/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

Any reason to have separate /var/ and /tmp/ partitions?

>>57385188
Not really.

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>Try to use a search engine that respects your privacy such as searx, ixquick or startpage.
Did the memes kill ddg?

is i3wm light?

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>>57385223

>>57385230
Yes. It's Linux and Linux is lightweight

>>57385230
It's a tiling WM so it's going to be lighter than a full DE.

>>57385267
>>57385268
So it is lighter then lxde?

>>57385298
Yes. A lot lighter since lxde has some GNU elements in it. i3wm is very pure Linux.

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How do I make it so that after I connect a bluetooth device, it automatically sets it as the default output device?

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>>57385401
>>>/reddit/

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>>57385319
ill trust you anon, ill try it now

>>57385260
>>57385260
1.mega wasn't us based but they turned everything over in the face of a subpeona.
2.Was that a tracking cookie or a prefs cookie?
3.(((gabe wienberg)))
I ask these questions because /g/ is made of shills and idiots.

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Debian is a great distro
1. Respects your freedom first and foremost, according to a social contract.
https://www.debian.org/social_contract
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, if you want/need it.
5. Has a constitution to give no single entity too much power over decisions.
https://www.debian.org/devel/constitution
6. One of the eldest and most influential distros to this day.
7. Harbors SJWs

>>57385439
It's very good and lightweight. Just takes a bit of getting used to and configuring, especially if you haven't tried tiling WMs before

>>57385656
>a social contract that actually exists
did I switch timelines?

>>57385500
>/g/ is made of shills and idiots.

Proof: >>57385656

>>57385656
see >>57385401

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>>57385656

>7. Harbors SJWs

>>57385701
>>57385319
I cant start it, i'm getting error;

Error: status_command not found or is missing a library dependency

When i logout on arch and try to login with different DE, it never accepts my password, why anons?

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Why? I thought neovim was supposed to have a better codebase than oldvim

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

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>>57386002

>>57386002
see >>57385656

>>57385995
>confusing code bloat (meaningful - finding and fixing bugs, improving and adding features is easier) with resource bloat (meaningless - buy a better computer)

>>57386002
A well configured Debian Sid netinstall.

>>57386113
How do I do a well configured Debian Sid install, and how is it better than Arch?

>>57386131
RTFM
Because arch is for losers and debian sid is for handsome men with wives and six figure salaries

And sid is actually more stable than arch because debian adds their own experimental patches to software while arch just uses the latest stable release from upstream

how do i fix i3status anons
when i type i3status -v

error while loading shared libraries: libconfuse.so.1: cannot open shared object file

>>57386146
Where is the fucking manual?
Arch has pages on everything, that's why I find it quite comfy. But I like Debian, so I'd like to know what's out there.

>>57386153
install dwm instead of bloat3

>we need more libs to parse config files because we rice our window managers so often that typing make install and restarting is too much of a pain

>>57386146
i wish we could ban people for shitposting.
>>57386131
Read the installation manual and/or administrators handbook, think about hardening and your preferred package manager frontend (apt/apt-get or aptitude), install debian stable that way minimally through the expert installer and after being done change the sources to sid and dist upgrade.

>>57386192
install guide:
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/
Administrators handbook:
https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/
Wiki:
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianReleases
Documentation:
https://www.debian.org/doc/

>using rm
>momentarily forget that bash shell doesn't parse spaces
All those files gone...like tears in rain

>>57386197
This
>>57386284
Well that is unfortunate, what did you lose?

What's your fallback distro /fglt/?

>>57386284
Time to die anon

>>57385162
why are debian mirrors so unstables?
http://mirror.debian.org/status.html

>>57386304
what do you mean by fallback distro? i just have debian releases on my machines and a debian nonfree netinstaller on some usb mass storage device.

>>57386324
All the important and fast ones are stable. You can host your own and add it to that list, just don't wonder if nobody uses it.

>>57386131
just install arch

>Try out awesome wm
>Fiddle around with it until I like the look
>Notice my laptop is unusually hot
>Check GPU clock
>980mhz instead of 130 idle
>51°C
>Fan noise
>Goes down to 130again after a little while
>Go to floating layout
>Grab window and resize
>Always clocks up, sometimes going up to performance level 2 and clocking above 1000 mhz

Well, thanks. That's really awesome. Should have just used i3.

So on a fresh install of Kubuntu, after switching from windooze I'm trying to install my company VPN.

They use Pulse Secure and the instructions tell me to create:
~/.pulse_secure/pulse/.pulse_Connections.txt

I know nothing about Linux desu.
Can anyone help me here? Already looked for a folder called pulse_secure in the root folder, with show hidden files on and nothing.

>>57386369
>awesome
Somehow i don't wonder. But really, why use anything other than xmonad, i3 and dwm in regards to tiling WMs?
but you should report this bug so they can improve it.

>>57386369
>51°C
that is nothing, like normal temperature.

>>57386390
>xmonad
How is it different from the other two? Heard of it multiple times but haven't tried it yet.

>>57386390
Yeah, I will file a report once I get back from my trip.
Awesome looked neat with the tagged desktops and all that.

>>57386411
I've used cinnamon before. If I'm not doing anything that's taxing the GPU it ran at maybe 30°C and was quiet as a mouse.

>>57386450
>>57386373
Addendun: Doing the same thing in i3 - floating window and resizing - clocks up to 150, so marginally more instead of going into overdrive.

What is devuan? Is that a real distro or a distro created by local memesters?

>>57385656
install gentoo

>>57386439
do you like haskell? Because it is written and configured in haskell.
dwm is in C and imo a bit easier to learn/get used to and configure.
i3 is a combination of a few programs which is why some people consider it a DE. It is configured in plain text and also written in C. Imo i3s configuration is somehow harder to get into and understand than dwm.
I really only checked out xmonad for like a few minutes for no reason.

>>57386502
debian without systemd.
wow such an innovative distro!

>>57386482
are you sure this is not just one of the cores instead of the average?

>>57386543
Is it good?

>>57386373
Create it

>>57386587
Do I create the pulse_secure folder in root?

I tried using Touch but it says the path doesn't exist

>>57386582
Well if you like debian and dislike systemd you either install debian without systemd (doable but a bit tricky) or you install devuan and hope for it to work.

>>57386553
It's the graphics clock in the nvidia-settings application.
In any case, instantly going to performance level 2 just when resizing shouldn't be needed.

>>57386600
You
Create
It

If you dont know basic commands, you will not find anything in this thread usefull.

>>57386537
>do you like haskell? Because it is written and configured in haskell.
I am somewhat of a superhuman so I think I can deal with that. But what does it do differently compared to dwm and i3?

>>57386612
I agree but i don't think your WM is at fault here. It could be either your compositor, your drivers or X.

>>57386606
Can I make it rolling like debian?

>>57386615
I really don't. That's why I went with a buntu.

Thanks anyway.

>>57386218
>>57386281
Thanks guys. I'll have some reading to do.

>>57386350
Arch is easy. But it's not got that nice Debian branding everywhere. I like the Debian logo and wallpapers.

>>57386623
It is still similar to dwm but for example you can change the size if your master area in one and preserve it on the other workspace/tag and copy these layouts to others. It's pretty fun. Just check it out. The manual and tutorial explains it better than i could.

>>57386615
mkdir!

Thanks anyway

>>57386629
I don't see why it just werks on i3, though. It's the same setup.

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>>57386660
good ol debian logo at its best.
>>57386638
Yes, but instead of sid it is called ceres and i believe it is a bit less stable.

>>57386722
oh i misread that one post, sorry. Yeah just filing a bug report for the maintainer and moving on seems good.
Did you already check out dwm?

>>57386768
Nope, not yet. Will surely do in the near future, though.

>Fetched 6988 kB in 3min 30s (33.3 kB/s)
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I ping debian mirrors well but it's slow as fuck

>>57386813
Use a different mirror.

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>>57386813
>REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
REE is not meant as an expression for random anger; it's a expression for anger when discovering normalfag failure

Please use the meme correctly.

>>57386284
And that's why it's good practice to quote everything, or get into the habit of escaping spaces.

Who /Xubuntu/ here

>>57386369
Since awesome works for many people except you, you should search for the error elsewhere.

>/g/ told me to install arch
>install it
>nothing works
t-thanks

>>57386936
>And that's why it's good practice to quote everything, or get into the habit of escaping spaces.

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>>57387123
https://wiki.archlinux.org/

>>57387170
Nice wiki, doesn't change the fact that the distro itself is shit.
>>57387123
If you are new, try Ubuntu.

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>>57387194
Yep. People install arch because ricing is fun. And I have nothing against that.

>>57385162

>dat pic

10/10 idea
4/10 shop

>>57387230
Just shows how stupid people are since you can rice every distro, it's not some Arch only feature.

Redpill me on antergos, /g/entlemen.
I've come from OpenSuse, went to Ubuntu, to crunchbang to debian to arch. All spread over more than a decade now.
I was going to install arch on my second laptop again but man, I don't want the hassle of the installation anymore.
Manjaro holds back packages, so I'd not use that, arch anywhere has been fucking up in the past with X for me or just failed to install a LVM. Granted, it's been a while.

So, I've been thinking about antergos. What's bad about it?

>>57387294
>Manjaro holds back packages, so I'd not use tha
where did you got that meme

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I asked this twice before over a month ago but got ignored.

I switched to Linux for full-tiume use about 5 months ago, been learning along the way by both lurking and scouring documentation. Am enjoying it quite a bit, now I am able to do everything much faster than I ever could on windows.

The one thing I have not been able to find a solution to is pic related though. I am on a thinkpad with typical 1366x768 screen, so I have no issues running this on fullscreen when I'm using it by itself in 1024x768 fullscreen. However, when I try to run Jagged Alliance 2 in windowed mode, I get this error.

How can I make a program in WINE run at 16bit color?

>>57387307
Not sure anymore. I've just read a whlie back that their big "security thing" is just holding back package updates for a a few days.

>>57387294
antergos is nothing but an arch installer which rebrands everything that says "arch" to "antergos"

if you really want to fall for the arch meme, install arch

>>57387320
thats a meme made up by some arch dev

>>57387321
I've used arch for 3 years now, installed it on my desktop the manual way, not really looking forward to that again.
The main laptop was setup by evo/lution, which doesn't exist anymore. Architect is dead as well and arch anywhere has fucked up royally in the past.
Which leaves me with the antergos botnet.

>>57387332
Huh. Well, guess I'll have to dig myself about that then.

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>>57387320
>>57387332
Well, he "corrected" himself later.

Original claim:
allanmcrae.com/2013/01/manjaro-linux-ignoring-security-for-stability/
Update:
allanmcrae.com/2015/02/improvements-on-manjaro-security-updates/

>>57386961
/here/

>>57387318
>How can I make a program in WINE run at 16bit color?
^Google this^

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>>57387320
manjaro has brances simliar to debian
stable, testing, unstable
when you use unstable, you are up to date like on vanilla arch

that said, manjaro has other, better memes
pic related

>>57387442
Neat.

Antergos it is, then.

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I'm trying to install XFCE4 on arch but half the servers are 404ing packages. Why does this happen?

>>57387433
OP > copypasta collection > shell pasta
That's all you need to know.

>>57387456
Antergos is just an installer, why not plain Arch if you want Arch.

>>57387456
Just get Debian Sid buddy.

>>57387467
update mirrorlist
use Syy
>Why does this happen?
You're incompetent and dont manage your system properly, such as using up to date repos and mirrorlists

>>57387467
>he fell for the arch meme

>>57387471
I really, really can't be arsed to do a manual install again.
>>57387487
That might actually be a good idea, but the convenience of the AUR probably ends with me sticking to arch in some way.

>>57387519
https://arch-anywhere.org/ could maybe be your cup of tea.

>all these arch install distros
I thought arch is for advanced users?

>>57387489

That's harsh. Wasn't this supposed to be a friendly linux thread.

>>57387519
It takes like 30 minutes max. are you really that retarded?

>>57387614
>I thought arch is for advanced users?
You feel for Arch advertising.

>>57387614
that's what the kids want you to believe

>>57387625
perfect example here
>look at me, I'm so cool and you are retarded

>>57387622
Responding was friendly enough :^)

>>57387625
No, it's just following instructions in order. Of course I can do it, as I said, I've done it on my desktop before and it was just terrible. It wasn't a learning experience, it wasn't fun, it was just tedious and entirely pointless.

There isn't a fucko or privacy general anymore so I'm asking this here, since you guys are the most likely to know this

I am looking at prism-breaks list of email hosts that are privacy conscious, and of the free ones, it seems the best are autistici, protonmail, riseup, and bitmessage.

a few others exist for free but are hosted in countries like sweden, france and germany, where the same thing that happened to lavabit can happen there too. (remember the first tpb raid in sweden?)

I want to know, is it "safe" to use a safe email for your sensitive info such as bank account, medical-related activities when you cannot be sure if the host will always exist? On the other hand, gmail won't be going anywhere but they've been in bed with the 3-letters for a long time already.

If I wanted to go with a paid email, how would you pay for it anonymously? I realize forms of accepted payment will differ host to host, but please throw me a bone you guys. There is nowhere else I know to go to learn these things, and everything else is a step below 4chan or has actual censorhip like reddit.

>>57386723
>tapeworm logo
How about no?

>>57387669
If you want a really secure email address, you need to set up you own server. It's not so hard and you may learn new things.

When you use a emails service, there's always at least one man in the middle.

>>57387651
>he thinks someone is cool for being able to do the most basic shit
yeah, you really are retarded

>>57387697
But can't someone still hack into it and steal my emails?

>>57387669
just use gpg to secure your mails and use whatever service you want

>>57386961
Xubuntu on laptop
Arch KDE on desktop
Ubuntu in my home server

>>57387779
How much does a gpg account cost on average?

No i3wm expert here?
I need halp with this i3status

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>>57387669
>>57387814
Free as in Freedom
https://emailselfdefense.fsf.org

>>57387824
i3wm expert here
what's up with your i3status?

>>57387841
>fsf
hAHhaahahahah
No.

>>57387844
where should be it it says:

Error: status_command not found or is missing a library dependency (exit 127)

if i type in terminal i3status, i get

i3status: error while loading shared libraries: libconfuse.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

>>57387746
>>57387814
>>57387858
>>57387858
>replying as though you're me

fuck you african-american fellow! I am not ungrateful towards the FSF

>>57387896
you're right. I could never be a stallman supporting retard
got me there buddy

>>57387914
Are stallman's ideals totally unrealistic and even communist leaning? They absolutely are, there is no denying that.

However, if you didn't have extremes on both ends, then there wouldn't be a middle ground like the EFF, Linus, and open-source as a movement(rather than free software).

>>57387976
>if you don't have retards there won't be any sane people
Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. Keep supporting a commie who thinks free software is a political movement

>>57386582

What is up with your retards needing to know if everything is "good"? Can't you think for yourself? Can't you research it yourself and come to conclusions on your own?
No, you can't because you're beyond retardation and you just need a quick answer so you can keep spreading it to feel smart.
Kill yourselves, retards.

>>57387976
>communist
I'm sure you don't really know what that word means.

>>57388008
did I hurt your communist feelings? Yeah, I realize he isn't as radical as you but for those of us who are mentally healthy he is pretty much at your level

>>57388002
>your retards
sorry about you're retardation

>>57387883

Install this. It literally says what to do.
https://github.com/martinh/libconfuse

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>>57387976
Isn't it ironic that the proprietary software developers call us communists? We are the ones who have provided for a free market, where they allow only monopoly. If the users chooses this proprietary software package, he then falls into this monopoly for support. The only way to escape from monopoly is to escape from proprietary software, and that is what the free software movement is all about. We want you to escape and our work is to help you escape. We hope you will escape to the free world. The free world is the new continent in cyberspace that we have built so we can live here in freedom. It's impossible to live in freedom in the old world of cyberspace, where every program has its feudal lord that bullies and mistreats the users. So, to live in freedom we have to build a new continent. Because this is a virtual continent, it has room for everyone, and there are no immigration restrictions. And because there were never indigenous peoples in cyberspace, there is also no issue of taking away their land. So everyone is welcome in the free world, come to the free world, live with us in freedom. The free software movement aims for the liberation of cyberspace and everyone in it.

>>57388024

Your rights, I had a typoe in there, it's a doggy dog world, stop being a pre-Madonna.

>>57385162
I just want to say thanks to OP for starting the thread.
Just started with Ubuntu and trying to get comfy in the terminal.
Just been using cd, .., ld and so forth so far though..
At first I was lost, but as soon as I just decided to not be retarted, it was quite fun.

Thanks for the "break out of the botnet" link, bookmarked and reading through it now. Thanks.

>>57388053
>proprietary software developers
are there many proprietary software developers in this thread? i just top lel at your pathetic commie worshiping ass
didn't read the rest of it though i think i might catch something reading it for the second time. the first one was a pretty traumatic experience in itself lol

>lm sensors website down
>one of the most used packages out there
>apparently abandoned

W O R R Y

>>57388046
>https://github.com/martinh/libconfuse
i forgot to say, i installed this "confuse" official, and now it is working.

>>57388108
Why? If it's in the repos, it's in the repos.

>>57388063
You're welcome

>>57388053
>proprietary software developers
What did he mean by this?

I'm thinking of installing KDE, someone talk me out of it

>>57385162

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5b6dor/how_did_you_first_learn_about_linux/

>>57388198
https://community.kde.org/KDE_Women

tbqhwyf
san francisco is all you need in life

>>57388022
>>57387996
>but for those of us who are mentally healthy he is pretty much at your level

What the fuck did you just fucking say about me you little bitch, etc, I'm a navy seal

I don't see how what I am saying is unreasonable though. Is proprietary software and big monopoly a horrible thing? No, but it gets fucking annoying after a while.

Is stallman nuts, and his philosophy totally wacked? Yes, we've already established that.

However, the moment you decide he is wrong because he is a wacko, is when you start contributing to the problem we have today. We should still have the freedom to be whackjobs, as if we just brush it off as useless, it ceases to be an option to us.

Look at reddit too, anything that doesn't fall into their narrative of a nice hugbox world, gets deleted.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversial_Reddit_communities

Your whole attitude is shown right here >>57388091.

>>57388223
>Cntrl F
>No male programmer privilege checklist
Nice

Give me 1 (one) reason why you are not using Xubuntu.

>>57388315
Install fish

>>57388318
because kubuntu exists

I need someone to do me a favor, please.

Open your nvidia-settings and go to the PowerMizer tab.

Now with firefox or chomium not open yet, open up an instance of either program.

Please report back wether the performance level of your GPU changes. (Provided you're using adaptive mode)

What WM are you using? X or wayland?

I'd appreciate the input.

>>57388296
didn't read your post
i'll just say this
when you support a communist you become an animal of sorts
just a thing to point at and laugh with some friends

>>57388315
Yup.

>>57388315
Nope.

>>57388296
He is wrong because he holds retarded communist-like ideas. I don't give a fuck about him being a "wacko"

>>57388315
yes

>>57388315
Maybe.

>>57388355
If you actually mean that, then you completely missed the point of my post, and I am not the same anon you replied to who got angry about stallman being communist.
You contribute to censorship, even if inadvertently.

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>>57388318
2 reasons:
1. I don't like or trust Canonical.
2. XFCE doesn't look that great to me, even when it's riced well.
For me, GNOME3 looks good out of the box, has good default keyboard shortcuts, and with like a dozen extensions added, it's just about perfect.

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>>57388315
Why is everyone so triggered by the mention of zsh? It happens every time.

>>57388417
Fair enough. I don't Xfce looks very good in comparison to DEs like GNOME but I think it still looks nice with Numix. Just my opinion

>>57388413
you still haven't shown that in any meaningful way, you can think that all you like. i can just turn it around and say you are contributing to censorship, even if inadvertently.
also, how can i miss the point of your post if I haven't read it?

>>57388441
bash is anti anime and zsh is pro anime

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>>57388198

>>57388486
what is this scienftiec graph supposed to show??

>>57388486
memory usage

>>57388523
why is that not written on the other axis

That feeling when you have everything set up the way you want, and everything works out of the box.

'Tis almost orgasmic in nature.

>>57388486
woow wtf those xmonad and i3 and dwm take up so much less memury and they were recommended in this thread. I guess i'll try 'em out

>>57388526
it is right below the pricture on the source site:
https://l3net.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/a-memory-comparison-of-light-linux-desktops/

>>57388446
>how can i miss the point of your post if I haven't read it?

as it was about censorship
whether or not you choose to be agreeable or are incapable of refraining from ad-hominem, we have common ground in that we believe stallman is communist don't we?
I have actually read through his website, and some of the things I saw there now make it impossible for me to support him in any way. /g/'s mascot is an actual communist, in the whole sense of the word.

thing is, by just dismissing anyone with a differing opinion instantly, you're denying them their platform.
as much as I don't like your posts so far, you should still have the means to post them, right?

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>2016
>people still are using fonts other than San Fran, Roboto/Droid, Overpass, Source, or DejaVu

>>57385162

Do the AMDGPU-PRO drivers in the AUR work or will they not?

Any solid dual booting guide(distro doesn't really matter) for a machine using W10 UEFI?

Last time I tried dual booting I fucked over my Windows side.

>>57388597
OpenSuse and Ubuntu seem to handle UEFI Secureboot pretty good.

>>57388486

>thinking that RAM usage is the most important part regarding snappiness
>thinking that there's a significant practical difference nowadays between the alleged 200MB and 5MB
>thinking that those tests have been conducted in a proper way

No, just no.

>>57388597
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dual_boot_with_Windows#UEFI_systems

>>57388634
This man speaks truth.

>>57388555
nope, i didn't dismiss him instantly and i didn't dismiss him just for having a differing opinion. thing is, his opinions are for the most part fucking retarded and to ignore that is to be on his level
also, i don't own any platform to deny nor do I have any means to do so since this website isn't owned by me and is a public forum where pretty much anyone can speak their mind.
i also believe in private property unlike your cult leader so yeah i do believe in denying people their "platform" (which they feel entitled to regardless of the circumstances) if they come to my house and start spouting their communist bullshit.

How do I get my gf to install Linux Mint or Ubuntu?
As I previously stated, I just got started in Ubuntu. It may be a problem since she is using Photoshop quite frequently.. But she could just use the desktop for that really.

She is currently on the botnet spyware Windows 10...

>>57388597
What probably happened is you went with something other than Ubuntu (and their flavours), and instead of choosing the Something Else option to correctly configure the drives the way you want them, you ended up going with some standard installation which fucked shit, which happens a lot btw they could make some statements in installation better.

Whats your situation, dual booting from the same drive, or two different drives?

>>57388675
Sexually force yourself upon here and say that she has to install mint to make the pain stop.

>>57388675
what do you mean how do you get her to install it
just tell her why she might want to and reasons she might not want to
if it's not for the best she switches then dont force her to, it'll only drag her opinion down of it

>>57388675
If she uses photoshop (especially the latest CC or whatever the fuck they're pushing) a lot, don't bother.

>>57388675
>She is currently on the botnet spyware Windows 10...
That's really not a big deal. It's only an issue if you personally care about your privacy/security/control being compromised by Microsoft. Sounds like your GF doesn't give a shit about that.

>>57388675

Why is it relevant that it's your girlfriend? I see nothing in your post which wouldn't work the same had you left out the irrelevant specifics.
That leads to the conclusion that you're either "trolling" or just pathetic and you want to brag to anonymous internet strangers about being in a relationship.

>>57388692
>>57388718
I just want to be more secure and I don't feel like having a Windows PC in my house makes the situation any better.
>>57388695
You can just use that through wine though, right?
>>57388734
>waaah... I don't have sex so other people aren't allowed to!!!
lmao

>>57388781
Nope, latest versions of photoshop on wine are trash right now, so your gf would have to go through the mess of dual booting just to use photoshop.

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Hi. How do I access my Windows folders? I just did a fresh install of Mint and simply going to network folders doesn't work. It says it cannot access.

Trying to install archlinux on my laptop. So far I understand I've to just enter the commands I find from the installation guide but I don't understand most of it.

Any PDF or online guides to learn what it is before I blindly do so?

>>57388718
That's the best part about her. At first, she didn't really care about botnet PRISM shit. But as time went on, she started caring. We started looking at the standard docs about Snowden, Deep Web, DPR etc.
After that, she started caring, she even wanted to go see mainstream media Hollywood movie Snowden. After that, she said no more Messenger and we started communicating through encrypted messengers (Surespot at first, then ChatSecure).

>>57388691
I only use her as a table for my laptop desu desu senpai.

>>57388695
She's using CS5, but we got like 1 desktop and 3 laptops at home. Her laptop is fucked atm anyways, slow and old. So thought it would spice it up and also ofc, make it look sexier and let me have something to have fun with.

>>57388734
Nah not really, sorry for offending you, how should I have asked my question for next time?
So, Gimp is the best Open Source, freeware, Linux available PS-clone?

>>57388798
That's fine. I can force her hand on that one.
I just need to get her to install Mint.

What makes font tabs longer for tin2 config? i forget or cannot find. been awhile mean the tabs to be longer with text

>>57388801
windows folder on same machine or remote?

>>57388806

are you using uefi or bios?
do you need wifi?

>>57388809
>1 desktop and 3 laptops
So explain the laptop situation, she has all 3 or something?

>>57388828
Legacy and I'm using a wired connection

>>57388828
I'm using both.

>>57388840
Yes. She cucked me out of two of my laptops and the third one is her.

>>57388850

If you use uefi, the partition scheme is different. You need a fat32 efi partition. So remember that when you partition in the beginning.

>>57388866
so take one of yours back idgi

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>>57388806
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=Beginners%27_guide&diff=442757&oldid=442756

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>>57388825
Another computer on my network. Here is the message.

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>>57388806
arch-anywhere

>>57388884
That was part of the 'blowjob on demand'deal so that's not in my best interest.

hey /g/, what the best lightweight, userfriendly, snappy and modern distro, which also provides webscale, security and gaming support while respecting my freedoms?

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>>57388586
Fight me faget

>>57388920
debian netinst

>>57388920
>gaming support while respecting my freedoms?
No distro

>>57388916

I couldn't get it to work with a usb install or cd. It couldnt' find the some file as it first loaded up. It timed out after 30 seconds.

>>57388801
>I just did a fresh install of Min
found your problem.
get rid of it as fast as you can and use ubuntu, it's hacked together broken and insecure shit

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>>57388933
>debian
>modern

>>57388824

task_maximum_size

>>57388952
debian sid

>>57388809
>After that, she started caring

marry her man, because good luck ever finding a woman who is able to not only understand these things, but also actually care to act upon them and change how she lives

>>57388946
hmm which software did you use to put on USB? no issues here ever.

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>>57388959
>sid
>""modern""

>debian
>modern

>>57388897

The beginner's guide was better than the installation guide. I hate how they did away with it.

>>57388911
Dunno never used samba, but there is some results on Google. https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=164816

>>57388976
debian supersid 2.0
beat that

>>57388974

rufus and tried dd under ubuntu.

I get something like this: waiting 30 seconds. Error ARCH_092016 not mounted.

>>57388927
delete this immediately i will report you to every single font organization known to mankind and have you arrested

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>>57388990
>This makes debian modern

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Daily reminder to use a distro which values your privileges.
http://archwomen.org/

>>57388976
Not him but how is sid not modern? I'm a noob

>>57388974

sorry, looks more like this:

Mounting '/dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201311' to '/run/archiso/bootmnt'
Waiting 30 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-label/ARCH_201311 ...
Error: Boot device didn't show up after 30 seconds...
Falling back to interactive prompt.
You can try and fix the problem manually, log out when you are finished

>>57389014
1. Debian is a very old distro, a branch of debian (debian unstable) will not magically change that fact.
2. Sid is usually months behind the upstream

changed /dev/sda1 mount point and now it boots into emergency mode
how undo

>>57389033
edit your /etc/fstab so it mounts in the correct location?

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Hourly reminder

>>57389029
>2. Sid is usually months behind the upstream
Stop spreading false informations bro. This is a friendly thread, not your personal meme war zone.

>>57388978

The beginner's guide was basically small parts from other articles cut together. If you want that information, click the links in the new guide.

Linux beginner here, apparently this is a friendly thread.

I installed elementary OS like the massive faggot I am, and encountered several problems :

- I can't access my desktop, or rather put anything on it, is it supposed to be locked that way ?

- I use Chromium, cookies are enabled, my password are saved, yet I cannot autoconnect, even when checking "Remember me" boxes.

I thought this could be caused by the fact that my /home is located in my root partition, should I make a dedicated one ?

>>57389044
Not him but how is that false information? I'm a noob

>>57389056
no issues will be caused by /home on / in a desktop usecase. not used elementary however, but the people i know who have also found issues with it. you'd be better off using a varient of *buntu.

>>57389056
>I installed elementary OS like the massive faggot I am
didn't read further, at least you got something right (talking about the fag part of your sentence btw)
lel

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>>57389044

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>Debian and Arch fags fighting again

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>>57389056
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

>>57389062

Not him, but use your common sense and compare the version numbers inside a repository to the upstream releases.
It's not that hard to verify things yourself, stop being a retard and blindly believing idiots tell you on here.

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>>57388956
thanks buddy. Actually did that last night but wrong one.

>>57388995
Try usb writer. works well . May have been ISO done wrong or something.

>>57389082
>>>/b/oingboing

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>>57389080
Also

>>57389092
you did verify the checksums right?

>>57389080

I don't understand.
Do you really think someone is going to burst into an outrage now due to your "pretend" retardation? I suggest you stop "pretending", because it's embarrassing.

>>57389082
*sees stall"man"*
uuuhggh
*drops a poopie*

>>57389056
You should have gone ubuntu-gnome or kubuntu. But I digress.

Yes desktop is locked as per elem design desires. (http://helpdeskgeek.com/linux-tips/unlock-the-desktop-and-panel-in-elementary-os/) should help.

I can't help with the Chromium issue, I just use a password manager with Chrome/FF.

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>>57389112
Come again?

>>57389017
either fix the usb-label or manually mount the usb

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>>57389081

>>57389107
wrong person. I was trying to help their usb issue.

this works well

https://sourceforge.net/projects/usbwriter/

>>57389117
*walking by*
>squish
Not again!

>>57389168
>their
His.
Not their.

>>57389040
I shall forever be in your debt, friend

>>57387625
>It takes like 30 minutes max. are you really that retarded?
It takes that long with an installer, let's not exagerate please.

>>57389189
not even exaggerating, haven't used an installer but I wouldn't imagine it being even 2 times faster

>>57389178
well for anonymous it is "their" since I do not know the sex etc.

>>57389212
It is "his". There are no girls on this website. This is not reddit.com aka your home website.

>>57389212
He also used "thanks buddy."
That's not something a girl would usually say so yeah, just stick with "his" around here if you don't want to instantly out yourself as an immigrant from reddit

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Linux Mint comes in 4 different versions that all look the same.

Explain this.

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>>57388315

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>>57389363
It's trash.

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>>57389011
Whatever you say, "fem/male"anon

>>57389381
nice fud newfriend <:^)

>>57389407
It's actually completly real.

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>>57389392
My sides will never recover

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>>57389392
delete this

>>57389381
That's a shame. It actually seemed like a nice distro for someone who needs a "just werks" Linux coming from windows that doesn't have ubuntu amazon shit and unity.

>>57389420
not your personal crusader blog
>>>/r/eee

>>57389443
Install xubuntu

>>57389407
>>57389446

The blacklisted packages which will never get updates: https://github.com/linuxmint/mintupdate/blob/master/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/rules
(included: linux, xorg, systemd, etc)

Package highjacking: https://github.com/linuxmint/mdm

(mdm is actually: Description-en: Utilities for single-host parallel shell scripting)

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

>>57389483
>blogposting

>>57389483
>The blacklisted packages which will never get updates: https://github.com/linuxmint/mintupdate/blob/master/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/rules
>(included: linux, xorg, systemd, etc)
You don't seem to know what you are talking about

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>>57389517
When you need to drop security for stability, there is something fundamentally wrong.

The packages in the rules list, marked with 4 and 5 woun't get any security updates unless you install a new version of Mint, or you enable them and break your system.

>>57389546
>reeeeeee

>>57389546
It will get security updates, not the upstream ones newfag

>>57386002
any netinstall+any lightweight DE

the DE part is for the user-friendly request, if you don't need everything dumbed down go with a WM.

>>57389447
might try kubuntu, xfce looks depressing

>>57388676
I went with Ubuntu actually, I think I just fucked up during partitioning.

Using the same drive

>>57389588
You're right, it's all just a meme.

in systemd how can i boot in run level3, as in "i fucked up lets boot in to command line"?

>>57389711
well
>i personally wouldn't do online banking with it ;)
>t. ubuntu developer
http://archive.is/i2byo

>>57388315
i don't know

>>57389775
Still safer than Windows, and Windows is the safest non-*nix OS in the world.

>>57385162
What do I do to get those fancy terminal screenshots with the logo and system information? I'm on Ubuntu.

>>57390037

apt-get install screenfetch

>>57389884
You do realise, he got rekt there, right?>>57389588

>>57390037
>>57390053

# apt install screenfetch

What the fuck is "apt-get", gramps?

>>57390123
what does he mean by this?

>>57390182

apt-get may be considered as lower-level and "back-end", and support other APT-based tools. apt is designed for end-users (human) and its output may be changed between versions.

So I've been having some trouble with tiling window managers and fullscreen applications
I had this problem before with i3 and I'm having it now with dwm
When an application goes fullscreen, I can't get out of that application unless I close it
As a quick dirty solution I've been switching to another tty, logging in and doing 'startx doom' for example
Any suggestions?
Or at least, any way to launch a new x server instance from inside the one I'm already running? That would make things easier

>>57390330
Can't you alt+tab into desktop? Or is that a DE-only feature?

>>57390394
Tiling window managers usually don't have alt+tab

>>57390330
I just hit Win+1 to go back to my first screen (if I launched on my second)
I'm using awesome though

>>57390182
>what does he mean by this?

What did he mean by this?

>>57390330
Well I figured out another quick fix, if I open it in windowed mode and it is the only window on the screen, I can use alt+b to hide the dwm bar and it is like fullscreen
Well, it works for prboom+, dunno how this will work out for other games but we'll see

Will using steroids help me use Linux more efficiently?

>>57390330
In dwm the default bindings are Alt-m goes full screen, and Alt-t goes to tilling.

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>>57390635
>>57390635
>>57390635

>>57390330
>>57390521
Sounds like you dont really want a tm

>>57390598
I knew the alt+m thing, but I had forgotten how to hide the topbar with alt+b

>>57390521
>>57390330
Trying some more things, I realized I can run without trouble anything that has a pseudo-fullscreen (borderless windowed) mode
So I can run zdoom and prboom, but not chocolate-doom
I guess it's not much of a problem if I only have to use the separate X server approach for a few select games, but I'd still rather find some better way to do it

>>57390664
After you get used to a tm you really don't want to go back to floating desu

>>57390771
>don't want to go back
Explain your issues that only tm have :^)

How does one create a flash drive with multiple iso's on it that are bootable.
All i am finding is old ugly broken guis.

Is there not just a way to script it?

>>57391587
there is this http://jeysundar.blogspot.com/2009/05/multi-live-distro-in-single-cddvd.html

>>57391587
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Multiboot_USB_drive

>>57391693
That downloads isos from some repository that im assuming is way out of date
I have 5 iso's i want to be able to boot in and out of if need be for my various systems.
They also dont have all of the iso's
>>57391704
I followed that and it just plain does not work no matter what happens, syslinux never processes the iso file and it sits at a blank screen

>>57391744
I have no idea, sorry senpai
https://startpage.com/do/search?query=syslinux+blank+screen
The first result says maybe wrong file system
so you're using FAT32 right?

Also if you're having problems with syslinux, maybe follow a syslinux guide or get help there
http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php?title=Boot_an_Iso_image

>>57391877
All issues i found searching was related to them not coping over the memdisk file to allow the iso's to be booted.But i had copied it over also yes its fat32.

>>57391898
even though the screen is blank, can you still navigate through your entries?
http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2013-July/020384.html

>>57391977
Nope,there was no option to dump back in to a shell or anything,had to hard reset to exit this state

>>57391985
I'd like to say what's your isolinux.cfg, but fuck off, I'm not your tech support
Also even if I were, I'm seriously just too stupid. Sorry senpai, you're better off looking elsewhere