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Thomas_Do

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Registered: 2011-08-12

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Archlinux cheat cube

I found this neat little cube on a Spanish site (http://elblogdepicodev.blogspot.com/201 … -cube.html) and translated it into English and German and also made some minor changes.

You can find the vector graphics and bitmap files here:
https://github.com/Thomas-Do/Arch-Cheat-Cube

Have fun !

File update 02/04/2012

Update to systemd 01/25/2013

Last edited by Thomas_Do (2013-07-13 20:58:54)

Strike0

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From: Germany

Registered: 2011-09-05

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Re: Archlinux cheat cube

Great stuff, thanks!

karol

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Re: Archlinux cheat cube

I can't seem to get your files from github, but the original is a bit out of date: ifconfig is deprecated http://www.archlinux.org/news/deprecation-of-net-tools/ (but should still work for now) and you can use 'rc.d start foo' instead of '/etc/rc.d/foo start'.

hadrons123

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From: chennai

Registered: 2011-10-07

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Re: Archlinux cheat cube

good work Thomas_Do!

Thomas_Do

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Registered: 2011-08-12

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Re: Archlinux cheat cube

I can't seem to get your files from github, but the original is a bit out of date: ifconfig is deprecated http://www.archlinux.org/news/deprecation-of-net-tools/ (but should still work for now) and you can use 'rc.d start foo' instead of '/etc/rc.d/foo start'.

Do you know what's the problem with the file download?
In my version I changed the daemon start command (after getting a hint in the German archlinux forum). ifconfig I left unchanged so far. I may update this command and others later.
So please let my know what can be improved .

Last edited by Thomas_Do (2012-02-03 18:08:03)

karol

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Re: Archlinux cheat cube

The problem was I clicked on the png link in your git repo but my browser didn't show me a picture, it showed how stupid I am ;P and my system promptly run out of memory.
Now I've cloned your repo and viewed the files locally, they're OK.

Edit: Some suggestions & nitpicking:
0. You're using /etc/rc.d style for network and iptables.
1. Some typos / German leftovers: the English png mentions 'informationen' for ifconfig/iwconfig.
2. The commands can be a bit improved by suggesting e.g. 'df -h' instead of plain df.
3. Ctrl-Alt-F7 to switch to X is the default, but this can be changed, depending on how many consoles you spawn at boot (/etc/inittab).
4. 'pacman -Q pckg' does not 'display installed packages'.
5. 'pacman -S pckg' may install whole group of packages too.
6. 'pacman -U' suggest xz compression which may not be true, if a user compiled a package from source and used a different compression e.g. gz.
7. You use third person singular but 'mv source target' is 'move/rename' instead of 'moves/renames'. Same thing for pstree.

Last edited by karol (2012-02-03 18:53:03)

Thomas_Do

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Re: Archlinux cheat cube

@ karol

Thanks for your comments. I will collect suggestions for some days and change the files next week.

GordonGR

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From: Thessaloniki, Greece

Registered: 2011-11-07

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Re: Archlinux cheat cube

and 8. "informations" should be "information", I believe there is no plural for uncountable nouns.

Impressive work though!!! Wonderful!

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Skavend

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Registered: 2012-01-11

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Re: Archlinux cheat cube

That is an really cool idea! Made one myself today in A4 sized papper. It did not came out exactly as I wanted it to cuse our printer is crap and also I had no glue at home so I had to use tape :3
But when I get back to school on monday I can hopefully get some glue and aswell find a better printer, what about A3 size also?

Thomas_Do

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Re: Archlinux cheat cube

... what about A3 size also?

Text should be no problem in vector graphics (.svg) and the images should be fine for A3. So go ahead :-).