/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

Nautilus faggots removed the "Create new file" option >>55250157

>tfw too dumb to understand gpg

>>55258974
Read freedesktop specifications and learn about ~/Templates/

>>55258999
I know but why did the REMOVE a feature such as this?

>>55258981
there isn't a lot of things to understand with gpg.

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>>55258981

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>>55258926
>bitches about "it's gnu + Linux"
>uses pictures from bijo-linux

OP btfo by its own hypocrisy

Any prefered IRC channels, guys?

>>55259406
#commie-subs on Rizon.

How come Firefox 47 on Xubuntu won't play an HTML5 streaming video? Do I gotta install a codec or something?

FF47/Xubuntu only plays it if I enable Flash. Without Flash enabled it displays a gray box with "Video format or MIME type is not supported"

BUT the same site plays WITHOUT Flash installed on Windows, Mac, iOS, etc.

How am I supposed to watch m'porns

>>55259526
install ffmpeg

>>55259526
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Firefox#Multimedia_playback

VLC was working fine and now it won't display video. I didn't install or upgrade anything in that time. Anyone know what's going on here?

>>55259183
>he mad

>>55259591

Never mind, all I had to do was delete the configuration shit in ~/.config/vlc

>>55259568
>>55259579

OK so I installed ffmpeg and enabled all those configs on the wiki page, but same problem.

The YouTube and quirksmode test pages seem to suggest everything is working. I guess it's a problem with the site?

Looking at their source, they're using a <video> tag with the src attribute pointing to an m3u8 playlist. Anything special I gotta do to handle that?

>>55259018
It's not removed, it's left up to user choice and specification.

>>55259775

Update: with mpv and youtube-dl installed, I can "mpv <url>" and the video plays. Just can't get it to actually play inline in Firefox. Unless I enable Flash. Which I don't want to do.

>>55259775
just install open with extension and add mpv.

>>55260051

That does work, thanks for the tip. Weird that it doesn't display inline in the browser. Seems strange that Flash would work better than HTML5 video in Linux of all places.

Should I only use UUID when adding things to my fstab or is label ok?

>>55259623
I'd like to remind you how you kept shitposting so hard in previous threads before you start acting smug.

I just installed Linux for the first time. I decided on Ubuntu-MATE. Everything has gone fairly smoothly but getting my graphics card set up is a real pain. Whenever I try switching drivers from the default x.org one to one of the open source Nvidia ones I get a black screen on reboot with my monitor switching to standby. I've tried following some suggestions I've found through Google but nothing has worked. What should I do? The card is a GTX 760 if it matters.

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My touchpad on Debian Testing gets recognized as a PS/2 Generic Mouse. I looked up the model of the touchpad on this laptop (asus k52f) and it's Elantech.

How can I get it to be recognized as a touchpad, so I can configure it? (for tapping, scrolling, etc)

Right now it just has barebones functionality

Pls advice, over

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>Reminder we have two threads on /t/

One about ported videogames
>>>/t/707928
>>>/t/707928

And one on tutorial videos for system administration and IT
>>>/t/713097
>>>/t/713097

Also check the list of open source games
https://ghostbin.com/paste/z74bj/raw

>>55260870
should buy the games if you want more to be released for loonix

I might be able to help. I own the exact same card, but I am on Debian.

Did Ubuntu come pre-installed with the proprietary NVIDIA drivers?
If so, why do you even want to switch to the Nouveau (unofficial, open source, reverse-engineered) drivers? The only reason to have those is if you
a) Want to intentionally gimp your card's performance
b) Want to go full free-friend

And if it's b), then you probably chose the wrong distro. You should go on Debian with no non-free components

>>55260920
was meant for >>55260854

>>55260854
install screenfetch and post results right now to see how your GPU's detected

>>55260931
I don't want a gimped card or shit performance and I don't really care about FOSS.

The first thing I did after installing was to try the driver installation from the console using a guide. On reboot I had no video.

Then I found out that there is a built in driver manager that can do the driver installation for you (like I said this is my first time). The Nouveau drivers work but performance is not great and when I try to install the open source Nvidia ones available in the manager I have the same problem as the console installation - no video. Maybe I need a better guide?

What's more bloated, Cinnamon or Gnome3?

>>55261269
yes

Why the fuck do I need an invitation to join #flt on Freenode?

>>55261269
They're the same thing, configured a bit differently.

do you guys prefer ubuntu mate or xubuntu

>>55261233
I think you actually already *had* the right propietary driver when you first installed Ubuntu anon. That's why I was surprised you wanted to transition to open source drivers, as you said.

What you mean to ask is if we prefer Xfce or MATE, the Desktop Environments. Seeing as the Ubuntu underneath is exactly the same.

That's a 100% subjective preference

I'll go with MATE though, between those two

>>55261838
meant for >>55261787

I have a shit tons of files named things.txt on a folder called /stuff

What should I input on my terminal to see how mant things.txt all in all on /stuff?

>>55261351
We moved to #sqt, it's supposed to redirect you, I have to try to fix that. Sorry.

>>55261351
>>55262594
Fixed. Joining #flt should now redirect you to #sqt.

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How can I get my gnome-terminal to open and perform a script at each login?

Anyone ever used 'Hardended' gentoo? How much more difficult is it to use?

I've heard its just some gcc flags changed, if so, is it really any different in use at all?

>>55263029
Why do want it for? You can harden security of any distro

I am working on a script and I want to be able to sanitize a user-entered string so that it's interpreted literally in a regular expression for sed -e. This is getting to be a headache. Does anyone have an easy solution for this?

>>55262889
you can set the two independently using cron

>>55261838
Thanks, so the desktop environment the main difference in the different ubuntu flavors?

What are the differences between package managers? Is there anything you can use them besides installing, removing and upgrading programs?

I get the difference betwen portage and the others but i see nothing different between dnf, pat-get, apitude, pacman, etc

>>55263399
it has to do with who developed your version of linux that is all

>>55258926
Question regarding new hardware and Linux:

Whenever new hardware comes out, say Skylake or Kabylake, can Linux run right out of the box or does somebody need to make new drivers or update them the way OEM do? Never used Linux before.

I'm asking because thinking back to the start of the windows 10 upgrades, especially HP and Dell, working hardware in 7 and 8.1 suddenly experienced driver problems. And then there's this talk of windows 7 no longer being supported by Skylake and Kabylake. Would Linux experience the same problems?

>>55263555
linux can run on anything mate it went to mars

>>55263583
I'm asking if Linux has to play catch-up whenever new hardware releases. You mean it doesn't need to because everything just werks?

>>55263627
it means that when there is new hardware that you want to run linux on Stallman himself will enter your body and write the proper drivers

>>55259526
Purge flash and it will work.

>>55263555
the drivers will be incorporated into the kernel asap, this is why it is recommended for people with very new hardware to either compile a new kernel or use a distro that uses a new one.

I installed Arch in dual-boot on my XPS 9350 tonight, following the guide at the end of this comment with a few additions (gave sudoer privileges to the user, set the locale, little stuff) and now I can't for the life of me get the option for Arch on boot. I checked the fstab file and both the boot partition and the root partition are in the fstab, I found the grub folder in the /boot/efi/EFI, and when I originally rebooted after installing I saw "arch" under the options for UEFI boot devices, but booted into Win10 to make sure it didn't get fucked up in the install, and now every time I reboot I can't find the Arch install anywhere. Where do I go from here?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=METZCp_JCec

Currently dual booting Windows 7 and Fedora. I can boot Windows 7 from UEFI directly, but grub fails to boot Windows 7. Any idea why?

# lsblk -f
NAME   FSTYPE LABEL        UUID                                 MOUNTPOINT
sda                                                             
├─sda1 vfat                BE3D-7B6F                            /boot/efi
├─sda2                                                          
├─sda3 ntfs   Windows Root 62063CBD063C944F                     
├─sda4 ext4   Fedora Root  7a700189-5134-4bb2-b393-60533a95582b /
└─sda5 swap   Fedora Swap  7c16e102-03a4-4f0c-b11f-bbb01784e0ff [SWAP]
sdb                                                             
├─sdb1 ntfs                700714C43F885255                     /wind
└─sdb2 ext4   Fedora Media 9ffdfc29-ae84-4060-a5c2-affb704a6b26 /storage

# efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0002
Timeout: 0 seconds
BootOrder: 0002,0000,0006,0007
Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager    HD(1,GPT,39558084-95f1-4863-83c1-18639a836a41,0x800,0x64000)/File(\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi)WINDOWS.........x...B.C.D.O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6.2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}...a................
Boot0002* Fedora    HD(1,GPT,39558084-95f1-4863-83c1-18639a836a41,0x800,0x64000)/File(\EFI\fedora\shim.efi)

grub.cfg:

menuentry 'Windows Boot Manager (on /dev/sda1)' --class windows --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-efi-BE3D-7B6F' {
    insmod part_gpt
    insmod fat
    set root='hd0,gpt1'
    if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
      search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,gpt1 --hint-efi=hd0,gpt1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,gpt1  BE3D-7B6F
    else
      search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root BE3D-7B6F
    fi
    chainloader /EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
}

>>55258974

Stop using Nautilus. There are dozens of other file managers which can do that. Problem solved.

how to monitor internal temperatures in ubuntu 16.04?

I'm trying to get my vpn on my laptop working.
I can connect to it, but the only issue is that there's some DNS issue, nothing will resolve, even though I can ping ip's on my LAN just fine.

PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REPLY,redirect-gateway def1 bypass-dh
cp,dhcp-option DNS 192.168.1.1,dhcp-option DNS 8.8.8.8,route 192.168.2.1,topology net30,ping 10,ping-restart 1
20,ifconfig 192.168.2.6 192.168.2.5'

>>55264791
lm_sensors

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I'm trying to play Need for Speed 3: Hot Pursuit on Ubuntu 14.04.
Got PlayonLinux and installed it from the retail CD through it (had to fiddle with the settings a bit like setting the emulated Windows version to 98 instead of XP).
Last night I got it to work partially; I could play the intro cutscene, get into the menu and do pretty much everything up until the actual 3D rendering started (race start). The screen just froze at that point (still showing the loading screen).
I un- and reinstalled it several times (including removing the VM and setting it up again, but now I can't even play the intro cutscene -- the screen just stays black, then the game crashes after a minute.

Does anyone have suggestions what to do to get it to work?

Find attached my system information. The line I marked in gedit was added by me but doesn't have any effect on the behaviour.

>>55265309
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=1903

>>55265309
NFS 3 wasn't Hot Pursuit iirc nigga.

Also, just use a VM

>>55265622
I don't run into the errors he listed at the start, if I run

sudo echo 1 > /proc/sys/abi/ldt16

I get a "no such file or directory" error and clicking "Show Details" in the error just results in black screen -> crash.

>>55265656
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need_for_Speed_III:_Hot_Pursuit
> just use a VM
I thought about that but I've had no luck getting any 3D applications to run in any VM before (tested with various GOG games in Win7 VM), plus my laptop is quite shit so I'm unsure if it'll have the power to run games at full speed.

>>55265674
Make your dreams come true nigga. If you have a Vt-d enabled CPU all you need is a graphics card

>>55265766
> If you have a Vt-d enabled CPU
http://ark.intel.com/products/43537/Intel-Core-i5-430M-Processor-3M-Cache-2_26-GHz
Doesn't look like it.

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>>55265766
Meh, I'll try it in a VM, maybe I'll get lucky...

Installing openssh-hpn-git. Will report back how the speed improvement goes. It's for my homeserver so security is not the most important thing.

Also, thanks, AUR :^)

>>55266158
you're welcome

What are the odds on the Xbone controller wireless adapter ever getting support on Linux?

>>55266158
So I see the speed actually increases gradually.

It's almost twice as fast

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why should I switch to loonix if it doesn't have games?

>>55266398
why would you use a kernel that has games integrated?

>>55266398
windows users are people who play games.
linux users are people who make applications that can play games.
You choose what is fun for you.

>>55266398
Because it's better in every way when you compare it to windows or OS X. The unique problem is software availability which is something that start to not be an issue.

>>55266398
-security
-ten thousands if not hundred thousand of programs/libraries/other crap available to install from your package manager. no installers, no toolbars, no fifty versions of C runtimes installed (meanwhile you can have multiple versions of a library if you need it)
-real text based terminal with real tools for work, debug etc.
-almost every noteworthy distro is free as in free beer and free as in freedom. Free as in stallman distros available too.

>>55266398
Freedom, Security, Community.

>>55266398
The higher the market share, the more devels will write "loonix" versions of games. At the end of the day, you get freedom in your computing plus games. Join the fight.

>>55266398
i've been running linux for 9 years and i tell you that under no circumstances you should switch to linux. it's an os for autists.

>>55266487
>9 years
Must be on ubuntu.

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>>55266502

>>55266487
Hi

My laptop has a storage of 30GiB. Should I use windows?

>>55266516
yes, windows xp is literally better than anything linux you can run on it.

>>55266529
And does it have any security updates?

So I've been up all night trying to get my ALC892 HD audio codec to work, and when I boot up again after doing all my updates into Linux 4.6 from 3.x, all I get is a login prompt via terminal. I think I've reinstalled twice now.

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>>55266540
just don't download viruses. i mean honestly, really. how many times was your windows actually hacked? security doesn't fucking matter as long as you don't run x86nuker.exe that came with latest "enlarge your dick for free" mail.

>>55266561
>Being this retarded
It must hurt to live

>>55266561
I'd rather keep a safety measure when any malware actually infects my computer. Rootkits are not visible FYI

>>55266561
Also, where can I buy XP?

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>>55266575
son, i've been running windows since 95 with no aniviruses and have only ever got malware off of game "repacks" from russian torrent trackers. said malware was dealt with through task manager. the ONLY way you can get viruses on windows is by being a fucking idiot, in which case linux will be a world of pain for you.

and if you aren't a retard you are better off without linux, anyway.

>>55266607
>>55266561
>>>/a/

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>>55266591
pirate bay
>>55266577
well duh, don't install shit from shady torrents. or you can keep your information on ext4 partition with linux. or just buy a mac.

>>55266618
They belong in >>>/jp/, we don't want them.

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>>55266618
>anime hater on /g
how new are you?

Who the fuck thought it was a good idea for a simple 0 to be the prefix that identifies an octal number? So many problems with zero padded numbers being interpreted as octal. Fuck.

>>55266627
>pirate bay
Come now. You don't want me to install an OS that's already cracked, do you? There exists no legit windows copy on these illegal sources.

I'm not gonna run some "OS patcher" and think my computer is free of rootkits

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>>55266652
>You don't want me to install an OS that's already cracked, do you?
why not? worked for me so far, never bought windows or any software in fact. never lost any accounts or anything. never was a part of botnet. popular torrents don't pack viruses, this shit gets sniffed out real fast.

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>>55266677

>>55266677
Ignorance is a bliss I guess. I'm not willing to install an OS that is fundamentally "cracked" by some skiddies and trust them blindly

>>55266677
>never was a part of botnet
But you are anon. Microsoft is able to remote control every Windows OS.

>>55266677
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_%28surveillance_program%29

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I'm trying to stream my terminal window with OBS but all i get is a blank screen.

I've tried with the xfce and gnome terminal with no luck. Xterm works however but it's a bit too simple with the color schemes and all.

Has anyone gotten this to work, or know of a terminal application that's just as good as the xfce one and works with OBS?

Thanks.

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Oh shit, my sound works now and I didn't get the black screen of shit.

I need to sleep.

>>55266677
>>55266634
>>55266627
>>55266607
>>55266561
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lupgHYiK9Q#t=1575

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>>55266734
i'm russkie.
>>55266788
yea, freedumbs and shit. what you fundamentally have to ask yourself is this:

do you want to be this guy with barely working system and a headache: >>55266781

>>55266853
>i'm russkie.
Don't tell me you really think the NSA is spying on americans only. Read the damn article.

>>55266865
nobody cares about you jacking off to ponies at 11:00 am and then going to post some dragon dildos on /g/. not even nsa. stop pretending to be an important cyber-terrorist.

>>55266948
Apparently MS cares
https://bgr.com/2014/12/08/microsoft-windows-and-office-illegal-activations/

You can stop trying hereby

>>55266948
If nobody cares, then why are they spying?

>>55266948
>fur
It is actually considered beastiality, and is a punishable offense. Similuar to how lolicon is illegal

>>55267025
depends on where you live and when.

Is

apt-get autoremove

a safe command?

>>55267053
no

>>55267069
What should I use then to get rid of all these fuckold packages?

>>55267096
apt-get autoremove

>>55267096
manual, apt is not very good at handling dependencies

>>55267164
It is. Read the manual.

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>>55267302
No it is not. Stop lying

>>55267330
First off: If you removed a package, part of a meta-package, it's your own fault. I suggest learning about packaging in general.
Second, it obviously asks you, click cancel if the results don't suit your needs.
Third: Read the manpage of a program before you use it like everyone else.

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>mfw not having to deal with these dep hells

>>55267355
>Read the manpage of a program before you use it like everyone else.
I wished this was true

>>55267330
That is not apts fault, its your package maintainers who believe its required. Just leave it manually removing that is going to create more of a headache and will continue to come back during upgrades.

Basically just stop being autistic and leave it there, if you don't want all the bloat/features of a DE then don't use one.

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>>55267355
>Meta package
Okay

>>55267409
>unity-tweak-tool
kek

>>55267417
I like how you ran out of arguments so quickly

>>55267444
I'm not the guy who is too retarded to handle apt.
Never got such problems on my side.

>>55267409
>>55267330
Since when has apt a GUI?

>>55267620
Nice denial. Enjoy your piece of shit package manager

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Has anyone compiled and installed Ncmpcpp-colorful?

I'm not very used to compiling shit but i think it worked. I'm not sure how to start the program though. Simply ncmpcpp-colorful doesnt work.

>>55267775
The name of the binary is in the Makefile.
>>55267657
>too stupid to run program
>calls program a shit
This way you'll never have fun.

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>>55267802
>The name of the binary is in the Makefile.

Turns out i hade a bunch of errors when making.

How do i know if something's fucked up?

I did a 'configure grep no' and got this (picture]. Are all of these things i am missing that i need to get?

>>55267775

>This is a version of ncmpcpp with more colorful visualizers.

I listen to my music, I don't look at it.

>>55267950
>please don't like what I like
Get a live shithead.

>>55267096
aptitude from the start

>>55267950
cmus user detected.

Got rid of Arch for Solus on my Latitude E6500. Can't be any happier. It have everything for a typical, normal desktop user need and nothing that we don't need. Not to mention it's brutally fast and have a nice UI. It's now the nicest one after Fedora.

About the speed, I don't really get it being the normie I am but they did a benchmarking using Phoronix Test Suite here. ( https://solus-project.com/2016/06/20/solus-1-2-shannon-released/ )

And the most important thing is that I now type less to achieve the same task as I always did on Arch. Why type more for less?

If there's anymore person asking for a friendly Linux recommendation, I'll point them to Solus without a doubt. It's still new but big potential.

>>55268347
+10 shelkels have benn dumped to your solus account

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>>55268379
>1437 Hijriah
>Still think people are shilling when posting about their experiences

>>55268491
I've used arch for 8 years.
It is very fast.
It looks every good.
I update once a week.
Xorg has never crashed.

Arch is best!!!!

>>55268347
>about
>search GNU
>no mention
meh

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I want to try Linux but there are so many different Linuxes to choose from. Which is the BEST one? Please help.

>>55269414
What are you looking for?

hi guys, is there a way to configure grub to start without X?

I mean, an option to start with xorg and without xorg at boot with grub

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What is literally, definitively, and without a doubt the fastest linux distro that has a fucking GUI?

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>>55269970

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How would I go about installing Ubuntu and a 4GB swap partition if MBR only allows 4 and I only have 1 more i can use?

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How to boot my three Gentoo GNU/Linux distros with one kernel not using grub?
I was trying efibootmgr, but seems like it need different kernel for every boot record.
It's bios-problem?
Gentoo kernels absolutely identical, so why i should copy it with different name for each distro?

>>55270105
create an extended partition

Why is systemd bad?

>>55270123

where on windows? i dont see any options on ubuntu installer

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>>55270114
>misaligned partitions
>ext2

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>>55269414
debian
fedora
arch
gentoo
slackware

Others is the shitty-forks this distros.

>>55270105
Create GPT label on your hdd/

>>55270177

nah, i think my laptop bios only supports mbr

>>55270195
>I think
Check it.
Uefi bios or legacy?

>>55270204

legacy..laptop is old

>>55270135
It does not follow the UNIX philosophy by trying to meddle in affairs that it should not be concerned with.
It gets more bloated because of that.
A lot of software depends on it so replacing systemd to get rid of the bloat will prevent you from using a lot of programs.

>>55270204
>>55270177
>>55270165
Fuck off namefag.

>>55270135
It does too many things.

>>55270195
you don't need a u/efi bios to use gpt

>>55269757
Depends on how you configure your system. The boot process ends at your login manager, which is responsible for starting X. If you use systemd you can blacklist the display manager unit in your kernel command line.

>>55270253
Use OpenRC.
You always have choice, Unix-way.

>>55262718

So am I to understand that #sqt and #flt simply merged? What's the history here?

>>55270276
At the same time though just the init bits of systemd are superior to OpenRC. Everyone would think systemd is hot shit if it were just an init system.

>>55270164
What misaligned?
No, it's just ext4 without journal.

>>55269757
use the kernel parameter

systemd.unit=multi-user.target

(as opposed to "graphical.target")

>>55269757
man systemd
Look for how to disable service.

>>55269414
the one I'm using

When I decide to switch to Arch, how to prevent converting into a douche?

>>55270366
You don't let the memes get to you
I get along with Arch-friends just fine. Debian Sid is like its sibling

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>>55270394
Why not Gentoo uclibc with Wayland?

>>55270417
Because I am comfortable in Debian Sid
But you can use whatever you feel like, comrade

>>55269424
>>55270165
>>55270337
>people are still falling for this stale copypasta

Hey guys, I just installed a new wireless card in my thinkpad running Xubuntu. The card is detected on startup but doesn't seem to want to scan the area for my network unless I physically put it right next to the router on startup, but if I bring it to where I have the laptop normally positioned, it maintains that connection just fine. (It's just a room or two away.) Is there a way I can kick in in the ass to scan for networks? The old card wasn't having any problems detecting networks but was just dropping connections all the time. Thanks for any help.

What's the smallest installable distro?

>>55270451
There are two possible answers to this question that have tradition: The output of uname -v and "The one I'm using".
The pasta is a useful thing to find out which userbase is the most cancerous and how many new people visit this thread.

>>55270469
>Xubuntu
Install Debian
/thread

>>55270479
Gentoo musl/uclibc
Stali
And other distros based on musl/uclibc/dietlibc

>>55270545
I thought this was supposed to be a friendly help thread, not a meme thread.

>>55270479
probably tinycore or LFS

>>55270595
it's a namefag, filter him and move on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF8Ka8Jh0BQ

>Viruses
>On Linux

He could've used this as a platform to inform people how you simply can't accidentally have malware installed on your PC when using Linux, and that you'd actually have to run it yourself with sudo or su

But he didn't

Why?

>>55270637
because he didn't know. these people aren't experts, some of the things they say may be interesting and often even true, but stopping to think because someone is famous doesn't make sense.

Anyone know of a good tutorial for SSH?

I've never used it before and I'm curious about it

>>55270701
man ssh

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>>55270712
>mfw man has a page about man

>>55270743
now man info , info man and info info aswell for optimum manual.

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ffmpeg

Can someone tell me where the fuck is the download link?

What is the best Linux DE? I wanna saucy from Windows

>>55270806
I like KDE Plasma 5.

>>55270806
enlightenment

>>55270806
>wanna saucy
what

So is there any reason not to create an entire base system in the initramfs and just mount the user/etc/var and other directories instead of using switch_root?

>>55270787
https://packages.debian.org/sid/ffmpeg
Bottom. If you dont want the Sid version, check top right for jessie or whichever other

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Got a new laptop and want to finally make the switch from wincux. I just dont know how to choose a distro. I kinda want it minimalistic and just install only what i need to. My main uses are:
Learning Opengl/c++(first priority)
Browsing the weeb
Playing a few games(min priority)
Also im a bit confused on how to find a distro that supports my hardware, namley a raid0 and SLI configuration. Any point in the right direction is approcatied.

Pic related, its my hardware.

>>55271144
Debian net install is a good option

If you really want it to be minimalistic, don't choose a desktop environment when the installer asks you. This way you'll install your own window manager and your own programs. This is however not recommended for a newbie, but if you wanna go on ahead and do it it's fine. Just don't be afraid of the command line and you'll be okay.

If you want to make things easier on yourself, install a desktop environment. Your hardware can run any DE, so the choice comes down to personal taste, as lightness is not really a concern.

>>55271144
Keep in mind, I don't have any experience with SLI, and this is down to the propietary drivers - not the distro you choose. So maybe research on that a little bit

>>55271460
Thanks for the advice, a friend was pointing me towards debian as well. I think i will try this distro out. Can i go back after install and change my window manager? Or i would have to do a fresh install? It might be something i could look into when i have some free time.
>>55271474
Alright thanks ill check out the nvidia sight and see if they include drivers for linux.

>>55271519
>ill check out the nvidia site and see if they include drivers for linux.
NONONONONO
Don't

There are a few habits you will have to kick when moving to Linux in general, or Debian for that matter. Longer post incoming.

>>55271519
>>55271542
>Can I go back after install and change my window manager?

Before I answer this, some basic info:

Display Manager: For now, all you need to know this is like the user login screen that appears when you first boot your computer up.
Window Manager: What draws your windows and interface when you're actually in your session
Display Server: Don't worry about this for now, all you should know is it's called "X11".

Desktop Environment: A bundled up display manager, window manager, and display server with a bunch of basic complimentary programs - to make it convenient for the user.

So now: yes, you can have multiple window managers installed. If you have a display manager installed (and you will, because you installed a DE previously), you'll get the option to select which window manager you wanna use for that particular session. If you don't, it's a matter of editing some configs to switch between WM's.

>NVIDIA drivers for Linux
Yes, there are both propietary and open-source (Nouveau). If you install Debian, the default drivers that will be installed will be the Nouveau ones. If you want the official propietary ones from Nvidia (and you probably will, because they offer better performance) follow these instructions: https://linuxconfig.org/nvidia-geforce-driver-installation-on-debian-jessie-linux-8-64bit

It's usually a bad idea to just go to a website and download programs in Linux, things are done differently here. You usually download only from trusted repositories instead of clumsily handling .exe's from a website you're putting a lot of trust into.

This might be a good read as well:
https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian

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>>55271635
Alright i will have a read about this thanks for all the info. Going to catch some sleep before the night shift. Im sure i will inevitably be back. Have this picture as a token of my gratitude.

>>55271760
night

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Are there portable apps for linux, namely Debian?

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Arch is booting up slow and the wiki page that I need to type

ystemd-analyze critical-chain

What does this tell me?

>>55271834
>linux
>apps

>>55270806
You want to what from windows?

>>55271871
Okay you autistic faggot, portable software for GNU/linux, namely the Debian testing distribution

>>55271893
portable just means statically linked.
Most of the software in the debian repository is not statically linked, but you can compile it yourself if you want.

>>55271871
>>55271893
You're forgetting what the "f" is for in flt

>>55271893
Thanks.

Basically, you can make any program portable by linking local libs. That's a lot of work tho. There's a new thing called "snap" that does this exact thing: It gives you a program shipped with all libs locally.

>>55271836
when systemd fails, it waits 90 seconds before moving on.
the @ means this is the time the service started and the + means the additional time compared to last boot.
The network.target is gets timedout, so it is probably a network setting, look at that.

>>55271907
Is there a place with precompiled versions of popular software for portable use, like there are with Windows? I don't want to spend 4 hours compiling Firefox for portability

>>55271921
Arguing semantics for no reason other than shitposting is hardly friendly

>>55271943
I thought snap isn't rolled out for most distributions yet?

>>55271952
why do you want a portable firefox?

>>55271980
Saves me time when moving from computer to computer

>>55271974
Afaik Debian and derviants got it.

>>55270856
Thank you. I ended up enabling the non-free repositories instead.

I am annoyed that there is no streamlined way to install ffmpeg for all distros. I work on a software that depends on ffmpeg and I don't want the documentation to just say "look it up" because it's too complicated.

>>55271996
why not just sync the settings?
You can just copy them over, use rsync if you really want to.
It even has something like that built in although I have never used it.

Because compiling firefox is a pain I agree with that.

>>55272063
Firefox allows you to sync your settings over its own servers. Although, I gotta admit I only do that with my workplace configuration. I don't want to send Firefox all my porn bookmarks.

Is there a known way to keep some bookmarks out of Firefox Sync's hands?

Hello, I'm new to Linux and was unable to find a solution on the Ubuntu forums. Basically, I'm unable to change my default system font to anything but the regular weight of the font. If I set it to a light, medium, or bold version of a font it will just show the regular version. I'm using the Unity Tweak Tool to change fonts if that makes any difference.

>>55272182
Restart X.

>>55272182
just install arch

>>55272226
>d-did you you that I'm using ARCH linux?

>>55272063
Because there's still no guarantee that all computers come with Firefox installed, and even if, whether it's the up to date version. Having one portable version along with the profile on a USB stick would be easily the most bullshit-proof solution.

>>55271996
just move over the ~/.mozilla folder and install firefox normally
there's little purpose to portable programs on machines you have the ability to install things on

Why doesn't Linux enable my fans? I installed lm_sensors and it doesn't find them either.

>>55272257
>there's little purpose to portable programs on machines you have the ability to install things on
That's the thing, I don't have the ability

Thinking about switching either to Arch or Debian.
What should I choose? What's better?

How to create an already executable file?

>>55272303
If you only want stuff from the (big) repos, Debian
If you want more, Arch

Best browser for Linux?

>>55258974
thunar

>>55272252

That's the Windows mindset and it trying to use it on Linux distributions won't work or will, but it will be a hackish, ridiculous solution. Example: your current goal.

>Because there's still no guarantee that all computers come with Firefox installed

What does that even mean? Are you using other people's computers often? In that case you want a distribution installed on an USB flash drive or whatever you'd use to transfer your "portable" Firefox with it.

>>55272320
>arch has more programs
hello summerfag

>>55272212
After a restart, the problem still remains. Although the medium fonts appear in Chromium throughout the tabs and such. But every other application still uses the regular version of the font.

Hey guys, I'm done with all this shell scripting POSIX, bash, zsh and fish fuckery. I want a simple language that just works on all systems. thinking about perl or python, what gives?

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Reminder that Linux is the kernel and you are running the GNU/Linux operative system.

Also, new content on the tutorial videos thread on /t/, "Linux Kernel Fundamentals" and "Linux Kernel and System Startup".

>>>/t/722087
>>>/t/722087
>>>/t/722087
>>>/t/722087

>>55272340
>Are you using other people's computers often?
Yeah, I have a job, and what computer I'm sitting behind during the day depends on a schedule I have no say upon

>>55272371
thank stallman

>>55272376

Then you copy the .mozilla directory to an USB flash drive and mount it in the HOME directory of the computer you're using. Problem solved.

I'm searching for a filepicker replacement that gives me the option to have thumbnail preview just like in my file manager. Suggestions?

>>55272408
Except not all of those computers have Firefox and I'm not privileged to install shit

>>55272408
>.mozilla
Do you even know about profiles?

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>>55272389
np

>>55258926
Antone have a compilation of these?

>>55272474

I don't know, ask him.

>>55272474
Sauce is in the picture.

>>55272480
>>55272507
Thanks

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>>55272525
np

>>55272507
I know, I asked for a compilation. It's fine then.

>>55272567
You could write wget or curl scipt.

>>55272259
You dont have the 3 pin headers connected to your motherboard

>>55272342
It has more programs in its default repo, then all other distros,because they limit you based on what ever mental illness they have, that makes them think software is nuclear warheads that will go off if they install it

>>55272416
gtk2-patched-filechooser-icon-view

>>55273131
Sure thing kid.

>>55273151
ty

Both fdupes and rmlint are showing false positives, and are missing duplicated files(i made identical text files and put them in different folders)
Is there another dup checker?
And/or why would 2 different programs be fucking up?

>>55272640
I did

wget -r -H -e robots=off --user-agent=Mozilla -nc -nd --accept=jpg,jpeg,png,gif,webm http://bijo-linux.com/

I got a little over 100 images and it sure took its damn time.

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>System update removed GTK-theme emulation option from qt5ct
why

>>55274406
QTFAGS ON SUICIDE WATCH

>>55274499
But I'm using a GTK wm, I just want my QT applications to not look like ass

>>55274539
Which is a qt change :^)

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debian or xubuntu for my first distro?
or what?
I want to learn.

>>55274582
Debian will make you learn more but I wouldn't recommend it as a first distro. You can still try it out.

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>>55274668
thx

>>55258926
Could anyone link me to a proper tutorial for installing Ubuntu 16.04 dual booted with Windows? Win8.1 here.

Last attempt I fucked up my partitions.
Before I begin should I create a partition?

I'm gonna do it, /g/, I'm gonna switch from windows to linux. Last thing before I bite the bullet is do I go debian or ubuntu? Can a retard use debian? The reason I'm even still considering it is because I like the logo and don't like ubuntu's, that's how retarded I am. Will I make it?

So I formatted, partitioned, and mounted a new drive to my system. Thing is, I can't write to it.

>>55274955
remount it rw, and change your fstab to make it rw

I don't understand why wine can't find mono even when I try to run the installer directly from the directory of the wine-mono package. Don't recall having this problem before

>>55274882
They are pretty similar although debian uses a longer release cycle, so take this into consideration if you need more up to date userspace software. If you don't like Ubuntu's GUI, Xubuntu is a very nice spin-off distro. Dont fall for other meme spin-offs like Mint though

>>55274882
Can you read a manual? Then you can have a good time with debian. If not you will probably be frustrated.

Script was supposed to mv all files within the dir's in the current and move them back to the main dir.
I didnt set the folder correctly, and it overwrite its self over and over and now i have a file thats useless.
I have backups,but how would one go about recovering data?
Its on an xfs filesystem

I'm having horrible read/writes.
Its not breaking 2mb/s.I've reseated the connectors,checked smart data. Nothing is showing anything out of the ordinary.
Where else do i check?

anyone know why my weechat config and settings would be resetting everytime I run it?

>>55274882
>because I like the logo and don't like ubuntu's, that's how retarded I am. Will I make it?
No, you're right, debian logo is god tier.
Debian might need some configuration once you installed it. If you can spend 30 minutes to have things working as you want, go for it.

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Are they any good distros which:
- work well out of the box with minimal user effort (e.g. ubuntu)
- have bleeding-edge packages
- have big repos

I've been using Arch for some time, but any time I reinstall it it's always such a pain to get everything back the way I like it. The only reason I even use it is for the bleeding-edge software (I hate waiting ages for new features).

I feel like I should just install Ubuntu or one of its flavours (simple to install and the packages aren't too out of date), but I'm wary of trusting Canonical.

>>55274882
>The reason I'm even still considering it is because I like the logo and don't like ubuntu's
And now to put you off Debian:
Did you know that "Debian" comes from joining together its founder's name (Ian) with that of his at-the-time-girlfriend (Debra)?

Also, Debian is going to be more awkward for you as a beginner since you have to edit a config file just to get non-free software, and because of its focus on free software you might have trouble getting things like wireless network cards to work.

Best partition scheme for a 250gb SSD + 1 tb HDD setup?

>>55277004
SSD:
/dev/sda1 /boot 100mb (300mb if UEFI)
/dev/sda2 / 25gb

HDD:
/dev/sdb /home/

I would suggest lvm'ing your / and remaining space.That way you have room to expand, and you wont be wearing all of your drive addcidently, as it performs better the further away from the last cells.

>>55275129
Anyone know?

Where can I download the OS Linux?

>>55277292
https://kernel.org/

>>55277318
Can you give me a step by step instructions?

>>55277245
I plan on installing Debian Testing and LVMing everything in a encrypted lvm to unlock both drives with a single key.

Won't having the /home directory where the user data is stored mounted on the hdd defeat the purpose of having an ssd? Also do i need to do anything specific to use UEFI?

This probably sounds stupid but i'm still a pleb in ganoo linux.

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>>55277292
>>55277341

>>55277341
I was trying to give the most unhelpful, but still correct, answer possible.
Just read the OP of this thread.

>>55277363
You wont load your configuration files faster on an ssd, loading it 1 nano second faster on a 5mb file, isnt going to do anything
You dont want your user profile,all the data and shit that is going to be on it, to be on your ssd. All the programs and binaries will be on your ssd, which is what is going to have the biggest gain.

/home is a user data
/ is services/daemons/binaries which will benfit from an ssd.

>both drives on key
Unless you're going to use a keyfile on an other media(usb,sd), you wont be able to use a keyfile that isnt avalible at boot.
Use a password to unlock root, then have your keyfile within the / and unlock /home

>>55277341
Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R33sFFhgkWk

>>55277424
Thanks, i get it now.

I remember using a password on dm-crypt to unlock the encrypted lvm at boot though.

how do I change the home directory? or add on to it? I installed Manjaro on my SSD and the home folder is there by default, and I currently also have an unused (not formatted to any type) 3TB HDD. How do I use the space on the HDD to add on to the home folder?

ubuntu babby here, decided to go balls deep after getting fucking sick of windows' shit and i just wanna know, besides browser extensions and good sense what else i could add as a plan b in case of i fucking up somehow since i am still painfully new to this and i don't want my ignorance to bite me in the ass later, nothing extreme just an extra layer of defense i might have overlooked while doing some research that could be important

>>55276865
I'd recommend Debian testing, but you do have to tweak some shit. Given that you're coming from Arch, you wouldn't have a problem with that, but since you want minimal effort, then I guess you could go with any of the *buntus.

>>55262099
Bumping this

>>55262099
>>55277784

find /stuff -iname "*.txt" | wc -l

>>55277733
usermod does that stuff, read the manual, I can't remember the details. Should be easy.

>or add on to it
That's a bit more complicated. It requires setting up LVM.

>>55277733
>>55277733
pls halp self bump

>>55277733
I'm not familiar with Manjaro, but from what I understand it has a graphical installer, in which case there should've been a partitioning option somewhere along the line which listed all your drives and partitions. On that screen, there should've been an option to mount your home folder on your HDD. In Arch you would just do (assuming you had already created a partition on the drive):
>mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdXY
>mkdir -p /mnt/home
>mount /dev/sdXY /mnt/home
But I dunno how it looks in Manjaro's installer. The option should definitely there, I would've thought.

Honestly though, I wouldn't use the full 3TB hard drive for your home folder. I'd create a partition on the drive for the home folder of, at the maximum, 100GB (honestly, even 50GB should be plenty), then mount the rest of the drive under /media/[username]/[whatever you want to call your hard drive] and use it for general storage.

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One of my drives shows this:

500 GB Total
300 GB Used
200 GB Free

Contents: 260 GB

It's NTFS but it's not a system drive All of the garbage hidden folders are mostly empty.

Where is my space?

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ok guys, that's what I need. Please help me reproduce this workflow in Ubuntu\Debian. Picture preview in some file manager with option to select and copy. Or image fast image viewer with option "copy to location".

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>>55278972
Did you know that NTFS is owned by MICROSOFT????

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>>55279117
try geeqie

How to double install Python 2 and Python 3 on Ubuntu? I already have Python 3 installed, but I sometimes need to use Python 2. I tried just installing Python 2 on top but it doesn't work.

>>55278972
They calculate slave differently.
One is the sum of filesizes, the other is reading metadata about the filesystem.
Use a different filesystem. Really.

>>55279925
How about FAT?

>>55279925
>One is the sum of filesizes, the other is reading metadata about the filesystem.
Which is which?

Also, I get the same thing on an EXT3 backup drive.

I'm getting tired of all the outdated packages on Ubuntu. What's my best bet for a rolling distro that I can be reasonably certain won't wreck my shit when I update?

>>55276976
editing a text file really shouldn't be too hard for anyone on /g/.

>>55280086
How about APT UPDATE?

>>55280135
Don't try to help people if you don't even understand the questions.

>>55280212
>outdated packages
>update packages
>PROFIT

>>55280232
You can't update beyond what's in the repositories, dingus.

>>55280250
So, are you already as updated as the repos?

>>55277763
update regularly, don't mix sources, only sudo/su when you need to, be careful with permissions, get ufw, install apt-listbugs and apt-listchanges( i don't know if they are available or good on buntu, but on debian these are great), don't fuck up partitioning, read the manuals before running things you don't understand.

Is Clementine not playing audio for anyone else? I'm looking at the list of recommended music players on installgentoo and I can't figure out which one to pick.

>>55280288
I'm not the guy who asked the question. But he's asking about rolling release distros, it's pretty obvious why.

Ubuntu repos don't update most packages unless there's a bug or security issue.

>>55280350
>Ubuntu repos don't update most packages unless there's a bug or security issue

How do you know this?
What is the problem?

>>55280342
try purging pulseaudio and selecting alsa as an output in clementine.

>>55280435
Because that's how almost every stable distro works.

The problem is the packages are old. Here is an example

Ubuntu's latest release: 2.1.2-1
packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/audacity
Arch linux: 2.1.2-3
archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/audacity/

In this case it probably doesn't matter, but occasionally you'll need recent releases. Especially once your distro's latest releases starts to age. A lot can happen in several months.

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GNU/Thread:
>>55280525
>>55280525
>>55280525

>>55269414
I would recommend any Ubuntu flavors. Its really beginner friendly.

>>55279435
Wow, that looks good, thanks! I also discovered Double Commander, pretty similar to Total Commander