt has only broken on me once, ever lol
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  773. Yeah those were the days of when I was installing Linux back in the 90’s, all by hand lol
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  774. Haha, well, they do say that Debian is so stable it's boring. But yes I just needed my 2 main working systems to be super stable and always available to use, and I'm still happy I made that choice today.
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  775. Yay! Thank you!
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  776. The low amount of update in Debian (and most fixed-releases) can be very useful for many people.
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  777. I did not experience that and found it was too much time wasted on maintenance. I also don't really have a need for the latest packages because what I have works and I'm not missing out on any features I need. If I do need anything newer, I just install from Backports or use the Flatpak version which is usually the newest version. I'm currently running Debian with kernel 5.10 from Backports.
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  778. Awesome. Pop is great too. I just wanted to try to stick to a root distro. Kind of been doing that for a while now; Arch, Void, NixOS, Fedora and now Debian...
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  779. Hey Colin!I wouldn’t run Debian Sid if you wanted stability my man. But if you’re looking towards Debian but a little newer, I’d recommend Mint 20. Real close to Debian but with a few newer things and kernel 5.3 instead of Debian’s 4.19 (4.19 is still running great on my new machine though). Pop is also a great choice though. You could do what I did and set up a dual-boot system, install 2 distros you’re stuck between and set them both up for production. Then once you’ve made your decision, delete the one you didn’t choose and reclaim that partition space for the one you chose. Great hearing from you and glad to see you’re still at it! Cheers
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  780. I think I’d prefer the flatpaks. If I want to do some extra in order to get newer packages, then flatpaks would be pretty recent versions of everything.
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  781. I did a while back and for some reason, I was never really into suse... Not that it's not good, it just didn't click I guess
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  782. Because I was on a 7-month work contract overseas, and the only time I didn't have work was when I was eating or sleeping lol I would eat supper, then go right back to work all evening until I went to bed. Then start all over again. It was extremely busy, and the whole COVID-19 thing made things so much worse because I had to try doing much more work from my room using my slow connection.
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  783. Nice to hear! Well, it comes with Firefox ESR, which still receives updates when needed. I personally am leaning more towards Chromium lately. I had switched from Chromium to Firefox a while back but I'm coming back to Chromium again.
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  784. Bani Ahmad Check out my review on BlankOn 11.0 :) https://youtu.be/5xGj5oDwgNA
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  785. I will look into it! Thanks for the tip :)
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  786. Yes my office is very echo-y! And my microphone isn't the greatest either... I've mentioned before that I was going to look into some sound deadening panels for my walls. I'll definitely have to explore some options. Thanks for the tip ;)
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  787. It happens :D thanks!
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  788. Thanks for the comment! I’m always happy to hear positive remarks :) thanks for watching and for subscribing!
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  789. Yes I am thanks for asking! I've just been extremely busy and I've been away from home for a long time working. Just trying to catch up on comments :)
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  790. Thank you! I'm very interested to see how the Pinephone fairs out.
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  791. I'm actually capturing the video output of the USB-C port.
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  792. Thanks Alex! :)
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  793. Thank you! I’m working on a few videos now. I’ve been overwhelmed with work and I’m also away from home for a while so it’s been difficult lately. But it’s coming. Thanks for the nice words 👍
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  794. Thanks Garth and same to you!
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  795. With only watching a bit of YouTube, 4-6 hours. I get 6+ just with basic web browsing and telegram. I could see 8+ hours a possibility.
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  796. I think the performance for the price is very fair. I could only assume that a future version could keep roughly the same price but with newer components for much better performance. We'll have to see what happens. At this point, it's a really good example of what can be done.
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  797. It works for me. I can also power the Pinebook from my Laptop via USB-C as well!
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  798.  @Darkest_matter  And hands on via video capture, which is miles better than recording the screen with a camera. There are plenty of videos of people handling it already, so I didn't think there was a need for another one. This was also shows more detail with closeups.
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  799. I do. I’ve been using it for weeks now.
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  800. Thanks Karl! I'm lovin it :)
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  801. Not sure. My Pinebook died 8 months ago.
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  802. Thank Ben. Yes if I'm being honest, it's a great device, but I wouldn't rely on it being a main computer since it's new. But it will improve in the future for sure. For browsing on the couch or travel, it's great!
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  803. That's a good question. I'm guessing the ARM kernel follows a different path than the x86/64 one. 4.4 was an LTS as well. It could be because of the whole spectre/meltdown fiasco which didn't affect ARM processors.
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  804. 6-ish with little or no video watching. 8 is entirely possible if just editing documents.
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  805. A few are listed that haven’t been updated in a while. There are also several that didn’t work for me at all and wouldn’t boot at all. The ones that I mentioned in the video did work, as well as Q4OS.
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  806. There are only a handful of distro’s available at the moment that work on the Arm CPU. Manjaro is currently the one that’s advancing the most.
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  807. But cheaper and better 😁
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  808. Coffee, hydrating and at least 8 hours of sleep will help you with that issue 😂
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  809. Thank you! I appreciate it!
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  810. Yes that's an option for sure. I'm still going to wait for Manjaro to get the suspend function working...
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  811. Glad to hear!
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  812. Depends on the installer. But I don't see why you would want to do this. The OS depends on files being is a specific location, so that when grub updates, it updates the right files.
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  813. Thanks!
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  814. Yes but that’s beyond the basics that I’m introducing here. Chaining is a little more advanced.
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  815. That's complicated. You could probably change the label fairly easy, but even if you change config files within Ubuntu to ensure if gives a different name when you update grub, there's a good chance that your changes will be overwritten with a system updates. This means the next update that triggers a grub update will likely put things back to how they originally were before you changed them. Now I haven't actually tried this to be sure so it might be worth experimenting with if you're curious. As I said in this video, I think this is something that distro devs need to address. Installing distro B and having a bootloader entry called distro A isn't right. In fact, I'm pretty sure there's a rule that if you're using a distro as a base for your own distro, you are required to remove all branding of the original distro which includes any mention of the name and any logos. This should also mean the name it labels the bootloader with.
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  816. Yep, that's another way of doing it as well!
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  817. Glad I could help, thank you!
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  818.  @Golgafrincham  That’s really odd because most of the USB sticks I use are USB 3.0. Glad you got it working though!
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  819.  @DanielBrosman08211986  Well, if you're just using virtual machines then yes you can create as many as you want. But this is for installing on hardware in different partitions.
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  820. That's what I would like distros to start doing. Create their own EFI entries, insteady of reusing the existing layouts from the distros they're derived from. It's a lazy way of doing things to be honest, and wouldn't be that much work for them to do.
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  821. Thanks! Yes things are fine. Just been busy with real life since my 2nd child was born and took a break.
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  822. I always try a distro in a VM first. I'll use it for a while, and if I really like it, then I install it on hardware. When I install on hardware, I'll typically keep using the same bootloader and just update grub so that the new distro shows up as a selection.
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  823. Yes you can!
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  824. You could yes. But that may cause issues if the different distros have different versions of packages. That’s because there’s lots of hidden directories in your home folder that contain all your configuration files. With most file managers you can press CTRL+H to toggle seeing hidden files and directories.
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  825.  @DarkNaifu  Precisely! And the bonus is that you can try as many distro as you want because they don't cost a cent to download.
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  826. Testing, trying out other distros, wanting to use one OS but needing one program only available in another. Or just tinkering.
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  827. Great to hear!
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  828. Unfortunately that's just how it works. What you can do it press the key during boot for your system to select what bootloader you want to load and choose Windows so you don't have to enter the key. I know it's an extra step, but this is something you have to live with if using Bitlocker. Personally I just disabled Bitlocker to make life easier, and so that I can access my Windows partition easily from Linux.
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  829. No it can't. Each OS runs its own package manager to handle what is installed. Mixing them together would be a nightmare, especially since files are installed in multiple different directories on a system.
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  830. Glad you found it handy! As for CUDA, assuming you're using 18.04, check this out : https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/How-to-install-CUDA-9-2-on-Ubuntu-18-04-1184/ The instructions state to download a runfile. I'd say give it a shot, but I would personally first try the deb(local) file and install that with apt-get.
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  831. This is on Manjaro? It should just be the one command to get it : "sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300" If you open the app "Manjary Settings", there's an option for "Hardware Configuration". Make sure video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-bumblebee are installed under both graphics cards by right-clicking and select "install" if it's not. Also ensure video-linux is installed under both, and video-vesa under the Intel. Right-click and remove anything else that says it's installed and reboot.
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  832. That's great to hear and I'm glad it helped you out! Cheers and thanks for watching!
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  833. Hey, glad you found it handy! Curious about that delay though... What exactly is delayed? Is it the volume popup on the screen or the actual volume change? Or both?
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  834. Of course! The Application (GTK) theme is Matcha, the icon theme is Arc-Maia (You have to also install the Moka icon theme) and the shell theme is Adapta-Teal-Nokto. Bit of a mix of everything but I like how it looks :) Thanks for watching!
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  835. Glad to help dude :)
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  836. Yes it should work the same!
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  837. If you're Nvidia is switched on, yes. If you're using it with the Intel GPU, it should work provided your distro is up to date and you're using 16.04 or 18.04. You can get it to work in 14.04 as well but I can't confirm that. You also need a Skylake gen or newer Intel CPU. Anything before Skylake and before 16.04 is no guarantee that it'll work, but some people have done it.
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  838. No problem. Not sure what kind of performance you’ll get with animations, I think you’ll just have to try it out. Glad it works for you.
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  839. avez shariq You bet, here’s a video of mine on installing Manjaro: https://youtu.be/dfUH9tibZb8 And once installed, open the terminal and run “sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300” And then reboot. That’s it! Then run applications with your Nvidia GPU by running them as “optimus glxgears” for example. Replace glxgears with whatever app you want to run.
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  840. instalar nvidia & bumblebee paquetes
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  841. Glad it helped you out! Thanks for watching :)
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  842. ollerich32 Very odd! Optimus support with Ubuntu has gone downhill since 14.04... we’re at the point now of using glue and duct tape to get it working... Since it’s very hard to diagnose over comments here, I would suggest asking in askubuntu.com where you can post much more of your system information, and hopefully get some help there. Myself, I’ve switched over to Manjaro and Optimus works perfectly as it should. See my video titled “And the winner is” to see the one command I used to enable it.
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  843. With PlayOnLinux
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  844. I know PlayOnLinux has a good list of games that run well under Wine, but I don't use it. I play games (through Steam) that are available on Linux and only have 2-3 that are Windows-only. Linux is great for gaming, and in some cases better.
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  845. Great to hear! By the way, switching without rebooting works perfectly in Manjaro. That’s what I use now.
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  846. You're welcome :)
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  847. I knew when making this video not everyone would agree with me, which is fine and I respect that. Just like this video is only my opinion, and it’s a shame not everyone respects my opinion equally.
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  848. That’s a good option! They run Linux well
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  849. Awesome :) Big difference!
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  850. I hope it went well!
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  851. Software by a million dollar company, then a billion dollar company that bought it in 2000 definitely makes a difference. Either way, I'm not gonna get nasty with a Mac user, I proved my point in my video and said what I wanted to say. I even said in my pinned comment that I was expecting some hate from Mac users so... Done. Thanks for watching!
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  852. Thanks for the comment! I do wish there was an OS that was mid-way between MacOS and Linux. But if I had to choose, I'd take Linux. You are right that Mac just works, but I hate how little you can customize it. Change your wallpaper, that's it... I do use my Nvidia GPU, and to me the perfect WORK laptop is a 15/17" ultrathin/light with a fast i7 and only an Intel GPU. Also must have a number pad...
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  853. Oh I know, I'm a huge linux user since the early 90's :D I just find it funny that Linux still runs better with MacOS than MacOS does lol
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  854. That's temporary. And I could have done everything and rebooted once as well... The command 'rpm-ostree ex livefs' will mount the new image layer without rebooting, but it's still experimental right now. I tried it once and it worked for me to just install ffmpeg-libs.
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  855.  @EthanLR  TimeShift is my favorite backup solution, and I also have a video on it. But using Silverblue or NixOS means you don't really need a backup because previous versions of packages are kept unless you clear them out. However, it IS always a good idea to create backups on another drive in case your hard drive has a full failure. Because Silverblue or NixOS cannot save you if the actual drive fails.
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  856. Get Trumped it’s really not that hard. Of course future versions will be better.
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  857. You can apply the upgrades without rebooting, but it's experimental at the moment. I discussed it in the update video. Hopefully it won't be long before reboots won't be needed.
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  858. Cool, just be patient with the reboots ;)
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  859. Endless OS is supposed to use it but I’ve never tried it.
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  860.  @masifakbar  As I said I haven't had a chance to try using other images yet. I will eventually.
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  861. You can use any OCI-compliant image, and I think CentOS is available but I haven’t tied any others yet. Those toolboxes should remained untouched.
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  862. Yes
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  863. Yes Michael, there's some things to iron out of course, and I must admit that we need more detailed documentation.
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  864. It is Manjaro Gnome and I’m using the Dash to Panel extension.
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  865. No but there no real need. If you want to keep a particular layer, you can pin it and it will keep that layer forever. Look up 'rpm-ostree admin pin'
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  866. The toolbox is basically a Fedora Workstation command line with access to the GUI. You can install anything that is available in Fedora in the toolbox. This includes using dnf to install, rpmfusion, downloading rpms or even building from source.
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  867. The Flatpaks do not care about the OS
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  868. Nope 😁
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  869. You can install other desktop environments if you want to.
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  870. Actually it IS like that. In fact, you could just pull the plug in the middle of a system upgrade and it’ll be fine. It will just boot up like the upgrade never started.
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  871. For the mostpart it just runs in the background. It is sort of complicated, but that's what makes it so stable.
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  872. FinneousPJ1 Of all the distros I run and test, Manjaro and Q4OS have been my main 2 distros for a long time. You’ll notice I have more Manjaro videos and any other on my channel.
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  873. Indeed. I also did 3 videos on NixOS 😁
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  874. What you are describing is the toolboxes.  The software you run in a toolbox has complete access to your hardware, your home folder, the Dbus, your display server etc etc.  It's basically like running it in your host system, except in a container that has a different OS version and different package versions.  This way you can test your software easily between various version of Fedora Workstation and the various versions of all of its packages.
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  875. Exactly. A bad update can never ruin the system, even if the power goes out mid-way through.
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  876. After you reboot and you’re at the login screen, click on your username. It will prompt for your password and you’ll see a little gear icon under where you enter your password. Click it and select Cinnamon. Then login.
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  877. Thanks! Glad you got it up and running! Not sure if you caught it, but at the end of the video I install a different desktop which you might like better; Cinnamon. Thanks for watching and subscribing!
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  878. If you like to customize your OS or you are a dev for OS components then this is not for you.  However, if you want a solid system that just works and is not affected by power outages or failed OS upgrades, then this is for you.  Also, good for software devs, servers, production machines and large-scale deployments on a corporate/enterprise level.  It might not be for the average user, but it very well could be.  Especially for new users who sometimes break things by accident ;)
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  879. We may be the last two!
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  880. I actually tend to say it both ways. Someone from one side always complains 😁 I personally don’t care how someone says it as long as I know what they’re talking about.
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  881. I have seen this come up before, and who knows, it might happen in the future.
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  882. In a way yes. But part of the goal is to always have a bootable system even in the even if upgrade or power failure in the middle of upgrading.
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  883. I did, but I still use Gnome on my production machine that you see in this video. But I'm actually usually on Cinnamon lately.
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  884. Nope. I just like the panel on the bottom now :)
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  885. It's Manjaro Gnome with the Dash to Panel extension. I typically don't use Gnome anymore but my production setup is all on it and I haven't move it yet :)
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  886. Like most things, it's a work in progress ;). We can only hope that all these new things come together smoothly.
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  887. I just put it on my production system. It’s a bit of work to get it set up but I think it’s worth it in the long run.
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  888. The rebooting is temporary. There is a way to merge the images without rebooting but it's experimental at the moment. To be fair, the rebooting only needs to happen during setup, and then only when there's a system upgrade.
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  889. Right on!
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  890. Once you finished the install, you need to shutdown the VirtualMachine, and then remove the ISO from the virtual cd drive. Then it should boot to the hard drive.
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  891. I use many 😁
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  892.  @thenextpoetician6328  My old Core2Quad runs quite well after putting in an SSD drive. It's what I use in this video and not bad for a 10 year old machine. I'm soon going to be looking at building a Ryzen machine for production. Should be sorta cheap and decently powerful.
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  893. That's too bad, I'm sorry it didn't work out for you. UEFI can be finicky for sure, and it seems not all motherboards handle them the same way because you can get different results on different machines...
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  894. And also developers and production machines 😁
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  895. Linux mounts the home directory in a different location. That location is read-write. The rest is read-only. Learn how Linux works before making yourself look like a fool. And just because you fail to understand something or even bother looking it up, that doesn’t make it incorrect lol Obviously you know nothing about Linux, so why even comment?
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  896. I've been using it for over a week on my main machine as my main distro and I've been happy with it so far. I'm going to keep it on so that I can use it for video production and see how it goes. I'll be posting an update on my thoughts later on.
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  897. Thanks so much for watching and subscribing! I appreciate the kind comments and hope you enjoy more of the channel!  Cheers! :)
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  898. Thanks! Well, due to the nature of how the images work, when you reboot, you're technically rebooting into an entirely new and updated OS. You can also rebase the OS and set the image for Silverblue 28 if you need to downgrade, or even switch to CentOS, then when you reboot you're now in that OS, and all your applications and documents are still there.
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  899. LOL Awesome :D
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  900. Awesome, good luck to you! And be patient with all the initial reboots ;) Once it's setup, you don't have to keep doing it lol
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  901. It might not be for everyone.  Just like there is no one distro or method of doing things for everyone.  But this doesn't even require a restore from a backup.  If you have a failed update, or power outage during the OS upgrade, then nothing happens.  Your original image was never touched.  If you reboot, it will just reboot into the original working image, and it only takes as much time as it takes for your computer to reboot.
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  902. I completely agree.  There is a big lack of good clear documentation and I had to do a lot of testing and digging to find things out.  To be fair, it's still kind of new and there's room for improvement, so I'm hoping all the clear documentation is coming together somewhere, and will be published soon.  We can only hope!
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  903. I’ve found that sometimes it needs a reboot before that stuff kicks in. After that, login, open the software center, click the updates tab and click the button in the corner to check for updates.
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  904. Well it’s actually pretty smooth for a 10 year old machine. And to be honest I didn’t notice lots of screen tearing, but then again I wasn’t looking for it 🤪 most devices should work like they do in Fedora Workstation. I don’t have AMD graphics but afaik they’re supported by the kernel aren’t they?
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  905. That's a shame. You don't like using LibreOffice? I think wine works better if you install it in a toolbox.
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  906. It’s been pretty solid for me. Just upgraded to 32 not long ago
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  907. Thank you!
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  908. Yeah, and I actually had an example using GIMP's layers to show how they're layered on top of eachother but switched to my example here in the video... Once you keep getting updates, your previous layers merge together, which is like the "Merge Down" option on a photoshop layer.
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  909. Boom!
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  910. Shared folders have always been a hit-and-miss for me. I'm not sure if it's distro-specific of VirtualBox but since upgrading to VirtualBox 6 I've had no luck getting it working. Worked fine in VirtualBox 5.2....
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  911. Thanks very much!
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  912. Indeed it is.  Perhaps give it a shot in a VM or something.  I'm afraid this probably won't make it as a BDLL challenge just because it's much less user friendly and a little different.
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  913. Thank you. I’m going to have follow-up videos as well with more detailed info, one for OSTree and one for toolboxes.
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  914. Great to hear, glad you got it working! 😁
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  915. Yes. I installed it with PlayOnLinux.
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  916. It’s been great! I’m still using Manjaro but I switched to Xfce months ago and I’m very happy with it. But I also have Q4OS 3.5 installed which I use a lot too. It’s based on Debian Buster so it’s still like a rolling release and runs Nvidia Optimus very well!
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  917. Nothing is wrong with snaps per se. However, they belong more in a server environment, not so much in a daily personal PC. They're slower to load, and they don't integrate well with other OS features, which is why the Ubuntu system monitor doesn't use the same theming as the rest of the OS. In my opinion, there is no need for regular users' systems to run everything as snaps, but Ubuntu seems to be heading that way. Many applications have already been replaced with snaps by default in Ubuntu, like the System Monitor and Calculator. I really don't know why the Calculator needs to be a snap... It's just too much, and I don't like Canonical's (Ubuntu's) decision.
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  918. The AUR is definitely handy. A one-stop shop instead of seeking out PPA's like you mentioned. I eventually moved on from Manjaro to Arch and I've been very happy with it.
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  919. I have no idea. Just to be different I guess. I started in the 90's, before we had YouTube and whatnot, and all I could do was read it on websites. I always said like nome, not the Gah-nome. Same with GNU. I always said G. N. U. but they said like Gah-new. I personally don't care how someone says it, or how I say it, as long as it's understood what you're talking about!
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  920. That's a shame :( What about PopOS?
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  921. Depending on the file manager, it'll be in the left bar usually. There are no lettered drives like "C" in Linux. This explains it and more : https://youtu.be/HbgzrKJvDRw As for Photoshop, this is how to install Windows software in Linux : https://youtu.be/wqyk3Mb9U68
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  922. Yep, I only had Manjaro mess up once over a year ago when I last tried it. And it was just a bad WiFi driver update which got fixed. It happens. In any case, restoring from a backup saves you.
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  923. Yes I’ve caught a few episodes. He’s offered to have me join one of his shows. One day I will 😉
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  924. Hi Waceman! It's a Gnome extension and I did a video on it here : https://youtu.be/RkdtJXgWHd8 As for Deepin vs Gnome, I'm a huge Gnome fan. Deepin is ok, but I find the UI very odd. I've tried to use it many times but I can't get myself to like it.
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  925. Hey Devon, thanks for the compliments! I really appreciate it. One thing I always try to do is reply to my viewers and answer questions :) At least I try as much as possible. I know one day if I get enough subscribers it will be much harder to reply to everyone, but I will still try! Thanks a lot for subscribing, hope you enjoy the content! -Dorian
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  926. Oh I do, and also IRC sometimes. But my channel is something I like to keep rather newbie friendly and help out the people who are just getting started.
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  927. For a new user getting their feet wet, askubuntu is great because it's very specific to Ubuntu. Once you get the idea, then the other stack exchange sites are great as well. As for your driver question, sometimes with Optimus hardware, you need to set some acpi settings in grub first or you won't be able to boot into a graphical environment. I've mentioned that in other videos as well.
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  928. No but I do use Steam. No issues with Optimus, and super easy to setup (literally one terminal command, or use the GUI). Works flawlessly with my GTX960M. I also use Blender and Kdenlive with my Nvidia GPU. This is all just a matter of running "optirun execname". Replace execname with whatever program you want to run....
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  929. Give Q4OS a try. You can install any desktop with their profiler tool.
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  930. Some snaps are handy yes. What I don't like about Ubuntu is that they're forcing it on you, that's all.
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  931. Open a terminal, and just type "sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300" Then reboot. That's it! It does everything for you and there's nothing really to configure. You can read more about it here: https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?title=Configure_NVIDIA_(non-free)_settings_and_load_them_on_Startup
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  932. I never noticed a difference between the two to be honest, except that with primusrun I get a warning message "/usr/bin/primusrun: line 41: warning: command substitution: ignored null byte in input" So I use optirun instead. I haven't had any problems running Steam Play with bumblebee except for Astroneer, which I think is just plain not gonna work no matter what.
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  933. I made a video for you on how to do this : https://youtu.be/ra1267x9wVM
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  934. Click the "hamburger" button to open the menu and click customize. In this window, click Toolbars > Bookmark Bar to show the bookmarks bar. Now drag the blank spaces next to the address bar down to remove them, and move the bookmarks bar next to the address bar. Then re-hide the bookmarks bar. I'm going to make a video today on how to do it ;)
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  935. Not much of a gamer to be honest. The ones I do play aren't triple-A 4k titles anyways so need to buy a console for me.
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  936. It is! I've been wanting to try Linux on different devices but I'll probably play with a Raspberry Pi first.
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  937. This exact thing happened to me a year or two ago which made me switch to something else, and my WiFi also stopped working. I retried it 3 months before this video and I haven't had an issue since! I'd say you should give it another chance. It seems to have been all fixed now.
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  938. Agreed. I always copy my themes and wallpapers over to any distro I use anyways so I don’t mind a bland default theme. Thanks for the comments! Hope you subscribed 🤓
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  939. Same, pretty awesome! Hope they keep it up, I'll never leave!
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  940. There's a distro for everybody! I had issues with screen recording in KDE so I couldn't keep it and stuck with Gnome. The only way I could solve it was by disabling the compositor, which I didn't want to do... You can also make Gnome look like KDE, check this out : https://youtu.be/RkdtJXgWHd8 I'm happy to see Manjaro reach the top as well. It's my #1 rolling release distro. Q4OS being my #1 fixed release distro. Thanks for the comment Eugene!
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  941. Thank you. I actually never use firewalls lol Not to say that they aren't important, but Linux is pretty secure on its own. Firewall video is on my list :)
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  942. Never too late to learn Linux and new things. You're also a few years younger than me, you'll do fine lol For desktops, coming from Windows, I would suggest either KDE Plasma, or XFCE. You can try them in Virtual Machines as well using Virtualbox, or, when you create a boot USB, just load it up and use it for a bit to see how you like it and ensure all your hardware works (especially networking). XFCE will run better than KDE on older hardware.
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  943. Yeah it has its limitations...
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  944. Still quite happy myself as well. I'm now running Manjaro Xfce just to give it a shot. The devs are great, and I've been a little involved in their communications during the 18.0 release, providing some feedback and getting great info from the project leader Philip. They are very dedicated and professional.
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  945. Yes I have PS CS6 installed through PlayOnLinux.
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  946. You're correct about how it basically works. The Intel GPU runs your graphical environment which uses less battery. At this point, the Nvidia GPU is completely turned off. When you launch an application under the Nvidia GPU, it fires up and runs under Nvidia. There's two differences in how it works here; The Windows implementation of the Nvidia software is a lot more complex, and makes the Optimus switching work as intended. Basically (in Windows), the system will automatically switch when it detects a game running, and you don't have to do anything yourself. The Linux version is more of a manual thing. You need to run the "optimus" command before your command to make bumblebee launch the application using the Nvidia GPU. This is why in Steam, I set the games that are graphics heavy to run with optimus. It will not automatically take advantage of the Nvidia GPU to run games, you have to tell it to do so. You can also do the same with any application that uses a GPU for rendering like Blender or Kdenlive. Just launch it as "optirun kdenlive" or edit your application launcher file (.desktop file) to permanently execute is as such every time. You may also find some sites that claim to use "primusrun". This can currently be used as well, and they both do the same thing, but since I get a harmless warning message using primusrun, I just use optirun.
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  947. It may not work... It wouldn’t switch for me on Ubuntu, but I have another video for installing Optimus on Ubuntu 18.04 that might work. But that method requires you to reboot when you want to change GPUs
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  948. Yeah I’ve been using it for a couple week but I’m not a fan of hanging to logout to switch GPUs. That’s not what it was designed to do, it’s designed to switch on the fly.
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  949. You're welcome! :)
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  950. Not really. But if you plan to install any other 32-bit software you might have to.
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  951. The file thing I do is to let you run 32-bit applications with optirun. For some reason it doesn't do it by default and will crash if you try to run 32bit programs. The icon on the taskbar is a separate application.
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  952. Yes I did try PopOS with the pre-installed Nvidia driver, but it didn't work with Optimus/Bumblebee. The only way to change was to switch GPU and reboot.
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  953. Strange. I'm still running an install of Q4OS 3.4 which is based on Debian Buster, and I'm still able to use optirun/primusrun to execute on the Nvidia GPU... I'll look into it a bit and possibly reinstall a Debian Buster distro to try this again.
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  954. Very cool Garth! Just watched it. Glad to be brought out of the dark corners of YouTube and get a shoutout :) I'm not quite set up for live yet and my schedule is pretty crazy at the moment. Got a baby due in the next 2 weeks as well so you can imagine I'm sure haha Thanks so much, I truly appreciate it. Just trying to do my part and contribute to the community. I WILL join you all one day for sure :)
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  955. I don't think a GPU is really needed for photo editing, and I'm not sure if GIMP supports it. I do know Photoshop supports GPU processing but I don't find a big difference between CPU/GPU editing... For video editing, I always use CPU, but for screen recording I have been trying to use GPU processing (NVENC) but again, I don't see a huge difference either way.
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  956. Cool thanks Daniel!
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  957. Thanks for the tip! Does this mean you need to add that repo then? Is it not included in the official repos?
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  958. Thanks for the tip! I've had good luck getting it to work most of the time. However, I just switched my production machine from an Nvidia card to an AMD, and wow, what a difference! So much easier with no driver to install. I haven't purchased a Radeon card since they were still owned by ATI! I think from now on I'll stick with AMD and no more dual-GPU laptops!
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  959.  @androidphone6880  Xfce isn't for everyone no. But it is one of my fav DE's. Out of the box it's not great, but I always remove the dock at the bottom, move the top panel to the bottom and add launchers to it, and then apply a nice theme to top it off. I also swap out the application launcher with Whiskermenu, and then it very much looks and feels like Cinnamon.
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  960. Oh no! That's a shame, but it should have worked. I've used Optimus in Q4OS before, and even posted instructions in their forum. I basically followed the Debian Wiki instructions but had to make a symlink if I remember correctly.
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  961. I don’t think there’s another way. You need the space so there’s no way to cheat this.
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  962.  @PoorlyTranslated  I usually flip in between two. I used Manjaro and Q4OS for a long time. But the past couple months I've been using Silverblue and Arch. I think I'll be sticking with them for good.
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  963. What’s not?
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  964. I have to agree there and yes I have the same problem. Usually I’ll just copy what I need into my local home folder. This is a rare thing though. Usually for ISO files to use with Gnome Boxes virtual machines.
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  965. The only 2 I wouldn't mix personally are KDE and Gnome because they run lots of their own softwares, and it also makes a mess of having both DE's applications, like Gnome Files AND Dolphin etc... Running great so far, and works well for production!
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  966. I played with NixOS briefly before, and I'll look into it again. Never heard of GuixSD though.
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  967. Yes I've been a TimeShift fan for a while but this is a whole different thing. I think I would still use TimeShift to backup my home directory, but it might be overkill and DejaDup might work well enough.
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  968. Application settings are not affected by rolling back, only the applications themselves are. So if you bookmark something and then rollback to a previous configuration, the bookmark will still be there.
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  969. Thanks Chuck! I was on my cell phone when I replied so it was hard to find :)
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  970. Thanks. I don’t remember exactly where I got it but just search for abstract triangle wallpapers.
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  971. It is interesting indeed, and like nothing I've used before. But it's working very well so far. Thanks for watching!
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  972. Yes it is!
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  973. I've never used Spark. but directories like /etc and /var which are written to often, are writable by applications. If it doesn't work properly for whatever reason, you could always install Spark in a toolbox container as well.
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  974. If you let Silverblue do the auto-partitioning it’ll pick LVM. But if you do it manually, you can also choose regular ext4 as well. Works the same no matter which you pick, it’s just that Fedora always defaults to LVM.
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  975. I will be making a 3rd Silverblue video 🙂
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  976. Not yet, but it is on my to-do list :)
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  977. Most apps are available yes. It can also run Flatpaks which opens up more options. But if you really need to, you can also add or build a missing package as well. They give you all the instructions on how to do it on their website.
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  978. So you're saying your system does not support UEFI or is it installed in Legacy mode? Do you know if your partition table is MBR or GPT?
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  979. Update is due VERY soon ;)
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  980. An MBR disk is limited to 4 partitions, but you can cheat this. If you really want to have /home on another partition, you'll have to delete one of the partitions (likely the one you created for netrunner). Then create an extended partition that takes up the new free space. Once done, you can create 2 partitions within the extended partition, one for root / and one for /home. This is how you can create more than 4 partitions with MBR.
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  981. That's a good idea for a video ;)
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  982. Thank you! I haven't experienced what you're talking about personally, but maybe someone else will chime in. Is this a PC or laptop you're talking about?
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  983. Thank you! Sometimes I just find websites with lots of nice wallpapers and I start downloading. I just google search.
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  984. Thanks! There are tons of wallpapers like this online. Just do a google image search for "low poly mountains" and you'll get lots of options :)
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  985. Awesome thank you! In a nutshell, the acpi_osi options tell Linux to lie to the BIOS about what operating system it is. Because some features get disabled if Windows isn't running. This stops that from happening.
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  986. Thank you very much!
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  987. That is possible and an easy way to save time
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  988. Thanks!
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  989. Thanks! If you google your distro and model you should find a solution.
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  990. majim Unfortunately, kernel 4.16 is not supported at this time, but it should be hitting Ubuntu 18.04 very soon since the merge window passed in February. It should still work very well with kernel 4.15.
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  991. Ayan Banerjee Thanks! Check 16:40 in the video for themes.
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  992. Hopefully it comes in handy :) Thanks for watching!
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  993. Good idea. I haven't used gamepads in a long time. I have a wireless XBox controller and a flight stick that I could try using. By the way, I just noticed a made a mistake in my first reply, I didn't mean "I'm now always right" I meant "I'm NOT always right" haha, oops!
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  994. Yeah I've recorded myself playing some games and might possibly do quick blurbs on them, not sure yet. My original idea was just to collect some video, and at the time I didn't have a good microphone with me (took my laptop camping lol). I don't mind when people ask me questions. Sometimes it's just one stupid thing that you get stuck on and can't figure out. The only issue with asking on YouTube or even Twitter is that the format isn't that great for it. And you'll get much better help from many more people in a community setting rather than just asking me. I'm not always right lol Thanks!
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  995. :D
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  996. Thank you good sir 😉
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  997. FRANZ BECKENBAUER Thanks for the comments! There are very helpful people and there are some that are just toxic to the community. Thanks for watching!
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  998. Thanks Nuno! Yes a typical review, unless something really stands out, should be cut down by quite a bit. This one was a little longer because of the emphasis on getting Nvidia going, which is a really strong point of using Manjaro :)
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  999. I think that yes, some newer systems can run into ACPI problems. I never have to fuss much with my older systems. Also, running older distros seem to keep the hardware happy. I have a system running Ubuntu 14.04 that still runs great with not many problem other than lack of new software versions. I really do wish the kernels had a way to detect potential ACPI issues and adjust accordingly.
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  1000. Right, sorry I was thinking an Nvidia Optimus system but it’s not. I’ve been really happy with Manjaro and I’ve been in contact a lot with the devs, they’re doing great things. It’s my favorite rolling release distro.
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  1001. Hi Stephen. If you’re talking about adding acpi_osi options to grub, and you need it now then yes you also need it in Manjaro. You should see an improvement with Manjaro especially coming from 16.04. Manjaro Gnome 18.0 RC1 is out but it’s not the final version yet. Whichever version you install, everything should update to the latest anyways.
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  1002. I did search once, and only found some clunky ways that don’t always work. Miracast is a strange protocol to me, and not common to all devices yet. It’s been around on small devices like android phones for a while, but it’s not very mature in the PC world yet.
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  1003. There’s always a slight chance something can go wrong which is why you should always have backups. If you check my How To playlist I have an older video on how to dualboot.
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  1004. Yeah, I pronounce it both ways in different videos just so that everyone can complain on how it's pronounced lol Honestly I never pronounced it with the "guh" because I started using Gnome when YouTube and other streaming things didn't really exist. So I never heard it pronounced, I only saw it written, therefore, I said it like 'nome', silent G. I also always said G.N.U and never Guh-noo... I personally don't care how people say it, I still know what they're talking about.
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  1005. Definitely an easy install. Pretty much the same as installing Ubuntu, and yes I would recommend it for new users for sure!
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  1006. Yes 😁
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  1007. The Nvidia icon I use is a Gnome extension and only works in Gnome. I did not know that Mint had an icon. What I did in this video with "acpi_osi" is something that many systems need in order to boot properly with Nvidia drivers (especially Optimus).
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  1008. Yes I also recommend the LTS kernel. Although there are a few cases where you don’t have a choice with the newest hardware. Glad to see another Manjaro user 😁 Thanks for the comment!
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  1009. Hah, as I said, the rankings are a little meaningless. They really should order these by ratings. But, I suppose page hits still work as a metric for popularity, it's just that they can be faked :P
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  1010. Yes I also have an MSI laptop. The drivers will work., but that error will never go away. I managed to get the graphics working in both Debian Stretch and Buster but required a bit of tweaking.
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  1011. It's a harmless ACPI error, common on systems with hybrid/dual GPU's like MSI laptops for example. If you have errors booting (especially after installing graphics drivers), check the beginning of this video on how to fix it : https://youtu.be/7jiaRJJ43kI
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  1012. Thank you very much! I appreciate it! Also check out my other videos (I have a few on Nvidia Optimus)
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  1013. Yep
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  1014. Thanks Toran :) That's what I figured too. Any software you want can be installed, so if it's anything standard, I'm not going to point it out. Same with the desktops in general, they're all roughly the same, so I'm only going to point out what's different/unique. Thanks for the comment!
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  1015. I was going to redo the 16.04 and then see if it's worth doing 18.04 in April. Thanks for the suggestions! That's the kind of feedback I like :)
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  1016. No worries, always glad to help :)
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  1017. Is zenity installed? Make sure it's installed. Then, open a terminal in the same folder as the script. Do "chmod +x restartquery" Or replace restartquery with the name of the file. Now you should be able to just run it from the terminal. If it works, then it's just a matter of setting the right executable path in the obmenu. As a test to make sure zenity is working, try running "zenity --calendar" and see if you get a gui popup.
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  1018. Thank you!
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  1019. There is a Gnome Shell extension called Dash to Dock. In the settings, go to the Launchers tab, and check the box that says "move app button to the beginning of the dock". :) Let me know if you have trouble with that and thanks for watching!
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  1020. Yeah I think it's pretty cool, and a unique desktop too. Thanks!
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  1021. I'm not sure. The best place to ask would be their forums :)
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  1022. I know, that’s why it says “Uluwatu” on the thumbnail... 😉
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  1023. For rolling release, it's tops! Everything just works, and stability is amazing for a RR. I'm happy to be using it and I suggest it to everyone :)
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  1024. That's odd. What system/network card do you have? I wonder if it's a known issue that can be easily fixed...
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  1025. For a laptop with Optimus, definitely Manjaro. You can install Photoshop with PlayOnLinux, but only if it's a CS version. I use Photoshop CS6 because that's the license I bought. I don't think the CC versions will work at all. Now you just have to choose which desktop to choose for Manjaro, and that's a matter of preference on your part.
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  1026. Hi Ricardo! With some hardware, you must add options to the grub bootloader. It's not difficult. I made a video to explain how to do it. Please watch the beginning (first 10 minutes) of this video : https://youtu.be/7jiaRJJ43kI
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  1027. Ah, gotcha. Yes that's correct. You can also add -c <country> (example -c Canada) to make it only test servers in your country. Theoretically they should be faster, and it makes the testing much shorter by testing less servers. Glad you're enjoying the channel :) Thanks Glen!
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  1028. Cool :) You can also find these things out by running 'lsb_release -a' in the terminals. Just FYI in case you don't have screenfetch/neofetch installed.
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  1029. Because it's usually something very new :)
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  1030. lol no it doesn't Johan ;)
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  1031. Thank you. I'm using Gnome with extensions. I already did a video explaining how to make yours look like mine here : https://youtu.be/RkdtJXgWHd8 Make sure to subscribe and check out my other videos for some tips on how to customize your system :) Thanks!
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  1032. Yes, the plain english commands for ease of use are the whole idea to replacing things like -Syu and -Rns etc...
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  1033. Agreed!
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  1034. Manjaro doesn't use Arch repos directly. As I said, the updates are tested more before being sent out. This makes Manjaro more stable than Arch, and only slightly behind in updates.
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  1035. In what way? Manjaro packages are essentially Arch packages. They're just tested more for stability before making it to the stable branch of updates.
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  1036. Yeah I'm so over how to pronounce things. I say it both ways just to tick everyone off lol I honestly don't care how anyone says it as long as I know what they're talking about.
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  1037. I don't know. KDE has always been glitchy with widgets. Better now than before though. It used to be horrible and constantly crashing which I why I left KDE long ago. But I'm using it again...
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  1038. I use pacman CLI as well and know all the commands. I just think it's nice to have these friendlier commands for new users using words instead of switches. I'll look into QJack. I used it once but I found it overkill and overly complicated for what I needed.
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  1039. That's really odd that it wasn't found. Your db was up to date with -Sy? In either case, don't worry about the KDE thing. Linux has so many moving parts, I often find myself doing some strange things by mistake as well lol Thanks for the comment!
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  1040. Gah-gnome ;)
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  1041. Yeah! And the best part is you can install as many distros as you want on as many machines as you want for free! 😁
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  1042. I think they just like their theme so much they don’t want people to be able to change it 😁
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  1043. Correct. Many distros include tweaks, but Ubuntu doesn’t.
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  1044. Thanks Bobby! More or a walkthrough maybe, there's a lot more little things that I didn't cover, but this was already a long video lol Definitely worth trying out. Also, 3.30 coming out soon promises much lower resource usage and faster performance.
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  1045. These can definitely be handy. I personally don’t have a use for it since I can access my calendar from my phone or on the web so I just choose not to link it.
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  1046. Ditto :D
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  1047. No, I tried several different themes. Some of them I really didn't like because they were all the same color and were harder to tell apart. Is that what you use?
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  1048. I'm also glad I'm feeling better :)
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  1049. Very nice to hear, thanks!
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  1050. The best menu for lightweight DE’s 😁
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  1051. Thanks for the comment Serge. Yes there are tons and tons of things to consider. I could probably make a 3 hour video if I were to compare absolutely everything from every distro lol There's plenty of reasons why people choose a certain distro and desktop, and that's the great thing about Linux; you can use whatever you want, and if you don't like it anymore, switch! I use Synapse in my distro, Scion Linux. It's handy for sure, but I've left it disabled by default because you usually only use less than a dozen apps regularly. Those apps can be pinned to the dock. Thanks for watching!
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  1052. Thank you so much!
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  1053. Hi Myron, thank you so much for the kind comments! I try to help new and not-so-new users as much as possible by attempting to remain unbiased towards any one distro. I do of course have my favorites, and some that I dislike, but I think it's important for people to understand how to make the proper choice based on what is available. Thank for the comment and I hope you enjoy all my videos! If you haven't already subscribed, dont' forget to! ;) Cheers
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  1054. Thanks! I do write bullet points most of the time, then lose my place, wing it a bit etc lol I have been meaning to write things down in more details and I've been editing a bit more too to "trim the fat". Thanks for the comment! Glad you found it useful :)
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  1055. Hah, well, yes but I have to sort of respect them wanting to release a finished product instead of rushing to meet a set deadline. We'll see when it comes out...
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  1056. Yeah unfortunately there's no option to change to a taskbar/panel, so it's dock or nothing :(
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  1057. Haha, well all that stuff is disabled :P I've offered so many times to "upgrade her computer" and she says no lol
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  1058. Of course 😁
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  1059. Yep
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  1060. Yes systemback. It's very easy to use and requires little setup. The only downside is that you can't have a custom installer. But that's fine in most cases since their installer is pretty basic and still allows user creation.
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  1061. SleekGamez yikes! You should probably clear out your package cache. And get an app that shows disk usage to find out what’s taking up space, like baobab.
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  1062. Most welcome!
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  1063.  @atanki5682  Yes. Whatever is installed when you make it will be installed on the new system.
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  1064. Pft, that's nothing lol Normal cold days in Canada are -25° to -30°C. The really cold days are when it almost hits -40°C :)
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  1065. Newer version since this video might have some differences that you may have to investigate
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  1066. Interesting. I get better performance in QEMU. But sometimes not as great if using Wayland so I'll enure to use Xorg.
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  1067. Thanks! And thank you for posting the tip on openSUSE!
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  1068.  @serge5046  You're right about the ping, my bad. Here's a new one https://ibb.co/XFSq42q It shows pinging between VM's as well as pinging my host IP address. Works fine in all situations. As for Gentoo or Slackware, well those are quite niche distros that you need to build, and you if you want to do something in those distros, you need to install and configure it to do so. That's the nature of them. Most other distros work fine for networking, including Arch.
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  1069. Thank you. For copy and paste, you can install spice-vdagentd in the Linux distros, or spice-guest-tools in a Windows machine. Networking works pretty well between VM's as long as they're on the same virtual network, which they are by default. You can add multiple networks in virt-manager by going to Edit>Connection Details. From there you can add multiple networks to the default one and specify your own network address ranges.
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  1070. Thanks! The screen tearing is barely noticeable on my real machine, but for some reason the capture software always make it look worse. I tried both 60 and 30fps and it didn't help.
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  1071. Awesome, thanks! Glad you enjoy the content! Also, Colin over at PCTLC is a great guy.
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  1072. Oh yes, it's still on my laptops and my production machine. The machine I'm using in my videos is strickly a testing desktop. It will see many different distros :)
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  1073. Yes it does
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  1074. There’s something you need to do if you want to save a VM on another partition. I don’t remember what though and I only have my cellphone today...
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  1075. These are the virtual display devices that your guest will see as graphics hardware. You can usually leave these alone, but if you have a guest that is having issues loading graphics, you can change this to vga or virtio to try to resolve it. I’ve only ever used virtio for a Windows guest so I could load the virtio drivers in a Windows guest but it isn’t necessary. The documentation can provide a lot of detailed information on these different modes and when to use them.
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  1076. If you want to easily expand in the future, yes. For me personally, I keep all my personal and project files in a separate partition which I regularly backup. So I don't mind just wiping and starting from scratch anytime. Performance for LVM is no different than using any other. There is slight overhead, but not noticeable. At the time of this video, no there's no official GUI to do this. But this also isn't something you need to do often, if at all. So it's hardly an issue most of the time.
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  1077.  @TheJackal917  Arch can have issues, which is why I recently switched to Debian. I made a video about that. Check my channel as well. I have lots of distro reviews. And don't forget to subscribe for more in the future ;)
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  1078. Pretty much yes. The important thing is to install as LVM from the start. So as long as a distro supports installing to LVM you can just follow these steps.
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  1079. If you need fault tolerance for very imporant data, or data that needs to be online 24/7, then RAID is what you need. LVM can also do RAID but it is software-based. In my experience, if you're doing RAID, use a hardware-based solution. If you're running a system where you might want to expand your storage in the future and you have backups in place, LVM is a good easy solution. Now I'm not saying in the first sentence that if you have RAID that means you don't need backups. You should always have a backup solution in place for important data.
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  1080.  @uzefulvideos3440  RAID is RAID yes, but software RAID depends on the CPU. From a server manager's point of view, I wouldn't run software RAID on a system with high CPU usage like a busy SQL server for example. Also, software RAID is susceptible to failure if the OS fails or locks up, which doesn't affect hardware RAID. Lots of pros and cons on either side, it just all depends on what you're doing.
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  1081. Btrfs RAID is not true RAID though. And Btrfs is only now starting to become more popular, like Fedora using it out of the box. The disadvantage is that snapshots in btrfs can be compicated to manage from an external boot environment. Which makes recovery and repairs difficult. There are definitely good thing with btrfs though, and I will also be covering it in the future!
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  1082. Welcome :)
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  1083. In a basic setup like this, yes. So make sure you have backups in place. But you can also setup RAID within LVM. Or, you can setup a RAID array and put LVM on it.
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  1084.  @frdjuh  Right. So like the original question was here, regarding raidz2, it can't expand. With LVM, you can. That's what I answered.
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  1085. Always 😁
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  1086. Thank you, that’s great to hear!
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  1087. Good advice. I guess I haven’t had luck reducing for some reason, even after rechecking the proper steps and order. For redundancy though, I would personally only use hardware RAID since it cannot be affected by any software/OS/kernel failures or lockups.
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  1088. Awesome and good to know. I knew about swappiness but never played with it to be honest. Thanks for the comment!
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  1089. Thanks for confirming! I do believe that Lubuntu has it, and I know for sure that Peppermint has snap installed by default.
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  1090. Nice! If you like Gnome, you will love PopOS!
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  1091. Will do, just have some things to attend to today so maybe tomorrow :)
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  1092. Yeah Gnome and KDE require additional software to complete their DE. Arch with Cinnamon desktop is very slick and runs fantastic even on old hardware. Then you just install what you want from there. Check out my Arch install video I did last month.
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  1093. I don't think so, not usually. But that's up to the creator of the snap. You could include specific themes, but that's only useful if someone is using that particular theme. But even then, I don't think snaps can even see what theme the system is using.
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  1094.  @justinberdell7517  It sometimes really matters what software you need to use, and this will decide which distro you will need to use.
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  1095. Exaco Yikes. A quick google shows instructions for Ubuntu and Fedora, but it’s the most complicated manual installs I’ve seen in a long time. Mostly because you need to manually install licenses first. Usually it’s just a matter of running a script or compiling the code. Maya looks like a nightmare to be honest
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  1096. Most software that is provided as executables or scripts will have instructions on how to install it.
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  1097. You could check if there’s maybe a PPA repo you could add to your distro so you can use your package manager. Or maybe they have a Flatpak or Snap version. If none of those are options then yes, you’d have to either install from source code, or do what you’ve done and convert to deb files to install.
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  1098. Nah. Many people including myself use terminal package managers. I just find it shows more info than the GUI. Also, when I started using Linux there were no such things as graphical package managers... But for new people used to Mac or Windows, a GUI is easier to start with.
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  1099. Glad it helped you out! Cheers!
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  1100. Thanks! I hope it comes in handy for new people.
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  1101.  @ojasshukla1501  Yes, you just need to install playonlinux and use that to install it.
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  1102. You can use PlayOnLinux. It is a program that configures Wine for you and allows you to install Windows software on Linux. It can be installed from the repos of most Linux distros.
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  1103. I've never tried it before but I might have to check it out!
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  1104. If you downloaded it with the web browser then it might be in your downloads folder. If it’s not there then it put it in the temp folder. So if you see it in your downloads folder, just delete it. If it’s not there then don’t worry about it because the temp folder gets cleaned out.
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  1105. I'm not a big fan of flatpacks or snaps at all. I think AppImages are ok because they don't have their own system managing them. But I of course prefer the standard packages over that as well.
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  1106. Great to hear!
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  1107. You should ask the Github project's maintainer for help as I've never heard of that application.
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  1108. ReinOwader You can install Davinci and whatever else you want from anywhere as well. I only recommend you don’t download ALL your software from websites. If it’s available in the repos, then use that first.
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  1109. Is that on a fixed release distro? I would guess on Manjaro or other rolling release distro, you get the newest version. I actually don’t use thunderbird so I’m not sure... IF you know what you’re doing you can of course download and install or even compile from source. I did this video more for the brand new Linux folks after I was asked for help and the person was trying to install stuff from websites and didn’t know about package managers at all. It’s all about learning 😁
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  1110. I did, I started the install for thunderbird and the removal of gimp, and did similar things with blender. I also did the same for all the other package managers. To keep the video short, I canceled most of them at the last step. But obviously the user would say “yes” to prompts and not no... Long videos of the entire installation and removal are unnecessary.
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  1111. Glad to hear it!
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  1112. It will not cause conflict. A distro that uses apt (apt-get) can use multiple GUIs. They all use the same database. You can use Software Center to do things, then Synaptic, then apt in the terminal. It's all tracked in the same place. I sometimes use the GUI and sometimes the terminal, it doesn't matter. This by the way, also translates to other distros that use other package managers as well (pacman, dnf, etc...).
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  1113. Yes and yes. I highly recommend using the package manager when you can, because it’s the safest way. Also, this will provide you with updates for the software as well.
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  1114. You don't have to use the terminal, you can use the package manager. Also, if you want to install something offline and download from another system, you can just download the .deb file, transfer it to your Mint system and just double-click the icon to install it.
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  1115. You use the Google store for that. However, you can enable Linux (Beta) in the Chromebook settings. Then, open the terminal from the applications list, and use apt to install Linux applications like you would in Debian, Ubuntu or Mint.
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  1116. Well here's the thing. You CAN install it by downloading files from a website, but this is a less secure way of doing things. When you use the package manager, you know it's coming from a trusted source. Also, if you just download and install a file from the website, it won't get updated with system updates. When you use the package manager to install software, it will update that software for you when it's available. It's also important for major bug fixes and security patches because you'll get those very quickly though a package manager.
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  1117. Majik Cat Security I’m teaching new users how to get started without breaking their systems. It takes time to get into doing more advanced things if you’re coming from a Windows or Mac background
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  1118. That is one of the special cases where you can indeed download from GitHub (git clone) since it's likely not in any repos.
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  1119. I hope you enjoy!
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  1120. Dhirandar kumar I’m not sure where it’s from. I download many wallpapers usually by searching for minimalist or abstract wallpapers.
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  1121. Very true. Some look more like a utility for sure.
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  1122. That's a 3-step trick. First, create a new applauncher (.desktop file) in your /usr/share/applications folder that contains this line: Exec=xdotool key alt+shift+space And in the rc.xml file for openbox, you add a keybinding for "A-S-space" with the action name "ShowMenu" and executes <menu>root-menu</menu>. If you have a look at all the other keybindings in the XML file, it'll be clear what you have to do. After that, go into the tint2 settings and add the launcher for the .desktop file you created.
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  1123. Gracias mi amigo! :)
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  1124. Virtualbox creates a "Virtual Hard Drive" for your virtual machine to use as a hard drive. This Virtual Hard Drive is simply a large file that Virtualbox uses to store the VM's data. So anytime your virtual machine is reading or writing data to its virtual drive, it's actually being written to that file. So there is always data being written. I wouldn't say using Virtualbox abuses a hard drive, but using it like I do sure does. Distro hopping and many installs of large amounts of data is hard on the drive.
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  1125. If you shutdown the HOST machine or reboot it, yes. Everything in RAM is gone, which means the VM is gone. One solution is to shutdown the VM and save its files before shutting down your computer. Then restore it when you want to keep working on it. But the best use for this I think is just trying out distro's on VM that you just want to try and play with. You can do it over and over and over and not wear out your HDD.
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  1126. Thanks. The folder icons are from the Arc-Maia theme. The rest of the icons are from Moka. On my host Gnome desktop I use an Arc theme I customized for the GTK theme, and Adapta-Teal for the shell. On the virtual machine (Scion Linux) I'm using the Adwaita GTK theme with the window borders being I theme I made called Mercury.
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  1127. SSD's also have a finite amount of writes, same with USB sticks, this is because ROM can wear out. The operating system used doesn't matter. I've burned out an SSD from way too much writing. Typically with newer SSD's you'll lose a sector or two and are able to retain the rest of the data. Older and cheaper ones don't handle errors as well and can completely die like mine did. It was a Cruicial M4.
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  1128. Yes Linux is just plain awesome 😁 Thanks for the comment!
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  1129. Ditto on Mandrake... Yeah I'm not even sure why I like Gnome so much... I guess because it gets out of the way but is still very accessible, even with just keyboard shortcuts. Not sure to be honest lol Just what I stuck with :) Thanks for the comment Jeffrey!
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  1130.  @bokology  No but it records fine with OpenGL on some other distros for whatever reason. Even with the same driver and KDE versions, I get different results. Can't explain it, but using KDE on Q4OS works just fine.
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  1131. My only machines that give me lag with any DE are my Core2Quad Q8400 and my Atom CPU netbook. Anything else runs great with the right drivers. For me though, I ended up having to drop KDE because of flickering problems with the screen recordings (I couldn't see them on the screen, it only shows up in recordings).
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  1132. It's funny that the video you linked is on my "watch later" playlist :) I am getting used to it. I still have to figure out how to either make Dolphin work for me, or remove the extra stuff I don't need. I'm still transitioning lol Thanks so much for the comment Francisco! It's been a long time since I've heard from you :)
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  1133. I like them both! And yes they can both be very customized to make it how you want it.
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  1134. I'm enjoying, just takes getting used to :)
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  1135. I think you misunderstood, or I probably worded it poorly lol. The 10 year old laptop I’m talking about had Gnome on it and I installed Manjaro Gnome on it to see how it runs and then installed a 2nd partition with Manjaro KDE (same versions) so I could compare both in the same machine :) The KDE distro did use about 150 MB less RAM in boot up but the CPU usage was generally higher, and it ran a little slower than Gnome. But I think part of that is due to the transparency effects. I would never compare 2 distros performances on different hardware ;) PS Thank you so much for your contribution!
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  1136. And I'm back! So which is more customizable? The answer you probably don't want to hear is : It depends! They are both VERY customizable. Although KDE might have a slight edge if you consider the different things you can do with the panel (the taskbar at the bottom), and the fact that you can have multiple panels, and move all the pieces of the panels around wherever you want. You could have one panel on each edge of the screen if you want to... But, Gnome's extensions open it up for anyone to write an extension that modifies Gnome's looks and behaviors in infinite ways. I've never had issues with Logitech mice so far, and I've owned many. Currently using an MX Anywhere 2 mouse. I've never owned a gaming one though... Is it the extra buttons that don't work? As for dual-triple-quad booting, yes of course you can. I've had up to 9 distros on my computer at once! lol
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  1137. In the terminal with “optirun kdenlive”. Doesn’t crash for me. Maybe try downloading and running the appimage from their site instead and see if that works.
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  1138. I do agree with you there. Settings are kind of all over the place and sometimes you have to dig. The search box in the settings window does come in handy though.
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  1139. If you'd like to try KDE and you're most comfortable with Ubuntu, then yes Kubuntu would be a great distro to use. As for if Gnome on 18.04 is better than KDE on Kubuntu, that's really a matter of personal preference for you. Both desktops are great in different ways, so you'll have to try both :)
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  1140. Once you’ve been using something for a while, anything else doesn’t feel right... thanks for the comment!
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  1141. I'm using KDE on another distro because I had issues with the Manjaro version (all discussed in my other videos). Unfortunately I have a bit of a hate for openSUSE after an encounter with some staff left me with a bitter taste for it... You're right, KDE 5 is amazing, expecially compared to 4, which is what made me abandon it years ago! Thanks for the comment :)
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  1142. Didn’t work. Trust me, I tried every possible setting and workaround. Moved on to something else.
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  1143. Really? Are these legit settings or hacks? I'm very curious...
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  1144. I just like all the DE's, they all have their own pluses. To me, Deepin seems like it would work best on a touchscreen.
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  1145. You should try customizing it with some extensions!
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  1146. Very true that I did skim over the themes. A part 2 is planned while running on hardware and I'll make sure to include that as well performance on bare metal. There are a couple apps that could be made to fit nicer, but sometimes you're at the mercy of upstream devs.
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  1147. Of course there will be some who find it handy, but I still feel that’s in the minority as most people deal with weekly schedules or maybe a month or two in advance.
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  1148. Yep, as I said, it’s probably something I’d put on my wife’s computer since she’s never used Linux before... thanks for watching!
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  1149. Thanks! Yes I’m aware that it is a Beta. And I’m also aware of how they were being harassed daily about when they were going to release it lol. Of course bugs are to be expected. I just thought there were a few things I needed to point out for small improvements. You are right that they’ve done a good job, and a lot of work has been put into it. It’s perfect for just using out of the box if you don’t want to customize. But I can see frustrations by those who do like to customize. And I also question a few choices like window button placement, and the exclusion of certain packages. The App Store does seem to work, and can find some packages from Ubuntu but not all, which is strange. Again, the disclaimer I know... Overall I do like it, I’m just not sure I could use it daily. Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching!
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  1150. Thanks for the comment. While I know the app center isn’t “finished” yet, I can’t see why it only shows some packages from the Ubuntu repo and not others. And yes, very cloney...
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  1151. Hi Reuben! Thank you. Yes like I said, it’s great for someone who isn’t a power user and just want to use it. The Beta here, as well as 0.4 Loki did not come with LibreOffice by default. I installed it myself just to try it out. This is one distro that appeals only to some. I think power users would be frustrated with it. Thanks for the comment!
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  1152. No it doesn't, it brings it into focus. If you middle-click it, it will open another window. This would be a good suggestion to add as an option in the setting though.
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  1153. They will not be switching to Gnome 40 in 21.04. Confirmed.
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  1154. Thanks! I will be doing an update when the stable version is out. It's unlikely that it will have Gnome 40 but who knows. Ubuntu just released 21.04 with Gnome 3.38 a couple days ago, so it's likely that PopOS will keep that version. But the copy I have is using 3.38.5 and there might be a 3.38.6 or something that comes out before June to improve a few things. All we can do is wait and see :) Cheers!
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  1155. It's definitely awesome to be able to switch on the fly without logging out!
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  1156. Check the scaling in the display settings. It might be set to something higher than 100%.
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  1157. It does use systemd-boot, but once booted in, you can always install grub afterwards.
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  1158. Thank you. It will be worth waiting for the final product when everything is finished!
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  1159. It is ver functional and easy to use. I’ve actually never done Kali before, but I have used it. A video might be a good idea!
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  1160. It's definitely something new and unique, and super flexible to meet many needs!
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  1161. Check out this dark theme (there are 2 pictures, see the reply as well). What do you think? https://twitter.com/DorianDotSlash/status/979196268466421761
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  1162. Yes it's very hit and miss, with updates often breaking a working setup... I have an earlier video on Nvidia and openSUSE. I also have a newer one on Installing the drivers in Ubuntu 18.04. My hopes is that one day, we'll have a kernel that can handle the majority of discreet GPU's out of the box without needing extra drivers...
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  1163. I haven't tried, but I would first check to see if the service is installed and running first. Use 'systemctl status sshd' and see if it's installed and running. If not, install openssh. If it is, then you need to look into the firewalls settings to make sure it's not blocking the incoming connections.
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  1164. Hey so sorry I missed your comment somehow... So if you end up in a situation where your system freezes during bootup, reboot your system, and when you're at the grub menu, press the letter E on your keyboard. This will bring up all your grub boot parameters. You'll want to find the line that has "quiet splash" on it, go to the end of that line (while might be multiline so scroll to the end) then add a space and the number 1, then press F10 to boot. This will being you into the terminal as root and will not boot into the GUI. This is a good way to fix driver problems, and with openSUSE, you can still access YAST like I showed you in the video to reload a previous snapshot and get your system running again.
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  1165. Thanks Tony! The theme lock makes sense now, I've just never run into this issue before :)
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  1166. Reuben Naidoo Thanks Reuben!
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  1167. Arsh Jethi you can yes. If you open the ICE application and click on the “remove” tab, you can remove all the SSB’s there, which will remove the MS Office shortcuts and all the other things like the online games. The Dropbox shortcut is just a shortcut to install the application. Not sure you can remove that one.
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  1168. PlayOnLinux, check this : https://youtu.be/wqyk3Mb9U68
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  1169. Thank you! Yes there's lots to customize, and she could have everything pink :) If it ran Vista, it should run Peppermint very very well!
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  1170. Thanks Johan! Hoping the next 1000 comes quicker 😁 As for Peppermint, I would definitely recommend it to someone looking for a light LTS-type distro that does not need Nvidia Optimus drivers. It’s #1!
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  1171. Glad you liked it!
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  1172. Check back tomorrow for an update 😉
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  1173. Just needed a break! I'm not gone for good, just got really busy with real life things :)
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  1174. Awesome! Thank you!
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  1175. PlayOnLinux is free yes.
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  1176. Tough question because I don't own that hardware... If it can run amd64 binaries, then I don't see why it wouldn't work...
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  1177. Right at the beginning I mentioned how to install PlayOnLinux from the package manager. When you install POL, it installs wine as well. Then you just use POL to install Windows software. No need to directly interact with wine.
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  1178. I guess, but it works perfectly fine and does exactly what I need for making thumbnails. I don't plan on upgrading anytime...
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  1179.  @nyfunnsdeo6744  It should work then... If you do 'sudo apt update' in the terminal and then 'sudo apt install playonlinux' it should install because it is in the repositories.
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  1180. I'm not on skype or facebook, but I'm on Twitter @doriandotslash :)
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  1181. Thanks Nuno! Ubuntu is a great choice for almost anyone. Have you ventured much into other distros? Virtual Machines and bootable LiveUSB's make it easy to check out without installing :) Thanks again!
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  1182. Thank you :)
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  1183. I've been using Q4OS as my main distro since I installed it :) I really like it. For wine, I use PlayOnLinux to do everything for me and it installed PhotoShop no problems. I'll have to check out sparkylinux, but it would have to be pretty amazing to top Q4OS! Thanks for the comment :)
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  1184. You can. You can enable Debian testing repos or Netrunner backports to receive continuous security updates.
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  1185. Thanks Dustin! I'm glad you were able to get the install finished. And yes there will be more Gentoo in the future once I circle my way back to it :) I do still have it install on one of my hard drives in my test machine.
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  1186. Thank you! I thought about it, but the procedure is pretty much the same as a VM. The only differences would be changing the VIDEO_CARDS in the make.conf file like I did for my real machine. I put "amdgpu". Other than that, unless you need special drivers loaded for anything, it's the same.
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  1187. You're too kind Johan, thank you! Doing this or even watching it is a good way to learn linux under the hood since Gentoo doesn't really do anything for you automatically.
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  1188. Nice, that's great to hear! Enjoy your new distro! :)
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  1189. Glad you liked it! The package manager is actually called Portage, but emerge is the Portage command you'll use most often. I'll be discussing it more in a future video. With these 2 videos I just wanted to get the base system down before going further with Portage.
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  1190. Great to hear!
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  1191. That is NOT a dumb question at all. When you chroot into your other installation, you're essentially logging into it as a live environment, changing your root directory. You need to mount these special directories (which are not REAL files, but pseudo files which point to real devices and processes running on your system) in order for the environment you're chroot'ing into to be able to access your real system, since when you chroot, you don't "boot" into your chroot'ed system again, you simply hop over into it.
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  1192. Thanks, I'm workin on it! :)
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  1193. You're welcome! :)
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  1194. Yes I'm exploring other options. The one thing I DO like about sourceforge is they have a Wiki and discussion forum as well which is very handy since it's all in one place. I wouldn't like the idea of having everything all over the place on different websites.
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  1195. On my host machine, I'm using Arc-Maia and Moka. Arc-Maia inherits application icons from Moka so you need to install both.
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  1196. Check this link : https://osdn.net/projects/scionlinux/releases/ Under "Package Themes and Artwork" there's a compressed file called "Scion-Icons-Moka-Maia". Unzip the contents into /usr/share/themes (needs root permission) or ~/.themes/ if you just want them for a single user. You need both folders to be in your themes folder and choose "Arc-Maia" as your icon theme. It also uses the Moka icons which is why you need both. Beware that it takes a while to uncompress because there's over 40,000 files!
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  1197. I cater to everyone :) I’ll definitely do a quick video on my usual setup. Not a problem!
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  1198. Perhaps, but I'm not sure when. Not sure if you've noticed by my last video was in November, the one before that was in October just before my son was born. Having a new baby at home has reduced my free time to almost zero, but I'm trying to get back into the videos....
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  1199. It's CS6. I bought it long ago (obviously) but it still works great, and it works in Linux using PlayOnLinux!
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  1200. That mountain wallpaper I just searched for "low poly mountains". I get them from all over the place. I like minimalist and low poly wallpapers.
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  1201. Awesome, thanks for the info!
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  1202. Ah yes Chrome definitely has more extensions/add-ons. I've never experienced the issues you describe, but like any software, there's bound to be some weaknesses ;)
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  1203. Glad you found this video then :)
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  1204. That's the plan!
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  1205. Yes it works quite well! Just make sure you run the updates now and then because it doesn't do it automatically.
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  1206. Phoenix Great to hear! Also check out my other 2 NixOS videos if you haven’t already seen them 😉
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  1207. Yeah, that's what I said in the video : "do stuff with this stuff" lol I looked into a little bit but didn't get right into it. Thanks for the info!
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  1208. Thanks very much! I try hard to make the audio clear and also use noise cancellation as well. I do have music in the background but it's very subtle. If you turn up the volume you'll hear it. I use it to cover up any remaining background sounds and clicks and buzzes etc. Cheers!
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  1209. Thank you and I'm glad you enjoyed the videos! I've considered doing a video on VM's, but after playing with them for abit, I found them to be a little difficult to setup initially. I managed to get one running, but after some updates and a reboot, it woudn't start anymore for unknown reasons so I kind of gave up on it. For my, QEMU/KVM is a MUCH better system for running VM's and I'm going to stick with that.
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  1210. Yes the handbook is constantly evolving, so things change all the time. You can still use the video as a general guide, but following the handbook is the way to go if you see anything different.
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  1211. @Terrific Tape That’s a really hard question to answer. I don’t have similar hardware to compare, and compile time all depends on what you’re compiling. Even just compiling the same thing on two machines can vary depending on what use flags you have set.
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  1212. yes.
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  1213. I've used it as well. Arch is a similar install without the compiling parts 🙂
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  1214. Check your make.conf file for any mistakes. A typo will cause an error.
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  1215. It’s a desktop computer. No Wi-Fi
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  1216.  @stop8576  Glad you fixed it and glad you enjoy the videos! Cheers.
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  1217. Check for any errors in your make.conf file. When you added march=xxxx did your forget the - before march? Should be -march=....
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  1218. Thanks!
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  1219. Thanks and good eye! But strangely, emerge didn't complain about the typo, and it still worked as intended and used the cores I requested. So I guess that's lucky lol
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  1220. I think that’s SystemD specific.
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  1221. Glad you think so! Thanks!
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  1222. AMD is what you want as they are supported OOTB with Linux, and you don't need to mess with installing any drivers. In Gentoo, you can just set your make.conf to VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu" and you're all set. I demonstrated this quickly on my Gentoo Part 2 video when setting up Xorg on my machine that has Gentoo installed on hardware. I while back I switched all my systems from Nvidia to AMD because I got sick of dealing with Nvidia's proprietary drivers, and it's made life so much easier.
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  1223. Hah, well it's not that bad to be honest. If you follow the handbook it's fairly straightforward even if you occasionally have to find some things out along the way. It's definitely a great way to learn.
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  1224. That's an odd one. Perhaps you've set something somewhere that it doesn't like? This might help : https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/FAT
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  1225. Thank you very much! Solus is a good distro. But last time I tried it, they had slightly outdated packages. This can be remedied by using flatpaks. But what really got me turn off was that when I installed it on hardware, it overwrote all my bootloaders, making my system unbootable and I had to do a recovery to get my system up and running again. To be honest I haven't used in quite a while, but I'll try a newer version and give it another shot. However, my current go-to distro is Debian after recently switching to it from Arch.
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  1226. Yes you can change profile afterwards and re-run a full update.
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  1227. First video? Not sure what you mean there.
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  1228. Hmm. I didn't have that issue. Just out of curiosity, can you double-check your make.conf file and make sure there's no spelling mistake? Half the time that's my issue when something goes wrong. Just rushing through it and I make a mistake I don't spot right away.
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  1229. Thank YOU!
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  1230. Agreed. I've gone back to Gnome. It's like home. You can find my wallpapers by doing an image search for "Low Poly Mountains". There are lots of different options :)
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  1231. Yes I've been running Manjaro as a main distro for over 6 months now and this is my 2nd go at using it as a main. I ran both Gnome and KDE but stuck with Xfce. KDE can still be fairly simple and minimal as well if you use the right parts. I may go back to Gnome again one day, and since I used it for a decade straight, I'm obviously a fan of it :)
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  1232. Gotcha. Yeah all those little things all together make it hard to stay with it...
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  1233. From KDE? What made you switch back? For me, I would have kept it if it did clean recordings...
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  1234. Perhaps. But it can't run bumblebee for Nvidia Optimus graphics...
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  1235. Very tempted! I’ve run it in a VM and it seems to be exactly the same as when I did my preview video.
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  1236. Thanks for the video! Yes it's a shame that I'm getting this. Might be because of Optimus, not sure. But you can see much more of it in my video before this one : "Must-have linux apps". I still have KDE on another partition and hope to find a working solution one day. Thanks again!
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  1237. Haha my patience was wearing thin enough to resort to that 😉 I think I’m going to split the old KDE partition and put both elementary 5 and PopOS on hardware. Mainly because I really want to see if PopOS works with Optimus.
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  1238. Here you go : https://imgur.com/t/wallpaper/3TffK It's the 2nd image.
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  1239. Might do that. To be clear though, it has nothing to do with the monitor. I don't see any flickering on my screen, they only show up in the recordings. I'll see if he has any insights. Thanks for the tip!
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  1240. Yes please and let me know if you get the same issues or not. Thanks!
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  1241. With an app called PlayOnLinux that allows you to install Windows applications in Linux.
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  1242. Thanks for the tip on Pop. Exactly what kind of strange issues are you experiencing? I'm still sticking with 4.14.53. Runs great, no hardware problems. I do really like KDE, and, if it just recorded screencapture properly, I would still be using it! A shame...
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  1243. Nah I had tried that. I tried everything I could find. Seems the only option that should have worked would be to disable flipping but I don’t have that option for my model of graphics card,. And it’s not something I would want to do anyways because that disables the compositor.
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  1244. @Elmwood Yes I concur that it's something specific to Manjaro. I use Q4OS with the same KDE and Nvidia package versions, and I don't get the flicker. Note that this was a flickering, not screen tearing, and only visible in screen recordings, it was not visible on my monitor.
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  1245. That was some of the first things I tried. When searching for a solution, I came across someone with a similar issue on the forum which hasn’t been resolved yet. Hoping a fix comes out soon. Thanks for the tips! 😊
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  1246. Yes I never have that option in the Nvidia settings application. I never have, on any distro. I tried manually forcing it through the config files but still nada. Recording works fine out of the box with other distros, so I just need to move away from KDE unfortunately.
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  1247. Yes you can. Disks and partitions can be accessed directly with root permissions. Everything in Linux is a file, including disks and partitions!
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  1248.  @TheGagi82  Sorry I missed this comment when you posted You can edit your /etc/apt/sources.list and change everywhere that says buster to bullseye. Save it, and run 'sudo apt update', then 'sudo apt full-upgrade'. Once that's all done, restart and you should be running Bullseye! Make sure you do backups before you do this if you want to keep anything, just in case anything goes wrong.
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  1249. Here you go : http://getwallpapers.com/wallpaper/full/a/f/5/26140.jpg
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  1250. That’s great to hear that you’re trying out Debian. It’s a great distro, and one of the originals.
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  1251. Bruno Rasera depends on how you look at it. Both are great. Flatpaks are well tested and work on any distro but can have limitations you may have to tweak, like accessing external drives or printing. Flatpaks are also sandboxed which is pretty safe. Backports are also well tested but Debian doesn’t consider them “stable”. You can’t go wrong either way, but I would try backports first.
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  1252. Very much so!
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  1253. Yep. SOOO many fun hours of gameplay on that one. Had a hacked linux version of it long ago and when CS+ came out on Steam I just had to buy it. Starting over from the beginning sucked though.
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  1254. Uh, sort of lol
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  1255. Yeah I’m not too sure on the reasoning behind it. Maybe once everything updates it’ll all fall flat and crash lol we’ll see! Thanks again Daniel!
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  1256. Good eye! I didn’t catch that! I’ll give that a shot tonight, thanks Daniel! 😁
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  1257. Nico, if you just want Gnome, Manjaro is the easiest to setup Nvidia, even with hybrid Optimus GPUs. If you want to stick to Gnome AND Debian, I’d suggest Q4OS since you can install Gnome during the install and then follow the Debian Nvidia/Bumblebee instructions.
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  1258. Thanks Karl! Been playing with a new logo for a while now, went through 100 version of this, different colors etc. I'm sure you know exactly what I mean lol It was time for a refresh, so I made a decision. Netrunner is great, and I had planned to install it tonight but I got distracted trying to get Optimus graphics updated in another distro...
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  1259. It comes with the ISO installed. I'm not 100% clear on the licensing and redistributing of this Beta's components, so I can't re-upload the wallpaper anywhere. I'll look into it though!
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  1260. I might revive it one day. I do still play with a copy and have several different variations. If you look in the video description, there's links to download the final version. The OSDN link is where you can also find the packages and source code to all the software I wrote for it.
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  1261. Glad you like them!
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  1262. Thanks Johan! Nice to hear from you :)
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  1263. It was initially just a research project that eventually reached the point of being a very useful and stable OS that anyone can now use.
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  1264. I also like OSTree. You may want to check out my 2 videos on Silverblue. I have it installed on hardware as well.
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  1265. Hey Rocco! Thanks a lot brother. Hope all is well for you during this strange time :) Nice to see your show is still going strong!
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  1266. Thank you! Hopefully this helps you get started :)
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  1267. Thanks! You as well
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  1268. It's not that bad once you get it going and have a decent config file to work from. Just make sure to save a copy of it somewhere!
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  1269. Thanks for the comment! Seems like you had quite the runaround with this, but it also sounds like you were able to sort it all out. Great job!
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  1270. This is why you clean it out with the garbage collection, which I will cover in another video. Many distros like Mint, Ubuntu, ZorinOS and many others make it very easy to run Linux without ever needing to open a terminal. Just install your software from the software center, and you'll be notified when you get system updates. That's it. Super easy. I've installed Linux on many people's older computers that couldn't run Windows anymore and they still use it, even though they had never used it before I installed it.
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  1271. A little strange to hear of a "Nothing OS" I'm sure lol Cheers!
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  1272. Well, by default Arch doesn't automatically save generations unless you use ZFS or something. I've been using Arch for a while now and I use TimeShift for backups on ext4 partitions. Nix by default performs package changes into a new generation which can kind of be compared to snapshots (but they're not). You can also run different versions of the same package at the same time. So if 2 different programs have dependencies that require different versions of a package, then both will be installed and each program will use the correct version of the dependency. Also, packages are more isolated from the rest of the system because a package built for Nix cannot use any system resources or dependencies unless it is explicitly declared in the build files.
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  1273. It can be a steep learning curve, but once you have a configuration made up how you like it, you can just back it up somewhere and reuse it if you ever have to reinstall it, and then your system will be back how you want it.
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  1274. It's a comparison of how Nix differs from other package managers.
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  1275. That's a good point. If you regularly have multiple users, this is the way to do it.
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  1276. Very good to know, thanks for sharing that! I'm still getting into the nitty-gritty of all the possibilities. There's a lot to absorb :)
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  1277. Thanks! Very cool. I've been reading about home-manager for a while and I'll be giving it a shot eventually. Thanks for sharing the config files!
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  1278. For the user, yes 😉 Hope all is well with you Garth!
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  1279. Yes I mentioned earlier on that the manual is on the ISO and the reason for being online is indeed to download packages during the install portion.
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  1280. Thank you so much! There is more to come as I said in the video so stay tuned ;)
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  1281. Thanks eznix. Give it a try! Great hearing from you again, take care!
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  1282. You could, but it's something you need to actively do or schedule. NixOS automatically saves every new configuration. Also, with a standard backup, you would need to run a restore process, but with NixOS, you simply boot into your last configuration. Both effective in different ways.
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  1283. Haha thanks :) Yes this was when my microphone died and I ended up having to use a headset for a couple of videos. I did end up getting a new one.
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  1284. It is on my to do list
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  1285. I just disabled secure boot because in my opinion, it’s not needed outside of Windows. You should check out Fedora Silverblue if you want a distro that just works. It’s a little similar to NixOS in the way that it does atomic upgrades. It’s also a immutable OS, the whole thing is read-only except a few things like your home folder and configs. All applications are Flatpaks, so pretty much everything is sandboxed. Check my channel, I did 2 videos on Fedora Silverblue, it might interest you. If you really want to go to extremes with sand boxing within VM’s on a Hypervisor, check out Qubes OS. I also run it as well, but it’s highly demanding on your system.
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  1286. Thank you very much! I do indeed try to make my videos with enough information for both new and veteran Linux users to try out new things, so thanks for the comment and good luck on the dual booting!
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  1287. The LiveUSB runs Plasma, but I installed Xfce. You can choose either when you setup the configuration.nix file.
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  1288. Nice! :)
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  1289. That would indeed be a great use for it!
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  1290. Thanks! Yes I do like that the code can be one-liners or broken up into easier to read lines.
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  1291. I hope it helps! Cheers
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  1292. Not really
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  1293. Thanks! Oh that’s a hard one... I like Nix because it uses “regular” packages, but I like Silverblue because it uses Flatpaks, which I’ve grown fond of. Silverblue does have the advantage that it works quite well with my Nvidia dual graphics setup...
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  1294. Glad you found it :) Cheers!
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  1295. The initial setup can be as simple or complex as you wish. The benefit is once you have a setup you like, you can backup your configuration.nix file so that if you have to reinstall you can easily end up with the same system again. Easy duplication.
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  1296. I’ve never used one myself, but I would imagine that as long as you’re running something with a newer kernel, it should install the Nvidia driver and work as it’s supposed to. Hopefully someone else chimes in, but you could always just take the plunge and see if it works.
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  1297. Soon. I just finished cleaning up and reconfiguring my recording setup and updated all the software.
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  1298. Yeah I actually use Q4OS 3.4 (Centaurus) with KDE Plasma 5.14. 3.4 is based on Debian Buster so it has the latest packages. Worth a look if 2.6 (based on Debian Stretch) doesn’t cut it.
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  1299. Thanks Garth! It’s been very stable and I’m enjoying it, but I also use Q4OS. The baby thing is going great, just time consuming and takes away some sleep time lol that’s why I had a drop in making videos lately but I’m all set up to carry on very soon 😁
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  1300. Correct. All I did was run this in the terminal : sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300
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  1301. I used the autoinstall.
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  1302. I've been running Manjaro for a long time, and I've been specifically using only Xfce for over 7 months now. It's been my main distro on my production machine and it's what I do my recording, editing and rendering on. No issues here...
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  1303. Thanks! Yes there's more coming, I just took a break because my wife and I had our first baby. I did do a video on installing software and various package managers here : https://youtu.be/19O5kFdtKb0 It doesn't go into complete details of the backend, but just a general idea of how they work and how to use them.
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  1304. Hmm. I've only used it on a VM so far to be honest. I recently found out that the RevengeOS project is on hold at the moment. But you might still get some help from their forum over here : https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/obrevenge/index.php
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  1305. I’ve got plenty of videos out there 😁 As for Solus, I think it would be fine if it’s the only Linux OS. But it doesn’t seem to get along with others. Thanks for watching!
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  1306. Thanks I’ll try that. I wanted to try out a TimeShift restore anyways since I’ve never done it with that particular software.
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  1307. Thanks! Yes I've been meaning to try out rEFInd. I just need to see about it showing custom text. I know you can do different icons. I need that because I have 2 versions of Ubuntu and 2 versions of Manjaro on my system.
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  1308. I'm not a fan yet either. I've had issues with guest additions in a VM not installing properly, it wouldn't install on hardware if it was on partition sda10, then when I got it installed it wouldn't boot past the login screen. Not very impressed so far... But it is new, so who knows what the future will bring...
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  1309. Thanks for the link TJ. Yeah I tried that. I tried it chrooted, and I tried it fully booted in using the LiveUSB EFI loader. For some reason the Solus bootloader was indestructible and wouldn't go away. I could have completely deleted the EFI partition and started from scratch too, but I though this was a good opportunity to try out TimeShift with the option of restoring the bootloader. It worked out really well! And yes, TimeShfit comes pre-installed on Manjaro.
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  1310. Yes but not everyone uses Bash. In Fish for example, you type the command and press the UP key to search history. There’s lots of ways to do things. I only care that it works for most cases.
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  1311. Yes, I've also used it in Manjaro. As long as you're running Pulseaudio it will work.
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  1312. Simply reboot. If you've edited the the file in the description, you can simply edit it again with nano and remove the last 3 lines in the file. Then reboot.
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  1313. Very true! Thanks
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  1314.  @Prokesh  That's really strange. I use Mint with Cinnamon on my production machine and it works just fine for me. It's how I record all my videos...
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  1315.  @Prokesh  if you’re using the Discord flatpak that might cause issues.
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  1316.  @Prokesh  Ok, have you tried changing the input settings in Discord? Perhaps Discord is still using the original device. When I use OBS in Mint I need to change my system input settings (click volume icon in system tray, click Sound Settings, Input tab, then select the echo cancellation). Make sure before doing the pulseaudio -k in the terminal that you already have your microphone selected that you want to use. But I also need to change my audio settings in OBS as well so that it also uses the echo cancellation device.
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  1317. Did you open the terminal and run “pulseaudio -k” ?
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  1318. And remember that if you want to undo the changes, just edit that default.pa file and remove those lines at the bottom. Then run “pulseaudio -k” Thanks for watching!
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  1319. If you can install the nouveau drivers in Solus, and your Nvidia Optimus GPU doesn't turn off, meaning that your GPU is always on and fan is always running, then yes, adding this option to grub in Solus should fix this and allow the Nvidia GPU to turn off completely.
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  1320. It was in the NVidia Settings application using proprietary drivers. That was also a couple years ago when I saw that though. I wasn't happy with 3D performance in Linux for heavy games so I just ditched the Nvidia drivers completely and started using playing those games in Windows. That is one area where Linux is still very weak...
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  1321. You should try installing either Manjaro or Q4OS. Both of these distros have wonderful support for Optimus, and I use both regularly. Check them out!
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  1322. Thanks! I do prefer Plank over Docky. It's lighter, and doesn't have that annoying Anchor icon (I know you can get rid of it). I use Plank when I build up a lightweight desktop using openbox :)
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  1323. With most yes, and some work best with Gnome (Like Tweak Tool). Good idea, will do, thanks!
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  1324. It should work since it's Debian-based. Try reading this and give it a try : https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=43489
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  1325. Rysiu in Manjaro I use Xfce and in Q4OS I use KDE
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  1326. Thanks so much! I appreciate it. By the way, I've seen your name several times on my videos, and I've always wanted to ask if you're french... I speak french and find the name funny: "someone". I didn't clue in until the 2nd or 3rd time you posted a comment lol Clever if you are! ;)
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  1327. Older? Hey now, not only do I have a CD collection, I also have boxes of cassettes lol. Def Leopard on cassette? Yep, I got that haha 😁
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  1328. That's great, glad you found some new things to play with :) Thanks for watching Norman!
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  1329. Typora looks very nice! Going to have to try it out for a while :) Thanks!
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  1330. I admit it is Gnome heavy. I have been a Gnome user for a decade so there's some influence there :) Good point about redshift, but as you said, most pros hopefully know this, and some even use calibration tools to check their screens (even some YouTube channels do this!)
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  1331. Thanks! That's a sharp-looking editor! But I wish it had the side-by-side raw text and preview panes. Might try using it for a while and see if I miss the 2-pane layout. Thanks again!
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  1332. Siddhant Sahu I do also use it but it doesn’t run well on all distros. But I do find kdenlive is easier to use key frames.
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  1333. Not everyone uses everything in the same way. Almost all OS Desktops have an app search feature, and most users still browse.
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  1334. Yes I use tlp. With tlp you don’t have to do anything. Just install it. You don’t have to switch anything around. It will automatically change to a power saving mode when you’re on battery, and back to full performance on AC. No need to do anything manually. Check this video I did on power management and tlp https://youtu.be/Ku0491LfhR4
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  1335. Thanks Jessie. Good point, but you gotta customize ;) Sublime is pretty awesome. Been a while since I've used it... Thanks for comment!
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  1336. I've used Inkscape a couple times, but never had a need for vector drawings (YET!) I've seen Krita before but never actually tried it, I gotta give it a shot :) Thanks for the comment Bobby!
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  1337. Thanks! I've made videos on these. Icons and themes : https://youtu.be/ocl4rnmdYYE Gnome panel on bottom : https://youtu.be/RkdtJXgWHd8 Hope that answers your questions :)
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  1338. Nice list! But, I use Firefox to watch Netflix all the time... The first time you visit a site like Netflix, you should get an option in the top right corner of the webpage to enable DRM. It's been available with Firefox Quantum for quite a long time now. Give it a try!
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  1339. Thanks Faisal! I do keep getting more every day :) You can always help me out by sharing a link to my channel on the sites you use ;) Thanks again!
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  1340. I use Manjaro for my main machine.
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  1341. Actually the reason people give terminal commands to get things done is because there are so many different desktops available that all have different options. The terminal is universal and works the same no matter what desktop you’re using. As for AMD, like I said I have no idea wha the state of the drivers are. I use Nvidia and I have no problems playing games on max settings in Linux and running very smooth.
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  1342. Good picks. I should have put transmission in it for sure.
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  1343. Thanks for the comment David! I’ve tried using Krita, but I need to be able to edit after setting effects. I also find it slow right now. They’re currently working on bug fixes and then will improve performance, so I am hopeful for that. I would never use WPS simply because I don’t trust it. I’ve also been using LibreOffice since way before the fork when it was only OpenOffice.
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  1344. "Applications" takes too much room on a thumbnail lol
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  1345. Yes it should work. If some things are outdated, it may require some googling. But you can definitely still build you own.
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  1346. If your workflow is a lot of browsing and typing, or say programming, then yes i3 is great. For someone like myself, who uses the mouse often for graphics and video editing, dragging files between windows, resizing odd window sizes etc, it doesn't work as well. But for sure give it a shot and see if you like it! Good luck and thanks for watching :)
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  1347. Two words ... Thank you! 🙂
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  1348. I created a new video on how to make your system into a bootable ISO with installer, so you can put it on other systems : https://youtu.be/2tUkmeDdXjM
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  1349. For touchscreens? I've never tried that before. I'll put it on a to-do list but I have a lot to do with Scion Linux as well as redoing my "from scratch" series at the moment so it might be a while. I actually don't own any touchscreen computers or laptop so I'm not even able to try it out...
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  1350. Thanks! :) Always coming up with new ideas for videos, I just need to the time to make them lol
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  1351. Correct, you just run "sudo add-apt-repository ppa:budgie-remix/ppa" then do an update and then install the package "budgie-desktop-environment". Glad to hear Slingscold is working out well. Good luck on the rest of your project!
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  1352. That's great! Linux is an amazing tool for projects, and you can't beat the price :) Good luck on your project!
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  1353. Yeah it's been a very long time since I've used this distro. Korora seems great for including the extra packages, but I still find the included default software selection to be strange, but not a big deal. Hardware issues however did cause me a bit of grief. And so did that installer! LOL I did figure out pretty quick to use the advanced option for partitioning but man that default setup schema is just weird :P
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  1354. You can't do that with PlayOnLinux shortcuts. It also doesn't let you PIN opened POL apps. The only option with KDE is to create the shortcut as a widget, which means an additional PS icon opens on the task manager panel. That's what I've done and it's ok.
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  1355. Thanks so much for the tips Ken! Especially the one to restart KDE... I've gotten used to the icons on the desktop but having PS on the panel now is great! But mostly, a HUGE thank you for the "no borders" tip! I had made them larger because the normal ones were 1 pixel wide and frustrating to try to grab, but for some reason, setting to "No Border" makes the grab area wider! Doesn't make sense to me but works great! You're the best dude!
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  1356. Nice! What do you think so far?
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  1357. Yes, same computer. I currently have Windows 10 and 8 Linux distros on it. I’m working on Netrunner now but I’ll throw Antergos on it as well after I’m done with it.
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  1358. Yeah, there were some handy ones, like cpu temp and freq, and today I do use Bumblebee status and redshift but those are actually useful. Fancy looking widgets on the desktop look messy though. I only want stuff on a panel. Small simple useful stuff.
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  1359. Yeah I gotchya. I used KDE 1 up to KDE 3 (3.5 I think) and there was a lot of work into widgets and toys. And then the DE got very heavy, slow and clunky, which is when I left for Gnome.
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  1360. That's awesome to hear!
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  1361. The steps in this video should help you out. But it is possible that your data has been overwritten. Best bet is to try running testdisk and cross your fingers!
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  1362. Fantastic, that's really great to hear!
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  1363. No I don't.
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  1364. Glad I could help!
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  1365. Glad it helped!
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  1366. This is a tricky one. Because, if you erased the Windows partition and then installed Linux overtop of it, then it's very likely that most of that data has been lost. If you follow the steps in the video, and testdisk is unable to find your old Windows partition, then you might be out of luck. Your best bet is to try to use PhotoRec which you can find with a Google search. Follow their website's instructions and you may be able to recover some files. If that doesn't work, you can try RecuperaBit, but that one is a little hard to use. Good luck with the recovery!
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  1367. Yes if you're going to sell a hard drive, it's a good idea to do proper secure wipes beforehand.
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  1368. Thanks!
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  1369. That’s great to hear!
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  1370. Thanks! I do try to respond to everyone but I sometimes miss some or take a couple days. It's getting harder and harder to reply to all the comments because I keep getting more and more :) Happy New Year to you as well!
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  1371. You can try, but you should really run it from a Live iso so you can make changes.
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  1372. I dunno either. Sometimes I think twitter is just a place where people feel like being assholes for any reason. I mean, all that back and forth for nothing. I didn't even figure out that his problem was with the specific word "Beta" because he was just too busy insulting and talking about himself, none of which I really cared about at all... Just getting to the point and saying "Hey, that's not officially a Beta so could you remove that word?" would have easily and quickly solved everything. People... geez lol
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  1373. Yeah I never realized it until I compiled the list of subscribers. Well, for the next one I think I'll plan it more and also include the option to e-mail or comment to be entered or something... The winner still hasn't replied to me yet so there might still be a re-draw on Thursday!
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  1374. Thanks! Yes I still state apt-get because it's still a commonly used and widely accepted legacy term that still works, and is commonly referred to in the community. Of course anyone familiar knows to just use "apt" instead ;) I also prefer to not use the posix chaining of && when giving instructions, even though I really should! It's just a personal thing really, and I find it more readable on 2 lines even though chaining prevents runaway commands if an error occurs. I should make it more clear when posting things, but remember that I tend to cater as much as possible to beginners as well :D What I'm really doing I guess is making it easy for the beginner, while the more advanced users know better and can correct things themselves, just like how you quickly noticed what it should be!
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  1375. Thanks! I chose the name Scion because it has two meanings; Descendant of a notable family, and also means a shoot or twig of a plant that's been cut to be grafted to another plant. Both definitions suit a distro built from Ubuntu :) The fonts being blurry are probably just the video. They can be changed to slight in the Control Panel > Customize Look > Font tab > Change hinting from full to slight. In the same "Customize Look" window, you can change themes for both the widgets and the window borders. There isn't a very dark one, but I will add one. You can always download any theme you want for openbox and it'll work.
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  1376. Awesome! I just finished adding an update a few hours ago which you can get with an update in the terminal "sudo apt-get update" then "sudo apt-get upgrade" or with Synaptic. I added an update utility and notification system which you can turn on in the control panel. It runs in the system tray right now and is pretty basic for now but it'll tell you if you have updates and let you install them from the system tray icon.
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  1377. I've got a quick clock format change option coming up in future updates. For now, if you still need it, do this: Control Panel > Panel Settings > Edit Theme > Clock (tab) and change First Line Format to : %I:%M %p Then press ok and close it all. I'll make this an easier option in the future and also default to the 12-hour clock.
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  1378. Great! Hoping it goes problem free! (It should! lol )
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  1379. Thank you! Yes there's many more settings and little things to add here and there. I have to add language and keyboard settings as well. This will be a standard/fixed release model for the most part. The only things that will be updated often are the custom software bits. Right now with the free repo server I'm using, I'm only allowed one package so it all goes in there for now until I can afford to get a paid server. Surprisingly I've had 135 downloads of the ISO in the past 3 days since releases 18.1.1 so it seems to be popular :) Thanks for the comments and compliments, and most importantly the feedback :)
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  1380. Nice. Let me know what you think, and remember, this is still in its testing phase ;)
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  1381. I've never used one, but from what I understand, yes you can. You just have to ensure you use a distro architecture that will work with your raspberry pi's CPU. The easiest way to find out is to try it! :)
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  1382. I have 3 videos coming up next for the release of Manjaro 18.0. It's Gnome 3.30, KDE Plasma 5.14 and XFCE 4.13 ;) I've been working with the devs the past couple weeks and getting the lowdown on the details. My reviews will be out just before the final release happens at the end of this week.
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  1383. It's pretty much the same as installing on a real system. You create a new virtual machine, download the ISO file, and then in the virtual machine settings, you can load the ISO file as a virtual CD disk.
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  1384. Yes you can, check out my video on how to do that here : https://youtu.be/2tUkmeDdXjM
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  1385. Do you get to the grub boot screen at all? What graphics chip does your system have?
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  1386. Thanks! What do you mean by cleaning loop?
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  1387. Check my 'from scratch' playlist for how to write it to a USB.
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  1388. Glad you found it helpful! I'll be redoing a better quality series sometime soon. To install guest additions, see my other video : https://youtu.be/B40xld-7ceU
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  1389. I don't know enough about Mint to confirm, but, obmenu looks for an XML file in ~/.config/openbox and /etc/xdg/openbox/menu.xml So I'm assuming that Mint doesn't create or update this file, or, it might be somewhere else. If it does exist, you can try copying that file to you home folder at ~/.config/openbox If the ~/.config/openbox folder doesn't exist, then create it.
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  1390. No worries, happy to share what I know :) Just share my videos lol
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  1391. To prevent switching to a console, edit your xorg.conf: "sudo -i nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf" or gedit, whichever editor you want to use. Add these lines: Section "ServerFlags" Option "DontVTSwitch" "true" EndSection
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  1392. The first line in the file should be [SeatDefaults] not [SeatDefault]. You forgot the last "s" at the end. :)
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  1393. Hmm. You could try installing lxrandr and then run it to see if you can manually change the resolution.
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  1394. I'm afraid I've never used VMWare with Linux at all, only Virtualbox. But provided that your VMWare and its tools are the latest versions, I'm not sure why it wouldn't work. Recently there were several major issues with Linux kernels and Virtualbox because of security flaws that had to be patched (Spectre and Meltdown). The patches that fixed those issues caused huge problems for Linux and even caused Virtualbox to stop working. Virtualbox updated but still had problems with graphics until the last update. VMWare could possibly still be going through these issues but as I've said, I don't use it so I'm no help there. One solution, even though it's a messy fix, it might work: When you put a machine full-screen, open a terminal window in the desktop you made, and type "sudo systemctl restart lightdm.service". That works in Virtualbox as a temporary fix until the next reboot and should bring you back to the login screen full-screen. I hope that helps.
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  1395. Not sure there since I never have font issues, and I also use Chromium, not Firefox. But try "sudo apt-get install xvfb xfonts-base xfonts-75dpi xfonts-100dpi xfonts-wqy" If that doesnt' work, other packages you can try are: fonts-dejavu-core fonts-dejavu-extra fonts-droid-fallback fonts-guru fonts-guru-extra fonts-horai-umefont fonts-kacst fonts-kacst-one fonts-khmeros-core fonts-lao fonts-liberation fonts-lklug-sinhala fonts-lohit-guru fonts-nanum fonts-noto-cjk fonts-opensymbol fonts-roboto fonts-roboto-hinted fonts-sil-abyssinica fonts-sil-padauk fonts-stix fonts-symbola fonts-takao-pgothic fonts-thai-tlwg fonts-tibetan-machine fonts-tlwg-garuda fonts-tlwg-kinnari fonts-tlwg-laksaman fonts-tlwg-loma fonts-tlwg-mono fonts-tlwg-norasi fonts-tlwg-purisa fonts-tlwg-sawasdee fonts-tlwg-typewriter fonts-tlwg-typist fonts-tlwg-typo fonts-tlwg-umpush fonts-tlwg-waree fonts-unfonts-core fonts-wqy-microhe
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  1396. Yes that's always been on my to-do list but I think the next one will be based on a different distro.
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  1397. I haven't tried 17.04 or 17.10 for this. I usually stick to the LTS versions... Perhaps the mini.iso default settings is enough to get started? All you really need are the basic terminal tools and a network connection so it's pretty basic to begin with.
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  1398. Glad you worked it out in the end.
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  1399. That's great to hear! I've converted many of my friends as well, from both Windows and Mac :)
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  1400. Thanks for the compliment! I'm hoping the quality and content got better over time with my other videos. This first one was just for fun and turned out most popular lol If you really don't need a login manager at all and don't mind always using a single-user, check out my Part 2 where I don't even install a display manager. That might be a fix for you. https://youtu.be/OP9l-m02Yng Something must be wrong here but without being on your system, I'd only be guessing, but sometimes it's just a simple spelling mistake like putting [SeatDefault] instead of [SeatDefaults] (Missing the "s" in Defaults).
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  1401. Well, openbox is a stacking WM unlike i3, awm etc. But you can run scripts and modify configs to get some behaviour like it. Good examples are here : https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=4042 And here: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2379547 I'm working on something myself as well similar to the above, but it's not reliable yet.
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  1402. I made a new video for exactly what you were asking for. https://youtu.be/2tUkmeDdXjM
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  1403. You can use FreeBSD as a starting point if you wish, but it will work differently than the Ubuntu setup. As for a different filesystem, there are plenty out there that support snapshots and other features. Check out things like XFS or Btrfs.
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  1404. I have another video on making an ISO using SystemBack, but that is no longer available in current distro versions.
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  1405. Yes I did a Void one just for fun :) I'm still working on recreating my original from-scratch videos. I'll be going into more details and finishing things like using polkit and setting up audio. Now that I have video capture hardware, I'm also considering doing the entire thing on real hardware instead of in a VM. You can choose Ubuntu or Void or any distro to start your own desktop, and you can use openbox or XFCE or whatever mix of things you want :) Good luck with the project!
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  1406. I've never played with an RPI, but I don't think so. VirtualBox is an x86 emulator and RPI's use ARM processors.
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  1407. Hi, well luckily I made a video that explains that as well ;) https://youtu.be/2tUkmeDdXjM Thanks for the comment!
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  1408. Not a clue, but I've had bad sound running on a Linux host as well. Something just doesn't sync properly sometimes.
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  1409. Just do a web search for “Ubuntu minimal iso” and it will come up. It’s a roughly 50-60MB file.
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  1410. Well if you follow this video and only install the openbox desktop and a browser it should be fine.
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  1411. Yes, policy kits make life easier! I'm redoing these videos at some point and I'll be including a lot more detail. Also better quality and editing ;)
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  1412. There's nothing developer-specific installed. In fact, there's no much installed at all. But I think THAT is why it's recommended. No bloat, no extra programs that you don't need, just a blank slate to start working with.
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  1413. I have tried Antergos and it seemed good! An XFCE Antergos setup would be cool to check out. Since it's based on Arch, I have no doubt it would run great on almost all old hardware. I'll have to give it a download! Thanks for the comment Tony :)
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  1414. Which distro are you using? Ubuntu-based distros should have it in the repo, and Arch-based distros have it in the AUR.
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  1415. Cool! It's great when teams work together. Thanks for the info!
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  1416. Ah haha well I’m not sure what else would be a good reliable calendar other than Microsoft or google.
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  1417. I link up to my outlook calendar. I started using it long ago because I used to have a windows phone and my wife and I share calendars with eachother. I especially like outlook because it automatically adds things to my calendar like when I get an email about an amazon delivery.
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  1418. There will be more in the future! When I first released this one it wasn’t very popular. Now that it’s getting more popular I will continue to do this style of video.
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  1419. Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it. There will be more to come. This is the first in the series :) Thanks for the comment!
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  1420. Thanks Karl! Takes a bit more work to do these but I'll still mix in some easier-to-do reviews and chatting, aka greens and yellows... Thanks a lot for the feedback and thanks for your support :)
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  1421. Thanks very much! I appreciate the feedback and I'm glad you liked it :)
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  1422. Yep this is great to hear. I also did a video specifically on TimeShift as well, check it out and thanks for watching!
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  1423. If you store your backups on an external drive, then they should be safe if you unplug or unmount it. I have a backup partition on my disk in my computer, and it's only ever mounted when I perform backups or restores, and you need the password to mount it.
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  1424. Thanks! I get a good amount of views but for some reason backups get no love lol
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  1425. Yes, but I prefer TimeShift.
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  1426. What is giving you this error?
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  1427. Timeshift allows you to browse files since the backups are regular folders. Deja-Dup makes backups in archived files.
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  1428. Nice. Yes I also did a video on TimeShift. I use it for full system backups on a separate partition and then backup my home folder separately onto my NAS which is a RAID5 array. Gotta keep those YouTube videos safe 😉
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  1429. Thanks! Yes Systemback was great. It did install in 18.04, but complained that it only supports up to 16.04 since the devt has ceased. I seemed to backup fine, but I didn't want to risk trying a restore. TimeShift works great and is basically a powerful rsync manager/gui. But like we've both said, if disaster hits, just reinstall and carry on :) Thanks for the comment!
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  1430. This video is about backups in general. Obviously if you have any sensitive data, it should be secured somehow even if it's NOT a backup and it's sitting in your home folder. But that's not what I'm covering here.
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  1431. You should check out TimeShift. I did a video on it here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0t8EN3n4IA The first backup will be huge, but backups after it will be very fast because it only backs up new or changed files. This also makes backups after the first one much smaller. Check out the video I linked and good luck!
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  1432. Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoy the content :) Cheers!
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  1433. That might work, but it would be better and faster to boot from a USB with something like GParted Live and just create an ISO file from your disk. Then you can use that ISO file to make a clone onto another computer.
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  1434. True. I'm thinking of making a video that covers all possible install methods, including dual-booting, resizing pre-existing partitions, adding a 2nd drive, UEFI, all on one video.
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  1435. vishal singh It’s on a virtual machine with no EFI. Of course on a system with EFI it would create one.
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  1436. Yes you can. You can shrink your Windows partition and install Linux alongside so you can boot both. Then you can access your Windows files from within Linux. Check out my video on dualbooting : https://youtu.be/Crleyglb4mo
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  1437. For Gparted user support and forums, go here : https://gparted.org/forum.php
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  1438. Yes I'll be making more, I only took a small break because my wife and I had a baby, which takes a lot of my time :). I plan on making a wine/POL video
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  1439. Could possibly be :)
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  1440. Thanks Kourosh! I love Manjaro as well, and I think I'll have to just switch back and forth between it and openSUSE and see what works best for me. Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching!
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  1441. Yep. I'm aware of why it exists, but it doesn't belong on regular user desktops. There's no reason at all for the calculator to be a snap, it's ridiculous to be honest. Linux is already more secure than the alternatives without snaps.
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  1442. That's awesome! Don't forget to enable to AUR in the package manager. This way you have access to even more packages that might not be available in the regular repos.
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  1443. It can use snap, most distros can. But Ubuntu installs a bunch of default snaps.
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  1444. heheh I did! Or did I? You'll have to keep watching my videos to find out ;)
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  1445. Nah I switched to Manjaro :) Been happy with it since!
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  1446. Tumbleweed gave me issues with several updates which is why I switched to Leap. Rolling release vs fixed... If you run into issues, you could try the new Leap 15.
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  1447. Turned out close to Arch! ;) https://youtu.be/PWqDOUs_oYI
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  1448. Manjaro seems to be working out very well so far!
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  1449. Yes of course, but that still shows snaps' loops. But that's not the point, the point is that they've taken the steps to make this the default way, and even changed some of the default packages into snapes (gnome-calculator, gnome-system-monitor, among others).
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  1450. Haha, I switched to Manjaro Gnome when I made this video, but last week I switched to Manjaro KDE after using Gnome for 10 years. So far I like it! https://youtu.be/zVD3ubm-F3Y
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  1451. Fedora could be a definite candidate as well. Although I have openSUSE Leap 15 running great, but no Nvidia Optimus drivers yet. Have yet to reinstall Manjaro and give it a go. Might do a Fedora install too. Used it for a long time back in the day when it was just called RedHat.
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  1452. Well, if you keep watching my videos, you'll see that I did end up switching to Manjaro almost 4 months ago :) I really like it!
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  1453. After running Ubuntu occasionally over the past 3 weeks with the entire snap system purged and ripped out of it, it seems to run ok after you re-install the defaults snaps that were installed to begin wtih (gnome-log, gnome-system-monitor etc...). However, this doesn't mean I'm willing to go back. The fact that Ubuntu is installed with snap, and several of its default applications are installed as snaps, leads me to believe that this is the direction it will be headed. My worry is that eventually, you will no longer have the option to remove the snap system, and that certain packages will only be available as snaps in the future (There are already some only in snap format). That's great for servers, but shouldn't be pushed onto regular desktop users. This is more than enough for me to jump ship...
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  1454. I do use Mint on a couple of my machines, but switched them out for LMDE because I prefer the Debian base. For my production machine I run Debian with the Cinnamon desktop. And on my main laptop I run Debian with Gnome. I was using Arch for quite a while, but while travelling I switched to Debian because Arch had too many large updates. I made a video on that.
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  1455. I had been stuck between openSUSE and Manjaro and picked Manjaro a week ago. So far so good! See my recent videos :) Thanks!
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  1456. Did it really get worse? I'll have to check it... I did a video on removing snapd and replacing the apps with regular repo ones here https://youtu.be/1XHMc17pM2g EDIT: Yeah I just checked it, they added 2 more default snaps... thanksbutnothanks
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  1457. Yes but they still show up in the system monitor as well.
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  1458. Sort of. Ubuntu installs several of its apps as snaps by default. So you need to check what those are, like calculator, system monitor etc, and then remove snapd, and reinstall those apps. Check out the video I did on that : https://youtu.be/1XHMc17pM2g\
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  1459. Agreed! I do like AppImages. Completely self-contained and doesn't depend on an existing system to support it.
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  1460. Yes, and with Antergos which is Arch-based, you can choose Cinnamon, Deepin, Gnome, KDE, MATE, Openbox or XFCE from the one installer. I have a video on that. But, for Ubuntu, the best alternative, which is really a better nicer version of Ubuntu and without snaps is Pop OS : https://youtu.be/ff5TqC0-gGs Be sure to check it out!
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  1461. Agreed! To be honest though, everything is the same as other distros except for the package managers pamac, pacman and octipi. Those are pretty easy to learn :)
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  1462. Yes of course! You can install an entire OS using that, or, use the 30GB as an extra storage space for another operating sysem.
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  1463. Yep that's the primary issue. Sometimes you don't have a choice but to use a certain firmware or even distro. I personally got shamed for using something because it uses "blobs", but unless I use different hardware, I have no choice here...
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  1464.  @TitanV  Good luck and I hope you're successful! If anything it's a great way to learn :)
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  1465. Thanks! As for PlayOnLinux/Wine, the best place to ask would be with the experts on their forums to be honest. Some software can be very picky about what versions of what are needed to be installed. And sometimes there's some odd tweaks that need to be done to get something working.
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  1466.  @meliodas.1108  Some can look a little off, but Photoshop looks fine to me.
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  1467. Not really. Krita can do more things in a similar way as Photoshop with layer/blending effects etc.
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  1468. Same here! Cheers
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  1469. Thanks!
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  1470. Exactly! Cheers and thanks for the comment!
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  1471. Well... Scion had a lot more going on. Custom software I wrote myself, my own repos for Scion packages, branding etc etc. This is just a basic openbox desktop.
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  1472. I'm enjoying Void, and I hope strong development continues. The only thing lacking is a better update notification system! Thanks Mark
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  1473. Agreed Marc! Simple and fast is right. I do like when there's a lot of effort put into making it look nice though, it makes a big difference. Thanks for the comment!
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  1474. Thank you! :)
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  1475. That’s just because I didn’t install a policy kit. Like I said in the video, this was just getting a basic desktop running and is far from complete. Not a VM I’m planning on keeping 😉
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  1476. Perhaps you might have to explore the Void forums for assistance. They'll be better able to help you out since I just can't reproduce your problem, it works for me.
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  1477. It's on my to-do review list ;)
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  1478. Thanks! Came home from the hospital yesterday but we had to go back today... Possible complications with my wife but hopefully all is good...
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  1479. Great to hear from a happy Void user! Yeah just backup all your stuff and reinstall. Backup first! You can also give a test run in a VM first as well...
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  1480. I like Manjaro a lot too (Arch-based). Like I said, it's a personal preference :)
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  1481. Yeah, I've heard it many ways. I used it long before YouTube and watching online videos was a thing, and just reading it on websites and in forums. So for myself and many others, it's just force of habit to pronounce it the way we did for many years :D Same with GNU and all that. To be honest, if they wanted it pronounced that way, they should've spelled it Ganome, or G'nome or something different, because I've always read it the same way as like a garden gnome... Either way you say it, it's the same thing :)
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  1482. You can set them that way to make it easier to distinguish, but you can choose whichever colors you want.
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  1483. It can run on either.
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  1484. Glad you enjoyed it!
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  1485. I think the compatibility list only includes things that have been tried and listed. There's a lot more that is compatible, you just have to try it to see. I've run it on some hardware that isn't listed and it worked just fine.
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  1486. Thank you!
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  1487. It wouldn’t run properly for my in a virtual machine. It needs to be on hardware.
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  1488. Well, for a disposable machine, the temporary storage it uses gets deleted when shut down. If you run an SSD, the trim feature of SSD's will make that data unrecoverable. If you're running a mechanical hard disk, you could always set up a job that routinely wipes the free space.
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  1489. It was running on an old laptop with a 6th Gen i7 and 16GB of RAM. The CPU and RAM required really depends on how many different Qubes you plan on running and how much you allocate to each one.
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  1490. Thank you! This is running on an MSI laptop with an i7-6700HQ processor and 16GB of RAM.
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  1491. It’s just Xfce. You edit the panel, unlock it and then you can move it down.
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  1492. I see what you did there ;)
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  1493. Kraky Krake Yes it can be very handy for not only privacy but also good for isolating applications and doing some quick testing as well.
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  1494. Getting in over your head is sometimes the best way to learn ;) I find i3 ok, but it's just a personal preference to not use it. I tend to forget keybindings easily lol
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  1495. I put the commands in the description which you can print and keep with a recovery stick if you really needed to. Unmounting probably isn't a huge deal since the LiveUSB SHOULD unmount everything when rebooting/shutting down, but that's not a guarantee depending on what distro you're using. The fixit stick is all fine for Mint and maybe other Ubuntu-based distros, but it probably won't help you with Fedora, Gentoo, Arch, and all their derivatives. Knowing how to do this is just a 'good to know' skill, because what if that fixit stick doesn't work? You fix it yourself.
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  1496. Other than the Silverblue Update video I posted? I'm still using it on my main laptop and it's still running great and I have no complaint about it at all! I would definitely recommend it for a regular desktop distro any day.
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  1497. Vim is not installed in all distros by default, so I just used the graphical editor because I knew it showed line numbers. But regardless, to just comment out a line, it doesn't really matter what editor is used...
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  1498. Perhaps, but systemd is pretty complex, and the components really vary from distro to distro. But services using different init systems would be a good one.
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  1499. This is true, there is no compression. It's a matter of personal preference, but I like being able to simply browse the backed up files and simply copy what I need. As for NTFS partitions, this is of course an issue because the file flags aren't the same and permissions won't be preserved. There are a lot of options out there for backups. What are you currently using?
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  1500. Here are your answers; 1) Timeshift copies the files into timestamped folders which can be browsed manually to find files. From within Timeshift, you can right-click on a snapshot and select "Browse Files". 2) It doesn't provide either since it's primarily intended to backup your system and not data, which is why you have the options set to exclude home folders. If you wish to backup your personal data, you could back it up to an encrypted partition. 3) Same as #2, it does not. However, if the partition you're backing up to uses a Btrfs or ZFS filesystem, then it's possible to set that up ahead of time so that the backups are automatically compressed. That's a bit more work to set up though. Compression isn't really necessary though since Timeshift does incremental backups. The first backup takes the most room, after that, the additional snapshots only backup new and changed files. Using Deja-Dup from my other video is probably better for backing up your personal data, as it can password protect the backups. But those backups are stored in archives and not as easily browsable.
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  1501. I’ve used both. TimeShift for system recovery, and Deja Dup to backup my files to my NAS. Unfortunately TimeShift won’t work over the network
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  1502. I see it’s not open source and you have to buy it. Not something I’d use unfortunately. There are others out there than can do rsync over NAS. TimeShift uses plain rsync as well but not to a NAS.
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  1503. It’s fantastic and I recommend it to everyone. It has also saved me from a broken system as well 😎
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  1504. I don’t see why not
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  1505. It is, just not as pretty ;) The partition can be on a separate drive like an external USB if you'd like. You just have to ensure it's automatically mounted everytime you boot up so Timeshift can perform the scheduled backups. Same program for KDE as well.
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  1506. Very true! I've had to restore from an update a year ago.
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  1507. I do try to remember using it for my own searches, but for the masses, Google is still the thing unfortunately. I'm going to try to promote it more in my videos, but I just wish their search results were as accurate as Google's...
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  1508. Sounds interesting but it’s not very Linux-based. I would recommend buying a purpose built NAS. They’re simpler and easier to configure. Just follow the instructions and use your file manager to access it via smb.
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  1509. Hey Mark, I checked out Korora and put out a video on it https://youtu.be/isEPec2KSMM Thanks for the tip :) Yes I had some hardware issues, but I would spend more time fixing it if I were to make it my main distro ;)
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  1510. Can you elaborate more on what you're talking about? I run Ubuntu on 10+ different systems and I've never had any hardware damage...
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  1511. Nice to hear. Well, there will be lots of changes coming once GTK4 hits the ground...
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  1512. Fedora Silverblue also updates in a similar way. Check out my Silverblue videos!
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  1513. Oshane McKenzie Nope. It’s built independently
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  1514. They are two very different things. Check out my video on Fedora Silverblue for an explanation on OSTree.
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  1515. I don’t find them any slower than using regular packages.
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  1516. Sort of. But closer to Silverblue
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  1517. Thank you!
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  1518. Yes I know that, but it's not obvious which is the problem. There are others commenting on this video that have also thought the same thing. They need to make it obvious so that it doesn't look like a cash grab.
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  1519. That’s really odd. You should hit up their forums for support there.
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  1520. Thanks 😎👍
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  1521. lol wow, geez that made me actually laugh out loud! :)
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  1522. I tried many things. It doesn’t go smaller than that, and it won’t allow the window to go higher than the top of the screen. In any case, this shouldn’t be happening.
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  1523. I tried that and it still doesn’t go higher than the top of the screen no matter what.
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  1524. I like that Debian gives you the basics. I do however also like Mint, and specifically Mint Debian Edition (LMDE).
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  1525. FOSS-Lover I think it’s especially important on the main page to have a $0 option. Now the options are $10, $20, $30, $Custom. Just add $0 there, because you wouldn’t think that it would let you put a zero in the custom box,
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  1526. This is all just my opinion. But I just feel they should make it more obvious that you don’t have to pay instead of obfuscating it by typing 0 being the only way. Why not just put a $0 button?
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  1527. ThePressurizer thanks for the comment!
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  1528. I don’t mind that there an option to pay. I just think they shouldn’t obfuscate the ability to not pay if you wish.
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  1529. Yes of course it’s an easy patch, but that’s a bandaid solution. You shouldn’t have to do this. Especially since I’ve never had that issue with any other distro.
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  1530. Ross McLean And do the app devs send some of that donated money to upstream packages they use for their apps? And for the OS ISO price, does Elementary send some of that money to Ubuntu and Debian since the majority of the OS is based on those?
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  1531. Yikes. That definitely should not happen!
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  1532. In what way? Is it choppy for you? Or is it screen tearing?
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  1533. Because it also looks like Cinnamon :)
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  1534. Hahaha
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  1535. Thank you! I'm on day 5 of using Manjaro as my main OS and I really like it! It is now installed as a full OS and no longer a virtual machine. I am however a little concerned about security/safety using the AUR since anyone can put up packages. Partially because of security reasons, but also because of stability reasons. But I've installed a few things from it and everything is great so far! I'm planning to post another update on Monday, which will make one full week of using Manjaro :)
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  1536. Glad you enjoyed it thank you! I did do one a couple years ago, it's on my channel in the "How to" playlist. It's called Linux 101 - Terminal Navigation. Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdkbQ0MduBY&list=PLNgoty5-NgL58lHmLD0GfQOzlo0jKCvQV&index=16
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  1537. Thank you! I also made a video on how to install Arch, but you’ll need to follow along with the Arch install guide because it’s constantly changing. Most should be the same though.
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  1538. @YiannisCH VERY true. I've switched over from Nvidia to AMD GPU's and it's completely painless. It just works without needing to install anything extra. Just wonderful!
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  1539. Thank you. That's definitely something that can be done :)
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  1540. Thanks!
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  1541. Yes, I'm telling you the shit is free. All of it.
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  1542. Not at all
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  1543. BSD doesn't run well on my hardware. But perhaps I can do it in a VM, or use on of my older machines...
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  1544. Sounds like something interesting to try!
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  1545. Here’s hoping! 🤞😁
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  1546. Thank you, I'm glad you saw this and I hope you enjoy trying out everything Linux has to offer :)
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  1547. Funny enough, I’ve had the idea of doing a video of gaming devices rolling around in my head for a while now lol. I have a 360 controller with the USB dongle and I also have a flight stick. I’ll have to plug them in a give it a shot ;). Nice hearing from you again. It’s been a while!
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  1548. I did try it actually, and I ended up with the same results. I just never bothered to update the forum post, which I will do now. Thanks for reminding me :) openSUSE doesn't support Nvidia Optimus at all, nor do they care to. The only information on setting it up comes from the user community, and it's often out of date, untested or incorrect. I have it running perfectly in Manjaro now and I'm very happy! :)
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  1549. I do like Mate, but still not 100% sold on Budgie yet. Minor bugs and oddities in the UI bother me, but it's got fantastic potential.
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  1550. If you mean from a KDE guest, you need to stop the Kscreen background process. Then you can create a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/40-Monitor.conf and in there you'll put in an Xorg config with basic screen and monitor settings where you set the preferred resolution.
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  1551. I use Merriweather Sans in Scion, I just haven't set it everywhere yet. I spent many many hours months ago going through dozens of fonts and decided on it.
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  1552. Indeed! haha Thank you :)
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  1553. Awesome! Glad you found it useful 😎
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  1554. I’m not very familiar with Android
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  1555. Unfortunately no I don't. I did however just get a Pinebook Pro the other day, which is a ARM64-based laptop. But I have A LOT to learn about it since ARM is new to me.
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  1556. Haha ok well that works too ;)
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  1557. Plug it in and then turn on the computer.
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  1558. You mean on the tint2 panel? If so, then yes, there are options when customizing tint2 to change "corner radius" on different elements. This will make round corners. As for the windows, they are stuck with square corners, but that is a limitation of openbox itself. There is a modification to make rounded corners, but I never got it to work properly.
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  1559. Haha, ok, so... While you build up the system with the base ISO, make sure the ethernet cable is plugged in and it should work :) After that once you get a desktop up and running, you can use the networkmanager's GUI to connect to WiFi :D
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  1560. Were you connected with an ethernet cable? That's the easiest way. If you were, then perhaps you have an uncommon network card that requires drivers. What system are you using and how are you trying to connect?
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  1561. Thank you! Check my other videos, like this one : https://youtu.be/2tUkmeDdXjM
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  1562. Thank you very much! :)
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  1563. Do you get the GRUB screen when it powers up? If not, try holding the left shift key while booting and see if it comes up (make sure the VM window has focus for it to work). From there you can do into advanced and recovery to get a terminal prompt.
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  1564. Thanks! I’m working on new version of this series using 18.04 as a base, and with better recording, editing, audio etc... This set were my first videos 😊
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  1565. You can install a login manager like lightdm
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  1566. Thank you!
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  1567. Haha, yes, perhaps another day. But I'm not a fan of messing with the kernel too much ;)
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  1568. Also, be aware that installing Gnome AND Unity at the same time causes issues. I would suggest NOT installing Unity desktop "ubuntu-desktop" because it is no longer officially supported in future versions. Ubuntu is switching back to Gnome.
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  1569. Yes, you can install any complete desktop you wish. For example, if you want to install Gnome Desktop, use "sudo apt install gnome-shell". Or, for the desktop and all the software that comes with it, choose "ubuntu-gnome-desktop". You can also install the Unity desktop with the package "ubuntu-desktop". There are several others to choose from, you just need to search google because some need you to add the PPA repository first, such as the Budgie Desktop, which I also like. However, be aware that in this video, I did not install a Display Manager (the login screen) so you can't just logout and pick a different desktop environment easily. Watch my 1st video on installing the Display Manager and ensure you have the login screen, and this will help you easily switch between different desktops when you login.
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  1570. Many file managers will also manage your desktop and allow you to place files on it. I use PCManFM, and for this, you can set it to startup in the openbox autostart file with "pcmanfm --desktop". If you use a different file manager, have a look at the available options because most of them can do this.
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  1571. Thanks. I'll look into the text issues and consider scaled mode, thanks for the heads up.
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  1572. Thank you very much! I'm glad you found it useful. And yes, I would always love to have more followers lol Cheers!
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  1573. Yes of course. But screen's advantages come into play when you're remotely managing another machine through a terminal. However, if you're in a full terminal, as in, no GUI no desktop, you can use screen to do view multiple terminal windows at the same time without needing to switch TTY's. This can also be handy if you're troubleshooting a desktop that won't load.
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  1574. What distro are you using?
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  1575. Because I created my account just before making this video.
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  1576. :D Yep. I'll be giving it a shot too, as well as Solus and a few more!
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  1577. Gnome 3.38 can now do this without any extra additions. Simply drag the icons together to create groups.
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  1578. Yes it should be built-in for sure. There's lots of apps to edit the Gnome apps menu, but Meow is the best in my opinion. And it just works on pretty much any version of Gnome since at least 3.18 until now.
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  1579.  @rty1955  In the newer Gnome versions you can just drag them around to change the order.
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  1580. Awesome info Richard, thanks! I'm admittedly still re-learning the KDE-world since I'm only now checking it out again after using Gnome for 10 years. KDE4 really drove me away lol I'm going to look into this some more. One thing I wonder is if they ever make use of "full-upgrade" to keep the DE up to date.
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  1581. Kubuntu is definitely a better choice for a new user since it’s more stable. I can see Neon catching a bug here and there due to the rolling DE release setup... Still an interesting concept.
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  1582. I'm not sure if Neon would be good enough to pull me away from Manjaro or Q4OS, but I'm really curious how well it runs "for real". Might be a week or two until the update so I can really give it a shot. Thanks Bobby!
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  1583. They’re just overkill for regular users and belong more in a server. There’s no need to containerize the calculator for example. They start up slower, and are restricted from accessing some things which is why the snaps also don’t theme like everything else you set. Set a theme to something different and open the system monitor for example and you’ll see it looks different. I did a video where I talk about it and show you how to remove it all here : https://youtu.be/1XHMc17pM2g
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  1584. You're right Dick. I'm also having errors doing so because of dependencies. I did a full system update to see if that would help and it froze at 70%. Had to force a reboot, fix apt and try again. Calibre still doesn't install. In fact, the more things I try to install, the more things aren't looking good for KDE Neon... An update video might be quite negative...
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  1585. Oh that bug. Yes I've had that happen before on some distros with KDE. It changes to fullscreen and then right back immediately. Sometimes a fix can be in the VirtualBox settings (If using version 6), change your Display > Graphics Controller setting to VBoxVGA and try again.
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  1586. Heheh definitely not for everyone Abe. I used KDE3, left when KDE4 came and now I’m trying 5. At least it’s better than it once was 😉
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  1587. You could add KDE to Ubuntu since they have it in the repos already, but it will be an older version. You could also add the Neon repo within Ubuntu (the neon.list file) and THEN install a new KDE I suppose, but that might cause conflicts. I don't think I would ever recommend installing more that one major desktop environment at a time. They bring their own software and packages, and can turn your home profile settings into a mess. So I would strongly recommend trying a VM, or a LiveUSB, or dual/mutli-booting.
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  1588. Yes they all show slightly different numbers which is frustrating. So to make up for it, I try to always use top so that it's a better comparison. I really need to install Gnome 3.30 ;)
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  1589. Thank you! Are you talking about Ubuntu with Gnome? Because that would be pretty low for Gnome, for sure...
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  1590. Thanks Donald.  I've never looked into that but I'm sure it's quite possible.  But do you mind me asking why you would want to do this?  Just curious as to the application of such a thing.
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  1591. No. It is a very simple package that runs small simple background tasks. Even on the slowest computer with the least amount of RAM, you wouldn't notice a difference with it running.
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  1592. If the battery only charges to 76%, you may want to replace the battery or the charging adapter.
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  1593. Definitely an option, but in 99% of cases, all you have to do is install it and use the default settings.
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  1594. You can uninstall tlp if you want to.
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  1595. Let me know if you see an improvement, I’d be interested in knowing. As for the SSD’s, again it depends on usage. If you’re spending lots of time reading articles or using a word editor or something, then you’ll save battery for sure because the SSD will be idle and in low-power mode. But if you’re active and using the hard drive a lot, then it will consume a bit more power.
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  1596. Hey Bill! Yes I've posted the commands in the description :) As for the SSD, it can be unnoticeable depending on how much your system uses the HDD. SDD's actually use more power than HDD, but for a shorter amount of time and go to a much lower consumption rate much faster than mechanical drives. I will always recommend SSD's to anyone, although they are quite a big pricier per GB. Thanks for the comment and the thumbs up!
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  1597. Hi. Well, it is possible that the software is incorrect. 7.5% seems very low, and at that rate, it would only be lasting you less than 30 minutes. If that's the case then yes, replace it. But if you still get a good amount of time on battery, then it should be fine.
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  1598. Let me know how it works out! Also, you need to have Optimus drivers installed properly if you have Hybrid graphics, otherwise your Nvidia GPU will be always on and kill your battery fast.
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  1599. Thank you! Yes I find tlp alone does a great job. The only issue is sometimes the sound popping which I mentioned in the video along with how to fix it. Thanks for the comment 🙂
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  1600. Haha, it's a 17" MSI GP72 Leopard Pro. The battery does last a very long time if I'm just editing documents, but not 17 hours heheh
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  1601. “systemctl” No R
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  1602. Night Fury This video was from 2 years ago so I would follow what the man pages say since things likely changed
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  1603. Yep, and you can install as many versions as you want on as many machines as you want and it's still free! Good weekend to you too Johan!
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  1604. I'm sure you've tried other Debian-based distros, like Ubuntu? ;) I may stick with Q4OS on KDE for a while and see how it goes! And yes, the screen recording works perfectly with no flickers as you can see in this video, which I recorded in KDE using Q4OS :)
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  1605. Thanks! Optimus is a special graphics setup with dual GPUs, an Intel GPU and an Nvidia GPU. These work together in laptops to save power and reduce heat. Normally, the Intel GPU runs your desktop and any application. You can use the commands optirun or primusrun before an application name to get it to run using the Nvidia GPU for better graphics performance in things like games or 3D software like Blender. From what I can tell, your laptop has an Nvidia Quadro M1200 which is not an Optimus GPU. This means you’ll be running the Nvidia GPU all the time, which is ok because the Quadros aren’t as power hungry as gaming GPUs. For installing proprietary Nvidia drivers under Gnome, you would use the “Additional Drivers” program, but I’m not sure what would be available in KDE. I read that installing kubuntu-driver-manager gives you a similar GUI to install proprietary drivers for you but I’ve never tried it. You might have to try installing that and see if it works. Before you do though, check my video “What to do after installing Linux” and watch the beginning on boot issues. Take notes of this in case you end up not being able to boot after installing the new drivers. Adding the acpi_osi options usually fixes this after installing proprietary Nvidia drivers. Let me know how you make out!
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  1606. Sorry I couldn’t be more help but I’ve never had one before. Hopefully when my channel really picks up and I get more support, I can start testing and reviewing more hardware peripherals for things like this 😎
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  1607. I'm still using it as a secondary distro. It's my number 1 fixed release distro :) Thanks for the comment!
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  1608. Thanks for watching, as always :) By the way, if you're just testing, you could try the Q4OS 3.1 version. It has kernel 4.14, which I forgot to mention in the video :P
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  1609. That's what I ended up doing a few weeks ago. The "active window follows mouse" option also helped but not for everything. Now everything opens on the right screen. Thanks! :)
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  1610. As you requested, installing and using TLP :https://youtu.be/Ku0491LfhR4
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  1611. Don't apologize for rambling, I asked you a question and like the feedback and stories :)I should run a vanilla Arch on one of my other machines so I can just wipe the drive and go at it... I've been using Antergos all weekend in a VM and it seems very much like Manjaro (of course). The bonus I've realized by doing this is that they all do indeed get different updates at different times and aren't getting them direct from the Arch repos, so that's interesting. Thanks for the comment and replies!
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  1612. Thank you, and thanks for the comment!You're right that there is indeed a properties option for the clock which allows you to enter in a timezone. However, that only sets the time for that panel item. It doesn't change the system timezone, which means your timestamps for files will be incorrect, and it could also cause issues with any updates, or even encryptions which rely on an accurate time. So you were running Antergos and now vanilla Arch? What made you change it up?
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  1613. That's too bad about Antergos not installing... Do you remember what the error was? If you got Arcolinux running then at least that's a bonus! Sorry for the late reply, my hard drive crashed and is being replaced...
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  1614. Awesome Stefan! Yes I do enjoy it quite a bit. There's quite the difference in difficulty and time required between installing pure Arch and installing Antergos or Manjaro. For me, I don't think I can justify the time to do Arch from scratch, but perhaps next time my wife needs to go out of town, I'll give it a shot lol Thanks for the comment!
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  1615. Well, you have to purchase it, it’s not free. If you purchase it and don’t have the DVD anymore you can redownload it from the Adobe site.
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  1616. MOhan Talupula Definitely Manjaro for me.
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  1617. Thanks Karl! I was curious what you use. I don't have any experience with Cnchi but it seems really smooth now. I'm guessing the self-updating feature is to also fix future problems. I'll look into the automatic setup when installing on hardware. It sounds a lot like openSUSE's automatic proposals. I'm very intrigued about your move from Gnome to KDE since I too am drawn to the Gnome workflow. I'll have to play with the newest KDE and see what I can do with it.. Thanks for the comment! And don't apologize for rambling, I like interesting comments :)
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  1618. Awesome :) I'm very very happy with it. It's been rock-solid for me, and yes, games work great! My optimus drivers were also automatically installed very easily with one simple command. Can't ask for anything more! Arch is a bit more work to get going from scratch. Reminds me of setting up Linux in the 90's lol Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching!
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  1619. In this video it was Manjaro Gnome 17. I'm now running Manjaro Gnome 18.0 RC and I also have Manjaro XFCE 18.0 (final version) installed. As Manjaro is a rolling release, you can install whatever version is currently available and it will update to the latest. Just like I said I was running Manjaro 17 but it has updated to 18 through regular updates.
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  1620. Sure, I’ll do it after work. But it’s : sudo prime-select intel (or nvidia) Pick the one you want to use. You can verify it with “prime-select query”
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  1621. If there was something as powerful as Photoshop that can do many layers with blending effects on a 4K image with the same performance, then I would use it. Simple fact is that it's the best for how I use it.
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  1622. Awesome Alexandre! Hopefully you learn a thing or two from my channel :) Thank you so much for subscribing!
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  1623. I did! Check out my other videos. I talked about switching to KDE after using Gnome for 10 years. But after a few weeks I had to switch back because of glitches when screen recording.
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  1624. Mate is ok too. These are great for older hardware, but much like Cinnamoon and Peppermint, I'm not a big fan of the "start menu" type application menus.
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  1625. Yep. Because they care, and have a good community of users who get the things working that the average people actually need. Many other distros are going the wrong way, and favoring commercial use and server farms in a bad way. Mainly Ubuntu and openSUSE. Ubuntu at least has a good community to back it up. openSUSE is horrible in many many ways and just don't care what you need...
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  1626. Kel Kun Definitely post it there! That’s one downside of Linux : Brand new hardware... I’m sure it will be supported very soon. You could also look at installing a new Kernel version which you can do in the Manjaro Settings application. 4.16 & 4.17 are available.
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  1627. Kel Kun Don’t run all of Steam with optirun, only the games.
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  1628. Hey Donald, thanks for the comment! Arch's pacman is something I definitely need to learn more about. I know how to use it and all, but as far as the workings under the hood, some of it is still mysterious to me ;) I'll definitely look into pacman to see if I can dig up enough good info for an informative video. Thanks for the tip and the compliment!
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  1629. I don't like to compile such complex things because you don't get updates. Especially security and bugfixes. You'd have to completely recompile again...
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  1630. With PlayOnLinux and Wine. I did a video on how to install WIndows software in Linux :)
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  1631. With PlayOnLinux. It allows you to install Windows programs.
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  1632. Thank you Steven! I appreciate it 😁
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  1633. Yep, as a Windows Server guy I've often used it in powershell. However, this was also accepted in DOS as well, so it's not just the NT Kernel that accepts it.
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  1634. It’s not so bad. Most folders should be left alone and a user should only work in their home folder. Just like in Windows you shouldn’t be messing around in the Windows folder...
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  1635. It's a great backup tool! I did a video on Timeshift as well :)
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  1636. Great stuff! Linux is very fun to learn
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  1637. Yep, there's lots of origin stories for many things in the computer world, and many just can't be confirmed with 100% certainty.
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  1638. Mihai Alexandru Manolescu that would be fantastic! Please do 🤗 If you're not sure how, let me know and I'll help you out!
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  1639. Just hit pause ;)
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  1640. Nothing to be freaked out about :) Thanks for watching!
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  1641. Matcha for the system, and Arc-Maia/Moka for the icons.
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  1642.  @RickOShay  Too many distros that would be affected. Devs don't have an issue figuring it out (The OS does a lot for them) and any new people should only be using their home folder. Just like Windows, you wouldn't go saving your documents in the c:/windows/system32 folder would you? You would go messing around there or in the registry if you don't know what you're doing right? Common sense.
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  1643. Jazz Jackrabbit :)
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  1644. Thank you!
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  1645. The thing is, for the average user, you should only be placing your files in the /home directory anyways. Anything outside of that is maintained by the OS and the package manager. It's the same as how a regular Windows user should't really be playing around in the Program Files, or Windows folders.
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  1646. The takeaway here is stay in the /home directory. The OS and package manager ha does everything else for you. There’s no need to do any more.
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  1647. Glad you enjoyed!
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  1648. You're very welcome!
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  1649. Thank you! All the music in my videos is by Andreas Rohdin (MrGamer) and the link to his Soundcloud is in the description if you want to check out his music. He's pretty awesome :)
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  1650. Well, you'd need to be root to do that. And you should never login as root :P
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  1651. KPSHARMA /usr was originally where User’s home folders were stored. It has been repurposed, but that’s the original reason for its existence. Look it up.
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  1652. Thanks! And welcome to the Linux world! There are tons of different versions of Linux out there, so don't be afraid to do some exploring!
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  1653.  @BillFlann9  Wow thanks very much Bill, I really appreciate it! :)
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  1654. Thank you! Glad you’re finding it helpful 🙂
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  1655. In this video I was using Ubuntu Gnome, but I now use Manjaro with Xfce and Q4OS with KDE 😁
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  1656. Thank you! It's CS6, I know it's old, I bought it a long time ago and it still works great for me. Works just as well in Linux as in Windows. But I had to turn off tooltips because sometimes they get stuck and won't go away.
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  1657. You can log in as root on any distro. You can even log into recovery mode directly into a root console without loading any graphical environment.
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  1658. Thank you! I appreciate it :)
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  1659. Glad you enjoyed it 😁
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  1660. There's a few options. You can just clone your old disk to the new one and then expand the partitions. Or you could start off using something like LVM, which can extend to a newly added disk seamlessly without changing where things are installed. It will just show up as a single larger disk. I made a video on LVM to explain that.
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  1661. Performance. It's very old don't forget. By doing this, your system didn't have to check for all possibilities of lower and upper case, it was just literal. This also allows for files or directories to exist according to something like a hash for example where upper and lower case are used (hHxi36bOjfFf....)
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  1662. Windows is only installed in the Windows folder because it was an OS installed inside another OS (DOS). Linux is installed in the root directory as it should be because it IS the original OS. As for stone age, Windows is still using the archaic C: drive from way back when computers had 5.25" floppy drives as the A: and B: drives, and still sticks to separating different drives as different letters of the alphabet instead of mounting them as directories that can be used universally and seamlessly in the filesystem.
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  1663. Thanks so much! There is quite a bit, but it’s just an FYI for most users. Something good to know if you’re curious.
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  1664. Yes it does, but it's very brief and not very detailed. I made this video geared towards new users to Linux.
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  1665. Thank you!
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  1666. Yep. But not all distros are the same, and the mess is not interesting to explain... /usr is very old and has been changed many times, it’s just a hot mess lol
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  1667. As TheTourtopoulais said, use the package manager (aka software center). Check my other videos on how to install software in Linux. It's SUPER easy and all in one place. No need to google for software or anything like you have to do in Windows...
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  1668. Yes
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  1669. Thanks!
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  1670. For one, it's easier for the system to process without having to convert anything. It also gives you more options for commands, like -x and -X do different things. The file system (ext) is also case-sensitive, so folders and files are case-sensitive. But most commands (without options) are lowercase, like ls, cd, chown etc.
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  1671. Hope you found it helpful! Thanks for watching :)
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  1672. Linux, the kernel, has been forked and used in many operating systems in many different ways. The beauty of Linux is that the package managers handle where things are installed, so you don't have to worry about it. And drives can be mounted anywhere in the filesystem, even in your home folder if you want. But drives also appear in the left bar of file managers, so that's also something you don't really need to worry about. Flexibility is key, and as complicated as it may seem, it's all managed under the hood. It's really no different that if you start browsing the c:\windows\ subfolders and all those hidden directories. But again, all those are things you shouldn't play in because the OS manages that. The only big difference is that Windows hides all of this in the c:\windows directory because Windows is an OS that was originally installed within another OS (DOS). In Linux, the root folder IS the OS folder, as it should be.
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  1673. Gnome with the Dash to Dock extension
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  1674. Glad you enjoyed it!
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  1675. SuperZecton No, they don’t have a Linux version, you have to install with Wine, or better yet with PlayOnLinux.
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  1676. You can install it with PlayOnLinux which is available on most distros and lets you install Windows software.
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  1677. That was Ubuntu with the Gnome desktop and a couple of shell extensions. Thanks :)
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  1678. LOL yeah... Kinda need it though ;)
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  1679. With PlayOnLinux.
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  1680. Some people like videos, or explanations, or explanations in videos. Besides, it’s only a 15 minute video. How much time does reading the FHS save?
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  1681. Oh, well VLC or MPV will work great, but be aware that watching video in a VM will probably not look good no matter what you use.
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  1682. Agreed and thank you!
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  1683. Thank you! And thanks for watching 😁
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  1684. Because they're not for the same kinds of programs. /usr will contain files from packages that are installed with a package manager and are 'part of' the operating system in a sense that other parts of the package might be installed in other locations, like /lib and /etc. The /opt directory will contain complete applications, like something you would download and then run an installer to install. Everything would be installed in /opt/programname/ and their configuration files will be either in the same folder, or in /etc/opt/.
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  1685. Backwards compatibility is import to Linux unlike other operating systems. None of this matters to regular users since the OS and package managers handle all of this.
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  1686. Worked fine when I’ve done it. I’ve had to downgrade a package before and it was fine.
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  1687. No, I mean you can download a .deb file or use one from the cache and run “sudo apt-get install vlc-1.0.deb” to install a file on your hard drive. You can also select which version of a package you want to install as well. Or you can download an app image of whatever version you want and run it directly.
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  1688. I’m not on discord but yes, if you install a package and uninstall it, then you could reinstall it using the cached file, but I would just try reinstalling it normally because if there is a new version, it will download the new version.
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  1689.  @mintmag8748  You can't choose to cache certain packages or not. When you install a package, it will download it from the repo and keep a copy in the cache, then install it. But why do you need the cached copy since you already installed it?
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  1690. Only if you’ve already previously and recently installed it and then uninstalled it. They’re only cached during install. I cloned the Ubuntu 16.04 repo onto a server and all the packages were well over 200GB, and that didn’t include 32-bit or source files.
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  1691. It was one of my videos on backups. It’s not a particularly important directory, I’m wondering why are you interested in it? I usually exclude it from backups because there’s no need to keep it.
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  1692. Linux can be an acquired taste for some. I’ve talked about the cache folder in some other videos.
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  1693. No problem! Don't forget to subscribe and check out my other videos to learn more :) Thanks Sam!
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  1694. That's a good plan!
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  1695. One of my viewers was nice enough to contribute a translation for me 😁 I welcome anyone who is willing to spend the time to add other languages to my videos. It’s very much appreciated! I hope you liked it!
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  1696. It's a legacy system, and works great from a software point of view. Just a bit more confusing for humans. But you don't have to worry about all that unless you're a developer :)
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  1697. I think a few of his friends understand too ;)
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  1698. Matcha with Moka and Arc-Maia icons.
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  1699. It has definitely grown leaps and bounds the past few years. Cheers!
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  1700. Hello! In this video I'm using Gnome with the Dash to Dock extension.
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  1701. This is more than what the average user needs to know, but I know people are curious, which is why I made the video :)
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  1702. Editing mistake I guess lol
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  1703. Thanks very much!
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  1704. Great! Glad I could help out on your project :)
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  1705. Akshay Mathur oh I’m sorry wrong video lol that’s Jazz Jackrabbit 😁
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  1706. Steamworld Dig
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  1707. This was Ubuntu in this video.
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  1708. ButIliketosavetime 😁
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  1709. Glad you liked it, thanks for watching!
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  1710. Thanks very much! I'm glad to help out new users, and I hope you enjoy the rest of my videos as well :) Cheers!
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  1711. Thanks! sudo gives you admin permissions so you need to do this often.
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  1712. Greyskull power!
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  1713. You have to be careful what files you delete no matter what OS you use.
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  1714. Very similar yes, considering Android is based on Linux ;)
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  1715. Thanks 😎
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  1716. Yes, and you can even make it on another hard drive. But I was trying to keep the video from being too long.
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  1717. Same here, and I'm still learning new things all the time as well!
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  1718. I apologize for that. You could perhaps turn on the closed-captioning, or open the transcript. In a web browser, it should be right under the bottom-right corner, the 3 dots. Click that and then "open transcript" and you can follow along with text. I hope that helps.
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  1719. Thank you :)
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  1720. Indeed! Installed with PlayOnLinux 😁
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  1721. Glad I could help
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  1722. Thanks so much! Glad you found it informative :)
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  1723. Thanks!
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  1724. It is. I made a video on how to install Windows software in Linux. Check out my channel :)
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  1725. That’s great! I’m glad it can help you out 🙂
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  1726. Thank you!
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  1727. Yes, the hidden directories hold your settings. Backing up and restoring on the same OS works well, but you may have issues doing this across different OSes, especially if the programs are different versions. It will usually work but it’s not guaranteed.
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  1728. Thank you!
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  1729. Very true. Many built-in useful things hidden in there!
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  1730. That’s great to hear, thanks for watching!
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  1731. Hopefully these videos help a little :D
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  1732. I tried ;) Thanks Johan!
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  1733. Thanks Blake! Cheers!
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  1734. Backups are always super important! Give TimeShift a try, it can do daily or even hourly backups!
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  1735. Thank you, I’m glad you think so!
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  1736. I have used gobolinux, and I find it a classic example of why a distro can't just change the structure. You end up with barely any software, and many things that are outdated and don't work. I used it a couple months ago and it had Firefox 52 and GIMP 2.8 lol If things were to change, it would need to change among ALL distros at once, and also in small steps.
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  1737.  @cmpf3158  Depends on what package you're using.
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  1738. That's just how it's always been...
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  1739. Yes it is. If you're curious how I did it, you can check out my video on installing Windows software in Linux : https://youtu.be/wqyk3Mb9U68
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  1740. You are so welcome!
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  1741. Have you disabled secure boot in the BIOS?
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  1742. Yes, it's Arc-Darker
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  1743. Thank you 👍
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  1744. Your statement is incorrect. And in fact, it's where the user home folders were originally located in Unix. It's been called "User System Resources" and "Unix System Resources" among others. I've never heard it called Universal.
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  1745. Yep! Check out how here : https://youtu.be/wqyk3Mb9U68
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  1746. Thanks for sharing!
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  1747. Thanks so much!
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  1748. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
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  1749. Thanks so much for the comment and thanks for watching!
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  1750. Thank you :)
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  1751. In what way??
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  1752. Very true!
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  1753.  @jacek5809  Ah, well I don't create my own music... Those are provided by Mr.Gamer (links in the descriptions). For my mic audio, it's all recorded with OBS, and edited in Kdenlive.
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  1754. I stopped dragging around my massive music collection among all my systems. I have subscriptions to Spotify and Amazon Music so no need to store music anymore. When I do listen to music, it's rarely ever from a computer since I have these available in many rooms in my house thanks to smart home tech ;)
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  1755. Unix favored efficiency. Since it was all terminal-based back in the day, they chose short directory names that were quicker to type when typing commands or writing programs.
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  1756. With PlayOnLinux. I made a video on that as well!
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  1757. It's based on Unix, which is VERY old. The devs would write their code with full paths and found it easier to use shorter directories and commands. It saved time. This is also why commands are short as well, like cp, ls, rm, and so on...
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  1758. Thank you!
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  1759. Glad you think so!
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  1760. Thank you 😎
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  1761. Thank you!
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  1762. Depending on what distro you use, it will purge on reboot, or once a file is a certain age. These settings can also be changed. But office software like LibreOffice writes recovery data in the same folder as the document.
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  1763. Check my other videos. I did one on how to install Windows software in Linux ;)
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  1764. Thanks 😁
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  1765. Those are virtual files. Everything in there is actually in RAM or just a Kernel pointer and not on the disk.
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  1766. In this video I was using Ubuntu Gnome. Thanks!
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  1767. The Ps icon is Photoshop. GIMP is also installed and it's the grey icon 2 up from Photoshop...
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  1768. You should have all the applications in your app menu, similar to Windows or Mac. You can also usually press ALT+F2 and type in a command.
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  1769. Thank you I appreciate it :)
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  1770. Ubuntu Gnome with Matcha theme
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  1771. Great! Good luck to you and thanks!
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  1772. Thanks so much! I appreciate it :)
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  1773. I did a video on that here : https://youtu.be/19O5kFdtKb0
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  1774. Thanks very much :)
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  1775. Awesome to hear, thanks so much for sharing it around! 👍
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  1776. Haha that’s awesome. I started in the early 90’s with Slackware which was super confusing to install. Like installing Arch but not as easy and less documentation. And back then it was either loadlin or lilo bootloader to get it running. I was stoked to arrive at the terminal prompt the first time. I ran it for fun but never really used it full time until KDE and Gnome came out.
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  1777. Haha I was also using Red Hat and trying to figure all this out myself 😉 thanks!
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  1778. Check my video on Qubes OS.
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  1779. I will take that as a compliment! Thanks for tuning in and don't forget to catch our next broadcast.
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  1780. Interesting... I didn't think Mint would be so fickle... Perhaps try something different like Manjaro!
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  1781. How did you break it??
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  1782. You can always load it up in a virtual machine and do whatever you want with no worries!
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  1783. Never too old to learn! ;)
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  1784. Yes, see here : https://youtu.be/wqyk3Mb9U68
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  1785. Glad it was helpful!
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  1786. Thank you and I’m glad you found it useful! Cheers!
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  1787. Wow, thank you!
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  1788. They're interchangeable, but you're sort of right. This video however, is not only to help Linux people, but also people who have recently migrated from Windows are and wondering how it works. So terminology can be flexible for ease of understanding.
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  1789. Curlindus DEFINITELY focus on your exams first! They are much more important than a YouTube video! Good luck on your exams and I hope you do well!
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  1790.  @love.society  That's amazing! Thank you so much! If you need any help with a sentence, just ask me and I'll try to explain what it means in different words :)
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  1791. Yep, said Linux but meant to say Unix. The correction is in the description. I'm well aware that Linus did Linux of course.
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  1792. f
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  1793. f
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  1794. Thank you too!
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  1795. Glad to help out, thanks for watching!
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  1796. Thanks for watching!
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  1797. For the most part they are, but some distros do things a little differently. Like some distros tend to mount drives under the /run folder for some reason...
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  1798. Thanks!
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  1799. Thanks! Yes you can still access your windows partitions from Linux. You CAN also access Linux files from Windows but you need to install programs that can do that. The easiest way to dualboot and have common storage is to make sure you have a drive or partition that is NTFS to store all your commonly used files. This way you can access them from both OSes and
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  1800. I use PlayOnLinux. Check my latest videos for how to use it.
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  1801. I would ask people on the forums for help on that one
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  1802. Thanks!
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  1803. Indeed. Mac and Linux have similar ancestry and have similar structures.
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  1804. Thanks!
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  1805. I just did a search for it
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  1806. Typically only the main directories in the user's home folder have uppercase (Documents, Downloads, Pictures, etc)
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  1807. Thank you too!
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  1808. I know they didn't have folders, but the reason that they HAD to be different is incorrect. They already used the forward slash for command line options so they used the backslash for a directory separator. However, you could still use forward slashes, DOS accepted it.
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  1809. Page 13 of this document from Bell Labs in 1972 identifies it as "etcetera" : http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/bellLabs/unix/PreliminaryUnixImplementationDocument_Jun72.pdf
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  1810. I've never heard of a study folder.
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  1811. Thanks! I'm not a developer though :P
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  1812. Tim Ramich Some file manager do show each partition/device on the left pane. Nemo for example.
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  1813. I wouldn’t touch the run directory. You can just uninstall something that doesn’t work with the package manager.
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  1814. Awesome! Glad to help you on your way :) Cheers, and don't forget to check my other videos too ;)
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  1815. Back in the day before auto completion, things were all written out by hand. Devs kept the directory names short for ease of use, and the fact that they rewrote full paths many times. Not an issue now, but the directories remained.
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  1816. You are so welcome!
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  1817. Sometimes it's great ;)
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  1818. Glad you found it informative :) Cheers!
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  1819. Android uses a modified kernel, modified everything in fact, and is not very similar to the Linux you would use in a desktop distro.
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  1820. Thank you very much!
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  1821. Thank you Don and I’m glad you enjoyed it. Good luck on your journey into Linux! Check out my other videos as well 🙂
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  1822. Hehe well I did say there were many versions of what I means!
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  1823. Thanks very much!
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  1824. Ah lol I forgot I slid that in there 😁
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  1825. Huh?
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  1826. That's very simplistic places for where Windows stores things. There are many subfolders in Windows that are just as complex, they're just named differently. DLL's, drivers and configuration files are spread out everywhere in Windows as well. I could easily also say that in Linux /bin = Programs, /home = user files, /etc = Data for programs, /tmp = Temporary files. But again, that's simplistic.
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  1827. Indeed
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  1828. Yes it’s one of the oldest folders and it’s been restructured a few times.
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  1829. Glad it was helpful! Thanks!
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  1830.    Thank you!
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  1831. Yes with Wine, but also with PlayOnLinux. Just install PlayOnLinux and tell it you want to install Photoshop and it will setup Wine (or any application) specifically for that application. The only thing I need to do in Photoshop is disable tooltips because sometimes they get stuck. Otherwise it works perfectly.
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  1832. Thanks! :)
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  1833. Like this : https://youtu.be/wqyk3Mb9U68
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  1834. Thank you
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  1835. Mint is a great starter distro with a great community to help you out! 👍
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  1836. Thanks very much! Glad to help :)
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  1837. lol
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  1838. Well the nice thing is that you don’t really NEED to know these things in order to use Linux. Just keep your files in your home folder and plug away. Kind of like owning and driving a car without knowing exactly how the engine works. As long as it works well, it’s all good! 😄
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  1839. Check my videos for one on how to install Windows software in Linux.
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  1840. Theme is Arc-Darker and Papirus-Remix icons. They are available in most repos, or on gnome-look.org
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  1841. Thanks very much!
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  1842. You're very welcome!
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  1843. Read the description.
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  1844. Other drives/partitions are mounted to directories, like /mnt or /media/username. The media directory is set up so that each user can have different things mounted. But if you manually mount something, you can link it to any directory and it won’t have the usernames there. The media folder is managed by the OS which is why it uses usernames.
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  1845. Because all those system folders are very old, and were named with short names because devs back then had to manually write out the full paths over and over when writing programs. All the hidden dotfiles in the /home folder like .config and .local are using more normal names because the /home folder is quite new and was adapted much later in life. The user’s “home folder” was originally in /usr/ before it was moved to /home/.
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  1846. In this video I was using Ubuntu Gnome
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  1847. This was indeed Ubuntu Gnome with the Dash to Dock extension and some theming.
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  1848. Isa Yes but it was originally USER and was where the users’ home directories were.
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  1849. This was Arc-darker with the Arc-Maia and Moka icon themes.
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  1850. No. Only Windows assigns drive letters.
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  1851. This is the Gnome desktop environment. I use the dash-to-panel Gnome Extension and a few themes. Some useful video I made to help you are as follows: Get to know Gnome : https://youtu.be/4dXxT8mSP00 What are extensions? : https://youtu.be/FA8sLNFIYhE My themes and where to get them : https://youtu.be/ocl4rnmdYYE
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  1852.  @Jeroen_a  Thank you! But remember, they're not really files, but they act like files. Nothing is actually written to disk. If you boot in a liveUSB/CD and mount your Linux drive, you'll see that there is a dev and proc on the drive, but they are empty :) Cheers!
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  1853. Thanks for watching!
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  1854. Odd reason to not useLinux...
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  1855. Yep
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  1856. Hardly lol Windows just hides everything in the Windows folder. That’s the only difference.
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  1857. It actually did originally mean user, and that's where user home folders used to reside before being moved to their own root directory of /home.
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  1858. Thank you! I agree that it was a bit fast-paced, but I had a lot to cover without making the video a full hour :) Thanks for the comment!
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  1859. Check out how to do it here : https://youtu.be/wqyk3Mb9U68
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  1860. Indeed!
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  1861. It’s definitely fun to learn and a pretty efficient OS
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  1862. That's easy. Just install linux on the SSD and save torrents to your external drive. I like the Intel 660p but for performance, the Samsung EVO SSD's are super fast, but expensive.
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  1863. Thanks! lol
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  1864. With PlayOnLinux. Check my other videos for how to use it :)
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  1865. Unix is very old, and before tab completion, it was easier to write all the scripts and programs etc by keeping directories and commands short. Hence 3-letter directories and many 2-letter commands like ls, cp, mv, rm... Remember way back when even before C, assembler was a nightmare to code, ever look at ASM code? These old directories stuck around and have had several changes. With DE's that auto mount drives, they started using the /media directory to not conflict with manually mounted drives in /mnt. As for everything being a file, it makes things simpler. In Windows, you need to use the registry or API's, with Linux you have more direct access without needing extra libraries or drivers installed, and you have one way to do it instead of many different ways in Windows. The thing you should take away is that there's no need to play in most of these folders because the OS and package manager handle them. Users like yourself who don't understand should just stay in the /home folder and not mess with anything else. You might want to read up a bit on the history of Unix and Linux if you want to understand more of why things are the way they are instead of just trashing it because you don't like or understand the reasoning and history behind it.
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  1866. You're welcome!
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  1867. You don't need to find it. Your package manager takes care of installed packages for you.
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  1868. It can be, but all systems are when you really dig in. Best bet for most users is to just use your apps and save files in your home folders, leave the rest alone 😁
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  1869. Thank you!
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  1870. You can do that in Linux as well!
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  1871. Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it :)
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  1872. Ah yeah Unity was a disaster and I never liked it. I would highly recommend KDE or Cinnamon as a desktop for ease of use and creating/editing shortcuts.
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  1873. Well I think it’s come a long way since you used it. Installed apps just show up in the app menu (like a start button) and you can just drag it to the desktop like in windows. Do you remember which desktop environment you had? Gnome, KDE, Xfce, MATE, Cinnamon...?
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  1874. Can you give an example of what kind of simple things give you aneurysms?
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  1875. It’s perfectly fine for most people. Sounds like you haven’t used Linux in a very long time.
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  1876. Thank you very much!
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  1877. Check this video for how, and subscribe for more stuff like this : https://youtu.be/wqyk3Mb9U68
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  1878. Thank you very much! I appreciate it :)
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  1879. I’m glad you liked it! Thanks
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  1880. Not true. Vista and after (including Server versions) boot directly into the NT Kernel and don't use DOS at all. You can open a "DOS/Command Prompt" after Windows has started, but this is like a virtual DOS, it's running on TOP of Windows, not the other way around. So Vista, 7, 8 and 10 don't boot DOS at all, it's the NT Kernel...
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  1881. It is only at first. Most of us who have used it a long time know what they are... If you still find it confusing, just use the home folders and don't mess around with anything else. The OS takes care of that. You wouldn't go mess around in the Windows subfolders right? Same thing.
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  1882. Thanks! Yes it's Gnome. In this video I'm using the Dash to Dock extension, but as you see in my newer videos, I've switched to the Dash to Panel extension to move everything to the bottom of the screen.
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  1883. Haha same here. Sadly, YouTube wasn’t around for me in the 90’s 😉
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  1884. Thanks very much!
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  1885. Hmm, yeah I'm not sure how much I could help you here. It's very hard to troubleshoot through chats :P
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  1886. Which ISO are you using and what are you using to make it?
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  1887. Your USB stick should always boot... If you're making the bootable USB in Windows, I suggest using Rufus to do it.
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  1888. Thank you!
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  1889. You bet!
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  1890. You can install any distro and install any theme you want. You can easily make a distro look like another one.
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  1891. Check my other videos, I did one on my themes and where to get them.
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  1892. Glad the video helped you out! Thanks for sharing. Cheers!
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  1893. It was originally the user's directory but changed over time.
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  1894. Thank you
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  1895. Appreciated!
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  1896.  @danieljensen2626  I use the terminal a lot myself as well. But this video was geared towards new users while still being useful for veteran users :)
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  1897. Yes, it's just like other OSes, just organized in a different way.
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  1898. I'm using Ubuntu Gnome with some theming.
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  1899. Thanks! That’s why I didn’t just go in order as they appear. Made more sense this way.
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  1900. Thank you!
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  1901. Glad to help out!
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  1902. Thank you :). I don't mind constructive criticism and opinions at all!
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  1903. Already done ;) ---> https://youtu.be/wqyk3Mb9U68
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  1904. Check my video on how to fix GRUB : https://youtu.be/YFZyy4xefaI
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  1905. It's efficient and easy to manage from a software point of view. Computers are complex but they are managed by software not humans. Same with installing programs in Linux : The package managers handle those files and there's no need for you to know where they go.
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  1906. Thanks so much!
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  1907. Very welcome
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  1908. I do. I made a video on how to install windows software in Linux so check it out 😁
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  1909. Check my channel. I did a video for how to install Windows software in Linux.
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  1910. Thank you. Yes sudo isn't even available in all distros by default either, but is usually available for installation, or just use "su" to get things done.
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  1911. Historically, it was the user directory in UNIX but eventually changed.
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  1912. It's hard to separate the OS from applications, but if you mount your /home directory on another partition, then you can have your personal data saved on another partition, including Steam games. If the issue is just that your Steam games are taking all the space, you can add other directories within the Steam settings, and one of those can be a mounted partition on another drive. I actually do this in my multiboot systems so that I have all my games on one partition, but they can be accessed from whichever distro I boot into.
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  1913. There is a way, but it takes a bit more work. Instead of typing it all out I found a solution for you here https://askubuntu.com/questions/54321/how-do-i-give-multiple-users-access-to-a-windows-ntfs-partition You basically mount it giving a group permission instead of a user.
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  1914. I'm sure there are plenty of Unix and Linux courses out there that will cover a lot of this.
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  1915. I'm aware of that. There are many different things that all these directories are known as.
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  1916. Glad to hear that
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  1917. Running a filesystem check will put any orphaned files that it finds in there.
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  1918. Thanks John! Appreciate it :)
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  1919. It's Nautilus. A file manager.
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  1920. Good point! Thanks :)
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  1921. Thanks! I think the system theme was Matcha, and the icons are Arc-Maia. You must also install the Moka icons to use Arc-Maia.
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  1922. Yes, but the problem is maintaining backwards compatibility for long enough to not kill off useful applications that rely on the current layout. Kind of stuck in its way I guess.
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  1923. Nautilus
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  1924. Thanks for watching and commenting!
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  1925. I didn't want to go into historical detail about Mac, but yes MacOS is originally a mash of nextstep which is made up of Mach and BSD. I only mentioned BSD because it relates to Linux in this context and more people are familiar with BSD than the Mach Kernel. This was more geared towards Windows users. I'm well aware that there have been many changes to the OS, same as Windows, but it's not something I felt to mention. I was also taking about DOS and Windows 3.1 & 95...
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  1926. Yes but only with the right tools, like a partition manager. With that you will select the right drive or partition to work on, like /dev/sda. And don’t worry, it will only show you your actual drives and partitions, not everything that’s in those folders.
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  1927. I’m glad this shed some light on things. Cheers!
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  1928. Glad it helped!
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  1929. Hopefully you had a backup before you did this because RAID 0 offers no redundancy or data protection anyway. When you allocated the disk space how did you do it? Because you need to allocate the space on the RAID array and not on one of the individual disks, otherwise yes it will damage the array configuration.
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  1930. Thank you Brendan!
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  1931. You can make it case insensitive. But for the mostpart, there isn't a whole lot of uppercase names unless you do it yourself.
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  1932. Thank you and thanks for watching!
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  1933. It works just fine. The only bug I’ve noticed is that tooltips sometimes get stuck on the screen. Those are the little descriptions that pop up when you hover over a button. But tooltips can be turned off in the Photoshop settings, so I do that and no problems.
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  1934. I hope you did this time. Thanks :)
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  1935. Because I do blender things
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  1936. I use it to create and edit thumbnails.
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  1937. Since a Windows user is likely to install a GUI on the 2nd partition, they can use the file manager to quickly access the other partitions. If using the terminal with no GUI then you need to know a bit more.
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  1938. It does output and input. You can output a file into another file with cat file1 > file2 Or merge them and whatnot. By only putting a file name, then the output is printed in the terminal. Also not all files are real files, they are a kernel output.
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  1939. It actually is very well organized. All files of the same type are placed in one location instead of all mixed together. This is how Linux organizes packages, and there's no need to worry about handling any of it manually because that's what the package manager does for you.
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  1940. Yup. Read the description.
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  1941. I wouldn't recommend it. Many programs will break when they can't find the correct folder if it's been renamed.
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  1942. Thanks! 😁
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  1943. You would have to ask the devs. Because yes they should be following a standard, but some just don’t.
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  1944. System theme : Matcha, icons: Moka and Arc-Maia
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  1945. Thank you very much 😁
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  1946. Thank you :)
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  1947. Thank you! It's YouTube, there will always be thumbs down for any reason :P lol
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  1948. This is an introduction, therefore I'm assuming the viewer hasn't used Linux very much. So this was directed towards Mac users learning about Linux. So from a Mac user's perspective, I was just explaining how this new system is similar to the one they're currently using. Nothing was intended to infer that one was derived from the other.
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  1949. Awesome to hear, thank you!
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  1950. I also need to keep Windows for work. You can always dual-boot so that you have both Windows and Linux on your system!
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  1951. Thank you Sam!
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  1952. Yes but more specifically I used PlayOnLinux. POL uses wine but it does all the wine configuration work for you. You do of course still require a valid license for whatever you install, just like if it was Windows.
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  1953. Glad you liked it!
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  1954. That’s because Android uses Linux 😉
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  1955. Thanks Jeff!
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  1956. Ubuntu Gnome with the dash-to-dock extension.
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  1957. Glad it helped!
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  1958. Thanks. But I'm afraid I've never used Plex or a Raspberry Pi sorry!
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  1959. 😁
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  1960. I hope not!
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  1961. lol :)
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  1962. I have other videos for that stuff! ;)
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  1963. They can be complex, but I must say that Linux is simpler than Windows even though it seems a lot more of a mess. Windows just has everything hidden inside its Windows directory which gives the illusion of a tidy structure.
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  1964. Yes you did :)
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  1965. lol
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  1966. I did that as well long ago 😁👍
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  1967. Ubuntu Gnome
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  1968. If you don't know what it's all for, yes. But it's very efficient for the OS and package manager to use, which it does. The average user really has no business doing anything outside of the /home folder anyways. This structure is also very old, and has gone through many changes. But if you have a look at what's in the Windows folder, or the hidden files in your user folder, Windows is just as bad. Mac is also no better, things are just hidden.
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  1969. Not reading RAM directly, like a book... But you can read processes...
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  1970. You mean themes or programs?
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  1971. Never to late to learn something 😉 thanks for watching!
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  1972. Also, package managers take care of all the application files so you don’t have to.
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  1973. Well, Linux is based on Unix, which was around decades before Windows…
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  1974. I believe it was Matcha, with Arc application themes and Arc-Maia icon themes.
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  1975. True. Other distros have gone even further in making drastic changes to the structure. But that makes it more difficult to keep having to modify applications to suit the new layout.
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  1976. I bet!
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  1977. It can be changed, and in fact, I've been using the Dash to Panel extension for a long time so that I have a single panel on the bottom instead.
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  1978. Glad to hear that!
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  1979. Thank you! Usually an extra drive shows right up in your file manager's left panel.
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  1980. Glad it was helpful!
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  1981. Thanks. That was my goal!
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  1982. Yes I apologize, I had many folders to cover lol
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  1983. What you should really be taking away from this is that most directories are managed by the OS and the package manager, so you shouldn’t be playing in them anyways. The only directories a user should typically be using is /home and maybe /mnt.
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  1984. Never too late!
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  1985. Thank you!
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  1986. Thank you!
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  1987. I stated at the beginning that not all distros follow this. I primarily use Manjaro and it's setup the same as Arch.
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  1988. You can use something like TimeShift for that. I have a few videos on backups on my channel.
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  1989. Well, it's in Celcius, and that's my GPU temperature. The much lower temperature in the top-middle is the outside temperature, and yes it's cold. I live in Canada :)
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  1990. Heheheh
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  1991. Thank you very much!
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  1992. Thank you! Cheers!
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  1993. Glad to hear that!
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  1994. Appreciate that
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  1995. No because there is no registry. Package managers will clean up any software you remove. After that it's up to you to keep your home folder organized and clean, and your software up to date. People have used Linux without reinstalling for a very long time and it still runs fine.
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  1996. DK Surname Of course 😁
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  1997. Thanks a lot!
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  1998. Thanks, but most of the music in my videos are by MrGamer. There’s a link to his Soundcloud channel in the description.
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  1999.  @eon001  That’s a shame but don’t give up!
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  2000. Great to hear!
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  2001. You just need to extract with sudo 😉
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  2002. This was very old naming from back in the Unix days before there was autocomplete. The devs had to manually type all the directories several times, so shorter was better.
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  2003. Thank you very much!
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  2004. Thank you too
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  2005. Thanks for the comment! Seems every OS went their own way and kind of got stuck in their ways. It's really hard to change the entire structure once it's implemented and software writers rely on it being just so... So I think for the most part we're stuck with what's out there :)
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  2006. That’s probably why it’s such an unpopular video
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  2007. Yes, you are right. But even other distros have very similar setups. And the majority of distros and users use Debian-based distros anyways. Thanks!
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  2008. Lavinia by Mr Gamer https://soundcloud.com/gamermachine/lavinia
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  2009. Thank you!
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  2010. Ah. The system theme is Matcha, the icons themes are arc-Maia and Moka.
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  2011. Ubuntu Gnome
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  2012. To educate Windows users, and to provide a bit of history and comparison.
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  2013. I made that video yesterday. Check my channel
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  2014. MINDRIGHT thanks! 😁
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  2015. Unfamiliar territory? I usually use the terminal myself but I use file managers in the video for ease of display.
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  2016. Thanks for the comment! And it wasn't bad at all to do this, and yes I did have to double-check some things and try to remember things because I don't know it all ;) I'm just here to help :)
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  2017. That Sunday was a very long time ago and it paved the way for modern operating systems.
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  2018.    I explained according to the FHS. I'm not going to make a 2 hour video so I can explain how every distro does things.
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  2019. This is why I said at the beginning of the video that not all distros follow what I'm explaining. I guess you missed that part?
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  2020. The FHS states just what you said. But in the vast majority of distros being used for personal use, it is the way. Of course for commercial/enterprise use a lot of things don’t apply, including where home can be elsewhere, even mounted to a remote location. Though I’m not aware of any common applications that assume the /home directory location. Any code I’ve seen use the home variable, or DE setting.
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  2021. But the root IS the operating system. The problem with Windows is that it’ was an OS installed in another OS (DOS) which is why it is installed in the Windows directory.
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  2022. It’s because the top most root folder IS the “Linux folder” where the OS resides. Windows is only in its own folder because it was installed within another OS (DOS).
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  2023. Antwan Steele Well no, America is usually considered the country. The continent is North America which includes the USA and Canada. Hence United States OF America.
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  2024. Haha thank you, but I’m actually Canadian 😜
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  2025. Glad to help clear that up ;)
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  2026. Thanks! Sounds like you haven't found the right distro for the job maybe. It might work well with something rock-solid like Debian perhaps. It may not have the latest versions of everything, but the strengths there are stability, low maintenance, and current security updates.
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  2027. Yeah I don't bother with those things. As long as I know what the mean, or they know what I mean, who cares how someone says something...
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  2028. Thank you, I'm glad you found it informative. Be sure to check out the rest of my channel! :)
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  2029. So nice of you
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  2030. Glad you found it helpful!
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  2031. Echo is pretty generic for displaying text from variables and files and can be picky about formatting. Cat is meant to work with files and is easier to use and more predictable.
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  2032. s o r r y :)
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  2033. You are so welcome
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  2034. Make sure to buy stocks with your knowledge of the present so you can return rich!
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  2035. It’s not very likely that you would get a virus or malware in Linux to be honest...
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  2036. Thanks!
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  2037. Check my video on how to install Windows software in Linux :)
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  2038. Thanks!
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  2039. :D
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  2040. System : Matcha Icons : Moka and Arc-Maia ( you have to install both and choose Arc-Maia )
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  2041. Thank you Michael!
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  2042. No shame there. There’s lots to learn about it, but for the most part you can just keep your file in the home directories and forget the rest. You don’t need to know how to internals of a car’s motor works to be able to drive the car 😉
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  2043. Thanks so much!
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  2044. Thank you!
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  2045. That's normal. WSL doesn't really boot like Linux would on hardware
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  2046. Great to hear! Thank you!
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  2047. Admittedly it's all a bit confusing because it's so old, and much of the legacy remains mixed in with some of the updated structures. It's very hard to make changes across the board with thousands of distros out there, and all the packages that rely on this structure.
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  2048. There will be more videos 😉
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  2049. True, but there were many many things I left out or edited out and choices need to be made. It all adds up 😁
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  2050. I didn't want this to be too long or go into too many details about every single thing, but I'm pretty sure I said the /lib directories were for libraries.
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  2051. Check out how here https://youtu.be/wqyk3Mb9U68
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  2052. Have you tried Blender? Depending on what you're trying to do it might work. There's also SketchUp which I used a few years ago for a project that I got working in Linux with Wine.
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  2053. Yes. It's Gnome, and I use the Dash to Dock extension, Matcha theme, and Moka and Arc-Maia icons sets.
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  2054. I will try 😉 thanks!
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  2055. Thank you!
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  2056. Everything a typical user would need is in the home directories. Anything else can’t be messed with, you can only see it. Most systems files can’t be moved or deleted without having root access and entering a password.
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  2057. There are lots of alternate layouts out there, like gobolinux as you mentioned. The problem lies in making the changes that all distros and software devs will agree on and implement. If only some distros change, then that make it harder for the devs who make the applications to adapt to those changes and adjust their source code accordingly. Many changes have been made over the years, but it takes time for everyone to adopt them.
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  2058. Thank you! I appreciate it :)
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  2059. Yes, the 2nd one is the destination it’s pointing to
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  2060. Thank you!
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  2061. Thanks for watching! Glad you like it :)
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  2062. I do. Although it's not specific to PS, it is how I installed it. Check it out : https://youtu.be/wqyk3Mb9U68
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  2063. Thank you!
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  2064. Thanks!
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  2065. Thanks for sharing! Glad you enjoyed it!
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  2066. That’s pretty cool. How did you used it exactly? Did you have a project on Linux?
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  2067.  @FatheredPuma81  But if you turn it all the way down, it's zero, so essentially off.
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  2068. I meant the underlying system that runs the graphical UIs. As for mouse settings, most desktop environments have the mouse settings in their control panel, and you can adjust the MA there.
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  2069. Sort of. Every OS has a subsystem that runs the graphical portion. And you don't even need to see any of that subsystem, you can just keep on using the UI.
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  2070. Thank you so much :)
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  2071. Thank you! I intend to :)
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  2072. jazz jackrabbit
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  2073. moo zoo Wrong. So if you explore the Windows folder and those folders within, it’s obvious what they’re all for and what’s inside them? No it’s not. The only difference is where Linux places these. Windows needs its own folder because it was an OS added to DOS. Linux IS the OS and always has been so it doesn’t have its own folder. The root directly IS its folder...
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  2074. Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!
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  2075. /opt is typically where software gets installed that is proprietary and/or not installed by the package manager. Things like VMWare that use an installer script will go in /opt.
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  2076. Thanks!
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  2077. Thanks! It was originally 30 minutes before editing lol I took out lots of things...
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  2078. Glad you think so! Thanks very much!
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  2079. I'm currently using Arch and Silverblue. Check my channel for how to install Windows software on Linux.
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  2080. Thank you!
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  2081. https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/4/html/reference_guide/s1-filesystem-fhs#:~:text=The%20FHS%20states%20%2Fvar%2F%20is,and%20transient%20and%20temporary%20files.&text=System%20log%20files%2C%20such%20as,%2Fvar%2Flog%2F%20directory.
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  2082. Exactly.
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  2083. Thank you!
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  2084. I did a video on how to install windows software in Linux here https://youtu.be/wqyk3Mb9U68
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  2085. Thank you!
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  2086. Thanks Bill! My entire channel is dedicated to helping new Linux users as well as veterans alike. I also try to keep it somewhat easy to understand while being informative. Thanks for watching!
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  2087. Yeah at first it looks a mess. But that’s it needs explaining. Afterwards you realize that most of these are managed by the OS and package manager and all you really need to worry about is the home and mnt folders.
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  2088.  @lyth1um  There's similar abilities in Linux as well. AppImages, Flatpak and Snaps are all different kinds of files that you can run which are self-contained and don't need to be fully installed into the system. They run completely on their own and independent of the OS like a portable app. Everything they need to be able to run are all within the one file.
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  2089. Not true. A dev might put DLL's in another separate folder under program files, or in System, or System32, or a number of other places. Also, the configuration settings for said program could be buried in the registry, or in a hidden folder, or in AppData, or a number of other places as well...
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  2090. Sort of yes. They contain information about hardware and processes in a text format. The kernel generates them.
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  2091. Glad you found it informative! Thanks for watching!
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  2092. Never too old to learn!
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  2093. I did a video on that including where to get them : https://youtu.be/ocl4rnmdYYE
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  2094. That you so much! I would love that :)
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  2095. Thanks, and... thanks? :D
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  2096. That's what usr was originally for, but it changed over time.
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  2097. Except for when you want to browse most websites which run Linux servers ;)
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  2098. Beep bop boop
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  2099. Haha for real? You know that's my actual voice right? Check my other videos!
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  2100. Thank you for watching and subscribing ;)
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  2101. Because anything the developer would be working on would actually be in his home directory, and not at the root of the drive. The dev directory is very old as well...
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  2102. There’s really no need to use anything than your home directory. Same as Windows; you don’t go playing around in the system folder there either.
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  2103. Linux is much better organized from an OS point of view. It’s just not as easy for humans to understand when you first look at it.
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  2104. petr Yes definitely! I’ve been working overseas the past few months and have been very busy. Coronavirus also slowed things down for me a lot. Stay tuned for more videos soon!
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  2105. Yes, easily installed with PlayOnLinux. Check this https://youtu.be/wqyk3Mb9U68
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  2106. In /opt
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  2107. I’m glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching!
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  2108. Great to hear! Thanks!
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  2109. Been for me I guess
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  2110. Thanks for watching!
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  2111. Yes that's one of many versions of what it stands for.
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  2112. The average user doesn't need to do anything outside of the /home folder. The OS and package manager takes care of everything for you. Same as the average user shouldn't be playing in the Windows or Program Files folders either. No different. And if you think Linux is so complicated that you need a manual, then you've never used Linux, or at least not in the last 15 years. As for where anything is installed once installed, why do you need to know where it is? Just run it. You can use the DE's shortcut icon, or just type the command in the terminal, you don't need to know where it is. Or do you maybe find lots of things hard to do in general? lol
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  2113. Welcome!
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  2114. You can see any structure you want. You can even mount it from another system and see it how it is. But as for it being "virtual", well, any operating system only shows you a representation of what the kernel is translating from the file system. If you want to see if any folders are actually on other partitions, you can just type "mount" in the terminal and it will list any mounted partitions, and tell you where it's mounted. My video however, was not intended to cover the EXT4 filesystem or how the partitions are mounted.
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  2115. 😁
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  2116. Might be a video driver issue
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  2117. Thank you kindly!
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  2118. Thank you!
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  2119. 👍
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  2120. CTRL+SHIFT and the =/+ key next to backspace.
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  2121. Thanks Justin!
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  2122. Thank you so much Jeffrey! Same to you!
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  2123. Thanks Karl! I appreciate it bro. I missed BDLL live but watched the replay. I had the exact same problem you did with your install where it errored out at the very end. Redownloaded the ISO and it worked. I wished I was watching the livestream to suggest it :)
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  2124. Thanks Blaine! Don't know about baby girls either but he's definitely the best :) Cheers!
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  2125. Thanks so much! I appreciate the kind words :) And yes, it's our first baby. So it's been a learning experience that a lack of sleep makes a little more difficult lol And yes there were some complications with both mom and baby but it's all good now and everyone is healthy. Thanks again for the nice comment. I'm looking forward to creating more interesting content :)
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  2126. Getting packages is super easy. I hope you're just using the package manager to download software, and you're not downloading things from websites! This is the way you should be installing things, and it's super easy. If you have any questions about installing software, just ask, or check out my video on how to install software. Most distros, like Manjaro, has an update notification in the system tray when you have updates. Again, very easy. As for Flash Player, you really shouldn't use it as it's no longer supported, and is (and always has been) a security risk. Can you tell me why you're trying to install it? Almost every legit website has stopped using Flash by now..
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  2127. Thanks man :)
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  2128. Thanks very much! :)
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  2129.  @auroramartell  With fixed-release distros like Ubuntu, I would recommend fresh installs every time. However, if you have all your stuff backed up, there's no harm in trying the upgrade first. Then if you do have problems, do a fresh install and restore your files.
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  2130. Haha can't blame you :)
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  2131. Nice! Any reason why you run the non-LTS version of Ubuntu? I'm guessing you like having the newest package versions?
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  2132. Definitely! I've been wanting to redo them for a while now but always get distracted lol Definitely doing to do it now with my new setup, on hardware :)
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  2133. Thanks Simon :)
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  2134. Thank you!
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  2135. We did have some issues for a bit but all is well now, except for the lack of sleep lol Thanks Johan! :)
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  2136. Thank you Diego :)
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  2137. Thanks Bill! Yeah I'm sure time will fly by lol I'm a bit of a hoarder of computers/laptops and their parts. So I managed to get everything from boxes in my basement, and got a nice case and Nvidia card from friends. I tried a couple of tiling DE's but I'm really not a fan. I use my mouse for so many things like video editing, graphics etc so it just makes sense for me to use the mouse for my desktop. Plus, I just get frustrated with tiling managers and then stop using it. Thanks again for the comment Bill!
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  2138. Great! Looking forward to it :)
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  2139. Thank you so much!
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  2140. Yes, and hopefully it starts picking up more steam in the future! Things will of course need to slow down now and then. Like this summer when we go on trips and go camping. And with the wife being pregnant, I'll be much busier come the fall! But I'm hoping to find a way to keep it up.
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  2141. This is an old video from February 5th which I just made available now, so it's a little behind in what's going on. But yes, between that and my YouTube channel, it does indeed take a lot of time :)
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  2142. Thanks for watching, and a happy new year to you as well!
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  2143. Same to you! I've had some issues as well, surgery and cancer treatments, but you just have to keep thinking positive and don't let things bring you down. Might check out Peppermint 8, it seems to have a focus on graphics/gaming performance. Cheers!
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  2144. Definitely! I'm not done with openSUSE quite yet, and Solus is next on the docket. But I had Korora mentioned to me which is based on Fedora so it's also on my radar. But I'm always on the lookout for the oddballs. Got any suggestions?
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  2145. Hallo und danke! I lived in Nordrhein-Westfalen for several years. I LOVE Germany :) Machs gut!
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  2146. Thank you. I am still tinkering with it and trying to decide if I should install on hardware.
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  2147. Awesome thank you! I have had this issue on a few distros. I’ll have to pass it on and credit you of course! Cheers 😁
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  2148. Richard Addison Great! Check out my Part 2 video in Void where I install an open box desktop from the base iso. You can pretty much do the same, but install Plasma instead.
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  2149. Richard Addison You can yes, or even choose something like the Xfce version and install the KDE desktop alongside. You can choose any method you wish 😁
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  2150. Yes Richard I agree. Not sure why they don't include one. Perhaps to keep the ISO file sizes low? In any case, at least installing one of their ISOs and then installing KDE ensures you have the latest KDE packages ;)
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  2151. You're completely right Serge. It is just an old habit from not using KDE the last 10 years, and using gksu for Gnome/XFCE/LXDE etc... :) I had also installed it because this was the Cinnamon ISO and I installed the KDE meta package afterwards.
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  2152. The full KDE desktop and all KDE software is available in the Void repos. Simply install the kde5 package and reboot!
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  2153. You could give it a shot. It's a little strange to think there's no systemd in the background, but runit does a good job. It's also much simpler. Seems to do ok from what I've tried! Check my Void Part 2 video where I put together an openbox desktop from the base ISO.
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  2154. Hey Serge! Obarun seems like Arch, with systemd replaced with S6, and a nice installer... sounds interesting! I'll have to check it out :) Thanks!
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  2155. Thanks Johan! More of a new position than anything. Still been super busy though...
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  2156.  @Phantom-el6oe  It would be yes. But I've had a few times where Void seemed to struggle with keeping packages updated, or their servers going down. They've struggled with their devs in the past. For gaming, why not use a distro with good driver support like Mint, Fedora or Ubuntu?
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  2157. It can be for new users who are feeling adventurous! And yes the hurricane thing came up a few times lol
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  2158. You need to use "sudo" and enter the root password when it asks you.
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  2159. You'll have to talk to your IT guys and make sure you get the right settings and that they don't do use any security features to block out computers (like MAC filtering). Can't really help much from here.
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  2160. Yeah I'm not recommending anyone do it, but I do in VM's. It makes shared folders and USB's easier to work with.
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  2161. Download it and check it out. Fun to play with.
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  2162. The Void distro was back up and running pretty quickly and that was resolved quite a while ago. It's all still the same except Void now has a live ISO with a graphical installer now.
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  2163. Hey Bill. Yes Gnome's not for everyone, but I've stuck with it for a long time. The music, and in fact ALL the music in my videos, was generously given for me to use by a great guy named Andreas. You can find his info including a link to a ton more of his music in the video description above. His SoundCloud page has a lot of awesome chiptune music and other styles as well. Check it out!
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  2164. You're welcome :) Thanks for the comment!
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  2165. People like different browsers. For me, I was always a fan of Chromium but I’ve recently switched to Firefox Quantum because the latest versions really outperform Chrome/Chromium.
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  2166. Glad to help! The kernel patches have caused some issues for everyone.
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  2167. Not sure, I haven’t used VMware very much. But I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
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  2168. Yes, if you have troublesome hardware that isn't well supported, them you can run into issues. Both machines I installed on (A desktop and a laptop) has no issues with drivers, and my WiFi and Nvidia Optimus GPU worked easily.
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  2169. Thanks Colin! Cheers :)
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  2170. Probably as good as on Manjaro which is awesome. I never gamed on that install in the video because it's a 10-year old PC lol
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  2171. Yes, the install ISO will connect to WiFi. Just make sure after you pacstrap and before you finish, you install everything you need for your WiFi to work. Refer to the Wiki to be sure.
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  2172.  @lemler3337  Ah yeah no problem! I always welcome any errors from the ones that may know better lol Cheers!
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  2173. I did do it at the beginning. Are you supposed to do it again from within the install afterwards?
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  2174. Thanks!
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  2175. Thanks so much! :)
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  2176.  @daveprice9128  That's great! I did pin a comment of mine in the video that mentioned this change and I've been meaning to make an updated video as well.
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  2177.  @daveprice9128  Hmm, well then that's a clue that the boot loader part isn't working properly. Make sure you don't install as UEFI in a VM.
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  2178. Strange. Are you certain you have an internet connection?
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  2179. Haha yeah little late for the challenge but I gotta catch up
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  2180. It’s an intro video for first time installers man
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  2181. That's awesome to hear! Congrats on getting it installed and I'm glad the video helped!
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  2182. Here : https://www.deviantart.com/joeljohnston/art/Low-Poly-Mountains-Cinema-4D-456552954
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  2183. Glad it worked out in the end! Just keep playing with it and try things out. Virtual machines are great for this since you can do snapshots, experiment, and rollback if you messed things up too bad. As for the localdomain, yes you're right! I didn't catch that, but yes there MIGHT be some server services that rely on localdomain, but most will use localhost.... Thanks for the comment!
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  2184. Installed fine in my Manjaro install. I used pamac with the AUR enabled. No problems here. Screen : https://pasteboard.co/Io6Jo6P.png
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  2185.  @vsadygv5131  So there were some changes last week to how Arch packages things. The group 'base' is now a metapackage and includes less packages than before. It is missing things like nano, vi, usbutils etc... I'm looking into it, but if you install nano, grub, mkinitcpio, you SHOULD be ok... I'll be looking into posting an update on changes, and I'll be posting a pinned comment on this video on new changes. For example, now when you use pacstrap, you must use 'pacstrap /mnt base linux linux-firmware' because base doesn't even include the kernel anymore...
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  2186. Well, once you chroot into the system, you’re now USING your installation. So if you want nano, you can install it with ‘sudo pacman -S nano’
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  2187. Thanks Robert! I am also an Xfce fan 😁
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  2188. Only because I’m explaining everything. Just running through can take only 10 minutes.
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  2189. Why not? You could always try it in a virtual machine first.
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  2190. Thanks very much!
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  2191. Thank you Chuck! Hope to keep regular ;)
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  2192. Yes sometimes communities can be harsh. And the wikis can be massive and confusing. That’s why I made this video 😁
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  2193. No you're correct, I did skip it! After doing the install several times I'm surprised I passed over it lol Hopefully there's more people like you that actually paid attention ;) Cheers!
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  2194. Thanks for the comment! To be honest, any DE really comes down to personal preference on which one feels right for you. Your best bet it to run both in virtual machines for a while and then see which one you use most often. Then you’ll have your answer 😉
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  2195. Even scarier than the feeling you're getting right now that someone is behind you as you're reading this? Go ahead, turn around and see....
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  2196. Hey TJ! Yes I have used openbox quite a bit. But other tiling managers like i3 just aren't for me. I always forget my key bindings ;)
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  2197. Yes it’s in my plans, I’ve just been pretty busy lately.
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  2198. Lol nice 😎
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  2199. Hey thanks man! Nice to see familiar names :)
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  2200. Thanks! Good to be back ;)
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  2201. A step must have been missed. You can check my recovery video on how to fix it https://youtu.be/YFZyy4xefaI
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  2202. That's really awesome to hear and I'm glad you're sticking with the Linux world :) Thanks a lot for the comment!
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  2203. That is indeed an option, for everyone. I've been using Manjaro for a long time and I recommended it.
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  2204. No, it was just Gnome.
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  2205. Which one? The mountains one you can find by searching “low poly mountains”
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  2206. Thanks for the comment and I hope running the live installer helps you out! Cheers :)
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  2207. I think so too!
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  2208. Yes and you can also use debootstrap (which is what pacstrap is based on) and do a complete Debian install from scratch, all manually, just like you would an Arch install.
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  2209. I have tons of hard disk space 🤷‍♂️
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  2210. The Gnome update to 3.36 was a big one I think
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  2211. Yes I was there for 7 months, so it took less than a month for me to get tired of all the updates piling up. I'm back home now and have my good fast internet again but I still loving using Debian.
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  2212. You missed the part where I had ridiculously slow internet for 7 months.
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  2213. Because I still wanted to have security updates. But having only security updates is not an option in Arch, or Manjaro. Manjaro also has just as many updates, it's just behind Arch. There's no difference.
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  2214. Do a seach for "low poly mountains", there's lots of versions. Or use this : https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/b0c18895-4493-4db4-9964-5918a270b246/d7jtiii-efe64623-7533-492c-bff8-171f9c522288.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwic3ViIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTpmaWxlLmRvd25sb2FkIl0sIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiIvZi9iMGMxODg5NS00NDkzLTRkYjQtOTk2NC01OTE4YTI3MGIyNDYvZDdqdGlpaS1lZmU2NDYyMy03NTMzLTQ5MmMtYmZmOC0xNzFmOWM1MjIyODgucG5nIn1dXX0.phSuHSpQkS3iWdF6WZhnfW61LIzjAcIHGlxEuw_l2D4
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  2215. Really? I'll have to try it and see. I assume you're using it with Gnome?
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  2216. It’s just not as user friendly for some people.
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  2217. Glad to hear it! Thank you.
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  2218. I used testing for a while before Buster came out via Q4OS. That wouldn’t have solved the issue I had with bandwidth at the time though.
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  2219. Артур Синило Void is great too. I did 2 videos on it a while back. But I’ve found that it’s been lacking in updates lately.
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  2220. Thanks! I use Arc-Darker with Papirus-remix icons
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  2221. PopOS is great too. I did a preview video of 21.04 and still have it installed on my test machine.
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  2222. Here you go : https://www.deviantart.com/joeljohnston/art/Low-Poly-Mountains-Cinema-4D-456552954
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  2223. Maximus Oozenthor That was also my production machine which hadn’t been used in 7 months.
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  2224. No, but one big upgrade was Gnome 3.36.
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  2225. Thanks! On my main laptop I have 6, but I’ve had as many as 10 at one point.
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  2226. Welcome!
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  2227. Just do a web search for "low poly mountains". You'll find the one I'm using along with a bunch of other nice ones.
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  2228.  @polgzz  Yes I ran Fedora on real hardware. I'm actually running it again on my new XPS 13 (Fedora 33). Running nice, but I still find dnf slow.
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  2229. LMDE is a great distribution. I’ve used it for a while too. But I did switch back to OG Debian. I wish LMDE kept up with Debian releases a little faster.
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  2230. I had used Manjaro for quite some time before Arch. It still has just as many updates, it’s just behind Arch’s updates.
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  2231. This video wasn't distro vs distro, just why I switched to Debian. There also aren't any well-maintained fixed release models based on Arch. Hyperbola is one but it hasn't had an update in over a year. I've used many Arch-based distros as well, but I'm very happy with Debian and it has everything I need. If I ever need anything newer, I can just use Backports or Flatpaks.
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  2232. Yes it works fine. I've used it in a VM for a while (via Q4OS). But my issue that made me switch was low bandwidth..
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  2233. Well, I had to switch because of where I was working for 7 months and the bad internet connection I had. Sure I could just not upgrade Arch, but then I also don’t get any security updates. Manjaro is great and I used it for a long time before moving onto Arch. Thanks for the comment!
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  2234. Here you go : https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/b0c18895-4493-4db4-9964-5918a270b246/d7jtiii-efe64623-7533-492c-bff8-171f9c522288.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwic3ViIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTpmaWxlLmRvd25sb2FkIl0sIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiIvZi9iMGMxODg5NS00NDkzLTRkYjQtOTk2NC01OTE4YTI3MGIyNDYvZDdqdGlpaS1lZmU2NDYyMy03NTMzLTQ5MmMtYmZmOC0xNzFmOWM1MjIyODgucG5nIn1dXX0.phSuHSpQkS3iWdF6WZhnfW61LIzjAcIHGlxEuw_l2D4
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  2235. That’s not how Arch works. Also, using an LTS kernel has nothing to do with all the other package updates.
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  2236. Yes it very much depends on what you're doing with your system.
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  2237.  @NoEntityHere  I did try running Bedrock for a week. While I find it interesting, I didn’t see a reason why I’d personally like to keep using it. I also had issues where apps installed with bedrock weren’t showing up in the applications lists.
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  2238. Yes many people do. I did it for a while too but reverted to stable. It's not technically considered a rolling release though, just a different branch.
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  2239. Interesting. You prefer a Gentoo-based distro now?
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  2240. Yup. This wasn't an issue when I was home with super-fast internet. I have TimeShift backups anyways. But taking that option away changes the whole game, especially when you can't get security updates for many months...
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  2241. Indeed I am 😀
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  2242. It got better now that I’m home and have good internet. But I’m enjoying Debian now
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  2243. I personally have no issue with either. But feedback from others, especially those new to Linux find the text-based one worse to use. I've been using Linux since the 90's, so any installer nowadays is good for me lol
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  2244. valije Yes, or go one step further and use Sid. But for me I decided to use Backports in Stable and it works great. This gives you newer software running on the Stable branch.
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  2245. Do a web search for "low poly mountains"
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  2246. Arch has very up-to-date software. It's also a great way to build a custom system that has only what you need without any extras. The downside is that it has a lot of updates, and sometimes those updates require you to do things manually.
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  2247. On my Cinnamon desktop? It’s Papirus-Remix icons with Arc-darker theme and CBlack taskbar theme.
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  2248. To get security updates. I was away from home for several months. I had internet but it was extremely slow. So since I was still online, I wanted to ensure I was still getting security updates. But in Arch, you can't specify that you only want security updates in Arch, it's all or none.
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  2249. Per Ekström For newer software I just use backports or Flatpaks. My system is now running kernel 5.7 and LibreOffice 7 using backports.
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  2250. Just do a search for low poly mountains and you’ll find it
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  2251. If you check my channel playlists I have a linux from scratch playlist where I used an Ubuntu minimal install as a starting point. I also have a video on Arch and one on Gentoo where you REALLY start from the very basics.
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  2252. Wow, that really sets me back. Slackware was the first distro I ever used in the early 90's lol
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  2253. lol
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  2254. I do like NixOS. In fact, I have 3 videos about NixOS on my channel from a while back :)
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  2255. Arch is great for building custom systems. But do you know about debootstrap? It’s what pacstrap is based on for Arch. You can install Debian in the same way as Arch this way, from scratch.
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  2256. Check out my latest video on backports. I explain how to upgrade the kernel and any software you want to newer versions. I’m currently using kernel 5.7 on Debian 10.
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  2257. That is the Dash to Panel extension for Gnome.
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  2258. If you like Arch, there is also Manjaro. Or you could try one of the Arch installers available.
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  2259. Great to hear! Glad you got yourself a nice Debian system up and running :)
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  2260. Well said
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  2261. Yes I've used Pop and I am also using Mint, specifically LMDE. I tried to use Material Shell on a couple of my systems but it never loads properly. Always gives an error.
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  2262. Yes. On my laptop I installed the Nvidia drivers for Debian (you can follow the Debian Nvidia Wiki instrutions). On my production machine, I use AMD graphics, so the kernel supports it without needing additional drivers. I've since switched all my machines to AMD graphics because Linux supports it out of the box and you don't have to mess with configuring Nvidia.
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  2263. I prefer Chromium lately.
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  2264. Yes, I use the Dash to Panel extension.
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  2265. Ronan Harris Be aware that Debian Testing or anything based on Debian Testing doesn’t get as many up to date security fixes as Stable does. You can just use Stable with either Backports or Flatpak
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  2266. Well the idea was to go to a fixed release distro, so even if I were to switch to openSUSE, it would have been Leap and not Tumbleweed. I've tried openSUSE many times, but if I'm being completely honest I just haven't been a huge fan of it. It's great that it has so many admin tools and Yast, but that's something I don't really need or use. So I decided on Debian to keep it simple and stable. Cheers!
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  2267. Arch is a great way to learn and I still think the challenge of installing it is rewarding if you're up for it. The Wiki has everything you need to get things running, but you need to take the time to read it and understand it.
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  2268. Thank you!
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  2269. I tried AntiX a while back and it seemed nice. I’ll have to spin it up again in a VM to play with it :) Thanks for the comment!
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  2270. Tony Dratchev Yeah I also installed LMDE on both my production machine )dualbooted with Debian) and my main laptop. I do like it a lot and it has a newer Cinnamon version. I’ll run it alongside Debian for a bit to see if I make the switch one day.
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  2271. Thanks! And yes it’s as customizable as most. The only downside is sometimes having older packages could be missing a couple features but that’s hardly a big issue.
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  2272. Hey now there's a name I haven't seen in a while :) Thanks Bill. I have tried MX before, but lately I've been trying to stick to the 'root distros' for production and work machines. Keeping it simple! Cheers
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  2273. It's all right at the very beginning of the video in the neofetch info.
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  2274. True. Although I started with Slackware in the 90’s 😁
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  2275. Garth All good points. However, the main reason for my switch was my slow internet at the time so I couldn’t keep updating but I did want all the security updates. So I made the switch, and even though I’m back home now, I’ve stuck with Debian. I really like it!
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  2276. If you install a minimal Debian install and then add what you want it’s usually much smaller than installing a desktop ISO.
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  2277. At the time and where I was working, yes it was.
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  2278. In what sense? Like what games I play on what distro I use to play them?
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  2279. Thanks!
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  2280. Well said lol
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  2281. It’s Gnome with the Dash to Panel extension.
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  2282. Precisely my thoughts as well! I just need my system to be running smoothly nowadays without needing to have to work on it.
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  2283. It's the Dash to Panel shell extension. https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1160/dash-to-panel/
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  2284. FullMetal Just do a search for Low poly mountains
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  2285. Which one?
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  2286. It’s Arc-Darker with Papirus-Remix icons
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  2287. I used both Manjaro and then Arch for a while. But now I’m liking that there’s less updates that I don’t really need.
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  2288. I'm on Debian Stable with kernel 5.7 thanks to backports :) Backports are pretty easy to set up and install. I did a video recently on how to use them.
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  2289. wikingagresor Yes you can do this with pretty much any fixed release distro. I ran on Testing with Q4OS for a long time which was based on Debian Buster long before it came out.
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  2290. AkcesoriumPC Possibly. But I didn’t have huge updates after switching to Debian with Gnome.
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  2291. Google Google Very true. It would be easier to start with Manjaro and remove what you don’t need. But Arch is really not that hard to install. You should check out my video on how to install Arch and maybe try it in a Virtual Machine 😎
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  2292. I used Manjaro for quite some time. I find now that they install way too many things in their installs now. I had switched from Manjaro to Arch a while back so that I could run a leaner system without all the things that I would never use.
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  2293. Thanks! I’m using the Dash to Panel extension with the Arc-Darker theme and Papirus-Remix icon theme.
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  2294. Glad you enjoyed it! I totally agree with you on the Arch subject. It was indeed fun to run it and use a system I put together myself. But the time I spent fixing it and updating it was really just wasted time. Cheers!
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  2295. René Gordon In Gnome I’m using the Dash to Panel extension.
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  2296. I've been on Debian for about 5-6 months now on my laptop and very happy with it! Things are good now that I'm home. I ended up stuck in one place because of Covid and then unable to come home for a few weeks halfway through like I had planned. But that's all done now and it's back to normal again! Thanks for the tip on Artix, I'll have to check it out. Cheers and take care Garth! I hope all is well with you!
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  2297. Debian has Gnome 3.30. A little older but works well for me. I don’t like the new shutdown menu anyways. They added an extra click 😡
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  2298. You can backup your home folder and then restore it yes.
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  2299. There are a few distros that sort of do this. Like Manjaro and NixOS are 2 that I can think of right now. But they still update often. The whole point of a rolling release is to have continuous updates.
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  2300. I’ve had more issues with pacman than apt. You need to keep checking the news feed in case manual intervention is required so you can run some special commands to fix package issues.
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  2301. No it’s not. I use the Dash to Panel extension for the bottom taskbar, and all the themes are listed in the terminal window at the very beginning of the video.
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  2302. Thank you!
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  2303. Pamsu Yes I did that with backports.
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  2304. Paulo Costa So, I wouldn’t say that a distro based on Debian is less stable, however, you COULD sort of say that since they are adding their own things into one of if not THE most stable distro around. Don’t get me wrong, some distros add some very useful and cool things. The question you have to ask yourself is if you REALLY need those extras. For example, Debian Desktop Environments are quite Vanilla compared to other distros because they don’t use any special themes or icons. But, it’s not hard at all to add your own themes and icons and make it look exactly like any other distro as well. Also, most software available on other distros is also available on Debian, unless it’s something made specifically for THAT distro.
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  2305. I haven't been a fan of Ubuntu for quite some time. I'd rather just stick to a root distro anyways :)
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  2306. Not sure I agree with that. I'd say that if you have the spare time to tinker with Arch, it is a great distro. But for someone who just doesn't have time between real-life work and family, then maybe not so much.
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  2307. Thanks! 👍
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  2308. It's Gnome
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  2309. MX is also great
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  2310. Yes. I do still like Arch to play with and build custom setups, but the amount of manual intervention and downloads have been too much when I had too much to do...
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  2311. Haha well thanks very much!
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  2312. I do still like Arch. I just had reasons to switch other than not liking it anymore.
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  2313. You could install Debian and then install whatever programs you want as flatpaks. Then you’ll have a stable desktop and newer programs from the flatpaks. Fedora Silverblue would probably be a great choice for you since it makes its OS read-only and ALL programs are installed as flatpaks by default. Check out my videos on Silverblue.
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  2314. Ben Stevenson I already did 2 videos on NixOS. Check out my other videos 😁
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  2315. Thanks! Appreciate it!
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  2316. Ah, I see. Well, I'm quite thankful that there's a 32-bit ISO for 18.04 however, I'm a little worried about what packages will be available for it. I'll be digging into it right after I release the long overdue Scion 18.3 Venus... It's a shame that they don't offer the full desktop in 32-bit anymore, but at the same time, that allows me an empty slot for Scion to fill! Yes, a 32-bit version will come provided the i386 repos have what I need ;) ( I hadn't announced that before, but I might as well come out with it soon lol )
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  2317. Hi Bill! Yes I do believe a 32-bit mini.iso should work, but I'm just going off the top of my head here and trying to think of every piece of the bigger puzzle... You may run into issues with some browser installations which no longer have 32-bit versions. However, if it's based on an older Ubuntu version, then that version's repositories should have the older 32-bit versions of the browsers. One one way to find out! lol I assume you NEED 32-bit because of older hardware?
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  2318. Thanks. I got that wallpaper years ago, don’t remember where it came from sorry.
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  2319. Thank you I appreciate the comment :)
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  2320. Hey Neil, well first off thank you very much for subscribing! Yes there are hundreds and hundreds of cli commands to learn, however, it would be a good idea to make something on the common ones. I often use the cli to install and remove programs and do other things while doing how-to videos. And I also encourage people to use the terminal whenever possible. Mainly because if your system breaks and you're stuck at the CLI, you're not completely helpless, and you don't rely on a GUI. I'm hopeful that the more good content I can put out, the easier it'll be for people to find ;) Thanks again for subscribing, for your comment, and the great tip. Bash on!
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  2321. Dunno. I guess I just needed to change the timezone every time, but turning off ntp helped.
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  2322. It can, but it also depends on what you're doing in those browsers and how many tabs are open. Remember that it only has 4GB RAM.
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  2323. I’ll try. But I haven’t had luck yet with emulators. There’s not a lot of good emulators for ARM
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  2324. Good to know! I would love to use Manjaro, but too many things don't work yet...
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  2325. I’m not familiar with Raspbian enough to say...
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  2326. Yeah as I said in the video, it can't really handle 50 or 60 fps too well.
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  2327. No idea. Haven't looked into it to be honest. At this point I'm still just a regular user :)
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  2328. But the price pf $199, and ease of hacking it is what is appealing. Not a lot of decent 14" laptops for that price.
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  2329. I have. If there’s an SD card with an OS on it it till boot from it. It’s pretty easy to put an ISO on an SD card with Etcher or DD
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  2330. If you're determined to learn Linux, this would be great to play with. Just be aware that the distros are limited right now, but documentation is pretty good for how to do most things.
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  2331. It's great! Good to know about the Android image, thanks!
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  2332. Not sure, but likely a limitation on the hardware.
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  2333. Depends what you’re doing, like anything. On average I got 4-7 hours of mixed usage which includes lots of video playing. For just editing documents, you can get over 8-9 hours easily.
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  2334. For the price, it’s great! But don’t expect a powerhouse lol
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  2335. I believe so, but I've never tried it myself. I don't have a USB-C charger.
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  2336. Haven't tried it yet, but it would be a lot of work to get it working right at this point.
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  2337. It’s fantastic. Just basic surfing and editing documents gets me 8-10 hours.
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  2338. Just do a search on the web for low poly mountains and you’ll get this one and lots like it.
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  2339. I haven't tried, but I don't think it would work. Does Skype still have a web interface? That might work well using a web browser.
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  2340.  @johanb.7869  Maybe in a couple weeks :) What time does that air?
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  2341. Thanks Johan! I use this more than any other device now :) And I will join again one day, it's just that the timing of when the show airs is not good for me.
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  2342. Thanks for the tip! I'll have to give the mesa-git a shot and see how it is.
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  2343. Thanks! And yes I love this thing too!
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  2344. I’ve never tried to be honest. But provided it can run a video editor, I don’t see why not!
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  2345. It’s much better on the laptop display. And Manjaro is way smoother.
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  2346. Indeed!
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  2347. Very strange. Maybe their website is down? Try again another time.
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  2348. Not sure about that, but there's probably something, at least for Raspberry Pi...
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  2349. I'm hoping distro updates smooth things out. The UI in Manjaro is much smoother, but it unfortunately can't play Netflix and such.
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  2350. Correct. Most updates overwrite existing files. But my concern is with updates creating issues.
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  2351. A while ago, at least for Firefox. This install comes with the Chromium patch.
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  2352. It does now ship with Manjaro. The original Debian distro was abandoned sadly. Which is a shame because the Debian distro performs much better than the Manjaro one. The Manjaro distro can't do any HD video smoothly at all. In either case, my Pinebook Pro died 8 months ago.
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  2353. It’s already installed
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  2354. Perhaps one day. This is just the beginning :)
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  2355. Well, the Formula 1 video I played off of the hard drive is a 29FPS video but it's variable bitrate between 17-29Mb/s. As for an ethernet adapter, this device doesn't have one. So you must use WiFi or an Ethernet dongle. The tearing is not as bad on the LCD panel of the laptop, and Manjaro is overall very smooth.
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  2356. Yes it's all opensource. Check their WiKi for everything including hardware schematics and specs
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  2357. Serge Sounds great! I’ll definitely have to check it out. Thanks for the tip!
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  2358. Thanks Serge! You're the second person to recommend Calculate. Looks more like a server OS to me but I'll give it a shot!
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  2359. My newer reviews are not like that anymore.
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  2360. Hah, I was just messing around. I should warn you, the further you go back, the worse the videos are haha
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  2361. Always funny :)
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  2362.  @vim449  Correct. Arch does it's own thing there and you could actually mount it anywhere as long as it's on the EFI partition and you know how to update it manually. But even Manjaro which is based on Arch installed in /boot/efi... NixOS has many many differences in the file structure because of the way it works, so no surprise there. As long as you're not going against what the distro is expecting, it should be fine.
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  2363.  @harshitarora693  Yes I've done the same with my hackintosh. Glad you got it working!
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  2364. It’s harder to do on a Mac because they lock things down. For a bootloader in Mac, look up rEFInd to dualboot.
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  2365. That's actually a good idea!
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  2366. Definitely. Disable secure boot in your BIOS, ensure Fast Start is disabled in Windows, and then install one distro after the other. But please make sure you have either a backup if your entire disk, or a Windows recovery USB stick first just in case.
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  2367.  @thebrotherhood1675  This is something you might want to do to protect yourself if you're "pentesting" someone else's hardware *cough-hacking-cough*, but for testing your own systems, I don't see it as necessary.
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  2368.  @thebrotherhood1675  Pentesting should be safe, especially since you should be doing it on your own systems.
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  2369. Kali has a large set of preinstalled packages for specific purposes. Most of those should be installable in Ubuntu.
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  2370. Thank you too
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  2371. Hope it helps you out! Cheers
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  2372. Yes, however this video wasn't geared specifically towards Ubuntu. Not all distro installers allow you to bypass bootloader installs. Good tip for Ubiquity though!
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  2373. Hahaha you’ve obviously never seen the videos on my channel bud
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  2374. It was just for a demonstration relax. Lots of people use it so it was good for a video.
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  2375. That's odd because Windows should still installed regardless. Have you tried changing the secureboot options in your BIOS?
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  2376.  @Noodles.FreeUkraine  Perhaps. I've tried increasing the volume but it becomes distorted. I might have to turn down the bass and try again...
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  2377. I always do. What’s the issue?
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  2378. Look at installing rEFInd. It’s a boot loader that will boot whatever is on your system. It can be installed from within Linux.
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  2379. Yep 👍
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  2380. So you're saying you want to install Linux in another partition on the disk to have Chrome installed? That's definitely possible. But it won't be a D: drive, it will be a Linux partition. Windows can't read Linux file systems.
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  2381.  @thedude3439  the Windows bootloader won’t detect Linux operating systems.
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  2382. You can install a distro into another partition and not install grub at all. Then you can download SuperGrub and put it on a USB stick. When you boot to the USB it will detect all installed operating systems and let you boot into one. This way you don’t have to use GRUB. The only downside is you have to use the USB whenever you want to boot into Linux.
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  2383. Appreciate it!
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  2384. What doesn't work? Dualbooting old laptops works fine. The only difference would be if the laptop doesn't have UEFI, then you don't have to worry about the EFI stuff.
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  2385. For the ISO itself or to install the OS itself? For the OS, usually 4-8GB is sufficient depending on the distro and desktop you picked.
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  2386. Actually it’s easier. Unplug windows drive and plug in empty one. Install Linux. Plug windows drive back in. Now you can either use your boot drive selection hot key to chose which drive to run, or you can go into Linux and update grub to make windows available as a boot option on the grub menu.
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  2387.  @zupaz8104  Yes I understand that. But I’m suggesting you ask about installing 2 Windows installs together on a Windows forum, because I don’t know anything about doing that.
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  2388.  @zupaz8104  You should still ask about installing multiple Windows copies on a windows site. I do Linux.
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  2389.  @zupaz8104  run “sudo parted -l” in a terminal. It will say either gpt or msdos. If it says msdos them it’s MBR.
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  2390.  @zupaz8104  In theory it should install into the partition you tell it to, but I’m not sure if the bootloader will give you and option on which Windows version to boot into. And if you using an MBR disk then only the active partition will ever boot. These are probably questions best asked on a Windows forum to be honest.
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  2391. I’ve never tried 2 different windows versions at once. But if you’re going to try it, you should definitely do a full backup in case things go wrong. There’s lots of free backup tools out there. You could also make a boot disk with clonezilla to do it.
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  2392. I'd recommend you install REFInd. It's available in most distro repos, and is a graphical boot menu that shows the distro logos to choose from. If you REALLY want to keep grub, check where your distro's GRUB config file is, and add/edit it to have a line "GRUB_GFXMODE=800x600" or whatever resolution you'd prefer that makes the text large enough.
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  2393. Thank you too!
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  2394. Never heard that one before :)
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  2395. It’s a common issues. Sometimes it just doesn’t work that way.
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  2396. I’ve had Windows 10 and 9 Linux distros on my laptop at the same time. It’s not a problem!
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  2397. Short answer : Yes you can, but you MAY have issues. Long anser: I would advise against sharing /home unless both distros are using the same desktop environment that are the same version, otherwise you could have conflicts between configuration settings in your /home directory. However, if using KDE in Kubuntu, and your other distro uses another DE like Xfce or Cinnamon, then it might be fine because they won't be sharing configuration files for the desktop. Stating that though, any programs you use might have shared configurations that do things differently with different versions as well. Many people do this and have no complaints. But my advice would be to ensure you backup your /home before trying it just in case.
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  2398. Thanks! Yes but as long as you always use the bootloader that works with everything then you should be fine.
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  2399. Thank you!
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  2400. If it was only partially installed, I would do a full reinstall.
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  2401. That's great! Ready to switch again? lol I've been using Manjaro for 3 months now. The switchable graphics for Optimus works even better, and no reboots required. Check my latest video here : https://youtu.be/ANTeo8rq4is
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  2402. That’s really high! I mean, Gnome uses a lot of RAM, but something else is eating it up. You should check the system monitor. Sort it by RAM usage and see what’s using it all. It’s possible that Firefox is the culprit.
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  2403. It sounds like the installation went wonky. Yes that's the technical term :) . I don't think I would recommend Ubuntu anymore until they fix their nvidia packages and get bumblebee working again. Until then, consider this : https://youtu.be/AM_kp8mgpGw
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  2404. Hi Yash! I showed it right at the beginning using the Software & Updates app, in the Additional Drivers tab. I had already installed them before I started recording, but it's just a matter of selecting "using NVIDIA driver"and hitting "Apply Changes". Note that it will take a while to install it as it has to download a large amount, so it's important to not close the window or shutdown the OS while its working. This is of course an Ubuntu 18.04 example as well. How did you manage to install the drivers? Are you using Ubuntu 18.04 on Gnome?
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  2405. Hey there! It's very very hard to diagnose over YouTube comments. You will have a much better chance of getting help at askubuntu.com Or, you can do like i did (gave up on Ubuntu) and installed Manjaro instead. Much better OS, and much easier to use NVidia GPU's!
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  2406. Great! Glad it helped you out. There's a Gnome extension to speed up animations here : https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/277/impatience/ Thanks for watching!
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  2407. Whoa I’ve never had this issue... the only thing that sometimes happens is when exiting a game, the GPU turns off but the fan will stay at whatever speed it was when the gpu shutdown. I solve this by waiting a while till the GPU has cooled and then run “optirun anycommand” and it will turn off.
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  2408. Glad it helped you get up and running again! Cheers!
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  2409. That's strange, and unfortunate. My main machine uses a GTX 960M and runs great, even with games. Could have been some kind of glitch somewhere, but either way, I'm glad you got it fixed! Manjaro is a great distro and I also use it a lot :)
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  2410. Ok so this sounds like it could be a driver issue. What distro and version are you running? And what version of the nvidia driver are you using? Have you tried switching to the intel graphics to see if it’s better? Lastly, are you watching with a browser or a program like VLC?
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  2411. What do you mean by lag? Is the audio out of sync?
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  2412. Glad it was resolved! Even though it took the long way around to get there, you still made it to your destination 😁 I wonder why it didn’t work before... Sometimes it just takes a 2nd try... I hope you enjoy Manjaro! I have no complaints so far!
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  2413. How light it is depends on the desktop you choose. If you want the lightest official release, it would be with the XFCE desktop. There are also community releases available on their website as well for LXDE, Mate, Cinnamon, openbox etc
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  2414. Sorry to hear that! Some GPU's are worse to work with than others... Which do you have? Is it a laptop? Unfortunately, Ubuntu and a few other distros don't really support Optimus/bumblebee anymore, which doesn't make sense considering they're getting more and more popular... I highly recommend Manjaro! It just works and was super easy to setup. I literally just ran "sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300" in the terminal and rebooted, that's it!
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  2415. Ubuntu's Nvidia support keeps getting worse. I suggest trying Manjaro. Works perfect for me, and I can switch GPU's without rebooting. Check my latest video : https://youtu.be/ANTeo8rq4is
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  2416. Yes I’m now using 440 as well. The inability to use HDMI with Optimus is a hardware issue which depends on what type of Optimus hardware you’re using. Unfortunately there’s no way to fix this.
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  2417. Not with Ubuntu because you have to reboot to switch GPUs. But with Manjaro or Q4OS, you can switch GPUs on the fly.
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  2418. Bumblebee and Nvidia driver support is very poor for Ubuntu/Debian, and nobody has taken the task to maintain a working system. Manjaro however has dedicated more work into ensuring Nvidia Optimus graphics are supported. This is why I chose it. It was literally one command in the terminal to get it working.
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  2419. I can't read that link because I don't have a Facebook account. However, it's very hard to help and diagnose over YouTube comments. You will get much better support from many more people on askubuntu.com . Personally, part of the reason I left Ubuntu is because of driver and Prime issues, and the difficulty in setting up Nvidia Optimus graphics. I've been using Manjaro with no problems at all for 3 months now, and can switch GPU's without rebooting.
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  2420. That's odd behavior I've never come across. Been running 18.04 LTS continuously since its release with my GTX960M with no issues. What GPU are you running? I would suggest filing a bug report to help get things fixed up for ya.
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  2421. Sebastian Alvarado Check out my other video on Optimus in Linux https://youtu.be/AM_kp8mgpGw
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  2422. Have you tried all the acpi tricks?
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  2423. Glad to help out :)
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  2424. Fantastic! Glad I could help out 😁
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  2425. Hahaha Yes you can still have graphics, although I haven't used AMD GPU's in a long time so I'm not sure what the state of them is. But, yes if you get a desktop with the 1060, you can run the discreet card fulltime with no problem, and bumblebee will not be required. All you need is the Nvidia driver and you're done.
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  2426. Unfortunately I stopped using Ubuntu a year ago, and one reason was because of graphics issues. I gave up on it. The people over at askubuntu.com might have answer for you and be more current on how things are working now.
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  2427. You may have ACPI issues. Did you try the acpi_osi trick with grub?
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  2428. Legacy is disabled.
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  2429. Yeah, there are several reasons why I left Ubuntu and started using Manjaro. One major issue is poor support for Nvidia.
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  2430. I have Secure Boot permanently disabled on my systems because it causes issues when installing drivers and can prevent the Nvidia driver from loading. Perhaps give that a try first before getting too deep into attempting other fixes.
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  2431. Troubleshooting over YouTube comments is really hard. You would get much better help from a larger group over on askubuntu.com . I haven't used Ubuntu in over 3 months. I'm on Manjaro now and it supports Optimus so much better.
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  2432. I always use Xorg. Wayland is ok, but I feel that it's still too new to be mainstream (My opinion only here). Xorg may be older, but it's pretty robust and more widely supported.
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  2433. Very odd. I haven’t installed Ubuntu in hardware lately so I can’t test this out. You do have an Optimus graphics card yes?
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  2434. You may need to add some of the acpi_osi options to the kernel in grub
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  2435. Glad it helped!
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  2436. Alexandre Ferreira Awesome! Glad it helped you out. Thanks for the comment!
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  2437. avez shariq I have not tried it on Fedora no. Manjaro is just as easy to install as Ubuntu or Fedora and works great. Since it’s a rolling release, you get the newest software. Updates for Manjaro come from Arch, but they are delayed and tested first to ensure stability. If you really don’t want to go that route, then I recommend PopOS which is based on Ubuntu and one of the download options includes Nvidia drivers pre-installed.
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  2438. avez shariq yes with Ubuntu you can’t get Bumblebee working properly. If you install Manjaro, Nvidia with Bumblebee works perfectly! And it’s only one terminal line to install it all.
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  2439. What distro are you using?
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  2440. Thanks. Making some minor changes and improvements all around.
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  2441. That’s normal. It should still work fine.
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  2442. Should be fine. It’s just showing an internal mode number. You can see what driver it’s using with lspci -k
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  2443. On optimus systems, the only way to change and power down the NVidia GPU in Ubuntu 18.04 is by rebooting. Bumblebee/optirun/primusrun immediate switching does not work in 18.04. I've found that some recent updates even prevent the GPU from powering down completely after the reboot.
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  2444. Thanks! Definitely something worth looking into. I think updates would get complicated, but there might be some way to get around this.
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  2445. Glad to help! 🙂
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  2446. That’s only for Ubuntu, which I no longer use. No need to reboot for Q4OS or Manjaro, they can switch on the fly. In other words, don’t use Ubuntu if you don’t want to reboot. Problem solved.
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  2447. How do you mean when you say it wasn't fully disabled? Which graphics card do you have?
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  2448. Hmm, so it could have been a hardware problem all along... Manjaro has no issues with Nvidia Optimus. Worked right away, and I can use optirun for anything, all my steam games work and use the Nvidia GPU.
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  2449. Don't feel bad, I gave up on Ubuntu as well :P Very happy with Manjaro. That's the best thing about Linux : Choices! What's your plan?
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  2450. Ok, does the Nvidia show up in other places though? lspci should show it yes? Does nvidia-smi show the GPU info?
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  2451. Did you reboot after selecting the nvidia GPU?
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  2452. Make sure you have proprietary Nvidia drivers installed, then go here : https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads Click Linux, then your architecture, distro etc, and finally choose what kind of download you want. The runfile(local) works just fine in most cases. Follow the instructions on the pages to get it installed. Finally, in Blender, make sure the settings for rendering are set to GPU (Nvidia) instead of CPU. Note that unless you have a high-end GPU, the usually isn't that big of a difference between CPU and GPU.
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  2453. I haven't really used Mint, or Ubuntu for a long time. I'd suggest hitting up their forums for help :)
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  2454. I'm afraid I don't have any AMD hardware, only Nvidia :(
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  2455. Nice! Yes just open a terminal and run : sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300 It has to download a lot, and takes a bit of time. When it's done just reboot and it's set! Then to run any program with the Nvidia GPU use : optirun programname
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  2456. You're welcome, glad it helped you! If you don't mind switching distros, I'd now actually highly recommend Manjaro. Very easy to install Optimus (one command line). And Optimus works as intended, you can use the Nvidia GPU whenever you need it without having to reboot.
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  2457. I actually haven’t used Ubuntu in a very long time because I switched to Manjaro. Ubuntu’s drivers were getting worse and things stopped working so I left it.
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  2458. It should as long as the driver version supports it.
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  2459. Please check my video "What to do after installing Linux" https://youtu.be/7jiaRJJ43kI and try running some of the kernel options from the beginning of the video (The acpi_osi options) and see if that gets you going. Many times this is the issue I run into.
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  2460. Interesting. I haven’t used Manjaro for over a month now but I just repartitioned my drive so I can install it again on my laptop with Optimus (GTX 960M). I’ll see if I run into any issues... Did you try any of the ACPI tricks I mentioned?
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  2461. Kevin Brock I sure do, it’s for a few different distros, right here https://youtu.be/AM_kp8mgpGw
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  2462. I only have a 960m so I would suggest hitting up the forums for your distro or stack exchange and someone with the same GPU as you should be able to help you out.
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  2463. Works great for me. You just need the right distro and right drivers.
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  2464. I don’t think Optimus works properly with Vulkan yet.
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  2465. Yes, even old hardware has fantastic potential when running Linux :)
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  2466. Half of all my other videos are Linux reviews :)
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  2467. A virtual machine uses RAM and hard drive storage in the same way as the host does.
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  2468. Being in IT and working a lot with servers, routers and clients, I have to type lots of IP addresses. It's FAR quicker to use the number pad to smash out IP addresses compared to the top row. At least for me it is. I ALWAYS used the number pad. I learned how to use computers and how to program before laptops were mainstream, and every keyboard I ever used had a number pad. Having it taken away is weird to me.
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  2469. Really? Is it in a virtual machine or on hardware?
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  2470. Well, during the SCO vs IBM lawsuit in 2006 shows that Linux contained some BSD code. But that's irrelevant, derived, inspired, meh, potato/potato. Linux blew light years ahead of Unix thanks to the gigantic community. All I know is my MBP runs much faster with Linux on it than the Mac stuff, and I actually use it again now.
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  2471. MacOS and Linux are both derived from Unix. And Linux supports Mac hardware very well.
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  2472. Yeah I can't blame you then. Mac's run Linux quite well, especially something lightweight! If I don't sell it, I'll probably put a custom Linux setup on it :)
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  2473. I've been thinking about it, but I worry the macbook will then be blacklisted or something and I won't be able to resell it... I have plenty of other computers and laptops :)
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  2474. Can’t go wrong 😁
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  2475. I do. However, every laptop I own does have a numpad 😁 except the Mac.
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  2476. Amen!
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  2477. Yes, some others like Manjaro and Debian don't run as hot. A lightweight DE helps too, so don't use Gnome or KDE.
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  2478. I find it still loads faster when running Qt apps. Mac also does tons of caching and preloading to help applications open faster yet Linux still has it beat in both speed and memory usage.
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  2479. Super Gaming That doesn’t help the issue.
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  2480. Yes, the Retina displays make VMs hard to run because of high resolution. It helps a bit if you scale the display to 200% and set the VM resolution to something like 1440x900 but it’s still not great.
    1
  2481. My MBP was pumped up nicely with 16GB of RAM and an SSD. It just kinda sat around for so long and I ended up selling it.
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  2482. Unfortunately I sold my Macbook a few months after this video because it was just sitting on a shelf.
    1
  2483. No, VirtualBox machines still have files on the hard drive. There are no files in RAM. Both VM’s and the host systems run applications in the same way (load from hard drive and run in memory), that’s how all OS’s AND VM’s work.
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  2484. The only time I like Safari is on my iPhone. Even then, Chrome on iPhone is better in so many ways.
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  2485. Realized that after the fact. I never had to record in mac before.
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  2486. Michael Cox The beauty about Linux is that you can make it however you want. Check out my other videos (like #1) if you're new. I do a walkthough to setting up your own basic desktop from scratch that's super lightweight. I think it's a good jumping off point to trying out different packages to end up with your own custom desktop.
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  2487. I haven't installed Fedora Workstation in a long time so I'm not sure about that. But Fedora Silverblue definitely does ask for a root password...
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  2488. Because if you add layered packages, it counts as a new layer. You can see how it shows "LayeredPackages : fedora-workstation-repos" on the top image layer. That means that top layer has the same base image as the lower one but with the layered packages on top.
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  2489. Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it
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  2490. You don’t seem to understand how the image system works. Updates are only the CHANGES that are downloaded, not the entire OS again. Also, only a current version and previous version are kept by default. And when you boot in, there are not multiple versions of anything in the environment.
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  2491. Awesome. It’s been pretty rock solid for me. And I love that it can never crash from bad updates because you can just rollback easily.
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  2492. It's definitely a step in another direction. You should also check out NixOS, which is different as well. I just uploaded a video on it yesterday.
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  2493. It’s not for everyone but it can definitely be useful for some.
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  2494. Thank you so much!
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  2495. Awesome! Hope it works out for you! I plan to keep using it for a while.
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  2496. OSTree isn’t perfected yet. You can run a command that allows you to use your updated system without having to reboot but that’s still in a testing phase and is still considered experimental. The need to reboot is only temporary.
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  2497. Harold Garcia I doubt all distros would go in this direction. But for having a stable platform to use as a server, or development machine, or production environment, this would be ideal in my opinion.
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  2498. This is true, but not everyone appreciates older hardware 😉 It does run very well on it though as you can see
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  2499. Yes, they are called distros (distributions) and they're more of a good think in my opinion. This gives you variety. They all work more or sell the same, but some are quite different. Like Silverblue, which changes how the OS runs.
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  2500. Thank you!
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  2501. So, the first couple of installs will seem to stall because the Flatpak system is installing shared frameworks that flatpaks use. Kind of like dependencies. So on the first install, you have none of these. After a few installs you’ll notice that they go faster because they don’t have to redownload these frameworks. The Gnome Software application currently doesn’t do a good job of showing what’s really going on, but this is an issue with the Gnome software application, not Fedora or flatpaks. If you install flatpaks in the terminal, you’ll see more of what it’s doing in the background. It’s simple, for example “flatpak install geany”
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  2502. If by local package you mean an RPM that was downloaded and installed from the disk instead of from a repo, then there is no real difference here. A local package is still layered on just like a package from a repo.
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  2503. I am dual booting Silverblue with many other distros. And I had Windows 10 installed as well when I first installed it. I ended up removing windows though.
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  2504. Only on first setup, but to be fair, I could have installed my packages, added flathub, did my updates and then only rebooted once. Also, there is a command in rpm-ostree 'ex livefs' that will mount your new image layer without rebooting, but it's experimental. I tried it by installing ffmeg-libs and then running it, and then Firefox had HTML5 support right away without rebooting. In the future, the rebooting hopefully won't be needed at all.
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  2505. You typically don't need to reboot if you're installing software because most of it is flatpaks. Only when you install software layered do you need to reboot.
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  2506.  @mecalpsha4473  Well if you look at 10:57 in the video, you can see how each OSTree deployment has a version, commit ID and GPG Signature. These help OSTree track and verify each deployment or, layer.
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  2507. Which part are you talking about here? The OS-Tree, toolbox or Flatpaks?
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  2508. You can’t right now. But, you can compile from source in a toolbox. Or, compile an executable that will remain in your home directory. But the rest of the OS directories are read-only.
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  2509. No. Guix is similar to NixOS which uses a package manager, and the OS is writable. Silverblue uses OSTree which uses an OS image which is read-only and the core system files can’t even be modified by root. Upgrades are layered on top of the existing image and later merged. The only similarity is that upgrades are atomic, but the system being upgraded is very different and works in a very different way.
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  2510. Not the same system at all tho
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  2511. No no, updates are atomic. You don't download an entire new layer, only the updates, which are then applied to the previous layer. Then if there is another update, these to layers are merged, and the next updates are layered on top. You can choose to save multiple layers as backups, but the default is to only keep the last image layer, the current one, and the next one (IF an upgrade is available). Think of OSTree pulling the OS Image and its updates from a GIT repo.
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  2512. It's not too bad. The images are under 1GB, and the OS only keeps the current and last image, but you have the option to make any of them permanently stored. Plus, disk space is super cheap now, even on SSD, so it's not really a big issue.
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  2513. Windows needs to restart for various reasons. But Silverblue needs to restart because it uses file system images.
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  2514. Only the last state is saved, as well as the next one that can be staged ready for update. So you typically have 2, but 3 at the most. You can also pin them so that they stay forever. I think they take less than 1GB so it’s not a big deal. Hard drive space is really cheap.
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  2515. Isn’t it though? 🙂
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  2516. Many things are still in the works and will one day be polished and smooth. Complicated things make for efficient and stable things, as well as easy user experiences. You need things going on in the background for all this to happen.
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  2517. Well it works well but I wouldn’t quite call it perfect yet. Where did you hear that?
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  2518. Oh I’ll also keep it as well. Thanks for watching!
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  2519. Oh yeah, I mean for that just go to Arch and start building up from the command line. It’s great and I run it as well.
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  2520. Not at all. It's just a different way to customize. I still installed all the applications I typically use, and installed some themes, and the Cinnamon desktop...
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  2521. With Silverblue, your home folder files and installed flatpaks remain unaffected if you rollback. So the rollback only affects the OS itself. The mechanism also ensures that even if you lose power midway through an upgrade, you will boot right into the last working image automatically like as if nothing happened. Then you can do the upgrade again.
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  2522. I haven't read all the documentation, but from what I understand, you just need an OCI compliant image of any OS and you can run it in toolbox. Whether you can find a Debian or Arch one, or if they even exist is another thing. Perhaps they can be generated from an ISO or running system...
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  2523.  @DDBAA24  No problem Steve, glad to help clear things up :)
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  2524. Thanks Richard. I'm still using it daily, and I'd had no issues using it as a personal workstation.
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  2525. Thank you so much! It's just like GIT. In fact, you will often see it referenced as "Like GIT for your OS". For VirtualBox, there is no flatpak unfortunately, but you can install it with rpm-ostree install... Virtual machines work fine since the virtual drives are stored in your home folder, which is writable.
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  2526. Thanks bud!
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  2527. Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it.
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  2528. Thank you Barbara! I was trying to figure out how to explain it visually, so out comes the slideshow! haha
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  2529. They don’t have to. People can choose to use what they want. It’s all free anyways. And also anyone can make a spin off of any distro and add OSTree to it because it’s designed to be independent of any OS.
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  2530. Thank you! I've been using it for a few weeks now and I really like it! Don't forget to check my next video which is an update on Silverblue.
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  2531. If someone had enough control of your computer to do that, then they might as well just do whatever evil they want to do in the first place and save time ;)
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  2532. No. But you can install Docker in Silverblue.
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  2533. Indeed you can!
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  2534. I’m aware what PPA’s are which is why I mentioned Debian/Ubuntu to begin with. The fractal package not being available in your distro has nothing to do with RedHat. It’s that it is no longer being maintained as a deb file for Debian/Ubuntu which has nothing to do with the fact that it’s available as a Flatpak. Either your distro or the deb maintainer dropped it. By the way, Fractal is available in Arch and Manjaro’s standard repos as a regular package.
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  2535.  @Alexmitter  I think you're thinking of Snap, which is totally different. I don't like snap personally. You were talking about RedHat first but then mentioned Launchpad and PPA's which = Debian/Ubuntu. And, which packages specifically are you saying are no longer available as standard repo packages?
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  2536. There will always be the standard Linux distros with traditional package managers. But this is an amazing option that makes things easier for users and developers. And yes it’s still in early development so many things will improve over time.
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  2537. Not Fedora, only Silverblue. For now.
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  2538. Fedora does not do this, only Fedora Silverblue.
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  2539. Not quite, but close.
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  2540. Go on and try it sneaky! 😎
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  2541. Thanks and good luck with it!
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  2542. No, everything you install using OSTree stays layered on the images. If you want to work on developing something though, then you might want to consider using a toolbox where you have normal access to everything just like regular Fedora 30. The choice depends on what you're doing.
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  2543.  @rodrigoaraujo7323  Ah, no I'm not part of the Fedora team sorry :)
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  2544. Sorry but I don't write java or use those IDE's
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  2545. Not at all. VirtualBox emulates a full machine on the hardware side. Toolboxes run their own set of OS version and associated packages but still have access to your host’s home folder, hardware and dbus etc...
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  2546. It's the Dash to Panel Gnome extension.
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  2547. You can already do this with the current version.
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  2548. Sort of
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  2549. An OS that is almost impossible to corrupt. Even during a system upgrade, you can have errors or lose power during the upgrade and when you power up, the last working image will automatically load. Nothing can be half-upgraded. Updates are also small, and all your applications are securely sandboxed.
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  2550. Had you actually paid attention you would know that you can write files all you want to in your documents, music, video and etc folders... it’s only the OS that is read-only.
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  2551. It can be. Or for a developer, or as an OS for a production machine, or anything that requires a stable reliable OS.
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  2552. Should be enough to run it.
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  2553. I doubt it would be network security issues. More likely indexing or refreshing partition information, especially if it’s when you’re using a file manager.
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  2554. I haven’t gone deep into the Endless side of things yet. They don’t even make it easy to bring up a terminal 😒. (Searching the desktop brings it up)
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  2555. Yes it does. That's not as much an issue as it is for something like QubesOS. It's a different OS.
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  2556. Yeah I wasn’t really paying attention, just talking away. In networking I usually talk in bits so it was natural to say 😁
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  2557. The kernel just got updated to 5.1 and the compatible Nvidia packages haven’t hit the repos yet.
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  2558. I don’t think anything was copied. Immutable systems have been around a long time. They just haven’t been applied to everything out there yet.
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  2559. I'm toying with Nvidia drivers now, but because they just updated to kernel 5.1, I'm waiting for updated compatible drivers to come.
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  2560. How do you mean by "most affected"?
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  2561. It is. But this is only needed because of the images that Silverblue uses. And, there is a way to swap to a new image without rebooting but it is experimental. In the future you should also be able to upgrade images without rebooting. I will cover this in a future video.
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  2562. That's exactly right. Since everyone has the exact same image and therefore file structure which includes same versions, it's very easy to troubleshoot.
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  2563. Many thanks!
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  2564. Ooo I don’t know about that. I’m not sure how many would do it, but I guess it’s not as bad as Arch... Maybe it’ll get mentioned on Saturday 😉
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  2565. Not at all. It's no more intensive than any other distro with the exception of when you reboot to perform updates. During the staging, it takes roughly 20-40 seconds while shutting down to deploy the new layer if using a mechanical hard drive, but with an SSD it takes only 5-10 seconds. This is all depending on how large the update is as well, some small ones take only a second or two anyways. Check my update video on Silverblue for this info and more, as well as answers to some questions I got on this video.
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  2566. Thank you ;)
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  2567. The extra reboots won’t be necessary in the future. There is a way to apply new updates and installs with OSTree without rebooting but it’s currently experimental.
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  2568. See my update video. I'm still using Silverblue as my main distro and it runs great. As for snaps and flatpaks, I was never a huge fan of either, but after some testing and poking around, I found that flatpaks use much less resources than snaps, and there is no latency. I use flatpaks for recording both screen and external device with an external mic, and then edit and render in Kdenlive. Both are flatpaks and both work just as well as the regular packages I've used in the past.
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  2569.  @misiekt.1859  The point of OSTree though is that the OS itself is a read-only image. It cannot be corrupted or modified by the user. You can do this with ZFS as well but it would cause issues because the entire system is not designed to work like this in the way that Silverblue is.
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  2570.  @misiekt.1859  Right, but using ZFS doesn't mean you have an immutable OS that still allows the user to work and save files, install flatpaks etc, and still have the option to install new packages into the layer. If you mount ZFS as read-only you're going to run into lots of issues when processes are trying to write changes to the disk.
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  2571. The OSTree system ensures you always have a bootable system, even if you have errors or a power outage in the middle of an upgrade. If that happens, you will simply boot into the last image automatically.
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  2572. It’s quite different and much better for recoveries. It’s also compatible with any other distro automatically if you want to dualboot or need to recover with chroot.
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  2573. Most distros now do offline updates which require a reboot. Although there is an experimental command to update Silverblue without rebooting.
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  2574. Indeed, makes it easier for everyone.
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  2575. You missed the entire point then. And rebooting is temporary. There’s an experimental command to merge layers without rebooting but it’s still in the works.
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  2576. What is rebranded flatpaks? The toolbox?
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  2577. Thanks! I think I’ll see if it works well for my production machine.
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  2578. But in a completely different way.
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  2579. Because it’s not 100% a container. It still has access to some things in the host system and hardware.
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  2580. Give NixOS a try. Check my latest 2 videos on it.
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  2581. I have Intel WiFi and now issues with Silverblue 30.
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  2582. Maybe one day it'll get there!
    1
  2583. Sort of yes
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  2584. Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it :)
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  2585. Same but different?
    1
  2586.  @johnnyblack4261  Possibly, but I haven't tried that yet.
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  2587.  @MrHatoi  For layered packages, yes. Any flatpak applications are updated by flatpak.
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  2588. Nice! I'm still using it now and it's great.
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  2589. Thank you! Yes this would be a solid choice for someone who doesn’t know Linux well and just wants a browser and maybe an office application. The updates are done smoothly through the software center and it’s pretty much guaranteed to boot up no matter what. 👍
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  2590. I have before, and it was interesting for sure.  I will have to revisit it again soon.
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  2591. @Mack Darwinian No not at all. Only for WSL and that was mostly Ubuntu to get it on Windows. Fedora has no such arrangement, only the unofficial Fedora remix. Microsoft has zero software in the Linux world and never will unless it is also open-source. Also, Linux is not a single company yet you speak like it is...
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  2592. Hmm, Microsoft doesn’t have anything to do with Silverblue though...
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  2593. This is true, but I have rolled back a couple times over the years. And as the saying goes; better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it. Cheers!
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  2594. I'm afraid that if Fedora doesn't offer a 32-bit image then there is none available.
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  2595. I'm going to upload a new minor update hopefully today (18.1.1) with a new layout for the control panel, newer kernel and nicer fonts that I spent hours picking. The major updates like the update notification aren't quite ready yet.
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  2596. Cool thanks :) It'll be other random things as well, but all hobby stuff because I'm not allowed to post or discuss work things :( We use Windows at work anyways...
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  2597. It should run yes, just make sure you have a swap partition because of the low amount of RAM. The external WiFi might be sketchy, especially if it’s old. Do you know the model of it?
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  2598. Well thanks very much for watching and I'm glad to be able to help people learn how it's really not that scary. Well, at least not starting off simple like this. Yes it can get worse the more complex the issue, but you learn to fix it all yourself eventually :) If you do happen to want to stick to Linux, but something already made, check out some of my newer videos for reviews, and good luck! P.S. I'm usually around to help whenever possible :)
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  2599. Thanks for the compliments :) It could very well be a version issue. And likely has to do with the current state of core kernels for all systems (Linux, Mac and Windows) because of the recent Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. The patches and fixes caused many problems with graphics, and with virtual machines. One thing you could try is pressing the HOST key + F2 when in your VM (On a Mac, it's likely Left COMMAND+F2. This will bring you to a terminal console. Login, and type "service lightdm restart" It'll ask for your password and restart the DM. You should now be fullscreen. Unfortunately, it likely won't stay on the next reboot. Try updating all your package as well as making sure you're on the latest VirtualBox version on your Mac, and this will hopefully be sorted soon. Thanks for watching!
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  2600. Thank you very much, I appreciate the feedback :) I'll get to more for sure, I've just been very busy.
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  2601. That's a shame. Nvidia has been very on and off with Linux over the years. Luckily there's a big push recently for Linux support.
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  2602. True. But I find for Manjaro it just works, and works really well. Super easy to install as well!
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  2603. Hi Glen. I believe you're talking about my Void Linux video (which only works in Void) https://youtu.be/FcM38z8bBjU But, if you're using Manjaro, you can use the package manager's settings. In Pamac for example, go to the Preferences, then the "Official Repositories" tab, select your country and hit refresh. Then you're done!
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  2604. I did. It was ok, but very similar to Ubuntu.
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  2605. The .icons and .themes folders are both hidden in the home folder (don't forget the period before the name!). So /home/username/.icons for example.
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  2606. Exactly. I don't like this direction. And that's one of the reasons I left. Thanks for the comment!
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  2607. That's strange. Hopefully you give it a shot again one day. I'm currently using the testing repos for Q4OS which are Debian 10 (Buster) and it's fantastic. Stable, and all new software (running KDE 5.13.5). http://q4os.org/downloads2.html
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  2608. Thanks Michael. Yes for sure, my favorite rolling release distro. For a fixed release, my go-to is Q4OS (Debian-based).
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  2609. Hey dude, your #2 question about customizing Firefox and why I switched : https://youtu.be/ra1267x9wVM Hope it answers your question :)
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  2610. As you requested, Gnome walkthrough : https://youtu.be/4dXxT8mSP00 :)
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  2611. Awesome! On Gnome, you don’t put anything on the desktop by default. You used to be able to enable it with Gnome Tweaks, but that option was removed with Gnome 3.28. You can just fill your dash panel with all your commonly used programs which is what I do. For Firefox, I switched because the latest Quantum versions dramatically improved in performance and ran better than Chromium. Under the customize options, make sure the bookmarks bar is showing. Remove the spacers on either side of the address bar and move the bookmarks bar to the right of it. At the bottom, uncheck “Title Bar” and in the Density menu, select Compact. Then click done, and hide the bookmarks bar since it’s now empty. That should do it! Good ideas for 2 videos here, I’ll put them in the to-do list 😉
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  2612. There are tons of extensions you can use to customize Gnome and make it look and behave exactly how you want :)
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  2613. Ah, I have two videos you should check out on backups. This https://youtu.be/eQA51w69MNQ and this https://youtu.be/V0t8EN3n4IA
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  2614. backup what what?
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  2615. Yes, the rolling release model has pros and cons. Manjaro has a stable rolling release type of system which works great.
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  2616. This won't be an issue for quite a while. Support for that is also in the works, as well as the option to use alternatives like nvidia-xrun. As it stands now, there's very few games that require it, and not much interest from the programmers to stray from DX or Unity and change the way they work. I personally don't have an issue with any of my games, but I also don't like AAA titles so that could be why.
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  2617. I have used it. The UI is nice but personally, it’s not for me. I think it would be great for a touchscreen but it isn’t easy to use with a laptop touchpad (the side menu).
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  2618. Setting up in Manjaro was easy. After install, do all your updates, then open a terminal and type "sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300". Then reboot, that's it!
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  2619. Did you try the acpi_osi trick in grub?
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  2620. Haha, I did that because that's what he was doing (peeking out from behind my laptop). I did build a Manjaro version of Scion this past winter, which is still working. Entirely possible Bill ;)
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  2621. I bought it long ago so I still had my license. It runs on wine and it was easy to install using PlayOnLinux. Works perfectly!
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  2622. Open the Firefox menu and click customize. There’s a checkbox for titlebar
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  2623. If you enable the AUR repo, it is there. Yeah Pamac is a little rough, definitely not made to be pretty. It's a utility for sure, but give you all the information you need. Thanks for the comment Chris!
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  2624. Thanks! Steam Play is still in beta and only stable for a small handful of games so far.
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  2625. Thanks! You’re in luck because I already did that here: https://youtu.be/ocl4rnmdYYE
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  2626. You can’t use Bumblebee with Elementary currently, but Ubuntu is working on reviving Nvidia support, so that may be an option down the road. For now however, you can install the drivers, but to switch between intel-Nvidia GPUs you have to reboot. Check my how-to videos for my video on how to install Optimus drivers on Ubuntu 18.04. As I said, you can’t use bumblebee’s optirun/primusrun, you need to use prime-select and reboot to change GPUs...
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  2627. Thank you! And yes man, lots of help is available for new users, and that's what I try to do. Is your system a laptop with switchable graphics? If so, you'll want to check out my other video : https://youtu.be/AM_kp8mgpGw Otherwise, any flavor of Manjaro will work great for Nvidia drivers. You just have to decide which desktop to choose! Check my other videos for how-to's and ideas. If you have any other questions, just ask!
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  2628. Thank you! There's not much to read about to be honest. If you install the latest Ubuntu, it will actually show you a sample of the data it has collected that it would optionally share if you allow it. It's really just hardware information of what you have installed in your system and no personal information at all.
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  2629. If you install openSUSE with the BTRFS filesystem, snapper will automatically run snapshots with every update and software installation. You can also manually create snapshots as well. Snapper can be found in yast. However, be aware that if you install openSUSE this way and use another distro’s boot loader, it won’t use the snapshot system properly and in most cases won’t even boot properly.
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  2630. Very odd, I’ve never seen that one before!
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  2631. Agreed that a rolling release might be a bad choice for new users. But I think Manjaro is a great choice for someone's first try at a rolling release. And of course as I always say: BACKUP! ;) Thanks for the comment!
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  2632. I have a 960m. Works well. I don’t do much gaming that needs more.
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  2633. Just the default fonts.
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  2634. Agreed about secure boot. However, secure boot was always centered around Microsoft. All my systems that have it, are all disabled, always. Not worried about it to be honest. I keep Windows on my main system partially for Windows-only games, and partially for some work tools that are only in Windows. I would be awesome to break the barrier on needing Windows to run Windows games. However, I think some titles might not allow this due to their TOS.
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  2635. GaNomee :D
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  2636. There currently no other option to use Optimus GPU's with instant switching. The only other way it is to run regular Nvidia drivers and run the GPU 100% of the time, or use prime-select which requires you to reboot every time you want to switch. Bumblebee is working fine for me for what I need it for. Hopefully there's a better alternative in the future.
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  2637. I'm not entirely sure since I use Manjaro's hardware detection tool to set it up. But you would be able to follow an Arch guide on it.
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  2638. Great to hear! Manjaro is wonderful :)
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  2639. Glad to help out :) Thanks for watching!
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  2640. I’ll add it to the description tonight.
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  2641. You just need to find out what the Linux device name is (example /dev/sda) and install to that. On a LiveUSB you can open a partition editor to see what the device names are. Also make sure that grub is also going to be installed there.
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  2642. That's right, Mint and any other Ubuntu-based distro currently don't work properly. You need to use Debian (or a Debian-based distro) or Manjaro for best results.
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  2643. It should work regardless of what DE you use. Try what I showed at 14:50 to see if the Nvidia GPU is turning on and off properly.
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  2644. Check out the first 10 minutes of this video on how to add acpi to grub and get it to boot : https://youtu.be/7jiaRJJ43kI
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  2645. I've tried running Steam with optirun before, and many games didn't work. That's why I do them individually.
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  2646. I don't run Steam with optirun because it often doesn't work. Many of the games I play can run just fine under the Intel GPU. So the ones that need the Nvidia I just set it in the game properties individually like I demoed in the video.
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  2647. Yes I've mentioned the acpi_osi trick in many of my videos before. Proton might cause issues with Optimus and I'm hoping they fix it. I run Windows-only games in Steam now with Steam Play (proton) and most won't run when you use optirun. This might be a problem in the future...
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  2648. Some are just locked at 60 and can’t figure out why. But at least it’s 60!
    1
  2649. andrew ysk No but the Arch wiki has good info on doing it.
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  2650. You're welcome. And no I'm sorry, I don't have any similar hardware to troubleshoot something like that.
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  2651. Sounds like you have similar hardware too. I have an MSI gp72 with an Nvidia 960M. I can only guess that some packages got updated that are causing problems now... Need to figure out which ones and compare versions.
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  2652. Unfortunately, the bumblebee software, bsswitch etc, is all written to be tied with Nvidia drivers and use an Intel IGP muxer. AMD GPU did have an option combined with an Intel CPU to do some switching. I don't remember what it was called, but my HP laptop has it. I'd have to dig it out of a box...
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  2653. No. I know there was a call for help from devs on Twitter a few months back. But I stopped using Ubuntu a long time ago because of lack of Optimus support, and the fact that they started using snaps for everything.
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  2654. Correct. It currently doesn't work properly in Ubuntu. You'll need to use prime-select as in my other video if using Ubuntu or any Ubuntu-based distro.
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  2655. Thanks! As long as the distro you’re using has these packages, then yes it should work.
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  2656. I never saw a need to do that.
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  2657. You’ll have to edit the .desktop file. However, I wouldn’t bother for Firefox since the Intel GPU should be enough to run it.
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  2658. You're welcome!
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  2659. @Terrific Tape I don't own any Nvidia hardware anymore. I switched to AMD graphics because I got tired of dealing with drivers. With AMD it just works without needing drivers because the kernel supports the GPUs.
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  2660. Why thank you kindly!
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  2661. I run driver 430 no problem on Arch, Q4OS, Manjaro and Silverblue.
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  2662. I've tried Arch, and I really don't enjoy the install process because it reminds me of installing Linux in the 90's. Nowadays it's completely unnecessary to not have a good installer. You could try many distros which are based on Arch but have great installers like Manjaro or Antergos.
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  2663. If you follow the Arch Bumblebee wiki it will get you working.
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  2664. It was Ubuntu
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  2665. No, that's not how repos work.
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  2666.  @PoorlyTranslated  Well, I'll see if I can find the info. This video is 2 years old and I haven't even used Ubuntu in over a year. Not sure what happened and why it's gone, but I'll see what I can find.
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  2667. Ah now I see. Nobody ever mentioned it before lol I’ll have to try to find it. Thanks!
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  2668. That would be a really tough one because I've never used hardware like that. I've always stuck with x86/amd64 systems so I've never had to use a toolchain. The only kind of chips I play with are Arduinos, so it's not the same ;)
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  2669. Done! Remember to change the brackets from round to angled like in the video. Can't post the angled brackets in a description.
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  2670. None of this would work in a windows system.
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  2671. Mine's still working. Maybe they comb through now and then? Try redoing it and see if it works.
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  2672. So at this point in October, it's very hard to find the addons, so hopefully you had some backups of the files. SALTS will still work like it's supposed to, just make sure you turn off all the autoupdates.
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  2673. Trakt took it upon themselves to get rid of any connections between SALTS/Exodus and Traks, which is why you need to manually enter the API's like I show in the video. Some users report that some things work and other things don't. This might fix the things that don't work...
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  2674. Which OS are you running? And what version of KODI?
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  2675. Download the latest ZIP file from here : https://github.com/k3l3vra1/k3l3vra.repo/tree/master/zips/repository.k3l3vra Then go to your Addons-Browser in KODI -> Install from ZIP File. Then select the Zip you downloaded. This will add the repository. I just tried it now, and the repository still works fine.
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  2676. That is the new repo for SALTS and 1Channel addons because someone else took over. As far as I can tell Exodus still works fine on its own if you don't use Trakt.
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  2677. Nope. Just update the repo to K3L3VRA's if you don't use Trakt and don't worry about the API part in the video.
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  2678. You could try just switching to the new repo and then hit "Update" in the Exodus addon menu to pick a version from the newly added repo. I primarily use SALTS. But with SALTS, uninstalling and reinstalling is fine after you reconnect to Trakt because it syncs everything back up again. Not sure if Exodus will do the same.
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  2679. Thanks Karl! That would be nice lol Glad you enjoyed the Inception bit in there ;)
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  2680. Just install RPM Fusion and then you can install VirtualBox with 'rpm-ostree install VirtualBox' Don't forget the capital V and B. I don't know why they made it like that but there you go
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  2681. This machine is a laptop with a single slot nvme ssd and one mechanical drive. I don’t bother doing raid as the ssd is quick and my NAS is raid 5 for backing up my data.
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  2682. Thank you! I have used it in a VM but I'm not sure how well it would run as a Qubes template. I've used Qubes a few times over the years and it's actually installed on my main computer right now... I've thought of doing a video on it, but, I have a hard time personally finding a good use case for it. It is very interesting though for sure!
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  2683. Sounds interesting!
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  2684. lol
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  2685. That's great! I hope it works out well :)
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  2686. Glad it worked out! Hopefully they fix the eclipse flatpak issue soon so you can just use that... You can always head to their github or forum page and explain your bug to see if they can fix it.
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  2687. Ah. Yeah I don't use Eclipse so I can't help you there, but there might be an alternative you could use. Also, if you use a toolbox, you can install the regular eclipse package in it and run it from there... As for rebasing F30 to Silverblue, I don't think you can because the core of the OS is completely different (the way it's implemented).
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  2688. If you add the flathub repo there is not flatpak version? Which ones in particular are you looking for?
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  2689. Hmm. I never had this issue on any of my systems. I would suggest asking in the Silverblue forums. People there have been using it much longer and are the experts on it.
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  2690. Thanks! At what point are you getting this error?
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  2691. I’ve heard of it, but I also read about the issues so I never ventured into it. I might have to give it a shot then. Thanks!
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  2692. Thank you!
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  2693. Thank you! I hope you enjoy the channel content 😉
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  2694. I'll look into that :)
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  2695. I will do a video on it. This may help get you working : https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/bumblebee/ A tip to be able to install COPR repos in Silverblue is to use rpm-ostree to install dnf and dnf-plugins-core which will allow you to use COPR repos in Silverblue.
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  2696. So basically, if you have your free space set aside for Silverblue, create a 1GB FAT32 partition and a 1GB ext4 partition using a boot disk (LiveUSB) or another distro leaving the rest of the free space alone where you want to install Silverblue. Make note of the partition names, like /dev/sda1,2,3 etc Once in the installer where you select what disk to install on, select "Custom" and there should be a link that says something about automatically creating the partitions. It SHOULD pick up your 2 new 1GB Partitions as well and assign one to mount point /boot and the other to /boot/efi If it selects your REAL efi partition to mount to /boot/efi, then change it to instead point to the fat32 partition that you made. Then the install should finish properly. This is a workaround, but something I hope gets fixed soon.
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  2697. It supports OCI-compliant images. I haven’t tried any others. Only Fedora and CentOS.
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  2698. Thanks! here you go https://wallpapercave.com/minimal-wallpaper
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  2699. I’ll look into it. Thanks!
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  2700. You don’t need SELinux to do that. Just look at the flatpak documentation for the override option to allow or deny different sandbox options.
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  2701. You're right about reboot times. As for the video, I did try to keep it simple enough for anyone to follow along, or at least that was the intention... Yes it works well, is stable, won't self destruct and is suitable for average Linux users. :)
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  2702. It has been so far!
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  2703. Both are great, just different implementations. I tried installing Clear once or twice but never got far. Not something I would use personally.
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  2704. I can’t answer that honestly. I don’t know Android.
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  2705. Thanks for watching! :D
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  2706. Maybe a complete hard drive failure or other hardware issues... I suppose it's possible to mess up the boot partition, but you would almost have to do that on purpose :)
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  2707. All of my important stuff is all on one distro, and backed up onto my NAS.
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  2708. The OS isn't a container, it's an immutable OS image. It's a different way of doing things and it's working fantastic so far.
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  2709. Well, I'm a long-time user, and I know my way around. I know a bit of everything but I wouldn't say very sophisticated :P But thanks for the compliment! lol
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  2710. Great to hear from someone else who is using it, thanks for that! No issues so far using Cinnamon. I did install Plasma just as a test but I wouldn't use it much. Gnome and Plasma are 2 desktops that don't get along together and also cause some system bloat.
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  2711. Yes I logged in with Xorg because OBS cannot capture Wayland yet. Thanks!
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  2712. Yes I also use Arch but mostly Manjaro. This system has been in the works since I think Fedora 27 and maybe earlier. I haven’t had anything go too bad yet except that it doesn’t like to dualboot.
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  2713. None so far. All it would do is use more hard drive space.
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  2714. Thanks Johan 😎👍
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  2715. You can also use it as a regular user to run a solid system that will never break from updates. Endless OS also uses OSTree, and a few others. But Silverblue is the most developed one imo
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  2716. Marco Boneff yes correct. Using flatpaks makes those apps independent of the OS since they don’t need dependencies from the OS other than flatpak itself. The toolbox is for running containers, similar to Docker and other container systems. Useful for developing or running isolated applications on a server.
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  2717. Yes, you can rebase your OS to other images. I did a rebase to Fedora Silverblue 29, then to CentOS, then back to Silverblue 30. It's pretty cool because it keeps all your files and settings, but the OS changes.
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  2718. Did you not do the automatic partitioning?
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  2719. Awesome, glad to hear someone is having fun with it :) It's pretty solid and a neat concept. Make sure when you install VirtualBox you use capital V and B in the package name.
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  2720. Thanks very much 👍
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  2721. Indeed! I deleted Ubuntu so I had room to reinstall Silverblue on a larger partition. THEN, I took the plunge and finally deleted Windows 10 from my machine so that I could reinstall Silverblue on my SSD drive. That was huge for me since this machine CAME with Windows 10 and I thought I would always keep it... Yes summer is busy, and I'm off to a wedding now :P
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  2722. Good point. Although I haven't had this happen on any of my systems, it could be possible for sure. Always best to check this.
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  2723. Thank you Johan :)
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  2724. Me too 👍 Cheers
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  2725. No worries, thanks for the comments!
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  2726. Fantastic, glad it helped you out!
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  2727. Linux can automatically handle most devices without needing drivers, apart from some printers and video drivers. You can see what devices you have with terminal commands like lspci and lsusb. If you do a quick search, there are usually detailed instructions on how to set up most hardware.
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  2728. Thanks!
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  2729. My icons themes are here : https://osdn.net/projects/scionlinux/releases/p15671 You must install both Arc-Maia and Moka, then select Arc-Maia as your icon theme. Application(GTK) theme is Matcha and Shell theme is Adapta-Teal-Nokto. As for the wallpapers, I get them from everywhere. But the ones in the video, just Google "poly mountains"
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  2730. Thanks for watching!
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  2731. Thanks Johan! :)
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  2732. Correct. You would need to have Gnome Shell installed in order to use the extensions. Have you installed Gnome Shell in Mint?
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  2733. These commands should work for you yes. I would try 'Windows 2009' first.
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  2734. mastahcez Use playonlinux to install it. It makes it much easier!
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  2735. Yeah that doesn't really make sense. Random glitch I suppose, but very odd.
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  2736. Usually mostly to do with kernel versions. Different desktops environments don't really matter as much, and neither should cause a booting issue vs another if using the same distro and kernel versions.
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  2737. I change my themes often. You can install any file manager you want.
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  2738. Thanks Adriaan! I appreciate it :)
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  2739. Glad you liked it, thanks!
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  2740. That's great! I gotta keep it myself, for work. And, there's no good replacement to Microsoft Access. Sad but true! MS Access is just the best... If it wasn't for that I'd be 100% Linux too! :D
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  2741. Great! Glad it helped you out. Thanks for watching!
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  2742. I do have some friends there that can help me get an IT job, but my wife is pregnant and I have some health issues to fix before I would leave the country, which is why I came back to Canada. And that’s one word I did learn : Krebs...
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  2743. You would have to install them. What distro are you using?
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  2744. You might need this Gnome extension : https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/615/appindicator-support/ I've never used splashy myself, but it sounds to me like you're missing the system tray icon in your Gnome desktop correct? That should fix it.
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  2745. Nvidia drivers combined with some ACPI profiles cause a black screen, which is what the grub options fix. However, some distro/driver combination will have a momentary black screen during bootup, but then the graphics resume again. And then some distros are a black screen during the whole bootup process until you get to the login screen. The only way you know it's still working is the HDD activity light.
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  2746. Says the person typing that on a computer right now... lol
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  2747. You can also try Windows2017 and Windows2019.... Or just Linux.
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  2748. Well, after the hardware has selected a hard drive or partition to boot, the boot loader (GRUB in Linux) initializes the kernel. The kernel then starts mounting drives and running init, higher run level programs and loads required drivers (LKMs). From there you start getting into services loading by something like systemd or runit for example, load display manager, X11 or Wayland, and then your desktop environment (aka window manager). It's of course WAY more detailed than this, but that's the jist of it.
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  2749. Thank you. I'm not too sure... I've been using Linux since the mid 90's so I kind of just know about it from using it so much...
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  2750. Thanks so much! :)
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  2751. Very true. Although some distros have the answers in their Wiki/Guide, so a forum isn't always a good place to look when you can't find answers there. Sometimes you get a lot of people with the same problems but no solution. This will sometimes takes some reading and research to try to figure it out if you have a unique problem.
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  2752. I somewhat agree with you there. Help can still be found, but it helps to try to see if there's a solution first, and post helpful information with your question if you can.
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  2753. Thank you and thanks for watching :)
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  2754. Yes, Arch is specifically one of the higher skill forums I was talking about. Great folks there, but the general skill level is higher than most places due to the fact that it's a bunch of people who like to truly build their systems from the very basics, the hard 90's way lol Thanks for the comment!
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  2755. You may have just been using a difficult distribution. You should try a few. I recommend Mint, Elementary, Fedora or Ubuntu.
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  2756. Thanks Bill, and yes MX is a wonderful starting choice, as well as Zorin and I’m sure many more. It’s funny how the complete freedom of choice can almost be overwhelming or incomprehensible to Windows and Mac users.
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  2757.  @mdtaylor2274  I'm glad to hear you haven't given up on trying out Linux!
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  2758. Thank you! And yes, what you're describing is normal. In some distros, you'll get a nice graphical screen as it's shutting down, but most of the time you'll see all the text scroll by and then the machine powers off. What you're seeing is the messages from the kernel and various module and services as they are closing down. It comes in handy if your machine refuses to power off since your computer might get stuck on one of those events which can lead to a clue as to what's wrong.
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  2759. That’s a very new and common GPU... You’ll have to dig into what kind of errors you’re getting starting with if it installs correctly, and then checking out dmesg and /var/logs for clues.
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  2760. The Nvidia control panel should install by itself if you install proprietary Nvidia drivers. CUDA is sometimes installed through the repos, but can also be installed by downloading a binary. Are you using Manjaro?
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  2761. Then it seems to be installed correctly. But I still can't answer why Gnome would run poorly. It may simply be that your Nvidia GPU is a little too old to run Gnome properly. It does need a slightly newer system to run smoothly and a decent 3D GPU. XFCE would be a good choice, or maybe even KDE if you disable the compositor. I would hate for you to reinstall Gnome and still have a bad experience. Can you try running a KDE distro on a LiveUSB and see how it performs?
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  2762. You can confirm if Bumblebee is working by running a program with optirun. Example : optirun glxgears
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  2763. If it is a laptop with Nvidia Optimus then you need to run the command I showed in the terminal with “sudo mhwd....” then it will setup your Optimus graphics properly. If you do not have Optimus, then this is a very strange bug I’ve never encountered before.
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  2764. Hi Ahmed! Yes I remember :) It sounds like a Gnome extension is causing a problem, but if you disable them and videos still freeze once an hour, then I wonder if it's perhaps a video driver issue. What do you have for graphics GPUs? And did you set anything up or install any drivers?
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  2765. Oh so you’re not getting sound through the HDMI? Maybe it’s just a matter of checking the pulse audio settings and changing it to HDMI?
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  2766. That is a completely personal preference. They’re all good. I used Gnome for 10 years straight but I’ve been using KDE and XFCE lately. Strange that you have a sound issue. I haven’t had sound issues in Linux for a very long time.
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  2767. Not sure there. I’ve never really used Deepin because I’m honestly not a fan, so I can’t really help there sorry!
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  2768. Thank you for watching, and I'm happy to contribute to the Linux community :)
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  2769. You might be having issues with the system's ACPI. Check the beginning of this video for a possible fix : https://youtu.be/7jiaRJJ43kILet me know if that gets you booted. You can do this when booting off of a USB stick as well.
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  2770. The live ISO takes quite a bit of time. Probably 30 seconds using a mechanical drive. Once installed, it boots faster. I've never actually timed it though. How long is it taking you to boot up and what's the hardware you're using? CPU? Mechanical HDD or SSD?
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  2771. Thanks Marc, glad you found it useful :)
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  2772. Only if you want to use the features I showed, which are optional really, and more for advanced users. For new and average users, just use it and enjoy! New software can be easily installed with the graphical package manager (pamac). No need to use the terminal or change kernel versions unless you want to tweak things, or you like using the terminal commands.
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  2773.  @pon4ick27  pon4ick27 Gnome uses around 1GB regardless of the distro. Not an issue if you have 8GB, 16GB or more of RAM. I ran it for 10 years and still use it sometimes. Xfce doesn't have as many fancy things as Gnome, but it does have a compositor and is very customizable. If you want something in between, then try KDE Plasma. It has widgets and fancy effects, and uses around 500MB of RAM on boot.
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  2774. That would be normal for Gnome, but not Xfce... Which version did you install?
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  2775. It’s locked at 60FPS
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  2776. It's a little friendlier for new users, and it also opens up new opportunities for programs that want to manage packages. It also give you a single command to install and update packages from both the repos and the AUR.
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  2777. Very cool! So when was that option added? Or is it not released yet?
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  2778. Chris Taylor Yes it sure is. I also have it installed on a Core2Quad q8600 and it runs very well. An SSD drive also helps a whole lot!
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  2779. Glad to hear! Yes it's very nice indeed! Xfce would be best unless you upgrade your RAM... The Manjaro themes make Xfce look fantastic!
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  2780. For the EOF problem, you're missing a quote somewhere, or you have an extra one.For editing permissions, make sure you run 'sudo nano /etc/default/grub/' and enter the correct password to be able to edit. If it's not letting you, then there's something very wrong with your permissions.
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  2781. You don't need to do anything of those things if you're running in a VM because the VM can't access your graphics card directly.
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  2782. That's really odd... Did you try the driver manager GUI? I think it does the same as the command line but it might work.
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  2783. Thanks Ismael! Always good to hear nice feedback 🙂
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  2784. Thanks Nilz. I've decided to cut down on the usual reviews like I've been doing and start focusing on differences instead of the same old thing every time :) Hope it works out in the end and I'm glad you like the format!
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  2785. Try the non-free. If you still can't boot, then you might have to do the acpi_osi grub trick.
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  2786. It was Manjaro in this video.
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  2787. True. And it was #8 in 2017, and #6 in 2016. Might be something to revisit soon since 29 beta is out...
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  2788. I'm using Manjaro and Q4OS 3.4. I'd recommend both!
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  2789. I had issues almost a year ago with getting PopOS installed (The Nvidia version), but Manjaro has always been great, even with Nvidia Optimus. Manjaro will also always have new driver versions since it's a rolling release.
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  2790. In KDE just add the widget. Select download new widgets and search for Bumblebee.
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  2791. Great to hear Michael. Thanks for the comment!
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  2792. Yes, but you'll have to be a little more specific. How are you trying to install it and what issues are you having? Also, check out this video on installing Manjaro : https://youtu.be/dfUH9tibZb8
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  2793. Yes I haven’t had a chance to try a fresh install yet. I actually started using Arch instead.
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  2794. It’s whatever you want it to be 😁
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  2795. Different strokes for different folks. But yes, you can guarantee Manjaro just as Arch has the latest. Ubuntu only does major releases every two years with quarterly little updates, but most large packages get out of date near the end of the 2nd years. Kernel versions aren't as important as package versions, as long as you get security updates for kernels, then there's really no good reason to be on the latest kernel unless you upgrade your hardware. In fact, some older hardware runs better on older kernels anyways.
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  2796. Kernels just run the hardware. Manjaro lets you change to whatever kernel you want, even 4.19. But even if you system works with 4.9, then keep it. Ubuntu Nvidia drivers don't work for Optimus to let you run in hybrid mode and instantly switch between GPU's. The advantage of Manjaro is that your software that you use is always the latest versions, and there's no need to upgrade the entire OS to a new version or reinstall, everything updates constantly.
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  2797. Oh during the OS install... yes I use free drivers during the OS installation and then switch to nonfree drivers afterwards. I always do this because I have an Optimus GPU and need to modify the grub boot options in order to be able to boot after installing the drivers. Otherwise I get a black screen. This is common with many newer laptops and Optimus systems.
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  2798. The proprietary drivers I use are nonfree...
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  2799. Manjaro also has a KDE version if you want to keep the same DE. Hope it works out for you!
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  2800. Thanks! Great idea, but I worry the results would be too subjective and I would have lots of people disagree with me anyways. For example, I prefer pcmanfm for many reasons but it seems to be a file manager many people dislike. I'll have to think about that one. Thanks for the suggestion! :)
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  2801. I've just uploaded a video on how to turn your system into a bootable ISO so you can install it on other systems. Hope it helps! https://youtu.be/2tUkmeDdXjM
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  2802. Great question, and it's actually one of my upcoming videos :) For me, the easiest is by using the package systemback which can create a live bootable ISO, and also give you the ability to install the OS onto your system. I looked at a lot of options on how to do this, and this seems to work best for me. I'll actually be releasing an ISO of my custom system in a few months (I hope!).
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  2803. Johan B. Yes Canada is cold, it’s even colder today! lol thanks for the comment!
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  2804. Thanks very much! More custom stuff is definitely on the way :)
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  2805. Check this how to https://youtu.be/2tUkmeDdXjM Or, if you’re using Ubuntu 18.04 as a base, this won’t work. If on 18.04, boot from a LiveUSB and you can use Gnome-disks to create an img file. You could also use the dd command. There are plenty of options to choose from when using a LiveUSB.
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  2806. Not a dumb question at all. I downloaded the 64-bit version, but if you look at my first video in the series : https://youtu.be/fxWRZuKqmk4 You can see that you can also download the 32-bit version if you need to.
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  2807. Indeed it does! I just really like docks lol And, this also gives users ideas on more choices. I prefer having both a taskbar at the bottom and a dock for launching apps for some reason :) You can see in the video that I did leave one launcher, and that's to open the tint2 preferences. Thanks for watching!
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  2808. Yes you can. SystemBack can also do that, and will include an installer. It’s not supported anymore in 18.04+, but if you manually install it, it can still work.
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  2809. Did you set the file permissions as executable?
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  2810. Glad you're enjoying it. It's definitely fun to tinker with!
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  2811. If you look at this video: https://youtu.be/fxWRZuKqmk4 Which is #1 in this series, I explain how to download the minimal ISO and build it up yourself by adding the pieces. It's very fun to play with and customise!
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  2812. Thanks friend!
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  2813. I'm not a fan of login sounds and I actually disable them usually :)
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  2814. Yeah sorry but there's no way to even estimate how long it would take... You'll just have to go for it.
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  2815. Odd question, and I have no idea. Depends on your computer's speed, the software and codecs you use, the quality settings etc...
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  2816. I'll bet! I hope that fixed your problem!
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  2817. You have to use the Tweak tool to change that, it's in the "Power" section. If it's not installed, install the right one depending on the desktop you use. For Gnome, install gnome-tweak-tool and for Unity install unity-tweak-tool. With that, you can tell the laptop what to do when you close the lid. Just change it to "Nothing"
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  2818. Sort of yeah. I like it because it's different.
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  2819. Same here, I'm very used to using pacman in the terminal. But it's very nice that they added some 'nice commands' to pamac instead of switches like -Syu and -Rns etc... :)
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  2820. Hmm. The two main distros I use when connected to my external monitor are Manjaro and Q4OS, and I don't get any tearing on either my laptop or my external HDMI monitor... One of the reasons I left Ubuntu is because of lack of support for Nvidia GPU's in laptops (Optimus GPU's), and PopOS is based on Ubuntu... Perhaps you might need to explore different distros?
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  2821. Hi Bruno! So if I understand correctly, you're trying to play a game on a monitor that's connected to your laptop's HDMI port? Or are you simply trying to use an external monitor for general use?
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  2822. 77seban Manjaro Gnome is my main distro that you see in this video.
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  2823. It's possible to installed .deb packages, but requires a bit of work. Steam is installed by default on Manjaro and works perfectly. If for some reason it's not installed, you can install steam-manjaro with Pamac. I use Steam on Manjaro all the time.
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  2824. Agreed! :)
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  2825. The problem with that is that black arch uses the unstable repo branch so you’ll get errors with the packages. There is a way if you search for instructions on how to do it but I’ve never used it myself.
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  2826. What did you try to install? Did you do it in the terminal? When you install software, you should typically be under your normal user and use "sudo", or the GUI package manager. Most things will work ok if you install as root but some could cause issues.
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  2827. Yes, it is because of the hardware, not the distro. So if your hardware requires it, then any Linux distro likely needs it.
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  2828. Yes Ryzen needs the newest kernels. The grub hiding thing is new, and is intended to only hide grub if Manjaro is the only OS. This is still a Release Candidate so keep that in mind :) I haven't had bad experience yet on the forums, and I hope not to! :P
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  2829. Yes I'm really happy they've added simpler terminal commands that are more new-user friendly. Also the additions allow better package management when writing your own application. So, something like an app store is a lot easier to make. As for a timeline, my install of Manjaro Gnome 17 got updates a couple days ago that added the pamac CLI options. So if you update your system, just run pamac in the terminal and see if it shows you all the new options.
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  2830. Yes you can install Pamac on your KDE install and it should work fine. I do love the available GUI's for the package managers, but I'm just one to always install and remove things in the terminal. For some reason it just feels right :P
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  2831. You're welcome :) If you're running Manjaro now, try updating your system, and run pamac from the terminal to see if your have the options. I have it on my host Gnome machine now too.
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  2832. I reinstalled Manjaro from scratch and used the nouveau-prime drivers. I haven't had a problem with tearing this time. I must have messed it up from playing with drivers before. All is good now.
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  2833. No this is just a desktop environment that you can install in any OS. Qubes is a whole other thing, I’ve been using it for a while as well. It’s interesting...
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  2834. You can do all those same things regardless of what desktop environment you use.
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  2835. Thanks for watching!
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  2836. Extensions are indeed awesome, and I made a video specifically on Gnome Extensions a while back :)
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  2837. The Solus project is independent, meaning their distro is not based on another, so they could go either way... But that would mean they have to take on a new package to maintain themselves...
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  2838. So Ubuntu is forking Nautilus to keep the feature then? That’s interesting, thanks for the info!
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  2839. Yes I’m not sure why they felt they needed to block the ability to do this with tweak tools. For me, everything I need is on my panel, and documents are in the appropriate documents folder. Never was a fan of desktop icons myself 😋
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  2840. Agreed, although I also like KDE very much. But I've been using Gnome for so long that it flows very well for me :)
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  2841. Yeah it can be heavy on the RAM. Not meant for older hardware... Cinnamon is a great desktop too.
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  2842. lol, it was actually b-a if I remember correcty. And yes I had an original NES and was playing it in1986 when it first came out.
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  2843. Hmm I’ll have to try to find that. That’s strange
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  2844. Yes it's Manjaro with Gnome 3.28. I've never had the issue of a restored window being small... What distro is that happening on for you? I'm currently using KDE on 3 different Debian-based distros. Using Buster repos for 2 of them and have the latest KDE 5.13 running great!
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  2845. Interesting Muhammed. What did you run it on? Did you compile it yourself?
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  2846. Hi Glen. Yes I use Manjaro. No problems with printers for me. I have a Brother laserjet and a Canon inkjet, both MFP's, and I added them both as network printers.
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  2847.  @awutub  Yes it's an extension called "No TopLeft Hot Corner".
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  2848. Very true! Although for the longest time I always disabled that :D
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  2849. Yeah, the no-colors makes it hard for me since at work I use Windows with MS Office so I rely on looking for icons sometimes. The colors help.
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  2850. Thanks :) Yes I stumbled onto sneekylinux's review of Scion which was nice to see, and he mentioned it in his video :)
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  2851. 18.2 is out now! It was a late night, details will come later on why I pushed it, and what I skipped.... Get it here: https://scionlinux.sourceforge.io
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  2852. It is 64-bit. Once out of testing, there may also be a 32-bit version, but with 32-bit software support thinning out, I'm not sure yet.
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  2853. Thank you very much 🙂
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  2854. Edwin Chen Anytime. Although I'm curious why you said you're "stuck" with Ubuntu. Are you wanting to move on and try something else? Or do you dislike Ubuntu?
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  2855. You could always use Endeavour OS if you liked Antergos.
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  2856. Thanks very much! Distro hopping is a must for someone to be able to find the distro that works for them and their hardware.
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  2857. Haha, it's all good. Some days I'm just too low-energy and probably shouldn't be making videos lol Thanks for watching!
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  2858. Will do! It's on my list now :)
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  2859. You're very welcome Robert :)
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  2860. Thank you very much :)
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  2861. Me too, but it's been a long time since I've used it! I might have to revisit it for a bit ;)
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  2862. No idea. But my video uploading has slowed down a couple times which is probably why. And I'm currently working overseas until the end of summer so I've been too busy for videos the past couple months.
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  2863. I like the idea of i3 because of its efficiency, but I reply on my mouse too much for many things I do :P :)
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  2864. Thank you! I'm working on it ;) Thanks for watching!
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  2865. Usually yes. Themes will typically stay. Some things have issues on occasion, like if you use Gnome Shell extensions. Sometimes a new version of Gnome will not work with the extension. This is typically fixed quickly in an update shortly after.
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  2866. Thanks so much! I’ve been in a little lull because of a new baby in the family but they will come 😁
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  2867. Thanks! GTK and Qt are hard to choose from. Qt is older, but it's had a rough life and been passed around many projects. It's getting better now, and it's a solid framework that's well documented. But GTK has always been with Gnome, and has also been used by other DE's as well. From both a user and dev point of view, it's just a matter of preference. One is not "better" than the other, and they both perform the same. Personally, I prefer GTK because it's just what distros use. Also, it can be recompiled to work in Windows and MacOS. The only downside as a Dev is that Qt's IDE options are better than GTK's Glade, but that's sure to change. Thanks for the comment! :)
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  2868. Thank you so much :)
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  2869. Awesome to know that I don't annoy you ;) Thanks for the comment, I really do appreciate it!
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  2870. Yeah I'm not sure. I don't really know much about houdini but from what I've found searching, it seems like a very picky application. Some recommend using Debian or CentOS to run it.
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  2871. Which distribution are you using?
    1
  2872. Thanks Ray! I hope you enjoy some of my other videos as well 😁
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  2873. That's great advice! Being an IT/Dev guy myself, I actually prefer Gnome as well. Just works well for me all-around. But I do ALWAYS use the Dash to Dock extension because I like having the side bar.
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  2874. Thanks :) Oh I've far from given up, although I've taken a short break due to a new baby in the family :) And yes, this video was one of my "low-energy" recordings and I've done much better since then in both energy and editing/recording quality lol Thanks for the comment! And check out my newer videos :)
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  2875. Yes it's a heavily themed lightdm, and one of the nicest ones out there! Glad you liked it, thanks for the comment TJ!
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  2876. Already did that :) : https://youtu.be/ff5TqC0-gGs
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  2877. The beta is yes, however, always expect that something could go wrong, or an update can break something. Good for trying out, always back up your data.
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  2878. Yes, I've been using it for a while, and it's been installed on one of my systems for a while now. All my machines are distro-hoppers so they've been running Elementary as some point. It's just a gorgeous OS! Thanks Róbert! :)
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  2879. Thanks! :)
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  2880. I don't think I'll actually risk it after all LOL
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  2881. Sure. Best to boot from a usb and then use a 2nd usb to store the ISO. If your host disk is /dev/sda then do sudo dd if=/dev/sda of=/mnt/usbdrive/mydrive.iso Doing that will make an ISO file from your host disk. Just make sure you mount the usb drive you want it stored to and point the of= to the right path.
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  2882. @Naman Patel As this video is a little older, there might have been changes that are creating issues. But you are correct that when you use "boot live system", it won't store anything after you reboot because it's a live system running from the USB stick, and that's how it's intended to work.
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  2883. It should, as long as you do similar steps.
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  2884. Yes that is true, it does need to be under 4GB... Technically 4.7 GB which is a limitation of the ISO format and not SystemBack. What is taking all the space if you don't mind me asking? 6GB is a lot of applications... Data (ie not applications) can be stored elsewhere. Even on the same stick in another partition. If it's your steam library, it can be backed up and restore separately, which should bring it down to a few GB.
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  2885. Yes. Systemback is what will create the image, and it needs to run from within the VM.
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  2886. I'm not sure if that's a limitation or not. You might have to check the SystemBack docs.
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  2887. It makes a live USB which also gives you the option to install it.
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  2888. You would have to see the systemback page to see how to install it now. Ubuntu removed systemback from the repos a while back. This video is a few years old.
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  2889. Haha no it's fine. You get used to it. -30 and below is quite cold though. But that's why we have remote car starters, and we just go from warm place to warm place without spending too much time outside :)
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  2890. I’m not sure. You would have to see if there’s a command line equivalent for all the steps.
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  2891. Interesting bug. I'm assuming this has been resolved in current updates? I'm actually using a Ryzen processor on the system in this video, but with Ubuntu 20.10. I have 2 Ryzen systems but I've never actually used Ubuntu on either until this video. Runs fine on other distros including Debian 10, which leads me to believe Ubuntu did something that mucked it up in some way. Thanks for the info!
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  2892. Yes but you should logout and log back in for group changs to take effect anyways.
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  2893. Ensure you installed qemu as well as qemu-kvm
    1
  2894. Glad it helped!
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  2895.  @godofwinetits3826  Oh, that's a very odd bug. How many cores do you have available? Perhaps if you're using all of them it caused a problem...
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  2896. Sounds like a permissions issue. Did you try adding your regular user to the libvirt group?
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  2897.  @serge5046  That's odd. Because I just created 2 VM's running the Fedora 33 Live ISO, checked their IP's within the guests, and they are able to ping each other. Screenshot : https://ibb.co/wd0DHm6
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  2898. Thanks Colin! This is definitely my preferred method for running VM's. I used to use VirtualBox, but when I started using this there was no going back :) Cheers!
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  2899. Try a different display setting. Perhaps your guest is hung up on QXL for some reason.
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  2900. True. Added the zypper command to the description.
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  2901. It's virt-manager, not virt-manger :)
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  2902. Thank you! Yes I have run this setup on Fedora 31,32 and I'm now running it on 33 with no issues. Your issues sounds like it might be the firewall blocking the network access. I personally never use firewalls in Linux myself, which could explain why I've never had this issue.
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  2903. You can't really use an .ova file because those are virtual appliances and I don't think the can convert directly to a virtual hard drive.
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  2904. Very welcome!
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  2905. Glad you like it! Thanks!
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  2906. Unfortunately you can't run this on an Arm processor.
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  2907. You won't be able to access your Nvidia GPU directly unless you setup GPU passthrough. I know there's documentation on how to do it, but I've never had to try it myself. Otherwise you'll want to look for Windows Guest Drivers called virtio, which you will install within your Windows 10 VM.
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  2908. I'm not sure what you're asking. You already installed Ubuntu on LVM and you want to make another one?
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  2909. You can place LVM on top of a striped RAID array for redundancy and protection against failed disks. You can also configure LVM itself to act as RAID as well, but I didn't get into that in this video. This would be good for people who deal with large amounts of data, like photo and video editors, or someone who has a ton of games maybe. It's especially useful for server application, where if you run out of disk space, you can just add more disks to your array, or add another entire array to the system.
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  2910. LVM doesn’t provide redundancy, so a disk failure is still data loss
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  2911. lol Glad you like it, thank you!
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  2912.  @uzefulvideos3440  I'm talking about the RAID functions being performed by hardware vs software
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  2913. Yes but it was designed from a Unix volume manager, which was primarily used for servers that don't run GUIs. It does however have its uses for regular desktops as well. There were a couple of GUIs for it that never really took off.
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  2914. You should still be able to change the partition type to LVM if you edit the partition can you not?
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  2915. Yes I’ve done all these steps many times. Booted off of USB, pvmove the data etc. only worked twice ever. I just wouldn’t recommend it at all personally. Too much risk of data loss.
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  2916.  @EduardoBattaglia  Yes but that’s not what I’m demonstrating in this video. I personally don’t like using software-based raid either. If I need to use raid for a system then I want it to be hardware based and independent of the OS and software running.
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  2917. Then you unfortunately lose the data. LVM is not redundant like a true RAID array. Like always, backups are very important. Even a RAID system can completely fail. This is why even though I run RAID arrays at work, we still do regular backups.
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  2918. Thanks!
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  2919.  @custardflux9277  Great to hear!
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  2920. Thank you! :)
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  2921.  @toddrlyons  The new drive can be larger. And then you can use the lvm tools to extend into the remaining free space to make your VG and LV's larger.
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  2922. If you want to just clone a drive, and the new drive is the same size of larger than the one you're replacing, you can just boot from a USB and run "sudo dd bs=32M status=progress if=/dev/sdX of=/dev/sdY Now make sure the sdX is the device name of your old disk and sdY is the device name of your new disk. When complete, shut down, unplug old drive and boot up. Should work right off the bat, but of course make sure you've done backups. If you have issues, you can swap the new disk back to the old one and no harm done. There's a much longer way of extending groups/volumes to the new drive, moving data, and then removing the old disk, but the dd clone method I mentioned above should work and is pretty easy.
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  2923.  @frdjuh  To raidz2? That's not what I've read.
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  2924. While I haven't tried with zfs, it seems that extending an lvm to a newly added disk is much easier (from what I've read).
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  2925. With this method, yes, sort of. LVM configured like this provides no redundancy. But it may be possible to restore some files from the remaining disks but it would not be easy.
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  2926. Thanks! Glad to hear it helped you out :)
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  2927. Yes and no. You can use a virtual environment to test out LVM's. You can also use LVM in a virtual environment and add virtual disks if you're unable to expand a VD due to physical space limitation. Or you can use LVM on the host so you can always expand space available for the VM's.
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  2928. Yes, but that's not what I'm showing in this video. This is great for easy expansion when backups are already in place of course. But if I really needed reliable fault tolerance, I would probably do LVM over hardware-based RAID 5/6/10. But at this point I may not even bother with LVM depending on the requirements and purpose of the system.
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  2929. In a complete storage solution, you would also be running backups. I've managed systems that had triple backup solutions for extra redundancy, 2 to SAN arrays and 1 to tape. In the even you replace disks, you can do so and then restore all the data from backups. But now you're approaching enterprise solutions.
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  2930. Thanks! To put it simply, the logical volume is just the space where the file system goes. And it can be any file system.
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  2931. Unfortunately no. But you can install lvm on raid to provide redundancy and recover from drive failures that way.
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  2932. Changed my mind and did a 1 week video... it’s up on my channel 😁
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  2933. Yeah printers are always hit and miss. I think it also depends on what printer you have. I have a Canon Pixma MFP inkjet and a Brother MFP laserjet and I’ve had no problems printing or scanning from either. The printer world is one weak area that really needs to be addressed across all distros.
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  2934. PopOS is definitely a better alternative to Ubuntu, and yes it installs on anything except partitions with 2 digits. I discovered it won't install on sda10 or higher. It also doesn't support Nvidia Optimus even though they have good support for Nvidia in general. Have you tried Manjaro? I've been running it as my main distro for over 3 months with no problems. Thanks for the comment!
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  2935. Agreed. Thanks for the comment!
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  2936. Always welcome
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  2937. I used PlayOnLinux. I made a video on that as well.
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  2938. Correct, I was using 18.04. Snap CAN be installed on 16.04 but it (along with default system packages) are not. In 18.04, snap is installed and several applications are installed as snaps, such as calculator, system monitor, logs, among others.
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  2939. The goal of snaps and flatpaks is to be portable and be able to install them on any system that supports it. So they bring all their dependencies with them. I personally prefer flatpaks because they run leaner and faster in my experience.
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  2940. Definitely an easy way to do it. However, not everyone is good at scripting. And one typo can break it. Keep it simple :) My recommendation was to write down the list of snaps so that they can be reinstalled as standard repo packages. Which can also be scripted, but again, simple wins ;)
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  2941. Right, this is what I figured. I read a lot of articles and posts about efforts to deduplicate snap libraries and dependencies, and they had these 3 major ideas on how to handle it, but nothing ever seemed to come out of it. They just dropped the idea of trying anything and accepted that every snap has everything it needs. This is major duplication and lots of wasted space... Thanks for confirmation. I'm surprised nothing came out of their moment of giving up on deduplication and there was no annoucement...
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  2942. Yes the default ones did change actually, as long as I choose a theme that came with Ubuntu. But you can see when I change to the Matcha theme, the snap applications are not able to take it on.
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  2943. I’m glad you found it helpful. Thanks for watching!
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  2944.  @justinberdell7517  Ah yes. Passmark only officially supports Fedora and Ubuntu, unfortunately.
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  2945. Can you give an example of what software you’re looking for? And what distro are you using?
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  2946. I installed it with PlayOnLinux. I did a video on that as well :)
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  2947. Many distros have great support for printers and will automatically install the drivers. If you run into a specific printer that the distro won't install drivers for, then you can usually find instructions on the distro's WiKi or handbook by doing a web search. Some printers have a Linux driver available on the manufacturer's website with instructions on how to install it. This isn't only a Linux issue. I've had to manually download and install drivers on Windows 10 for some printers as well. I feel this is really an issue with the printer manufacturers. They should focus on making universal printing instead of needing different drivers for every brand and model.
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  2948. It depends what it is. There are open source vpn packages but if it’s something like the NordVPN software then for this you would need do download their deb package from their website.
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  2949. Unfortunately I don't dabble in Java so I can't really help you there...
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  2950. This is all to do with the type of distro you choose. Fixed releases tend to have slightly older packages in order to maximize stability, and are updated less often to ensure you get a bug-free experience. For the most-part, this doesn't matter unless you specifically need a newer version because of a specific feature. A rolling release distro will have the newest package versions, but at the cost of introducing possible bugs (which is rare), and you will also get pinged with updates more often. apt, zypper, pacman etc are all package managers that different distros use. It's just a tool they choose. But snap and flatpak are slightly different because they use applications that are designed to be independent of which distro you're using, and also run inside a sandbox which will not be able to affect your system if something goes wrong. You can use flatpak for example on any distro, and will always get the same version of software across all distros. Flatpaks are also usually one of the newest versions available. This is what I typically do nowadays; I use Debian for maximum stability, and then if I want a newer version of a package, I'll use flatpak to install that.
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  2951. That’s not really how it works in Linux. Most applications install files in various locations on the disk. You could install your system on an LVM partition, and with that you can use multiple disks to create one large partition across all of them. I made a video on LVM.
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  2952. That's just a matter of downloading the appropriate package file. If you're using Ubuntu for example, you download the .deb file and install that in the terminal. Distros like Manjaro likely already have it in the AUR and can be installed right from the package manager.
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  2953. I’m glad it helped! Cheers
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  2954. I’ve never really used xubuntu but I’d imagine their forums might have answers for you.
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  2955. I don't like using snaps or flatpaks... It's just a personal thing for me. I don't like getting software from many different sources, so I only use regular packages from repos...
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  2956. For games, use Steam. If you NEED wine, install PlayOnLinux from the package manager. It does all the work of setting up Wine for you.
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  2957. Many packages upstream are automatically built and tested, and then tested through various streams of devs and testers and users running unstable or testing branches before making it to stable. Building from source is not very practical since updates require you to recompile all over again each time, and you don't get automatic notifications of new versions. You may also end up compiling a recent version that has a bug because it hasn't been tested yet. Packages are efficient and easy to use.
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  2958. I’ve tried Kali once but never really used it at all.
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  2959. I personally use Firefox
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  2960. That is of course a situation where you would need to do a manual installation because there is no other option. Their website has instructions on how to run the install by using their installation script.
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  2961. MobileDecay I said that 1:17 But for the most part, you don’t have to download things from websites.
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  2962. Since it's Windows software, you'll need to use Wine to install it. Check my video here on how to install Windows software in Linux : https://youtu.be/wqyk3Mb9U68
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  2963. Check my channel for a video on how to install Windows apps in Linux
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  2964. Home made software is a little more difficult because you need to know what the requirements are for the program and install those first. This is why a program like PlayOnLinux (which installs programs for wine) use a database of dependencies to ensure those are set up first.
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  2965. If you ran the install as sudo (if required) and you still get the error, then you will have to contact the zimbra devs, or maybe file a bug report with them. They will help you get a solution.
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  2966. You can try a different distro. Or try using snaps or flatpaks to see if ya there. Last resort is to download it from a website or compile it yourself.
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  2967. What is Moan?
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  2968. In the applications menu, you should see an application that says "Add or remove programs/packages" or something to that nature.
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  2969. Glad to help you along! Cheers!
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  2970. You can run them under Wine in Linux. Or just use a Linux DAW like Ardour or LMMS which are available in the package managers.
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  2971. What’s not to like? All the software you need is in one place ready to use and fully compatible with your OS...
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  2972. ;)
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  2973. Well no, there are ways to do it manually. For example, if you use Ubuntu you can download the .deb file you need and transfer it over. Then install it from the terminal.
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  2974. Thanks for subscribing and for the comment! Karl is a great guy and a fantastic artist. Glad to have his support :)
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  2975. Octopi is also the PM for Void linux as well. I've used Discover many times on Plasma distros, but I usually resort to using the terminal in any DE. If I DO end up using a GUI, I'll often install Gnome-Software even if it's not on Gnome :)
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  2976. May be an issue with the install... What distro is it?
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  2977. Ubuntu is always behind because of point releases
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  2978.  @faharoon357  Ah, that would require running your own repository, which is a bit of work, but doable. I did it myself several years ago. It takes hundreds of gigs of storage, but I think you can probably find a way to hold only certain packages. I did do a video on this a while back and it may be a bit dated, but you can check it out and read up on what might have changed : https://youtu.be/91c0wBcp0fM
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  2979. Most package managers will let you install older versions, but the commands to do that are different depending on what distro you're using, and it has to be done in the terminal. So if you're using an Ubuntu or Debian-based distro, one way is to run "sudo apt-get install emacs=1.1" And replace 1.1 with whatever version you're looking for.
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  2980. nico. Yay is good. But Pamac works well for installing from the AUR, which I ironically install using yay 🤪
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  2981. Hey Bill! Heh, yes the joys of using something new lol And Scion, well, yes there's lots of changes and new things to it. As for a comeback, not soon. Just keeping it under wraps, tinkering.
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  2982. Thank you! I’m glad you found it helpful 👍
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  2983. Yes. Linux Lite is based on Debian/Ubuntu. So you should be able to install Discover, or even the Gnome Software Center.
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  2984. It’s called breaking bad habits from using Windows where you need to go to all kinds of different random websites to get your software. Linux has it all in one place.
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  2985. I've never heard of it, but if I were you I would search to see if they have a forum or support contact that could help you out with getting it installed.
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  2986. It's a lot safer and more secure than just clicking a file.
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  2987. When you do a search, the default is to search name and description. So if you search “text editor” for example, packages should show up that are text editors. A quick internet search is also a good start too.
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  2988. Any software that needs to be downloaded and installed manually should have instructions on their site on how to do it. It’s not the same for everything.
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  2989. Considering I covered most graphical and terminal-based package managers in this video, I'm not sure what else you could be talking about. What exactly do YOU consider the proper way that isn't "easy" or "newbie"?
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  2990. It’s very rare that you need to do that because all the software should be available in the package manager. What program are you trying to install?
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  2991. But then you won’t get automatic updates...
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  2992. Thanks Bobby. Yeah I’m over summer heat, bring on winter lol
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  2993. That’s exactly what I’m doing 😁 I have many to render...
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  2994. Exactly!
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  2995. Thanks Bill, I truly appreciate the honest feedback! Especially from a regular viewer/commentator as yourself 🙂 I hope the background music isn’t as distracting as others and I try to keep it as low as possible to hide background noise and echo until I have a better setup. Thanks for the comment!
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  2996. Nope, modified Manjaro Gnome, check this out https://youtu.be/RkdtJXgWHd8 If you want lightweight, I would recommend Manjaro XFCE. Or if you want SUPER light, check out the community releases of Awesome, i3 and openbox!
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  2997. Thanks I appreciate it 😁
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  2998. No problem! Here, I made a quick video to show you and anyone else curious about it : https://youtu.be/sgXgrZzIJK4
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  2999. I do! Very much so :) OSDN offers more than SourceForge do, and their support is amazing.
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  3000. Thank you very much! I plan to :)
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  3001. Thank you! Hmm, I hope it was a good one lol I can't recall what that would have been haha
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  3002. Uh, you can have a bit of pot and still be functional, it's not heroin! You just have to be responsible about it and not smoke a giant fatty. Comparing drinking a glass of wine to smoking a joint is the same as comparing drinking a GLASS of wine to drinking a BOTTLE of wine. Just be reasonable and responsible, that's all. People drink vodka martinis too, but that doesn't mean they're chugging bottle of straight vodka... The media needs to stop blowing it out of proportions.
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  3003. My guess would be something I've thought about before. Replace the offset crankshaft journals with a rod that connects via a planetary gear attached to the crankshaft. This crankshaft rod can move perpendicular to the connecting rods during rotation by sliding on another rod that is attached to the connecting rods at a 90-degree angle. This lets the connecting rods move in a linear motion while rotating the planetary gears of the crankshaft. Basically just adding another sliding part to accomplish it. Hard to explain with text but I think that's what they're doing.
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  3004. You are so wrong. I said that NASA's feat WAS a big deal, what this kid did isn't. The lindburgh was a big deal in the day. Nowadays it's common and nothing special. Read carefully before you post something and make yourself look like an ass.
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  3005. No he doesn't, he just talks over Piers and never shuts up. That's just being a loudmouth.
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  3006. His speech is starting to slow and slur which is not good for an announcer, it's just time to retire, face it. As for being "suicidal", are you kidding me? You only do that job once every 4 or 8 years, get over it man....
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  3007. *facepalm* people who complained this commercial must have also thought they ACTUALLY clones dinosaurs for the Jurassic Park movies....
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  3008. "You chastise me, yet become a guilty party." Ahaha, oh look at you always trying to sound so intelligent in your comments with highschool level buzzwords, it really is laughable. Get off your imaginary high horse, this is youtube. And I'll say what I want, but not because it's an "American right", because that has nothing, NOTHING to do with the internet.
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  3009. Every time I see some douche coming at me at night with blinding bright blue HID's in reflector housings I turn on my highbeams, my 4 KC DayLighers mounted on my bumper and my 4 Hella FF75's mounted on my roof.  Funny thing is that most people who install these cheap Chinese kits lose their highbeams so they can't even flash me back lol
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  3010. THAT IS BS THAT NASA CALLED HIM! This is not a big deal, especially for NASA considering they first did this in 1971 when cameras weren't so cheap. They have the hubble telescope for christ's sake, why would they care about a stupid camera tied to a balloon? And their Voyager spacecraft is about to leave out solar system! The media is really scraping the bottom of the barrel if they think this is a big story... Or that NASA really gives a shit.
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  3011. Mike MacDonald glad you found it useful! Thanks for the comment and thanks for subscribing!
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  3012. You too!
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  3013. Running anything within a RAM-disk, host or guest, won't survive a reboot of the host machine. You COULD write a script that copies everything in ramdisk to hdd on shutdown, and vice-versa on bootup, but that would take forever with several gigs of storage.
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  3014. I'm afraid I have absolutely zero experience with Android, and I've only ever owned one Android phone in my life which was a long time ago lol
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  3015. Actually yes you could, but then you would be taking RAM away just to be used for swap, which is stored in the RAM... How does it go? Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul? ;) You would be better off just using the entire RAM with no swap at all. On my machines with 16GB of RAM, I don't use a Swap partition and it runs perfect. I guess it depends on what you do with you computers and how much RAM is typically used.
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  3016. Also handy, but more for app development vice entire OSes.
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  3017. Yeah there are plenty of solutions. I’ve been splitting my time between KDE and Xfce lately, and I still have my Gnome desktop as well which I switched up with Dash to Panel. There’s plenty more to DE’s than just docks and panels though
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  3018. It’s important in Linux because many people use older hardware that might only have 4GB RAM. Heck I know some people who only have 2 GB. I personally have 16GB so it doesn’t concern me if my DE uses over a gig of RAM but for someone with only 4, it means the DE is already using 1/4 of their memory.
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  3019. Have you tried a basic openbox setup with either a dock or panel? It's pretty maintenance-free and easy to setup.
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  3020. I dunno. I just set it up up how I like it, and it stuck! I like the features it has, and it's very stable. I did use KDE for a short stint but when they went to version 4, I switched back to Gnome because KDE4 was an unstable nightmare lol I'm using KDE again running on Q4OS at the moment, and it's been a week so far. Pretty happy with it!
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  3021. I had an issue with flickering showing up in the recordings which I couldn't see on my actual screen. I could only guess it was something to do with the compositor since disabling it completely made it stop. The 2 force full compositing tricks didn't work. Nothing did, that's why I had to switch back to Gnome. However, it seems it was only a Manjaro KDE problems because I've since used KDE in other distros with no recording issues.
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  3022. Thanks George! Definitely handy ;)
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  3023. For KDE, I've installed Q4OS and Netrunner (Both KDE distros). Using Q4OS the most. I really like it! I've reviewed it twice, check my recent videos :)
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  3024. I like both Gnome AND KDE... Still using KDE but no longer on Manjaro. For the wallpaper, just do a Google image search for "Low Poly Mountains" and you get tons of results. You'll see that wallpaper and lots of other cool variations :) Thanks for the comment!
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  3025. Higher CPU but less RAM, bit of a mix. I’m loving Manjaro too. I think it’s a keeper!
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  3026. Haha careful, you'll end up with 10 distros like me! As for your mouse problem, there's unfortunately no current way to assign those keys WITHIN Linux... *However*, if you have access to a Windows machine, you can install the Logitech software, and set all the buttons to whatever you want them to map to in Linux. The settings are stored in the mouse itself, so you only need to do this once on a Windows PC. It will even work if you have Windows in a VM but that's a bit more compicated. Much easier to ask a friend to use their machine, or use a PC at work if they're not locked down. Hopefully one day somebody writes the Linux version of that Logitech software to map keys...
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  3027. Haha ghostbusters of course! I’ll answer the rest later, just heading out
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  3028. Thanks Salvatore! 😁
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  3029. Ah that. Right-click desktop > Configure Desktop. On the left, choose Tweaks on the bottom. Then uncheck the box for "show desktop toolbox". I know, it's annoying :) Octopi is just a package manager. It works just as good as pamac, it just looks different. You don't have to do anything special to make it work.
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  3030. I'm not sure what you mean by "action personalized". Do you mean options in the right-click menu?
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  3031. There is such a thing, but I've never used it.
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  3032. Installing Nautilus makes it try to install gnome-desktop which is a dependency. It's a meta package that includes a lot of Gnome packages. I know that I could install it, it just means it also installs a lot of other packages as well. I'll have to give it a shot in a VM and confirm this. You are right though; I did notice that the right-click option of opening a folder as root doesn't work. I wonder why they didn't remove the option then? I just installed PCManFM to use for this while exploring (It's a 240kb program). But I do most editing/copying/deleting/moving within the terminal, and you should too ;) Yes, my 10 years was with my main desktop, but I did always play with others. I just stayed away from KDE because when I left, it was a hog, and didn't play well with Gnome. I'm happy to be back with it :)
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  3033. Haha it’s not for everyone! Lucky we have choices 😁 I like KDE too, just found a new distro called Q4OS that I’m using now with KDE Plasma based on Debian. Pretty good so far! Check my latest review.
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  3034. Hmm. I’ll have to check that out. I only had glitches when I was playing with widgets and stuff. And the mouse cursor thing which I figured out... I’m enjoying it so far, but I’ll have to repartition my drive and move things around so I can have more space. The 15GB I gave it is already full now...
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  3035. I don't particularly like most linux e-mail clients. Some carry too many dependencies, and others are just plain out-dated and looking old. My client of choice (when I do install one) is Geary. It's easy to setup and looks very clean and polished with minimal UI elements. If you have lots of questions as a new users, I'd suggest joining a Linux stack exchange site, or the Manjaro Forum. I don't spend much time on comments as I get many of them, so you're best off asking on a public site where many people can provide answers you need.
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  3036. There's plenty of documentation which can cover far more about things like directories and systemd, and in much more detail than I'd want to put in a video. I'm sure systemd can be discussed for over an hour in a video, but something like this is much better when read. As for the /etc directory, this is where executables and services store system-wide settings, as opposed to user-settings which are stored in the user's home directory.
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  3037. Cinnamon is indeed fantastic! I prefer Xfce personally, but I really like that Cinnamon lets your pin open applications to the taskbar right in the right-click menu, and I wish Xfce had this feature. Glad you found one you like!
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  3038. I never noticed any difference on my laptop, but it's an i7. Next time I load up Gnome on one of my older laptops I'll have to give this a shot and see. Thanks for the info!
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  3039. Not in my case. It's called File Search now and it's disabled by default. If you go to the system settings, then click "Search" in the left menu under the Workspace section. Then "File Search". It should be unchecked by default. At least it is in Manjaro, Netrunner, and Q4OS.
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  3040. Very cool! I’m still tinkering and customizing. Still impressed with it :) thanks for the tips!
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  3041. I am not. Never heard of it actually.
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  3042. Manjaro is not much different than Debian/Ubuntu in normal usage. If you're a software developer then it's a different story... The biggest difference is really the software/package manager. And if you're used to using apt-get in the terminal, then learning the commands for pacman takes no time at all :)
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  3043. There's also KDE Neon, or Manjaro KDE if you don't mind straying from Ubuntu. Give it a test run in a VM. KDE can be customized quite a bit. I'd also suggest that you give XFCE a try, but, use a distro that customizes it and makes it look fantastic like Manjaro.
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  3044. Just do a google-image search for "low poly mountains" and you'll find it, as well as dozens of similar ones :)
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  3045. Agreed!
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  3046. Haha yes a little. I did use KDE before, but not for the past 10 years :P I'm getting comfortable with it now. It's just a matter of where to find the settings I'm looking for!
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  3047. Well, KDE Plasma is a great desktop environment, and has great scaling options for 4K displays. Now as for a distribution that runs KDE, I would highly recommend Q4OS. You can run either their stable version or their testing version, which I'm using and is quite stable.
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  3048. They are all great in their own ways and it comes down to personal preference.
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  3049. nico. I do have multiple desktops. But installing Gnome and KDE at the same time causes extra services and too many desktop-specific apps to be installed which end in duplication. Like 2 file managers, 2 text editors etc.
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  3050. I've been back and forth a bit lately... Went back to Gnome, but then I'm not back on KDE using Q4OS :)
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  3051. Not sure who that is. I only know Philip, Bernhard and Stefano. I saw that thread before but I think it’s still a ways to go before it can replace octopi
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  3052. Manjaro makes good use of Kvantum to make GTK and Qt themes match nicely. The Pamac Qt5 project still hasn't officially started rolling yet. Devs are still looking for someone to step up and do it.
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  3053. No I didn't have to do anything special, just plug it in (HDMI monitor). Depending on the distro and DE used, the default may be either desktop extension, or mirrored display. In any case, it can be changed in the display settings.
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  3054. No. I used Xfce and Cinnamon for a whole but I’m back to Gnome now.
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  3055. My graphics card does not have the option to turn it off unfortunately
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  3056. Yeah I wondered why there were no files to download... lol
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  3057. Nice! I’ll try to give it a shot this evening
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  3058. Sounds good 👌
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  3059. Nice. I do like Budgie and it looks promising! But it’s very young and needs a bit more work and more features that are usable for the Raven panel. I’ll have to check out VDesktop... thanks for sharing!
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  3060. I’ve been trying to use it. It’s ok, but I think I prefer pamac, it’s cleaner. Glad to know it works fine on KDE, thanks!
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  3061. I think Xfce can look similar to KDE, but it won't behave the same.
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  3062. You have a great attitude towards giving it a shot. There's definitely a huge amount of possibilities in how to setup and configure a Linux machine.
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  3063. Give XFCE a try. It's very nicely themed and polished on the Manjaro version. I've been using it exclusively for a while now. Lightweight, fast, full-featured and stable as a rock!
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  3064. Yep, I used to use it for the longest time!
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  3065. Konsole I like, but Dolphin did take some getting used to, and some customizing. I removed the pointless zoom slider, and got rid of the "Search For" and recent documents sections in the left pane.
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  3066. Have you tried different distros of KDE? I've had video issues in one KDE distros but not in another... Could also be that your GPU and/or drivers don't like all the transparency effects of KDE if you have an older GPU.
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  3067. I like simple effects like fading, but I'm not into the stuff like wobbly windows at all.
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  3068. I never really noticed. I just open steam and start a game. I don’t really use the GUI for anything other than that.
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  3069. Everything depends on what themes you use.
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  3070. Thanks for the comment! I'm still an Ubuntu user mainly, but also love Manjaro. MX-17 might makes its way onto bare-metal for my main system soon!
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  3071. Thank you Max :)
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  3072. Easy to see why so many people love this distro. It just works! Thanks for the comment!
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  3073. Valid points. But to someone rather new, Elementary is locked down and not very customizable. Learning about Elementary Tweaks can get you started though.
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  3074. I do like how it looks, but I don’t like how they almost purposely neglect to include options for customizing the theming. I am looking forward to the final 5.0 product! Thanks for the comment!
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  3075. "Too elementary". I like it that statement Bert lol And thank you!
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  3076. I have, but not in the past couple months. I really like the layout, but it's still very young and I hope to see a lot more support and functionality with the raven panel.
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  3077. Kevin, I answered your question in on the other video. Sorry I missed this one, I get a lot of notifications and try hard to answer them all :)
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  3078. lol
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  3079. Hey good point Raskt
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  3080. Guaranteed! This is a gem for Linux newbies, especially those coming from Mac. But power users and Linux veterans would be left frustrated. Truth is, you can’t have both 😉. Thanks for the comment Tony!
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  3081. First of all, thanks! Second, I don't hate Mac, I've owned them for years and still own a 2017 Air now that I use quite often. Now Apple itself I'm not a fan of simply because they're always behind and make bad calls, like going to USB-C only, the horrible new keyboards which they refuse to fix, among many other things. Don't even get me started on the iPhone iOS nightmares. The hardware is great (minus what I mentioned), and MacOS is solid, but they're always behind and they seem to be opposed to customization beyond changing the wallpaper and now recently, the ugly dark mode. As for Elementary, I just don't see why they're blatantly trying to copy Mac but deny doing it. If someone wants a Mac-like OS, just get a Mac. It seems this is just a cheap/free way of getting something similar without paying for it.
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  3082. It's definitely a great thing they've created here. Thanks for the comment and thanks for subscribing!
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  3083. It runs great too!
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  3084. My pleasure 😊 Thanks!
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  3085.  @OM-bs7of  Cool, then just use Debian Gnome
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  3086. It's not a change, it's additions that are optional. All the things I showed can be easily turned off in the settings to get back to stock Gnome. I've even installed Dash to Panel and it worked as intended.
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  3087. Yeah this is a great feature for switching on the fly without committing to a DE that you have to switch in and out of by logging out.
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  3088. Nice, congrats on the Gazelle purchase! I keep eyeing up the Lemur or Darter myself, but I just bought a new laptop not long ago :P
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  3089. True, and that hasn't changed so far. But if you're using hotcorners, then the hotcorner will still activate even though it makes the dock appear briefly.
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  3090. Yes I'm a big fan of Dash to Panel as well and that's what I always use. But they've done a great job with how they set up their desktop and put all the settings in one place.
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  3091. No it isn’t.
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  3092. It will be released in June and will be available on their website. https://pop.system76.com/
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  3093. Yep I’m pretty impressed with what they’ve come up with 👍
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  3094.  @antoniostorcke  Yes but PopOS also uses Gnome, it's just version 3.38. And you can just turn off the dock in the settings if you don't want to use it or see it. They're basically identical visually.
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  3095. Out of curiosity, what is it about Gnome 40 that you feel you would miss if you switched to Pop?
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  3096. It will very likely still run Gnome 3.
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  3097. I had a bit of an issue as well, but I figured it was because I was using an experimental ISO from System76. I just opened a terminal and ran the updates from there, rebooted, updated again and it upgraded properly. Just "sudo apt update" then "sudo apt upgrade" to do it.
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  3098. Hi Larry, thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it, cheers!
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  3099. That would be sweet. You can do it manually with a bit of work, but it follows your shell theme so it usually fits in nicely.
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  3100. Yes. If superkey is set to open workspaces you can still type an application name to search. It will behave the same as stock Gnome does.
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  3101. Glad to put the word out!
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  3102. I just loaded Dash to Panel and it worked fine. See my tweet here with a screenshot : https://twitter.com/DorianDotSlash/status/1386151387822649347?s=20
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  3103. You should still be able to use Dash to Panel if you prefer it, and you can just disable the COSMIC panel completely by turning it off.
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  3104. You can change the size of the dock and where it is placed. You can also turn it off completely if you don’t want to use it. Then it will look like stock gnome.
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  3105. Thanks for watching!
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  3106. Agreed, and thanks for watching!
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  3107.  @deepakshivraj4881  I’ll revisit Gentoo again for sure so I’ll see if I manage to get it up and running properly one day.
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  3108. Yeah I initially started doing the Systemd install but ran into strange issues that the Wiki didn’t cover. It might be outdated. Spent a few minutes trying to get it going and just gave up to install OpenRC instead which worked perfectly.
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  3109. There is an option to remove it in the settings, but as I demonstrated, it is marked "TODO", so the version I have has not yet implemented it. There's also options to remove the other 2 launchers as well.
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  3110. Hello and thank you! Once you download the theme, you need to copy it from the web browse's VM to Dom0 so you can place it in the ~/.icons folder. Check the commands on how to copy files to Dom0 here : https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/copy-from-dom0/
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  3111. Maybe that's something you can put in a request for in their Git repo. It might just get added as a feature.
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  3112. Not sure if that's an option that they will add, but you can't remove them currently.
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  3113. Glad you liked it!
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  3114. Thank you, I really appreciate the comment. Cheers!
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  3115. Haha it's funny I saw the Windows 11 videos recently and thought the same thing :)
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  3116. As far as I know it won't be Gnome 40.
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  3117. Yes it was a real kick in the pants because I was still fixing it at the time of the review. I think the most frustrating part was when he said the SourceForge page had no information on it, and he's ON the page, which clearly stated the project moved, with a link. All he had to do was click it and he would have seen all the info about the issues with VB... Oh well, spilled milk I guess :P Thanks for commenting and I look forward to hearing about your experience with 18.2.6 :)
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  3118. Hi Bill! Yes the previous versions will have issues, especially in VirtualBox. This is because of Linux kernel patches stemming from the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. The patches caused virtual machines to stop working. Oracle quickly came out with a new fixed version (5.2.6), which was still glitchy, and then 5.2.8 to fix that. This caused out of date VB Guest Additions drivers to not work and break the systems. Long story short, that whole patching fiasco was a nightmare, but it's over now :)
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  3119. As always thanks so much!
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  3120. Yikes, my c++ would be quite rusty I think. Unfortunately any programming time I can spare is taken up by my own projects, which are very behind tbh.
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  3121. Thanks Johan! Always appreciate your comments :)
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  3122. Thanks Marc! Glad to hear that you've given it a shot! Did you run into any issues with the install? Was it in a VM? BIOS or EFI? I'd like to hear more about your thoughts once you've used it for a bit, pros and cons etc. You can comment here, or at the site forum (I've enabled anonymous posting so no need to register if you don't want to) here : https://osdn.net/projects/scionlinux/forums/
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  3123. 18.2.6 Mercury is available now! Check the link in the description. Mercury is based on Ubuntu 16.04. The next release, Venus, is based on Ubuntu 18.04. No firm date yet as I expected the flow of updates to slow down at this point, but it hasn't yet. I've been looking at some extra themes and will include some dark ones. Thanks for the comment :)
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  3124. Thanks! Very busy yes :) Scion Linux is ranked the 7th most active project on OSDN, and I'm the 4th most active user lol https://osdn.net/top/projects/ranking.php?type=month&p=10859 https://osdn.net/top/users/ranking.php?type=month&target=user_point&u=94203
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  3125. Haha I've had up to 8 distros on my computer plus Windows 10, no biggie, I'm kinda used to it. I like trying the different distros on hardware :) Thanks to YOU for all the great tunes! If anyone else reading this wants to hear more of the music in the background and outtros without my voice over it, make sure to check the link in the description to hear all of the talented Andreas' music!
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  3126. Well that’s just it. I know you’re not because I’ve been asked several times before if I take Paypal. It’s just one more thing I don’t want to manage/link everywhere. I have someone helping me out with online stuff now so I might pass that onto them...
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  3127. I’ve thought about setting up a Paypal account but I haven’t decided yet. Might have to get one...
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  3128. The themes I use on my desktops are always the same in my videos. Arc-Maia and Moka icon themes (must install both, use Arc-Maia). Shell theme is Adapta-Teal-Nokto and GTK (Application) theme is Matcha.
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  3129. Not sure, I've never tried it myself. Hopefully someone else can chime in though.
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  3130. I mean you just add the number 1 at the end of that line and then boot.
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  3131. D T Really? I never experienced the issue. I haven’t tried dual monitors either though...
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  3132. Thanks! VERY Stoked! :)
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  3133. Haha yeah that was pretty funny! I can only assume I’m not the only one to make that mistake, or that’s what I tell myself anyways lol
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  3134. I agree. But both Peppermint and Mint are very good for new users. The one thing I really do like about Mint is their welcome screen. It has really good shortcuts to useful things including installing proprietary drivers. But Peppermint dominates general ease of use. Very close call... thanks for the comment Eugene!
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  3135. Thanks for watching 😁
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  3136. Haha I left it on what the default was :) Peppermint is indeed awesome for older hardware since it's very lightweight. Thanks for the comment Bert :)
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  3137. Thanks Jeffrey! Yes I've been using Xfce lately as well but on a new system. Looks great when themed nicely :) Thanks for the comment!
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  3138. Thanks!
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  3139. That's just my test machine which I also run Gentoo on, which compiles faster with lots of ram. The minimum is 1GB and recommended is 2GB. Of course it entirely depends on what you're doing with it and if you're running a desktop environment or not. If you're running a server with it, you'll want to look up how much ram is required for the services you're running.
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  3140. I just uploaded a new video demonstrating the Rocky conversion script to go from CentOS to Rocky while keeping services intact. It worked well, even though it's still in the works.
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  3141. Nope :)
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  3142. Glad you liked it!
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  3143. Thank you! No I have not. I tend to avoid using server services in Linux because my day job is using Windows servers.
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  3144. Well it was named as a tribute to one of the cofounders of CentOS Rocky McGaugh, who has since passed away.
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  3145. Next up, 486!
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  3146. Glad to hear that!
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  3147. Yes it's available now :)
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  3148.  Andrey Kucherov  The comparison would really only come down to the teams behind it since the distros are extremely similar.
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  3149. There might be a guide out there for it, but the issue for the pi will be that the computer has an Arm processor so it can’t run x86 applications.
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  3150. What package are you trying to install?
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  3151. In this video I was using Arch. But I have since switched to using Debian.
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  3152. I don't remember them all, but I usually just search the web for "low poly wallpaper" or "minimalist wallpaper". There's lots of nice ones out there.
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  3153. CS6
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  3154. Thank you!
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  3155. Thank you so much 😀
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  3156.  @Xeno_Bardock  I'll have to give it a try one day, thanks!
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  3157.  @Xeno_Bardock  I haven't, and I'm not sure how well POL/wine would work in it...
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  3158. Haha thanks!
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  3159. Glad to hear it!
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  3160. Very odd. What version of Ubuntu?
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  3161. Are you trying to install the Windows version or something?
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  3162. Probably. You would have to check the WineHQ database.
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  3163. Thanks!
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  3164. I used 3 different distros. Arch, Fedora and Q4OS.
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  3165. Thanks again 😎
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  3166. Ubuntu does have great support, not only hardware but community support as well (askubuntu for example). I have a couple games that are Windows-only as well, but most are Linux. I don't play many AAA titles though either.
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  3167. You need to create a firefox.desktop file for it and place it in /usr/share/applicationsJust make sure the exec line points to where you downloaded it. For example : Exec=/opt/firefox/firefox %uOpen up one of the other .desktop files to see how they're laid out. Sorry I can't type it all on my phone and I'm not home until tomorrow...
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  3168. Distro User I just copied a shortcut to /usr/share/applications so that it shows up in the desktop applications menu. Firefox can be customized a lot.
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  3169. Thanks Daniel. Possible I suppose, and I'll have to try it. I guess there may be a chance that bumblebee blocks the compositor but isn't gracefully exiting, causing kwin to crash... I'm still getting my bearings again with KDE after using Gnome for a decade lol KDE 4 really drove me away for a long time haha
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  3170. Hey Bill! MX is a top choice and I'm due to revisit it soon (After their next release). I haven't played much with the Sid repos, but I think if I did, it would be in a VM... (Sid likes to break the toys remember? lol ) Miyo is very interesting Bill! I've but it on the list, but I'm not finished setting up to record from old hardware yet. That's what I'd really like to see :) Thanks again for the comment Bill!
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  3171. I'm really enjoying the Debian-based distros currently :) Those and Manjaro are currently on the top of my favs. Thanks for subscribing!
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  3172. Ah but wait, you're using Peppermint right? I think it might be the KDE WM with Firefox that's the issue...
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  3173. What versions Johan? I run Quantum 62, and I'm able to resize with the mouse on KDE 5.8, but not on KDE 5.13. On 5.13 I have no choice but to alt+right-click.
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  3174. I haven't tried the tools. But the only DE that has issues with resolution in a VM is Plasma. But I just disabled kscreen and manually set the resolution to bypass that annoyance.
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  3175. Just follow the same mounting steps from the first video where you started off until you get into the chroot part. Then you can try and reinstall the bootloader. Before doing that, just check your motherboard settings and see if the option is there and just not selected. On some systems you have to manually setup which bootloader to use after you've installed an OS.
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  3176. Oops lol
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  3177. Thanks. Haven’t noticed that yet. Must have just changed very recently. Even the guides haven’t been updated yet.
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  3178. Thank you! Well that depends on what you want to install. It WILL work, the only issue is how long it will take to compile. So if you want Plasma or Gnome, that will takes quite some time to compile, but using Xfce or a TWM like i3 will be much faster.
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  3179. You could always setup a basic install and then take an image backup of your drive that you can reuse later. But then you’ll have lots of updates anyways. Or, you can use a Gentoo-based distro like Calculate or Red Core.
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  3180. Plasma works well on less powerful CPU's as well. I even used it on my Pinebook Pro's ARM processor and it was snappy. Compiling it is a different story though. Xfce is also a great choice and much lighter to build. What do you use for a desktop? Or are you running a WM?
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  3181. Yes this is true. But I find qxl has the better performance of the 3 options and I prefer to use that. There's screen settings with Xorg you can set so that you get the resolution you want right from the login screen. That will be in the next video.
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  3182. I think it’s great. It was the first distro I used back in the 90’s when it was really the only one around. Not a whole lot seems to have changed. Gentoo is like Slackware but with extra tools to centralize your optimizations and make everything work well together, and includes tools to fix any conflicts. With Slackware you’re kinda on your own. I’ll admit that I haven’t used Slackware in a long time, but perhaps I’ll revisit it just to see what’s changed and how it compares to gentoo.
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  3183.  @maxliu4992  Yep. It seems that changed shortly after I made the video.
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  3184. Great! If you still want to use SDDM, just have a look at the SDDM and XDM pages to make sure it's configured properly. It's possible that something in the packages have changed since this video came out.
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  3185. It will work the same.
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  3186. Install the new drive, remove the windows drive, install Linux on new drive and then reinstall the windows drive. This is the safest way to do it because some installers will automatically use existing EFI partitions. Having two EFI partitions is fine if they’re on different drives. Your motherboard will see all the bootloaders from both disks.
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  3187. Doing anything has a risk of data loss. Before doing anything you should always ensure you have a backup and recovery procedure in place.
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  3188. Thank you :D
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  3189. At first I did it the manual way and then switched to pinguy. However, if I were to do it again I would do it manually again I think.
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  3190. It is 64-bit. Once out of testing, there may also be a 32-bit version, but with 32-bit software support thinning out, I'm not sure yet.
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  3191. I added a 6th video on how to change the virtual machine into a bootable/installable ISO that you can write to a USB stick or DVD. You can boot into a Live version right from a USB and try it out without installing anything on your hard drive.
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  3192. If you check my channel, I have a playlist called "Linux from Scratch" which is 5 videos on how to make one from scratch. The first one is the bulk of it, and I'll be redoing them with better quality too. But I will be adding another video soon that covers the process of taking your created system and converting it to a bootable ISO for installation on another system too. The process also works from a virtual machine :)
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  3193. Thanks very much! I appreciate the good feedback :)
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  3194. Thank you! I was asked many times to release something lightweight over the last year, so it just turned into my new project :)
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  3195. Managed to get the VM thing sorted. Wondering what's gonna go wrong next lol I'll talk about it, and how I fixed it next time. It's important to know, especially if you use VM's because you really SHOULD be on the patched kernels for security/safety reasons. Just gotta squash the bugs!
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  3196. Thanks! I did end up getting my VM's all fixed up and working again, but lately was just one thing going wrong after another and it got me very frustrated, obviously lol All good now! :)
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  3197. Might try it. But I do use SourceForge's other features as well, like the blog, wiki and discussion.
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  3198. Gotta agree with that :)
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  3199. Yes I got sick of setting new VM's to the same settings over and over so I decided to make a blank template VM that I can just quickly clone ;). Yes I usually assign 4 but I have 8 available on my MSI laptop :)
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  3200. The application list is generated by openbox. I'm not sure if I ever actually covered that in any of my videos, but it uses the openbox-menu or obmenu-generator. A quick search will get you your answers to that :)
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  3201. Things may have changed with regard to package versions since this video...
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  3202. Thanks! 😁
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  3203. No problem :)
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  3204. Glad it helped Peter! Cheers 👍
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  3205. The locks were there because I had those partitions mounted. So they were "in use" and can't be modified. Unmounting them will make them available again.
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  3206. Thanks! The GTK theme is Matcha, icon theme is Arc-Maia and the Shell theme is Adapta-Teal-Nokto. I can’t recall exactly where I found the background, I’ve had it for a long time. I’m sure a google image search would bring it up. Thanks for watching! -D
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  3207. It was pretty easy. Just install PlayOnLinux and it does the work for you :)
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  3208. I did a video on installing nvidia drivers if you wanna check it out. And I forgot to answer your question about Photoshop, yes I installed it with POL. Has the occasional quirk but works great.
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  3209. Sure! But, I don't use bumblebee... I just install the nvidia drivers. This gives you the option to switch which graphics GPU you want to use, but it requires a reboot. Getting Optimus running properly in Ubuntu can be a problem with some graphics cards, so optirun or primusrun doesn't always work properly. As it stands now, I just installed nvidia-390 and run my nvidia card all the time. It uses more battery, but if I know I'll be using battery, I can switch to the intel graphics ahead of time. You can do this in the nvidia settings application, or in the terminal using "prime-select'. 'prime-select query' will show you which graphics you're using now, then you can do either 'sudo prime-select intel' or 'sudo prime-select nvidia'' And then reboot.
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  3210. Hey, I did a video on TLP here : https://youtu.be/Ku0491LfhR4 Enjoy!
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  3211. Hi! The only thing I do is switch to my intel graphics and keep my display as dim as possible. Those two things will make a big difference. You could also install cpufreq to configure a powersave profile and lower your clock speed. Beyond that, using an SSD is a good hardware solution. Any other tweaks like disabling your sound card etc will only yield single digit minutes of extra battery life. That’s an interesting topic that I might just have to explore. Thanks for the suggestion and thanks for subscribing!
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  3212. Thank you! Thunderbird can do text zooming I believe, which increases the text size much like a browser does. Have you tried this? I personally don't use Thunderbird, I use Geary. Although I do know there were some font rendering issues with Thunderbird several months ago which have been reported as "fixed". https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1393467 and https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1400721
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  3213. It is, and I talk more about NVidia drivers and fixing the screen tearing in my video here : https://youtu.be/CezzY3DGi4U
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  3214. Yeah there's been a call for action https://twitter.com/8none1/status/1035099572736086016
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  3215. I tried using Brave for a little while but it never stuck. It's a very nice browser though!
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  3216. Everyone has their likes :P I kinda like them, but probably only because I'm not using it lol I'd probably hate it after using it for a while haha
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  3217. You don't like the new Chrome rounded corners on the tabs?
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  3218. You're right. It's Linux. Manjaro Gnome to be exact. My entire channel is about Linux, and how to use it :)
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  3219. Haha, yes it was a happy surprise to me as well but I'm very glad to see some women interested in Linux as well. My wife is definitely not one of them. She prefers her Windows desktop, but she also uses Windows-only applications for work so she needs it.
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  3220. Thanks :) Archmerge is already on my list! I've got a few to get out of the way here first. Being sick and being a bit busy with Scion has slowed me down a bit. I'll get to it for sure!
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  3221. Well, someone pointed out it's because of this : https://nixos.org/manual/nix/stable/#ch-relnotes-0.7
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  3222. There's cerain software that can't be excluded, and cheese is one of them. For some dumb reason core components are dependent on it.
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  3223.  @johanb.7869  Yes it doesn't hurt to use it. It's also handy when suspending your machine too.
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  3224. What was the failed error?
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  3225. Thanks Colin! I already uploaded part 2 :)
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  3226. Thank you!
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  3227. I haven't tried that, but I always disable bluetooth since my desktops don't have it. Best bet would be to remove the exclude afterwards and see if it works then. Otherwise you might need to hit up the forums for hardware support questions.
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  3228. I can see where it's a pain when using Gentoo, but it's honestly never bothered me on other distros because it's just there in the background.
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  3229.  @deepakshivraj4881  Yes, in your make.conf, just makes sure it says VIDEO_CARDS="amdgpu radeonsi" as it recommends here : https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/AMDGPU
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  3230. Mint is a great choice for first time users, and I'd recommend it as well. I actually use LMDE on my production machine for maximum stability.
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  3231. You should still be able to format as a GPT disk, and then follow the same steps steps for the BIOS install. The only difference would be formatting your disk to GPT instead of MBR/msdos.
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  3232. Thank you! But I have to admit I've never used musl on any distro so I'm not sure there. Even when I used Void for a bit, I never tried their musl version...
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  3233. Do it!
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  3234.  @abhinavchavali1443  Yes indeed
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  3235. Wow that's quite the difference. How many threads did you set? The i7 can do 8. I used 12 of my 16 available in my system. But I didn't think there's be that much of a difference from 8 to 12. I know yours is an older cpu and a mobile one, but that's crazy
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  3236. Depending on the hardware it can take a while. Some people let it run for a full day on slower hardware.
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  3237. Thanks :)
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  3238. I also like KDE, but Gnome is still a top favourite for myself and many others.
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  3239.  @KingZero69  I've never had Gnome crashing issues. As for the devs asking to stop theming, this wasn't towards Gnome, it was towards distro creators, as Gnome doesn't have a theming framework. Gnome Tweaks was added to modify Gnome's styling which is more of a hack, and distro devs have been using it to create their own themes. That letter is also bogus considering the appeal to Linux is that it can be completely customized and has been this way forever. So anyone making software for Linux should expect different themes.
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  3240. Any reason for that statement? Because considering it's been around since 1999, is the default desktop for many distros and is still in very active development, it can't be that bad now can it?
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  3241. So I’ve been digging around for your issue and haven’t been able to find much for OBS on X11 with a black screen other than using an AMD graphics card with the wrong drivers... I’m stumped! 🙁
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  3242. You're probably using Wayland, that's what happened to me. Switch the session in your login screen to xorg. There should be some kind of option to choose what you log into. As for the screen flipping option, it was one of the first things I tried, but thanks for the link! :)
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  3243. Same here. I also really like KDE, but there's just something about Gnome that keeps me coming back. Thanks for the comment!
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  3244. Strange. No issue for me.
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  3245. I also use dash to panel. Not sure what you need help with though...
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  3246. That is Arc-Maia. You also must install Moka since Arc-Maia uses some Moka icons. You can download them here : https://osdn.net/projects/scionlinux/releases/p15671 They're in the Scion icons moka maia compressed file.
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  3247. Yes disabling the canvas graphics acceleration slows it down. But I don't see any difference running krita with Intel GPU vs NVidia GPU so I think acceleration is very basic stuff, and not things like drop shadows, stroke, outer glow etc... I tried the pipeline trick but to no avail. Pretty sure the pipeline trick is for visible flickering/tearing on the screen, and my issue was only with recording (I don't see the glitches on my actual screen).
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  3248. It does power down the nVidia GPU but it’s only on laptops. The 2 GPUs are tied together and this enables saving battery power when not gaming.
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  3249. I HAVE been playing with Mint 19 MATE in a VM... But being based on Ubuntu/Debian means Nvidia Optimus/Bumblebee is a no-go, and that's a dealbreaker for something permanent on my main machine.
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  3250. I’m thinking so as well.
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  3251. Thank you! To each their own. They’re both nice desktops and very customizable. I like them both 😁
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  3252. Yes I figure stuff out but had to leave KDE because if screen recording issues anyways.
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  3253. Thanks Bernardo. I’ve never used it, only Compton and Xcompmgr for custom DE’s.
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  3254. Yeah KDE didn’t work out which is a shame. Why didn’t you try a different desktop like Budgie or XFCE?
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  3255. Agreed! I use Manjaro Gnome 😁
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  3256. Sorry this comment slipped past me 🤪 The multimonitor thing wasn’t that big of a deal for me, it was the flickering. That’s why I can’t keep using it on my main machine that I record videos on. The videos turned out looking glitchy.
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  3257. Yeah, tried the flipping trick too. I spent days trying every solution I could find to no avail...
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  3258. I have not tried Resolve. But Krita works well, I only wish it was a little faster.
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  3259. That's really strange, because screen recording on KDE is perfect with Netrunner and Q4OS. I've never used Wayland though, only Xorg.
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  3260. No it's nothing like that. I tried that anyways. I don't SEE the flickering on my screen, it only shows up in the recording. The only way I was able to get rid of it was to turn off the compositor, and that's not a solution for me. I'm using Q4OS KDE now and it works fine! Must have been a Manjaro KDE problem.
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  3261. No, that's one of the main features of Gnome.
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  3262. I never tried it. I used simeplescreenrecorder before I started using OBS. But now I rely on the features of OBS so there's no going back to ssr... Out of curiosity I'll try it out.
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  3263. It has been reported, but I'm not using the latest KDE anymore and I'm back to Gnome. However, I'm playing with a slightly older and more stable KDE version from another distro that doesn't have the flickering issue so far...
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  3264. They have a MATE version! Going to give it a shot :) Thanks!
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  3265. No but I have done that before. However, for this install I used the Gnome Live ISO and installed from there using the Calamares installer.
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  3266. You can just use any Live ISO on a USB for this couldn't you? If you want something to save on, some distros support persistence on Live USB sticks.
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  3267. Thanks! 👍
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  3268. That's something you might want to test out yourself by dualbooting first. Nvidia driver versions have always annoyed me with how one version works then breaks with the next. Not long ago I actually switched my systems over to AMD so I don't have to deal with drivers anymore.
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  3269. As long as PureOS supports kernel 5.9 it should be fine. If you have issues, you could always select the old kernel in GRUB and then remove the new wireguard and kernel 5.9.
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  3270. Correct. It will only install from backports if you tell it to.
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  3271. Good tip thanks!
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  3272. That is Gnome
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  3273.  @AcidiFy574  The community can indeed be harsh. Some of it is because they spend a lot of time writing documentation and WiKi entries to help people. So people come and ask for help before reading the documentation. As for the equivalent in Debian, they have PPA's for that. Individual repos where you can pull someone's software that they wrote which isn't in the official repos.
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  3274. Not at all. AUR is a user repository. Backports are simply a different branch where the testing branch packages are recompiled on the stable branch. This way if you're using Debian Stable, you can use the newer packages if you choose to. These packages are still made by the same developers and maintainers.
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  3275. Thanks! Gnome can be updated yes, or you can just run the Bullseye repos to get the newest Gnome (3.36). But to be honest, I still run Gnome 3.30 and it runs very well. No issues at all. Remember that Debian uses the most stable packages, not the newest one. It's all about stability.
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  3276. Thanks!
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  3277. Thanks Colin!
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  3278. Nice to hear, thank you!
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  3279. Thank you :)
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  3280. Great! So, surprises. Noted! The games thing I'm not so sure about. I've also considered a separate channel for gaming so as to not mix things up. We shall see!
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  3281. You're totally right! I think I'll be more than busy enough as it is without trying to manage a 2nd channel right now... Thanks for the comment!
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  3282. Turned out ok in the end. Rebooted, ran apt autoremove, then apt update/upgrade again, repeat and repeat. Seems ok now. All packages are up to date, and I'm happy to see that GIMP and kdenlive are the latest versions, but for some reason the newest Firefox is Quantum 52... boo....
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  3283. It did not go so well... I'm taking a break for dinner, but there's some weird dependency issues, and while KDE did load, the system tray has 2 volume icons, 2 power icons, 2 update icons... I think the system might have multiple versions of packages installed now somehow, or apt is corrupt... More to look into later...
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  3284. I will do an update once it’s installed on hardware and I’ll make a point to note this difference.
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  3285. I'm using an MSI Leopard Pro laptop.
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  3286. Right here : https://www.netrunner.com/ :)
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  3287. "Netrunner", not krunner. I saw you posted it as krunner on Google+ as well :D
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  3288. Yeah I just tried by enabling the Debian testing repo. Had some issues updating the repos because of appstream errors, but updating appstream fixed it. 1659 package updates... 1.4 GB. I'll do that once I put it on hardware!
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  3289. Haha yes Johan, I know you love your Peppermint 😉 Do you have a 2nd or 3rd favorite distro?
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  3290. I'm really liking it too. Thanks for watching! :)
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  3291. Thank you! What alternatives do you prefer? I’m currently using Q4OS with KDE...
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  3292. Thanks TJ! I made the logo with Photoshop. I could have also probably done it with Krita but it would have taken me longer. The intro I had professionally made. My blender skills couldn't cut it so I decided to pay someone lol Yes I'm impressed with Netrunner and sort of liking Debian distros lately :) Thanks for the comment man!
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  3293. Nice. Thanks for watching!
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  3294. Thanks for watching, and for the comment! :)
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  3295. You have to put the folders in ~/.icons not .themes :)
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  3296. Prego , I’m glad I could help! Ciao!
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  3297. On my host machine it’s 2 themes, Moka and Arc-Maia. You can download both from my projects page https://osdn.net/projects/scionlinux/releases/ The file you want is Scion-icons-moka-Maia and you need to install both folders into your .icons folder and select Arc-Maia as your theme.
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  3298. I'm sorry but I've deleted all the ISO's and software for Scion from OSDN and SourceForge.
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  3299. Thanks! Yes I will indeed continue with the channel, I just couldn't continue doing Scion as well...
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  3300. Haha thank you so much Johan! I appreciate it :) :) It does help lol
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  3301. Thanks Johan, but every cloud has a silver lining or something right ;) On the plus side, this frees me to focus more on my channel, and relieves the guilt of not actively working on Scion, so good things shall come from it :)
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  3302. Haha yes the lottery would make everything better indeed! It is very much like a Windows install using a USB stick. You just download the ISO you want, and use a program like Rufus (for windows) to put the image onto the USB and make it bootable. Then just follow the install instructions. I have of course already done a video showing you how to do this! Here: https://youtu.be/MmbpN5Vsqm8
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  3303. Thanks. Yes I might, who knows... I also have an Arch version that I've been tinkering with for several months. The python scripts are still usable yes. But the update utility is only designed to work with Ubuntu and uses aptdcon, but it could be adapted to work with any distro's package manager.
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  3304. Sweet 😎
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  3305. Interesting. Feel free to carry it on in any way you want :)
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  3306. Shipping a broken package is only one problem. If a hardware or power failure happens even after the download is compete and the files are actually being written, then you have a problem. Especially if it's to do with major components like the kernel, or even simpler things like the display manager, which can be fixed, but is still inconvenient. Much easier to roll back and run the upgrade again.
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  3307. On my host machine in this video I'm using Debian with the Gnome desktop manager.
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  3308. Thank you :)
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  3309. I did see some things about installing deb files but it's not that simple and needs a bit of work to make it happen. But it's doable.
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  3310. Thanks. I'll see what comes up as I explore it more :)
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  3311. I've read about it and bit and I will definitely give it a try!
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  3312. You are welcome!
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  3313. No, NixOS is not based on anything, it is it’s own distro.
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  3314. Thank you very much 👍
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  3315. Can't have it both ways unfortunately. NixOS is also a very small team and not as many users as the major distros either, which makes keeping up harder when the goal is stability.
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  3316. It is great, and yes it's super easy to replicate your setup.
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  3317. It’s already out 😁 Check my channel!
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  3318. Thanks for the tip!
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  3319. Glad I could help
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  3320. I'm not sure if you can go into that much detail with the .nix files, but you could backup and restore the Xfce conig files separately to keep your settings. But to be honest, it takes me about 3 minutes to reset Xfce the way I like it so it would't save that much time.
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  3321. I have, a while ago when I used to use PC’s, but I mostly use laptops now. I have however still had a system freeze up during upgrades and requiring the machine to be forced off...
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  3322. Nix started as a project long ago but is now a very stable system. It’s also very unlikely to ever end up with a broken system.
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  3323. Thanks! Yeah this video took some extra work to explain things 😊
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  3324. It's on my list of things to do :)
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  3325. Thanks for the info!
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  3326. Thank you 😁
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  3327. Thanks! I've already been looking into home-manager and it looks like something I'll definitely be trying. Cheers!
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  3328. Thank you!
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  3329. Glad you enjoyed it!
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  3330. Indeed! I’ve been busy and traveling but the show must go on 😁
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  3331. Thanks man! Yes it’s all good but I’m hoping to be getting ready to go home in a few week. Nice to hear from you again
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  3332. Well it tells you where the error is. What's in that configuration.nix file on line 58?
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  3333. It can if you never clean out old generations. There’s really no need to keep more than the last version just in case an upgrade goes wrong.
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  3334. Well, I never said it was new user friendly. But like all new users of anything, you should always learn and try. Some say Linux in general is not new user friendly, and I disagree with that as well.
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  3335. Glad you enjoyed it!
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  3336. Take a look at Fedora Silverblue.
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  3337. Hey Colin! Thank you very much! Hope you give it a whirl and see how easy it is once it's all set up :)
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  3338. Thanks, will do!
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  3339. No, you can do it that way or use nix-env
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  3340. Thank you very much! I'll be showing dual booting in the next video. Also, you will want Grub or systemd-boot to manage the generation for sure.
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  3341. Thanks!
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  3342. Not sure what I’d use on a tablet since I’ve never used Linux on one. You might want to do a quick google to make sure you pick a distro that supports the hardware well, especially the touchscreen obviously.
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  3343. Glad it was helpful!
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  3344. I've played with it a bit on a Debian VM, but strange things happened and I couldn't get it working right so I deleted the VM. I will give it another go on day.
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  3345. Neither. It is not based on any other distro so it uses its own package type. But there is a way to install .deb packages, I just haven’t tried it yet.
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  3346. Yes I learned that after making the video thanks to comments such as yours. Cheers!
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  3347. Definitely not for everyone, but very interesting concept.
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  3348. Thanks! Seems like you can enable dwm in the config but I haven't tried it. I found an example here (just search the config for 'dwm') https://github.com/Thomashrb/.nixos/blob/master/configuration.nix
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  3349. Yes, as long as you save your configuration, you can easily clone it to another machine. And you can go one step further by also saving all your dotfiles so that your desktop and application settings are also copied over.
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  3350. There is now a graphical installer like any other distro
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  3351. Thank you! It’s a great one to try. Good luck!
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  3352. This is true. But that’s why you should wait a few weeks before clearing them up to make sure it’s good to go.
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  3353. I only covered the basics here, and how it works. It’s not just about downgrading, it’s about system stability. You could pull the power plug during an upgrade (even the kernel) and nothing bad will happen, it’ll just boot into the last good generation like as if the upgrade never even started.
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  3354. Not sure, I haven’t tried it yet.
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  3355. Yes you should add the text and not remove anything (like you did). You will always see the ACPI errors but it will boot and work properly now.
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  3356. Hi Eddie. Check out the first 10 minutes if this video and see if the acpi_osi trick works for you https://youtu.be/7jiaRJJ43kI
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  3357. No worries brother! I understand, stuff happens 😁 I hope things work out for you. Cheers.
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  3358. I can't take credit for those, they were provided by the Manjaro team :)
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  3359. They're asking about Windows.
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  3360. You could try UNetbootin for Windows. But Rufus should work fine. It always has for me... try a different version?
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  3361. Thanks :)
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  3362. I'll put it on the to-do list :)
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  3363. I tried it and I'm really not a fan personally. I really dislike the desktop setup. I might give it another shot, who knows.
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  3364. Not sure if I’ll do that because I see it as more of a distro developer tool than something for the average user.
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  3365. There's so much hardware out there that it's really hard to be able to recommend anything specific. But some are generally better than others, like Lenovo, Dell, HP and MSI. It's a pain, but you need to google each of the models to see if there's Linux problems.
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  3366. Awesome! Thanks for the info :) I was aware that there was a personal issue but I didn't want to get into it too much. Thanks again!
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  3367. Ah ok cool thanks :) So you have an hybrid nvidia card? Laptop?
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  3368. Hi Thomas, have a look at 12:17 in the video, this is where you select what desktop you want to install. There is an option here for KDE Plasma. Thanks for watching!
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  3369. Anytime :)
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  3370. It's very common for me to have 4 to 10 distros on my system lol Diggin my own hole ;) Thanks for the comment!
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  3371. Yes I did. He said he's never tried Manjaro so he can't help me. I then asked him if he ever had this issue on any distro and he didn't reply. Oh well...
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  3372. Thanks Johan! Kinda turned a real situation I had to resolve into a teaching moment :) If you meant the monitor problem where apps kept opening on the secondary display, that was happening on KDE. I went back to Gnome weeks ago because of screen recording glitches.
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  3373. You're welcome! Hope it helped you out :)
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  3374. I like Arc as well! Many themes will be included, I just haven’t decided which will be the default yet.
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  3375. Thanks Karl! Check your Twitter DM's ;)
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  3376. True. But I always tend to run commands combined like that. Always have for some reason
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  3377. Not sure why it would crash your audio... You could just remove the lines that were added to go back to how it was. Perhaps your running audio hardware that doesn't like the noise cancellation...
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  3378. Yes I usually do. But not everyone uses Bash. Fish for example does not have the CTRL+R shortcut.
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  3379. Glad it worked for you! Cheers :)
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  3380. Hi Gabriella! I must apologize for missing your reply! When you plug in an external microphone, you may have to run "pulseaudio -k" and let it restart. Then you should see your external microphone with noise cancellation as an input.
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  3381. Well, we need to find out which program you're missing. Try "pulseaudio --version" And see if you get a version back. If so, then you're missing wget which you can install in the terminal with "sudo apt install wget" Then try to run it again. Let me know if it works! ;)
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  3382. It is, but I often hate how it behaves.
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  3383. Thanks Nick! Hope it helped you out 😁
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  3384. If it’s not work long right you can remove the 3 lines from the file that I mention in the video description.
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  3385. Kdenlive
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  3386. Thanks! I do the zooming during editing after I've recorded.
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  3387. This is true. I also included the manual way to append the file in the video description.
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  3388. It works on any distro that uses pulseaudio, which is most of them.
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  3389. Glad it helped! 😁
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  3390. Yeah some are better than others. Enabling the noise cancellation can still help. I've also used this with a cheap USB microphone and a headset and it makes a big difference.
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  3391. Funny but no. There are dozens of ways to output/filter a file. Cat is not needed, but I'm in the habit of piping to grep because I pipe many commands to grep. Just grep <filter> <file>
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  3392. Thank you! 👍
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  3393. Great to hear! Made a big difference for me
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  3394. It should yes, because Lubuntu also uses pulseaudio.
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  3395. Aarav Prasad Go into the file mentioned in the description and remove the text I said to add. Then save it and reboot. What mic do you have?
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  3396. You're welcome!
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  3397. Thanks! 😄
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  3398. Strange. How did you install the drivers? Does rebooting show anything different?
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  3399. Should work if it’s the Dell 15” with the 960m. I also have a 960m, but I’ve never tried this on Kali...
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  3400. Funny you say that, I just did one yesterday : https://youtu.be/AM_kp8mgpGw I also discuss it in another video (still using my 960m) here : https://youtu.be/7KgX-LgDwQw
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  3401. Check my newer videos for Nvidia Optimus. I use it on Manjaro and Q4OS daily.
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  3402. Are you, or have you tried running Wayland instead of X11?
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  3403. I had luck with Ubuntu 16.04 using the NVidia control panel. There's an option in there called "tear-free", just check the box. Not sure why this isn't on be default though.
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  3404. That sounds handy! I'll have to check it out, thanks for the tip!
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  3405. Agreed! I should have added that to begin with since I actually use compton with Xfce :)
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  3406. Very strange. The only thing that could have happened is there were some conflicting dependencies, and your package manager would have notified you that those packages will be uninstalled before proceeding. Make sure your system is completely updated and reinstall those packages.
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  3407. The look and feel, desktop theme, and window decorations is breeze dark. The icons are Arc-Maia which also required the Moka icon set to be installed.
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  3408.  @coffee-vz1nr  Thanks, but the quality of Android phones I've seen were poor, and I really don't like the Google App store because there's too many poor apps. But the Apple store isn't that much better... Truth be told, it's just a phone to me and I only need to be able to make calls, text and occasionally e-mail. The fact is that I just got a really good deal on my iPhone and it was practically free.
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  3409. I've never had the chance to try it but it seems cool. I've only ever owned one Android phone and it was along time ago. Other than that it's been Windows Phones until some time in the past year when I begrudgingly got my first iPhone.
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  3410. Thanks! The list is a general list, and of course there are tons of alternatives. I've never liked VMWare for personal computers. I use it at work, but VirtualBox is nicer to use and doens't require drivers. Krita is ok, but very slow. I actually use Photoshop most of the time lol I'm not picky about the video players as long as it plays. VLC is the only one that's been problem-free. I had choppyness with MPV. I did this video long before Steam Play was released... Play is ok, but it can't install PS ;) ... Thanks for the comment!
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  3411. Linux Network Haha thanks! 😁👍
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  3412.  @TealJosh  I've never used it for games, only things like Photoshop. Works great on Manjaro and Q4OS.
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  3413.  @王方明-w3u  Just use PlayOnLinux. It does all the hard work for you.
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  3414. Works great for me!
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  3415. Big personal preference thing here. I think most e-mail clients are a little clunky and dated. I really like how simple and clean the Geary interface is. It's also one of the only ones that receives mail real-time instead of checking on a time interval.
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  3416. Great list, thanks for sharing!
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  3417. Thanks for the comment Chris!
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  3418. Manjaro just works great, and the ability to use Nvidia Optimus dual GPU's is huge for me. Manjaro sets it all up with one quick command, and is much easier than any other distro. Like I mentioned, I do also use Q4OS a lot, and that is Debian-based. It also lets you use Optimus graphics easily as well.
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  3419. No, I primarily use Manjaro, but I also use Q4OS which is also great.
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  3420. Thank you! Glad you're enjoying it :)
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  3421. For games, probably. But I use it to install things like Photoshop. Can Lutris install Photoshop? Also, with Steam Play now letting Linux users play Windows games, we won't need Lutris or POL for games, except for maybe older games you already own and have a physical disk...
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  3422. Not many people will need or use this. But you can install it with the package net-tools, and then you must run it with sudo.
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  3423. I remember using VB4 lol For distros, I did Slackware, Redhat, Mandrake, Mandriva for my first few distros :) Geany handles multiple instances just fine. It's very lightweight with only gtk3 and python as dependencies. I usually use it tabbed, but either way will work just fine!
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  3424. VS Code is ok. I really disliked Atom for Python, which is what I usually code with (or plain bash). For that, Pycharm is tops by far. But I also get along great with Geany since it's lightweight and fast, and it's what I usually use.
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  3425. I never said VLC can screen record, nor did I ever mention anything about satellite channels OR dvb-t adapters. GIMP cannot edit layers like text after effects have been applied, and inkscape lacks the abilities to do much beyond vector graphics. I like Blender. But in the end I was only using it for video editing, and Kdenlive does a much better job at video editing and transitions, in less time.
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  3426. optirun and primus run do the same thing, but when I run primusrun I get a warning message. optirun give me no warnings. I picked PlayOnLinux simply because it offers more options, like installing Photoshop for example.
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  3427. Ok cool, I can look into it for you this evening. I’ve used it for a while and it’s always worked, but I never did try it on XFCE...
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  3428. Not good for coloring no lol. Didn’t work on KDE or Gnome? Weird, worked fine on KDE for me, and Gnome doesn’t need it (it’s built-in). Let me know if you still want to use it Cez.
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  3429. Thanks! Great list :)
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  3430.  @007arek  Staring at any bright light source in a dark environment is bad for your eyes. Most Kindles aren't lit up, so it's like reading on paper.
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  3431. Dark themes, and red shifted displays can be better for your eyes since you’re not staring at a bright display. It’s very good if you use your computer in a darker room.
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  3432. Very true! Geany works great for me and is very lightweight. But also lacks features that some users might want. Thanks for the comment!
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  3433. Interesting setup!
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  3434. I'd like to play with ZFS on one of my machines, but I worry because of lack of utilities for it. EXT4 has far more utilities. I played with BTRFS too and it's interesting as well. I'll put ZFS on my to-do list and give it a shot! Thanks for the comment Bert :)
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  3435. Yeah it takes a minute for your eyes to adjust ;) You can also edit how much it shifts. Sometimes it's a little much, and I limit it to 4000k.
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  3436. I do, check my How To playlist for a video on dual-booting.
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  3437. “Apps” simply fit better on a thumbnail. Really not that big of a deal. People also know what I mean when saying apps vs packages, especially new/novice users. The terms “apps” comes up in my analytics of what people search. Packages & programs don’t even make the list, and “applications” is hardly used. Gotta go with what people search for.
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  3438. That’s awesome. Do what you love to do. Too many people choose money over what they’re passionate about and regret it later in life. A bit more money is not worth hating your job every day and wishing you did something different. Good luck to you!
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  3439. I do like how the monochrome ones look, but I'm so used to the colored ones that it makes it hard to find what I'm looking for lol
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  3440. 4 years huh? Shows how much I know about football lol And yes, dd can definitely leave you crying if you make a mistake, especially a disastrous mistake like typing sda instead of sdb, which I have done, and messed up my main drive lol
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  3441. bill fawcett Hey Bill! Well I’ve been using KDE for a while now but as you can see by the glitchy recording, it’s gotta go! Been using Gnome for so long that it’s stuck to me lol The Gnome-disk-utility is handy, but use the ones I showed. More of a personal thing I guess, especially because I use dd to write ISO to USB sticks. Sorry to hear about the cup’s turnout. Hopefully things work out next year 😉
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  3442. Hah, that's a strange combo to use :) I do lots of spreadsheets for work and I haven't had an issue with LO spreadsheet. Are you using macros or something in your sheets? I used to use OpenOffice before they forked LibreOffice and then I switched. Been using LO ever since.
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  3443. Interesting. Is the user you're using a member of the group 'disk'?
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  3444. Thank you Dash, glad to be able to show you a few new things :) Take care and thanks for watching!
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  3445. They weren't the executable names, only the application names. Many packages capitalize the package names on github etc. It's just a name...
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  3446. You’re welcome Andrew!
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  3447. One thing I dislike about Krita also applies to GIMP 2.10 and that’s the look of the tool icons. In GIMP I change the theme back to colored icons because it makes them easier to spot than the monochrome ones.
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  3448. Siddhant Sahu Thanks!
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  3449. I'm well aware of this considering I've been using it for almost 20 years, but I'm confused as to why you're mentioning that in this particular video...
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  3450. Indeed :)
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  3451. DC is pretty cool too. Never heard of sunflower though, I’ll check it out. Thanks Mike!
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  3452. I'll have to check that out, thanks Mark!
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  3453. I do a lot of image and video editing. Kinda need a mouse, and need to easily resize windows often.
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  3454. Thanks for sharing John! I've used Tilix before as well. I never tried Atom for markdown editing, only for Python, but it didn't go so well. Maybe I'll have another look at it.
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  3455. Indeed I am 😁
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  3456. Thanks David. Sadly after trying to use it for a few weeks, I reverted to PS. For one, using it all these years makes it hard to switch to something new. Also, Krita really struggles with some of the 4K images I'm trying to edit with multiple layers and heavy blending effects like drop shadows and stroke.
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  3457. Yes MPV is great. But I found on some systems the video would freeze. The audio would continue, and the video would resume again if you moved the mouse over the window. Strange glitch.
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  3458. I've been using Gnome for 10 years, but I started using KDE again recently this year, and I got to liking having everything on one panel at the bottom. Before this, I always kept the top bar, and used Dash to Dock to keep the sidebar visible all the time. But I liked the extra horizontal screen space, so I switched to Dash to Panel instead.
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  3459. Thanks! Yeah I installed Photoshop using PlayOnLinux because of certain features I need to use.
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  3460. Thanks for the list! :)
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  3461. Not for the OS itself. However, many media players have equalizers in their settings.
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  3462. I do really like Terminator! I used it in my custom distro. But then I switched it to xfce4-terminal for lower resource usage.
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  3463. I do like Stacer. But I found that I stopped installing it on new distros and just reverted back to the standard system monitors...
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  3464. Hehe, Linux brag! I like Plank. Very simple, still has mouseover zoom effects and uses much less resources. Just not quite as pretty :)
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  3465. I don't own an Android phone. I've only ever owned one and it was 8 years ago :P
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  3466. Heheh, I'm starting to use some K things as well :D
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  3467. Yeah! Very hard to beat, but for me, I think Pycharm's autocomplete is its biggest advantage. For the most part I'm fine just using Geany and it works very well and also does autocomplete if you've typed it before.
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  3468. Yeah a couple apps there are for Gnome, but other DE’s don’t really need something like tweak tools so I threw it in. 🙂
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  3469. Same here. I used to use Blender, but I've been using kdenlive for a very long time now.
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  3470. Yep. I also have work-related reasons. There’s some database work I do in access that heavily uses forms and reports which just don’t work properly in LibreOffice or OpenOffice or WPS. I have no choice but to keep Windows on my main machine so I can use MS Access for files I bring home from work.
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  3471. Thanks! I have tried using Inkscape and I found that Photoshop is just easier and quicker to use. I do plan to switch to something opensource eventually. Hopefully when Krita is done with their bug fixes we’ll see some performance boosts. I’ve used Photoshop forever so it’s very hard to change.
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  3472. I get by with 16GB of RAM pretty easily. I give the distros either 4 or 8GB of RAM and it’s more than enough to use it normally.
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  3473. Sounds like you better just stick to Windows then.
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  3474. There is no need to manually reduce CPU power. Manjaro and many other distros have tlp installed which automatically manages CPU power in a much more efficient way than Windows. Right now as I'm typing this, my i7-6700HQ processor is 29 degrees Celcius. Tlp also automatically lowers and limits CPU power even more when on battery, and turns on even more power-saving features like turning off the soundcard and other devices when not in use. No need to do anything. It sounds to me like Linux just isn't your thing, and that's fine. Many people find it hard to grasp or confusing, especially if you're used to Windows. Terminal commands are actually quite simple. Not taking time to learn Linux at all means you'll never learn it. It's not Mac...
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  3475. Ah I haven’t used an AMD system in a very long time so I’m not sure what the state of it is. Manjaro has GUIs to do everything including installing drivers. I just personally prefer using the terminal.
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  3476. Yes this is true. However, you can always either add repos for nvidia etc to ensure you get the latest drivers, or install a rolling release distro like Manjaro or any Arch-based distro.
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  3477. I’ll have to check that out. Thanks Peter!
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  3478. Yeah maybe because I do my thumbnails in 4K with lots of effects and then scale them down.
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  3479. Thank you! I appreciate the comment 😁
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  3480. Good applications! You install discord instead of just using the site?
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  3481. Yes but it doesn't have many effects or filters (distortions, wave, blur, etc) and it's more for vector graphics. Krita will hopefully surpass or at least get very close to Photoshop eventually...
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  3482. Ah yeah zsh. I used it for a while, and you can spot it in some of my videos. Might have to re-explore it again ;) Thanks for the comment Alex!
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  3483. Once Krita’s performance gets bumped up, I might switch to that. But for now, editing with layer effects at 4K is just too slow and I have to stick with Photoshop until then.
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  3484. Not sure if Steam is available on arm devices. I don’t own one so I know nothing about them sorry.
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  3485. With regards to this series, it's a little outdated since it's a very old version of Ubuntu. There are likely many changed to be made with the current version.
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  3486. Thanks!
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  3487. I know, I don't know why it did that. I mentioned it in the comments and in the little popup at the end before the blank part. I'll be redoing this series anyways with better quality and editing.
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  3488.  @Enum_Dev  Right. If you're using a newer version of Ubuntu, SystemBack is no longer in the repo for some reason. But yes you can install it manually as you did.
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  3489. Whichever file manager you choose should be able to manage icons on the desktop as well.
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  3490. There are several methods. But one of the easier ones is to use the program SystemBack. It can also create a LiveUSB/DVD of your system for you.
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  3491. There are several options, but one of the easier ones is by using SystemBack. It allows you to also make live images.
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  3492. Look up the commands for whichever file manager you're using. Most of them have a command that lets them handle the desktop. PCManFM for example is "pcmanfm --desktop", so if you put that in your autostart file, it'll let you have desktop icons.
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  3493. I also prefer pcmanfm. You bet, check out https://sourceforge.net/projects/scionlinux/files/Theming/ Download the compressed file and follow instructions in the readme. I'll be adding more "parts" as separate downloads as time goes on and when I find time/think of it. Thanks for the comment :)
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  3494. Thanks :)
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  3495. I wrote the application in Python using Geany. You can see all the source code yourself on a Scion system at /opt/scion/iron.py
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  3496. Voinea Matei I’m sorry I’m extremely busy lately and my to-do list is very very long. Any time I have to spare right now is going to Scion and my list of upcoming reviews. I’ll make a note of it but can’t make any promises. Thanks.
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  3497. It is true that a few extra things are included which can make life easier which is great. And Fedora is definitely a solid platform to build on. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get Nvidia graphics running on two of my systems (960 and 1080) after spending about 2.5 hours trying. Like most distros, some graphics work, some don't. It's Linux's biggest downfall overall. I'm looking forward to 27 coming out to get the newest drivers out of the Fedora repos, and I'm very curious to see what kind of software they include this time ;)
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  3498. So just updating this, since I'm using Plasma 5 I guess, there's no command called "kstart" and had to use "kstart5 plasmashell". They must have renamed it in recent versions.
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  3499. True, but one time the whole thing was frozen so I'm not sure the the ALT+F2 would have even worked... Had to press ALT+CTRL+F2 to switch to terminal and reboot... I'll just do both so I'm safe either way :)
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  3500. Nice thanks for that tip! I'll have make a script to run that command so I can call it anytime... I used Kubuntu long ago for a very short time. I'll have to give it a shot again and see what it's like lately. Thanks again Mario!
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  3501. Yes this particular video was definitely too loud, it's usually very quiet. I normally listen with headphones to gauge how loud it is but for this one I only used my laptop speakers. But I've been experimenting with some videos having none lately. It does have a purpose; to hide background noises. But as my audio recording gets better in quality, it might not be necessary.
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  3502. Thanks for the feedback on the background music, honestly! I always worry about it and spend lots of time tweaking the volumes and listen to the whole thing twice. So a 20 minute video is easily 1 hour of just listening and tweaking volumes... Last night though I had to only use my laptop speakers to do it because I couldn't find my headphones... I gave Peppermint 9 a try as well on release day. Considered a review but it needs manual guest additions installed, and doesn't have much going for Nvidia Hybrid graphics, so I skipped it :P
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  3503. What makes it even harder to diagnose, is that I run KDE Plasma 5 on both Q4OS and Netrunner with compositor enabled, the newest Nvidia drivers, same screen recording version, but I get no flickering or issues! It only happens in Manjaro KDE.
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  3504. I noticed that disabling the compositor makes it go away. But then all the eye candy is gone lol I’m thinking transparencies are a possible culprit.
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  3505. What graphics setup do you have? I have an Nvidia 960M, it’s dual hybrid Nvidia/Intel Optimus graphics. I’m using the latest proprietary drivers in the Manjaro repo.
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  3506. Tried that. I pretty much tried everything I could Google and everything people have suggested. Still have no idea what the problem was, but I've tried 3 other KDE distros and didn't have this issue. So it was something to do with Manjaro I'm thinking, possibly a driver issue...
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  3507. For my thumbnails, inkscape really doesn't cut it, and Krita is far too slow when doing layer blending for text. I've used PS for a long time so I'm very used to it. I've been slowly trying to get used to Krita, but sometimes when I'm making a thumbail I get frustrated wasting too much time looking for a feature, or trying to make adjustments and having to wait so long to see changes. I'm very hopeful for Krita and really hope they speed up their blend effects, but at this point today, they can't compete with PS... Thanks for the comment and thanks for subscribing! :)
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  3508. How do you mean?
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  3509. Right on, I'll definitely hit you up on how to link up with the group one day. Been real busy the past couple weeks and way behind in video production. Long overdue for an upload :P Thanks very much for the invite!
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  3510. BigDaddyLinux I would love that! I’m not really set up for streaming right now and only have a crappy webcam but I’m working on a new setup. Just hoping the community support keeps increasing to help me out and eventually get a nice camera 😉
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  3511. BigDaddyLinux Yeah I never had many crashes, but screen recording glitches is a dealbreaker for me... By the way, I’ve been catching up on your shows. Very entertaining, keep up the good work! Thanks Rocco 😁
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  3512. Didn't work. To be clear, this is only in screen recordings. I don't see any flickering or artifacts on my screen, they only show up in the recording. I like KDE very much, but if I can't record it cleanly, I have to go back to Gnome...
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  3513. I'll give it a shot and see if it helps. My monitor on my laptop is a 60Hz, pretty standard. I'll see what happens with those settings. Thanks!
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  3514. Haha congrats! My wife and I just found out yesterday that our baby is a boy! :) Yes I had everything backed up to my Raid-5 NAS. I do need to figure out a 2nd location to store files though. The cloud might be a good option.
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  3515. Thanks! 🙂
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  3516.  @kxx1v9  Thanks very much! I do try hard to reply to every comment. Sometimes I get a little behind but I try to catch up eventually :) Cheers!
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  3517. That’s great to hear. I’m glad it helped you out. Cheers!
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  3518. Thanks! It can come in handy!
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  3519. Thank you!
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  3520. If that’s the case, then the file system is likely damaged beyond the ability to recover the files. Not much that can be done at this point unfortunately.
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  3521. I appreciate that!
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  3522. Possibly. But remember that every new file written to the disk has a chance of overwriting where a deleted file is located.
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  3523. You can follow the steps in the video to recover files from NTFS as well. Have a look at the documentation for specifics.
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  3524. I'm hoping it helps out many people :)
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  3525. Thanks! And yes, you can download the gparted ISO and extract it to a USB stick just like any other distro. There are several utilities in both Linux and Windows to put ISO files onto USB sticks.
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  3526. Thank you. Yes you can access NTFS and FAT partition from within Linux. There are utilities like testdisk and ntfsundelete that can help you there. But you will need to ensure the Windows partition is not encrypted with Bitlocker, and that the Windows fast startup (hibernation) is disabled. Otherwise you can't access the partition.
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  3527. Sambit Saha If you don’t use it it’s fine.
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  3528. Sambit Saha Possibly. It won’t hurt to try and see if anything can be found
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  3529. Probably not everything, but you may be able to recover some files depending on where they were on the disk.
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  3530.  @NitrosS  Yes. But if you reboot then that software will be gone.
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  3531. You can use live media for this. No need for persistent storage.
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  3532. There's always a couple of those people ;)
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  3533. Thank you!
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  3534. Yes it would.
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  3535. Haha I do know what you're talking about (Monty Python) lol Thanks Bill. I'm always trying to improve in one way or another whether it be content quality or quicker/streamlined recording/editing. I DO have a mostly-built 32-bit version of Scion! It's not done yet but I'll try to get it finished and uploaded. Kinda bothers me having a partially-built distro anyways lol Thanks again Bill!
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  3536. Thank Karl! Will do for sure :) Still up in the air about a new avatar/logo.... I'm being very picky about it and running out of ideas... By the way, your name showed up in the draw 3 times in the top 49! lol
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  3537. Haha awesome! Well if anything, he probably just did like everyone else does and blame the upstream... Thanks so much Ross! And thanks for the laugh :D
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  3538. Good to know! This is why I need to start buying new hardware lol Scion 18.2 will have kernel 4.13 out of the box and is due out in the next few weeks. Thanks very much for this info! It helps a lot :)
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  3539. brandleesee Not at this time, but that could change. Right now since this is something I work on on the side, I don’t want to have to deal with too many package changes. Rolling distros are more likely to end up with something broken after an upgrade. And, I just don’t have the time to keep up with all the constant changes. So for now I’ll stick to a stable fixed release model.
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  3540. FeelingShred I agree it is important. As I said I noted it so that if I pick up Scion again, I’ll ensure to include BT support 🙂
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  3541. I’ll note that as well. I absolutely abhor Bluetooth. It never works 100%, the standards and versions are a mess, and I avoid it in my life as much as possible. The only thing I use that is Bluetooth is for my phone in my truck for hands-free. And even that doesn’t work all the time either. They really need to start from scratch with something more reliable and forget about all the old stuff.
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  3542. Thanks for the info. I've noted it in my to-do list for Scion. I've actually stopped working on Scion because it was taking too much time away from other things and I just didn't have time to keep working on it. I might revive it one day, but I currently have no plans on when.
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  3543. Thanks man! I hope to make it even better in the future :)
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  3544. I didn't end up doing an installer for 18.2 because of the time crunch... I just kept the same Systemback method as before.
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  3545. 18.2 is out now! I stayed up quite late to get this pushed out. I needed to get it out because I wanted the new kernels out there. I didn't expect 340 downloads in the first week! More info will be on my Sourceforge later today but you can download it now: https://scionlinux.sourceforge.io
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  3546. Ok, in that case, you can install kernel 4.13.0-32. Use that one or newer so that you have the patches applied for Spectre and Meltdown. I added info for it as well as the command line to install everything for 4.13 on my WiKi : https://sourceforge.net/p/scionlinux/wiki/Home/ Only 4.4.0-112+ and 4.13.0-32+ have the patches so don't use anything else if you don't have to.
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  3547. Further to needing your wifi info, I was wondering if you tried restarting NetworkManager with "sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager" ?? I am aware of something with the network manager sometimes not showing WiFi settings properly after a system goes to sleep. You can restart it for now, and I'll be adding a script that does this automatically in the next update (tonight or tomorrow morning).
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  3548. Can you send me your wireless card's info? Just open terminal and type : lspci --nnk And you should get 4 lines with the first line that says "Wireless" like this : 02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation Wireless 3165 [8086:3165] (rev 81) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dual Band Wireless AC 3165 [8086:4010] Kernel driver in use: iwlwifi Kernel modules: iwlwifi Thanks!
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  3549. I have, in fact, it's in one of my videos here: https://youtu.be/kOZA_48SpsA But I still prefer Gnome as a daily work driver. Budgie has a few things that need a bit of polish. I might try it out for a full week and see how it goes.
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  3550. Yes, I've also heard that.
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  3551. youtube acct I do but I’m sorry I don’t have much time to help people. As you can probably tell since I haven’t uploaded a video since October...
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  3552. You could add a command to do "sudo apt install..." I suppose, but then it will try to install whenever you login. I wouldn't recommend it.
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  3553. Root Kalinethunter I have been to Amsterdam once yes but I’ve been to Arnhem many many times at the movie theatre there. The one on many different levels where they serve you at your seat. Love it there. I’ve also been many times to Malden and Zevenaar and other places in that area. But I’m from Canada 😁
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  3554. There are some differences. PS I love the Netherlands and have been there many many times 😁👍
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  3555. Some distros have obmenu3 as the package name. I’m not familiar with Kali though.
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  3556. I did a video on this already a while back. But it used SystemBack, which isn't supported in the latest Ubuntu versions. You may be able to install it manually though, I'm not sure. See here : https://youtu.be/2tUkmeDdXjM
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  3557. Check my from scratch playlist for how to make a USB iso.
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  3558. Yes I have a long list of videos to make and this one is always in my mind... I do now prefer using Plank instead of Docky, it works better.
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  3559. It sounds like a hardware issue to me.
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  3560. You'll need to use a file manager that can manage the desktop. Most of them can. Then use the proper command to launch it when the desktop starts up using the autostart file.
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  3561. Try plank
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  3562. Thanks! No this isn't my job, it's just a hobby. And I'm afraid I've never really used Linux to setup any kind of web server but I wish I could help.
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  3563. I hope it worked well for you! I haven't tried a Raspberry Pi yet.
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  3564. Yes, and if you're running an applications menu, it will also show up there under Preferences.
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  3565. DEV Zone 🙏 Thank you! 👍
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  3566. DEV Zone Hi, yes everything is fine. My wife had a baby and I got a new position at work so I’ve been very busy the past few months. I’m looking forward to creating more videos as soon as I get some more free time again. 🙂
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  3567. Not sure what you mean.
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  3568. My example is using the Ubuntu 16.04 ISO, make sure it's not 18.xx. Also, it may be a hardware problem, like if your system has an Atom processor or something.
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  3569. There's many methods here. You could simply choose a cursor theme with invisible or blank cursors for touchscreens. Or, you could install a package called unclutter. Unclutter makes your mouse cursor disappear after a second of it not moving. So when you touch, click, drag, the cursor will show for a second where you touched and then go away. That's probably your best bet.
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  3570. Glad you liked it! I’ll be coming out with a newer version with better audio and editing soon using Ubuntu 18.04 :)
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  3571. And you're using the same Ubuntu mini.iso and LightDM as a display manager?
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  3572.  @adamecki3698  Oh. Just clearing my throat...
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  3573. VirtualBox
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  3574.  @edgarparts226  It's not bad depending on your setup. Nvidia drivers work quite well. But if you run a laptop with dual GPU's like I do it can be a little trickier.
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  3575. That is a little much, and would require making some truly custom desktop modifications. You would also need to make the GUI work properly with controller, again some custom work. I would suggest you start tweaking and customizing things a bit at a time, and learn how you can make certain changes. Eventually you'll be able to figure it all out :)
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  3576. who cares When do you get this error?
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  3577. Well you definitely need a display manager, a session, some kind of panel, a way to launch applications and if you wish you could also have a dock. You can’t mix parts of Gnome because it all runs as one process so you can’t just use parts of it.
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  3578. You mean boot into the ISO? You can download it by searching "Ubuntu Mini ISO" like in the beginning, and use either Rufus or UNetbootin to copy the ISO to a USB stick and make it bootable. Both programs are free. You can also use a CD/DVD burner and burn the ISO to a disk.
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  3579. Yes it can be handy! But it doesn't tell you what version of DE you're running. With Gome you can do 'gnome-shell --version' and Unity do 'unity --version' in the terminal to find it :) Thanks for watching!
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  3580. If in VirtualBox you can install VirtualBox guest additions on the VM and that should do it. You can also install xrandr so you can set it in the terminal using the command (for example 1920x1080) : xrandr -s 1920x1080
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  3581. You can manually set the resolution in the guest to match your host. Or if you’re doing to auto resize thing sometimes you need to unmaximize the window and maximize again to trigger the resize.
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  3582.  @thomasmaxwell5818  What's the error? Do you have an internet connection you can test with "ping google.com"?
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  3583. The latest version available will work just fine.
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  3584. Apologies, this was based on 16.04. I haven't tried it with 18.04 yet.
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  3585. Well, I did do a video on customizing the install here : https://youtu.be/kOZA_48SpsA Might be what you're looking for? :)
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  3586. What happens?
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  3587. Yes you can. You can use any login manager you want.
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  3588. There are lots of different options. This is the great thing about building your own setup, you can make it however you want
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  3589. Can you ensure that obmenu is installed?
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  3590. Great to hear!
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  3591. Kill Eqron I’ll have to get back to you on those details in a few days. My wife and I just had a baby about 4 hours ago 😁
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  3592. Kill Eqron You need to install each gnome tool that you need. I would instead use smaller utilities. Like lxrandr for screen resolution etc.
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  3593. Thanks! Yes I've been meaning to do an updated one with better quality as well but right now I have a new baby in the family eating up my time :) I hope you enjoy the rest of my videos as well! Thanks for the comment :)
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  3594.  @jpro404  You're welcome!
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  3595. Yes! That's the greatest thing about Linux, you can use any components you want :). You can use fbpanel, or polybar, or whatever you prefer! Cheers :)
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  3596. Weird, I've never heard of that, but I'm glad it fixed itself lol
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  3597. This was my Windows 10 machine.
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  3598. youtube acct yep I understand that. Thanks for the comment!
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  3599.  @thomasmaxwell5818  That might be why. This video was made with 16.04. I'm sure there are a few differences that you'll run into
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  3600. Are you using the 18.04 version or newer?
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  3601. Every apt install command needs an internet connection because the packages are downloaded from a repo to be installed.
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  3602. Yep, way ahead of you lol. I think I mentioned the skel folder in one of my videos but I'm not 100% sure. I've got a distro out called Scion Linux here : https://osdn.net/projects/scionlinux/ It's currently beta, 18.2 uses SystemBack which is not only a great backup utility, but it can make a Live bootable ISO complete with an installer. But it's not a true installer. In version 18.2.4 on that same site I linked, I did a test-run of using the Ubiquity installer for a proper installation. But VirtualBox drivers are no longer compatible because they are pre-spectre/meltdown patches and don't work well on Virtual Machines. My next version 18.3 is due out very soon and I'm using a different installer this time because Ubiquity is too finicky. 18.3 is based off of Ubunutu 18.04 and is pretty much done, I'm just tweaking the AccountsService service right now, then I got a few more services to sort, and then customize the installer before release.
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  3603. Just reboot the VM. That fixed it for me.
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  3604. Thanks!
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  3605.  @Power1482VIDSSTUDIOPOWER  Great!
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  3606. You might have a bad hard drive, or some error on it.
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  3607. Well that’s the great thing about Linux. You can make it look however you want.
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  3608. Check this video : https://youtu.be/2tUkmeDdXjM
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  3609. Did you run a `sudo apt-get update` before trying to install openbox? I could be that it was pulled from the 14.04 repository. Or does apt-get not work at all for anything?
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  3610. It's quite an involved process that can't be explained in a YouTube comment. But there are plenty of websites out there that get you going with instructions such as this one : https://www.linuxvoice.com/build-your-own-linux-distro/
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  3611. Well, not really an installer like all distros have. But Clonezilla Live can make a boot DVD or USB with the ISO included, so you just boot and install the ISO from the same DVD or USB stick. The downside is that you don't get to customize while you install, and you don't get to choose your username and timezone etc during setup. You'll have to do those things after the ISO is cloned to the HDD.
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  3612. Glad to help out. Have fun with it!
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  3613. Thanks so much! I hope you enjoy the videos :)
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  3614. Thanks! I don't remember exactly where I got it, but if you do a good image search for "polygon mountains" there's tons of different ones there, including the one I'm using :) "Polygon landscape" also gives you some cool images.
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  3615. Thanks Reuben I appreciate it! :)
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  3616. Ask and you shall receive :) Antergos XFCE : https://youtu.be/JG3EOrB99Do
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  3617. Thanks Johan! Bookmarked :) And wow, the first image on the first link you sent me was of Schloss Wilhelminenberg in Vienna, and I've been there! (great food! ) lol
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  3618. Thanks Kit! Bookmarked :)
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  3619. I've never tried the hardware, but I hear good things from people who have. Good analogies compared to previous tech breakthroughs, but I hope the nightmares have gone away lol Thanks for the comment!
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  3620. Hey there! Ah, learn something new every day! I know gdebi but never heard of Eddy, and I actually just use apt for everything, even local downloaded deb files, works great! I've been playing with Elementary and I like it. Very interested in Juno as well! Glad to hear PopOS can work for the long-run. I have to agree with you on being the best (or one of), it's a fantastic setup and very polished! I'm excited to try it on hardware. Glad I'm not the only one who remembers Marvin! Where's the Kaboom? There's supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom! lol Thanks for the comment!
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  3621. That would be interesting... Two completely different workflows! I think some desktop comparisons could be interesting.
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  3622. No it doesn't.
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  3623. All explained here along with links to downloads :) https://youtu.be/ocl4rnmdYYE
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  3624. That’s great to hear, thank you!
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  3625. Hi Bill, thanks for the compliments :) I will be trying to throw in some little extra tips that not everyone knows about or maybe forgot about to benefit everyone ;) Thanks for the comment!
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  3626. Thanks Johan! I try :D
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  3627. Both ways are correct. But sudo stands for “super user do”, so I say it with the “do”.
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  3628. Yes it’s a great little trick!
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  3629. Fantastic!
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  3630. I’ve never used dab player. I’ve actually never owned a dab receiver for a PC so I don’t know much about it I’m afraid. I did own a stand-alone device that hooked up to my TV when I lived in Germany but that’s a different thing. There must be a forum for it where you can find some help on the subject and find the right driver that’ll work for you. Sorry I can be of any more help with that!
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  3631. Thanks very much Salah! I appreciate it :)
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  3632. Thank you!
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  3633. Glad it was helpful!
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  3634. That's a goo idea!
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  3635. Correct, but this is a good time to show how pipes work at the same time :)
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  3636. Thanks! 😁
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  3637. It should still be relevant today.
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  3638. You could do a complete clone of your hard drive to another drive, but that means removing one of the hard drives from a laptop and using an adapter so it can be accessed with USB...
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  3639. Thanks!
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  3640. Glad it was helpful! Thank you
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  3641. Thanks
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  3642. Thank you and I hope you found it useful :)
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  3643. Thanks! Yes I've heard that many times :)
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  3644. Not so much bitcoin but I do take PayPal donations.
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  3645. Icons are Arc-Maia and Moka. System theme is Matcha.
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  3646. Thank ya! Also check out my video on backing up with TimeShift!
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  3647. TimeShift
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  3648. Either will work, but rsync is simpler.
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  3649. Truth! Thanks 😁
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  3650. Thank you!
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  3651. That's great to hear! I'm glad you got it running :)
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  3652. You’re welcome 🙂
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  3653. I've you download a current version of Manjaro, it should be pretty straightforward and easy to install.
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  3654. Diego Ramirez you’re welcome Diego!
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  3655. Glad it got you going Nate! And you're welcome :)
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  3656. I used Manjaro Gnome for the longest time, but I switched to Manjaro Xfce a few months ago. I also use Q4OS 3.5 with KDE.
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  3657. Dex4Sure I do dual boot, but only to use Microsoft Access, I game just fine in Linux.
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  3658. Lord DankTron Yeah it’s nice to have something like Steam that ensure everything is compatible. The only games I own that are outside of Steam are very old games that work in either PlayOnLinux or DOSbox 😁
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  3659. Yes you can.
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  3660. Your system is probably locking up because of ACPI issues. Check the first part of this video on how to fix it with grub options : https://youtu.be/7jiaRJJ43kI And let me know if it works!
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  3661. You should use swap. If possible, upgrade your RAM, and this will make your OS use the swap less often or not at all. I have 16GB RAM on one of my systems and the swap is never used, but I DO still have it.
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  3662. Strange... what other OSes are on your hard drive? It could be that the installer doesn't know how to proceed.
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  3663. Make sure you create a new partition for the installation.
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  3664. That's strange. Perhaps the download was corrupt?
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  3665. Thanks Ian! Ubiquity is not user friendly or fun to use, but I might consider it. Calamares is a better choice in my opinion, and much easier to script.
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  3666. It's Manjaro Gnome with the dash-to-panel extension. And the wallpaper is something I randomly found lol For the swap space, you should have at least the same amount as your RAM, but doing double is better. So in your case an 8GB swap partition would work well.
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  3667. Thanks Bryan! Don’t forget to subscribe for more 😉👍 Thanks for watching
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  3668. Yes. If it took so long then it was because it was moving all the data.
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  3669. I should give it a go. If you follow my videos, I did a journey back to KDE after using Gnome for 10 years. But the Manjaro KDE had issues with screen recording. Maybe I'll try something else! Thanks for the comment :)
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  3670. Hmm. I ended up switching to Manjaro right after this video and I’ve been happy with it ever since. I also use Q4OS which is based on Debian and it’s been rock solid as well.
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  3671. Hi Tudor, no not Romanian, I'm Canadian :)
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  3672. DROP DATABASE I know what you mean. I’ve been using Q4OS 3.4 on the Debian Testing branch for a while. Pretty awesome!
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  3673. Hi Hassan, unfortunately no I do not. Did you try the 3 options I showed in my “What to do after installing Linux” video? One of those will always work with any of my test machines that give me issues. Just don’t forget the initial acpi_osi=! Before the next one.
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  3674. I did really like MX-17 when I reviewed it... I might have to put it on hardware and have a good look through the repos at available software :D Thanks Ross!
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  3675.  @steshaw6510  Manjaro is based on Arch but is much easier to install, and not quite so bleeding-edge on new releases so the stability is better.
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  3676. There are many KINDS of rolling releases. Some are much more controlled than others. Deepin interests me, but there's something I really don't like about the interface. It feels too much like it was designed for a touchscreen or something! Glad you're enjoying it though, that's all that matters :) Thanks for the comment!
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  3677. Very true. Have you seen my recent video of my switch from Arch to Debian? 😉
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  3678. Thanks but that's ok. I have everything pretty much how I like it now :) I tend to use the same themes all the time.
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  3679. Theming looks nice! What browser it that which lets your pop out the video like that? If that just a Firefox extension? I've used one before, I think it was Opera...
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  3680. YES! I totally forgot to mention the themes not working, also another annoyance... I've tried Antergos before, but I think the Manjaro community is larger... I'll keep it in mind for sure! Thanks for the comment :)
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  3681. Yeah I've been using Manjaro for a while now. I also use Q4OS often, it's based on Debian 10.
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  3682. Youtube Surfer Oh yeah. It’s not that it’s something wrong or unsafe, just unnecessary for regular desktop users.
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  3683. Youtube Surfer they’re great for servers but don’t belong on regular desktops.
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  3684. I hope they do. It makes the filesystem tab fill up with over a dozen items... makes no sense at all.
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  3685. Nope, not on the version I just downloaded yesterday. Now there's even more of them!
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  3686. I agree 100%! I don't miss Ubuntu at all :)
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  3687. AH, yes, I DO like MX-17! I did a review on it back in February actually :) https://youtu.be/zJWQ-JwlyL0
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  3688. I do like Debian, but I find they are quite behind sometimes with software and drivers. Perhaps I should visit the latest distro again 🙂
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  3689. I posted this video 5 months ago and it hasn't happened yet... However, if it does, I have no problems banning the users. I don't tolerate people who post troll comments.
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  3690. I did the openSUSE Leap 15 Beta video, but not a full install. I’m just working out bugs right now with the Optimus drivers but I hope to be up and running tonight.
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  3691. I did use Manjaro for a bit after making this video but I’ve been using Arch for a while now.
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  3692. Fair point Ruben! Corporate clouds and stacks makes even more sense as to why they're shifting so hard towards a server and IoT environment. Thanks for the comment!
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  3693. Yes, the snaps make sense in a server environment, but not a regular desktop.I did a quick video on removing snap for anyone that wanted to : https://youtu.be/1XHMc17pM2gThanks for the comment! And check out Manjaro! Or, if you like Debian or fixed releases, try Q4OS :)
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  3694. No, openSUSE has a whole other way of dealing with the dual Optimus graphics. Search for openSUSE Bumblebee install, it’s right on the openSUSE site. Follow the instructions there except when adding the repo for Nvidia, change the end of the URL from 42.3 to 15.0
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  3695. Yes but this is still Ubuntu-based so I'd still have the same issues with those annoying snap packs... I do love Xubuntu though! :)
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  3696. Your data will not be deleted if you move or resize your partition using this tool. However, anytime you modify partitions there is ALWAYS the very small chance that you'll lose data so it's important to backup everything. Saying that, I've personally never lost any data by resizing partitions.
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  3697. Are you sure you have an extended partition? What distro and version are you using?
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  3698. Agreed!
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  3699. Thank you!
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  3700. :D Thanks as always Colin, glad you got a chuckle out of it :)
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  3701. lol yeah yeah
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  3702. I didn't change anything about Photoshop, that's how it looks with default settings.
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  3703. It makes the VM access the internet through TOR which hides your true IP and location.
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  3704.  @yellowlinks  If my only 2 choices for making my thumbnails were Gimp or Krita I would use Krita. I’ve actually used it for a few thumbnails but found it was not as good or fast as photoshop.
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  3705. Well said! Thanks for the comment!
    1
  3706. Thank you :)
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  3707. Exactly! Thanks for the comment :)
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  3708. Hot and gross!
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  3709. Aris thanks! I’ll have to check that out!
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  3710. Pretty sure that's for searching for installed applications and not menu items in and application no? Never used Unity much so I could be wrong... Either way, I'm just so used to where to find things in GIMP and PS, I need to figure out where things are now in Krita. It's never fun learning a new UX for something like this lol
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  3711. Haha Iceland... The day after the video it stormed and got quite cool, same today, cool and lots of rain and storms. This week look good but with some rain, but I see in the forecast we're hitting the 30's again next weekend :( That kind of heat really makes it hard to get stuff done around the house, including doing videos lol
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  3712. 30's the maximum temp for any Canadian I think. Any higher and I'd better be at a beach or by the pool, otherwise, no thanks lol
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  3713. Thanks man :) I try lol
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  3714. I'll throw it on the list :) Already did Sabayon yesterday and just uploaded it now. Hoping to do Leap 15 beta next and then back to Calculate. Thanks for the suggestion!
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  3715. I have no current desire to revive Scion. Especially since I'm unsure if I'll stick with an Ubuntu base, or switch Debian or Arch.
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  3716. I meant the command line options are similar to pacman, not identical.
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  3717. Yeah I had initially done that in my earlier build and then totally forgot the name should be the same :P I'm not a big fan of this system and local repo idea. They should just stick to one location for the conf files.
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  3718. The xinitrc file would be the same on a systemd distro. Lightdm and dbus service can be started with systemctl, or, just reboot.
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  3719. Hi Serge. Yes I just stuck to using obmenu-generator instead. And gksu is used by octoxbps to prompt for a password to manage packages. If you don't install it, it just complains that it can't prompt. I tried to keep the video as short as possible and just get a desktop up and running. I do plan on redoing my oldest from scratch videos which will be much more detailed.I've had a few people mention FreeBSD and I'm considering it ;)
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  3720. Thanks Matthew! I hope my video not only help new users understand the makings of a Linux desktop, but I hope they also draw in new users :)
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  3721. Good tip thanks!
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  3722. Strange, it should work, and that's exactly what I did... I wonder if they're having an issue with current packages... Can you make sure your system is completely up to date?
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  3723. What error do you get when you try to launch it in the terminal?
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  3724. I have checked that one out, and it does run nice. Unfortunately it still has the very manual-type installation that comes with Arch. I enjoyed those types of installs in the 90's and early 2000's, but there's no need for them nowadays. I also don't really have the time to do these kinds of installs just to check it out. Modern installers work very well, can provide lots of customization, and get you up and running in minutes.
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  3725. Thanks Johan! Sunday morning... Still nothing lol Glad you enjoyed the video!
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  3726. Agreed! However, you see the same thing on vehicle forums, PC hardware forums etc... People will often defend their choice as the best one. Using what's best for YOU is the real right choice ;)
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  3727. I started with Slackware, then RedHat, then a whole slew which included the wonderful but short lived Mandrake/Mandriva distros.  I used Ubuntu for a long time, but I ended up ditching it last year for Manjaro and I'm much happier.  I've also added a 2nd main distro : Q4OS, which is based on Debian, and I love it.
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  3728. Harald Engels agreed. That’s why my main system that I do my work on and record/edit my videos on is Ubuntu :) always stable and problem-free! Thanks for watching!
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  3729. I’ve never owned one, but I have seen it done. I think with a Pi 2 or 3 it’s easy but for a 1st gen you need an Arm version of the OS.
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  3730. I feel your pain. I've been frustrated by lack of hardware support as well. There are some thing that Linux is just a little behind on, like 4K displays, printers, and scanners are common issues and really bad when they're networked devices. Graphics can be bad too. Especially with optimus. I would suggest using XOrg instead of Wayland. Did you install the nvidia-390 drivers?
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  3731. Hm, I'm interested in your setup. I run a GTX 960 just fine... I use the nvidia-390 drivers. First of all, are you trying to dual-boot or just erase a disk and install 18.04 alone? Also, are you able to boot at all? Check my other video I just uploaded today https://youtu.be/7jiaRJJ43kI and look both at the beginning, and at 22:30 in the video. See if anything there helps at all?
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  3732. Because 17.xx was available to have something newer than 16. Now that 18 is out, 17 is no longer required. LTS releases are every two years, and they are supported the longest. See the chart here : https://www.ubuntu.com/info/release-end-of-life
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  3733. Yes, even when 16.04 was out, I ran 14.04 until 16.04.2 came out. It did not run nice at first on the hardware I had, but it improved later on.
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  3734. It doesn't work on a live system, it needs to be installed first. See the description.
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  3735. Yes, doesn't work on a Live boot though, that's what the problem was. Don't know why they do it like that...
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  3736. Looks like the Live boot doesn't have the same package available as the installed version, which I don't understand. I'm going to look into it! (see pinned comment)
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  3737. Good question. I would say likely no, but I suppose if you were to do all the hacking away yourself.... maybe? When I installed MacOS on my hackintosh PC, it took some extra steps to get the hardware running properly. MacOS is very picky on the hardware it needs.
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  3738.  @AlexSmith-jj9ul  I try to reply to every comment 😁👍
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  3739. Fair enough.Another alternative if you're comfortable swapping out hard drives and you have an extra laying aroung, would be to put a new drive in and install Qubes on that. This way you can swap back to your untouched current drive later.
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  3740. You're welcome!
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  3741.  @billbundle6009  If you go into your BIOS settings for your motherboard you should see options in there for those features. If they’re not turned on then just turn them on.
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  3742. Any modern computer should be able to run it. Just check the CPU specs to make sure it can do virtualization. Most can.
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  3743. The terminal should also show up, does it not? Have you updated the system?
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  3744. This is using the Arc theme. You can download and use any theme you want, and use the Appearance settings to set your theme.
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  3745. Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it 👍
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  3746. It would be nice for testing software yes. I’m on an i7 6th gen with 16GB of RAM.
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  3747. It's not that bad depending on how many VM's you run at once. You can have multiple applications running from within the same VM. For example at the beginning when I open Firefox and the File Manager, they are both running within one VM. A running VM with no applications running only uses about 400MB of RAM. After that, any application you start will use the same additional amount of RAM that it would normally use if running on the host.
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  3748.  @FireWolfx100  Well the OP that I replied to said he's running a dual-core, so, 2 cores isn't so great for running virtual machines...
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  3749. Your CPU will really be a bottleneck here, especially if you run more than one qube at a time.
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  3750. Glad it was helpful!
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  3751.  @cottage_pie  that’s also a good way. Backups are always the best idea no matter what.
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  3752. IF you install Qubes you have 2 options. Wipe your entire hard drive and install, or you can make room on your hard drive by adding another partition and dualboot your current OS with current files and Qubes.
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  3753. It can fit on a DL DVD. Most people use USB sticks nowadays though.
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  3754. I haven’t experienced it crash, but I suppose it could depending on what you’re doing with it. It seems very stable to me.
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  3755. Thanks!
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  3756. lol
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  3757. If a laptop has 2 nvme slots then yes.
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  3758. Very true. System requirements depends on how many VMs you plan to use. I have 16GB of RAM and have never had issues. You could get away with 8 as well.
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  3759. Tails has a specific use and is good for pentesting. I’d personally rather use Qubes since it can do more and run multiple environments in parallel. It gives you the option of running packages available in Fedora and Debian side by side.
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  3760. Thanks so much!
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  3761. Thank you! Cheers!
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  3762. Thank you!
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  3763.  @kalachnikovdmitri8690  Malheureusement, vous ne pouvez pas. Il n'y a pas d'option LiveCD pour le tester. Vous devez l'installer pour voire.
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  3764.  @kalachnikovdmitri8690  Seuls certains appareils sont pris en charge. La liste est ici https://www.qubes-os.org/hcl/
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  3765. Quelle est votre carte wifi? Si votre carte nécessite des pilotes non libres, cela peut ne pas fonctionner. Qubes prend seulement les logiciels libres.
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  3766. 1. No, it doesn't run in a VM very well without lots of hacking 2. See #1 3. You can use a VPN as an additional security layer 4. I doubt it.
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  3767. It's not something I would use for regular daily use, but I can see it's benefits for certain cases!
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  3768. Yes this distro is over the top for lots of cases
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  3769.  @NoEgg4u  That I'm not sure about. Never tried
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  3770. Yes you can! There are several different commands for this. For between VM's there is qvm-copy and qvm-move, but there are also 2 other commands from copying to and from Dom0 if you ever needed to. qvm-copy-to-vm is for Dom0 to a VM, but from a VM to Dom0 is a little more complicated and a longer command using qvm-run and cat together. It should all be in their documentation on their website if you want more specific examples.
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  3771. It can. There's documentation on their site on how to do it, but I've never tried it myself.
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  3772. Yes, most get filtered and the rest I just delete and ban 😁
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  3773. Yes, but not in the same way that Qubes does.
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  3774. Thanks Colin!
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  3775. It should all be the same with regards to mounting and chrooting. The difference would be that instead of installing grub, you install systemd-boot with the bootctl command and point it to the esp folder. The entire point of chroot'ing here is like bypassing the failed boot by cheating and using another disk to boot, then entering the OS from there.
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  3776. Oopsie, didn't catch that typo ;) Thanks!
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  3777. Well now you know how to fix it 😉
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  3778. True. But even though I am an Arch user, I'm well aware that Arch isn't for everyone. Gparted gives you some graphical tools to work with.
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  3779. The steps are the same. Except during the grub reinstallation. For that part you just need to follow the boot loader section of the Arch Install Guide.
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  3780. Thanks! 1) The dot slash ./ means the current directory you're in. It's force of habit for my to use it all the time and just ensures I'm calling the right file. There isn't always a need for it. 2) Yes and external screen recorder. 3) Yes you could, but reinstalling it also helps in case grub itself is corrupt. You could skip that step and see if it works, and if not, then reinstall grub. But I find it just saves time to do both. 4) Correct. Most distros give you a recovery option, however, that doesn't help if grub won't even start at all.
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  3781. External video capture onto my production machine.
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  3782. Perhaps if you tweak the script it might. The script checks for the CentOS version, so you’d have to change that or just remove the checks.
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  3783. Yes of course. Just needed a break
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  3784. Thank you very much! I've purchased a few good microphones over the years to get the best sound, and I use noise removal software as well. Always trying to improve though, because I also enjoy clear audio in videos :)
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  3785. I just editing my answer after looking into it a bit so check my last reply.
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  3786. Thanks! That’s a good question. I looked into it, and TimeShift doesn’t store actual files into the backups, only hard links. So deleting the original backup doesn’t delete the files if you have a newer backup, it only deletes the hard links. When there are no remaining links to files, then it is lost.
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  3787. Good idea. I do have this video : https://youtu.be/mmvfQHl03FA I used a LiveUSB to boot into a distro on my hard drive. Sort of similar. The only difference if you're on a LiveUSB would be that you open the settings and point TimeShift to wherever the backups are, and then do the same things I did in that video.
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  3788. Interesting. So does this mean you have to boot into Windows in order for you to be able to perform a backup? No automated backups if you stay in Linux?
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  3789. In theory yes, you could do this. However, it would be much easier and faster to just clone the drive or partitions to a new disk with something like the dd command for example.
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  3790. Hi Chuck. If TimeShift only saved one snapshot then I’m afraid that’s all that is available to restore. Unless you mean they have been saved elsewhere?
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  3791. It's not as graphically pretty as the Mac one, nor does it integrate as nice into the file manager. But it is very good, and automatic. I really like it!
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  3792. Indeed it can. And in fact, I had to do this with Timeshift to fix my system after my EFI partition got wrecked. Worked like a charm! :)
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  3793. Yes it would be better if you plan to also restore all the settings files.
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  3794. Provided you only restore folders like Documents, Download, Videos etc, it should be fine. Restoring hidden folders like .config .local etc might cause issues if restored to a different distro that uses different versions of packages.
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  3795.  @TheChadWork2001  I'll have to check that one out. I also just manually copy most of the time, but I've also used Deja-Dup which works very well and can backup to my NAS.
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  3796. No there isn't, but that would be great if it did! Snapper in openSUSE does this with the BTRFS filesystem. But with Timeshift, if you have 2 or 3 daily backups, you can always restore to the last one. Remember that it doesn't change your /home files unless you configure it to do so. I do think it would be cool to set a trigger to run a manual backup before an update (you could also do a manual update if you remember to).
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  3797. Awesome, that's a pretty useful way to rollback to your original distro if you're feeling adventurous! Thanks for the comment :)
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  3798. Glad to help!
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  3799. Thank you! Hopefully it saves you from future losses 😉
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  3800. SystemBack development and support ended and is not available for Ubuntu 18.04 or most current distros. I do find that this is the best current backup solution. But it still lacks SystemBack’s ability to create live bootable ISOs. It also can’t backup over a network, which means I still use Deja Dup to back up my documents over my network to my NAS.
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  3801. Haha yeah just load up the email client and login to Firefox and carry on huh? This was more for system backups and not personal files. If you try a new driver that goes bad, or some update screws things up, you can revert back to before the changes. It also fixes corrupt bootloaders which is awesome and saved me once. Thanks Johan!
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  3802. It depends on what you're using. If you're using Gnome Desktop, install "Tweak Tools" if it isn't already installed (It may also be called "Tweaks"). Install the "Dash to Dock" extension from here: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/307/dash-to-dock/ Then open "Tweak Tools", click on Extensions, and then the settings for Dash to Dock. You'll see an option there for the position. Are you running Gnome?
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  3803. I agree, I was never a Unity fan and I usually use Gnome.
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  3804. +1 ;)
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  3805. Hah, yes this is true. There's TONS of selection, and even when you pick which desktop you want to use, there are many variants on it. Every distro makes their own little changes to how it looks. But you can install any theme you want, or, make your own desktop from scratch.
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  3806. Even though I love Ubuntu, its theming is my least favorite. First thing I do is change the themes anyways lol +1 on waiting for Wayland :)
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  3807. Thanks for the heads-up on Solus! I tried it in a VM but didn't really try downloading too much so I'll have to look into it more. I haven't used Fedora in so long I think it was still called RedHat. I'll check out Korora for sure. Thanks for the comment :)
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  3808. I'll check it out, thanks!
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  3809. lalincedeldeserto It does work but it doesn’t record as smoothly.
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  3810. I use hardware capture for recording. I don't screen capture.
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  3811. Yeah it would be nice to be able to use extensions. There must be a way.
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  3812. Ishan Agarwal I think it was 5.7 or 5.8
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  3813.  @ishanagarwal475  Let's hope so!
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  3814. I’ll try different versions later and see if it can get working.
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  3815. I’ve never had an issue with it
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  3816. truth
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  3817. Steven It runs faster than Gnome on a distro because it’s a new version. But the RAM is only slightly less.
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  3818. Linux is the base kernel for all distros. But GnomeOS is not based on any other distro. Of course it would use the Linux Kernel though, everything does.
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  3819. Ah, yeah you need to use a filesystems override to be able to access mounts outside of the sandbox.
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  3820. Yeah there's a few things that bug me too much to not switch. Especially that video issue which doesn't happen in ANY other distro I've tried... Also, it won't connect to either of my network printers. Kind of annoying.
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  3821. No
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  3822. Ricardo Fabila I do use other distros which do not ask for money, and I do not use Elementary as my regular distro. I did however pay for my download of Elementary OS, and I purchased a couple of apps. My issue is not with paying, because I did, my issue is with obfuscating the ability to get these things for free, for the sake of other new users.
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  3823. I've tried it on 2 systems and the extension doesn't load...
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  3824. Doesn't work with the display settings window. It doesn't get any smaller than what's shown in the video, it can only go larger.
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  3825. Yes I tried that but it won't let the window go higher than the top of the sceen.
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  3826. Manu Bhat I just found that you had to close and reopen the programs before they changed. They don’t change as soon as you switch it.
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  3827. There's no tweak tool installed by default. You need to add a PPA and install it if you want it. I personally think it should be included in the eos repos, but I think that the devs don't like giving people the option of changing things.
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  3828. The only option I see is in Tweaks.
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  3829. Mel Gibson Yeah Plank is pretty old. But the compositor works very smooth on an older machine.
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  3830. Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it! I mirror it just because I have 2 computers and 3 monitors on my desk already. So I just plug in my laptop on the side and use a keyboard and mouse. It works fine when extended, but it should be able to mirror. All other distros I’ve tried mirror just fine including any other Debian and Ubuntu based ones.
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  3831. I’m really digging the layout I’m using now. Definitely like the simplicity 😎
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  3832. Glad to help! Gnome extensions make customizing almost limitless :) Thanks for the comment!
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  3833. Thanks! I'll have to look into that...
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  3834. It's all good, the websites were just me browsing for models. I have some great local stores to shop at.
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  3835. Amazon is a ripoff in Canada for most things.
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  3836. Thanks! I already had pamac installed, and I've been using pacman in terminal more than anything. Just like in Ubuntu I use apt in terminal as well...
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  3837. Yes, I just recorded a video yesterday about the differences between rolling releases and point releases :) I didn't upload it yet though.
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  3838. There's things like GnomeBasic, and a few others. But none are fully compatible with the Microsoft VB IDE. You may be able to run the Microsoft version in wine.
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  3839. You're very welcome!
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  3840. Either is fine, and I use Etcher in Linux sometimes. But I have found that sometimes Etcher doesn't create bootable media in Windows and I had to use Rufus for it to work. So my go-to in Linux is dd, followed by Etcher, but in Windows my go-to is Rufus.
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  3841. Thank you!
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  3842. Thanks!
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  3843. Thank you very much!
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  3844. Great to hear! Thank you :)
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  3845.  @tamaskiss4775  No it’s Debian 10. But I’m using the Dash to Panel extension. That’s what makes it look like that.
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  3846. That’s Debian
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  3847. In a nutshell, yes.
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  3848. It should work fine with that hardware. I’d recommend using either the KDE or Xfce desktops to save as much available RAM as possible.
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  3849. It's set to high bitrate. But this is a new mic I just picked up. The HyperX Quadcast. It still needs tweaking I suppose.
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  3850. I appreciate that!
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  3851. Well, that was actually Windows 10, but in Linux I get anywhere from 10-16 hours on battery, and even longer if I'm just document viewing/editing. This is on a Dell XPS 13.
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  3852. That tends to happen :)
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  3853. Thank you! 👍
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  3854. Thank you very much!
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  3855. Most don’t need any drivers installed unless you’re using a nonfree distro that doesn’t use proprietary software. Even then, it’s rare that the kernel itself doesn’t already support your hardware out of the box. AMD graphics are also supported directly within the Linux kernel itself.
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  3856. Nice!
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  3857. I think I’ll set up Manjaro with a good system snapshot setup for recovery of bad updates. Scion 18.3 should be good to go but I haven’t released it yet because I’ve been really busy, and any spare time goes into my YouTube channel. It works fine, but I haven’t really done many improvements to the software I’ve written for it. So it’s basically the same as 18.2 except it’s based on Ubuntu 18.04 with kernel 4.15 and has newer package versions of everything. Download counts have been pretty low and I haven’t received much feedback about it and I’m not even sure if anyone uses it. So I haven’t been motivated much to push the new version out so far.
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  3858. I haven't had color issues since the days of VGA cables and CRT monitors lol. You're quite correct about Linux not having an Intel graphics control panel... I've never heard of one! However, OS'es (Desktops) have color profiles. In Gnome, it's in the control panel > Devices > Colors. You can install and set profiles, but this is normally done automatically,and I've never done it (never needed to).
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  3859. Yeah I’ve experienced that using Tumbleweed.
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  3860. Thanks! Hopefully I don't run into broken updates again :P
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  3861. openSUSE is fantastic, no doubt about it! It saddens me a little that there's little support for Nnidia Optimus. Had I been able to get it going on my main laptop, then openSUSE would have been the winner. But I just can't argue with Manjaro's single-line command to get it working :P Thanks for the comment Noah!
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  3862. openSUSE Leap 15 was just released less than a week ago. Considering my hardware is almost 2 years old, it should be well supported. The theme is a Shell theme called Adapta-Teal-Nokto.
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  3863. Hmm, you should try booting the Manjaro ISO with this as kernel parameters : acpi_osi=! acpi_osi='Windows 2009' If it boots up, install it, and add that into your /etc/default/grub file and run sudo update-grub Then try the bumblebee wiki again. Should work! You can watch my "What to do after installing Linux" video for the boot kernel options I'm talking about in the first parts of the video.
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  3864. I thought of doing that yes. What NVidia GPU do you have? Did you get it installed and running on the Intel graphics at least? Because after that, it's literally running the one line I showed in this video. But, I'm for sure willing to do that. :)
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  3865. Thanks I appreciate it! I’ve used Manjaro before but some updates left my system broken. Seems all good now and happy to be using it again!
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  3866. I used it a while ago until some updates broke a few things and a reinstall just broke again after updates. Seems like it's past that hump of whatever was broken now. Definitely worth checking it out, especially if you run Nvidia hybrid graphics! No worries about the shout out, I'm very thankful for your support! Check your Twitter DM's, I sent you a link to Scion 18.3 Venus already ;) Thanks again bro!
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  3867. XFCE4 is fantastic! I'm just glued to Gnome from habit :P
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  3868. Ouch that sucks! I've downloaded the Calculate ISO but I think I need to get a fresh version of it so I can try it out. I've heard some good things, and I believe it was you that also brought it up before. I should get on with backing up my Manjaro system now lol Thank Johan and a good weekend to you as well!
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  3869. Ashwin Kumar For what it’s worth, I dug out my old license for Photoshop CS6 and installed it in Ubuntu 16.04. Works fine! I’ll probably keep using GIMP though because I’m used to it now...
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  3870. Ashwin Kumar Thanks! Yes it is a little different, but once you learn how things work it’s much easier. There’s also lots of extra plugins and filters that you can download and add to it. So you can either install Adobe in wine or pick up gimp, it’s up to you. Either way, good luck with it 👍
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  3871. Ashwin Kumar It will not. However, you can install it on Linux using WINE, or PlayOnLinux which is what I prefer since it handles all the WINE settings for you. Check the winehq.org AppDB to see what versions work well under wine. Or alternatively you could use GIMP which runs directly on Linux. DISCLAIMER: It is up to you to verify that installing Photoshop on wine does not go against any terms of use or licensing agreements. My advice does not imply that it is legal. The rest is up to you 😉
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  3872. It's Ubuntu 16.04 running Gnome. If you're interested in how I customized Gnome, check this out : https://youtu.be/gxn5s4itmGw
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  3873. Great idea. Thanks for watching!
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  3874.  @sooshi9314  I never ended up trying it out.
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  3875. Cool thanks for those! I actually do have a vector but only uploaded the PNG files. I should probably upload the SVG's too, but tomorrow, it's late.
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  3876. Right on! I put up a file called scion-logo.tar.gz here : https://osdn.net/projects/scionlinux/releases/69162 It has 3 different high-res versions of the logo. Good idea, and thanks!
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  3877. Thanks! I'll add those two fonts to the distro though! Someone else made a suggestion as well. Fonts aren't too large so it's fine to add some that people like ;)
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  3878. Yeah I needed something clean, easy to read, but still had a bit of style to it so it didn't look too "console"-ish ;) Those fonts are awesome in IDE's though, and I use similar ones in Pycharm!
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  3879. Thanks! I spent many hours downloading and going through fonts to find Merriweather so I'll stick with it. I just hadn't set it on the main menu yet. I'll add the suggestions I'm getting though :)
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  3880.  @manvendrasingh4556  Here's the link : https://youtu.be/2tUkmeDdXjM But as for a tutorial on an installer, I'm afraid that would be far too many hours of work to setup an example and do a runthrough.
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  3881. The 5th video in this series covers making an installer with SystemBack. But that's no longer available in current versions of Ubuntu. You can create an installer with Ubiquity or Calamares. Both have documentation on how to do this, but it's quite the process to get the initial setup done.
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  3882. Sure. You can just install it like you would anywhere else. If it's not in the repo, then add the PPA and install. Check the instructions on how to do that here : https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/11/make-cool-retro-terminal-ubuntu
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  3883. Yes just install it. You do not need to uninstall anything before.
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  3884. Please verify that dbus is actually installed.
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  3885. You can. Or just download the 64-bit version from here : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD
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  3886. Hmm. I wonder if it's an architecture problem then... Are you able to install the 64-bit version on the hardware?
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  3887. Interesting... It's hard to fix without being on the computer so bear with me. And you may have to retrace your steps, but there's a few things to try. Is it actually telling you it's an incorrect password or is it just going back to the login? Are you able to login as user "root" with the root password? If no to all of these, then boot up, and at the grub screen, press the letter "e". Now, on the Linux line (usually after "quiet splash") add the number 1 and press F10. Now you should be root and in the console. Type the following using "dorian" as an example username, but use your own username : "sudo chown dorian:dorian /home/dorian/.Xauthority" Now reboot and see if that works.
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  3888. Ok, well, it should accept your password... When you're at the LightDM login screen, can you press CTRL+ALT+F2 or F3 etc to get to the console and try logging in? And the encryption thing shouldn't cause any problems.
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  3889. Thanks! What is the error exactly? And what graphics card are you running?
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  3890. Since Enlightenment (e19) isn't in the standard Ubuntu repos, you'll have to add their PPA so you can pull it. Follow the instructions here http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/05/install-enlightenment-0-21-8-in-ubuntu-16-04-17-04/ I've never done an install with e19 nor have I even used it very much, but I would imagine that when you install it, it should be setup to work with the command "startx" just like openbox is, and should start as long as you haven't installed openbox already. If you'd like to be able to switch back and forth between DE's, then I would suggest using LightDM so that you can manually select which desktop you want when you login. Hope that helps. Thanks for the comment and question, and good luck!
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  3891. It's part of VirtualBox. Insert Guest Addition disk and then run the file.
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  3892.  @gouwsbrendon  No problem, I'm glad you were able to recover it! Cheers
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  3893. Ah, that's the baud rate. The speed of serial data transfer to the terminal server. More important if you run a terminal over a network/serial connection. Since we run it locally here, it's not important what the rate is, but a rate is still required by agetty.
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  3894. Not sure what you mean. What part of the video are you talking about?
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  3895. This example should log you straight into the desktop. Then you can use openbox's autostart file to start whichever application you want.
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  3896. Yeah sorry about that. It was pretty tiny, I think around 3, 3.5 Gigs installed. I have a larger distro that I'm working on now that has more software included, and after a squashfs to make it into a bootable ISO, it's around 940 MB.
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  3897. I wouldn't suggest using my tutorial for another distro or device. Ubuntu on a PC only.
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  3898. Ah, well that could explain some problems too if this is Rasbian... It's based on Debian, and this video is on Ubuntu. Even though Ubuntu is based on Debian, there are still some differences in package versions and file locations. There are even more differences if using ARM packages to use on the Raspberry Pi, which I'm not even familiar with at all.
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  3899. None of this sounds like any issues I've run into before, and I did this video in 2016 so the newest package versions could be the issue as well. It's honestly much too difficult to troubleshoot just over YouTube comments. I plan on redoing this with the 18.04 mini.iso so that it's up to date. You might have better luck starting from scratch again, you may have even missed a step. Askubuntu.com is also a great resource, and when you ask a question there you're able to post tons of output as requested by people trying to help, and people are able to post long answers in a nicer format.
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  3900. Hrm, that's not good! You need to get into a terminal and try running: sudo /etc/init.d/dbus restart See if it fixese dbus errors.
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  3901. Yes! There's a million ways to do this, and many many options to use for tools. That's the beauty of Linux. I'm just demonstrating here, one of the many ways to do it :)
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  3902. To edit what exactly? If you prefer a GUI editor you can use leafpad or geany which are installed in the terminal with "sudo apt install leafpad" or replace leafpad with geany or whichever editor you prefer. But you need at least openbox running to use those. If you're only in the terminal stage, you use something like nano, like I do in the video. Also, see my other videos for more, such as my #1 video in this series.
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  3903. Thanks for watching :)
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  3904. Cool! But as it is now, the boot splash screens don't work very well on 18.04 with kernel 4.15. They take a long time to load and only show for about 2 seconds. Hopefully they fix it in the future. It looks bad on virtual machines too, like the system froze. I think I'll disabled boot splash completely until it's fixed.
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  3905. Sorry for the delay, yes, it will resume where it left off. That's one of the best features of using screen.
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  3906. It may be something with how that instance is configured. Perhaps when you disconnect it kills all related processes that were opened. I would contact them so they can look into it.
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  3907. You're welcome, and thanks for watching!
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  3908. Good question. And to be honest, I played with tmux I but, but never switched over. tmux is pretty new, and screen has been around for at least well over 20 years. Pretty sure I was using screen in the 90's... Anyways, you would have to look into the tmux features and commands and just see if you want to use it. To be honest, screen is something that I just use because it's always been around and I'm used to it. And, it works really really well. I definitely don't feel like I'm missing out on anything.
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  3909. At 06:03 in the video you can see where I listed the running sessions with "screen -ls". With that in my example on the video, you could do "screen -S 28349 -X quit". Just use the numbers that are shown at the beginning of the session name.
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  3910. Thanks for watching!
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  3911. Nolan Frye Conky
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  3912. Thanks for watching! 😁
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  3913. Glad it helped!
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  3914. Something just got locked up with your package manager. A reboot normally fixes this.
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  3915. Thank you. Very handy when you do remote work.
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  3916. No, those are only used if you want to verify that the download didn't get corrupted. You only need the .iso file.
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  3917. It's just the regular gnome-shell but uses zsh instead of bash. I've also installed oh-my-zsh http://ohmyz.sh/ And the gnzh theme seen here : https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/wiki/themes Thanks for the comment!
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  3918. That's great to hear! Don't forget to check out my other videos and subscribe :)
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  3919. Haha oh god... Terrible Ross, but still made me laugh ;) Thanks!
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  3920. Thanks for watching!
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  3921. Thanks! Have a look here 😁 https://youtu.be/ocl4rnmdYYE
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  3922.  @gotchaxp  I haven’t tried Meow or anything else with the newer Gnome versions. I typically press the windows key and type what I want. But I also usually don’t use the app menu at all since I use the Dash to Panel extension now and I pin all the applications I normally use so they are always there.
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  3923. Yes it works great under Wine. The only glitch I encountered is sometimes tooltips get stuck and don’t go away so I just disable them.
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  3924. My video was more for Gnome in general, and not specific to Ubuntu or any other distro. Meow can be installed on pretty much any distro.
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  3925. It's not really needed anymore since in newer Gnome versions you can do this without anything extra.
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  3926. You're correct. This is no longer needed with the new Gnome out there.
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  3927. I’ve used Gnome the past 10 years, but I’ve started using KDE again lately. I like it. Still waiting to give Gnome 3.30 a try, it sounds great!
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  3928. Yeah Manjaro is hard to beat! That's why I've been using it so long :) But I did think it was worth a look, out of curiosity if anything.
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  3929. They might have just been down for maintenance. All 3 seem to be up and running fine right now.
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  3930. In a way yes since it’s constantly updated.
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  3931. You may need to reinstall VirtualBox Guest Additions. You can also go to the System Settings and try manually changing the resolution.
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  3932. Yep I’ve experienced crashes with kdenlive as well, and different versions work well on certain distros. Try downloading the kdenlive Appimage, I’ve had good luck with it and it doesn’t crash on me like the repo version.
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  3933. Maybe I’ll try a different build and put it on hardware.
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  3934. I haven't given up on it yet Richard. I do like the concept of the rolling desktop on a fixed base. Have you upgraded yet to the 18.04 version? I wonder if this is the source of some of the issues.
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  3935. Haven't tried the Debian-Mint yet. And so far, there's been a few glitches in KDE Neon... Not that impressed to be honest. Think I need to have a really good look at Gnome 3.30.
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  3936. Time will tell! I think if all goes well, I might put it on all my machines to try to test across various hardware. Thanks Nuno :)
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  3937. NVMe drives are sensitive to low voltage. I know there were issues because of this if you tried to use certain drives in a Pinebook Pro because it doesn’t provide enough voltage.
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  3938. Thank you :)
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  3939. Thanks! 👍
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  3940. Ooo nice! I’ll have to check that out, thanks!
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  3941. Good question. I’ve never had to tweak it, but you could always ask the developers.
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  3942. You're welcome :)
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  3943. That’s odd. Pop must have a different package that doesn’t include it.
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  3944. Did you install tlp? What distro are you using?
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  3945. I haven't tried it
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  3946. Glad it was helpful!
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  3947. Glad to know it works well! For the indicator, go to https://extensions.gnome.org and search “Nvidia GPU temperature indicator” and activate it. If you’ve never used Gnome extensions before, watch my video on the explanation here https://youtu.be/FA8sLNFIYhE If you have any questions, let me know! Thanks 😎
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  3948. With PlayOnLinux
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  3949. Thank you!
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  3950. Haha, well, it'll be legal next month in Canada ;) But I still probably won't partake in the new freedoms....
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  3951. Yeah no matter what you say or how you say it, someone will disagree with you lol
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  3952. Thanks! And how are you liking it so far? What were you using before?
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  3953. So it didn't let you sign up at all? I wonder if they're having issues... That's unfortunate! :(
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  3954. Great comparison Karl, and I completely agree.
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  3955. I believe you can switch which one runs the system when it boots, since the CPU has its own GPU, but I think that lacks the Optimus feature of switching on the fly and having them both work together.
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  3956. That’s correct. Flash is a dead technology and had too many security flaws. Not many modern operating systems support flash anymore. I realize that there are still a few old websites that still use flash, but most have been updated to use newer and safer technology.
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  3957. Thanks for the comment! Nice to see others pop up who are using it :)
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  3958. Thank you Hassan! I'm really not sure about backlit keyboards. The only one I've owned is on my MSI laptop, and I think the brightness is controlled by hardware and not the OS. Have you tried just "xset led on" ?
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  3959. Nah, I've never had the problem before and haven't booted into Windows in weeks. Windows is actually on its own hard drive by itself. I'm speaking with the devs about it, and I think it was just a random glitch.
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  3960. Yes, the Centaurus install is a rolling release and always updating. My installation has been running 4.18 for a while now. However, I switched back over to Manjaro a few days ago and I'm running 4.19 on that.
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  3961. Well that makes sense. I went back to gnome when KDE4 appeared lol
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  3962. Thanks for info! I googled it afterwards. I hadn't used KDE in 10 years as you know from my other video ;) except when I tried Manjaro KDE recently, and it uses Pamac just like in Gnome etc.
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  3963. I booted up a LiveISO of Trinity DE and top reports using 220 MB of RAM which is very very low. I did not enable desktop effects (compositor) which saves a bit of RAM and CPU. So that's something you can definitely use and competes very well with the other DE's.
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  3964. Mate, Xfce and lxqt would all be pretty much tied as the lowest RAM users as they all only use a couple hundred megs of RAM. It really comes down to preference. Personally for me, I would choose Xfce over the others. It can be themed very nicely and is easy to configure.
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  3965. It was an issue with the ISO file which the Q4OS team quickly fixed.
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  3966. I have not, but I will look into it. Thanks for the tip! :)
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  3967. Thanks very much :)
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  3968. Thanks for the like 😁
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  3969. Thank you Reuben! You could try choosing the option "Leave the mirrors as they are" and give it a go, might be a little slower is all. I had no issues letting it sort.
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  3970. No worries! And, I'm actually ahead of you here :) Here's what I do after I install Linux https://youtu.be/7jiaRJJ43kI And more info on Gnome extensions here: https://youtu.be/FA8sLNFIYhE Glad to be of help to anyone of any age, you're never too old to learn new things! ;)
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  3971. Haha, ok Kit, that's the most unique way I've ever heard of picking a distro! I'm still liking Manjaro myself. The structure is a little odd at first yes. I did a video on it if you haven't seen it yet that explains a bit : https://youtu.be/HbgzrKJvDRw
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  3972. MOhan Talupula Manjaro Gnome
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  3973. Hi there! I’m not a Dvorak user though 😉
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  3974. Anytime Tony! Glad you finally found a distro that is exactly what you were looking for :)Yes I do like Elementary, and it's something I'd put on my wife's computer since she's not good with any OS... Not sure if you noticed, but on my Pop OS review at the beginning, one of the virtual machines was Elementary ;)
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  3975. That is the beauty of Linux: Choices! Not only can you pick your themes, you can pick your desktop, your distro, and anything you want to add to it to make it your own. I do think that there is nothing wrong with anyone's choice, because different people like different things. Some people prefer apples over oranges :) I also like to play with different things. I've had up to 9 Linux distros on one machine at once and only recently cleared a bunch of them out, a late spring cleaning heheh
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  3976. Arco has been recommended a few times now... Something I'll have to look into for sure! Thanks Johan :)
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  3977. I don' t know, possibly? I use kdenlive :)
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  3978. Haha very possible Karl! And you're so right...
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  3979. It works for me 99% of the time, but sometimes with some effects it crashes.
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  3980. Yep, currently on Manjaro Xfce 18.0 and works great. A few weeks ago on Gnome I used an AppImage.
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  3981. No it's pretty random. Works for a bit then crashes. It's definitely all to do with the versions of kdenlive. Some are better than others. I'm currently using 18.08.2 and it's pretty stable.
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  3982. Manjaro is packed full of useful tools, and not only in the repo. The AUR is a great way to get small handy utilities that are less popular.
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  3983. It's actually 2 themes that work together. You can download them from here https://osdn.net/projects/scionlinux/downloads/69162/Scion-Icons-Moka-Maia.tar.xz/ Install both and then select "Arc-Maia" as your theme. If you're not sure how, just copy the two folders into ~/.icons/ or /usr/share/icons/
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  3984. Haha :) I've never tried actually gaming with optirun on dual screen, as in both screens showing the game. But I have run a game on one screen and desktop on the other. Didn't do anything special.
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  3985. That's something I fixed right away (although it's not THAT annoying to be honest). The solution to get rid of it is here : https://forum.manjaro.org/t/disable-nightlight-in-gdm/24910 Easy fix. Now go install Manjaro ;)
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  3986. That’s a totally personal choice. I like both. I’ve used Gnome for over 10 years, but I’ve been using KDE lately. Try them both and see what you prefer.
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  3987. Hi again, sorry but I thought this was on the Ubuntu Drivers video... for Manjaro, to run a program with NVidia graphics, you just do optirun followed by the program/game you want to run under the Nvidia GPU. Example : optirun blender
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  3988. That is a Gnome Shell extension. If you’re running Gnome just google Gnome shell extensions and on that page search for Nvidia. There’s 2 or 3 versions of it.
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  3989. Sometimes I think I’m just a video making machine... that thinks it’s human! 😁
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  3990. Have a look here at the Xorg configuration section : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/intel_graphics#Xorg_configuration If the file doesn't exist, you can just create it as shown in the exampe (/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf) Don't forget to add the TearFree option and also reboot when you're done :)
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  3991. Interesting. I’m not familiar enough with Arch to tell you why that config file would be blank... but you need more than just the option because you need to also have the rest of the Intel configuration in there. Is this a laptop with an Nvidia Optimus hybrid graphics setup?
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  3992. I figured it was you, I’m starting to remember the people I engage with regularly in discussion, and you’re one of them :) I do try to reply to every comment I get! Rolling released can be unfriendly towards users who don’t do too much outside of the desktop, but it can also be a learning experience as well. Thanks for the comment Johan!
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  3993. Ah Haha sorry! Just install Manjaro XFCE and make sure you do all the updates and then it should work. You’ll need a mouse to do the first updates until your touchpad works.
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  3994. Any distro with kernel 4.17 or newer will work. So you can install Manjaro and use the kernel manager to select 4.17,18 or 19. Or, if you want Debian-based, you can install it, or something based on that uses the Buster repos, like Q4OS 3.4 (Centaurus).
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  3995. I have noticed my systems runs much smoother and COOLER than before! It's usually in the low-mid 30 degrees (Celcius)! Thanks for the comment :)
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  3996. I haven't decided yet. I don't really NEED the drive space. Might delete the Ubuntu 16.04 partition soon and keep 18.04 around for a while longer.
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  3997. Please see my newest video on installing Windows software.
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  3998. Thanks :) Also give Krita a try. I just played with the latest version yesterday and it was all the same features as Photoshop! Amazing. But, some things are harder to find...
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  3999. Yes, it's called PlayOnLinux and it can be installed on pretty much any distro (Check your distro's package manager). It lets you install Windows software by managing WINE configurations automatically. Sounds complicated but it's pretty easy. Just install PlayOnLinux, run it, click on the install button and then select what program you want to install. You need to have the program already, and it will want you to select the setup file. Also, for something like PS which requires a license (which I have), you will need that license to install it like you would on Windows. Good luck and thanks for watching!
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  4000. Yes I always install those as well. Newer versions seem to be a lot more stable.
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  4001. Hehe, I think it was a long day for me... I very much enjoy Manjaro, and I spent the weekend using Manjaro with KDE in a virtual machine, which I installed on hardware this morning. Not 100% convinced just yet. Haven't used KDE in 10 years! Still so used to Gnome... Thanks for the comment! :)
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  4002. That sounds like a good idea :) The LXDE desktop uses openbox as a window manager. I have a playlist on my channel on making Linux from scratch, in which I completely make a desktop from scratch using openbox. But I will could come up with version for xfce and lxde too! Thanks for the suggestion :)
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  4003. From my point of view between the direction they're heading, and the hardware support, I definitely agree!
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  4004. Haha nice. I’m not concerned, I moved on to a much better distro and I’m quite happy with it 😁
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  4005. Hey Ross! The issues were minor and easy to fix. I’ve had much worse issues with other distros. I’m quite happy with Manjaro :) I try to keep my cool, most of the time. My biggest frustration as you know is the direction Ubuntu is going with snaps, which isn’t a technical problem that I run into and more of a corporate decision that I don’t like. Thanks for the comment! I will indeed just keep doing what I’m doing, I’m just trying to do it as often as possible :) cheers!
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  4006. Kel Kun please do let me know if you figure it out. I would be very interested in the solution. You can also ask over on the Manjaro forum at Manjaro.org
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  4007. That's a shame. I have a very picky Nvidia and it works fine! What is the exact model of your graphics card? Is it a PC or laptop? Is it a hybrid graphics card (optimus)?
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  4008. I'm so glad to hear that! Thank you so much, and I hope my future videos are helpful to you as well! So don't forget to subscribe to my channel ;)
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  4009. That’s a good point! Although branching out too much can be bad for a small channel. I might have to explore some extras in the future though. Probably not camping though, the only tech I use is a Bluetooth speaker for tunes :P lol Thanks for the suggestion Kit!
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  4010. PlayOnLinux. I’ll have a video on it soon.
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  4011. Hi, I'm sure it has nothing to do with being on a VM. I use pacman to install things from the AUR. It seemed yaourt is no longer installed by default (at least not the Gnome version). Try giving the pacman GUI a try and see.
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  4012. I do try to reply to every comment I get, and will continue to do so as long as it’s possible 😁 That’s a shame it didn’t work. I have the Intel+Nvidia 960m which is Optimus and it worked straight away with that command... there’s a full guide if you google “Manjaro Bumblebee” that has more steps. But just that one command worked for me. Have a look at it.
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  4013. Thanks Paul! For drivers, on a fresh install, just open a terminal and type ”sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300” Then reboot. That’s all I did and it works perfectly after the reboot in both the Gnome and KDE versions. Now I just use the optirun command to use my Nvidia GPU with a program and when I close it, the GPU turns off. Have you confirmed on Mint that your Nvidia GPU powers off when you’re not using it?
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  4014. Great to hear. It’s nice to know what’s under the hood, even though most of should be left alone 😆
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  4015. When you BOOT into root mode network is usually disabled. But most of the time there's an option to enable it, and some distros still enable it anyways. If you boot normally and then login as root, you'll still have network access. And if you SSH login as root, then it will have network access because the system booted normally. I actually do have a Synology DiskStation that I bought and setup not that long ago to replace my old NAS. It's pretty impressive, and I REALLY like their OS that runs in the browser. One of the best I've ever used. I'm actually considering doing a video on it even though I don't typically do hardware reviews. But I'm so impressed with it that I just might.
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  4016. You're very welcome!
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  4017. You COULD do 'chmod ### /" (change numbers to required permissions) but I'm not sure why you're trying to put folders there. You really shouldn't...
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  4018. Like this : https://youtu.be/wqyk3Mb9U68 Also check my other videos which may also answer questions you have :)
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  4019. Just imagine the root directory is the folder called “Linux” 😁
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  4020. None of these are directories you really need to know if you just want to use a desktop... This is more handy for developers, or if you’re just curious about it.
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  4021. Glad to help!
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  4022. Matcha
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  4023. It’s in /var if you have a web server installed. But I did not.
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  4024. I think so... 🤔😁
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  4025. In this video it was Ubuntu Gnome, but I now use Manjaro.
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  4026. lol
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  4027. Unix/Linux structures are ancient and very hard to overhaul without breaking tons of old software.
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  4028. Glad it came in handy for you!
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  4029. Thanks Susan!
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  4030. When you run the Ubuntu installer, if gives you an option to delete the entire drive and install it on a new partition.
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  4031. Thank you!
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  4032. Using Wine and PlayOnLinux. I did a video on how to install Windows software.
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  4033. You are so welcome!
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  4034. They are interesting to dig through
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  4035.  @samsh0-q3a  That's how you learn.
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  4036. Not really. Just stay in your home folder. That’s easy.
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  4037. That's great! Welcome aboard :)
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  4038. Thank you Doug!
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  4039. Thanks! Slowly working my way up :)
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  4040. Which file are you talking about specifically? What is the entire path?
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  4041. The history of all of them in complex and intermixed in some ways. Covering everything would require quite the long series of 1-hour episodes ;)
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  4042. Thanks very much! Linux is fairly set in how it is laid out, and is a little hard to change because of how many distros there are out there. Some distros do make drastic changes, like NixOS and Fedora Silverblue and manage to still work very well.
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  4043. Thanks for the feedback, and it makes sense. I will definitely take it into consideration while writing future informative videos like this. Cheers
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  4044. Thanks! Hope it helps you on your next Linux adventure :)
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  4045. Glad you felt it :)
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  4046. It's just a matter of using the mount command and telling it where to mount the drive. You can make it permanent by editing the FSTAB file. I don't have a video on it but that's a good idea for one.
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  4047. Glad to hear it! Thank you
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  4048. Great to hear!
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  4049. Thank you!
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  4050. lol
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  4051. Thanks Jay! Glad you found it informative :)
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  4052. The home/.config setting are PER user, individual setting. Any other settings are system-wide.
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  4053. /etc
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  4054. Thanks for watching 😁
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  4055. Thank you!
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  4056. Run is held in memory, so it’s gone when the machine is turned off or rebooted. Tmp is written to disk, which can be handy for something like a word editor, since you may be writing a document and the machine suddenly turns off due to a system or power failure. In this case, data in tmp still exists and could be recovered by the program.
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  4057. I'm glad to hear it! Thanks :)
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  4058. I’m using Manjaro now 😁 There isn’t different versions but different distros. There are many out there and you can see news and ranking about them on distrowatch.com. They’re all different and have pros and cons. Sometimes one is no longer maintained as well anymore, or one gets something new or much better that you want to try. Usually once you find one you like you just stick to it. But some people are what we can distro hoppers because they always change distros 😉
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  4059. Thanks!
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  4060. bieeeehhhhhnnnn
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  4061. Thanks so much!
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  4062. Yes Windows 10 still runs quick, but it's still heavy and has too much running in the background. Linux is just easy :)
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  4063. Nicolas Rodriguez No need to apologize, I thought it was funny. Also not the first person to say so lol Thanks for the compliments. The time stamps however are in the video description. YouTube uses this now to create hard links in the timeline. Quite useful
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  4064. lol Thanks??
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  4065. Great to hear!
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  4066. Welcome 😊
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  4067. Awesome, thanks David!
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  4068.  @parentteachernight  Yeah I also use Mac. It's like Windows in that manner.
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  4069. Yes there is! I did a video on how to do that here : https://youtu.be/hmpY8TlBck4
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  4070. Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it
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  4071. Depends on what you're writing I guess.
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  4072. Somewhat. But the application settings are stored in various other places as well.
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  4073. Files will only go on another drive if you put them there. They usually show up in a file manager’s left panel similar to Mac or Windows.
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  4074. Thanks for watching!
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  4075. Thanks for watching and commenting :)
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  4076. I think you misunderstood. /mnt is where you DO manually mount things. /media or /run/media is where the OS automatically mounts things. You should not manually mount things in the media folder.
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  4077. Yeah, I don't get the joke... Arch is my main distro as well...
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  4078. Well I wouldn't say I begged for likes... ;)
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  4079. PlayOnLinux.
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  4080. Awesome, thank you!
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  4081. Think of it this way : The root folder at the top of the hierarchy is the Linux kernel. So the main disk that Linux is installed into is mounted to "/". Then the Kernel creates its folders like /dev, /proc/ sys etc... These are not REAL folders, they are created by the kernel and reside in memory. Now, when you mount another HD, or a USB drive, it is mounted in either /media or /mnt because it's the Kernel that mounts and connects to the drive, therefore, the path to that drive is underneath the root folder. Essentially, you can't get higher than root, and it were possible for a Kernel to load and run without a hard drive, its resources and processes would still live in the root folder even though there technically isn't any hard drive mounted at all. Hope that makes sense :)
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  4082. Glad it was helpful!
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  4083. Hey it happens once in a while ;)
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  4084. You are welcome!
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  4085. Windows is also overcomplicated if you were to look at all its subfolders, driver folders, dll's etc... Just stick to your user's home folder like in any OS and it's easy.
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  4086. PlayOnLinux with Wine yes. I did a video on how to do that.
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  4087. Thanks!
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  4088. Perfectly fine for Linux and the package manager to use. People who don't know what they're doing should only work in the /home folder anyways, same as Windows and Mac.
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  4089. You bet!
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  4090. Different isn't always better :D
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  4091. I don’t have it anymore. I removed Ubuntu a year ago
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  4092. This document from Bell Labs in 1972 calls it "etcetera" on page 13 : http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/bellLabs/unix/PreliminaryUnixImplementationDocument_Jun72.pdf
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  4093. Yup. Page 13 from 1972 : http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/bellLabs/unix/PreliminaryUnixImplementationDocument_Jun72.pdf
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  4094. It is Ubuntu Gnome with the Dash to Dock extension and Matcha theme.
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  4095. Indeed :)
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  4096. Glad it came in handy!
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  4097. Glad you found it handy!
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  4098. Because for whatever reason, they decided to place it there. Possibly because mail servers also use var.
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  4099. In any OS you really shouldn’t be playing in the root directory anyways unless you know what you’re doing
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  4100. Thanks Michael! It’s not that scary, just different 😁 Thanks for watching!
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  4101. Very welcome
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  4102. Thank so much, I appreciate it!
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  4103. Thank you!
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  4104. Thanks! I hope you enjoy all my videos just as much 😁 cheers
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  4105. Thank you I appreciate it!
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  4106. Glad it helped
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  4107. You are so welcome!
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  4108. This was Ubuntu Gnome with the Dash to Panel extension and Arc-Darker theme.
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  4109. Directory and folder are the same thing. Typically Windows uses the term folders but they’re interchangeable. The root directory is the top-most folder where everything resides.
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  4110. Thank you! 😁
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  4111. That's usually a good idea if you're not sure what you're doing. But people are curious, so I thought I'd explain what everything is :)
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  4112. There are many acronyms, but the original was "User" since it was originally where the user home folders were.
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  4113. In Linux, you would format a partition, not a lettered drive. Partitions can be mounted anywhere, they can be the root of your directory, or the /home folder, or just mounted in /mnt or /media. Sounds confusing at first, but it's just that there is so much flexibility to do all this.
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  4114. Ubuntu Gnome
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  4115. Thanks! Yes it was Ubuntu with Gnome, and using the Dash to Dock extension. However, I now use Arch and Fedora (both still Gnome, so it looks the same).
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  4116. The file system works very well. Although it's a little complex, this is why we use the package managers. You should never just go in to delete or move system files because there's no reason to ever need to do that.
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  4117. Kinda means that also, but not the original intention 😁
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  4118. With PlayOnLinux. I did a video on it. Check out my channel
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  4119. Thanks :)
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  4120. Thanks! I'm glad you found it informative :) Cheers!
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  4121. Matcha with Arc-Maia & Moka icons.
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  4122. Thank you! I'm hoping to get more every day ;)
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  4123. I have. It's nice, but I'm on the fence right now with KDE and Xfce which is what I've been using for quite a while now.
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  4124. I never said that nor do I think that.
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  4125. Thank! No I don’t have a Windows version. It would be too complicated 😂
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  4126. Thank you Paul!
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  4127. No idea.
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  4128. Thanks!
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  4129. Check my channel, I have 2 videos on backups ;)
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  4130. I installed it with PlayOnLinux which is like a front-end/manager for Wine.
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  4131.  @ZectonplaysMC  Yes, now not 100% of them work but most do. You can verify if something works on not at winehq.org and check the AppDB.
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  4132. With Wine and PlayOnLinux.
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  4133. They do. A disk would be /dev/sda and a partition on that disk would be /dev/sda1, or sda2 and so on.
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  4134. Glad to shed some light for ya, thanks for watching!
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  4135. Thank you! Appreciate it :)
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  4136. I’ve been using Linux since the Early 90’s. But nowadays it’s pretty easy since all the documentation is available online.
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  4137. Hi :)
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  4138. Thanks so much and thanks for the sub!
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  4139. Thank you Robert!
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  4140. Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you
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  4141.  @abdellahb1398  It was originally, yes. That's changed since then, but the original file layout stayed the same. This is why C:\Windows exists.
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  4142. But that would be just copying Windows, which is an OS installed inside another OS...
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  4143. Cool. Thanks for watching!
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  4144. Do you mean for encoding or for watching? What are you trying to do and what are you using?
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  4145. Thank you! I appreciate it :)
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  4146. No, but I can see how we kind of sound similar.
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  4147. Debootstrap is something I've used before to install a custom Debian setup. Kind of fun to use but takes more time. Arch uses something similar called pacstrap. And in case you weren't aware, pacstrap is actually based on Debootstrap ;)
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  4148. Thanks! I'm glad it was useful to you! I know it was quick, I had a lot of ground to cover haha
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  4149.  @arthemis1039  Agreed. I was just saying Linux is more like Mac than Windows. You can open a terminal in MacOS and use most basic Linux CLI commands like ls, cd, grep, pipes, >, >>, even things like nano.
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  4150. Not too sure. But under the hood, they are very similar. Mac has of course changed some of their folder structures, but it’s still very similar to Linux.
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  4151. Thanks!
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  4152. Haha yes, but luckily you need root permissions to mess with system files, so it's really hard to brick it by accident ;)
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  4153. Everything but the user!
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  4154. Thank you Gary! Cheers 😁
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  4155. Not on my personal systems no.
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  4156. This was Ubuntu Gnome but I don’t use it anymore.
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  4157. Indeed. Check out how here : https://youtu.be/wqyk3Mb9U68
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  4158. It depends on what the program calls for. It should tell you in the Apache documentation where to put the files.
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  4159. Thank you so much, I appreciate it!
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  4160. This was Ubuntu Gnome with the Dash to Dock extension.
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  4161. That was Ubuntu Gnome, but I no longer use it.
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  4162. Thank you!
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  4163. Glad you liked it!
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  4164. Thank you 😁
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  4165. Спасибо! (Переводчик Google) :)
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