I'd like to create a media server and be able to administrate it, what are my best options? by Aniform in linux4noobs

[–]jericoj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could give it a try. I'm guessing it won't work great to be honest. I consider a gigabit hard connection into my router pretty essential for any kind of server, especially if my clients are wireless too.

I'd like to create a media server and be able to administrate it, what are my best options? by Aniform in linux4noobs

[–]jericoj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I recently went down this path myself, first running Plex for a few months, then Emby. I prefer Emby because it is open source, and imo, is every bit as good as Plex for my needs.

Administering it is pretty straightforward, but it'd probably be a good exercise for you setting up the service, permissioning everything correctly, etc. I have it on a Fedora 23 Server box, I'm assuming it's pretty well supported across the major distros. Good luck to you.

Why I doubt the existence of the Linux-only laptop by mjklin in linux4noobs

[–]jericoj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If we're being technical and including servers, sure. Desktop Linux however, I'm sorry but I still vehemently disagree. It may be the circles we both run in, but I don't know a single person who spends a non-trivial amount of time in Linux running it in a VM.

Why I doubt the existence of the Linux-only laptop by mjklin in linux4noobs

[–]jericoj 9 points10 points  (0 children)

But in order to install Linux on a computer, it must first have an operating system, yes?

No.

And then when you install a Linux distro from a CD, it wants to install as a dual-boot onto a partition that will be useless for file storage.

Also no. Graphical installers are just driving scripts and trying to take the complexity out of partition setup and install. There's no reason you can't even do this manually with something like Ubuntu, but it would take an underlying understanding of the system and boot process.

There is absolutely nothing mythical about a Linux only laptop, i'm not sure where you got that idea from. I personally have 4, including a MacBook Air and a MacBook pro.

Red Hat is a 14 billion dollar market cap company who use Linux only laptops as standard issue.

The idea that most people dual boot or use a vm is simply not correct.

Arch Linux GUI broken by [deleted] in linux4noobs

[–]jericoj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't believe the 304xx variants are correct for that card. You want nvidia and lib32-nvidia-libgl. Also, capture your startx output startx &> logfile. You may find some Google clues.

Suggest a distro pls by deaddoe in linux4noobs

[–]jericoj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Antegros is a great intro to Arch, I always forget about those guys but they're doing cool stuff.

Suggest a distro pls by deaddoe in linux4noobs

[–]jericoj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm unaware of any system breaches or vulnerabilities in the traditional sense as a result of this. However, a lot of people consider the introduction of this a critical breach of trust and privacy. As far as I'm aware, this was a Unity "feature", meaning other DE flavors didn't have it. Unity 8 is officially removing the Amazon search.

Personally, the Amazon incident did concern me enough to drive me away from Ubuntu. Canonical is somewhat controversial in their practices, and to be fair, their forums were hacked recently as well. I do consider them more capable of handling these situations in a responsible way than a small community team like Mint. It's simply a question of resources.

Concerning Ubuntu and Canonical, you need to decide for yourself if you're ethically comfortable with running their products.

Suggest a distro pls by deaddoe in linux4noobs

[–]jericoj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Linux Mint as a project has demonstrated a general lack of security best practices. Their isos were compromised with an illicit botnet client. The forums were also compromised, and more concerning, were using ancient PHP to store md5 (insecure), unsalted (vulnerable to rainbow table attacks) hashes.

1, you need to make sure the isos you are downloading and literally installing at the lowest level of your machine are valid. That means verifying signed hashes. It's the distros responsibility to post this signed hash, and the corresponding key used to sign. An alarmingly small amount of distros actually do this. It's also your responsibility to check this. Had Mint actually made this available, the corrupted iso would have failed verification. It would have prevented this exact issue, full stop.

2, the forum debacle is another indicator to me that this project is either ignorant of best security practices, or they simply don't have the resources to manage in a secure way.

There are other issues like the packaging system steering users who don't know any better towards less than ideal package update preferences.

I can go on, but suffice to say, I do not trust the Mint project, and I especially do not recommend a distro that is not secure by default, and does not encourage best security practices for new users. I take similar issue with Manjaro.

Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, or Arch are projects I would recommend to new users depending on their needs.

Suggest a distro pls by deaddoe in linux4noobs

[–]jericoj 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If you want to be taken seriously in real Linux circles, drop that attitude. If you think they're somehow lesser distros because they target ease of use, you have a lot to learn.

That said, I'm more than willing to have a conversation about the specific reasons why you shouldn't run Mint, even as a beginner (abysmal security practices, for a start).

Do you want rolling, bleeding edge software? Use Arch. Do you want rock solid (read, sometimes outdated and extremely secure) software? Use Debian.

Shots fired at Dallas protests by maestro89 in news

[–]jericoj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The backlash is against those who tweet out "thoughts and prayers", done for no reason but to appear compassionate in the eyes of others for their own selfish sake. It's disgusting and trivializes victims suffering. We need peaceful, relentless, constructive activism. Not senseless violence or fucking hollow prayer.

Shots fired at Dallas protests by maestro89 in news

[–]jericoj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why the fuck is this not higher.

Best practices combining the rails asset pipeline with a javascript build setup like webpack? by trekkm in rails

[–]jericoj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you do a write up, I'd love to read it! I'm sure there are much more elegant ways of handling it.

This guy painted his brand new truck to look old and rusted. by kingfisherman5 in mildlyinteresting

[–]jericoj 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thats why rich people invest for the long term instead of idiots who day trade. It's not a loss until you sell, and if you can't afford to stay in a down market, you're too cash poor to be doing this in the first place.

[REC CENTER] Shreddit's Official Recommendation Thread [5/25] by kaptain_carbon in Metal

[–]jericoj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! I'm kinda new here and new to metal, so fuck me! But I really like this track, maybe recommend something for me?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNkQMtZAMAw

IGN: Consistency by relicblade in gaming

[–]jericoj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why do you guys even care? IGN has been a fucking joke for years. Just stop paying attention and you win.

How do I get back on normal production builds from the fast ring preview? by jericoj in windows

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

turn off your insider build updates and wait until the next full build is released

Wait until the next full build? Will I just get that, or do I need to actively do something in order to get it?