[(mirror)52-D.S.L.]

As stated this, this Is a thread on how to boot linux from your hard drive. I located an article that seemed feasible, but it doesn't have a way to due this for mint 10(what I am trying to use). Does anyone know how to do this with mint?

 

[mgdev]

The steps in that article should work for mint after you extract the iso what do you see?

 

[Transhour]

from a quick glance at the article, just following the guide if it was ubuntu or debian, as they share these things in common (ubuntu and mint are both derivatives of debian.)

 

[(mirror)52-D.S.L.]

thanks, I got it installed, for some reason a new option was available in the installation guide; when I mount the iso.

the option was install lin windows, well I finally got linux installed. now onto installing waterfox

thanks for the help

 

[Transhour]

if you got a 64 bit version of mint, all the browsers should already be 64 bit...

 

[(mirror)52-D.S.L.]

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Originally Posted by transhour if you got a 64 bit version of mint, all the browsers should already be 64 bit...

so chrome should install like normal? ...you use linux tho, have you tried waterfox?

 

[Transhour]

http://www.google.com/chrome/eula.html

grab the 64 bit .deb from there, and it will install, or you could go the other route and install chromium (the open source counterpart to chrome).

i have not tried waterfox, i've seen the thread here, sounds interesting. most programs that come with and are in the repository for mint, will be 64 bit. there are of course some programs that aren't, typically like wine and grub...mint64 like ubuntu 64 bit are 32 bit capable so they will run 32 bit applications just fine.

 

[EntTheGod]

waterfox? too many custom firefox versions

the debian one is iceweasel, theres one for arch... just a lot of weird crap like that... they really arent any better or worse, just different in very slight ways (like icons)

chrome vs chromium however is a big difference... if you hvae the option, always rock chromium on linux

its the open source version, so its got some of googles spy-hax taken out and it runs faster with a tad more security... really doesnt matter a lot, but you might as well just do chromium cause its probably in your repos

(sudo apt-get install chromium)

 

[Transhour]

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Originally Posted by EntTheGod waterfox? too many custom firefox versions the debian one is iceweasel, theres one for arch... just a lot of weird crap like that... they really arent any better or worse, just different in very slight ways (like icons) chrome vs chromium however is a big difference... if you hvae the option, always rock chromium on linux its the open source version, so its got some of googles spy-hax taken out and it runs faster with a tad more security... really doesnt matter a lot, but you might as well just do chromium cause its probably in your repos (sudo apt-get install chromium)

i can't even say that "waterfox" would even be available for any linux...it seems to be a "custom" build done by one of our members here on OCN.

i guess you could build one on your own, its not extremely hard to grab the source and compile it

 

[error10]

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Originally Posted by (mirror)52-D.S.L.;13090860
the option was install lin windows, well I finally got linux installed. now onto installing waterfox

Huh? If you installed 64-bit Linux, then you already have 64-bit Firefox.

 

[(mirror)52-D.S.L.]

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Originally Posted by EntTheGod chrome vs chromium however is a big difference... if you hvae the option, always rock chromium on linux its the open source version, so its got some of googles spy-hax taken out and it runs faster with a tad more security... really doesnt matter a lot, but you might as well just do chromium cause its probably in your repos (sudo apt-get install chromium)

tried installing chromium via sudo apt-get install chromium
but it installed a game called chromium BSU...is there anyway to manually download chromium?

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Originally Posted by transhour i can't even say that "waterfox" would even be available for any linux...it seems to be a "custom" build done by one of our members here on OCN. i guess you could build one on your own, its not extremely hard to grab the source and compile it

that sounds like fun

....how do I compile source code....I guess should probably start with asking what is source code?

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Originally Posted by error10 Huh? If you installed 64-bit Linux, then you already have 64-bit Firefox.

true, I wanted to install waterfox, its like a streamlined version that a member of OCN made

 

[Transhour]

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Originally Posted by (mirror)52-D.S.L. tried installing chromium via sudo apt-get install chromium but it installed a game called chromium BSU...is there anyway to manually download chromium? that sounds like fun ....how do I compile source code....I guess should probably start with asking what is source code? true, I wanted to install waterfox, its like a streamlined version that a member of OCN made

try:

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

(forgot that there is a game called chromium

)

source code is the human-readable files that all programs have. its where OpenSource gets it name (open as in available/freedom, Source as in its source code.) when you "compile" you basically take the human readable files ad make them machine readable.

Starting Here is as good of start as any

on how to configure and build mozilla firefox, but honestly you shouldn't really need too...as the 64 bit firefox already is pretty spiffy...

 

[EntTheGod]

lol sorry, i just guessed on the package name... chromium browser would be the name i guess

you can do something like "aptitude search chromium" to get a list of chromium packages so that wont happen, or search in synaptic

 

[(mirror)52-D.S.L.]

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Originally Posted by EntTheGod lol sorry, i just guessed on the package name... chromium browser would be the name i guess you can do something like "aptitude search chromium" to get a list of chromium packages so that wont happen, or search in synaptic

ahhhh thank you.

is it possible to search for open source games with synaptic or aptitude?....like cs:s?

 

[Transhour]

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Originally Posted by (mirror)52-D.S.L. ahhhh thank you. is it possible to search for open source games with synaptic or aptitude?....like cs:s?

counterstrike: source isn't exactly "open source", source is just the name of the engine that valve created.

 

[EntTheGod]

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Originally Posted by (mirror)52-D.S.L.;13105465
ahhhh thank you.

is it possible to search for open source games with synaptic or aptitude?....like cs:s?

commercial games no...

but you can get good games like warsow (multiplayer quake style game built off of the idtech2 engine) and others

even mario clones such as supertux

closest to a commercial game you can get in your package manager will be getting something like a doom engine (plentiful in repos) and then getting the doom shareware game data (also shows up in repos often)

not the full game... but still epic

 

[(mirror)52-D.S.L.]

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Originally Posted by EntTheGod commercial games no... but you can get good games like warsow (multiplayer quake style game built off of the idtech2 engine) and others even mario clones such as supertux closest to a commercial game you can get in your package manager will be getting something like a doom engine (plentiful in repos) and then getting the doom shareware game data (also shows up in repos often) not the full game... but still epic

interesting, I think I'll stick to windows for gaming tho