/flt/ - Friendly Linux Thread

What is Linux (or GNU/Linux for Stallmanists)?
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/GNU/Linux

Babby's First Linux (What distro to choose?)
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Babbies_First_Linux

What software does /g/ recommend? (Please DON'T include the so called infographic -- refer all your recommended software here.)
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/List_of_recommended_GNU/Linux_software

Ricing on Linux (Make it good and functional or make it worse like those at desktop threads)
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/GNU/Linux_ricing

A script designed to ease the transition from Windows to Debian
https://github.com/Chocolate-Chip-Computing/DebianNewbieScript

We now have an entry in the install Gentoo wiki!
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php//flt/

>>51489378
>My article is still there.
Cool.
>>51489363
>codecademy

>>51489417
>codecademy
Update the wiki then. I copy pasted this from the /g/ wiki.

>>51489153
bump

>>51489436
Which wiki?
Proper link: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/

Okay, so I realized that rm -r and rm -d performs the same function of removing a directory.
So, what is the difference? Which one should I stick to?

>>51489451
>Which wiki?
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php//flt/

>>51489461
-d remove empty directories
-r remove directories and their contents recursively

man rm

>>51489461
>Which one should I stick to?
The one that suits the task you're trying to perform.

>>51489473
Forgot my username.

>>51489501
Wew lad

>>51489473
Why not just post this link instead of two walls of text ? What are we, /vg/ ?

>>51489567
No. IE 6 doesn't support multiple tabs, so Windows XP fags would have problem opening two windows on their toasters.

>>51489613
They fucking deserve it for using XP and not using another browser. fuck them.

Any good mspaint equivalent? Just need something to quickly crop and resize images without fucking about in gimp.

>>51489683
gThumb can crop and resize.

>>51489683
pinta.

>>51489683
shutter, gthumb?

Finally, an OP with a common sense, not like the last OP who promotes his shitty "infographics".

So I had a dual boot windows 10 and crunchbang with grub bootloader, but I have deleted linux partition from inside windows and now can't boot into windows, it says grub secure or something, can I fix it with a live cd since i dont have a win10 cd

>>51489683
nomacs

>>51489737
yes you can, just boot from the live cd and reinstall grub

>>51489718
He'll be back, rest assured.

>>51489737
Bootrepairdisk

>>51489737
Why are people this stupid?

Stupid question: how "Mint" should be pronunciated? I say "Meent" but I heard a friend calling it "Myent".

>>51489754
How do I then erease grub and bring back windows bootloader?

>>51489805
You can't speak English?

>>51489451
Jesus that link is like the GnuPG guide.

>>51489698
>>51489704
Thanks, gthumb looks good.

How steep is the learning curve of CrunchBang?

>>51489770
>Notice the word 'Friendly' in 'Friendly Linux Thread'.
Where do you think you are?

>>51489841
Is dead.

>>51489814
why erase grub? for the windows bootloader you need a live windows image to fix your MBR

>>51489841
DEBIAN
E
B
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A
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>>51489859
https://www.bunsenlabs.org/

Duh?

>>51489805
wut

>>51489889
You said Crunchbang, not Bunsen Labs. Crunchbang != Bunsen Labs

>>51489888
No, thanks NSA.

Best way to encrypt linux os?

There is an option to do it while installing it or should i use different progam after the instalment?

Can i use both?/Why not?

>>51489903
Thanks.

>How steep is the learning curve of Le Bunsen Labs?

>>51489905
what?

>>51489841
>>51489919
Same as any other distro with openbox installed. Except probably harder because of the lack of documentation about how they have set things up.

>>51489923
Debian is owned by the NSA.

>>51489941
So is Linux, Linux is backdoored by the NSA.

>selinux

>>51489948
Most likely yes, and not with because of selinux.

>>51489941
no
also if it was, why would you use debian with openbox/bunsenlabs?
>>51489948
is disabled by default on pretty much every distro and hard to enable though.

>>51489916
Pls respond

is there a port for the vrms package in debian? I tried compiling it but I must be doing something wrong cause I couldn't see any of the files I need for compiling, I want to try and get non free software to a minimum. Arch btw.

>>51489916
>>51489992
L U K S
U
K
S

>>51489992
Assuming you don't have cp, just use whatever suits you best.

>>51489992
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Encryption#GNU.2FLinux

>>51489992
Is it really that difficult to use a search engine? Or look at gentoo or arch's wiki?

>>51490030
Read the first sentence of OP.
Where do you think you are?

>>51490071
You're mistaking friendly with spoon feeding.

Every fucking thread you post pictures of anime girls that you masturbate to because you retarded neckbeards cant get pussy IRL. Bunch of stupid niggers

>>51490030

I want to know if its smart to use both of those encryptions or just one, that was my main question and i just wanted to see some recommendations on programs that people use

How can I increase battery life on my Arch?
Already got TLP config'd

>>51490111
The aforementioned wikis give you plenty of information about this, written by experienced people. If you prefer the opinion of a few 4chan users then fine.

>>51490119
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Power_management

>>51490109
Lol what do you expect, pictures of IRL girls?

>>51490119
You can use powertop to see if any of the power related settings are enabled.

Can I update everything on my system (including my kernel) without rebooting?

>>51490109
says the man who has time to shitpost on an online image board.

>>51490109
if i were the OP, i'd post informative good pictures of good apps for linux, such as vivaldi.

>>51490158
it is possible

>>51490158
>2016-1
>rebooting is still a problem?

>>51490158
Just patch it, don't reboot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYRlTISvjww

>>51490174
>vivaldi
fuck off with your meme browser.

>>51490174
lol kek

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>>51490149
yes

>>51490136
I know that, i just wanted to see what other people use and ask is it alright to use default encryption + something else or just one thing.

This is neither friendly nor spoom feeding, it annoying

>>51490199
>do the legwork

>>51490234
Your questions are covered in the aforementioned wikis which are written by more experienced people than the ones who would give you an answer here.

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>>51490174

>>51490174
stop pretending to be me

How do I fix Linux's awful font rendering?

>>51490321
enable anti-aliasing, set your preffered sub-pixel order and set hinting to slight.

>>51490321
No problems here

>>51490321
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_configuration

>>51490343
>>51490350
>>51490366
I want something that just works and looks like Windows' font rendering.

>>51490375
Infinality.

>>51490375
>like Windows' font rendering
do the opposite of what was suggested to you, that should work


top kik

>>51490375
The easiest way to get Windows-like anything is to use Windows.

>>51490375
>wants inferior shit tier font rendering

>>51490443
>crisp and clean is inferior to blurry and ugly

>>51490375
Install Infinality, copy all windows fonts over, set fcpreset to ms. You now have windows fonts with even better rendering.

>>51490461
>crisp and clean
You should get your eyes testing son, sounds like you might have eye cancer.

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>>51490375
>wanting windows font-rendering

>>51490502
to be fair, that doesn't look much better

>>51490502
You should probably get your own rendering fixed before you comment, that's blurry as fuck.

>>51490375
Infinality has a preset for that. You'll also want microshit fonts for optimum effect.

>>51490509
it's the default settings and that dude asked for something that "just works". not sure what font was default though.

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>>51490502
>using mono font for UI.

>>51490523
How do I install Infinality?

It's not in the software center.

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Talking about fontrendering, is this fontrender good enough?

>>51490555
I'm not using memebuntu, sorry. probably you need to download freetype, fontconfig and cairo, patch them, compile and install.

http://www.infinality.net/blog/infinality-freetype-patches/

>>51490561
That's pretty much a subjective matter.
I like it though the italics have slight color fringing.

>>51490605
> you need to download freetype, fontconfig and cairo, patch them, compile and install.
What the fuck. Why can't they just make an installer that just works?

>>51490555
There's probably a PPA for it
https://launchpad.net/~rjvbertin/+archive/ubuntu/infinaltimate

>>51490635
You should ask Canonical, not me.
On Archlinux it just works.

>>51490555
https://launchpad.net/~no1wantdthisname/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Here you go.

I have a dell mini laptop with 1gb ram that's too much of a bitch to upgrade the ram card on it. Recommendation for a lightweight build and is there a way to partition and install or something then delete windows xp? I'm so noob I'm boob.

>>51490672
Doesn't memebuntu come with their own fontconfig patch? AUR has it.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fontconfig-ubuntu/

>>51490692
He wants windows rendering though, not decent linux rendering.

>>51490682
The config's good, but the font looks disgusting.

>>51490692
the aur one is old and sucks. Bohoomil has a repo for up to date arch builds.

>>51490682
looks fine

>>51489417
>>My article is still there.
which one?

>>51490734
>>51490766
That's infinality ms preset.

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>>51490682

>>51490692
Freetype and cairo also, yeah. Their patch is pretty useless though, freetype now renders like that out of the box. But anyway, the guy wanted to emulate Windows' rendering.

>>51490759
So, why didn't they orphaned it yet?

>>51490773
Ubuntu uses its own patches.

>>51490769
The one about ricing.

>>51490759
>Last Updated: 2015-07-13 20:24

>>51490773
Use the Windows fonts then, but if it is a Windows font, is it Arial Narrow?

>>51490786
Because most arch users are ignorant about what is infinality, freetype and fontconfig-ultimate, and continue to parrot the "install infinality meme without knowing what they are talking about.

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>>51489153
anybody?
this is some more dmesg stuff that i get on startup relating to nvidia

>>51490773
ok and?

>>51490823
Optirun -c primus works fine or no? Or you just use primusrun?

>>51490823
>mom my xorg broke again
he fell for the arch meme

>>51490809
Didn't bother clicking the link, assumed it was the old infinality package not an ubuntu fontconfig one.

>>51490847
Optirun -c primus seems to work but then why doesn't primusrun? I actually get worse fps with optirun -c primus than just optirun by itself.

>>51490871
Tell me which packages are outdated, I'll adopt them.

I installed infinality, do I need to do any fuckery in the configs to make it look nicer?

>>51490885
Make a file, the name is up to you, but I named it optiprime myself, put it on /usr/bin, make sure you have the right permissions for it.

This is the contents.

#!/bin/sh
vblank_mode=0 optirun -c primus "$@"

It unleashes my FPS to 100 on CSGO at least.

>>51490924
Yes, of course.
Or at least, install the recommended fc files and fonts for your preset.

>>51490924
nope, just install a good set of fonts then run fcpreset set

I did a manjaro NET install and installed openbox as a standalone window manager without a full DE for muh desktop thread aesthetics. I'm using LXDM as my display manager and again, openbox as a standoalone WM. For some reason, and i feel as if I've missed something obvious, openbox does not acknowledge my autostart.sh file on startup which looks like this:

. $GLOBALAUTOSTART
nitrogen --restore &

it's located in ~/.config/openbox but is completey ignored on startup. I've been to a fewforus with answers that yeild no results. Any help is appreciated.

>>51490928
Still same performance as just optirun itself. When I just ran with my 960m and disabled integrated graphics I could get 90+ fps on my current settings in Dota 2. Right now I'm getting around 40-50 under the same conditions.

>>51490981
>he fell for the manjaro meme

>>51490956
How do I know which fonts go with which preset?

>>51490981
Does the file have the proper name?
Does changing the one in etc work?
Also, why openbox?

Hi /lft/

I want to install Linux on a vm and use a VPN (PIA) for torrenting.

which distro should I use? am I missing something that would leak my traffic to an ISP? I use Unix at work but otherwise I'm a Linux noob.

and this is a stupid question, but can i set it up so that the downloads folder is accessible from my primary OS?

>>51490981
If you want a minimal system then get rid of LXDM, you don't need a display manager, either set things up so you are automatically logged in and startx is automatically invoked or log in and startx manually. When you do this you can just autostart things in ~/.xinitrc.

also
>manjaro

>>51491030
Oh no!

>>51491054
>File has propername
>There is no OPB autostart script in etc
>i like standalone WM and this was recommended to me, this is the only problem I've had with it

>>51491107
stop tripfagging, there's no need for it.

>>51491100
what do you mean by VM?
just regular virtual machine, like in virtualbox?
or do you mean VPS, virtual private server that you rented someplace?

former makes no sense, why would you be doing that?
later... use centos

>>51491121
It's automatic.

>>51491107
>There is no OPB autostart script in etc
Then create one. See the manual.
>i like standalone WM and this was recommended to me, this is the only problem I've had with it
There's no such thing as "standalone WM"'. You can run any WM you want without having useless apps included in a DE. And Openbox is one of the worst WMs in existence.

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>>51491136

>>51491183
no u

Anyone have an i3blocks compatible script for MPD or spotify? I have no fucking clue how to get it working.

>>51490488
>>51490488

Is there a non-DE based gui package for gentoo for managing user accounts?

>>51491255
You mean a DM?

>>51491267
No, I mean for setting up/modifying user accounts, not logging in

>>51491142
>And Openbox is one of the worst WMs in existence.

It justwerks for me with the exception of this one issue.

>>51491306
Try webmin. Can I ask why you won't use the CLI?

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>>51491217
Actually the script seems to work fine, as in it gives me the correct output when I run it in a terminal. But i3blocks refuses to load it.

I have the script named mediaplayer in my /usr/libexec/i3blocks/ folder and

command=/usr/libexec/i3blocks/$BLOCK_NAME

at the top of the .conf. And yes I made it executable.

This is what the block looks like.

>>51491245
Just enable WebGL and OMTC in about:config.

Gentoo user here.
Is it a good idea to use ICC instead of GCC for bottleneck apps that aren't bash and the like (i.e., proven not compatible)? Will every second package break, or will most of them work fine? Is it possible to maintain a low-effort Gentoo system that uses ICC for the most heavyweight apps?
>inb4 not free and open
I have an i7 in my laptop and I don't have the money to buy a new one. Meaning, Intel ME is included anyway and isn't going anywhere. The war for my security against Intel in particular is lost, might as well use a compiler with better optimisations.

>>51491123
yes Linux in a virtualbox so that I can basically split my traffic. VPN would only be active within the VM. normal traffic on the primary OS would not be slowed down for streaming/games/whatever.

>>51491381
I want a gui so I can manage groups easier

>>51491451
It's not worth it.

>>51491414
should I enable webgl.prefer-native-gl and/or webgl.force-enabled?

>>51491498
Meaning, packages break too often, or something else?
Or it just takes too much space and too much effort to set up?

Why is there this thread when old one is still alive? >>51475175

I'm having issues with ncurses 6.0

For some reason when I use emerge it thinks that certain packages need 5.9 specifically, even though they work with 6

sys-libs/ncurses:0

  (sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r5:0/5::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
    sys-libs/ncurses:0/5= required by (x11-libs/vte-0.40.2:2.91/2.91::gentoo, installed)
                    ^^^^^                                                                                                   
    sys-libs/ncurses:0/5[ada?,cxx?,gpm?,static-libs?,tinfo?,unicode?,abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?,abi_ppc_32(-)?,abi_ppc_64(-)?,abi_s390_32(-)?,abi_s390_64(-)?] required by (sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r99:5/5::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
                    ^^^^                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
    (and 6 more with the same problems)

  (sys-libs/ncurses-6.0-r1:0/6::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
    sys-libs/ncurses:0/6= required by (x11-libs/vte-0.28.2-r207:0/0::gentoo, installed)
                    ^^^^^                                                                    

and when I mask 5.9-r5 and 5.9-r99

The following mask changes are necessary to proceed:
 (see "package.unmask" in the portage(5) man page for more details)
# required by @selected
# required by @world (argument)
# /etc/portage/package.mask/package.mask:
=sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r99
# required by media-sound/lame-3.99.5-r1::gentoo
# required by media-video/ffmpeg-2.6.3::gentoo[encode,mp3]
# required by @selected
# required by @world (argument)
# /etc/portage/package.mask/package.mask:
=sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r5

Any idea how to fix?

>>51491414
>>51491587
enabling the two webgl settings and OMTC didn't fix it.

I'm getting the error messages

Can't find symbol 'EGLImageTargetRenderbufferStorageOES'.

and

(pale moon:14473): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_clipboard_set_with_data: assertion 'targets != NULL' failed

and

(pale moon:14473): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_clipboard_get_for_display: assertion '!display->closed' failed

could that be what's causing it?

hi,
Ubuntu question,

I just discovered that Canonical doesn't come with the default version of Firefox. I'm about to disable the "Ubufox" extension that I didn't know existed.
I've tried several search engines, I can't find any information about Ubufox from sources independent from Canonical.
One thing it's probably responsible for is adding "&source=canonical" to all DuckDuckGo searches.

Is there any good reason to keep Ubufox ?

>>51491914
it's a mystery

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Any current date distro suggestions for obscure VIA C3 hardware?
Debian and Arch suck with GPU drivers and *butunus doesn't even boot due lack of PAE extension.

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>>51492297

Just installed linux without dual boot for the first time. i want to learn to use the terminal, atm im running Ubuntu With gnome (should i get another distro?) atm i have only used the terminal for htop and to do apt-get. what are some usefull uses for the terminal i should get used to?

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>>51489363
[Why don't any microphones work for me in Debian Jessie Linux? How do I fix this? What do I check? I normally use i3, but I will accept instruction in other DE's if necessary.

My stats as it may be relavent.

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how fucked am I here?
just got through installing arch and was setting up xorg nd all that. completely failed trying something new ofcourse so I reboot and go look at logs. I'm seeing shit like 'firmware bug: acpi:bios_osi query ignored' , apparently my bios doesn't set up all my cpu's, it's all really quite scary.How is 'noacpi' boot? sounds bootleg as fuck

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maybe someone here can help me with my issue

after installing gimp on my laptop (arch with i3wm) some fonts changed and now they're pretty much unreadable
pic related, what do i have to do to change the font that appears in firefox address bar and i3bar on the picture?

>>51493042
Are you using a toaster?

>>51493085
almost, but the old font was at least usable on my toaster, this one is complete shit

>>51492667
gnome is actually ideal because there's a shell extension to have a terminal drop down from the top with a single keypress,

>>51493042
>pic related, what do i have to do to change the font that appears in firefox address bar
about:config, and type font should help
>and i3bar on the picture?
vim ~/.i3/config

>>51493085
>>51493111
>>51493125
also, if I helped can you help me?

>>51492784

>>51493133
have you tried removing pulse audio? sometimes it just goes wonky and needs to be discarded

>>51493125
that would work, but since the gimp install changed all these fonts at once, I was hoping to do the same myself
thanks though

>>51492784
are you sure all your alsa settings are correct
of course this is the arch wiki but troubleshooting alsa should be the same
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ALSA/Troubleshooting#Microphone

>>51493117
Useless bloat

>>51493270
maybe for you captain minimal, but some folk find that "bloat" to be useful

>>51489805
"entee", the M is silent.

>>51493270
very easy to use for a beginner, though

>>51492279
found a thread that seems legit,
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2032106

cons
- tracks DDG searches
- adds ask.com to search engines list
- customizes homepage to Canonical

alleged pros
- updates FF automatically (they claim it's a complex process on Linux, true?)
- looks for missing plugins
- adds "help" entries to menus

>>51492667
see >>51489363

' https://www.codecademy.com/en/courses/learn-the-command-line

>>51493345
>updates FF automatically (they claim it's a complex process on Linux, true?)

doesn't firefox update automatically without it, too? pretty sure it does for me

>>51493338
Opening a terminal isn't what beginners would have problems with

>>51489363
I tried installing ubuntu but the installer wont show up? How do I bring up the installer?

>>51493404
I can't say I disagree now, but I remember using and really enjoying the drop down terminal a while ago when I was starting to learn command line.
It made opening and closing the terminal while reading about commands very fast.
It's all subjective, though.

>>51493497
How can an animation be faster compared to instantly appearing?

>>51491396
god damn this is driving me insane
ive tried all 3 variants of i3blocks from the AUR and none of them can fucking display the fucking script it makes no sense

it just returns text like what the fuck

I even tried replacing something like volume with the contents of the mediaplayer script and still nothing.

>>51493538
the animation can be disabled

>>51493572
You're kidding me, right?

>>51493596
I'm not saying the drop down terminal is the best option. I'm not using it (or gnome shell, for that matter) myself, and probably never will again.
But I am saying that used it in the past and thought it was pretty good, so I don't see why someone else shouldn't try it out.
Just because you don't like in, doesn't mean someone else shouldn't use it.

>You're kidding me, right?
https://github.com/zzrough/gs-extensions-drop-down-terminal
There is an option to turn it off in the preferences.

>>51493734
Is there such a thing for Xfce?

Hey guys is Indicator plugin absolutely the only thing capable to show volume icon in the panel in Xfce? I mean when I remove the plugin from panel , there is still wifi and power icons , but no volume... ?! How to have all icons without the Indicator plugin?

>>51493375
Thanks
>>51493117
Great to know

Bought a vps running debian, how can I throttle the entire CPU so nothing runs above 90%? So I don't get suspended for overuse.
I've only found commands that can do it for individual tasks.

I'm doing intense stuff like running virtual machines within virtual machines, which takes cpu to 100%

>>51493404
I was talking as a matter of convienence, you're more likely to use the terminal if you just gotta flick your pinky to open it

>>51493538
it's not so much an animation as it's an always on terminal that's hidden till you want to use it, which means you can open something from terminal then hide it again without closing the program you opened

>>51493827
viola
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/how-to-use-xfce4-terminal-06x-as-drop.html

>>51493827
Haven't personally used xfce much, but you should be able to make xfce4-terminal work like that.
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/how-to-use-xfce4-terminal-06x-as-drop.html

Tutorial mght be slightly outdated, not sure. Looks like it should still work.

>>51493957
>>51493961
thanks guys... Should I even try since its almost 3 years old...?

>>51494006
The option still exists in xfce4-terminal and you should still be able to create keyboard shortcuts in xfce, I think it will work.

>>51494006
should still work, removing features isn't really part of the update process unless you're mozilla so you should be able to use it

Anyone knows how can i fix that
Loading,please wait .... fsck from util-linux 2.25.2 /dev/sda1 : clean, 4854854815/894787489 files, 201854984/56456100 blocks
>Thanks

>>51494072
Post a bit more information, perhaps?

>>51493450
You're installing from a CD ?
you have to boot from the CD, which is a "bios" option.

>>51494072
Hit e in grub and remove the quiet flag, then boot. Should give you a better idea of where it's getting stuck.

>>51493395
idk
I can't even find the manual updates I'm used to on windows (in the About menu or "?" menu)

>>51494096
that's all it says and lag

Seriously, anyone know why the fuck i3blocks wont output anything when I use this?
https://github.com/vivien/i3blocks-contrib/tree/master/mediaplayer

>>51494147
The last lane where its stuck is says
[ 8.025319] sound hdaudioC0D0 : Mic=0x19

>>51494288
Did you update/install anything before it happened?

>>51494151
Those don't exist for me either. But I have never had trouble keeping firefox up to date. My package manager gives updates to firefox too. I'm using arch, it may be different for ubuntu.
In fact it probably is different for ubuntu, otherwise they wouldn't have added the functionality in the extension.
Guess I shouldn't comment about this stuff when I'm using a different distro with different package manager.

>>51494313
No i just make the install for me dvd and its happened that i have try to install it from USB too but its the same problem. If i tern off /on the laptop from the power button its keep make that and if i do that 3-6 times its start

>>51494392
What distro are you installing and what laptop are you installing on?
If you haven't even installed anything yet, maybe it would be easier to switch distros?

>>51494443
i have an asus X553MA and the distro is kali (don't hate me for the distro please )

>>51494541
Sorry but try a real distro.

What is the point in using Pidgin? I mean I wanted to leave skype and just use it's protocol in Pidgin but then I learned that Skype needs to run anyway alongside Pidgin.!? Fuck this shit...
What is the point , is there a way to not run skype?

>>51494570
Just don't use Skype. Easy as fuck.

>>51494562
i just want the tools only that i run a arch on my mane pc and i just want to find a solusion for that but thanks for try to help me

>>51494541
Not hating, but if you plan to use that laptop for anything other than penetration testing, you should try a different distro anyways.

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>>51493117
>>51493919
There are for every DE. I use KDE and I have installed Yakuake.

When doing some new stuff you don't use it when browsing on wikis though because it takes half of the screen, so you right-click the window bar and tick the box to keep the window above the others.

>>51494600
But I am still looking at that fucking icon , and I have double windows with my faggot friends, one from Pidgin one from Skype... Also if someone messages me , do I get message on both Sype and Pidgin??

>>51494608
You thinking is better if i install kali on my mane pc and on laptop arch or some other distro ?

>>51494642
Why do you need kali at all?
Why not just run arch on both machines if you're already familiar with it?

>>51494659
i just want to laern the tool from kali that's all

>>51494634
Is that latest KDE? Did they finally made option to remove cashew from desktop anon?

>>51493304
kek

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Can someone help me configure tint? I want something like what this guy has

>>51494759
Actually if someone could help me with openbox too that would be super helpful

>>51494714
I think you can get at least most of the tools included with kali on other distros too. But if your mind is set on running kali on your laptop, it's none of my business.
Can't help you with your original problem though.

Trying to install Arch in virtualbox, doing anything with grub-install returns the error: failed to get canonical path of 'airootfs'
What should I do? And what information should I provide?

>>51494834
Ok thanks anon for take the time to help me

>>51494642
I'm thinking you should probably install a distro with support for your native language

>>51494886
I don't thinking is a good idea

>>51494714
Installing 4 or 5 distros on the same computer is insane and takes a lot of disk space for nothing. Nothing prevents you from discovering the Kali tools in a virtual machine (like virtualbox).

>>51494937
can you learn wifi-related tools in a vm?

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I'm running Lubuntu and screenfetch shows "ubuntu" in lowercase right before the usual "Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty" in the OS section. How do I change this? Pic related

>>51494998
Edit the screenfetch script. There's no special logo for flavors of Ubuntu but you can make your own.

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>>51494998
Why do you even care?

>>51494998
Why? It is Ubuntu.

>>51494987
I think yes

I want to backup my arch system, entire system, and not be fucked like I just was a few days ago, lost all my configs, music, walls, etc.

I effectively want to backup the whole system, weekly, and only backup files that have actually changed,

what do? never used rsync or backed up a linux system

>>51494987
I think VMs spoof your wifi into an ethernet connection by default. Although it might be possible to do otherwise.

>>51495020
How does one make that ASCII picture? Is it generated by some program that scans a picture? I mean dont tell me it is done by hand , one symbol at a time

>>51495068
Just make a script or something that backups your home folder to some external HDD or something and you're basically fine.

>>51495068
give rsnapshot a try, it's better for incremental backups

>>51495068
It's time to learn how to do it then.

>>51495084
I suppose it's possible that it could be done by some algorithm by if you want real accuracy you're gonna have to do it yourself.

It really doesn't take that long to do, they aren't large.

>>51495070
That's what I was thinking, the connection would just show up as wired. If you passthrough a wireless adapter directly to the vm, it might work.(Does it?)

>>51492332
What GPU exactly? If Debian and Arch fail to support it, it's gonna be hard finding a recent distro that supports it...

I've been using Xubuntu for like 2 years now. I'm comfortable with linux but I want to try something new. I was thinking of Debian since that's what the *buntu's are based on, but do I go stable or unstable? And why?

>>51495084
>dont tell me it is done by hand , one symbol at a time
Anon... You greatly underestimate the oss community.

>>51495127
Unstable because you get newer packages and it really isn't unstable at all. Stable is basically for servers and "i have to make sure absolutely nothing could ever go wrong" type of people.

>>51495127
Try a different flavor perhaps, something rpm based or Arch.

>>51495117
Of course,it just seemed to me that some programmer already made such a thing, sorry it just seemed to me as no big deal for experienced programmer , and there so much crazy software out there...

>>51494717
I don't know what cashew is, sorry.

Screenfetch doesn't tell me the version and I don't know what to do to know it, but it's the last that has been pushed to the repositories, yes.

If I have separate root and home partitions, if I want to change my distro I just install the iso into the root partition and that's all I have to do, right?

>>51495023
>>51495043
Because it looks ugly how it says ubuntu twice

>>51495202
>ooks ugly
What looks ugly?
A script that you will never put to any use?
Think about it.
It's fucking useless, just delete it and stop giving a shit.

>>51495156
Is there any point in using testing instead of unstable?

>>51495174
Uhm , cashew is that thing on desktop with burger menu. Can you screenshow your desktop without any windows opened?

>>51495282
Testing is the safer version of unstable. Shit won't break as much as unstable. Unstable is really meant for people who like fucking with their shit all the time.

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>>51495301
I see what you mean and yes, there is. I don't know what it's supposed to do, as it replicates the right click.

>master race beautiful, distraction-free wallpaper btw

>>51495353
That shit is actually more distracting than most wallpapers I've seen

>>51495201
Tasks:
1. format root partition
2. system installation here
3. mount home partition as home
4. create new user on new system with the same home directory and same UID as in the previous system
OR
4. create new user with same name and same home directory; change ownership of home directory
5. log in as user

>>51495353
doesn't that "distraction free" background hurt your eyes?

is it possible to tile i3 in a way that doesn't try to fill up the whole screen?

and i don't mean i3-gaps, i mean like having a 1/4th of the screen empty for example

>>51495389
The only reason I left KDE , I swear on St.Stallman

>>51495389
It's beautiful.

>>51495393
Not when typing.

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So my there is my problem with screen resolution:
>fuck nvidia drivers they don't wanna even start my x
>as a user resolution always start 1024x768
>need 1360x768
>as a root "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg" and then "startx" works fine but i need it on user too

>editing resolution in ~./confi/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/displays.xml
>doesn't work
what do?

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>>51489363 (OP)
French here. Cock Minister has passed a law so cops can copy my disk without warrants.

I have nothing to hide, even my Attack on Titans videos are legally downloaded from wakanim.tv.

Serious question here : is there a way to encrypt a whole partition and make a separate ext4 partition with Never Gonna Give You Up from Rick Ashley so my dm_crypt fork would point at it and rickroll cops failing to correctly type my password on my dvorak (bépo) layout ? Would it be safe ?

>>51495640
why would the cops try to access your files if there is literally no reason to

>>51495640
>rickrolling in 2015

>>51495726
>Rickrolling in 2008

As long as there will be a State, there will be rickroll™

>>51495594
Start over with the nvidia drivers, that is where your problem started and will end

Completely uninstall the drivers and then manually install them using the .run file in tty2 with your dm stopped.

>>51495686
Because Mass Surveillance™ ? There is no reason I would obfuscate my disk data from cops, but there is no reason I wouldn't.

>>51489363
Can I dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu 14.04? Worried if I install Ubuntu to my other HDD, it will destroy the W10 bootloader.

>>51495866
In the BIOS settings you can set the priority for which HDD, and in your case, which OS, to boot.

>>51495866
Just install os-prober and ntfs-3g, but I suppose the Ubuntu installer does it automatically.

>>51495866
It all depends on your system. In the usual case (BIOS/MBR), as long as you don't overwrite the boot sector of your windows partition (sdxY) and install the bootloader on the MBR of the HDD (sdx), you could be able to boot windows from the new bootloader.

I'm trying to dualboot openSUSE in two partitions, but the installer won't let me set / to bootable, what do?

>>51495955
wait, you want to have two seperate openSUSEs on 1 hdd?

>>51495982
No, I have 1 HDD with a Windows MBR table written to it, which leaves me with space for two more partitions. I'm trying to make / and /home for openSUSE, but I can't progress without a /boot partition. The Arch wiki has me under the impression I can make / also function as /boot.

>>51496022
you can if you aren't using gpt/uefi, otherwise you need a vfat /boot/efi

I have no fucking idea how to use void Linuxs partition program what the fuck

>>51496080
your first mistake was installing void

>>51496080
cfdisk
gparted

Arch with a release cycle?

>>51496497
Chakra.

How can I get the status of spotify with playerctl? Using the version from the AUR, it just returns 'Not available' even when I specify it with flags. And it does show up as the only music player with -l.

>>51496540
is there a non-KDE version

HOW THE FUCKING FUCK SAVE IN VI

>>51496642
be in command mode
:w enter

>>51496653
How do I go into command mode

>>51496680
hit esc a lot

>>51496689
How do I get out of this shitty program so I can avoid using it

>>51496724
:q

why does typing dbus into my terminal change me into the / directory

>>51496619
pacman -Rsc plasma
pacman -S yourdeofchoice

>>51496757
No complications?

>>51496739
Thank you

>>51495921
Im using grub2 and when booting into windows I get an error involving /boot/bcd with code 0xc0000225, is this an issue with the bootloader or windows

>>51497033
Windows. Get a boot repair CD.

So far my install of void Linux goes poorly since when I try to start with i3 I basically just shits the bed.

>>51497055
Id have to boot from cd, then open the cmd and run

bcdboot c:\Windows /s c : 

Right?

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>ITT

>>51497165
This is a friendly thread, go away.

>>51497203
that was pretty unfriendly.

>>51497102
Looks like th drivers are just completely fucked nothing is working

>>51497203
>>51497440
fuck you

Is there an easy way to either change the default alsa sound card?
I disabled my mobo audio, but HDA ATI HDMI (which is only S/PDIF) is still default over my USB-audio device (sound blaster e5)

I tried setting

options snd-usb-audio index=0

in alsa.conf but that didn't help

/proc/asound/cards only shows

 1 [E5             ]: USB-Audio - Sound Blaster E5
                      Creative Technology Ltd Sound Blaster E5 at usb-0000:00:14.0-1, high speed

but in /asound there's both a card0 directory (which has files corresponding with the AMD HDMI Audio) and card1

output of aplay -L

null
    Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
default:CARD=E5
    Sound Blaster E5, USB Audio
    Default Audio Device
sysdefault:CARD=E5
    Sound Blaster E5, USB Audio
    Default Audio Device
front:CARD=E5,DEV=0
    Sound Blaster E5, USB Audio
    Front speakers
surround21:CARD=E5,DEV=0
    Sound Blaster E5, USB Audio
    2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=E5,DEV=0
    Sound Blaster E5, USB Audio
    4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=E5,DEV=0
    Sound Blaster E5, USB Audio
    4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=E5,DEV=0
    Sound Blaster E5, USB Audio
    5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=E5,DEV=0
    Sound Blaster E5, USB Audio
    5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=E5,DEV=0
    Sound Blaster E5, USB Audio
    7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
iec958:CARD=E5,DEV=0
    Sound Blaster E5, USB Audio
    IEC958 (S/PDIF) Digital Audio Output

speaker-test works with default/sysdefault:E5, all others give

Playback open error: -16,Device or resource busy

aplay -l

card 1: E5 [Sound Blaster E5], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

>>51497955
>Is there an easy way to either change the default alsa sound card?
or disable HDMI for alsa

>>51496642
>>51496653
>>51496680
>>51496689
>>51496724
>>51496739
>>51496805
That was mildly amusing.

Anyway, you can also press Shift + z z (so they are Z Z) to save and quit right away.

>>51497955
To me it seems to be default, even your aplay -l does show only one card.
But you can do

ALSA_CARD=E5

to set it via an variable, or you can

pcm.!default {
    type hw
    card E5
}

ctl.!default {
    type hw
    card E5
}

to ~/.asoundrc

or you could just blacklist the hdmi driver

echo "blacklist snd_hda_codec_hdmi" >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

There is also an radeon.audio kernel config, setting it to zero might do the trick also.

radeon.audio=0

in your kernel boot line.

Hope that helps and you get it disabled or not used.

>>51494336
well anyway I uninstalled the "Ubufox" extension.
once I'm comfortable with Ubuntu I'll upgrade to an adult distro.

>>51498219
>>51497955
As a side note to my answer, I hope you remembered to reload alsa after changing configs?

alsa force-reload

So far void linux has been more annoying to install than funtoo which is impressive

I've got Arch on my main desktop programming machine currently, and loving it. However, I'm still a green beginner in Linux command and control.
My Thinkpad is sorta collecting dust at the moment, and I'd like to give Gentoo a shot on it. Mostly as a learning exercise. Anything I should take into consideration before I dive in? Will it be a worthwhile experience?

*UNITY

I posted a few days ago about Ubuntu being cringy. Anon told me what I didn't like was the Unity desktop/graphic environment. Now I found a simple way to switch from Unity to Gnome, from the Ubuntu login screen. Click Ubuntu logo, and choose between two versions of Gnome.

pros
Now Ubuntu looks less like a Playstation, more pro, nice start menu, clean task bar

cons
no all-purpose search field (but Alt+2 helps finding programs)
both gnome versions seem outdated (no Activities bar)
don't know how to customize the start menu
lost my internet ethernet connection (solved)
menus don't appear when hovering (use Alt)
can't take screenshots

downloading a Gnome package right now.

>>51498613
get gnome tweak, and also browse through the shell extensions available, pretty much any function can be added or removed with the right plugin

>>51498658
thanks /flt/

>>51489363

Does someone have a guide or quick tutorial for using lemonbar with i3? I have no idea how to set it up.

>>51498849
why lemonbar over just something like i3blocks?

>>51498613
I don't use Unity, I use XFCE, but I sometimes think that I might want Unity. I don't see how it's a bad DE by UI. I've used it a long time ago and I might have misleading memories but I think it looks fine and is pretty modern. The only bad side is that customizing is very much hidden and locked and key thrown out.

>>51498873
lemonbar looks better to me

>>51498890
>The only bad side is that customizing is very much hidden
this
I wouldn't mind Unity from time to time (with privacy tweaks), complementing a start menu.

>>51498923
You can get pretty much the same look either way

>>51498890
>>51498928
don't they make a unity tweak tool of some sorts.

>>51498385
Do an LFS install, learn shit, format everything and install Arch again.

>>51499453
Neat... I'll give it a go! Wish me luck, senpai-kun!

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Semi-linux noob here, put a Debian Wheezy/Jesse iso (I forget which) on a flash drive, booted it, and get this screen, no command does anything. Did I download the wrong architecture or something? Halp

>>51499512
No need for luck with instructions from a stable LFS book's version!
But good luck anyways

I'm a fairly experienced Linux user, but there is just one thing holding me back - I use Adobe Audtition and Virtual Audio Cable to clean up my extremely noisy microphone during VOIP, which I use quite a lot.

Are there any other alternatives to that? It's literally the only thing holing me back in the Botnet.

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>>51499525
Here's the screen that shows but without my failed commands.
Halp pls, someone tell me what to do and I'll be on my merry way

>>51499565
>>51499525
The problem is (probably) in the way you put it on the flash drive, which program did you use?

>>51499594
I downloaded the iso from debian's website and used rufus to make the flash drive bootable. So I fucked up?

>>51499629
Try rewriting after selecting 'dd mode' option in rufus, should be fine then

>>51499629
sounds good, do you have your bios/uefi set to boot from the flash drive? also how can you not figure this out yet managed to install freedos?

>>51499629
I cannot confirm nor deny that you fucked up, never used Rufus.

For Gahnoo/Loonix isos to USb I use either YUMI (Your Universal Multiboot Installer) or Universal USB Installer. (google it)

just werks for me

>>51499667
Yeah I'm booting from the flash drive that's what making this screen appear. I haven't installed freedos, this is just the screen that the flash drive is showing.

>>51499713
Wait, I think rufus writes FreeDos image by default if you forget to select the iso, that's probs what you did there

>>51499727
Then I guess I'll get back to the drawing board on how to use rufus correctly. Thanks y'all