/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

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First time using Ubuntu. I have a big red stop sign on the top right that goes:

>An error occured, please run Package Manager from the right-click menu or apt-get in terminal to see what is wrong. The error message was: 'Error: BrokenCount > 0'. This usually means that your packages have unmet dependencies

Any ideas?

>>57093052
What version of ubuntu?

>>57093058
16.04 LTS

literally another fglt thread on the front page right now.
faggot op.

>>57093030
Post a picture that's somewhat relevant to the thread istead, idiot

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>tfw can't change interface language on arch, xfce4
help
typing "locale" shows that all variables are set to my country's language, but I want the interface language(LANG) to be english.
I uncommented en_US.UTF-8 in the /etc/locale.gen file and ran 'locale-gen' so it's generated.
Then, I've set the /etc/locale.conf file asfollowing:

LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_TIME=hr_HR.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE=hr_HR.UTF-8

but still everything switched back to hr, and when entering 'locale' command it shows that all variables are set to hr.
I don't see any file in ~/.config/ that would overwrite this, not even in the xfce4 subfolders.
So what the fuck is going on?

>>57093052
What did you try to install?

>>57093030
I support the new OP pictures. Good job OP.
>How did you come to freedom?
>BOOBS

>>57093067
Are you retarded?

Also 7 smartphone threads, 12 GPU threads, 9 speccy thread and 19 bst is okay?

>>57093068
"friendly"
>>57093067
310 bump limit senpai

>>57093068
>friendly thread
>op posts picture of friendly smiling people
>not related

>>57093082
Bunch of shit. I really don't know what I'm doing. I just wanted to get a cool theme so I tried:

>sudo apt install plasma-desktop
did that, rebooted, nothing and then:
>sudo apt-get install kubuntu-full
again, nothing.

afterwards I attempted to download VLC and as you can guess it didn't work as well. Dunno what all this package shit is feel like I'm way over my head

>>57093133
kek you have to change your desktop session at login time

in the Gnome 3.20 video player (old totem) can I remove the tab "Channels" or atleast remove the itunes/raitv/euronews etc from the list.
never gonna use them and don't want them to be there in the first place

So I'm compiling some programs by hand because there isn't any in the fedora repos and it seems just a bit clumsy to throw them in some ~/Software folder and throw a link to my local/bin. Is it possible to make it a package or something so that it is installed just like the other packages and can be listed and removed with dnf? How would I do that with dnf?

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>>57093076
Also, I'm missing japanese characters
I hate life

>>57093161
Nigga install japanese fonts

>>57093145
How do I do that, anon?

>>57093161
Arch? Install noto fonts. It's in the AUR and well bloated as usual. :^)

>>57093049
here's what i have so far

bandit12@melinda:/tmp/0193$ xxd -r data.txt > fglt
bandit12@melinda:/tmp/0193$ ls
data.txt  fglt
bandit12@melinda:/tmp/0193$ file fglt
fglt: gzip compressed data, was "data2.bin", from Unix, last modified: Fri Nov 14 10:32:20 2014, max compression

do i rename it fglt.gz and gunzip it? or do i rename it data2.bin?

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>>57093171
>>57093176
okay
now what about >>57093076

>>57093172
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/04/how-to-install-cinnamon-3-0-on-ubuntu

>>57093176
>470MB for fonts
nigga what

>>57093208
>>57093176
You do realize noto fonts library is massive right?

>>57093179
nevermind, i'm getting it. the person bzipped it, and then gzipped it, and then made a hex dump of it. will post results soon hopefully

>>57093191
>okay
Nigga, those fonts are ugly af, that not okay.

>>57093222
hint: he also tar'd it.

>>57093233
yeah i found that out and i tried tar -x fglt.out and it took a really long stalling out so i thought i did something wrong.. is it supposed to take a while? i looked at the hex dump and didn't see what looked like a password

>>57093273
it's still going

>>57093152
Why would you use totem when you can use mpv?

i wonder where wenk is right now...

Want to recalibrate my laptop with TLP.
Does it only work with Thinkpads or any laptop?

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>>57093225
there

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I fixed it. Friendly AND linux.

>>57093338
kek

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>>57093294
realized i needed to do -xf not -x. that took a while

>>57093369
>maximized terminal
FOR WHAT PURPOSE

>>57093378
to hide my browser while taking the screen shot :P

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>>57093369
>he doesn't use everything full screened

>>57093334
Now it's okay.

>>57093422
will you help me now

>>57093419
SHIT... WOW!

>>57093419
macOS will never look this good

>>57093435
If I could, then I would. In my distro they have a whole daemon just for setting up those things, so I never had to worry about it.
Have you tried creating a .i18n in your home and putting your desired locale settings there?

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>>57093076
>doesn't know how to set user language
>doesn't know how to install weaboo fonts
>babies installing arch just to look cool on the internet

How does it feel, being a living meme?

>>57093076
Hi, for use Japanese input method, fcitx-mozc is most simple way.

1 Install packages for Japanese input method (e.g. fcitx-mozc).

sudo pacman -S fcitx-mozc fcitx-gtk2 fcitx-gtk3 fcitx-qt4 fcitx-qt5 fcitx-configtool

2 Open ~/.xprofile and add following lines.
export LANG="ja_JP.UTF-8"
export XMODIFIERS="@im=fcitx"
export XMODIFIER="@im=fcitx"
export GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx
export QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx
export DefaultIMModule=fcitx

3 If needed, open ~/.bashrc and add following lines

export GTK_IM_MODULE=fcitx`
export XMODIFIERS=@im=fcitx`
export QT_IM_MODULE=fcitx`

4 Restart your system. you can change input mode by using Ctrl + Space key.

About Japanese font, ttf-droid is on official repository. I usually use ttf-vlgothic (AUR package).

I'm searching a nice japanese bitmap font which fits terminus. Recommendations?

Can someone please tell me how to setup a scrot keyboard command so it lets me select a region and I also have the save directory specified?
I have the regular screenshot working with

scrot -e 'mv $f /home/anon/Pictures/Screenshots/'

but when I try adding in the modifier for region selection like this

scrot -s -e 'mv $f /home/anon/Pictures/Screenshots/'

it just doesn't work.

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What about Solus??

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Unrelated but why do most good songs couple with the most autistic video possible?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ldPJHcbJk0

>>57093949
I like when bands put effort into videos
barely anyone does anymore now that MTV is dead.

>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes
>sudo apt-get update
>sudo apt-get install ubuntu-touch-theme

Gives me: E: Unable to locate package ubuntu-touch-theme

What am I missing here?

>>57093986
It means your version of ubuntu doesn't suppor the theme via this PPA.

Download the theme from the git source into ~./themes directory

>>57093973
there's ones that
>put effort into videos
>just have different live event footage
>try to be edge masters and do something overly cheesy
I always liked https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruAi4VBoBSM

>>57093931
I've never understood why people take a screenshot with scrot and THEN move it when you can just do this:

scrot -s '/home/anon/Pictures/Screenshots/%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S_$wx$h_scrot.png'

Edit the name accordingly, that's the default one. I just use a %s timestamp.

>>57094068
thanks man.
I actually just moved to arch from mint so I'm still figuring some shit out.

>>57094076
>implying Linux works different from disto to distro

>>57094162
well when I was using Mint I kind of just used everything that it came with.

Also, the solution you posted didn't seem to work.
For some reason, even if I just try entering

 scrot -s

into a key binding it won't work at all.

>>57094076
Good luck anon

>>57093931
>

scrot -e 'mv $f /home/anon/Pictures/Screenshots/'

That's so massivly retarded, I've no words. Why executing an additional provess to move a file when you can save the file directly?

scrot -s ~/Pictures/Screenshots/$(date +%s).png

>>57094221
I originally had that because it was the example in the man pages for scrot.

But anyway, it seems that putting scrot -s anywhere as a keybinding doesn't work for me.
Currently, I have

scrot -s '/home/anon/Pictures/Screenshots/%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S_$wx$h_scrot.png'

bound to ctrl+PrtSc, but when I press those keys nothing happens.
If I run the same command without the -s it works fine.

>>57094221
slowpoke, see >>57094068
that said, it's even mentioned in scrots manpage, so you can't blame the noobs for doing it

>>57094235
try putting a sleep 1; in front of it (I'm curious if it's what I think)

>>57094199
That has something to do with some key bindings activating on keyup or on keydown, what are you using for keybinds? I remember running into that problem with i3 but I don't use it anymore.

>>57094268
Found it. If you're using i3 try using the --release flag.

>Some tools (such as import or xdotool) might be unable to run upon a KeyPress event, because the keyboard/pointer is still grabbed. For these situations, the --release flag can be used, which will execute the command after the keys have been released.

https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#keybindings

>>57094268
I'm using xfce, so that's also handling the key bindings.
When I was using xfce4-screenshooter that combination of keys works fine for region selection.

>>57094261
I have this entered now

sleep 1 | scrot -s '/home/anon/Pictures/Screenshots/%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S_$wx$h_scrot.png'


Still not working. If I type this straight into a terminal it works fine though, which is strange. It's just when i try binding it that it does nothing.

>>57094340
friendly reminder: 4chans delete function is a meme, there are hundrets of archives who save your posts, no matter if you delete them later anyway

>>57094368
I don't care if anyone goes and looks up my name, I just don't want this to turn into /pol/.

>>57094341
Would that solution help at all if I'm not using i3? Like I mentioned previously I'm using xfce.

>>57094340
The | is for piping things from one command to another which isn't what you're doing and won't actually delay the following command you want to use "sleep 1 && scrot..." or "sleep 1; scrot..."

>>57094341
>xbindkeys has the same problem, here the solution is also Mod Key Release.
I switched from i3 to bspwm and sxhkd doesn't have that problem which is nice.

>>57094384
>Would that solution help at all if I'm not using i3? Like I mentioned previously I'm using xfce.

Try it? :^) If it works, lower the sleep until it breaks (like sleep 0.5 or sleep 0.1 or sleep 0.01) one second is really really long.

>>57094412
if his hotkey program only executes programs, he needs to wrap it into sh -c '...code...' or create a shell script file

>>57094412
bindsym is not something I can use unless I'm using i3 right?
Not sure how I can apply that to my situation.

I want to make my resume again. Should I just use libreOffice?

>>57094482
vim

>>57094482
Yes

>>57094482
No

>>57094489
>simple text, formated at 80 character line breaks and double space after sentences
>must be a pragmatic old school wizard programmer
>welcome aboard

>>57094482
>meh, can't even simply cat his resume, too lazy
>delet

>>57094580
stop this meme

>>57093030
What's going on there?

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>>57094598

>>57094610
Install Gentoo

>>57094610
People with white shirts have serious problems.

>>57094632
is there anything you nerds don't hate?

>>57094444
Thanks for this idea, this worked.
For some reason putting the line in a script and then pointing the hotkey manager to that works.

>>57094646
boobs

>>57094607
/fglt/ is like fake smiles and hover hands.

Are there any good Arch-based distros that will walk me through the installation as much as Ubuntu will? In particular, I need it to help me make sure I don't accidentally fuck with my Windows partitions. And I'd like it to handle encrypting the home directory (or maybe the full file system) out of the box.

>>57094694
antergos

>>57094694
>Are there any good Arch-based distros
No

>>57094694
why do you want arch? it's crap for kids

>>57094694
>he fell for the arch meme

>>57093030
Why are the controls for emacs so shit?
Wouldn't Stallman of all people make something that was easy for autists?

>>57094694
Don't use Windows, it's malware.

>>57094705
Thanks.

>>57094714
>>57094715
>>57094726
Make a recommendation then. I don't really know much about all the different distros out there. I just had some issues with Ubuntu and figured it was time for a fresh start.

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>Arch

>>57094733
Map control to caps lock or map it to when you hold down the space bar. Use xmodmap and xcape.

Ubuntu? I hardly know her!

xD

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Does GNOME still suck?

>>57094852
It's still maintained by the same people, what do you think?

>>57094852
this is why linux isn't ready for the desktop
windows has this feature since ever

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>>57094871
Windows can't even create files containing a colon, lol. Yeah, let's consider Windows is ready for the desktop.

>>57094885
>implying loonix has no reserved filename characters

>>57094893
which?

>>57094852
If you really mean to ask if gtk/gnome still has a file picker 10 years behind KDE then yes. KDE software has had a file picker with more features than the most advanced gnome file manager since kde3

best bittorrent client on linux?

>>57094984
It includes also 1,5 GiB of nonsense. Too much for a filepicker.

>>57094991
The one I'm using.

>>57094900
slash and null

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>>57095004

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>>57093378

>>57095004
Well, you won this round.

Are these criticisms of Mint valid?
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/4v116g/can_we_stop_recommending_linux_mint/

There's some disagreements in the comments and I don't know what to think. Is it worse than Ubuntu? Is it fine?

is there any way to make vlc or mpv cache the last few minutes of a live stream in the event I want to seek back to something interesting?

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>>57094694
Actual answer: Architect Installer or Arch Everywhere

Both are pretty well-known installers for Arch

>>57095031
Valid: package highjacking:
https://github.com/linuxmint/mdm
Valid: package blacklisting from updates
https://github.com/linuxmint/mintupdate/blob/master/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/rules

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>>57095048

>>57094796
the problem with that is the ctrl key on my usb keyboard is super comfy, but otherwise i'm stuck on a shit laptop keyboard

Stupid question, if using GNU/Linux for gaming, do I have to install propietary drivers? I have a 970

>>57095184
On nvidia, yes. Unfortunately noveau is hard to develop since nvidia basically throws rocks in their way.

>>57095184
>>57095282
You're talking like games like hotline miami don't exist.

>>57095329
He is using a 970, you don't exactly buy a card that expensive to play games like hotline miami.

thinking about buying an Acer Chromebook 14 and throwing arch on it, but I can't find anything saying everything will work or what the battery life will be like.

Is this a red flag?
Does anybody here have experience with it?

>>57094999
>1.5GB
So what? If you use more KDE tools, then it is not wasted.

When you have used the KDE filepicker, you cannot go back though.
It is like the people who made it either use a computer themselves or know someone who does.
A shame Qt does not just include the features in their file picker so you don't need the KDE extensions.

>>57095091
All I see is the small penis.

>go to quit skype on windows
>it doesn't actually quit
>alt-f4 on mint
>it does
>have to open and close skype right now to make sure previous statement is not bullshit
fuck, it doesn't.

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Is emerge -u world the gentoo equivalent of Arch's pacman -Syu ?

Let's say I fucked my make.conf and corrected the USE flags after I got my system set up, would emerge -u world recompile everything according to my newer USE flags?

>>57095553
>using skype
Do you live under a stone.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_%28surveillance_program%29

>>57095554
install gentoo

Is there a cli program that can determine if a flac is real or transcoded?

Is the Debian package userland highly integrated with an init system like systemd?

I assume (without technical knowledge) that running Debian with another init would require a large waste of time to make packages conform to your init system of choice

Debian wouldn't have gotten forked if running another init was simple as well

sorry for a seemingly easy question but i really do need help, i just got done with a fresh install of manjaro with xfce and for the life of me i cannot get my fiio e10k to work with it, it isnt showing in the sound mixer and it works fine on ubuntu and windows.

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well guys, i finally decided to take the plunge and install gentoo. Im on the part where i have to download the stage tarball...there is a million to choose from and the only thing the handbook says is to install a multilib.

tl;dr how do i know which stage file to download for my amd64 gentoo installation?

I didn't pay a lot of attention to the hubbub over Sourceforge's trustworthiness. Is it safe to download a distro from it? Also, is it a good practice to find checksums for an ISO from multiple sources? Like, if a site with ISO links got hacked I assume the attacker would change the checksums listed.

I will never understand the gentoo meme

Gentoo has the best documentation and install manual for a competent novice user. I haven't seen more user friendly hand holding documentation in any other distro including Debian and Arch. Not only is the install manual fantastic but tons of packages are perfectly documented in a novice digestible format, including explanations on the most popular uses. Install gentoo

>>57095878
>downloading an ISO from anywhere but the official distro mirrors
please

>>57095890
>Gentoo has the best documentation and install manual for a competent novice user
There are still people who fail at it. Probably not so competent novice users.

>>57095901
I ask because that's where the Arch wiki pointed to.

>>57095909
I mean, if you want to use GNU/Linux seriously it's the best place to start.
If you just want a GUI with the special snowflake bonus on the other hand....

>>57095927
It doesn't matter which distro you use, if you want to use an OS "seriously" you have to do something serious with it, and that goes far beyond the installation and maintaining of the system.

>>57095955
if you can't do a simple Gentoo installation you're not going to be doing anything serious anytime soon anyway

You can learn all the important basics from installing Gentoo. It's really the most efficient way since you have a well documented centralized source of knowledge at your disposal

>>57095554
you would do "emerge -auDN @world"

>>57095835
you should just install funtoo instead and follow the install guide, it's way more beginner friendly and they provide stage3 tarballs preoptimized for your CPU architecture, no worrying about multilib shit.

>>57095985
What basics are you even talking about?

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what's your favorite Linux album?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ6yvfhNzeo

>>57095994
Thanks. Do gentoo users upgrade as often as Arch users?
I am currently reading https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Upgrading_Gentoo to get a feel of Gentoo best practice and good habit to take.

>>57096130
How often you think Arch users upgrade?

>>57096130
i have a pacman -Syu bash script that is cron'd for every 3 minutes

>>57096140
I used to upgrade weekly or twice a week. Another arch friend upgraded at the same frequency.

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What's with this intel-microcode thing?

>>57096182
google it

>>57096032
Different anon, but off the top of my head (mind, I'm an Arch user, and I'm about 2 years rusty):
boot configuration, kernel modules, DE/WM/X11, hardware drivers, account setup, encryption (if applicable), how to build from source efficiently, and how to manage different software packages, at least.

>>57095553
You can always kill it for real.
but the better option is to stop using skype altogether. Not just because it is proprietary spyware but also because it is horrible software when compared to the alternatives. check out prism-break.org

>>57096206
That doesn't go beyond installation

>>57096231
What more do you want than that? You're not going to learn to program overnight just from installing a Linux system, and pretty much all of that pertains to general usage/maintenance of the system once it is running, too.

Will package updates break things more often if I switch to Arch's repository (not the testing repository though) compared to Ubuntu's. How easy is it to track down the cause of the issue when that happens? How do you fix package issues?

>>57096241
What I want? That the fanboy stops spouting shit about "serious use of an OS".
Which he did, and then you came around reopening it.

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What script makes those lines in terminal

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In xfce pressing the close window keybinding (alt + f4 default) kills xfce4-session if no window is open

Any way I can stop it from doing that?
Prevent xfce4-session from recognizing that keybinding.

>>57096330
Why are you pressing the the close window keybinding when no window is open?

>>57096342
slow pc,
sometimes it does the same keybinding twice even though it was only pressed once

>>57096289
date when

>>57096348
I see, good luck with that then, I'd personally consider looking into what the keybinding itself does and if it can be taught to only close open windows.

Sup guys

Running ubuntu 16.10 on my laptop with the 4.8.x kernel. System not waking up from suspend. Where should i look for issues? laptop is lenovo z50-70 i7-4510U + GT840m(noveau drivers) This is not specific to ubuntu 16.10 as i had same problem with 14.04 and 16.04.

One thing to note if its any help is that when trying to wake up from suspend the external monitor powers on but still black screen while laptop main screen stays completely turned off. Tested both with/without the external monitor.

Some occasions the sleep has worked in the past..

>>57096376
Maybe change the wake up behavior from uefi/bios to OS or the other way around.

I've read that Manjaro's delayed release of packages (compared to Arch) is a security risk. How serious of a risk would you all classify it? Is it worth the increased stability?

>>57096365
I'm not exactly good at linux, but it's probably just a standard implementation of the kill command

The xfce panel doesn't close when the keybinding is used. so I know it's possible to have it ignore a kill request

>>57096463
No, since increased stability is next to 0 anyway.

This is probably the hottest girl I've ever seen.

>>57096496
Because both are pretty stable or because neither is? It's just that I'm far from an expert and I'm not confident in my ability to fix an issue from an update (which I've heard plenty of people talk about).

>>57096526
Arch is already so pretty stable that you just can't increase it much.

>Buying Lenovo N22 Chromebook and then installing linux for programming purposes and not gaming. Worth it?

What are the pros/cons between Debian and Ubuntu?

>>57096618
you might want something with more power if you want to actually develop software on it. buy a thinkpad x220.

>>57096624
debian is stable but at the expense of having old software

ubuntu is slightly less stable with the advantage of newer software + a huge community providing everything you'd need in the form of ppas

>>57096154
10/10

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I have a Ubuntu 16.04 VPS, got my own domain, etc

What's the easiest and modern way to set up email (IMAP, SMTP)? There's just so much software and I have no idea

Hello guys, I am having trouble with my VPN set up on a fresh Debian install. When I select to import a saved VPN connection the dialog box and network manager simply close with nothing changed, am I goofing some how or is this an issue with Debian? I did not have this issue with Fedora yesterday

>>57096703
The most standard thing to do is to use Zoho mail with your own domain. And then use Thunderbird. But Ubuntu now has a new standard program for email instead of Thunderbird so you could use that as well.

>>57096703
Coincidentally, I'm in the middle of taking a break setting up my own email server on a dedicated server with Debian. I've been following along with this, which happens to be oriented around Ubuntu:

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/02/how-to-run-your-own-e-mail-server-with-your-own-domain-part-1/

Setting up mail servers is a nightmare, but I knew this before I started.

>>57096713
Oh wait, you said VPS. I didn't read that.

>>57096718
>Setting up mail servers is a nightmare, but I knew this before I started.
I know, I tried before and failed ...

most of the stuff in the article I have already set up or are not an issue, i.e. domain, DNS, postgres, setting up roundcube

But it's the actual email server part that always gets me. Alias configured wrong, alias configured twice in different files, need to run another command to update config..

Thanks though, looks like a good tutorial

>>57096723
no worries

>>57096447
No option for that in the bios unfortunately.

>>57093133
Did you read the description for the kubuntu-full package before you installed it?

I think kubuntu-full is just for existing kubuntu installs, to install everything on the kubuntu DVD/ISO instead of the basic/normal install.

I can't think of another reason why it didn't pull in all the other packages/dependencies it needed automatically.

Just do a

sudo apt-get update

Then

sudo apt-get install -f

That should fix the problem and install all the other required packages.

You might want to use the software center or synaptic(instead of the terminal) to install stuff until you get the hang of things.

Is there a terminal display manager that supports X, Mir, and Wayland?

>>57093945
>Solus

This please. Someone here must use it

>>57094852
Gnome doesn't even really exist anymore/have the support/user base it used to. Gnome 2 was great, Gnome 3 was a big fucking step backwards. Then unity became default on Ubuntu instead of Gnome, which was even worse.

Gnome is dead just use MATE, or XFCE if you want a fast DE without bloat/eye candy. And if you want a cluster fuck of a bloated, buggy, resource hungry DE then use KDE.

Why is i3 so based?

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>>57097155
>still doesn't change the fact that most web browsers uses gnome's file picker on every DE and WM except a pre-configured KDE

>>57094871
Gnome is not linux.

That image is from 2004. In 04 the best windows had to offer was XP(before the service packs). AKA XP before it was stable, crashing and burning constantly.

>>57094991
Transmission is nice and pretty lightweight.

Vuze is crazy riced out, but uses JAVA and is the opposite of lightweight.

Deluge provides a decent middle ground.

Just use transmission.

>>57095044
Just tell vlc to save the stream to a file.

>>57095878
Use checksums from the distros main site/community, use SSL/https when viewing the site and make sure your certificates are up to date before you go there.

Get the checksums from a trusted secure key server if possible.

>>57096182
The microcode data file for Linux contains the latest microcode definitions for all Intel processors.

Intel releases microcode updates to correct processor behavior as documented in the respective processor specification updates.

While the regular approach to getting this microcode update is via a BIOS upgrade, Intel realizes that this is an administrative hassle.

The Linux Operating System has a mechanism to update the microcode after booting the OS.

>>57097193
Use KDE then. 99% of the community don't care about file picker features.

>>57096376
Are you trying to bring it out of standby with a keyboard press or the power button?

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>>57097465
Fuck that shit nigga, KDE a shit
Just as you were typing that post I found an ebuild for opensuse's KDE integrated version of firefox

>inb4 firefox
>inb4 gentoo

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>>57097193
Gnomes file picker does have thumbnails now, they are just tiny.

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>>57097584
?

>>57097495
keyboard press

>>57097643
What is this?

Systemd timer unit

[Timer]
OnCalendar=*:0:3/12

means "3 minutes after every 12th hour", correct? If now, what would the correct expression be?

>>57097643
Works on my Machine™

>>57097750
the ahodesuka glib2 thumbnail patch

Is there anything massively wrong with openSUSE? I barely see it get mentioned here but it seems decent. Was thinking of trying their tumbleweed rolling release.

>>57097438
Gahnoo Slash Linux

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>>57097809
Give a newbie a quick run down on how to set this up?

I'm using Unity on 16.04 Ubuntu

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>>57093076
>>57093725
>>57093797
oh hey I fixed it!
You know what I did?
Restarted the pc
epic

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I've been eyeing Linux ever since I saw it around 2005; which distro is light enough to run on an computer from about 2006? I fucked around with Lubuntu 2 years ago but it didn't run satisfiably (compared to the XP I ran).

Oh, and how is the support for VIA IGPs, by the way?

>>57097643
>.p
>ng

Fuck that looks shitty.

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So is there a good Total Commander style file manager that's feature rich, fast, light and has small amount of dependencies?

I like Krusader, it has tons of features and is nice to use but that's far from light and makes me install all the KDE libs which I don't want to do just for the file manager. I tried Double Commander but that was buggy and it didn't detect mounted partitions properly. I currently use mc but I want a graphical one. Nothing I ever tried has beaten the good old Total Commander which is sadly windows only.

>>57097991
gentoo
no really
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo_(file_manager)

I have no idea how to change my Window manager to i3 or openbox on Arch Xfce4
ive put exec openbox-session in my initirc file and typed startx and im still using the default WM
any ideas /g/?

>>57097991
Give Dolphin a try. It's not total commander but it's fast light and has tabs.

>>57098036
If you're using xinit, then you should be putting things in ~/.xinitrc

>>57098036
>average arch user

>>57096706
This is just an issue with Debian, it has been acknowledged since 2014 and still hasn't been fixed.

Your best bet is to manually configure the VPN set up yourself or just switch distro's until it is fixed.

>install ubuntu
>no wifi
What am i supposed to do?

>>57098565
install a version of ubuntu that isn't shit

>>57098629
its xubuntu 16.04
I'm really new to linux

STOP! Stop what you are doing right now and give me a a desktop screenshot!

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>>57099054

>>57098931
Oh wait, that version of Ubuntu isn't bad
Thought it was standard Ubuntu
Okay, try going to a support irc instead,
faster replies

>>57098931
try hardwired and look for software updates?
install xubuntu-restricted-extras ?

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>>57099054
I installed xfce like a day ago senpai

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>>57099054
pretty boring desu

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>>57099054
Thinking about putting some conky on the left.

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Hey, /fglt/, I need your help.

I have a monitor and a TV on my graphics card. Both 1080p and mirrored, so it should just show the same. Worked under Windows but with Linux has the TV on the right and on the button 40-50 pixel missing. So a part is not visible.
Using Linux Mint 18 64 Cinnamon with a GTX960. The monitor is with DVI connected and the TV with HDMI. Drivers are the proprietary one. Driver Version: 361.42

I tried everything in the Nvidia settings but nothing helped so far. Or do I use the option in pic related wrong? I can make that the TV shows the whole desktop but then is the monitor too small.
The TV looks awful btw but this isn't the primary problem.

>>57096289
https://github.com/0xAether/pipes

I've been using manjaro for a few days now and it seems very nice so far, especially for a somewhat light user like me who doesn't need to be on the bleeding edge of every little thing.

Is there some glaring flaw I'm missing?

>>57099500
what de?

>>57099575
None, it's Openbox with Tint2 panel.

reminder that if your taskbar is on top you're a faggot cuck nerd

>>57099630
reminder that if your taskbar is on the bottom, your eyes and mouse are bouncing back and forth from the top and bottom more often than if it was on top

>>57099666
This in addition to autohide being awesome.

>>57099525
that's probably due to aspect ratio. Can't fix it per se, but you might be able to stretch it out.

>>57099500
Wallpaper please

>>57099525
>underscan

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>>57099735
Here you go.

>>57099500

Add a clock or two, maybe some widgets to keep track of your hard drive i/o, you know, because LEDs on the computer aren't reliable. Maybe add a weather widget which displays the weather in the top 5 cities in the world and a random article from the newspaper from 1954 - 1984.

>>57099630
>>57099666

If your taskbar is on top and you're using a widescreen monitor then you're an idiot.

>>57099941
why?

>>57100018

Because you lose "precious" vertical space by having a horizontal taskbar.

>>57100018
>>57100038

Well, top or bottom.

>>57096641
retard, packages can be as fresh as on arch
>what is sid

installeed funtoo and xorg, what else is fun to play with?

>>57100115

You should try to ignore those posts. Posts that are obviously written by idiots whose knowledge stems from memes and myths posted on here or elsewhere on the internet.
Here's how the cycle loops:

>some idiot writes something idiotic like this >>57096641
>a new, future idiot reads it and blindly trusts it, without verifying the suspicious information himself
>the future idiot is now an actual idiot who writes something idiotic like this >>57096641

>>57100115
>what is sid
Not what people usually refer to when they talk about "Debian"

>>57100297
So Debian with a changed line in a text file isn't Debian?

>>57099781
Thanks!

>>57100311
Not my problem if you like to be misunderstood

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Thoughts about systemd? Why should it be avoided? As far as I know, /g/, when they hate something, there's usually a reason, but I couldn't fine one with systemd.

>>57100398
No problem, i'll just come for your soul when the time is right.

>>57100404
We hate everything. Hope you don't use any sort of technology since someone on /g/ will hate it, and that obviously means it must be shit.

>>57100404
It's bloated and tries to do too many things at the same time. A noble idea, but a shitty piece of software engineering.

can i switch from gnome to kde and keep my settings and files or do i have to reinstall the whole os? on debian

>>57100404
>As far as I know, /g/, when they hate something, there's usually a reason
That's a pretty good joke, anon.

>>57099129
>>57099098
Thanks i'll know for the next time.
I installed manjaro and everything works fine now, that's weird.

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why won't my terminals show my user before hostname and what's with the % character?
I don't even know how to google this.

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>>57100474
Yes you can. Install KDE, then you'll be able to switch between gnome and KDE in the gdm display manager when you're about to log in.

>>57100571
Please don't tell me you installed zsh without any knowledge about shells.

>>57100571
You fucked up and need to reinstall Windows first

>>57100571
It's called "PS1" and you can set it like: PS1='\u@\h:\w \$ ' in bash, on zsh it's a bit different. Enter: echo $SHELL, to know which shell you're using.

>>57100440

Question: did you really mean that or are you copy/pasting "troll" posts? It is important, please respond.

>>57100636
>>57100658
>>57100685
Thank you. Just found out I was using zsh instead of bash for some reason.

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The stupid questions thread is dead so I ask here.
Hope my picture explains my problem. The DHCP lease time of the repeater is 480 min (8h). don't know if it has something to do with it because i don't have this problem at 9:00.

Any ideas?

>>57100636

How do you know he's using zsh?

>>57100732
zsh's preconfigured PS1's usually end with % (the community also prefers %) instead of bash's $, so I just assumed it.

>>57100732
bash's user/root indicator: $
on zsh it's: %

>>57100730
Cables > wireless

>>57100730
Try getting more details on it. Ping your router, ping your repeater, check if your phone works normally on the repeater's network, update its firmware. Idk, I'm not good with networks.

How do I start network manager after typing airmon-ng start wlan0

>>57100890

You know how to hack, but not how to start services? Geez, please don't hack me.

>>57100798
in bash root is #

>>57101058
same in zsh

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>>57101003
too late

>>57093030
Amanda Wank

I removed my spare storage drive and now boot to black screen after grub. plz halp

>>57101274
Did you add the spare storage drive again? Probably has something to do with fstab.

>>57093052
apt-get -f install

>>57093076
malo nas je al nas ima, cudno vidit hr na 4chanu

Anyone else have a problem where pulseaudio sink numbers change after changing the config profile through pavucontrol? My volume control buttons stop working until restart, or if I switch my volume keybind from

pactl set-sink-volume 1 +5%

to

pactl set-sink-volume 3 +5%

>>57101327

>>>/int/ex-yu

>>57101312
That did it. Booted with drive back in and removed entry from fstab. Rebooted without drive and it's all gravy

>>57099941
I don't do it to conserve space, I do it to reduce effort/motion on my eyes and cursor.

Task bar on top logic:
Most elements of most windows are located at the top of the window. As a result, your eyes and cursor are often active at the top area of the screen. If you have your taskbar on the bottom of the screen, then your eyes and cursor have to move to the bottom of the screen, and then back up to the top in order to focus on those primarily-at-the-top window elements. When the taskbar is on top, then nearly everything is on top and you have less distance to cross to see/get what you want more often.

Conserving horizontal space isn't necessary unless you feel restricted or require more room for X task. When I've tried having the taskbar on the left or right, it just felt off-center and weird. Maybe if we had vertically-oriented eyes, I would feel comfortable with a vertical task bar. Ultimately the taskbar can be on any side of the screen and it's a completely subjective matter.

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>>57100632
What game is that? Very a e s t h e t i c. Reminds me of LSD simulator for the PS1.

>>57100890
service network-manager restart

>>57101487
>maxresdefault.jpg
>>>/reddit/

I'm new to this general, so sorry if I break any taboos, but I have a low powered system,(Lga 775 cpu, 8300gs gpu) that I'm building, so would lubuntu be good for me, considering I have never before used Linux.

>>57101556
yes.

>tfw all GNU/Linux distros are shit
why even live?

>>57101600
so you can make your own

>>57101556
Yup.

Just installed my first linux distro ever.
How do i rice it ?
Best media players ?

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>>57101487
yeah my dude. It's LSD.

>>57101556
affirmative

>>57101735
>How do i rice it ?
AwesomeWM + Lain + Autism

>Best media players ?
Cmus

>>57101735
>How do i rice it ?

https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/GNU/Linux_ricing

>Best media players ?

https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/List_of_recommended_GNU/Linux_software#Music_players

I personally use Quod Libet.

>>57101784
oh shit, thank you Anon, I totally forgot to finish to watch Lain

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>>57101829
>forgot Lain
APOLOGIZE NOW

My win7 vm I use for netflix decided it doesnt want to connect to the internet. Any ideas? I did reinstall arch about a week ago, maybe its related to that

Thoughts on https://github.com/hakuna-m/wubiuefi

>>57097949
puppy linux

This pic is like the female version of 1 Chad shirtless showing his muscles while his Beta friends are with him.

>>57101873
Neat. I didn't know Ubuntu had scraped Wubi.

>>57101735
Audaciuos is a good and simple audio player
VLC is a good media player
Hope you have a distro with apt-get

New thread when? I'm only here for the tits.

>>57101926
I thought they where all dead. I had used one for fedora before but it looks like they all went stagnate because of efi.

>>57097296
this would be fine for a stream a few hours long but this is a continuous stream that is watched ~14hrs a day so it becomes inconvenient to store and seek over that much content to return to a previous moment, especially when the moments of most interest to the viewer are usually a few seconds/minutes before whatever is live

It would be convenient if there was an option return to the last 5 minutes and be able to seek to them right from the GUI time bar and then jump back to live mode. I guess this is too specific, unpopular or difficult to properly implement, but I can't be the first one to want this feature.

i need help connecting to my university's network to submit my assignments and stuff. all the instructions they have are for people using windows. now that i'm on linux, nomachine doesn't work for me, so i'm trying to ssh

http://www.cs.ecu.edu/~rws/systems/login.html

there's no instructions on how to ssh into it. can someone help?

>>57093030
Who's the titty monster?

>>57101854
b-but i've been sick and accumulated a shitton of work to finish... it's not my fault, desu

>>57101979
>>57102207
>>57102207
>>57102207

>>57102167
>enter your login id and the host (xlogin.cs.ecu.edu).
>then type your password into the box that pops up.

ssh [email protected]

What more do you need?

>>57100224
why would you install debian to run sid?

>>57093338
Nice edit

>>57102203
literally in the file name