Re: how to start a sh script from launcher?

2013-12-16 Thread kitepilot
Can In see the script? I execute shell scripts from GUIs all day long... ET David Lopez writes: oh wise men have an executable bash script. can execute it using terminal window - no issues. when i copy the script from the bin dir to desktop, the execute it from there by double clicki

Re: how to start a sh script from launcher?

2013-12-16 Thread Stephen Partington
http://askubuntu.com/questions/141229/how-to-add-a-shell-script-to-launcher-as-shortcut First hit via google. But the os and window manager you are using would be helpful. On Monday, December 16, 2013, wrote: > Can In see the script? > I execute shell scripts from GUIs all day long... > ET > > >

Re: MP490 printer

2013-12-16 Thread kitepilot
What I see seems 'good'... There are 'production' and 'development' (dev) libraries for most packages. You probably need to install whatever 'popt-dev' is availble to your system. What are you compiling in? Also, compile with something like: ./configure && echo GOOD make && echo GOOD If you d

Steam OS was released for all you gamers out there

2013-12-16 Thread Shawn Badger
I don't know how this hasn't made it to the list yet, but Steam released their Debian based gaming OS. Here is a link to download it http://repo.steamstatic.com/download/ --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, u

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2013-12-16 Thread keith smith
Hi, As you might recall I had ordered an HP laptop and after the input from the PLUG list I decided to cancel that order and buy a Dell 660.  It is a i5 with 8MB of RAM. I hope to use that box to replace the two laptops I currently use to do LAMP dev.  The laptop I use for my desktop is runnin

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2013-12-16 Thread JD Austin
VMWare and Virtualbox should both work well. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 9:38 AM, keith smith wrote: > Hi, > > As you might recall I had ordered an HP laptop and after the input from > the PLUG list I decided to cancel that order

Re: Steam OS was released for all you gamers out there

2013-12-16 Thread Michael Butash
I'm curious to see if it's as broken as ubuntu seems to be these days - feedback from adopters here appreciated. I spent 3 days last week trying to get ubuntu working with 13.10 on a fresh install, and since they're forcing use of a desktop cd, and not producing alt installs now, found the ins

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2013-12-16 Thread Stephen Partington
For Linux based Desktop Virtualization i have had the most success with VirtualBox. You can even pass some 3d rendering on to the GPU and enable an overlay mode that makes windows blend into the Host OS more so it feels like Linux with bits of windows coming in. You can also look up some of the win

Re: Steam OS was released for all you gamers out there

2013-12-16 Thread Stephen Partington
Well here are the installation options from Steam itself. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=204085700 Enjoy! I plan on checking it out at home. Just need to figure out a way to shove another drive into my system. On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Michael Butash wrote: > I'

Re: Steam OS was released for all you gamers out there

2013-12-16 Thread Stephen Partington
Whups. wrong link: http://store.steampowered.com/steamos/buildyourown On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: > Well here are the installation options from Steam itself. > > http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=204085700 > > Enjoy! I plan on checking it out

Re: Steam OS was released for all you gamers out there

2013-12-16 Thread Paul Mooring
I really like Arch, but if you're looking for a user-friendly Ubuntu replacement look elsewhere. User friendly desktops distros are a crowded space (Fedora, OpenSuSE, Ubuntu, Mint, etc) and Chakra attempts to bring this concept to a fork of Arch. That being said Arch is specifically designed with

This is why I love Linux From Scratch... :(

2013-12-16 Thread kitepilot
I need to install Postfix and courier-smtp in Debian. No... If I install Postfix, Debian removes courier-smtp. If I install courier-smtp, Debian removes Postfix. #$%@&! Does anybody know how to explain the F$#%ING package manager that I want to install both... :( ET -

Re: This is why I love Linux From Scratch... :(

2013-12-16 Thread Sesso
Should probably be installing Postfix with dovecot. They play together nicely. On Dec 16, 2013, at 1:19 PM, kitepi...@kitepilot.com wrote: > I need to install Postfix and courier-smtp in Debian. > No... > If I install Postfix, Debian removes courier-smtp. > If I install courier-smtp, Debian rem

Re: Steam OS was released for all you gamers out there

2013-12-16 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 09:48:56AM -0700, Michael Butash wrote: > I'm curious to see if it's as broken as ubuntu seems to be these > days - feedback from adopters here appreciated. > > I spent 3 days last week trying to get ubuntu working with 13.10 on > a fresh install, and since they're forcing

Re: how to start a sh script from launcher?

2013-12-16 Thread David Lopez
thanks stephen the gtk pgm that does the trick: gnome-desktop-item-edit ~/Desktop/ --create-new if you don't have the program, download using this using std apt get: sudo apt-get install gnome-panel david thanks again On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 5:40 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: > > http:

Re: Steam OS was released for all you gamers out there

2013-12-16 Thread Dazed_75
Actually the installer works as well as always EXCEPT in the presence of UEFI and Secure Boot. They also seem to get in the way of installing from flash drive. But since flash drives are sometimes seen by BIOS/UEFI as USB Hard drives, USB CDs, USB ?devices, etc you now have to look further into B

Re: Steam OS was released for all you gamers out there

2013-12-16 Thread Michael Butash
That was the easy part for me - you have to tell the bios to boot in "AHCI" sata mode vs. fake/crap raid. My system was the same, an asus that came with dual-ssd's in raid0 from the factory. Once I took out of "raid" mode, I could mod the disks, wipe the partitions with gdisk, and start over.

Re: Steam OS was released for all you gamers out there

2013-12-16 Thread Michael Butash
An Asus UX51Vz - no legacy boot option at all, pure EFI/GPT sadly. Sexy hunk of a laptop other than certain inclination toward windoze-only... -mb On 12/16/2013 02:06 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 09:48:56AM -0700, Michael Butash wrote: I'm curious to see if it's as brok

Re: This is why I love Linux From Scratch... :(

2013-12-16 Thread Matt Graham
On 2013-12-16 13:19, kitepi...@kitepilot.com wrote: I need to install Postfix and courier-smtp in Debian. If I install Postfix, Debian removes courier-smtp. If I install courier-smtp, Debian removes Postfix. Does anybody know how to explain to the F$#%ING package manager that I want to install

Re: Steam OS was released for all you gamers out there

2013-12-16 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 06:22:08PM -0700, Michael Butash wrote: > An Asus UX51Vz - no legacy boot option at all, pure EFI/GPT sadly. Holy crap. I didn't know those were out there. -- Bob Holtzman Your mail is being read by tight lipped NSA agents who fail to see humor in Doctor Strangelove Ke

Re: Steam OS was released for all you gamers out there

2013-12-16 Thread Dazed_75
Aye, but the worse thing is I am seeing a few that are OEM installed to use FAKE Raid0. That is so bad that they may as well say "Wipe this machine when you get it" On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:18 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: > On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 06:22:08PM -0700, Michael Butash wrote: > > An