/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

On my last installation of Ubuntu I encrypted the /home partition using Ubuntu's out of the box settings from the GUI installer. Now I'm reinstalling it. Is it desirable (or even possible) to encrypt the entire file system? Would that be just as easy for a newbie as encrypting /home? Would it adversely affect performance? Would it be harder to recover if the system breaks somehow? What are the pros/cons?

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Friends. I need to connect my WordPress.com blog to the GNU Social network. I will do this through IFTTT.

So, I registered WordPress as an app on GNU Social, and received those informations:
>consumer key
>consumer secret
>request token URL
>access token URL
>authorize URL

This is OAuth? This... is... MADNESS! I don't know exactly how to format the request IFTTT will send. It must send the request to "update status" (post a new "tweet"/quip). Is this the right way to format the request?

 https://quitter.se/api/oauth/request_token/<consumer key>:<consumer secret>/statuses/update 

Can we all agree that Windows system of separating hard drives, partitions, and disc drives by individual drive letters is superior to what Linux does?

>>57133311
Maybe? Explain why, please. I will evaluate your proposition after this.

>>57133252
Probably not as easy as the GUI Installer, but it's not exactly hard.
Performance should be fine.
Well, in case of breakage you can't just boot from usb and mount your system, you'd need to manually decrypt it first. (Which is possible)

The advantage is that nobody can just mount your drive and steal your data.

>>57133325
not that op but I always appreciate drive letters esp when I have a couple 2nd hdd's of the same size. Just can distinguish between them faster

>>57133311
No

>>57133345
How could he decrypt the data if the disc becomes corrupted?

>>57133311
I feel like simply naming the drives works the same as far as telling the drives apart.

>>57133360
Wasn't thinking about that sort of breakage

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>install linux
>wifi doesnt work anymore
Any idea why ?
It's an intel 3160.
I'm getting more and more mad yo.

>>57133394
What distro are you using, Anon?

>>57133360
BACKUP OR DIE!

>>57133353

There's something called labels.

>>57133394
That's odd. I've been pleasantly surprised with how good wifi support has gotten on linux.

Around ten years ago I got a wifi dongle that wouldn't work on linux and researching it the jist of people in forums were saying "HURR, THE CHIPSET IS PROPRIETARY AND IT WILL NEVER BE SUPPORTED ON LINUX" and then just a few weeks ago I tried it on a fresh build of linux on a laptop and it just worked.

>>57133394
Have you already turned it on using FN key combination?

>>57133434
to lazy tbqh

>>57133394
Wifi doesn't work anymore when booting into Windows or just on your Linux system ?

If I add a sudo command at the end of ~/.profile do I have to do anything so that the password doesn't get in the way?

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Why is Arch so cancerous?
Why so many new users fall for it?

>>57133452
yes

>>57133424
Tried :
- xubuntu 16.04
- manjaro
- mint

Shit just aint working

>>57133476
I dont have a windows on this laptop.

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>>57133476

>>57133490
Lookup 8812au drivers like the other anon suggested in the first /fglt/ thread you posted in. There's plenty of tutorials for that, it might helo you.

>>57133486
Thousands fall for it every day, we must stop if before it's too late

>>57133486
Arch isn't cancerous, it's just not made for beginners.
Heck, beginners can even use it, there's Arch Everywhere or Antergos & Manjaro

>>57133490
That's weird.
Did the wifi ever work before ?
Did you install the proprietary driver when installing the system ?

>>57133450
>I've been pleasantly surprised with how good wifi support has gotten on linux.

It's gotten a ton better, from what I remember of installing Ubuntu 10-ish years ago.

I've still had problems though, even lately when I installed Gentoo in a VM. Wifi would work, and it'd identify eth0 and I'd set it up and so on, but when I rebooted, eth0 was gone and was replaced with enp0s3 which was confusing and annoying.

I do wish that the livecd would set up the firmware and get the modules you need for you, though. Is there a reason why this sort of thing isn't done automatically?

>>57133207

Is Linux Mint safe or will my accounts get hacked?

>>57133505
>three hundred seventy four bytes
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>>57133575
Mint has serious security problems. If you aim for security, don't use Mint.

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I'm trying to install this thing here: https://github.com/KDE/wacomtablet

I get a error when I do the cmake command. why?
pic related is the error. I am literally following the instructions, I copy pasted them. what is wrong?

>>57133394
Have you already enabled it on your system, on the network manager?

>>57133601
Can you explain? I've seen plenty of people saying Mint has security issues, but I haven't seen what their security issues are.

>>57133601
I thought if you enabled all the security updates then it was just as safe as Ubuntu. Explain what you're talking about please.

>>57133618
>>57133624
mint has no more security issues than ubuntu

>>57133607
You need a compiler to compile things

>>57133618
>>57133624

Mint blocks updates for specific packages to provide stability because they modified a lot of stuff that may break when the packages get updates (systemd, xorg, kernel). So you have the choice between security updates or potential breakage.

>>57133642
install gentoo

>>57133618

Linux Mint had a literal backdoor at one time.

>>57133564
Yes it worked before.
Now it doesnt anymore

>>57133564
I tried with and withouth.

>>57133655
>So you have the choice between security updates or potential breakage.
As on any distro

>>57133683
Sorry, I meant: Choice between security or stability.

>>57133659
Isn't it more accurate to say that the website got hijacked to point to an ISO with a backdoor? That's no doubt a major fuckup, but I don't believe the official build had a backdoor.

What I mean to say is that the issue was with their site's security and not with Mint itself. Unless you're talking about a different issue than I'm thinking of.

>>57133704
Still the same thing

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>>57133575

>>57133683

Dude, do you even know what you're talking about? Even Debian stable gets 0day security updates.

Will Dying Light Linux version ever actually work on Linux?

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>>57133647
thanks anon.
now I get another error :^( (or is it normal? it's literally the first time I try to compile something).

Should I install Linux LTS?

what's the best linux for home computers?

>>57133745
And you still have the option to update your system or not. And if you update the system, you risk that shit breaks.
Even though the risk is usually pretty small, it's still a choice you have to make.

>>57133731
>just ship their ISOs with pre-installed Oracle Java and Adobe Flash packages and several multimedia codec packages with infringe patents

This at least, is no longer the case as of Mint 18. They now ask during setup if you want to install that stuff.

>>57133811
>what's the best linux for home computers?

4.8.2

>>57133790
GNU Linux-libre

Is it possible to install google earth pro in linux?

>>57133847
Meant to quote: >>57133811
(What is even Linux LTS?)

>>57133811
Ubuntu's a decent distro for most home uses.

>>57133865
yes.

>>57133875
enjoy your botnet

>>57133895
thanks, I will.

>>57133895
You don't know how to disable the botnet? There are tutorials online that will walk you through it. It's actually really easy.

>>57133865
No.

>>57133884
I downloaded their binary and when I run it I get this:

Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing Google Earth for GNU/Linux 6.0.3.2197.............................................................................................
setup.data/bin/Linux/amd64/setup.gtk2: error while loading shared libraries: libxml2.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
setup.data/bin/Linux/amd64/setup.gtk: error while loading shared libraries: libXi.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
The setup program seems to have failed on amd64

Fatal error, installer failed to run at all!

The thing is that I have those two libraries, so I don't know where is the problem.

>>57133601
The only reason I stick with Mint is because I love the Cinnamon desktop. If I install Cinnamon on Ubuntu, will it be as well integrated as it is on Mint?

>>57133921
>b-but you can turn it off
Windows user mentality.
A operating system shouldn't ship such things, even if it's not enabled.

>>57132808

That won't work and might be the cause of his problems. The last time I tried to downgrade GTK3 to a version Firefox has not been compiled against, caused the very issues this >>57132765 guy is having.
He most likely did a partial upgrade or installed a package from the AUR which messed with GTK3 or Firefox.

>>57133782
When the program says you to tell CMake where to find the compiler by setting either the environment variable "CXX" or the CMake cache entry CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER to the full path of the compiler, or to the compiler name if it is in the PATH, then it means that this is actually what you're supposed to do.

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Which informations here are memes and which truth?

>>57133946
>Windows user mentality.
Correct.
>just use W10 and disable the botnet

>>57133936

>sudo apt-get install libc6-i386 libglib2.0-0:i386 libsm6:i386 libglu1-mesa:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libxext6:i386 libxrender1:i386 libx11-6:i386 libfontconfig1:i386 lsb-core

>wget -O google-earth64.deb http://dl.google.com/dl/earth/client/current/google-earth-stable_current_i386.deb

>sudo dpkg -i google-earth64.deb

>rm google-earth64.deb

>>57133486
What's wrong with arch?

I prefer it over other distros just because of AUR, but that's just my usecase.

>>57134005
>google
>sudo

>>57134055

>keks internally

>>57134005
>wget -O google-earth64.deb http://dl.google.com/dl/earth/client/current/google-earth-stable_current_i386.deb

Why would you rename it?

Is manjaro a legit workstation?
Or should i stick to xubuntu?

>>57134114
yes

>>57134081


wget -O google-earth64.deb http://dl.google.com/dl/earth/client/current/google-earth-stable_current_amd64.deb

Does Xubuntu (or any other flavor of Ubuntu) come without the botnet shit?

>>57134164
Well, if you care about botnet, you shouldn't even install linux itself, since it also includes proprietary code (in for of binary modules), where nobody knows what it really does.

>>57134164
>he fell for the meme

>>57134200
*in form

>>57134200
YOU TOLD ME LINUX IS FREE AS IN FREEDOM

>>57134202
>he knows "botnet" is just a meme, but still doesn't want the Amazon shit to come by default

>>57134242
Only Ubuntu has it and I think it's disabled by default now.

>>57134238
You can use Linux without blobs but most people need some blobs (drivers).

>>57134238
That's just the GNU part.

>default icons look straight out of 1999
>icon theme packs are either the same 1999 style or incomplete
;_;

>>57134238
Try trisquel (https://trisquel.info/). Fork of Ubuntu without proprietary stuff and with Linux-libre as kernel (without blobs). If you hardware works without proprietary modules, enjoy a botnet free life.

(Actually, the next step would be to flash yourself into libreboot).

>>57134164
Yes, any ubuntu derivative that doesn't use the default unity environment is not ridden with amazon spyware

>>57134328
>using icons

anyone got a gba emulator to recommend?

>>57134358
virtualboy

>>57134358
Retroarch has everything you need.

>>57134358
mednafen is pretty cool, emulates most nintento stuff, gba, gbac, nes, snes, etc

>>57134369
And it has also everything you don't need.

>>57134393
that's why it's called retroARCH

Is it possible to use wine to run programs installed on windows in a different hard disk?

>>57134431
That joke legitimately makes no sense.

>>57134433
Depends on the program

>>57134433
yes.

>>57134445
why? arch is the most bloated distro, kernel bloated with all modules enabled, packages not splitted, which makes them twice (or more) huge than on other distros

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The only GNU/Linux Distro one should be using for best compatibility and graphics performance is Ubuntu. Everything else is trash and requires band-aids to work. It's why AMD officially uses Ubuntu for their proprietary graphics drivers.

I'm confused as to why Xubuntu's website says 16.04 is support for 3 years as opposed to Ubuntu's 5 years. If it's basically just Ubuntu with Xfce would be just as supported for just as long?

>>57134478
ITT: Archkids on suicidewatch.

>>57134498
aren't they every thread...

>>57134446
How do I know which ones will work and which ones won't?

>>57134538
Try it? What you have to lose?
Point it that there are programs where even Windows wouldn't be able to run them like that.

>>57134328

Faenza or Elementary Xfce icons don't have that problem.
There are also Breeze, Numix, Paper or those remix styles which combine multiple icon packs into one.

>>57134393

No one is forcing you to install every core out there.

>>57133865
Use OpenStreetMap!

So i did the stuff with the 8812au drivers and i still have no wifi.
Do i kill myself and sell my computer yet?

>>57134538
By running a program that's outside of the WINE environment (WINEPREFIX defaults to ~/.wine) the program will only work if it could run off a flash drive in real Windows. Sometimes programs make assumptions about the environment or have hard-coded paths which can make it not work but just try it, you'll know for sure.

>>57134478
>kernel bloated with all modules enabled, packages not splitted
YOU again. How hard is it for a dumb debibabby to understand that you can set EXACTLY what kernel modules and hooks to enable during installation before running mkinitcpio. You wouldn't know because you have a babby GUI installer that doesn't have this functionality.

Kernels with sensible modules enabled just work, debian's freetard kernel doesn't.

>package aren't splitted
What the fuck is the use of it?


Reminder that debian's repo are the most retardedly bloated one in the world of Linux distros. Meta packages have no -meta flags and debian has distro specific codes and bugs therein which makes it buggy.

I love how SJWbian shills repeatedly spread FUD this desperately

>>57134683

What Distro and do you have wired access?

>>57134737
xubuntu16.04 and yes.
going to bed i'll read your stuff tommorow morning

What is the best reddit app for linux?

>>57134759

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-generic build-essential git
git clone https://github.com/abperiasamy/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux.git
cd ~/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux
make
sudo make install
sudo modprobe 8812au

>>57134759
Did you try it with Secure Boot disabled?

>>57134775

Firefox.

>>57134755
people who use ""just work" as argument have brain cancer" as an argument are unemployed

how to install steam on linux 16.10?

>>57134726
I'm not the guy you're replying to but Debian has that functionality also.

>>57134804

have you tried and running into problems?

>>57134726
priceless butthurt
>it's bloated, yeah, so what? kill yourself debqueen

topkek

>>57134804
slackpkg install steam

>>57134775
RedditTray

>>57134832
Debian is more bloated, cry harder debqeen

>>57134832
>It's bloated
I wouldn't call what I install more bloated. I want a kernel that can actually boot into an SSD made in this decade.

Enjoy your old as sin hardware only distro, poorfag

Everything is bloated except the distro I'm using <:^)

>>57134851
In contrast to Arch, Debian comes botnetfree out of the box and if the user needs a specifix module, he is being asked to enable it, which results in a perfectly fine, lightweight and working kernel. Packages are splitted into source headers, binaries and other stuff, so when you install a program, you only get the program, while on Arch you get useless extra megabytes.

>>57134875
The distro you're using SUCKS my distro is better therefore I am also better than you.

>>57134878
You can chose exactly what kernel to install in Arch...

Also
>muh extra megabytes for kernel that just works
Get a job

>>57134882
install distro

>>57134780
Didnt worked.

>>57134908
Not him, but your arguments are having a job and you're using ARCH?

>>57134908
>it's bloated, yeah, so what? get a job
can't stop keking

>>57134936

Does it have a physical button to turn it on? I've had people tell me their wifi doesn't work on their laptops and it's because they turned it off by a physical switch.

>>57134922
lmao that distro sucks XDDD

>>57134939
My mom pays me to do chores whiles she's at work. What's your point?

>>57134961
nope

>>57134939
Yes, emplyed people can afford extra megabytes for a kernel, NEETs can't

>>57134959
Right?

Has anyone tried Solus? If so, what are your thoughts on it?

>>57134983
>it's bloated, yeah, so what? ARE YOU POOR?
please stop, it hurts

>>57134999
>bloated
Read >>57134726 idiot, no wonder no one hires you

>>57134977

I have my wife's son to do chores if he is going to live under our roof without a job.

>Install gedit on Debian
Get flooded with 40+ dependencies

>Install gedit on Arch
6 dependencies

Lads...

What cursors is /fglt/ using?

>>57135037
debqueens #rekt

>>57135038
windows 10 default

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>>57135038

>>57135068
>>>/v/

>>57135075

mein gott

debian doesn't even have user repositories
how can debian even compete?

>>57135075
>lightweight cursor set

KEK

>>57135089
Ubuntu > Debshit, everyone knows it

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>>57135075
>implying arch users know how to change cursors without asking fglt first

>>57135075

10/10 m8

>>57135075
god damn, it's real
https://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/?content=135902

>>57135123
>It is a mostly complete other than the resize cursors.

>>57135038
How do you change them?

>>57135037
>>Install SMPlayer on Debian
>Get flooded with 15+ dependencies

>>Install SMPlayer on Arch
>3 dependencies

Really makes you think...

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>>57135144
>>57135037
Guys, stop it

>>57135143
xresources

>>57135144
4 on fedora

>>57135166
Neat

>>57135161
>images.jpg
>>>/r/eddit

>>57135175
>he doesn't name all his images "images.jpg"

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>>57135038
Neutral++

I'm install gentoo on my netbook, and I'm at the stage where I just downloaded the tarball, and I'm to extract it.

However, it seems tar doesn't even exist on my system. I've followed very closely up to this point, and I get the error /bin/tar: Input/Output error

What the fuck?

>>57135198
Just use another live usb, like puppy linux

>>57135198
Gentoo on a netbook will be an exercise in suffering.

>>57135215
What do you mean? You mean to like copy tar over from another distro?

>>57135222
It's been ok so far...just a minor hiccup, right?

>>57135037
>installs gedit on Debian
>could have installed geany
please, pajeet.

>>57135260
I mean the compile times will be long as fuck, unless you're cross compiling.

>>57135260
You don't have to install gentoo using the recovery iso. I booted puppy from a usb and did everything on one computer. (puppy let me use a web browser so I could just copy and paste the commands to the command line)

>>57133311
No, GNU/Linux is more flexible than Windows as usual.

>>57135282
I've done the same with xubuntu.

>>57135278
>>Install Geany on Debian
>Get flooded with 20+ dependencies

>>Install Geany on Arch
>3 dependencies

Noice

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>>57135316
>try to install on windows
>get flo.....

>>57135282
Oh shit, that's pretty clever actually.

Fuck man. I mean I've already partitioned the system as it needs to be. I can boot up into another distro, remount the partitions and continue from there.

GENIUS.

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>>57135360
No one has ever called me smart <3

>>57135316
>install atom on arch
>get flooded with 5 dependencies

>install atom on debian
...oh wait, its not in the repo

Canonical Livepatch Service has been enabled.

Hot patch your linux for ubuntu here
https://auth.livepatch.canonical.com/

Details
http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2016/10/canonical-livepatch.html

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>>57135383
delet this

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>>57133824
>all risks are equal

Cinnamon is fucking great, I love the way mint looks and all, but would I trust the maintainers with my operating system?

Jesus fuck no.

>>57133921
>But you can just disable all the features that make the thing I'm suggesting any different from the competition

I suppose you'd advocate jail-breaking apple products, too?

>What should I use
>Anons advise their favourite distros
>Some one advise Arch
>2 butthurt debqeens start shitposting irrational hate on Arch
>10 butthurt Archfaggots start shitting on debian just as much
>Thread ruined

Fuck this community. The only thing that's preventing me from migrating over to GhostBSD is the lack of bcm43142 support (which is said to get fixed in the next release) and virtualbox' lack of 64bit processor emulation on FreeBSD

fglt has become a cancer.

>>57135581
advises*

>>57135581
It's all banter. Once and awhile someone will ask a question that gets good responses. other 80% is funposting.

>>57135581
Just use whatever you want, this has nothing to do with "this community", everybody says that about every community. I use Debian and I don't here for validation, so it doesn't matter what other people say.

Free as in freedom /fglt/

https:_//freech._net/tech/res/274.html

Remove the underscores

>>57135581
>>Some one advise Arch
Yeah, I agree, the shitposting is getting out of hand.

>>57135710
FUCK OFF

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How the hell do I get openvpn going on ubuntu 16.04 as a client?

I am failing hard at this. As near as I can tell the gui is bugged so I am giving up and running command line now.

My server is my pfsense box and has nice export packages for lets say mac or windows. Apparently linux can get fucked.

To complicate things I am running through my url which I think I set up right on the server.

Anyone got good info on what I need from the pfsense box? Ive got my keys all in a .p12 package that I can unpack if needed, figured that out already. Was reading something earlier that said I need to put them all together in order and feed it to the command line to get it going.

>>57133659
If it was literally a backdoor, you could physically walk through it.

is there a nice command that will mount everything I have in fstab?

>>57136089
mount -a

>>57135581
>he thinks something is ruined by a vocal minority
You're gonna find that literally every remotely popular community on the internet has a vocal minority which makes things appear shittier than they actually are.

Most people are lurking and others are actually participating. Imo, it's better to just ignore the people who say "x is the best" or "x is better than y" or "anyone who uses x is retarded" with no nuance. Let them go about their simple minded arguing and/or trolling, because it's inevitable in any public forum.

>>57135832
>Anri Okita retired from JAV
FUCK

Also, https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-an-openvpn-server-on-ubuntu-16-04

Use a search engine next time.

Why should I use an OS that has no games?

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>>57135984

>>57136556
>nogaems
You might be able to play the latest AAA titles, but there is a myriad of games available on GNU/Linux, especially on Steam.

>>57136506
>https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-an-openvpn-server-on-ubuntu-16-04

I found that doesnt help with the client. Especially since I used a pfsense server that only wants to spit out keys and shit in approved forms that dont seem to help on linux.

Abount to yank the pfsense version and just ause a freenas jail for openvpn.

>>57136556
That's why dualboot exists.

is there a way to include all the wargames i've played on my resume?

>>57136556
>why should I not continue to exist as a manchild
>>>/v/ is your containment board subhuman

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>install manjaro netinst
>reboot
>run

sudo pacman -Syu

>accept the changes that come and update entire system
>install openbox with no problem
>try to install obconf
>errors out the ass
>all the mirrors don't work

What do?

>>57136756
>NORMIES GET OUT REEEEEEEEEEEE

>>57136556

>not having a gpu passthrough vm

>>57136775
>manjaro
found your problem

>>57136775
>errors out the ass
i know exactly what to do with that

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>>57136783
>not only playing games that respect your freedoms on an OS that respects your freedoms

>>57135832
>>57136506
>>57136689

So lets say I got all the files over to my client and tried to turn it on from inside the network I am trying to vpn into.

Will this cause me to fail cause its just kind of hanging. I think maybe I need to check my firewall ports. I used a non default in the vpn.

I HATE Debian Stable. I try to watch a movie with mpv in full screen, X crashes. That's right, X CRASHES in a stable distro. I try to watch a movie in mpv with an srt file, now all of a sudden there's no sound in mpv at all. It sucks, the point of a stable distro was to NOT have to deal with this shit. I didn't have problems like this in Arch. Fuck all of you and your lies.

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Just reformatted and reinstalled my system, but I can't remember how the hell to get Japanese characters to show up in the bottom panel of KDE.

I have the proper fonts on my system, they show up in every application, but the panel only shows boxes.

>>57136908
have you tried turning it off and back on again

>>57136904
If you didn't have problems in Arch why did you install Debian stable?

>>57136904
>1 thing goes wrong
>This is the most unstable and horrible thing in existence
k

>>57136904
Never had such a problem on Debian. Also how is it Debians fault when X crashes doe to a problem with mpv?

>>57136932
I hate you. Thanks.

>>57136997
wait did it really work?

Whats a good tool I can use to monitor my network bandwidth in real time?

>>57137022
I like vnstat but it depends on what you're using it for exactly, here's a bunch of tools: https://blog.serverdensity.com/80-linux-monitoring-tools-know/

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>>57137011
Yes, though I couldn't tell you why

>>57137054
always trust /g/ memes

>>57137054
Probably had something to do with fontconfig.

>>57137048
>https://blog.serverdensity.com/80-linux-monitoring-tools-know/

Schway. Thanks.

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Hey /g/,
What's the best professional linux for that's mostly light for everyday use ?

>>57137104
kali

required reading
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/247804

>>57137104
Arch Linux

>>57137104
Oracle Linux

>>57137148
he said light

>>57137104
Linux Ultimate HD Premium Black Edition Cracked by RmS

>>57136796
It's just a long list of error: failed retrieving file $PACKAGE from $HOST: Could not resolve host: $HOST

>>57136783
Which OS has no gaems?

>>57137197
linux

>>57137137
>The Linux boot manager (LILO)
Do any distros even use LILO anymore?

>Article ID: 247804 - Last Review: 03/01/2007 23:39:16 - Revision: 2.2
>2007
oh

>>57137205
objectively false. i can play baldurs gate and snake

>>57137186
Remove that host from your mirror list.

>>57137207
Well considering LILO is deprecated probably not.

>>57137207
Zenwalk uses it afaik
>>57137214
But all the hosts are like that
Then it says error: failed to commit transaction (download library error)

>>57137205
Linux isn't an OS by itself.

>>57137229
No, I mean actually go to the mirror list on your computer. It should be under /etc/(whatever package manager you have)/mirrorlist or make.conf or something similar and remove the first mirror.

>>57137104
Linux Mint with Gentoo superspeed turbo booster

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>>57137137
Here, pajeet

>>57137279
running windows on a vm is illegal

>>57137167
Lighter than many distros including debian

:^)

>>57137298
Sue me

>>57137300
Arch repo is bloated

>>57137300
fok off kid

>>57137300
L I E S
I
E
S

>>57137360
Is nano or gedit installed by default?

>>57137360
see >>57137355

>>57137324
>Arch repo is bloated

>>57137340
>>57137355
hehehe debibabbies on suicide watch

1. Install Qupzilla on debian
2. Fucking dolphin gets installed
3. Say hello to 43 more dependancis
4. Leave an SJW note saying how police fucked you in the ass with a dildo
5. Suicide
Or
1. Install qupzilla on Arch
3. Only 6 deps
4. touch penis

[ ] Debshitters not rekt
[ ] Debshitters rekt
[x ] Debshitters fucking rekt

>>57137248
>>57137372
>>57137373

Nevermind I'm retarded and forgot about nano

>install arch
>python is broken

>>57137386
>too dumb to set symlink
>installs Arch

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>>57137386

>>57137248
I removed the first mirror and the same errors occurred

>>57137386
Sorry, Arch is not really a beginner distro

>>57137395
>>57137386
>>57137375
>>57137324

You people are fucking pathetic, holy shit, kys for real

>>57137403
*The mirror being http://mirror.clarkson.edu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch

>Install debian
>Wifi doesn't work

>Install plebian non free
>Doesn't even boot on SSD

poorfag distro

>>57137403
Try commenting out the line (put # before it) and add another line just using that one mirror, then.

>>57137375
>dolphin is a dependency of a browser
WEW LAD

>>57137418
fuck off tipper, nobody will ever use fedora except euphoric manchilds

>>57137447
Linus uses Fedora

>>57137447
You are pathetic, also I don't even use Fedora.

>>57137470
linus being stupid is no news

>>57137433
They were already commented with ## so i used one # instead of ## and got the same errors

>>57137447
>nobdy
Except people that want a "Just Werks" distro
cry more faggot

>>57137507
>he's doing it for free

>>57137507
>just werks distro
>only free packages
>just werks
haha

>>57137490
>They were already commented
You never set up your mirrors, did you?

Uncomment them completely, then.

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>>57137532
at least fedora users are actually giving back to the community by being test rabbits for RHLE, Unlike the basement dwellers that just reeee over fanboyisms

>>57137558
>giving back to the NSA

>>57137550
No they were automatically setup when i ran pacman -Syu

I uncommented them and got a bunch of warnings as well as the same errors

Should i just reinstall?

>>57137542
>he uses non-free software
frowning-stallman.png

>>57137565
your tin foil is showing

>>57133988
underrated post

>>57137587
no

>>57137587
Is that your post kiddo?

>>57137587
>>>/reddit/

>>57133394
If on ubuntu try:

sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

and reboot

>>57137571
Try something like this:
Server = http://archlinux.surlyjake.com/archlinux/$repo/os/$arch

If it still doesn't work, then probably.

>>57137693
Yeah i got the same errors, so im reinstalling

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can't even go a whole day before the thread goes un-friendly

>>57137740
>image.png
>>>/r/eddit/

>>57137759
>friendly

Got a thinkpad coming in the mail on friday(x201)

Thinking of messing with a BSD variant, thinking of going with TrueOS (formerly known as PC-BSD). I've always felt that there has been a general annoyance towards BSD in Linux threads, could someone explain why?

>>57137781
Anything you mention here starts a flame war, check it out:

Ubuntu is better than Arch.

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>>57133988
Judge by yourself

>>57137806
wtf I hate Debian now

>>57137796
Fuck nah man.

Fucking Noobuntu is so bloated it's ridiculous.

Xubuntu and Lubuntu however, well thats a different story.

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>>57137796
>Ubuntu is better than Arch
They are both fine distributions that both attract well mannered and wonderful human beings that just happen to have a different acquired taste of what they want from an operating system

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Bought a "broken" 13" mid-2012 Macbook Pro from a buddy for 200 bucks, turns out the only thing that was wrong was the hard drive cable (which took all of 2 minutes to replace). Threw a 500gb SSD in there instead of the shitty old HDD it had. After using macOS sierra for an hour (it fucking sucks), I switched it over to Ubuntu GNOME and haven't looked back since. Everything works perfectly and I couldn't be happier with it. I highly recommend picking up a secondhand MBP from some idiot and doing the same.

>>57137796

discorrenct tbhimesama

>>57137833
Neat.

what does it mean when someone says install gentoo

>>57137833
i'll give you $150 for it

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Hey guys, spent the afternoon setting up a Linux Mint 18 partition on my hard drive and I'm quite happy with it but is there a way to stop my Windows partition from appearing in the Mint file browser, preferably that doesn't involve erasing any partitions?

If it matters I have 3 partitions, one for Windows 10, one for music and documents that i'd wanna access on both operating systems, and one for Mint. Optimally I want only the music/documents partition to appear on both operating systems, as having full access to Windows files just by setting up a Linux partition spooks me.

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Does anyone here use OpenWrt? I flashed Lede on a D-Link DIR601B1 but it doesn't work so I want to revert to the Barrier Breaker release of OpenWrt and the only way I can connect is via serial. I'm looking at this guide to flashing via serial but I don't understand which values I am supposed to enter here.

"erase 0xbf020000 +7c0000 # 7c0000: size of the firmware (be aware that you may have a different size thus bricking your router)
loadb 0x81000000"

I understand that one of them is the size of the firmware and that the others seem to be locations on the flash drive(?) but where and how do I get that information?

https://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/generic.flashing.serial

BOOB THREAD WHEN?!

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Fresh new Ubuntu user and I can't get cpu-g working. It just crashes everytime I try to start it. I followed these https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IM5nlU4Yoc instructions.

...Should I be concerned? This whole process of installation is so new... I was simple Windows peasant a day ago, guys.

Any one ever try linux from scratch? can you share your experiences?

Just installed arch with xfce4. I have been using Windows for way too long so I decided to try linux with arch. Is there any recommendation for starters? Like what to get and that stuff.

>>57133207
Is there a better way to open a program from a terminal while having the program run independently from the terminal
because right now i'm doing
$emacs &
$disown
Is there a way to do that in 1 line?

>>57139688
emacs &;disown

>>57139728
>needing a semicolon after job control operators

retard

emacs & disown

>>57139688
also, why does
$nohup thunderbird
work while
$nohup emacs
not work?
thunderbird stays open when I close the terminal, but emacs closes

>>57139743
nohup = ignore sighup
disown = fork & exec

>>57139767
It would appear that emacs isn't ignoring sighup though for some reason

>>57139827
>>57139767
>>57139743
whatever idgaf

>>57139827
Because emacs is still a child process of the terminal with nohup, and still has stdout open for the terminal

you need to close stdout and stderr and background the process or just use disown

I'm currently installing Gentoo on my desktop to flee from the clutches of Microsoft.
I'm in the middle of changing the USE flags in make.conf.
In that regard, I have some questions (which can hopefully be answered).
Are there USE flags that are only for legacy reasons there? Like 3dfx for example. Is there a list of those?
My second question resolves around use.desc.
If I install a software that enables a global USE flag, will it be appended automatically or will it not show up? Or are there already all global USE flags included, despite not having installed every software? I can't really imagine the latter since one can also get ebuilds and those can make new global USE flags, can't they?
And my last question is, is it good or bad practice to allow only a few USE, disallow the complete rest and just enable them in the package.use dir/file?
I mean, I'm aware that this is a lot of work especially when being in the middle of installation.

>>57137806
>>57137815

You're an idiot. Debian is more explicit with dependencies, listing X11 stuff like libx11 or glibc, which Arch doesn't because they assume everyone has those installed.
Kill yourself, memers.
t. Arch user, before you start spewing your memes and accusing me of being a Debian user

>>57139620

There's an article on the Wiki called General recommendations. I don't know how you missed it, because it's in bold text and at the bottom of the installation guide.

>>57139688

systemd-run --user emacs

So I've been trying to use PNGwriter, but I when I try and run it after building it and then compiling a simple script (no issues on that end), it refuses to run and gives me this error: "error while loading shared libraries: libpngwriter.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

I'm thought I linked it correctly though, as my compilation is: "g++ main.cpp -I /home/a/build/include/ -L /home/a/build/lib/ -lpngwriter -DNO_FREETYPE"

can someone point out my retarded mistake?