/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

>>58646802
I did not touch advanced partition tool whatever it was called. It was chosen by the installer.

>on't do anything which will fuck you up.
Like what? Only thing I did was to connect the installer to my wi-fi, then just click install, set my user name and password.

I did not even open advanced partition tool.

But this is besides the point that why is there an options menu if you can't even do anything with it.

Ubuntu is the best desktop distro. prove me wrong

>>58646935
Yeah if only this allowed me to use the option menu to make me able to write on drives.

How hard it is to have such option

>>58646935
>doesn't have pacman or portage
>Amazon shitware
Get mint
The only pro is that it's easy to install

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HOW CAN THIS BE SO FUCKING HARD WHAT THE FUCKING DOG SHIT ARE THESE DEVS THINKING

FUCKING PIECE OF CHINA SHIT

> YOU WANT TO WRITE ON HARD DRIVE
>HERE HAVE 20 UBUNTU FORUM THREADS IN YOUR FACE

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

ITS BASIC FUCKING FUNCTION
ADD A BASIC FUCKING OPTION THAT DOES IT
OR AT LEAST FUCKING FAQ ON YOUR PAGE WITH 100% SUCCESS RATE GUIDE

>>58647045
I remember a tool i used for this problem. You can't write or do something on a ntfs right?
Try >apt-get install ntfs-config
You don't need any knowledge to use it, it's simple.

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>>58647045
HELLO DARKNESS MY OLD FRIEND

UBUNTU AUTOMATIC INSTALLER IS SHIT SECOND TIME IT DOES THIS SHIT

>>58646801
That Penguin looks like it has its legs held back in the air waiting for my cock to pierce its tight asshole

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>>58647045
HELLO DARKNESS MY OLD FRIEND

UBUNTU AUTOMATIC INSTALLER IS SHIT SECOND TIME IT DOES THIS SHIT>>58647082

>>58647045
Some disk's firmware set a read-only mode when the disk is damaged.
so:
1) test the disk on another system
2) post the output of smartctl:

sudo smartctl -a /dev/sdb

3) also post the output:

dmesg | grep -i sdb

4) _unmount_ the disk and run a fsck:

sudo fsck -f /dev/sdb

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>>58647100
it fucking

the installer
itself
i did not touch shit

installed itself as ext2

and know whines
it cant find ext4

my
fucking
sides

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>>58647086
that's the joke

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I just installed Arch Linux from antergos after using mint for the last two years.

The problem I have is that firefox doesnt seem to display any fonts of its menus including bookmarks, the address bar, the right click menu etc.

Chromium works perfectly fine and I use it to currently post in this thread.

I already reinstalled firefox and tried without importing my profile and used both the refresh and start with addons disabled options from the troubleshooting page since those are the only parts of the page I can use but that had no efffect whatsoever.

pic related

how would this problem even be called so I can search for it?

>>58647115
>be a fuckup
>flood shitpost with pepe and emojis
please no

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>>58647082
Ubuntufags will never learn

>>58647128
you forgot to install some font, also you can run firefox from the terminal and check for errors

>>58646970
I haven't followed the discussion. Would you mind posting a summary?

> What disk are we talking about here?
> How is the disk mounted?
> If it's in /etc/fstab can you copypaste the line from there here?
> What type of drive is it?
> Which user "owns" the drive, and what permissions are set on it?

Especially that last one. If it's set up to be owned by McFuckyourface, and to be written to by noone, then guess what, either you're McFuckyourface or you're not writing. (Or you're root.)

The last one is easy as shit to test though. Just start nautilus as root, mount it, and see if you can write. If that is the case, then your user doesn't have access to it.

>>58647129
it was the. installer that automatically chose ext2 not ne

>>58646970
Here: >>58647081

>>58647166
it's a ext2 partition not ntfs

Hello all, I'm making a distro and want some ideas so I'm asking you guys, how would you want the distro to be? What should it be based on? What de/wm should it have?

>>58647145
I used the install function from the software manager to install it I never gave me any option about what fonts to install just install or remove.

How do I check for errors in the terminal?

>>58647174
Ha!
Sorry i thought you were the other guy.
But you can't delete the ext2? There is something in?

>>58647204
>how would you want the distro to be?
flexible, simple, safe and fully customizable.

>What should it be based on?
gentoo with a real package manager (maybe let the user decide)

>What de/wm should it have?
let the user choose his favorite's at install time

>>58647225
>I used the install function from the software manager to install it I never gave me any option about what fonts to install just install or remove.
it is implied that you should install some fonts after the system installation:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/General_recommendations#Fonts
>You may wish to install a set of TrueType fonts, as only unscalable bitmap fonts are included in a basic Arch system

>How do I check for errors in the terminal?
>open terminal
>run "firefox"
>see if it output something interesting

>>58647245
>gentoo with a real package manager
What exactly do you mean with "real" package manager?

>>58647296
I didn't mean to imply portage in not good. I mean a package manager that get archives with precompiled stuff from the repo.

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Why aren't you using Manjaro?

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y0, just passing by to tell you that I'm on Arch, kk thx bye

>>58647427
I bet you don't. Honestly this kind of shitposting in an interesting phenomenon.
I suppose it somewhat like when people get paid to misbehave and cause turmoil at manifestations and so, but for the fun of shiposting/trolling instead of getting money.

>>58647427
>rolling release

>>58647511
Like the jews who post black guys on white girls in /b/?

>>58647352
Oh I see, so basically gentoo but without all the compiling

should I install Arch or Gentoo?

>>58647679
first Arch, then Gentoo after you learn eveything there is to know about Arch

>>58647695
Whats the point in increasing the autism level of your distro?

>>58647706
e-peen

>>58647706
>increasing the autism level
you mean gaining knowledge and experience

>>58647716
You can learn how your system works on every distro.

>>58647034
I assume you have no idea what to do next? Thanks for your time bro.

>>58647724
if you need to learn in order to make your system usable, you'll learn much faster
there's hardly any incentive for you to learn anything by using ubuntu or fedora

>>58647724
No, you can't

>>58647761
keep telling yourself that
>implying red hat emplyed people don't know how their system works because they don't run arch

>>58647762
kek
>>58647776
>arch
doesn't teach you anything anyway, people copy paste the commands from the wiki to create a filesystem etc, install a DE and that's it

>>58647798
The point of Arch is that it's made to break every other day. By fixing it, you gain knowledge.

>>58647776
Nice try Lenny, you almost got me

>>58647706
if you learn everything there is to know about Arch, you can use that to bully Arch plebs and make the difference in your power level clear because you would know more about Arch than they do (while using a superior distro yourself) and you would have concrete material to support your claims of Arch being a shitty pleb tier distro in relation to the superior distro that you're using

>>58647836
Interesting POV.

>>58647381
Why would I want Arch with older packages?

>>58647857
nice meme

>>58647836
>tfw you're a superior Arch user while not even using Arch yourself
Arch plebs would go apeshit

>>58647857
manhuaro is not arch, it is different in that it has a program that automates installing drivers for you

>>58647860
manjaro's packages are the same as the arch ones, prove me wrong.

>>58647886
there's one additional packagem, see >>58647881

>>58647886
Manjaro has an additional repo for their stuff.

Also, Manjaro doesn't have old packages. It works the same way like on other distros for example Debian: Manjaro has a stable, testing and unstable branche, whereas unstable is as fresh as Arch, stable is older, since only stuff that works goes in there.

>>58647881
I may have expressed myself the wrong way, manjaro is not arch, manjaro is an arch wannabe for people who want to install arch but are too stupid to copy some commands.

>>58647892
>one aditional package
>but all the others are the same, just some weeks behind
>tottally not a poor copy

>I need to be superior to other people by using superor operating systems because that's the only way I'll feel like I'm worth something.

>>58647932
You should give Manjaro a spin. Get the bspwm edition.

>>58647921
so arch with one aditional repo?

>>58647932
I was being sarcastic

>>58647932
read >>58647921

>>58647944
why would I want an arch wanabe? If I wanted to use arch I would just install arch

>>58647955
read>>58647945

>>58647945
No, Arch made usable and with breakage removed.
>>58647956
>wannabe
Your penis woun't grow by having useless additional work by running plain Arch.

>>58647966
why don't you read the shit the other anon just posted faggot

>>58647975
Ok, I get it, arch for people who can't copy commands from the wiki, gotcha.

Is there a wannabe Gentoo distro?

>>58647987
I did, hence my answer.

>>58647280
I managed to find the problem by downloading a font and siye changer addon.
Turns out the default font size was set to 0.
Who the fuck thought that was a good idea.

Thank you for your help though.

>>58648000
funtoo?

>>58648022
thought funtoo is the gentoo successor

>>58648000
Calculate?

Let's find out the truth once and for all.

What distro are you using, /fglt/?

https://www.strawpoll.me/12193840

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>>58647115
This is how the autoamted install installed the partitions. I did not touch advanced partition tools. After I reboot, it says ext4 not found and goes to emergency mode.

>>58648129
a)
>strawpoll
you must be very new if you don't know what /g/ does to strawpoll
b)
>other
>not listing all distros
gtfo

>>58648213
>you must be very new if you don't know what /g/ does to strawpoll
what can you do besides vote from a different IP

>>58648190
Forgot my question, HOW should they properly look when the automated installation clearly spergs the installation and fails to boot after I shut down and turn on the PC

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just finished installing arch linux. how's the program called that shows the arch logo in the terminal?

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>>58648190
And here is how the partitions look when viewed from the installer itself.

DUDE
FREEDUMBS
LMAO
:DDDDDDDDDDDDD

>>58648236
neofetch or screenfetch
Choose one

>>58648236
forgot to add: I'm on arch (if it matters)

>>58648251
Can't you just delete it?
And then do it manually instead of automaticly?

>>58648251
>500 Mb ext2 partition
>250 GB"unknown partition
wut?
did you try to install ubuntu in a 500 mb ext2 partition?

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>>58648251
And pic related is what I did with help of this
>http://askubuntu.com/questions/343268/how-to-use-manual-partitioning-during-installation

Now my question is, will this again fail to find ext4 filesystem when I reboot, and where do I go wrong

The guide lists these


/boot should be 100 – 500 MiB
/var and /tmp should be > 5 GiB

as optional, but should i make them and with what settings

>>58648319
Again. I chose from the installer, erase everything and pressed install. It was done by the installer itself / the partitioning.

>>58648323
This is the partitioning I did with the help of the askubuntu guide, but there\s some weird 1mb free space I cant delete, and as I understand that EFI partition is necessary for UEFI bios / the installer will not proceed to install if i remove the efi and dont include it

>>58647381
Because if I wanted to be use an arch spin-off, I'd use antergos, which uses the official repos. Manjaro was buggy for me, and I'd been using arch problem free for 3 years. They manage to patch bugs INTO packages.

Why does running shit with optirun and primusrun make my laptop go Chernobyl?

>>58648323
Now it seems ok.
>will this again fail to find ext4 filesystem when I reboot, and where do I go wrong
No, or there is a serious problem.

>>58648359
>They manage to patch bugs INTO packages.
kek

is optipng okay or is there something better?

>>58648372
I have selected Turn Off Secure Boot so I can download third party drivers. Is there any chance that it might be causing this failure.

I had Windows 10 before this, Enterprise version, and there was no problems, the HDD was perfectly fine checked with Samsungs own program. So I doubt it is HDDs fault.

I will proceed to install, again, I suppose.

>>58648367
you mean hot? a lot of laptops struggle when you are using the dedicated gpu

>>58648323
A report, when I press INSTALL NOW, I get almost immediately a mention of web-kit process failing

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>distro aims to run only free software for the bets user experience in the spirt of GNU/linux

translation

>distro will not work properly until you draw from nonfree repos

>>58648505
lol'd

>>58648505
your fault for buying cuck hardware

>>58646801
I'm very confused about the GNU/Linux naming thing. Very, very, confused.
So I have some questions to be able to understad it. If you can help me I'll really apreciate that.
1- Is linux just a kernel or also a OS?
2- Can a SO use the linux kernel without the GNU software?
3- Is there any SO like that?
4- Do software that work on GNU/Linux distros, work in a OS with linux kernel but wihout the GNU part?
5- Do software that work on GNU/Hurd distros, work in GNU/Linux distros and vice versa?
6- Does GNU/Hurd and/or the non GNU OS with linux kernel use the same commands in the terminal?
7- Do GNU/Hurd and/or the non GNU OS with linux kernel use the same commands in the terminal that GNU/Linux?
8- Do GNU/Hurd and/or the non GNU OS with linux kernel have the same file tree ash GNU/Linux (I mean that of /home/user/.. etc)?
I don't know if the questions are stupid, and if they're I'm sorry for that. I've not computer knowlegde and I'm starting to use Linux for a master's degree in bioinformatics, and I'm very confused about this.
Thank you a lot.

>>58648543
https://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.en.html

https://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.en.html

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Installation went fine. When I shut it down and booted, it actually worked. The hard drives are both mounted by default, but I cannot write to them.

fwiw, they both are partitioned like this.

>>58648566
I've read that, but the linux webpage says that linux is an OS.
I've just realized it also answers the 2 nd and 3rd question.

>>58648623
Well, Linux is a kernel, a kernel is an OS, GNU is a set of programs, libs, shell, etc, which is also an OS, both GNU and Linux are operating systems, both incomplete. Together they make a full OS. You don't need GNU to make Linux work and you don't need Linux to make GNU work. GNU/Linux is just the most popular combination.

What is the state of Nvidia optimus support on Linux? I have a Thinkpad T420 and it used to be the case that you needed to run appliations through bumblebee and using the displayport port was a fucking nightmare. Is this still the case?

>>58648655
That's an interesting explanation.
Thanks!

>>58648719
if you want to make a difference between those os types: we call linux the "platform" and gnu the "userland", gnu/linux the "os", that should make it easier

>>58648620
>>58648620
https://askubuntu.com/questions/90339/how-do-i-set-read-write-permissions-my-hard-drives

Is this guide, the guide I need to follow, in order to write on my drives

>>58648394
nobody? how does /fglt/ compress it's pics

Should I use Alsa or Pulse? I have a ur22 dac, I noticed Alsa is a bit louder, I just want to know which linux driver is better for audio in terms of bit perfect accuracy?

>>58648845
For what it's worth, I used this from the guide.

sudo chmod ugo+wx /media/username/your_drive

and it worked. I didn't try this last time because there was something about security issues, but desperate times desperate measures.

>>58648873
both, pulse extends alsa, theyre not two different things you can choose from

>>58648894

I mean on my audio player, should it be set to pulse or alsa on output? Does it make any difference?

>>58648873
Always use pulse.

>>58646801
redpill me on XEmacs

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Friendly reminder to drop your RARE papes here:
>>>/wg/6828207

>>58648925

Ok thanks I'll just leave it at that

played around with Latex to make Beamer presentations and MLA essays

holy fuck it was so fast and smooth, really made me see how bloated windows office shit is

I just wanted to say thanks for helping me see the light

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How do I make fonts look good on Debian?

>>58649270
DejaVu Sans Mono

>>58649270
What program is the best for font installing?

>>58648974
dead

>>58649163
now try emacs with org-mode and play with "export to latex" functionality.

It will probably make your workflow even faster

>>58647749
na, not sure, seems it could be just a mesa/radeon issue, i saw a few posts by some with other drivers saying the game ran even faster in wine than in windows
i might make a bug report and see where that leads, even though i don't plan to play that game (ran fast enough with a software renderer to tell it was too realistic to be playable without a more suitable controller than a keyboard), i don't mind getting bugs in the driver i use fixed

Speaking of fonts.

I'm on Gentoo, and should I compile freetype with Harfbuzz or not?

>>58649456
urxvt

>>58649839
why do you complie

>>58649879
Because he's on Gentoo.

>>58649879
Because I use the gentoo

>>58648543
>SO
is this a new meme?

1. Linux is just a kernel, it's quite damn useless without userspace software
2. Yes
3. Android, Void Linux
4. Yes, if it's compiled for that system
5. Yes, if it can be compiled for gahnoo+hurd
6. Yes, if it's the same or compatible shell running in the terminal.
7. see 6.
8. Most *nix systems use the ol' UNIX file system hierarchy. That being said, it's NOT compulsory, you can develop a *nix system that has a different file tree.

>>58648620
>but I cannot write to them.

Of course you cannot write *nix filesystems' root directory as a normal user you bwaka.

You can create a directory on the drive, chown it to your users and chmod it to be writeable. Then you can write it as normal user.

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Hey /g/, what's the best lightweight and user-friendly distro for daily use?

Why do most distros use vim when you type in vi? How compatible is UNIX vi with vim?

>>58649931
>UNIX
>*nix
>>>/out/

How do I change the fonts steam uses

>>58650003
steam has skins and skins are defined with simple text stylesheets

Just edit

~/.steam/resource/stylesheets/steam.styles

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>>58649828
here's a clip for anyone else itt who might have a clue

>>58649960
Not a single distro is UNIX certified.

They're all "unix-like" because it's cheaper (unix cert costs money) and you don't have to autistically adhere to some made up standard.

on a UNIX system vi should call for vi
a Unix-like system is EXPECTED (but doesn't have to) to have vi which is in most cases linked to something like vim -C (debian carries vim-tiny) simply for the purpose of not messing with the user.


>Even in compatibility mode, Vim is not entirely compatible with vi as defined in the Single Unix Specification and POSIX (e.g., Vim does not support vi's open mode, only visual mode).
>Vim has nevertheless been described as "very much compatible with Vi".

>>58650025
How do I go in there? Terminal?

>>58650050
a concept of file manager is foreign to you?

>>58649952
Gento

>>58650050
file open dialog in leafpad does the job just right.

>>58646801
what in the world is that penguin doing?

>>58650061
>~/
What is this part

Quick question.

If I am on debian wheezy and the latest package for qBittorrent is 2.9.*, and I want to install the latest version from the jessie repo, could I simply download the .deb and install it with dpkg -i ...

I tried to compile from source and it failed, help!

>>58650141
yes

>>58650135
~ is the same as $HOME which is a variable for the home directory of the current user.

for root it's /root
for user account is /home/<your name>/

>>58650156
Would there be dependency issues?

>>58650158
I don't get it. There is no .steam in my /home/<your name>

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>mfw two 4TB greens died just a few weeks from each other
Fuck everything. Any recommendations for new drives? I'm thinking of buying planet destroying Deathstar NAS drives.

>>58650141
>>58650163

debian wheezy is no longer supported by the debian team, but by a separate team of volunteers under the guise of Long Term Support.

It would be a good idea to upgrade since in a few months jessie will become old-stable.

As for your question, if you want qbittorrent from jessie just use backports. It's guaranteed to not cause any dependency problems.

>package page:
https://packages.debian.org/wheezy-backports/qbittorrent
>instructions
https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/


>>58650186
filenames starting with a (.) are hidden you dumb cunt.
if there isn't one, make one.

>>58650193
Should have gotten blacks or red

>>58650141
>If I am on debian wheezy and the latest package for qBittorrent is 2.9.*, and I want to install the latest version from the jessie repo,

You cannot and you shouldn't. What you want is a backport of qBt or you should backport it yourself.

https://backports.debian.org/

>>58650186
press ctrl+h in the file manager

>>58650186
Press ctrl+H to see hidden files in your filemanager.
(or ls -a in a terminal)

Also I don't know why that anon said ~/.steam
I don't think that's the default.

It should probably be inside .local instead. But also, I wouldn't just go editing steams default skin. Instead I would recommend you read this file:
>~/.local/share/Steam/skins/skins_readme.txt
to create your own skin for steam with the font you wanted (It's a lot easier than it sounds, you basically just copy the default skin and modify the font line. The readme explains how to do it).
Then you just go into steam settings and select your skin to apply it

how to display zulu time withd date?

Do you guys approve of Chromium? What browser(s) do you use?

Is there any situation where using "wait" makes sense?

>>58650268
Any situation in which you want to wait.

>>58650292
Programs already wait for each other ; && ||

>>58650268

Before she puts your penis into her vagina, so you can put on a condom first.

>>58650314
I find vaginas disgusting.

>>58650322
lol fag

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>>58650268
`wait' is useful when you have a background process and you want to wait for it.

For example:

sleep 5 & cowsay "sleep is doing stuff"; wait $!; echo done

While sleep is doing stuff in the background, you can do other things, but at some point wait till sleep is over.

>>58650425
ayy, thanks!

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I have a ton of unused space that I want to use on my ubuntu partition. I also want to reduce my windows 10 partition. However, I am unable to do it for some reason? what's going on?

>>58650689
your root partition is the last on the disk and the partition table so you cannot fuck with it live.

Boot up a live system, you should be able to do it from there.

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Discuss.

>>58650766
So the idea here is for me to boot ubuntu or some os from a usb and then fuck with the partitions on that boot?

>>58650793
I prefer Noto Sans myself.

>>58650821
Yes, exactly.

Does anyone know of a gtk theme to match this >>>/wg/6831830 ?

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>>58650956
I am misunderstanding something I suppose

>>58651022
arc dark doesn't match my theme, I'm looking for a theme that does

>>58650793
which window theme/gtk theme is that?

also I use DejaVu font family for everything UI-related.

>>58651039
The best dark theme is "sufit ninja"

>>58650793
Am I the only one who likes to use a heavier weight for menu fonts?
Like "medium" or "bold", instead of just the regular

>>58650793
Terminus for everything, everywhere.

>>58651307
Nope, I also use a sightly bigger + bold font for titles. Right now it's Noto Sans UI Bold 10, which is perfect IMO.

>>58651420
i'm autistic and use serifed bold font for titles

In your opinion, what is the best way to learn Linux/a distro? That is, what is a good simple project to undertake which will force you to start understanding how your OS works to complete it?

>>58651475
install gentoo

>>58651475
The Linux Command Line by William E. Shotts

>>58651475
GNU/Linux*

When they say e.g. Debian stable packages are outdated does that mean I don't get regular Firefox updates until there's a new stable verison?

>>58651516
must be a shit book
linux doesn't have a command line

>>58651541
The author is just a "It's just Linux" guy, the book itself/the informations are good.

>>58651530
it's a meme

>>58651530
The default in Debian is Firefox ESR, and you get security patches for it just like normal. I believe that even stable picks up new ESR releases, when they're made.

>>58651475
>That is, what is a good simple project to undertake which will force you to start understanding how your OS works to complete it?

it's called "daily drive".

>>58651530

The "stable" package system means that you only get stable packages from apt, but it basically doesn't stop you from installing programs like FF nightly manually.

That said, why not Debian testing? It's just some weeks older than upstream, so you don't cut your hands from the edge, but also have fresh shit. Debian Stable makes only sense for complete newbs or servers IMHO.

>>58651516
>PDF available for free, easily found
Thanks, this looks very helpful

>>58651510
Is this viable for newbies or do you need some base knowledge?

>>58651527
sorry.

>>58651634
yeah I guess that makes the most sense.

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>>58651541
Careful with that edge, you might cut yourself.

>>58651541
first, this >>58651561
second, even if you're a Stallmanite who insists that Linux must refer to only the kernel and not to a full distribution, there most certainly is a kernel command line. Your bootloader allows you to specify it to pass options to the kernel at boot time.
third, stop being an autist

>>58651670
>Is this viable for newbies or do you need some base knowledge?
If you have time, you can install gentoo as complete noob since the handbook is pretty good, but if you're in a rush, install Arch Linux and follow the beginners guide.

>>58651681
are you stupid? "command line" in this context is referring to a single line, given when the kernel starts, not a shell or anything related to CLI

>>58651681
wow, how did you make that your tripcode is a word??? looks pretty cool to be honest

>>58651687
ok, thanks. That brings me to another question about gentoo vs Arch: what's the difference? They both seem like distros that you basically build yourself from the ground up using only what you need but your post seems to indicate there's a difference.

>>58651681
forgot to ask: what's with these chinese(?) characters? do they have a deeper meaning? pls respond

>>58651734
well arch comes bare bones like every other netinstall and you install the stuff you want yourself
gentoo is simliar, but additionally you compile every package before you install it

>>58651681
>>58651727
>>58651741
Do you have to samefag this shit every single time?

>>58651772
if you haven't noticed, tripcodes are desperate calls for attention

>>58651771
ok, I read up a little on binary vs source and I guess that makes sense. Thanks a lot for dealing with my questions man I really appreciate it

>>58648236
neofetch -L --ascii_distro 'arch_old'

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>>58651771
It's a mystery to me.
Why are ppl unironically using Gentoo?
If you want to disable or enable a certain fearture of a package, it's not like that you can't compile a package yourself using any other distro. What's the point in endlessly compiling every single package on your system?

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>>58651929
You kind of answered yourself.
You can do that without having to manually compile things if you use Gentoo, same with patching.

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>>58648543
GNU + LinuxOS

>>58651962
>>>/r/ebbit

>>58651962
Hi there!

You seem to have made a bit of a mis take in your post. Luckily, the users of 4chan are always willing to help you clear this problem right up! You appear to have used a tripcode when posting, but your identity has nothing at all to do with the conversation! Whoops! You should always remember to stop using your tripcode when the thread it was used for is gone, unless another one is started! Posting with a tripcode when it isn't necessary is poor form. You should always try to post anonymously, unless your identity is absolutely vital to the post that you're making!

Now, there's no need to thank me - I'm just doing my bit to help you get used to the anonymous image-board culture!

>>58646801
>lifting legs up
>legs spread
>obscene

>>58652030
that's the way we're rolling'

>>58652030
He is clearly holding penguin foot shaped stamps with his flippers.

Penguin legs are very short and his torso is erect.

>>58647142
4/10. Would bang with a bag on head.

>>58652088
>too stupid to get the joke
read the thread, retard

>>58652106
Do not reply.

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Why might my sudo visudo file be empty? How can I fix it?

I just now set up Ubuntu 16.10 on a machine, installed openssh-server, and switched off PasswordAuthentication

Then I connected to it from my Android device (local area) with JuiceSSH and it just connected after letting me see the fingerprint.

Question is, is this normal? Shouldn't it block all inbound logins if you switch off PasswordAuth? I'm assuming Debian would do the same because Ubuntu is based off Debian.

>>58650216
>WD Red
Be sure to use the idle3 utility to turn off head parking. Linux disk activity conflicts with the intellipark feature, and you will end up with thousdands of head parks in a week's time if you don't disable it.

I disabled it for the mirror that I have (2x 3tb reds) and haven't had problems for over 3 years now, rock solid and the speed is adequate, about 100-120mbyte/sec.

>>58652131
You probably deleted it.
Just install sudo again.

>>58652131
purge and reinstall the package, it will remake the conf files

I hate pulseaudio, how are JACK and OSS as alternatives to ALSA?

>>58652157
could you leave, pls

>>58652157
It was empty when I first opened it.

>>58652157
>>58652166
Can I purge and reinstall sudo via sudo? I tried using pkexec as per stak overflow but got an erro

>>58652169
kek

>>58652135
did you restart the ssh daemon?

>>58652173
/etc/sudoers
Its installed by the sudo package, if its empty you fucked it up somehow 100% guaranteed.

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>>58652136
>idle3
What is that? I use hdparm for this. W7 did a bunch of head parking too even if i didn't touched the pc for hours.

>>58652173
use su

>>58652188
why did you feel the need to attach that stupid moe thumbnail to your post?

>>58652178
no, shit I forgot.

https://www.cnet.com/products/dell-inspiron-6000-for-business/specs/

I have this with one Gigabyte of ram, if I got two would it run lubuntu well, or should I get a lighter distro

>>58652214
in this case it's supposed to be a reaction face, I think.

>>58652169
pulse and jack aren't alternatives to alsa

no idea what the current state of OSS is

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I'm sick of Cinnamon shitting itself every time I close the lid of my laptop.

Used Mint for like 2 years now, seems to be a good opportunity to try another distro.

I want something that will allow me to learn more about Linux, but also has a reasonable amount of justwerx, so I don't spend half my life fixing it.

What distro should I go for?

>>58652184
Cool, doesn't really help though.

>>58652195
This did the trick, but the file is still empty. It's opening sudoers.tmp for me to edit. normal sudoers is populated.

>>58652266
any form of ubantoooo lts, debian stable, fedora, opensuse leap and tumbleweed

>>58652266
>I'm sick of Cinnamon shitting itself every time I close the lid of my laptop.
for some reason (probably shitty hardware vendor and bugged firmware) suspension and even more hibernation can be tricky on linux.
For example my thinkpad E wouldn't come out of sleep unless you disabled the usb3 ports. This issue was eventually solved by lenovo with a firmware update.

>>58652275
post the output of

echo $VISUAL
echo $EDITOR

>>58652351
Both are empty... wtf?

>>58652351
>VISUAL
What is it for?

>>58652366
it's normal.
try to explicitly set vi or nano.

>>58652378
Set to /usr/bin/nano, but it's still opening a blank sudoers.tmp in sublime.

Thanks so far, btw. I appreicate it.

>>58652373
not sure, but visudo, according to the manual, use the editor specified in that variable and then fall back to $EDITOR if the former is empty.
So I suppose it's a visudo specific variable.

>>58652373
An editor isn't always a visual text editor. Think of ed.

>>58652414
try

su -c "env VISUAL=nano visudo"  

>>58652414
$EDITOR has nothing to do with /etc/sudoers.tmp, the visudo binary opens /etc/sudoers and then opens /etc/sudoers.tmp and writes the sudoers contents to it.

If you confirm that /etc/sudoers contains text and /etc/sudoers.tmp doesn't then outside of a permission problem I don't see how that could be possible.

how stable is void linux? does it have good security team/patches? do non free media codecs work?

>>58652425
>So I suppose it's a visudo specific variable.
not really, VISUAL is usually checked first on every program, since VISUAL refers to the visual editor, usually vi, vim, etc. EDITOR is obviously the editor, doesn't need to be a visual editor. If a program wants you to use a visual text editor, it asks explicitly for VISUAL.

>>58652463
That worked great. Cheers for the help!

>>58652470
sublime text misbehaving maybe, the fact that it would start even when after setting $VISUAL is suspect.

>>58646801
CentOS only has kdm as its display manager (unless you use a third party repository or compile it, of course) and KDE takes forever to start for the first time, I don't even know why they include KDE packages at all if they aren't working with perfect integration of one or the other. Since Red Hat loves GNOME, might as well stick with that. Totem and dragonplayer are the only video players that comes in the Everything iso, neither of them seems to detect gstreamer.

It is a good distro if you like, and use, GNOME (it shows icons on desktop by default and it has the same menus as GNOME2). The basic applications being: thunderbird (evolution takes too much space of the screen), firefox ESR (no chromium), libreoffice, and gimp are available with no need for external repositories. It identified my wireless device with not issues and I have not found problems regarding display, but if you use NVIDIA or AMD, expect hassle like in every other distro.

>>58652580
>sublime
nonfree pig disgusting

Hey guys

I got a spare PC who's specs are pretty shit. What can I use it for? Any cool projects?

>>58652580
So sublime is literally blanking deleting the file contents?

:|

God why would anyone use that editor.

>>58652629
maybe like you said it doesn't inherit root permissions when sued with visudo for some reason.

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i just found out about Inconsolata font and gotta say, its bretty guuud for terminal font. also using google's noto sans for my system font. bretty guuuud as well.

>>58652227
Bump

>>58652665
Probably be almost just as bad though, if it isn't throwing an error and pretending to open sudoers.tmp as a blank file.

Guys I just wanna thank you for helping me setup Ubuntu properly this time. Sorry for the autistic caps lock cruising.

How the fuck do I jump to the current position I'm at in ranger? I just want to navigate to a place fast using ranger and then use the normal terminal, is that too much to ask?

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while :; do xcalib -i -a; sleep .1; done

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Anyone have experience with debian? Unsure whether to go for it

>>58653894
Whats your question

>>58653894
if you're new get ubuntu
otherwise get debian testing

>>58653794
that shit gives me screentearing even with compton ;_;

>>58646976
>Get mint

Linux Mint has many problems:

Linux Mint mixes Ubuntu and Debian packages
Due to the mix of Debian and Ubuntu packages, when an update is released that breaks Mint, the maintainers blacklist it until it works again, even if it is a security upgrade. (Note: they don't try to fix it, they just blacklist it)
Mint doesn't publish CVEs, and you can't check if you are vulnerable because you don't know where a certain package came from.
When one of their packages has the same name as a upstream package, they block the package and replace it with theirs. For example, the package mdm contains Utilities for single-host parallel shell scripting, however, in Linux Mint (and only Linux Mint), the mdm package is the Mint Display Manager(aka a clone of gdm).
Security updates are optional.
By default, using the Update Manager, you won't get updates for critical parts of the system(xorg, systemd, kernel), even security updates.
The use of old kernels means that newer hardware isn't supported

You will probably have a better time with Ubuntu(or any other distro) MATE or by installing Cinnamon on Ubuntu(we really need a Ubuntu Cinnamon Spin) than with Linux Mint.

So, can we stop recommending Linux Mint to beginners? Because they will run into much more problems than with any other distro and will get the wrong image of what a (good) Linux distro should be.

Sources:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/3036600/linux/is-linux-mint-a-crude-hack-of-existing-debian-based-distributions.html
https://lwn.net/Articles/676664/
https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian#Don.27t_make_a_FrankenDebian

TL;DR: Linux Mint is a mess. Don't use Linux Mint, at least until they fix it.

>>58653979
I agree, but seriously
>copy pasting from reddit
>>>/r/eddit

>>58647381
I don't trust developers who ask me to fuck around with my internal clock

Their default theming is pretty neat though, I give them that

>>58653907
What is debian like?

>>58646935
ZorinOS is better

>>58653894
Not a friendly first time distribution, but really good at what it's for. It and CentOS are great for your personal servers. I use Debian for a little NAS and Debian Sid for the desktop. If you choose to use Debian testing or Sid, then make sure you know a little bit of what you're doing when you upgrade, apt might fuck your shit up.

Is there a discord for this general?

>>58654161
BAIT WARNIGN

>>58654161
>>>/r/ebbit

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I just finished customizing my elementary os with GTK3 gnome themes, what other software do you guys recommend?

>>58654365
Also I have not installed GPU driver, didn't find one for AMD r9 290x sapphire

>>58654365
this looks bad and you should feel bad

>>58654365
I recommend you install software that does the things you need.

>>58654432
Nice opinion

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Unsupported OS? I thought elementary os was an ubuntu based system? http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDGPU-PRO-Install.aspx

>>58654866
just skip the check

>>58654893
What do you mean? I'm a linux noob

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I want to try Arch, I have been using Ubuntu MATE for about six weeks. Unbuntu 16.04 has shit package support for Steam.

>>58654941
they support literally only ubuntu and steam os (as deb based system) and don't really care (i.e. take any responsibility) for other ubuntu-based distro.

Now, If you look at the script you are executing there is a function called "os_release":

function os_release() {
    [[ -r  /etc/os-release ]] && . /etc/os-release

    case "$ID" in
    ubuntu)
        PACKAGES="amdgpu-pro amdgpu-pro-lib32 amdgpu-pro-dkms"
        ;;
    steamos)
        PACKAGES="amdgpu-pro-driver amdgpu-pro-lib32 "`
            `"glx-alternative-amdgpu-pro amdgpu-pro-dkms"
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Unsupported OS" | stderr
        exit 1
        ;;
    esac
}

Basically it opens the file "/etc/os-release" and if the variable "ID" in this file contains the word "ubuntu" or "steamos" it select certain packages to install and proceed. In your os-release file the first line will be ID=elementary so it just print that error and exit.
Since elementary is basically ubuntu with very little differences, if you are confident with that you can "skip" this check and simply replace "ubuntu" with "elementary" in said function:

function os_release() {
    [[ -r  /etc/os-release ]] && . /etc/os-release

    case "$ID" in
    elementary)
        PACKAGES="amdgpu-pro amdgpu-pro-lib32 amdgpu-pro-dkms"
        ;;
    steamos)
        PACKAGES="amdgpu-pro-driver amdgpu-pro-lib32 "`
            `"glx-alternative-amdgpu-pro amdgpu-pro-dkms"
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Unsupported OS" | stderr
        exit 1
        ;;
    esac
}

and the run the script again.

>>58655167
>ubuntu-based

>>58655256
what?

>>58655277
ubuntu is just another derviant of debian
there is no such thing like ubuntu-based

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>tfw you finish setting up your arch install and get all the drivers working
Is there any better feeling?

>>58655167
why is steam shilling ubuntu?

>>58655288
there are a lot of distro which are ubuntu with different default settings and installed packages and maybe separate repos.
Those distro are said to be "ubuntu-based".

>>58655301
yeah, realizing you fell for the meme and installing a superior distro

>>58655316
they are shilling their own version of ubuntu called "steamos".
On their website they refer at linux games as "games for linux/steamOS".

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>>58655301
>emerge -p <package>
>30 bloated dependencies
>disable some USE flags and try again
>4-5 dependencies, only what you need

>>58655167
wow, thanks so much!

>>58655374
>thinking some arbitrary number some how represents the "speed" or "performance" of a distro
NIgga you can have the entire fucking repo installed and it wont matter

>>58655301
When you realized you're finally at the end of your distro journey, and you can go back to using a normal, functional, distro like debian or ubuntu.

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>>58655376
And the system didn't crash :D

>>58655395
Why not just dual boot then?

>>58655395
>gentoo
>arch
>non functional
you may as well say "and you can go back to a normal os like window" at this point

>>58655450
You could but why. Once you realize that using arch is a lot of trouble with no benefits or purpose you probably won't use it anymore. Unless you're a hobbyist or something like that.

>>58655473
You're not fooling anyone but yourself anon...
You've wasted your time working on shit that doesn't matter

>>58655515
>>58655491
it have its benefits. I like the rolling release model and the really updates repos.
It also gives you some tools (like abs) to easily rebuild certain packages if you want to modify some compile options when you need it.
For example, I sometimes need to run virtual machine with 3d virtio acceleration, and I like to use the spice protocol as "remote" display.
Can you do that in ubuntu right now? you can't without manually updating xorg-xserver, spice and qemu and maybe other things.
Actually you can't in arch either because you need to install the development version of spice and recompile qemu against it. It would be boring stuff to do but with the arch building system I did that without any hassle (except maybe waiting for qemu to compile) and with all the convenience of having "customized" packages managed by your distro package manager.

Your overly complicated bullshit pet OS is not viable to normal people in the real world.

How the fuck are you going to fix this? Please let me know by 2020.

Sincerely, Win 7 user.

>>58655625
Fair points, I suppose there are trade-offs.

>>58655645
We already did. Git gud.

t. Linux user

>>58655645
Have you tried Ubuntu recently? Even a child could dual boot it.

>>58655645
Obvious b8

>>58655659
Citation needed.
>>58655672
Not for about two years.
>>58655686
Obvious faggot.

>>58655659
GNU/Linux*

>>58655748
pls be friendly

I secure is protonmail? Like to give it a try with a burn account but I made the account on my work internet. Is it already compromised?

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>>58655769
Sorry, anon. Rough day.

>>58655773
As secure as gmail.
Host your own.

I updated last night and now my system won't load. Instead I get a message saying recovering journal. Is there a way to repair this without reinstalling my entire OS?