/flt/ - Friendly Linux Thread

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Beginner tips/guides
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Fedora seems like a nice distro, but the user repos make me nervous. I don't think I could do without things like Audacity though. Is there anything like Fedora that has more lax free software standards?

>>52966686
Windows 7.

>>52966686
openSUSE?

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Why is this rogue bar happened to me in i3 with i3-gaps-git installed with yaourt?

I have outer border 15 in my .config/ie/config file. But in the gap between the terminal and the blue bar is the same distance as the gap at the bottom of the screen from the bezel to the terminal.

The gap above the blue bar to the top of the bezel is just completely unused space and I don't know how to get rid of it so there is 15 pixels on the outer border. Whats wrong?

Okay, so today I was researching about XenServer and I found an interesting tidbit.

http://docs.citrix.com/content/dam/docs/en-us/xenserver/xenserver-65/xenserver65sp1_configuring_graphics.pdf

Page 11:
>XenServer 6.5 Service Pack 1 supports the GPU Pass-Through feature for Windows 7 and Windows 8 (32-/64-bit) VMs using an Intel integrated GPU device.
>For more information on supported hardware, refer to the XenServer Hardware Compatibility List.
>When using Intel GPU on Intel servers, the XenServer host’s control domain (dom0) will have access to the integrated GPU device.
>In such cases, the GPU will not be available for pass-through.
>Customers who wish to use the Intel GPU Pass-Through feature on Intel servers should disable the connection between dom0 and the GPU before passing through the GPU to the VM.

To do this:
>On the Resources pane, select the XenServer host.
>On the General tab, click Properties, and in the left pane, click on GPU
>In the Integrated GPU passthrough section, click This server will not use the integrated GPU:
>This disables the connection between dom0 and the Intel integrated GPU device
>Click OK
>Reboot the XenServer host for the changes to take effect.
>The Intel GPU will now be visible on the GPU type drop-down list during new VM creation, and on the VM’sProperties tab.

Note:
>The XenServer hosts’s external console output (for example, VGA, HDMI, DP) will not be available after disabling the connection between dom0 and the GPU.

Here's an example of GPU Passthrough (not Intel GPU)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vCH-7AeNvg

So Bunsenlabs Linux is a pretty good distro. It's lightweight and it's got good starting programs. 10/10 would use again. Having trouble with apt-get commands but i can just google-fu those to oblivion.

>>52966422
Couldn't figure out how to get a webm small enough to upload without making it unreadable, so here's an avi since that's what blender decided to spit out.

https://u.pomf.is/nksqrz.avi
i7 4790k
GTX 970
8GB RAM

Runs at 60FPS on High/Ultra, except in one small area in the trees along the path really close to the lake, where it drops down a bit.

is it possible to passthrough a USB hub to a QEMU vm so anything I plug into it will be connected to the guest OS and not the host?

>>52967338
Yes.

>>52967351
how do I do it? I can't seem to find anything on google

Bus 002 Device 010: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. Hub

is the device I'm trying to passthrough

-usb -device usb-host,vendorid=0x1a40,productid=0x0101 \

is the command I'm giving QEMU

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Fuck the wikis. I plan on learning to use linux so I am not a total retard (anymore). I am currently downloading an .iso for one.

What's the best:
Media player for video
Web browser
Media player for audio (if it's different from video)
other cool shit

I use MSI afterburner to manage the fan speed on my video card, is there something like that for linux?

>>52967411
>Media player for video
I have both vlc and mpv installed, mpv is for individual files/cli usage and vlc is when I don't want to fuck with the cli
>Web browser
chrome because firefox sucks honestly
>Media player for audio (if it's different from video)
clementine is nice, but there's no real replacement for f2k
>other cool shit
inxi is a cool cli version of speccy
if you've got the better part of a day and 2 GPU's you can passthrough one of them to a windows VM and get near full speed with games

>>52967338
>is it possible to passthrough a USB hub to a QEMU vm so anything I plug into it will be connected to the guest OS and not the host?

I don't think so, you'd still have to passthrough individual usb devices

>>52967366
>

Bus 002 Device 010: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. Hub

You might have an easier time using virt-manager

>>52967456
until I can figure it out I'm going to see if I can convert a virtualbox image with windows and synergy preinstalled

>>52967449
chrome is kind of laggy, but I guess it's the best available for linux.

>>52967493
I've only really had issues when I had a shitton of tabs open, probably due to linux not being as efficient with some programs

>>52967449
Firefox does not suck.

>>52966619
I've installed arch finally, thanks to everyone who have helped me in these threads.

It was actually somewhat easier than bringing up CentOS server as the repos are awesome and there was no need to compile anything.

How do people tile with openbox? I don't want a full-on tiling WM, just to tile sometimes.

>>52967550
it's been a pain for me in the past, one tab locking up will lock up the whole browser, which is super annoying when you have 100+ tabs open

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>>52966619
>Plasma depends on QT5
>GNOME depends on GTK+
What do X-apps depend on?

>>52967594
Xorg.

>>52967507
>shitton of tabs open
use the great suspender

>>52967587
Why would you have 100 tabs open?

>>52967605
>>52967594
I mean as framework

>>52967587
>in the past
Firefox is multithreaded now...

>>52967623
>Why would you have 100 tabs open?
gelbooru, silly.

>>52967646
open pixiv directly senpai

>>52967700
but muh tags

>>52967770
>tags
The only tags I ever needed is the name of character.

I'm running debian and I'm still trying to get the hang of things. I unzipped a program file to /usr/share/ and it runs if I open that folder and double click on the executable file. my problem is that the program does not come up if I search for it when I press the windows button on my keyboard. What am I doing wrong?

How can I play .tta files in clementine?

>>52968388
there's a aur package for encoding .tta, I can't find anything on decoders
can you transcode it to flac?

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friendly reminder

should I keep nvidia-libgl or mesa-libgl

>>52968682
>half of these werk on my machine :^)
whoever wrote this needs to git gud

>>52968703
>nvidia-libgl
If you want 3D acceleration

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>>52968682
Also

More than 70% of GNU/Linux code (including GCC, gdb, glibc, Linux kernel, etc.) and GNU/Linux programs are contributed by Red Hat, the vanguard for FLOSS.

Let's change the interjection from GNU/Linux to Red Hat/Linux.

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Red_Hat_contributions

>>52968722
GNO

>>52968682
10 rupees have been deposited into your account. Thank you Rajeesh

>>52968741
is rajeesh even a real indian name?

>>52968722
they have their billion a year business, i think they are fine with the name.

>>52968748
You always say that, rajesh

>>52968756
are either rajesh/rajeesh real indian names or is the joke that you're so retarded that you don't even know a real indian name from sounds randomly strung together?

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>>52968768
Rajesh, we've already deposited your 5 ruppees. What else do you need?

>>52968768
Rajesh is a popular Indian name.

>install mint
>having learnt from my previous linux experiences, the very first thing I do after getting in is
>cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup
>install all the programs I need
>get everything set up
>spend an hour or so twiddling with desktop settings to get it looking pretty
>several weeks pass, system is working fine
>turn it on one day
>won't get past the mint logo
>that's strange I haven't messed with anything graphical since the day I installed, but okay
>ctrl+alt+f1
>startx
>random xorg errors - I'll check it out
>nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>xorg.conf is gone for some reason
>whatever; don't care because
>cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>backup is gone
>something randomly deleted my xorg.conf AND THE FUCKING BACKUP
Jesus shitpissing cuntfucking anus christ why in the holy fuck would this happen?
I'm going to reinstall now, and backup my xorg.conf to a USB and lock it in a fucking drawer

Why the fuck does xorg break so fucking much?

I've got a 30GB image file that I created to install windows for QEMU, and I'd like to write it to a hard drive and use that instead of the .img file, do I just dd it onto the hdd or is there some crazy things I have to do?

So I'm really shitty at partitioning, and fedora 23's installer's partitioning stuff doesn't make any fucking sense and I'm wondering how to overwrite windows. It's just a shitter laptop I got for running linux, I still have a windows pc for regular use. Can anyone help a brother out?

Is Korora GNOME decent for a laptop with an Optimus-enabled graphics card? I'm running Win10 on it atm and I get around 4.5-5 hours of battery life atm. Assuming i'm using tlp and bumblebee, what type of battery life am I looking at? If it isn't too good, the Fluxbox Manjaro version has also interested me a ton.

>>52968748
>>52968768
I believe you already got your answers, rajesh.

>>52966686
Use the RPMfusion repos.

https://rpmfusion.org

Go to the directory containing the (FREE!!!) .rpm file (don't install the nonfree one, don't be a cuck.) and as root run

rpm -ivh rpmfusion-date-free.rpm 

There. You now have access to a plethora of software, no hassle. Just run dnf and it will install whatever you want.

use audacity-freeworld from the rpmfusion repo, it has mp3 support. Fedora has a stick up its ass about only using free software, hence why its default repos are so small.

The sole exception is kernel drivers, they will make sure your hardware works. If you're a real freetard just compile and install a linux-libre kernel.

Can anyone redpill me about the GPL?

From my understanding it makes sure the software and all derivatives of said software, as well as any software that uses code from it respect the user's four fundamental freedoms.

But I hear a lot of talk about how it's cancerous and bad. How? Only real reason I've heard is that it's incomprehensible legalese.

I'd be willing to draft up a respect-freedoms license of my own if I had any clue how to get it implemented.

>>52968929
Because a Jew pedocuck made it.

>>52968843
If you're trying to optimise for battery life, get a stacking WM like openbox or a very light DE like LXDE

>>52968929
use LGPL if that bothers you

>>52968988
It does not; I would hope any software I make is only ever used and embedded in a free way.

I'm saying is the GPL a bad free license? Is it bad for the free software community?

Ups, I deleted my windows by overwriting it with mint, while I wanted to have dual boot. How do I install Windows again? All I can find is guides how to dual boot when you have Linux, but I want to do this other way.

>>52969092
reuse the partition in the windows installer? might have to format to ntfs, dunno.

unless you fucked the table up, in which case, good teaching moment

>>52969092
Does a Windows installer have any sort of partitioning tool?

I imagine you go through the installation process and only dedicate the free space to Windows.

Having never installed Windows before, I don't know how that would go, but I can't imagine it's that much different than installing Linux with a graphical installer.

>>52969092
hey that's pretty funny, you accidentally did what I (>>52968841) can't seem to do in fedora. You'll just have to shrink your linux partition (make sure you free up at least 60gb, windows is big), format it to ntfs, and then find yourself a windows install .iso. You can probably get one from tpb or something pretty easily. Hope you didn't lose any shit, I don't know how to get that back. If it's formatted, it's gone.

Anyone has an idea how to get a node-webkit application that's been packaged as an .exe to run on Linux?

nw can't extract it and Wine won't run it either.

Is there any good, maintained linux distribution for smartphones?

I want to get away from cancerdroid, but I'm not seeing any good alternatives.

I guess we could have some kind of massive drive to petition Google to make a proper OS.

>>52969215
really really interested in ubuntu touch.

might get that tablet to get rid of my shitty android tablet that doesn't have a port

>>52969215
i think ubuntu touch is the best maintained atm. the KDE guys are developing something at the moment.

>>52969228
I thought about Ubuntu Phone, but I really don't want Amazon spyware on my phone.

I guess if I'm using Google OS I'm already botnetted up the ass but Google for the moment doesn't seem actively evil yet.

>>52969253
>spyware on my phone.
Can't be worse than what you have now on it.

>>52969253
phones are inherently botnets, with code you can't get into embedded in it.

HELP

I installed fglrx and for some reason it keeps remaking broken xorg.confs every time I boot
I can just ctrl+alt+f1 and delete them so it'll configure automatically and then it works, but every time I boot it makes a new one

also, if I do Xorg -configure, the xorg.conf.new it outputs is also broken

>>52969294
>>52969304
https://wiki.debian.org/ChrootOnAndroid#Manual_installation_in_a_chroot

Could this be done with any distribution?

Additionally, is it possible to encrypt the SD drive I use? My android phone is encrypted using the service Android provides but I don't have a damn clue how they do it.

If all else fails, I'll probably just install Ubuntu Touch. Firefox OS appears to be in active development but Mozilla's site keeps saying it's for developers and shit. I'm autistic enough to stumble my way through a gentoo install but I am not a good coder.

>>52969339
>I installed fglrx
uninstall it, use the open drivers

if I wanted to upgrade the GPU I use for PCI passthrough in QEMU, would I just change the id with vfio and such if it changed? It would still be the same manufacturer so the driver on the guest should play nice

>>52969051
GPL v3 is a bad license, GPL v2 however, is not.

>>52968929
The GPL basically says that GPL licensed stuff is not allowed to be re-licensed with a nonfree license. So, the GPL makes sure free stuff stays free. The so called problem with the GPL is, it removes your so called freedom to take free code, close the source and sell it, but if you ask me, - that thought is a trap; people choose a free license, because they want to release their stuff free as in freedom and they usually don't expect bad people who take their stuff and make it nonfree. So, at the end of the day, the GPL protects that freedom from anarchy (WTFPL, etc).

>>52969504
ebin argumentation
ebin sauces
ebin post

>>52969529
http://linux.slashdot.org/story/07/07/13/2123235/linux-creator-calls-gplv3-authors-hypocrites
http://www.zdnet.com/article/linus-vs-the-gplv3/
http://www.cnet.com/news/torvalds-no-gpl-3-for-linux/
https://lwn.net/Articles/200422/

>>52969504
the gpl3 may not be the right license for a monolithic kernel but that doesn't make it a bad license for everything.

>>52969537
People usually think Linux knows about computers, but actually, next to writing code for the kernel, he can't even install an operating system.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHGTs1NSB1s

>>52969556
Linus*

>>52969556
So can't RMS.
>ytw your better on tech than the gods

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>install Arch via Architect instead of doing it manually
>I literally have vanilla Arch but with all the installation shit done for me by picking options from a list instead of typing everything manually

I don't know why this isn't suggested more instead of Antergos and Manjaro.

>>52969556
>People usually think Linux knows about computers, but actually, next to writing code for the kernel, he can't even install an operating system.
*GNU/Linux

>>52969556
I also had trouble installing Debain like a year ago. And I run Arch

>>52969592
*GNU/Linus

>>52969552
Well, GPLv3 is good for small projects. But if you have handled at least one big project, GPLv3 is a hassle to deal with. Usually we went with Apache, LGPL2.1, GPL2 or MPL2 instead, just not GPLv3.

>>52969537
before anyone here thinks this is an actual flamewar between rms and linus or the fsf and linus, read this: https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118236278730043&w=4
it's actually a flamewar between these people:
https://marc.info/?t=118136815500004&r=1&w=4

>>52969608
but why is it a hassle to deal with? because of the gpl3 itself or because of the compatibility with other licenses?

>>52969635
>Alexandre Oliva
FSF Latin America, as expectd.

Is there a guide somewhere to all of the xfce settings?

I'm tempted to spend the next 3 hours or so ricing the everloving fuck out of it

>>52969655
maybe this:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xfce

xfce is fucking awesome, have fun.

>>52969649
Both.

>>52969672
nice thanks

>>52969654
isn't she from Red Hat?

Hey guys, I want to make a fresh arch install and want to use bspwm. Used it before and love it, but since I dont use a DE, what do I need next to the WM and my usual programs?

>>52969727
>she
He's working with Red Hat, and also a board member for FSF Latin America.

My internet randomly cuts out and works again after disconnect/reconnect. Any clue why?
I'm on manual IP if that makes a difference.

>>52969125
>Does a Windows installer have any sort of partitioning tool?
yeah but you can only use ntfs without a cmd

>>52969476
>if I wanted to upgrade the GPU I use for PCI passthrough in QEMU, would I just change the id with vfio and such if it changed? It would still be the same manufacturer so the driver on the guest should play nice

Basically.

>>52969581
>install Arch via Architect
Truly the best way for beginners.

>>52969581
>Antergos and Manjaro
Support?

>>52969805
not the same guy but i think Arch Wiki gives a lot of the support itself. It's one of the reasons i really like arch

I've installed a GTK theme in Debian, it works fine except in my home directory where the icons of the folders are standard xfce instead of the theme icons. How do I fix this?

>>52969834
i love the arch wiki but i dislike using arch, come at me
>>52969836
install the rest of the theme, you mean the numic-icon-theme? install numix-cirtcle aswell.

>>52966994
stop using yaourt. it breaks things

>>52969848
I installed Albatross:
https://github.com/shimmerproject/Albatross

>>52967167
wow, it looks really nice
i'll try it when i get mad at arch

>>52967411
> media player
vlc
> browser
firefox / firefox beta ( or chromium, but it kinda lags system after a while)
> audio player
audacious
> other
it depends. gimp, inkscape, simplescreenrecorder, virtualbox, transmission, libreoffice, gparted, conky, ...
it's up to you

> fan speed
that will be harder
try google

>>52968332
you must create .desktop file in /usr/share/applications
copy some launcher (for example browser), open it with gedit and edit it to describe application
google it, it's easilly searchable

>>52968812
idk, it never happened to me

>>52968831
idk. try it and post results

>>52967411
Deadbeef, mpv, iceweasel aurora, gnome-calculator, xfce

>>52967411
Video players are vlc and mpv.
Audio players depend a lot on preference, I prefer a dropdown terminal + cmus. Mapped a few scripts so I can use media controls.
Fan speed of the video card might be trickier. Either there is a solution that works for your card or you should make something like thinkfan work with your graphics fan.

A bonus tip for new users: try the dolphin file manager.
It has an embedded terminal (f4 to toggle) which will make the transition from graphical to terminal much more easy.

>>52967411
smplayer (gui) + mpv (backend)
firefucks
clementine
>other shit
uget
transmission
virtualbox
redshift
xpad
sublime text

Windows Vista support ends soon and my parents need a new OS.
What would be user friendlier for them: Ubuntu or Manjaro?

>>52970394
Windows 10

>>52970394
I've heard good things about mint as a windows replacement
there's also zorin that's designed to look and feel even more like windows, but I don't know if it's as complete as mint

>>52970256
>virtualbox
>sublime text
>smplayer
Get out shitty apps guy

Tell me /flt/

What would be the point of using a linux distro on a decent computer?

>>52970394
Mint, install ssh

>>52970449
none unless you need linux features specifically

>>52970414
Fuck off, winbabby

>>52970414
vista > 10
now leave

>>52970481
Poor b8
Literally anything > Vista

>>52969773
Anyone?

>>52970449
It's nice. I use debian on the pc I put together recently.

>>52970449
For starters, it's not windows. I find that to be a quite good reason, unless you need windows specific programs.

When I'm trying to boot BlackArch from Live USB, it's saying:

Waiting 30 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-label/BLACKARCH_201511 ...
Error: Boot device didn't show up after 30 seconds...

In Google I found only ways to install it while it's giving this error, but not just to boot it live.

I tried to run it on 2 devices.

>>52970728
Why BlackArch? It's just a repo.

>>52970481
After a lot of updates, Vista is actually good now

>>52970740
It's also a distribution based on Arch

>>52970758
Yes, but to convert Arch to BlackArch, just install Arch, add BlackArch repo, and then:

pacman -S blackarch

That's it!

>>52970780
But I have an ISO of BlackArch. Can I do anything to boot it anyway?

>>52970796
dd to USB werks usually.

And as I can see in Google, that problem is also common in normal Arch

Will the NXT launcher for runescape run on Linux? Im deciding between keeping windows or going to a linux distro but that will make or break it for me. If it runs fine in wine, that works too.

>>52970995
You can check the status of your application compatibility on wine on wineHQ

https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=6382

>>52967061
Can anyone explain me what this is?
I can plug two GPUs on my PC and run a almost perfect virtualized version of Windows inside Linux so that I can get no impact on performance running them side by side?

I successfully set up a Windows VM with a passthrough-ed graphics card in a Debian host today. Even passthrough-ed my sound card.

I don't know why I wanted to do this, but I feel good.

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background: I know my way around *nix, I've used debian, arch, gentoo, free and open bsds. used to be a retarded ricer who had a computer basically for the sole purpose of customizing it all the time, literal timeskink.

currently on windows and loving it BUT not the fact that I have to update every program individually, more often than not having to go to their website and download that shit.
what distro just works out of the box?

also, while we're at it, what's the musicbee equivalent in leenux?

tried ubuntu, it definitely works but it's such a fucking resource hog with all the nautilus and unity garbage.

>>52971056
Essentially, yes. I didn't use Xen, though, I just used normal qemu-kvm, on Debian 8.3 (which has old packages, mind you), with Windows 8.1 as the guest.

It's fairly simple when you get what you're merely supposed to do.

>>52968831
if it's a raw image (not a .qcow or whatever other special format), then you can dd it to a hard drive, though keep in mind this will overwrite any existing partition table along with whatever is in the first 30G of the disk

>>52971122
Can do that with an existing Windows installation?
I've always wnated to do this so that I could switch to linux full time and use the VM for games and video stuff.

>>52971056
Yes.
With "hardware passhrough" you're assigning your GPU (usually the more powerful one) to the virtual machine and the virtual machine gets full access to the resources of the hardware.

>>52971114
Ubuntu/Mint/Fedora

>>52971217
Not really.
You could try imaging the windows partition and moving it to a virtual machine but I'm afraid it's a lot of work and simply doing a fresh installation would be easier.

Before you do anything make sure your hardware actually supports this technology.
IIRC KekSyndicate did a video on it.

>>52971365
it's not that much work, hell he doesn't even need to make an image, he could continue to run windows from the disk, i do this myself (using the same windows installation both "on metal" and in a vm, i don't have two graphics cards, so i reboot if i need full graphics performance in windows)

i'm trying to make a debian live cd with live-build but the keyboard layout won't change from qwerty to dvorak despite changing it with
# dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration
# service keyboard-setup restart .


any ideas to change keyboard layout in live cd?

Both my android phone and ubuntu desktop have lost the ability to play audio and video in the last week. Is this a fucking linux virus? What is going on?

>>52971771
Out of all the things a Linux virus could do with your device it decided to stop allowing you to play audio and video.

Come on.

>install xrdb because you feel like messing around with xterm for a while
>regret it and go back to gnome-terminal
>xrdb fucked fonts completely
>letters far away and sometimes overlap
>uninstalling xrdb didn't work
I've tried installing it again and changing DPI but nothing happens, should I just reinstall arch and restart?

>>52971771
Perhaps you uninstalled the audio driver from your brain? Have you tried other machines besides your PC and phone?

>>52972289
Just reconfigure your fonts.
But feel free to reinstall arch *cough manjaro* if you want to.

Help. How do I map alt-k to up-arrow and alt-j to down-arrow on Linux? I'm not sure xmodmap can handle shortcuts, and there's no AutoHotkey on Linux

>>52972594
>there's no AutoHotkey on Linux
Oh I love this meme.

>>52972618
Feel free to prove me wrong then memer

>>52972594
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xmodmap#Modifier_keys

>>52972572
My fonts for gtk2-3 and i3 has San Francisco, this problem is only in my terminals, nowhere else. I believe gnome-terminal normally uses gtk2 settings, but since I installed xrdb it doesn't anymore. Anyway I'm going to try out debian now, arch on my laptop has been too much pain, I didn't have this many problems on my desktop pc with arch...

>>52972664
That isn't at all what I was asking

Question for gentoomen.
Does anyone even use gentoo, or is that just a meme. All I see is advanced Linux users saying Arch and beginners are Ubuntu Debain or something.

>TL;DR post screenshot of gentoo install

>>52972687
Yes you were
>I'm not sure xmodmap can handle shortcuts

Learn to read.

>>52972700
I know a real-life person who uses Gentoo. It's pretty cool.

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>>52972700
>All I see is advanced Linux users saying Arch
chuckled

>>52972719
Xmodmap can't bind the alt-j shortcut to down-arrow, ergo it can't handle shortcuts. For fucks sake this isn't supposed to be a hard question

>>52972660
XFCE and GNOME has it by default.

>>52972746
i3 too, just adding to the list

>>52972726
But does anyone on here use it?
Or is it just>>52972733pic related

>>52972746
As it happens, I'm using XFCE but haven't found the solution from the settings menu. There's really nothing for this particular problem I've seen

>>52971056
https://ryanclouser.com/2015/07/16/KVM-GPU-Passthrough/

>>52972700
I use gentoo, it is perfect.
>>52972746
>>52972765
an awesome

Can Windows be used as a KVM Host?

All I see is XenServer and that requires another physical computer while KVM does not.

>>52972746
theres no" autohotkey in xfce or gnome" that doesn't make sense.

there IS custom keyboard shortcuts in the gnome-control-panel but it's no autohotkey by a long stretch

>>52973492
>Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a virtualization infrastructure for the Linux kernel that turns it into a hypervisor. It was merged into the Linux kernel mainline in kernel version 2.6.20

>>52973514
I know that lol, I'm trying to setup GPU passthrough on a Windows Host just like I did using an Arch Linux host but there doesn't seem to be a local way to do that...

>>52973543
>for the Linux kernel
>Linux kernel

What Kernel does Windows run on?
Hint: It's not Linux

does the mint installation come with an "install alongside windows" option like ubuntu?

>>52973596
I get the feeling that you're trolling me right now gg re

>>52973616
And I'm not sure if you're retarded or just mistaking host and guest.

>>52973498
t. people who never used GNOME or XFCE

Arch with Gnome, is it legit?

>>52972594
Bump, I guess. I really want this.

>>52973632
>host and guest.
Point is that the Host and Guest can reside on the same pc at the same time when using Linux as a host.

I'm looking for a way to use Windows as a host and it's possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gnrV12CYDw

This probably belongs in the stupid questions thread, but I'll ask here anyway as it's just as relevant.

So I have a home server and was thinking about installing the pomf file host source on it so I can easily host my own images and stuff but I've never touched node.js before so not quite sure how this works:

https://github.com/nokonoko/Pomf

I can do everything there but how does it go from being just installed to actually available on a webserver, at first I thought you would have to git clone to the /var/www/ directory but that doesn't seem to be the case as you're just compiling the source and installing it as a node js plugin so do you just tweak the settings after your done to change the location it's available at or what?

>>52973648
? what meaning

>>52973652
Yes

>>52973498
You can make "autohotkeys" in any desktop environment by using bash scripts

>>52973684
Sure, but you can't use KVM on a Windows host. You have to use other virtualization options if you want Windows to be the host.

>>52973704
ur gonna get hacked

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>>52968793
>>52968796
>>52968859
>mfw Memesoft gets butthurt

>>52973607
all mayor distributions offer this option

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>>52973763

Probably, then I'll just format learn my lesson and try again.

>>52973780
memeing

>>52973741
So maybe a program to simulate key presses (xdotool?) and a bunch of script files for each action combined mapped into shortcuts using the DE's shortcuts manager would solve >>52972594?

I'm compiling a lot of programs now since Debian's testing repo isn't always that great. Will I like gentoo after I git gud?

Trying to install Gentoo on QEMU.
Are there any tutorials or documentation or anything as to what kernel modules I'd need enabled to do this? I can find stuff for vbox but not for QEMU.

>>52973838
arch is supposed to be the bleeding-edge distro AFAIK

>>52973870
Arch is about one step behind bleeding edge. Its packages in the repos are almost always stress tested before published, and the AUR is usually a bit lazy in how often its stuff gets updated.

If you want real bleeding edge stuff, install Gentoo.

>>52973929
good to know, thanks for correction

>>52973841
>kernel modules
it should be already loaded

>>52974044
It isn't.

For starters the network doesn't work at all when I boot the livecd. ifconfig reports that everything's there, dhcpcd reports no errors, but I get a 100% packet loss when I ping anything and no other network connections actually work.

>>52974061
qemu?

>>52974085
Yeah.

>>52974093
simple net configuration with qemu block ping

>>52973838
use debian sid instead? its more up to date

>>52974061
is there an actual nic attached?

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=207907

>>52974142
I don't think so? I'm doing this in a Windows host, not a Linux host, so those commands don't really help me.

>>52974102
I don't know what that is and google isn't helping me at all.

How do I change my urxvt color scheme? I'm trying to use .Xresources and URxvt.color hexcodes but it won't update any of my changes.

I have used xrdb merge to reload the resources. I tried to change the COLORTERM variable in bashrc to rxvt-unicode-256color.

Why aren't my colors updating? The white is blinding.

>>52974176
Don't try to ping. Just check if you can browse the web.

>>52974208

URxvt*.foreground: #c3c2c5
URxvt*.background: #1c1c1c
URxvt*.color0: #1c1c1c
URxvt*.color8: #505050
URxvt*.color1: #cd5c5c
URxvt*.color9: #e5505f
URxvt*.color2: #8eae71
URxvt*.color10: #95c749
URxvt*.color3: #d2b48c
URxvt*.color11: #ffa75d
URxvt*.color4:    #0087af
URxvt*.color12: #6495ed
URxvt*.color5: #7E62B3
URxvt*.color13: #a488d9
URxvt*.color6: #5f7b8a
URxvt*.color14:   #00afd7
URxvt*.color7: #665c64
URxvt*.color15: #cacaca

xrdb -load $HOME/.Xresources

>>52969899
doesn't look like it has an icon-theme.

>>52974208
You can also set it to load a file for colours instead of having loads of commented out schemes in xresources.

Just put this in xresources:

#include "/home/anon/.colours/filewithcolours"

This way you can keep loads and change them much more easily.

>>52974212
Well I'll be damned.

>>52974265
Why? That's what I do with qemu and it werks.

>>52974264
Your Xresources and the rest of the world's Xresources seem to be very different, anon.

>>52974176
>I'm doing this in a Windows host
Why are you using qemu on a Windows host instead of a Linux host?

>>52974278
It's within the specification, not much point in having a loads of uncommented out lines for difference colour schemes.

>>52974237
Unfortunately this did nothing. Still default colors.

>>52974322
post your ~/.Xresources

>>52974327
>>52974237
Literally what you have posted except with a cursor color change as well as
! Color
Comments to identify my pieces. Nothing else is in there except the color changes

>>52974061
Apparently you can load extra kernel modules with modprobe. I'm just not sure which one

>>52974353
Well I'll assume everything is ok in there if you refuse to post it, other than that you are either not loading the changes properly or you are not starting a new instance.
Did you try logging out?

>>52974353
You added the posted lines, ran

xrdb -load $HOME/.Xresources

, closed and reopened urxvt, and nothing changed?

>>52974406
Oh and perhaps you are running

xrdb -load $HOME/.Xresources

as root?

>>52974406
I shut everything down and close out of X. Then restarting x. I just tried running xrdb as root. No changes. No changes after logging out as well.

I would post my xrdb but I'm on my phone. It seems perfectly okay to me.

>>52974481
If you're on your phone, how are you running these commands?

>>52974481
>>52974442

URxvt.foreground: #93a1a1
URxvt.background: #3c3b37
URxvt.cursorColor: #93a1a1

! BLACK
URxvt.color0: 5f5f5f
URxvt.color8: #828282

! RED
URxvt.color1: #d96468
URxvt.color9: #d98f93

! GREEN
URxvt.color2: #a2d964
URxvt.color10: #b8d98f

! YELLOW
URxvt.color3: #d9c964
URxvt.color11: #d9cf8f

! BLUE
URxvt.color4: #64a2d9
URxvt.color12: #8f99d9

! MAGENTA
URxvt.color5: #9a64d9
URxvt.color13: #b08fd9

! CYAN
URxvt.color6: #64d9d5
URxvt.color14: #8fd9d5

! WHITE
URxvt.color7: #989898
URxvt.color15: #c5c5c5

>>52974575
You're missing a "#" right below ! BLACK.

>>52974575
I noticed that I forgot a # on the very first color code. Already corrected the issue and tried rerunning my commands. Still not working.

>>52974629
don't run it as root

>>52974682
I didn't. Xrdb merge and load again gave me a white terminal with no color changes.

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>>52968929
>Can anyone redpill me about the GPL?
I am going to redpill you already.

The cucks are trying to promote BSD, MIT, Apache and other licenses because they are hired by corporations that can use those licenses to put some closed source on top and fuck everyone else.

Darwin is an example of that. Apple says it collaborates to "open source" because it manages the Darwin OS, which is a BSD derivative, while in fact OS X exists because Darwin is the real operative system behind.

Sure, you can use Darwin, but is crippleware, is of much lesser quality. And Apple is not even full fascist here, they at least have some degree of cooperation. Microsoft on the other hand already spread memos on the 90's about how to fuck up Linux and the free as in freedom community. Is called "embrace, extend, extinguish".

See for yourself:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend_and_extinguish
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_documents

>>52974708
>>52974682
I got it, thanks. Apparently when I first installed rxvt-unicode it only installed regular rxvt and not URxvt.

Sorry for wasting everybodys time.

>>52968929
>But I hear a lot of talk about how it's cancerous and bad.
Well it is referred to as cancer (more negative) or viral (more positive) licence.

All that because all work derived from a GPL code has to be GPL.
Therefore it spreads and spawns other GPL'd code.
Like a virus.
Or cancer depending on whether you like RMS or not.

>>52974747
holy fucking shit you're retarded

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>>52974575
Change URxvt.color to URxvt*color.
I also suggest to use *color, so other X applications use the palette too. Enjoy.

>>52974708
>I didn't.
>>52974481
>I just tried running xrdb as root. No changes.

>>52974783
I tried both, buddy.

>>52974759
Holy shit you're fat. Just kidding. But seriously, first thing I did was get i3 up and install rxvt-unicode. Not my fault it didn't give me what I typed.

>>52974804
*sighs*

Well I guess this is about as good an answer as you were going to get.

For the record, if you had used *color instead of URxvt.color, it would have worked from the start - and it would have worked with XTerm/UXTerm as well.

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>>52974256
It seems like it has one, here's the difference between the folder icons.

Hello all, is there a way to run xen as it's own server? What I mean is, can Xen run as a standalone app like KVM, but on a Windows 10 host?

>>52966619
I'm using Docky and I can't pin the Vivaldi Browser to it. That's the first time I had this problem. How to fix it?

>>52974804
>I tried both, buddy.
Yeah, that was why I said not to. Don't blindly do things as root, especially if you don't understand why it would change something.

>>52975091
>using a file manager
>using icons
Like it's 2006.

Anyone uses NixOS or GuixSD?

>>52975348
Guix is the retarded version of Nix.

If openSUSE has the most packages available, does that make it the most versatile distro for noobs?

>>52975605
they could all be terriblel packages

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What does /g/ think of Manjaro?

>>52975605
"Number of packages available" is not necessarily a good measure of anything, really. And even noobs should learn how to install stuff you download from the internet, because sooner or later, you WILL come across something that's not in the repos or that doesn't have the version you need in the repos.

>>52975642
nice b8

>>52975642
polarizing due to the way their devs have treated security in the past.

>>52975348
I tried installing GuixSD but they only distribute their installer as a retarded USB image archive so I assumed they don't actually want me to use their distribution.

>>52975642
>>52975728
samefag, it's shit

Anyone has some good linux related podcast recommendations?

>>52967626
Motif?

>>52975891
fake and gay

>>52975728
>>52975642
>>52975891
samefag

>>52975961
Yeah, in one minute I took a screenshot, opened up gimp, shopped it, saved it, selected it in the file chooser, quoted you, filled out the capture and pressed submit.
Nice to see you're using logic hun.

>>52975990
samefag

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>>52976009
>I'm a failure even at 4chinning

>>52976033
samefag

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>>52976051
>my first day on 4chan

>>52976051
samefag

>>52976088
samefag

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>>52976189
>>52976140
>>52976051
>>52976009
samefags

Fuck just figured out that this is a Windows Limitation, it's kernel does NOT allow pci-passthrough, that is native only to Linux.

Vmware ESXI and Xenserver are actually Linux Distributions, they even have bash and busybox installed!

You guys could've fucking told me that.

>>52975348
GuixSD is still alpha and should only be used by developers and enthusiasts.
>>52975402
it's a continuation, do you even use NixOS or are you just memeing?

how to preview xbm icons?

>>52976325
I told you it won't work on Windows faggot.
You didn't believe me.

>>52975900
https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Bryan+Lunduke%22

>>52976403
but you didn't explain why

>>52975698
it's called a linux distribution. measuring how well it does at distributing is totally legit.
noobs totally should not do CMMI, we invented package managers for a reason. (dependency hell, keeping your software organized, ...)

that the concept of linux distrbutions is out-of-date in the age of github is another topic.
not that they were ever a great solution when users want a stable core OS and latest software like on Windows.

>>52976427
Did you think I'd make that up?

>>52976465
yes and now i feel stupid

Where's the list of recommended linux applications? Should be on the start of every /flt/ desu

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>>52976514

>>52976514
>>52976566
samefag b8

>>52976441
>it's called a linux distribution. measuring how well it does at distributing is totally legit.
I'm not arguing against that, I'm saying that the number of packages available is not necessarily a good measure of that. If distro A has 10 forks of firefox(five of which are just versions of the other five with branding stripped out) and no other browsers while distro B has only two forks of firefox, but also Konqueror and Chromium, can you really say that distro A is better simply because it technically has more packages available?

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>>52976581

>>52975642
>>52975728
>>52975872
>>52975891
>>52975900
>>52975961
>>52975975
>>52976033
>>52976009
>>52976051
>>52976088
>>52976427
>>52976686
>>52976584

samefag

>>52976566
>Kate over Sublime Text
>Qemu/KVM over VirtualBox
>Chromium over Firefox, if not running in a VM with four cores lol
>Krita over Gimp or Pinta
>Clementine over the others
>VLC over mpv
>qBittorrent over anything else (you can search through like 10 torrent indexers at once)
>Jdownloader because the alternatives suck
>BTsync over Owncloud, a true pain to setup
>Nomachine over TigerVNC if you want Seamless OpenGL
>Dolphin over Windows95 File managers lol
>Compton over Gala
>Nano over emacs or vim
>Bash over zsh, bash has more compatibility. When's the last time you saw a zsh script lol
>I don't care about Terminals, I like any except those minimal ones like urvxt, a pain to configure

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>>52976705
fuck off please

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>>52976716
>When's the last time you saw a zsh script lol
you use zsh in your terminal to move around and execute stuff
you dont actually use zsh shebang in your scripts

thats why fish is also very popular and should be there
no one cares about compatibility when the usage is in terminal navigation and not in writing scripts

>>52976807
oh

>>52976807
>not using sh

>>52976807

My shell can pipe objects, can zsh do that?

>>52976807
/flt/ - no macfags allowed

>>52976894
dunno
probaby yes
care to give example?
you dont just mean classic

ls | grep porn

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>>52976940

> care to give example?

Something like
[code}get-vm | where {$_.state -eq 'running'} | stop-vm[/code]
Or pretty much any posh script ever.

>>52976686
nice shooping skillz

memes aside,is it possible to run emacs as a functioning distro?

>>52977248
>functional distro
it's called guixSD but it's not finished yet.
https://audio-video.gnu.org/video/misc/2015-01__GNU_Guix__The_Emacs_of_Distros.webm

Every time I see this thread I think I stumbled into >>>/fit/ .

I want to into the red hat based distros. I've only ever used debian based distros. What's the best way to get started (im no novice and love reading documentation, if that helps.)

>>52977345
start with using fedora, the RHEL shill will post links for you.

>>52977345
Just install and use one?

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let's get it staight, zsh is for new people who cant configure their PS1, fish is for people who dont care about POSIX

the reason that zsh is so popular is oh-my-zsh (even more ps1 theme, useless lol aliases https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/blob/master/plugins/lol/lol.plugin.zsh, 50% osx related aliases, also don't forget to buy the s-shirt!!)

>>52977345
why on earth would you want to?
>>52977368
>implying he's not a shill himself

>>52977395
>this much shitposting butthurt

>>52977395
>the reason that zsh is so popular is oh-my-zsh
Pretty much anon, makes you want to punch somebody.
There is now a bash equivalent btw
https://github.com/Bash-it/bash-it

>>52977444
>>52977395
>all that premade aliases
Literally why? Creating my own aliases was some of the first enjoyable thingw I did when I was new to lunix.

>>52977395

I'm using zsh as my shell currently with oh-my-zsh, to be honest its not all that great.

The cute little unicode characters lose their novelty fairly fast.

Rate my PS1

PS1="\[$(tput bold)\]\[$(tput setaf 6)\]\[$(tput setaf 2)\][\[$(tput setaf 3)\]\[$(tput setaf 1)\]\[$(tput setaf 3)\]\[$(tput setaf 6)\]\W\[$(tput setaf 2)\]]\[$(tput setaf 4)\]\\$ \[$(tput sgr0)\]"

If you use AMD graphics card, install one of the following:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Suite 7.2, 7.1, 7.0, 6.7, 6.6, 6.5
Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS, 14.04.2, 14.04.3, 15.04, 15.10
SUSE® Linux Enterprise 11 SP3, 12
OpenSuSE 13.1

The open source AMD drivers suck and those distros listed above are officially supported by AMD's Catalyst drivers.

The samefagging is rife today

>>52977517
>officially supported
yes, and, who cares?

Rate mine

PS1="\[\033[35m\]╭|╮\n╰|╮\n╰|╯ \[\033[m\]"

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>>52977395
I couldn't resist

>>52977517
>>www.reddit.com/r/imamanchild

>>52977517
>The open source AMD drivers suck
you are wrong, they are more stable than the proprietary drivers and are almost as powerful

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>>52977545

>>52977566
>you are wrong
>almost as powerful
>almost

top kek

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>>52977605
powerful enough. i'd rather have a stable system than 5 more fps.

Reminder that we are at post 316.

>>52977605
you sure telled him

>>52977517
>>The open source AMD drivers suck
That's not Nvidia

>>52977566
>you are wrong, they are more stable than the proprietary drivers and are almost as powerful

Not really, Nvidia drivers are way better

zsh is okay when bash isn't enough
just dont install ohmyzsh if you dont need it

>>52977666
this doesn't have to do anything with nvidia.

>>52977687
>this doesn't have to do anything with nvidia.
Still, Nvidia drivers are better

>>52977666
That won't help you if you have an AMD card

>>52977672
When would bash not be enough?
What does zsh better/more?

>>52977696
go flamewar somewhere else, try >>>/v/ i heard they love GPUs

>>52977699
>That won't help you if you have an AMD card
ok kid

Stop being Cucked by AMD, which has no support even on BSD!

>>52977719
>go flamewar somewhere else, try >>>/v/ i heard they love GPUs

Just stating a fact, Shitty apps guy.

>>52977716
auto complete, more globbing, some scripting cleanups

>>52977729
How do you jump into a discussion about what distro to use if you have an AMD card and then wonder why someone would have an AMD card?

The quality of Nvidia shills surely degraded.

>>52977729
>Stop being Cucked by AMD, which has no support even on BSD!

Agreed, I should have bought an nvidia card, not an AMD card.

I'm thinking about replacing arch with opensuse
I downloaded the openSUSE iso and put it on my usb stick with dd
When I try to boot from the stick it only boots into a console where it says >grub: and I can insert commands
I also tried to make the usb stick with unetbootin from windows, but I can't even boot from it
what am I doing wrong?
(the dd command was

dd if=path_to_iso.iso of=/dev/sdb1 bs=64K

btw )

>>52977747
>The quality of Nvidia shills surely degraded.
damn, are you that made, a response seconds later lawl

>page 4
>post 333
>still no new thread
>people keep shitposting

>>52977749

I always use bs=4M

77777777777777

>>52977112
Powershell isn't a shell script, it's an implementation of the .NET Framework with a cmd-based frontend.

>>52977788
hahahahahahahahaha

>>52977777

>>52977768

new >>52977793

>>52977773
shouldn't make a difference, should it?
I'll try it nevertheless, I'll see then

>>52977248
You'd need a kernel. Hurd might work but you'd have to set it up yourself.

>>52977826
Linux-Libre is alright

>>52977749
should it be
/dev/sdb instead of
/dev/sdb1 ?

>>52977825

Are you using a flash drive? I think it affects the alignment on flash drives. Flash drive blocks operate at 512KiB.

>>52977880

yes, sdb1 is a partition sdb is the whole drive

>>52977949
so I should be using /dev/sdb?

>>52977964

yes, if that is the drive you want to use

>>52978007
ok thank you