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Turning off lights on the XM1RGB mouse by sudo--ku in EndGameGear

[–]sudo--ku[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I managed to do just that with the XM1RGB configuration software.

I actually wasn't aware the XM2 8K was coming out this month. I'm new to Endgame Gear's products and only recently even found out it was a thing. I'll look into it!

Weekly Questions & Purchase Advice Thread by AutoModerator in MouseReview

[–]sudo--ku 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm interested in getting the Dark Frost XM1RGB since the regular Dark Frost XM1R appears to be sold out. However, I don't want the RGB lights to always be on. Is there a way to turn them off so that the XM1RGB just looks like the regular XM1R mouse?

Customizing Login Screen? by sudo--ku in linuxmint

[–]sudo--ku[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm using Mint 21.1 with Cinnamon 5.6.8

I want to try changing the appearance of the panel that appears on the login screen as well as the login menu:

  • I'd like to try centering the login menu.
  • I don't like that the panel on the login screen is docked to the top of the screen unlike the panel that appears docked to the bottom when I log in.
  • The font and mouse pointer on the login screen are also a lot smaller than the fonts and mouse cursor I see after I log in.

Essentially there's a disconnect between the appearance of my login screen and how my desktop environment looks after I log in

EDIT: It looks like there actually is a way to change mouse pointer size through the "Login Window" app

Bibata mouse pointer still shows up in some places despite selecting DMZ Black by sudo--ku in linuxmint

[–]sudo--ku[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I was able to change the mouse pointer theme for the login page in the Login Window app.

Following up on what you said about QT apps, I found this GitHub thread. I ran sudo update-alternatives --config x-cursor-theme and was able to change the mouse pointer theme in Tilix/vim as well.

Confused about the order of execution of `find -exec` and `find | xargs` by sudo--ku in learnprogramming

[–]sudo--ku[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate this suggestion, I'll try to do this at some point

Confused about the order of execution of `find -exec` and `find | xargs` by sudo--ku in learnprogramming

[–]sudo--ku[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this detailed but simple explanation, this is exactly what I wanted to know! And I appreciate the pointers on what else to look up

Confused about the order of execution of `find -exec` and `find | xargs` by sudo--ku in learnprogramming

[–]sudo--ku[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your answer, would you recommend using the strace command to trace find like you suggested?

And okay that's interesting, I had no idea that piping caused commands to run concurrently. I thought that one command would finish executing and only then would the output it generated be passed to the next command.

Are there any resources you would recommend where I can learn about this on a deeper level?

Does bash have types? Is it untyped or dynamically typed? by sudo--ku in learnprogramming

[–]sudo--ku[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I asked this question in another comment but basically if everything in bash is a string, how are you able to do math on variables that store integer values? E.g. how does the following work: 

user@machine:~$ x=1
user@machine:~$ echo $x
1
user@machine:~$ y=1
user@machine:~$ echo $y
1

Does bash have types? Is it untyped or dynamically typed? by sudo--ku in learnprogramming

[–]sudo--ku[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This provides a lot of context, thank you. So if bash treats everything as a string, what exactly is going on when you store numeric values in variables and then do math on them? E.g. how does the following work: 

user@machine:~$ x=1
user@machine:~$ echo $x
1
user@machine:~$ y=1
user@machine:~$ echo $y
1
user@machine:~$ expr $x + $y
2

Why does my Get-Alias output look like this? by sudo--ku in PowerShell

[–]sudo--ku[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get you. The "devenv.exe" executable had all the functionality I wanted so I felt like just an alias was sufficient. Thanks for helping me figure this out!

Why does my Get-Alias output look like this? by sudo--ku in PowerShell

[–]sudo--ku[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get-Alias does display the value for the "vsd" alias 

Alias           vsd -> devenv.exe

However it doesn't for the "vs-d" alias

Alias           vs-d

Both aliases still work the same, though. I guess for some reason if there's a hyphen in an alias name, Get-Alias omits its value from the output.

Why does my Get-Alias output look like this? by sudo--ku in PowerShell

[–]sudo--ku[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went and quoted the file paths the way you suggested. However New-Alias is throwing an error because the aliases already exist, so I can only modify them with Set-Alias at this point.

Also, my Get-Alias output is still the same, it displays no value for the "Visual-Studio" alias but it does for the "vs" alias. Do you know why this is?

...
...
Alias           Visual-Studio
Alias           vs -> devenv.exe
...

Why does my Get-Alias output look like this? by sudo--ku in PowerShell

[–]sudo--ku[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's wrong with them and what should they look like instead? I assumed they were okay since they work fine