/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

>>55811665
did any of you try refind instead of GRUB? how is it?

>>55811828
B U R G
U
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G

>>55811849
get back there. I want a friendly thread, not your trollfest.
>>55811867
how does it compare to GRUB and refind?

>>55811887
Looks like mods are being faggots and deleted the other thread. You win this round, freetard.
>still calling me a troll
Anon, just because you don't like what somebody is doing does not make them a troll. I wouldn't be surprised if GNUless threads started getting started for autism research, you guys reach new levels of sperg every time I make one.

>>55811906
lol just got here but
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_GNU_packages

>>55811951
Neat?

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>>55811956
Thanks

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>>55811906
MODS=GODS has been true ever since i first used the internet.
your input is not friendly and seems like you only do it to make the free software crowd and the open source crowd hate each other. this makes no sense. GNU/Linux is neutral, nobody asks you to call it just GNU.
and even if you don't use GNU (and i still doubt it because you never proved it) using just Linux in the OP doesn't make a lot of sense.
>>55811951
the more complete and detailed one is on https://www.gnu.org/manual/blurbs.html

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Anyway...............
What's the deal with those DEs, huh?
Why are they all trying to be like Windows/OS X?
And why aren't you using a low-resource WM?
>inb4 GNU/Linux vs. Linux starts up again

>>55811992
Well, DEs are bundles of software that aim to be consistent with each other and share a few common things, if you don't have the time and experience to know what you want and do it they are a good choice.
dwm user here.

>wake up
>need to click through 2,1 threads
These threads have high speed lately.

>>55812024
That's mostly my fault. I've been shitposting like crazy for the last two days. The last 4 threads have been like 30% my posts.

>>55811989
>your input is not friendly
It was till the shitstains in the last thread started it. I simply created a new thread then I was getting insulted and called a troll.
>and seems like you only do it to make the free software crowd and the open source crowd hate each other
I do it because GNU/Linux is an unfair and inappropriate term.
>GNU/Linux is neutral
No it fucking isn't, are you daft? Linux would be the neutral term, you just call it what it's always been called.
>and i still doubt it because you never proved it
Nobody ever asked me to. I don't just go around proving things in case somebody asks for proof, you fucking dipshit.
>using just Linux in the OP doesn't make a lot of sense.
Yes it does, because to 99.99% of the people who know what Linux is knows it means Linux based operating systems. You know it too, you're just being a twat about it.

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>>55812036

>>55811665
Hellooooo X60T.

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Is there a retard friendly, /fglt/ approved step by step guide or infographic for double booting?

>>55812074
Oh, X61T given the license sticker.

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Anyway...............
What's the deal with those WMs, huh?
Why are they all trying to be like special snowflake hacker interfaces?
And why aren't you using a low-resource DE?
>inb4 Arch vs. Debian starts up again

>>55812084
>>55812074
You're right, it's from here: https://libreboot.org/docs/install/x60tablet_unbrick.html

I was searching for libreboot tutorials. Seems it's a lot of work.

How do I batch rotate videos? I've got a folder of videos that need rotating clockwise, so far I know I want to do

ffmpeg -i in.mov -vf "transpose=1" out.mov

But this requires putting in the input name and output name of every file. Is there a way I can avoid this?

>>55811828

I was looking at it but am a nub so can't work out how to put it on a usb to try it out, also interested though

>>55812081
the debian install guide covers it nicely. but basically install windows, open the disk manager in windows, shrink the biggest partition you have by the amount you want for GNU/Linux, make an installer-usb using win32diskimager or cp/dd, start the installer, install GNU/Linux to the empty space, make sure grub is installed and configured. (grub because if you need help you should stick with the defaults)

>>55812159
You can do a for loop, I prefer using find. Have a example (replace with your settings):
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.flac' -exec bash -c 'f={}; ffmpeg -c:a libopus -b:a 192k -i "${f}" "${f%.*}.opus"' ';'

>>55812179
loop version

for i in *mov; do
ffmpeg -i "$i" -vf "transpose=1" "$i"_converted.mov
done

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>>55812036
F5 F5 F5 F5 DID ANYONE RESPOND?
Better post a clarification in case they haven't seen it yet!

>trying not to waste this post since people seem to be getting pissed
So I've been using aircrack-ng to play with my horrible neighbor. Anyone have any idea which one of these is the most retarded wifi name, because he is the most tech-illiterate person there has ever been.
>uses iphone to play music through his boombox
>constantly hear message alerts while volume goes down for about 2 seconds.

Also guess my wifi name and I'll give you +1 internets.

>>55812139
>>>/b/

>>55812179
>>55812229

Sorry but pretty new to this so I want to try and understand what I'm doing

For the first one you're basically specifying your files using 'find' to regular files in this folder of a certain file type. I don't quite understand the next bit, using the -exec bash -c tag followed by the part in quotes...

>>55812297
man exec

So i have just installed Arch for the first time, is there something that i need to install after installation? something important?

>>55812321
base-devel
yaourt or pacaur

>>55812321
>inb4 debian

>>55812339
>yaourt
i tried via http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch
but i get errors

>>55812352
>http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch
What?
Did you not install anything at all yet?
You need X.
You have pacman... right?
You have to choose a mirror.

sudo pacman -S yaourt

>>55812235
REALLY? No1 wants +1 internets, REALLY?

>>55812139
I'm baiting.

DE's (only) make sense if you're using GNU/Linux and have a life, or simply want a preconfigured Desktop.

WM's (only) make sense when you are in love with your computer, have no life, or you're using GNU/Linux for such a long time, that you already have your favorite programs and know how to configure your system yourself. At this point, the stuff a DE provides just feels useless (why having 2 terminals, 2 file managers, etc).
Maybe that's why WM desktops usually may look like used by a hacker, because the users are usually oldfags.

Then you can use a DE with a different WM combined, like KDE or GNOME with i3, because you're curious about other WMs, or you just like the look and feel of, as example, openbox while keeping your DE.

tl;dr All programs fill some needs of some people, there is no golden rule for "this is the best program" or "best way of using a computer".

>>55812369
>pacman.conf
[archlinuxfr]
SigLevel = Never
Server = http://repo.archlinux.fr/$arch

>sudo pacman -S yaourt
error: target not found: yaourt

>>55812352
>>55812321
Here this guy is always easy to follow and pretty explanatory. Just skip to wherever you are in the install (after you've made sure you didn't skip anything)
Should take you about 10 minutes to get up and running

>>55812410
oops no link
www.muktware.io/arch-linux-guiade-the-always-up-to-date-arch-linux-tutorial/
>listening to the guy who can't even ctrl+v

>>55812407

You need to update first

sudo pacman -Sy

Anyone else having problems with the new vbox 5.1.*?

Resizing is broken, and I've already seen a lot of bug reports about it, may be tied with the new QT gui, but the real problem for me is that 3d accel (on windows guests) doesn't work, programs that use it freeze and crash, and I've only seen a single ignored bugreport on the tracker.

I had to compile 5.0.26 (which works perfectly fine)

Also another problem, after the last update of nvidia drivers, whenever I login and start an X server, I get a black screen. If I switch to another tty and back it fixes itself, but it's an annoyance.

>>55812297
> -exec bash -c 'f={}; ffmpeg -c:a libopus -b:a 192k -i "${f}" "${f%.*}.opus"' ';'
- exec executes a command on every result find comes up with
- bash -c starts a shell, needed for this goodie here: "${f%.*}.opus" - it's a parameter expansion, which removes the old file extension so you don't end up with file.flac.opus
- f={} usually, when you use fine, the result is in the variable {}, which is redefined here, so you can use parameter expansion, a normal exec command with a normal variable looks like this:
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.flac' -exec echo {} ';'
this will simply echo every search result or
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.flac' -exec mv {} new_{} ';'
this will rename every result to new_result

>>55812438
>>55812407
sorry, I'm full of misinformation

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/package-query.git
cd package-query
makepkg -si
cd ..
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yaourt.git
cd yaourt
makepkg -si
cd ..

>>55812438
>You need to update first
that is what im talking about, archlinux.fr is not working, i cant connect there, like url is wrong

>>55812454
follow spawnil's guide.
should be fine.
I can't remember the whole install process anymore

Someone should write a AUR wrapper for us Debian fags. Shouldn't be difficult, right? git clone, checkinstall, done Am I missing something?

>>55812454
Did you enable dhcpcd?

>>55812476
dependencies on debian sometimes have different package names, not that easy
just do it manually

>>55812476
is it really worth even writing one? there are so many packages in main i have a hard time finding stuff that is not in the repos or easily compilable. also >>55812488

>>55812478
How do i check? Cant find command

>>55812561
sudo systemctl status dhcpcd.service

>>55812235
Cracking your neighbors wifi is
a) illegal
b) boring

Do something more complex, legal and useful. Here's an idea: Set up a local DNS spoof hosts file for your network, whitelist your own devices and route every other unknown device (someone who cracked YOUR wifi) to tips.fbi.

>>55812612
I didn't say I was cracking anything.
>inb4 tips.fbi ohnotoolate
Surely there's nothing wrong with sending deauth messages to random bssid's with random mac addresses
>it's 3am and he's blasting bass up through my spine again
He's doing illegal shit. I'm just learning how to scan available SSIDs.

>>55812607
● dhcpcd.service - dhcpcd on all interfaces
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/dhcpcd.service; disabled; vendor pres
Active: inactive (dead)

>>55812635
Yeah it says disabled and inactive (dead).
That means its not enabled and not running.
systemctl start dhcpcd.service
systemctl enable dhcpcd.service
You should now have ethernet activity.
You can check with
<ping -c 3 google.com>

>>55812646
still haven't figured out /g/ code tags
one more try...

ping -c 3 www.google.com

>>55812623
Have you tried:

sudo iw dev <interface> scan

Benefit: No need for monitor mode.

>>55812668
cool, I've just been exploring some tools is all.
Never really got into burpsuite or aircrack-ng or anything so I thought I'd lash out a little
Monitor mode definitely sucks cocks

>>55812646
I can ping without enabling it, im on wifi

>>55812406

>myths and memes: the post

>>55812656
>

www.google.com

Why not say hello to rms?

nudge() { 
    ping -c 3 "${1:-stallman.org}"

>>55812687
The downside is: You only get APs, no devices connected to them.

>>55812699
+ }

>>55812438

>partial upgrades

The whole reply chain is just one idiotic thing after another.

>>55812715
Hey, I said I'm full of misinformation.
That's a legally valid disclaimer.
>sudo pacman -Syyu

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>>55812699
>who is this guy knocking on my door all the time?

>>55812715
Also it's 3:30 and I've had bass blasting through my spine for 5.5 hrs
Let me drink and shitpost in peace.
At least my system is working

>>55812753
>3:30
Where do you life? Also: cheers.

>>55812763
West coast americuh-land

>>55812772
>>55812763
>>55812753
This is my neighbor.
http://www.goducks.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4556
Gets away with whatever he wants apparently because he plays football

>>55812784
Not your personal army.

>>55812799
not looking for one.
Just realized he played football just 2 seconds ago

What aliases should I have in .bashrc?
I already have

alias dir='ls'
alias cls='clear'

Anything else useful or did I nail it?

>>55812892
you are retard

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Trying to install xubuntu. Get this a few seconds after reaching the "try/install/etc" screen, every time.

What's the go?

>>55812910
>you are retard
>Me fail grammar? Unpossible.

>>55812928
GFX=fried

>>55812943
>>55812928
Nvm I'm retard, the USB I have the install media on is formatted as NTFS which caused this error.

>>55812931
>you are retard
>Me fail grammar? Unpossible
Jeбeм ти мaтep, пpвo нopмaлнo a oндa y пичкy. фyцк гooглe тpaнcлaтe битцх acc ниггa

>>55812892
Not technically an alias, but I can't live without

setxkbmap -option ctrl:nocaps

to change capslock into another control key. Much easier on the pinky.

>>55812952
May I ask why you chose Xubuntu?
>>55812971
It's not google translate's fault that you're overdependent on it.

>>55812984
bcuz it just werks™ and it's fairly lightweight

>>55812988
fair enough.

>>55812984
i'm not, i was just showing you that i'm not gamberuger and english is not my first language.

dear /fglt/,
i'm trying to install mint 18 cinnamon to escape windows but i'm too stupid to make it work

i downloaded the iso and burned it to dvd (i also tried booting from USB stick) and from what i've read i have to be booted from one of these first to install it to my hard drive partition.
However the boot (even in safe mode) does not complete and at some point i get stuck with a black screen. What do i do now?

>>55813021
Did you used Rufus?

>>55813021
What are you using to write the image to bootable media?
Rufus is the only tool I trust, just make sure it completes successfully, and if it jumps during install you know something went wrong.

>>55813021
>However the boot (even in safe mode) does not complete
Set your USB drive as the first device device to boot in your BIOS.

What's the best looking distro in your opinion?

So, I want to try one of these tiling wm that are all the cool kids are using
What are my options?
Is there a babby mode wm I should try first?
Are there good tutorials or should I just read the manpages?

>>55813055
Yeah, my bad. My system is UEFI even; just called it the BIOS for so long.

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>>55813077
mine

For learning programing should I try out Linux?

>>55813125
>learning programing
what

>>55813125
You don't learn how to program by using Linux. That's like learning how to assemble a car by driving it.

>>55813093
deleted my post. BIOS is colloqial for motherboard firmware, a subset of firmware in general. I'm just like the GNU/Linux fanboys.

>>55813042
>>55813043
i'll try it now
used universal usb installer for usb and infrarecorder/windows context menu for cd
i hope it'll be as simple as that
>>55813046
it does start from the DVD/USB drive and i can choose between verifying the drive, OEM install, booting and booting in safe mode

none of the options however seemed to actually work (three different ISO files from different mirrors (official mint page DL, torrent and sourceforge) all seemed to have 5 corrupt files

>>55813152
>>55813137
Sorry not good at English. I was wondering if Linux is good for programming compared to windows?

>>55813125
Despite what these other grammar nazi's have said: the short answer is yes.
Try compiling C/C++ from Windows or OS X.
LLVM is a horrible piece of shit and Windows requires 200 lines just to spawn a window. And don't mention cygwin or someone will spit on you (not me, I prefer cygwin to anything but Linux itself)

anyone know of something i can use for mass conversion to mp3?

Lots of my files are flac and others which my phone and car stereo does not support

>>55813187
iTunes is great
>just fucking kidding. exit out of your reply now.
script your flac directories with https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Convert_Flac_to_Mp3

so i tried to install kde on ubuntu and fucked some shit up. everytime i try running apt-get i get this error

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

how do i fix it? ta

>>55813165
I use it for c++ and java, it works fine

>>55813175
Thanks anon.

I just installed xfce4 and now I'm configuring as I want. My main problem now is the applets. I really like the volume manager from gnome based distribution (to have the music players etc.)

Is there something similar or a way to have it on xfce4 ?

>>55813201
First, you can use apt instead of apt-get. The only diff is that apt-get is backwards compatible and apt is friendlier to end-users.

Second, the error is reporting that something is using your dpkg directory. This could mean you're running apt-get in another terminal or it (most likely) is being run automatically by the ubuntu software center or something.

ps -e | grep "apt"
sudo kill [insert pid of annoyance here]

>>55813222
just go with numix

>>55812448

Given that the filetype is remaining the same, I can ignore the parameter expansion, so could I do something like (after find and that stuff)

-exec bash -c 'f={}; ffmpeg -i "${f}" -vf "transpose=1" "${f}"

>>55813222
We use pavucontrol in this thread. Please change your preferences or leave.
lol.
Instead of ricing up your DE just switch to a window manager and use mpd/mpd-client-of-choice.
ncmpcpp feels like vim.

>>55812763
Made this out of boredom, maybe someone has use for it (save into ~/.bashrc):

worldclock() {
    (
    t="America/Los_Angeles"; printf '%s %s\n' "$t" "$(TZ=$t date +'%F %T %::z %Z')"
    t="America/Chicago";     printf '%s %s\n' "$t" "$(TZ=$t date +'%F %T %::z %Z')"
    t="America/Mexico_City"; printf '%s %s\n' "$t" "$(TZ=$t date +'%F %T %::z %Z')"
    t="America/New_York";    printf '%s %s\n' "$t" "$(TZ=$t date +'%F %T %::z %Z')"
    t="America/Sao_Paulo";   printf '%s %s\n' "$t" "$(TZ=$t date +'%F %T %::z %Z')"
    t="Europe/London";       printf '%s %s\n' "$t" "$(TZ=$t date +'%F %T %::z %Z')"
    t="Europe/Berlin";       printf '%s %s\n' "$t" "$(TZ=$t date +'%F %T %::z %Z')"
    t="Europe/Moscow";       printf '%s %s\n' "$t" "$(TZ=$t date +'%F %T %::z %Z')"
    t="Asia/Kolkata";        printf '%s %s\n' "$t" "$(TZ=$t date +'%F %T %::z %Z')"
    t="Asia/Hong_Kong";      printf '%s %s\n' "$t" "$(TZ=$t date +'%F %T %::z %Z')"
    t="Asia/Singapore";      printf '%s %s\n' "$t" "$(TZ=$t date +'%F %T %::z %Z')"
    t="Asia/Tokyo";          printf '%s %s\n' "$t" "$(TZ=$t date +'%F %T %::z %Z')"
    t="Australia/Sydney";    printf '%s %s\n' "$t" "$(TZ=$t date +'%F %T %::z %Z')"
    ) | column -t
}

>>55813271
>-exec bash -c 'f={}; ffmpeg -i "${f}" -vf "transpose=1" "${f}"
Just do:
-exec ffmpeg -i "{}" -vf "transpose=1" "{}" ';'

>>55813201
>>55813233
The update manager causes that too I think.

>>55813222
Not sure what you mean. XFCE's volume control app will show whatever's playing under playback, and the one that appears in the indicator panel by default looks almost exactly like Ubuntu's.

>>55813326
that's part of the ubuntu software center, am i wrong?

>>55813340
update manager of the ubuntu software center. whatever it all makes me want to vomit

>>55813300

Why the semi colon at the end?

>>55813378
to tell find that's the end of the -exec command
you can also do \;
it needs to be escaped so the shell knows it belongs to find and isn't a a regular ;

>>55813378
just a guess, i suck at bash: end of exec command?

Can someone suggest me good screenshot program for Arch?
something where i can take screenshot, edit it and upload it

>>55813404
That's a good question.
I've been using scrot and then gimp to edit and it really is exhausting and time consuming. Shamefully admitting I miss that windows snipping tool

>>55813404
Imagemagick

>>55813404
KSnapshot.

>>55813413
>>55813404
ffmpeg command is way too long but I guess you could alias it
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/taking_a_screenshot#FFmpeg

>>55813413
Im installing shutter right now, just saw it on arch wiki and i remmember using it on ubuntu

>>55813340
Honestly I don't know if it's part of the software center. It has a process name of "update-manager" on Xubuntu, and the Ubuntu release notes say they dropped the "Ubuntu Software Center" for "Gnome Software Center" or some shit.

The software updater will pop up without any user interaction, so that's why I mentioned it too.

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>>55813434
looks like this is a valid option despite the way-too-many packages I just installed

How do you create webm's on arch?
On ubuntu i was using "avconv" but it wont install on arch

>>55813397

Thanks for the help and >spoonfeeding

Just ran:
find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*.mp4' -exec ffmpeg -i "{}" -vf "transpose=1" "{}" ';'

But it made all of the videos unplayable and of size 0 bytes, despite them still being .mp4 it thought they were all plain text documents, even when trying to play with vlc or parole and similar

>>55813455
ffmpeg for any screencasting. Convert to webm

>>55813452
yea, but you get lots of options

>>55813404
Usually scrot, but since you're using Arch, keep it simple and use imagemagick.

Some examples:
# Desktop
import -quality 100 -window root +repage "~/scrots/scrot_$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).png"
# Window (with window frame)
import -quality 100 -screen -frame +repage "~/scrots/scrot_$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).png"
# Window (without window frame)
import -quality 100 -screen +repage "~/scrots/scrot_$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).png"
# Select part of screen:
import -quality 100 +repage "~/scrots/scrot_$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).png"

If you don't a imagemagick installed (you should) you can use ffmpeg:
ffmpeg -f x11grab -i :0.0+0,0 -s wxga -f image2 -vframes 1 "~/scrots/scrot_$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).png"

If you find yourself with glitches using scrot or imagemagick, try xrectsel (https://github.com/gvalkov/xrectsel) or slop (https://github.com/naelstrof/slop), alternativly, kill your compositor (pkill compton; screenshot; compton)

If you're using gnome, forget about all this jazz and run:
gnome-screenshot -a

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How can I get linux to recognize the back ports on my xonar dg sound card? It only sees the front HP port. Pic related.

>>55813471
Added to copypasta.

>>55813462
like this?
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libvpx -b:v 1M -c:a libvorbis output.webm

How to disable audio streams?

>>55813495
>>How to disable audio streams?
-an

>>55813495
>>55813462

got it
ffmpeg -i example.mkv -c copy -an example-nosound.mkv

>>55813495
ffmpeg -i output.webm -c copy -an example-nosound.webm

>>55813471
>>55813471
>gnome-screenshot -a
what's the KDE way?

>>55813531
I think this guy posted it
>>55813426

>>55813163
i'm back it didn't work

in normal mode i got as far as hearing the start up sound but it got stuck in the middle and kept repeating

in safe mode it told me "the NTFS partition is in an unsafe state, please resume and shutdown windows fully or mount the volume read only with the 'ro' mount option". what do i do now?
any help would be appreciated

>>55813534
Thanks. Does it have a switch for selecting a retangle?

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>>55813462
nice, it works

>>55813544
Shut down windows normally. This could very likely have something to do with windows fastboot and fast startup, but it sounds like windows didn't shut down properly.

>>55813547
You'd have to ask someone who uses KDE. I personally don't like desktop environments
>wm meme fanboy

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I've TIMEOUT=0 in my grub, what if I want temporary access grub during boot? Is there a hotkey?

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>>55813547

>>55813596
hold down the shift key before grub would appear

>>55813605
I see. Thanks.

>>55813607
Merci.

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>>55813564
it keeps happening

>>55813619
Okay, so why are you trying to mount an NTFS partition as rw?
The USB drive should be fat32

mindless ideas:
Did you partition from within windows or were you planning to do that from the installer?
Personally I think it's safest to just use the disk management utility in windows, since you might have to defrag to free up/consolidate disk space anyway. Try that?

>>55813643
before you take this advice we should talk about what's happenning more. I don't feel like I have the full picture

>>55813643
>>55813655
i had the usb stick as fat (standard) (lol!) before, trying as fat32 now

i have several partitions , one running on windows 8.1 (i'm really sorry you had to see this) the other ones being only files and one's empty with around 50 GB where i want to install Mint on.

>>55813619
Did you disable fastboot my friend?
And fast startup?
Windows makes it a real pain to switch to Linux (except for windows 7 and earlier)

>>55813544
>stuck in the middle and kept repeating
Are you sure it's really stuck? Loading everything can take a few minutes.

>>55813643
I'm confused too. Does the installer even mount your drives before you prompt it to?

>>55813684
When you create the partitions, you should be careful NOT to format them or assign drive letters. Just leave them as unallocated drive space.

>>55813698
well, not unallocated i guess, but unformatted, unassigned.

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if your linux is so good then why there less than 1% of steam users that are actually using it ?
if your linux is so good then why there less than 1% of wikipedia visitors that are actually using it ?

>>55813712
>steam
You are a funny guy, and this is almost 1/10 bait.
>wikipedia
Because we already know everything and we're the ones writing those articles

>>55813685
i did that just now and i'll try again
>>55813693
when i try to boot in safe mode, i get everything it's doing displayed in a list and it tries to mount the partitions/drives again and again as far as i can tell
it might have been the startup thing, i'll report back in a few minutes after trying again

>>55811665
So I'm making a script to copy my dotfiles then git push them, how do I copy a directory is it cp ~/dir1/dir2 ~/backups/dotfiles

>>55813712
If windows is so popular, then why are less than 0% of Linux users running it?

>>55813738
Safe mode? Why? If the installer isn't running you've already got a problem and debugging isn't going to get you anywhere.

>>55813471
>+repage
I'm curious, what exactly does this switch do?

>>55813739

cp [source] [destination]
man cp

Looks you have it right.

>>55813749
It updates the layer's geometry.
>the fuck is he talking about?
Try this:
Take a screenshot via: import test.png
Take a screenshot via: import +repage test.png
Open both in GIMP
You'll see the difference.

>>55813241
>>55813274
not what I asked.

>>55813326
>XFCE's volume control app will show whatever's playing under playback
pic related, it only have a slide bar for the volume.

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>>55813798
forgot pic related

>>55813798
You asked about "applets"
My answer was that you're using a DE so you don't know where your applets are running from or can't figure out how to inspect the source code yourself.
An extensible WM like Awesome is the solution to this problem.
I don't see how that's a non-answer.

>>55813779
I just tried it, what am I supposed to be looking at?
They look the same to me.

>>55813748
i mean booting from USB in safe mode
from the instructions i thought i should boot from USB first, then use the installer which is included

this time (without fastboot) i got a little further but it got stuck at

/inti: line 7: can't open /dev/sr0: no medium found

>>55813848
Okay here's how it generally goes:
Create a bootable USB device.
Change your motherboard's firmware settings (BIOS) so that the USB device is at the highest boot priority.
F10 exit and save BIOS configuration
Should now be booting up the USB device
Should now be looking at the installer loading up.
If that's not the case, something is wrong with your USB image or device. In my experience, many USB devices contain semi-invisible partitions or are corrupted enough that you are unable to boot from them.
Do you have any other USB sticks? Try a clean Rufus write, and check for bad blocks with 1 pass. (it may take a few minutes)

>>55813875
ALSO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DOWNLOADED A FULL ISO.
Rufus has no problem letting you write a corrupt ISO to USB, and it won't tell you what you did.
Download the ISO again and make sure the ISO is the correct file size.

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>>55813813
My panel looks like this.

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>>55813813
And the volume manager looks like this. Using Xubuntu 16.04

>>55813882
You might even try launching the iso in virtualbox from within windows to validate it.

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What's the best lightweight desktop environment out there?

>>55813905
>lightweight
>desktop environment
I think you mean window manager.
Literally just like any other X client. Hooks directly in, no bloatmemes.

>>55813844
Without +repage you should get a "out of bounds" warning, since the selection screenshot still has the layer geometry of the full display.

Usually you don't need +repage since most programs handle this on their own (hence just a warning), +repage just prevents this (updated the geometry information to the new geometry).

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What is your expirience with Intellij?
This shit takes too long to start

>>55813919
>>55813905
Literally the only change you make is adding an exec command to your xinitrc file for your WM of choice.
Try a WM, play with it for just a few days, never go back.

>>55813905
budgie

>>55813949
>>55813919
maybe he really means a DE?

>>55813905
XFCE is sane all around and I sticks to a classic user interface. I like it, although there are "lighter" things out there if that's a concern.

>>55813919
But he might have actually meant desktop environment?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop_environment

What's the most bloated DE that gives me the most convinience and desktop effects?

>>55813939
I see, thanks for explaining that one.

>>55813958
>At this time Budgie is heavily under development, so you can expect minor bugs and new features to be added as time goes on.
>heavily under development
>bugs
>WM please

>>55813959
>>55813961

Then why did he say lightweight?

I plan on trying to flash the BIOS on my Thinkpad T400 (never did anything like this before). Are there any general tips I should keep in mind that wouldn't be in an average online tutorial?

>>55813991
>Flashing BIOS
Why? What is broken?
Keep it simple, stupid.

Make sure you have an ethernet connection and Oh GAWD don't experience a power outage or you are fucked.

>>55813991
Make sure the battery is charged just in case the power cuts off while flashing?

>>55813889
do you have the name of it ?

guys, i'm having a weird thing happen to me
i'm using openbox and lightdm on arch and everytime i reboot i'm able to login to my openbox session but if i logout of openbox to change users, lightdm enters a login loop.
does anyone have any idea what i can do?

any help would be much appreciated

>>55814017
Yes I have one idea.
Don't use a display manager.
What the fuck is wrong with tty login and startx?

>>55814000
>>55814005

Oh, those are pretty straightforward things. Is a limited power supply really the most common cause of failure (besides my own stupidity)?

This is going to sound really childish, but are there any safety considerations I should keep in mind? I have a weird phobia about getting shocked while handling the innards of electronics.

>>55814053
>flashing BIOS
>handling innards
These shouldn't be related at all.
What exactly is the project you're undertaking?
And i didn't mean that your power supply has insufficient wattage, I just mean HOPE TO GOD that you don't lose power in the middle of the flash because this is firmware we're talking about. You need serious tools if you fuck that up. Have to send mobo back to OEM.

>>55814053
>getting shocked while handling the innards of electronics
Why exactly would you be handling any electronics directly when flashing BIOS? If your BIOS needs that sort of tinkering to flash then my advice would be to abandon the idea.

>>55814071

I'm going to try to use install Libreboot onto my old laptop.

Let me make it clear that I really don't mind if my laptop gets completely messed up. It's old and I don't really plan on reselling it anyway. I just want to maximize my chances of success and minimize any risks or dangers.

https://libreboot.org/docs/install/t400_external.html

This is more for the experience than actual enjoying a free BIOS. I just want to know how it feels like to try something like this.

>>55814010
It's Xubuntu's default xfce indicator plugin. The panel preferences lists the plugin as com.canonical.indicator.sound I don't know what it's called beyond that.

>>55814107
>>55814053
You won't get shocked, but your "innards" are pretty sensitive to static electricity.
If you actually need to touch the hardware, make sure you
1) have an antistatic bracelet (only for nerds)
2) aren't on a carpet and
3) touch a ground (a metal casing does fine) several times before you touch anything.

>>55814129

That's very reasonable. Thank you.

>>55814133
AND MAKE SURE YOU UNPLUG THE FUCKING POWER SUPPLY FROM THE WALL lol
>please don't die before reading this post
The cmos battery will retain hardware clock for a while, but if you take it out it will reset all BIOS settings to default

>>55814159

I read you.

Should I create a root password or just leave it empty?

>>55814172
Haha.
This is only an interesting question if we're talking about an EC2 instance.
You should have a password for the root user in the event that you need to login as root, but certainly don't make it your user password and definitely don't make it easy to decrypt with john-the-ripper.
My root password took 160 days to crack with john, and it was only 12 characters. Changed it recently to add some entropy.

>>55813882
i'm back

so far i have downloaded 3 different ISO files
used 2 dvds and 2 different usb sticks both checked for bad blocks

>>55813901
i'll try this one now

>>55814172
if you want sudo to be preconfigured and it is debian, leave it empty.

>>55814245
Sounds like overkill.
What happens immediately after you boot to USB device?

>>55814258
Yeah I'm using Debian with sudo.
>>55814216
>need to login as root
Isn't sudo -s enough?

Is there any way on Linux to replicate Foobar2000's file copy during encode functionality?

E.g. if I transcode a bunch of albums, and there was a jpg file in each original album folder, they will be copied to the equivalent new folders.

>>55814284
Not if user login triggers a crash (like a bad X config) and you simply can't log in without bad things happening.
>tty login as root
>fix everything
>back to usermode

>>55814286
I actually really like foobar2000, so this is interesting.
I don't see why any of this is necessary however, you can browse your NTFS music library just fine in ncmpcpp

>>55814286
milkdrop is cool as shit

>>55814317
Why no run foobar with wine.

>>55814335
lag
Emulating is almost always a terrible idea

>>55814286
You should learn shell scripting.

Check the OP's copypasta link.

>>55814342
Wine doesn't emulate.

>>55814350
That said, Wine can be thought of as a Windows emulator in much the same way that Windows Vista can be thought of as a Windows XP emulator: both allow you to run the same applications by translating system calls in much the same way.

>more than JUST an emulator

So by winehq's own definition, it is an emulator, as much as they try to tiptoe around it.
It really is laggy.

>>55814350
>Adding system calls
>increasing complexity by a factor of at least two
>isnt laggy
okay you win

>>55814317
It's so that I can transcode all my FLAC music to mobile formats and keep the album covers.

>>55814350
I will check it out but seems a bit excessive for this simple thing.

>>55814245
Might want to look at this in the future for checking your images:
https://linuxmint.com/verify.php
Bittorrent will check everything automatically, though. You can even import a slightly corrupted file into Bittorrent and it will grab the missing blocks.

>>55814406
i have also downloaded an iso via torrent

i was trying to verify some images but they all gave a different code (all the same one) than on the mint site

i have, however, no trouble booting the image in VM

>>55814403
Check out this post:
>>55812179

>>55814397
>>55814367
>>55814342
>>55814329
>>55814317
>>55814303
>>55814266
>>55814216
>>55814159
>>55814129
>>55814071
>inb4 banned from /g/
>outb4 all my shitposting catches up with me and i feel like a complete idiot

>>55814459
wat

>>55814475
I've been in these threads for 3 days straight and now i'm just spouting gibberish and about to get embarrassed

>>55814367
>laggy
Try running a native linux game and a windows game using wine. Be impressed by 10% more fps.

>>55814504
>native Linux game
Tuxmath is working fine
>windows game using wine
NOT GETTING GREAT FPS WITH GTA5 RIGHT NAO WHAT DID I DO

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>struggling with symlinks for an hour
>almost giving up, check another guide
>"symlink is a pointer"

Why nobody told me this before? Everything makes sense now.

>>55814541
Next time, just read the manpage.

>>55814541
It's a symbolic link.
It's a fucking link.
I've said this 8 different times in fglt threads already today.

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>>55814560
>man

>>55814604
Lol.
sudo make me-a-sandwhich-WOMAN

>>55814604
I guess a program, let's call it woman, which explains what to feel about the programs actions would not follow the unix philosophy.

>>55812971

Ti si gujca.

>>55814604
kek
sudo mv $(pwd) /dev/kitchen -vf

>>55814604
Don't forget fortune:
https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/3620un/is_there_a_less_sexist_version_of_fortune/

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>>55814620
>>55814604
This fucking bullshit operating system refuses to make me a sandwhich

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>>55814721

>>55814735
didn't use sudo
better start over

>>55814721
>>55814735
Check your privileges.

>>55814749
>white
>cis
>male
Looks okay.
Now what?

>>55814604
use info

>>55814830
Tell me how to hjkl info and I use it.

>>55814851
fn+hjkl

>>55814851
info <command> | less

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GIMP hackers, please tell me how to rotate a layer or text without destroying it. (I tried: layer > transform)

>>55814942
what do you mean by destroying?
what exactly are your trying to do?

>>55814942
tools -> transform -> rotate

>>55814962
Pic related, the GNU is transformed (and the text garbage). The Linux isn't.

>>55814972
That caused the garbage. (Did I miss something?)

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>>55814972
I think I got it, "interpolation" was set to "none" which caused the gargbage. Thanks all.

>>55814989
Select Image and then Canvas Size from the top, pull-down menus.
>In the resulting 'dialog box', just below and to the right of where it says
Canvas Size:
Click on the two, small 'chain link' icons.
Click on the little box that has a small, 'down arrow' on it, and select
Percent.
Increase the Width and Height to 150%.
Click on the box about halfway down and to the right side of the
'dialog box' that says Center.
Click on Resize.
>Select the Rotate Tool from the 'Toolbox-Tool Options' dock.
>Click inside the original image.
>Rotate the original image from either inside the resulting 'dialog box',
OR by clicking/holding and dragging the original image to the desired
angle.

>>55815075
That looks much better, thanks.

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>>55814942

what is a good todo application that syncs with a caldav server?

evolution is way too much for my needs.

>>55815232
brain.txt

>>55815329
same place you put your shitty password in?

no thanks pham

used to just sync something like that, but having the task list on your phone is too convenient. would like something like that on my pc too.

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>>55815387
>same place you put your shitty password in?
yes, if you're using 256 bit passwords, you're doing it wrong

>>55815401
ugh, that shitty xkcd comic again.

i'm done replying

>>55815387
Srsly, use a text file, maybe with rsync.
>>55815419
Shit meme, but it's true.

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>>55815424
and lose this?

already have nextcloud set up on my domain, why should i do that?

I fucked up

I had fedora 23 installed, and isntalled win7 on a diferent partion , now the bootloader (?) is gone, help ?

>>55815493
boot into a live distro and repair grub, there are lots of guides for it.

>>55815504
ill look around, thanks
It has been long since I messed with linux.
Windowos exclusive progams :(

>>55815515
which programs exactly? maybe some people have good suggestions.

>>55815493
I forgot to ask one thing , do I need to use a fedora Live USB/CD or can I use other distros for repair ?

>>55815532
Mostly autodesk stuff. Like Inventor and Fusion 360

>>55815543
any distro would work but using the one you have anyway seems to make more sense.

hey guys

i was running a win7 + arch dual boot on some laptop my friend gave me. but the win7 partition was rancid so i ran malwarebytes, ccleaner etc. it went fine. then today, i was updating the malwarebytes database and suddenly it turned off. now when i turn it on grub doesn't come on.

i tried to see what gparted says off of a live usb and it seems i have two boot flags assigned, one for w7 and one for arch. this is my absolute first time looking for boot flags, is it normal to have two (one for "system reserved" and one for arch partition, win7 was installed first)? if so, i should work on repairing grub like >>55815504 said, right?

>>55814975
>pic related
>no pic

>>55815929
summer

How stable is a headless debian installation compared to ubuntu server?

I plan on running plex, sickrage, couchpotato and deluge + vpn on a dedicated machine. I need downtime to be 0 as I am not always available to physically reboot the server if it fails due to traveling where I'm gone for weeks/months at a time.

I'm using two monitors on >GNOME, part of the left monitor is bleeding into the right one. Is there any way to make it not do that?

>>55816272
I'm currently running the setup on ubuntu server but it crashed once in the middle of one of my travels which pissed me off because I couldn't reboot it until 14 days later which meant I had no media for 14 days.

>>55816316

>anecdotal evidence

>>55816377
>anecdotal evidence
Hence why I am asking which one is most stable, silly.

>>55816397
Ubuntu LTS versions with point updates are pretty stable. It's just a matter of preference senpai.

>>55816272
debian stable is the definition of stable, the only other things as stable would be RHEL or centOS.

Is there a comparsion list of MS fonts and free replacement fonts?

>>55816501
what do you mean?
gnome has a utility to have a preview of almost all fonts if you are after that.
for basic stuff unifont and freefonts are already enough. cantarella, terminus, noto and dejavu are also pretty cool.

>>55816501
Are you referring to this?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Metric-compatible_fonts

>>55816576
That's perfect, thanks.

>>55816272
Debian stable is in my experience very stable.
I've had uptimes of years on debian servers, rebooting only for critical security updates.

I never used Ubuntu Server in production, so I can't compare.

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I'm trying to install Arch.

I don't want a separate home partition, so what would be the home partition will instead share the same partition as the root, do I have to do anything? Or do I just leave it and it will work on it's own?

>>55816794
You don't have to do anything. Just set a partition for root and you're good to go.

>>55816834
Thanks for the quick reply

>>55816794
/home is /home, whether a dedicated partition is mounted here or not.

>>55816759
>>55816483
>>55816445
Alright, I know that ubuntu is basically just debian with tons of shit on top, so I'll just go with debian.

Thanks boiz.

>>55815757
nevermind, i fixed this. repaired grub with chroot.

>>55816873
>/home is /home
would make for a good placemat

>>55816990

~ is ~

>>55817021
I would buy a ~ is /home one.

How do you hide a file on Ubuntu? Need an app? Another file manager?

>>55817081
Rename the file .file

>>55817089
Thanks. But that's not very practical, what if I just want to select and hide a lot of files? (which is what I have to do)

>>55817136
You can even batch rename them with most file managers, write a script or put them in a hidden folder.

>>55817081
why would you want to hide a file?

still using the family computer kiddo

>>55817081
If the shit you're hiding might be sensitive,
I suggest using an encrypted directory via
ecryptfs

>>55817136
move them into a hidden folder
what are you even trying to do here?

>>55817136
>(which is what I have to do)
It's actually not something you have to do. What are you trying to do?

>>55817177
Nah I'm just hiding my fetish porn in case friends use my computer.
>>55817207
I'll try this, thanks.
>>55817167
I don't know how to script. I suppose encrypt or create a hidden folder will do.

Whats the most customizable desktop environment I could find for Ubuntu?

>>55817256
You need to be 18+ to post here...

>>55817300
Are you implying adults never fap?

>>55817322
that anon is implying that adults don't have to hide their shitty trap porn

>>55817286
how are your programming skills?

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post this in the next OP image!!

>>55817457
Nice, is this OC?

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>>55817477
Nope

>>55817477
no, it's from deviant art

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I do however, have a suitable fork of an image.

New: >>55817520

>>55817515
>>55817509
>>55817457
sry, posted to early, next time guys

>>55817207
ext4 has native encryption now.
I'm not sure it's completely stable yet, I heard there were still some problems a few kernel versions ago.

Are there any linnucs game devs out there?
Is it a thing?