ChrUbuntu only supports 12.04 an outdated version of Ubuntu does not really matter, however keep in mind some things might not be smooth or polished as on more modern releases. For this reason I recommend giving the first guide a try because it works with a newer version of Ubuntu. In the guide change precise to trusty and it should install Ubuntu 14.04.
I don't really see much points in the x86 Chromebooks if you are going to own one and put Linux on it buy the ARMs versions for the battery life. To late now for you but a heads up to anyone else who might be reading this.
I mean technically they are already running Linux.
I assume you are talking about putting a full fledged OS like Debian/Arch/Ubuntu on it. Yes you can depending on what Chromebook you have.
Keep in mind some things might not work right, if it is an ARM Chromebook not all software is going to work. Judging by the quality of my post I am going to guess maybe running a Linux distro is going to be a bit above you. Installing on the ARM Chromebooks is not a super smooth.
Crouton allows you to run Ubuntu in chroot this is not actually installing the OS. However this is the only way to run on the ARM Chromebooks the x86 Chromebooks can actually have the Ubuntu boot its self.
I think your problem is either you do not have crouton downloaded or you don't have developer mode enabled. If you want help you are going to need to improve on your grammar.
Also due to the ARM Chromebooks lacking the graphical hardware for 3D acceleration for Unity so you can't run the standard Ubuntu DE.
Also according to information I got from a friend any Chromebook from the past 2-3 years is locked down.
Planetside 2 is a damn demanding game people with highend desktop I5 can see frame drop in larger fights. My CPU can choke pretty easily in any fight with over a few hundred persons. It is the nature of the game with that many people on screen.
Oh fair enough. I guess my VTX3D7870 was slower than most.
It probably had more to do with your CPU then GPU in that case. Also I don't know what upgrades you did however when it comes to Windows drivers Nvidias OpenGL drivers tend to be faster(however breaks OpenGL standards sometimes).
Now, this seems to be a little bit of an anti-Linux den around here, and probably nothing a "left wing liberal socialist communist free software hippie" like me ( ) could possibly write seems destined to have a good chance of spawning positive responses. Still, I felt a few things should be said.
-snip- In the end, it's about what you do with yourself, and how your actions and inactions shape the world. Be wise about it.
There really is not most people here are end users and do not deal with places where Linux is. I am one of the first to point out problems with Linux yet I run it more then anything it is not about bashing it but looking at it without some bias.
I will apologize for not quite replying in order I am covering a lot of points are trying to do it in the most compressed way possible.
These are minor issues compared to some stuff that is sitting under the surface. PulseAudio is a fine solution however makes too many assumptions that hardware vendors are going to follow spec.
Feature Parity goes far more then Linux getting development time. If we want to talk graphics lets talk about Gsync/FreeSync both to get working on Linux basically require a fundamental change of how the display server functions. Wayland is not a solution we are looking at maybe 2016 for Mir/Wayland implementation into the broader ecosystem.
Saying this will be fixed by 2016-2017 is not a good solution especially considering most Linux GPU drivers lack a proper OpenGL4 implementation and for the ones that have implemented OpenGL4 a lot do not follow spec correctly and can result in vast performance problems and differences between implementations.
Linux has existed everywhere for a while. Also calling Android Linux is well not exactly correctly, a lot of kernel systems have been gutted and if you pull out your phone and look at your Kernel version I am on Android 4.4.4. and it is based on Linux Kernel 3.4. Linux is multiuser Android is not. Why also cite Android my old dumb phone was running a Linux kernel on it this has been true for a long time. Android is still damn amazing, calling it GNU/Linux is even more wrong considering any utilities are the BSD versions and other stuff is by Google not the GNU project.
I tend to be hostile to the free software community when it comes to the politics elements of it. They act and take some Socialist rhetoric when it is nice for them to do so, then argue and support Capitalism when it is easy for them to do so promoting consumerism and other things. This is why I compared them to Left Wing Liberals earlier in that when they need to they will use some anti-capitalist rhetoric yet never actually want to really do anything about it while asking corporations to act against what the system compels them to do.
Getting angry that corporations are greedy self surviving and trying to turn a profit is hollow and means nothing without a further critic of the system. It is within the nature of the system that a company is not going to support things that could dent their profits if it could mean risking more competition from another company. If the actions can make them more competitive or profitable they are going to take the action.If your actually think people should have a say in the production of things software or otherwise commit to it and not just crappy rhetoric about it.
Valve is not some benevolent force supporting FOSS. They see Microsofts market as a threat to their own and they want to diversify and have a chance to fall back on other Hardware/Software platforms.
A lot of the advantages of Linux do no lend them selves to the desktop as much.
Due to the focus on great CLI interfaces automation is much simpler. SSH is great, SCP is amazing for copying things to my phone. The quality of the CommandLine is an advantage to servers however can make things more difficult for the home users. GUIs can provide graphical clues and can follow better conventions making learning new software faster.
GPL is a benefit to the users of the software and is damaging to developers this has been its intention from the start. If I want everyone to have true free access to my software I would use BSD licensing.
I am not recommending anyone to run anything, just trying to understand all the hate about Linux. Just because its not as popular and doesn't support everything doesn't mean its totally non-useable. It means that the brands who make pc components (Intel and Turbo boost, to name one that you mentioned) haven't considered making drivers for a promising and growing OS
All my hate for Linux and if you do not count gaming hours I probably spend more time on it then anything else. Linux is more popular when it comes to servers. AMD did not have to provide drivers for Microsoft to get turbo working. You act like Linux is just coming onto the stage the OS is old I have been running and dealing with RedHat servers starting in 2004. I manage several Ubuntu end user machines and a Debian server that replaced a Windows server due to switching software.
Linux automatically installs all drivers needed to run all hardware in your pc, or whatever you may install. Have you ever used LInux?
Except if the drivers don't exist in the case of a lot of hardware. Then you have the whole reverse engineered drivers most distros use by default. Also missing the applications to manage the drivers, my mouse is unusable without some custom drivers someone wrote installed and even then it is missing dozens of features it has in windows. My Wireless card can't scale its power usage under event he most recent drivers. For years the stock Ubuntu install would be incapable of loading the GUI granted installed the AMD drivers from the CLI is not impossible just a pain and that is for someone who is pretty damn familiar with the OS. The Kernel also lacks anyway to tell if a CPU is in a Turbo state. Intel wrote custom drivers that can be ran however until recently there was no way to implement no generic interface for software to be written.
Understand where and why Linux is used, for a lot of people gamers especially there is no reason to run Linux. Regardless of anyone personal opinion of supporting FOSS you can not lie about the usability and things when recommending people to run something.
Going to reveal a big secret here about most Plugins. Almost no one handles reloads properly, most big plugins recommend people do not reload their servers. Last time I looked even just the action of reloading caused a memory leak in Bukkit.
I honestly can't say how up to date that wiki is either.
AMD's open source drivers are far beyond the quality of Nvidia's now.
What do you mean now? Hell half the time games can't even load properly on the open source Nvidia drivers. In Minecraft the Radeon Open Source driver can complete with the closed source Windows driver in Minecraft.
If you are going to make the argument for Linux but then turn around and run closed source Nvidia driver that seems kinda contradictory to your goals.
Not for the Radeon HD 4800 series it isn't. Is that just because they dropped support for them?
Who dropped support? AMD said that they are dropping support from the Catalyst driver however the open source driver still provides support.
It is important to keep in mind Nvidia does not endorse or support the FOSS driver in any capacity. AMD provides minor support to the FOSS driver. In the end both are non official drivers, Intel is the only company with an official FOSS driver.
Yes we can get websites to all run SSL even though most implementations of it are pretty flawed.
Of course this only applies to the Unix and Unix like OSes that run this software.
Unless people are willing to support secure software having websites and others swap to a protocol that is only as secure as its implementation.
Not to mention the current way certifications for websites works it puts a lot of power into a few companies hands.
All fine if people want to actually support this, however you need to actually support this donate money to OpenBSD so they can actually build a secure implementation of SSL for web servers.
Because that is the native aspect ratio of the video you are watching. Letterboxing is the only solution that does not degrade the visual quality either by stretching or removing part of the video.
You shouldn't be using resources like that for unauthorized things because malware and other nonsense. You also run the risk of maybe getting fired or just a yelling at for misusing company resources.
Going to have to learn how to create textures and other things too.
You will first need software to start doing this, while some people might prefer some other software this is free so start with it. http://www.blender.org/
Get started and learn a bit every day, don't expect to be producing life like facial animations or anything a month in. Learning any skill takes time and effort.
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I got 3 years of posts in this section alone there is a few thousand of them. I work with computers for a living so I guess you could call me that.
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Uhh they aren't in crossfire, Nvidia dual GPU technology is called SLI.
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http://www.webupd8.org/2013/12/install-ubuntu-on-your-chromebook-using.html
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/12/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-acers-199-c7-chromebook/
ChrUbuntu only supports 12.04 an outdated version of Ubuntu does not really matter, however keep in mind some things might not be smooth or polished as on more modern releases. For this reason I recommend giving the first guide a try because it works with a newer version of Ubuntu. In the guide change precise to trusty and it should install Ubuntu 14.04.
I don't really see much points in the x86 Chromebooks if you are going to own one and put Linux on it buy the ARMs versions for the battery life. To late now for you but a heads up to anyone else who might be reading this.
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I assume you are talking about putting a full fledged OS like Debian/Arch/Ubuntu on it. Yes you can depending on what Chromebook you have.
Keep in mind some things might not work right, if it is an ARM Chromebook not all software is going to work. Judging by the quality of my post I am going to guess maybe running a Linux distro is going to be a bit above you. Installing on the ARM Chromebooks is not a super smooth.
Crouton allows you to run Ubuntu in chroot this is not actually installing the OS. However this is the only way to run on the ARM Chromebooks the x86 Chromebooks can actually have the Ubuntu boot its self.
I think your problem is either you do not have crouton downloaded or you don't have developer mode enabled. If you want help you are going to need to improve on your grammar.
Also due to the ARM Chromebooks lacking the graphical hardware for 3D acceleration for Unity so you can't run the standard Ubuntu DE.
Also according to information I got from a friend any Chromebook from the past 2-3 years is locked down.
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It probably had more to do with your CPU then GPU in that case. Also I don't know what upgrades you did however when it comes to Windows drivers Nvidias OpenGL drivers tend to be faster(however breaks OpenGL standards sometimes).
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There really is not most people here are end users and do not deal with places where Linux is. I am one of the first to point out problems with Linux yet I run it more then anything it is not about bashing it but looking at it without some bias.
I will apologize for not quite replying in order I am covering a lot of points are trying to do it in the most compressed way possible.
These are minor issues compared to some stuff that is sitting under the surface. PulseAudio is a fine solution however makes too many assumptions that hardware vendors are going to follow spec.
Feature Parity goes far more then Linux getting development time. If we want to talk graphics lets talk about Gsync/FreeSync both to get working on Linux basically require a fundamental change of how the display server functions. Wayland is not a solution we are looking at maybe 2016 for Mir/Wayland implementation into the broader ecosystem.
OpenGL is well broken it is not implemented as well as DirectX or AMDs Mantle.
http://richg42.blogspot.com/2014/05/things-that-drive-me-nuts-about-opengl.html
http://www.joshbarczak.com/blog/?p=154
Even people defending it do need to mention some fundamentally broken things about it.
"An optimist says all this will be fixed in 2015+, but to a game developer on Windows or a Console, they just want to make their game. The state of GL can be heart-breaking at times."
https://medium.com/@michael_marks/opengl-for-real-world-games-7d0f4d35891c
Saying this will be fixed by 2016-2017 is not a good solution especially considering most Linux GPU drivers lack a proper OpenGL4 implementation and for the ones that have implemented OpenGL4 a lot do not follow spec correctly and can result in vast performance problems and differences between implementations.
Linux has existed everywhere for a while. Also calling Android Linux is well not exactly correctly, a lot of kernel systems have been gutted and if you pull out your phone and look at your Kernel version I am on Android 4.4.4. and it is based on Linux Kernel 3.4. Linux is multiuser Android is not. Why also cite Android my old dumb phone was running a Linux kernel on it this has been true for a long time. Android is still damn amazing, calling it GNU/Linux is even more wrong considering any utilities are the BSD versions and other stuff is by Google not the GNU project.
I tend to be hostile to the free software community when it comes to the politics elements of it. They act and take some Socialist rhetoric when it is nice for them to do so, then argue and support Capitalism when it is easy for them to do so promoting consumerism and other things. This is why I compared them to Left Wing Liberals earlier in that when they need to they will use some anti-capitalist rhetoric yet never actually want to really do anything about it while asking corporations to act against what the system compels them to do.
Getting angry that corporations are greedy self surviving and trying to turn a profit is hollow and means nothing without a further critic of the system. It is within the nature of the system that a company is not going to support things that could dent their profits if it could mean risking more competition from another company. If the actions can make them more competitive or profitable they are going to take the action.If your actually think people should have a say in the production of things software or otherwise commit to it and not just crappy rhetoric about it.
Valve is not some benevolent force supporting FOSS. They see Microsofts market as a threat to their own and they want to diversify and have a chance to fall back on other Hardware/Software platforms.
A lot of the advantages of Linux do no lend them selves to the desktop as much.
Due to the focus on great CLI interfaces automation is much simpler. SSH is great, SCP is amazing for copying things to my phone. The quality of the CommandLine is an advantage to servers however can make things more difficult for the home users. GUIs can provide graphical clues and can follow better conventions making learning new software faster.
GPL is a benefit to the users of the software and is damaging to developers this has been its intention from the start. If I want everyone to have true free access to my software I would use BSD licensing.
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All my hate for Linux and if you do not count gaming hours I probably spend more time on it then anything else. Linux is more popular when it comes to servers. AMD did not have to provide drivers for Microsoft to get turbo working. You act like Linux is just coming onto the stage the OS is old I have been running and dealing with RedHat servers starting in 2004. I manage several Ubuntu end user machines and a Debian server that replaced a Windows server due to switching software.
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Except if the drivers don't exist in the case of a lot of hardware. Then you have the whole reverse engineered drivers most distros use by default. Also missing the applications to manage the drivers, my mouse is unusable without some custom drivers someone wrote installed and even then it is missing dozens of features it has in windows. My Wireless card can't scale its power usage under event he most recent drivers. For years the stock Ubuntu install would be incapable of loading the GUI granted installed the AMD drivers from the CLI is not impossible just a pain and that is for someone who is pretty damn familiar with the OS. The Kernel also lacks anyway to tell if a CPU is in a Turbo state. Intel wrote custom drivers that can be ran however until recently there was no way to implement no generic interface for software to be written.
Understand where and why Linux is used, for a lot of people gamers especially there is no reason to run Linux. Regardless of anyone personal opinion of supporting FOSS you can not lie about the usability and things when recommending people to run something.
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I honestly can't say how up to date that wiki is either.
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What do you mean now? Hell half the time games can't even load properly on the open source Nvidia drivers. In Minecraft the Radeon Open Source driver can complete with the closed source Windows driver in Minecraft.
If you are going to make the argument for Linux but then turn around and run closed source Nvidia driver that seems kinda contradictory to your goals.
Who dropped support? AMD said that they are dropping support from the Catalyst driver however the open source driver still provides support.
It is important to keep in mind Nvidia does not endorse or support the FOSS driver in any capacity. AMD provides minor support to the FOSS driver. In the end both are non official drivers, Intel is the only company with an official FOSS driver.
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Of course this only applies to the Unix and Unix like OSes that run this software.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTcxMTI
http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/03/critical-crypto-bug-leaves-linux-hundreds-of-apps-open-to-eavesdropping/
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTY1ODE
Unless people are willing to support secure software having websites and others swap to a protocol that is only as secure as its implementation.
Not to mention the current way certifications for websites works it puts a lot of power into a few companies hands.
All fine if people want to actually support this, however you need to actually support this donate money to OpenBSD so they can actually build a secure implementation of SSL for web servers.
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You will first need software to start doing this, while some people might prefer some other software this is free so start with it.
http://www.blender.org/
Some resources to learn from
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro
https://www.archive.org/stream/BlenderWikiManualPdf20100622/bm_20100622#page/n0/mode/2up
This site also provides some resources to learn from.
http://cgcookie.com/blender/cgc-courses/blender-basics-introduction-for-beginners/
Get started and learn a bit every day, don't expect to be producing life like facial animations or anything a month in. Learning any skill takes time and effort.