Debian: apparently the OS of choice for mad scientists

[BV206]

I don't get it. On this monitor I can't see what is on the 4 screens in the picture.

[BitJam]

I don't get it. On this monitor I can't see what is on the 4 screens in the picture.

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           GNU GRUB 1.99-21

Memory Test (memtest86)
M.1|\|t$ 10 128 bit [dev\sda]
F2:   ML-dt-st-486
NVME. m.2 Debian GNU/Linux 3.2.0
UEFI: ADATA UFD



             Boot select




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Disk /dev/sda 393912.1 GB
255 Heads,  64 sectors/track
Units = sectors of 1
I/O size

Device Boot  Start            System
/dev/sda1    2048             NFFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2    408674           exFAT
/dev/sda3    52255512         Extended




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Aptec RAID BIOS v7.4
CPU : AMD QX3700+  @7.99hz
128 bit mode enabled

SMC  | }  smc Readykeyfiction: 0x0000*****

Press DEL to Run Setup

3594825480 GB OK




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[ok] Waiting for /dev/to be populated
192.160.1.1 Debian base
[ok] Activating swap...done
/dev/mmcb1sals:  clean: 8483248 files

[%t] Cleaning up temp files
[ok] mounting local file systems
[**] configuring network interface
[ok] 855it(0) up ALSA..done

[ok] mount dsk 1
[--] NTFS kernel
/dev/mmcb1sals:  clean: 8483248 files

[Stevo]

I don't get it. On this monitor I can't see what is on the 4 screens in the picture.

You should also be able to click on the thumbnail to see the original picture I uploaded, then right-ciick it and "Save Image As..." Once it's on your machine, you can open it with your favorite image viewer and zoom in on the screens.

[Leo]

Well, mad scientists don't like spending a lot of time waiting for updates, windows to open, etc. They want to actually DO things, like take over the world...

[Head_on_a_Stick]

Lots of interesting figures in that output if you zoom in...

Yes indeed. I'm not surprised that Rick uses Debian but I'm wondering why he's bothering with an NTFS partition and why he's not using a GUID partition table — msdos partition tables don't work with partitions that big. Or why the GRUB version is so old.

He seems to be booting with systemd though.

[timkb4cq]

I'm not mad. Just a little miffed...

[AK-47]

Which kernel is he running? I'm having trouble with my giant levers and DNA displays, I think the drivers are missing. Also, which command do I type to release the Super Soaker from the glass cabinet? I have a few plants that need watering.

[BV206]

You should also be able to click on the thumbnail to see the original picture I uploaded, then right-ciick it and "Save Image As..." Once it's on your machine, you can open it with your favorite image viewer and zoom in on the screens.

I can click on the image (which goes to the original on the hosting site) then either "view image" in firefox or download it and look at it with nomacs but the original size/resolution of the image is such that I can't read the text and zooming just makes it the text blurry.
This is on a 17.3" 1600x900 106 dpi laptop display.
I don't know if this is normal or I have some problem.

I noticed that xfce desktop, lightdm and firefox all default to 96 dpi for some reason. I set lightdm and xfce Appearance to 106 dpi to match the actual display resolution so that documents are displayed as their actual size. Is it a bad idea to do that? (I discovered a long time ago that this doesn't work properly in Firefox).

[richb]

I can get an image that is readable but I did not get the point either. I guess you have to be a mad scientist to "get it".

[JeffA]

I'm not familiar with Rick. Does he always look kind of confused, or just when he's using Linux?