Windows 7 Linux Dorks

I am thinking of buying this little guy for at work.
Stress Penguin
Cute little mascot, then he can sit next to my linux machine and when anyone wants help fixing their Windows machine, I can redirect them to Tux. :grin:

Speaking of work, I've been unwell since Wednesday..... perhaps some bad valentines cooking? So, I opted to work from home, which seemed to confuse a few of my work buddies.....

"err, how can you work from home without your laptop mate?", "what do you mean you can do your work from home, your laptop is on your desk?"

to which, my reply seemed to confuse them.... a lot.

"not a problem, VPN Into work, ssh with X window forwarding, don't forget to use aes128-ctr cipher for best performance".

Hello work laptop, hello nautilus, hello sublime, hello picocom, hello all my code..... hello being able to work just as effectively from my home PC as if I was at work......

Pretty sure you can't do that on Windows..... well, I suppose Windows users do have LogMeIn :whistling:
 
I would predict that if people really log what they do on a pc, it would result in mainly surfing and maybe word processing for a lot of them and if you broke in to their houses at night deleted windows and installed Linux with win10 theme, they would never know, unless they asked why their pc had suddenly got quicker lol

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I've been using Ubuntu since I accidentally deleted windoze off my old laptop about 9 years ago,
a guy at work said he'd sort it and gave it back to me with Ubuntu on, and it just works, and I know NOTHING about computers,,,,,,
I now have a few different versions on my computers, and have Kali on a 3way boot on one of them, thats a scary OS when you realise what even a numpty like me can do with it.....
 
any linux dorks who want a little challenge to help me out, please do so

problem

in trying to run openvpn on my xgemma i was getting an error message:

ERROR: Cannot open TUN/TAP dev /dev/net/tun: No such file or directory (errno=2)

I solved this using the follwing commands:

cd /sbin

modprobe tun

-----------

no my problem is that i have to connect to my box via my pc and enter these commands everytime i want to use my vpn.

i tried to put the following two line script saved as a .sh in my init.d folder

cd /sbin
modprobe tun

but nothing...

can anyone come up with a workable script that will automate the commands for me.

help defo needed
 
I've used Linux for 10 years now and love it never had any trouble with spyware or viruses and don't like android phones blackberry 10 is for me
 
any linux dorks who want a little challenge to help me out, please do so

problem

in trying to run openvpn on my xgemma i was getting an error message:

ERROR: Cannot open TUN/TAP dev /dev/net/tun: No such file or directory (errno=2)

I solved this using the follwing commands:

cd /sbin

modprobe tun

-----------

no my problem is that i have to connect to my box via my pc and enter these commands everytime i want to use my vpn.

i tried to put the following two line script saved as a .sh in my init.d folder

cd /sbin
modprobe tun

but nothing...

can anyone come up with a workable script that will automate the commands for me.

help defo needed

did you make the script executable
 
Hi thanks.

I imagine that was the problem.

I managed to solve the general problem via other means however.

Cheers !
 
I really don't get Linux, i understand it's concept but have always thought people used it to be different or to appear more techy than windows users, i've heard about how unsafe my windows world is but i'm yet to be compromised, i've used Linux quite a lot from the Linux Red Hat Days. I'v used Windows from the 3.1 days up to Windows 11, i've worked tech support for a couple of decent size players, never used an anti-virus on any of my machines, never been compromised or had private information ransacked, i've had total amateurs new to computers telling me i shouldn't run machines without norton antivirus(imagine a world behind Nortons super safe shields!) but it all comes down to personal choice so i just use Windows!
 
Hi all, Yes I tried linux on an old Acer Aspire 2011 manufacture. I couldn't upgrade the windows 7 and it made the computer run very slowly. I have tried Ubuntu and Mint . I runs fast on both versions. Like having a new computer ! Only problem the internal cam didn't work well. I tried to fix from forums but wasted too much time. I brought a £6 web cam and it just plugs and plays no problem. I prefer the Ubuntu verson as Mint is pretty but a bit fiddly to use
 
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