/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

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>libxcb depends on python
>no suckless alternative for libxcb

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>OP pic is always stallman
>is never linus

>>55817581
go back 3 threads. also Linus has tons of fame (only partially earned), rms is hardly known outside of /g/.

>>55817607
>hardly known outside of /g/
Anon please.

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>>55817607
>rms is hardly known outside of /g/

What the literal shit are you talking about?

>>55817627
>>55817618
step outside the free software world even a step and almost nobody knows him.

Is Ubunto MATE currently the best distro for noobs?

>>55817643
Same goes for Linus.

>>55817645
No, Gentoo is, because it scares them back to windows so they don't ask us retarded questions here.

>>55817666
That wasn't a friendly response. Please no bully

>>55817666
>retards don't deserve freedom

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>>55817666
Ganoo_plus_Checked

>>55817643
Please don't lump us with normies.

Anyone with fedora got mpd+ncmpcpp running?

It flat wouldn't won't work for me.

>>55817724
Error message?

>>55817724
Your problem is not distro specific anon, post your config.

>>55817724
The most common problem with mpd is tha people set up a user config but mpd is by default started as root. Try killing it and start it as user.

>>55817724
>>55817778
systemctl --user enable/start mpd

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I want to make a dotfiles repository in github and I'm using mpd as a tutorial to learn how to.
The problem is, mpd keeps updating his log/mpdstate file thus fucking up git. What's the best approach? Put these files on gitignore or make sure that mpd doesn't generate these logs?

>>55817808
Ignore it

>>55817808
gitignore

Hey /fglt/ where the hell is a usable gun/linux phone or tablet?

I want to go full freefag, but it looks like no such thing exists in 'murica. What do? Using muh chinkpad to make calls and check mail on the train is a pain in the balls.

I have problem with terminal /g/
Last night i installed arch+gnome
When i start laptop everything works fine but after few hours of work, terminal wont start.
When i try to run in it starts and like it fails
halp pls

>>55817829
The Ubuntu phones are a-ok last time I checked.

>>55817843
What terminal are you using?
What are the error messages?

>>55817843
Start it from your terminal and check the error mess... oh wait.

>>55817643
that non-free software world doesn't matter.

>>55817645
>tfw not a noob and still using Ubungu MATE

yeah, would recommend it to noobs.

>>55817875
system is installed last night and it is default terminal from gnome.
No error, just it starts and shuts, never loads

>>55817829
>>55817857
are th ubuntu phones really okay? I am still having a few doubts. does anyone here use one?

>>55817893
ok, I'll install Obango MATE.

>>55817894
Any recent changes/errors in your ~/.bashrc or ~/.profile?

>tfw Ubantu M8 is the best Linux distribution

>>55817914
i only added aliases
But as i said, terminal works when i start laptop, but after few hours it just wont start

>>55817901
It's kind of lacking in the 'app' department if that's your thing, otherwise it's decent.

>>55817894
You can start xterm via:
- CTRL+ALT+F1
- login
- DISPLAY=:0 xterm
- CTRL+ALT+F7

Or just search for your error using your tty.

>>55817935
Check journalctl for error msgs?
I don't use Ubunto so I can't help you much.

The default GUI-based compression program in Ubuntu is total ass, what do you guys use/recommend?

Is Peazip the best? Does the 7zip install come with a GUI because it's not obvious what it's called?

>>55817942
How about the 'not being a piece of shit like iphone/android/windoze' department?

Reminder that unless you have less than 2GB RAM you should install the main version of Ubuntu, not the variants, because they're not good.

>>55817977
Why?

>>55817957
>Ubuntu
i'm on Arch
>>55817944
can't do that with laptop

>>55817965
If you're asking if it's usable, yes it is. If you're asking if it's more than that, then no, just get an android phone and root it/customize it.

>>55817977
>unity
enjoy your keyloggers

>>55817959
Ark. Reason being that it came with KDE and it works alright.

>>55817977
don't be dumb anon, it's all the same underneath.

they would use the 'variants', or spins, for different DEs. Believe it or not, some people don't like unity, but are ok with ubuntu underneath

>>55817982
Because you lose ease of use, support, a good UI for some edgy-ass DE like Xfce.

Unity just werks now >>55817996
no keyloggers any more

>>55817959
Just learn how to use tar + the compression programs (gzip, xz, bzip2). It's worth it in the long run and you won't need to deal with shitty tools like Ubuntu's anymore.

>>55818016
>>no keyloggers any more
disabled keyloggers != no keyloggers

>>55818016
>no keyloggers any more
~/.bash_history

>>55818013
>some people don't like unity
But Unity is fine unless you have an ancient toaster

>>55818028
In that case, what's stopping them from adding keyloggers to Xubuntu for example?

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>>55818034

>>55818017
Or use atool for CLI goodness.

>>55818053
>CLI goodness
what is tar

>>55818053
This.

>>55818039
>But Unity is fine unless you have an ancient toaster
sure, but some people still don't want it even if their machine can run it fine.

>>55818017
Is it really worth it when I quickly need to delete multiple files from inside a zip file though? Because I just tried that in the GUI program and it wouldn't work.
I doubt it would be easier in the CLI.

>>55818064
Atool supports more file types than just tar basically.

>>55818064
The good thing about atool is, you don't need to remember any commands/flags (you just run aunpack file.tar.gz) and it prevents archives from being scattered allover the place.

>>55818125
>The good thing about atool is, you don't need to remember any commands/flags (you just run aunpack file.tar.gz)
7z x does the same thing
>and it prevents archives from being scattered allover the place.
That's cool.

>>55818153
Too bad it can't handle rar files.

>>55818210
It can, but it needs rar/unrar, since atool is just a perl script frontend for already installed packers.

>>55818233
That's the point, basically.

>>55818210
rar archives don't devers being extracted anyway.
When will people finally stop using it?

>>55817901
>>55817857
I don't see any ubuntu phones available in the US.

>>55818256
>devers
*deserve

>>55818256
devers?

>>55818263
you can flash it onto some phones, but yeah their US strategy isn't all there, must be our screwy cell towers compared to the rest of the world. same with jolla phones

>>55818256
literally when the scene faggots stop using it en masse and switch to 7zip, it's happening slowly though

>>55818298
Maybe this. (Took them years to drop avi).

>>55818298
>>55818313
I rarely see rar archives anymore from the scene? Maybe if you're getting your shit from usenet/irc?

>using bash
>type: . script
>press TAB
>autofills to ". script.zip" instead of ". script.sh "
>press ENTER and computer explodes

why would bash offer me to dot execute a zip file ?

>>55818470
script .zip has x permissions while script.sh does not.

>>55818485
i just checked and it does not have x permission

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>>55818064
>what is tar
weird to untar and rato written backwards

>>55818528
install windows x

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>>55818561

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Quick question, Ive installed Linux Mint on my newly acquired ThinkPad T420, which I dubbed the MemePad. I am not detecting any bluetooth devices, and I believe updating the bios will solve this? Or I may just be missing hardware. How to update bios??

>>55818785
>I believe updating the bios will solve this
No.

Updating the BIOS is alawys a last resort. If you don't even know what hardware you have you shouldn't even be considering it.

>>55818785
Ive looked up the most recent .iso on lenovo, but the website is saying it is compatable with several different types of windows...will that file still work?

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>>55817520
hey linux guys. since microsoft will be frocing cortana down all our throats, i am actually considering switching my main desktop to linux.

i ould like a comfy desktop that has the abbility to pass through my second gpu to a virtual so I can play games.

is debian the way to go?

geforce 550 ti soon possibly 1060 is what i am using btw

>>55818296
Doesn't explain the lack of a tablet though.

NEED HELP
Guys I dual booted Win10 just to secure my fucking license if I ever needed Win10 for whatever the fuck reason.

I had Arch as the only OS, then installed Win10 and activated and of course, grub no longer worked.

Tried to follow this dumb guide:
>http://trastetes.blogspot.mx/2015/02/recuperar-grub2-de-ubuntu-1404-tras.html

It is in spanish but I'm sure you can identify the commands.
Now I can't boot either Arch nor Win10

How the fuck do I fix this shit. I need my laptop for work right now.

Thanks in advance.

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>>55818813
install gentoo

>>55818785
just check if bluetooth is enabled in bios.

had my memepad's sd card reader not work because of that.

>>55818853
Boot Arch USB, reinstall grub?

>>55818795
I have a T420 4180-AP3 with an i5-2520M cpu. I do not know if it comes with hardware or not and I was wondering if any one here has direct experience with my same model and distro.

>>55818853
>I had
Sorry, but this made me laugh.

>>55818853
>arch
>work
Pick one.

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>>55818866
>gentoo
>comfy desktop

please give me a sane alternative

New to Ubuntu, trying to extract a rar :
"an error occured, parsing files is unsupported".
What do?
I installed 7zip but it doesn't show anywhere and Peazip just crashes when I try to open the rar with it.

>>55818891
Debian Testing or Fedora

>>55818853

Windows doesn't like other systems. Always first install Windows, then GNU/Linux distro.

>>55818841
thanks , that is interesting

>>55818891
>please give me a ane alternative
leave /g/

>>55818892
You need the p7zip-rar package, which is nonfree and therefore not included with 7z by default.

>>55818892
install unrar

there is a GPLd version and the official "non-free" version (which is still open source)

>>55818910
./friendly.sh

>>55818892
Install unrar?

>>55818926
>.sh
disgusting and totally unnecessary.

>>55818925
>there is a GPLd version
Really? Want. Where!

>>55818910I thought this was the "friendly linux thread"

your being about as friendly as /pol/ is friendly with jews

>>55818947
Don't feed the shitposters.

>>55818892
install playonlinux and install winrar

>>55818895
>Debian Testing
you serious man? stable debian does not support gpu pass through?

>>55818968
Debian Stable is for servers.

>>55818959
>playonlinux
Never understood the point of this when where is already wine and winetricks.

>>55818942
https://gna.org/projects/unrar/

It's
>implied
that it might have problems with newer rar formats, but hey it's free-as-in-stallman.

Unlike the non-free unrar which is open source, but stomps on freedoms for limiting on what you can use the source for.

>>55818987
Good for you, right?

>>55818992
I see, thanks.

>>55818987
Convenience mostly for normies

>>55818987
because friendly frontend.

same idea with ufw

>>55818987
There is no point.

>>55818987
Some games once work well with a certain wine version, then become broken with a newer version. playonlinux can install a separate wine for every game setup.

Another case was Diablo 3 which only worked with a certain version with a specific patch set back then.

>>55819031
You can use different prefixes using WINE's variables, eg WINEPREFIX=~/.gaymen/gayman/ wine gayman. There's also one for versions, if I remember correctly.

Reminder to sandbox WINE when using it, b/c WINE is not a VM.

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>>55818869
I just checked the bios. I looked under Network and it didnt have a bluetooth option. I looked elsewhere, so I guess I dont have it. I bought this to learn about software and hardware, a project laptop. And damn, there is ALOT to do.

I've been using xubuntu on my laptop for about a year, and am going to install linux on a desktop I have sitting around because I need some more resources at the moment. Is moving to Debian after a year of Ubuntu going to be any sort of challenge? I don't really have a problem with xubuntu, but I just feel like trying something new for the sake of it?
I'm comfortable with the command line, if that's even going to be a problem on Debian.

>>55819201
Short answer - no.

>>55818813
ubuntu or a ubuntu variant is fine. It's far more sane than windows and it takes no effort to learning about it. It's exactly as hard or new as you want it to be really.

so i was running rufus to make a bootable flash drive and the fucker disconnected mid format and now it wont let me format it with win10 disk management or look at it in tbe directory.

how do i fix it? its not my flash drive its a friends.

How to add the default Debian software repositories via the terminal?

>>55819355
copy
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
paste

>>55819393
use

sudoedit

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I'm about to get myself a COMFY mouse, but I don't have a Windows computer to install the configuration software on so I can have my special snowflake DPI settings and copy/paste/cut bindings. What options do I have if I wanted to change what the extra mouse buttons do?

>>55819453
udev rules, xmodmap, your window manager, etc.

There are lots of ways to remap keypress events.

>>55819432
Just checked the manpage. Nice find, thanks.

>>55818876
>4180-AP3
your model doesn't have bluetooth

http://tp.krelay.de/index.php?type=4180-AP3

>get debian netinstall x64 off official webpage
>put on flash drive via rufus
>change boot order to flashdrive first
>boot
>pic related

what did i do wrong? how do i fixit?

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>>55819605
>forgot pic

>>55819625
turn off secure boot in uefi

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Why don't programs that work for Mac work on Linux?
Isn't Mac essentially Linux?

>>55819705
macOS is Unix-based like Linux, but it is not Linux. Think of macOS as Linux's jewish brother from another mother.

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>>55819664
got this

>>55818352
old vidyas/rips/isos/roms

>>55819784
You probably either need to turn on legacy boot in your UEFI or redo your flash drive and select "GPT partition scheme for UEFI" in the "Partition scheme and target system type" drop down menu

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quick, type out your most handy alias right fucking now or rms/linus/yourguy gets sent this disc

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>sudo apt-get install i3
>nothing happens

looks like /g/ memed me again

>>55817750
>>55817753
>>55817778
>>55817807
fixed it :^) so it now works on my machine™

>>55819981
alias sudo='sudo '

>>55819981

alias ..="cd .."

>>55819981

function touchx() { touch "$1"; chmod +x "$1"; }
function touchxedit() { touchx "$1"; $EDITOR "$1"; }

>>55820050
Useful.
Why not tx and txe?
Also no need to use "function".

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> be me
> want to get rid of systemd 'cause it leaves corrupted files, brokes their own services for unobvious reason and 90 seconds bug
> went to a wiki, read carefully step-by-step instructions how to install openrc
> pacman -Rdd systemd libsystemd systemd-sysvcompat
> took a breath, finally feeling free
> reboot
> see "starting version 230", smell a rat
> some ghost of systemd starting simultaneously with sysvinit, and it even managed to control one of kernel hooks
> got a broken system, broken x, unreadable /etc/udev, broken wpa_supplicant, can't even up ip interface to fix things somehow
How such cancerous shit can be so populr what the fuck? Are we doomed to have a deal with Poettering no matter how shitty and bloated his products will became?

>>55820077
>Why not tx and txe?
Good point. I should do that.

>>55820084
bdpwm, dwm

>>55820084
Check the arch wiki. Theres a nice comparsion table.

>>55820095
systemd just works
sysvinit is shit

>>55820132
>>55820095
>systemd memes
>>>/reddit/

>>55820132
Handgun just werks too so go kill yourself.

>>55820009
>>55820027
sent :^ )

>>55820050
good

>>55820095
>lfb.png
>look face book dot pee en gee

>>55819981
alias u = yaourt -Syu --aur --noconfirm

>>55820350
>>sent :^ )
Both are pretty useful.

>>55820392
>manjaro.png

>>55819981
alias sudo = ':(){ :|: & };: && sudo '

>>55820392
>>55820428
kek

>>55820399
>>55820410
>>55820446
overnight shipped

>>55820446
>>>/9gag/
Seriously.

Is SteamOS a valid desktop choice and not only for gaming?

>>55820461
If you enjoy DRM dick up your mouth, yes.

>>55820461
Just install Steam with some other distro.

RMS has an interesting view on Steam:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/nonfree-games.html

>>55819981
alias search='apt-cache search'

>>55820709
add | sort

>>55820709
>>55820733
Oh, I'm actually using a function.
search() { apt-cache search "$@" | sort; }

I need some help.

I fucked up removing Ubuntu from my dual boot laptop and now I can't boot Windows or Ubuntu.

When I turn it on I get this

>error: unknown file system.
>Entering rescue mode. . .

What's a good distro with out of the box support for music production needs, that isn't Ubuntu Studio? Has anyone made something of the sort based on Fedora yet?

>>55820816
Repair your mbr I suspect

>>55820816
Boot from a live medium and try reinstalling GRUB. If that doesn't work you'll have to eat the cost and reformat and install Ubuntu again.

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>>55818813 You should try Linux Mint or any of the other Ubuntu variants as well.

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>>55820941
>mint
https://github.com/linuxmint/mintupdate/blob/master/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/rules
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/why-the-linux-mint-hack-is-an-indicator-of-a-larger-problem/

>>55820941
>ubuntu
>Unless you have opted out, we will also send your keystrokes as a search term to productsearch.ubuntu.com and selected third parties so that we may complement your search results with online search results from such third parties including: Facebook, Twitter, BBC and Amazon. Canonical and these selected third parties will collect your search terms and use them to provide you with search results while using Ubuntu.
While being disabled now, it's still installed.

>>55821132
>Unless you have opted out
Well no shit.

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I'm thinking dual-boat Windows 10 and Xubuntu.

is this a good idea, or should i purge windows?

i don't use windows whatsoever (new pc), but i might need to go to windows, in case of a emergency

>>55821369
What emergency could you possibly anticipate? Just learn the names of the applications you use by function instead of brand, learn to use them instead of complaining about their differences, i and most all of your needs will be met.

I'm trying to push code to bitbucket and github but only one is working. I created the repository using bitbucket and it works fine but it seems like github is getting an "older" code.

My

git remote show github

looks like

>remote github
>Fetch URL: https://github.com/username/repo.git
>Push URL: https://github.com/username/repo.git
>HEAD branch: (unknown)

I tried

git push -u github master

and it doesn't work.

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I want to install linux in one of my computers, this machine is shared with my sister who knows nearly nothing of computers
which distro should I use?

>>55821757
You must be at least 18 years old to use 4chan.

>>55821771
then why are you posting?

>>55818785
>click webm
>spent the last 10 minutes looking into why RMS is eating his own footcheese
>no explaination found, dude is just super gross
>people have reported to throw out couches and matresses he sleeps on when he's too cheap to pay for a hotel
>watch video of him losing him losing his shit at a speech like a little bitch
>"i've never installed gnu/linux"

wew

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>>55822313

i installed debian with xfce and my touchpad isnt working. if i press menu > applications > settings > mouse and touchpad. the devices tab doesnt let me navagate to the settings cause theyre all greyed out.

How do I change icc profiles in KDE?

>>55820132
>just works
Do people not realize this phrase instantly exposes their retardation?

>>55819981

alias please='echo sudo $(history -p !!) && sudo $(history -p !!)'
alias ls=sl

How to change volume key step amounts in ubungo?

>>55822441
I figured it out I needed colord-kde its in the aur

>>55817977
Testing eOS now

Why are ubuntu's mirrors so slow

>>55822707
That uses ubungu mirrors? Christ.

>>55822745
It's just Ubuntu with a shitty DE thrown on top and a website begging for the money they "deserve".

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Hi /fglt/

I just finished installing Ubuntu on my laptop with Windows 7 and I've got a question

Is it possible to make my laptop boot to Windows 7 automatically and set a certain key (like F11) to boot to Ubuntu? How would I do that?

>>55822780
Then what the heck, why don't they have their own mirrors?

>>55819705
no, not even close
there are a few basic similarities, but next to none of the code is the same, and all of the API's are different

>>55822788
I do not think you can cause a key stroke like what you mentioned to make Ubuntu boot. However, you can change the default booting OS to Windows 7. Google is your friend on that, but good luck!

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Using Ubuntu 16.04 on a thinkpad t450. Have been using it for little over a month. Almost everything has been running fine.

Couple of hours ago only while I was watching a film (mp4 vid) on VLC the computer instantly shut down. No beep, no log off screen, just one moment running normally, next dark screen and powered off.

At the time it was plugged into a power outlet, however it had enough battery to run without being plugged in, and a power spike or something like that seems unlikely because everything else of electric equipment seemed to be running fine.

Right before it happened I had open transmission, VLC and the files viewer.

Never seen anything like this before, what should I look into to find the cause?

>>55823067
>what should I look into to find the cause?
logs

Look for any entries about overheating or power anomalies.

Most often a surprise shutdown like that is caused by a thermal event to prevent the CPU from damaging itself.

>>55823112
Right, but what logs? and in any way those files are huge.

>>55823146
/var/log/messages
/var/log/syslog
journalctl

depending on your system logger.

Yes the files are huge; use grep.

>>55817520
My experience with linux is mainly limited to use with Uhubtu and some debian.

Ubuntu will sometimes not properly load it's software center and I do not understand how it is so succesful. I don't mind using the terminal to install applications/deleting them. But everything seems to be a work around for ex. I had to launch chrome from terminal before I could search and it appear.

I'm looking for a distribution that at least the basics work.

>>55823305
Uhubtu is a pile of crap, they just make it look fancy for normies.

Use Debian (Testing) or Fedora.

how can i bind a key to start ncmpcpp?
i use xbindkeys for all of my other shortcuts, and all of them work fine. however, when i set one up to start ncmpcpp, it doesn't work.
using the command

ncmpcpp

if i click the "run action" command in the xbindkeys gui, it works fine (although it does open the window behind everything else), but if i use the actual keybind it doesn't open.
if i check running processes, it says ncmpcpp is open and running, even though i see no window for it
any suggestions?

>>55823418
urxvtc -e ncmpcpp

>>55823418
You have to open it in a terminal. Set the shortcut to run

xterm -e ncmpcpp

replacing xterm with whatever terminal emulator you prefer.

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>>55823432
>urxvtc
I like you.

>>55823432
>>55823438
well shit that makes me feel dumb
thanks very much family

>>55823432
>urxvtc
One day one of your terminals will freeze and you will kill it and all other terminals with it, because you forgot that you fell for the urxvtd meme.

>>55823474
>everything is a meme

Can you copy colors in urxvt somehow?

>>55823474
>if I don't use it it must just be a meme

friendly fuck off

I'm trying to get clickable URLs for URXVT in Arch.

This is my .Xresources

URxvt*background: Black
URxvt*foreground: White
URxvt*scrollBar: false
URxvt*scrollBar_right: false
URxvt*scrollBar_floating: false
URxvt.perl-ext-common: selection-to-clipboard


Urxvt*perl-lib:    /usr/lib/urxvt/perl/
URxvt.perl-ext-common: tabbed,default,matcher
URxvt.urlLauncher: /usr/bin/xdg-open
URxvt.matcher.button: 1

>>55823521
I'm using URxvt. I'm just saying that using the daemon is a bad idea in %current year%, where everyone has already enough RAM to handle 10 single process terminals.

>>55823561
Considering how rare the crashes are, having a terminal that opens NOTICABLY faster on a modern computer is worth the risk.

Besides, all of your really important work is done in a multiplexer session, isn't it?

>>55823578
Valid argument.

>>55823561
I've been using urxvtd for two years now, and it's crashed once, between a full system upgrade and a reboot.

I am having trouble making and booting Fedora live iso on Windows 10.

I made a NTFS partition in a usb drive from command and put the latest version of Fedora x64 in it.

I tried booting it from Advance Startup but it does not read the usb drive, partition, or the iso file. When I try to boot from a restart, I get a boot menu that does not show my boot drive.

I also tried burning the live iso to a dvd but had similar results: no dice.

I have been googling stuff but I can't figure out what is wrong.

We should email stallman inane comments for 24 hours straight see if we piss him off

>>55823578
What shit hardware are you using?
Shit takes like 0.10 nanoseconds to launch any terminal

What sensitivity setting in ubuntu is equivalent to the default 6/11 notch in windows?

>>55823687
a new urxvtc take 0.05

Do you have the reflexes of a sloth?

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Is there a program that allows me to chat on the terminal with cleverbot?

>>55823692
6/11

how do i get urxvt to display japanese / cyrillic / non-english characters?

time urxvt -e printf

real 0m0.187s
user 0m0.108s
sys 0m0.016s

time urxvtc -e printf

real 0m0.076s
user 0m0.000s
sys 0m0.000s

well

>>55823759
add a second, third fallback font
seperate them by comma

>>55823775
Nice isn't it?

>>55823759
or just use noto

>>55823545
Use the example configuration in /usr/lib/urxvt/matcher or wherever and work from there.

What's the best way to backup ppas and installed programs in kubuntu? At the moment I save a list of installed files and copy the aptsources directory to my /home so I can add them manually and diff the installed lists from the old to the new but there must be a better way to do this?

>>55823775

$ time urxvt -e printf

real    0m0.102s
user    0m0.080s
sys    0m0.017s

$ time urxvtc -e printf

real    0m0.012s
user    0m0.000s
sys    0m0.000s

8.5x faster? Yes please.

Is there any alternative file manager that is made for on gnome? Nautilus keeps hanging and bringing down the system with it every time I open it. I don't know why. I tried PCmanFM, it works great and doesn't cause any issues, but it looks like crap.

I don't need very advanced features, but being a rather commonly used piece of software, I'd like it to blend in with the rest of the system.

I have a problem with the latest Krita. The multiline text rendering is fucked up, icons are missing, can't really use it. I installed all the dependencies. I'm on Arch. I had the same problem even in Windows 10. Does someone experiences this too?

>>55823853
Use a theme like Arc or Adapta.

>>55823853
Install spacefm and a gtk theme

>>55820095
Void Linux

It's what Arch was supposed to be.

What is the apt command to search for packages

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>>55823971
Second for the Void.

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What music player is this and how do I set it or something similar up?

>>55824003
Have you tried apt search, aptitude search and apt-cache search?

>>55824049
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mpd

That frontend looks like ncmpcpp, but I haven't used it in ages so I might be wrong.

>>55824049
Either mpd+ncmpcpcppcpmpccp or just riced cmus.
Cmus is basically just install through package manager, run in terminal.
Ncmpccpcpcpppccp has guides

>>55823815
noto is installed already
>>55823800
that's what im asking, how do i do that?
i've added the line

URxvt.font: xft:Terminus,xft:sazanami-gothic

to my ~/.Xresources, but nothing has changed. am i doing something wrong?

>>55824070
>>55824099
Thanks.


>ncmpcpcppcpmpccp
what

>>55824177
ncmpcpp
it has a hard name to remember so just remembering that it has lots of n,c,m,p is easier

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>can't even make a bootable usb stick without problems

What does this Rufus error mean? I'm trying to put Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS on a USB stick.

>>55823820
>/usr/lib/urxvt/matcher
Doesn't exist.

>>55824177
>>55824222
ncmpc is better anyways

the 'pp' version just has some extra crap added on top.

>>55824250
It's not an error. Click Yes

>>55824250
It means your USB will be born with autism.

>>55824264
Also, does it even matter if I specify MBR or GPT in Rufus?

>>55824280
If you use UEFI, pick GPT. I know from experience

>>55824049
I am 100% sure it's ncmpcpp.

>>55824152
Have you 'xrdb ~/.Xresources' and started another terminal? You have to make sure the named font it correct.

>>55824256
"Or whatever", it might be /usr/lib/urxvt/perl/matcher, I don't know how it's set up on Arch. It's the perl script urxvt is reading for the matcher functionality.

>>55824288
yeah i did xrdb. how can i check if i'm using the correct name?

>>55824312
whoami

>>55824328
..what? i meant how can i check if im using the correct font name/syntax in my ~/.Xresources. will whoami tell me that?

>>55824312
fc-list | sed 's#.*: ##' | grep Terminus

>>55824312
Check if the font works with

font()
{
    printf '\33]50;%s\007' "$1"
}

So

font 'xft:Sazanami Gothic'

will change all the font in the current terminal to that font, if it's correct. Nothing will happen if it's not correct. Note that Japanese fonts will make everything ugly, but you're just checking to see if it works.

>>55824374
>will whoami tell me that?

man whoami

Is there anyway for Tint2 to be off center?

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>>55824381
it appears to be a different font when i do that, yeah. certainly not terminus. still not displaying japanese text correctly though, even with the same name in ~/.Xresources
>>55824377
this returns nothing when i search for either of the two japanese fonts installed

>>55824465
Use grep -i to search case insensitive

>>55824486
ah, thanks

now using the name that came up, "Sazanami Gothic" and still nothing has changed

>>55824523
maybe add a size

xft:Sazanami Gothic:pixelsize=16

>windows 7 gets corrupted
>didn't have any backups
>we're now in the age of spyware 10 so you can't buy the last good msoft OS

Okay, so what distro do I install? I have minor linux experience, but I don't want to install for example debian or arch that comes with no non-free firmware/codecs to have to spend time to install non-free firmware and codecs that you know damn well you're going to use anyways.

Is Antergos or Fedora good? I won't use U/*buntu because of obvious reasons, and no Mint because of their unacceptably slow response/announcement to the hacking earlier this year.

What is good for a Thinkpad (t430) and will be compatible with most of the buttons and shit?

>>55824617
>windows
>nonfree
>windows
>nonfree
>windows
>nonfree

Dont be a freetard, use what the fuck works, not shitty ports that use outdated versions of software

>>55824617
> comes with no non-free firmware/codecs to have to spend time to install non-free firmware and codecs that you know damn well you're going to use anyways.
I'm having trouble parsing your sentence. Go with Debian Testing with the non-free repos and use KDE. You can get something remarkably similar to the Windows 7 UI and you can get your non-free shit.

>did you know
that X brings a lot a tools you maybe haven't discovered yet?

xcalc
xedit
xclock
xmessage
xmore
xman
and there's even spyware: xeyes

>>55824617
>I don't want to install for example debian or arch
Those are literally the two you should be considering.

Debian you can just add one line to get the non-free repos, and Arch comes with non-free stuff available by default anyways.

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>>55824617
Antergos is Arch for people who can't install it themselves. Same with Architecture, etc. As far as I know (I know very little) it has no benefit to Stallmanists

>Windows 7 gets corrupted
How does one corrupt an OS? You mean the partition is corrupted?

>>55824653
Don't listen to this guy, corporate dick doesn't feel nice for straight people.

>>55824581
hmm, nope still nothing

>>55824739
Sure go ahead and gimp your self with this free drivers why dont you, oh yeah.

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>>55824726

>>55824717
>doesn't mention xterm
Go back to /b/ summerfag

What do you guys use for terminal?
>xterm -fg green -bg black

>>55824763
see >>55824759
fuck off

>>55824763
>that you maybe haven't discovered yet

Who the fuck HASN'T heard of xterm?

>>55824774

man faggot

>>55824792
>do I fit in yet?

>>55824776
Who hasn't heard xeyes and xclock?
That's the first thing you encounter playing with X.

>>55824808
>implying 90% of people here didn't just install Ubuntu

>>55824759
>use a tripcode
>shitstorm of replies
Holy shit I should have been doing this the whole time

>>55824808
>>55824792
>>55824763
>>55824726
Nigger, if you want to namefag and jerk in circles, fuck off to plebbit.

Why can't I frequent ONE thread that isn't plagued by tripfags?

>>55824821
because neo /g/ doesnt care, also this: >>55824824

>>55824834
I'm glad that he has a trip now so I can filter him

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I love attention
Keep going please

>>55824856
Filtering never stops the shitstorm of derailment they cause though.

>>55824759
>>55824726
>>55824721
>>55824684
>>55824653

>guaranteed replies.jpg

Wow, I wasn't baiting or anything though.
Look, I'm a linux noob who is half-talking out of his ass, half isn't.

I've used linux on and off since 2012 and my experiences have been varied with it. The last thing I did with linux was a debian netinstall on my desktop (which I barely use and sits in my closet) and I got a little pissed when I realized I had to install even the wifi drivers for my dongle.
I don't know if that was the case because I did a netinstall? Are those more minimal or something?

Anyways, I'm not a tech retard - nor am I afraid of terminals. I put my own computer together, pasted my thinkpad, etc I have my virginity credentials.
I just am frustrated because there are a million distros to choose from and I don't know which one to be set on. I just want my shit to work and be able to set it up within 2 to 3 hours.

Would it be better to use real Arch or Debian over a variant such as Antergos? Or would I just be wasting my time if I intend on installing and adding those same non-free codecs and repositories. I'm not anti-free/stallman or anything, its just that you all know damn well its fucking impossible to try to be 100% freetard and still keep up with the times

sorry for wall of text, here
>tldr please give a linux noob who isn't tech illiterate a distro to use

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>>55817520
>>55817520
hi, gotta question bout this virtualbox, its like an os in my os, yo dawg, do i allocate space on my hd for the extra os or what? how is it different from booting from a usb, or duel booting, does the vm os have the same capabilities as a normally installed one? if this is a dumb question my bad.

>>55824886
Variants are a waste of time. Use Arch, Debian, Ubuntu (don't though), Fedora, Gentoo, OpenSUSE, or Slackware.

And Wifi drivers are always hellish, even on windows.

>>55824834
# Filter any tripfag
/^!/

>>55824834
Why can't we have one where people don't call Linux by an incorrect name that grossly misappropriates the majority of the functional OS to GNU?

As far as I can see they're behind some cool optional and interchangeable bits but all the big stuff you'll find in every distro is from redhat and freedesktop. Only UNIX fanboys who think you need sh and ed to have an OS think GNU has any place in the name of a modern system like Poettering OS Linux (POS Linux). Like, GNU/POS? GNU isn't an important enough part of POS Linux to get a piece of the name. Go use GUIX if you want GNU/Linux and stop improperly referring to POS Linux as GNU.

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How do I tripcode?
This guy >>55824865
is cool as shit

Also, what is xterm? I mainly use xeyes and xclock, never heard of xterm, though.

>>55824905
yes
it is a persistant environment,that you can go in to and freeze when you want to.
yes

Ok so I was going to update ubuntu from 14 to 16 but it turned out I didn't have enough room in / so I removed everything in /var because I didn't think it was needed but now I can't sudo or su and I can't upgrade because it says
>E: Unable to write to /var/cache/apt/
>E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Have I fucked things up beyond repair?

>>55824919
>even caring about that retarded flamewar

By the time you're deep enough in to know that debate exists you know enough to know it's ridiculous.

>>55824916
That's basically a tutorial how to destroy /g/.
Filtering says welcome to the plague (tripfags, consume whores, pcpartpicker, /v/), because nobody tells it fuck off.

>>55824939
I prefer the tripcode guy to this clown
>No room at highest directory level
>Move things out of a subdirectory
WUT

>>55824950
I have no fucking clue what you are going on about.
You clearly are responding to someone doing something that you dont agree with or that you just dont want to look at.
This is where filtering comes in.

>>55824939
>Have I fucked things up beyond repair?
Jesus Christ yes you have.

>>55824959
/var takes up space in the / partition.

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>>55824938
okay thanks anon

>>55824974
Filter my balls into your mouth, pl0x
>>55824976
It's a mv command, nothing that can't be undone by moving it back

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>>55824948
you missed the joke

>>55825003
>It's a mv command, nothing that can't be undone by moving it back
>so I removed

>>55824977
Not if they're on separate partitions? Not that he can figure out mountpoints if he moved apt cache out of /var

>>55825016
They are not separate mount points, it's pretty obvious they are not from what was stated.

>>55825005
sorry

Can I come back in now?

>>55825044
Only if you take off your clown nose.

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>>55825044

50 shades of new thread: >>55825045

>>55825063
Better?