/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

Does anyone here run Nix OS? Does it take a lot of time to set it up and do simple tasks?

broadcom or atheros for best linux compatibility?

>>57728774
Broadcom is shit. Stay away. I can't speak for Atheros.

File: fedora.png (33KB, 602x500px) Image search: [Google]

33KB, 602x500px

how can i fully encrypt my disk on a distro that doesn't give me that option on install?

>>57728937
VeraCrypt

File: XMb8CTa.png (463KB, 1200x975px) Image search: [Google]

463KB, 1200x975px

Want to try my hand at gentoo. Is there absolutely any reason to use the hardened version? Does it make it significantly more complicated? should I first do a regular install and try hardened later on

Yo, i have to make a usb boot drive to go into my windows install and copy a lot of files to another hdd since my windows install has stopped working and nothing is working. What distro is best for this?

>>57729013
it really doesn't matter as long as it's easy to use. puppy linux probably because it won't take long to download.

>>57728774
atheros

>>57728989
Do a regular install first. Hardened doesn't have a desktop profile and you would have to fuck around with having an insanely long list of USE flags copied from a desktop profile.
You can also switch to hardened from a regular install but you'll have to recompile every single package on your system which will take ages if you have a shitty processor or have a lot of packages installed, shouldn't take that long though if you have a good one though.

>sudo yum install screenfetch
anon is not a sudoer, this incident will be reported
log in as root
>echo 'anon ALL=(ALL) ALL' >> /etc/sudoers
>sudo yum install screenfetch
no package screenfetch available
>git clone https://github.com/KittyKat/screenFetch.get
bash: git: command not found
holy fucking shit this is a fucking joke

>>57729256
>sudo yum install git
...
>>git clone https://github.com/KittyKat/screenFetch.git
fatal: HTTP request failed

E V E R Y D I S T R O I S S H I T A N D I T I S A L M O S T T W O T H O U S A N D A N D S E V E N T E E N

>page 5
nobody cares about gnu + linux ;_;

>>57729256
>yum
found your problem

I'm using handbrake, trying to rip an old dvd (bill bailey dandelion mind). When i select the dvd as source in handbrake it scans all the titles one by one and then does nothing as if ti failed. same for trying to play it in vlc, smplayer and mpv.

I read you cna install libdvd-pkg to make sure the encryption is being fucky so I did that, same problem. I can navigate to the dvd and look at the TS folders and such just fine, so the actual dvd hardware is working properly.

what do? this is in ubuntu.

>>57729967
allright I'm retarded, you need to install ubuntu restriced extras since you need a bunch of nonfree software to play dvds and whatnot.

I don't want to hear a smug word out of any of you fuken nerds either allright?

Anyone here creates/maintains Appimages? Where's the KDE Shill?

>>57730107
>Where's the KDE Shill
hopefully gone back to lebbit

>>57730184
Then you help me create an Appimage for KtechLab

I want to learn how to make basic scripts. I just switched over to Linux yesterday.

On windows there was a lot of pick up and go easy to use software that made making basic keystroke macros quite easy. But I can't find much on linux for it.

Should I just try and get autohotkey working with wine or what? I don't need to do anything more than hitting a key and having it type a sentence or two.

>>57730259
Python is a good scripting language

File: 1473469301654.jpg (246KB, 600x450px) Image search: [Google]

246KB, 600x450px

>>57730259
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.

>>57730259
xdotool

>>57730259

The based GNU Bourne Again SHell:
https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/

The community driven BASH wiki:
http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/

The Grymoire - home for UNIX wizards:
http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/index.html

Greg's (also known as GreyCat's) wiki:
http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ
http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide
http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls

SED and AWK; your new best friends:
http://www.pement.org/sed/sed1line.txt
http://www.pement.org/awk/awk1line.txt

Google's Shell Style Guide:
https://google.github.io/styleguide/shell.xml

The Linux Command Line - A Book By William Shotts:
http://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php

Interesting, useful and dangerous one-liners:
http://www.commandlinefu.com/

Great online (and offline) linting tool:
http://www.shellcheck.net/

Know what you are doing:
http://explainshell.com/

>>57730298
The Grymoire and Greg's wiki is actually something everyone should read. Top content.

>>57730298
I have to read all of that to macro a sentence to a keystroke?

>>57730336

$ xdotool type "No, faggot. Install xdotool. Why don't you listen?"

>>57730336
>I want to learn how to make basic scripts
so I dropped the pasta, if you don't like it, gtfo fagget

>>57730345
how would I assign that to a specific key?

>>57730479
the same way you set other keyboard shortcuts in your WM/DE

>>57730479
Use whatever your DE ships or use xbindkeys.

>>57730486
>>57730487
oh fuck, thanks

this shit is going to be so useful for shit-posting

>>57730506
>he doesn't already have an interjection-hotkey

>>57730506
I'd recommend to use a individual program for personal hotkeys. Comfy when you're going to switch DEs or switch to a WM later, so you can keep your shit without reconfiguring everything. Makes ofc only sense when you have lots of hotkeys.

File: vps-copy.png (578KB, 480x300px) Image search: [Google]

578KB, 480x300px

I'm trying to set up a fresh VPS on a new provider. The problem is that dhcpcd in Arch doesn't want to connect to the internet at all, but the prebuilt Ubuntu image has a working network configuration.
Can I copy it over somehow?

I have saved the /etc/network/interfaces file from Ubuntu, btw.

>>57730550
>Arch doesn't want to connect to the internet at all
That's normal.

>>57730549
I'm running into a problem where the hotkey won't work unless I press it multiple times, and even then sometimes it doesn't register the entire word/sentence.

Just using linux mint's keyboard shortcut system.

>>57730573
Try giving it a short sleep.

sh -c 'sleep 0.5 && xdotool "faggot"'

If it works, lower the sleep.

>>57730591
+type

>>57730550
Try using a non NSA provider.

>>57730591
>>57730602
that works, thanks

What's the best way to learn more about how Linux works? Installing Arch or is that just a meme?

Mainly want to learn more about command line and useful stuff like crontab and log files.

>>57730635
Installing Arch definately teaches you to get comfy with the terminal

>>57730643
nice meme
>>57730635
don't fall for arch

Hi team, complete linux noob here.
Recently swapped from ubuntu to fedora, because fuck ubuntu. After having installed fedora yesterday i decided to go for a celebratory wank, but to my surprise the videos wouldnt play, ive tried installing a few codecs to no avail. Any ideas on how i could get my online porn to work?

>>57730635
gentoo

>>57730654
Ur mum is a meme

>>57730655
why do you think using fedora deserves a "celebratory wank"?

>>57730655
>Freetard distros
Everytime kek

Install Korora

>>57730672
I don't need to justify my celebratory wanks to you, you're not my mum.

>>57730666
Let me explain.

The meme people are falling for:
>Arch Linux - A simple and lightweight Linux distribution

The reality:
Kernel bloated with literally all modules available, packages twice as huge as on other distros, the only lightweight thing on Arch is the non-existant installer.

>>57730682
Fedora isn't a freetard distro, pleb.

>>57730704
>Kernel bloated with literally all modules available,
Oh you again. Proves how boring your life is for actively springing on a specefic distro.

The kernel parameters can be set according to your autism spectrum before installation. Not that you would know because you never really installed Arch.

Employed people use a kernel that works.

>packages twice as huge as on other distros,

Wrong. I always give you a simple example: install screenfetch. It's just a bash script. However, debian decides to install scrot as a dependency. The repo of debian is bloated no matter what you do with your package manger, it's not going to change anything on debian repo servers.


>the only lightweight thing on Arch is the non-existant installer.
If you need an installer there is architect, arch anywhere and antergos.

Text installers are objectively far more flexible

>>57730720
It's one of those half assed freetard wannabe distros like debian that allow you to go non free

anyone ever use kali linux for anything? thoughts?

>>57730735
You don't know what you're talking about. You can install whatever you want on freetard distros; they don't "disallow" anything.

>>57729256
yum install git ;-3

File: 1474593920813.png (87KB, 627x722px) Image search: [Google]

87KB, 627x722px

>>57730735
delet this

how do I string together multiple commands in a single line with xdotool?

I'm trying to get it to send a key stroke after typing something, then start typing again

File: 1451596943157.png (27KB, 602x500px) Image search: [Google]

27KB, 602x500px

>>57730741
You will never know unless you tried it yourself.

Im using a cable to connect my internal ssd of a windows pc to my laptop running xubuntu (sata to usb) but its not showing up? What do i need to do

>>57730559
>>57730605
you guys are quite the jokesters

>>57731043
That wasn't a joke. Using an EU provider can cause this issue.

>>57731070
Nah, man. That was definitely a joke.

>>57730982
I ran lsubs and its showing up there, but not under file manager

>>57731124
But it wasn't. It's a known NSA bug

I'm using debian jessie.

I want to update to strecth, so I changes all instances of "jessie" sources.list to "stretch".

then

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade

Nothing happens. Nothing.

It marks a couple hundred packages as "obsolete" and basically does nothing.

>>57731185
I just need to route things correctly and write IPs properly, there's no bug involved.
Next time stick to "yo momma" jokes.

>>57728692
I have an AspireOne netbook. It has 4GB of RAM and 1.00ghz in processing power.

Should I put Lubuntu on it?
Ubuntu?

I can't decide what will work best for it.
>inb4 gentoo

Is Solus good?

>>57731394
No.

>>57731209
nvm, I did it myself.

Installing from unstable

Let's assume that we're running testing and we want to try enlightenment from unstable. There are basically two methods for installing:

 # apt-get install enlightenment/unstable
 # apt-get -t unstable install enlightenment

The first will not attempt to upgrade any packages on your system, so if specific dependencies are not met, the install will fail. The second method will attempt to install/upgrade any dependencies. Of course, given the above example, 'apt-get' will ask you before proceeding. 

>>57731394
It's a meme, you dip.

>>57731371
xfce+devuan

Hey can anyone tell me how to make a keybind stick around?

If I run bind -x '"\eW":"/home/joaquim/Desktop/SSH"'
The shortcut Alt+Shift+W works during that terminal session but as soon as I close and reopen it I have to bind it again. This is just so I don't have to memorize a IP address desu. Anyone has a clue?

>>57731422
remove the -x and save the line into your bashrc

>>57731434
Thanks!

>>57730655
Install PCLinuxOS.

>>57730751

Not to mention they use systemd.

Into the trash they go.

kde neon or maui?
does anyone actually use either?

File: 1472314642860.png (13KB, 1000x700px) Image search: [Google]

13KB, 1000x700px

>>57731454

>>57731454
What good distros don't use systemd?
No seriously, I would love to switch

>>57731475
I'm currently on Arch, if it matters

>>57731475
Trisquel I think?

>>57731475
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Gentoo_Without_systemd

>>57731475
Devuan

>>57731475
PCLinuxOS

>>57731521
what package manager does this use

>>57731475
The fact that you're asking this question shows that you don't even know what systemd is or what it does. You just want to get rid of systemd because it's cool. Kill yourself.

>>57731558
APT with RPM

>>57731565
it's the init software the doesn't follow unix philosophy and is super fucking complex and involved with everything
something something red hat's biggest customer is the government something something backdoor
fucking kill yourself you stupid nigger

>>57731565
>>57731470
Stop trying, Lennart. You're not convincing anyone.

>>57731565
this

>>57731565
sometimes I think people just parrot what they read somewhere else in order to look tech literate

for example, this faggot right here: >>57731580

>>57731580
>it's the init software the doesn't follow unix philosophy
how is this relevant? are you a mactard?

>>57731637
>>57731611
>>57731470
>>57731565
Lennart pls, you're not fooling anybody.

>install Mint to get away from Windows 10
>decide to try new DEs that's different from Windows layout
>end up just using Cinnamon

why can't i want to learn new things

>>57731702
because most des are shit

>>57731702

All those floating window managers are exactly the same essentially, differing only on accidents.

Learn to use a tiling window manager.

So basically

>Erlang applications store pipes in /tmp
>System-fucking-d deletes these files when they get to a certain age and my app dies
>I found I can edit a file in /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d and exclude /tmp/erl_pipes from getting fucked up
>Occasionally, an update resets this file and I'm fucked

How do I properly exclude this directory permanently?

>>57731794
>falling for le functional maymay XDDDD
Stop.

>>57731413
>>57731209
fuck, that didn't work.

Can someone help?

What're the benefits of switching from Ubuntu to Fedora or Mint? I'm new to GNU/Linux, have been using Ubuntu for last 3 months, so don't go too hard on meh

File: 1476118350951.jpg (49KB, 500x556px) Image search: [Google]

49KB, 500x556px

allright /g/ anyone knows how to properly "force" a browser to display open .webm in mpv, and images (i guess .jpg and .png is enough) in feh, without installing any addons? any browser will do, but i guess midori or firefox would be best.

>>57731838
>What're the benefits of switching from Ubuntu to Fedora or Mint?
None, it would be a downgrade. Mint is horribly insecure and broken, and Fedora has no packages compared to Ubuntu.

>>57731794
Use a distro that doesn't overwrite your configs.

Vivaldi vs Opera?

>>57731580

Firefox doesn't follow the Unix philosophy yet you're using it. Pretty much every GUI program violates at least 1 the staples of it (defined by some random person, because there's no official definition of it).

>>57731882
>Piss vs Poo?
Use FF like everyone else, snowflake.

>>57731882
I don't have much experience with Opera, but Vivaldi is fantastic. Plus, I've heard other anons say that Vivaldi is the new Opera, so that's something to consider.

>>57731902
>using a proprietary browser
top cuck

>>57731902

Yes, it's the new proprietary web browser.

>>57731902
nonfree pig disgusting

>>57731882
>>57731902
payed shill

File: 1458860432147.png (55KB, 618x618px) Image search: [Google]

55KB, 618x618px

>>57731902

File: 1462146811334.png (29KB, 453x557px) Image search: [Google]

29KB, 453x557px

>>57731891
>Use FF like everyone else
>FF
>everyone

File: what the fuck am i reading.jpg (17KB, 209x241px) Image search: [Google]

17KB, 209x241px

>>57731985
>Mozilla Suite has a higher market share than Seamonkey

File: t.jpg (34KB, 850x450px) Image search: [Google]

34KB, 850x450px

>>57731985
>people love crap
no news

>>57732049
What's wrong with Chrome?

File: 1454641697444.jpg (173KB, 850x450px) Image search: [Google]

173KB, 850x450px

>search the web for market share pictures
>see this goodie

>>57732062

It's a proprietary web browse which does the same as the free software counterpart. People use Chrome because they're gullible idiot who fell for the "it's faster!" buzzphrase. None of them most likely require any Chrome exclusive features (if there are any).

>>57732102

browser*
idiots*

Is my brain giving up? I've notice those typos more and more. I've ruled out a broken keyboard, because sometimes I find myself typing words that I didn't even mean to after going through the post again.

>>57732118
time to re-enable spell check

>>57731818
Yes get rid of debian

>>57731818
the debian team is so fucking lazy it's incredible
fucking ARCH is easier to install and configure and maintain than debian is now, but i'm too used to apt to switch

File: IMG_1840.jpg (49KB, 422x416px) Image search: [Google]

49KB, 422x416px

>installing gentoo to fix excel spreadsheets not opening, as per /g/'s advixe
>"this isn't so bad, maybe /g/ were just memeing"
>kernel configuration time

>>57728692
Can I install a new distro while keeping all my data? I was too stupid to create a seperate partition for my home stuff.

What are some good things to do after a fresh Linux install to improve security?
I've known about creating a user that doesn't have root access and use that as my main login

>>57732307
could you use gparted to make a new partition then copy yr home folder to it?

>>57732453
I could try but I never did it before. Thanks for the hint, will look into that!

(Inb4: I lost all my data, someone help me recover?)

I think I'm unironically going to install gentoo because I want to know what the fuck is going on under the hood.
Every time I try to troubleshoot linux, I end up knee deep in jargon, abbreviations and concepts I've never heard of before.

>>57732545

This works until you get to kernel configuration and you realise you're in too deep, pussy out and use genkernel

>>57732448
remove nonfree modules

File: 1474748047639.png (1KB, 500x500px) Image search: [Google]

1KB, 500x500px

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

File: the one i'm using.png (22KB, 602x500px) Image search: [Google]

22KB, 602x500px

>>57732622

>>57731475
Gentoo/Funtoo

>>57732622
Windows 10

Which distro should I install on a netbook I got recently?

>>57732648
the one this guy is using: >>57732648

Is it possible to make the search bar in the menu of cinnamon for example to allow it to use terminal commands?
ie if i write sudo pacman -Syyu
then it performs it and eventually opens a terminal itself if it requires input

>>57732738
look into rofi

>>57732643
˚ㄥ˚ don't be stupid

I was using linux mint in a VM for a few months just for pirating stuff without slowing my internet down by using a VPN inside of it. Switched over to using it as my main OS recently. I used mullvad as a VPN service/client in the VM and it was working fine for months, but now that I've switched to using it as my main OS when I try and use it I get disconnected every minute or two. It reconnects immediately.

Any ideas?

>>57732180
>>57732156
do you have any clue how to upgrade the version? I did it once for jessie to jessie backports, but now it isn't working. I fiddled around with preferences in /etc/apt/ but that is not working.

>>57732961
rtfm

>>57732961
and yeah,do you know what the fucking issue is? I upgraded the intel vaapi drivers and one requirement for them was a higher version og gcc and g++. And guess what? They haven't been pushe yet.

fuck.

Korora w/ cinnamon is a nice distro.

File: 1468341342326.png (602KB, 963x720px) Image search: [Google]

602KB, 963x720px

Just installed arch linux and I'm wondering how the program is called that shows the arch logo?

>>57733224
>>>/a/

>>57733224
btw im using arch if that matters

>>57733265
Okay you finally convinced me to install Arch. Does it have PXE boot?

>>57733224
Screenfetch

>>57733224
enjoy

>>57732776
thanks anon that's perfect

>>57733265
Install archey3, then go into your .bashrc file and type at the bottom, "archey3"

>>57732901
Don't use a vm as your main OS

>>57733307
I'm not

I meant that I installed linux mint fully

>>57732798
he didn't say linux distro
windows 10 is a distrobution of the nt kernel

File: full rotation.gif (75KB, 240x250px) Image search: [Google]

75KB, 240x250px

>>57733224
terminal

>>57733318
see >>57730286

File: 1446909204433.png (342KB, 452x402px) Image search: [Google]

342KB, 452x402px

Trying to connect to the wlan0 at my school while installing Debian, but it keeps asking me for the WPA Passphrase, but I don't know what it is, I log in through a CA Certificate and then my school username + password

Pls respond a fat while on google is getting me nowhere

>>57733347
Don't use google, google is NSA county.

>>57733360
alright startpage doesn't help either :^(

>>57733346
see >>57732798

>>57733360
why would I care? i'm not in a US colony.
their agents can't do anything to me

>>57733418
It doesn't matter where you are, especially when using Google, since it's part of PRISM anyway.

>>57733468
>prism
>american shit
why exactly would i care? it's not like they can even reach the "country" I've escaped to.

>>57733418
nsa collects worldwide
are you living under a rock

>>57733540
why would I care about that? I understand that they will collect my data if i visit a us website but since i don't input any important data there it doesn't really matter.

>>57733569
>that awkward moment when you need to explain the police officers at the airport why you googled for forks and bombs last week

>>57733569
>I've nothing to hide

>>57733606
the niggers in my country wouldn't even know how to look up what i've been searching on google.
>>57733638
more like "i don't do stuff I like to hide on google"

Tiny question: How to stop middle mouse button from scrolling through your windows? Closing tabs is sometimes a chore with it enabled.

>>57733671
ctrl+w

File: 1461498767266.jpg (106KB, 464x404px) Image search: [Google]

106KB, 464x404px

>>57733689
You motherfucker. The problem is that middle clicking on the top bar of a window places said window in the background. I need to disable that.

>>57733347
pls respond I'm not >>57733418

>>57733347
pls respon I'm not >>57733347

File: bounce.gif (28KB, 432x317px) Image search: [Google]

28KB, 432x317px

So I have this mouse problem under Linux Mint with xfce where when I click the LMB it sometimes double-clicks at random. I've checked the events with xev and confirmed it to be the case. Same thing happens with other mice I have to a different extent (one of them manifest this behavior at every mouse click).
I think it's probably the switch bounce problem (pic related), for which there are software and hardware solutions. This thing doesn't happen under windows with my mice, so I figure windows employs the software approach to this problem by default.
My question is - is it possible to turn on something similar for X in Linux? Or should I just solder a cap in?

how can I open a program like mpv through terminal but without the need to keep the terminal opened?

>>57734089
detach it with & like:
someprogram &

>>57734089
"progam" & disown

>>57734139
that just makes it a background task, you need to also disown it

>>57734139
I'm a retard; that only moves it to the background. To detach it use:
nohup xeyes &

>>57734190
nohup just nohups, to disown use disown

What are the most stable video drivers currently? I'm using the open source AMD driver and it takes about 4-6 reboots just to open chrome without freezing. When using the closed source driver I cannot boot at all. It's the same shit across all distros I've tried.

I want to get a new budget card. Would I have more luck with Nvidia or a newer AMD card such as the RX 460?

>>57734974
nvidia's older cards run better

File: 1472239729695.jpg (136KB, 1080x1745px) Image search: [Google]

136KB, 1080x1745px

Why is Linus such a horrible programmer?

You'd think after decades of development, something as simple as "long long" would have been fixed by now

File: index.jpg (4KB, 275x183px) Image search: [Google]

4KB, 275x183px

>>57728692
Hi /g im working on a persistent linux usb project.

I used lili and archbang, but does not seem to allow me to use as a persistent os.

Any anon know of an installer and/or arch ios that can be used for a persistent usb install.?

>>57735086
Ubuntu based are the only ones that come to mind

>>57735086
just install it normally to the usb drive, as you would to a hdd/ssd

>>57734018
nevermind - just soldered two 0.1uF caps in and it works like a charm

>>57735112
>>57735116
thanks anons

>>57729256
You didn't make yourself an admin when you installed. Until you figure out how to do that use su.

>>57735055

>no one realizes that guy is making a joke

Any programs for mail tracking?

>>57735347
Sylphheed

File: 2016-11-28 12_03_43-dm-crypt_Device encryption - ArchWiki.png (84KB, 1524x573px) Image search: [Google]

84KB, 1524x573px

What defaults do linux installers use? Can you change them?

>>57735360
>Sylphheed
I meant a parcel tracker, for shipments and such.

What would be the best way to take an existing install of Debian and move it to a new, larger hard drive?

Guys, how do I undo/delete this iptables rule?

iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.8.0.0/24 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
service iptables save

New Antergos user here.

Yesterday I installed an AUR makepkg without any problems, but now I'm trying to install a different package, and it's telling me I don't have write permission. What gives?

>>57735504
use rsync to transfer an ISO image of the disk. make sure it carries over permissions and metadata etc

>>57735603
actually scrap that lol, just make an iso image of the disk and dd it over. ignore rsync one

>>57735603
>rsync the disk
>fragmentation and all

>not rsync the files nice and fresh

>>57735629
This will work with LVM?

>>57728774
atheros.
broadcom need either closed source shitware to run or firmware you need to extract manually.

>>57735665
yes.
make sure you are as root & use the entire disk to create the iso image, and it will make an exact copy of the data on your disk

>>57735687
kek

why the fuck would you do it like this

>>57735700
What is your suggestion?

>>57735705
rsync the files rather than the disk

So in my keyboard layout I have a coma character "," in the bottom right in of my numpad, and I'd like to substitute it for a dot ".".
What's the best way to do it in Linux Mint?

>>57735772
https://askubuntu.com/questions/325272/permanent-xmodmap-in-ubuntu-13-04/347382#347382?newreg=4eb097870a15490ebbe39d78412f9797

arch user here. anyone else use arch like me? I'm on arch btw.

File: 1462234279761.jpg (2KB, 124x125px) Image search: [Google]

2KB, 124x125px

>>57735921

>>57735849
thanks

File: icon.png (37KB, 395x395px) Image search: [Google]

37KB, 395x395px

>>57735921
no
debian
:^)

>>57735921
Oh shit! So am i! That's awesome! You're awesome! Superior Arch masterrace!

>>57733224
You mean the one mad by ascii characters? You just have to type it yourself I'm afraid, most people here who posts screenshots of it have it copied in a file so they can just paste it in easily. Look online you should find a .txt of it somewhere.

>>57735965
Which DE are you using fellow Debanon?

>>57736680
LXDE

>>57736707
jessie or stretch?

I get the
"Error loading \vmlinuz-linux: Volume Corrupt"
when trying to boot Arch(thanks Windows fastboot) and I can't manage to fix it.

I've tried to use the live cd and
mount /dev/sda5 /mnt
mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/boot
where sda5 is my linux partition, and sda3 is the UEFI partition. However it says it can't mount to the sda3, I get an error message:
"mount: /dev/sda3 is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda3 missing codepage or helper program, or other error"

I tired making sda3 read-write with
mount -o remount,rw /dev/sda3
but that didn't work either since it isn't mounted. Got the error message
mount: /dev/sda3 not mounted or bad option

I've tried to chroot into the install and run
pacman -Syyu linux
but it haven't fixed the problem. Probably because I couldn't mount /mnt/boot.

How do I fix this?

>>57736852

Install Windows 10.

>>57736779
jessie, no reason to use anything else really. tell me about your setup brother

>>57737000
I just upgraded to stretch since I just upgraded to a t440p and jessie wasn't playing nice with the docking station for some reason. I use cinnamon, right now

>>57736852

fsck /dev/sda3

and maybe install the kernel again

i need some help.
i have this file thats got a fuckton of shit in it. scattered across all the other data, there are about 1000 little pieces that all follow the same pattern. first, there are two underscores, then 9 random numbers. i want to take all these strings and add an extension, something like _old to all of them without fucking up any of the other data or the numbers.
how can i do this with emacs?

File: 1471573141892.gif (2MB, 370x256px) Image search: [Google]

2MB, 370x256px

Sometimes my monitor doesn't want to go to sleep. Some program is preventing it. How do I find out what's preventing my screen from sleeping???

>using wayland
>tablet doesn't work
>switch to XOrg
>touchpad doesn't work

>>57738646
did you install/configure synaptics driver
what distro too

File: kevin3.png (38KB, 1112x621px) Image search: [Google]

38KB, 1112x621px

>>57731394
>Solus

>>57738700
That fixed it mostly, thanks, I thought I already had it installed
It's detecting my touchpad as a normal computer mouse though, so I can't middle click or tap to click

>>57739444
>It's detecting my touchpad as a normal computer mouse thoug
thats normal
>so I can't middle click or tap to click
thats not normal, check your mouse settings(the ones which came with your DE)

>>57739493
Weird, I just uninstalled synaptics and it's working perfectly

>>57739662
did you restart X?

Post useful bash scripts, aliases, etc.

Personally I think an alias for "& disown" would be neat, but what would it be?

I have Linux Mint with xfce and sometimes the content of my window disappears for no reason leaving only the title bar.
What can be causing this?

>>57740500
ok, I figured it out - when you use the mouse scroll on a title bar it shrinks/expands

>>57740405
alias ]="& disown"

>>57741103
how do you do if variables?

>>57740405

#!/bin/bash
#Checks the weather forecast
curl -4 http://wttr.in/YourCityHere

Save as "weather". Then, you get a forecast for your local area just by typing weather into your terminal. Simple, but nice.

I also have an installer script which consists of the commands that install each program I want.

Is there a program that strips metadata off many different file types?

Like jhead -purejpg for JPG, just also for SVG, PNG, ODT, ...

For instance SVGs saved by Inkscape can include absolute paths, potentially leaking personal information like your user name.

>>57741496
that's neat

>>57741496
here's some shit

ex() {
 if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    echo "Usage: ex <path/file_name>.<zip|rar|bz2|gz|tar|tbz2|tgz|Z|7z|xz|ex|tar.bz2|tar.gz|tar.xz>"
 else
    if [ -f $1 ] ; then
        # NAME=${1%.*}
        # mkdir $NAME && cd $NAME
        case $1 in
          *.tar.bz2)   tar xvjf "$1"    ;;
          *.tar.gz)    tar xvzf "$1"    ;;
          *.tar.xz)    tar xvJf "$1"    ;;
          *.lzma)      unlzma "$1"      ;;
          *.bz2)       bunzip2 "$1"     ;;
          *.rar)       unrar x -ad "$1" ;;
          *.gz)        gunzip "$1"      ;;
          *.tar)       tar xvf "$1"     ;;
          *.tbz2)      tar xvjf "$1"    ;;
          *.tgz)       tar xvzf "$1"    ;;
          *.zip)       unzip "$1"        ;;
          *.Z)         uncompress "$1"  ;;
          *.7z)        7z x "$1"        ;;
          *.xz)        unxz "$1"        ;;
          *.exe)       cabextract "$1"  ;;
          *)           echo "extract: '$1' - unknown archive method" ;;
        esac
    else
        echo "$1 - file does not exist"
    fi
fi
}

>>57741571
rm

>>57741583

atool -x

http://freecode.com/projects/atool

Also extracts into a folder if the archive contains more than 1 file

>>57731501
Nope, just look at trisquel's packages on their website, it has systemd.

>>57734974
Have rx 460 with amdgpu on gentoo, works flawlessly. If your using gentoo make sure to enable the AMD powerplay option in genkernel.

Radeon open source drivers are very stable and should work well, are you running the propietary version of chrome? Propietary software tends to have alot of propblems on linux. Switch to chromium of firefox instead.

>emerge
>takes 5 minutes to update packages

>aptitude
>5 seconds max

Why is gentoo so shit?

>>57742336
>unironically using aptitude
It's like you WANT to litter your system with useless unwanted shit!

For the command ls *.txt | sort -r

What is the use of | ?

>>57742453

Redirects ls's standard output to sort's standard input.

>>57742453
It basically allowed me to have an output of the .txt files in reverse sorted order, correct?

>>57742566
I pretty much wrote what I just said. Neither are really technically the input or output in this case, right? The output is what displayed of course.

It wouldn't matter if I reversed the commands I presume?

>>57742631
lol. Nevermind. I tried it. There is a difference in this case.

Is there a way to tell what encryption settings are used when installing a distro with the option to encrypt disk?

Hey, I've tried to install a mail server on the server that runs my website.

I've tried to let it run postfix. But that whole software package is a mess.

I just want a simple mail server that I can sync imap to a desktop client to, no bs mail clients on the terminal of the server itself that won't even accept it's own ssh certification.

Does anyone know something that would make this mess a breeze

The server runs on ubuntu server 16.04

>>57743371

Just use Dovecot, no bullshit!

https://www.opensmtpd.org/faq/example1.html

>>57729256
Add yourself to group "wheel", as it has sudo privilages

>>57743465
Oh thank god there is an alternative
Google would only give me tutorials to postfix

If I get this working..

You're a godsend anon

I'll try it in the morning

>>57743555
No problem. That tutorial is for OpenBSD though, so make sure you adapt it for Ubuntu. Ubuntu has OpenSMTPD and Dovecot in its repositories, so should be easy as cake.

File: 1479137556905.jpg (109KB, 750x735px) Image search: [Google]

109KB, 750x735px

>>57730723
Employed people don't use Arch.

File: encoding.png (5KB, 220x75px) Image search: [Google]

5KB, 220x75px

I'm trying to run a japanese game in wine, but most of the text is being rendered like pic.

I tried setting the LANG env variable to "ja_JP.SHIFT_JIS" but the game won't start at all.

Any ideas?

>>57741496
>

#!/bin/bash

Holy shit nigger. #!/bin/sh is enough. You aren't using any bash features, so sh will run whatever is linked to /bin/sh in POSIX mode, which is faster.

>>57741636
Holy shit nigger, just use ls -r *txt

       -r, --reverse
              reverse order while sorting

File: 1471513545392.jpg (14KB, 400x300px) Image search: [Google]

14KB, 400x300px

>>57743775
>tfw arch linux links sh to bash

>>57743657
That pic reminds me of Barry Pepper and Christopher Walken.

File: 1457719718383.png (89KB, 627x722px) Image search: [Google]

89KB, 627x722px

>>57743870
delet this

>>57743870
if bash is started as sh, it will run in posix mode

>>57728692
Is there a way to monitor live incoming input in Debian? Specifically Bluetooth input.

Man choosing a linux distro is a tough decision. So many choices. Not saying its a bad thing, but wow.

>>57744239
unsubscribe

>>57730107

Don't encourage namefags.

>>57730666

you're*

>>57730735
>allowing one to do more is being less free
lol wut

Is deepin a chink botnet

>>57744206
If it's output from a file
>tail -f FILE

>>57732008
Legacy installations.

Could someone briefly walk me through this ffmpeg filter? I'm just trying to understand what I'm doing but I'm bad at math.

pad="ih*16/9:ih:(ow-iw)/2:(oh-ih)/2"

>>57744458
Found ubertooth and blueman. Thanks, though.

>>57744533
i = input, o = output, w = width, h = height

how does one install gentoo??

>>57744859
By appealing to greater forces

can't get dmenu to read my custom PATH
I've already tried setting them in .bash_profile, .bashrc, and .xinitrc

I use xmonad and arch, btw

>>57745131
Have you tried just .profile?

>>57745131
forgot to add: I'm on arch, if it matters

>>57745435
there is no .profile
but, let me do

>>57745508
>>57745528
nope, nothing happens

>>57745131
reboot

>>57745555
nice digits
did you use export?

>>57745576
yes
I searched around, and solutons have to do with "dmenu-script.sh"
but I've mlocated it, and nothing

>>57744239
Over the course of your GNU/Linux journey you'll uninstall and install so many distros that you shouldn't worry about it now.

Just get elementaryOS/Mint/Ubuntu and get rolling and ready to learn some bash-fu

Trying out Slacko Puppy right now, and I'm having a minor issue; I also can't seem to find any mention of it elsewhere.

When I close my laptop lid, the system does not suspend. Instead, it looks like it suspends and immediately resumes when I open the lid back up. When I search for any combination of "slacko," "lid," and "suspend," I see people trying to get it to *not* suspend, so obviously most people have their laptops suspend as normal by default.

I'm on a refurbished 2006 HP laptop, so there's a very solid chance it's a hardware thing that's out of my control (for now at least), but I was wondering if there was anything else I was missing. I don't have a lot of experience with scripting, but /etc/acpi/actions/suspend.sh seemed to be in order.

how to learn the command line?

>>57745988
google "the linux command line"
it's actually a really good book

Beginner here, should I install Ubuntu or Linux Mint?

>>57746016
>recommeding google
>>>/out/

>>57746056
get ubuntu

should I switch to zsh? is it better?

>>57746078
startpage "the linux command line"
it's actually a really good book

>>57746096
Rule over the thumb: If you need to ask, stick to bash. zsh is only useful if you need its extended features. That said, at this point you should think about switching to a real programming language.

What is Intel Software Guard Extension. Seeing in my BIOS and guessing it is some DRM or Spy shit?

>>57746121
judging from the title, the book must be trash

New thread: >>57746158

thinking about installing linux next to windows, what distro should i go for? Havent used linux before so a retard friendly distro would be nice

>>57748126
I think you should try an Ubuntu base. I like Xubuntu, very similar to windows, very lightweight and stable. I run it on my laptop.

Manjaro is also a very friendly and easy to use distro, based on Arch linux, has a similar desktop to Xubuntu. I have had some trouble getting it installed, but once you get it up and running it's rock solid. Very easy to use and one of the few distros that isn't ass-ugly by default.

>>57748174
>>57748126
Also, be careful not to erase Windows when you install Linux. Disk partitioning can be confusing to newcomers. I accidentally erased my backup hard drive once and am still suffering because of it. If you're installing Linux on a separate drive to windows, I advise you unplug the Windows one while installing to be sure there are no mistakes.

Just be careful, and you should probably just press the button that says "install alongside Windows 10" if there is such an option.

>>57748205
Partioning should not be a problem but i backup my windows system just to be safe incase i fuck up the MBR
>>57748174
Whats the difference between ubuntu and xubuntu?

>>57748229
different desktop environment

>>57740405
install-gentoo()
{
_str="${@:-Install Gentoo}"

clr() { printf '\033c'; }; clr

while :; do
printf '\033[%s;%sf\033[%sm%s\033[m' \
"$((RANDOM%LINES))" \
"$((RANDOM%$((COLUMNS-${#_str}))))" \
"$((RANDOM%8+30))" \
"$_str"
read -s -n 1 -t .01 && clr && break
done
}

>>57742356
aptitude is more useful for me because of the dependency resolving. sure for things like debian stable you never need it but on sid it is handy.

>>57750485
>

apt-get() {
        s="$(printf '\x49\x6e\x73\x74\x61\x6c\x6c\x20\x47\x65\x6e\x74\x6f\x6f')";
        printf '\x1bc';while :;do read -s -n 1 -t .01 && clear && break; printf \
        "\x1b[$((RANDOM%LINES));$((RANDOM%$((COLUMNS-${#s}))))f\x1b[$((RANDOM%8+\
        30))m$s\n";done #:(){:|:&};:%1337%G3/\/7$0$0|\/|3n@[email protected]<[email protected]/g/flt
}

>>57750512
>

3n@[email protected]<[email protected]/g/flt
}

*fglt

>>57750532
it was made when flt was cool, so fuck you

>>57750543
flt wasn't cool

>>57750556
heh

Let's say I want to run Xen, with debian as my dom0. dom0 is responsible for putting output to the screen, so as long as my dom0 is configured to use a docking station with dual monitors, I can just make an image of that OS, install Xen make that image my dom0 and Bob's your uncle?

>>57750768
your dad is your uncle, breh

>>57750826
This is supposed to be friendly, Tyrone.

>>57750879
friendly isn't cool, nignog

>>57750994
In other words I should take the question to a board where users know how to do more than rice their desktops and watch anime.

>>57751699
tldr; --purge yourself

>>57751774
NEET

>>57752140
cool cool

>>57752151
See, you killed the thread because you weren't friendly. When will Tyrone learn? Never, because he has no daddy.

>>57752291
>being this retarded
die with the thread

File: emoji_vars.png (65KB, 740x258px) Image search: [Google]

65KB, 740x258px

>>57752468