No.186415
Intention: A general thread for computer questions, show-offs, speculation and news. As to not clog up the NEET/Wagie Generals. Ozbargain, Aliexpress or Ebay links are encouraged, especially for the NEETs who need to save every cent.
What OS are you running? Hardware? Have you got any projects that you are thinking of?
I'm running Manjaro with i3 as another person had suggested from here, switching to Lubuntu soon. Gonna swap out parts through Gumtree or buy brand new possibly.
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No.186424
Just switched from Arch to Debian today, guess I've gone full circle now.
Only problem I've got is I can't get it to display my volume on the i3bar. The "vol" part I want is there but the percentage isn't, however I've put the correct device in the i3config file. Got both pulse and alsa installed, kinda lost.
Also noob quiestion, I've downloaded firefox quantum on my desktop and laptop, how/where do I put it so I can launch it from the terminal (or, more aptly, dmenu/rofi)? Do I have to give it a bash alias or just put it in /usr/sbin or something
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No.186429
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No.186471
>>186424
You should be able to just say firefox in the terminal or in dmenu to launch firefox.Sometimes fixes are the simplest solutions? How did you install Firefox? I normally just use pacman/apt-get or the included GUI Package Manager.
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No.186484
>>186471
Downloaded the tarball. Firefox Quantum isnt in the repos yet
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No.186492
>>186484
I see, I guess that's a Debian based problem you're having.
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No.186496
>>186492
Nah same thing on Arch. I'm sure you've gotta just put the binaries somewhere
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No.186498
>>186496
I just installed Firefox on Manjaro and it just werked with dmenu.
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No.186500
>>186498
Yeah but through pacman? Its just a folder in my downloads folder atm
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No.186501
Been using Windows7 on my main with Mint 18.2 on my laptop. I wanted to dual boot on my desktop so I attempted to make my windows partition smaller (it had 50GB free) and it only let me reduce it 10GB. I then made a partition 10GB large, and then installed Kubuntu but I quickly ran out of space, I'll continue fucking around with the partitions trying to make extra space, might then try another distro as I didn't like kubuntu, might use manjaro XFCE.
>>186424
Either extract it to your home folder or the /usr/ folder. If you want it to be 'installed' (a icon shows in the menus) you need to create a .desktop file for it and put it in the applications folder, I had to do this when installing icecat.
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No.186572
>>186500
Yeah I did it through pacman.
Are you guys using toaster PC's?I'm guessing most of us are NEETs so do you run with pre-owned parts? I bought a 1tb WD Blue when I got my desktop from gumtree for about $50, monitor included. The hard drive it came with is 250gb but I don't trust pre-owned hard drives, thinking of buying a processor but I haven't checked the motherboard yet to see what's compatible. Got 2gb ram here. The laptop has more but my posture is terrible on the laptop on my desk.
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No.186581
>>186572
Nah I spend about 1300 on my machine
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No.186781
$50 shitbox from some asian on gumtree with a windows 7 install with no activation
been running strong for 4 years now
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No.186987
I dont know alot about computers and networks but if i have firefox open and then chrome open, are the cookies shared between them.
Do browers have any connection between each other. If i have tor open does that effect it?
I have a XPS13 and i'm never buying a dell again running win8.1. I think when i get some cash im going to get either a mac because this xps is a piece of shit that crashed soundcards/drivers when ever you close the lid. But i also want to get a huyge tower and mine shitcoins/edit videos
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No.186990
>>186987
The cookies aren't shared, no.
If you have tor browser open and a regular browser open, the cookies remain separate, but the spooks can correlate traffic to identify your IP.
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No.187020
>>186990
Forgot to check first: You better not have been a NEET asking, because us wagies don't offer IT help after getting thrown out of the neetgen thread last night.
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No.187045
>>187020
Typical ragie wagie
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No.187087
>>186987
Changing to mac because you have some issues with drivers? I think you're throwing the baby out with the bathwater there.
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No.187114
>>187087
he could just install linux and get used to 800x600 and no sound
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No.187349
>>187114
Most linux distros come with drivers already included, mine works with my 1600x900 monitor and sound works fine.
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No.187416
>>187349
i was trying to be funny
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No.187421
>>186990
cool yeah na, I tor completely separately. I use a vpn i just have a bunch of porn, chans and shit on firefox, and then my normie life on chrome.
>>187020
na im a neet. and yeah stay out of the gen
>>187087
mate some driver issues is a fucking understatement. Poor customer serivce, and dell being cunts is the big issue. this computer is a fucking lemon but they did want to replace or refund it, just "fixed it". The sound card will crash literally everytime i shut the lid, if im doing some music and then go to get on the train. I have to fucking restart the whole thing, any preloaded webpages gone. The fucking wifi card is shit, and has proprietary software so i dont think i can use linux. Its basically an internet, word, excel normie machine. Im just going to cop a mac, not have to fuck around when i just need to check email.
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No.187440
>>187421
>mate some driver issues is a fucking understatement. Poor customer serivce, and dell being cunts is the big issue. this computer is a fucking lemon but they did want to replace or refund it, just "fixed it"
If you have fixed the item several times under warranty and there are still problems take it to the ACCC. The item is still defective and is not of acceptable quality experiencing, which is what I would classify as a major defect given that it seems to be fucked. That would entitle you to a refund as a remedy (the solution you choose) in the payment that you originally paid (not a store credit or credit from the manufacturer). If paid for it recently with a credit card or pressed credit for the transaction, Visa offers a small but reasonable warranty that you should look into.
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No.187479
>What OS are you running?
debian
>Hardware?
q6600, 4gb ram
>Have you got any projects that you are thinking of?
nah i don't give a shit about computers these days or anything
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No.187508
This was a fun find in the registry just now.
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No.187596
>>187508
>This was a fun find in the registry just now.
Yeah mate it fucking hooks into your audio so they can listen to what your listening to and then they know if you are wrong thinking in the future.
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No.188315
Switched to Lubuntu, I don't think I'm gonna bother trying to setup i3. I'm a bit lazy and I'm probably gonna mess something up so I'll stick with lxde.
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