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ADVICE ON MAKING YOUR COMPUTER FASTER
For windows users here’s a extremely good piece of advice on how to make your computer faster. Windows is more focused towards graphics and making your computer look pretty; that’s why it’s such a pain in the ass resource requirement wise. So I’m going to list off a bunch of things that will help it be faster.
1)Install a alternate window shell. The default windows shell(your desktop and sort of stuff when you are on your computer) is as slow as old people fucking.
2)Install a different windows file manager. The default one is slow.
3)Install bleachbit. Click everything, EXCEPT under “system” you’ll see a checkbox for, “free disk space”; leave that unchecked and I’ll get to this next. Running this once every week or so will keep your computer running fast instead of getting bogged down.
4)When running bleachbit the “free disk space” option over writes your unused disk space. So if you have embarrassing christmas photos of you kissing santa running it fourteen times will make it so that no one can ever recover those christmas photos and post it to facebook. One or two times is alright though, but the more times you run it the harder it is to recover the files. Keep in mind that this takes a long time and the larger your hard drive is the longer it takes; a 500gb hard drive probably takes around a hour to do.
5)One of the most common computer problems is when your computer turns on, but it’s a black screen. This is a broken bios. This is extremely easy to fix most of the time. If you know your computer version most companies will have the program to fix this for free along with instructions on how to fix it. If you don’t know your computer version then welllll it’s going to be a pain in the butt to fix.
FOR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN LINUX/STEAMOS
SIDE NOTE: IF YOU GET LINUX DEFINITELY GET STEAMOS (requires a 64bit computer though)
I know more about linux so here’s the reason why I like it:
1)More secure than windows. Windows is about as secure as using a shield in dark souls.
2)Less resource intensive. If you have a extremely old computer and you don’t really do anything on it besides browse the web that’s the way to go.
3)Free
Drawback:
It’s not user friendly. It’s easy once you get the hang of it, but there is definitely a learning curve at the beginning so if you go in thinking running programs from windows or macs without installing Wine(software) or such you’re going to get a slap to the face.
INSTALLATION:
As for installation here’s a quick tutorial on how to install steamos:
http://www.maximumpc.com/how_install_steamos_2013
You can also use a program called “unetbootin” to use iso files you find off the net to install to a usb drive. This works as well if you want to make a backup repair usb for your computer.
If you want to dual boot, aka run windows and linux on the same computer, then what you do is that you first shrink your windows. A easy tutorial here.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/gg309169.aspx
I suggest you dualboot for the love of god. If you want to dualboot then when installing
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/how-to-dual-boot-steamos,review-2015.html
Skip to step seven. For step 11 I would personally give it a large swap space. Swap space essentially acts as backup ram space on your computer hard drive, the larger the swap the less likely it is for programs to crash, but the more used the slower it is. If your computer is prone to crashing a large swap space is good.
INSTALLATION OF VIDEO DRIVER
If you have a nvidia video card here’s how you install the driver:
Press Ctrl Alt T and a thing called “terminal” will pop up, this is the equivalent of command prompt from windows, then type in “sudo apt-get install nvidia-current”, press enter, let it install.
The way you upgrade to the latest version of the driver every time it updates is you press Ctrl Alt T and then type, “sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates” press enter, then type in, “sudo apt-get update” press enter, then type in, “sudo apt-get dist-upgrade” press enter, let it update and done.
ADVICE
Some important information if you do decide to use it:
If you still want to use windows, but don’t feel like having to reboot every time you can use a program called “virtualbox”. Here is a quick tutorial on it.
The way you install linux programs, almost all of them are free by the way, is go into your start panel, preferences, ubuntu software center.
http://www.wikihow.com/Install-VirtualBox
You’re going to need java a lot. You can install this through the ubuntu software center.
You may or may not need gparted. Gparted is a partition resizer/creator/deleter. Do not ever touch your windows partition though.
If your computer is crapping out use “unetbootin” and put “smart boot manager” onto a usb drive, this will fix most booting problems when starting a computer.
Virtualbox let’s you run a operating system inside of a operating system, yo dawg. Keep in mind that doing so will be running two operating systems at once. Running windows xp is quick and painless, running windows 7 in it requires a really good computer.
Install “wine” and “winetricks” sometimes you can run windows programs in it, sometimes not. Winetricks you can download needed windows files to help things windows programs run. It takes a bit of getting used to, but you can figure out what you need easily; just run a program, it’ll tell you what it’s missing, go into winetricks, go to select the default wineprefix, install a windows dll or component and look for it. MOST of the time after fidgeting with it for a bit it’ll work. Sometimes programs don’t like linux and won’t work though or sometimes if you’re trying to play a japanese game the font text is broken.
If you don’t like how linux looks/feels you can install a thing called a “desktop environment”. These will change how your desktop and such looks and so forth. Some of them are if you want to make your computer faster; others are for if you want it to look nicer. Personally I would suggest lxde, it’s fast and visually looks good enough.
Also with vdpau and gnome player you can play hd videos in linux with no frame loss. You just install gnome player from the ubuntu software center; here’s how to install vdpau to play hd videos:
http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/136
I use both windows 7 and ubuntu 12.04 I use windows 7 for games and adobe creative; I use ubuntu 12.04 for everything else. Warning though; there is a definite learning curve for linux. The first week and half you’re going to have trouble figuring some stuff out.
Corrupter of the pure
You know we haven’t had a thread like this yet now that I think about it.
If you need help on something or are thinking about making your own computer yourself it ask away. If you just want to chat about something go ahead. If you get asked twenty times in a row the same question about the same problem then make a post explaining to people how to fix it.
I am only semi-familiar with windows; I’m more of the linux side so if you need help installing linux/steamos or need help installing your video driver that’s easy.
If you need help on something or are thinking about making your own computer yourself it ask away. If you just want to chat about something go ahead. If you get asked twenty times in a row the same question about the same problem then make a post explaining to people how to fix it.
I am only semi-familiar with windows; I’m more of the linux side so if you need help installing linux/steamos or need help installing your video driver that’s easy.
ADVICE ON MAKING YOUR COMPUTER FASTER
For windows users here’s a extremely good piece of advice on how to make your computer faster. Windows is more focused towards graphics and making your computer look pretty; that’s why it’s such a pain in the ass resource requirement wise. So I’m going to list off a bunch of things that will help it be faster.
1)Install a alternate window shell. The default windows shell(your desktop and sort of stuff when you are on your computer) is as slow as old people fucking.
2)Install a different windows file manager. The default one is slow.
3)Install bleachbit. Click everything, EXCEPT under “system” you’ll see a checkbox for, “free disk space”; leave that unchecked and I’ll get to this next. Running this once every week or so will keep your computer running fast instead of getting bogged down.
4)When running bleachbit the “free disk space” option over writes your unused disk space. So if you have embarrassing christmas photos of you kissing santa running it fourteen times will make it so that no one can ever recover those christmas photos and post it to facebook. One or two times is alright though, but the more times you run it the harder it is to recover the files. Keep in mind that this takes a long time and the larger your hard drive is the longer it takes; a 500gb hard drive probably takes around a hour to do.
5)One of the most common computer problems is when your computer turns on, but it’s a black screen. This is a broken bios. This is extremely easy to fix most of the time. If you know your computer version most companies will have the program to fix this for free along with instructions on how to fix it. If you don’t know your computer version then welllll it’s going to be a pain in the butt to fix.
FOR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN LINUX/STEAMOS
SIDE NOTE: IF YOU GET LINUX DEFINITELY GET STEAMOS (requires a 64bit computer though)
I know more about linux so here’s the reason why I like it:
1)More secure than windows. Windows is about as secure as using a shield in dark souls.
2)Less resource intensive. If you have a extremely old computer and you don’t really do anything on it besides browse the web that’s the way to go.
3)Free
Drawback:
It’s not user friendly. It’s easy once you get the hang of it, but there is definitely a learning curve at the beginning so if you go in thinking running programs from windows or macs without installing Wine(software) or such you’re going to get a slap to the face.
INSTALLATION:
As for installation here’s a quick tutorial on how to install steamos:
http://www.maximumpc.com/how_install_steamos_2013
You can also use a program called “unetbootin” to use iso files you find off the net to install to a usb drive. This works as well if you want to make a backup repair usb for your computer.
If you want to dual boot, aka run windows and linux on the same computer, then what you do is that you first shrink your windows. A easy tutorial here.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/gg309169.aspx
I suggest you dualboot for the love of god. If you want to dualboot then when installing
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/how-to-dual-boot-steamos,review-2015.html
Skip to step seven. For step 11 I would personally give it a large swap space. Swap space essentially acts as backup ram space on your computer hard drive, the larger the swap the less likely it is for programs to crash, but the more used the slower it is. If your computer is prone to crashing a large swap space is good.
INSTALLATION OF VIDEO DRIVER
If you have a nvidia video card here’s how you install the driver:
Press Ctrl Alt T and a thing called “terminal” will pop up, this is the equivalent of command prompt from windows, then type in “sudo apt-get install nvidia-current”, press enter, let it install.
The way you upgrade to the latest version of the driver every time it updates is you press Ctrl Alt T and then type, “sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates” press enter, then type in, “sudo apt-get update” press enter, then type in, “sudo apt-get dist-upgrade” press enter, let it update and done.
ADVICE
Some important information if you do decide to use it:
If you still want to use windows, but don’t feel like having to reboot every time you can use a program called “virtualbox”. Here is a quick tutorial on it.
The way you install linux programs, almost all of them are free by the way, is go into your start panel, preferences, ubuntu software center.
http://www.wikihow.com/Install-VirtualBox
You’re going to need java a lot. You can install this through the ubuntu software center.
You may or may not need gparted. Gparted is a partition resizer/creator/deleter. Do not ever touch your windows partition though.
If your computer is crapping out use “unetbootin” and put “smart boot manager” onto a usb drive, this will fix most booting problems when starting a computer.
Virtualbox let’s you run a operating system inside of a operating system, yo dawg. Keep in mind that doing so will be running two operating systems at once. Running windows xp is quick and painless, running windows 7 in it requires a really good computer.
Install “wine” and “winetricks” sometimes you can run windows programs in it, sometimes not. Winetricks you can download needed windows files to help things windows programs run. It takes a bit of getting used to, but you can figure out what you need easily; just run a program, it’ll tell you what it’s missing, go into winetricks, go to select the default wineprefix, install a windows dll or component and look for it. MOST of the time after fidgeting with it for a bit it’ll work. Sometimes programs don’t like linux and won’t work though or sometimes if you’re trying to play a japanese game the font text is broken.
If you don’t like how linux looks/feels you can install a thing called a “desktop environment”. These will change how your desktop and such looks and so forth. Some of them are if you want to make your computer faster; others are for if you want it to look nicer. Personally I would suggest lxde, it’s fast and visually looks good enough.
Also with vdpau and gnome player you can play hd videos in linux with no frame loss. You just install gnome player from the ubuntu software center; here’s how to install vdpau to play hd videos:
http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/136
I use both windows 7 and ubuntu 12.04 I use windows 7 for games and adobe creative; I use ubuntu 12.04 for everything else. Warning though; there is a definite learning curve for linux. The first week and half you’re going to have trouble figuring some stuff out.
