Geekhack Linux Thread (Troubleshooting/General Discussion)

[vivalarevolución]

Hey sth, you inspired to look into this systemd issue, and perhaps inspired me to look into BSD only with a couple weeks of Linux newbness.  Nice job.

On another note, I took Manjaro i3 for a spin just to try out a tiling windows manager.  I can understand the appeal.  It would take some time for me to adjust to such a concept, but I think that I can like it after awhile.

[Nalor]

Well if you are looking into the BSD camp, there is PC-BSD. Its based on FreeBSD, and is made for a workstation/desktop usage. Its one of the OS I can boot my desktop into.

[sth]

Hey sth, you inspired to look into this systemd issue, and perhaps inspired me to look into BSD only with a couple weeks of Linux newbness.  Nice job.

On another note, I took Manjaro i3 for a spin just to try out a tiling windows manager.  I can understand the appeal.  It would take some time for me to adjust to such a concept, but I think that I can like it after awhile.

i installed openbsd on my thinkpad, giving it a serious go this time

[vivalarevolución]

Well if you are looking into the BSD camp, there is PC-BSD. Its based on FreeBSD, and is made for a workstation/desktop usage. Its one of the OS I can boot my desktop into.

But can I make it look pretty?

[osi]

i3 - window manager ftw

[KRKS]

Well if you are looking into the BSD camp, there is PC-BSD. Its based on FreeBSD, and is made for a workstation/desktop usage. Its one of the OS I can boot my desktop into.

Except FreeBSD devs are already acclimatising people to systemd and mobile devices(or so I've been told anyway). OpenBSD seems to be the best option now.

[sth]

jk lol i dont want to mess with openbsd on my laptop. great OS. will use it for a server.
void works well on my laptop though and has a better ports selection

[vivalarevolución]

So has anyone tried to use Linux with a touchscreen?  From what I have been reading, Ubuntu Unity or GNOME as your DE are the only good options for touchscreen Linux..  But I haven't read much.

I'm thinking of getting one of the those fancy convertible laptops with a touchscreen or detachable tablet and putting Linux on it while keeping the Windows install for whatever.  I'm wondering it is worth investing a touchscreen if I can't do much with it on Linux.

[user 18]

So has anyone tried to use Linux with a touchscreen?  From what I have been reading, Ubuntu Unity or GNOME as your DE are the only good options for touchscreen Linux..  But I haven't read much.

I'm thinking of getting one of the those fancy convertible laptops with a touchscreen or detachable tablet and putting Linux on it while keeping the Windows install for whatever.  I'm wondering it is worth investing a touchscreen if I can't do much with it on Linux.

I haven't done so personally, but my dad tried out a couple of forms of linux on his Surface Pro. The touch seemed to work okay with Unity, but IIRC he had trouble with the type cover. I'm not sure what else he tried, but he said that Unity was the one that seemed to work the best with touch, and I don't recall him noticing any major issues with it.

This comic comes to mind:


I'd say it depends how long you want to keep the machine. It may not be very mature at the moment, but who knows what the state of things will be in a couple of years?

If you can narrow it down to a couple of model numbers, you might have the best luck searching for people who have tried to get touch working on specific pieces of hardware.

[vivalarevolución]

Great comic, that definitely is relate-able.

Yea, that is about the same experience as the information I have found so far.  Seems like Ubuntu Unity and GNOME are the only the distros/DEs that have put a lot of effort into creating a decent touchscreen environment.  I'm okay with using those, if my main purpose of the machine is going to be web browsing, media consumption, and some light work with documents, rather than searching for a more comfortable distro.

[daerid]

Ever  since getting used to i3, I find myself hating the fact that it's not on Windows or OSX (since I have to in those OSes daily)

[vivalarevolución]

Ever  since getting used to i3, I find myself hating the fact that it's not on Windows or OSX (since I have to in those OSes daily)

A lot of people out there really seem to like i3.  I've received the recommendation from more than a few.

[iLLucionist]

Ever  since getting used to i3, I find myself hating the fact that it's not on Windows or OSX (since I have to in those OSes daily)

A lot of people out there really seem to like i3.  I've received the recommendation from more than a few.

Closest thing I have on my mac is using a terminal with tmux. Of course, that limits me to non-graphical terminal apps. But for dev, it is all good. If only OS X would have a tiling window manager, my life would be complete..

[n__dles]

If only OS X would have a tiling window manager, my life would be complete..

..life is but a dream

[iLLucionist]

If only OS X would have a tiling window manager, my life would be complete..

..life is but a dream

Sweet mother of god.. I will care for this precious as if it were my own.

[n__dles]

There's more than that one, so if you're not 100% happy with it, just google.

[iLLucionist]

There's more than that one, so if you're not 100% happy with it, just google.

Thanks! Makes me think... a modal UI like vim provides modal editing on the desktop would be freakin' awesome.

[n__dles]

Thanks! Makes me think... a modal UI like vim provides modal editing on the desktop would be freakin' awesome.

I'm don't know of any WM that does, but I can't imagine it being difficult to implement.