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The "Linux questions (and other stuff)" thread

nickdalzell said:
she seems to do perfectly fine with Puppy Linux despite it defaulting to root. just proves my point. 'fake' antivirus and other malware are written for Windows, not Linux.
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Might not be any fake antivrus or malware for desktop Linux OSs. But there's certainly plenty of fake ones for Android, ads, scareware, etc. But the thing with most Android devices, they're not running as root, and you really have to go out of your way to obtain root access with the majority of Android phones, tablets, laptops, PCs and TV devices. Android is a Linux OS IMO, it uses the kernel.
 
a windows error in linux? possibly a fake ad with the giant red 'X' that poses as a fix or poses as an error-exactly the kind of advert grandma clicked on as she mistook it for an actual error screen and paid the price.

Most malware for Android runs without the need for root permissions (the little airpush never needs root). i do not recall there ever being any attempts to gain root access (no superuser dialog), and that might be just dumb luck, or Android being that well-designed. not too sure though.
 
Dngrsone said:
Which is just hilarious when a Windows error screen pops up in my browser...
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:laugh: I had that happen once. I couldn't have been using my real browser, SeaMonkey, because I've had Adblock Plus installed on it FOREVER. So it must've been while I was testing something with another browser [that I normally don't use and don't care about, and hadn't tweaked]. But, yeah, this "alert! your computer is infected!" (or some such garbage) came up. Being the curious soul that I am, I clicked on it! :eek: And it showed a window$ file system that was supposedly MINE, complete with scary markings showing where problems had been found. :rofl: :laugh: Just too funny...
 
@mikedt, I'm so confused now that you've changed your avatar! Oh it's a nice enough avatar, it's just that I'm so used to your last one, and at my age it's hard adjusting to change. :laugh:
 
Here's an issue I came across this morning on my Mint system. I don't normally use Chrome, but thought I would try out the Linux version.
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An "unsatisfied dependency" apparently, which is documented here:
Issue 304446 - chromium - Unsatisfied dependency (libgcc1) prevents installation of google-chrome-beta 31 on Ubuntu 32-bit - An open-source project to help move the web forward. - Google Project Hosting

I installed the beta and that is OK.
https://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_beta.html?dl=beta_i386_deb


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MoodyBlues said:
@mikedt, I'm so confused now that you've changed your avatar! Oh it's a nice enough avatar, it's just that I'm so used to your last one, and at my age it's hard adjusting to change. :laugh:
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Hahaha.. yes I have Moody. We're near Halloween, :vamp: Found her on DeviantArt, described as "Chinese Vampire".

<-----* I drink the blood of sentient beings. *

Remember this guy from last year? :D
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Don't worry, a few weeks the familiar Chinese Android will return. :)
 
isn't Linux these days supposed to satisfy any missing dependencies thus eliminating what was known back in the day as 'dependency hell?'

I was lucky. Chrome was preinstalled by default on my Ubuntu Chromebook install. albeit a very old version that no longer supported Google (how ironic). although i was able to do a sudo apt-get ugrade and it updated to the most recent version.
 
mikedt said:
Hahaha.. yes I have Moody. We're near Halloween, :vamp: Found her on DeviantArt, described as "Chinese Vampire".
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She's very...attractive? :)

Remember this guy from last year? :D
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No, I honestly don't. But that could be because I wasn't active this time last year. :laugh:

Don't worry, a few weeks the familiar Chinese Android will return. :)
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Oh thank goodness! :D
 
I like Chinese Android. all 3-D and skeuomorphic like i like him!

I need to fire up the GIMP and make an 'i heart deer' pic. those do not seem to exist in Google Images for some odd reason. but it's easy to make one.
 
nickdalzell said:
isn't Linux these days supposed to satisfy any missing dependencies thus eliminating what was known back in the day as 'dependency hell?'
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As opposed to what was known as "DLL Hell" over in the Windows world? Instead these days you have "XP compatibility mode" and "Run as Administrator.".... good luck if they don't work. :p Which shows a problem with proprietary software, because if you have a particular discontinued and no longer supported application or game you used on XP, but doesn't work on that new Windows 8 machine and the compatibility modes don't work, you're basically screwed.

But as this is open source rather than proprietary software, anyone can dive in and fix it. Instead of hoping, praying and asking for the original devs to fix it, if that is possible. I can't fix it myself, because I can't program, but I'm sure there's plenty who can. In this case it's a major browser(current stable version) not installing on one of the most popular Linux distros, I would think that should get sorted very quickly.
 
nickdalzell said:
I like Chinese Android. all 3-D and skeuomorphic like i like him!

I need to fire up the GIMP and make an 'i heart deer' pic. those do not seem to exist in Google Images for some odd reason. but it's easy to make one.
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Oh no we can't have that! I ordered a new flat version, on it's way from Shenzhen now. :D

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BTW he was very 3D, and not rendered either.
chinese-new-year-android.jpg

Rather cute I think.
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/01/2...ut-in-minutes-next-set-available-at-11pm-est/
 
I want deer Android robot. i've looked and nope. not even one with a red nose and antlers. the Dangerfield effect--NO RESPECT!
 
nickdalzell said:
it is always a root user system (Puppy's mantra is 'root forever') yet she has NEVER encountered a virus on it.
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And now I know why. :) (A reminder: it's not viruses that are the issue on Linux. But I'm assuming you meant she's never encountered a catastrophic breakdown of her Linux system.)

I highly recommend reading this page about Puppy Linux's 'root forever' feature/philosophy, plus the Q&A "Security concerns" on Puppy's FAQ page. I did, and now things make a lot more sense.

In a nutshell, Puppy:

. is not multi-user, and,
. is essentially reinstalled every time it's booted up

Hence, a user logged in as root may delete their own files---as they could if they had logged in as a regular user--so that's not a problem unique to being logged in as root, and, if that user screws up the system, it's easily fixed.

The above is in direct contradiction to how 'normal' Linux is designed. Keeping in mind its UNIX roots (pun fully intended :D), Linux is designed to be multi-user, multitasking, networked, and safe from malice. Puppy is the exception to the rule.
 
MoodyBlues said:
Yes, I certainly do. :D


To the best of my knowledge, a *buntu is a *buntu is a *buntu. In other words, ANY *buntu is going to have the same driver support.

But your question makes me think you're having (or have had) problems with some item/device/component. Since that hasn't happened to me in years (the last time was circa 2007 when getting Broadcom 43xx wireless cards working took a little tweaking), I'm wondering what your specific issues are/were.

As for WHY I prefer Kubuntu, let's start with its infinite customization options--and we're talking via its settings; we don't even need to go into doing stuff at a command line. As I've said before, you could literally work full-time tweaking your settings, and never be DONE. I love the beautiful, polished, look of KDE. I also, in general, prefer KDE apps over their GNOME counterparts. So a fresh install of KDE/Kubuntu lets me hit the ground running because it's already installed basic apps I'm going to use. There are some notable exceptions, such as gParted and Synaptic, which I install IMMEDIATELY after I'm up and running. But keep in mind, as I've mentioned before, that you're perfectly free to install/use G apps on K, or K apps on G. They'll run just fine.
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Yes I have had troubles with a broadcom, but now its a different card in the new laptop. I have my device running as my wireless card but I'd like not to.

I've been trying to find a solution and everything is all 404ed as far as drivers go. I will get the name of it as I can't remember at the moment, switching to kubuntu kind of bears the burden of installing a new os.. again. Lol
 
boyo1991 said:
Yes I have had troubles with a broadcom, but now its a different card in the new laptop. I have my device running as my wireless card but I'd like not to.

I've been trying to find a solution and everything is all 404ed as far as drivers go. I will get the name of it as I can't remember at the moment, switching to kubuntu kind of bears the burden of installing a new os.. again. Lol
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Is it a driver issue? Earlier in the thread we had various solutions for some of that...
 
Here is a question.

I have a laptop with the physical hard drive being installed with Fedora
Then I have a USB drive that has OpenSuse on it.
I want them to switch drives. However I don't have enough space to just clone each one. I don't mind taking down and doing over but I just wanted to know what you would do in this predicament?

TIA
 
EarlyMon said:
Is it a driver issue? Earlier in the thread we had various solutions for some of that...
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as far as i can tell. at least by the looks of it. its a ralink RT3290.

I've found solutions, if you can call em that. But all lead to a driver that is 404'ed

Lubuntu 13.10. I asked earlier and ive made a wireless card out of my device, but I like to tinker so if I can get it running, itd be a fun adventure lol
 
That should be a Tar'd bz2. You may need to rename it accordingly and perform the usual tar command shenanigans.
 
boyo1991 said:
upon extracting the files, only one file was extracted, and it was another archive.
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Joelgp83 said:
That should be a Tar'd bz2. You may need to rename it accordingly and perform the usual tar command shenanigans.
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@boyo1991, it needs to be extracted multiple times. I have no idea why they made it that way. :confused:

The original file:
2012_0508_RT3290_Linux_STA_v2 1.6.0.0.zip

yields:
_2012_0508_RT3290_Linux_STA_v2.6.0.0.bz2

which yields:
_2012_0508_RT3290_Linux_STA_v2.6.0.0 (which is a tar archive, despite not saying so)

which yields a new directory:
DPO_RT3290_LinuxSTA_V2600_20120508

Note that the directory's name does not match up with the directory mentioned in #3 of the instructions, DPO_RT3562_3592_3062_LinuxSTA_V2.4.1.1_20101217

They appear to be older/newer versions, so following the instructions should work if you substitute the actual name of the directory and proceed from there.
 
Uh, Linux is perfectly capable of doing the WinZip and Done! thing. From what I understand, the whole tar/zip stuff is from the earlier days of Linux, and I think the only reason its still around is because its cross-compatible with all linux distros out there, out of the box.

I'm sure Moody can correct me on anything I missed, though. :p

Oh, and Speaking of Tar:

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