/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

>>57465801
>>57465816
repost

>>57465667
Never mind. I figured it out. It seems that they installed right after all. All the programs are running, but I need to figure out how to get them running from simple commands on the command line.

Can anyone help me with aliases? Do I just copy the path to the program file and use that to make the command in bash.rc?

>>57465899
Actually, that entry isn't just throwing me back to grub, it's also giving an error: invalid sector size 65535

There were other inconsequential errors the first time so I missed that

>>57466047
Add the directory where the executables are in to your PATH variable.
export PATH="${PATH}:/additional/path/"
After that, you can call the executable without typing the whole path.

>>57466047
alias lol='/top/kek --lel'

>>57465899
>>57466057
Hah, figured it out. I forgot to reinstall the kernel, as it had some files in /boot.

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when start tmux can this layout be auto started as well, something in .tmux.conf?

best lightweight distro that's easy on battery life for an x220? Heard lubuntu is ok, figured I'd ask here

>>57466873
yep just learn the config file

What's a good background manager? I have the stock one in cinnamon that lets me change every 5 minutes, but you have to set one aspect for all images, so images that need to be centered instead of scaled end up looking like shit for example. it can't look into multiple subdirectories for images, only from a single one.

>>57467595
scripted feh

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>>57467601
thanks I'll look into it

Also I was looking at other desktop enviroments last night. Some people were saying it's fine to check out others. Then some were saying don't do it, because installing some packages in say GNOME and then running them in KDe causes things to break and not work right. is it fine to test out different DEs as long as i don't install any new packages while doing so? if I do decide to swap DEs would it be best to first uninstall all my packages from the old one and reinstall them to be sure?

KDE plasma looks really nice but I don't really know what packages to install from synaptic to get it going.

>>57467646
You can install and use what ever you want from any de/wm,being that you must also satisfy the deps to use that program in another wm/de,which leads to bloat.

start with the base group for kde and work from there.

>>57466873
easy solution:

https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect

>>57467097
install gentoo

>>57467663
oh ok so a given package will have dependencies unique to different DEs

I'm nto really fussed about lightweight performance or anything. plasma just looks pretty.

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Has linux fixed it's weird audio spaghetti?

I posted this on the other thread but everyone left.

I need the dankest distro for a hybric lenovo ideapad Miix 300. This shit only has like 64 of internal memory so it has to be pretty light, and support the touchscreen.

whats the best distro for someone who smokes weed on a regular basis?

>>57467896
pleaserino helperino

>>57467990
dude arch lmao

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>>57465869
All right bros... answer me this one. When I use one of the GUI file managers (GNOME, Xfce etc), why the fuck does it choke when I'm copying files to a USB drive?

See the attached pic... I was copying some files and it fucking choked at 99% for like 20 seconds.

I know what you're thinking.. it must be the drive, right?

WRONG!

If I copy it with cp or copy it with my mac laptop, it doesn't happen. It only happens with GUI file managers for Linux.

Why? WTF is going on? I've tried all kinds of things and it always chokes/stutters.

I wanna use Debian on my chinkpad but every DE sucks dick. Any good tiling WM for a tiny (shitty) screen with quick setup?

>>57467990

arch/manjaro

>>57467896

puppy linux, damn small linux, literally any lightweight or netinst distro

>>57467097

they're all going to roughly be using the same kernels so pick your favourite and use powertop

>>57468169

it's probably syncing (man sync) or some dumb bullshit, the visual copy managers all tend to be awful

>>57468173
>Any good tiling WM for a tiny (shitty) screen with quick setup?

i3 but if not try dwm or one of its clones (awesome)

>>57468160
>dude arch lmao
>>57468180
>arch/manjaro
dont be stupid. stoners are too fucking retarded to even install it let alone run it well.

>>57467990
stoner bro, your best bet is Linux Mint or Ubuntu. that shit just fuckign works out of the box. you'll save yourself days of anguish.

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>>57468194
>it's probably syncing (man sync) or some dumb bullshit, the visual copy managers all tend to be awful
fuck man... any idea how to fix this shit? I always copy shit to a USB drive and this choking after each file is written is driving me nuts.

I've been using cp to copy but for some shit, just dragging folders around is so much more convenient.

>>57468223

if it is syncing (pure speculation, google around) then it should probably be done but I have no idea what else it could be

>>57468173
bspwm.
Doesn't screentear/artifact like i3 when resizing windows.

>>57468201
but I have installed gentoo a while ago and ran it sucessfully its just not my type of os to use i need something more suitable for a stoner such as myself

Anyone know how to get a window to open in a specific way when run in terminal in i3? I want to get feh to display album art as a floating window on a specific workspace.

>>57468349
I'm using Arch if it matters.

>>57468395
huh? I'm using debian.

How would Manjaro handle an iPod Classic? I know on Ubuntu it's literally just, plug in and get going, while I recall the Arch Wiki having a lengthy set of steps in order to get it working.

>>57468431
>>57468395
I'm using Void?

>>57468287
Wasn't it made by a negro?

>>57468619
i dont know, but it works better then i3 so I don't particularly care.

>>57468632
in what way?

>>57468641
cleaner codebase, native gaps, and like I said above it doesn't artifact when you resize windows.
Other then that it functions exactly the same.

>>57468654
so i shouldn't bother switching if i don't particularly care about gaps or artifacting? i'll keep it mind though maybe i'll check it out later even if it was made by a negro.

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What is the fastest most versatile C/C++ IDE for Linux? On Windows i've been using Dev C++.
(Pic unrelated)

>>57468891

Your question needs more buzzwords. You forgot "best", "most webscale", "most likely to become famous" and "just works".

>>57468891
C/C++ is very racist. use ruby instead

@57468891
vim

>>57468934
>>57468938
Guess i'm not getting any help here. But thanks anyway.

>>57468891
>C++
Is this thing even real? I mean i've heard of it multiple times but when I look at the code it just looks like a sad joke to me

Is the root passwd the same as the user passwd in ubuntu? If I change the user's will it change the root's too

@57469136
lmao
fuck no

>>57468891
If I want something for a small program I just use vim. If I really want to use an IDE I use codelite because it's fast & simple while doing the job. Then it might lack of features compared to some IDE but it depends what you're looking for.
There is also Code::blocks

>>57467990
I'm sure RMS smokes weed too, you should try trisquel, dragora or parabola... something Stallman approves

>>57469388
nope i don't use distros tainted by ***

>>57469372
It's just for college. I actually had a VM with Windows 7 just for that, but thanks, i'll try it.

>>57469428
you made a VM with windows just to code in a shitty IDE ?
Sometimes I don't understand people.
You just type "list of IDE C++" and you end here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_integrated_development_environments#C.2FC.2B.2B

>>57469471
>Shitty IDE
Enlighten me.

hi guys, can you please give me your honest opinion on elementary OS?

for 57469515
its shit

>>57469515
It's just Ubuntu with a revamped interface, i find it to be pretty slow and shitty. If you want something similar but less shitty use Fedora or Mint.

>>57469515
decent

>>57469372
What plugins do you use for vim?

Is there an open source version of sandboxie on linux? or at least something like it

>>57469515
>you're cheating if you don't pay for free software - eos devs
top kek

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Dumb question:
how should I know when I have to use -h / -help for help and when it's --h / --help?

>>57469610
man > -h > --help
if one doesn't work, go to next or reversed

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>>57465869
I want to learn Arch Linux.
My question is: are there any pdf guides out there?
I already tried to find one, but I failed.

I know you'll say that I should use the Arch wiki, but I need a single pdf for the learning.

Also I might use an Arch installer, so I don't necessarily need to understand the installing process - I only want to handle an already installed Arch (the basics, at least).

Please help me out with some links, or post the guides themselves, if you can!

>>57469746
you do know you download wikis right

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Anyone using Dunst? How do I make it show these notification icons like the xfce notification daemon (on top)?

>>57469746
You can just use arch-anywhere. It's the same as installing Arch, only you don't have to type in everything, and you can't forget to add yourself to the sudo wheel, or set a hostname.
Also comes with a repo with nice stuff like easy mirror switching while abroad. But those are unsigned packages, so there's that.

>>57469835
this again?

Want to try the CFT overthewire bandit (labeled as beginner friendly) wargame, getting paranoid and aborts.
Is it safe /fglt/?

>>57469746
Don't fucking bother, unless you have a lot of free time.

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>install second sound card
>install PA
>send mpd output to second card connected to stereo, everything else output to card one
i can finally drown out my neighbor, giving his wife the smackdown ,with anime ops.

>>57469136
No.

sudo passwd root

And you'll be able to change root password.

>>57469584

Firejail.
SELinux.
AppArmor.
Various container solutions.

>>57469746

You're an idiot.

>i want to learn arch
>i want to use an installer
There is no "learning Arch". You can learn how to use its package manager. To get the basics down, a normal person needs 30 seconds. Installing Arch might be the only thing one could consider "learning Arch", but you appear to be a retard who wants to skip that step (which makes up a big part why someone would use Arch).
Any software that you use on Arch can be used and "learned" on other distributions.

>>57469942

Is the card actually a Create SoundBlaster?
How does volume changing work for you? Do you get crackles and pops when changing volumes?

>>57470410
its a sound blaster live ct4871
volume change is smooth
it has 2 outputs; one hisses when cpu usage ramps, the other is completely fine

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what is your favorite package manager boys

>>57470487
There exist only one package manager. It's called pacman (PACkage MANager).

>>57470487
the internet

>>57470487
app store

Is it possible to access firefox's bookmarks remotely without an X server?

>>57470582

Theoretically, yes. The bookmark information is in .mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxx.default/places.sqlite. You just need to get the information out from the database.

>>57470388
While you're unnecessarily mean, thanks for the helpful post.

>>57470595
Thanks man.

>>57469847
I'll keep posting until someone answers it.

>>57470739
you mean an answer that favors what you want. google will give you an answer faster

My mouse and my keyboard get laggy after a minute or so of not doing anything with them (not typing or not moving the mouse). The pointer moves very sluggishly and it's hard to click on things, the keyboard just doesn't register all the keys I press and is sluggish too. If I keep moving the pointer constantly the problem doesn't appear and it can stay that way for hours, when it starts acting a reboot fixes it, until I stop constantly inputting stuff with the keyboard/mouse. This happens in TTY as well so I guess it must be a kernel problem (since I also am unable to wake up the computer after suspending it to RAM). I'm using kubuntu 16.04 with 4.4.0-47-generic, I installed it a while ago but it only started showing this behavior a couple of days ago. WTF do I do now? Will I have to reinstall it?

>>57470739

I've already given you an answer. An internet search engine could give you one too.

>>57470845
have you tried this?

http://askubuntu.com/questions/350026/why-there-is-a-delay-between-when-a-key-is-pressed-and-when-it-is-accepted

>>57470959
It seems that universal access is a unity thing and I'm using KDE, can't find it in system settings. Also, I forgot to mention that I tried this but it didn't work:

sudo sh -c 'echo N > /sys/module/drm_kms_helper/parameters/poll'

>>57470909
>>57470764
I already searched for dunst icons, dunst notification icons, dunst images; I read the man dunst and config file and there's no irc chat for it. If you won't help then GTFO.

>>57470487
pacman

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

>>57471173
>If you won't spoonfeed me then GTFO.
FTFY

>>57471197
arch

>>57471173
I set the icons icon_position = left
and if I use notify-send -i the_icon_path.png whatever I can see the icon but it's not working with other programs.

>>57471197
try a debian netinstall, choose a lightweight wm like openbox

>>57471204
>Friendly look It up on google thread
FTFY

>>57471217
He said lightweight and user-friendly.

>>57471239
Yes.

>>57471235
thats works too, tx

>>57471241
Arch is non of both.

>>57471235
If you can't help people on a thread made for that but you still take the time to complain then fuck off.

>>57471260
This is a friendly thread. You're not friendly. Guess who should leave.

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>>57465869
I was attempting to boot Manjaro on a desktop computer and I found that it would never get to the desktop, showing only a black screen and not reacting to CTRL-ALT-DEL.

I put it into textmode after that and it still would not boot. Every resource I've looked that tells me that the issue is with loading drivers but the RAM is also known to be somewhat faulty (just using it until I get new RAM).

Could the RAM be the culprit?

>>57471278
You take the time to bitch about me firendly asking something in a thread that's made for that and then you're surprise I'm not friendly anymore?

>>57471197
>user-friendly
Ubuntu or some variant thereof

Personally, I'd go with Lubuntu.

If you cannot tolerate any Buntus, go with Manjaro.

>>57471304
I misquoted. Meant the other guy who sends people to Google instead of helping.

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>>57471197
bunsenlabs, basically a ready-to-go riced, debian with openbox

>>57471346
>posts ugly looking shit
>riced
what did he mean by this?

>>57471346
I enjoyed crunchbang a lot, that's the successor right?

>>57470487
apt

Hello. I am new to this GNU thing. I installed linux Mint recently and its cool, but i often visit my relatives and find bringing notebook with me bit tiresome - so i was thinking about switching to live persistent system on USB stick. Something easy for n00bs.

Something you would recommend?

>>57471390
puppy.

>>57471360
crunchbang is dead, 3 spin off distros were made, crunchbang plus plus crunchbang monara and bunsenlabs which looks like to be the most popular (http://crunchbang.org redirects to bunselabs)

clang or gcc?

>>57471433
that depends on the purpose

>>57468173
>>57468287
i3 with compton to prevent screen tearing

>>57471433
http://clang.llvm.org/comparison.html#gcc

this site is unbiased enough to provide you a basic insight on te differences.

Take the "clang is much much faster" with a grain of salt, it's been proven that it entirely depends on the workload, sometimes clang is miles ahead of gcc, the other time gcc stomps clang in performance.

remember that clang is still nowhere near being able to compile a linux kernel due to the extensive use of gcc-specific extensions that are not supported yet.

>>57471477
removing or at least considerably reducing the amount of *** """""""""software""""""""" from my linux machine
if clang is even half as good i'll make the switch
>>57471512
i'll take a look. I guess I'll still have to compile the kernel with gcc but even that is a lot better than using *** """""""""software""""""""" for everything

>>57471524
Just use BSD if GNU bothers you that much.

You can actually use clang exclusively on it.

>>57471554
i'm actually planning to do that soon enough if my clean up isn't going to work as intended.

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my antergos install broke after the last kernel update

starting version 231
ERROR: resume: no device specified for hibernation
ash: 1: unknown operand
The ZFS modules are not loaded.
Try running '/sbing/modprobe zfs' as root to load them.
The ZFS modules are not loaded.
Try running '/sbing/modprobe zfs' as root to load them.
ZFS: Unable to import pool antergos_nkxg.
The ZFS modules are not loaded.
Try running '/sbing/modprobe zfs' as root to load them.
ERROR: Failed to mount the real root device.
Bailing out, you are on your own. Good luck.

sh: can't access tty; jobcontrol turned off
[rootfs ]# /sbin/modprobe zfs
modprobe: FATAL: Module zfs not found in directory /lib/modules/4.8.7-1-ARCH
[rootfs ]# _

I don't know how to use a computer.. p-please help

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>>57471617
>arch

>there's a guy in here bragging to random strangers on the internet about restricting himself to use certain software based on ridiculous reasons

Before this, the most pathetic person today was that guy on tv who bragged about not masturbating to random strangers on the internet. Now it's this guy.
Hint: no one cares what you do and no normal person will be converted by your idiocy. If you want others to be as stupid as you, I suggest you look for a suicide pact partner on b.

>>57471648

My Arch(tm) works on My Machine(tm) after the latest update(tm).

>>57471617
You probably forgot to update the AUR package for ZFS modules.

>>57471617
>>57471712

>is apparently such a power user that he needs to use a non-standard file-system
>doesn't know that he needs to rebuild certain packages (modules) after he upgrades his kernel

Oh boy, something is telling me he also has zsh installed, but doesn't even know what a shell is.

>>57471725

>zfs is nonstandard

What the fuck.

I suppose you think Solaris is some sort of hipster distro?

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>>57471682
>appears in a desire of a serious discussion
>first thing he does is call the people with opposing opinions "pathetic" and dismisses forementioned person's initiative as "ridiculous"

Mate, if you want to play videogames just do it, noone's here to bash you.

>>57471617
>kernel module absolutely needed to mount / is not in the initrd

consider not using meme filesystems if you cannot into initramfs son.

>>57471682
I restrict myself to use certain software based on ridiculous reasons.
Are you proud of me, anon?

>>57471291
>Could the RAM be the culprit?

I'd ask memtest86 about that.

>>57471764
>requires third-party kernel modules to operate
>license incompatibilities
I'm fairly sure that counts as "non-standard".

Just because NTFS is a standard filesystem of choice of Windows-based operating system doesn't make it "standard" on linux despite the fact that you can actually install GNU/Linux on a NTFS partition

>>57471182
>>57471389

any particular reasons?

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>>57471725
>>57471777
pls no bully

What distro should I put on my laptop? Messed with Zorin and the Ubuntu for a while, but haven't used in a few months. I'm going between Debian, Antegross, or Fedora

>>57472053
try Debian, Antegross, or Fedora

>>57472060
But which one? I would normally flip a coin in this situation but there's more than 2 options

>>57472102
Flip two coins

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So I just ran

tcpdump -i ens3 -s 65535 out.pcap

on my VPS and captured a bunch of traffic from other VPSes that I assume are running on the same physical machine. There were source IPs that are not mine (yet looking simillar to mine), serving HTTP requests relating sites I don't know.

Can somebody please explain what's happening? Is my VPS provider really this retarded or is this a usual practice?
This is a hell of a thing to encounter on a friday evening.

>>57472125
but I only have 3 distros
one would be in there twice
and I have to have a bracket and stuff

can you guys just help me decide

>>57472161
Pick debian if you voted hillary
Pick Antergos if you watch anime
Pick Fedora if you have a job

>>57472161
fine, Ubuntu

>>57472153
sounds like your VPS provider is retarded and bridging all VMs blindly

don't run anything sensitive on that box

>>57472174
Ok thank you

>>57472175
ubuntu wasn't even on the list
if it was i could've just done the 2 coin flipping

>>57471406
Thanks.

>>57471390
Tails, puppy or a customised install if you can handle that.

Is there any way to port different parts of operating systems? Like for example I really love the programmery command line in Gnu and I love to play games in windows/NT. Could I somehow combine these two abilities of these different operating systems by creating a hybrid OS?

>>57472475
a bit too thick, try again.

>>57472475
But you can play games on Linux

>>57472475
You can install some of GNU on windows, though anything graphical will be a bit of a challenge. A dual-boot system is most likely the better choice.

>>57472475
cygwin or MinGW on Windows

>>57472486
Not sure what you're talking about
>>57472509
I can, but they run a lot slower than on my installation of windows
>>57472517
Could I get the cool command line? That's all I really need
>>57472525
This looks some 90s hacker stuff. I need a more stylish command line like I have on my Gnu installation

>>57472551
>I need a more stylish command line
how dense are you?

>>57472551
>they run a lot slower than on my installation of windows
If you're talking about wine then just stop wasting your time with shitty popular garbage. Good game developers always make a native version for Linux that usually runs faster than their windows version.

>>57472563
Why am I dense? you recommended some old program. I need something more modern looking
>>57472583
But what if a game I want to play isn't available on Gnu?

>>57472597
Tell the name of the game so I can laugh a bit

>>57472603
The new CoD and also some other games as well. Many good games aren't available on Gnu natively

>>57472597
the last stable release of cygwin was released 4 months ago.
That's more recent than Windows 10 so not old at all.

It's the most elaborate unix-like environment with linux software compatibility for windows

How do I install Debian with i3-gaps?

>>57472644
install dependencies then manually compile i3-gaps

>>57472644
i3 gaps is a patch for i3.
You have to recompile i3 with i3-gaps patch.

>>57472637
It looks ugly as fuck though. Like it was created in the 90s. I need a cool and stylish command prompt to use

>>57472630
>CoD
>good gaymes
kek

Don't use Linux. Stick to your trash OS, you don't deserve anything more with such poor tastes.

>>57472660
Post example of cool and stylish command prompt then maybe i could find something for ya

Im looking for a gentoo box, it cant be pinku (thats japanese for pink) or any girl color. It has to be of 2 or more kotoba (thats japanese for 2 hard drives) and has be be chibi (small) sized. And has to be really kawaii (cute). Also It has to be about 150-200 bux. And you have to post pics of it first (i want to make shure it's kawaii [cute]). And it would be nice if it came with matching cd rom drive (WITH cds). OH! and it CANNOT have any viruses, or be made out of plastic. It has to be made of aluminium, or something like that. Also it would be nice if it was made in japan. and not in china or corea (korea) or whatever. I have found a gentoo box similar to the one im describing in e-bay, but it was 1 kotoba, and i dont want my gohan (sensitive data) to touch my other things (it can get corrupted and i would not like that, plus 2 hard drives looks more kawaii)

>>57472660
did you really look on google images for 'cygqin'?
ㅋㅋㅋ

>>57472682
i smirked anon, good job

>>57472682
x220 + spraypaint

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>>57472663
It's a good game.
>Stick to your trash OS
Okay, I'll stick to Gnu then I guess...
>>57472672
here. Something like this with the thingie on the left.
>>57472684
I did and I saw nothing but old trash

>>57472734
>here. Something like this with the thingie on the left.
cygwin for commandline, zsh for ricing the commandline and rainmeter for all those indicators on the left.

No need to thank me mate, you're welcome

>>57472753
kek

>>57472658
>>57472656
i thought gaps was just the name of it. I just wan i3 then I think. How do i install i3

>>57472753
Can I get zsh and rainmeter on windows?
Can I get a command prompt like on the image with cgwin?

>>57469515
Its Ubuntu but with a new DE that looks good but is buggy as hell.

>>57469610
If -h doesn't work, try --help.

>>57472763
>Can I get zsh
it's a shell, yes

>rainmeter on windows?
rainmeter is windows specific. There's no rainmeter for linux.

>Can I get a command prompt like on the image with cgwin?
Yeah, just rice it

>>57472761
Arch wiki for reference

>>57472792
>a shell
So a command prompt?
>rainmeter is windows specific.
Oh. That's cool. Will it look like that hackery thing on the left?
>Yeah, just rice it
How do I 'rice' it?

>>57472761
apt install i3

>>57472792
What is "rice"?

>>57472802
>So a command prompt?
no, a conch

>>57472806
ok but everything looks the same

>>57472820
A what? I need a command prompt

>>57472814
>Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima (African rice).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice

>>57470487
apt
Because I'm used to it.

>>57472802
>So a command prompt?
If you insist

>Will it look like that hackery thing on the left?
sure, when you configure it. I'm sure there's lots of tutorials on the internet how to achieve such look.

>How do I 'rice' it?
Configure it

>>57472814
Edible seed of the grass species Oryza sative and Oryza glaberrima.

>>57472823
Logout, change the environment for i3 in your session manager, login

Are there any good Genoo Plus Linoox distros that haven't dropped support for fglrx/Catalyst drivers?

The open-source alternatives just give me black screen. Ubuntu 14.04 still works but the packages are all outdated.

>>57472856
How do I get to a session manager

>>57472870
>distros that haven't dropped support for fglrx/Catalyst drivers?
It's AMD who dropped support for linux, not Linux dropping support for AMD. You're out of luck mate, blame corporate fucks.


>>57472878
I just told you step by fucking step what you're supposed to do.
Jesus Nigger learn to read.

>>57470487
portage

>>57472734
>i want too like a hacker while i play CoD but i want people to spoonfeedme because im too much of a retard to use google and learn things on my own
Why are you guys even answering him?

>>57471197
Windows

>>57472870
centos 7 or 6, depending on what kernel/xorg version you need

>>57472901
rekt. in all seriousness though, i just stop replying when questions get too stupid

>>57472887
>change the environment to i3 in your session manager
I don't know what a session manager is or what I need to do to get one

>>57472845
I see. Thanks mate i'll 'rice' it and make it look like a hacker prompt
>>57472901
what's wrong with any of that? I love CoD since it is a good game and I love the general hacker aesthetic. It just looks so cool to me that I want to have a hacker vibe on my desktop

I'm sort of torn between arch and fedora for my new desktop machine. Any recommendations /g/?

>>57472943
Worry not friend, I'm here to help
https://lmgtfy.com/?q=linux+session+manager

>>57472966
Estimate the level your NEET-ness on a 10 point scale.

If you scored 4 and beyond - arch
If you scored 3 or lower - fedora

>>57472966
try arch, if you cant install it; use fedora
>passive agressive reply

@57472966
the one im usin

>>57473000
Been using arch for like 3 years on my laptop now, so installing it will not be a problem. Just not too sure about the rolling release on a desktop.

>>57472953
I don't know if you're actually a retarded little kid or just shitposting.

Is there a nice tui program for runlevel configs?

>>57473032
funny i prefer the opposite
>rolling desktop
>annual release laptops

>>57473053
>anyone who plays games is a kid
Fuck off. You play CoD yourself

>>57473117
>You play CoD yourself
TAKE THAT BACK!!!

>>57473111
Interesting, what are your reasons for liking a rolling desktop?

>>57472971
>>57472856
>>57472806
>>57472658
>>57472656
>>57472887
I am very bad at linux thank you for your help

>>57473146
But you do

>>57473167
i spend more time at my desktop so i prefer more up to date programs on it.
where as with my laptop, i only use it when traveling and otherwise might power it on a few times a month to update the system. i'd like to not have any issues with it when traveling too.

Is there an easy hack to disable ansi colors in the terminal?

For example, if I want to disable color output from curl wttr.in, how could I archive that?

anyway to rename files like in windows.

select files in a folder, rename the first one somename (0).png and the rest auto rename like somename (1).png somename (2).png ect ect

>>57471389
The only reason I like apt is because I'm more familiar with it, and it gets the job done just fine.

I don't mind having more verbose flags, because I use aliases a majority of the time:

alias pacu='sudo apt update'
alias paci='sudo bash -c "apt update; apt install --auto-remove"'
alias pacr='sudo apt remove --auto-remove'
alias pacp='sudo apt purge --auto-remove'
alias pacs='apt-cache search'
alias pacfu='sudo bash -c "apt update; apt full-upgrade; apt -y autoremove"'

>>57474110
Double fuck, I swear I'm not autistic.

>>57474132
I'd suggest to use && instead of ; for some of your aliases, since it makes no sense to do an upgrade when update fails.

>>57474132
Also remove this bash -c crap. It just slows everything down. Do this:

alias paci='sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade && sudo apt autoremove'

-y is pretty much yolo if you ask me.

>>57471197
Lubuntu or Debian with a lightweight wm.

>>57465869
New Arch Linux
sound isn't playing
I got pulseaudio and started it but that didn't do anything
forgive my autism

@57474709
>a*ch
found your problem

>>57471511
>compton
>installing a compositer just to fix a shitty wm when better ones exist,
why would you do that.

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Can I use Wayland yet?

>>57474943
If you joke about wayland's slow development, you'll be punished by the gui gods

I have a pulseaudio device that mutes itself when I set the volume at 30% or lower. And it's an abrupt dropoff in volume when it's muted, not a natural slide to 0%.

My other devices don't have this problem and work fine, what's the problem?

im running linux in virtual box, tried couple of different distros and im currently with Mint Xfce. The installation went fine and i updated the system afterwards, but for some reason I can't watch any videos online, youtube, vimeo, twitch, pornhub not even a webm here in 4chan is loading.
I start a random youtube video and its stuck on the first frame , I can see the timeline turning grey loading the video, but it just doesn't start playing.

I had the same problem with the other distros that I installed earlier. Can you please help me fix it?

I wish I was 1337 enough to use zsh

>>57475024
have you tried using chrome? to see if it's the codecs.

>>57475393
tried both firefox and chromium. the result is the same

>>57475407
Its probably something to do with how you configured your vm.

Why does leenooks scroll so slowly?

Is xmonad a good wm?

>>57471252
4 u

>>57474709
Unmute your stuff in alsamixer and pavucontrol.

>>57474943
You can in gnome, it's pretty nice.
>>57475021
Could be a hardware problem, what kind of device is it?

>>57475407
chrome, not chromium comes with some proprietary media stuff

>>57475565
Yes, especially if you know haskell.

Why are all web browsers so crappy? I like firefox, but it feels like using Windows with all the tracking and google phone home you have to disable.

>>57475024
purge flash and it will start working. Not kidding.

>>57475685
Install icecat
>>57475498
the kernel has nothing to do with scrolling.

>>57475631
But I have nvidia and I don't want to use noveau or however you spell it.
Also there is no firefox for wayland

It's the weekend and I've done my share of programming. I don't feel like watching anything, I feel like playing some simple video game while listening to music, but I don't want to boot into my Windows partition.
Recommend me nice GNU/Linux games to play with only the keyboard while sprawling on the couch.

>>57475639
just installed chrome and the result was the same
>>57475713
not sure what you mean

>>57475021

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio/Troubleshooting#No_sound_below_a_volume_cutoff
lrn2useDinternet

>>57475857
>using search engines
go to the library you fucking nerd

>>57475738

>Also there is no firefox for wayland
Assuming you compile it with GTK3, why wouldn't it work? Does Firefox implement some X specific things?

>>57474943

Yes, you can use Wayland to create a Wayland compositor.

>>57475892

Their pornography selection is lacking and it's awkward to ask the lady where they keep the hot, steamy sex in which two people who just got married love each other gracefully and kiss after initiating a baby's life.

>>57475925
I recommend Barnes & Noble over a library

Are there any tiling window managers that have interesting window decorations? I'm sick of just flat monocolor title bars with nothing in them but text and no buttons.
I like tiling wm but looking at screenshots of stacking wm I can't help but drool over those sexy window decorations.

>>57476024

Do you actually use your computer or do you just look at its looks?

>uses window managers which are supposed to save space
>wants a feature which directly conflicts the core principle of the thing he's using

You're not very bright, are you?

>>57476070
>You're not very bright, are you?
Brighter than you it seems.

>>57476209
you a 2 watt, cause you dim as fug senpai

>>57476310
You don't even know what a window manager is

>>57476332
it managers my windows

>>57476332
>You don't even know what a window manager is
it appear you don't know/understand the ideology behind tiling WMs
may RMS have mercy on your soul.

>>57476367
You didn't say tiling WM anywhere in your post dingus. You said window manager. Do you know how many window managers have decorations?

Or wait let me guess, that was a typo right? You meant to say "tiling window manager"?

Even if it was a typo you're still an idiot because window decorations don't have to take up almost any screen space at all, nor does adding a few extra lines take up any noticeable extra memory.

Why are you taking it so personally anyway? The fact that you got so offended suggests you're trying to defend your "minimalist look" too much, meaning you probably care about how your desktop looks more than I do.

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>>57476439
oh no! it got triggered.

>>57476515
Which part?

>>57476367
I wasn't aware that the fundamental concept behind tiling window managers was to be an edgy minimalist douche.

Been trying out Linux for the first time with different flavors of Ubuntu and Mint, and KDE is my favorite DE. I've settled down with Mint KDE, but is there some other distro that's better for it? Or should I just sit down and wait until I'm more experienced and install Arch?

>>57476625
i'd say Kubuntu and Funtoo have done the best. Gentoo, though, has done on par with most distros

Need help.I have a DL380 G7 running, and I have a proxmox VM running FreeNas.

Is there anything better than FreeNas? Because after using it, I think it sort of blows. A lot of ready made stuff, sure, but it blows.

>>57476704
Ubuntu's software center is really buggy for me, so that's why I'm using Mint. And I Googled it, but I'm not sure what the big difference is between Gentoo and Funtoo, other than community size. Is there some reason why Funtoo does KDE better than Gentoo? Should I get experience installing Gentoo first before I try Funtoo?

>>57476625
Don't install arch. I know it gets shilled heavily but it really isn't that great.

>>57477052
Why is that? And what about Gentoo? I mean, I know it's /g/'s favorite meme, but is it actually good?
Sorry for all the questions, but I'm just trying to learn as much as I can. I want the best desktop experience I can give myself.

this subreddit seems less meemer full then previous fridays.
Part of me misses that debian and arch banter

>>57477049
Funtoo doesn't even have a official logo lol they got their priorities backwards

>>57477049
I have gentoo on one system and funtoo on another. funtoo is using newer packages by default than gentoo.
Funtoo's use of newer packages give developing programs like KDE plasma an upperhand since issues get fixed in newer revisions.
Funtoo and Gentoo are pretty much interchangeable, experience from one will transition to the other.

>>57477098
>I'm just trying to learn as much as I can
You'll definitely learn a shitton about Linux by just performing a Gentoo installation. Especially if you try to understand why the guide is telling you to do things instead of just doing them.

As for choosing an actual Linux distro you like, I'll just give you my own personal opinion on this, although others disagree.
I always say to first decide which package manager you want. Then pick a distro you like which uses it. I use Gentoo because I liked portage.

>>57474208
Aight, I didn't know about that difference between ; and &&. Thanks.

>>57474273
>-y is pretty much yolo if you ask me.
I only used -y for autoremove, since it removes unneeded packages which I never ever want.
>remove this bash -c crap. It just slows everything down.
The time it takes to start an instance of bash is so insignificant (tens of milliseconds) that it's incredibly trivial to not use bash -c. Also, sometimes a system upgrade can take so long that I have to re-type my password for the next execution of sudo. With my method I only have to type my password once for sure.

Hello, I have a partition in my hdd with an old version of ubuntu installed, can I install a different distro in that partition without much hassle?

>>57477229
should be easy if you remember which partition is which. delete then reinstall in that space

>>57477275
and how would I go about doing that?

>>57477426
I'm not really familiar with ubuntu's installer but they should have a disc selection/editor.
you could always use windows disk management to just delete the old ubuntu partition.

>>57477596
ok then, now I only need to choose a distro.
The last time I hang around here, mint was the suggested choice, though I want to try parabola since I also remember that many people used arch, for some reason though Debian came to my mind.
I really have no idea,
any suggestion?

>>57477814
Get Ubuntu MATE or Xubuntu

cfdisk : create 1 partition
mkfs.vfat 
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdf1,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error

w-w-w-w-whhhhhhhy?

>>57478005
you got the module running?

>>57478039
vfat is hard enabled in the kernel manually, modpropbe shows no errors when loading it

>>57477880
I'm about to say the most retarded thing ever, but I exclude everything that has Ubuntu in the name.

>>57478047
my condolences

>>57467861
>using pulsecrap

>>57478070
>out of all the horrendous and failure programs tied up in that mess you choose pulse.
nicely meme'd

>>57478047
You still need dosfstools.

Does making another other type of file system fail?

>>57478171
>dosfstools.
Is installed.
It is only pertaining to fat32.
Using another device using the same steps, results in the same problem as well

>>57478059
Antergos

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How to remove systemd? I'm using Arch Linux if it matters.

>>57478628
sudo rm -rf /bin/systemd
then reboot

>>57478648
Thanks m8

>>57478005
Try manually specifying the FS type.

mount -t vfat /dev/sdf1 /mnt/sdf1

If you happen to be using busybox mount, it has a lot of trouble autodetecting msdos filesystems.

>>57478628
Install sysvinit, reboot, then uninstall systemd.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SysVinit

>>57478628
Install gentoo

is it safe to drink and linux?

>>57478880
Unlike Windows, it is not necessary to drink a bottle of whiskey before using it.

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>>57478900
that gave me a giggle. have a tux pepe

>>57478916
can I just save the thumbnail? Because the full image looks like you didn't even try

>>57478941
i'm drinking and inkscape wouldn't let me trace bitmap. sorry

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>>57478628
Gentoo is actually your best bet. They don't use systemd by default and because of this everything is programmed around the idea that systemd is probably not being used.
The reason why you can't do this on arch is because the whole distro is set up on the assumption that you are using systemd. This means that programs that can use systemd are compiled under the assumption that they will use systemd.

>>57478628
Install gentoo.

No seriously. Install gentoo. You will still have systemd-udevd in the default because that's how udev works, but just replace it with mdev or eudev to get rid of that name entirely.

What are some good alternatives to:
>Adobe Premier Pro
>Adobe After Effects
>Photoshop / Lightroom
>Visual Studio

>>57478984
I did a fresh install a couple months ago and eudev was default. udev only gets installed now if you specify it as a use flag.

>>57479021
Based gentoo

New thread: >>57479049

>>57474943
just about!

t. 2013

>>57475796
Remove adobe flash

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How do I get my printer working under Linux? I have an HP OfficeJet laser printer and it works fine under Win10 and works fine with Mac notebook. But when I use Linux, it shows the box it found it and I can see it from LibreOffice but when I print, there's fucking nothing.

How do I debug it? What's wrong?

I'm using Ubuntu...

>>57481266
Searx "how to use CUPS"
if it works on mac it will work on GNU/Linux because it is the same printserver setup.

>>57475024
bump on this please ?

>>57481524
>bump
>over bump limit
>in old thread
show me youtube.com/html5 in the new thread and reask the question