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IRC: #/tpg/ on irc.rizon.net
Other business laptops are also welcome in /tpg/ (e.g. Dell Latitude/Precision, HP EliteBook/ZBook).
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If you're looking for purchase advice, READ THE BUYERS GUIDE FIRST. Then post, stating budget and requirements (e.g. size and performance).
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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Why ThinkPad? (also applies to other business laptops)
>Used machines are plentiful and cheap.
>Excellent keyboards - tactile feel and quiet.
>Great durability: chassis uses a magnesium rollcage for structural integrity, with high quality plastic body panels.
>Utilitarian design: e.g. indicator LEDs, 7 row keyboard layout on older models.
>Docking stations that easily turns your laptop into a desktop.
>Easy to repair, upgrade and maintain thanks to readily available service manuals for every model. Spare parts are easy and cheap to obtain.
>The best trackpoint (that red thing in the middle of the keyboard). Great for those who type a lot or hate swiping their fingers all over a touchpad.
>Excellent GNU/Linux & *BSD support.
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Used ThinkPad buyers guide:
http://ktgee.net/tpg
xsauc buyers guide:
http://www.dankpads.com
EPP discount for new ThinkPads (USA & Canada only, usually 15%+ off):
http://pastebin.com/JVwVGVTW
Helpful links and resources (Wiki, specs lookup tools and wallpapers):
http://pastebin.com/DYjEnVq1
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=122684
>qhd on 12.5"
is this a meme
I always wanted eyestrain.
whats with this hidpi madness
>>58224670
wtf
i am super happy with my 1366 ips
even just 1920 would be too much for me i think
>>58224712
fhd looks okay for it, kinda.
try scaling it
xrandr --output LVDS1 --panning 1920x1080 --scale "lol"x"lol"
lol = 1080/768
>$160 earbuds
>same sound quality as the $30 earpods
>which in turn sounded like $5 earbuds anyway
JUST
>>58224398
Shove them up your ass.
>he's too poor
Poorfags pls go.
>>58224398
I could personally test them. I expected some minimum quality at least from Apple, even though I knew not to have my expectations too high. And I swear I have never ever heard such bad quality in a very, very long time, they are just plainly disgusting. Even if I were given them I would turn them down with absolutely no hesitation.
I've been using the Arc theme for months in my ubuntu, but I might change it soon. What GTK theme do you use? what about icons?
>>58224304
install macOS
Arc dark/Paper icons
>>58224304
Vertex + maia icons
Discuss FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD...
IRC -> #baot @ irc.rizon.net
News sites: http://dragonflydigest.com / http://undeadly.org
Docs: https://freebsd.org/handbook / https://www.openbsd.org/faq / https://netbsd.org/docs
Potential Linux switchers welcome. Ask questions, get answers, report shitposts.
>>58222473
I plan to switch to TrueOS after I get another computer and am out of college.
I'd like to know what the best alternatives there are for Windows':
>AutoHotKey (scripting that can hijack and replace keystrokes)
>Rainmeter (Is Conky good, or is there better? Would I be better off making my own in Python? What libraries?)
Also, can I get the following to run easily on it, and using what emulator? (WINE?):
>Kindle for PC
>Discord (the app, not in the browser)
>Steam (although, of the stuff I listed, this is less important, though would be nice)
>>58222567
BSD sucks at emulation. And no, true OS is not usable. Just like any other BSD distros
>>58222827
Whats the point of BSD then, I'm just gonna use it to post screeshots on 4chan?
Previously >>58214417
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Users of all levels are welcome to ask questions about GNU/Linux and share their experiences.
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Check the Wikis (Most troubleshoots work for all distros.)
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What distro should you choose?
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Babbies_First_Linux
Break out of the botnet:
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BSD is superior.
I'm actually going to rewrite the file picker.
>>58222325
https://askubuntu.com/questions/64222/how-can-i-create-launchers-on-my-desktop
>>58222451
picture related
What is the point of a tablet?
Wouldn't using an actual computer or laptop be more proficient at everything?
they are more convenient to consume media like books or youtube videos
So u can jerk it in bed
Media consumption device. They're good at what they're supposed to do.
New and improved
>Helpful links
How to pick your speakers - http://www.digitaltrends.com/home-theater/how-to-buy-speakers-a-beginners-guide-to-home-audio/
Where to place your speakers - http://arqen.com/acoustics-101/room-setup-speaker-placement/
Recommendations - http://www.whathifi.com/best-buys/hi-fi
Have a question? Include
>budget
>room size
>intended purpose e.g. music, movies, gaming, as well as the type e.g. rock or jazz, action movies or games with a lot of explosions
>country
>new or used?
>find speakers on kijiji, look like towers
>pretty good price, can't find much info though about specifics
>go to look at them, they're a lot smaller than I expected (big bookshelves/small towers)
>already drove 20 minutes, and the speakers are only $100 so I buy them anyway
>kinda regret it now
oh well. i just want that one good solid pair of speakers that I can keep for 5+ years and not feel like I'm missing out
Am I the only one who is disappointed with the quality of new "audiophile" turntables? It seems to me that they would be considered entry level at best back in the 70s and 80s. I bought a vintage Yamaha that was top of the line back in 1982 for far less than the current entry level audio technica turntable. It has more features than it too.
Currently I have a pair of Dayotns B652 with a cheap amp, want to upgrade, got 2 options
Stay in 2.0 and buy a pair of somewhat expensive speakers, like ELAC UB5, SVS Prime,JBL ES20 or the Martin Logan 35XT
or buy a receiver and go 5.1, put my daytons as rears and buy a pair of : JBL Arena 120 as fronts and a Arena 125C as center, a pair of Bic America FH6 and for center a FH6-LCR, a pair of Klipsch R15M and a 25c for center
My budget is around 675 - 700 usd
Room size 4 x 4 mts
Music ( Anime OST´s some rock and EDM) and gaming FPS
Mootxico
All new
SHOW ME YOUR GUTS
GUTS FOR THE GUTS GOD
>>58221178
btw my 3570k is actually clocked to 4.1GHz at 1.2 Volts, i'm not running it at stock
>>58221200
>1200â–¶
>>>58221178
Mines at 1.340v for 4.4 :(
So, /g/, why don't you own the best laptop on the market?
>that trackpad
>>58219191
because it's just a laptop
and I'm just a poor boy
Is that the actual size of the trackpad, or was that shopped?
tl;dr version, it will prioritize games and make background processes use much less resources when games are running
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/windows-10-reportedly-adding-a-game-mode-that-woul/1100-6446537/
http://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-bringing-new-game-mode-windows-10-enhanced-pc-gaming-experience
I FINISH MY DUAL BACHELORS I WILL HAVE TWO DOCTORATE DEGREE'S BY AGE TWENTY-FIVE, OWE ZERO DEBTS, AND MAKE YOUR FAMILY AND ONLINE FRIENDS HAPPY
great idea microsoft now let's make it do that for every program the user is focused like a proper OS
>It's literally gamebooster
>12 year old Minecraft playing me was way ahead of time
>>58218359
WTF, I love botnets now!
Homescreen thread
r8 each other
is this the new cell phone desktop thread
>>58216382
Status bar, reddit, that icon pack clashing with the wallpaper 3/10
>>58216419
Not an anime fan but great work 8/10
>>58216382
I think remove that bar background would be so much better
And aligning the icons along the side properly so that they're proportion to the height
>>58216419
Weebshit but it's ok
I don't know why there is that beigeish bar part on the top of the icon border
>>58216456
That weather icon clashes with the whole theme, id rather just have text to indicate the weather condition.
The background is kinda stupid, the wood texture part is pretty crappy and the wallpaper should be just a solid colour with the iconography
Shall we?
>>58215490
change my mind. whoever did that list is stupid
>>58215477
Are these worth doing? I'm a beginner programmer.
33rd Chaos Communication Congress
Wednesday schedule:
https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2016/Fahrplan/schedule/1.html
Thursday schedule:
https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2016/Fahrplan/schedule/2.html
Streams:
https://streaming.media.ccc.de/33c3
Last thread:
>>58197315
>>58213768
Recommended talks - Thursday:
Memory Deduplication: The Curse that Keeps on Giving
Dissecting modern (3G/4G) cellular modems
Do as I Say not as I Do: Stealth Modification of Programmable Logic Controllers I/O by Pin Control Attack
Decoding the LoRa PHY
basically everything that's red in the fahrplan
>tfw still no current waifu roulette
Wtf is wrong with you guys, i thought this is /g/
>>58213898
Not enough material yet, maybe tomorrow I'll do it
though i wanted to move on this year
Typing on a cloud of computers edition
>Buyer's template:
http://pastebin.com/33S1gVkG
>Where to Buy:
http://pastebin.com/8Yku80VL
>FAQs:
http://pastebin.com/M5w7QtKp
>Use the buyer's template
http://pastebin.com/33S1gVkG
>Keyset wiki
keypuller.com
Previous thread >>58187510
First for feeling of oneness with cup rubber
>>58212558
in
>>58212696
your caps are literally aids
DPT: >>58208426
Previous Thread: >>58174033
>Elixir
http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1234000001642/index.html
http://elixir-lang.org/learning.html
>Elm
https://guide.elm-lang.org/
>Erlang
http://learnyousomeerlang.com/content
>F#
http://fsharp.org/learn
>Haskell
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Haskell
>Common Lisp
http://gigamonkeys.com/book
Common Lisp Recipes
Land of Lisp
An Introduction to Functional Programming Through Lambda Calculus
>Clojure
http://www.braveclojure.com/foreword/
>Scala
It's shit.
>Scheme
SICP
Essentials of Programming Languages
Art of the Propagator
Little Schemer
The Seasoned Schemer
The Scheme Programming Language by Kent Dybvig
Realm of Racket
Lisp in Small Pieces
>OCaml
https://realworldocaml.org/
I use functional programming concepts in languages that support them, like map, reduce, filter instead of for loops. I can't be arsed to use a purely functional language though. I find them unreadable.
I see the recommended books in the OP, before somebody just rells me to read the OP. I am reading SICP, but want something to supplement my learning in Scheme. Which book in the OP would you recommend for learning scheme alongside SICP?
>>58212117
What do you find hard to read?