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| author | nathansmith <nathansmith@posteo.com> | 2025-05-23 07:43:34 -0600 |
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| committer | nathansmith <nathansmith@posteo.com> | 2025-05-23 07:43:34 -0600 |
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Almost done with this stupidness
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diff --git a/testTheThing/distro_guides/arch.html b/testTheThing/distro_guides/arch.html deleted file mode 100644 index 81ab3ba..0000000 --- a/testTheThing/distro_guides/arch.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,184 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html> -<html> -<head> - <title>Arch guide</title> - <style> - - body { - color: black; - background-image: url('../images/linux_background.png'); - } - - table { - color: black; - background-color: #bebebe; - margin-top: 10px; - margin-bottom: 10px; - margin-left: 10px; - margin-right: 10px; - } - - </style> -</head> -<body> - <a href="../index.html"><img src="../images/back_home.png" alt= - "Back to home page"></a><br> - <a href="../linux_room.html#distro_guides"><img src="images/back.png" alt= - "Back to linux room"></a> - <center> - <table border="1" width="60%"> - <tr> - <td> - <h1>Arch linux</h1> - <p>Arch is just a better distro, but using arch doesnt instantly - make you a better linux user. Saying "I am a arch user btw" is still - fun and annoys people so I keep saying it reguardless.<br> - <br> - <b>Warning: This is a ever changing page due to the fact I havent - been daily driving arch for long as of writing this and is - uncompletish.</b></p> - </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> - <ul> - <li> - <a href="#installing">Installing arch</a> - </li> - <li> - <a href="#post">After installing</a> - </li> - <li> - <a href="#nvidia">Nvidia drivers</a> - </li> - <li> - <a href="#tricks">Tricks</a> - </li> - </ul> - </td> - </tr> - </table> - <table border="1" width="60%"> - <tr> - <td> - <h2 id="installing">Installing arch</h2> - <p>A lot of arch users will get pissed as fuck at me but <b>its ok - to use arch install</b>. I personally prefer manually installing - arch and wouldnt want to do it any other way so I dont use it, btw - (:<br> - <br> - The <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Installation_guide" - target="_blank">offical arch installation guide</a> and other - resources on the arch wiki is a great way to install arch though I - also like to use <a href= - "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQgyW10xD8s" target="_blank">distro - tubes arch installation guide</a> alongside the resources. Some arch - users may be pissed I dare tell people to go watch a youtube video. - I am sure most arch installation guides on youtube suck but DT's - video is killer. Plus its not a replacement for the wiki, its just - to help follow it a bit easier and act as a good jumping off - point.<br> - <br> - Some things I gotta add is for me DT's video I linked doesnt work - 100 percent. When setting up grub it cant find the efi directory. - You gotta use a switch to show that command that fails the efi - directory. I forgor the switch and I am too lazy to look it up but - you can find it if the <code>--help</code> flag. Also to dual boot - with nasty nasty MS Windows(R) you gotta install ntfs-3g for it to - be able to read MS Windows(R) ntfs(R) Microsoft(R) partitions. You - also gotta set <code>GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false</code> in - <code>/etc/default/grub</code> and mount the MS Windows(R) directory - in the efi directory for OS proper to work sometimes.</p> - </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> - <h2 id="post">After installing</h2> - <ul> - <li>Make sure you install a good ass DE or WM. No better DE than - good old trusty xfce. Your also going to want lightdm with that. - Thunar is a quite useable file manager though you can betterize it - with gvfs or another opinional packages for cool fancy shit. Or - for even more cool fancy things get something like <a href= - "../linux_room.html#spacefm" target="_blank">spaceFM</a>. Just - fuck around tbh. - </li> - <li>If your sound fucking aint working right install - sof-firmware.</li> - <li>I use <a href="https://github.com/Jguer/yay" target="_blank"> - yay</a> because it makes life in arch easier even though its - stupid ass bloat. - </li> - </ul> - </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> - <h2 id="nvidia">Nvidia drivers</h2> - <p>A lot can change depending on many things and everything I say - has only been tested on my machine so read some fucking resources - here:</p> - <ul> - <li> - <a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA" target= - "_blank">Offical nvidia arch wiki</a> - </li> - <li> - <a href= - "https://github.com/korvahannu/arch-nvidia-drivers-installation-guide" - target="_blank">Some strangely helpful github guide</a> - </li> - <li> - <a href= - "https://medium.com/@sakalakis/how-to-easily-install-the-nvidia-drivers-in-arch-linux-5f1b3f1a5f66" - target="_blank">Ewwwww, medium site (it strangely works without - javascript)</a> - </li> - </ul>Guide for my system mostly and maybe yours: - <ul> - <li>Install some packages:<br> - <code>sudo pacman -Syu<br> - sudo pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils nvidia-settings</code></li> - <li>Rebuild the initramfs:<br> - <code>sudo mkinitcpio -P</code></li> - <li>Follow <a href= - "https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA_Optimus#LightDM" - target="_blank">a guide found here</a> to setup lightdm for - nvidia. - </li> - <li>Open up the xfce startup app thingy and add - <code>nvidia-settings --load-config-only</code> as a startup app - so your nvidia settings load on login.</li> - <li>After reboot you can check the drivers with: - <ul> - <li>My prefered way:<br> - <code>sudo pacman -S mesa-utils<br> - glxinfo | grep -E "OpenGL vendor|OpenGL renderer"</code></li> - <li>Another way: <code>nvidia-smi</code></li> - </ul> - </li> - <li>For multi monitor refresh rate issues add these to your - /etc/environment<br> - <code>CLUTTER_DEFAULT_FPS=<refresh rate of your sync - monitor><br> - __GL_SYNC_DISPLAY_DEVICE=<monitor to sync to></code><br> - Then open your nvidia settings, go to OpenGL Settings and turn off - "Allow Flipping".</li> - </ul> - </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> - <h2 id="tricks">Tricks</h2> - <ul> - <li>To clean out shit that builds up in pacman run <code>sudo - pacman -Sc</code> and <code>sudo pacman -Qdtq | sudo pacman -Rs - -</code><br> - <code>-Sc</code> also works in yay.</li> - </ul> - </td> - </tr> - </table> - </center> -</body> -</html> diff --git a/testTheThing/distro_guides/fedora.html b/testTheThing/distro_guides/fedora.html deleted file mode 100644 index 72b47c7..0000000 --- a/testTheThing/distro_guides/fedora.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,154 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html> -<html> -<head> - <title>Fedora guide</title> - <style> - - body { - color: black; - background-image: url('../images/linux_background.png'); - } - - table { - color: black; - background-color: #bebebe; - margin-top: 10px; - margin-bottom: 10px; - margin-left: 10px; - margin-right: 10px; - } - - </style> -</head> -<body> - <a href="../index.html"><img src="../images/back_home.png" alt= - "Back to home page"></a><br> - <a href="../linux_room.html#distro_guides"><img src="images/back.png" alt= - "Back to linux room"></a> - <center> - <table border="1" width="60%"> - <tr> - <td> - <h1>Fedora xfce</h1> - <p>Fedora been my go to for quite a while though I sometimes switch - desktops lmao. I have tried the gnome version but it doesn't really - fit me so most of the time I have used the kde spin though recently - kde just haven't been feeling the same. It has been feeling buggy - and have been fighting with nvidia drivers. After running xfce on my - second computer for a while I grew to really like it and started - using it on my main and it have been running much better then - kde.<br> - <br> - Fedora xfce can be downloaded <a href= - "https://fedoraproject.org/spins/xfce" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> - </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> - <ul> - <li> - <a href="#setting_up">Setting up fedora</a> - </li> - <li> - <a href="#nvidia">Nvidia drivers</a> - </li> - <li> - <a href="#useful_things">Useful things in fedora</a> - </li> - </ul> - </td> - </tr> - </table> - <table border="1" width="60%"> - <tr> - <td> - <h2 id="setting_up">Setting up fedora</h2> - <p>Fedora has a little extra setup you wouldn't see in something - like linux mint though it isn't that bad.</p> - <h3>Packages</h3> - <p>You can speed up dnf by adding these to /etc/dnf/dnf.conf<br> - <code>max_parallel_downloads=20<br> - fastestmirror=True</code><br> - <br> - The default repos have lots of stuff but you might want an app that - isn't in it like steam. I know the gnome version has a enable 3rd - party repos button that does everything I listed here but I am on - the xfce version and also had to do this on the kde verison.</p> - <ul> - <li>Setup rpm fusion to get more packages in dnf with the - <a href="https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/rpmfusion-setup/" - target="_blank">resources here</a> - </li> - <li>Install flatpak if not already there using "sudo dnf install - flatpak" then add <a href="https://flathub.org/setup/Fedora" - target="_blank">flathub</a> to get some cool apps! - </li> - </ul> - <h3>Multimedia</h3> - <p>By default fedora doesn't have many codecs and you need to - install them yourself. Without them many media files will not work - and lots of youtube videos will not be able to play. The fedora docs - use to show how to install them but they removed it from their page - and instead shows a new version which installs some stuff but not - everything. I do both of them to make sure I get all the codecs I - need.</p> - <ul> - <li>Update your system with <code>sudo dnf upgrade</code></li> - <li>Install the new packages with <code>sudo dnf group install - multimedia</code></li> - <li>Install the old ones with these three commands in a row: - <ul> - <li><code>sudo dnf install - gstreamer1-plugins-{bad-\*,good-\*,base} - gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 gstreamer1-libav - --exclude=gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel</code></li> - <li><code>sudo dnf install lame\* - --exclude=lame-devel</code></li> - <li><code>sudo dnf swap ffmpeg-free ffmpeg - --allowerasing</code></li> - </ul> - </li> - </ul> - </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> - <h2 id="nvidia">Nvidia drivers</h2> - <p>Nvidia isn't the best on linux and I like AMD much more though I - am stuck with nvidia for now. For xfce there are some extra settings - to enable it but it works great once that is done. You will need rpm - fusion first before you can install the drivers.</p> - <ul> - <li>Follow the fedora docs on nvidia <a href= - "https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/set-nvidia-as-primary-gpu-on-optimus-based-laptops" - target="_blank">here</a> - </li> - <li>Also look at the rpmfusion docs on nvidia <a href= - "https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA" target="_blank">here</a> - </li> - <li>Follow the archwiki on nvidia in lightdm <a href= - "https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA_Optimus#LightDM" - target="_blank">here</a>. - </li> - <li>For multi monitor refresh rate issues add these to your - /etc/environment<br> - <code>CLUTTER_DEFAULT_FPS=<refresh rate of your sync - monitor><br> - __GL_SYNC_DISPLAY_DEVICE=<monitor to sync to></code><br> - Then open your nvidia settings, go to OpenGL Settings and turn off - "Allow Flipping".</li> - </ul> - </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> - <h2 id="useful_things">Useful things in fedora</h2>Fedora doesn't - have "update-grub" so instead you have to use these:<br> - <code>sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /etc/grub2.cfg<br> - sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /etc/grub2-efi.cfg</code> - </td> - </tr> - </table> - </center> -</body> -</html> diff --git a/testTheThing/distro_guides/images/back.png b/testTheThing/distro_guides/images/back.png Binary files differdeleted file mode 100644 index aec1613..0000000 --- a/testTheThing/distro_guides/images/back.png +++ /dev/null diff --git a/testTheThing/distro_guides/xfce.html b/testTheThing/distro_guides/xfce.html deleted file mode 100644 index 02f43ab..0000000 --- a/testTheThing/distro_guides/xfce.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,120 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html> -<html> -<head> - <title>Xfce guide</title> - <style> - - body { - color: black; - background-image: url('../images/linux_background.png'); - } - - table { - color: black; - background-color: #bebebe; - margin-top: 10px; - margin-bottom: 10px; - margin-left: 10px; - margin-right: 10px; - } - - </style> -</head> -<body> - <a href="../index.html"><img src="../images/back_home.png" alt= - "Back to home page"></a><br> - <a href="../linux_room.html#distro_guides"><img src="images/back.png" alt= - "Back to linux room"></a> - <center> - <table border="1" width="60%"> - <tr> - <td> - <h2>Xfce DE</h2> - <p>Indeed the best DE out there.</p> - </td> - </tr> - </table> - <table border="1" width="60%"> - <tr> - <td> - <p>By default xfce is a very plain desktop and looks kind of old and - shitty (like this website), but it can look and feel great with some - work!</p> - <ul> - <li>Install nicer icons like papirus, can never go wrong with - papirus icons. then set them as your icon theme</li> - <li>Install a better theme. Some good ones are: - <ul> - <li> - <a href="https://drasite.com/flat-remix-gtk" target= - "_blank">flat-remix</a> - </li> - <li> - <a href="https://www.xfce-look.org/p/1681313/" target= - "_blank">gruvbox</a> - </li> - <li> - <a href="https://www.xfce-look.org/p/2098041" target= - "_blank">DoorMaker</a> - </li> - <li> - <a href="https://www.xfce-look.org/p/1394325" target= - "_blank">BaZik</a> - </li> - </ul> - </li> - <li>Install kvantum and kvantum-qt5 to change qt themes. Add this - to <code>/etc/environment</code> for kvantum to work:<br> - <code>QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE=kvantum</code></li> - <li>Whisker menu for those who want a more modern menu: - <ul> - <li>Install whisker menu for a way better menu</li> - <li>Go into the panel settings to remove the old one and - change it to whisker menu.</li> - </ul> - </li> - <li>Enable clipman as one of the startup apps for a kde like - clipboard.</li> - <li>Make some nicer keybinds: - <ul> - <li>Bind <code>xfce4-popup-whiskermenu</code> to something - like alt+f1 than use xcape to bind it to super to get around - the xfce super key bug. Add <code>xcape -e - 'Super_L=Alt_L|F1'</code> as a startup application or whatever - dummy keybind you binded to whiskermenu. Sadly xfce cant bind - anything to super key without breaking other shortcuts that - use super so we have to use xcape in a painful hacky way.</li> - <li>Bind "super+v" to <code>xfce4-clipman-history</code> to - make it feel more like the kde clipboard</li> - </ul> - </li> - <li>Make new windows show up at the mouse by going into the - "Window ManagerTweaks" "Placement" tab, turning the minimum size - all the way up and chaning the place windows position to under the - mouse pointer.</li> - <li>Go into "Window Manager" and set a cooler window style and - more sane shortcuts for virtual desktops.</li> - <li>Go into "Window Manager Tweaks" and fuck around with the - compositor settings for cool clear things.</li> - </ul> - </td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td> - <h2>Rofi in xfce</h2>The default xfce appfinder been causing me - issues lately so I decided to switch to rofi.<br> - <br> - To make rofi work with my workflow I like to add some binds for it: - <ul> - <li>Bind <code>rofi -show drun -icon-theme "Papirus-Dark" - -show-icons</code> to super+d</li> - <li>Bind <code>rofi -show run</code> to super+r</li> - <li>Bind <code>rofi -show window -icon-theme "Papirus-Dark" - -show-icons</code> to super+w</li> - </ul>There is much more I could use rofi for but this is all I need. - </td> - </tr> - </table> - </center> -</body> -</html> |
