/sqt/ - stupid questions thread

Reposting question:

I just installed a second SSD in the PCIe slot of my laptop. Main SSD runs Ubuntu. The new one has windows.

Everything works fine, only when I run the windows SSD I must change the BIOS to boot into UEFI. This is fine but the boot takes minutes as with the shutdowns. From what I understand this is that something related to grub and linux being the OS of the main drive. Windows doesn't seem to work well when it's not the main drive.
Any idea of how to fix this other than to switch the OSes of the drives? Thanks

>>59859493
seems like you installed one OS on uefi other on legacy?
anyway, without reinstalling I am not sure what else you could do, in the future always have windows installed first, as linux can hijack its EFI partition, but its shitwork other way around

"ls" seems to sort by name usually, but it fails to do it for these symbols (LANG=en_US.UTF-8).

~$ ls -1
Ⅶ.txt
Ⅳ.txt
Ⅷ.txt
Ⅴ.txt
Ⅲ.txt
Ⅱ.txt
Ⅸ.txt
Ⅹ.txt
I.txt
Ⅵ.txt

Why?

>>59859593
>one OS on uefi other on legacy

Yes, that's actually exactly what I did, I'm sorry I didn't specify. Not going to lie, this BIOS shit is Greek to me so that's cool that you knew that.

Ubuntu is on legacy.

Okay then, I'll swap them out. My new M.2 is whip fast anyway.

>>59859700
you can have few min of reading this
https://www.happyassassin.net/2014/01/25/uefi-boot-how-does-that-actually-work-then/

its a good read, well written and knowing little bit more about EFI is handy

Asking again in this new thread.

60 something Power on count
800 Power on hours

Is this normal for a new hard drive in a new laptop? Apparently its from the factory testing and such, is this true?

>>59859812
dunno, never checked smart stats of brand new PCs
30 days of power on seems excessive for imaging and basic testing, but nothing really impactful, also if its not ssd, get ssd

>>59859735
Hey thanks anon I'll read through it.

>>59859605
because those are roman numbers and it sorts numerically.

>>59859864
>sorts numerically
>still wrong order
All of my what.

What OS should I use to help get out of botnet?

>>59859883
any linux distro?

>>59859846

>30 days of power on seems excessive for imaging and basic testing

Maybe because its from HGST and they have more stringent testing? I'm not worried about it at all just seemed a little odd.

>>59859992
I think that actual manufacturer of the HDD resets smart values on sale after testing, but the notebook manufacturer who put system there and maybe did some notebook testing

but yeah, I will have new y520 in hands in upcoming weeks, will check its smart values just out of curiosity

>>59860021

That makes sense. As its Lenovo they're probably endurance testing again to make sure.

>>59859438
so is the ryzen 5 good enough for gaming at 1080p? (1500x,1600)

>>59860094
yes

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I am looking to buy some HDD's for storage/backup and pi-seedbox.
Now I've found this picture one time on /g/ with crossed out manufacturers who were shit.
Now I recall WD and Seagate being shit, does that leave Toshiba?
Or are there other reliable hdd manufacturers?

>>59860117
WD Blues will either fail within a month, in which case you just get a free replacement, or they last for infinity years. I have one from 2007 that's still going strong and sees a ton of daily IO

Hitachi drives are probably the gold standard, but they've been bought out and divided up so I don't know the risk involved with them anymore.

Seagate is unabashed shit.

>>59860160
Thank you, if I find a WD I'll see to it that the replacement policy is active at the store.

When I plug my headset into my phone it sounds like 3 times as loud, and has a lot more bass. I really want it to sound like this on my PC, and I don't know why it doesn't.

What can I do?

>>59860277

Turn the headphone port volume up? If you're on Windows you can try disabling enhancements in sound properties as well.

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>>59860117
WD and Seagate are like only one left
toshiba does only 2.5" notebook drives as far as I know

read through blackblaze statistics, choose what you got budget for
just dont be retard and read the statistics correctly
meaning you take in to account years in service

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-benchmark-stats-2016/

>>59860300
Yea everything is as high as it can go. What would the enhancements have to do with it? If anything it made it louder.

What is the best distro to install to learn how to use linux? I have absolutely no idea where to start but I'm so fucking sick of bloatware windows and its fucking garbage.

I read the /g/ guide but it's vague about what distro I should try.

>>59860332
Toshiba took over HGST's 3.5" division

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>>59860364
i thought WD bought them
jesus fuck what a mess

>>59860349
Linux Mint.


>>>/fglt/.

>>59860403
>>>/g/fglt

I tried this.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/02/msg00062.html

cd /target
mount --rbind /proc proc/
mount --rbind /sys sys/
mount --rbind /dev dev/
mount --rbind /run run/
chroot . /bin/bash

then

apt-get update
apt-get install grub-efi-amd64

update-grub
grub-install
#grub-install failed saying no target specified...so you need to point it at the disk.

grub-install /dev/nvme0n1
#it should say install successful or something along these lines.

Then continue without boot...

When I booted the system I get:

grub>

How do I fix this?

I've restarted the installer and gotten to the point of installing grub again:

:/# grub-install
Installing for x86_64-efi platform
efibootmgr: Skipping unreadable variable Boot0001: Input/output error
efibootmgr: Skipping unreadable variable Boot0001: Input/output error
efibootmgr: Skipping unreadable variable Boot0001: Input/output error
Installation finished. No error reported.

Obviously there's some fuckery going on here. Wat do?

I have a physical button and a Raspberry Pi. The button is connected through GPIO and I know and have a short Python script that runs when it is pressed. It is a push-button meaning it finishes a circuit when pressed down, and the circuit is broken when nobody is pressing on it.
I have the button set-up in such a way it switches between 2 different Python scripts.

i = 0
#button pressed
  i += 1
  if (i%2 == 0):
    #do script 1
  else:
    #do script 2

Now, if I'd want 3 scripts, it'll be:

i = 0
#button pressed
  i += 1
  if (i%3 == 0):
    #do script 1
  elif (i%2 == 0 and not i%3 == 0):
    #do script 2
  else:
    #do script 3

The problem is, it switches in the following manner: 1-2-3-2-1-3-1-2-3-2-1-3, and not desired 1-2-3-1-2-3-1-2-3-1-2-3.
I am fucking clueless as to what this problematic is called and therefore can't google any alternatives. "Programming switch between 3 or more different codes" isn't a very good search query as you can imagine.

>>59860349
ubuntu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zpgQpdy_fI

What can I do to route my home guests' traffic trough VPN and prevent them from accessing my main network/devices?

>>59860524
>my home guests' traffic
meaning what
a pc?
an account?
devices on wifi?
...

>>59860524
just make a vlan

>>59860544
devices on wifi & ethernet.

>>59860437
I went to the link posted in that mailing list and got the latest kernel. Seemed to have worked (with same error messages but whatever).

>>59860587
well, if you got budget get some hardware from aliexpress and put pfsense on to it
you will have total control

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/QOTOM-310G4-3215U-Barebone-mini-pc-Dual-core-4-nics-Mini-pc-Ubuntu-Industrial-desktop-Computer/32769767156.html

/r/pfsense

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Is it possible to connect to two ISP at the same time?
Or to connect to two different routers connected to two different ISP at the same time?

Can anyone help me on how to import a cmake Linux project into eclipse on Windows?
According to google, I have to import it as makefile project, but after doing this I can't figure out how to build it, and the guides on google are all for eclipse on Windows.

Now, whenever I click "build", it gives me
"Cmake exited with status 1. See cmake console for details." with no cmake console to be found, and if I check the eclipse error log, it says "build artifact is missing", which is a fucking JAVA error.

>>59860446
Show us your complete code

>>59860735
sure, decent routers have load balancing

>>59860924
>load balancing
I don't see how this is relevant.
I want to have access to two different ISPs at the same time.
Since each ISP have some sort of members exclusive site that can only be accessed if you are using that ISP.

See for yourselves.
http://cinema.shams-tele.com/

I'd like to backup a bunch of my images and music and stuff on a cloud because I think my HD is finally giving up

I've been trying amazon/google drive together with the amazon app for amazon and insync for gdrive but they don't seem to have what I need. They keep making new folders where it duplicates all my shit in just to keep it synched, I don't want that

What I want is: Let me keep the original file locations WITHOUT duplicating them into some newly created folder, and upload that folder to the cloud. Every time I add an image to that folder, it should sync it to the cloud

so for example: USB/IMAGES/CARS (for example's sake)
it should only copy that CARS folder to the cloud, and every time I add a pic to it, upload it automatically to the respective folder in the cloud

yet for some god forsaken reason none of them do that, am I asking too much? what am I doing wrong?

Speakers plugged into back audio jack and they work fine, headphones plugged into front jack and they work fine but super quiet. When i plug my headphones into the back audio jack they dont work. What am i missing?

>>59860879

#imports (time, GPIO, sensor)
 
#segments
 
#digits

sensor = BMP085.BMP085()

#numbers
        
try:
        while True:
                input_state = GPIO.input(26)
                if input_state == False:
                    #button pressed
                    i += 1
                    time.sleep(0.2)

                if (i%2 == 0):
                    temp = format(sensor.read_temperature())
                    disp = str(temp) + 'C'
                    rawt = disp.replace(".","")
                    for digit in range(4):
                        for loop in range(0,7):
                            GPIO.output(segments[loop], num[rawt[digit]][loop])
                            if (int(time.ctime()[18:19])%2 == 0) and (digit == 1):
                                GPIO.output(27, 0)
                            elif (digit == 1):
                                GPIO.output(27, 0)
                            else:
                                GPIO.output(27, 1)
                        GPIO.output(digits[digit], 1)
                        time.sleep(0.002)
                        GPIO.output(digits[digit], 0)
                else:
                    n = time.ctime()[11:13]+time.ctime()[14:16]
                    s = str(n).rjust(4)
                    for digit in range(4):
                        for loop in range(0,7):
                            GPIO.output(segments[loop], num[s[digit]][loop])
                            if (int(time.ctime()[18:19])%2 == 0) and (digit == 1):
                                GPIO.output(27, 0)
                            else:
                                GPIO.output(27, 1)
                        GPIO.output(digits[digit], 1)
                        time.sleep(0.001)
                        GPIO.output(digits[digit], 0)
finally:
        GPIO.cleanup()

Not sure how this helps, had to comment some of it out for the 2kCharLimit). This displays current time or temperature on a 4 digit 7 segment display.

Following this: >>59857078

I booted ubuntu live usb, but cannot find the usb drive in the file manager.

I tried mounting it, it gives me:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt
mount: /dev/sdb1 is already mounted or /mnt busy
/dev/sdb1 is already mounted on /cdrom

Alright, I've set up a raidz pool and set it to be mounted to /Storage.

Now what?

>>59861336
what the fuck I'm retarded, I tried to mount the live usb.

I ran sudo fdisk -l and saw a flash drive, thought it was the usb drive that didnt work, but it was the live usb.

So sudo fdisk -l doesn't print the usb drive, what should I do now?

>>59859605
what output do you get from ls -la?

>>59861350
porn

whats a the "4chan approved" virus removal program now?

>>59861415
dban

>>59861415
I'm still good with mbam, reinstall if shit's worse than mbam can handle.

>>59861431
he said removal, not loic

>>59861391
update:
ls /dev/ | grep sd prints sdc

so I tried to mount /dev/sdc, which gives me:

mount: /dev/sdc: can't read superblock

>>59861466
>loic
i meant nifo
my bad

So my trusty G700s is in its death throes, none of the programmable buttons work. Fortunately I have exactly 1 month of warranty left... Unfortunately all the current lineup I can choose a replacement from does not include a G700s, and all the choices are absolute dog shit.

So I'm probably going to have to settle for a wired mouse with less buttons and without even side-tilt on the wheel (G502 if anyone's wondering), so does anyone have any recomendations for a good wireless mouse I can use with my laptop?

Ideal specifications (which I realise probably can't be met, so they're in order of priority):
- Low-friction scrolling wheel (after using G700s for three years I cannot stand wheels with hard ticking)
- Back and forward buttons (doesn't have to be programmable)
- Side-tilting scrolling wheel
- Rechargeable batteries

Since it's going to be a secondary mouse for using on the go with my laptop, ideally I'd like not to spend too much on it, so my budget would be something like £30.

Alternatively I might just keep the 502 sealed, sell it on ebay or something and get myself a new 700s from amazon. Incidentally, does anybody here live in the UK and want one for like £40? Heck, while we're at it, they offered me anything other than the G900, so if somebody wants like a G403 wireless or anything else, and is willing to make a deal, I could ask them for that instead

>>59861466
didnt know malwarebyts had a nickname..
just the free one is fine?
I have to fix a family members rig and between firefox/firewalls, i havent seen a virus in years

Are VR headsets any good to watch movies on?

I was looking at the gear head set, as I am likely getting the next Note phone assuming it's good.

>>59861415
Malwarebytes and Adwcleaner.
You will need both, they will be merged eventually tho.

>>59861611
no, resolution is way too low.

I'm working with ubuntu for the first time. I need to set up a LAMP server for my supervisor's archive database.

Google lamp
>You need php
Google php
>You need mysql
google mysql
>You need apache
google apache
finally, it doesn't have some bullshit prerequisite
try to install apache
>don't forget to update apt-get
Oh, uh sure I guess
>did you upgrade apt-get too?
Fine, there I did it
Apache done
mysql done
php done
install the program
>you need ffmpeg and graphicsmagick
Well alright here I go
Oh these are packages I can't use apt-get
>readme: you need to `./configure`
sure buddy
>yasm/nasm file or directory not found

Oh hehe
HAHAHA
YASM AND NASM HOW COULD I FORGET YASM AND NASM
YASSIM
NASSIM
YASSIM
NASSIM

I'm gonna fucking puke
How does anyone deal with linux

>>59861412
The same.

>>59861228
Wouldn't it just be easier to reset your counter (i) when it's supposed to reach the max value?

>>59861611
>watching movies
>on VR

It's a meme my dude

Even for gaming which traditionally settles with worse image quality, I would still wait until the hardware improves. If instead you're looking for a cinematic experience you're going to be very, very sorely disappointed

>>59861414
No need for maintenance? No cronjob?

>>59861703
>>>/g/fglt

>>59861703
>sudo apt install <Whateverthefuck>
>Automatically installs dependencies

That's how.
Also, LAMP is a fucking software stack, not something to simply install like a fucking terminal emulator.
If you need to develop LAMP you need to make sure your configuration is correct.
RTFM

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>>59861703
L inux
A pache
M ySQL
P HP

of course you need php mysql and apache to get the AMP in LAMP

>"how to install lamp on YOUMEMEDISTROFCHOICE"
gives you a step-by-step guided on how to install it.

>>59861661
>>59861709

Alright thanks, I appreciate the answer.

Do you guys think we will get to a cinematic VR experience within, say, 10 years?

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how do i make this matching not greedy?

it should only match ¶1¶ and not ¶1¶1¶

>>59861870
add ? after the *

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>>59861884
thank you

>>59861864
10 years is a long time, I'd be surprised if we didn't

>>59861864
Most likely.

I'm not particularly knowledgeable about VR but my understanding is that they just need better displays - I can't imagine any particularly fundamental changes being needed beyond that. Head tracking is absolutely fantastic right now, there's very little room for improvement there, so really it's just the displays.

We have 4k smartphones now; the only problem is the refresh rate. I think 4k ~144Hz per eye should be plenty. The tech for that is some time out in the future, but not that far out in the future - you can get UWQHD 120Hz right now (granted on a huge monitor, but again that shouldn't be too difficult to miniaturise) and even 8k TVs are coming out soon.

For gaming like that you'd need the appropriate hardware - driving dual 4k 144Hz screens would be very, very difficult today, if even possible with consumer cards - but for watching movies that will be a non-issue.

>>59861864
>>59861974
Oh yeah forgot to mention - you'd ideally need content tailored for VR viewing. That's really an unknown factor - for all we know VR movies might turn out to be a huge meme and the technology will be used almost only for gaming and simulations (think pilot training), which would be unfortunate but is a definite possibility.

What are some good books about self made billionaires in the tech industry?

Should I go for 1080p 144hz or 1440p 60hz? Or should I spend more and go for 1440p 144hz?

>>59862027
If you have the GPU power for it 1440/144

>>59862012
The Art of the Deal

>>59862027
Depends in your GPU.

How do I backwards quote people?
I mean with NUMBER<<

59862094<<
Let's find out if this is it.

>>59862094
>>59862114
Well I tried my best.

>>59862132
Yeah I tried that one already

is ryzen 5 a gayman cpu or is i5 still the way to go. please elaborate with more than a simple yes or no and maybe links to back this

>>59862094
>>59862114
>>59862132
>>59862140
add the U+061C character

>>59862027
Between 1440p 60Hz and 1080p 144Hz:
- If you want a cinematic experience (e.g. you're using it as an HTPC a lot), go for higher res.
- For literally everything else, pick the refresh rate. It's even worth it just for the cursor smoothness.

If you have the money though, go for both.
- In day-to-day applications, you'll have more screen space in terms of pixels AND be able to enjoy the smoothness of 144Hz
- Assuming you have a passable GPU, you'll be able to enjoy both advantages in any game which is older or less demanding. TF2 is still fun if you can find a good server, you know.
- For the newest and flashiest graphic-intensive games, even if you don't have a top-of-the-line stellar GPU that can handle that, you can always compromise. Having a monitor capable of both not only lets you enjoy both advantages outside of these graphic-intensive games, but also lets you choose which to use while playing them - maybe you'd pick a lower framerate but 1440p for enjoying Skyrim/Witcher landscapes, or maybe you'll scale down on the resolution but keep the smoothness of 144Hz for something like a shooter or any other more fast-paced game.

>>59862176
I might need further instructions

>>59862217
Take the U+061C character and insert it into the text of your post

>>59862207
does 1440p have feasible no lag monitors when talking about 144hz? I know 4k doesn't at the moment.

>>59862051

Fuck off, retard.

؜>>59862217
you just put the character before the other characters.

>>59862217
https://codepen.io/anon/pen/WjNZBO?editors=1000#0
just for you.

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>>59862238
Even Google tried to tell me that

؜>>1234567

>>59862226
ASUS PG278Q(R) is TN
PG279Q is IPS

I researched both of them at one point when I toyed with buying one, ended up deciding against it because of the cost. Essentially the TN one is, of course, cheaper, but also has absolutely exceptional colour quality for a TN - not as good as IPS, but it's definitely very adequate if you aren't a professional artist or something. Additionally it doesn't suffer from backlight bleed or any of those things.

The IPS one is of course better on the obvious points, but on top of being more expensive some people report problems with having an IPS panel refreshing this fast - typical IPS problems (like, again, backlight bleed) are more pronounced. Last I checked it seemed to be a lottery whether you got a good panel without these defects, or a more flawed one. No idea if they improved since then (that was about a year ago or so).

Acer also has equivalent models, and also BenQ I think. They are generally all really similar though, and the same reasoning as above applies.

>lan doesnt work
>Wifi does
Changed port, cable and pc same shiet
Called isp they tried 2 times and failed
Really makes u tink

I3 spilled 3water 3on3 my3 laptop3 now3 I keep 3getting /a3 bunch 3of 33s 3every3 time3 I hit 3the3 space 3bar.
.
.Also/ 3my 3backspace3 registers 3a / 3/almost 3every3 time3 I 3backspace3 and 3my3 enter3 key3 inserts3 periods /and 3forward 3slashes.
.
.What's 3the 3easiest 3way3 to 3disable 3the 3built-in3 keyboard3 and 3make3 a3 /USB 3one 3my3 default 3keyboard?

Al/so 3ka//eyboard 3recommendations 3for3 like 3$50-100?

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What do you /g/entoomen use to download shit off youtube?

Google appears to have just neutered the firefox extension I've been using, now I'm getting nothing but empty files.

>>59862471
youtube-dl.

>>59862484
seconded

>>59862471
4k downloader

>>59862471
4K Video Downloader, easy to use for retards and it has never failed me.

Where to get high quality songs from
Youtube downloaders are ass
Should i look for 320 kbps songs or what exactly

>>59862471
Youtube-dl.
VideoDownload Helper but since youtube manages 1080p+ videos as sound and video separate its a problem to use it.

>>59862395
I just feel as if 1440p is a meme upgrade, like 900p was. As far as I'm aware no movies actually get made in 1440p so it's also a waste to watch movies on. I might be wrong on that though but thanks for the insight. I'll just get the most expensive one

>>59862515
>>59862508
4k downloader installs a lot of bloat on your PC though.

>>59862568
What? I didnt notice any of that when I installed last year. Could you elaborate?

What would restrict bandwidth and latency?
I'm guessing distance increases latency?

>>59862591
it saves all their other propriety software in your temp folder. It's a few 100 mbs iirc.

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>>59862508
>>59862515
Works perfectly, thanks guys.

>>59862568
Not seeing anything here.

>>59862607
define context

>>59862554
It's actually really useful even outside of movies. Again, faced with the choice, I'd prefer refresh rate, but given the opportunity to have both, I'd definitely take it just for the increased screen space.
Source: I've used various resolutions over time, including UWQHD (now that there is a meme, unless you really have a lot of money to throw at monitors).

Also, don't they shoot movies in 4k these days? Do they not release them above 1080p or something?

>>59862643
Yes. but that's why you'd use a 4k monitor for those.

>>59862623
For example if there was a scenario where a data analyst needed to analyse data which is stored on the other side of the planet and he has three options:
Download all data
Do it all remotely
Get only what is needed when it is needed

In what cases would bandwidth/latency be restricted? What restricts bandwidth and latency?

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Best 2.0 PC speakers for a non-basshead up to 100 bucks?
They will be used only on a computer desk, connected to my PC and PS3, and at close range. I don't need to listen to them from across the room or anything, and I dislike nigger bass, I prefer an overall detailed sound with good treble. I don't give a fuck about how they look.

Is this set good enough? It costs 59€ on the Creative store.

Did youtube change something?
All the text in videos now have Parkinsons and made me think my gpu is dying.
But Vimeo is fine and games and shit are behaving normally.

Anyone else experience this?

>>59862700
I have those and I must say you'll want to turn the bass down at least a quarter. They're really bassy for having such small drivers.
But overall sound quality is good, especially for games.

>>59862663
Problem there is you're sacrificing refresh rate, since I'm not aware of any >60Hz 4k monitors existing.
If you really watch movies a lot then it might be worth it. If not, well, it's personal preference, but I'd never take it.

Heck, if you want a better movie experience, just get one of these https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016GNX4SE
At least you also get a good refresh rate and it can be useful for multitasking programs side by side

how do you clean your monitor?
i've got a shit load of smudges and stuff on mine and i don't want to damage it obviously.

>>59862718
Nah 4k 144hz monitors are a meme for now.

>>59862748
Microfiber and water.

>>59862672
Latency is a factor of how many hops it has to make and the distance traveled. If you ran a fiber optic cable to the other side of the earth it would take about 130ms to travel but in reality it ends up being a lot higher.

Bandwidth is hardware limitation on how fast you can encode and decode signals through optical fiber.

>>59862748
Steel wool

>>59862748
A pressure water cleaner is very effective, I usually use one of these https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01BMETENG

>>59862715
Nevermind, it seems Magic Actions theater mode is now wonky.
Oh well.

>>59861703
You're a retard

>>59862700
Have them and theyre pretty good dont have anything else to compare them to but my trash laptop speakers

how do i get to the old spotify layout? this new was is shit n loses every useful feature n is utter bollocks. also ive tried deleting cookies.

What should I buy if I want a hassle free NAS solution which does not run any proprietary software and has RAID set up such that if a drive dies it can be replaced. I only really need 4-8TB of usable storage space.

>>59862797
>>59862716
Cool, thanks.

How well do the knobs work? Do they have any weird issue like distortion or noise while they're on with no sound playing?

is there a quick way to explain symbolic links? the difference between /D and /H? how i should set things up in regards to syncing to a cloud?

What will cause webpages to load faster and scroll more smoothly? CPU? SSD?

My CPU is very old, Phenom II X4

>>59862926
reinstall your system, you got some shit, your hardware should have no trouble scrolling down a webpage

>>59862926
CPU. SSD will help with loading files from the disk.

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>>59862700
maybe its time to move to something better?
double your budget, buy SMSL small amp
and then start choosing some passive speakers

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>>59859438
I got pic related and they are starting to die.
What would be a good replacement ?
I listen to everything, mostly classical, pop, rock, jazz, some electro music too..
What should I look at ?
I live in France and it doesn't seems we got a lot of amps, speakers etc. available. (or they are expensive)
I would like to not spend more than 100€ too.

>>59862926
SSD.
Also use uBlock origin, and if you wanna bother with extra trouble for faster loading uMatrix too.

Your CPU is good enough when it comes to browsing the web, pretty much any CPU that isn't really weak can do it with no problem.

>>59862951

It's not drastically bad, mostly related to facebook's poor optimization, or when looking at a page with a lot of stuff going on, or lots and lots of text.

When I was using a Phenom II X2 and 3GB of RAM, I'd have 4chan start to have scroll lag around 300 posts, back in 2012.

how do i remove audio from a webm on a phone so that i can post it here

>>59863060
try different browser too

>>59863071
Remake it on PC but dont add sound.

>>59863091
not home

Would it be a bad idea to buy those Windows Atom boxes for a secondary PC?
They are $75, Atom x5-8300.

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I don't know how to compile this for windows. The instructions are basically there, but it doesn't hand-hold enough. I'm using Codeblocks-mingw, CMake, and all I need is for CMake to go through without errors and I can figure out the rest.
https://github.com/martin-tornqvist/ia

>>59863146
depends on the purpose of that PC
you saying secondary PC seems like the answer is yes, it would be pretty bad idea

>>59859438
>Partition a HDD
>Luks encrypt it
>Create logical partition mount
>Now i cant write on it unless i run file manager on root mode

Help me, whenever i try to change ownership with chowd the motherfucker wont get it, if i try with GUI the shit file explorer hangs up whenever i float my cursor above the mounting file

struggling to write a script that can change the value of .input-xlarge[0] on this page http://vocadb.net/Al/1 from blank to anything else. it shows after hitting the dropdown button next to "Download track info as CSV"

the field is always blank but i want it pre-filled with my custom string.
%artist%¶%discnumber%¶%track%¶%title%¶%album%¶%releaseyear%¶(%releaseevent%) %producers%%featvocalists%

I'm trying to extract the attachments out of a mkv but for some reason it doesn't work.
The video, audio and the .ass subs extract just fine.
I'm using gMKVExtractGUI

Is there a reason that this should be a pointer instead of a reference in C++?

Apart from legacy of course, it's probably older than references. I'm just pondering about whether it'd be any better or worse that way.

>>59863206
Are you actually opening it with cryptsetup when you mount it

>>59859438
How do i get my apps to auto install on a new android device?

I just bought a condenser microphone with a phantom power supply, and everytime I try to connect it to my laptop, it's not being recognized at all. I believe there is a light on the mic, but the light isn't on even though the phantom power is clearly on. The mic is a Behringer C-1 and the power supply is a Neewer. I know I'm being retarded, but I don't know in what way.

>>59862855
In Windows, Symbolic Links, Junction Points and Hard links all have a similar purpose, to make a file/folder somewhere look like it's also somewhere else, without having to actually move the file/folder.

/H (Hard link) can only link to something on the same volume, and is the fastest, since it's part of the regular NTFS filesystem structure. /D can link to anything with a fixed drive letter, including other volumes or a mounted network share, /S can link to anything, including paths relative to working directory, or network paths without a drive letter mount point, more UNIX like.

How do I compile something with a perl script on Solus?

>>59859438
NORMIE HERE
my iphone broke how much would someone buy it for, obviously not from this board but in general. i dropped it and lines are appearing and half of the screen doesnt work when you touch it. Its scuffed up and has a glass protector that has yet to break the real glass

>>59863818
both devices are s7 edges if that makes a difference

Can someone recommend me a office suite for Android which is not a fucking botnet? I don't want to use WPS office, since it belongs to a chinese company. I won't touch Google Docs and Microsoft office and I will also probably not use office Suite Pro. Has someone any recommendation?

>>59863925
Ah, so I think I probably need /D?
I'm trying to backup different folders (one locally on C:\ and a folder on my USB) to a cloud

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I'm dualbooting win7 and ubuntu but almost exclusively use ubuntu. I want to use virtualbox in ubuntu and run a copy of windows in the vm to test code I've written in ubuntu. Is it easy to get a working free iso I can run in a vm?

Is dedup off by default?

Are external optical drives cheap as fuck yet? I need one for burning PSX games.

Was reverse quoting disabled? I tried putting in the alt-code but the quote wouldn't reverse itself.

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I have to setup dual boot on my PC. But I'm noob.

I have windows 7, and I need to instal Ubuntu 16.04 alongside. How do I go about it without destroying my current system?

I've tried that few months ago, but every time I installed ubuntu, I could not boot windows anymore.

Here is my boot order and boot options, and speccy. Is there an easy way to do this?

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>>59859438
Please almighty anons of /g/ - what kind of solution can I use to build myself a workspace based container system for coding, something like eclipse che has. I would just use che, but its filled with neverending bugfixing until you can actually run it (+ doesnt have any authentication) and I would just use docker on my pc, but it requires a virtual machine to run all the time. (and using it on a server implies that I would have to remote control each time to create a new workspace)

tl;dr: workspace based linuxcontainers with pre-fetched environments like nodejs/php-laravel etc. that can be setup on a windows server.

Anyone know an easy way to get the CPU usage as a % of a process in powershell? When you do get-process, the CPU shown isn't a percentage. I don't know what it's supposed to represent there. When it says for example, chrome uses 18 CPU, what does that mean? Is there a maximum CPU somewhere I could use to calculate what % the 18 from chrome is?

I need a simple raspberry pi project for my class. something that doesn't need extra cables or devices, I only have the pi itself and an SD card. What's something I can make? I don't know much about them

Anyone know of any leaks regarding freeNAS?

anyone know a way to run malwarebytes from a flash drive outside of windows?

i'm using debian sid and gnome 3 keeps resetting the hour to +4. i tried setting the correct time in the system settings gui thing, didn't work. did sudo date -s and the correct date and it reset to the wrong one again. is there a way to stop it from fucking with the time? i've tried setting it to sync the time online and to keep it from doing so and neither seem to work

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HOW THE FUCK DO PEOPLE RUN RYZEN ON WINDOWS 7.
THE B350 MOBOS SAY ONLY W10
HOW??

>>59864649
Anything you would have an electronic alarm-clock do{only better {and because of the low power use it's always better}.
Without Internet, hdd, or sensor, it's best to build something handy.

>With internet you could go remote tasks via mobile/other Computing device.
>If a raspberry 3 {I think 2 not} Bluetooth, though the range is limited.

Last thought; tamagotchi.

>https://www.imgur.com/upload?url=%IMG;text:imgur
is there a better uploading site? I'd search the archives but you know...

can a laptop successfully run a VM if it only has an iGPU? or is it better do have a dedicated GPU to let the VM use?

Can an USB HDD be read by two computers "at the same time"? (Obviously not, but a small delay would be acceptable)

>>59864779
We warned you that Skylake and Ryzen aint gonna work no more

>>59864960
Doesn't answer the question tho.
And there are driver updates for W7 on Ryzen

>onboard gpu works normally
>I plug in my new gpu
>both onboard and onboard stop working
>gpu fan is spinning
>it works on other computers
>other gpus work on my computer but this one
I'm ready to fucking kill myself. I also bought a new PSU, but it didn't help. Any help?

>>59865043
>both onboard and onboard stop working
I meant: both onboard and offboard stop working

>>59865043
The name of your new gpu and the name of your motherboard would be useful

>>59865132
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6570
Motherboard: MCP6P M2+ (I think that's it)
PSU: 500 watts

They're both shit, but I need'em (got no money left).

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How can I get these popups on English Wikipedia pages?
I don't know why I'm able to get these on Italian pages, I don't have an account.

>>59863766
Ahh....

If I'm installing a new CPU into a computer I've used for a while, do I need to install any software? Assuming I'm upgrading from an i5 4430 to an i5 4690k.
Will it start working like normal right off the bat?

>>59865236
Yeah it should work fine, and if you have legit windows it will ignore it

You have to reactivate if the Mobo itself is changed

>>59865043
Go into BIOS settings and look at what sort of options you have.
Manually shut off the onboard video if you can, and tell it to use PCI-e

It may be bugging out automatically switching.

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I have an old usb and when I tried it, it was in an unknown format.
When trying to format it to fat32 in my linux partition it said that it couldn't read the partition table and wasn't able to do it. Then I tried in my windows partition, it prompted me to format it and right after accepting, it said it was write only.

What can I do? I don't care losing anything that was there, if it's necessary.

When will the GTX 11XX GPUs will come out?

>>59865301
If I could give you a kiss, I would.
I started playing around with my BIOS settings and it finally detected both of them at the same time.
Thank you so much, man.

What is a good screen recorder?

>>59865409
OBS
Its free and works better than most everything else

>>59864779
They just install them.
Windows 7 works just fine on B350.

>>59865414
Isnt that a streaming software?

>>59865429
Yes, doesn't mean it can't record too.

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Is this facing the right way? The arrow on the corner isn't any help.

What are some signs that my PSU is on its way out?

>>59865429
Yes
It records your screen to a file, and has an option to stream over sites if you get a key from them

Just ignore the streaming section and tell it to save the file to your hard drive.

Ok anons, bit of an issue I need a hand with. Old laptop with win10 preinstalled died, but the HDD was fine so I chucked it into another laptop. Works all fine but because the fucking license is attached to hardware or some shit I lost my activated windows. How can I get my win10 activated without having to shill out another fucking $100 to microsoft?

>>59865419
Thanks.

>>59865484
Did you use unnecessary force to slam it in?
Or did you slowly drop it in and it slide in to position?
Take it off and look for the arrow to match up(it may be the lower right side of this picture).If that is indeed the correct position go back to the amount of force you exerted to put it in

>>59865484
Yes, and the arrow in the corner does help you absolute retard.

>>59865547
Dude don't you have the serial key?
Talk with Microshill on the web-page for a recovery one (google it) and they should fix you up if you already bought a key before.

>>59865484
Ignore the arrows
Yes its in correctly, you see the 2 half moon cutouts to the right?

It only lays in one way

>>59865484
>The arrow on the corner isn't any help.
Flip down the the thing. You'll understand once you see it.

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Alright /g/,
Windows LTSB thread.
I researched everything about this supposed "botnet-free" OS and I've understood what it is but cannot find anywhere to legitimately buy it (or even pirate it for the real deal).
Is it a meme tier OS that serves no purpose or does it actually work?
Anyone ever used/currently using it,
explain how you got it?
Thanks.

how to make firefox not suggest previous searches as dropdowns on input boxes (mails, google searches, etc)

>>59865563
You just need to go trough some extra steps like adding USB 3.0 drivers but that will be it.

>>59865581
You don't get a key or anything when the laptop comes preinstalled with win10, or at least I didn't.

>>59865724
How do i make rar/7z create a new folder with the archive name upon extraction?

So if I get this right, PowerShell has "replaced" CMD in Creators Update but it does the exact same but with some more functionality?

>>59865724
Works through UUID, not a key
Since you threw it into other hardware they will never allow you to activate it again.

>>59865724
Oh then you're fucked.
OEM OS can't be transferred I think (built in laptops/company PCs).

One of my three monitors is susceptible to burn in. Is there anything I can do to reduce this short of powering it off when I'm not watching porn?

>>59865803
Screen savers, hence the name.

>>59865795
>>59865793
God fucking damn. Any windows loader that works with windows 10 yet?
>>59865766
Think you may have replied to the wrong dude dude.

>>59865823
MS Toolkit.
You can find the original in mydigitallife forums.

>>59865816
Screen savers don't work when I am using the computer

>>59865849
Run a pixel shift gradient image across the screen once a week

What's a site that has app apk's to download that I can trust doesn't add malware to them?

>>59865988
APK mirror
Obviously only has legit apks, you wont find a safe black market

>>59865834
Cheers mate works like a charm. Fucking microsoft wanks can eat my dick before I pay $100 because of a broken laptop.

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Something very simple isn't working with Python. I made this file executable, added the little comment at the top, and for some reason, the file isn't executing normally. I used the chmod +x Fuck.py command, and the file is now executable, yet it doesn't run in the way I was told it would. What the heck?

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Decided to try chromium today, got two questions:

>media players aren't working (pic related). Anyway to fix? YouTube works but everything else doesn't
>Why can't I sign into my google account on the browser? I got the credentials right but it doesn't save it or anything

>>59866266
You cant calling the file,you are calling a program named "Fuck.py3".
You want to execute the file so you need

./Fuck.py3

Any way to force windows to use as much space as needed to store thumbnails? I hate that sometimes while browsing my pictures folders it regenerates the thumbnails.

>>59866296
wow, thanks.

Arch, Gentoo, or another piecemeal distro? I want something n00b friendly that I can grow into.

>>59866354
debian

what's a good /g/ approved lightweight torrent client? Is qbtorrent still good?

If I buy a cheap chink laptop battery off eBay, could it damage my laptop or something? The manufacturer (dell) doesn't sell the battery, but there are tons on eBay.

>>59866401
i've been using aria2 seems alright.

>>59866401
transmission

what are the benefits of using linux like ubuntu over windows?

>>59866292
Flash installed?

>>59866469
There's just so many... to me the biggest thing is the minimalism. Whenever I go back to Windows, something just feels off. It's hard to explain, but I find that Linux runs much faster and better. I'm using Mint and Cinnamon btw.

>>59866507
If it runs better and faster then I'm okay with that, but what about security? All this news from windows 10 is making me feel uncomfortable and I don't want to upgrade to that

>>59866491
Yeah, updated it but still no dice

>>59866544
Do you have pepper-flash installed?
Chrome/chromium needs its own flash

>>59866455
I use the uget wrapper/browser integration, it relies on both aria2 and curl

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>>59866558
Did that too, still no luck

Is there a safe way to "modify" Windows 7 so I can use custom themes? I've used Universal Theme Patcher but after a few months I started getting blue screens pretty frequently.

Is Uxstyle safe to use? I've been told it doesn't edit core system files and is just a small service that runs in the background, but I've also been told that's a lie.

Or should I just stop fucking around with system files for muh aesthetics?

>>59866594
chrome has a stupid default that flash should ask to activate but it never fucking asks go to chrome://settings/content and change the setting to allow and see if that works

>>59866042
They don't have what I need, which is Faceapp. Any way to get an apk from the google store directly?

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>>59866704
Yeah, you could try downloading it. It's free.

How bad is it to overclock only one stick of RAM?

>>59866587
oh nice, I didn't know there was one of those. I've got an alias for it in zsh I'm lame :(

>>59866704
>>59866042
>>59865988
Is apkpure reliable?

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>>59859438
What is the likely temp difference between single fan push and pull on a CPU cooler?


I memed up a Reeven JUSTICE CPU cooler and haven't installed it yet but am worried about RAM clearance. If I have to put the fan in a pull config how much worse will my temps be?

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>>59866622
Did that and I'm still getting no results. Also, I probably should mention I'm getting pic related. Could that be an issue?

>>59866727
I'm lazy, I like having it set up so I can click any kind of download link in chrome and it just starts, no having to copy, then open/switch programs and paste the link

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Sup /g/. I want to connect this SOIC-8 clip to this CH341A SPI programmer but don't want to wait another week or so for the f2f jumper wires I ordered on ebay to arrive.

Is there any way to ghetto rig up some wires to connect the pins on these things? All I have is a box full of old ethernet cables, xbox controllers, earbuds, etc. No fancy electronics-specific wires or tools.

Is this possible?

>>59866909
Go to a local store.

>>59866909
You dont have a box full of IDE and floppy ribbon cables?
HD audio cables would work too

>>59866921
this
specifically radio shack if you've got one around ya

>>59866950
Nope, all I got that seems especially appropriate is a 2-pin molex to fan header cable that I got with some old IDE-to-SATA converter board, but that still leaves me 6 wires short. Does the gauge particularly matter with this sort of stuff? Can't I just rip the copper out of an old pair of apple earbuds and use that? I'm not really familiar with electronics.

>>59866966
>I'm not really familiar with electronics.
>flashing EEPROMS

Jesus christ anon

>>59865488

Anyone?

>be me get bored and want a windows start up custom sound

my question to you /g/ is how do i make my laptops start up sound like the sega dreamcast developer sound or even the regular dreamcast boot up.

>>59860446
def next_script(prev_script):
if prev_script == 3:
return 1
return prev_script + 1

i = 1
while True:
if button_pressed:
# do script i
i = next_script(i)

>>59867065
whitespace formatting got fucked up

>>59866469
>>59866542
Yeah it's way better on privacy. Modern windows is just fucking ridiculous on how much data it sends in. Microsoft has released stats on how many individual pictures have been opened by windows users. And it reports every exe run at a minimum. Plus malware is still much more prevalent on windows. And you waste so much time and energy installing and updating things without apt-get. Linux is like a breath of fresh air.

>>59865655
>botnet-free
More like botnet lite. It just trims a little bit of the fat

>>59864673
Bumping this

>>59867011
coil whine
bsod
graphic artifacts

>>59867122

How would I go about installing Ubuntu or Linux on
a laptop that already has windows on it?

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>>59866745
Bump because I would like to fix this issue asap and do my homework already. Gif players on places like twitter aren't working too I should mention

>>59867072
use
code formating tags next time

>>59867142
HirensBootCD has it

Is it possible to block the Adobe Genuine Check in my firewall so it never pops up again?

Looks like it's some shit that they added recently.

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>>59867169
https://linuxmint.com/download.php
Download ISO
https://rufus.akeo.ie/
Download program
>plug in flash drive
>run RUFUS
>load ISO into rufus and install to flash drive

>keep flash drive plugged in restart laptop
>go to BIOS by pressing DEL or F2 while its booting, dont let it go to windows
>find the Boot Priority option and tell it to boot your flash drive before your hard drive
>save and restart
>will boot into linux mint where you can play around with it
From there you can install it, you can dual boot or you can install it on the whole disk if you have your windows shit backed up elsewhere

wala, its that easy. And Mint will have almost no learning curve for just browsing the internet

>>59867011
you're machine will typically crash under heavy load.
you can hear some coil whine.
the fan sounds like shit.
voltages on the rails will be out of spec.

the first one is obviously easier to see but random crashing could also be other issues (mobo, ram),

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16899705003&cm_re=psu_tester-_-99-705-003-_-Product

Use a tool like this to check the psu, software readings of psu voltages can be really inaccurate.

>>59867253

It's a brand new cpu/mobo/RAM, but there are lots of little issues popping up. random blue screens, stable oc's are now unstable, and random hard drive issues like partitions won't be recognized, boot order won't work, files will go missing, etc.

>>59867169
Do you want to keep windows or replace it entirely?

>>59867284

Hmm well let me tell you what I usually do on my
laptop. I'm currently a student going for a comp
sci degree and plan on doing some coding on my laptop in my spare time at school,
browsing the internet, checking email, going on youtube and using word for essays and such
Don't know... what would you recommend?

>>59867046
anyone

>>59867277
does it run fine at stock without oc?

>>59867318
Full install
Copy all of your shit you want off of the hard drive
Then when you get the live linux booted, double click the Install button and go through the prompts

It will say "install alongside windows"
Click on the other button that says "erase disk and install Linux Mint".
It will completely wipe the drive and install it.

Coding in linux is great

>>59867352

Sorry if this is a noobish question but I've only slightly dabbled in coding.. Why is it better to code
in Linux would you say?

>>59867318
Just run linux in a VM. You shouldn't see much of a performance hit on modern hardware, any you'll have full compatibility with any software your Uni might require you to run. You'll waste a lot less time that way, and if you ever decide you're just in love with linux and you do everyting on it, you can swap things around.

>>59867365
A lot of language support right out of the box, and the editors are better
You dont have to install a bunch of horse shit like you would in windows

>>59867390

Thanks again for helping a noob out!

>>59867380
>any you'll have full compatibility with any software your Uni might require you to run.

Everything is done in a browser nowadays, and LibreOffice is a competent and full Office replacement.
Im a CS student and havent had 1 reason to use windows. Hell half of the students use Macs

>>59867349

no it doesn't. it has trouble even running benchmarks and it crashes on start-up

>>59867429
Run your PC out a Linux USB.
While on it Run Memtest86+ (Usually comes with Linux)

>>59867335
Change it in your sound settings, its pretty self explanitory

>>59867318
You're basically coming to the church of linux to ask for advice. As a student your best bet by far is to stick with windows or mac, and just run linux on the side as needed. Some people take to it super well and don't use anything else, but they're more of an anomaly. I certainty wouldn't suggest going cold turkey while you're trying to keep up with a student workload.

>>59867458
Depends on whether he is cut out for a compsci degree or not

>>59867425
I wish LibreOffice was a good replacement. If microsoft didn't make their standards intentionally hard to replicate that would probably be true. Also if they didn't hand out free copies of office to Uni students. I'm glad linux is working so well for you. I bet you didn't try it for the first time right before Uni. Also you had at least one reason that you needed windows. How many times did you NEED linux?

is there an addon for firefox that uses the normal tab layout but places them on top of each other too? Like a physical Rolodex would
i know about the verticle tab tree extentions, but i want it horizontal.

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Most monitors have 2W RMS speakers. Isn't that shitty? I want to buy a Logitech Z313 with 25W RMS. What will be the difference? Also, is this the main attribute to consider when choosing speakers? 25W looks pretty damn good to a PC speaker.

>>59867481
Plenty of compsci dudes don't use linux as their primary OS. Probably most.

I'm going on a plane ride tomorrow and want some C++ practice.

Any leads on a pdf full of sample problems?

I want to completely reset my computer. I don't want a single document, not even a single line of text, saved. Give me a guide pls.

>>59867552
Ohh someone downloaded "C"heeze "P"izza huh?

Do you want to do a low level format (Paranoia tier erasing that leaves no trace of files)

Or just get rid of everything in order to do a clean install?

Luddite question, what are those flashing blue LED's on my msi motherboard for? Diagnostics? Aesthetics?

Can I remove them without causing damage to any other components?

Do I still need the linux-nvme kernel? When I switched from mainline a few months ago, it improved my battery by 10%. Are the nvme power saving tweaks going to get in to the proper kernel?

>>59867484
Yes I was familiar with linux before my freshman year. I had the same reservations and actually have a windows 7 VM installed.
I just havent opened it up once for school related tasks, and the way people use tablets and macs I just dont see it happening.

People act like the learning curve is really big moving to linux. Its not hard at all.

He will be learning bash scripting and how to compile code. Yet somehow its going to be difficult to learn the new filesystem? The one thats way more simple and makes a whole lot more sense than the fragmented windows one?

I say go head first and start coding now, learn linux now. If you cant handle that, he is going to fail out anyways.

>>59867578
>Luddite question, what are those flashing blue LED's on my msi motherboard for? Diagnostics? Aesthetics?
Which ones? there are a lot and work differently based in mortherboard.
They could be Q-Codes or status codes.

>Can I remove them without causing damage to any other components?
No, have you ever heard if its not broken dont fix it?

>>59867552
DBAN

>>59867577
>Or just get rid of everything in order to do a clean install?
I guess that?

My parent's computer is full of viruses from whatever the fuck adults do online. Like seriously, how hard is it to not click malware infested ads? Anyway, I want to try nuking the entire thing.

>>59867603
You could try to save it you know.

Run Malwarebytes and Adwcleaner.
Also install them uBlock Origin in their browsers.

>>59867603
>Like seriously, how hard is it to not click malware infested ads?

If you dont have your shit updated, and you dont run a decent adblocker you dont have to actually click on anything

>>59867587
There is one blue light that's always on and 3 other lights to the right of it blinking in unison randomly.

I leave my computer on to download over-night in my god awful satellite ISP late-night free-zone and the lights, along with the router lights and the modem lights, are distracting when I'm trying to sleep. I guess duct or electrical tape would work fine.

>>59867583
Nah. You'd be surprised how far you can get in compsci without getting too involved with linux. Telling someone who's never even done a dual boot to completely wipe their copy of windows is counterproductive. Linux is legit, and I'm all for increased adoption, but there's no reason you have to dive in head first.

>>59867603
just going on facebook with old flash, or even clicking some of the first links in a google search result (normies actually think those sites are legit) is sometimes enough.

>>59867640
Which motherboard do you have? you should be able to turn them off.

>>59867615
I did all that already but it's still not enough. I've already saved all of their important documents in a cloud and I have a blank USB ready. I need the ISO file for windows 10 on the USB and that's it? going the DBAN route btw.

>>59867661
If you are reinstalling windows you dont need to DBAN.

DBAN is for paranoia tier erasing for something shady for your government or stuff you dont wanna anyone ever read and maybe ransomware, not virus cleaning.

Install Windows 7 Ultimate x64 or Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB 2016.
Which one you should install? well that depends on you, updates wont make your PC safer since its a case of common sense security.

So, which ISO you need?

>>59867652
MS-7599, I'll probably try mucking about in the bios settings before resorting to the tape.

>>59867683
>If you are reinstalling windows you dont need to DBAN.

Oh that's good.

I would like to reinstall windows 10.

>>59867689
>MS-7599
You mean 770-C45?

Check speccy for the correct name of your motherboard.

>>59867644
With how Windows had a propensity to break GRUB nowdays, I wouldnt recommend anyone dual boot it. GRUB issues are a pain in the dick especially for someone new who wont get either to boot.

And yes you dont need linux for compsci, it just feels natural and makes sense after a while.

A VM would be easier maybe, but he is already saying he doesnt really want to keep using windows. Learn linux now, if he is going to take the leap the sooner the better. A VM is a quick way to get bored and click out of it

I just have faith in this guy

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So I'm graduating with a math bachelor's and I'm thinking I might make the transition over to computer programming and optimization. I did some programming and I learned a decent amount about algorithms during my Math undergrad, but I haven't really got deep into the theory behind computers. How does one make the transition into the computer science field? How do I start gain eligibility for jobs?

>>59867697
http://uptobox.com/r4qxa7r8bmlo/en_windows_10_enterprise_2016_ltsb_x64_dvd_9059483.rar

Download Rufus too since you will need it.

>>59867703
>I just have faith in this guy
I feel like I would like you. I disagree with your conclusion, but not where you're coming from.

hi my friend gave me a power supply (corsair something) but he doesn't know if it works or not

How can I test if it works or not? I don't want to break components or anything

>>59867698
My mistake, it's a 870-G45

>>59867741
Do you have MSI control center installed?

>>59867741
Also in your BIOS under the ECO section you should find the LED settings.

I'm a beginner at Python, so this is going to look pretty stupid. How do I properly implement the filters for the years that I don't want in this script? I'm sure I don't need to make a new line for each year. It opens a random page and checks if it's from any of those years, but I can't figure out how to properly filter the class.

https://pastebin.com/XPKcB3AN

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I want to start using Iridium, or maybe Opera today. Why can't I log in to sync with my old chrome browser?

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Bought my gf a gaming laptop and it runs Overwatch at like 20 fps. What the fuck gives?

Intel® Core™ i5-7300HQ
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050

Settings on medium. Shouldn't this be able to run high @ 60 fps?

What the fuck is going on?

http://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-power-pavilion-laptop--15t-x7p44av-1

The one I purchased.

Why the fuck won't it run Overwatch (or even HEARTHSTONE) at 60fps? Why the fuck?!

I updated the drivers and put the power on performance mode.

What else do I have to do?!

>>59867850
it's probably using the cpu as video card instead of the gpu

>>59867850
Disable your IGPU.

Is there a reason to have a VPN to begin with if I one were to use something like W10 or chrome?

>>59868087
Sure. There are many reasons. Maybe you want to connect to your office network to access files

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I'm looking to start my own personal media server and I want to do it myself but I am having issues finding a good tutorial for it. Can you guys recommend any good guides on ripping and compressing media? Also something that will give me a good overview of mkvtoolnix?

>>59863071
ffmpeg

>>59862457
Open up the laptop and disconnect the keyboard.
You might also want to just let the keyboard fully dry off. Maybe it'll still function after drying if it's not too late.

Are 4k TV's worth buying?