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    Computers, Linux, Music, Networking, Virtualization, Food
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    Just another applied informatics student, Linux Lover and Networking Nerd

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  1. dmaes
    If it's gonna be a server, then why the DE? That's just a waste of resources. Ubuntu Server would do just fine...
  2. dmaes
    Not my home network, but at my dorm-room (student Applied Informatics). Want to replace the cheap TP-Link and dumb swich with a PfSense-box, managed switch and a decent AP (cheap TP-Link only has 2.4GHz). Laptop and phone not included.
  3. dmaes
    A VPN server will not work either if you're behind a double NAT. As long as there is the apartments NAT between your router and the outside internet, you cannot acces your router and with it your whole network. If you really want, you can setup a VPN server on a VPS and connect both your plex-server and phone to the VPN on your VPS. But that's getting really complicated.
  4. dmaes
    I name all my machines after GoT castle's(/harbors/ships), with some logic behind all of it: router/firewall: castle-black, desktop: dragonstone, laptop: balerion (ship), AP: Lannisport (harbor), dns-server: red-keep. Those are all inside home network (westeros). 2 vps's are ironbank and vaes-dothrak (outside westeros). Might give you some inspiration to come up with a similar naming scheme based on something you like.
  5. dmaes
    https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Steam_under_Linux#Fedora Fedora doesn't have LTS releases like Ubuntu. I think it is pretty stable tough. (Haven't had any problems with it). To be honest, I have had more problems with outdated packages on Ubuntu LTS installs, than I had problems with 'broken because to new' packages on both my Fedora install and my Arch install together. When you're just doing normal desktop stuff, updates are most of the time very stable, but get outdated pretty fast. I might even say that my fedora install feels more stable than my Ubuntu LTS installs. Because most of times, all packages are at their newest version, whereas in Ubuntu LTS, some packages might need the newest version of a package, but Ubuntu is not updating the dependencies.
  6. dmaes
    Not a fan of Linux Mint. I broke my install with a simple 'apt-get autoremove'. As a general rule, I like to keep as much upstream as possible. The more downstream you go, the more change there is that package repositories get mixed up, the more chances for trouble. Right now, I'm running Fedora on my desktop, and Arch on my Laptop. If you're new to Linux, I would recommend Fedora.
  7. dmaes
    Also, a little explanation please?
  8. dmaes
    I think their is no 'most beautiful' Linux distro. The beauty of Linux lies in it's customizability. How good your Linux looks depends on your creativity and your skills, not on "the available distros". One might install gnome, a nice theme and iconpack, and some extensions and call it a day. It will result in a good looking DE. Others will go with a very minimal WM and dive into config files and never stop configuring and tweaking. They will end up with a very good looking setup, that will always change to match their tastes. This is my (Desktop) setup: It's running fedora, with the i3-gaps window manager and polybar as the statusbar. My laptop looks the same, but has only 1 monitor, runs Arch and has different elements in the statusbar:
  9. dmaes
    No matter the OS, get an AP. You can place it wherever you want (if you can get a cable there) to have better coverage. With a wifi card, you would have lower speed and coverage, just because you hide that old computer somewhere in a closet. (because, who want's a noisy computer in their living room?). Also, WiFi cards aren't meant for this. They are made to connect 1 pc to an AP, and to do that as good as possible. An AP is made to handle multiple clients in the most efficient way. Also, go for a switch, instead of a multiport nic. An unmanaged switch is just plug-and-play. A multiport nic wil give you multiple interfaces (which is useful if you want separate networks) and will require software tweaking to have all devices in the same network.
  10. dmaes
    Windows gave me more headaches than Arch...
  11. dmaes
    You're the first one telling me this... Yeah, I remember using it once, I think for QtPass Could be a good thing, could mean a lot of bult to carry around. I like the segregation more, keeps things small in size. But yeah, I get your point. Only thing is, how many people know this? (And what does that say about windows?)
  12. dmaes
    Can you define 'wide variety of choises', because Windows doesn't fit in my definition of 'wide variety of choises'
  13. dmaes
    Seems to me like he wants Linux... Better: Windows feel ON LINUX = Chalet OS Mac feel ON LINUX = Elementary But stop thinking that way, think: Windows OS = Windows feel MacOS = Mac feel Whatever Linux distro you want + whatever DE you want = Whatever feel you want Choosing a Linux distro 101: Stable (Ubuntu/Debian family, CentOS, ...) or bleeding edge (Arch family, Fedora, ...) ? Which package manager? Pacman (huge packege base if you include AUR), apt (best known), yum/dnf (don't have much experience whit it) Noobfriendly? Most have at least an easy variant Community? Arch wiki rocks and lives from community, Ubuntu community is big, don't know about the others. You have a distro? Then start looking at DE's (and install them yourself) or flavours of the distro you picked. But please, don't look at Linux like you look at Windows an Mac. Windows and Mac are 'Everything crammed in 1 pakket, and you have only 1 choice'. Linux is a bunch of tools you want/need, all very modular so you can take or leave whatever you want, it's freedom.
  14. dmaes
    KVM should do the job. Also maybe look at a nas or use your host as fileserver to make life easier when accessing files on your vm's. Level1Tech has some video's on how to do gpu-passthrough in kvm iirc
  15. dmaes
    When talking about distro's, please use the distroname and not just the version-number. Not everyone thinks 'Ubuntu' when talking about Linux. Hence, some distro's don't even have "version numbers" (rolling release). But I agree on 'just install a new DE', but when OP asks this kind of questions, I would rather go with 'try different flavors of some distro's in a vm', because installing a new DE, might be a little advanced (certainly if you think apt-get is the only way to install software and distro==look&feel)
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