/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

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first for help me install openbsd

>>57746182
Gno.

>>57746158
Will Wine allow you to run any Windows program in Linux, or is it only compatible with certain ones? I'd like to run Ubuntu but I'm going to be doing some audio production and I don't want to be limited to Ardour.

pls help I wrote a script to check if a domain I want that will be available soon is free but the string != doesn't seem to work (returns false every time)

pls help

#!/bin/bash
result="$(whois 'cooldomain.com' | head -n 18 | tail -n 1)"
registered="Status: pendingDelete https://icann.org/epp#pendingDelete"
if [ "$result" != "$registered" ]
  then
   notify-send --icon=gtk-info Sheeeeeit "cooldomain.com is free"
   echo "free"
else
  echo 'taken'
fi

I tried piping $result and $registered into wc -c to see if there was a slight difference in how I copied the string, but they both returned the same value

>>57746271
sorry, I should say the != returns true, so the strings are viewed as different

That feel when you get i3 configured just right

>>57746298
that feel when tiling wms are direct downgrades from straight up cli

>>57746310
bruh I need to watch my Chinese cartoons

>>57746310
Shouldn't you be busy hacking the Gibson, edgelord?

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Friendly reminder to drop all your OC papes here: >>>/wg/6767536

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Is Bodhi Linux a meme distro? I've heard people talk shit about it, but gave it a go anyway. It actually seems decent.

>>57746846
there's an easy rule: all distros with "Linux" as pre- or suffix are memes

I tried installing wattOS and then the installer crashed :(

>>57746846
>literal pajeet tier shit
lmao
wanna be closer to your "culture"?
i guess then yeah, install it

>>57746256
https://appdb.winehq.org/

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>>57746158
>tfw you get your palette perfect
aw ye
Now all I need is a d a n k wallpaper

>>57746989
kill yourself /pol/ak

>>57746989
I just thought it was kinda neat. It seems to run pretty well. Just wanted to know what /g/ thought of it.

>>57747132
colours are nice, i'm not the biggest fan of the wm theme though

>>57747188
literally never even been their
keep on being afraid of anyone who dares to disagree though, communist scum
>>57747219
I'm 99% positive its quality is very indicative of the "people" who made it. Usually everything based on ubuntu is utter trash, I have yet to see a distro which doesn't conform to this pattern

>>57747132
Could you share them? I've got something similar but I like this one better.

>>57747293
i'm still working on it, ideally i'd like it borderless

>>57747319
sure, how do I do so?

>>57747332
Are these not just colors defined in your .Xresources?
I don't know how if that isn't the case.

>>57747339
Figured it out,I use solarized for ez editing
Here's my colours
http://pastebin.com/NFfwxxd2

>>57747387
nice, thanks

>>57747387
>solarized
I just threw up a litte

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

>>57747459
I didn't like it either which is why I changed everything about it
>>57747595
arch

>>57747606
>arch
>lightweight and user-friendly
top meme buddy

>>57747595
generation two

>>57747595
solus

>>57747610
it's both though
what retard can't type in pacman -S?

How to change Gamma/Contrast/Saturation, etc in linux?

Intel graphics control panel is easy as fuck in windows...

>>57747666
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.

>>57747676
does this faggot ever sleep

What do you guys think about OpenSUSE?

>>57747715
it's not arch

>>57747671
Linux is a kernel, it doesn't handle those things.
Your DE should be capable of changing that so just take a closer look at the settings.

>>57747671
xrandr

I'm about to download gentoo onto my laptop boys. I guess it's also time to learn to use one of the essential(?) text editors.

>>57747978
ed is the standard text editor

what's best best linux distro?

>>57748073
manjaro

>>57748073
Basically any distribution that ships it with the GNU operating system.

>>57748073
Windows 10

>>57748073
Manjaro or Debian are fucking baller. Mostly just depends on what package manager you want. I prefer apt so I run Debian Sid.

>>57748086
>>57748146
Well, I tried Manjaro myself in a VM to see myself (tried the bspwm edition, which is actually great), but the thing with telling the users to turn back the system clock to access the forums ... here Manjaro lost for me.

Debian sid is nice.

>>57748088
So basically GUIX and maybe some ultra-retro distro that still uses sysv, acpid, and other things that shovel standard OS functions onto bash+the coreutils?

Every other distro made GNU less of the OS and more of a second class citizen, like the UNIX part of OS X.

>>57748200
Use the FAQ: https://www.gnu.org/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.en.html

>>57748220
>GNU is the OS because we say so

It's a partial userland. If it's not essential or the default method for carrying out functions that are part of what defines an operating system it's not part of the operating system. It's an accessory.

GNU on a typical linux distro is about as significant as GNU on windows.

Is there any compelling reason for me to switch from Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 to Fedora 25? What if I need the proprietary NVIDIA drivers? Are they harder to get on Fedora?

>>57748381
>Are they harder to get on Fedora?
yes

>>57748381
>Are they harder to get on Fedora?
no

>>57748381

I like Fedora better because you can get updated kernels without having to wait 6 months.
Also, the distro developer environment is more related to the kernel developer environment.
Also, tired of Debian's package manager.

Fedora's package manager is almost the same, but I feel that it handles dependencies better

>>57748073

I'd choose Antergos with GNOME over Manjaro. KDE is just way too heavy.

Can you guys recommend me a good book/website/pdf/video on Linux and its underlying fundamentals principles? I'm taking a OS course at uni and i want another source of information other than my teacher's slides. Thanks in advance

>>57746559

Those are the shit man!

>>57748426
>>57748900
Thanks.

>>57747132
Play a record.

>>57748973
Don't bother, Linux sucks.

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What's the best distro for americans?

>>57749220
I have the show on 24/7 and have done for about 3-4 years now
I still laugh at it even though I use it in lieu of white noise

>>57746289

try -neq or whatever it is instead of !=

bash is gay

>>57749473
You stupid nigger, read a book.

Integers: -lt, -gt, -eq, etc
Strings: =, !=, etc

>>57748968
Antergos doesn't even ship gdm with gnome

>>57748968
>Antergos
Literally why would anyone use Antergos.
The only reason would be to be part of the Arch club, but the Arch club will laugh at you for being to stupid to install vanilla Arch. You can only lose.

Is gentoo the highest level or is there something better?

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redpill me on kali linux, what's it good for?

Fifteen years ago I could maintain full control and knowledge over my computers, now everything is overcomplicated bloated shit. Windows is completely shit so I tried ubuntu because everyone said that's what normie faggots use. It sucks ass, all the programs on it are shit and the user interface is some autistic horsefuckers dream. Its complete fucking shit, I think everyone recommending it was just fucking with me. So I tried mint because you faggots recommend it. Mint is like ubuntu but with more festering shit piled on top and a interface made by a goatfucking retard instead. I think I'm just going to use old OSs because all the new ones a bloated shit made by animalfuckers. Maybe I'm just too old. Well have fun fucking your ladyboys you degenerates, I'm out, computers are dead.

>>57749998
tl;dr

>>57749998
>So I tried mint because you faggots recommend it.
Nobody here recommends it. Some illiterate normie blog may have recommended it to you, faggot.

>>57750004
tl;dr version

Modern computers sucks! 'member when computers were fun?

>>57750018
Computers are fun when you get used to the cli. Searching anywhere else leads to nowhere.

>>57749998
Welp, gotta take the bait.
First of all, no high functioning human being would recomend Ubuntu for anyone that wasn't tech retarded.
Second, Mint sucks ass, and you complain about the user interface without even telling us which DE you used.

>>57750026
Computers are fun when you get used to the C and preferably assembly as well. Anything else leads to nowhere.

Can someone help me with RegEx? I need to match "linux", bot not "linux kernel".

>>57750135
/linux\s?(^kernel)/

>>57750149
Perfect. Thanks.

If I'm looking to switch to linux for privacy reasons, would it be a bad idea to use Ubuntu (or its variations)?

I know there's a switch for the spyware stuff, but my minds been trained to not believe that hitting a button to tell them not to spy on me isn't enough of a guarantee, after using windows.

But at the same time I want the most seamless experience possible so I don't flip flop between windows and linux for very long.

I tried mint but I had issues getting my VPN to work. Thinking of dual booting ubuntu and seeing if I can get it to work on there.

>>57750434
if you do that for privacy reasons i would recommending going with something like debian from the start because they actually care. then you can harden it according to your threat model.

>>57750465
I just really enjoy the software manager that comes with ubuntu and the .deb installers, does debian have things like that? I remember installing my video card drivers was as easy as a few clicks as well

>>57750498
you mean the just another apt or aptitude frontend?
i use aptitude which is what you describe but in TUI instead of GUI, if you absolutely need gui there is synaptic.

>>57750515
I mean everything being incredibly GUI based, yeah

>>57750498
synaptic is fine, never liked the software center, endless loading times

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is there a simple shell script that installs arch linux?

>>57750549
I'll try it out, but I am a bit hesitant.

Can you guys recommend me a good book/website/pdf/video on Linux and its underlying fundamentals principles? I'm taking a OS course at uni and i want another source of information other than my teacher's slides. Thanks in advance

>>57750624
no

>>57750607
install an arch based distro and shamefully claim you're running arch

>>57750624
why would you learn about some lame implementation of an old monolithic kernel design?

>>57750647
but i want the arch logo and all that

>>57750624
Linux is deprecated. Get a book by Tannebaum

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which one of these do I download?

>>57750782
PowerPC. You want more power, right?

If I wanted to install a RMS certified distro.
How fucked would I be with sli nvidia cards.

>>57750782
depends on your processor architecture

>>57750801
I haven an i7 3770

>>57750799
how to become this cucked? i wanna experience this feeling too

>>57750799
>i'm so cool i care about security
>uses hardware with nsa backdoors
lmfao

>>57750816
amd64

>>57750816
amd 64 then
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.6.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-8.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso
if you need nonfree drivers use http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/8.6.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-cd/firmware-8.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso

if you are on windows use win32diskimager to write it to usb, if you are on GNU, use
cp debian.iso /dev/sdX && sync
X stands for what lsblk tells you where your usb stick is, just make sure not to add the number.

>>57750881
>>57750895
Don't trust them. It doesn't work on intel processors. You'll just waste your time.

Don't you miss toolbars, ransomware, viruses that open and close your cd-case, etc? Windows was a fun time, a true adventure.

>>57750823
>>57750844
Wait cucks it gets better.

>The machine is Lenovo Y510P sli edition laptop.

Now I could remove the ultrabay card and it will default the system to nvidia optimus. One nvidia card and one intel chip.

Also implying I care about hardened security. Which I really don't.

Did we already agree which distro is the best?

>>57751043
install gentoo

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>>57751043
Obviously Trisquel GNU/Linux.

>>57751043
no, but we've agree on the worsts

>>57750799
>nvidia
https://stallman.org/to-4chan.html

How do i linux my boxen?

how do I make my linux look like windows 98?

>>57751254
themes;fonts;icons

>>57751254
Lxde

>>57751254
is windows 95 ok?
https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95

>>57751334
That is fantastic

>>57747188
Not that anon but I do visit /pol/. You realise you prove a point when you get "triggered" by small things like that.
>>57747304
This.

the only thing I'm more scared of than trying new things is getting memed and wasting time that i could've been not wasting. So memes aside, why is Arch not a meme?

>>57751450
install gentoo

>>57751450
Everything is a meme.

>>57751450
Once you get it setup to your liking, it literally Just Werks™

Just update regularly and sign up for the mailing list to be notified of any potential issues.

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>>57751334
Fuck that is sexy.

I've been trying to make my Windows 7 look like windows 98, but this shit is impossible to rice.
And then there's shit like THIS leftover.

How do I get rid of screen tearing in browsers? It's the only place it happens. I've tried both chromium and firefox and they have this ugly tearing at the top of the screen when you scroll.

>>57751647
What tearing?

>>57751693
the machine you look at to see the image

>>57751647
What video drivers are you using

>>57750068
Sorry, I was just venting. It was cinnamon, I gave it some time but it is not worth configuring to something usable.

The problem is I haven't used a computer for nearly fifteen years until recently. This is why I'm a little confused about the computer related aspects and surprised at what is socially acceptable now on this very website and others. Although I appreciate your response, instead of accepting advice I'm going to research familiar distributions like suse or slackware if they are still around.

Please if you have a older relative do not show them this website, they do not want to know that you're interested in these kind of things. Thank you and sorry about my previous comments language.

>>57751736
Nvidia proprietary drivers. I've tried different versions as well.
Are the open source drivers good? I remember them being shit a while ago.

>>57751787
Did you update the drivers recently and not reboot

>>57751827
I did reboot after updating so that's not it.
Everything else is fine, videos work fine too. It's only noticeable when scrolling.

>>57751867
What DE

>>57751882
I've tried it in KDE and in i3 with compton. Same shit.

>>57751625
I could have sworn you could do that on windows 95

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>>57751254

>>57751787

http://www.thelinuxrain.com/articles/got-tearing-with-proprietary-nvidia-try-this

>>57751989
my linux is gnu free thank you

Reposting from last thread because I'm retarded and still haven't found a solution.

I'm 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. Previous Linux distros and the Windows OS it came with suspend fine when the lid closes.

>>57752030
see >>57751989

>>57752005
Yeah, done that as well. It fixed the tearing everywhere except the browser.

>>57752030

Why would you use such an obscure, nice distribution? Why don't you use one of the few "core" distributions like everyone else?

Is KDE a north korean funded project? why else would NK use it?

i try changing DNS severs by using the GUI and editing resolv.conf, but every time I reboot it goes back to my router instead of the servers I set. I don't want to change the DNS on my router however, just for this PC. how do I make it persist properly?

Which one of you faggots did this: >>57749806

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My main PC has VC++ redistributable broken. It can never properly install it completly and therefore some progras or games can't run.
My main issue is that I want to play some PS2 games with PCSX2 but I keep getting the api-win-ms-ctr-runtime error or whatever.

After struggling with several solutions that ended up being useless, it seems the only way to fix this is by running the Linux version of the program.
I tried installing Gentoo, but as expected I'm a fucking retard that can't understand shit.

So here's the question: what's the easiest, fastest and retarde-proof way to boot a Linux-based SO, install PCSX2 in it and I imagine also the XboxONE controller drivers to be able to play some vidya?

>>57752357
set them in network manager

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>>57752425
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.

>>57752402
First day?

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>>57752481

if something works on mac osx it wont necessarily work on a linux right

and by something i mean a program

>>57752580
Why do you think it could?

What is this rolling release system I'm reading about in Arch? I really want to learn it and am cool with going into its nitty gritty but I also want to use my computer aside from configring it. Does updating Arch mean hours of downtime or?

>>57752580
It actually depends on the language the program is written in. A python program for example could run on OS X and GNU/Linux, while a C program would need to be cross-compiled for each OS.

>>57752671
>A python program for example could run on OS X and GNU/Linux
except on arch linux - the simply broken linux distribution

>>57752481
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.

>>57752714
did you remember to install the python package? that might solve your problem.

>>57752757
Try this:

scramble() {
    while read -r -d ' ' word; do
      while true; do
        index=$RANDOM
        [[ -n ${words[$index]} ]] && continue
        words[$index]=$word
        break
      done
    done
    echo "${words[@]}"
}

>>57752798
i wanted to make it easier to read, not harder

I'm getting grub rescue and update-grub and grub-install... aren't doing anything. What should i do?

>>57746256
Compatibility is not a guarantee with WINE, but I find that the only things it can't do with any regularity are games requiring recent DirectX. If you want a guaranteed compatible environment for Windows on Linux, use a virtual machine.

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>>57752909

>>57752958
Fuck off, Richard.

>>57753031
he wouldn't even be able to post on 4chins because tor users are blocked ;_;

Hello friends I just found out that disabling your ethernet adapter will save you battery life
at least thats what powertop says (went down a couple watts)

ifconfig (adaptername) down

>>57753066
also disable bluetooth

Is it possible, maybe with xrandr, to change the brightness only for a part of the screen? Or maybe only for specific windows?
Goal of all that: I want to make a script that darkens everything except the mpv window for a "lights out" effect.

>>57753066
cool, i discovered turning off the computer can save power too!

>>57753155
>he turns his computer off
fucking normie
>>>/out/

>>57753144
>>57753155
>>57753166
stop dubsposting

>>57753166
>/out/
thanks, but i'm talking about technology right now. I'll pop by there the next time a planning a hike.

>>57753202
y-you too

>>57753221
Why are you stuttering? Do you think that you are a cute little anime girl?

>>57753241
are you still salted from the last thread?

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Will GPU passthrough ever be done with one GPU? Is Wayland that bad?

>>57753241
f-fuck you. i a-actually have tha s-stuttering syndrome

>>57753255
i'll take that as a yes

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Are AMD's drivers still shit? I'd like to upgrade to Vega next year, but I feel like the 970 with the proprietary driver will still outperform it. Why don't they just work on their open stack given that they have one out? Why do they go and restrict their Pro stack to Ubuntu and RHEL?

Can I expand my ext4 partition if the disk looks something like this? I'd like to cut the ntfs partition down and make the ext4 bigger.
sda1 - efi
sda2 - ntfs
sda3 - ext4

>>57750607
Arch-anywhere

Anyone know why Tomahawk won't play anything from an NTFS partition ?

I know it used to work.

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>finally get arch to boot
>the mouse doesn't work

Annnnd I'm officially done trying to use a meme os

>>57753416
Yes, you can.

Download and live distro and gparted will take care of it.

>>57753662
Thanks. I thought that the ext4 partition being in the end could cause some problems.

>>57752083
I've got a 32-bit 2GB potato that struggled *HARD* with Lubuntu. Even if Puppy eats up my battery when the lid's closed, it's still leagues better than anything else for my purposes.

I wanted to try ElementaryOS, but apparently it's 64-bit only.

>>57751625
damn, it's been ages since i've seen that, forgot it was a thing

>>57753633
life must be hard when you quit on the first roadblock

>>57753820
>why doesn't GPTfdisk support MBR
i wonder

>>57746196
gotem

>literally 8KB free on my /home partition
fuggg
what do

>>57754349
rm -rf *

>>57747595
Ubuntu Mate.

>>57754349
go to ~/.cache
find the folder of your firefox/chromium/other browser
wipe their cache

>>57754349
Extend your /home partition

>>57754349
Check if you have old/unused kernels. They hog lots of space and aren't useful.

>>57754695
> kernel on home /partition

>They hog lots of space

2-5MiB is a lot of space

>>57754725
plebs share root and /home

>>57754349
ncdu ~

>>57754725
>not using uncompressed kernels for faster boot time

Winfag here.
What's a reasonable size for a Linux partition?
Also, what's a good distribution that works without problems on a laptop?

>>57755086
>his uncompressed kernel is bigger than 5 MiB

nice bloat faggot

>>57755140
Anywhere between 10 to 30 GiBs for / partition. 1GiB /boot. 10GiB /tmp. Twice the amount of ram for swap. And whatever is left over for /home

>>57755140
Well featured installation with few large desktop environments will clock well under 10G.
For comparison sake my run-of-the-mill installation of debian+xfce with few additional bits of software installed is 4,6G

I mean - I always use the default in most installers which is 50G for / partition but that's a huge overkill for your average desktop user i just hate the idea of ever having to come back to it.


/home should be whatever you feel like since it's your storage partition. If you're just planning to fuck around editing text and not keeping large files 50G for everything + swap should be plenty

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>>57755285
>1GiB /boot. 10GiB /tmp
wat
no
stop
dont

/boot - 250mb
/ - 5gb
/home - rest

>>57755285
My laptop only has 750GB. How much, at a guess, should i allocate for /home to not end uo annoyed all the time, while still leaving a sizable chunk the main Windows partition?

I've been wanting to try Linux on the laptop, 750GB feels cramped enough as it is, without splitting it up more.

>>57755360
how much space do you need on your windows installation is the first question you should ask yourself.

>>57746158
Why is usb wifi garbage in Linux, laptop wifi works just fine, but getting a dongle to work is barely possible. I finally got my rtl8812au chipset av dongle to work on elementary OS. and it still performs shit. WTF?

>>57755316
my / has 13G on it atm, /boot 50M

>>57755285
>10GiB /tmp
haha wat

>>57755399
the manufacturer's unwillingness to provide open source drivers (that the community of users could improve by themselves) combined with their instisting to use the sub-par closed source drivers that they never cares about because Linux users are a tiny fraction of their customer base

>>57755412
>13G
How?
Multilib?

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/unix-book-bundle
Just going to leave this here, in case any of you need them.

>>57755430
I know thats ture, it is still shit though, oneof the reasons i ahve put off linux on my desktop is the lack of passable wifi support.

have anyone used an wifi repeater with ethernet connection to get off the whole shitty wifi drivers on linux?

>>57755389
As much as possible.

>>57755451
>I know thats ture, it is still shit though,
Then why the fuck are you asking "why is usb wifi garbage in Linux" if you know the fucking answer?

How dense are you?

Stop wasting everyone's time on your worthless complaining anon.
You would be thousand times more useful writing an email to the manufacturer of your device than here.

>>57755458
stop playing games this is not a proper answer if you want someone to help you
I'm not going to decide how much youre going to need for your windows installation you dumbass

>>57755451
use a fucking cable

>>57755412
>>57755316
>10GiB /tmp
This is actually pretty important in servers.

If you don't, and someone gains access to your system under a user with no real privileges. They can basically spam mktemp (or their own script) to fill /tmp with a bunch of empty files inside folders inside folders inside folders... inside folders. and then rf -r /tmp/* is not going to be able to remove it in a reasonable time

Also to be able to set up noexec and nosuid.

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/requirements.html
http://superuser.com/questions/442383/why-should-i-make-a-separate-partition-for-tmp

>/boot - 250mb
Oh boy. I'm really going to miss 750 mbs. What ever am I going to do now?

>/ - 5gb
This is just memeing right now.

>>57755360
I have a 250GB SSD on my laptop, and I feel fine with a 100GB /home partition. But practically the only thing I do is ssh to my server and work on there, so your results may vary.

>>57755551
tmpfs..

Y'all need to stop referring to the GNU operating system as 'Linux'.

>>57755631
upvoted

>>57754349
>https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ext4#Reserved_blocks
If ext4, you can easily free up reserved space from the default 5% the filesystem steals.

>>57755612
>tmpfs

>having the entire /tmp directory stored in memory
nigga. I only have 2GB for memory. I ain't doing that shit. Imagine a server running for years with 50 users sshed at any one time. I'd imagine the tmpfs partition you made would grow rather rapidly.

And that makes it a lot more harmful if someone decides to login and run that mktemp script a million times.

>>57755708
Why are you implying that the system is going to be this insecure?

Hell why dont we just put in a 1tb of ram to make sure you notice this issue before it gets out of hand,surly 1tb of space is quickly stoppable.

>2gb
Configure your system properly and you wont have an issue.

>>57755754
>Why are you implying that the system is going to be this insecure?
Because unless proven otherwise, every single system is insecure.

>Hell why dont we just put in a 1tb of ram to make sure you notice this issue before it gets out of hand,surly 1tb of space is quickly stoppable.
Are you trying to prove my point?
As a sysadmin, you need to do with what you have. And holding the /tmp directory in memory allows someone to take down your computer by running mktemp on a loop. They could also do other types of attacks, but the point remains the same. Why buy thousands of dollars worth of equipment if you're only going to waste it on being lazy and not doing it right.

>Configure your system properly and you wont have an issue.
No, I meant I literally only have a 2 GB stick of ram on my server. I can't exactly configure my server to have more memory.

$ sudo dmidecode -t 17
# dmidecode 2.12
SMBIOS 2.7 present.

Handle 0x1100, DMI type 17, 40 bytes
Memory Device
        Array Handle: 0x1000
        Error Information Handle: Not Provided
        Total Width: 72 bits
        Data Width: 64 bits
        Size: 2048 MB
        Form Factor: DIMM
        Set: None
        Locator: PROC  1 DIMM  1
        Bank Locator: Not Specified
        Type: DDR3
        Type Detail: Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered)
        Speed: 1600 MHz
        Manufacturer: HP
        Serial Number: Not Specified
        Asset Tag: Not Specified
        Part Number: 669237-071
        Rank: 1
        Configured Clock Speed: 1333 MHz
        Minimum voltage:  1.500 V
        Maximum voltage:  1.500 V
        Configured voltage:  1.500 V

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>>57755708
>>57755877
>server
>2GiB RAM

I like sxiv. What does /fglt/ think of sxiv?

>>57755970
just use mpv

>>57755982
pls dont give meme replies anon im here to discuss linux software not shitpost

>>57756018
>>57755631

>>57756018
>meme reply
if you say so

>>57756048
sxiv isnt a video player
MPV Isnt an image viewer
stop being stupid.

I'm trying to install linux but no matter what I do I get a grub install error at the end of the installation.

I've tried using a USB to install, using CD's, switching between debian, mint, and xubuntu, turning off fast boot, changing the secure boot options, and turning fast boot back on.

No matter what I do I get the grub installer error. How do I fix this?

>>57756063
What do you think video frames are, retard? Apples?

>>57756093
>using a video player as your image viewer
Why would you even do that

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does the linux file picker support thumbnails already? thinking about to switch but till tolvalds doesn't implement thumbnails in the file picker I wount

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I just downloaded libre office and the screen size is all wonky. does anyone have a solution?

>>57756133
because gif and webm support, nice controls, -1 package

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>>57755931
>needing more than a GB of memory
I sincerely feel bad for you.

Best music player?

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>>57756142
>linux file picker
> torvalds should implement thumpnails
>I fell for it

8/8 heres a rare stallman for your effort

>>57756242
just use mpv

>>57756242
I say deadbeef.

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>>57756256
good good, let the freedom flow through you
>>57756242
depends pretty much on what you think a music player should do and look like
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/List_of_applications/Multimedia#Audio_players

What's the difference between /mount and /mnt? Which should I use for temporary mounting of something say a USB drive?

>>57756165

Is that GNOME? Check if you're running Wayland and if your LibreOffice is using the GTK3 GUI version. It's most likely using GTK2 and that fucks the scaling up.

>>57756447
You shouldn't have /mount. Only /mnt.

>>57750607
Boot into the arch ISO and

wget archfi.sf.net/archfil; sh archfi

>>57753317
1. You never know, technology can go anywhere but I don't see that coming soon

2. Wayland is not bad, it's still an infant compared to X

>>57756142
KDE does it. However I'm thinking of sponsoring the gtk team to fix this issue.

>>57756165
Try the one from bintray's appimage

>>57756066
What does the error say? Are you installing on SSD?

>>57753410
Vega's drivers will come pretty late

>>57752883
Re-install grub and make new grub config with grup mkconfig


>>57752355
NK also uses toilets

>>57748973
see >>57755442

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>>57746158
That's actually pretty funny.
>>released under creative commons noderivatives liscense
Stallman does not know how to meme. Fuck this shit. Pic related

>>57756503
Well then what's up with the /mount directory I keep seeing in distros if it's not supposed to be there?

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Hi. I'm looking for a simple file manager. I want to be able to configure for each extension which program to use. And add custom actions for some extensions.

I don't want to have to maintain a stupid file to map extensions to mime/type.

Is there such a thing? Very simple.

>>57756468
I;m using fedora 25, it just switched to wayland by default

>>57753991
This is my 3rd or 4th install

>>57756522
>What does the error say?

Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda
Executing `grub-install /dev/sda` failed.
This is a fatal error.

>Are you installing on SSD?

Yes.

>>57756606
install gentoo

>>57756818
No seriously. I'm on Arch and I won't change.

>>57756142
thanks man, i don't feel alive until i reply to you

>>57756839
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo_%28file_manager%29

>>57756242
mpd + ncmpcpp with a broken libboost_filesystem library!

>>57756860
I don't need a two pane fm. It's a design error. My wm handles tiling. I really want a simple rectangle which display a list of files.

>>57756839
>I'm on Arch
Seems you're a smart guy

>>57756797
>

This is a fatal error.

wow such an informative error message. No wonder people don't like graphical installer.

>https://askubuntu.com/questions/143678/i-receive-the-error-grub-install-dev-sda-failed-while-attempting-to-install-u
And people solved it by using the 'try ubuntu' instead of 'install ubuntu' option. lol

You have three options:
1. Install a distro that's not debian based like Korora or Manjaro
2, Google
https://askubuntu.com/questions/459620/unable-to-install-grub-in-dev-sda-when-installing-grub
https://www.quora.com/Why-do-I-get-the-message-Grub-install-failed-this-is-a-fatal-error-while-installing-Ubuntu-alongside-Windows-8-1
3. Dive in straight to Arch and install manually. The error messages are a LOT more verbose and in bonus you learn a lot of stuff

>SSD
Make sure your NVME modules are loaded
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Solid_State_Drives/NVMe

>>57756918
>And people solved it by using the 'try ubuntu' instead of 'install ubuntu' option. lol

Already attempted this.

>Google

I've already attempted all of the fixes. Most of them are apparently caused by using USBs, I'm burning the ISO's to disks and have tried using USBs.

I even read that installing windows then reinstalling linux can work, but it didn't.

>3. Dive in straight to Arch and install manually. The error messages are a LOT more verbose and in bonus you learn a lot of stuff

I'm installing xubuntu because it's supposed to be an easy and straightforward switch from Windows. Seems a bit counterintuitive to switch to a distro that's considered advanced for my first linux distro.

Anyways, thanks for trying to help. Guess I'll keep looking into it.

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>>57756176
>not knowing how to cache.

>>57756918
>manjaro
lol
why do noobs like you give advices

>>57757047
Manjaro Xfce/Cinnamon is also a smooth switch from windows FYI :)

>>57757070
I eat kids like you for breakfast

>>57756606
spacefm

>>57757047
see >>57752481

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>>57757077

>>57757077
>>57756918
>>57756522
Stop namefagging, annoying cunt.

>>57757109
I like how quickly you lost your voice and resort to posting decade old, overly used memes. Like a panicked little faggot stuck in the corner

>>57757154
But I do that JUST to trigger your autism

>>57757177
Well it confirms both, Manjaros and your incompentence.

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>>57757066
>not having 3 TB of swap
lmaoing at ur life

>>57757205
>needing swap

>>57757084
Thank you, but it's more complex than thunar,.

Wait, how many partitions do i need for a Linux install? Why can't i just have one?

>>57757274
It isnt.
right click
choose
choose program
ok

done

>>57757294
I mean more bloated than thunar.

>>57757288
You can

>>57757288
>Why can't i just have one?
You most certainly can. Heck you don't even need a physically connected hard drive to install Linux

>>57757288
you can use one >>57754791

>>57757311
>>57757315
>>57757317
Then why were anon earlier babbling about needing a boot partition and a swap partition?

>>57757356
filesystem isn't part of the kernel

>>57757356
>Christians:1
>Atheists:0

>>57757356
You're wrong and I'm right

>>57753031
Fuck off fucker

>>57757356
>not installing into RAM

>>57746310
>using exclusively a terminal instead of just using a WM with CLIs and terminal emulators

Found the tryhard skiddie

>>57757371
>>57757380
>>57757390
>>57757411
Now i'm just confused?

>>57757411
bad idea if you're also using swap

>>57747304
Illiterate uneducated trash need not apply.

You're an inferior being and a leech on our society.

I bet you call the operating system "Linux"

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>>57757356
If he says that multiple partitions are needed he is wrong. Pretty sure you are probably misinterpreting

>>57757442
Probably.

NEW THREAD: >>57757474

>>57757440
'And then, looking up to the heavens, he wiped the sweat from his brow and exhaled, "wew lad"'
Weuteronomy 12:28

>>57757491
>linus posting
thread hidden

Let me interject for a moment. What you are referring to as GNU/Linux is, in fact, wayland/arch/systemd/GNU/Linux. Or, as I like to call it, systemd Plus Linux Plus Some Other Shit.

>>57757600
i've decided to call it Kevin

>>57748345
Do tell which GNU coreutils you've replaced with non-GNU options

>>57757655
>TempleOS
>Trumpos
>only keyboard support for us_en

better fucking happen

>>57751769
SUSE has mostly been supplanted by openSUSE which is libre

Slackware is still around but it's Slackware, might as well roll fucking Gentoo or LFS at that point.

openSUSE isn't bad (I use it as a daily driver) but you sound like you'd prefer something more lightweight and oldschool like Bunsen Labs. Generally you probably wanna avoid desktop environments apart from LXDE/LXQT and XFCE

You seem like you're unfamiliar with how to use the internet, but this is all information easily accessible with some footwork, so I wouldn't give up yet.

Slackware is still alive but seriously, just install gentoo

>>57757718
>only keyboard support for us_en
And a very robust firewall.

also includes a bit torrent client that requires foreign IP's send more data to you than you to them first.

>>57757718
>>only keyboard support for us_en
>implying it's a bad thing

>>57757803
Slackware is old, but a very reliable and simple distribution. I love gentoo, but don't insult Slackware.

>>57757843
>misreading posts
top kek

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>>57758023
Ho shit.

>>57757993
Yo, I'm not insulting Slackware, I'm just saying I can't comprehend its philosophy

Not in the sense of not understanding WHY they have it, I just don't understand how to apply it, Slackware is an ancient tome of sages to me, shit's fucking impossible to understand

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>>57757655

how it enable ssh on raspberry pi 3 with silentinstall

>>57759503
Is it raspbian?

>>57759514
yeah, noobs from raspberry pi org

I'm going on vacation out of the country for a week and will be bringing my laptop.

Please recommend me a stable distro with privacy

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need help with pic related

I have an idea of how to progress but I really don't know how to start ;__;

>>57759640
Is ssh installed? apt-get install ssh if not

>>57759724
Find a better guide for whatever you're trying to do then

>>57759802
how? I'm trying a headless install
all I got is this old laptop

>>57759835
Can't, I need to follow that specifically

>>57759923
SSH is probably already enabled if you've already completed the install. Connect to it with an ethernet cable and try it.

>>57756242
musicbee through wine

>>57760161
>tricking people into using musicbee

kek I like trolling just for the sake of it too :^)