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/tpg/ - ThinkPad General 2017-04-10 06:27:26 Post No.59828740
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IRC: #/tpg/ on irc.rizon.net
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Don't buy anything OTHER THAN T, X AND W/P SERIES if you want the Real ThinkPad Experience™
Recommended models:
T420 - 14", normal size
X220 - 12.5", ultraportable
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Should I buy an X1?
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is there anyway to buy t420 new or do i have to buy used/referbished
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>>59829479
>6 year old laptop
>new
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Who sets the minimum offer?
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>>59828986
it's how commonly the word is seen on search engines, etc
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>>59829121
So the more it's popular, the more general traffic there the more the system will ask for it? No way to low ball?
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>tfw this cunt made Desktop Linux lose 5 years of progress with Mir/Wayland split for no fucking reason
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fuck this guy. this is why we need to fork Darwin.
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>>59828478
>Desktop Linux lose 5 years of progress
Damn, you're back to 1998 now?
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I don't get what redeeming quality does Ubuntu have for it to be so popular.
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/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread 2017-04-10 05:54:05 Post No.59828332
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/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread
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Welcome to /fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread.
Users of all levels are welcome to ask questions about GNU/Linux and share their experiences.
*** Please be civil, notice the "Friendly" in every Friendly GNU/Linux Thread ***
Before asking for help, please check our list of resources.
If you would like to try out GNU/Linux you can do one of the following:
0) Install a GNU/Linux distribution of your choice in a Virtual Machine.
1) Use a live image and to boot directly into the GNU/Linux distribution without installing anything.
2) Dual boot the GNU/Linux distribution of your choice along with Windows or macOS.
3) Go balls deep and replace everything with GNU/Linux.
Resources:
Your friendly neighborhood search engine (try to use a search engine that respects your benis such as searx, ixquick or startpage).
$ man %command%
$ info %command%
$ help %command%
$ %command% -h
$ %command% --help
Don't know what to look for?
$ apropos %something%
Check the Wikis (most troubleshoots work for all distros):
https://wiki.archlinux.org
https://wiki.gentoo.org
/g/'s Wiki on GNU/Linux:
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Category:GNU/Linux
>What distro should I choose?
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Babbies_First_Linux
>What are some cool programs?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/list_of_applications
https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Main_Page
>What are some cool terminal commands?
http://www.commandlinefu.com/
http://bropages.org/
>Where can I learn the command line?
http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide
http://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php
http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/
>Where can I learn more about Free Software?
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html
>How to break out of the botnet?
https://prism-break.org/en/categories/gnu-linux
/t/'s GNU/Linux Games: >>>/t/749768
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http://fglt.nl && https://p.teknik.io/wJ9Zy
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>tried running supertuxkart on wayland (weston)
>mfw it performs better on xorg
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>I'll remove every single piece of Red Hat's work on my machine.
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>>59828332
>communism
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Just had this baby gifted to me because its pretty much fucking useless. Any ideas on what to do with this whopping 166mhz of single-core processing power?
Also, ancient tech in general.
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>>59828250
Running anything modern is pointless on such a potato. I've had a similar machine, and I just used it as a riser for a monitor.
I suppose you could run DOS and set up some low usage things.
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>>59828250
I have one of those. Used it to play nethack out and about. Got stares at the airport. Install debian potato on it or something anon.
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>>59829022
Oh, and have some obligatory kmandla. Dig around for more posts on this. https://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/one-week-at-100mhz-paradigm-shifts/
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Let's have an appreciation thread for the only free and open OS company with revenue in the billions of dollars. A company which has given us standard Linux technologies like SystemD, Wayland and Gnome.
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>Redhat
>Revenue US$2.4 billion (2016)
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>Canonical
>Revenue US$65.7 million (2013)
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>>59828232
How do they make so much from open source?
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STOP USING FUCK HUGE .PNG FILES FOR STUPID SHIT
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>>59828197
Kys phonefag
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Does this game engine suck? Why does it suck?
>Takes polymorphism to a new level of autism
>Relatively slow
>Developers can't access source code
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>>59828118
Mobile trash. Keep that shit away from PC
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>>59828118
>Takes polymorphism to a new level of autism
C# is not a proper language for complex real time applications like games.
>Relatively slow
I don't know about this, but every Unity game I've played performs worse than other games with similar visuals on other engines. Could be the devs fault or Unity's performance loss due to some massive layers of abstraction... or both.
>Developers can't access source code
This is just plain retarded.
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>>59828118
Also Unity UI is just slow, shit af, and just generally bad
Use unreal
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Can someone explain what UEFI is and how to tell if I have it?
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>>59828044
is your computer from 2014 or later?
if so you have UEFI
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>>59828055
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/FM2A68M-HD+/
I'm using this board but I don't know when it was made
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>>59828044
>what UEFI is
Botnet. Always disable that crap and switch to legacy BIOS.
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This thread is dedicated to the horological appreciation and engineering etc etc
Required viewing:
Archieluxury on YouTube
Paul Pluta on YouTube
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Watches are for fags.
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You guys like Nomos ?
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>>59828005
You are for fags.
Linux SUCKS. Why? Because:
1) Command lines/Lack of GUI's
Why the fvck would I want to use a command line? I have a modern computer, capable of displaying color and icons. Why should their be a command line? And further, why doesn't everything have a gui? Gui's are good, and easy, and don't require me to learn commands. Yey for Gui's.
2)Root/sudo is stupid.
Why on earth should I have to deal with either using sudo or running as root to actually use my programs? I still can't get a lot of programs to run because they keep whining about permissions. What ever happened to good old admin accounts? Why does sudo break everything?
3)Apt-get
Now this is just plane stupid. Why is it so damn hard to install anything? I have a desktop, why not do it the way it should be done? I get the installer icon, click on it, press forward a few times, wait, and have a nice icon on my desktop. Why isn't it done this way?
4)Compiling
Again, stupid. Just give me a fvcking installer program. None of this compiling sh1t.
Come on Linux. The rest of the world has moved beyond 1990. It's time for you to do so also. I'm giving up and installing windows.
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Not your blog, faggot.
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So sorry guys, I left my computer on and my autistic 12 yo brother wrote the post (OP) above.
Told mum about it, and we'll make sure he'll be getting no pocket money in the next two weeks. That'll teach him not to post stupid shit on 4chin.
Again, sorry for wasting your time.
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>>59828043
Damn, I feel kind of bad now for calling your autistic brother a ``faggot''. If it does come up, tell him it was a joke, okay?
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Name one more technically accurate show that's not a documentary. Also, incredibly funny.
I'll wait over here.
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>>59827943
a deathly silence
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>>59827943
Mr. Robot.
Silicon Valley is not that funny desu, but I enjoy watching it.
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>>59828362
This.
Not that funny, but still worth watching.
Should I use KDE or Gnome?
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>>59827850
>Should I use KDE or Gnome?
Xfce
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Xfce
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>>59827850
w2c?
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Bought a 2$ VPS, what should I do with it?
Thinking of:
Seeding machine
VPN Server
Little Webserver
MPD Musicserver
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>>59827848
shove it up your ass
why the fuck do you waste money on something you have no purpose for
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>>59827874
Sorry for "wasting" your monthly income
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>>59827874
Because he wants to show off his "advanced" knowledge and post screenshots of his desktop. He thinks no one else has done something like that and that it's a feat, displaying his computer knowledge. He has been doing that for weeks now. Just ignore the pretentious idiot.
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>looking for a new cell phone
>find a model I like from a company I like
>"available with either 2GB and 4GB RAM"
>my old one had 2GB and ran fine
>but maybe I need 4GB
>put RAM meter app on the phone
>usage never goes above 250MB
Am I doing something wrong or is Android just that good at RAM management? I'd rather not pay an extra $60 for something that will never get used.
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Cool
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>>59827790
> not knowing how RAM is managed on Android
More RAM = more apps in memory = don't have to reload startup routines every app launch and destroy resources
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>>59827790
I can guarantee you're reading that RAM usage backwards.