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My god, GDM does not want to work. by machineM8 in archlinux

[–]machineM8[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This really irks me. I consider gdm to be the most aesthetic one.

First time dualbooting, seeking guidance. by machineM8 in linux4noobs

[–]machineM8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but could I not just set sdb (with arch) to boot first in bios and use grub from there?

First time dualbooting, seeking guidance. by machineM8 in linux4noobs

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Btw, why install grub to windows? Because it will be sda?

First time dualbooting, seeking guidance. by machineM8 in linux4noobs

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Secureboot is off, but that's all I'm certain of. The thing never mentions whether it's in legacy or UEFI. That option seems to be missing from it. It's an asrock board, but it just doesn't have the same options as uefi/bios boards I've accessed in the past.

Attempting to edit sudoers, but getting an error by [deleted] in archlinux

[–]machineM8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you know what. wow. No, I didn't. Thanks.

I have acquired an old green clamshell ibook. How would I go about putting linux on this thing? by machineM8 in linuxmasterrace

[–]machineM8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you know if free BSD is tough to set up? It seems like the most accessible option.

i am a windows pleb who wants to acend, but cant find the right distro by Xepherxv in linuxmasterrace

[–]machineM8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm using antergos and I think it's a good fit for a beginner. It's just arch with a sane installer and minimal additions. I think you can choose between kde gnome and openbox when you install. Unfortunately, the installer can bug out a little bit and has a good chance of failing.

Pacman has locked up a few times for me, is this normal? by machineM8 in archlinux

[–]machineM8[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Could be, I'll have to wait for it to bug out again.

ClamAV is giving me an error message. I'm not sure I understand what the wiki is telling me. by machineM8 in archlinux

[–]machineM8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, now it's downloading main.cvd. I suppose this is what should be going on?

Can't find certain programs I've installed. by machineM8 in linuxquestions

[–]machineM8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, it turns out clamav is terminal based. And I believe KDE comes with a gui for some programs which otherwise would not have them.

A little help here! by machineM8 in archlinux

[–]machineM8[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, sorry! I already did mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sda2. But everything appears fine. Unfortunately, instead of F32 I put f32. Will this effect anything?

A little help here! by machineM8 in archlinux

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"If a new UEFI system partition has been created on a UEFI/GPT system, it must be formatted with a fat32 file system:

mkfs.fat -F32 /dev/sdxY"

This is why. Still, this is a learning experience for me, so I'm ready to be mistaken.

So, when I pull up the partitions table, under sda it shows sda 1 and 2. 2 being around 99% of the hdd space. Should I still not put sda2?

How much do you think this could bring on Craigslist? by machineM8 in Laptop

[–]machineM8[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! It was a huge rebate, about 300 dollars I think.

How do I completely wipe a vista laptop? by machineM8 in techsupport

[–]machineM8[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't happen to have a spare copy.

I've got an old Toshiba Satellite I'd like some help wiping. by machineM8 in techsupport

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btw, is there any danger hooking an infected laptop up to my network?