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shady_inc
Pee into the Wind...
Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux
BTW, who says installing Arch is hard.? Even your girlfriend can install it
Yep..tried an install in virtual machine and net was configured fine.Putting off the HDD install for next month since a lot will need to be downloaded which ain't possible this month.
BTW, who says installing Arch is hard.? Even your girlfriend can install it
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FilledVoid
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Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux
There are a number of people running Arch here. Check and see if any live near you if so you could copy the packages from their machine and use it on your system if you use the same distro.
MetalheadGautham
AFK
Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux
can anyone tell me the simplest app to use to take a screen shot of my desktop ?
I run a custom DE (which I plan to start a project with on SourceForge to compete with LXDE if it turns out to be good enough after a month of testing) with IceWM window manager, EmelFM file manager, DFM desktop based file manager, XTerm terminal, Xine-UI or MPlayer media player (not confirmed yet), Firefox Browser, and more comming.
I need to make a screenshot of it.
can anyone tell me the simplest app to use to take a screen shot of my desktop ?
I run a custom DE (which I plan to start a project with on SourceForge to compete with LXDE if it turns out to be good enough after a month of testing) with IceWM window manager, EmelFM file manager, DFM desktop based file manager, XTerm terminal, Xine-UI or MPlayer media player (not confirmed yet), Firefox Browser, and more comming.
I need to make a screenshot of it.
shady_inc
Pee into the Wind...
Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux
Imagemagick,can anyone tell me the simplest app to use to take a screen shot of my desktop ?
I run a custom DE (which I plan to start a project with on SourceForge to compete with LXDE if it turns out to be good enough after a month of testing) with IceWM window manager, EmelFM file manager, DFM desktop based file manager, XTerm terminal, Xine-UI or MPlayer media player (not confirmed yet), Firefox Browser, and more comming.
I need to make a screenshot of it.
Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux
lolz
scrotcan anyone tell me the simplest app to use to take a screen shot of my desktop ?
I run a custom DE (which I plan to start a project with on SourceForge to compete with LXDE if it turns out to be good enough after a month of testing) with IceWM window manager, EmelFM file manager, DFM desktop based file manager, XTerm terminal, Xine-UI or MPlayer media player (not confirmed yet), Firefox Browser, and more comming.
I need to make a screenshot of it.
lolz
MetalheadGautham
AFK
Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux
PS: I feel somewhat sad that I soon need to ditch this uber fast DE I am in the process of compiling... But KDEmod is taking its own time to download
what scrot ?scrot
lolz
PS: I feel somewhat sad that I soon need to ditch this uber fast DE I am in the process of compiling... But KDEmod is taking its own time to download
infra_red_dude
Wire muncher!
Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux
^^^ CLI screenshot utility.
^^^ CLI screenshot utility.
MetalheadGautham
AFK
Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux
PS: I am removing DFM from my set of apps. I want to keep things as simple (meaning elegent) as possible, and DFM just acts as a bloat. Nano rocks. Are there any more awssome CLI apps ?
the package name is scrot ?
PS: I am removing DFM from my set of apps. I want to keep things as simple (meaning elegent) as possible, and DFM just acts as a bloat. Nano rocks. Are there any more awssome CLI apps ?
shady_inc
Pee into the Wind...
Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux
Got Arch up and running net and sound working.Only thing now left is X Windows.Anyone on Arch here who uses KDEmod.? How good is it.? Can themes from kde-look.org be used on KDEmod.? Which one among XFCE and KDEmod is lighter on system resources.?
Got Arch up and running net and sound working.Only thing now left is X Windows.Anyone on Arch here who uses KDEmod.? How good is it.? Can themes from kde-look.org be used on KDEmod.? Which one among XFCE and KDEmod is lighter on system resources.?
Pat
Beyond Smart
Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux
It is very light and responsive. Cant compare t o XFCE as I have not used it on the same system. Themes will work. I used it for about a few weeks before moving back to GNOME again (not because KDEmod was not good or anything)
It is very light and responsive. Cant compare t o XFCE as I have not used it on the same system. Themes will work. I used it for about a few weeks before moving back to GNOME again (not because KDEmod was not good or anything)
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FilledVoid
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Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux
I'm guesstimating that XFCE is going to be lighter but you can check with Abhinand he runs XFCE on his Arch Box.
I'm guesstimating that XFCE is going to be lighter but you can check with Abhinand he runs XFCE on his Arch Box.
MetalheadGautham
AFK
Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux
w00t! I finally managed to get kdemod up and running. I have a physics examination tomorrow which I would get screwed in if I don't study, so I am leaving the tweaking for tomorrow.
Meanwhile, AdBlocK filters for Konqueror will be welcome.
How do I enable in a KDE app like Konqueror the GTK feature of pressing down button and holding in a text box to go to the end of whatever I am typing ?
I think KDEmod is still not good enough in speed for me.
The GTK intergration sucks. Isn't there a way to apply firefox theme to GTK ?
Tango looks ugly compared to Crystal SVG. I wonder why these guys chose tango.
Download speeds rock at the time of posting. Since I have 1.5GB left this month from my BSNL H500 scheme, I decided to download stuff now, instead of wasting time at night with 20kbps DL speed.
I have decided to try to migrate to Konqueror from Firefox. I hope this goes well.
One thing I miss in Konqueror is Keyboard shortcuts of different websites. I can't use ctrl+b in quick reply to enable bold tags. This is too bad.
Arch is much more simple than I expected. I am surprised why Ubuntu is the newbie oriented distro and not Arch. Its so easy to use, its simply unnerving at times.
w00t! I finally managed to get kdemod up and running. I have a physics examination tomorrow which I would get screwed in if I don't study, so I am leaving the tweaking for tomorrow.
Meanwhile, AdBlocK filters for Konqueror will be welcome.
How do I enable in a KDE app like Konqueror the GTK feature of pressing down button and holding in a text box to go to the end of whatever I am typing ?
I think KDEmod is still not good enough in speed for me.
The GTK intergration sucks. Isn't there a way to apply firefox theme to GTK ?
Tango looks ugly compared to Crystal SVG. I wonder why these guys chose tango.
Download speeds rock at the time of posting. Since I have 1.5GB left this month from my BSNL H500 scheme, I decided to download stuff now, instead of wasting time at night with 20kbps DL speed.
I have decided to try to migrate to Konqueror from Firefox. I hope this goes well.
One thing I miss in Konqueror is Keyboard shortcuts of different websites. I can't use ctrl+b in quick reply to enable bold tags. This is too bad.
Arch is much more simple than I expected. I am surprised why Ubuntu is the newbie oriented distro and not Arch. Its so easy to use, its simply unnerving at times.
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FilledVoid
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Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux
Theres a whole subsection of ArchLinux users on Ubuntuforums if I recall right. And I seriously doubt I would use Arch as a beginner distro. Since Everyone is running Arch now Im thinking of moving on to Gentoo.
MetalheadGautham
AFK
Re: The Dark Side :Arch Linux
moving to gentoo ? I am already considering BSD after seeing how easy arch is... I remember reading somewhere that Arch makes an excellent stepping stone to source based distros like Gentoo. But KDEmod and Arch's delicated balence of features will still prevent me from switching. Perhaps I will try out something Workstation oriented like Fedora later. Actually, it was Slackware that I forever wanted to try but never had the guts to do so. Guess the time is soon comming to do so.
But the insane level of in built doccumentation and simple to use programs like nano make arch simply too easy from my point of view.
moving to gentoo ? I am already considering BSD after seeing how easy arch is... I remember reading somewhere that Arch makes an excellent stepping stone to source based distros like Gentoo. But KDEmod and Arch's delicated balence of features will still prevent me from switching. Perhaps I will try out something Workstation oriented like Fedora later. Actually, it was Slackware that I forever wanted to try but never had the guts to do so. Guess the time is soon comming to do so.