Welcome to /fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

>>59732321
>so my 8gb desktop which i never hibernate won't need a swap partition?
Personally, I can use enough memory to need swap with 8GB of RAM if I use kdenlive on top of my normal usage. I use Genymotion sometimes too and it uses hella memory too.

>>59732412
I'm setting up a home server, so i've partitioned 256mb for /boot, and was going to use the rest of my drive for everything else, encrypted. Should you encrypt a swap partition then? I feel like I won't ever use more then 8gb.

Should I get Ubuntu MATE 16.04.2 LTS or Ubuntu MATE 16.10?

>>59732373
>That picture
kek

>>59732432
just use a swap file

>>59732437
get 17.04, what the fuck do you need "stable" distros for?

In i3wm, Is there a way to make a specific program open in a new/specific workspace? For example, the file manager. I am reading the User Guide and it looks putting something along the lines of this does it.

assign [class="(?!)thunar"] 9

(9 for workspace nine.) It worked once but then I rebooted and tried to add other programs, and now it doesn't work.

>>59732432
>Should you encrypt a swap partition then?
Not unless you're a pedophile

>I feel like I won't ever use more then 8gb
Hope you don't decide to get into video editing

>>59732373
Thinking about setting up my old box to run linux.
Its an AMD64x2 5600, 4gb ram with a radeon 260 or 270 gpu, cant remember exactly. I heard amd drivers on linux are terrible, is this still the case? i plan on using the machine for browsing and watching movies, no gaming at all.
Whats a good distro for a beginner? Ive used mint before but wasnt particularly happy with it, felt like using babbys first penguin.
pls no interject, i know its also gnu.

>>59732484
i should probably add...plan on using it for browsing and movies AND learning about linux....im not a complete layabout.

>>59732464
>It worked once but then I rebooted and tried to add other programs, and now it doesn't work.
I have a similar question that's really annoying me.

I have this in my i3 config in order to enable the volume keys on my laptop and out of the blue it just stopped working. I don't know what could have changed. Volume keys work fine in other DE's.

# Pulse Audio controls
bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume 0 +5% #increase sound volume
bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-volume 0 -5% #decrease sound volume
bindsym XF86AudioMute exec --no-startup-id pactl set-sink-mute 0 toggle 

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

>>59732537
Void

>>59732537
guix

>>59732537
Slackware

>>59732546
>>59732547
>>59732550
good answers

good thread

>>59732484
>Thinking about setting up my old box to run linux.
>Its an AMD64x2 5600, 4gb ram with a radeon 260 or 270 gpu
I don't think it will be an issue since it's older hardware. You'll just have to try and find out. Make sure you're using the proprietary drivers before you judge.

>Whats a good distro for a beginner?
Any of the Ubuntu flavors or one of the Arch based distros Manjaro or Antergos.

>I've used mint before but wasnt particularly happy with it, felt like using babbys first penguin
It's not that bad but I would still recommend staying away from any Ubuntu based distros like Mint or Elementary.

>>59732554
Slackware actually is easy to use though.

redpill me on systemd

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>>59732577

>>59732577
>bloated with unnecessary features (dns, machinectl)
>binary logs only readable with Journald
>tries to force itself on users (merging with udev, gnome dependencies etc) thanks to Red Hat's massive level of influence over Linux
>slower than runit (barely)
>faster than Openrc
>tries to be more than init, and more than service supervision. Massive binary in PID 1.
>potential vector for attacks from nsa etc. Could even have a backdoor preinstalled courtesy of red hat.
>lots of bugs due to large scope
>unnecessary. It offers no benefits over runit or Openrc for most users.
I don't hate it as this copypasta might make it seem, but I'd rather avoid it. If GNU/Linux starts to become truly unusable without it, I'm definitely ditching it straight away (use Arch right now, as void has too few packages).

I might try Manjaro openrc though, has anyone here used it?

>>59732577
I'm going to assume you asked for a quick rundown, here it is:
rothschilds bow to the poettering
in contact with RedHat/NSA
controls distro maintainers with an iron fist
streams audio over network to castles and banks all over the world
first year of linux on desktop will arrive thanks to systemd solely

>>59732564
What are the pros and cons of each interface, GNOME, KDE, XFCE? or is it purely superficial?

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>>59732626
>or is it purely superficial?
It's a completely a subjective thing and a lot of people have more than one installed, I'd even dare to say MOST people do. You might get tired of using the same interface everyday and like to switch it up you know. In case you didn't know, you can install multiple DEs and choose the one that you want to use at your display manager (login screen). So any time you can just log out and log back into another DE Personally I have Xfce, i3, openbox and minimal installs of GNOME, MATE, and KDE. I like to keep up with those and it's fun to rice them. I use Xfce most of the time but sometimes I'll switch to something else for a day or two or maybe a week or two. And it's always cool to be able to show people irl different linux DEs and give them a good impression of it.

>>59732373
(reposting from the dead thread)
sheeeit since the last update, the thumbnails are always generating again.
Looks like something is wrong with the cache
Any idea ?

>>59732626
It is mainly superficial. KDE is the nicest looking. For an old computer Xfce would be good. I personally thing GNOME is ass but it is very simple to use as well.

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>>59732718
>sheeeit since the last update, the thumbnails are always generating again.
What thumbnails? Web browser? File manager? File picker?

>>59732725
>It is mainly superficial. KDE is the nicest looking.
Kek. It's always funny when people make objective statements about subjective things. Did you just forget to throw 'in my opinion' in there somewhere or do you really thing like this? No hate on Plasma though, it's cool just saying.

I think Plasma is neat, I made this .gif some time ago. I really need to recreate it as a Webm, next time I login to it I will.

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Do you think that a blind person has ever installed Arch? Seems pretty far fetched.

>>59732823
I've always wondered why the fuck it exists.

>>59732537
Linux Lite and Ubuntu MATE.

>>59732773
Only nautilus thumbnails

>>59732843
>>59732718
>thumbnails always generating in nautilus
>any ideas?
Does it happen in other file managers too?

I would suggest that you try checking your preferences in nautilus maybe reset to default and then delete everything in home/yourname/.cache/thumbnails and /home/yourname/.thumbnails so everything will be recreated.

Honestly though nautilus is one of the worst file managers available. pcmanfm or thunar are much superior alternatives.

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>>59732373

Linus still looks like a penguin.

Look at that avian forehead

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>GNU/Linux Thread

No, Richard, it's 'Linux', not 'GNU/Linux'. The most important contributions that the FSF made to Linux were the creation of the GPL and the GCC compiler. Those are fine and inspired products. GCC is a monumental achievement and has earned you, RMS, and the Free Software Foundation countless kudos and much appreciation.

Following are some reasons for you to mull over, including some already answered in your FAQ.

One guy, Linus Torvalds, used GCC to make his operating system (yes, Linux is an OS -- more on this later). He named it 'Linux' with a little help from his friends. Why doesn't he call it GNU/Linux? Because he wrote it, with more help from his friends, not you. You named your stuff, I named my stuff -- including the software I wrote using GCC -- and Linus named his stuff. The proper name is Linux because Linus Torvalds says so. Linus has spoken. Accept his authority. To do otherwise is to become a nag. You don't want to be known as a nag, do you?

(An operating system) != (a distribution). Linux is an operating system. By my definition, an operating system is that software which provides and limits access to hardware resources on a computer. That definition applies whereever you see Linux in use. However, Linux is usually distributed with a collection of utilities and applications to make it easily configurable as a desktop system, a server, a development box, or a graphics workstation, or whatever the user needs. In such a configuration, we have a Linux (based) distribution. Therein lies your strongest argument for the unwieldy title 'GNU/Linux' (when said bundled software is largely from the FSF). Go bug the distribution makers on that one. Take your beef to Red Hat, Mandrake, and Slackware. At least there you have an argument. Linux alone is an operating system that can be used in various applications without any GNU software whatsoever. Embedded applications come to mind as an obvious example.

>>59732823
> be blind
> don't notice that pacman broke Xorg again

I heard that most COW filesystems, especially btrfs, have significant problems with torrents. is it true? is torrenting on them slower than ext4 or something?

>>59733137
Go away faggot nobody wants to see this bullshit.

>>59733188
I can't imagine how it would make a difference

>>59733200

Reminder that rms is just a preacher who was too lazy to code anything.

He is an unhygienic arsehole that decided to preach paranoia as a way of making a living.

And don't get me wrong, I mostly agree with his main ideas. He is just too much of an irritating kook.

>>59733271
>programmed emacs
>literally wrote the GPL
>was the first to do something with the concept of copyleft
>he is objectively right that you should be paranoid. Mass data collection is occurring, it is literally a fact. Nonfree software could easily contain spyware for governments etc.
yep he's a useless retard, hasn't contributed anything to gnu/linux and free software.

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https://wiki.parabola(dot)nu/Migration_from_the_GNU/Linux_distribution_of_Arch

Why tf won't 4chan allow linking to dot nu websites?

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>>59733328
>Nonfree software could easily contain spyware for governments etc.

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Best terminal music player?

>>59733540
mpd with ncmpcpp frontend

>>59733328
>Forgetting about the fucking GCC

>>59733540
cmus

>>59733565
fake news

>>59733540
what's a "terminal music player"?
terminals don't usually play music
perhaps you meant to say "a music player with a CLI or TUI interface"
and if so, I'd suggest mpd in conjunction with mpc (a CLI interface for the daeomn) or ncmpcpp (TUI interface)

Arch, Debian or Ubuntu for android and web dev?
I've used every one of them before and Arch was a pain in the ass to set up but later on I had no issues, Ubuntu was easy to install but updates were terrilbe, performance subpar, Debian was behaving like a piece of shit and didnt want to work with my graphics

>>59733697
>what's a "terminal music player"?
>terminals don't usually play music
>perhaps you meant to say "a music player with a CLI or TUI interface"
He obviously means that. There is no confusion. Get out before I send dark web killers after you.

>>59733733
>Arch was a pain in the ass to set up but later on I had no issues
Then use Antergos or Manjaro or maybe arch-anywhere or architect.

I have a 600gb raid5 mdadm array made up of 3 7200rpm disks capable of roughly 160mb/s each and I'm pretty happy with the performance except that my reads are slower than my writes.

bonnie++ shows roughly 300mb/s writes, 120mb/s re-writes and 240mb/s read speeds.

Shouldn't read speeds be a good chunk faster than writes on a raid5?

>>59732373
kek

considering switching to parabola from arch because I'm pretty sure my desktop can function fine without any nonfree blobs. Problem is, as soon as I install it there are two nonfree pieces of software I need (literally any other nonfree software I don't care about)... Steam, because I'm a gaymer faggot, and nvidia drivers because I got jewed and got a 970. is it hard to install these on parabola?

>>59733540
cmus for just werks
mpd+ncmpcpp to fit in at r/unixporn

>>59732373
for an absolute windows idiot whats better ubuntu mint or debian. i dont understand the difference.

>>59732373
Borderline ocd here
When I autoremove, is it absolutely certain that every non necessary package is removed ?
I'd hate if there were some remaining.

>>59733983
Nope

>>59734000
Why ?
Is there ways to manually check ?

>>59733982
Mint

>>59733982
Ubuntu: Desktop different than Windows, more recent packages than Debian Stable
Mint: Same as Ubuntu but with a desktop like Windows
Debian: Stable has old packages and is well, stable but you can move to the unstable repos if you want. Slightly more difficult to install than Ubuntu and Mint.

All of them are pretty good.

>>59733959
>Steam, because I'm a gaymer faggot, and nvidia drivers
Parabola isn't for you. What are you thinking?

Is it hard to install these on parabola?
What about all of the dependencies steam needs that aren't in the Parabola repos? The have their own libre stuff.

>two nonfree pieces of software
What about any non libre dependencies?

If you're going to use even one non libre package don't use an fsf approve distro.

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So what is the purpose of free-software if I do not suffer from Autism?

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>>59733983
>remove orphaned packages
>have to reinstall them when you update

>>59734009
>Is there ways to manually check ?
You can use deborphan or gtkorphan (if you want a gui)

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>>59734116
It's an ethical thing. If you can't comprehend how fucked up it is to run proprietary code on "your" computer you're fucking dumb.

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I'm using Arch with i3. I recently updated the AUR Discord and now the fonts are all messed up. Pic related. Am I missing a font package? I can't find information on this on the AUR page.

>>59734214
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKReRxo_AAQ

wtf

>>59734195
I explicitly asked for a reason other than having autism.

>>59734260
Get the fuck out of this thread dumbfuck. Faggot.

>>59732373
https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/5x4hxu/we_are_amd_creators_of_athlon_radeon_and_other/dekwva9/?context=3
Ryzen may as well support libre/coreboot. This can become a massive thing for FLOSS community

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>>59734268
>Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

What is luks encryption? Should I use it? What downsides does it have beyond me potentially losing the password?

>>59734340
Not sure but encryption slows down performance

>>59734340
don't use it unless you're a pedophile

>>59734378
what? encryption or luks encryption?

>>59734394
both

>>59734408
Nah, I'm going to encrypt my dickpics anyway. Screech as artistically as you please

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How do you configure wacom tablets?
I'm using manjaro with XFCE, while it does work out of the box there isn't any option to set the buttons.

Which is better? Openrc, runit or old init scripts like slackware?

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>>59734572
try wacom-utility from the AUR

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Is there still a noticeable difference and/or performance gap between Gecko & Blink browsers? I know for gecko on most distros you still have to download flashplugin, which makes me not want to go back to Firefox, even though it used to be a no brainier pick back in the day.

>>59734683
>wacom-utility
>this seems to break X

>>59734740
If you are using flash use google chrome, but I don't advocate using flash

>>59734740
ew, flash
anyway, they're both very fast but blink is still a little faster. Don't use chrome, or even chromium, because both are apex botnet.

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>>59734762
>2015-12-13
It's been awhile

>Manjaro
>using xorg.conf
No

>>59734740
stop shitposting, and get to work so you won't be bothered by such an issue
ps: your mom would be proud, also don't forget to kill yourself

Anyone here who has some experience with installing Gentoo from a Stage 1 tarball? Will it teach me anything I wouldn't learn from just going with the recommended Stage 3 one? Any other benefits? The target hardware is a Thinkpad W510 with a wi-fi connection - am I likely to encounter driver issues that weren't a thing during my previous installation process (netinst Debian)?

>>59734260

It's free as in free beer.

>>59733982
Debian if you're genuinely interested in learning about Linux/GNU, Mint (or LMDE) if the idea of having to type stuff into a console scares you and you want to build up some confidence first.

If you decide to go with Debian, make sure to do a bit of research on the desktop environments you'll have at your disposal. Don't worry too much since you can always switch to a different one later on, but at the same time, it's going to be one of the most visible and tangible parts of your system - keep that in mind.

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>>59732773
>File picker?
stop this

>>59734284
>ur autistic
>ur autistic
>ur autistic
>"go away"
>ur bullying me
Winfags, when will they learn?

>>59733565
>>59733624
>>59733697
>>59733799
>>59733961
Thanks everyone. I'm trying out cmus now and it is pretty comfy.

>>59732464
You probably want ‘i’ in place of ‘!’ there.
Also , if the workspace has a name it goes like "1:workspacename"

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>>59732508
> pulseaudio
> just stopped working
Everything’s normal.

>>59732484

I had the exact CPU and browsing the internet was painful, especially YouTube and websites with videos and other crap.
I can't believe it was that bad, because a CPU from 2007 shouldn't have problems with browsing simple websites. "Simple".

>>59734214

>installing packages outside of the official repositories
>using proprietary software

Serves you right.

>>59734378

Not him, but it's idiotic not to encrypt your laptop in case it gets stolen. That is, unless you have literally zero personal data on it, but in that case why are you even using a computer.

>>59732373
Holy shit, qutebrowser is amazing!

>>59735776
What do you exactly mean by "personal data"?

>>59735966

Pictures, videos, documents, diary, school stuff, job stuff, literally everything that's yours. Only a retard wouldn't feel violated if someone stole his laptop and was able to go through all of your files. That would hurt me more than the 200$ I paid for my laptop.

>>59735986
What kind of narcissist stores his/her own photos/videos in his laptop?

>>59736014
Do you print your photos and store them in your basement ?

>>59736040
Why would I want to see my own photos? I can just look in the mirror.

>>59736073
Maybe just maybe he has a decent social life and was talking about photos of relatives, friends, family, landscapes and buildings, like normal people usually have on their computers.

>>59732373
noot noot

>>59735986
I would lose my trap collection, but that's about it.

>>59732773
>>59733075
thanks I think it worked (erasing the thumbs cache)

I'm going to dual boot GNU/Linux on my PC. I have CDs of both Arch and Debian ready to go. I am going to use linux for programming and some light gaming, which one the OSs should I install? I like being free of bloat but I also like my OS to "Just Werk.

So what's the verdict on gnu social my lads

What are some floating WMs that has hjkl binding?

>>59736561

You can rebind keys for literally every window manager.

>>59736523
Debian stable never breaks and is easier to install, but its drivers (and everything else) are kinda outdated. Arch will have the latest drivers so your vidya will probably work best there.

>>59736538
what?

>>59736561
openbox

>>59736523
Install KDE Neon. It has an excellent DE and is based on Ubuntu which just works and is targeted for gaming. Neon also doesn't have bloatware. It's perfect for you.

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I've seen many anons advicing to install multiple DEs to try and see what works best for you. Doesn't that make the OS bloated though, and a nuisance to clean of unwanted packages once you've decided which DE to stick with?

I notice a lot of /faglet/ anons use or recommend Fedora as a server distro. What makes it better than Debian or even Ubuntu?

>>59736885
>I notice a lot of /faglet/ anons use or recommend Fedora as a server distro
no you don't
>What makes it better than Debian or even Ubuntu
all of them are shit

slackware is the true server distro

I want to rice to make it look like windows 7 so normalfags don't panic when they see my OS. Is KDE the best WM to use?

>>59736885
FAKE NEWS >>59736915
Arch is the REAL server distro

>>59736915
Slackware isn't even properly updated these days, stop kidding or memeing yourself

>>59736932
>Durr Durr I gotta have the absolute latest version numbering

systemd is alright

Reminder that dolphin is the only file manager you should use

reminder that coreutils is the only file manager you should use

>>59736946
For security purposes, yes you do. Also there are usually good features in newer versions of server programs like docker or k8s

Arch is but a stepping stone.

>>59735935
Not secure enough.

What's the best distro for quickly summing all the prime numbers under 2 million?

>>59737043
Slackware updates whenever there is a security issue for software. Muh version numbering faggots just want to jack off to the fact they have the latest hourly version from git sources.

What DE has the best and easiest customization?

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what's the best distro for pizza enthusiasts?

>>59737195
Features you fucklet

>>59737293
slackware has a current branch with the latest updates if you must have bleeding edge.

>>59737263
dwm

>>59736731

No, because your harddrive is bigger than 5GB and because package managers remove every file they installed.

>>59736918

KDE isn't a window manager, it's a free software organisation.
No one is panicking because they see a computer.
You are being pretentious and narcissistic because you feel a pathetic satisfaction when others think you're a "hacker" and when they see your "alternative" computer operating system.

>>59737177

You can do it on Arch if you had the primes.

>>59732373
pic saved

Fuck off you communists

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>>59734740
Yup, just installed Firefox, followed the optimization instructions from the Arch Wiki, performance is ridiculously poor.
Even though this IS a low end laptop, Chromium works at least 3 times better. At this point, using my phone would be quicker than searching something via Firefox on the computer. I don't understand why it's being so slow, did I miss something?

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how can I tell what file picker something uses?
I like the one firefox uses on my system but it doesn't sort folders before files

im self learning myself to rice windowbox...

how can i set something to open at particular coords on autostart? i really only want it anchored in the top left corner. but it looks like it wants to spawn in relation to the mouse, which starts at center....so is there a way to send the mouse to a corner at start?

>>59738948
i mean openbox

What is a distro that easily detects WiFi networks? Mint worked for me in the past but it was otherwise buggy so I would prefer a different distro.

>>59738378
>right click
>sort folders before files
Thank GTK/GNOME devs for that retardation. Their file manager also doesn't do this by default.

>>59738378
That's the GTK3 filepicker.
Most distributions ship Firefox compiled against GTK3 but you can compile it yourself against GTK2, it's fairly simple since it requires changing a 1 to 0 in a single config file but the compilation can be lengthy.

There are distributions which still ship with GTK2 version of Firecucks by default.
Most notably debian.

>>59739207
broadcom wlan chip?
nothing you can do buddy, the drivers they provide are utter fucking shit

Can old Radeon cards e.g. 4870 be used on recent kernels using any kidn of drivers whether closed or open? I know fglrx has been deprecated.

>>59739233
Well, it's back to Mint I guess. Thanks.

>>59739207

>switching distributions because of wlan issues
>thinking there's a distribution to "easily detect WLAN networks"

Wow.

>>59739237
Sure they can.
Forget about closed source drivers, ATI/AMD abandons their linux support roughly 2-3 years since the release.

I've been running Ganooo slash loonatix on a Mobility Radeon HD 2300 (which is based on an even older chipsets) with success using open radeon drivers for years now.
3d performance is absolutely horseshit tier (duh) but I've never experienced graphical glitches or driver crashing.

The most graphically intensive game I ever launched on this system was probably Gothic 2 using Wine so be warned, performance drop is substantial

>>59739395
>closed source
nonfree*

>>59739443
whatever

>>59736731
>I've seen many anons advicing to install multiple DEs to try and see what works best for you. Doesn't that make the OS bloated though
Not really, you won't be running it all simultaneously.

>and a nuisance to clean of unwanted packages
>once you've decided which DE to stick with?
It's a good idea to think of your first install as a test. Try a bunch of things, experiment, fuck some shit up and reinstall once you have a better idea of what you want and have learned from some mistakes.

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>>59737541
Fuck off Bill Gates you're the fucking commie here.

Isn't it ironic that the proprietary software cucks call us communists? We are the ones who have provided for a free market, where they allow only monopoly.

>>59739395
thanks, just wanted to know if worth installing old card over my Intel onboard graphics. Not seeking hardcore gayming, just the odd Steam title, HL2 engine stuff. Have a 4870HD 512MB which is nearly nine years old but pretty good in its day.

>>59739632
Test for yourself but I'm fairly fucking sure your intel onboard graphics will give you better performance.

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>the standard graphics widget library on Linux is literally called Gas The Kikes +

>>59739897
GNU/Linux*

I love fallout new vegas and tf2

is any linux distro good for me

What kind of mentality do i need to have ton find it fun ?

>>59740165
>I love fallout new vegas and tf2
bethesda games run under wine, steam games usually have native versions

>is any linux distro good for me
ubuntu

>What kind of mentality do i need to have ton find it fun ?
If you have to ask - you don't.
Just stick to windows and enjoy fallout new vegas and tf2

>>59740194
but i wanna make good money and i wanna get into the security field. what do?

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>>59740013
this

>>59732626
Just some random secondary features that come to mind:

KDE has a really useful feature called KDE connect. This allows you to use an android phone (via an app available on both Play store and F-Droid) as a touchpad, keyboard, and media remote, while also sharing notifications between the two displays and allowing easy wireless file transfers.

KDE also has a lot of desktop widgets available, if you're into that. The folder widget can provide a good compromise between cluttering your desktop with icons and giving up desktop icons altogether. I will say that if you're coming from windows then KDE has a somewhat higher learning curve, though it isn't that bad. KDE wallet (password manager) on the other hand is an absolute pain in the ass in my limited experience, whereas I've never had any problems with seahorse (the gnome equivalent)

GNOME has very good Google Drive/nextcloud/onedrive integration, which is very useful if your school or workplace uses one of those services. Google drive appears in Nautilus just like any other drive that you can mount, and all of your google docs/slides are available in the gnome documents program. This is one of the main reasons that I use gnome.

One imperfection of gnome is the way that it handles docked tray icons. By default, these are put into an expandable "legacy tray" in the bottom corner that is hidden by default, which keeps the display clean but makes these icons less accessible/useful. There is an extension that allows you to move these to the top bar, but there is a tradeoff in terms of aesthetics.

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Finally made the switch from Windows 7...

...I've never been this productive on a computer, even if it's just babbys first PHP.

PHP, jQuery and Bootstrap are what I'm aiming for to gather a decent amount of knowledge, and to put up a nice portfolio for my future employers to see.

>>59740227
my bet would be to stop playing videogames and get to work lol

how do you organize your config files?

>>59740371
bump

>>59740371
ln config ~/.files/config
Then just vim ~/.files/somethingconfig

Been thinking about moving to GNU stow and git versioning, but I'm lazy these days.

>>59740371
I have a bash function called "config".

$ config vim
opens vimrc for editing
$ config x
opens xresources for editing
[...]

>>59733412
www.google.com
test

>>59740591
www.google.nu
test

>>59740485
>vim
>>59740439
>vim
whu u guys prefer Vim?

>>59740613
try linking to the crux website

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>>59740591
>>59740613
>>59733412

Weird. 4chan has something against the Parabola website not just .nu sites

>>59740663
Are you trying to get me autobanned?

>>59733412
google blocks more than .nu once i wanted to post (in loli brad) link generated by link cutter (link to rekt) and google banned it too. So (this time :p ) its not consp1racy

>>59740688
crux(dor)nu is yet another distro with a website unpostable on 4chan

>>59740688
Maybe_it's_All_Of_The_Underscores_Seperating_The_Words_In_The_URL

>>59740705
s/dor/dot

>>59732622
I've tried the arch open-rc spinoff and it works fine, the only annoying part was configuring the network, but that was just adding the computer name to the config files.

>>59740783
whats wrong with systemd???

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I just put the finishing touches on a newfriend compilation guide. There was a much cruder one in the previous thread. I feel like this covers the basic idea and will set anyone on the right path to understanding it.

>>59740835
On Debian systems "sudo checkinstall" is comfy, because it installs as package you can manage with the package manager.

>>59740835
nice

>>59740903
>sudo checkinstall
Do you just run it instead of make install?

>>59740925
Thanks.

>>59740835
"What do with the cloned files? Can I safety delete them??"

>>59740941
>Do you just run it instead of make install?
yes

>>59740942
there are thousand other things like
- how to uninstall
- how to update
- how do I shoot web
but to get things running its good enough

>>59740835
saved

>>59740835
>tfw project has no README or INSTALL files
>need to hunt down dependencies manually
Pain in the ass sometimes.

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>>59741087
>tfw project has no LICENSE file

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I just installed samba package so I can share a folder with my Win/Mac laptops.

How do I set it up so it's safe and secure? Anyone wanna help me out? I just wanna share a single folder... no printer etc. How do I do that?

Thanks.

>>59741142
archwiki

>>59741124
wheres the problem?

>>59741184
When you don't add a free license, your published stuff is automatically Copyright (C) You, All rights reserved.

>>59741212
Maybe in the usa but not internationally

>>59741233
It is.

>>59741250
No.
Håkan Moberg v. 33T LLC.

>>59741233
Everything a person writes, whether it is software or text, is automatically under copyright.

>>59741270
Read
>>59741268

>>59741212
Does that mean all my shitposts are copyrighted?

>>59741302
Only if your shitpost is original.

>>59741317
You are linking to my copyrighted post, you own me republication fees.

>>59741317
fuck, all my shitposts are just samefagging retards ironically
© This post is copyrighted, Anon, 2017-2017

>>59741233
>You're under no obligation to choose a license. However, without a license, the default copyright laws apply, meaning that you retain all rights to your source code and no one may reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from your work.
https://help.github.com/articles/licensing-a-repository/

Anyone have a git remote server? Can I just use my normal server login rather than setting up a new git user?

>>59741343
kek I'll do that next time I upload my dotfiles

>>59741302
Yes.
======================
This post is free post published under 4gpl public licence. You can free redistribute/copy/modify it only if you will include this copyright addon.

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>>59741087
>>tfw project has no README or INSTALL files
To be honest I don't think that people who don't include this are competent developers or maybe they're just elitist assholes who want to make it as difficult as possible to use their shit idk.

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>>59741302

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>>59741212
>>59741268
>>59741270
>>59741302
>>59741317
>>59741335
>>59741336

>>59741401
fag

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>>59741435
Damn my fonts look good

>>59741336
All your posts are belong to me
Copyright (c), Anonymous, 2017

>>59741401
>>59741435
kek

The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.

You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

back to topic, whats wrong with systemd?

>>59741476
>45 word sentence
Jibberish

>>59740835
What license is used for this picture? I want to save, redistribute, or even modify it.

Enough bullshit about systemd. Let's accept the final redpill on Linux: Tannenbaum was right. Linux has been obsolete from day one by virtue of not being a microkernel.

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The Hurd will make it all great again.

>>59741539
hirdfag?
when tha fak rms will fin it?

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>>59741571
>Arch Hurd is dead
feels bad man

I'm not sure if I should get an xps 13 or 15 for Linux. Xps 13 has only dual core with an hd 640, while xps 15 has 630+ gtx 1050. I want to occasionally game, but I'm not installing nvidia's driver and messing with bumblebee. is it feasible to completely disable the nvidia card to get better battery life? 640 has more than enough performance. But unfortunately, I also plan on compiling Gentoo and programming, so it seems like a dual core will cripple that. how much slower would an i7-7560u be than a i7-7700hq for light gaming like csgo and compiling?

>>59740835
>>59741534

The Friendly GNU/Linux compilation guide is free information: you can save, redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

The Friendly GNU/Linux compilation guide is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with The Friendly GNU/Linux compilation guide. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses

>>59741577
>when tha fak rms
RMS dosn't program anymore. There are only few people working on it, mostly because they think it is an interesting technical project.
> will fin it?
2015-10-31: v0.7
2016-05-18: v0.8
2016-12-18: v0.9
soon™

Are new skylake iris integrated gpus well supported? Is the driver open source?

>>59741746
>open source
You should say "Free software" which means that freedom matters. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.en.html

>>59741791
My understanding is that Intel graphics drivers are open source but not free

>>59741704
For works like pictures I'd recommend: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#ccby
For comparsion: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#GPLOther

>>59741445
Do you have a license that allows you to redistribute this pepe?

best distro for headless server?

what is a good dark theme for GTK3 that is not disgustingly flat?

>>59741934
Ubuntu for documentation. If you know you're way around Linux any will do. Bare in mind release cycles, package availability and stability too.

>>59742140
GNU/Linux*

with programs named X, mpd, and ncmpcpp how can you guys remember what is what

>>59740801
see >>59732622 >>59732623 systemd-free.org and without-systemd.org

>>59742209
you get used to it

>>59742209
>start X and mpd on booy
>alias music-thingy = ncmpcpp

there, problem solved

>>59741934
Depends what kind of server you're running, anon.

>>59737395
>and because package managers remove every file they installed.
But packages can still create files that weren't installed by the package manager.

So you still have to check your home folder, and also some packages that get run as root could end up spitting out things like config files and symlinks which won't be removed by the package manager.

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So I'm trying to build a kernel for Solus, but I keep running into this issue https://pastebin.com/dGW3EnBu

My package.yml file is this: https://pastebin.com/Uz9a2t53

This is the config file: https://pastebin.com/zz2bmWzC

These are the other files: https://pastebin.com/LuzdZNJK https://pastebin.com/H4d9zQGf

Anyone have a clue what I'm doing wrong?

>>59742485
I copied the config from Solus's LTS kernel and then moved that to an extracted 4.10.8 kernel folder and renamed it to .config then did make oldconfig then moved the new .config file back to my files folder as config.

>>59736731
Only if you install gnome or kde

>>59742040
vertex/vertex-maia

>>59742485
>Visual studio
>Solus
>Impersonating Kevin
Maximum autism, please kys

>>59732373

https://noot.space/

>>59742989
I am Kevin. I'm just using a new trip.

>>59743030
>>59742989
Now back to my new trip.

>>59743042
>>59743030
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!

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>>59743207
>posting same copy pasta no one likes
Please leave.

>>59743217
>unironically trump posting
>>59739647

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>>59742552
>KDE

I fucked up my inputrc file, and now I can't use my d key. I can't edit the file with sudo, which requires d. Am I fucked?

>>59743411
Have a "d" friend. Just copy paste it.


d

>>59743431
That doesn't work. It still counts as input.

>>59742989

VS code is pretty good

login as root and fix it
why is your inputrc owned by root?

>>59743411
execute su to switch the whole terminal session to root

>>59743442
Thanks Acbn, I agree.

>>59743669
>>59743442
>>>/p/lebbit

Is Fedora systemd, the distro?

>>59743810
Considering that fedora is sponsored by redhat, who are a business with ties to the military (and thus NSA) and are one of the distros basically trying to turn GNU/Linux into Windows through technologies such as systemd
then I'd probably guess that that's an accurate assessment.

My iGPU just crashed and now it can't display anything past 1080i 25hz. I tried restarting twice, including a 2 minute cooldown delay, and it's no difference. Xrandr --auto does nothing, xrandr -s 2560x1440 does nothing, xrandr --rate 60 or xrandr --rate 59 says they're not available, disconnecting and reconnecting the monitor does nothing.

Please send help my eyes are bleeding and my head is about to explode.

Is nouveau performance still so bad that a 1050 performs worse than a Intel iris 530?

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>that beautiful feel when your up-to-date linux machine boots and everything is set up just like you want

Is a 98GB / partition and a 2GB swap partition enough for Ubuntu? I have 4GB of RAM

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>>59732373
i've backed up my partition tables before fixing my other drive and i've messed the windows drive up in the process. i'm using:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/boot-repair-cd/

this is some info.
https://codepaste.net/wbbjqo

i only have this one usb that i'm livebooting from. how can i restore the partition tables? it won't let me navigate the windows drive for the backup even if i knew how to restore it. please help me :(

>>59744227
If you want hibernation to work, you should have the same amount of swap and RAM.

>>59744252
It's 4000MB or 4096MB?

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What's the best messaging client for Linux and why is it Telegram?

Feel free to join the fan club if you use it https://t.me/linux_fan_club

>>59743990
More info:
While stuck in this mode, do I have hardware acceleration?
Yes: glxgears reports over 4k fps with vsync off.
Can the card actively render at a higher resolution even during these problems?
Yes: TTY renders at 1440p, display manager renders at 1440p.
Dmesg? Logs?
No: nothing of relevance in any restart.
Driver loaded?
Yes.

Please help

Hello, I recently installed Freenet and now Java runs on login (no node is started however) and occupies most of my CPU for around five minutes.
Then, I installed OpenDNS, and now nm-applet often does not start after login and the network-manager service has to be restarted.
Fantastic. Any ideas? I listed all enabled services by SystemD and I don't see anything that would be running Java.
Thanks.

>>59743707

front end development intern at a major news company, but hey, what do i know :^)

>>59744275
you can check if they're same size by typing `free -h' in a terminal

How do I disable mouse acceleration on Ubuntu?

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>>59744485
Don't forget to filter this guy

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+do+I+disable+mouse+acceleration+on+Ubuntu

Surely this will be more helpful for this question

>>59744634
>using a search engine for cuckolds

So I got Vanilla World of Warcraft to work in Wine and when I start WoW I can't hear any sound and youtube videos don't work.

If a youtube video is playing and I start WoW, still no sound from WoW but I can still do anything else with sound.

On Wine 1.6 when I go into wine configuration it doesn't see my USB Scarlett audio sound card unless I restart and make wine config the very first thing I open up.

On my Thinkpad sound works perfectly fine using the same version of wine and Linux. Xubuntu 16.04

>>59744863

>On Wine 1.6 when I go into wine configuration it doesn't see my USB Scarlett audio sound card unless I restart and make wine config the very first thing I open up.

Oh also when I do this no other programs sound works until I close WoW, and then if I want to get sound I have to restart my PC again.

>>59744863
>On my Thinkpad
as opposed to my desktop forgot to mention.

>>59744863
Are you using playonlinux?

>>59745060
I had been using that and encountered the same problem, now im on regular wine.

>tfw installed Ubuntu mate less than an hour ago
>mate panel crashed 3 times
What. The. Fuck.

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Yeah so I've been trying to reduce the size of my btrfs partition, it's using 40G of 50 or so, and it kept saying it had insufficient space.

So then I reduced the size of the logical volume the btrfs partition was on, but the btrfs partition still wouldn't shrink.

So now I have an unshrinkable 50G btrfs partition on a 47G logical volume with 40G of data on it. How fucked am I?

>>59745276

why does this image have transparency where it does?

>>59745297
pls go back to red dit, dumb tripfag

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>>59745316

been on /g/ longer than you, faggot

>>59745297
I don't know, I got it on some khazakhstani pottery shard cataloguing usegroup.

Anyway, does anyone know anything about shrinking btrfs partitions?

>>59745356
Thou shalt not talk to tripfag.

>>59745356

>khazakhstani pottery shard cataloguing usegroup

this 'joke' has never been funny to anyone of decent taste, consider killing yourself

are you using gparted?

>>59745366
>2017
>not having 4chanx set to "anonymize"
(THOU)

>>59745373
>are you using gparted?
are you the tripfag he's talking about? Because I already told you it's a logical volume.

>>59745373
nah its funny

>>59745485
>>not having 4chanx set to "anonymize"
That pretty much says "welcome" to tripcode circlejerks. How would they know that they aren't welcome?

So Ubuntu doesn't care about its Mate distro? Shit is buggy as fuck

>>59744391
Turns out this is probably caused by some bug somewhere in a mate config. No clue where it is, going to use i3 in the meantime. Would still like to figure this out.

>>59732373
Hi, is there a way to redirect mouse clicks between clients? For example, if I click one window, the mouse click should register on another window. Thanks.

>>59740247
>as a touchpad
wow, didn't know that.

Is Debian easy to use as Ubuntu?

>>59743268
>what is --no-install-recommends

>>59745691
>>what is --no-install-recommends
>distro specific advice
That's not the point of the post anyways. The filename says "All KDE packages and dependencies"

>>59745626
They have similar package managers and almost the same packages, ubuntu have some newer packages(for example there's awesome 4.1 in ubuntu repositories while there is still 4.0 in debian unstable sid repository). The biggest drawback of debian would be it not having the unity desktop.

>>59745693
You type so slow, do you use two of your index fingers lmao.

>>59745724
But Unity sucks

>>59745736
No, I type like 50 words per minute on a bad day. It's not that bad.

>>59745718
>All KDE packages and dependencies
Obviously you get more functionality when you get all the recommended software. You would have to install all those packages in gnome, xfce and anywhere else if you want to use them anyway. If you do not want to use them, just do not install them, they are not requirements they are just suggested packages.

>>59745742
Why? At least it uses much less resources than gnome and of course KDE while remaining a full featured DE with compositing effects and all the convenient stuff like locally integrated menus.

I'm starting to think Linux is the biggest meme I've fell

>>59745802
Everything sucks. It feels like I'm using a chink tablet.

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>>59745591
Somebody answer this.

>>59745772
>they are not requirements
Nobody said they were

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GNU Thread
NEW
>>59745988
>>59745988
>>59745988
>>59745988
>>59745988
NEW
GNU Thread

>>59745960
You are either retarded or new.
>>59743268
>>KDE
Is clearly an implication that kde is bloated.
>look, mom, how this kde thing is a bloatware. See? Packages (414)

>>59741343
Read case law faggot

Håkan Moberg v. 33T LLC.

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>>59744863
Which thinkpad? Please be x220 because I really want to play wow on it