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No.6464 [Open]
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When you build a new PC or want to try a new distro (or any type of technology, really), what are some common things you do in order to get a feel for how it works?  I feel this topic is meaty enough to be worth its own thread, and I'd prefer for it not to be buried in the QTDDTOTT.

I've just finished building a PC to use as a Linux workstation, so now I can begin the time-honored tradition of distro hopping and bitching about how no single one has everything I want before ultimately settling on [distro you hate].  There is a decent volume of information about different distros out there, but most "reviews" are simply a feature list, a copy-paste from the distro's website, or a video of an installation.  They aren't very helpful for anyone who isn't a complete troglodyte, and I like to think I'm not that stupid.

I have a handful of things I want to do that will help simulate routine tasks, but so far they're all pretty basic:
>compile and run a simple C program
>install a new package with the package manager
>install a new programming language/SDK
>configure a chron job to clean up a folder every day
>ssh into a remote server and make changes to a file on it
>create a local git repo and push changes to a remote one
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No.6568 
>>6558
>>6567
>not running Tomato Garden XP
You can set custom boot logo (Plymouth) on Linux, too.
No.6570 
>>6567
Three words: Hannah Montana Linux.
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>>6464 (OP) 
I follow the same few steps each time:

1. Look for any bloat I can find and get rid of it.
2. Install all of the crucial software for my personal usecase.
3. Customize the UI to my liking so it both looks and feels good to use.

If an OS lets me get rid of bloat, runs programs I need, and look/feel how I like, it's a win!
No.15992 
Prime95
FurMark
Wireshark
Memtest86
Smartmontools
TestUFO
CrystalDiskInfo
No.16006 
>>6464 (OP) 
I treat my computer no differently than I do regardless of OS because I stick to what I find to work for me.
>Customize to desired look without ricing if possible
>Stress test
>All the basic shit like format a SD card, download manager, Console emulators , Downloading browsers, Import Bookmarks, Font Change
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GoSeek has been unusable since Nougat. It's s real shame there isn't a functional client for Android.
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No.4056 
use seeker anon, it's on play store, izzydroid and aurora store
No.4592 
>>1606 (OP) 
a pathetic existance of a zoom zoom
No.9462 
>>1616
Why? There is lno reason not to own a computer. Buy a Thinkpad, those are like 200-300$. Go on craigslist, ebay, kikebook marketplace and you will find loads of cheap laptops and desktops. Go to goodwill or you local thrift store and look there. Don't tell you don't even have 200$ to spare? Fuck off right now and buy a computer.
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No.9480 
>>9462
In places like india and africa there is no 2nd hand pc/laptop market they basically jumped straight to smartphones.
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>>1614
NTA but a few people have genuinely completely replaced desktops and laptops in favor of smartphones and especially tablets. Depending on your usecases, there might not be a real need for a proper PC, and as a consequence iOS/iPadOS or Android are your the only OS you have available. Of course, often one might run into situations like these, where there's no mobile alternative.
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>be Thomas Buchler
>gay jew record producer
>become Orthodox jew (but remain a massive faggot)
>try learning Torah chant
>through tapes to save time and probably shekels
>oy vey rewinding tapes is too slow
>my time is valuable
>I could be writing computer software and making money instead
>licenses DECtalk
>uses it to make TropeTrainer
>the definitive software for learning torah chant
>software that sings the word of god
>it's really fucking good
>loads of jews buy it
>along the way he preserves loads of obscure jewish chant traditions
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Can't make this shit up.
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No.15959 
>>4939 (OP) 
Good thing I've decided to look through the catalog.
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>>9975
Who gives a shit? there's always cool guys regardless of race and religion means fuck all as to a person's real values. it sucks no one really helped him. I have to assume half of his rants were him and the other half his schizophrenia. 
if not he would not have been so openly digging his own grave if not for his illness.

Judgement is reserved by ourselves  doing so to others is simply cruel because  you don't know their perspective.  those who you find to be troubled you should try to help instead of  ignoring and condemning because that's how you gain real friends that you can trust for life without having to be born next door.
No.15972 
>>4939 (OP) 
>jews jewing jews
They do deserve each other, eh?
No.15973 
>>13124
>this overused fake phrase
You actually can. Schizophrenics do it all the time. Such as schizophrenic jews with high IQs.
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(In lieu of the usual thread on 4/g/ and me being unaware of any other imageboards with a similar general I'll remake the thread here)

Everything is already from China, but here we discuss the (formerly kek) cheap chink shit you see on various sites.

1st rule of /csg/: if it looks too good to be true, it probably is.

Useful links
>TWS IEM reviews: https://www.scarbir.com/
>Guide: https://csg-guide.neocities.org/
>installgentoo wiki: https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/Chink_shit_general (Mod edit: link is compromised)

>What headphones/earbuds should I buy?
>>>/g/iemg
>I want a cheap smartphone what should I buy?
>>>/g/spg/
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My digital microscope arrived. It took some fiddling to get good resolution but it does work as advertised. In particular, the lens should be as close to the surface as possible (which in hindsight makes sense...).
The lens is obviously not centered properly though, which is annoying. I might try to fix it.

I probably should just buy an adapter board instead of trying to solder the chip manually.
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>>15866
>>15863
>blacked.gov
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>>15866
>>15863
>He clicked Yes
No.15893 
>>15866
>>15863
SHAME
No.15946 
>>15853
I see... that's a bummer, anon...
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>be me
>been in crypto since before Mt. Gox went full Titanic
>watching newfags ask "what tools do I need to get started?"
>99% of answers are affiliate links to some KYC dumpster fire
>decide to post real tools for real degens who still have a soul

>Bitcoin Core

    sync your own node, trust no one, verify everything
    yes it takes time, no you can’t skip it
    mfw people say "Bitcoin is too slow" but never ran a full node once

>Sparrow Wallet

    clean UI, coin control, connects to your node, supports Whirlpool
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Well, another content hosting site hits the wall. Better scrape high resolution hummingbirds ASAP. Is it the natural course of things, or the jewish one?
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I already stopped going there years ago, when they made javascript mandatory.
No.15806 
Reminder that Flickr hosts a ton of CC-licensed media which can be legally mirrored on websites like Wikimedia Commons.
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I've been thinking about writing a blog. Nothing fancy. No private lives. No pictures. No product-shilling. Just writing words.

I tried Blogger and Wordpress and I had a bad experience with them, considering that the ToS became more restrictive over the years.
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>>5619
>>5620
I combine both because Maggit (emacs' git interface) makes it peak comfyjj
No.15728 
>>5598 (OP) 
gemini is text only protocol by nerds
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All you need is your text editor. Save as plain text. Upload anywhere you want, but preferably not to FAGMAN, because they'll fuck you with ToS like you found out. Gopher is perfect for text.
No.15741 
Just host .txt files.
No.15742 
>>15728
Gemini is bloat. Just serve plaintext. View with curl | less.
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What so you think about the future
It is worth to go deeper in those fields to keep pace with progress

Or is it just a hoax that will end when the hype ends?
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>>15494 (OP) 
You're 5 years late into these memes.
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I'm thinking about what silver coins I'm going to buy next. That's the only interesting thing about the future. All the rest has been completely shit and they just keep finding ways to make it worse every year.
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What's your opnion on Haiku OS?

https://haiku-os.org
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No.15225 
>>15216
HaikuOS has a POSIX-compatible C programming interface and it's very complete, in fact more complete than OpenBSD in my experience.

>>15219
RISCOS also has a POSIX-compatible C programming interface, but I have no experience with this one.
No.15233 
>>15227
I think only the 32-bit version tries to be compatible with the original BeOS. I think Wifi drivers often contain binary blobs too.
No.15364 
>>15215 (OP) 
these icons are amazing; they are colourful, integrated and are well put together to immerse you into a good and pleasing system experience.
it is sad that nowdays theres no such attention to them anymore, they don't look as pleasant to interact.
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No.15365 
>>15364
I remember liking puppy linux for similar reasons though its less good than that up there. Things got less artistic and more clinical.
No.16343 
>>15215 (OP) 
>What's your opnion on Haiku OS?
Non-free
https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html
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My mom just picked up a commodore PET that was given away for free by a relative :^)
Lets have a proper retro computing thread. 
Post about practical uses of this ancient computer hardware - how this simplistic architecture can be used as a learning tool.
Planned pojects: Restore this decayed machine.
Write Tetris in 6502 assembly.
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Let me follow-up my last post >>15183 to add that MSDOS doesn't have to be retarded and gay >>15145 because they made a whole bunch of useful tools for it back in the day, so it's only lame if you're using it stock. I can't list all of them, but for starters you should look into 4DOS and QEMM/Desqview. I didn't have 4DOS back then sadly, so I hobbled along with COMMAND.COM and some aliases and command history provided by the DOSKEY program that came with my version of DOS. I also had LIST90H that was also very helpful, kinda like a mini version of Norton Commander.
For programming, the OS should already includes some version of BASIC like BASICA/GW-BASIC or QBASIC. These are actually quite good dialects, and were very popular back in the day so you'll find tons of programs written in them (as well as the older & compatible MBASIC for CP/M). I liked them back then, and now I like them even more!
Otherwise Turbo Pascal was also very popular. Something I stumled on today while searching for an old game (Island): http://blarg.ca/2018/10/14/turbo-pascal
I also had a lot of fun with TP back in the 90's. More recently I tried to use FreePascal on Linux, but it's not at all the same in practice. With DOS things were simple, everything just
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If you go with ELKS, then maybe you should try to find out if dvtm works under it.
https://www.brain-dump.org/projects/dvtm/
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I doubt you're gonna learn anything with ELKS that you couldn't already with normal Linux. It's just gonna be more C/Unix wankery like everything that's in vogue today. You'd be better off to port CollapseOS to this computer. Or make your own Lisp if you're one of those lainfags. But obviously DOS already has assembler and huge amounts of documentation, tutorials and examples, so you don't even  need to install any fancy OS to write Tetris. Plus there's tons of good old games to play natively, which is something not many people have an opportunity to do today.
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>>15201
>porting collapse os
That's an excellent idea, anon. How would a hyperactive zoomer go about tacking a project like that?
I only have done some pic assembler and tarduino C MCU programming before.
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>>13347 (OP) 
I should start reading about technical details of C64. Terry Davis recommended the book Mapping The Commodore 64
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