/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

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Just saying.

>>56229114
stallman is not a philosophically pure person. he follows his ideals when convenient, and ignores them or slightly alters them when the conflict isn't worth it.

stallman is an egoist in denial, afraid of admitting that he just wants some fucking source code instead of a world where he has to rely on other people because he knows he wouldn't get it that way.

his system has some practical merits but his attempts at creating moral justifications are completely pathetic and nonsensical. how low do you have to be to have to make up bullshit "oughts" when you can just say "it would be fucking better"?

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>>56229114
>imgur
fixed

>>56229133
Chill out or leave.

>>56229147
>freetard on suicide watch

>>56229133
He's never installed a distro on his own machine. He always has other people do it. How does he know if they backdoor it?

Stallman BTFO

>>56229154
What's even the point in using GNU/Linux if it's not for software freedom?

>>56229156
He uses mac

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>>56229114
>>56229145
RMS deserves a bigger hat

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Reminder that Debian is the only mature GNU/Linux distro.

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>>56229133
>>56229154
>>56229156
>>56229175
Global rule number 3 https://www.4chan.org/rules

>>56229175
> I use a Thinkpad X60 computer, in which the FSF installed a free initialization program (libreboot) and a free operating system (Trisquel GNU/Linux.)
https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html

>>56229215
>libreboot
based

>>56229202
I am discussing gnu/linux, which is what this board is about.

>butthurt freetard crying

>>56229249
This board is about consumer electronics such as smartphones and gpus.

>>56229249
>calling people freedtard
>in GNU/Linux thread

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>>56229234
To bad it support only a handful of laptops...
But I've heard that many chromebooks come with it as standard, anyone know if this is true?

>>56229181
>>56229145
can someone gimp a bigger hat on RMS there?

>>56229263

>>51971506
>/g/ is for the discussion of technology and related topics.

>>6229271
Please refrain from imposing your ideals on me.I do not use gnu.
This is a GNU or Linux thread, that is what a'/' means.

>>56229559
>I do not use gnu
lol

>>56229133
>how low do you have to be to have to make up bullshit "oughts" when you can just say "it would be fucking better"?

Why should you do something that's better? How is it better?

:^)

>>56229201
I need that ASCII pls

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Am I cool yet

>>56229642
Is that default?

Some basic questions that hopefully someone could help me out with:

1) If I copy paste my hexchat config directory found in Home to my laptop, will I have my nicknames and servers just the way I have them on my desktop? Or do I need to do something else too?

2) How can I configure i3 to always open a specific program on a certain workspace? I tried following manuals but for some reason they always open in the workspace I'm on at the time, never where they're supposed to

3) How can I configure vim to save backup ~ and .un files in a specific directory, to keep my working directories neat? Again, I followed a guide I found but apparently the syntax he mentioned for the .vimrc file was wrong, because vim said it found an error on that line.

4) What features would you recommend for a beginner vim user looking for syntax highlighting, tab completion and other handy plugins/configs you might use when programming, so that it feels like a fully fledged work environment?

5) I'm using Debian Sid with i3. Is there a way I could get a working filepicker with thumbnails on Firefox without having to compile stuff? I'm afraid if I do that I might overwrite something important or make upgrading Firefox later on harder.

Thank you for your time, if you could help me out with any or all of these that would be great

>>56229664
yes

>>56229614
That isnt what his quote is?

Why tell me i "ought" to do this because it is better in his opinion.This is telling everyone they are wrong and "ought" to change.
When he could make a list of things that "are better" then what is currently available.

OUGHT=Im telling you, you are wrong
BETTER= Here is a constructed list of reasons why it is better, please read them and make an informed decisions after reading my list.

>freetards on mass suicide watch

>>56229599
I know it breaks your entire world and shatters your mental state of mind. But there are various alternatives,that are better and lighter then gnu, out there.
You Ought to inform your self before you attempt at shitposting

>>56229680
yes
dont use vim
dont use vim
dont use vim
dont use vim

>>56229709
>BETTER= Here is a constructed list of reasons why it is better, please read them and make an informed decisions after reading my list.

Suppose, I know it's crazy, that I have a different set of values and different standards than you do.

So, in that case, my informed decision could easily be the opposite of yours, given the same data.

In that case how is it better? Is one of us simply wrong? Are we both wrong? Could we both be right?

>>56229933
Can you not fucking read or understand basic comprehension? In EVERY situation it is a per use situation.This is what stallman does not understand.
To stallman we are both wrong.

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What's the deal with Wayland? Is it any better than xorg? Been a hot topic lately since fedora is switching to it.

>>56229971
it's supposed to be better and replace xorg but so far only gnome and kde are showing any interest in supporting it

>>56229971
>fedora is switching to it.
Again

>>56229962
>Can you not fucking read or understand basic comprehension? In EVERY situation it is a per use situation.This is what stallman does not understand.
To stallman we are both wrong.
>In EVERY situation it is a per use situation.

Could you elaborate on this?

>>56229971
It still requires part of x to even function

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>>56229641
I'm not the guy who posted the image, but just go to this site: http://www.text-image.com/convert/ascii.html

Use this picture, white text on black background, and then adjust the size/contrast to your liking.

Which distro is more stable and got more frequent updates than mint and is also lightweight and not as complicated as arch?

>>56230037
also check the "invert image" box.

>>56230038
none

>>56230038
Ubuntu

>>56229753
>various
name more than one

>>56230058
ubuntu is not good

So you faggots keep forcing zsh so I installed it.
Can't even CTRL+A and CTRL+E to jump around, TAB literally does a tab, what the heck is this shite.

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>>56230003
I'm just curious as to what qualifies as better I suppose. I've never had a single issue with xorg on arch that wasn't user related, personally.

>>56230038
Debian Sid.

>>56230079
Better than Mint

>>56230088
>So you faggots keep forcing zsh
bullshit

can I install kde4 on arch

>>56230027

[citation needed]

>>56230038
Debian Testing or Debian Sid.
(reminder that you must install Debian Stable first and THEN upgrade to either of these. Do not use the direct installer for Testing or Sid. Those installers are for testing the installers themselves.)

>>56230204
>https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=xorg-server-xwayland

When you want to run an X application from within Weston, it spins up Xwayland to service the request

So 99% of every program you will be running, will need this package

>>56230038
>>56230222
Doing a netinstall with non-free firmware is probably the best way to go for having just what you want plus easy Wi-Fi recognition on awkward hardware.

http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/8.5.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-cd/

>>56230038
In my experience Debian is more complicated than arch. Debian has complicated system of handing what ends up in a repo, and it can lead to headaches. "arch is complicated" is a meme. Honest.

Otherwise, switch to Debian sid (or testing is also fine but this goes back to what I was saying about the their repos) An Ubuntu flavor is probably more up to date than mint I believe. Also consider Manjaro. Never tried it but I hear okay things.

>>56230238

He was talking about Wayland. You implied that you need X to run Wayland in every case and "by default". That's not true.

>>56230275
>It still requires part of x to even function
Yes, you do.
Show me more then 25 programs that dont rely on x AT ALL.
You cant

You dont need wayland or x. you can do everything via commandline.
But you cannot view media, but you can still use it !!!!!!!!

OP of: >>56221910

>>56221964
Elementary OS has been easier to use, and I like the desktop environment, but I really would like those two things (tabs, desktop) to work my way.

I am using a RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI Wireless card on my desktop and since installing Ubuntu, my wifi is slow as fuck.

The driver being used is: driver=rt61pci driverversion=3.16.0-33-generic firmware=0.8

Is there some other driver I can use somehow? On Windows, it works perfectly fine.

>>56230274
>arch is complicated
at least installation process is complicated a bit for me

>>56230398
There threads have proven numerous times that even retards can install Arch.
It's not complicated unless you start to want some fancy setup, but that's also the end of the line for the installers in other distros where you have to jump in and do things manually.

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>>56229201

https://www.debian.org/intro/diversity
https://www.debian.org/women/
https://wiki.debian.org/AntiHarassment

L O L

>>56230491
Is command line installation causing lots of problems with packages dependencies etc?

if I install Gentoo with a hardened stage3 and apply the hardened use flag, but do not use a hardened profile (as I'd like to use the desktop profile), will my system go breaking at every corner or should it be okay to do?

>>56230657
That's what package managers are for

xubuntu wont boot. Opened my laptop, then it shut down because it wasn't charged.
plugged it back in, then it boots to GRUB.
Then it goes to Busybox v1.22.1 and lets me ender commands (initramfs)
I tried the bootrepair already

>>56230593
ebin meme
That surely tells us about the distro's quality.

>>56230759

We'll see in a few years from now.

>>56230593
All of those pages seem good. What's wrong with being open minded, supporting a women in technology, and some general guidelines?

As long as they stay passive and go along with the current "political correctness" instead of proactively/aggressively supporting it, then I think it's fine and displeases the least amount of people.

>start X
>keyboard and mouse stop working

>>56230699
can arch be switched to use init instead of systemd?

>>56230922
If you're masochistic, sure.

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im on manjaro mate and what the fuck is this
ever since i get this shit i cant open programs like qbittorrent and vlc
what the fuck

>>56230947
Is it hard or do you think systemd > init?

>>56230978
Both, but the important part is that it would be a pain in the ass to do on Arch.

What the fuck. I tried booting my system and it wouldn't boot. Decided to just reinstall ubuntu and at the partitioning screen, my HDD has all the space available. Wtf happened to my system? All the data was just wiped. I was able to boot into GRUB however I didn't have any other OS installed on my computer.

>>56231024
is there any stable, frequently updated distro that is lightweight and does not use systemd then?

>>56230880

>not installing an input driver

>>56231168
Gentoo

>>56230088
nobody in fglt forces zsh.

>>56229044
How do I make my system "xrdb ~/.Xdefaults" on startup? I get weird lines along the border of my terminal and to remove them I have to run that command every time I boot my computer up.

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I'm trying to add video preview to ranger.
I followed instructions from github page and this is the result.
What happened? Last time I did this it worked flawlessly.

I'm about to install Fedora on a 256 GiB drive. What's a good partition scheme?

>>56230963
Manjaro has issues with the MATE desktop environment, they're working on it but I'd recommend switching distros to something with better support for it or switching DEs.

>>56231319
is it possible to run firefox/eclipse/other gui programs in this window manager?

>>56231352

256 GB root partition.

>>56231352
513MiB for /boot
i'd personally go for 2GiB swap space
use 20-40GiB for /
all the rest for /home
or just put / and /home in 1 big partition

>>56231384
Thanks

I decided to dualboot Windows 7 with Archlinux for games, but Windows 7 overwrote GRUB. I know Ubuntu has a repair disc, but how do I get GRUB working again on a less known distro? Should I boot into the livecd and chroot back in?

>>56231319

Well apparently I'm a retard. I forgot to uncomment the header.

>>56231359

Yes.

>>56231519
i guess you could chroot into the system and re-run the grub-install and mkconfig scripts

>>56231477
Thanks

I have 16 GiB of RAM (hey, it's cheap), do I really need a swap partition?

>>56231519

reinstall grub and install/run os-prober

>>56231554
it's always a good idea to have swap. you never know when a badly made program may leak memory and grind your system down, or you do something more resource intensive

>fedora is the only distro where steam works out of the box without any fiddling around
>dnf is best package manager
>best implementation of gnome

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I tried to install arch on virtual box, i wanna build it there first before dual booting to try it out. Can you /g/entoomen help me with some guide or smthn, and please don't give me the wiki it is the best sourse but it doesnt help me, i got stuck with some errors on startx and cant move past that since i don't have some files from that. Would like it too look as minimalist as possible, just saying if you have a guide for some environment ^^

>>56231623
sadly gnome has a requirement on systemd :(
and apparently wayland will also require systemd

>>56231641
the wiki is honestly the best place to look. if you have a problem after following the guide accuractly, then you can tell us exactly what's wrong and we can help you out then

Is there an alternative to visual studios for linux or am I going to have to dualboot.

>>56231673
i think geany is similar, go check it out
https://www.geany.org/

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>>56231641
Well, im stuck with this

>>56231711
look through the logfile and if you still dont know the problem, pastebin it here

>>56229971
It's a meme, said before still needs parts of X to even function.
Most WMs are made for Xorg and applications still depend on Xorg.
Basically a meme

>>56230659
Use hardened profile with hardened stage3, otherwise you'll end up having a headache somewhere in the process

>>56231168
Funtoo

I'm having some trouble with ncmpcpp, when I start it I get 'ncmpcpp: No such file or directory'.
I do have a config there though.
Mpd is working though and I can connect to it with cantata so it's just ncmpcpp with the problem.
Am I missing something in my confs?
http://pastebin.com/raw/FJ8Lntst

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>>56231737
Here it is. I got this error first but then i didnt think much of it and continued along with the youtube guide im on, and i need some files that i should of got i guess from startx(.xinitrc). I also googled the problem, but found no help, even tried some stuff but this is my first time in this environment so mostly i tried what i could understand ^^

>>56231805
>lyrics_directory = ~/.config/ncmpcpp/lyrics
does this directory exist?
do you really want lyrics? if not just comment that line out

>>56231882
It does exist but no I don't want them. Still the same with that commented out.

Trying to transfer some pictures from my external hd but some files wont transfer because the file name is too long. Is there a way around this?

>>56231942
can you make a screenshot just to make sure you did not misstype anything?

>>56231962
shorten the names

>>56231711
pic related to OP?

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>>56231975
Screenshot of what? The confs are literally copy and pasted and this is all it says.

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How would I go about making it so these windows are open and are placed in their exact position when my computer boots up?

I'm using openbox with KDE.

Anyone here used Pinta for drawing? I love the features, but it's so laggy that it's unbearable. It's even worse than gimp.
Anyone else had similar experience, or is it just something on my end?

>>56232022
yeah thats kinda what i wanted
because from your first post i wasnt really sure if ncmpcpp was running of failing with that error

>>56231982
Yes, its me >>56231641

>>56231777
if I were to use a non-hardened stage3 & profile, but use the hardened use flag, that'd work fine right?

>>56232056
dual boot windows

>>56230398
Honestly anon, if you've been using Linux for a select number of years, you probably already KNOW what goes into your operating system. Installing the baseline arch system is just as simple as punching in some commands and following a wiki + another page. (I actually recommend cross referencing this one guide floating around. http://www.muktware.io/arch-linux-guide-the-always-up-to-date-arch-linux-tutorial/ It gets you to the usability stage a little more than just the wiki does.)

Once you're installed, the only things you have to install usually is network manager, gnome-keyring, network manager applet, and a DE (and appending exec ((DE)) to the xorg but that's piss easy). Those are the only huge things that you probably aren't used to installing yourself. After that, it's just like any other linux install. You install firefox, you install libre office, you install whatever the hell else you want.

I got frustrated by debian. Sure, the install is easy and I sometimes wish arch had it, but I have spent more time trying to get debian the way I wanted it than the time it took me to install arch.

I wanna say I recommend manjaro over debian, but I feel as if it suffers from similar issues of packages just not being present in any shape. But I think I'm wrong.

>>56231569
In the instance of a program having a memory leak which takes all my RAM, I don't see how swap would help anything. Presumably the program would continue hoard all of the swap memory as well.

>>56229169
Because I don't want a system that installs """"updates"""" I don't want against my will despite me telling it a dozen times I don't want them?
Because Linux is made by developers trying to build the best system they can for its users, not the most profitable for its shareholders?

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>>56229201
Stahp anon pls.
I'm THIS close to going from Arch back to Debian, even though there is literally nothing wrong with my system at the moment.

>>56232111
What do you mean? Are you telling me it's because I dual boot, or that I should dual boot?

>>56230244
Thanks asshole. Now I have to install Debian again.

>>56230491
>unless you start to want some fancy setup

like, you know, wifi.

>>56232022
have you tried switching to a different view with the number keys?
if you close ncmpcpp are there any errors on the console?
you could also try to set up a minimal second config file and use it with

ncmpcpp -c /path/to/configfile 

>>56232202
what is this picture

>>56232222
Pretty sure he's telling you TO dual boot Windows, because Pinta is basically a FOSS/Linux version of Paint.NET which is only available on Windows. Personally, I think GIMP works just as well (better in some ways), it's just not as intuitive as Pinta/Paint.NET.

>>56232281
>>56232222
Also nice quads bro

>>56230978
Arch specifically doesn't encourage choice.
If you want some special snowflake configuration, Arch isn't for you.

Arch is meant to be KISS on the developer's side, which means you take it the way they want it or fuck off.

>>56232254
Somehow I've just fixed it, in the mpd.conf I changed to
>bind_to_address "/home/anon/.config/mpd/socket"
And that is working. I did change the host name in both but that didn't make a difference.

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How do I get my panel items to go center? They just stack on the left.

>>56232308
it would help if we knew what panel you are using

>>56231168
>>56230978
You were asking for a distro that's less complicated than Arch, and said its installation gave you troubles.

Why exactly do you want to avoid systemd?
Do you even know (in specific terms) what it does differently?

>>56232281
>what is this picture
unrelated

>>56232281
>because Pinta is basically a FOSS/Linux version of Paint.NET which is only available on Windows
Thanks, I didn't knew that.

>>56233333
quints of pentruth

I went balls deep and got rid off my windows 10 on my PC.

i am noticing that playing Vidya is a bitch, and I miss some programs from Windows, but heck its safer than Windows

(Running Linux Mint 18)

>>56232321
Panel 1?
I'm using xubuntu

>>56232387
i'd highly recommend you don't use mint

>>56232394
>I'm using xubuntu
this means you are probably using xfce-panel which is what i wanted to know

>>56232397
Why?

the reason I went mint was a good review in a Tech magazine a few months ago

>manjarofag here

I need help over gohufont that I have been trying to set up for days.

Last night I seeked help because installing the font from:

>yaourt gohufont

fucked my whole GUI so I had to restart in command lines to -Rsn it. It happened several times so I don't know what to do.

Is there any way - preferably simple and clean - to set up this goddam neat font?

>>56232407
So how do I center it? Or am I forced to just leave it as it is. I don't want to decrease the panel size because I like having that black box

>>56232394
have you tried settings->panel?
i do not know if thats a straightforward option there but it is likely

>>56232413
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/why-the-linux-mint-hack-is-an-indicator-of-a-larger-problem/

you should get comfy in a better distro

>>56232413
Not that guy, but Mint is maintained by 1 (one) dude who is not particularly good at deciding which patches to include in packages.

It also uses apt, but that's more of a reason to just not use any Debian or Debian-based distro ever.

How do i remove, and prevent man pages from being created?
I just look them up online as it is easier to view out side of the distro

>>56232413
It's OK, don't worry. There are good reasons not to use it from an objective standpoint (the developers hold back security updates if those would interfere with how they want to maintain their distro).
But it's still much MUCH safer than Windows, and easy to learn.
Maybe at some point you'll feel the need for a change and migrate to another distro, but Mint isn't a bad starting point.

>>56232445
yeah there's nothing

>>56232437
some internet searching revealed that it shhould be possible to centre the icons by putting a seperator to the left and another to the right

>>56232437
>>56232522
here is the link in case you are interested:http://docs.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-panel/preferences
>By inserting two or more expandable separators it is also possible to position plugins at the center of the panel.

>>56229201
LMAO
>Half assed freetard wannabe distro, users enable non-free repo anyway
>Logo made with photoshop
>Package manager too dumb to remove meta pacakge suite
>wiki is inferior
>No -meta flags
>Pajeet -SJW distro, butthurt community
>Bloated as fuck repo (Even core DEs come with third party browsers and login managers)
>No PPA support (Why debian when Ubuntu with PPA support exists)
>"lol we'll hold back the package for 4 years and call it "stable""
Debian is rekt

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>>56232427
Yeah it's pretty easy to install fonts, lol.

first, go to /etc/fonts/conf.d and make sure there is no file named 70-no-bitmaps.conf
If there is, delete it.
Next, while still in that directory

ln -s ../conf.avail/70-yes-bitmaps.conf

This will tell fontconfig you definitely want bitmap fonts available (may work even without this step but w/e m8)

Do the following, won't necessarily explain the shit you should really understand:

cd
wget http://font.gohu.org/gohufont-2.1.tar.gz
tar xvf gohufont-2.1.tar.gz
mkdir ~/.fonts
cp gohufont-2.1/*.pcf.gz ~/.fonts
mkfontdir ~/.fonts
mkfontscale ~/.fonts
xset +fp ~/.fonts
xset fp rehash
sudo fc-cache -fv

Newly opened programs should have gohufont available to them

Source: literally a Windows user
Pic related, just did these exact steps in a Manjaro VM and as you can see gohufont works

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>>56232578
From the last thread:

>>56232579
oh and I'll explain the lines you didn't necessarily need to know to be a basic user

xset +fp ~/.fonts adds ~/.fonts to the CURRENTLY RUNNING X's font path.
xset fp rehash tells X to reload the font path
fc-cache -fv rebuilds X's font cache

If you want to make ~/.fonts as a font path permanent you need to add it to xorg.conf (iirc it now follows the same conf.d/ format most other shit does now so you can make a file like /etc/X11/conf.d/99-homefont.conf ) You can also put the fonts in some directory in /etc/fonts that is already in the X font path. Usually I'd just add the xset commands into my ~/.xinitrc for the sake of it being easy.

>>56232579
>~/.fonts
I believe that is deprecated in favour of ~/.local/share/fonts/

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Aside from the terrible font when first installed. Why is there so much dislike for gnome?

I have Arch and xfce on my laptop but thought I'd try Debian and gnome my desktop. It's not too bad.

>>56232578
Also being sued by Pixar for stealing character names from Toy Story (their logo is literally also the spiral from Buzz's chin)

>>56232644
Possible, but it works if you follow my steps. I literally did it while typing up the post. I don't really follow the Linux scene any more as I have a job lol

>>56232578
>same faggot as last thread
fuck off, nobody needs your warmongering here.

>>56232644
deprecated is just another word for 'has been working for the past decade and still works'
yes i am a terrible programmer and everyone hates my code

>>56232660
i wont use 99% of what is installed and the gui is ugly as fuck
right click menu is all you need
better yet kb's to open what you daily use

>>56232661
>I don't really follow the Linux scene any more as I have a job lol
You seem to have had a lot of time to shit post lately though.

>>56232673
Yeah, I am. I am refuting the claim that Debian is the only mature distro. Any issues?

>>56232683
>shitposting
Everyone says that but I'm helping anons in several threads lately

>>56232660
I dislike gnome because it relies on systemd.
I'm not even a big enemy of systemd, but if a desktop environment relies on an init system, that's bad design.

>>56232677
No, deprecated means it used to work that way and there is no guarantee it will work in the future. Programs do change things according to current standards.

>>56232578
>hates on Apt
>recommends Ubuntu

>>56232714
>there is no guarantee it will work in the future
that means right now it is working ;^)
also
>yes i am a terrible programmer and everyone hates my code
I am fully aware of the fact that i shouldn't use deprecated things because of the reasons you stated.

>>56232708
Could you please remove that stupid name?

>>56232772
Atleast you get PPA

>>56232778
Only if you can find me a cooler one.
>in b4 Anonymous

>>56232778
pls dont start this conversation

>>56232774
Suit yourself, if you've been told something then you are welcome to continue in forced ignorance.

>>56232788
http://1lineart.kulaone.com/#/

>>56232827
(╯︵╰,)
Seeing if this one's characters all work

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>>56232711
^^^^^^^^

>>56232879
Nice meme, got it from reddit?

>>56232711
Systemd is a gnome dependency? Never knew that.

I'm still new to the UNIX community. But I've heard people don't like systemd because the developer is a jackass and it's too complex with it's functions.

>>56232991
GNU is not Unix.

>all this thinly veiled bait

>>56232991
>UNIX
UNIX is a trademark of Apple.

>>56233009
>implying

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>>56229044

>>56232991
>I'm still new to the UNIX community. But I've heard people don't like systemd because the developer is a jackass and it's too complex with it's functions.
If you read about it a bit more, you'll realize that all the arguments against it aren't based on anything current, just vague fears of what MIGHT happen in the future (but hasn't happened in the past 3 years) and ancient philosophy.

There is literally no reason not to use systemd at present. It works, is open source, actively developed, does what it's supposed to do, and is backwards compatible to that ancient stuff autists love so much.

>>56232787
PPA is literally just adding some source to /etc/apt/sources.list
why the hell would this be anything special. and while you search for anything i can compile and package it myself using checkinstall.

>dnf search typecatcher
>takes forever
kek, any way to search packages online?

>>56233187
disregard me, I was being dumb

>>56232094
No depends the hardened flag just adds some gcc hardening but if you want real hardening use the hardened sources + profile

>>56233343
Plus hardened flag only works on several packages

>>56230385
>hurr durr I want to clutter up my desktop
>hurr durr I don't want to conform

>>56233567
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=23893

or use wicd

>>56233603
ty nigga

>>56231568
How do I get back into archlinux at all? It just boots directly into to windows and doing it from the iso isn't working.

>>56231519
Boot into the live ISO and install grub in your hard drive

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What now?

>>56233995
Go back to india

New to fedora. I want to use the fastest mirror (rank mirrors) and I came by the following method:

 # echo "fastestmirror=true" >> /etc/dnf/dnf.conf

Is this legit?

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Printing
>Linux has great support for printers
Is this true? Or are there manufacturers to prefer/avoid?

>>56234150
Are you buying a printer or do you already have one?
Printing can be done via google account

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I'm about get rid of Windows 10 to install Lubuntu on my shitty laptop. I've tried in on a VM before and I liked it. From what I understand I can install pretty much everything I need using APT and it doesn't have bloat and retarded window manager that regular Ubuntu uses. As someone who has never used Linux before should I go with it or choose another distro?

>>56234168
I may need a printer for studies.
>Google account

>>56234188
Go for it. Ubuntu variants are solid for a beginner.

>>56234372
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/supported_devices/

Anyone here running a fully dockerized server or it's a meme?

>>56234426
meant for >>56234227

So I'm using ubuntu and have a drive mounted where I store movies named plexmedia. I'm running out of space so I bought a new drive. Is there a good way to mount that drive to my existing directly and basically just add the extra storage there?

I have used Debian/Debian based distros for years for work and some at home.
I have used Arch for years at home.
I have used CentOS at work.
I have never noticed a difference in package managers. They all do the same thing. So tell me, /fglt/, is complaining about x package manager autism?

>>56234582
Yes

>>56234582
Because those package managers are all the same.

>>56234582
Apt is so retarded I started using Fedora today. I wish it were as fast as pacman but still a better option than apt

>>56234582
Probably not because they all have different features/design decisions/etc.

Is there a way to make a specific window transparent with compton? I have 3 terminals open, which are all transparent, and I would like the fourth non-terminal window to be transparent aswell.

Im using Ubuntu Server, and I installed a Plex Server.

It worked perfectly.
I installed Samba and created a network share, with cifs-utils and stuff.

Right after, Plex cant download metadata and other stuff from the internet. Logs show it cant access the websites.

What sort of settings would a Samba share create that doesnt allow Plex to retrieve stuff from the internet?

>>56229044
These threads always have pretty good OP images.

>>56234621
Do you have a single fact to back that up or are you spewing anecdotes?

>>56234708
see >>56232594
and https://fusion809.github.io/comparison-of-package-managers/#toc0

>>56229044
How is linux support for new hardware? Let's say Kabylake came out yesterday as well as Intel's new 3d xpoint storage and I got my hands on them, could I install gentoo on it without something fucking up?

what do you think about /usr merge?

>>56234823
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2451144/linux-kernel-45-brings-kaby-lake-arm-v6-and-v7-and-nvidia-gpu-boosts

>>56234833
source?

How difficult would it be to install Debian via network boot?
I have an old pentium pc and it won't boot from CD or USB, but it allows network booting.
Can I make this other desktop pc that I am using be the server for the boot?

>>56234149
http://www.dsm.fordham.edu/cgi-bin/man-cgi.pl?topic=dnf.conf&ampsect=5

>>56233078
truth deleted

Does anyone watch Youtube (or any other website) videos through VLC? I'm trying to use the "Open Network Stream" option, but it always returns an error message. My log says: "no art finder modules matched" and "art not found for watch?v=..."

>>56235100
>VLC
No.

>>56235100
Use mpv

Are there any alternatives to syncthing but with untrusted node support?

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Manjaro Linux has this issue where if you suspend wifi seems to become disabled permanently. So far no solutions work for me.

Maybe I should have stuck with a Debian based distro.

>>56235249
That's not very nice of you, mister.

>>56235179
next time it happens, try "sudo systemctl start networkmanager" and see what happens.

Or stop it and start it.

I had something similar on xubuntu so I guess it's just a driver issue.

>>56235271
I'm using a thinkpad T410. I'll try this and see what happens.

>>56229044
>pic related
That happens to me when I type startx. How do I fix?

>>56235316
you didnt install a xf86 or nvidia drivers.
you dont even need xorg.conf anymore

Why should someone use void? And why not?

>>56235816
>Why should someone use void?
Snowflake points
>Why not
You may not look for snowflake points

>>56234575

ended up just mounting the drives separately and using a cool tool called mhddfs to create a combined directory where my old mount used to be

>>56235816
>asking for memes
>>56235841
>answering with memes
just leave

>>56235841
After a long time using OSX, I'm thinking about going back to linux and a friend suggested, what should I try then?

>>56233603
Please Unfuck My Shit pt. Infinity

So I downloaded wicd and it had PEAP as a security option, but it kept giving me "bad password" even though I know it's the correct password. By the way, I should mention that it's a 802.1 x EAP security setup.

>>56235884
But :(

>>56235891
>a friend suggested
He's trolling you. Start with Ubuntu MATE or Manjaro like a sane person

>>56235921
What's Manjaro? And the guy actually uses void, I need better friends.

>>56235937
It's another beginner friendly distro. Since you don't know go with Ubuntu MATE or Ubuntu GNOME

>>56235956
Thanks senpai, will look into it.

>>56235971
Don't go with GNOME unless you hate yourself. Go with Xubuntu or Ubuntu MATE. Kubuntu if you have a million system resources burning a hole in your system (so desktop) but it's really nothing special.

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I installed Arch with a GNOME enviorement, but fuck ,arch has pacman and i had never used it b4.
Cant do anything, and i dont know how to install something from a tar.gz folder without apt stuff. Im stuck. Help me /g/ents Where should i start ricing, and how. I tried the online apps thing but it doesnt recognize me, and when i tried to fix that im also stuck since i dont have shit to use to make something work, i think so.

>>56235994
Considering he's coming from OSX, GNOME makes a sensible choice

>>56236003
Rephrase

>>56236016
you're probably right. I might say go with unity though, personally.

>>56236003
First, I would reckon that you can find whatever you need in the AUR. I'm just saying, I've never had to deal with stuff like that. It's a magical system.

Otherwise, it depends on what it is. I would imagine you need to extract the folder, build and install.

Are there not instructions?

>>56235994
Gnome is nice, though.

>>56236016
Ok. So, i am totally confused as how im supposed to install shit, not in the new to linux stuff, i use linux, but never arch.

>>56235994
I'll use in a Toshiba Ultrabook actually, and never really liked gnome, MATE is something completely new to me tho, so I'm trying to see what would fit my needs

How can I glob all jp(e)g and png files in bash?

>>56236034
Last time I tried unity it was shit (it was when Ubuntu tried to force it down on my face, some years ago)

>>56236034
I did find instructions to exctract(sucsesfull), and to build(always need apt stuff i dont have) and install never get to that part

Can I use my gentoo-sources config with hardened-sources?

>>56236048
Nevermind, found the solution. (Leaving it here for others: ls *{png,jpg,jpeg})

In these threads: RTFM noobs

>>56236043
>never really liked gnome, MATE is something completely new to me tho
MATE is literally GNOME with the names of the programs changed

>>56236035
I'm personally not a fan. I think it's gotten a lot better, and between you and me (don't tell my friends) it was the first time coming to Linux that made me go "wow this is really cool!"

But for what it offers, I find it really heavy and inefficient, and find myself more interested in using KDE if anything, unless I don't want to fuck with qt. Development's come a LONG ways though, and I should probably give it another chance.

I tend to assume more people around here are laptop fags though, and gnome and KDE are both okay for desktops, not so much for laptops.

>>56236043
MATE is good shit anon. It's a fork of GNOME 2, so it's known for being rock stable. I would reckon it is the most stable DE as a result (Citation needed.)

If you're familiar with xfce, it's similar to that. An efficient, compact, and light design with an emphasis on functionality. MATE menu is the mint menu ported over if you prefer more of a traditional start menu.

Xfce is also a good recommendation, but I have had some problems with lightDM and the power manager in the past. It also requires a little more to get "functional" if you are starting from a fresh install.

If you are using Xubuntu though, these are minor complaints and you should ignore them entirely. I recommend both, because it's easy to get both looking good!

>>56236067
I haven't used Unity since the early days. my understanding is that it's gotten a lot better.

I still don't want to touch it though.

>>56236071
post package and we can help you a bit more, I think. I don't want to give you advice that won't work.

I got mpd working on Linux, am I a super hacker now?

>>56236157
I told you to install SMPlayer and move on with your life

>>56236155
Caja looks like shit.

>>56236157
Honestly you're retarded for thinking there's anything special about being able to install a piece of software and use it.

I bet all your friends and family know you as "the guy that is good at computer"

>>56236174
Looks good to me with a theme slapped on. (GTK3 caja I believe looks different but I honestly don't remember because I only run it on my desktop and am not home.)

I think dolphin looks good, but I find it to have a lag to it like every other fucking kde app.

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>>56235271
>>56235286

The problem seems to have fixed itself. Maybe one of those solutions I did before actually solved it. Now I can enjoy my cozy Manjaro. Thanks btw.

>>56236204
Thanks for the rare akari

>>56236204
If you ever have it happen again, start from the core and just try and troubleshoot it. Find out if the device is on. If the device is on, is your network manager running? So on so forth.

I've had similar problems on my X220 after shutting my lid, never fixed it before jumping to arch.

Hey fglt, I'm looking for a linux distro that is suitable for podcast work. Will any do? I have been told audio recording on linux can be a challenge.

HOLY SHIT
>Chromium using gtk3
Chromium using gtk3
>Chromium using gtk3
Chromium using gtk3
>Chromium using gtk3
Chromium using gtk3
>Chromium using gtk3
Chromium using gtk3
>Chromium using gtk3
Chromium using gtk3
>Chromium using gtk3
Chromium using gtk3
>Chromium using gtk3
Chromium using gtk3
FUCK NO

>>56236228
ubuntu studio with jack

>>56236245
Much obliged anon.

>>56236149
>>56236155
Actually, if there's something that makes possible a key combo (something+space) that opens a input box where I can type what I want to open, a file browser with tabs and nothing on the desktop, I'm all in, any suggestions?

>>56236299
mate or xfce do that out of box I believe

MATE does for fact

KDE is a great DE for general use in my opinion, but why is it such a bitch to customize for?

>>56236373
Because KDE users are interested in doing their work instead

>>56236373
QT clashes with GTK

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>>56236218
You are welcome. She is the main protag!

>>56236335
Will try it then, thanks a lot.

Just installed xmonad. How do I start ricing?

>>56229302
Coreboot is what you are thinking of. That is the project upstream from Libreboot. Google supports the development of Coreboot quite a bit. Coreboot is a mostly free BIOS that has some proprietary firmware. Because of that it supports more devices. Libreboot takes Coreboot, and reverse engineers free replacements for all of the proprietary firmware on the devices they support.

What virtual machine should I use on xubuntu to use windows 8.1? Can I save files on VM?

Newbie linux user here, installed Debian on VirtualBox a while back, went through the whole installation process, set encrypted LVM and when i went to enter password, system wouldn't let me in despite it being key for key.

Keyboard was good, everything else was good, just that one thing.

Deleted it, currently on the boot screen at the moment.

Anyone have an idea of what might've happened?

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Is it worth getting the Dell XPS Developer Edition if I'm just going to replace Ubuntu with Debian? The Developer Edition comes with an Intel wifi card that seems to work better.

>>56231519
Yes, chroot back in. But you will need /dev, /proc, and /sys. Use bind mounts to get them in your chroot directory.

>>56234869
Network boot is a huge pain in the ass. I wouldn't recommend it unless you are willing to spend some hours reading manuals and fiddling with it.

>>56230038
there is literally nothing difficult about setting up a basic arch system. The only problem i ever had is setting up an EFI install and thats only because i am a mongoloid and didnt read beforehand.

>>56230038
One of the Fedora spins.

Is this the correct order?
squid>unbound>dnscrypt?

Using xubuntu
When I lock my account, then log back in, my mouse is invisible. How do I fix this?

>>56237095
Yes
>>56237338
It's a known bug. Go to console and come back to get your mouse back: Cntrl Alt f1 and cntrl alt f8

>>56237454
Did ctrl+f1 but now I'm stuck at the screen. I entered my info but I can't exit with ctrl alt f8

>>56237638
One of F1-9 will work

>>56237638
X is on F7

>>56236780
Anyone?

I'm using xubuntu

I saw this pretty neat thing that I saw people on linux use. On their screen to their right, were able to pull up some menu and he was able to change his background with the click of a picture. Scrolling down the menu, he was able to fix his resolutions to 1600x900, 1920,1080, 720x69. How can I get this?

>>56230849
you better be of jokings comrade

>open minded
in what way is this open minded? urging any users to think the way you want to is not open minded. users and developers should be allowed to think whatever the fuck they want politically

>supporting women in technology
women have the same chances in tech as men. what they want is equality of outcome and not equality of opportunities. so this really isnt equality or anything

>some general guidelines
anti-harassment guidelines arent a general and important thing. also refer to first point

fuck off merkel

>>56231643
but you can use GNOME without using systemd (refer to GuixSD for example)

i dont know if it still installs systemd dependencies though

>>56231643

>and apparently wayland will also require systemd
How can a protocol require systemd? [citation needed]

>>56236412

That's not true. Kill yourself for spreading misinformation.

>>56235179
No you should stay away from [X] based distros entirely.

Either use Debian, or Arch.
Or one of the other long-standing, original distros, like OpenSUSE, Fedora, Gentoo and Slackware.

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>>56236412
>>56238620
gtk3-engines-breeze

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I just installed LXQt on Funtoo, unfortunately it didn't seem to come with the openbox/qt themes they used in the screenshot on their website. Does anyone know where I can find those?

Anyone have recent experience with Fedora?

I've tried Debian.
Didn't like that Stable is too conservative, and Testing/Unstable are (semi) rolling release which aren't fully supported with security updates.
I'm also not a fan of Apt.

I've tried Ubuntu.
Didn't like that release upgrades don't reliably work and that it's based on another distro.

I've tried Arch.
Don't want rolling release anymore, and don't like its devs' philosophy of "You don't like what we do? Fuck you, go away."
Also, the official repo is too small.

How buggy is Fedora? How complete are the repos compaired to Debian? Is it easy to install non-free software? How good is the package manager?

>>56237729
Are you using a non-English keyboard?

>>56238872
>Fedora
Enjoy no mp3

>>56236536
You'll figure it out once you start to suck less.

>>56238892
mp3 needs to die anyway
opus and flac are the future

>>56238943
>Foo doesn't work?
>You don't need Foo anyway.
>In fact, Foo shouldn't even exist. Use Bar instead.
The mindset of a Linux user.

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"BOOTMGR is missing" trying to boot Windows 7 with Grub2

im having trouble getting bluetooth to work on my t430.
its using the intel chipset rather than the broadcom chipset for wifi. so that works right out of the box.
the bluetooth module worked right out of the box though on my older mint install.
ive installed bluez and all of its modules to see if that works but those dont seem to do anything beyond integrate bluetooth functionality into plasma.
anyone know which package i need to install or if i need windows firmware?
the wiki didnt hold much information.
everything else works pretty much right out of the box even the finger print reader. suspend and resume works fine, also.
the integrated modem does also work. i tested it with my phone sim.

>>56238977
forgot to mention this is on arch.

Freedom Thread: >>56238988

>>56238892

I don't understand this. How does "no mp3" work?

Which package would be responsible to allow you MP3 file playback? I assume it's something like ffmpeg — when someone creates a music player and uses ffmpeg for playing file. Does that mean Fedora builds ffmpeg without MP3 support (either disabling the encoder or decoder or both)?

What's the recommended distro to accompany dwm? Something lightweight that can run on 512mb of ram

>>56238776
what do you mean openbox qt themes? The window decoration in the screenshot?

>>56238977
What are you trying to accomplish?