/sqt/ - stupid questions thread

>>62086880
how about you make this thread when you actually want to ask something?
why does it need to be up

>>62086880
luddite here

what is the difference between C and C++?

>>62086976
basically C++ is built on top of C and can do lot of stuff C can't

>>62086975
I was about to make it myself.
After reading some comments here I decided to compile my own Openwrt image [or lede, whatever you want to call it].
What are the /g/'s MUST packages, besides dnscrypt?

>>62087025
unbound
dnssec
squid

>>62087004
could you give me an example? not trying to be a cunt, genuinely curious

>>62087045
What kind of fancy ass router do you have that can run squid?

just bought a macbook pro 2017, should I buy a case and a screen protector? should the screen protector be glass or just something matte to protect from fingerprints?

Is there a good Arch installation guide for idiots like me? Every one I find with a quick search is shit.

>>62087112
>protect from fingerprints
The glass is made to have fingerprints on it

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help
how can I fix it?

>>62087147
fix what?

>>62087004
>>62087062
C++ is built on top of C, but both languages can have programs do the same things. It's just that C++ is far more convenient than C, because it has many features that C does not. The difference is for the programmer and not the end users.

You see, there is something called Turing completeness (Turing equivalence). If two languages are both Turing complete, then they are equivalent in what they can express. That is, programs written in either language can do the same things. There is no program one language could express that another couldn't.

Programming languages are Turing complete, which means that they can end up doing the same things.

There is a difference in practice though - some languages are faster than others, which means that there can be practical limitations as to why one language can fulfill a role and another can't.

Another difference, probably the biggest one, is the amount of libraries and resources available. C++ has an extensive standard library and a whole bunch of freely usable libraries that help make whatever application you want to. Languages like C have a lot less as far as that is concerned.

tl;dr it's mostly about developer convenience. C++ is easier and faster to write for the developer than C.

luddite here

how do you read portage block errors?

>>62087203
thanks for the comprehensive answer anon

what's the best wireless card (5ghz) for the thinkpad x220?

can someone redpill me on why the BIOS of my HP Laptop from 2016 can't recognize my new HD, but my Compaq Presario shitbox desktop from 2009 can?

how can i make it recognize it? i literally cant do anything in the BIOS because the advanced options are hidden.

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Trying home automation. Bought some sockets which work on the 433MHz RF (433.92MHz), but the receiver on the PI doesn't register any signals from the socket remote control when I press buttons, so I'm getting nowhere fast.

Sockets:
https://www.dustinhome.no/product/5010958443/neyc3-power-switch-kit-white

RF transmitter and reciever:
http://m.ebay.com/itm/433Mhz-Superheterodyne-3400RF-Transmitter-and-Receiver-Kit-For-Arduino-ARM-MCU-/121597448874

"R" in pic related is how I've connected it to the Raspberry Pi 2 B.

I've installed rpi-rf through pip and this is the command I use to listen:

rpi-rf_receive -g 17

The goal is to figure out what the remote control is sending, then disconnect the rf receiver and connect the rf transmitter (same pins), and from there send rf signals to turn on/off my sockets.

>>62087114
You can always use Arch-Anywhere for a gui install. Pretty neat. Unless you actually want to learn how to manually install

>>62087180
UI cutting off

>>62087273
Hadn't heard about that, but I'd like to be able to install it completely by command line, with the partitioning and all that jazz. Also what drivers would I need to install for my Broadcom Limited BCM4313 802.11bgn wireless chipthingy?

Best torrent client for Android? I use ZetaTorrent which just werks, has a nice interface, and lets me choose which files to dl and which to ignore. But it's filled with ads, I'm sure there is something even better out there.

>>62087124
okay fine but what about a case? what are the good brands?

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What do ebay sellers mean whey they list a "matched pair" of Xeon CPUs together?

What would be the difference between buying a matched pair of x5675's from one seller vs buying two separate x5675's from different sellers? I plan on putting them in a dual socket motherboard.

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If i have a laptop with an HD4600 iGPU + 2x 1600MHz 4GB RAM sticks and upgrade them to 2x 2133MHz 4GB sticks, how much would be the increase in iGPU performance?

>>62087463
Nothing, it doesn't work that way.

>>62086880
Anyone here got void working on a t420? I can't get the installer to even boot.

What's cool stuff to do with openwrt?

>>62087251
the one that plugs into your ethernet port
besides, you'll need to flash the bios to change the internet wifi card and pcie cards are extremely hit and miss with gnu/linux

how do I convert a .flv file to .webm using ffmpeg without the aduio stream so I can upload it here?

>>62087655
audio stream*

How can I get something similar to Opera's pop-out video player in Firefox?

>>62087655
-an flag will remove sound

>>62087655
-an

I want to run a program in Wine, but when it runs it zooms in on a random spot of the screen and I can't back out of this without resetting the laptop. How do I make it so that nothing happens to the screen when I load an exe?

>>62087251
DW1510 will work out of the box in Windows and macOS, but throw an autistic fit on Linux because >broadcom

You'll need to flash a modded bios to remove the pci whitelist.

2 problems
1. I built an external fan with a switch on it like a basic light switch, but it for some reason when I turn it off it has like a melting metal plastic smell. What do?

2. I prev acquired 2 servers that are meant to work together, destroy the medical data and do whatever I want with them.
1 is from 2003 and the other is 2009 BUT the 2nd is the big daddy server where it has 32 gbs of ram and a xeon board or something. Forgive me for being dumb because I've never built a PC before nor do I know a lot about any parts.

What my issue with these that I was able to get the smaller PC's drives wiped but it's blinking on the front. It has 1-4 and 1 and 3 are blinking meaning a power failure which I don't know how to fix it.

Then the 2nd one I was talking about, won't let me inside cause I'm missing a key but I think that if I can get to the bios menu, I can at least load like Ubuntu but I haven't been able to do that yet cause I can't find it in the settings.

I want to clean these up to sell them if I can. BUT the server will remain with me. I want to use it to game on and I know that servers aren't meant for gaming but it's literally the best computer I've ever had. Can yall give me a hand?

I tried the /fglt/ thread, but no one responded.

I'm trying to install arch on my tablet, and i've gotten as far as the grub minimal bash. so I ran

set root=(hd0)

and then tried to run

linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 ro

but i get an error

 unknown filesystem

. Anyone know how i can load the kernel and boot into the arch live cd through the grub minimal bash?

>>62087686
Try setting winecfg to emulate a virtual desktop. And check appdb for that program and see if any kinder and wiser user than you already wrote about a fix.

>>62087673
any external media player and the "open with" firefox setting in preferences

Why does firefox not save page zoom settings at all and will a complete reinstall fix it

>>62087705
> can't find it in the settings
What settings? Can you set boot device priority?

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<--what the fuck is this

>>62087676
>>62087680
thanks

>>62087781
unfortunately no. I found some in the deeper bios but nothing about USB or disk. Like it's nonexistent or something i dunno

>>62087462
Just like ram it means its been tested to work with each other

>>62087741
Whata the fuck are you doing?
Boot the live usb and follow the instructions.

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and here's one more question I (>>62087788) have:
why are my torrents not seeding on Ktorrent? they worked fine on qbittorrent

>>62087886
You're not in the swarm long enough.
Peers have to want to connect to you, if you're not offering enough bandwidth or you're fresh in the swarm, you wont be picked up as a seed.

>>62087885
The tablet has an Intel Atom, which for some reason only can handle a 32-bit EFI. So i'm using that bootia32.efi file, which i presume is what's giving me the minimal bash, because normally it would never boot on the tablet.

How can I resize a bunch of images in a single directory with a single command?

>>62087928
imagemagick

>>62087817
Dumb namefag, pay attention.

>>62087936
Okay! But how?

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>>62087954

Can someone explain the glow in the dark cia thing to me? I never understood this

>>62087916
what do you mean by "in the swarm"? under time seeded it says an hour but the up and down speeds are blank

>>62086975
the last thread was about to expire and pretty active, makes sense to me :^)

>>62086880
What's the least Pajeet way to root my Android mobile device? CLI only. I searched and couldn't find GNU/Linux methods. I'm running Parabola GNU/Linux-libre, btw.

I'm assuming I need to do an lsusb to see which USB port the device is usurping, then chroot into it? Or maybe mount an Android binary with su on it? Both?

Should it matter that I have an HTC 10? I'd love to complete this without installing any packages; just use coreutils and similar.

I'm trying to configure a 360 controller for an emulator, and whenever I press the button I want to configure on the screen, every program thinks I'm pressing a button I'm not pressing. Why the fuck is the trigger/thumbstick so sensitive and how do I make it so that it allows me to input the actual button that I want to use?

>>62088013
can you install a custom rom or no?

>>62087772
>>62087772
Pls respond

whats the term for a headset that displays video right into your eyes (like a vr headste without the vr)

I tried googling but cant find the term.
Kinda like HUD or something

>>62087788
I'm not an expert, but seems it's trying to run the file directly. Have you tried opening it with an image viewer, by right clicking?

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Got 2x 4GB sticks of Kingston hyperx DDR3 1600. Total of 8GB. What's a fair price to sell this used so I can towards my 'miners fucked me over' vidya card fund? $45 too high?

>>62087992
Read dht swarm/node

Would a I3-4005U bottleneck a GTX 1050Ti?

>>62088107
$75.

>>62088094
HMD, head mounted display? Or just headset. Or HUD I guess. I don't think there's one real term.

>>62087988
meme created by Terry A. Davis, the author of the Temple Operating System. Presumably, the thought behind it is a that the CIA spies on you, and spies tend to have "glow-in-the-dark gadgets" to help them spy, so to identify a "CIA nigger, he would glow-in-the-dark, because he's a spy.

It's a leap of logic, but that's what happens when you have schizophrenia

>>62088107
Sell them for what you bought them plus shipping.

>>62088124
Thanks, HMD seems to be it.

>>62088104
sorry I should've made it clear I don't know what the FUCKIN_MAN.jpg file is and it's not in my Downloads folder. it must've been an old image I've downloaded from 4chan or something that I deleted but it still shows up in the start menu

>>62087147
Install the development/beta version: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/umatrix/#beta-channel
It's at the bottom of the page, v1.0.1rc0.

>>62088111
What? Sorry I'm new to torrenting I have no idea what that means

>>62088152
Well, have you tried right clicking it and delete?

I can't seem to find a clear answer on this.
If I have three disks, 2x2GB, and 1x1GB, and I use them in a ZFS RAIDZ configuration, how much space do I have? The sum of the disk sizes, or 3x the size of the smallest disk?

>>62088190
yes the only right-click option is open containing folder

my OS is antergos with KDE

>>62088203
That should be TB, btw

>>62087114
try antergos

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lately when search for images when open them i get redirected to pinterest
they own all pic now? how do i block it? also i'm using firefox and startpage

>>62088244
they're probably just imges from pinterest dude

>>62087348
I have the same chip but switched to a distro that removes nonfree drivers, namely Parabola GNU/Linux-libre. I personally have to buy a new WLAN card, but as you have a kernel containing access to nonfree blobs, it should work by default. Do a search for bcrm or broadcom 4313 or whatever. But I suggest installing Parabola and freeing yourself.

>>62088276
DUUUUUUUUUUUDE

>>62086880
https://virustotal.com/pt/file/c9edacad5991dc3571e15ce507780d216575e8ce63250d133be5e037768046c3/analysis/

This isn't safe, is it?

>>62088205
How about cleaning out ~/.local/share/RecentDocuments/?

Wat is the best way to remove thermal paste from a CPU

>>62088332
70& isopropyl alcohol

>>62088062
I'm not sure. How would I know?

>>62086880
how to configure umatrix to work with 4chan, 4chanx and oneechan?

>>62088349
70%

>>62088332
>best
isopropyl

>>62087203
thanks for this amazing overview that's really well explained, I'll save this in my personal knowledge Wiki

>>62088321
Nope, still there.

>>62088013
Here are open/unlocked phones in which you can boot to recovery (might have to flash a custom one via fastboot first) and do whatever you want to your system and then there are the majority in which you have to gain root via an exploit first.

>>62088499
Well, then I can't help you. I only use dwm with dmenu.

>>62087203
C has more libraries. Just no standard library beyond libc.

Did Bakabt fix the exploit where you could copy the torrent download link, logout, and download it without it effecting your ratio? I haven't used it in several years so I'm wondering if maybe I'm just remembering it wrong

What should I name my laptop.

>>62088364
I was kind of asking if you were willing to install a custom rom not if you're able to. It'll basically wipe everything you have on your phone and install a custom version of android, so make sure you back everything up and export any contacts/photos you want to move over. Here's a guide to install LineageOS on the HTC 10 if you want to: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/pme/install

At the end there's an optional step that tells you to root your the device using the LineageOS su add-on, so do that to root.
You'll also have to install Google Apps on your device if you need them because it doesn't install them for you.

>>62088531
Ok well thanks for trying.

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>>62088332
>>62088349
>>62088398
I used 99%, it was fine.
Dip small folded corners of coffee filters (ideal material) into a bit of the alcohol, make sure it's not dripping, and use those. Perhaps q-tips for very fine points, but make sure not to leave any fibres from the q-tip.

Here's my stupid question:
Can some tabs in a browser (Firefox for argument's sake) spy on other tabs in the browser? As in, know what other tabs are open? I autistically use separate browsers for several different purposes but I can't really be bothered to do so any more (and I'm trying to be less autistic), I just want to so everything in Firefox and be done.

pic for attention

>>62088573
LAPSTATION

>>62088564
you can do this easily by doing ghost ratio

As soon as you add your download to your client, and notice the peers connecting, remove the tracker from the client.

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>>62088564
wait
I though bbt was dead? Is there some super secret way of logging in or something? I want my 90's ova's back but I can't rmember what I had before my disk died.

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Guys I just put my system together and it keeps beeping.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWT4tFo9-Vs

It beeps really loud, like a car alarm or a fire alarm. I don't know what I did wrong, I'm scared to leave it on for more than a few seconds in case something bad is happening.

>>62088663
Give it back Tyrone

>>62088663
It's trying to communicate with you. Listen to what it has to say.

>>62088663
Get in there and check that all wires and RAM is sitting correctly. If that doesn't work, rip the fucking speaker out.

>>62088662
I just logged in like normal

>>62088663
You blew the motherboard.
Try disconnecting the keyboard.

>>62087851
Why would two identical CPUs not work together?

Should I be using Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey with Firefox Nightly? Which is better and why?

>>62088760
Well shit. Last time I logged in a couple of months ago it just gave me an almost blank page with a quote. Now it looks like my account has been pruned.
Cool!

If i buy a bottle of canned air now and just store it sealed in a dark and dry place, can i still use it to clean my PC case a couple months or even a year from now?

>>62088674
I didn't steal it, it fell off the back of a truck.

>>62088924
It's just pressurised C02, it'll last forever so long as it doesn't leak.

Im building a new desktop, but keeping my old HP w1858 monitor. Will there be any issues or special procedures I need to take? First time build to replace my toaster

>>62088975
If it was VGA only you'd be somewhat screwed as you'd need to use an active converter, but as it has DVI you're good to go.

how do i de-google myself? I had duckduckgo on as a default search provider and then woke up to google deleting duckduckgo search provider and putting back google, sick of this botnet cancer.

>>62088975
Be sure that if you buy a GPU it has DVI, some GPUs only have DP/HDMI. Though there are converters I think.

>>62089064
>>62089011
graphics card has a dual-link DVI-D so should be good, thanks anons

>>62089059
stop using chrome

>>62089178
I am, Switching to waterfox.

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>>62089212
good, also check out searx and startpage if you don't like ddg

>>62089228
Thanks, What would you recommend for a daily linux os that I can learn commands?

>>62086880
Why do we need different sockets for CPU's
What's hyper threading
What's the cache on the CPU's

How do I prevent modern "smart" TVs from connecting to the internet?

>>62089339
Buy a dumb tv instead

>>62089314
ubuntu

>>62089391
if only, the market is only going to get worse as it starts to favor smart tvs only

>>62089322
to make money
2 threads per core
the cache is where data goes before it goes to memory, more=better but don't buy solely off of it if you are just a gamer, casual user, etc.

1) I was told today that watercooling is pointless if you're not overclocking. I'm not overclocking, but would I help out my GTX 1060 by watercooling it?
2) If so, what's the recommended way to do it?

>>62089453
>I'm not overclocking, but would I help out my GTX 1060 by watercooling it?

TL;DR It would help, but only marginally so the cost outweighs the benefits. Air cooling would be better if you're on budget since it's around 90%+ of watercooling efficiency with minimum costs but if you have money to waste go ahead.

>>62089490
I see. Thanks anon!

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I haven't gotten a response in 3 threads, sorry if some people are tired of seeing this.

I'm in my first year of college and taking an intro level computer science course. I stuck Linux on a Chromebook, but:
>The Chromebook has a Skylake m3 and probably won't be useful for actual software development
>The team behind GalliumOS (Linux distro made for Chromebooks) haven't figured out how to get internal audio working on Skylake chips yet
>Since I'm dual-booting, every time I boot from poweroff, the Chromebook displays a screen prompting the user to press Spacebar, which wipes the SSD
So: I ask, is there a laptop that anyone recommends for programming? I would just bring my desktop here if I could, but we have to attend this lab across campus where we can't even use the lab computers because student accounts can't use the command prompt or something.
I have few requirements:
>Budget: Around $800
>Be able to handle Eclipse and around 10 Firefox tabs at the same time
>Have at least a 4 hour battery life, but more would be great
>Keyboard should be comfy
>Powerful enough to be useful to me outside of college
The screen can be a crap resolution (Decent brightness would be nice for overhead lighting), it can weigh like 5 pounds, it can look like a fucking black box for all the shits I give.

>>62089453
Unless you're insanely autistic about noise it's a waste of money. I highly doubt you're thermally limited on any 1060. Dropping the temps from 80 to 35 would still only get you like 50Mhz if that.

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When I try to enable the weather on the LineageOS cLock widget this comes up, but I have location enabled and I tried setting a custom location but that doesn't work either.

>>62089508
Same anon you're quoting: I'm not looking to squeeze any more MHz out of it; I'm more interested in whether or not watercooling will do better at keeping the GPU cool under load. If the 80->35 drop you cited is a realistic gain, I would start looking into it.

how do I setup openwrt as a router? I installed it but wifi doesn't get Internet access.

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>>62089588
Why do you want it to be cooler under load?

But yes it's realistic to have a relatively low power-consumption GPU be in the 30's under load.

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Hey guys, so I'm debugging an oracle database that is getting a batch of .sql files applied to it. One of the files is failing with an ORA-00955 error, which means it's reusing an index name, BUT when I run the script manually thru sqlplus it gives me an ORA-01408 error, which fails because there is an index with the same logic instead of failing due to the same name. I'm fairly sure the index name is in use even when i'm running the script manually, so assuming this is the case, is this normal behaviour?

I've OC'd my Ryzen R1700 to run at 3700 GHz and tried torture testing it with Prime95. The temps climbed to 67C on CPU and 80 on MB and then slowly back, currently CPU is at 61C and MB is at 68. This is fine for a 100% load on all cores test, right? MB is MSI B350 Tomahawk, and the cooler is stock, Wraith Spire RGB.

I don't even really need to OC my CPU, I just felt it would be cool.

So, I basically completely understand computers to a T. But I could never understand what RAM is for.

So what the fuck is it?

>>62089867
OK so it crashed, I dialed it back to 3500. Should I even touch voltage manually? Heard it's better than letting it run automatically.

>>62089918
High speed temporary storage. Programs are loaded into RAM and run from there. That's why you can open a program and delete the executable and the program will still run. At least that's how I understand it.

>>62089847
It's probably something to do with logic order in automated processing vs a manual call, giving different results. All I'm gathering from those errors probably just means "Shit already exists, bro"

Why won't miners buy the 1060 3gb?

>>62090087
Thank you, that's probably the simplest explanation I've heard. It's been bothering me so much.

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>>62089506
Am I doing something wrong here? What's a guy gotta do to get some replies?

>>62089918
ram is where things go to be managed by the cpu, since it can process much faster than consumer storage solutions can be read

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How tf does a rotation matrix work?

>>62090202
It's because it's a really stupid question. Get a cheap used last-gen MacBook pro or Thinkpad x230 and you should be set.

Why is it that when I delete something to the trash bin in Xubuntu using Thunar then go to restore files from the trash, Xubuntu will COPY the files back to its originating directory rather than simply MOVING them back?

I can workaround this by going to the ~/.local/share/Trash/files/ directory and moving files back to their originating directory but it'd be simpler if I could simply click restore in the trash application and have it do it itself.

How do I use this https://gist.github.com/xvitaly/eafa75ed2cb79b3bd4e9 ? Do I just copy-paste into an elevated command prompt and hit enter?

>>62090387
That's specifically why I'm in /sqt/ ya ibeot
But thanks

>>62090202
I won't say it's a stupid question, just it's just a bit too general. I think almost any laptop from Best Buy would suit your needs, which aren't much - certainly not for your introductory studies. Even for performance-related assignments:

1) You will make a program that works but takes 10-20 seconds or something, then figure out how to optimize it and make it work almost instantly.

2) Anything that's being graded would be farmed out to a dedicated machine, to fairly test performance.

You certainly don't need a powerful machine to do practice stuff. The "useful outside of college" part seems relevant to me, since video editing/gaming would rule out the Best Buy laptops.

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what text editor (ide?) is this?

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recently got one of these used with windows 8, drivers are all fucked up, don't have a keyboard, ghost touch all around, I don't know where to start, hint me g? It's an iconia 6210 or some shit

>>62090403
>trash bin in Xubuntu
>simply click restore in the trash application
I hate the desktop linux meme so much.

What is NAS performance like compared to drives that are connected normally?

>>62086880
I downloaded a file and I want to see who modified the file (Like the name of the account they were using to modify it)

Who can help me?

>>62090547
I don't want to do any video editing or gaming, I'd just like something that might be useful in the industry, or at least something that I can mess with Linux on for a few years.
I should've mentioned in my original post that I would like to use Linux. MacOS is fine too I guess but I don't really like it. Finder is cancer, restricting fullscreen applications to a separate virtual desktop is just... beyond me, and the keyboard weirds me out. I used them at an internship, so I could switch my brain between the two, but it's still needlessly bothersome. Windows is similarly fine, but I hate its spyware.

>>62090845
Oh okay, well that narrows it down to... any laptop from Best Buy.

>>62090858
>>62090547
>3 Best Buy mentions
Maybe I should say $500-700 price range instead... I am not affiliated with BB or any similar retailer. That's just the first one that comes to mind when I think of "I need a laptop for college help pls". The Wal-Mart ones are cheaper, but sometimes they seem too cheap and have stuff that's really outdated. All I'm saying is, a non-MacBook that's near the upper end of your budget will probably satisfy you regardless of brand.

I'm not planning on using one, but can anyone even think of a good use for a RAM disk?
All I can think of is if you're using something like Nvidia's Insrant Replay thing, and don't want to write to your drive because of low write speeds or because it's an SSD and you don't want to do all that continuous writing to it.

What temperature should my laptop not exceed? It gets pretty warm but nothing too extreme yet. So far all I'm getting is temp limits on cards, which is not what I'm looking for.

>>62090971
>can anyone even think of a good use for a RAM disk
Loading into Red Orchestra 2 and Rising Storm 2 lightyears before anyone else and getting a solid 15 seconds to decide what class you want to play.

>>62090994
What CPU? It's a whole lot different for AMD and Intel.

More than likely it has thermal throttling enabled anyway, so not a whole lot to worry about.

>So far all I'm getting is temp limits on cards
They exist for a reason. If Nvidia weren't happy with you running a 1080Ti at 89C they wouldn't set the throttling point at 90C.

>>62088812
Because there are a plethora of features,frequencies and settings that can be tweaked when a cpu die is made.Same shit with ram, the timings and frequencies have been tested to be comparable together. You can fucking search and read it for more info.Thats how it is

>>62091028
I have an i7-7700 at 2.8 gHz with 8 cores. It runs at about 60C with Warframe open and Telegram and Chrome.

I just mega impostered a job interview and now they want me.
I said I could use MatLab and CAD products. I've only used mathematica and maya/others

How fucked am I?

>>62091178
They didn't test you on it?

Matlab is fairly simple to use since it's interpreted. But I come from a programming background, and don't use a lot of the deeper mathematical capabilities in it. My guess is, if you can learn the syntax over the next few days and have a solid understanding of the actual math you'll be using, you should be alright. Just remember that others are counting on you being skilled, and let that drive you to learn the tools well.

>>62086880
there is a video (youtube) about computer science where the professor strikes through computer and science at the very beginning of the course, and explaining why it the course is not about computers nor science.
Is in the 80s I guess.
Does anyone know the video and how I can find it?

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Is 4chan running really shitty right now or is it just me?

How do I check if my phone is unlocked or not? It's a Moto G3 btw.

>>62090497
Bump. pls tell me, I'm stupid

>>62091366
copy paste it in to a txt file.rename it .bat
open the terminal as admin and run the file

Hey guys I foobar 2k for music.
I have columns UI in a simple, no frills set up.
How do I adjust the settings where when I sort through the artist or album columns that the word "The" is not the first word of the album or artist search. For example:
"The Cars" band would be between the bands Carcass and Candlemass and not in the "T grouping.

>>62091363
take a shit in your hand faggot

Can i send back to hdd that died(one no longer is recognized when its plugged in, and the other is showing failed reallocated sectors).They are out of warrenty, can i send them back and get them replaced, even at a cost lower then retail?
Drives have been replaced and no data was lost, but it seems a waste to just drill in to the platters then set it on fire.

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>>62091378
Thank you

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How would I go about making some sort of server that stores movies and shit so I can play them on devices on my network (Desktop, Laptop, PS4)? I don't want to use PLEX if that's possible.

Why Windows 10 doesn't allow me to rearrange folders as I want?

>have laptop with wifi switch
>turn off wifi switch
>plug in usb wifi adapter
>it doesn't work with the wifi switch turned off
what

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msiexec.exe high cpu usage

ive ran malwarebytes for like 6 times and it keeps coming back, so is it a virus or what

How do i run multiple firefox profiles at the same time?
I've tried

 firefox --no-remote -P "profile"

but it only works for the first profile, not the second one using the same command but changing the profile name

>>62091380
There's a string function that has to go in your custom sort script.

pretty sure it's:

$stripprefix(str)

So it should look something like:

$stripprefix(%artist%)

Check here: http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Foobar2000:Title_Formatting_Reference

>>62091647
Its a VERY DANGEROUS virus that has hook itself onto your GPU bios, itll hide as that to look legit.

Nuke you're PC and get a nw card or flash the card bios.

>>62091582
What it does is disable all WLAN devices, not only your GPU.
This doesnt happen with business laptops unless you want to.

>>62091719
How do I stop it?

>>62091719
>GPU
Wireless card, man i need to sleep.

>>62091738
Laptop?

>>62091738
by not turning it off. if you're just wanting to use a dongle and not onboard wifi then just go into network properties and disable the onboard

>>62091746
>Laptop?
Yes it is.
>>62091751
Would the wifi still work with the switch off?

>>62091666
Oh thanks man, also, where do I insert the code in the preferences?
Also, nice trips.

>>62091647
ya, probably.
better install gentoo

Where do I get a legit Windows 7 Ultimate x64 iso from?

I'm not saying a legit source, but that the iso is legit as it hasnt been tampered with.

>>62091762
no, that's the point of the switch

>>62091776
check mydigitallife

>>62091789
thank you anon

>>62091776
>W7 Ultimate X64

https://forums.mydigitallife.net/magnet:?xt=urn:btih:2534ecaab70e970ffb8a678ba5ae39e8fb945a72&dn=X17-59465.iso&tr=udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969&tr=udp://tracker.leechers-paradise.org:6969&tr=udp://tracker.zer0day.to:1337&tr=udp://explodie.org:6969&tr=udp://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337

Soruce:
https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/windows-7-sp1-media-refresh-download-links.60681/

>>62091776
>>62091877
Shit:

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:2534ecaab70e970ffb8a678ba5ae39e8fb945a72&dn=X17-59465.iso&tr=udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969&tr=udp://tracker.leechers-paradise.org:6969&tr=udp://tracker.zer0day.to:1337&tr=udp://explodie.org:6969&tr=udp://tracker.opentrackr.org:1337

MDL fucks with links now.

>>62091891
does this have sp1? i am not the original asker

>>62088094
AR, Augmented Reality.

>>62091768
If you're running columns UI should be under Preferences > Display > Columns UI > Filter tab.

Also $stripprefix(str) strips 'A' and 'The' from the artist name, $swapprefix(str) will move it to the end of the artist name. Depends on what you prefer. You could do something like:

$swapprefix(%artist%,a,the,an) which would turn "The Cars" to "Cars, The"

or

$stripprefix(%artist%,a,the,an) which would turn "The Cars" to "Cars".

>>62091904
That is SP1 media refresh.
The difference between Media refresh and normal SP1 is that you can use numbers in user accounts.
It fixed this problem:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2534111/-computer-name-cannot-contain-only-numbers-error-message-when-you-inst

Other than that is the original ISO.

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How long will I have to wait until there is a Ryzen lightweight laptop? I am planning to upgrade my 8 year old laptop next year.

>>62091945
A year if not more.

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I have an Associates Degree in Network Administration. I have job searched and there are several jobs in my area that'd be willing to even see me/hire me based on my current education and certs.

I'm terrified of applying. I've been working with computers and networks for years. Almost a decade. I currently work a blue collar warehouse job for $24/hr but I want to make use of my education.

What do /g/? I mean do I show up in a suit a tie? What if I'm not good enough after getting hired? What if they ask me something I don't know? I'm just so scared of someone calling me a fraud because I can't immediately answer a question about software/hardware I'm unfamiliar with.

how do I bypass MEGA limit?

>>62091978
basically this:
>>>62091969

>>62091997
but...I don't get it. Do you go in assuming you know it all?

>>62091914
Thanks again mate, also is there a way for it to simply ignore the "The" prefix and still list the Artist as "The Cars".

>>62091991
Multiple ips or you don't

>>62091991
Not him

How to download on mega without installing the mega add-on and without installing additional software like jdownloader ?

Everytime i try to download something a mesage box appears ,,Install mega addon".

>>62092032
Use jdownloader, seriously there is no reason to not be using it

>>62092026
that was never mentioned. the point was be confident. If you are at all good at what you do then you need to convey that to the employer.

nobody knows it all. but its important that an employer can recognize you have the self confidence to take initiative and complete tasks and that your not just another pajeet trying to get a job.

Its about letting the employer know you have confidence in yourself, it makes the employer feel confident in you.

theres an old adage; emotion creates emotion.

that was the point of the post,

>>62092042
I have it installed but i'm feeling retarded for *needing* it to download from mega.
It's very unsatisfying to start it everytime for downloading on mega because its not the linux/KISS way of life

>>62092063
>linux/KISS
One program to download from almost all one click file hosts.

Yeah thats exactly what linux/unix philosophy is. One tool one task. in this case its one tool plethora of tasks, its the ultimate tool

>>62092060
I see. So an employer would potentially be willing to look past a short coming if my attitude conveys I'd be willing to learn to overcome said shortcoming.

Hmm. I just get this feeling in my chest when I don't have the answer to an inquiry or problem right away. As if I should have known it already even though I've never personally encountered the problem. Something I have to manage and overcome I suppose

>>62091920
thx

>>62092094
meh, I prefer uget

I want to launch windows installer but when I try to boot from disc (as in, specifically choosing the dvd drive for boot in the bios) it just boots to windows (which is already installed). I can't launch the installer from inside windows for various reasons. Is there a way to force it to actually boot to the windows installer or am I going to have to burn a disc specifically to use to wipe the harddrive with first?

>>62092109
What's uget ?? Will search it right now.

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Best dvd ripping program for Windows?
I have all of MXC (Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, that show that was on Spike a long time ago) on dvd and want to rip it so I can make a torrent.

Thanks

>>62092117
it's an all purpose downloader that integrates with your browser and also can handle torrents if you like. I'm not sure how well or even if it works with sites like mega since I don't use them

http://ugetdm.com/

>>62092097
everyone encounters situations like this.

dont shy away from it, its an opportunity to get better at what you do

>>62092125
makemkv

If I run >>62090887 will it wipe my hard drive?

>>62092186

Thanks, downloading it now.

Want to contribute to open sheet maps mapillary, what's a good 360 camera?

>>62086880
I'm using chrome and when I close enlarged images on 4chan it scrolls up or down if I scroll while looking at the picture. How can I solve this?

What's the best free VPN?

is there another option in cleaning than BUYING CANS OF AIR
like can i get a machine that might one day return its investment?

Big ass rain earlier today, lights went down. PC will only power on for a split second and then it turns off.

What do?

>>62092442
Nope, you don't want static from machine blowers around your components. Some other solutions like an air compressor might introduce water to your system.

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#if __INCLUDE_LEVEL__ < 1

Does anyone know what this is suppose to be? My professor said to use this in the program and includes routines and such. I tried to look it up but not really getting anything worthwhile. This is suppose to be C++ by the way.

>>62092464
if the parameter __INCLUDE_LEVEL__ is less than 1, the code between #if and #endif will be included in the compilation

>>62092113
disconnect your hard drive and

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>>62092535
Oh I see, thanks! What do you call this? Any documentation or tutorials I can find online for further explanation?

>>62092445
likely PSU problem, but you can't be sure until you test which component is broken

>>62092552
http://www.cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/preprocessor/

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>>62092567
Thank you, thank you.

>>62092442
https://www.amazon.com/Metro-Datavac-Safe-Electric-Duster/dp/B00U01YVYK

>>62092579
Fuck off pedo

>>62092414
pls respond

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>>62092625

>>62092445
turn pc back on? you likely have it set to stay off if it loses power, instead of restarting

>>62091684
wth is this a meme..

>>62086880
can a layer 2 MITM attack (arp poisoning) actually be prevented on a wireless network without utilizing client isolation?

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I have a fried card from ESD, what do I do?
I also want to set up a mesh network of computers with a dozen graphics cards each.
How would I control all of those PCs remotely, I'm building them in my own home and have complete access to how the OS is installed.

So far I've contacted mailin repair because I might as well, and I've researched Botnets a little, as what I want is essentially an ethical Botnet.
Thanks!

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>>62092205
no

I updated the bios on my supermicro motherboard and now instead of showing the standard american megatrends post stuff it shows the supermicro logo, which conveniently added the feature of my keyboard not working until after the chance to reenter bios is past.

Is there a trick I could do to get it to enter bios/read my usb keyboard? I assume the alternative is to go ahead and buy a ps2 keyboard.

>>62092738
I'm kind of a newbie, but I've played with Linux since I was 15, just been focused on getting my life figured out. I don't want to learn how to be a hacker, just want to know more about Linux and the repair of computers.
It pays $80/hour where I live

>>62092750
lemme guess, usb keyboard?

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>>62091647
alright so i found this
what the fuc is it

>>62092760
I would run Total Network Monitor & Port Monitor. + start your computer in safe mode and see if you notice the same connection.

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>>62091647
>msiexec.exe
File: msiexec.exe. This is Microsoft's Windows Installer program, which processes product installation files in the.MSI format. It normally appears only when invoked by double-clicking on a .MSI file (or having one run automatically as part of an installation process.)

>>62092757
Yeah. My assumption is that the update enabled a couple features that disable the usual post message and also disable usb until after boot to speed things along, but that fucked me.

I assume a ps2 keyboard would solve the problem?

>>62092787
there's like 5 or 6 of them at start up using 100% of my cpu though

if a wireless client has lets say a 60 minute DHCP lease whats to stop me from listening for DHCP Discover/Request packets being broadcast and responding with my own DHCP Offer giving my ip as the default gateway and forwarding all traffic to the legitimate WAP?

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The fuck is with my friend's mobo? Is it fucked? He sent me this pic after saying the CPU lever was stuck.

I asked where the cpu plastic cover case is, he said there wasn't one. I also don't see how a cpu even sits in this, wtf? He's never built a PC before, I built two, but only intels and this is AMD.

>>62092760
yup, that looks like a botnet.
better install gentoo

if I buy windows 7 from a guy on amazon is it possible for it to be pre-packaged with malware?

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>>62092831
Speaking of botnets, can you help with my query?
>>62092738
I'm building 12 GPU systems that mine Ethereum & act as a home media streaming centre for my clients, but I want to be able to offer them updates for the mining client & make sure they don't take my 10% cut.

>>62092831
what happens if i disable it on startup

Does 4chan remove metadata from uploaded pictures? Regardless of the answer to that, is there a recommended method for removing such metadata?

>>62092911
yes

upload your picture to 4chan and download it from 4chan

>>62092867
Unless he was selling you a prebuilt pc, no. If he sells you W7, he's selling you a usable authentic key to activate W7 once you install it.

What happened to the guy from TempleOS??

>>62092793
should

>>62092956
I think he ascended to Heaven on an ultralight beam

>>62092956
He probably had a break down. He has yet to do anything drastic because we'd find it in the Las Vegas criminal records.

Is there any explanation of why my Wifi goes to complete shit after a period of time? It'll work fine, but every now and again everything will just turn to shit, speeds will be terrible, and I have to turn it off and on. That fixes it, but why do I have to do that? What's wrong with it?

It's not just WiFi, devices on Ethernet go to shit too

Hey so I went to install debian to learn some linux, decided to go with the encrypt because why not, might as well give thieves some trouble or waste their time.
Used the guided entire drive option, took hours to finish.
But after the install and the boot, after putting in the crypt password, it's getting a whole bunch of errors, eventually goes into emergency mode asking for the root password, but ctrl d to skip this and boot into the login screen just fine.
It's a 1000GB drive, and I've had this drive for like 5 years, I wonder if something went wrong with the encryption or maybe the drive is just faulty?
I don't notice anything wrong after I log in, programs seem to work fine, wifi too.

>>62093107
most likely culprit is a shitty router/modem that's overheating

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Can I put an R9 290x & an R9 295X2 in the same system, not run them in crossfire, and have them both mine ethereum? Do their drivers differ? I don't want them in cf as the 295x2 will have to step down its memory, clock, everything, and it will basically be retarded.

Any laptop recommendations under or around 500 for someone who will be using it primarily for Microsoft office, web browsing, image editing? I know most laptops would fit the bill but I don't want to buy a laptop with bad build quality.

>>62092585
cool thanks a lot!

>>62093269
>build quality
what you want to look for then is business grade/workstations. they can be had for pretty cheap with decent specs if you go refurbished

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I have a T500 thinkpad laptop with a total ram of TWO gb ram. It has a maximum of 8 gb and I'm looking to buy two 4gb sticks. I was wondering if I can just change it just like that and won't have any problems with the motherboard being too slow or anything like that?

Pic unrelated.

>>62093305
>>62093305
Thanks, but I'm buying this laptop for a tech illiterate relative I don't think they'd buy a 'used' laptop. Could you recommend a new one? I'll ask them about buying a refurbished one. would you happen to know where I can look at a few refurbished ones?

>>62093496
newegg has a nice selection and stands behind them if you have any issue

>>62086880
I bought a 5TB external (USB) 3.5" HDD, that I plan on connecting to my orange pi zero to use it as network storage, for backups and other shit. the problema is, I fear that some outage or voltage issue may damage the HDD. how difficult would be for the HDD to get damaged? how wrong am I for not trusting the HDD?

>>62092945
ok, thanks

>>62093507
not him, but is there a recommended brand that sells reliable refurbished?
You say newegg "stands behind them", how does that work? Just for what they sell, only certain brands, etc?

Why does my 6GB GPU show up in speccy as 2047MB?

>>62093638
they're usually through a third party seller, like joy systems, they come with a three month warranty and if you have any issues and the seller gives you static you can contact newegg and they'll step in

>>62093660
okay thanks.

>>62093698
just pay attention to the grade, a grade is pristine, b grade is normal wear, c grade is dent and possibly scratches on the screen

The thinkpad i found in the trash has a failing hard drive. Of course this pops up after a gentoo install. Did a quick search and its not looking too good for this lazy nigger of a drive.
The things beeping at me and in between beeps theres this really nice grinding sound. so besides getting a new drive or not using /g/ ive found in the trash, what are my options?

>>62093720
install gentoo to a usb and run from that

>>62093732
will probski end up doing this. God damn thats the absolute gayest.

I'm feeling down. Don't know where to post.

>>62093884
What has you down and what, even small, thing can you currently do to attack it?

>>62093884
>>>/mu/ got feels for that ;3
Been heavy into Tiger Jaw's s/t and the new Turnover.

>>62093884
buy bitcoin

How can i install netflix in my phone if it is rooted?

>>62087087
not him, but basically anything modern will do the job
i have a common, 6 year old router which runs it just fine

>>62093509
anyone?

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>>62086880

what is a good free compiler, thats easy on storage space, for a noob beginner like myself trying to learn c++ ?

>>62093509
Plug it and the Orange Pi into a UPS, and you're covered. You can get one for like 40 bucks at Walmart.

>>62092125
heh, i remember that show
post magnet if you make a remux

>>62094013
what operating system are you using?

>>62093884
hey man, just take it easy. one step at a time.

>>62088663
>>62088765

if that doesnt work, plug the keyboard back in and disconectig it again. hope this helps :)

>>62094059

winduhs 10 ma man

>>62093444
If the mobo supports the ram and all that then shouldn't be any problems. Make sure to get decent ram at least.

>>62094031
yeah, that's what I thought, thanks

>>62094122
excellent

install bash on windows: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/commandline/wsl/install_guide

then install gcc

sudo apt-get install build-essential

then you can just compile with g++ like on linux

g++ helloworld.cpp -o helloworld

>>62094201
Without me reading the guide, because I'm a lazy fuck, does this only work on W10? Does it work on W7?

>>62092414
I know but not telling b/c you'll get the good nodes banned

>>62094232
does not work on windows 7

the linux subsystem for windows is not supported prior to windows 10

>>62094249
Damn, thought so. Thankfully I got an HDD with W10 on it though.
Thanks, anon.

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Using 4chan-X for the first time, somebody has any idea how to put the banner and board title like pic related, also how to add a catalog icon, like Appchan X did it.
Thanks.

>>62094257
you're better off using linux

Where can I find good "sissy hypno" content free of homophobic slurs?

>>62094281
I do have VM software and a partition of a distro installed, but sometimes I just want things simpler. I know what you mean though.

>>62094295

www.blacked.com

source: your mom

>>62094295
First off, calling someone a faggot doesn't mean you have a phobia towards homos. Stop using buzzwords. Secondly, a major part of the sissy thing comes with being insulted as such. While I understand why you don't want it, you'll be damned if you can find one.

Go ask some hypo forums none the less.

>>62094201
>>62094257
you may find this convenient after installing bash

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/60125-open-bash-window-here-context-menu-add-windows-10-a.html

>>62094351
Wasn't even the original guy, but thanks still anon.

Is it possible to change an Android phone's hostname without rooting it? I've tried looking at the developer options but there's nothing there.

I've tried a couple times to install debian, but every time I do when it reboots I only get the "can't find boot media; reboot or plug in boot media" or something like that, and the bios doesn't see the drive anymore.
I can reinstall just fine, so the debian install disk can find the drive without issue, but the computer can't?
I looked in the bios for something that talks about secure boot or similar, but nothing like that is there. Honestly the bios doesn't have much in general from what I see, but the laptop was cheap so whatever.
Any ideas?

>>62094549
You might have installed Debian using mbr while your computer only supports gpt or installed gpt while your computer only supports mbr.
Try to see if there's something called UEFI/Legacy boot in your settings and toggle it.

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what do i need to learn in order to make bots for vidyas?

>>62094660
The C programming language, assembly and whatever programming language the vidya you want to make a bot for uses.

>>62094660
Once you've learned some kind of programming language to a decent extent I'd say you're 90% of the way there. Then there are a few specialized concepts you'd probably have to pick up based on how you want your bot to interact with the game, but this will depend with the game and once you know shit about programming the best approach should be fairly intuitive to you.

>>62094562
okay well i installed it a 4th time while i posted and for some reason it worked fine, so im guessing maybe the drive is just faulty or i got super unlucky.
thanks anyway though

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How do I back up?

So I have two drives: A and B. Drive B is a copy that I made of A 6 months ago. I want to "update" this copy. Is there a way of doing this without deleting everything and copying it again?
I have added and removed files from A since I made the copy.

How would one, theoretically, overwrite the boot sector of a hard drive such that it boots straight into a file on disk rather than going through GRUB? I'm in a bit of a predicament where I don't have many external storage options of requisite size, and I need to boot an ISO that only seems to work when executed by the BIOS.

>>62094895
dd image.iso /dev/sda && sync

>>62094906
But I don't want to overwrite the entire drive.

>>62094916
Overwriting the boot sector is like overwriting the whole drive. The boot sector contains information about the partitions of the drive, if this information is lost the only way to use the drive again is to format it.
Use a usb drive instead and ask the bios to boot on it instead.

>>62094931
Damn. I guess I'll just have to buckle. I was thinking I'd be able to do some clever shit with partitioning to avoid having to buy a larger USB drive, but I guess it just isn't happening.

>>62094946
Why don't you try using a virtual machine then?

>>62086880
My laptop currently has an intel i3 620m. What's the most I can upgrade it without needing to switch out a motherboard?

I installed debian, and clicked on "synaptic package manager" and it asked for admin password, but then nothing else happened
Does it not do anything else, or did i do something wrong?
It's a fresh install, can't imagine what i could have fucked up already

>>62094959
Are you sure you gave it the right password?

>>62094954
Find the name of the "socket" for your processor then search for processors that have this format. I know nothing about it but I suspect you can upgrade up to an i7-5000/6000

>>62094963
yes.
in fact when i give the wrong password, it tells me it's wrong.

>>62094952
Because I'm trying to install a more permanent OS on a separate external drive. None of the storage devices I have lying around are quite large enough, so I thought the only option would be to use the local hard drive as an installation medium. Too bad you can't run the installation on the same drive you're installing it to.

>>62094979
Open a command line, type "synaptics" and press enter. If it doesn't work, try "su", enter your admin password and then type "synaptics" again.
Tell us the error messages if there are some.

>>62094990
Are you sure you can't? Just drop the iso on the external hdd, boot on it and use it as the drive you want to install your shit on. Make sure to remove any other drive from your computer in order to avoid fucking anything up.

If that doesn't work, try again with a live iso that lives in ram.

Or you could just plug your external HD in, make it available to the VM, boot your iso inside the VM and install as you would in a normal computer.

>>62094996
bash: synaptics: command not found
same a
the software app says it's installed though

>>62095038
*same after entering password too

>>62095038
Try "su" then apt-get install synaptics. When it's done, try running synaptics again.

>>62095061
E: Unable to locate package synaptics

internet does work though, obviously since i'm typing this.

>>62095031
I already tried booting it and installing it on the same drive. The installer doesn't list the drive it's running from as an option.
That VM idea might just work though. Thanks!

But I'm still curious, there must be a way to manually edit the boot sector so that it can load a program other than GRUB, right?

>>62095073
Oh, that's because it's "synaptic", not "synaptics", I'm sorry. Please try the commands I gave you again in the right order, just without the "s".

>>62095074
Yes there is, the "dd" command I gave you does just that. It writes the file at the beginning of the drive without caring about anything else.

Is there a convenient method for pruning any unwanted Windows 7 updates, preferably without even installing them first? There's just so damn many of them at this point.

>>62095099
Yes. What you do is install Linux Mint, deleting the Windows partition as you install.

You can't avoid any of that shit, due to their "rollups." It's an all or nothing deal if you want Windows to be less vulnerable to security risks that aren't microsoft.

>>62095097
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** (synaptic:5980) : WARNING **: Could not open X display
Segmentation fault

>>62095131
I see, that's probably normal. Please close the command line, open another and run synaptic. If it doesn't work, type "gksudo synaptic".

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>>62095142
Same thing, asked for password then nothing.
when i tried gksudo synaptic:
bash: gksudo: command not found

>>62095162
Are you running gnome or something else.

>>62095160
fucking nevermind, I just found out my internet connection only supports DynDNS:ORG and no-ip anyway, fuck my shit

>>62095176
It's the debian desktop environment, system details says gnome 3.22.2

>>62095198
I don't understand why this is happening then.
The last things you can try:
sudo synaptic
If it gives you an error about no being in the sudoers file do this:
su
echo "%$USER ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL" >> /etc/sudoers
exit

Then try sudo synaptic again.

If it still doesn't work I'd recommend learning how to use apt-get and apt-cache instead. They are quite simple to use once you understand them.

I'm sorry I can't help you much more, it's been a very long time since I used a debian-based system.

>>62095242
Also, post any error you might get while doing that. Maybe I'll still be able to figure something out .

>>62095242
bash: sudo: command not found

the echo line didn't give any errors though, if that mattes.

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>>62095280
Ok.

su
apt-get install sudo
exit

Then try sudo synaptic again.

>>62086880
what distro can you recommend for this old pc that i have? i mostly use this for surfing and light photo editing, and i'm getting tired of using windows

specs:
-Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
-3 GB RAM