/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread.

Praise Stallman!
First for GNU/TTY

thank you

Alright so I just did a fresh install of debian 8 and this is the process I had to go through to install the IDLE for Python 3.4:

- try to download and install idle-python3.4 package
- get told I need python3-tk package
- try to download and install python3-tk package
- get told I need blt_2.5.3 package
- try to download and install blt_2.5.3 package
- get told I need tk8.6 package
- try to download and install tk8.6 package
- Success!
- Do all of the above in reverse order

Is this how it's going to be for every package I try to install? Is there an easier way?

Does anyone have some more beep music?

beep -l 350 -f 392 -D 100 --new -l 350 -f 392 -D 100 --new -l 350 -f 392 -D 100 --new -l 250 -f 311.1 -D 100 --new -l 25 -f 466.2 -D 100 --new -l 350 -f 392 -D 100 --new -l 250 -f 311.1 -D 100 --new -l 25 -f 466.2 -D 100 --new -l 700 -f 392 -D 100 --new -l 350 -f 587.32 -D 100 --new -l 350 -f 587.32 -D 100 --new -l 350 -f 587.32 -D 100 --new -l 250 -f 622.26 -D 100 --new -l 25 -f 466.2 -D 100 --new -l 350 -f 369.99 -D 100 --new -l 250 -f 311.1 -D 100 --new -l 25 -f 466.2 -D 100 --new -l 700 -f 392 -D 100 --new -l 350 -f 784 -D 100 --new -l 250 -f 392 -D 100 --new -l 25 -f 392 -D 100 --new -l 350 -f 784 -D 100 --new -l 250 -f 739.98 -D 100 --new -l 25 -f 698.46 -D 100 --new -l 25 -f 659.26 -D 100 --new -l 25 -f 622.26 -D 100 --new -l 50 -f 659.26 -D 400 --new -l 25 -f 415.3 -D 200 --new -l 350 -f 554.36 -D 100 --new -l 250 -f 523.25 -D 100 --new -l 25 -f 493.88 -D 100 --new -l 25 -f 466.16 -D 100 --new -l 25 -f 440 -D 100 --new -l 50 -f 466.16 -D 400 --new -l 25 -f 311.13 -D 200 --new -l 350 -f 369.99 -D 100 --new -l 250 -f 311.13 -D 100 --new -l 25 -f 392 -D 100 --new -l 350 -f 466.16 -D 100 --new -l 250 -f 392 -D 100 --new -l 25 -f 466.16 -D 100 --new -l 700 -f 587.32 -D 100 --new -l 350 -f 784 -D 100 --new -l 250 -f 392 -D 100 --new -l 25 -f 392 -D 100 --new -l 350 -f 784 -D 100 --new -l 250 -f 739.98 -D 100 --new -l 25 -f 698.46 -D 100 --new -l 25 -f 659.26 -D 100 --new -l 25 -f 622.26 -D 100 --new -l 50 -f 659.26 -D 400 --new -l 25 -f 415.3 -D 200 --new -l 350 -f 554.36 -D 100 --new -l 250 -f 523.25 -D 100 --new -l 25 -f 493.88 -D 100 --new -l 25 -f 466.16 -D 100 --new -l 25 -f 440 -D 100 --new -l 50 -f 466.16 -D 400 --new -l 25 -f 311.13 -D 200 --new -l 350 -f 392 -D 100 --new -l 250 -f 311.13 -D 100 --new -l 25 -f 466.16 -D 100 --new -l 300 -f 392.00 -D 150 --new -l 250 -f 311.13 -D 100 --new -l 25 -f 466.16 -D 100 --new -l 700 -f 392

>>60178187
Wrong thread buddy.

>>60178108
>creating a thread when there was already another

Post PS1s!

# ANSI color codes
RS="\[\033[0m\]"    # reset
HC="\[\033[1m\]"    # hicolor
UL="\[\033[4m\]"    # underline
INV="\[\033[7m\]"   # inverse background and foreground
FBLK="\[\033[30m\]" # foreground black
FRED="\[\033[31m\]" # foreground red
FGRN="\[\033[32m\]" # foreground green
FYEL="\[\033[33m\]" # foreground yellow
FBLE="\[\033[34m\]" # foreground blue
FMAG="\[\033[35m\]" # foreground magenta
FCYN="\[\033[36m\]" # foreground cyan
FWHT="\[\033[37m\]" # foreground white
BBLK="\[\033[40m\]" # background black
BRED="\[\033[41m\]" # background red
BGRN="\[\033[42m\]" # background green
BYEL="\[\033[43m\]" # background yellow
BBLE="\[\033[44m\]" # background blue
BMAG="\[\033[45m\]" # background magenta
BCYN="\[\033[46m\]" # background cyan
BWHT="\[\033[47m\]" # background white

PS1="$FGRN${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\u$FWHT@$FGRN\h$FWHT:$HC$FBLE\w$FGRN \$ $RS"

Okay, not sure which thread is the real thread, so I'll post in both:

Anyone knowledgeable about installing gentoo with UEFI support?

I'm at the point where I should install grub, but it tells me:

EFI variables not supported on this system.

Doing some digging, I found that I need to exit the chroot and "modeprobe efivar", but I get

modprobe: FATAL: Module efivar not found in directory

I have also tried modprobe efivars and modprobe efivarfs. Both with the same result. I can only conclude that the minimal installation ISO does not have the ability to do this? Is that correct? And if so, how can I install in UEFI mode?

>>60178187
>>60177975
Jesus dude, if you just dropped GNU from the OP without the smarmy "FUCK COMMIES" business then it might have just slipped by unnoticed, and people would use your thread.

I used to be on the /flt/ side when it was worth fighting for, but you're really just being a cunt.

>>60178108
Is our irc channel called 'flt'?
That's what the website links to:
https://fglt.nl/irc.html

This is a fake thread. Actual thread:
>>60177975
>>60177975

>>60178201
take your /pol/ shit and go back
we want a friendly thread, not shit like
>lele THE COMMIES
>lele THE JEWS
>lele BSD IS MORE FREE
>lele FUCK GNU
>lele RMS A PEDO
fuck off with your shit

>>60178213
The channel doesn't exist anymore. It redirectsa to #sqt.

>>60178221
What the fuck are you on, son, we don't want GNU drama either.

>>60178221
this

die fucking trolls

>>60178202
PS1='\n\[\e[31m\]╭|╮\n╰|╮\n╰|╯ \[\e[m\]'

>>60178202

PS1='C:$(pwd | sed "s:/:\\\\\\\:g")> '

inb4
>why

>>60178187
lmao

>>60178108
In all fairness, the other thread actually predates this by 10 minutes.
Bit cheeky making it that close to the bump limit, but it was after 300, and you should have checked the catalog before going ahead.

At this point, you're both just screaming "my thread is better because I says so".
If you cared that much, make the thread on or just before the bump limit like a good turbo-autist.

>>60178301
>spawning a subshell just for your PS1

>>60178304
>thread that intentionally removes all GNU parts titled "FUCK COMMIES" is somehow better for actual GNU/Linux discussion than a regular thread

>>60178340
Shit that happens when people start memeing GNU every fucking post. Like this didn't happen before.. just ignore it and it'll go away.

>>60178340
I'm not defending the thread faggot, just saying that he's not actually doing anything wrong, you just happen to not agree with him.
If it bothers you that much, put in the effort to get there first.

Also, this is exactly how /flt/ turned into /fglt/ in the first place, so your getting butthurt is equally hilarious as pathetic.

>Git good or get out

>>60178340
Also, that thread has more unique IPs than here, so if you want to maintain the lower-traffic thread you're welcome to it I guess.
Everyone else is just going to decide for themselves, not listen to your autistic screeching.

>>60178373
>nothing wrong
spreading disinformation is wrong and should not be supported
>>60178356
>just ignore it and it'll go away
nice meme

>>60178356
I'd just like to interject for moment. What you're refering to as GNU, is in fact, GNU/GNU, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus GNU. GNU is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called GNU, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a GNU, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. GNU is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. GNU is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with GNU added, or GNU/GNU. All the so-called GNU distributions are really distributions of GNU/GNU!

>>60178409
>>60178356
stop

>>60178409
kys

>>60178397
That's how your /fglt/ was born. Now grow up a little and stop this fucking drama.

>>60178418
**GNU/stop

>>60178397
>spreading disinformation
This isn't a liberal arts course, repeating things doesn't make them true.

If you have a difference of opinion you are welcome to it, but there are no hard __FACTS__ when it comes to Linux vs GNU/Linux vs Lignux or whatever the fuck meme name is cool these days.

Again, if it bothers you that much, step up your game and beat them to the finish, no point crying about it when janny clearly isn't bothered enough to help you.

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>>60178409
Subtle, but it works.

Someone should email this to RMS, see if he replies.

>>60178191
awesome!

>>60178443
The other thread claims GNU (and with it Free Software, because that's what GNU stands for) is communism. This is obvious disinformation in order to troll. It works well because the same faggot kept creating threads before with pics like "PROPERTY IS THEFT" and posting Karl Marx.
Fuck this shit. Fuck "FUCK COMMUNISM" and the whole anti GNU faggotry.

Without GNU we wouldn't sit here.

33th for alpine
>inb4 triggered

>>60178505
thought about this before https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing

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>>60178505
>The other thread claims Linux (and with it open source Software, because that's what EFF stands for) is anti-freedom. This is obvious disinformation in order to troll. It works well because the same faggot kept creating threads before with pics like "IT'S NOT LINUX, IT'S GNU/LINUX" and posting RMS.
>Fuck this shit. Fuck "COMMUNISM" and the whole forced GNU faggotry.
>Without Linux we wouldn't sit here.

It's easy to mince words to try to make a point. Try harder next time.

>>60178191
>>60178480
I found some stuff: https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/18h8v5/does_anyone_have_or_know_a_source_for_beep_scripts/
and
https://github.com/Josef-Friedrich/beep-melodies

Enjoy.

>>60178567
please go back to school and about communism

>>60178505
>>60178528
it was getting annoying and obvious to see the threads with "lol GNU <3 communism" all the time. I'm glad that idiot is showing his true colors now. In time he, like so many others will go away.
>>60178108
running Fedora 25 atm, should I install Opensuse Tumbleweed? Any experiences with it?

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>>60178602
>please go back to school and about communism

>>60178619
You obviously don't understand what communism is when you identify GNU and Free Software with communism.

>>60178633
>reading comprehension
why is this thread still being bumped

>>60178645
Because it is the true /fglt/.

Apparantly for a game to run steam needs some openssl stuff called libcrypto and shit like that.

The thing is i have this stuff installed already.

i heard i could do something like ld libary path but im not sure what im even suppose to do

the game in question is shadow of morodor

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>>60178633
>You obviously don't understand

>>60178718
>libcrypto
do you use Arch linux?
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/53649

>>60178810
all my fucking serching, and i couldnt find this.

and yes i am on arch

now how do i roll back....

>>60178810

>>60178840

well ill just figuer it out with the wiki..

many bellsings annon, i was thinking i had to refund or do a dual boot

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

>>60178810
>it werks

did i mentioned how much i love you anon....

>>60179009
all I did was search for "Shadow of Mordor libcrypto" on google.. you're welcome ^^

>>60179036

I kept searching for shadow of morodor openssl, I wonder why I didn't get it.

>I rly luv u doe

I just want to find a neat distro and DE. At the moment I'm trying KDE and it's by far the dumbest DE I've ever used.

>>60178954
Source Mage
>>60179145
Debian + OpenBox is a nice combo (Or look into Bunsenlabs).

>>60179167
Debian is by far my best Linux experience. At the moment I'm just trying KDE and it's super uncomfortable.

One thing I have been able to do only in Cinnamon, Gnome, Mate and KDE is a custom keyboard layout. Specifically choosing the Super 3 modifier. How can I do this with OpenBox or any other WM?

>>60178954
>lightweight and user-friendly
Xubuntu or the Fedora Xfce spin

>>60178208
update, in case anyone's interested, I solved it by just using an Ubuntu LiveCD to finish the grub installation, since AFIK the gentoo minimal installation iso doesn't support UEFI.

So now that infinatily is dead, how do I get decent font rendering on Kubuntu?

>>60179241
>Fedora
why would anyone use or recommend fedora?

>>60179231
Yeah take a look at these.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xmodmap
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/X_KeyBoard_extension

>>60179787
Fedora with Xfce.
It's actually decent in my experience.

>>60179787
For all the Poetterware it comes with, it is by far the best ootb selinux distro that their is.

>>60179785
Check the Arch Wiki on configuring your fontconfig. It's just a config file. No idea why infinatily became this popular anyway.

>>60179787
it's like Ubuntu, except all DEs have the buttons on the right side like god intended. No orange color scheme. Not based on Debian or anything, a true from-upstream distro. Corporate backing so you don't feel guilty for not participating in the community as much as you should.
I could go on, but these are the reasons that come to mind.
But with all it's good sides, Fedora is heavily into Gnome and Systemd, and it shows. Happy New Redhat World :(

>>60179924
configuring fontconfig is fucking hell though

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>tfw got mpd+ncmpcpp to work fairly easily this time
things are much smoother when you take your time reading man/documentation

>>60180719
Is this a boy or a girl?

>>60180719
>things are much smoother when you take your time reading man/documentation
that should be the official motto of GNU/Linux. Alternatively:
>GNU/Linux: rtfm!
>GNU/Linux: just read the documentation already
>GNU/Linux: it's always in the man page

>>60180763
Neither; it's a cartoon.

>>60180763
girl (boy)

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>>60179167
>Source Mage
unironically

>>60181184
how to update on source mage?
is it a regular command?

So arch is not detecting my phone and usb memory card reader
what do i do

>>60181602
Why not use transfer over ssh?

>>60178170
Thats debian for you, horrible dep management

>>60181602
find the model numbers and google them to find answers

>>60178170

apt install idle-python3.4

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When installing gentoo, does it matter what profile I pick? For now, all I want is a window manager, file manager and wifi.

>>60181969
Just use the empty profile and build from there

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Hey guys, I'm running Linux 18 (Sarah) and I've got the latest version (2.7) of wine-staging installed, got a coupe of questions:

If I install winetricks would it still work with wine-staging?
Suppose I want to setup a directory for certain libraries or whatever, I know that for wine you'd use

mkdir ~/wine-whatever

and then to configure it

WINEPREFIX=~/wine-whatever winecfg

, does the same thing apply to wine-staging?
Last but not least, which do you guys consider better: Wine 2.01 or Wine-staging?

>>60178108
Not sure which one of you told me to switch from Mint to Antergos, but it's great. Thanks.

>>60182248
what is linux 18

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>>60182373
Oh shit meant to say Linux Mint

>>60181969
It will helps, if you don't do it now, you will do it later. Choose the default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop

>>60182248
Haven't tried but it should work since wine-tricks is just a big bash script.

>>60178170
The way you usually work around this is manually specify some of the dependencies when you install the top level package. It short circuits some of the dependencies resolution that's breaking. It's not great but it works.

>>60182461
Or dont use a shitty distro with a shitty package manager that cannot handle deps

>>60182508
ebin meme, got it off reddit?

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Arch, Gentoo, or Fedora? My number one priority is security while still being usable. My number two is controlling bloat. My number three is ease of use (e.g. being able to hook my laptop up to the TV, having suspend on lid close actually work).

Any advice? Currently running Fedora but I'm not sure if I want to hop distros again once 24 loses support.

Hello, mates! My current notebook has a Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 using the ath9k modules, horever my system totally freezes (randomly) and I got these erros:

ath: phy0: DMA failed to stop in 10 ms AR_CR=0xffffffff AR_DIAG_SW=0xffffffff DMADBG_7=0xffffffff
ath: phy0: Failed to wakeup in 500us
ath: phy0: RX failed to go idle in 10 ms RXSM=0xfffffff

Somente can help me? I'm using Arch Linux.

>>60183126
arch

>>60183193
I was leaning Arch, just because it's installed on my old (now backup) laptop and I want to standardize one distro across every device I own.

My only concern is Arch dropped GRSecurity support and I can't find anything regarding what Hardened Gentoo is going to do about it.

Pacman is comfy as fuck though.

>>60183260
No, Grsec went PAY ONLY.The testing build that was being used no longer exist for ANYONE.
Hardened gentoo is just as fucked,as well as anyone else who was using it.

Use apparmour

>>60181445
sorcery update to update the package manager
scribe update to update the packages
sorcery rebuild to rebuild all your packages
and cast -r linux to rebuild your kernel

>>60183126
If security and stability are REALLY you number one for you (with side order of a lean system) then you should be looking at CentOS or Debian stable. My guess is after seeing what security and stability actually looks like, you'll bump up the priority of ease of use and having modern packages.

>>60183126
Fedora. No doubt.

>>60182508
It's not that it can't handle depends so much as there are multiple possible candidates/versions to fulfill dependencies, each with there own dependencies. Also existing software may depend on a conflicting version so replacing something may have side effects. So the package manager is like: you figure it out. Other distros get around this by only providing one packages that provides XYZ. So do you want choice or do you just want it to work?

>>60183802
I have zero problems with my distro and my package manager.
>choice
Why would i want outdated software on my system?

>>60183126
install ubunut

is git autistic or am I just to stupid to create a gist? why even that json crap, horey shiet

thats what I tried

curl --request POST --data "{"description":"gistfile","public":"false","files":{"gistfile":{"content":"THE GAME"}}" https://api.github.com/gists

>>60183918
You forgot a }

>>60183985
thanks!

I've got a problem

mpd autostarts when my system starts, and it's under root so I have to kill it each time I reboot

is it systemd doing this? I've looked in /etc/init/ but can't find any mpd services there

>>60184418
install void

>>60184652
kill yourself

>>60185067
install funtoo

>>60185192
kill -9 yourself

anyone know how to generate thumbnails for ts/tp files (mpeg2)? with ffmpegthumbnailer you add a line like "video/webm" but I have no idea what to add for those formats

tried also video/mpeg2, video/ts, video/x-ts with no luck

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THE FUCKING CAPS LOCK
WHY THE FUCK DOES IT HAVE A DELAY.
THE MOTHERFUCKER STAYS ON FOR HALF A SECOND AFTER PRESSING THE BUTTON AND FUCKS UP MY TYPING.

REEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Help.

>>60185250
install gentoo

>>60185260
HAppens to me, too.

>>60185260
Please do not misuse "REE" for general anger. It's preserved for anger about normalfags.

>>60185269
>>60185282

NOW THE FUCKING (you) 's ARE GONE TOO?

FUCKING WINORMIES REEEEEEEE

>>60185299
yous work on my machine

>>60185299
install slackware

>>60185067
apologise or you will be reported

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>>60185315

Hmm, they are working now, i made my first post from the board,maybe that is the problem.

I still am having problems with this bullshit caps lock delay.

Jewgle only tells me to stop using caps lock and start using shift like the good goy i should be

why does gnu+linux lack install wizards?

>>60185353
The user is already a wizard, no need for additional wizards.

>>60185346
How about you reply to his question instead of shilling your hipster distro?

>>60185387
top kek

>>60185353
It isnt expected from the user to be a GUItard.
Running configs from the terminal can be a pain in the ass,though.

>>60185353
no need

- package manager does everything
- no toolbars/ads to uncheck
- no eula to accept

it's just free

WHy does my wifi keep dying and need to be power-cycled several times a day?
Running a USB tp-link card

>>60185473
maybe it's just old
let it rest

>>60185485
It only happens on Linux, though.

Windows doesnt have this kind of problem

>>60185250
I found that it's maybe video/mp2t, or video/x-mp2t?

>>60185512
so stick to windows

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HOW THE FUCK DO I ENABLE MIDDLE MOUSE SCROLLING ON LOONIX

>>60185599
install enable-mouse-wheel-git from the AUR

>>60185599
what is loonix?
why are you yelling?
why is that frog so angery?

>>60185599
Firefox?
Go to preferences and in advanced use both autoscrolling and smooth-scrolling

>>60185726
>smooth-scrolling
Get the fuck out of here with that shit

Just recently discovered the "dd" command, for making disk images, cloning/wiping an entire hard drive or partition, and other clever uses. You can also truncate an image with "truncate" or expand it with "dd" as needed. It's like a whole new world has been opened to me. It's inspiring me to learn more about bits/bytes, how data works exactly, etc. I don't think I can go back to using commercial/ free backup software again. Anyone else have cool stories with this command?

>>60185902
lol nerd

>>60185902
I used it to clone my install from my old shitty hdd to a new one and it feels like it's too easy to be real. No formatting or configuring or anything.

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>>60185726
Dude thanks!

>>60185902
dd is short for disk destroyer
common usage: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda

>>60186139
>>60185902
>>60186073
Why are people still using dd? The syntax sucks. Use cat instead or even better: pv.

>>60185902
Start automating the boring stuff with shell scripts, that leads to everything else. Always remember to read manpages.

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Why the fuck am I not getting rounded corners with any of the Arc themes?
It works properly in only a few programs (such as the file picker), but it looks like pic in everything else
I'm running Debian stretch with xfce

>>60186174
it was just

dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=1M

what's so bad about it?

>>60186240
you need to install the engine i think. I can't remember what it is though.

>>60186256
Man, that would save my life

>>60186240
>>60186256
gtk-engine-murrine is it i think, might be named something else on your distro

WHY IS GWENVIEW SORTING SO FUCKING BAD?

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

THE MOTHERFUCKER SORTS 1,10,100,67.

I CANT READ MY DOUJIN LIKE THIS.

FUCK HELP ME RHGDASFASF

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Installing Gentoo but cant get grub to pick up after BIOS/POST.

4 partitions: 1 is 1-3 MB with bios_boot flag and no FS, 2 is 3-137 MB with boot, esp flags and ext2, 3 is swap and 4 is root ext4. No idea why GRUB isn't picking up at all on boot and I have never had this issue before. Ran grub-install /dev/sda and grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg (which was mounted /dev/sda2). No errors and my T420 is set to prefer legacy boot.

Please help

>>60186274
>>60186256
I looked it up and it was gtk2-engines-murrine, thank you!

Since I installed from the package manager I assumed everything was ready,

>>60186345
>bios_boot
Is that even a thing? I think it needs to be bios_grub

>>60186286
Use mcomix nigga

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>>60185902
>What are some cool terminal commands?

Made this a while back. Let dd generate some random bytes and use imagemgick's convert to create a wallpaper.

dd if=/dev/urandom bs="$((1920*1080/8))" count=1 | convert -size 1920x1080 -depth 1 gray:- out.png

Or set it directly:

dd if=/dev/urandom bs="$((1920*1080/8))" count=1 | convert -size 1920x1080 -depth 1 gray:- png:- | feh --bg-fill -

That said, imagemagick can do this too using +noise:

convert -size 1920x1080 -colorspace gray xc:gray +noise random png:- | feh --bg-fill -

Try /dev/men instead of /dev/random for extra fun (but never post a png of your memory online, since it holds, well, your memory).

>>60186373
My mistake, yes it is bios_grub. If I could get an error or something I could troubleshoot but there is nothing, it gives me typical "no media" error when I boot to disk and opts for the optical drive

What's the oldest PC you guys have running that is still completely useable for modern browsing, watching HD media and so on?

>>60186409
Did you actually install grub via something like "grub-install /dev/sda" and actually see the message "no error reported"?

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>>60186377
neat

>>60186442
Yes. And grub-mkconfig showed nothing until I set portages make.conf GRUB_PLATFORMS="pc" but now shows the config on stdout before it is done. Thinking of maybe just going UEFI but I would have to start from scratch I think and I am pretty sure this is a simple problem to fix

>>60186481
My only other thought is maybe you have some bios setting that is interfering with grub

>>60186481
you don't have to start from scratch with eufi really.
It's what i use on arch.
I make a 500m/1g partition for /boot
copy the kernels and initramfs to /boot(arch kernel upgrade does this automatically)
then use efibootmgr to add entry for the kernel/initram

You can also use grub-eufi but you don't need to if your mobo built-in bootloader is ok and you're only booting a couple different kernels.

>>60186377
>>60186477

display <(convert https://i.4cdn.org/g/1493783405245.png -resize 640x480\> -bordercolor black -border 2%x2% -bordercolor white -border 2x2 -bordercolor black -border 10%x10% -extent 100%x95% -background black -gravity south -fill white -pointsize 42 label:"super" -append -pointsize 16 label:"neat" -append -gravity north -extent 100%x103% -)

>>60186073

>it feels like it's too easy to be real. No formatting or configuring or anything.

I know, that's what I love most about it. You just (carefully) write the command, hit enter, let stuff happen. It's a literal, low-level, byte-by-byte copy, so nothing to format/configure. And since you can run it in the terminal, you can still use your computer while it executes (like I was during a live USB session). I've read that Clonezilla and DBAN just run "dd" underneath the hood.

>>60186139

Yeah, I've read about this, hence me saying you can use it to wipe a partition/disk, too...intentionally or accidentally. It's a versatile tool, but definitely not a command to run on your first day in Linux.

>>60186377
>>60186477

Thanks for sharing this. This is the exact kind of interesting stuff I was looking for. It's literally a picture of data. Fascinating.

>>60186174

I find it simple enough. Do you have any cat/pv examples?

>>60186513
Pretty sure this is not the case, not much in terms of settings relating to booting
>>60186549
I will try before I wipe the drive. Will have to go through the handbook again and see what needs to change

Thanks guys, guess it will remain a mystery

>>60184418
systemctl disable mpd
then
systemctl --user enable mpd

What is the easiest/best vps monitor that I can view over http
its running Ubuntu 14.04
the kind that does all the graphs.

>>60186684
saved

not sure if you know, but you can just add x: at the end and drop the display <()

>>60186781
show: works too

>>60186684
>>60186781
>>60186811

convert https://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/images/small-GnashGnu.png -resize 640x480\> -bordercolor black -border 2%x2% -bordercolor white -border 2x2 -bordercolor black -border 10%x10% -extent 100%x95% -background black -gravity south -fill white -pointsize 42 label:"GNU" -append -pointsize 16 label:"/Linux" -append -gravity north -extent 100%x103% x:

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>>60186883
genious

fortune | cowsay | convert -background black -fill magenta -font Liberation-Mono -pointsize 16 label:@- out.png

>>60186979
>2k17
>not piping through lolcat instead

Is there a pleb tier way of getting sweet tiling wm functionality out of a full desktop environment?
I tried i3 long ago, and loved it, until I had to do shit that I would usually just click the panel bar to adjust, like sound, wifi, logging in and out, etc.
Its a pain when I need to google every little thing because Im such a noob, but I really loved being able to arrange windows that way.

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>>60187012

linux | toilet -F gay | ffmpeg -loglevel 0 -f tty -i - -c:v libvpx out.webm

stop hacking and get a job

>>60187017
check out twilys grid.sh, pytyle or something like that

>>60187017
you can just change the default window manager to i3 in your de

None of you friendly assholes would happen to know how to tell what version of the rar format an archive is would you?

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>>60187359
>rar
botnet

>>60187392
>not using unar, which is free as in freedom

>>60187359
Tried the manpage?

>>60187421
Does a random rar archive containing antique rifle blueprints have a manpage?

if I use a **99999999 package in gentoo, do i have to rebuild it regularly to update or will emerge -u do the job for me?
(for youtube-dl)

>>60187305
I remember seeing this mentioned in different places, but depending on the DE it could be easier said than done.

I remember trying to find a way to run i3 in gnome, as in having the bar and activities menu and shit, but getting the windows organized by i3. Obviously that wasn't gonna happen, for a bunch of reasons, but instead you could run i3 with all the gnome goodness in the background. The only problem is I need that goodness in the foreground, if I'm not going to learn lots of new stuff in the case of every conceivable emergency.
What I'm really missing the most is having a bar at the edge of my screen that is clickable and able to fix all my most common problems. Am I just not finding the obvious way to make that happen?

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>>60187096

Can I have a formula like this in LibreOffice Calc:

>E1 = last_non_empty_B_cell - B1

Basically I want it to reference the latest filled out cell from the B column.

>>60187663
Try Xfce4's panel, maybe. I use it in i3 and it works great. Very easy to get working.

>>60187017

Kwin, KDE Plasma's window manager, does tiling. There are tiling extensions for GNOME.

>>60178108

If I have an image on an xfs Fs and I mount that image, and the mounted image has a different Fs, fat let's say, when Linux interacts with the files on the image, does it first uses xfs and then fat, or only fat?

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Geany looks like this on Fedora. What do? Uninstall Fedora and install Debian?

>>60189167

Use a different GTK theme.

>using a different distributon just because you don't like the theme

>>60189167
Ubuntu is the best beginners distribution. I would start there, or in your case just stick to a Windows and try GNU/Linux in a VM.

>>60189167
>Not installing Gentoo in the first place
>Falling for the RHELjew

>>60189177
I've tried three different themes, including the defaults

>>60189195
I'm not new though

>>60189211
Well, just change the GTK theme then?

>>60189247
Like I said, it did not help.

>>60189167
install ubunut

>>60189247
>Implying a Fedora user even knows where the gtk config files are

>>60189314
God guys, I've used Fedora for ten fucking minutes. Yes, I'm new to Fedora and GNOME but that does not mean I haven't used other distributions with gtk before. Thanks for nothing.

Already uninstalled Fedora. Wayland is shit and GNOME is cancer.

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What is the equivalent of xfdesktop on cinnamon?

Can I make a program think its folder has a different parent. So if I have a folder A and in it there's a folder B and in folder B there's a program Bp, when I run Bp I want him to think that B is in a folder C ( somewhere else on the hdd ), and not in A, as it actually is.
I'm asking because of relative file paths that Bp wants, that way I can move folder B and it's program Bp in folder A and still make him think his under folder C, so all his relative file paths won't get messed up.

who else /zfs/ here?

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Could anyone help me out? Fonts are fucked in terminal.

>>60190388
Edit -> Preferences -> Appearance tab. Font should be the first option.

I may be a bit paranoid. Is using a fingerprint scanner with a fully libre driver potentially botnet/letting the NSA get my fingerprint?

what's the easiest way to get three and four finger swipe gestures on a trackpad in GNOME? I'm using libinput right now and quite like the feel of it, but I wouldn't mind trying synaptics if it's better.

>>60190428
Everything is botnet, and I'm not even memeing.

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>>60190414
Welp

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>>60190414
Nevermind. Thank you.

>>60190524

Glad you were able to figure it out.

What are some good, preferably drm-free games for GNU/Linux?

>>60190721
gog.com
playdeb.net

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>tfw one of my university teachers is demanding an assignment be submitted with a proprietary font
what do I do guys

>>60190721
Hello there! You seem to have used the term "DRM-free".
This term is missing the point of Free software and therefore should be avoided. When I say "free software", I mean free as in freedom, not as in free beer. It's not about price!
Free software is software which grants its users the four essential software freedoms:
0. To run the program as the user wishes.
1. To study and modify the source code in order to understand what the program does and to make it do what the user wishes.
2. To help your neighbor by sharing exact copies of the free software.
3. To improve the software by sharing your modified versions.
The term DRM-free specifically mentions that this software is not protected by DRM technologies to prevent the user from circumventing restrictions imposed upon them by the license under which the software was published. However, begrudgingly tolerating the user's violation of unethical restrictions still does not make it okay for the software publisher to impose those restrictions upon their customers. I ask therefore that you stop using the term "DRM-free" and call software by the name it deserves: free software, when it was published under a license that respects the user's freedoms as described above, and proprietary software* when it wasn't. Please help improve the GNU/Linux community by demanding software publishers use freedom-respecting licenses and by rejecting proprietary software.

* malware or spyware would also be acceptable terms

>>60190799
wtf I hate gog now

>>60190768
Confront them, show them a reasonably similar free font and ask if this will be acceptable. If they remain adamant, complain to their superiors. RMS has some essays about why it is unethical for educational institutions to use nonfree software, if you need arguments.
Alternatively, use a reasonably similar free font and hope the prof doesn't notice.

>>60190768
>>60190832
>times new roman was created more than 80 years ago
>it still isn't public domain/free to use
really makes u think....

>>60189425

Nemo, Cinnamon's file manager, is responsible for drawing the desktop and its icons. I guess that, unless there's also a program which handles background pictures.

>>60189585

Just describe your actual problem or what you want to achieve. There might be a better solution.

>>60190495
Go to profiles, the style settings are in the profile settings in guhnome-terminal.

How heavyweight is KDE Plasma these days? I'm interested in trying it out for a spin, now that Canonical has killed Unity (Unity sucks ass, but it's nowhere near as bad as Gnome 3 imo). x220 memepad.

>>60191571
Not as bloated as it used to be, but still noticeably heavier than Cinnamon, XFCE, et al.

>>60191605
I'm just wondering whether it'll be noticeably worse than Unity or not. I don't need the lightest DE ever.

>>60191619
It might hitch on animations a little bit, but not really.

How tedious is Slackware compared to Gentoo?

How do I make every user account have the exact same settings for the UI and themes and whatnot as my main account?

I painstakingly setup a decent layout and the thought of having to do it twice more kills me.

>>60186750
that worked, thanks man

>>60192293
Copy your theme settings to the new account

>>60191325

The program I'm running is accessing libraries via relative paths that are hard coded. I need to move it's folder.

Anyone here using Gentoo? post your make.conf

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>>60178202

How to make japanese characters big in terminal emulator (urxvt)?

>>60178202

#!/bin/bash
for i in {0..255} 
do
tput bold
tput setaf "$i"
echo -en "$USER@$(uname -n):~$ "
tput sgr0
echo -n "PS1='\[\$(tput bold)\$(tput setaf "
echo -n "$i"
echo ")\]\\u@\\h:\\w:\\$ \\[\$(tput sgr0)\\]'"
done

>>60193468
idk about urxvt but in st it's fairly straightforward. I can post the section of code if you're interested in trying out a modern terminal :-D

>>60193511
Gimme. What's wrong with urxvt? What terminal do you use?

>>60193072
What for?

So does anyone actually use Source Mage?

What are it's advantages and disadvantages over something like gentoo? Does it have good documentation?

>>60193544
I'll take the safe route and say my opinion of urxvt is irrelevant :-D

this st: http://st.suckless.org/

the only line you should need to modify is this in config.h :

static char font[] = "<blah blah>"

and recompile :D

>>60194086
>>60193468
that doesnt particularly answer his question of how to make -cjk- characters big in particular.
Im not sure theres a way to do that for certain characters like that specifically. I just use a font that renders them readably at 14pt.

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Got this error when I tried running a game in Wine 2.01 stable, I'm on Linux Mint 18 (Sarah), any ideas how to fix?

>>60194801
Ask on WineHQ forum -> Wine Help.

What exactly are btrfs subvolumes?

Is it like a new partition I can mkfs into anything I like and then mount? How big is it? I don't seem to understand the concept quite well.

>>60194996
http://www.zdnet.com/article/btrfs-exploring-its-powerful-filesystem-subvolumes-and-snapshots/

>>60195072
>Another extremely useful feature, subvolume quotas. You can have quotas defined for subvolumes and groups of subvolumes, so you can ensure that one or more subvolumes do not consume all of the available space in a btrfs filesystem.
Thanks, that was what I was looking for.

>>60194801
Well did you try what it said and install the 32-bit versions of the gstreamer packages?

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Is there an easy way to script with vim?
>open file
>run a bunch of commands
>close file
?

>>60195361
check it:

map <buffer> cl :exec 'w !sbcl --noinform' shellescape(@%, 1)<cr>

what this does, is when I'm writing into the buffer, i can just hit Esc and then type 'cl' (for common lisp) and it runs the code i have in the buffer into sbcl

you could do maps for python, ruby, w/e

>>60195422
thanks man

>>60195361
>>60195478
I just realized what I said was nifty, but not what you asked for. what you're looking for is sed. sed is basically just non-interactive vim.

>>60195422
Not him but how could I run gcc on the file I'm currently editing and execute the program?

>>60195592
% i the current buffer
map :!gcc -o poo % && ./poo to some combo

>>60195592
hmmm, that would be trickier just given all the flags that go into making things. this would be minimal and you've have to

map <buffer> gc :exec 'w !gcc -o $FILE -xc - ' shellescape(@%, 1)<cr>

maybe having a Makefile ready to go and just running make would be a better option?

Are there any kind of GUI to terminal wrapper programs?

>>60196234
what do you mean

>>60196259
something terminal program where you pass in another program as parameter and draws with asciii text or something how it should look

>>60196303

No, because that's completely ridiculous.

>>60194029

It's made by a few guys in their spare time. Are you really that retarded to need someone to explain to you why it's inferior to a proper, widely adopted distribution like Gentoo?

>>60196592
>gentoo
hipster cancer

>>60196635

>he doesn't know what the defining features of a distribution are
>he doesn't know what compiling software means and its implications
>he only knows memes he picks up on here and then parrots them to feel smart

Kill yourself.

>>60196684
What are the defining features of Gentoo?

Wasting time? Checked.
Look like an 1338 h4cker on the internets? Checked.

>>60196802
Get respect on /g//? Checked.

Hahaha who am I kidding we fight over distros every bloody day

>>60196802

Since you're obviously retarded and trying to do damage control by spouting more idiocy, here:
It's defining feature is the convenience to specify certain features which will be globally or in single instances applied to software at compile time, enabling or disabling features.

Kill yourself so you can stop wasting precious 4chan kilobytes.

>>60196838
>implying you cant compile your packages on literally every other distro

try again

>>60196855

Nice retarded reading comprehension, idiot.
Other distributions don't allow you to specify certain keywords which then automatically modify the build scripts enabling or disabling those features in a convenient way.
Why haven't you killed yourself yet?

>>60178108
I am trying to install Lubuntu on an old Samsung laptop and I can boot from the USB drive and I can run the "Install Lubuntu" once the computer has started up.
I can do the installation until the very last moment where I get the following error:
"GRUB installation failed

The 'grub-pc' package failed to install /target/. Without the GRUB boot loader, the installed system will not boot"

What am I doing wrong and how do I fix it?

>>60196855
>you will never feel the joys of USE flags

>>60196884
>>60196891
>what are configure flags
is this your first day on /g/?
don tell me you aren't able to configure a program before compiling lmao

>>60196884
>>60196838
>>60196684
>Kill yourself
Friendly thread.

>>60196954
he's trying to be edgy
thats also why he prefers gentoo

>>60197004
You're not any better

install soure mage

Does anyone know where I can get my hands on a decent Win95/98 theme for Mate/Gnome? I've been looking for the better half of the afternoon and I can't find shit.

>>60197117
chicago95

>>60197105
give me good reasons to do and I will.

>>60197160
sorcery

>>60197138

Noice. Cheers, guy.

>>60185353
They are slow and often carry malware.

This is neat: telnet mapscii.me
Sauce: https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii

How do you do cpu/gpu power management on Linux? On Windows you have a manager where you can set a maximum percentage of power that goes to them, that way both cpu and gpu will not overheat regardless of load.

>>60197355
I think you can handle that in nvidia-settings with an nvidia GPU. Cannot answer the rest of your question or the AMD version, unfortunately. Maybe look into xfce4-power-manager, but it may only be for stuff like suspend on lid close and such.

>>60197328
absolutely 10/10

>>60197328
Holy shit, cool

Yo, I want to dual boot my PC (windows 8.1 atm) but after reading some bad stories about bricking your computer because of bios rejecting some OSs.
Are those fears justified ?
If not, how should I proceed ?

>Lenovo W540 bought around 2014

>>60197607
I managed to dual boot a fucking lenovo tablet with windows 8.1 and 32-bit uefi. I doubt you'll manage to brick your computer.

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I installed some linux distros in a virtual machine
they are kind of sluggish compared to my win10 host machine
I feel likethe most snappy so far is fedora 25 with wayland
I assigned 4 cores of my i7 4790 and 4gb ram to a machine and still feels slow
is it a linux thing or just slow because it's a virtual machine?

>>60197654
Probably just a VM thing. I was amazed how frickin' fast and snappy my computer was after installing Linux. Literally every DE/Distribution has been faster than Windows.

>>60197381
>but it may only be for stuff like suspend on lid close and such.

I suspect it is so because that's the way it is on Plasma. I was hoping Debian might have some packages that support putting a cap on the power load. I guess I'll have to check the drivers.

>>60197654
did you assign enough VRAM for them?

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>>60197773
I think so

>>60197643
Nice, that's reassuring :) Thanks :)

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tl;dr: What's a full proof way to run Windows software on Linux? Crossover, Wine, VM?

Hi, I'm currently a Windows 10 user. I've used Windows since I got my first PC. But, with the release of Windows 10 S, I realize that we're coming closer and closer to a Brave New World. I WANT to switch to Debian, but, I'm conflicted.

I am concerned about running modern steam games, and my PC software. That's it, that's all I want. I can gladly switch everything else over to Linux. So what should I do? Crossover, Wine, a VM, Dual boot, what?

Thank you.

>>60198096
Wine can handle most everything you throw at it

>>60197138
Nevermind I'm apparently fucking retard and can't install it on Mate. I've copied it into my themes folder but it's not shown up.

Is there any advantage to compiling a program from source as opposed to just getting it from a repository?
FYI I haven't the slightest idea what flags are, I just copy paste the commands from a github page.

>>60198302
>Is there any advantage to compiling a program from source as opposed to just getting it from a repository?
Compiling from source is the best way to always have last version. And bonus: this is an unpatched version.

>>60197072
>you're not any better

so what?

>>60197654
what is your idle cpu usage in the vm? if it is high then you are probably running with software rendering

You should probably just stick to Windows if you use a lot of Windows specific programs, like you say.
Wine works okay sometimes, but it's definitely not a complete solution.

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>>60198384

>>60198406
You should probably go back to your speccy thread.

#!/bin/sh

set -e

git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/emacs.git
cd emacs
git checkout emacs-25.2
./autogen.sh
./configure --prefix="$HOME"/local --without-x --without-all
nice -n 19 make -j4
make install

How to keep temps down? TLP works like shit and so does thermald..

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I'm a Win7 newfig who tried installing Debian and found it to be way above my skill level. Is Ubuntu good for newbies, and can I install KDE 5.9 on it?

>>60198944
The most simple to install is OpenBSD. You can choose default answer each time, and you'll have the most secured OS ever.

>>60198944
Ubuntu asks about as much information for installation as windows 7 (well, less because it doesn't ask about windows update and a cdkey :^) )

>>60197654
are you retarded?
you're running your main fucking OS with all its huge bloated memory requirements and any background programs or other shit you have up, and on top of that, you then run another OS in simulated hardware, with its own big desktop shit and background processes etc etc etc
Why the hell do you think its slow?
I know this isn't friendly but I knew what this was without anyone telling me when I was an illiterate winbabby trying opensuse in vmware. Its fucking obvious.

>>60198944
Ubuntu is good to learn on. Provided you actually experiment and try to learn things, that is.
You can install kubuntu if you want kde, or if you want more up to date kde, kde neon.

>>60194207
urxvt supports font fallback stacks. the best solution i can think of is to put a font with only cjk characters at the top of the stack, so that it will be chosen first for cjk. then you can choose the font settings independently

how to get thumbnails in the filepicker?
hard to post memes witthout previews!
i'm on ubuntu if it matters

>>60198660
Does it work?

>>60199237
apt-get install thunar
yum install thunar
pacman -Syu thunar (yes, because arch need to be updated)
emerge thunar (i don't know the syntax of emerge)

does fedora software go to rhel or is it the other way around?

>>60199254
Yes. On OpenBSD replace make by gmake.

And of course change -j4 to the number of cores.

How do I into yellow dog linux

New thread: >>60199315

>>60178108
I finally understood why /g/ hates systemd. It's not default on gentoo and it's too hard for them to configure the kernel for it

>>60190524
I miss kevin

>>60199469
who is kevin

>>60199260
>(i don't know the syntax of emerge)
"emerge thunar" will work just fine.