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Linux information, reviews and opinions.
May 13 '13

Lunar Linux - Working on getting it on my machine instead of Virtualbox.

I really love how Lunar Linux works, I really want it on my desktop as my main O/S. I want to start developing some tools to increase the usability of Lunar Linux.

Things I see that Lunar Linux currently needs are as follows:

A script to create a working…

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May 6 '13

life changes - more posts up soon

I have had my life uprooted again, this is twice this year. The positive is that I am in a place where I can post more now. I no longer have to worry about whether I am going to wake someone up or not. When ideas pop up I can now make videos at any time I…

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Apr 21 '13

Lunar Linux - Distribution building heaven?

Lunar Linux is awesome, I have been saying for a while that I have wanted to create my own distribution. It is like the perfect distribution building heaven for me :) .

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YMsbIdcp5g&w=584&h=359]

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Apr 6 '13

More status updates

I have been distro hopping for a long time, I eventually want to start my own distribution. I think the easiest way to do this will be to code all the tools from another distribution, since python is cross distribution compatible and extensible it is a…

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Apr 5 '13

vokoscreen - What I use to make my videos.

Since I started making videos instead of writing articles the amount of time it takes for me to relay information has lessened. It really is a wonderful thing when it makes supporting the Linux community easier. There are many solutions to do…

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Apr 5 '13

Manjaro Linux - nvidia gt440 - Incorrect DPI in the display manager(Solved)

I was having HUGE fonts when in the Display Manager. The nvidia-settings program was showing me that the DPI for the card was running at 217×217 and this was definitely not correct. I needed 120×120 DPI from my previous experience of my computer.

Manjaro…

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Apr 5 '13

Manjaro - FTL Black bars (issue + solution)

Here is a clip displaying the flickering black bars issue.

This is the solution on an nvidia gt440.

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Mar 28 '13

Manjaro Linux 3.7 boot error diagnostics

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Mar 28 '13

Multiboot - Linux swap formatted causing long boot time on installed distributions. (Solution)

I did an install of Debian, I usually have my installs format my swap with no issue since I usually refer to the devices by device file instead of uuid. Newer distributions use the uuid scheme instead. This caused my boot time to increase from around 3…

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Mar 27 '13

Manjaro Linux 3.7 vs 3.8 boot comparison

Hello, I was talking with some people in the Manjaro IRC channel and we were talking about boot speed, I decided to take some videos and do some showing off so here you go.

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Mar 27 '13

Alienware m17x running Manjaro - Missing internal microphone port in pavucontrol solved.

I made a video earlier about setting your microphone settings for a user from IRC. Through the help of the people in the channel and his own smarts he was able to find a resolution to his issue. Here is what resolved the issue:
He added a file with a name…

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Mar 27 '13

What’s my plan?

I have said on here before what my plan is but here is a video update.

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Mar 26 '13

Sabayon using the Fedora Anaconda installer. Again no partition install option.

So I decided to do a Sabayon install since the Fedora installer refused to work, when the image file was nearly done I noticed that Sabayon is using the Fedora installer on their site. I thought oh great I do not put much hope in this and I was right to…

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Mar 25 '13

Fedora cannot install to a partition!?

I just went to install Fedora… I would expect one of the ‘core’ distributions to be able to install to a partition instead of the only option being to destroy all my other work and give Fedora everything. This is unacceptable and I simply cannot believe…

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Mar 25 '13

Announcement - More technical difficulties.

I installed DragonflyBSD and then found out that there are practically no graphics drivers available for it. This was disappointing because I had high hopes for it and I still do in the future. It is a project that I want to keep an eye on so I am going…

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