/fg lt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

Do I honestly need a swap partition with 8 GB of RAM?

OpenSUSE Leap: is there any way I can change my laptop fan activity to something the equivalent of the "passive" setting found in windows power management?

>>55939336
swap = ram size *1,5

>>55939379
Thanks, I'll go with 12 GB swap partition. Thank you.

i dont have wifi icon in my tray, i instaleld nm-applet but it is not running.
Arch Linux, Gnome
what do i do anons?

>>55939379
Isn't that only if you suspend? Otherwise, isn't it, in general, like .25 to 1.5 depending on whether or not you suspend your computer?

>>55939227
>>55939227
Asking too since I just switched to fish since I'm a huge faggot

>>55939403
is the service running/enabled?

>>55939436
> meme shell
zsh and bash are both pretty similar. They use the same sets of commands, it's just aesthetics and speed.

As for wms, I'm sure I don't know. I use Cinnamon DE.

>>55939442
no, dont know how to start it

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>>55939336
no

>>55939283
Maybe we should remove option 2 from the OP.
Wendys cucked it's users again: http://hothardware.com/news/linux-users-reporting-windows-10-anniversary-update-hoses-their-dual-boot-partitions

>>55939403
did you disable dhcpd?

>>55939454
Not him but thanks

>>55939479
ye, wifi is working just, if i want to connect i need to go sudo wifi-menu

>>55939465
I'll just give it swap partition incase I happen to run out of the 8 GB of RAM.

>>55939344
OpenSUSE.

Not even once.

>>55939403
Install Ubuntu.

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>>55939336
i have 4 gigs of ram and 6 of swap

>>55939436
set up bash once and now i just scp/rsync the stuff to new machines.

could do the same with zsh, but eh. there is also bash-it/oh-my-zsh

Is there any reason I shouldn't install debian testing from an iso?

>>55939521
You dont need any

>>55939526
Yes.

>>55939536
Why?

Am I going to get something out of installing stable then updating the source list?

>>55939229
It will take a minimal amount of time so you may as well try. I'd like to know why Windows isn't responding once you've loaded the install media, but that's out of the scope of this thread desu


Asking again; How do I manage my library in Sonata? I have it configured to a folder with music in it but when I press update library nothing happens.

>>55939517
i had it for 2 years, it is time for changes

>>55939521
>>55939531
I have to disagree. In multiple distros I have experienced complete system lock ups from using 4gb ram with no swap. Only while using chrome, but all of the distros crashed once I tried to use more ram than was available by accident.

>>55939593
>change for change's sake

>>55939602
V
>>55939465

>>55939283
>tfw no gnu/boyfriend because not homo

does a gnu/girlfriend exist?

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>>55939624
nope

>>55939603
I could see someone changing from Ubuntu because there is a better distro to suit their needs, but changing just to change is retarded tbqh family

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>>55939470
underrated

>>55939624
maybe

>>55939657
ugh, might as well go the bf route.

>>55939624
>not homo
>current year
I thought everyone in tech is a trap/crossdresser anyway

>>55939283
fucking SINNERS!

>>55939657
Why is this the only copy of this image on the internet? Source?

is the thinkpad with lainchan sticker shopped in? elbow looks weird

>>55939657
kys

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>>55939692
because
>>55939693
friendly thread

>>55939718
she ugly af

>>55939729
>she

>>55939502
What's wrong with openSUSE?

>>55939729
>>55939693
Do you speak english?

>>55939745
chek priblig

>>55939745
Is there any reliable confirmation thats a man?

>>55939748
the logo

>>55939718
please more

if i saw her with that shirt and laptop in one of my classes i would be way too nervous to say hi

>>55939754
>lowercase english

What's the worst meme you can fall for? I fell pretty hard for the "WM are more productive" shit. You just spend hours configuring, when a DE just werks and gets the job done.

>>55939777
>What's the worst meme you can fall for?
Arch Linux, being simple and lightweight

>>55939791
I fell for this meme.
I have salvaged the situation by deciding simply to never update my system again as then nothing will ever break.

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I tried to install xorg.conf with recovery mode by I couldnt figure it out.And now I cant change back to proprietary drivers in additional drivers.How can I delete xorg and install proprietary drivers ?I am using elementary 0.3 64 bit and my gpu is a ATI 7870xt

>>55939791
Arch is quite comfy actually. I also like pacman. It's a shame that it has no LTS repo. But their philosophy of vanilla packages makes sense

>>55939777
"LTS" and "stable". Pretty much all newfriends fall for it and end up with outdated packages.

>>55939462
anon, really

i'm assuming you have network manager installed so just follow the wiki since it will show you how to do it

i'll even be nice and link it for you

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NetworkManager

you should really learn the basics of systemctl, anon
not even trying to be a dickhead

>>55939748
the germans

>>55939877
Z'ammreißn, Bursche!

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>>55939403
>GNOME
If it were Cinnamon/Xfce/MATE it could work but GNOME is a bit retarded.

Okay here's what I'd do.

0. Make sure you have wifi drivers installed. See the arch wiki

1. Make sure the network manager is running
#systemctl start NetworkManager
#systemctl enable NetworkManager

2. Connect to wifi
#nmtui

3. You'll see the nm-applet appeared again

Good luck anon

are there any good password managers for linux?

>>55939953
pass, keepassx, keepass2

keep it local

>>55939967
keep it local, keep it safe.

anybody else getting these messages when building packages from AUR?

==> Entering fakeroot environment...
dlsym(acl_get_fd): /usr/lib/libfakeroot/libfakeroot.so: undefined symbol: acl_get_fd

>>55939953
text file + gpg

>>55939953
brain.exe, not even trolling, some years ago a human was able to remember up to 25 phone numbers.

>>55940498
>tfw my memory place is a roadside shack

>>55940428
That's basically pass pham.

>>55940411
Knowing what packages you are attempting to install will help.
But no, i dont get that message installing anything from aur.

Your fakeroot is fucked

>>55940555
trying to install chromium-pepper-flash. Also happened when installing cower

>>55940593
I should note it installs fine, just with those messages.

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I-I'm really liking Ubuntu lads

>>55940620
What's wrong with bread crusts?

>>55939283
Get this degenerate shit out of here

>>55940620
Unity never ceases to be horrendously ugly.

>>55939967
>>55940041
Google's servers are probably more secure than my laptop. I know next to knowthing about iptables etc. and keeping my laptop secure.

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>>55940632
She's very shy anon

>>55940656
And what does that have to do with bread crusts?

>>55939644
Is that supposed to be Trudeau?
Kek

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> update bios
> get fedora KDE spin to boot liveusb
> install
> process goes swimmingly
> reboot
> no bootable device

I guess I'm trying another distro or at least another spin.

Once I'm done crying.

>>55940671
Why do people even try that garbage?

>>55940620
Literally nothing wrong with using it

>>55940041
Is that a lord of the rings reference perhaps?? Nerds unite! xD

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>>55940665
Nothing

>>55940697
> been using it with no problem for three years

Because it just werked until now.

>>55940651
>Google's servers are probably more secure than my laptop.
Google spies its users. Your laptop spies you?

>>55940747
> weebshit

Stop triggering me.

>>55940747
Okay then answer the question, what's wrong with bread crusts?

>>55940763
I'm talking about some hacker getting hold of my database and fucking with my accounts.

>>55939624
>does a gnu/girlfriend exist?
yes and that's funny.

>>55940808
Why worry about hackers? Have you already been hacked?

What I know is that you're a target for unlimited vigilance if you don't care about Google/NSA/every advertiser on the world checking your data.

>>55940671
the question isn't with fedora, but with you

>>55940747
>Not just using the bread crusts for fries
Git gud

>>55940808
Learn safe practices and you'll be fine.

Your chinese comics wont go anywhere.

>>55939283
wtf is this
only attractive people are allowed to be gay

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>Btrfs RAID 5/6 Code Found To Be Very Unsafe & Will Likely Require A Rewrite
>The wrong parity and unrecoverable errors has been confirmed by multiple parties. The Btrfs RAID 5/6 code has been called as much as fatally flawed -- "more or less fatally flawed, and a full scrap and rewrite to an entirely different raid56 mode on-disk format may be necessary to fix it. And what's even clearer is that people /really/ shouldn't be using raid56 mode for anything but testing with throw-away data, at this point. Anything else is simply irresponsible."
https://phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Btrfs-RAID-56-Is-Bad

well I guess I get to buy a few more drives and use ZFS on Linux like you people told me to in the first place.

>>55939773
I would fuck her up for being an attention whore.

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>>55940808
Too bad you dont have a secure password to your database of random garbage text.
If only you were able to have a strong password you could remember

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>>55940881
>btrfs still being this cucked
>ext4 smooth sailing

>>55940838
I choose to take that as an empowering statement.

>>55940671
Your shitty installer didnt set a boot device or a bootloader

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>tfw linux bf

>>55941020
That's what I figured. Trying the netinstall.

Otherwise I'm just installing Kubuntu. I'll force myself to like it.

>>55940935
b-but much checksumming..

anons whats the command ppl use in their terminals to show the linux version and distro and all that info.... it always has the distro logos in that ascii format or whatever usually and you always see it in desktop screen shots in here

>>55941084
scrot or screenfetch.

Tou need to install them first.

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>>55940784
Nothing if you put a little mayo on them

>>55941149
is your butt cute?

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>>55941169
L-Lewd

>>55941169
>>>/hm/

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4S4UUAYwQE
based GIMP

>>55941187
it's cute then! :3

>>55941210
So this is how gnome-wallpapers come from

I'm reassembling my PC after being stuck on a hand me down laptop-serving-as-desktop for a few months. Was homeless had to sell parts, then couldn't afford to bring an extra bag with some parts on it onto the plane. I have a LGA1155 motherboard, psu, case, AIO cooler. Going to buy a 2500k at ~95 on ebay, 8gb ddr3 for ~35, and a 470 for $200

I intend to contain the only malware that runs DX12 in a VM and do a pass through so I can keep linux running native. I need two GPUs if I'm not mistaken. What is the most convenient way to do this? A display switch for when I want to play games? Can I use the intel gpu for Lin and pass the 470 through to the VM?

> be gay vegetarian linux user

Literally every GNU/Linux user I know save one is vegetarian. Is that common?

Hey guys, I've been using xubuntu (first time user of anything Linux) for a month now, and I was wondering if you guys could suggest any other distributions that are not *buntu. Thanks!

>>55941378
went to a meet up with some loonix users at a conference.

saw plenty of meat eaters.

How the fuck do I run xbindkeys on fucking startup under arch.
It works if I manually run it.

Here's what I have at the bottom of my xinitrc
I have tried both exec xbindkeys and exec xbindkeys &


exec i3
exec xbindkeys

>>55941378
May be you like to hang around with gay vegans?

Not sure why everyone is using Linux. BSD is vastly superior.

How the fuck do I run xbindkeys on startup in arch?
I have tried both exec xbindkeys and exec xbindkeys &

My xinitrc looks like

exec i3
exec xbindkeys

>>55941398
...I never looked at it that way.

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>>55941216
Pls don't sexualize

>>55941409
Linux is far more well-established, well-supported, and has more software.

If BSD had better hardware support and more software I'd move in a heartbeat.

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>>55941210
One more. This shit is fun.

>>55941409
who invited the cuck?

>>55941421
That's enough. Get out

>>55941414

pkill -9 xbindkeys; xbindkeys

>>55941396
I dont know if i3 has a startup file.But you want to add
xbindkeys &
to what ever you use that loads after xinit

>>55941409
bigger community and more users means that when I don't know how to do something on Linux, it's much easier to find an answer than it is when I don't know how to do something on BSD. Also means better hardware support.

>>55941421
poooooooost it!

>>55941461
>>55941414

xbindkeys starts itself automatically, but it's buggy, hence >>55941457

An alternative way is creating the file .xbindkeys.noauto in $HOME and starting it manually.

Another, triggering xbindkeys with killall -HUP xbindkeys so it reloads it's config.

>>55941414
>exec i3
>exec xbindkeys
Reminder that everything after the first exec is ignored. exec replaces everything with i3.

>>55941508
So then how do you exec another command in .xinitrc

>>55941514

one_command &
another_command &
exec i3

>>55941508
It blatently does not start by it self.
Been using the same startup file for 5 years.
xbindkeys has always been in it, and always will, as thats how you start it. Its not a daemon, nor could it at as such

>>55941526
run this:

cat /etc/X11/Xsession.d/98xbindkeys

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>>55941538
>cat /etc/X11/Xsession.d/98xbindkeys

>>55939748
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz3whk4E_IA

I would probably actually use tumbleweed if supposedly running proprietary nvidia wasn't such a pain in the ass with it

Who here actually works as a Linux guru? I'm hoping I can start a career as a Linux dude in China.

Where are my Void bros @?

>>55939522
>bash-it
Don't use it; it's really badly-written shell.

>>55941615
At their respective nearest mental health hospital

>>55941630
>t. mad arch babby

>>55941625
everything is badly-written shells these days.

>>55941615
what is the damn meme all about?

>>55941640
Aww so cute, how is your NEETWM compilation going?

>>55941646
Void hipster looking for some acceptance

>>55941615
>>55941630
>>55941646

Don't hate on Void Linux. It's a relatively new distribution but I've heard invariably good things about it that weren't just contrarian meme tantrums.

>>55940498
>25 phone numbers
Wow thats a lot
I just looked at my lastpass vault and I have ~270 entries and each one of those contains a password at least 20 characters long unless the site doesn't allow that many and also containing capitals, numbers, and symbols

And last time I checked a phone number is really only 10 numbers long and unless you were calling people in other towns or states 6 of those numbers would be the same for all the numbers you would call

>>55941680
>lastpass
keke

>>55941666
>Void
Of packages

>>55940620
Its alright... the dashboard is unintuitive slow garbage

Is there a way to play legue of legends on linux through wine or some other atm.

I just need my daily does of ASSFAGGOTS

>>55941704
Calm down dude, LoL runs fine in Linux. Lurk more

>>55941715
>Calm down dude, LoL runs fine in Linux. Lurk more
it doesnt though, play on linux isnt working.
do you have a better idea?
thanks for the help

>>55941630
>>55941696
Can't make this shit up

>>55941045
Kubuntu is crap use Neon or Opensuse if you want KDE

>>55941738
http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=1946188.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/League_of_Legends (BASED ARCH WIKI)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pifpZz4pC0

>LeL

out, faggots

>>55941742
Yeah because bleeding edge is so much better.

>>55941757
i've read through them already, preciate the help, but i just get a bugsplat upon trying to open the client.

>>55941822
> disparaging bleeding edge suggestions
> that were made to a Fedora user

I love being on the edge.

>>55941849
Where are you stuck exactly? Did you try the playonlinux method?

>>55941857
Neon it literally developer bleeding.

>>55941878
exacly, doing the aur method produces the same result.
If its anything the installer could not install direct x.

>>55941893
i should elaborate, starting lol on play on linux produces the logo, but afterwards it crashes

>>55941893
Did you try the playonlinux method?

>>55939283
I always knew debian was for faggots

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>>55941924
yes senpai

>>55941936
I wish I had experience in installing LoL. But I'm pretty sure it actualy works. You just have to do more research

>>55939283
hey guys
so, i've been using a windows machine for a really long time now, longer than i would have liked, but now im back to linux
i got into irc on windows, and i always just used hexchat, but i figure there is probably something beter on linux, any suggestions?
i have seen a lot of recomendations for xchat and irssi, as well as a few others like weechat. any merit to these? or some other option?
any suggestions?

>LoLbabbys

I'm literally triggered. Please kill yourselves.

>>55941936
> cinnamon

My man!

>>55941985
>please pay attention to me, no one replied to my last shitpost

>>55941985
i need my daily dose
>>55941988
preciate it senpai

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> all my flash drives claim to be read-only when I try to put stuff on them

Why? Windows doesn't do this to me. It's upsetting me that Windows does something better than Linux.

>>55942019
>windows has reduced security measures therefore it is better

>>55942019
go back to it then

>>55942019
sudo chown yourusername:yourusername /path/to/usb/drive/probably/in/media
chmod 755 /path/to/usb/drive

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>>55939283
So I've often said KDE would be a good desktop DE, and now I'm ready to install linux on my desktop.

I was leaning towards KDE, but i'm wondering if it's a good decision still for a desktop? I do dig the fact that firefox has thumbnail in the file manager, and it looks nice, but as far as stability and performance goes, is it good? It's been giving me some shit in the VM I'm in with 512 mb of ram, so I do have concerns. (I can always uninstall, but I suppose I don't wanna deal with it in the first place otherwise.)

>>55942057
kde is heavier on ram. i only use it on systems with 8gb and up
it looks really good and feels good, there are bindings and shortcuts im not used to though. it feels really complete
coming from an xfce fan

>>55942019
Are you flash drives formatted in NTFS?

>>55942057
kde is fine.
Do you actually have 512 ram? If not don't worry about it.

>>55942078
They are not. They're FAT.

>>55942054
Calls read-only filesystem. I'm vexed.

>>55942072
I used it with 4gb ram and it's fine.

>>55942072
>>55942079
alright, well I just so happen to have an 8 gb system so I'm sure it will be fine. Can't be any hungrier than Windows 7, and if it is I'll just hop to MATE or Xfce. Thanks for telling me you use Xfce actually matters since Xfce was my first love before switching to MATE.

Debian testing here I come!

>>55942091
i know, like i said i usually just use xfce anyway, even on my computer with 16gb
>>55942102
same here, i left it but i came back
>comfy
>feels good
>no ragerts
home is calling

>>55942102
linux handles ram differently to windows, the target isn't having as much as possible free.

Anyone here run Trisquel? I want to switch from xubuntu and look for a non *buntu alternative.

>>55942124
it's based on *buntu

>>55942122
oh yeah I've read about this. Linux technically doesn't free memory until necessary, so memory is always near 100 percent usage, right?

>>55942127
Oh damn, well pardon my newfag knowledge, I've been only using Linux for a month.

>>55942152
not 100% but it keeps it more than windows. It's there to be used anyway.

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REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I belive this is caused by the recent update, the problem seems to be new.

>>55942222
ok

>>55939432
probably, live cd's seem to work fine without swap

>>55942229
At least you are moving forward

> Get new laptop working
> Fedora 24 w/ KDE
> 1080p screen
> reaching levels of comfy that shouldn't even be possible

I had to go into the boot menu and manually tell it where the .efi file to boot was. It's saved now, so it won't be an issue anymore.

> feelsgoodman.mkv

>>55942044
> implying I want to go back

You're mistaken - I'm embarrassed that Linux hates my flash drives.

>>55942476
Set it up to mount and rw

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>>55939283
>/fg lt/
why is there a gap here? i see a box in the catalog so it is a character, but don't know what it is.

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>i want to understand.
steam no wok

looking it up brings up threads about a problem with propetary drivers. to which i got intel drivers instaled

>>55942756
Can you fucking stop?
Read appdb
Google your error messages
Follow arch/gentoo wiki
Beyond that.
You're incompetent.

Fucking stop

>>55941893
>the installer could not install direct x
Then that there is what you need to troubleshoot. No DirectX, no DirectX video games.
I'm not entirely clear on how Play on Linux/WINE handles this, but have you tried using the standalone DX9.0c installer ?

>>55942794
senpai im not smart with this, deleting any of the directories dont do shit, it starts with the licesne agreement and just hangs, after wards it just crashes with the same error.
>>55942796
yeah im looking at that now, prechiate the help.

>>55942796
>>55941951
>>55941924
awww shit i got it working, i had to downgrad playonlinux to "staging". Thanks for all the help, ill be out of your hair now.

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>>55939953
>>55940881
>>55941027
>>55941084
>>55941315
>>55941409
>>55941430
>>55941465
>>55941605
>>55941704
>>55941715
>>55941878
>>55941918
>>55941960
>>55942019
>>55942057
>>55942122
>>55942152
>>55942161
>>55942476

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

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

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

>>55943089
thank mr stallman

thread hidden due to degeneracy, way to promote linux, literal faggots

>>55939283
Holy shit people still have that picture? I posted that in 2012 or something, I'm the guy on the left and I got civil partnered to the guy on the right not long ago

>>55939470
Could this be avoided by installing Linux first, and then installing Windows to dual-boot?
Is this even a problem if you have Windows Enterprise LTSB version?

um wtf is this:

Tip: An alternative touchpad driver is libinput. It implements a different approach to recognize and process multitouch features.

I tried libinput and it didn't do shit.

>>55943226
Afaik windows usually kills grub during install.

>>55943178
gnu/linux you mean

>>55943216
Congratulations! I hope you two have a wonderful, free life together.

>>55943277
thanks! as I speak we're sat chilling out on the bed in the picture, and I'm gonna be re-installing Linux (though probably not Debian)

>>55943307
>(though probably not Debian)
heathen, begone! this is how you repay the late Ian of Debian?

>>55939283
Why in the fuck are you on Freenode?

Use Rizon, like all of the other 4chan IRC channels you pleb

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>>55943216
>>55943307
Time to photograph the 2016 edition.

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>>55943578
My husband and I are around and I do want to install Linux on a new laptop so fuck it, why not.

expect faggotry and Linux time tomorrow

>>55939549
The installer is in testing stage. Debian's goal is to provide Stable. Debian's devs tell you to install Stable, then upgrade if you want Testing. For these reasons, the installer has the absolute lowest priority for fixing bugs. No one is supposed to use it except to test it, for another 2 years or so.

I've had about a 30% success rate with it installing a usable system.

>>55939624
All of my girlfriends use Gnu/Linux.

;_;

>>55939845
>It's a shame that it has no LTS repo.
You do know what rolling release means, right?
Its repo is Indefinitely Long Term Support.

>>55940671
>reinstalling everything instead of just the bootloader

You sure Linux is for you?

>>55941389
What's wrong with the one you have?
I'm guessing it doesn't have anything to do with the repository, packaging format, package manager or release schedule, which should really be the only reasons to switch distros.

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I'm almost done installing gentoo on a 16:9 laptop

WM or DE? And which? Productivity and comfort preferred

>>55942161
Then why do you want to switch distros already? Nerd cred?

>>55943248
10 doesn't anymore
They've given up fighting Linux and embrace it now.

>>55940808
It's the same scenario as holding Bitcoins on your local machine, versus keeping them on the account of your exchange. Bitfinex and Google are probably better at security than you, but they're also far larger targets.

It's unlikely that you're juicy enough of a target that a hacker will target you specifically. What you need to watch out for is automated systems that try to steal your password database (i.e. malware) and the only ones I've heard of target Lastpass (cloud).

So yeah, I'd say go with local. The crypto is strong and nothing about your computer screams "there's a password db hidden here".

>>55943746
Your computers are not girlfriends.

>>55944183
I think he means that he has no girlfriends, so he can make arbitrary statement about all zero of them

>>55939283
Think I'm gonna throw up. Disgusting photo.

>>55943832
>Productivity and comfort preferred
Those both are subjective.

Building question:

I am building mpd and disabling some stuff I don't need. I looked at the available options (configure --help) and found this for example:

>--enable-cdioparanoia

I don't need that. I tried doing

>--disable-cdioparanoia

and it says there's no such option during build time. How can I disable that feature? Some of those flags have (default: auto) or (default: disabled) next to them. I can't find any information about what those actually imply. Does (default: disabled) mean that if I don't pass that flag, it won't be built with that? What happens with flags that don't have (default:) next to them? Where can I read more about that?

>>55944371

Turns out the cdioparanoia example had a typo. It's --enable-cdio-paranoia.
Either way, I'm still confused about the implications of the "default" note.

>>55943832

For you and anyone else asking idiotic those questions: it means you don't even need the operating system you installed. The only reason you installed it (or asked that question) is to brag online about pathetic things.

>hey guys, i just bought this grill. what meat should i grill on it?

>>55942019
First check if root can write to the file system. ie 'sudo touch file_in_flash_drive'

Then try something like

sudo mount -o rw,uid=$your_user_id_here /dev/sdXY /mntpoint

Just 'echo $UID' to find your uid.

I am sold for trying something other than shitdows. I'm not asking for you guys to choose for me, Im asking what should I be looking for when choosing my distro, package manager, desktop environment etc.

>>55944535
>distro
Your distro is basically the combination of 3 aspects:
1. Defaults (matter fairly little, if you're new you're going to change things around just because)
2. The support you find online (thought a lot from other distros will apply to yours too)
3. The packages (this is the most important: tradeoff between stability and freshness)

>package manager
Just use what comes with your distro, the manager isn't as important as the packages

>desktop environment
I'd go for something fairly complete like Gnome, Cinnamon, KDE, Xfce, ... rather than the minimalistic stuff like i3, xmonad, openbox, sway, ... because the complete DE tends to do a lot of stuff you expect your OS to do for you automatically, but require a specialised program in the minimalistic ones.

>>55944535
For functionality, the main difference is how close the packages are to upstream.
Rolling release distros have newer packages. Distros with older packages have a longer testing time (though I personally don't think that really helps much with stability)
For maintainability, you might want a big distro so that if you have problems, you can google it and find someone else having the same problem and posting a solution.
For philosophy, it's how much they care for free software.

The last thing you should consider is your hardware, some hardware needs/runs better with non-free drivers, and new hardware might need newer packages/kernel

>>55944535
You should decide how much maintenance you're willing to do and how much you need recent features.

Debian is very easy to maintain and nothing changes after installation. When a new version rolls out every other year, upgrading usually just werks. It has a huge selection of software, but things like DVD support require additional steps after installation because of their philosophy of free software. The package manager is good, but has a few quirks you'll need to learn.

Ubuntu usually works out of the box, has an even huger selection of software (partially from untrusted sources, which are easy to integrate if you trust them). Its big user base with many noobs means googling your newb questions usually results in Ubuntu-specific answers. After 6 months a new version rolls out which requires a complete reinstall, because upgrading usually breaks stuff. You can install/remove software by pushing buttons in a sort of app store, unlike in Debian where you'll use the command line.

Mint is basically like Ubuntu, but comes with even more media stuff preinstalled. It was created and is lead by a single guy, unlike Debian (international team) and Ubuntu (big company with questionable motives).

Arch is relatively high maintenance (updates come through every day and you're encouraged to read the news first to see if an update requires additional steps). The default way to do things is the command line. Under the hood it's simple and elegant, but its small repository means you'll need additional stuff from the user repository, and a second unofficial package manager. It also doesn't come with an installer by default. The documentation is top notch.

OpenSUSE is pretty, polished, mature, and has lots of graphical administration tools which are very well integrated. But lots of people don't like its approach of adding layers on top of layers of tools. Its repository and user base is smaller than that of Debian/Ubuntu/Mint.

>>55944535
If you don't want to dig too far down the rabbit hole, right now installing Ubuntu will be OK.
The new LTS version is just out, which means you'll get feature updates for 2 years and security fixes for 5 until you have to reconsider. The spyware crap is gone. Just pick a flavor you like (I recommend Kubuntu), install, and you have a running system designed around easy desktop use, with a huge user base and package selection. What you think of the company doesn't matter cause you're not giving them money.

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I installed Ubuntu on this laptop. Closing the lid or putting it in "suspend" mode works, but then it never wakes up. Pressing the power button just gives me a black screen and I have to do a hard reset. Sleep mode worked on windows.
What do?
Pic unrelated

>>55944424
literally why else would you use gentoo lol?

>>55945403
Hibernation is hit or miss in linux. I hear it's finally fixed in the 4.7 kerel.
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104771

>>55945532
I just upgraded to kernel 4.5 instead of 4.4, let's see if it works

>>55942019
I sometimes get this too, but not with any reliability. Could be using the drive daily without a problem, then one day, "read only". Next time I use it, it's perfectly fine.

>>55945532
It was also fixed in the 3.2 kernel.

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How do I create a backup of my OS?
I mean if I screw something and have to re-install everything.
Is there a way to create a back-up image or something similar to restore it to previous state instead from starting all over?
I have it partitioned in this way if it makes a difference

NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda      8:0    0 465.8G  0 disk 
├─sda1   8:1    0   255M  0 part /boot
├─sda2   8:2    0  29.3G  0 part /
├─sda3   8:3    0 432.5G  0 part /home
├─sda4   8:4    0     1K  0 part 
└─sda5   8:5    0   3.8G  0 part [SWAP]

>>55945817
if you're using btrfs you can just create snapshots, if not then you can use dd to create images of your partitions

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Shitty story time:
I attempted to upgrade from Debian Stable to Testing, and during the process, my computer went into sleep mode which fucked up the login screen (I couldn't log in, it was repeatedly selecting and clearing the text box), so I rebooted (couldn't do anything else afaik), and it was stuck in a boot loop. I was too lazy to take a screenshot.

NICE "STABILITY", DEBIAN (I know that I probably just had a franken-debian that didn't update nicely, or I should've disabled my sleep settings beforehand)

I'm gonna try OpenSUSE to be a hipster and then Fedora after that. Any thoughts on OpenSUSE? I think it's biggest downside is probably that it isn't as widely used as *buntu, Debian, or Fedora.

For some fucking reason i cannot set my wallpaper in Xubuntu now. It has also made the wallpaper the same on both monitors. What the fuck could make this happen. I dont want to reinstall shit again.

At least it isnt some weeb wallpaper i guess.

>>55946141
>At least it isnt some weeb wallpaper i guess.
Worried someone finds your weeb-porn collection?

>>55939283
>Friendly linux thread. Boy kissing his mom.

Why am I not surprised?

>>55946158
No, but at least i can use my laptop in public if necessary. It still pisses me off because there is no reason why this would randomly happen.

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>>55945841
No I'm using ext4.
Is there anything besides dd?
How to I restore a dd image even?
Just boot into live linux and dd the backup?
What about UUID?

>>55946209
Just update the fstab

>>55946182
Nvm. apparently xfdesktop wasnt starting for some random fucking reason.

>>55946314
Go away, dumb normalfag.

>>55946314
>I'm not comfortable with the thought of two men kissing so I'll pretend they only do it because they're mentally ill
Take your shitty backwards isolated worldview back to >>>/pol/

>>55946419
>the image of two males kissing doesn't make you feel queesy

Are you a retarded liberal or something. Is there a correlation with liberals and Linux? I don't want to associate myself with these nu-male fucks.

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>>55946227
>fstab
last time I tried doing something like that, I fucked up my partition table.

>>55946468
what are you talking about?
Are you saying the kernel wouldn't boot or that all your partitions is gone?

>>55946477
Sorry, I don't mean to be unfriendly. After all, this is a friendly thread.

Can I help you fix your problem?

>>55946489
followup, Because if the kernel wouldn't boot, just fix the fstab and you should be able to boot again.

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>>55946477
>>55946489
>>55946503
>>55946506
It was long time ago and ever since then I won't go near fstab and grub.
I re-installed the whole thing.
Basically I have my OS partitioned in this >>55945817 manner
I want a way to back it up, in case I screw something up or in case HDD failure/migrate to another HDD or SSD .

Is there a good guide on kernel hacking? I want to learn to manage modules, customations and all that stuff.

>>55946579
yeah, play around with Minix like every other CS major had to do.

Where are >my Void Linux bros @?

Installing Linux Mint in dual boot keeps breaking my Windows 7 32-bit (I need a 32bit version for some old hardware drivers)
I resized the partition under Windows
What am I doing wrong?

>>55939673
If they were, i'd get major rep and profit from the government in UAE from reporting the fellow foreign workers there who are faggots, for faggotry.

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>>55946314
>implying

Looking for a Linux Live system that includes a GUI partitioning tool and network-manager, but isn't as bloated as e.g. Ubuntu.

Need it for system repairs, but I'm a pleb, so I need the GUI.

>>55946419
>>55946352
>>55946618
>I'm so le progressive xD

Homosexuality and tran* isn't backed by science at all. Take your delusional shit elsewhere.

Are these the types of people that unironically install Ubuntu and Mint?

>>55946609
You resized the Windows partition.
You can do that to a Linux partition but Windows throws a hissy fit cause it likes to dump its files wherever.

>>55946633
>Homosexuality and tran* isn't backed by science at all

What did he mean by this?

>>55946468
Its not hard just do a sudo blkid and copy and paste the new uuids over the old uuids

>>55946652
I mean it's degenerate shit propagated by losers who want to be special snowflakes by identifying themselves based on a meme sexuality.

Ever wonder why there are a fuck ton more "gay" men than "gay" women? Ever wonder why there are way more MtF trannies than the opposite?

Fuck the liberal propaganda. It's ruining Western culture.

What happens when I install a package from the AUR in Arch, and then a newer version becomes available in the official repos?
Does it get replaced? Does Yaourt tell me?

>>55946633
>progressive
How the fuck is homofaggotry progressive?
If anything it goes against the multiculturalism and diversity creed since, lo and behold, Indians, Muslims, Chinese, blacks, pretty much the vast majority of the world, hate homofaggotry.
Endorsing homofaggotry for the trivial and irrelevant percentage it has in this world goes against the tenants of providing a comfortable environment for the more vastly relevant percentages of Muslims, Indians, Asians, and blacks.
It's regressive if anything.

>>55946633
Transsexualism is nothing but perversion. Homosexuality could have been prevented with drugs, but we rather let faggot fuck each others prolapsed assholes because that natural and progressive.

>>55946673
>Ever wonder why there are way more MtF trannies than the opposite?

Easier to dig a trench than erect a pole.

>>55946677
I don't know if you're new but meme arrows mean I'm being sarcastic. I agree with you 100%.

>friendly Linux thread
>complaining about gay people because of one single image

Please just go talk about this elsewhere.

>>55946700
That picture was unnecessary and people don't enjoy faggorty.

>>55946700
guy is just upset a boy touched his penis in grade school and it twitched

Can I use i3 with xfce setting ? I hate messing with power settings on laptop it would be much easier if I could control power plans with some gui settings.

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Why are there no good DEs any more? Everything but Gnome has shit compatibility because everyone writes their programs and libraries with Gnome in mind, but Gnome is only passable once you install a fuckton of addons.

I've been hopping DEs the past few days and all this reconfiguring isn't really helping my system. So what are some essential Gnome addons I can use to ease the pain?

>>55946777
DEs were a mistake. People get lazy, don't customize their desktop themselves and then they wonder why nothing works for them.

Hello again. I want to compile a program, but it requires a lib version that isn't in my distro's repos yet. Can I install this library without worries that other programs break? Also, how do "backports" work? Can I backport a program for my distro myself?

>>55946777
Welcome to Cinnamon.
It's literally Gnome, only customizable.

>>55939432
You mean hibernate, not suspend

>>55946944
I've tried Cinnamon, and it's breaking in a number of ways on me too. Problems with suspending, problems with multiple monitors, and occasionally 100% cpu usage for no apparent reason.

I will concede that apart from shit breaking, it's offers a very nice user experience. I'll look at it again when it's hopefully a little more stable.

So, um, how do you update debian from stable to testing?

>>55946209

What the FUCK is that?

Breasts don't have muscles, they can't do that.

I need to edit my locale.gen file and uncomment every pound so I can enable all the locales (so I get rid of the annoying square)

How would I do this quickly?

>>55947120
That sounds like a great way to break your system

>>55941045
>>55941822
Don't use Kubuntu under any circumstances unless you want to be a beta tester.

It crashes all of the time. KWin, the window manager, mainly. I had installed it at work, and ended up moving to Ubuntu Gnome by manually installing it, then removing KDE.

>>55946777
XFCE

>>55947121
She's unhooking her bra.

>>55947183

oooooooh

That looked far too fluid for a bra slouching.

Ah well.

>>55947121
Breast muscles are chest muscles. If you're referring to mammary glands, those don't have muscles.

>>55946141
You could look into installing Nitrogen. That should help you.

>>55947205

Breasts go one top of the chest muscles. There for example no muscles in the under-boob side, so you cannot perk them up or let them hang on command.

"Playing" Star Trek Online via WINE since Tuesday morning(4 days ago),by using my 2nd gmail account.

>http://sto.gamepedia.com/List_of_console_commands

I want to see how much fps I get,but have no idea how(i.e which keys).

Kubuntu 15.10 x64

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>>55947196
Because she's wearing a proper/fit bra.
Most of the breasts weight should be supported by the band not the straps.

>>55947120
>>55947171
This is what I would do.
1. Backup home directory and system config files. My home directory already exists on a separate partition so this is easy for me
2. Make a list of the packages that I have in the package manager
http://askubuntu.com/questions/9135/how-to-backup-settings-and-list-of-installed-packages
3. Install the new OS that will wipe out the old OS
4. Configure the new OS to make use of my existing home directory, system configuration and package list

>>55947242

Fair enough.

In openbox how would I get the compton program to run upon logging in (and after running startx)

>>55939403
Make sure you didn't install a network related package that conflicts with Network Manager. I don't even want to think about how much time I wasted before I realized that I had done this.

how can i use this? https://github.com/tobbez/youtube-dl-aria
i have youtube-dl and aria2 installed.

i want to speed up youtube-dl downloads by increasing the max connections setting like this guy does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU3Bgo5qJZE

>>55947120
Read the wiki page about debiantesting.
It's just changing your sources.list to testing and dist upgrade basically but please read.

Is there a way to keep the video data of a webm intact, so you only reencode the audio? Using ffmpeg via terminal.
Wanted to post a webm but encoded the audio with libopus instead of libvorbis.

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>>55947430

ffmpeg -i webm.webm -c:v copy -c:a libopus webmopus.webm

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I have 8 2TB hard drives. I like encryption. I am running Fedora Server. What are my options for a massive storage pool?

>>55947480
Thank you friend.
>>>/wsg/1228559

>>55947420
nevermind,

youtube-dl -u *** -p *** -o '~/Documents/.1/%(title)s.%(ext)s' -f best -c -i --external-downloader aria2c --external-downloader-args " -j 16 -s 16 -x 16" --batch-file /path/to/file/1.txt

seems to be working. i can use recommendations to speed up the download if it is possible though.

GNU/Thread: >>55947581

>>55946973
you know what i meant, turbo nerd

>>55946681
>Homosexuality could have been prevented with drugs
that's been done, didn't work and it's how the world lost one of the greatest pioneers of computation.

>>55946777

Name some programs which were written with GNOME in mind.

>>55947155

Which annoying square?

>>55947301

By using Openbox's autostart file, the same file you use for starting everything else upon starting Openbox.