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TheComet
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Kubuntu 14.04. I was a long time Ubuntu user until they brought out Gnome 3, so I jumped ship to a KDE interface and kept the underlying system to be Ubuntu based.

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I use the orange forum page.

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This thread just started on GDNet: http://www.gamedev.net/topic/659072-weird-syntax-tricks

In C++, overloading a function via return type is possible by doing this hack:


I also learned about duff's device:


Pretty interesting if you ask me!

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Quote: "Kubuntu 14.04. I was a long time Ubuntu user until they brought out Gnome 3"


Did they use gnome before creating unity?

I personally like gnome a lot more than KDE. KDE feels so "bloated". There are a ton of animations for everything and I had some issues with it not saving settings which made it even worse. It also broke my Gnome and cinamon when I installed which wasn't perfect

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Gnome 2.x was what I used before unity, yes. Unity is just another name for Gnome 3.

KDE is very different and takes some time getting used to. I recommend getting the entire bundle of software if you're going to try out KDE and not just the window manager.

The reason I use it is it looks clean and has some awesome features. In particular, the file manager "Dolphin" can preview all kinds of media so you don't have to open the files to know what's in them, and I frequently use its "split view" feature when moving files around.

The default package manager shipped with KDE is very powerful and makes it easy to find the software you need.

KDE supports widgets (don't know if you've seen a screenshot of my desktop or not but I have a widget that shows hardware monitors and another widget where I can write notes).

And the last thing I find very useful is it supports multiple desktop sessions. This is a level up from virtual desktops, it allows you to switch between entire sessions.

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Posted: 24th Jul 2014 19:21 Edited at: 24th Jul 2014 19:22
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This is what happens when you take GNU/Linux and KDE and put them together:






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xD[i][/i][/u][u]

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Posted: 24th Jul 2014 21:46
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This is what happens if you install Windows




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I thought that happened while trying to install XP in 2004...

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Posted: 24th Jul 2014 22:10
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That was sort of how I feelt like when I installed it

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Posted: 24th Jul 2014 22:15 Edited at: 24th Jul 2014 22:16
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Me when I find a computer using Windows:



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Well, if it is using Windows 95, who blames you >.<

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My dad is in the hospital and they don't allow any network devices in some areas so I had to turn off wifi on his computer when we brought that to him. Turns out there is no way to turn on any form of airplane mode or anything like that in windows 7. I had to go into the device manager and manually disable the wireless device. In gnome 3 on my laptop it's 2 clicks to turn it off and on my desktop the fastest I can find is 4 which compared to windows is nothing.

Also, he was moved to another area of the hospital and called to help him turn it back on. It took 7 minutes to explain how to do it, even though compared to a lot of people, he's pretty good with computers. On linux I could probably just have told him to open a terminal and run one or 2 commands to get it back up (or I could have told him to click the 2/4 clicks I did ). I didn't think linux would be more user friendly than windows when I started using it but it seems like where windows obstruct everything in weird menus, linux has those features pretty visible. And helping someone by telling them a few commands is a lot easier than "press start, look for control panel, click on that, click on device manager and click on networking devices", "i don't see netwroking devices", "oh, ok what do you see?", "Umm, im not sure", "ok, is there a list of things with plus signs next to them", "yes"... and so on.

Also, I love how the color of the screen changes in the gif, just like a CRT screen would. (I think, im to young to remember much of CRT screens)

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Posted: 25th Jul 2014 03:49 Edited at: 25th Jul 2014 03:54
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Quote: "I got spam today! First time for last 10 years!"


I avoided spam for the first 6 years of having email, but just recently (last couple of months) started getting it

Quote: ""Solve PC issues"

"Change Windows Update settings"

Stay away from there."


? You're not implying I'm clicking on crappy ads, are you? Haha I'm not stupid

Quote: "Windows does not have a software center or anything along the lines of a software manager at all."


It does, actually. It just doesn't always work, doesn't help much and doesn't actually do anything for the programs.

Quote: "I use the orange forum page."


Ew, why?

Quote: "In C++, overloading a function via return type is possible by doing this hack:"


Huh, dat be cool.

Quote: "This is what happens if you install Windows
Me when I find a computer using Windows:"


Really? Why? What's your bad experience with Windows?

Quote: "Turns out there is no way to turn on any form of airplane mode or anything like that in windows 7."


Duh... "Airplane Mode" wasn't something you expected to see in a non-tablet/phone computer until Windows 8 came along (yes, Windows 8 has an "Airplane Mode" switch).

Quote: "I had to go into the device manager and manually disable the wireless device."


No you don't. Just go to Network and Sharing Center and disable the adapter from there.

Quote: "In gnome 3 on my laptop it's 2 clicks to turn it off and on my desktop the fastest I can find is 4 which compared to windows is nothing."


5 clicks for Windows 7. Wait, no, 4.

Quote: "It took 7 minutes to explain how to do it"


Then you're doing it wrong.

Quote: "On linux I could probably just have told him to open a terminal and run one or 2 commands to get it back up"


That's what I hate about Linux, is that everyone is expected to use terminal commands instead of a GUI. Sure, cmdline stuff has its place and I frequently use it in Windows, but it shouldn't be a necessity. Additionally, you can use a single command at a cmd to enable and disable an adapter.

Quote: "it seems like where windows obstruct everything in weird menus"


Certainly not everything (for example, Device Manager is not a "weird menu", it's an extremely useful tool for controlling every physical and virtual device in the computer), but I have to agree that Windows does have an annoying habit of spreading stuff out into the most unintelligent places and hiding it.


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Quote: "You're not implying I'm clicking on crappy ads, are you?"



That.

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Posted: 25th Jul 2014 04:23 Edited at: 25th Jul 2014 04:23
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Quote: "My dad is in the hospital and they don't allow any network devices in some areas so I had to turn off wifi on his computer when we brought that to him. Turns out there is no way to turn on any form of airplane mode or anything like that in windows 7. I had to go into the device manager and manually disable the wireless device. In gnome 3 on my laptop it's 2 clicks to turn it off and on my desktop the fastest I can find is 4 which compared to windows is nothing."

Most laptops will do that with one keypress (or two), Fn+F2 on mine.

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Oh. Pff, I disable most Action Center messages (the "Change Windows Update Settings" one in particular). I am far and away not a Windows noob


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Quote: " That's what I hate about Linux, is that everyone is expected to use terminal commands instead of a GUI. Sure, cmdline stuff has its place and I frequently use it in Windows, but it shouldn't be a necessity. Additionally, you can use a single command at a cmd to enable and disable an adapter."

Expected, nah. Extremely useful, yes. Most everything can be done in a GUI at this point.

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I actually really like KDE compared to Gnome. It's simpler and is quite a bit more customizable. Though it does suck when you start with Gnome and then switch to KDE. Such a pain. Starting with KDE is better. Full Disclosure: I use XFCE because the customizable context menu is to die for.

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Ah, well, it just seems like every single thing thing I read about doing something on Linux-based systems involves the terminal.


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Quote: " Ah, well, it just seems like every single thing thing I read about doing something on Linux-based systems involves the terminal."

Most of the sites and forums are populated by people that work almost exclusively in the terminal. Plus, it's an environment that's shared between all Linux distributions. Sure you can navigate to the /var/log/ directory using a file manager such as Nautilus and then open the file "messages" using a graphical editor like gedit or KWrite and then filter stuff out using Ctrl-F but that's a lot more work(from the viewpoint of a terminal user) than a relatively simple composition of commands:


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When I first started using Linux, I had a really hard time getting accustomed to the terminal. It seemed complicated and hard to use, so I mainly stuck to the GUI.

The world I was missing out on... I wish I could give you the experience and insight I have. The terminal is so much faster and more convenient than any graphical method of doing things. As Dar13 said, nearly everything you can do on the terminal can be done through a GUI if that makes you more comfortable, but the terminal is really not hard to use. What makes it easy is its consistency. There are standards in place and once you learn how to use the coreutils, it's super easy to learn everything else. Plus you can install powerful extensions supporting auto-correction and auto-completion, making the terminal far more feasible.

You can't compare the Windows command line to a Linux terminal. I've said this before in another thread, the Linux terminal is what drives the entire system. It's a view inside the very core of the OS. Everything, including the whole window manager and graphical frontend, is controlled through the terminal and can be manipulated with a few commands. The Windows command line is merely a toy in comparison, and as far as I can see, isn't even part of the operating system as a whole. It's just an application that runs inside Windows.

Quote: "Really? Why? What's your bad experience with Windows?"


Mainly the whole idea of not being free (as in freedom, not price). It is known that Microsoft collects information about your activities without your knowledge. It is known that Windows is able to execute arbitrary programs behind your back. The software you install on Windows is largely closed-source, and has the same potential to do things behind your back.

Compiling software on Windows is an absolute nightmare, and I know a lot of people who are scared of ever having to compile a program from source on Linux just because their Windows experience with compiling software was horrible.

Catching viruses or malware on Windows is way too easy. It is not a secure operating system in the slightest. Again, because there is no central package management.

"But TheComet, if you have a good antivirus program installed then you won't get viruses!" -- The fact that you have to install antivirus software already shows that you're trying to fix something that is obviously broken to begin with. I'm not saying Linux can't catch viruses, but it definitely has a far more secure system in place for preventing viruses and thus has no need for antivirus software.

The only thing Windows is good at right now is gaming and being a little more user friendly than Linux and costing a lot of money. With that said, Gnome is definitely closing that usability distance, and Valve's work towards gaming on Linux is slowly tipping that scale.

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Well said!

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Quote: ""But TheComet, if you have a good antivirus program installed then you won't get viruses!" -- The fact that you have to install antivirus software already shows that you're trying to fix something that is obviously broken to begin with. I'm not saying Linux can't catch viruses, but it definitely has a far more secure system in place for preventing viruses and thus has no need for antivirus software."

Actually, Windows computers are pretty safe these days if you're careful and smart. As long as you install Windows updates ASAP..........
There are very few viruses that can spread without the user doing anything, so as long as the user's careful and keeps his/her software updated, there aren't really any worries


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hey guys can i catch a cold through tha internet it is a virus after all

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Only if you have Windows and forgot to install your daily system updates and didn't restart your computer after every update because Windows

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okay well okay i was wondering because i was reading on this one guys blog he had a cold now im worrying i might get a cold to

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Have you ever heard of PowerShell? and also Windows 8 comes with Hyper-V, not many know about this hidden fact

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Have you ever heard of points?

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Have you ever heard of points+1?

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I've heard of it but never used it myself.

http://www.zdnet.com/limitations-of-windows-powershell-vs-linux-sshbash-4010018633/

From what I gather, it has its advantages and disadvantages when compared to a terminal, however I don't believe it can get to the level of a terminal with extensions (such as oh-my-zsh).

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That article you linked is utterly outdated... I just highlighted with my mouse the region I wanted to copy and then pressed CTRL+C and boom, done... you need a more updated article...

Check out Powershell ISE, has all commands listed on the side, epic



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It looks decent, but what exactly can you do with it that can not already be done through the normal Windows GUI?

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well, what do you use a script for

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@MrValentine
I'm not sure what Hyper-V has to do with anything, he wasn't talking about Virtual Machines at all.

As for PowerShell versus the various Linux shells(bash, zsh, dash, fish, etc), I find it hard to think of them being equivalent. PowerShell is relatively new(I believe it first came out in 2009 based on the copyright notice) and doesn't fully replace the command prompt. The command prompt is absolutely destroyed by the Linux shells/terminals. PowerShell is better but doesn't have half the support and tools that the Linux tools do.

When someone gets vim to work in PowerShell, I just might give it a shot. But until then, I'll stick with Cygwin or a Linux distro.

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A script can also be run through the normal windows command line, that doesn't require a PowerShell?

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Quote: "A script can also be run through the normal windows command line, that doesn't require a PowerShell?"


I assume you mean a text file containing the ready made script?

Quote: "I'm not sure what Hyper-V has to do with anything, he wasn't talking about Virtual Machines at all."

That was the point ^^

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What is that?

How to Write a PowerShell ISE Add-on with PowerShell :
[http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/2969.windows-powershell-ise-add-on-tools.aspx

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Product Transfer Security?

Yes.

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Yet Early Service.

Indeed.

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dar13, do you have skype?

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Interesting Needle Dipping Entry Exam Day

Certainly.

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Certainly.

Cannot Expect Reasonable True Animation Inside New Layers Yet.

Honestly.

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Horribly Oblong Niblets Exhibited Some Terrible Latency Yesterday

Indubitably.



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Inside New Dilemmas Undisturbed Bloody Imbeciles Totally Attributed Altogether But Lies Yielded.

Forgettable.

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Thought I missed something...

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Wow, there has been a lot of messages since my last one, feels almost pointless to reply to some of them...

Quote: "No you don't. Just go to Network and Sharing Center and disable the adapter from there."

I must have missed that then, I looked in network and sharing center but I wasn't able to find anything like that.

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Duh... "Airplane Mode" wasn't something you expected to see in a non-tablet/phone computer until Windows 8 came along (yes, Windows 8 has an "Airplane Mode" switch).
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That's true. (but linux updates with new features for free so you get that airplane mode when someone finds a need for it

Quote: "Then you're doing it wrong."

Perhaps, and the actual call was 7 minutes long so it might only have been 5 minutes. Still, as soon as the person you are explaining to clicks the wrong button once, it will take a while to get back to a point where you both are on the same "page".

Quote: "Certainly not everything (for example, Device Manager is not a "weird menu""

For someone who knows what they are doing, yes. But that was the only way I could find to disable the WiFi device and if my dad hadn't been as "tech savy", explaining to him how to reenable it would have been a pain.

Quote: "Most laptops will do that with one keypress (or two), Fn+F2 on mine."

I guess that's something I could have done.

Quote: "Actually, Windows computers are pretty safe these days if you're careful and smart. As long as you install Windows updates ASAP..........
There are very few viruses that can spread without the user doing anything, so as long as the user's careful and keeps his/her software updated, there aren't really any worries"


Most computer users arn't that smart though

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You first said this about linux:
Quote: "When I first started using Linux, I had a really hard time getting accustomed to the terminal. It seemed complicated and hard to use, so I mainly stuck to the GUI.

The world I was missing out on..."


And then you said this:
Quote: "It looks decent, but what exactly can you do with it that can not already be done through the normal Windows GUI?"


I totally agree with what you said about the linux terminal, everything is so much faster in the terminal than the GUI. There are also some realy powerfull file editing/searching/comparing features in there. A minecraft server that I was given "charge of" was crashing randomly and I had to compare the log files when the server was working to the logs where it crashed. I wrote a python script to strip all timestamps from every line, and then I found 4 programs that were able to compare the 2 files. Things like that really show you how much the terminal can do, even though you could probably download a program from a shady site where you have to play russian roulette with download links, install that program, download python and run the strip timestamp script, open the program you downloaded and locate both the logfiles to compare them.

Edit: Aww, looks like I missed points because I posted such a long message

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VIM is Vi IMproved, an in-terminal file editor that uses unique key combinations instead of mouse clicks to edit, search, and move around the file. Vim and Emacs are the two more popular text editors on Linux.

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Yup! I don't let it start up with Windows though so it seems like I'm never online.

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