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I'm this fag reposting to see if I get an actual answer please don't get mad. My question: Are there any downsides of doing LinuxFromScratch on a virtual machine instead of doing it on hardware?
Blake Gray
No. Now stfu and install.
Kayden Jackson
I guess you'd have to use some other distro's live USB to set up the environment to get an LFS install ready to be built, but aside from that there isn't really that much different between VM and bare metal.
Xavier Parker
>Are there any downsides of doing LinuxFromScratch on a virtual machine instead of doing it on hardware? Only the host overhead that could be used for compiling, but just checking all the `virtio` drivers in the kernel config should save you more time than you lose, unless you try to compile chromium or firefox from scratch.
Grayson Peterson
So, what do I have to install on a barebones `media player` system to make the screensaver/DPMS aware that my broswer is playing video? Using lxde behind the browser (vivaldi wrapped in a "kiosk-mode" script), and it used to `just werk`, but now it doesn't...
Easton Young
I believe you. Thanks for being direct user. Thanks man. Noted. Thanks man. Thank you anons I'll stfu now. Blessings to you all.
Adrian Collins
yeah that makes sense, and was indeed the case. thanks user!
Asher Long
How do I connect/disconnect an HDMI port from the command line in Linux? I need to simulate unplugging an HDMI cable physically. udev rules perhaps? If so, how?
Pulseaudio is crap. Use pure ALSA and apulse for applications that ask for pulsecrap like Firefox.
I had no issues since YEARS.
Samuel Perez
>wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Babbies_First_Linux >Ubuntu >"Its online search feature sends data to Canonical who shares it with Amazon, but it can be turned off". Excuse me, but what the fuck? How do I turn this off in the latest Ubuntu? I want to switch based solely on that. Does Arch do this shit?
Sebastian Morales
thats old but i still wouldnt trust canonical
Lucas Thompson
Is ventoy good for making bootable usbs?
Jaxon Martinez
If you actually read more of it it says that the Amazon search shit was removed in 16.04, though back then even you could uninstall it.
Brayden Ramirez
It's one of the better ones actually. One of the easiest ways to make a multi-booting USB. Just run Ventoy on the USB then load ISOs onto it. You can boot directly into any of the ISOs through Ventoy's own bootloader.
Jace Sullivan
Are there any difficulties while installing an OS?
Henry Brown
Damn.. I guess I'll try Arch next then. >"Ubuntu is a common beginner's choice. It is based on Debian, and has been using a customised version of the GNOME desktop environment since 2018 with 18.04 LTS, as Canonical has ended their investment in Unity. The distro is generally despised by Any Forums and /tech/ for their Amazon integration. However, the spyware is now disabled by default since 16.04 LTS. The learning curve is one of the lowest. It has a fairly intuitive user interface and lots of support. A polished LTS (Long Term Support) version is released every two years and supported for five years with security and performance updates. Regular versions are released every six months with bleeding-edge packages, but are only supported for nine months. Its online search feature sends data to Canonical who shares it with Amazon, but it can be turned off. If you dislike Unity you may wish to try a variant of Ubuntu. There are several official flavors that are not commercially supported by Canonical." The part you mentioned is before the snippet I posted on my previous post. So, it makes it sound like Amazon still has hooks into the OS.
Aaron Cook
Amazon has nothing to do with Ubuntu anymore. The excerpt is just written weirdly.
David Murphy
Not really. It just loads into whatever live environment/bootloader the ISO has on it and you can install the distro from there. It's considered a great way to make swiss army knife USBs full of singular use distros like gparted Live or ones that remove viruses from Windows installs.
Ryder Williams
Sorry, not trying to be argumentative. Just posting what I read. Thank you, user. The other user mentions they still wouldn't trust Canonical, any basis for this?
Carter James
Looking to learn enterprise level Linux. Is Red Hat the only one used in the corporate world?
Aaron Price
Well they are a corporation in bed with Microsoft, so I guess that's why. Windows Subsystem for Linux was made with Canonical's help after all.
Jason Jenkins
Oh lord. Okay. Switching to another OS then.
Jayden Turner
RHEL in American sectors. SUSELE in Euro ones.
If you want a non-corpo distro then Arch is the most popular one.
Justin Bell
Is there any practical reason to use a standalone window manager setup over a DE, besides them being lightweight and more riceable? With KDE, I can get a dmenu-like launcher, tons of keybinding configuration (including the ability to bind scripts to keybindings), I can configure window rules to automatically handle window placement, and I get added niceties like a non-cucked filepicker, better desktop integration, a usable mouse interface (which is nice to have in some circumstances), and all with overall less maintenance.
I'm not trying to shit on minimalist setups, I'm just not really sure what they have to offer over what I'm using. I've tried using them and they seem like much more of a pain in the ass for little benefit, but maybe I'm missing something.
Kevin Perez
They just use less resources (like 200/300MB or so less RAM for one.) And some people like vast majority hotkey-based desktop traversal.
