Omnimaga
General Discussion => Technology and Development => Computer Usage and Setup Help => Topic started by: Eeems on May 25, 2010, 04:04:40 pm
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ok, so I'm getting my laptop sometime next week, and window's seven will be on one partition, and on the other I will install Arch. when I get it anybody want to help walk me through installing Arch?
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i could but i think you would be better asking tribal or even just following the archwiki ^^
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide
i dont know how many times i have refered to this to ensure i installed a few things correctly it has all the information you could need ^^
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I just got my brothers old laptop, I installed windows 7 on one partition and I am planning to install Arch tomorrow :)
I'll now be able to be on a little bit more and I'll be able to host bots and stuff, at least until I have to take it with me somewhere :P
I'll post more about my laptop when I can, I've got a huge amount of updates to do first :P
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I thought you got a brand new one with the contest money? o.O
Or did you buy his with the money?
Regardless I hope it helps you program calc stuff with more freedom now (including maybe Axe :P)
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I bought his with the money :P $150 for it, and it's 2GB RAM 60GB HD which doesnt matter much I have a 1TB network drive in my house so I should be fine. its got a 2GHz card in it as well.
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Aaaah ok ^^ seems pretty fine to me, especially for $150. I hope it lasts for a while ^^
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yeah :P its smoking fast on windows 7 right now, near instant boot up :P
can't wait to try Arch
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And Starcraft II *runs*
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lol :P no I'm going to install portal first :P
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aw D:
oh well Portal is awesome too ^^
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Well if I had a copy I would install it :P I'll have to install all the other games I want first.
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nice eeems great to here XD and good luck with arch ^^
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Nice Eeems, there is always me and Geekboy (at least) if you want help with Arch.
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Oh I will. When I install it tomorrow I will want one of you to help walk me through the process.
Ok complete rundown of the system:
Processor: MD Turion(tm) 64 Mobile Technology ML-37 2.00 GHz
RAM: 2.00 GB (1.87 GB usable)
HD: 60 GB
Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon Xpress 200
:) I'll upload a picture later
(oh and the 'p' key sticks a little bit :()
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Not sure if you can play recent games but it should do for other stuff and some less recent games
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Yeah, well it's over the minimum requirements for Portal, and windows 7 runs faster then vista or xp, so I can have a few less recent games :) yeah, it's good for what I need :P
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well one thing im am going to say about windows 7 be careful with things pertaining to hardware if its the 64 bit one as it dont like hardware changes (got stuck in a bsod loop for about 15 minutes till i fixed it X.x)
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I'm on 32 bit so I should be fine :P and yeah I'll be fine. I'll also be using Arch as my main OS most likely
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cool and again i cant stress how usefull the archwiki is for problems you may have its very very full of all the info you could need even more than me and tribal could tell you
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I have now installed Arch and am running under Gnome :P Posting this with Firefox :P
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I'm glad to hear things went well. I hope you do not have too many issues. Do you dual-boot with Windows 7 btw?
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yes I do dual boot :)
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Ok good because as great as Linux might be, I sometimes heard people complaining about compatibility with Windows softwares before. Example: Starcraft 1 on Battle.Net and RPG Maker VX database editor. (Wine)
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Yeah I like my games, and I need windows to be compatible with the rest of the computers in my house (well except for my sisters mac-book...)
btw, in case anybody is interested, I'm running 64bit arch and my current front end is Gnome (I'll be getting KDE in a while)
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Aaah cool :D
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very nice eeem s i hope you get the printer working soon ^^ (unless you already did
:P)
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Nah i scrapped that a while ago, I'll just use windows for that.
Everything is working pretty nicely though :p
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Hmm, I just noticed there are two "New Laptop" topics x.x
And after looking at the other one again, I didn't knew you could use both a 32 bit and 64 bit OS on it x.x (in your case 32 bit 7 and 64 bit arch)
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Yes, you can! I was actually dual booting Windows XP 32 bit and the Windows 7 64 bit beta until I got the full version of Windows 7. =)
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you can because they are on completely different partitions, so they don't rely on each other at all.
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Aaaah ok I see ^^
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So I'm wondering, what are the strengths of Gnome, KDE, LXDE and others of the like? Which one should I use as my primary?
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If you don't have an underpowered system, I'd recommend GNOME or KDE. So as to avoid bias, I won't say which of those two I use. Realize which of those two you'll pick depends on which one "feels" better for you. I've also heard GNOME described as easier for new users, while KDE is more powerful. Both can probably do what you need, though. They're both good.
Edit: That reminds me, I need to install the one of those which I don't have yet...
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My system is ok, but it's not the best, I guess I'll istall KDE and see if I like it. currently I have Gnome and LXDE.
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Eeems, if you ever have issues you can always poke me as well when I'm in the chan, I've been using Arch the longest methinks, and have gotten quite a few printers working with it as well. :P
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I LOVE KDE!!! but not as a light desktop I think I'll stick with LXDE for that, and Gnome if I need something a bit nicer....although I think I'll get rid of Gnome sometime....
JonimusPrime, sure I will poke you sometime...probably this weekend. Just to let you know it's a Brother printer on the LAN (through wifi) that I'm trying to use, so hopefully it will be easy.
Also any way I can make the KDE panel look more like win's? like, just show the icons?
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good luck in setting everything up Eeems! Don't forget to do a lot of backups too, because I heard horror stories from a lot of people dual-booting with Linux and doing something wrong, screwing up their Windows install x.x
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Thanks :)
I'll be careful, although I don't really care about my windows partition except for games.
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Or for stuff that only is possible under Windows :P (and impossible in Wine)
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Yeah that too...and I dont use wine yet.