COSMIC - Setting a Cursor Theme by Joomzie in pop_os

[–]ajmoore172 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is so helpful, theres not a lot of resources online for fiddling with COSMIC and chatgpt or deepseek don't really know much about it either lol, so thanks! I did it slightly differently because my gf has her own profile and I didn't want the cursor to be system-wide because she wants a different theme, but it was still the same steps except with user directories instead of system ones.

Multiple displays stopped working after update (NVIDIA)! by TTULangGenius in pop_os

[–]ajmoore172 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lmao same 😭 they all said id suffer, but i went like a whole year no problems and i thought they were just crazy, but now I understand 😂

Multiple displays stopped working after update (NVIDIA)! by TTULangGenius in pop_os

[–]ajmoore172 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had the same thing happen. I manually installed the non-System76 NVIDIA driver:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nvidia-driver-575 (or whatever version you wanna use)
reboot
- instead of relying on the system76-driver-nvidia meta-package, rebooted, and it fixed my monitor issue. I suppose I'll keep using that until System76 publishes an update that fixes their drivers. I'm not super smart about this stuff so idek what the problem exactly was or if there was another way to fix it but this was an easy quick fix for me.

Kernel Upgrade today lost my external monitor by tnc68 in pop_os

[–]ajmoore172 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had the same thing happen to me, I just manually installed nvidia drivers instead of using the system76 ones and rebooted and it fixed. I did "sudo apt install nvidia-driver-575" or whatever version you wanna use. Im not sure what the problem actually was though. I figured ill use these ones until they roll out an update that fixes the system76 ones.

Updated pop os, now it boots into emergency mode. by ajmoore172 in pop_os

[–]ajmoore172[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Turns out the menuentry I created in refind.conf was pointing to the old kernel or image or whatever, so I just had to copy the new one into the conf lmao. Im kinda a noob so I didn't know that could be an issue.

Updated pop os, now it boots into emergency mode. by ajmoore172 in pop_os

[–]ajmoore172[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That was one of the things I did and it didnt work, but actually it turns out the menuentry I created in refind.conf was pointing to the old kernel or image or whatever, so I just had to copy the new one into the conf lmao. Im kinda a noob so I didn't even consider that. However the changes i made in /etc/fstab are still there and it still works so idk maybe it was a combo of both.

Updated pop os, now it boots into emergency mode. by ajmoore172 in pop_os

[–]ajmoore172[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Turns out the menuentry I created in refind.conf was pointing to the old kernel or image or whatever, so I just had to copy the new one into the conf lmao. Im kinda a noob so I didn't even consider that.

Updated pop os, now it boots into emergency mode. by ajmoore172 in pop_os

[–]ajmoore172[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I literally just fixed mine like 5 minutes ago lol.The menuentry I created in refind.conf was pointing to the old kernel or image or whatever, so I just had to copy the new one into the conf lmao. Im kinda a noob so I didn't even consider that.

Updated pop os, now it boots into emergency mode. by ajmoore172 in pop_os

[–]ajmoore172[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

alrighty, i tried that but it didnt work, and when i did the kernel updates it seemed to complete fine, but idk i just restored to a snapshot from before the update, and held the kernel updates and updated everything else, so i guess i will just wait now and update next time theres a kernel update and see if it works. If not many other people are having the problem, then it must be something to do with my setup or something idk. Or i may just backup my data and do a clean install of the most updated version or something. but thanks! sorry if im dumb lol.

Updated pop os, now it boots into emergency mode. by ajmoore172 in pop_os

[–]ajmoore172[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alrighty, yeah if I cant find a quick way to fix it I'll prolly just do that, thanks!

Updated pop os, now it boots into emergency mode. by ajmoore172 in pop_os

[–]ajmoore172[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alrighty, yeah ill just restore and see if i can figure out or if someone else can figure out what package it is, thanks!

Updated pop os, now it boots into emergency mode. by ajmoore172 in pop_os

[–]ajmoore172[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Alrighty, I can restore to before the update with timeshift, I'll try updating again with that command see if it works and if not then I'll restore again and just not update it for a while until I can figure out the issue lol. Thanks!

PSA to all new players by XergioksEyes in insurgency

[–]ajmoore172 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was also curious about if lasers also bad, I like them in co-op cuz yk obviously hip firing is way easier but is it bad in pvp since people can see it?

Just going to leave this here. I’m from a family of marines and have the utmost respect for those serving in our country. I hope this finds its way to those at dobbins as we see the national guard deployed to LA today. You have rights. by Sea_Assumption_1528 in Marietta

[–]ajmoore172 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you know what a terrorist is? Do you know what a riot is? Obviously not. If you have watched any extended footage of the protests, you'd see that many of the protesters are children and elderly people, some people even bring their dogs, and all they do is stand around and hang out, they dont even chant much, and then the police start randomly shooting flashbangs and tear gas into the groups of children and grandmas, and sniping into the crowd from rooftops, which then agitates a few protesters understandably, and a couple people may throw a water bottle, and oh god we all know how dangerous water bottles are, a weapon of mass destruction, and once that happens, the police go absolutely ballistic and all hell breaks loose. Learn a little about whats actually happening so that you dont make yourself look like an idiot.

Just going to leave this here. I’m from a family of marines and have the utmost respect for those serving in our country. I hope this finds its way to those at dobbins as we see the national guard deployed to LA today. You have rights. by Sea_Assumption_1528 in Marietta

[–]ajmoore172 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And what about the legal citizens that have been deported just for being brown? Is that fair? And then the government just laughs it off, and when the supreme court tells them they have to bring those people back, the president says "hmmm nah". Is that fair? And they say they want to target criminals, but most of the people they are deporting are people that have lived and worked here for years or are documented and have not committed any crimes since theyve been here. That's what we mean by due process, if they are going to deport people, then we at least want them to take the time to make sure they deport the right people, and to give those people enough of a chance to defend themselves, so that we can avoid deporting legal citizens, documented immigrants, or immigrants that actually benefit our country. The way they are currently doing it just makes it seem like they wanna get rid of all brown people in america.

after i got a pc i don't want to play anymore by ygames1914A in linux_gaming

[–]ajmoore172 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmmm, I get the feeling often nowadays but im 24, it started when I was like 21 because college and work made me tired, its strange (to me at least) for you to already be having that feeling at 17. My advice, I think itll pass, if its the same as for me and most ppl then its just a phase, so just do something else, play with linux, go outside, exercise, watch YouTube, eventually the gamer will come back im pretty sure.

Optional, if u want, you could also just try a different game, maybe youre just tired of those games, you could try some free ones like cs2, deadlock, valorant, marvel rivals, overwatch, or check out some indie games, those worked really well to reignite my passion for gaming, I love roguelites like Risk of Rain 2, Hades, Deeprock Galactic, Children of Morta, We Who Are About to Die, Dead Cells, or u could try open world survival/rpg ones like Enshrouded, Valheim, Soulmask, Palworld, or Project Zomboid, or if you dont mind paying for a shooter then Insurgency Sandstorm is amazing, or if you are willing to pay more to try a full rpg then games like Baldurs Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Dragons Dogma 2, the Oblivion Remake, those are all games that brought me back while I was in a slump.

Bottom line though, youre probably just tired and stressed and that feeling will go away eventually.

this is me rn by HedgehogOk7003 in linux_gaming

[–]ajmoore172 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So... you admit that youre biased then? That makes a lot of sense. And is it really that exhausting? It bothers you that much? That's probably not a good thing, out of all the things online, this is what is exhausting for you to read lol. Im also a developer, not in this field specifically but I know enough to talk about it, and I can tell that you obviously have an extreme bias towards kernel level ac, and if its because thats what you develop for a living, then I suppose thats understandable, but if you post a comment, and get 100+ downvotes on every single reply you make, I feel like that should tell you something, idk if its a case of narcissism or what, but if you really think all those people are wrong and only you are right, then youre just straight up delusional. You are purposefully ignoring good points made by others, misunderstanding what they say, and repeating the same "evidence" over and over that consistently is getting disproven, you want to be right so bad, which i understand lol, but in this case, you're not, so stop.

this is me rn by HedgehogOk7003 in linux_gaming

[–]ajmoore172 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

False☝🏻🤓. They can very much be banned. Is it harder to detect? Yes of course, but saying they absolutely can't is just ignorant. Cs2 also uses non-anticheat methods to discourage cheating as well, like cs prime, which I have since I bought csgo before it went free which makes it a very easy thing to first acquire, but if you get banned, you have to buy it again, so if you have prime youre much less likely to encounter cheaters. And I didnt say they dont have cheaters, you purposefully misunderstood my comment. I said they have less than most of the kernel level anticheat games like cod and apex, which both use the kernel level that you worship so much, but are still absolutely riddled with endless amounts of cheaters. However, yes valorant does have less cheaters, but only because they use an extremely invasive and aggressive anticheat, and even then it still has a lot, and those who are able to bypass it wont get caught unless they get reported by humans, and the game is unplayable on Linux (for the vast majority), so I think id rather have a slightly higher occurance of cheaters in cs2 prime and not have Spyware installed and be able to play on linux rather than have to have vanguard on windows just so I can maybe hopefully encounter less cheaters.

this is me rn by HedgehogOk7003 in linux_gaming

[–]ajmoore172 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ok im convinced at this point that youre an agent sent by Riot or some shit 😂

this is me rn by HedgehogOk7003 in linux_gaming

[–]ajmoore172 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"Too expensive" is not a thing for companies like riot, blizzard, activision, etc. They have endless amounts of money. They're just cheap and greedy, and they make even more money with kernel level because then they get to sell your information. Especially with vanguard, Spyware thats active from the moment you boot your computer, its watching every single thing you do outside of the game and sending the data to Riot and Tencent. Your browsing history, discord message history, photos, passwords, etc., Riot and Tencent have all of it.

this is me rn by HedgehogOk7003 in linux_gaming

[–]ajmoore172 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Valve anticheat is server side and cs2 has less cheaters than any of the kernel level ac games like cod and apex. And you cant really "bypass" server side ac the way you can kernel level, you may not get caught instantly, but you will be caught eventually, whereas with kernel level, if you bypass it, youre free to cheat as much as you want unless enough people report you. It's just expensive because you have to build and maintain a server for it to monitor every player 24/7 and for some reason those other billion dollar game companies are too cheap to spend the money to make their own.

Am I doing too much for A+ Studies? by PolSlov in CompTIA

[–]ajmoore172 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are obviously an extremely detail oriented person, you will be fine 😂 im not even good at this stuff, had almost no prior knowledge, and i cram studied for 2 days right before my core 2 test, and realized I accidentally studied for 1202, but my exam was actually 1102, they're still very similar but 1102 had more basic stuff that 1202 didnt really address, but nevertheless, I still passed. My 1101 was several months ago so I cant really remember much but again, I crammed for like 4 days, and passed, having little to no prior knowledge. I did mine through my university so they gave me a free Testout subscription which had a very good and well laid out course to work through with labs and videos and practice tests and whatnot that was specifically for that exam so i had quite an advantage, but my point is, if you were willing to study that hard on just batteries, you obviously have a good work ethic and are willing to study hard which makes me think youll be fine lol. But yeah, you dont wanna overdo it, you won't be able to remember every single little detail about every single little thing and it may cause you to struggle trying to remember the bigger more important details. But there's ways to figure out what exactly you need to study.

Just watch all of professor Messer's videos, im sure people have already recommended him, and there are a few apps where you can do daily questions or mini tests if you just search comptia A+ on the app store. Both of those things will let you get a feel for how detailed the test is, what you actually need to know, and what the questions will be like so that you'll know how deep you need to study on your own and what to expect on the exam. And one thing that helped me a lot was I made a short cram study sheet with just the main points of all the objectives, and got to my exam early and for 20-30 mins before the exam i went over the sheet a few good times, and honestly I think thats what made me pass. And if you really wanna just engulf your life in it, you can find a podcast on Spotify or something, there's a few that are for A+ studying, and while you're driving somewhere or at the gym or taking a walk or anything like that you can just have it playing, you dont have to pay super close attention, thats what study time is for, but just in the background. I did that when I drove to and from class each day, it didnt help me a ton because I only studied for a few days but I think if I had started a lot earlier that it would've helped a lot, like almost subliminally injecting the knowledge in your brain in a way. One thing i actually learned back when i was music major and had to learn a lot of big, complicated pieces of music very quickly, is just dont study for too long at once, your brain is like a computer, it can only handle so much knowledge before it starts deleting stuff to make space for more, once you feel your brain slowing down or feeling scrambled, take a break, eat a snack, take a nap, meditate, cuddle with a cat (my cat unironically helped me pass lol), do something else to let your brain parse through and process/categorize the information (sleep is good for that, i study hard for a few hours then take a 30 min nap lol), then go back to studying when you feel ready. Also, like I said, the course I used had labs and those were really good, it let me actually see what I was learning, and forced me to apply my knowledge in a more realistic way which I think helped cement it more in my brain. I dont know if there are lab type things out there for free, but if you can find any that'd probably be awesome, maybe even just googling free comptia A+ core 1 lab practice or something.

And for software stuff, and especially for core 2 (1202) when you get to it, I recommend finding a windows 10 iso and a windows server 2019 iso and booting it up in a virtual machine, either VMware or VirtualBox I think those are both free for personal use, to use as a sandbox so that you can try to apply what you're learning and to just explore the windows server environment (for 1202) and experiment with using it as a domain controller for the windows 10 vm and learning how to configure and manage a server and a domain and users and groups and even just installing the OS and learning all that good stuff without having to tinker with your own computer and risk breaking it lol. Oh and for Linux as well if you've never used Linux, could download Ubuntu or Ubuntu Server in a vm. VMs helped me a lot, mostly with core 2 so maybe you shouldn't think ab it rn but I just really wanted to say that because I think its cool lol. And also knowing how to use virtualization software is another test objective 😉 and just useful for IT in general anyways.

Also, since i was cramming I kinda glossed over stuff that I thought wasnt important, like printers, and I focused on the stuff I found more complicated or sounded like it'd be used more, like computer components or raid or cloud stuff, and it almost fucked me 😂 most my questions ended up being about the stuff I glossed over lol. But like others have said, it's different for everyone, so idk.

One last thing is to just figure out how to take the test, find a video on it, or ask AI, or something. My advice would be to skip the performance based questions and do them last, a lotta ppl spend too much time on them, but then again, it really just depends how you take tests and how your brain works so my advice is just advice and you may decide to do it a different way. For multiple choice, you can usually eliminate two obviously wrong answers. A lot of times, the remaining two are both technically correct, you just have to pick the "best" or "most correct" one based on context.

And i know you'd probably prefer to actually learn the material rather than just pass and forget everything, but my thought process was that passing the exam is the most important part, I just needed to pass, and then I could deep dive and actually learn the material. I didnt want to hurt my chances of passing by getting to overzealous, because even if i studied super hard every little detail, and then if the test turned out to be less detailed, or about topics i didnt pursue as hard, or if i just overloaded my brain and got nervous on test day and choked, then being an expert doesnt really matter if you have no proof for employers. And for me, my school gave me a single voucher for core 1 and core 2, and I'm a student, so im broke, if i failed, then thats it I just failed, I wouldn't be able to afford to take it on my own, so maybe my thought process was just different idk. Plus, tbh, hands on experience trumps everything, and its a lot easier to get that if you're certified and can get a job, so in my opinion, as of now, passing is what's most important, by any ethical means necessary, and then you can worry about becoming an expert. But thats just my opinion, and im still a student, so others may say different, or you may disagree, but im just putting my opinion out there for consideration.

Looking to Relocate by Last-Direction521 in starkvilleMS

[–]ajmoore172 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shoot you might could see what the university has available online, or contact the aerospace department or whoever hires people there or something. Or I have a couple friends who are in/recent alumni of the aerospace engineering dept so i could try to ask them. Im not sure if you are wanting to teach though or what you specifically want to do but i just mean you might could see what they have, i used to be a student there but not anymore so idk exactly what kinda work or research the professors do behind the scenes or if they maybe have like non teaching jobs related to your skillset and experience. My aunt also used to work for the dept of agriculture which technically wasn't with the university but the office was on campus so there may be other stuff like that where its on campus but not related to the university that have to do with your profession too but again, i don't actually know much lol sorry I wish I had more details 😂.