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by timon37
Sat Dec 03, 2016 7:10 pm
Forum: Linux, Unix, and Assorted Madness
Topic: Linux Mythbusting
Replies: 76
Views: 10162

Re: Linux Mythbusting

Hahaha that proof is quite ironic. The scan in that video found stuff in .dll and .exe files, those are obviously windows files. Either some stuff he just had lying around or part of one of those lame ports that just uses wine and launches a windows binary through it. To clarify afaik "linux do...
by timon37
Sat Mar 05, 2016 5:06 am
Forum: Linux, Unix, and Assorted Madness
Topic: ALSA, JACK, and PulseAudio on Linux Mint? I need help
Replies: 2
Views: 3164

Re: ALSA, JACK, and PulseAudio on Linux Mint? I need help

Unfortunately my knowledge is a bit outdated (I've generally avoided pulseaudio and don't know much about it other than it being a pain in my ass). But with alsa you can use dmix http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Asoundrc Though many distros have dmix enabled by default so not sure what's g...
by timon37
Wed Feb 03, 2016 5:16 pm
Forum: Linux, Unix, and Assorted Madness
Topic: Linux opening cans of worms questions...
Replies: 60
Views: 7447

Re: Linux opening cans of worms questions...

1. gentoo, naturally. The flexibility is unparalleled, and ease of patching epic 2. adwm, alternatively seriously patched and reconfigured dwm 3. as a simple text editor kate/kwrite & geany are ok, for source code everything's crap 4. paludis, it actually explains what the problems are 5. power-...
by timon37
Sun Nov 15, 2015 7:30 pm
Forum: The Back Porch
Topic: Skylake Damagebox giveaway entry thread
Replies: 130
Views: 84253

Re: Skylake Damagebox giveaway entry thread

So let's recap the "Rules to break" : - "no politics or religion", check and throwing in some philosophy! - "you'll need to create an amusing comic", check, unless you have a weird sense of humor like me - "artistic skills not required" ehm, check, (just squin...
by timon37
Thu Aug 12, 2010 6:41 am
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: Discuss TR's hardware photography contest
Replies: 89
Views: 16308

Re: Discuss TR's hardware photography contest

It works:) More info: http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:10077 . The article is of the older versions and the status updates are in the discussion. I will (hopefully) make a nice semi DIY article when the project reaches a more definite halt, which should be no later than 2 months, althou...
by timon37
Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:47 am
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: Enter here for a shot at a GeForce GTX 460 or Metro 2033
Replies: 149
Views: 31125

Re: Enter here for a shot at a GeForce GTX 460 or Metro 2033

As the sun slowly rises the homo coditus can sometimes be found in a semi-fetal position in his most private natural habitat. Due to prolonged activity its watery eyes lose focus and start to malfunction, however homo coditus still manages to accurately operate his machine as if he could perfectly r...
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