The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice

[Rusty Metal Skull Gun]

Or you could just use sed instead
REAL Linux users do everything from the command line

>not using ed, the standard text editor

 

[Creative Username]

Who needs editors? Just cat into files like a Real Programmer.

 

[Susanna]

Who needs editors? Just cat into files like a Real Programmer.

Cat is bloat, I use dd and awk.

 

[Kosher Dill]

Use an application called Abcde for ripping music CDs.

CD ripping is one of those things that nobody on Linux (and almost nobody elsewhere) has ever bothered to get right.
The gold standard is using AccurateRip, via either Exact Audio Copy (Windows only) or dBPowerAmp (Windows or Apple).

There is one ripping application on Linux that supposedly implements a limited subset of EAC-like features and can at least deal with sector offsets:

https://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Whipper

But I haven't tried it myself. Sounds like a bit of a hack still.

 

[Azarzaza]

Been looking through the thread and seems like some of you are using Fedora Silverblue. I tried it on my PC to replace Vanilla OS (also an immutable distro), but the performance is TERRIBLE.
Launching apps is slow, updates take forever and gaming is almost impossible. TF2 doesn't even launch.
I found some posts saying Fedora doesn't come with good Nvidia drivers and I found some guides online to change those (even though that kinda goes against the idea of an immutable OS), but that didn't help.

Anyone else had that kind of experience?
Is Silverblue, or Fedora in general, just slow?

 

[AnOminous]

I found some posts saying Fedora doesn't come with good Nvidia drivers and I found some guides online to change those (even though that kinda goes against the idea of an immutable OS), but that didn't help.

I hate to say it, but as shitty as mystery blobs are, none of the open source drivers are worth a shit (unless things have changed). But if you're doing Fedora, mystery blobs are part of your life anyway.

 

[teriyakiburns]

(unless things have changed)

Not that I recall. The problem is, nvidia keep a bunch of their hardware spec hidden, so it's impossible to build a useful open source driver. AMD is a lot more open about the whole thing.

 

[Chaos Theorist]

Whats the best Linux Distro for casual day to day use and playing the vidya? Preferable one where Fire Pro Wrestling Returns works on it?

 

[AnOminous]

Whats the best Linux Distro for casual day to day use and playing the vidya? Preferable one where Fire Pro Wrestling Returns works on it?

Probably Mint if you want a normal distro, but there's also SteamOS which is specifically designed for vidya.

 

[Stalphos Johnson]

Whats the best Linux Distro for casual day to day use and playing the vidya? Preferable one where Fire Pro Wrestling Returns works on it?

Probably Mint if you want a normal distro, but there's also SteamOS which is specifically designed for vidya.

SteamOS doesn't have a .iso released yet, so unless you have a Steam Deck, stick with Mint. I haven't had issues with Mint myself. ProtonDB is your friend for looking up compatibilty of Steam games. Lutris is helpful for any non Steam games.

 

[Chaos Theorist]

Hmm Linux Mint it is then
ty for helping me

 

[Heliantheae]

Lutris is helpful for any non Steam games.

It's good to keep in mind that you can still install non-Steam games in Steam. I got a GOG copy of Statis: Bone Totem and ran it through Steam. But Lutris may be easier.

 

[Computer Guardian]

SteamOS doesn't have a .iso released yet, so unless you have a Steam Deck, stick with Mint. I haven't had issues with Mint myself. ProtonDB is your friend for looking up compatibilty of Steam games. Lutris is helpful for any non Steam games.

Still hasn't stopped people from trying to bring it to PCs anyways.

 

[AnOminous]

Still hasn't stopped people from trying to bring it to PCs anyways.

They even have an official guide for installing it on PCs.

https://store.steampowered.com/steamos/buildyourown

Processor: Intel or AMD 64-bit capable processor
Memory: 4GB or more RAM
Hard Drive: 200GB or larger disk
Video Card: NVIDIA graphics card
AMD graphics card (RADEON 8500 and later)
Intel graphics

Additional:
USB port for installation
UEFI Firmware (recommended)

I wouldn't expect much in the way of performance with those specs.

 

[Stalphos Johnson]

They even have an official guide for installing it on PCs.

https://store.steampowered.com/steamos/buildyourown

Processor: Intel or AMD 64-bit capable processor
Memory: 4GB or more RAM
Hard Drive: 200GB or larger disk
Video Card: NVIDIA graphics card
AMD graphics card (RADEON 8500 and later)
Intel graphics

Additional:
USB port for installation
UEFI Firmware (recommended)

I wouldn't expect much in the way of performance with those specs.

That looks like it was uploading when SteamOS was still using Debian, back when they were still selling the Steam Machines. Valve moved to Arch for the Steam Deck and I don't think the Debian version is still being maintained.

 

[Computer Guardian]

They even have an official guide for installing it on PCs.

https://store.steampowered.com/steamos/buildyourown

Processor: Intel or AMD 64-bit capable processor
Memory: 4GB or more RAM
Hard Drive: 200GB or larger disk
Video Card: NVIDIA graphics card
AMD graphics card (RADEON 8500 and later)
Intel graphics

Additional:
USB port for installation
UEFI Firmware (recommended)

I wouldn't expect much in the way of performance with those specs.

That however is for the the 1.0 and 2.0 versions of SteamOS (which are based off of Debian 8 ), while the 3.0 version based off of Arch that the Steam Deck uses is currently officially stuck, what I linked to is what amounts to a community-made port of SteamOS 3.0 to anything that isn't a Steam Deck, which also used the offical Valve repositories since the only thing that's keeping it from functioning one-to-one with what you'd get from the Deck software-wise is the packages that are designed for SteamOS 3.0 (the accessibility of which are bound to the pacman.conf file).

 

[AnOminous]

That however is for the the 1.0 and 2.0 versions of SteamOS (which are based off of Debian , while the 3.0 version based off of Arch that the Steam Deck uses is currently officially stuck, what I linked to is what amounts to a community-made port of SteamOS 3.0 to anything that isn't a Steam Deck, which also used the offical Valve repositories since the only thing that's keeping it from functioning one-to-one with what you'd get from the Deck software-wise is the packages that are designed for SteamOS 3.0 (the accessibility of which are bound to the pacman.conf file).

The no Nvidia support thing looks ominous, although I'd be surprised if you can't actually get it to work.

 

[innocent jogger]

Want to rip some CDs to MP3 using Rhythmbox

I like Asunder for ripping and Audacity for editing. I am a simple man with simple tastes though.

 

[Miller]

SteamOS doesn't have a .iso released yet

Apparently they're working on it. They want people to be able to install the OS on other devices.

 

[Betonhaus]