exxos's linux mint install blog

[stephen_usher]

Here are some scripts (shell+perl) which together will allow you to set the network address manually.

Edit the shell script and add the DNS servers and DNS search domain in the two shell variables near the beginning, save and then run as root. It'll ask you for the hostname to give the machine, the IP address, the netmask as a /8, /24 etc. number and the router address then delete the automatically generated interface and add the manual one.

[exxos]

Here are some scripts (shell+perl) which together will allow you to set the network address manually..

Oh cool thanks. Will give it a try when I get home.

[exxos]

Here are some scripts (shell+perl) which together will allow you to set the network address manually..

Oh cool thanks. Will give it a try when I get home.

That helped a lot. It didn't change the MAC address, but I did it in the new wired connection again and it stuck this time it seems!

Also figured out the server (almost). Seems I ran it from the commandline before..

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wine GGDedicatedServerLauncher.exe

I've got some GUI for it , but it keeps crashing and doesn't seem to work

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Suppose a simple bash script would probably do the job anyway.


There also doesn't seem to be a tunbnail view in mint for images ?! Well aside from the current selection on the right, but thats no good for looking for images quickly

[exxos]

So now..

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#!/bin/sh
cd /home/chris/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/GasGuzzlersExtreme/Bin32
wine GGDedicatedServerLauncher.exe

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chmod +x GGSERVER_LAUNCH.sh

How to just get it to auto run ?!

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[exxos]

OK this is odd.

You can right click on the desktop and then click on "Create launcher here" from the context menu. Fill in the launcher name, the full path and filename of the script file

That works I guess. But now have 2 icons I guess I can hide the script away and just have the rocket one on desktop.

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[exxos]

Another odd thing is the fonts in chrome don't display correctly. I've setup chrome fonts and sizes the same as windows. But bold text in linux chrome is to bold and looks blurred.

Seems others had similar issues https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/is ... ?id=417338

[exxos]

Think I might know whats happening..

On left Linux, on right Windows.

Linux looks "to bold and blurry". Its more noticable on "exxos" and the main topic texts.

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But windows seems to do this which I think is why it differs...

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[exxos]

This is chrome, firefox, windows. Look at the "weight" of "exxos" and look inside the "e" as you can see a improvement left to right..

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[Steve]

Found this forum thread talking about it:

Any of these 2 methods will drastically improve font rendering, Infinality will also mimic other OS's font rendering mechanism.
And your browser is also responsible, for some unknown reason Chrome is sub-par at font rendering, do try out Firefox, its simply good these days.
Also the Liberation Sans font is choppy(if on fedora[maybe other Linux's too] - reported bug but no action has been made yet)

EDIT - There are patents preventing these from enabled by default which is why its left to the users choice

[exxos]

Found this forum thread talking about it:

Thanks. I did try messing with every setting I could find but nothing seemed to make any difference other than the size of the font I will have another go though.