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Don't know where to post but I'll try here
Did I kill it?

>>57193579
Forgot to say, ignore 'acpi=off'

>>57193469
not really into rss but the first thing that came to mind was rssowl

>>57193579
What did you try to install?

Why is bspwm the best wm?

>>57193870
Fuck me, I don't remember

when i do

echo "${ARR[1]}";

and the variable is a * it gets interpreted as a command, i've read that you have to wrap variables in a " to stop them from being commands so whats going on?

>>57193925
Do you have the thing that you used for installaton? A USB or CD? It's pretty odd to not remember which distro you installed.

Your best bet might be to just reinstall something simple like Ubuntu.

Touhou 1-14 added to >>>/t/707928. I'd post the IPFS link instead of Bittorrent but 4chan has decided that's spam now. There's a thread on 8/tech/ about IPFS if you'd like to learn more about it.

>>57193469
Try newsbeuter.
>>57193890
Because dynamic gap resizing.
>>57193992
Can't really see what you are trying to do, could you post a relevant part of your code?

Try something like this:

hello() {
  printf '%s\n' "${@}"
}

$ hello *
cruel.txt
world.txt

>>57194151
previously my array command was ARR=($line) so now i changed it but now the whole line is interpreted as the array (i think)

function workspaces() {
     WORKSPACELIST=$(wmctrl -d)
     while read -r line;
     do
        ARR=($line)
        echo "${ARR[1]}"
        echo "\n"
    done <<< "$WORKSPACELIST";
}

wmctrl -d gives

0  * DG: 2560x1440  VP: 0,0  WA: 0,0 2560x1415  WS1
1  - DG: 2560x1440  VP: 0,0  WA: 0,0 2560x1415  WS2
2  - DG: 2560x1440  VP: 0,0  WA: 0,0 2560x1415  WS3

and * means that its the active workspace

>>57194151
>>57194207
ignore the first line of my post, i changed it back

>>57194207
I guess gawk is smarter here:

wmctrl -d | awk ' { print $1 }' # all workspaces
wmctrl -d | awk '/\*/ { print $1 }' # current workspace

Is there a way to get netflix working on linux using firefox? I don't really want to install chrome just for netflix. I've tried switching useragents and it just gives me an error. Last thread an anon said to enable DRM content but it still asks me for silverlight.

You know that button on your monitor next to the power button that makes it switch between HDMI/VGA/DVI/etc input? Is there any way to do that from the command line?

thanks to anon in previous thread who gave advice on ssd/ext4. after some dicking around and broken installs im up and running with a night of configuring.

mpd/ncmpcpp related question, some of the songs in my library are from movie soundtracks but theyre get broken up because of different artists, whats the best way to tag/sort these? id attach a screen but cloudflare errors.

>>57194250
Sure, you just need to give the command to a robot that presses the button for you

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All right, lads, Windowsfag here.

I just installed Debian and I find it a bit overwhelming. Half my hardware wasn't working, and when I tried installing shit, I realised there's no sudo command either. I tried configuring that but I realised 15 other things are missing.

I don't think I can dive straight into this especially if I want to permanently migrate as of next week. Can someone suggest some easier distribution for noobs like Xubuntu or Ubuntu-MATE to learn the basics for a couple of weeks?

Ideally looking for something that works out of the box, is /g/ approved and is not a botnet.

Anyone heard of Point Linux?

>>57194207
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24628076/bash-convert-n-delimited-strings-into-array

>>57194299

>not bait

>>57194249
#13 here https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=217513

>>57194299
OpenSUSE or Fedora tend to be good starting points...Just be sure to add the extra repos if you decide to use Fedora. or see a list of easy to use distros: http://distrowatch.com/search.php?category=Beginners

>>57194299
There is no shame using something like Ubuntu to get your footing then moving up to Debian later on.

>>57194299
Ubuntu

>>57194299
You can

su root

from your unprivileged user to install shit in Debian.

>Can someone suggest some easier distribution for noobs like Xubuntu or Ubuntu-MATE to learn the basics for a couple of weeks?
Ubuntu. Then take out most of the botnet as instructed: https://fixubuntu.com/.

>Anyone heard of Point Linux?
No. I know you are excited browsing distrowatch, but don't. Just install Ubuntu, if even though unity sucks donkey balls, you'll need to suck it up until you are comfortable enough to change the window manager.

>>57194299
What's wrong with Xubuntu LTS? Literally the best distro

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>>57194345
>distrowatch

>>57194299

su
password

>>57194334
thanks anon it worked <3

>>57194299
Fedora with Gnome. It is probably the most well integrated I have seen out of a linux distro. If you can find a distro that has close ties with KDE developers, that should be good too. Maybe the same for Enlightenment too.

fuck boys on my last install i had something along the lines of "pulse audio switcher", little gui that let me change outputs from main soundcard to my usb headset. now ive reinstalled i cant find the damn thing anywhere, anybody know what im on about?

>>57194566
you mean like when you type 'alsamixer' into terminal? you can select sound cards from there

>>57194644

its okay i found it was pulseaudio volume control/pavucontrol.

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I want a Linux machine to mess around with and learn how to use it. Currently I've got an old Core 2 Duo Mac Mini with 2gb ram in it I was thinking about throwing a Linux on there. Currently I do digital painting and 3d modelling typically is there a distro that would work well for a sort of shitty computer that I could plug a wacom tablet into and do a little bit of painting on? Also is there any that support Japanese text stuff now a days? Last time I tried to install Japanese language support stuff into Linux it was a complete nightmare so I'm curious if it's gotten better.

can you encrypt a partition without doing the luks/dm-crypt formatting first? as in just encrypt it without running luksFormat on the device?

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hi faglets, few questions:

Screentear in XFCE, heard from somewhere that it can be fixed with nvidia's proprietary drivers which I use. Last time I tried that I'm pretty sure it didn't work correctly on a dual-monitor setup, the method was the pipeline one.
Anyone got a simple compton config to get rid of tearing and not cause performance drops? Last time I tried that too it lagged too fucking much, but I copied some giant config string.
Don't need anything fancy, gpu is gtx770.

Also crtl+v doesn't paste, it's like it's bound to some other action but I can't figure out which one or where it's set. First time I've ever had this happen

>>57194814
can't help you with much but i belive the default for paste is ctrl+shift+v

>>57194849
I thought about that too, but that only works in the terminal, it still doesn't work in, for example, firefox or mousepad

>>57194773
You can't encrypt a drive while there is already data on it

>>57194814
also if anyone has any other nvidia trick to try and force vsync or anything else to fix the tear on dual-monitor, let me know, I've heard of it just forgot how to do it

can somebody with a intel HD3000 post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf

Any recommendations for a HoneyView replacement for Linux? Looking for something with animated gif support that can toggle between frames.

>>57194814
compton --backend glx --paint-on-overlay --vsync opengl-swc

how copy pasta on gnu/linux:
-> select test to copy
-> middle click to paste

>>57195150
mpv

How do you secure open listening ports, e.g. bittorrent client? In Windows there are many dynamic firewall programs that make this possible with clicks of a button, but on Linux, Iptables or frontends like UFW don't allow per-application rulesets.

>>57195168
Yea I know about the middle click, I still don't understand why ctrl+v doesn't work because it has worked all the time until now, on every distro I've tried. Weird
thanks for the compton config

>>57195182
didn't try it, but have a look at http://douaneapp.com/

>>57195133
>xorg.conf.d
I don't have this directory in /etc/X11/

>>57195182
- create a group mygroup
- set iptable ruleset for mygroup
- sudo -g mygroup program

Ubuntu 16.10 > Antergos/Arch > Debian Stable

Prove me wrong

>>57195210
Looks like there aren't any packages besides for Arch, and development has died off.

>>57195254
I can't

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>>57195226
its probably not created by default then

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/intel_graphics#Configuration

im trying to figure out why I have issues with text corruption and whats in the video with some distros while I don't seem to have them with Antergos

>>57194299
How old is your computer? What version of Windows did you use?

>>57195253
I will look into this, thanks. Maybe UFW can ease this

>>57195254
Debian Sid > Arch > Debian forks > Arch forks >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> anything by Canonical

I'm running Antergos on a Macbook 8,1 and I can get 5ghz wifi during the installer but only 2.4ghz after its installed. I'm using the b43 and when I try the wl driver it recognizes nothing. Any idea anon?

>>57195287
>SID

topkek

Why does no one use Void? You'd think Arch users would eventually migrate to a superior rolling-release distro.

>>57195168
>mpv
Huh, thanks.

>>57195168
TIL mpv supports GIFs. Thanks.

>>57195398
>>57195459

mpv needs to be tweaked for images, gifs, etc first, otherwise it will quit after showing the first frame (the picture), use this config:

[media.image]
pause

[extension.bmp]
profile="media.image"

[extension.jpg]
profile="media.image"

[extension.png]
profile="media.image"

[media.loop]
loop-file="inf"

[extension.gif]
profile="media.loop"

[extension.webm]
profile="media.loop"

use , and . to go frames back/forth

>>57195467
W-what?

>>57194348
There is no shame in using Ubuntu permanently. This whole idea of "graduating" from distro to distro is bunk.

>>57195480
you put that shit in your config file, named 'mpv.config', located in the /home/<user>/.mpv/ folder

>>57195501
keep telling yourself that, canonical cuck

>>57195513
>not mpv.conf in ~/.config/mpv/
why

Why the device drivers not in the userspace?

>>57195501
>This whole idea of "graduating" from distro to distro is bunk.
actually it's just natural

> user uses easy-to-use distro
> user is happy
> user learns more
> user more and more feels the need to configure stuff manually, because it fits better to his needs and he learned the know-how
> user gets a basic distro like debian or arch
> user is happy
> user learns more
> user realizes that some of his packages have lots of stuff he doesn't really need, bloating his system and slowing down performance, while other features the user actually wants are missing
> user installs gentoo

>>57195637
>user learns so much user can now mentally do everything in it's mind
>user ascends to a higher power with the kernel.

>>57195637
I'd cut the gentoo part because you can compile packages on all distros. No need to compile every single package on your system just for the 2-3 package settings you actually change.

Gentoo is a meme.

>>57195716
If the brain is so smart, why can't the user just program himself to be the kernel?

>>57194299
KDE Neon

>>57195287
>Debian Sid
lmao hahahaha enjoy your ancient packages

>>57195771
Sid is rolling release, retard.
>lmao hahahaha
>>>/9/gag

>>57195768
Stop this meme.

>>57194250
Use a USB ir blaster if the monitor has a remote. Or use HDMI-CEC to switch HDMI inputs.

>>57195791
Sid is weeks behind Arch, if not months

Does Red Hat send Fedora and RHEL shills to /g/?

I see so many recommendations, but nearly no screenfetches of actual Fedora users (mostly just Arch, Debian, Manjaro, Ubuntu, Mint).

>>57195831
Source?

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What are some good GTK themes and icons for Unity in 16.10?

(Not my screenshot)

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>82 posts
>8 pictures
c'mon /fglt/, this is an imageboard

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>>57195920
experience

>>57195944
>source: my ass

>>57195920
It depends on the packages, most packages arrive a few days later but some packages take more time.

>>57195925
adapta gtk theme

>>57195960
lmao stay mad debibabby

>>57195831
It depends on the package.

My experience:
>sid got latest kernel
>arch days later

>sid got ffmpeg security patch
>arch days later

>>57195996
Did it still get kde 5.8? Didn't get until last week or so.

>>57195974
>uses arch
>calls others babby

>>57195996
> ffmpeg security patch
Arch was not effected since it was compiled against different libraries. Stop spreading FUD

>>57196025
Dumb debibabby

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how does it look

/sda is a 1tb hdd, probably gonna split it up ~200gb for winders and the rest for ntfs shared media files

So what's changed exactly with the newest stable kernel?

>>57196057
ok

>>57196039
>Arch was not effected
Nice meme. https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/47738

>>57196057
I would skip having a /boot partition.

>>57196061
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux-48-features&num=1

>>57196085
https://it.slashdot.org/story/16/01/14/2214244/zero-day-vulnerability-discovered-in-ffmpeg-lets-attackers-steal-files-remotely

>>57196087
what for?

I know it's not /required/, but it won't be any problem when I go to dual boot, yeah?

I don't really mind the redundancy at the cost of 100mb

>>57196057
I have it the same way

>>57196057
What do you do on windows though? You can probably do all of them in a VM. Thing with VM is it's portable

>>57196108
>https://it.slashdot.org/story/16/01/14/2214244/zero-day-vulnerability-discovered-in-ffmpeg-lets-attackers-steal-files-remotely
What's your point?

>>57196057
>mint
literally why
get ubuntu like a normal person

>>57196114
Doesn't make any difference really but I thought maybe you didn't know it wasn't necessary.

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>>57196141

>>57196139
This is probably my fifteenth time around back at linux, sometimes for three hours sometimes for 3 weeks, always go back because of [spoiler]native gayman compatibility[/spoiler]

VM isn't a bad idea tho nb

>>57196155
Did you read the bug report I linked to you? It says literally the same thing. Also your link actually just proofs that Arch actually WAS affected.

>>57195501
You gotta eat some shit to appreciate fine cuisine.

>>57196174
>arguing with an arch kid
retard

>>57196174
And according to https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/47738 the bug still affected mplayer and such.

>>57196174
It was not effected when debian was

>>57196193
see this guy >>57195996

>>57196193
Source? :^)

>>57196218
Arch had this fixed by the time exploit came out :^)

>>57196223
see this guy >>57196085

>>57196204
>>57196236
>ffmpeg
Arch had this fixed before debian sid fixed it

>linux kernel
Sid is still on 4.7

dumb debibabby

>>57196223
Source? :^)

>>57196218
Your ass.

>>57196252
It wasn't affected when debian was, read the link

>>57196153
>it wasn't necessary
It is if you encrypt / and don't use and setup GRUB.

Welcome to FGLT, where we debate over useless information that's meant to make you install meme distros.

Arch is good, Debian is good, Ubuntu is good. Get over it.

>>57196275
and openSuse is great!

>>57196275
NO ARCH IS SHIT
IT DOESN'T RESPECT WOMEN

>>57196315
https://archwomen.org/ :^)

>>57194269

update; installed mpc for better control over hotkeys. fucked up my audio. removed mpc and now mpd/ncmpcpp are completely fucked.

NICE.

this is not nice this is fucking awful how does anybody actually use this

>>57196327
The mail alias [email protected] has been setup as contact point for Debian event organizers willing to have an anti-harassment policy.
:^)

>>57196327
>The Male Programmer Privilege Checklist

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Why does Arc and the other installed themes, excluding Numix, do this? What do to fix? Ubuntu 16.10, Unity 7.5

>>57196370
Use the arc ff theme. FF is a special snowflake.

>>57195996
>sid got latest kernel
>arch days later
Wewest of wew lads

>>57196370
There is an arc theme for ubuntu as well, go see the addons

>>57196393
firefox*

>>57196370
>>57196393
I meant the buttons and tabs on the menu and the tweak tool. I know how to fix FF, just reset it and you're good.

>>57196252

 Alerts:     
Arch Linux     ASA-201601-17     ffmpeg     2016-01-17
openSUSE     openSUSE-SU-2016:0243-1     ffmpeg     2016-01-25
Slackware     SSA:2016-034-02     MPlayer     2016-02-03
Mageia     MGASA-2016-0060     ffmpeg     2016-02-09
Debian     DSA-3506-1     libav     2016-03-04
Ubuntu     USN-2944-1     libav     2016-04-04
Gentoo     201606-09     ffmpeg     2016-06-19

https://lwn.net/Articles/672314/

>>57194299

Manjaro

It's easy like mint but it uses the Arch repositories and you can jump into full Arch later if you want.

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>>57196424
Seems like Manjaro devs take things very serious. Good distro.

i cant figure this fucking mpd ncmpcpp xtc shit out fuck this mane

>>57196474
>hurr durr Website down

>>57196417
it's official: arch > gentoo

>>57196124
Any nudes of Stallman yet? Old fucker ought to honor r34

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>>57196474
DELET THIS

>>57196474

Isn't this pic really old?

Not sure what point your trying to make.

>>57196526
Because apparently once you make a mistake, you're ruined forever according to /g/.

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>>57196510
> I was only 39 years old
> I loved Stallman so much, I had all the FSF-approved distros and GNU corelibs
> I pray to Stallman every night before shutdown, thanking him for the software I've been given
> "Stallman is love" I say. "Stallman is life"
> Linus hears me and he calls me a freetard
> I knew he was just jealous of my devotion for Stallman
> I called him a proprietary cunt
> He kernelpanics me and sends me to go to my userspace
> Im crying now, and my shell hurts
> I lay in bed and its really cold
> A warmth is moving towards me
> I feel something touch me
> Its Stallman
> I am so happy
> He whispers in to my ear, "share the software"
> He grabs me with his powerful free-as-in-freedom hands and puts me on my hands and knees
> I'm ready
> I spread my libreboot cheeks for Stallman
> He penetrates my GRUB
> It hurts so much but I do it for Stallman
> I can feel my init system tearing as my package manager start to update
> I push against his force
> I want to please Stallman
> He interjects a mighty interjection as he fills my homedir with his love
> Linus walks in
> Stallman looks him straight in the eye and says. "It's all free now"
> Stallman leaves through my X window system
> Stallman is love, Stallman is life

>>57196526
>>57196537
Once? It happened 3 fucking times.

>>57196526
>>57196537
It's not about what happend, it's about the way they suggested to fix it.

>>57196541

How often do sites renew security certificates?

>>57196556
Yeah, that was what I was getting at

>install manjaro
>install nvidia drivers
>run screenfetch

modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia': No such device

How does one fix this?

>>57196588

Use the integrated video card instead.

>>57196417
Wow, it took gentoo that long to fix that? That's surprising.

>>57196541
Sauce?

>>57196588
run

lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"

and give me the output

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>adwaita
god, I hate this shit

>>57196643

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119 [GeForce GT 610] (rev a1)
    Subsystem: Device 196e:104a
    Kernel driver in use: nouveau

>>57196639
>S-Source?
Fuck off debshitter

>>57196656
>nouveau
There you go. You are using the nouveau drivers.

I don't know if the nvidia package blacklists nouveau, but reboot to be sure.

Semi-new user to /g/ here.

How do I paste code into the box thing?

>>57196663
how dare i ask for proof

>>57196685

hello world

>>57196685

codes
[/_codes]

remove _

>>57196685
>>51971506

>>57196690
you should've known better

>>57196685
epic bait
>>57196693
>>57196694
epic fail

>>57196685

[spoiler]replace spoiler with the word code[/spoiler]

>>57196690
Give source that you are not a cock sucking faggot

>>57196695

 Thanks 

>>57196639
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/search?q=manjaro+ssl&sort=relevance&t=all

>>57196710
ask your mum.

>>57196720
Says you are a cock sucking faggot

>>57196540
And during all that time, you didn't manage to run scrot once, so you could SHARE the pleasure you've received? You're a sinner, my dear boy!

>>57196685
[ code ]text[ /code ]

>>57196734
Why didn't it work on your post?

>>57196685
>Semi-new

>>57196751
Secret.

>>57194299
half of your hardware? at best ive had NICs not working

>>57196768
Did you insert some sort of invisible unicode character between the brackets?
[ code ]tell me[ /code ]

test

what's some good dark theme for XFCE4, both numix and arc look like shit on it for some reason

>>57196477

i have came to the conclusion that linux is alot like a female; one minute its fine and the next its completely losing its shit and you dont know why and you want to skullfuck yourself with a turkey baster.

How do I keep Compton from drawing shadows on Conky?

>>57196899
Ich möchte nur einmal kurz etwas einwerfen. Was sie als Linux bezeichnen ist in Wahrheit 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 Wahrheit Distributionen von GNU/LINUX!

>>57196903
Exclude it in your config.
>>57196477
What exactly doesn't work?

>>57196911
>warheit fixed to wahrheit
thank you anon <3, now change Sie to title case

>>57196917

to tldr it i installed debian today, installed mpd/ncmpcpp, configured and it worked fine. installed mpc so i could set up global hotkeys, it fucked with the audio so i removed mpc and it broke mpc. now it just doesnt load any audio despite the configs being pointed to the right directories. shits just broke as fuck

>>57196903

shadow-exclude = [
    "class_g = 'Conky'"
];

https://www.feralinteractive.com/en/news/666/
https://www.feralinteractive.com/en/games/deusexmd/story/

>On 3 November, become Human 2.0 as Deus Ex: Mankind Divided arrives on Linux.
> playing Deus Ex: Mankind Divided on Linux with Vulkan!!!

>>57196673
Worked perfectly. Thanks

probably going to get shit on but here goes.

why do i have so many issues with linux gaming out of the box? on both my old and new pc i always run in to problems with 32 bit libraries or graphics driver issues.

>>57197073
>linux
>gaming

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>>57197073

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>>57194299
>I just installed Debian and I find it a bit overwhelming.
If it's your first time installing and/or using GNU/Linux, then that isn't too surprising.

>Half my hardware wasn't working
Likely because Debian uses 100% free (as in freedom) software by default. You have to use the "unofficial" nonfree repositories that can be enabled the sources.list file:
>https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList
OR by using the nonfree version of the installer which comes with nonfree firmware and has the nonfree repos enabled by default:
>http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/

The reason these are unofficial is because they go against the "Debian Free Software Guidelines":
>https://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
but Debian realizes how prevalent nonfree firmware & software is, so they allow people to opt in to it. But they don't make it very obvious how to do so, because they don't want to endorse nonfree software.

Ubuntu has far less qualms about including nonfree software because you just check a single box during installation (and it still uses some either way).

>I realised there's no sudo command either.
This happens when you give the root account its own password. If you install Debian in the future, it'll install sudo if you leave the root password blank. You can install/setup sudo fairly easily, though:
>https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/forum/discussion/18063/debian-8-1-0-jessie-sudo-fix-not-installed-by-default

>I tried configuring that but I realised 15 other things are missing.
What DE did you install?

>Can someone suggest some easier distribution for noobs like Xubuntu or Ubuntu-MATE to learn the basics for a couple of weeks?
>looking for something that works out of the box, ...
Either of those are just fine. Also OpenSUSE, Manjaro, or Fedora (kinda has a free software policy as well).

>is /g/ approved
Nothing fits this criteria.

>is not a botnet.
Proprietary software is more likely to be malware/spyware.

Does amdgpu-pro from the AUR work in Arch Linux?

>>57197163
Would it be there if it didn't work?

>>57197220

Yes.

>>57195501
I only don't recommend Ubuntu because they're so lax about nonfree software.

However, many hardware manufacturers these days are requiring proprietary firmware to work optimally. This makes 100% free software distros (which are ethically more sound) more inconvenient as well.

So Ubuntu is often easier to install and use, but at the cost of your freedom to use/modify/redistribute parts of your system.

>>57197241
Then don't install it, or run it in a VM

>>57193469

Akregator

>>57197252
>Then don't install it

That doesn't answer the question. Why waste your time even replying?

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Come home 400 pound man.

>>57197091
>>57197109

very insightful. thanks.

>>57197455
rly makes u think, doesn't it

>>57197476

> I can't use wine or Steam OS
really tickles my ballsack

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Hello

I've decided to switch to Linux (or GNU/Linux) completely once I get this build.

Do you think it can handle GPU passthrough?
http://cplonline.com.au/intel-core-i7-6700-4-core-lga-1151-processor-bx80662i76700.html

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Hey Linux guys, How can I tell if my son is using the Linux?
I'm worried that he might be addicted..

( know you guys like frogs because my son talks non-stop about them so I hope this image is okay)

Thanks!

>>57197436

Art is Resistance

>>57197558
topkek. Ask him.

>>57197528

Just get an old thinkpad.

The used battery might be shit but you can just remove it and run on the power cord.

>>57197558

>I'm worried that he might be addicted..
I would be more worried about the autism :^)

Seriously, why even use debian?
it's pretty bad distro

>>57197558
go on his computer and push Ctrl+Alt+F2 and see if it brings you to a command line

>>57197619
Stability mainly

>>57197619

I prefer Manjaro, just the right amount of user friendliness and access to arch repositories.

I can tell that when I get to just Arch that it's gonna be pretty seamless.

>>57197558
DAD I TOLD YOU ALREADY IM NOT USING LINUX! I MADE A HACKINTOSH

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>57197585
I try, He just mentions something about a penguin and storms off.

>>57197613
Has he spoken much about it. He is a slight scale. I try to bond with him so i looked up Linuxes that could help I found this one to help him but he won't listen https://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/

>>57197661
>https://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/
That's probably the best for autism. It's very easy to use and shouldn't strain him.

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>>57197619
1. Respects your freedom first and foremost.
2. Allows you to knowingly opt-in to non-free software if you want/need it.
3. Stable by default.
4. Allows you to knowingly opt-in to a rolling release, while understanding the consequences.
5. Decisions are made by the community instead of a single entity.
6. One of the eldest and most influential distros to this day. It has staying power.

It is the universal operating system.

>>57197619
IDK people fall for shit memes. Arch/*buntus are far better than that shit.

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>>57197723

I found the perfect distro for him ;^}

>https://qntm.org/suicide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_pgnMWgd34

>>57193184
>tfw I fell for the OpenSUSE meme
>tfw no software
>have to specify OpenSUSE in every search engine query I do because all the top results are for Debian and Ubuntu
>tfw zypper kinda sucks

>>57197723
I have noticed a mood change past couple weeks since he's been talking about kernels? and rice.
He does frustrate easy so maybe if i present him with that one he can relax a little.

I just hope this goes over better than last month when I tried to bond with his cartoon obsession.

>>57197778
maybe give him a bag of rice and popcorn kernels? This is a tough case.

>>57194345
>opensuse
Don't get him hooked on this shit
>>57196305
only because of YaST

>stuck on Reached target Graphical Interface
I fucked up

>>57197831
yep you did

reinstall

>>57197844
fuck xorg and nvidia

>>57197855
Manjaro has a non-free driver option to avoid this issue.

>>57197861
it worked fine, I was just messing with the config to try and get rid of screen tearing
also did lxqt get any better or should I still use lxde/xfce

>>57197892
in my experience, the DE doesn't matter. Install compton and run it. If it resolves the screen tearing, add it to your startup.

>>57197902
compton lags like shit tho, I just tried it again hoping it would work better

>>57197918
What distro are you using?

>>57197927
arch
latest nvidia drivers package as well

>>57197938
>arch
Ah. I had the same issue in that case.

I'd really have to reccomend Manjaro w/ non-free drivers.

That was the only way to get arch working w/ nvidia.

Why did it change from "general" to "thread'?

>>57197949
I would, but last time manjaro fucked up my time, which then fucked up the keyrings which ended up fucking up pacman and made it unusable

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>>57197964
I don't understand how something like that could happen...

>>57197981
I wish I knew, I'll try it one more time though.
I hope I can force triplebuffering or something because I really can't stand compton
It acts like a laggy gnome compositor

>>57197999
The stock compositor on XFCE is good enough for me. Haven't found any screen tearing.

However, for some reason, I don't really have issues like others do..

>>57197949
>non-free
BOTNET

>>57195254
> """Ubuntu"""

>>57198016
>BOTNET
A botnet is a number of Internet-connected computers communicating with other similar machines in which components located on networked computers communicate and coordinate their actions by command and control (C&C) or by passing messages to one another (C&C might be built into the botnet as P2P).[1] Botnets have been used many times to send spam email or participate in distributed denial-of-service attacks. The word botnet is a combination of the words robot and network. The term is usually used with a negative or malicious connotation.

If you are going to that term, use it correctly.

>>57195960
>sores, you're ass

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>tfw disabled fading in compton after a long time
It's like computing faster than light.

How come nothing happens when pressing ctrl s or right clicking and selecting save as... on firefox? Running ubuntu with openbox if that matters.

>>57198041
i did use it correct, how do you know that there's no code in the driver that communitcates with other computers or does other malicious crap?

>>57198054
Okay, keep using your poorly optimised nouveau drivers.

>>57198054
FLOSS drivers only on my machine.

>>57198051

Honestly I found that using virtualbox was laggy and annoying.

I would recommend creating a partition, install it and play with it from there. If you don't like it you can easily just delete the partition and move on.

>>57198054
This. Funny to see /g/ sperging about Linux Mint, Flash and other security issues but when it comes to drivers, security holes are fine.

>>57198081
Did you read openbox as virtualbox or meant to quote someone else?

>>57198046
fading?

I'm currently using a fresh install of linux mint however scroll lags really bad and there is sort of like a real bad afterimage when I minimize my web browser, what is a good fix for this?

>>57198180
Try compton.

>>57198180
try compton

>>57198199
faggot :^)

>>57198199
>>57198200
Just checking these double dubs.

>>57198199
>>57198200
I'm on the east coast tho

Some zsh faggot please test if echo $((2**63)) overflows (negative integer). It does on bash.

>>57198297
yep -9223372036854775808

>>57198327
Thanks... bc then.

>>57198157
Put this in your ~/compton.conf

fading                 = true;
fade-delta             = 7.0;
fade-in-step           = 0.035;
fade-out-step          = 0.035;

>>57198116

I misread openbox as virtualbox.

>>57193184
>/fglt/ - Funny GNU/Linux Thread

why isn't it working?

this is the thing the cronjob is executing

bandit23@melinda:/etc/cron.d$ cat /usr/bin/cronjob_bandit24.sh
#!/bin/bash

myname=$(whoami)

cd /var/spool/$myname
echo "Executing and deleting all scripts in /var/spool/$myname:"
for i in * .*;
do
    if [ "$i" != "." -a "$i" != ".." ];
    then
    echo "Handling $i"
    timeout -s 9 60 "./$i"
    rm -f "./$i"
    fi
done

this is the .sh i put in /var/spool/bandit24

bandit23@melinda:/var/spool/bandit24$ cat doit.txt
#!/bin/bash 

cat /etc/bandit_pass/bandit24 > /tmp/loc9103/b24.txt
bandit23@melinda:/var/spool/bandit24$ 

it sticks around for about 10 seconds, then gets deleted. i check to see if it executed

bandit23@melinda:/var/spool/bandit24$ cat /tmp/loc9103/b24.txt
bandit23@melinda:/var/spool/bandit24$ 

what am i doing wrong? i'm 99% sure the file is /etc/bandit_pass/bandit24. i try to cat it from the terminal and it'll say permission denied, not that the file doesn't exist. i can do the same for /bandit_pass/bandit23 and it spits out the password

>>57198408
no, what tdoes fading even mean?
I'm not a damn graphic designer or everything

>>57198459
*or anything

>>57198445
chmod 777 /tmp/loc9103/ maybe?

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Anyone know why Quod Libet isn't showing album art? It just shows these dots that are sometimes white or grey or tinier dots.

I've looked through all the settings and extensions/plugins. It works fine on Windows.

>>57198459
Instead of just showing up promptly, the window's opacity changes from invisible to visible.

>>57198472
still no dice. also i accidentally put "doit.txt" instead of "doit.sh" up there so that's not it

>>57198472
i did your magic number trick on everything involved with the process and it worked. i did it on the tmp folder, the text file in it, and the bash executable and it worked. thanks breh

>>57198502
Yeah you needed to make the folder writable and the script executable, forgot about the latter.

>>57198562
i set the folder and script to 777 and it didn't work until i did the same for the text file

>>57198603
Huh, anyway you can also use chmod +x <file> to set the executable bit when creating scripts

I have used xfce for 6 years. I'd like to try a tiling window manager. What is the most well written, "best" option? I'm leaning towards dwm

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>using emacs in xfce terminal
>meta key keeps activating the toolbar for the terminal

>>57198831
Use GUI emacs, or I'm sure a fix is in this god awfully long page:
https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/MetaKeyProblems

>>57199098
I normally use emacs in a gui, but I wanted to do a quick .config edit from the terminal
I also found that link, didn't see an answer i needed
that's what i get for doubting nano

>>57198831
>not running the terminal inside emacs
step it up

>>57198831
This happens with all terminal applications in xfce.

>>57199175
I don't know any terminal application that requires the alt key to scroll the cursor

>>57193469
Liferea

is there anything in de/wm that resembles explorer.exe?

>>57199762
Kde tries hard to copy windows look. :^)
But to answer your question, i know of no popular FIle Manager that misses basic functionality like tabs.

Try spaceFM.

Could someone help me with my issue.
Linux kernel 4.6+ cause hang on boot

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=218616

>>57195182

I'm not a networking expert, but how do you "secure open listening" ports? How do you secure something that is open?
I think you fell for some marketing buzzphrase placebo gimmick.

>>57196411

Because you're not using the proper version of the theme for your GTK theme.

>>57196845

Adwaita with the official -dark variant for GTK2 and official Adwaita with the "prefer dark theme" bit toggled.

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>>57198831

>not going to the options screen and disabling any additional shortcuts

That's computer usage 101.

hi /g/, what hardware/software should I use if I wanted to use both ZFS for backups and run VMs?

As for software, FreeNAS comes close but has no proper way to run VMs, their virtualbox plugin is outdated.
Ubuntu has ZFS support but no shiny web interface.

>>57200624
If you want approval try making a thinkpad cluster.

>>57200639
notice me senpai :3
just wondering what the best solution would be

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>>57193184
I guess it was about time for me to get problems?
I've been using Manjaro with cinnamon without problems for over a year now,
but since at least this weekend (I'm not exactly sure since when because it's hardly noticeable on my weeks work).
Cinnamon has been lagging? i'm not sure if that is the right word for it
if i move a window it's as if it gets stuck for a fraction of a second and then it jumps to the cursor and it does that in as far as i can tell a regular interval
i thought it might be the system monitor applet seeing how it is the only thing i know of that is running that refreshes like that and it had a warning in regards of high system usage.
lowering the refreshrate of it made the problem far worse but removing the applet did not fix it.

The only thing i know for certain at this point is that if i kill cinnamon
the lag is gone (tested with a game which has a moving background and as long as cinnamon was on the bg was lagging but after i killed it it was running perfectly fine)

Does anyone how to disable the minimise animation in Compton? I mean the black rectangles that appear for a second or so.

>when you dual boot and it's been ages since you even booted into windows

>>57200912
Same
>>57198742
dwm is really nice, i would suggest just checking a few out and read the manual/tutorial.

>>57195925
Paper icons. And Flatabulous for theme. Also:
>having the panel at the bottom
Disgusting.

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>>57196327
>lol that can't be real
>it's real
>lol no it can't be
>it is

Trying to test out encoding with x265, ran ffmpeg with these options on a little porn clip from pornhub, but it came out without sound, what am I doing wrong?

ffmpeg -i Agatha\ Arab\ -\ Pornhub.com.mp4  -c:v libx265 -an -x265-params crf=25 out.mp4

>>57201106
>-an
that excludes audio tracks, it stands for "audio: none"

>>57201122
Ah shit, thanks. Got it from some old post on superuser.

>>57201122
Is AAC the only built-in audio encoder with ffmpeg?

Debian + KDE or Kubuntu?

>>57201175
i don't think so, not sure where to look for a list of codecs not provided by external libraries

>>57201175

ffmpeg also includes libs for other audio codecs
(i.e. mp3, opus, ogg)

>>57201188
KDE is shit, Unity or LXDE/QT or Xfeces.

>>57200866

I don't have those. I don't think that's a Compton thing.

Does anyone know how to get YouTube videos working in qutebrowser on Arch?

>>57201188
openSUSE Tumbleweed + KDE.

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Why should the swap partition be two times the size of your ram?
It seems more than a random coincidence that the size of the swap partition is related to ram size

>>57201281
Disable swap tbfh. Unless you're a <2gb fag that is.

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>>57201210
Why is it shit? I think it looks really comfy desu

>>57201297
I've been meaning to do that since i fell for the 16gb meme and """"need"""" a 32gb swap partition

->
-> >>57201427
->

>>57201408
I did that too.

Now I am required to run some virtual machines here and there, so I guess it wasn't a waste to get all dat ram. I still have disabled swap but it's because I don't need more than 12GB at a time.

>>57201281
That's a historical advice that has not much relevance in the modern world, especially on desktop systems.
You just need at least the size of your RAM if you want to hibernate to SWAP. Otherwise, it doesn't really matter much. Do you even need SWAP at all?

I fucking hate manjaro, lads

If you are having problems using a composting DE and you have an AMD GPU, make sure to install the AMD GPUPRO drivers from AMDs website under the linux section of the 400 series GPU (doesn't matter if you don't have a 400 series) that might fix it.

>>57201946
>>57201858

see >>57201438

mpd/ncmpcpp is a fucking piece of shit and im going to kil lmysef;

>>57202379
install moc or cmus

So visual boy advanced was broken on AUR last time I checked which was a couple of days ago. I want to try another distro.

Which distro is light weight but has access to a lot of shit when its easy to install.