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  1. If you're looking for a free alternative, Kdenlive supports hardware acceleration, and is quite a useful video editor.
  2. an Android emulator isn't for emulation on your smart phone, it's for emulating a virtual android device on your computer. You can use something like Bluestacks to run a virtual android device; it will allow you to set up your google information, so you can sign in under your device. You can also use it to spoof GPS location (popular in AR games such as Pokemon GO, however this may result in you being banned).
  3. I used to have a laptop with similar specs (my CPU benchmarks lower than yours), and I ran Ubuntu GNOME on it.
  4. That's arguable. Using plain old Ubuntu with Unity, definitely. However, I run Ubuntu GNOME 16.10, and even without any extensions or user themes, GNOME is a serious resource hog, comparable to Windows.
  5. OpenGL has really progressed over the past few years, especially with SteamOS and Valve streamlining it. We've been seeing more and more games come compatible on Linux, albeit some ports don't utilize OpenGL well. I personally do not run Windows at all. I abandoned ship after Windows 8.1 crapped out on me 2 years ago, and have been running Ubuntu ever since, and I've gotta say, I'm glad I made the switch. The only downside is that about 30% of my steam library is unavailable, but most of these games are really old and outdated. The new(-ish) games such as Saints Row and CS:GO run pretty well. I am really impressed with Valve, and how optimized their games are on Linux. I see no difference between CS:GO operating on Windows and it operating on Linux on the same settings. I'm unaware of how well Ryzen handles passthrough, but this blog post explains the basics of setting up GPU passthrough for gaming.
  6. MAC Address would be easily changeable. I would imagine they use some sort of GUID stored in registry keys, so even if you re-format using the same product key, or just revert to a previous snapshot, they can still identify you. I personally do not like Blizzard's stance against cheaters. Due to their abrasive methods to mitigate cheating, many of their games cannot be ran on linux without fear of being banned for "cheating". They treat many of their users (even the ones which play fair) with hostility due to this. I also believe any client-side cheating detection methods won't work. This forms a false trust between the client and server, and makes them vulnerable to cheating. That, and also it's a major breach of privacy to be monitoring the overall state of your system just to verify you're a legitimate user.
  7. Yeah, while the ASUS PCE-N15 doesn't have the chip listed on the amazon page, I downloaded the linux drivers off of the official site, and it seems to be drivers for multiple chips (probably to keep it universal for all of their adapters). Here's what's listed in the README: also, the spelling isn't my fault; the README is littered with typos. Seems the person who wrote it had issues with their "O" key.
  8. I've recently built a new computer. I thought the motherboard had integrated wi-fi, but I misread the specifications. I'm currently looking for a WNIC (PCI-E or otherwise) which people have had positive experiences with. Almost every WNIC I find available seems to have some issue with linux, whether it be lack of drivers, slow speeds, etc. (I had a USB wireless adapter, but required ndiswrapper, so latency was very inconsistent and got up to 300ms pings just to the router) I was looking at the ASUS PCE-N15, but I'm unsure how well this will work (there seems to be mixed feedback from a few years ago), so I wanted to see if anyone here has any experience with this. For more information, here's my system specs: CPU: AMD FX-8320 Graphics Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 260X Memory: DDR3-1866 Motherboard: ASUS 970 Pro Gaming Operating System: Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 64-bit
  9. no, I'm just using GNOME 3.18.2. I'm using NovaShell theme with Numix Circle icons.
  10. Pretty much every program/application you have on windows has a (better) alternative on linux. As @Captain Chaos suggested, look at alternative.to, which has lists of programs maintained by the public. Since you're using an ubuntu variant, everything you receive will be through the software center (which is much like the app store), which uses the aptitude repositories to download and maintain software. If you feel like using a command line to download software, the commands "apt-cache search" and "apt-get install" are your friends. apt-cache - This command allows you to search within the aptitude repositories. For example, if I want to see if 7zip exists in the repositories, I would type this into the terminal: apt-cache search 7zip and you would get a few options. One of them being p7zip-full, which is what I want. apt-get - Now that you know the name of the package you want, you can install it with apt-get install. Since I want the p7zip-full package, I would install it by typing the following command into the terminal: sudo apt-get install p7zip-full This will go through the aptitude repositories, select the package for installation, install the dependencies, and then set everything up all nice and easy. Sometimes a package may require you to configure some things before finishing the installation, and that's normal. You may also notice that we used sudo. sudo is just a command which allows use to act as root without actually being logged in as root, which will allow us to make changes to the system and install software on the system. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them, or even use google, which will be a lifesaver most of the time when you have an issue with linux. Same. It only seems to be AAA games which aren't supported (excluding Valve's; their games run quite well on linux). Surprisingly, indie games support linux most of the time, since they use engines which inherently support linux.
  11. If you can get it, I would recommend PhpStorm (since it provides full functionality of WebStorm as well as PHP/MySQL/Composer/etc). I made the switch to PhpStorm from atom, and it provides similar functionality, but makes it easier to deploy to production/testing sites, as well as using composer, and support for other VCS implementations. Personally I believe Atom is the best free option, given that you use the extensions. Here is a list of a few good packages: Emmet Color Picker Highlight Selected Pigments File Icons You can pretty much find any functionality you would find in other text editors through atom's packages.
  12. If you want something as lightweight as possible, I would suggest plain ole' Ubuntu. If you don't mind the use of more resources for a clean look, I would recommend Ubuntu GNOME. It comes with GNOME Shell, which allows you to install extensions which tie in with the UI and system in a clean way. I use GNOME Shell, and this is what my current layout looks like: If you're interested in GNOME Shell, I'll send you a list of all the extensions I use, as well as the theme and icons I use. My experiences with KDE are pretty killer; it has too many special effects which hogs up resources.
  13. If it's just going to be used via LAN, I would recommend VNC. I would recommend using TightVNC; it's free and available on windows, Linux, and OS X (Linux/OS X requires the Java version though).
  14. Make sure php is actually running with sudo service --status-all | grep php
  15. It may be. I imagine merch.linustechtips.com is supposed to redirect to there, since it is advertised in the WAN show.
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