/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

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Please R8 my dank new libre software OC

>>56929654
Did you use only free software to make it? If so 10/10

>>56929669
used GIMP on my Manjaro install, running open source Radeon drivers... mostly free. however I did get the images from Google.

>>56929654
Please, replace Steve with Tim. Steve is died.

>>56929707
Nobody cares about Tim. However, I still have the xcf file saved, so if you supply me with an appropriate transparent png of just his face, I'll put any technology capitalist you want in the GNULAG.

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>>56929654
9/10
r8 mine please

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>>56929763
>>56929654
neat

What's the best GUI calculator program?

>>56929763
>Berenstain

>>56929598
Thigh high socks are my fetish

>>56929897
Stop being a normalfag faggot and use whatever floats the cli boat. There's basic bash $(( )), expr, bc, awk, python, perl, whatever. GUI just slows down the workflow.

Basic example:

$ bc <<< "sqrt(1337)"
36

I'm trying to install 500 fonts but the only way i know how to do it, is by double clicking it, the n pressing install - yet that takes ages, i s there an easier way?

>>56930031
"installing fonts" is just moving the font file to the fonts directory
/usr/share/fonts for global and ~/.local/share/fonts for user

>>56930031
The solution: mv
mv (move) your fonts into a directory which X knows, run fc-cache and you're done.
for example (to let X know that your fonts are at ~/.fonts):
xset +fp ~/.fonts && xset fp rehash

That said, 500 fonts may slow down your programs, try a cleanup.

Why is it that my trackpad is acting more like a touch screen on my arch laptop? If my cursor is on the left and I touch the right side, the cursor jumps to the right.

>>56930149
>arch
Check the wiki.

You have only yourself to blame.

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I installed GNOME3 Fedora on my Thinkpad. What are the best themes and icon packs for GNOME3? I want something classy and modern. Yes, I like flat, but I don't like Numix. I really like the KDE Breeze theme.

>>56930149
>arch
every time

>>56930252
Arc

>>56929694
delte this

>>56930252
Adapta

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>>56930252
My setup -
GTK+: Arc
Icons: Paper
Cursor: Bridge
Shell theme: Arc-Dark

>suse is one of the most popular distros
>suse is literally never talked about here
Why is this?

>>56929598
>lain bg
>staple of thinkpads
>gentoo
>plank
Noice

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I just got the following in syslog when activating my vpn.

Is this a mitm? Not a crazy suggestion, I'm in China and vpns need to go through the great firewall.

I'm running pptp because it's faster and I'm not doing anything secret, I just need unblocked google.

A small extract, it went on for several pages but I killed the VPN to stop it.. Looks like I'm being probed to find out details about my VPN?

The VPS is under my sole control, it shouldn't be doing anything malicious.

Oct  5 11:44:35 AnonHostName pppd[11700]: Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 0xe9
Oct  5 11:44:35 AnonHostName pppd[11700]: Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 0xa9
Oct  5 11:44:35 AnonHostName pppd[11700]: Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 0xc090
Oct  5 11:44:35 AnonHostName pppd[11700]: Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 0x9236
Oct  5 11:44:35 AnonHostName pppd[11700]: Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 0x4c8a
Oct  5 11:44:35 AnonHostName pppd[11700]: Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 0x5620
Oct  5 11:44:35 AnonHostName pppd[11700]: Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 0x90d0
Oct  5 11:44:36 AnonHostName pppd[11700]: Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 0x5699
Oct  5 11:44:36 AnonHostName pppd[11700]: Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 0xaeaa
Oct  5 11:44:36 AnonHostName pppd[11700]: Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 0x1
Oct  5 11:44:36 AnonHostName pppd[11700]: Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 0x56d0
Oct  5 11:44:36 AnonHostName pppd[11700]: Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 0xc243
Oct  5 11:44:36 AnonHostName pppd[11700]: Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 0xc5
Oct  5 11:44:36 AnonHostName pppd[11700]: Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 'Banyan Vines' (0x35)
Oct  5 11:44:36 AnonHostName pppd[11700]: Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 0xb484
Oct  5 11:44:36 AnonHostName pppd[11700]: Protocol-Reject for unsupported protocol 'Fujitsu Link Backup and Load Balancing (LBLB)' (0x45)

>>56930888
It is not used much in the US.
And somehow never found a following here.

>install linux distro
>r u sure
>type in ur name
>typd in ur domain
>type in root name and password
>do u ageee to these hard drive changes
>where u want GRUB installed
>please select ur download server regions
>do u want to opt in to send data
>plz wait while stuff is exacted from installation
>plz wait while we download packages
>wat DE do u want press one of the 5 options
>finish
>sign into account
>u do not have permission to do that
>sudo doesn't work
>u need to download sudo package
>u do not have the permissions to do that
>remove usb stick used to install it
>error! Missing packages
>barely anything works

You literally can't make this shit up. Linux is awful.

>>56931261
Shouldn't you be busy fucking your sister, Mr. Cletus?

>>56930206
>>56930255
>ubuntu is bad, install arch
>arch is now bad
This is why I'm still on Windows.

>>56931261
Don't most distro installers hold your hand nowadays? Only had a problem with that with a minimal netinstall with Debian.

>>56931322
No, you're still on Windows because you can't do your own research. If you need to be told what to use, you should use Windows.

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>>56930888
I tried installing it a while ago while distrohopping. The installer didn't seem to have LUKS as an option. It seems okay just like any other KDE distro, and apparently Tumbleweed is a decent rolling release.

Actually, I used it for about a year in 2006, back when it was KDE 3. My dad installed it for me on my shitty Compaq, and it was way prettier looking than windows 2000 or XP at the time. He made me a FOSS fanatic from a very young age. I even believed GIMP was better than Photoshop for a while.

Now I'm using Manjaro KDE on desktop, and Fedora GNOME3 on laptop.

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>>56931344
>I even believed GIMP was better than Photoshop for a while
It isn't?

Is there somewhere that I can see a list of programs and search what I can install from a command line? Or do is that all only listed on each website that has a Linux version of their program.
Also is there a Linux equivalence to Windows ctrl + d?

>>56931421
Your package manager should have a search function.

>>56931406
it definitely isn't, but I still use it for my shitposting OC.

actually, does anyone know how to give GIMP the PS workflow? In PS, you can easily transition between using a tool, moving a selection around, sampling a color, etc. due to the keybinds. And similar tools are all grouped under one icon. I'd like GIMP a lot more if it was possible to do this.

>>56931438
I didn't even realize that apt-get had a search function. Thank you.

>>56931421
ctrl+d in what (Windows) context?

>>56931457
ctrl + d with deleting a file in the file browser, like a file on the desktop

>>56931473
This may vary from file manager to file manager, but as far as I know shift+del is the "skip trash and delete" shortcut.

Which is also what I was using in Windows, now that I think of it.

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>>56931261
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring 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.

>>56931406
>can't work natively in CMYK
>mediocre font handling
>mediocre tablet support (Krita is better)
>no adjustment layers, all editing is destructive
>lacks something equivalent to brush dynamics

GIMP is fine if your needs are limited but it can't touch Photoshop for real work. GIMP is comparable to Photoshop 6 at best.

>>56931452
>apt-get
Doesn't Ubuntu just use apt now?

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hey /g/, what's the best lightweight and user-friendly distro for daily use?

>>56931570
Gimp has layer masks.

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>>56931580
>arch

>>56931570
"real work", everytime I read this I imagine a /b/ tard bubbleing some celebs.

no srsly, the only problem people have is that they are used to use photocuck; if you use gimp for a while, you'll realize it's so much more comfy, especially if you're good with python

you basically just fire it up, run your script and drink a cup of coffee

>>56931629
He asked for a lightweight and user-friendly distro, retard.

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>>56931629

>>56931580
I'd say Manjaro with Xfce.

>>56931674
>Memejaro
>Rolling release distros
User friendly until you update.

>>56931909
Hello memer, please attach arguments to your personal opinions or your post woun't have any value. Thanks!

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>>56931941
>woun't
better luck next time

>>56931644
>>56931651
>implying it isn't trivial to install arch anywhere
>implying pacman is hard to use
Debian pls go

Is the #flt IRC channel comfy?

>>56929897

I have galc installed, but literally never had to use it. I just like its name: galc. Say it: galc.

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>>56930252

Since Greybird isn't ready for 3.20 yet, the only choice for people who like "tame" themes, is Zukitre.

>>56930958
Not this anon, but bumping for interest.

>>56931327
They held your hand in 1999 when I first tried installing red hat.

I'm trying to troubleshoot the audio on my Ubuntu installation, but don't know where to start.

I can only start music (using either Spotify or mpd) if there's already an active audio output (for instance if I play a video with audio in VLC). When the music is finally playing, I can quit whatever application "initiated" the audio output.

How do I begin troubleshooting this? How do I pinpoint what part of the audio stack causes the lack of sound? AFAIK Spotify does NOT depend on Pulseaudio, hence the audio flow looks something like this:

Spotify -> ALSA -> Pulseaudio virtual device -> ALSA -> speaker

How can I check that each component receives the input?

libass5:amd64/testing 0.13.2-1 upgradeable to 0.13.3-1

Debian testing. With 0.13.3-1 mplayer and handbrake will not start.
Anyone else notice this?

>>56932693

What DE is that?

>>56934410
looks like gnome with dash to dock

Why did the latest systemd related update on Arch (231-3) cause either a flickering screen, a black screen or dropping to a TTY?
The only relevant changes were the applied patches for that recent bug that showed up.

>>56934410

From here[0]:

>Screenshot Details: Wallpaper | Icons | GNOME shell extensions: Dash to dock, Hide top bar. | Clock: tint2

https://github.com/lassekongo83/zuki-themes

>>56934660
is there a dark theme?

Is the IRC channel still up? #flt and #fglt don't seem to be a thing on freenode

Why is battery life under Ubuntu so horrible compared to windows?

Is there any way to bypass T430 battery DRM?

>>56931261
>set root password
>still want sudo ootb
su is a thing.
Also why do you think the kernel is at fault if you can't read a manual or choose a babby distro?

>>56935970
Install tlp/laptop mode-tools and use a decent WM. Also disable proprietary drivers that could be at fault.

>>56929598
hey when installing arch do i install the desktop manager before or after configuring system clock and that stuff

Is there a Linux equivalent for MS Paint? I know there's a lot of more sophisticated image editors out there like GIMP and the like, but I always thought the simplicity of MS Paint was much better for quick and dirty image editing to attach to posts, which is my only use case anyway since I'm not really the artist type.

I use C++ but I want to learn Linux to work on/compile my code on it. So far I've installed Debian with a desktop environment and know a few unix commands.

What stage should be next? I want to download curlpp and compile it, then link it to my project and compile that. Is compiling a library really as simple as just entering a few commands and being done with it? What C++ editors does /g/ recommend?

>>56935568

Well done GTK3 themes come with both a light and dark variant. You can change the option to use the dark theme.

Yes, Zuki themes come with a dark theme. However, only for GTK3. The GTK2 theme will be bright.

>>56936135

>decent WM

Can you back up your claims and provide well done measurements of power usage for various window managers?

>>56936585

It doesn't matter. You can install things when you run the "pacstrap" script.

RAM: 1917MiB / 3656MiB
Do I need to do something about this?

>>56937164
desu I use GNOME3 with 4GB RAM laptop and I've never even seen the system use half of that. Obviously the battery only lasts 4 hours if I'm lucky but I mostly have it plugged in anyway.

>>56937235
No I have 4gb of ram in my system but its displayed as this and dont know if I need to do something about this

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>>56930888
>suse is one of the most popular distros
[citation needed]

Distrowatch's statistics come from clicks on their site (assuming that's where you got the idea that SUSE is popular). In order for a distro to have usage statistics, they have to record it for themselves.

Imo, no one talks about the SUSE because it
- has its roots in Germany (whereas everything else is America-centric)
- its newer than Slackware, Debian, Fedora, Arch, and Gentoo
- it has no interesting qualities compared to those 5 distros
- the logo is kinda dumb, but admittedly this is 100% subjective and just my opinion

I like zypper and I like their KDE setup + YaST, but not enough to endure having less packages (and less support for problems) available compared to Debian. In conclusion, OpenSUSE is perfectly fine and even polished, but ultimately it doesn't have much of a leg up on its competition. It's boring.

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>>56936938
pic related Pinta is probably the closest.

tux paint looks like an autism development program.

>>56937146
Cpu usage is mostly the same as power usage, dwm, tinywm and similar win.

welp. On my first ubuntu gnome. In windows, I was a diligent note-writer. I am always taking notes. I was using everything incl. basic notepad, notepad++ and atom.

What do I do now?!
Keep in mind that I'm always looking to improve myself and to optimize everything as much as possible.

>>56937644
vim.
as you improve your vim skills, your productivity will literally double.

>>56937128
I think it needs its own outright dark version.

Setting it to global dark theme isn't consistent across all windows. Some programs still use the light theme. It's nice, I prefer zukitre to zukitwo but I think on the whole vertex is a little better.

I use arc-flatabulous dark simply because the colour palette is pretty nice and it's consistent across all windows. I also unironically like the apple traffic light window buttons. I would like a non-flat theme though but options are limited.

>>56937670
Thank you. This suggestion seems perfect. I am grateful.

I am given an old laptop to my mother-in-law for her web-browsing. What is the simplest linux distro for someone that knows 0 about computers? I usually use debian or LMDE, but internet says they are not the "simplest" one. Any idea?

>>56937539

>mostly the same
[citation needed]

Only a fool would blindly assume that there's a significant difference between Kwin, Xfwm4, Openbox, i3 or ratpoison when it comes to power usage under the same circumstances (running in identical environments).

>>56937737
Ubuntu or Mint.

>>56937644
for simple notes you can use nano (easier) or vim (harder) which run inside your terminal, all you need to do is type nano file or vim file.

if you want to write a note down really quickly use gedit, I have it on my dock just to write something down that I don't plan to save

I like to use zim for larger notes and collections of notes, it acts like wikipedia in that you can link different notes together with hyperlinks

I think gnote also has wiki-like functions but I prefer zim as it all works under one window

And if you're writing code then of course vim/atom/whatever you want.

>>56937705

>Setting it to global dark theme isn't consistent across all windows. Some programs still use the light theme
Not "some", it's GTK2 programs, because GTK2 doesn't have a light/dark variant contained within the theme.

Just go to GNOME Look or searh for "gtk3" on DeviantArt to find new themes.

>>56937799
I have some programs that follow the gnome headerbar guidelines that didn't work with the global dark theme. I just assumed headerbars = gtk3, no?

I have done, however a large number aren't available for 3.20.

I'm in the process of building a nice portable OS for troubleshooting PCs at work (PC repair).

I started playing around with Puppy, but now it seems like AlphaOS might be a better choice, having AUR access and all.

Are there any good distros I'm overlooking? Requirements are:
>easy to install packages
>can run i3wm
>can run from ram

>>56937737
I've put Debian (stable) on normies' machines before. Pick a familiar-looking DE (I use Xfce), show them the applications menu, their home directory, and how to start a web browser.

you can either update it yourself, put an entry in cron to do it, or just teach them "once a week or so, run this command and hit Y for anything it asks you".

>>56930386
Thanks. I'm using Arc with Breeze icons and mouse now. Now the look is unified across my desktop and laptop!

>>56937787
>>56937867

As I mentioned, internet says that debian (or LMDE) are not the simplest OS. My experience says Debian and LMDE are equally simply than ubuntu or linux mint.

There's no other "easy" distro out-there?

>>56937867
This, but instead of showing them a specific command, make a script they can just double-click.

Debian is just fine for computer idiots, but Ubuntu does hold some advantages - mainly the Ubuntu Software Center and the wealth of ubuntu-specific tutorials and guides (i.e. when you go to Spotify's website and choose Linux, it'll show you commands that only work in ubuntu).

>>56937906
"simple" means different things to different people. To a normie that just needs a browser and an office suite, and isn't mucking around with the system, pretty much any Linux is going to be very simple, once it's installed for them.

if you want something with a reputation of being easy, pick Ubuntu over Mint, due to the latter's atrocious security record.

>>56937906

You're an idiot.
What is "easy"? You're saying OS, but you're thinking of desktop environments. Get Ubuntu, install something "hard" on it via the minimal installer like a custom desktop environment with a tiling window manager. There, your assumption of an easy OS is destroyed.

You've already been told that it's the desktop environment which makes it "easy", not the underlying operating system.

>>56937775
>blindly assume
Eh, i used a lot of DEs and WMs on my laptop and the ones that held the longest on battery are the ones with low cpu usage.

>>56937862

Any distribution can satisfy those demands.

>>56938057

Yes, and you totally had exactly the same environment running, with the same tasks during those terribly objective comparisons.

I asked for actual numbers to compare it, but you're still offering awful anecdotal evidence and blindly trusting it as the truth.

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Hi friends,

I am a windows babby that wants a dual boot of Linux. I want a distro that will be easy for my but won't have a botnet. I also want as much customizability as possible, to make my computer look like some kind of minimalist cyberpunk machine.

Any recommendations? I've heard good thunks about xubuntu

>>56938111

Every distribution can be ran alongside another OS.
I don't know any distributions which make you part of a botnet.
Every distribution is equally customizable.

Conclusion: according to your requests — any distribution. You're welcome.

>>56938086
Obviously not since gnome, kde and xfce are not just WMs but it makes no sense to discuss this with you since you are just being a toxic faggot instead of offering an idea on how to measure it other than a real world scenario.

>>56937906
Hardened Gentoo install. Lock it down tight and give them a simple GUI updater for what limited software they want. It'll run fast, won't get pwned, and will keep their web shit and normie docs up to date without bothering you.

>>56938168

>Obviously not since gnome, kde and xfce are not just WMs
And that's relevant how? We're talking about window managers and all of those things you mentioned have window managers.

>you are just being a toxic faggot instead of offering an idea on how to measure it other than a real world scenario.
I'm not offering it, because there's no need. One can assume that the difference would be negligible assuming everything else is exactly the same. Therefore your whole "using a certain window manager gave me significantly better battery life" claim is misleading and wrong.

>>56937907
>Ubuntu Software Center
Hasn't been stable or worked that well since 12.04, maybe earlier. IMHO Ubuntu lost all the right to call itself a newbie distro a long time ago. They're big a popular with a heap of resources but "just works," is out. "Just crashes," would be more accurate. On a "LTS" release, I think that's hilariously unacceptable. If you're going to put up with that you may as well use Arch or Gentoo and get some actual performance and current packages for your trouble.

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>>56938192

Never tried gentoo before (debian and its offspring fan since ever.) Might try it your suggestion.

>>56938192
Never not install gentoo.

>>56938167
What linux is good for a noob then, basically

>>56938192
Not terrible advice tbqh.

>>56938307

Linux 4.8.

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>>56938307
Ubuntu.

>>56938307
Ich möchte nur einmal kurz etwas einwerfen. Was sie als Linux bezeichnen ist in Warheit GNU/Linux, oder wie ich es vor kurzem zu bezeichen begonnen habe, GNU plus Linux. Linux an sich ist kein Betriebssystem, sondern eine weitere freie Komponente eines voll Funktionsfähigen GNU Systems, welches durch die GNU corelibs, shell utilities und andere wichtige System Komponente nützlich gemacht wird und ein Betriebssystem ist, wie es durch das POSIX definiert ist.

Viele Computer Nutzer benutzen eine modifizierte Version des GNU Systems jeden Tag ohne es zu bemerken. Durch eine eigenartige Wendung wird die Version von GNU, die heute weit verbreitet ist, oft Linux genannt und viele der Nutzer sind sich nicht bewusst, dass es eigentlich das GNU System ist, welches von dem GNU Projekt entwickelt wurde.

Es existiert wirklich ein Linux, und diese Leute benutzen es, jedoch handelt es sich dabei nur um einen Teil ihres Systems. Linux ist ein Kernel: das Programm im System welches die durch die Maschine bereitgestellten Ressourcen an andere laufende Programme verteilt. Der Kernel ist ein essentieller Teil eines Betriebssystems,aber ohne den Rest des Systems nutzlos; er kann nur in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Rest des Systems funktionieren. Linux wird für gewöhnlich in Kombination mit dem GNU Betriebssystem verwendet: Das ganze System ist eigentlich GNU mit dem Linux Kernel, oder GNU/Linux. Alle so genannten Linux Distributionen sind in Warheit Distributionen von GNU/LINUX!

Why are the proprietary nvidia drivers so shit?
Every time I update them, most programs that rely on X and OGL context will fail to start. Programs that have been already running will start glitching (for example Firefox tool tip frames will display squares instead of font glyph). What's even more bizarre, suddenly I won't need to hold CTRL to switch the tty, so I cannot use, say, ALT+F4 to close a window because the system will think that I'm in fact pressing CTRL+ALT+F4 effectively switching to another tty.

This essentially forces me to reboot the system, why can't the drivers work as-is after an update and just get replaced on reboot on something if they break the system?

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>>56938853

>>56938853
Here's the solution to all your problems:
1. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709%204814%20600030349%20600100181&IsNodeId=1&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=36&LeftPriceRange=23%20100
2. Use open source radeon drivers.

>>56938853
this wouldn't happen if you had installed gentoo

Best DE to theme like Windows 98/2K comfy grey?

>>56939125
lxde or lxqt imo.

Why are you linux people so obsessed with chinese cartoons?!

>>56936955
Anyone?

>>56939125
none, get a wm and tint2

>>56939196
Ask at /dpt/.

>>56939185
I'm a linux person and I'm not obsessed with weeb trash

>>56939185
Why aren't you?

>>56939185
its not a coincidence, it just happens that people who watch anime have a higher average intelligence, better sense of colour, superior spacial awareness, higher twitch-fiber counts in major muscle groups, better emotional intelligence, and a higher left right brain sync ratio

>>56939265
>colour

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>>56939265

Time to point out some idiots and their idiocy levels.

>>56939125

The desktop environment won't matter, because you'll be using either GTK or Qt programs and all of them use the same theme.
>idiocy level 0-10: 3

>>56939202
Even if he "gets a wm" and tint2, he will still be using the same software and therefore still require a Windows 98 like theme.
>idiocy level 0-10: 11
>additional comment: you should kill yourself, because then you'll stop spreading misinformation

>>56939202
tint2 is garbage

>>56938828
>GNU mit Linux*

I have recently started college where I've been learning VB. However, I love using linux and if possible I would like to use linux for this. So my question is what is an ide for linux that supports VB (tried monodevelop just got MSBuild errors not sure how to fix)

>>56938828
>Wahrheit*

>>56939460
>VB
For what purpose?

>>56939460
How to program:
$ vim program.c
$ gcc program.c
$ ./a.out

>>56939185
but I'm not

>>56939531
>not programming in ed

>>56939514
well we're doing it to learn the basics of programming I should specify when I say college I don't mean uni so this is the first thing we are learning

>>56939583
Holy crap, they're teaching VB in schools?

>>56939612
maybe they get sponsored with gratis products

>>56939583
have a look at geany or codeblocks
I'd just use vim but vim has a learning curve, so maybe just use nano

>>56939612
I think it's because it uses c like syntax and c# will be taught later on but I have no idea

>>56939648
thanks, I'll have a look at them.

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>>56939612
The good old Visual Basic times...
Common programs written in VB:
- mail bombers
- chat spammers
- cd drive eject loops

>>56939386
Thanks for correcting the record

>>56939185
It's mostly this website, not GNU/Linux

>>56939531
From within Vim, you can execute shell commands via :!command, and it uses Vim's expansion, so you can do:

:!gcc % && ./a.out

(% expands to the current file name) and you never have to leave Vim.

>>56940089
Thanks!

>>56940089
hotkey'd thanks

Can odroid have gentoo installed?

Does anybody here use lain with awesomewm?
I seem unable to get the pulsebar widget to work, an example would be great.

>>56939185
>easy to torrent with no repercussions, consistent encoder quality, and no malware
>highly abundant, hours upon hours of content
>runs on Linux without VMs or emulators

>>56929763
>berenstain
>not berenstein

>>56930386
Is there an Arc Light theme or something? I like the design a lot, but I don't want to use a dark theme.

>>56931406
>Green Is My Pepper

I think I woke my neighbor's dog.

>>56940650
Its actually spelled that way and pronounced "bear-en-stain"

What window manager handles multi pointer well?
With x2x is it possible to specify which pointer i target

>>56937444
That dog needs a just fuck my shit up hair.

How to remotely connect from Arch Linux to Windows PC?
Don't want to use Teamviewer.

How do I add polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1 to autostart? If I run it manually with sudo it works just fine but if I add it to ~/.config/openbox/autostart or /etc/xdg/autostart it doesn't. I tried adding it as a service as well but it just failed to start. Maybe I did something wrong?

[Unit]
Description = Gnome Polkit Authentication Agent

[Service]
ExecStart=/lib/polkit-gnome/polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1

[Install]
WantedBy = default.target

>>56934654
That's the botnet kicking in.

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>>56930252
Theme: Flat-plat
Icons: Paper

>>56930149
you need only to install the xorg mouse input package i forget exactly what its called

>>56938196
how is my real world experience wrong? I had significant differences in battery life when switching from a DE to a standalone WM.

>>56940849

I'm pretty sure that's a GUI program, so you need to make sure it gets the DISPLAY environment variable to start. It's explained on the internet and on the Arch Wiki.

I don't even think you need to start it manually, because it will be activated by dbus automatically.

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So I'm having trouble with gparted. I recently cleared out ~500gb out of my windows partition and I want to use it as my home partition. Thing is, I looked it up and apparently I have to move the partition up.

The only way I can do that is through gparted live usb. So I booted it up through the gparted live usb and everything works except the graphical interface. All I get is the command line when I go through all the steps and running gparted gives me an error for missing display or something like that.

>>56940866

>i don't know anything but memes

>>56940849
What the fuck are you doing nigger use the pam gnome keyring support.

>>56940809
>he doesn't know we are living in an alt-universe

>>56938168
>toxic

heh
figures

>>56938828
Stop speaking in muslim. This is an English board.

>>56939125
I used to have xfce4 themed like System 7 (old mac), so I guess you can do Windows 98 easily.

>>56936955
Most libraries you can ./configure && make && sudo make install or use cmake to build.

I use either Visual Studio Code, VIM + Makefiles or Netbeans.

>>56939315
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZR6fCnPcvA

in the last 4 week i have tried :
mint;
opensuse;
kali;
arch.

know i just back to ubuntu mate <.<

How good is deabian jesiie 8.0 for desktop use?

>>56940849
https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeKeyring/Pam

>>56941209
Good enough, i personally prefer sid though.

>>56940956
>or something like that.
Yeah that's helpful.

Either way, try it with just parted instead of gparted, since you're trying to run a GUI interface from a command line.

>>56937164
1 MiB = 1024 KB or some shit ur fine

>>56941030
its the interjection in german you uncultured twit

How is Mint these days?

>>56941681
if they had a minimal install id probably use it. fuck cinnimon

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So I've been out of the personal desktop GNU/Linux game for a while now (primary usage comes from work and class) and I haven't really kept up with the developments of the more popular distros as much as I could have.

So I'm about to re-image my computer with a Linux distro and I don't know which one I'm going to want so my question(s) is which is(are) the current best distro(s) to use?

I'm familiar with apt based systems, yum based systems, and arch based systems so I'm pretty open.

I'd prefer something mid-weight, not bloated to fuck and not skimpy no-bones either.

Oh and one more thing, I need a guide on hardening my install and stuff. Basically more advanced security configurations I should take. Does one exist that I can refer to?

Thanks.

>>56941941
arch with i3.
install fail2ban if ur opening a port for sshd
everything else is a meme.

>>56942043
Ok, that's one possibility.

I have to say that I really, really loved Arch pre-systemd adoption, but now with most mainstream distros adopting systemd, I find it hard to enjoy most distros.

I don't know how much of a security hazard systemd is or potentially can be and I'd like to know.

>>56940956
>>56941466
I'm thinking that the problem is with my nvidia 970 gpu, since I had problems and had to add nomodeset when I was installing arch through usb. I also tried all the options such as doing the failsafe boot but it still didn't show me a desktop.

>>56941941
what does that pic even mean lmao
I can't decipher that shit, what does elon's rocket failure have to do with jews not being able to use facebook??

>>56942090
well im sure there is an arch based distro that uses openrc. or you could go the gentoo route just dont forget to update for too long or it breaks

>>56937444
>Pinta is probably the closest.
No
>>56936938
Kolourpaint

Can you guys help me, I've tried booting into a live usb on my new computer, but it will always give me message saying that windows has been corrupted and needs to be reinstalled, at that point I just reset

>>56942120
I was never particularly fond of Gentoo. I don't have a high enough autism level spend all that time discovering what every single little flag does and configuring them accordingly and such.

Does Archbang use openrc, or have they adoped systemd too? What about Manjaro?

>>56942107
Zuckerbergs satellite was on Musks rocket when it exploded.

>>56929598
So I decided to use my freedom 0 and get Linux. I decided to get Kubuntu and I have never used Linux before.

What's a going way to get used to the system ? Just reading the wikis, watching videos or postin gon /g/ ?

Why are my webm's coming out larger then the input source?

ffmpeg -loglevel panic -n -i "$0" -preset ultrafast -vf scale=640:-1 -b:v 1M -an -sn -vcodec libvpx -cpu-used 5 -threads 8 -crf 51 -fs 1.9M -movflags +faststart

>>56942155
>reading the wikis, watching videos or postin gon /g/ ?

pretty much.

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>>56942106
op here, in gparted this is the error im getting, how do i get x to start?

Anyone help out with installing (or even booting) of Ubuntu off USB?
Went through the Rufus tutorial and now when booting (from the boot menu) from the USB it just sits at a blank, black screen. Nothing changes and no button presses affect it. What's going on?

>>56942408
not even a Grub screen?

>>56942488
No. Just complete black.

>>56942494
try a different usb creator. Are on creating them from windows?
This has always worked for me when a pc is fussy about usb's http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

What's is the advantage of Grub anyway ? My laptop refuses to load it up and I just press F9 to switch between windows and linux.

>>56942577
Dont use grub.
Use syslinux,no convoluted config file that has 50,000 lines of unneeded text.

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>>56942524
>nonfree software
How about Rufus instead:
https://rufus.akeo.ie/

>>56942597
>Went through the Rufus tutorial
>>56942408

>>56942596
Do I really need a boot loader ? I don't see what I gain from that.

>>56942524
Just tried it, same problem as before.
Is there a specific way you're meant to boot it? At the moment I'm just choosing it from the boot selection screen. It's a somewhat old netbook, Lenovo S205, and doesn't have that much of an expansive BIOS option variety.

>>56942408
Try using the tool Easy2Boot.

Fuken awesome

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What packages do I need install to a tablet to make the touchscreen work? Like, is there a screen keyboard and a preferred window manager I can use?

Also, I plan on installing gentoo on a random tablet (probably chinese), how do I know if is going to work?

>>56942738
do you have options like USB-HDD, USB-FDD ect ect?

>>56942786
I've got it working now, I just mashed enter and it booted into Linux.
How would I go about installing it into an unallocated partition though? I'm pretty new to Linux as a whole.

>>56941941
Bump for this. The security hardening portion especially.

Also how is Linux Lite? I used it a while ago and really liked it.

>>56942819
It should show you disk options in the installer. Just select the unallocated partition.

>>56942647
You wont load your kernel if you dont

Trying to make a multiboot usb.
I get to the grub part and everything just falls apart, i havent found a retard proof guide. What exactly do i do with grub after i have installed the boot loader? I have the ISO's in the boot/iso folder, but im not sure how i am supposed to link them with these syntax
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Multiboot_USB_drive#

>>56942909
>Linux Lite?
Good distro

>>56940683
yes.

What is the best linux distro? Please no memes.

>>56943440
The

A few questions... I'm just now getting into Linux. This is not homework related.

The Unix Operating system has been around for a few years?

Can you tell us when Unix was made available for the first time?
Who created this Operating System?

Linux followed much later and has picked a large following.

Can you tell us when Linux was made available for the first time?
Who created this Operating System?

In this course we are using one distribution (Fedora) of Linux. There many more out there.

Search the web for information on other Linux distributions and compare its features with the Linux distro we are using in the course.
Include the URL for your source in this post (3 points out of 5 for first post).
How do you think the two Linux distros compare? You may want to view information about each distro on their web site and tell us what you think.

>>56943440
4.8

>>56943440
GNU Linux-libre

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>>56943440
There is no best, because everyone has different wants and needs, but I like Debian overall:
- many packages, and .deb is a common format
- old and reliable
- lots of users, lots of support
- stable as fuck by default
- can be a rolling release if you want
- 100% free software by default
- can use nonfree software if you want

>>56943475
Watch Revolution OS (it's on youtube).
Don't believe neo /g/, don't believe normalfag blogs, don't believe wikipedia.

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>>56943475
>This is not homework related
>In this course we are using one distribution

Hmmmmm

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Hey guys!
What's the best music player on Linux?

>>56943529
The one I'm using.
>>56943440
The one I'm using.

>>56943544
Which one are you using?

>>56943544
I thought this was a friendly thread

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>>56943529
Quod Libet

>>56943554
The best one.

>>56943529
local mpv
remote mpd+sonata

>>56943569
this desu

>>56943569
>>56943571
Do either have scrobbling support or a way to import Spotify playlists?

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>>56943569
>gui

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>>56943610

>>56943504
Thanks

>>56943610
>Spotify
enjoy your botnet
>>56943647
>google
enjoy your botnet

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>>56943475
Apart from "Revolution OS" as another anon recommended, watch "Hackers: Wizards of the Electronic Age" to complement.

Also, go for distrowatch.

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>>56943610
There's a built-in plugin for "Audio scrobbling" whatever that is, but unfortunately no Spotify plugin.

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>>56937284
>openSUSE
> the logo is kinda dumb

What the fuck their logo is the best i've seen in linux.

>>56943683
>not found
update your screenfetch jesus christ

>>56943683
I did say that part is 100% subjective, meaning that I know other people can/do like the logo.

what is the snake thing in op's pic?

>>56931941
grow up, NEET meme, I'd just like to interject for a moment and

http://pastebin.com/y0AWdFjh

>>56943948

The spirit of the homosexual socks.

I've just installed Debian onto my netbook, but I don't think my graphics card is working. Everything's pretty zoomed in. Anything I can do to fix it?

>>56943948
SICP

Does putty support displaying randomart of keys at login? If yes, how? If no, any other windows ssh client that supports it (Kitty maybe?)?

>>56944139
Do you have the non-free repos in use? You may need non-free drivers. Check to see if "nonfree contrib" is in the file "/etc/apt/sources.list". If it isn't, append it to every line with a url, and then run "apt update"

Install xserver-xorg-video-all to install all display drivers. Collectively they don't take up much room at all.

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im using windows 7 but is having some troubles, so i want to change to another OS but im not sure, any anon can help me to chose another OS?
>gif not related

>>56944676
I'm pretty new to Linux in general.
It says something along the lines of non-free firmware of software or something. Shall I just install that video-all package?

>>56943948
>he didn't read his sicp today

>>56945005
Nice I can post again. (Anyone else keeps getting Proxy/Tor exit node random bans?)

>>56945005
Erm, what's SICP?

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>>56929763
>Copyrighted material

>>56945358
Super intelligent clean pinapple

>>56931332
> recommending windows

Shut the fuck up! Jackasses like you are why Linux is barely over 2%! You encounter somebody new to it who understandably asks a newbie question and you leap on them, insult them, tell them to use proprietary cuckware?

How literally fucking autistic are you? You can't handle people not immediately being experts so you take out your sexual frustrations on them and drive them back to Windows?

You are human cancer. Get fucked.

>>56931261
You must be doing something wrong in the process, log into root to install sudo then edit the sudoers file in /etc/ then you're free to sudo until the end of the world.

It would also be helpful if you would tell us which distro you tried to install.

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Just installed Void Linux, while looking for systemd-free distros,
I downloaded the Mate x86_64 iso Live cd, put it on my usb stick, booted, installed.

Everything was going on perfectly...

I did a xbps-install -Su

I rebooted the pc.

And then it happened,
Remember the Arch broking xorg meme?

Yeah.
No video output on my monitor..

I will probably wipe it and try Devuan tomorrow or something.

I mean, I could do a chroot and try to fix it, but I honestly don't care about this distro anymore

>>56945358
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs. One of the most famous and influential introductions to program out there.

The snake is not normally associated with it. It might be some kind of meme. I found a hentai manga (Itsumono Asobi) that somebody had edited to include snippets of the book, and had the snake in it (perhaps to censor the penis? I'll admit I didn't read in detail).

>>56937284
>- has its roots in Germany (whereas everything else is America-centric)
Dude what? Debian is not american, it too started mostly with a french and german community.

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>>56929598
/fglt/,

I'm trying to install mpd and I've noticed that some guides say that I should use:

 sudo service mpd start 

and some guides say I should use:

systemctl start mpd 

which do I use when?

>>56946200
systemctl is systemd. I think service is aliased on systemd systems, but I am not sure.

>>56942751
Look up The touch screen device, see if it's digitizer is Linux compatible. If it's a "large" Chinese brand it should have a driver already in the kernel. But be careful anon.

>>56946200
When you install mpd, it's demon will run as root. This is basically a good thing if you run a server, but for a single user system, you don't want this, since it leads to "/g/, why doesn't mpd werk?". So, it's your turn to decide if you want to use mpd as root and configure it in /etc/ or if you want to teach mpd how to behave correctly, remove the system service and run it as user.

>>56946524
Or you could just

systemctl --user start mpd

Guys, how can we tell GNOME to add some fucking thumbnails in their GTK filepicker? How about collectivly asking in their IRC that this shit is fucking important!!!

12 years since the first bug report and still nobody cared and newcomers get told to run a patch and compile from source (like any newcomer even knows how to patch a file).

Horrible!

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I'm thinking about trying a non-Ubuntu-based distro on my laptop. I've whittled down my choices to the following:
>Debian
>Manjaro
>CentOS

I've previously used different flavours of Ubuntu, and my desktop is running Linux Mint, so I figure Debian wouldn't be too hard to get used to. But I'm also thinking of trying something completely different like Manjaro or CentOS.

What do?

>>56946606
If you ask me, just drop gnome. People who want a full fletched, bloated and retard friendly DE are better off using KDE and people who desire lightweight shit already run a WM without any DE.

>>56946613
This is a shoop, I can tell by the pixels.

>>56946401
just looked at the service... yep., it's a script that uses systemd.

>>56946524
>>56946555
thanks. I have been unable so far to configure mpd properly :(

Why is it such a pain in the dick for me to set the mouse sensitivity (and not acceleration) on debian? I'm using an xinput line in my .xsession.rc and that works until I hit the kvm switch, and the mouse resets the transformation matrix when it's plugged back in.
Now I'm trying to run it with udevd, but that doesn't have access to the monitor. What do

Get rid of Mint buddy. https://lwn.net/Articles/676664/

Debian is piss easy, but it doesn't come riced out of the box like Manjaro.

>>56946613
C O W

O

W

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>>56946613

>>56946613
/r/ing same pic with linux screenfetch so winbabbys know we get pussy too

>>56946613
I JUST GOT FIRED ASSHOLE
THIS IS A WORK SAVE BOARD WHAT THE FUCK MAN

>>56946613
what's her name?

>>56946613
Thanks OP for turning /fglt/ into penis driven zombies. R.I.P. thread.

>>56946613
>not a cute trap
>boring femal whore instead
get out fucking normie

>>56946613
CentOS is a server dsitro that's dumb for desktop use. Use Fedora, it's amazing.

Recently switched from Ubuntu 14.04LTS to 16.04LTS and now i can't go back, What do?
>My USB stick isn't showing up to the file manager. But when i use lsusb i can see the stick

>>56946613
>l***chan <3

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>>56946613
This picture makes me sad. Please, don't post it again.

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Why does /g/ say serious developers use Linux?
I've been using lubuntu for a half year (which I really enjoy), and all I do is compile programs in terminal.
What kind of projects/things should I be doing to fully take advantage of Linux?

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>>56946851
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring 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.

I skipped setting up encryption during the install because it was taking forever.

Is it still possible to do a full disk encryption without re-imaging my entire machine again? I've heard dm-crypt+LUKS being praised often, but it seems I can't do it without unmounting partitions and basically overwriting it with the encryption.

Is there any way past this? Can I used Veracrypt instead?

>>56946796
Mount it?

>>56946915
If you want system-wide encryption, you're going to have to start-over.
Otherwise you can still encrypt files or new partitions.

>>56946851
>What kind of projects/things should I be doing to fully take advantage of Linux?
Learn 2 reverse engineering, what the communty really needs is free drivers, everything else was already coded at least twice.

>>56946915
No, you can't encrypt he whole disk while not touching the data already on it.

>>56946927
>>56946934
Fucken damnit. Is it even worth doing all over?

I already configured a lot of my system to my liking.

>>56946944
Why do you want full-disk encryption anyway?

>>56946944
>I already configured a lot of my system to my liking.
Just copy the config files over.

isn't it sad that linux developers basically just drop binary code in order to support more hardware (also known as muh market share) on costs of freedom?

>>56946954
Well why not? Does it hurt to be extra secure?

>>56946959
I suppose I used the wrong word there, I haven't gotten to editing the config files yet, I mean stuff like extra packages and their settings and such.

>>56946970
>I mean stuff like extra packages and their settings and such
You should be able to get your package manager to spit out a list of installed packages, which you can feed back into it, so that you install all of the same packages again.

>>56946987
Well some of them were compiled from source, which is why I'm very hesitant in redoing the whole thing, such a pain in the ass. I thought that at first I would be able to encrypt my disk post-install, but apparently not. Not sure why I thought that though, should have known better.

>>56946965
>isn't it sad
It would be sad if Linux was developed in order to have freedom, but IRL it's just a hobby project by some student, which isn't bad at all, but when you expect freedom here, you're doing it wrong.

>>56946965
If you want a free kernel, check out GNU Linux-libre, but make sure your hardware doesn't need botnet drivers.

>>56947042
>just a hobby project by some student,

>>56947116
What was Linus trying to accomplish? I thought he didn't care about freedom.

>>56947131
It hasn't been just a hobby project by some student for like 2 decades.

>>56947164
Well, he now has hundrets of developers who are doing his job nowadays, but does it make a difference?

>>56929598
I don't use 4chan or irc anymore

I have a gf

sorry guys

>>56947235
but you just did genius

>>56929598
It's pretty clear that 4chan is going to die, and that 8 channel sucks. What's the best way to learn to make a replacement site primarily using Go? This is a good start, but I don't like the UI. https://github.com/nkeronkow/tolxanka

I'll be doing this on Ubuntu 16.

I have a strange problem. Internet on my machine suddenly stopped working.
I tried to do the networking service restart but it had no effect.
I could fix this by rebooting the computer, but i need to find out what caused it because it is a server and i need to prevent this from happening again.
It's ubuntu server 16.04
Any ideas?

Daily reminder:
Stallman is a salty pig who will always suffer from mental midget disorder. Despite that he is a great developer.

I've used CLI Linux (mostly Debian and similar) at work a decent amount so I'm familiar with the basics. Now I'd like to try out Linux as primary OS on desktop.

I installed Debian with KDE but the UI feels kinda clunky. I guess I should start customizing it but I have no idea where to start. I couldn't even figure out how to install themes properly.

I checked the links in the OP but it didn't really help. I swear I'm not retarded just a bit confused.

I've installed grub but now I can't boot back into Windows 7...
How do I get the choice to boot into either?

NEW THREAD:
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>>56948833
here's what i put in /boot/grub/grub.cfg;

menuentry 'Windows 7' {
    insmod part_msdos
    insmod ntfs
    search --fs-uuid --set 0EF417D4F417BCC1
    chainloader +1
}

change the UUID to suit, if you don't know what it is, run for example;

% sudo blkid | grep ntfs
/dev/sdf1: UUID="0EF417D4F417BCC1" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="79886fdb-01"

>>56949935
oh yea, change "part_msdos" to "part_gpt" if it's on a gpt-partitioned disk