/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

Nobody needs to use Arch. The best distro is Elementery.

Prove me wrong

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Symlink won't serve a page

chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_t /wsd/html won't work either

What do?

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So after trying (and failing) to set up a software MIDI synth my sound output seems to fucked. I'm on ubuntu and until then everything just werked, all audio streams were set to 100% and I controlled the main volume as needed.
But now all audio from Firefox (Youtube, webms, everything) gets its own CubebUtils stream. The problem I have is that those streams are always set to 46% whenever they're opened which is annoying to me because all videos are now way too quiet and I have to crank the main volume up, then take it down again when I want to listen to music.
Any idea where I can set the default volume for those streams?

>>57806769
Install Debian

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>>57806645
Hey everyone, bit of a linux beginner in general seeing that I've only managed to configure and lightly run Xubuntu on my T500.

My question is that: "I've recently acquired myself a t60 thinkpad for an extremely low price, which I intend to dedicate solely to a linux distro. The thing is, I'm kinda having a hard time finding out which one I should install..

The choice is between Debian Jessie, because of their XFCE environment or Alpine.

Can I expect drivers and such to come with the distros, or do I have to find those elsewhere?

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Hi

>>57806713
At least you spelled Arch right.

>>57807494
If you can't just install you're OS and have everthing simply work, your not using linux mint.

>>57807494
Debian is not suitable for an absolute beginner. Xubuntu is most likely your best choice. Distros tend to come with drivers, unless you want different ones, i.e the closed-source ones.

>>57806779
I think basically what you want is the setting
>flat-volumes = no
and to make sure your volume controls are modifying the device volume, not the application volumes.

Doing it this way makes it so everything starts with its individual volume set to 100%, and the device volume acts like a master volume.

You might have that setting in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf
and you might also want to check in ~/.config/pulse/ to see if something added a flat-volumes=yes setting or something.

You can find more info on those config files and flat-volumes here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio/Configuration

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>>57807612
I do have some technical know how, but I'm not an advanced user at all.

Plus, I'm running Xubuntu not mint.

>>57807625
Not even Debian Jessie, with It's GUI and everything? Do you know anything about driver support for either DJ or Alpine?

>>57807653
distro support for drivers is the exact same, no matter which you go to. some distros just offer newer or older versions of said drivers. Debian can be confusing or overwhelming for a new user, but if you think you're up to it then give it a shot. we'd recommend doing it in a VM first however.

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>>57807694

Go for the VM option. It's ideal for me since I have no way of getting my WiFi USB to work in Debian, so I use it in a VM on Microsoft Botnet 10. I use snapshots to unfuck the install when I get a bad driver or update, and if that fails, I still have Windows I can use.

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>>57807694
Well the t60, which I'm waiting for comes with no HDD..

So a VM really isn't a choice for me, personally.

>>57807747
put a disk in it then?

>>57807771
Well, like a CD, right?
Hmmm, I don't really have alot of those lying around.

But from a scale from ubuntu to Arch, how hard is Debian to install?

>>57807793
It's mainly just text sequences, it doesn't have any graphical elements or a cursor to use like Fedora does.
I mean a hard disk, do you not have any hard disks or wouldn't you be able to order a cheap internal laptop drive off the internet? even if it's small & used, you must need a disk.

>>57807793
about the same as ubuntu

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>>57807820
Oh shit, yeah, I'm ordering one as of now so it would arrive at the same time as the laptop. So no cursor or visual GUI? Damn, that's tough man.

>>57807824
Fairly easy..that really contradicts the other statements that I've read here.

>>57807857
the only way you will find out is by trying it. you have nothing to lose, and can always swap to an different distro if you'd like.

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>>57807879
What would you recommend besides Xubuntu? Fedora maybe?

>>57807900
Fedora is easy & fine to use, and has the best GNOME intergration, but does come with other DEs too. OpenSUSE is good to use too, has the best KDE intergration. Fedora or OpenSUSE is a good choice.

>>57807916
An XFCE Fedora distro would be excellent for me, and that's easier to install than Debian, right?

>>57807953
Most likely. https://spins.fedoraproject.org/en/xfce/

>>57807916
What do people mean by this? How can a distro have better "integration" (whatever that means) for a DE than any other distro?

>>57807996
the distro has been mainly designed around that DE, comes with it by default etc. similar to mint's relationship with cinnamon

Is it possible to run a desktop environment or window manager off of a flash drive? My school computers already have GNU/Linux on them, but they only have LXDE, KDE, GNOME, and for some reason flux and xmonad. I'd like to use dwm but I don't have root privileges to make a new desktop in Ubuntu.

>>57808016
>the distro has been mainly designed around that DE
What does this mean exactly?
>comes with it by default etc
So there are no versions of Fedora without GNOME?

>>57808063
i dont know how to simple it down further.

>>57808053
Build dwm. It's easy.

>>57808105
I can build it. Actually I'm not sure there is any other way to get dwm, but I can't run it from the display manager on ubuntu without root is my problem

>>57808063
Fedora's default installation assumes your using GNOME and all the programs it comes with are built around GNOME's workflow.

In the most obvious sense, you won't click on a pdf and be greeted by a blank Okular screen

I've seen a few sources say Fedora 25's use of Wayland by default is a significant thing. I've also seen people mention Wayland on this board a lot. What I don't see are explanations as to what's so important about this.

So I'll ask: what's so important about it?

>>57808118
Try to create a .xinitrc and a .xsession with executable rights to see if they are run by the session manager.

>>57808159
obligatory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIctzAQOe44

>>57807969
Thanks man, I will probably use Fedora then..even though I have zero knownledge about what Gnome is or how it operates.

>>57808216
the link I provided provides you with Fedora with XFCE.

>>57808053
You can run QEMU and distro of choice off flash drive without admin rights.

what are some decent chromium privacy extensions that don't break every website? Something that forces HTTPS, do not track etc. but not script blockers or umatrix

>>57808234
Already downloaded the iso, and I'm ready to go. Hope nothing bad will happen, though.

Ark complains when I try to open some zip files with it "no suitable plugin found ark does not seem to support this file type". Unzip works fine so what the hell is going on?

>>57808327
do remember that Fedora is very strict on it's 'no non-free software in repos'
so you must add these repos manually, but it is easy so don't worry: https://rpmfusion.org/Configuration/
and you may wish to use fedy to install non-free codecs: http://www.tecmint.com/install-fedy-in-fedora/

>>57808326
uBlock Origin, privacy badger and a cookie destroyer.

Idk they have decentraleyes or not

>>57808419
Your GUI archive tool doesn't have plugins yet. Install them.
p7zip (optional) - 7Z format support
unrar (optional) - RAR format support
unzip (optional) - ZIP format support
zip (optional) - ZIP compression support

>>57808461
>Fedora is very strict
Still wondering what's the whole point when they ship it with a blobbed kernel.
>implying blobs/modules/ucode aren't programs
inb4
>people want their shit just werk
Then why excluding nonfree software?
dumb Fedora

>>57808461
>shilling nonfree software
what is wrong with you

>>57808483
Only p7zip and p7zip-rar needed. Why all the other bloat?

>>57808737
They don't qualify as bloats

Hey.
I need to install any linux distribution on a laptop that has an unsupported wifi card, and that doesn't have an ethernet plug. Is there any way to add the drivers in the install image, or should I install them by transfering them with a usb key from my computer to the laptop?

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

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>>57808887
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.

>>57808483
But it only has problems with certain files, others work just fine.

>>57808887
>Add driver to install image.
>I've never considered that possibility before.
You should definitely try that and let us know how it works out.

>>57808893
usually lightweight and user friendly don't go together. User friendly distros like Ubuntu and Mint have a lot of shit to help n00bs. The closest you'll get to both is Xubuntu. See how to install compton after that

>>57808893
>posting animals

>>57809008
You're confusing user-friendly with newcomer-friendly.

>>57809008
>compton
That's a joke right?

>>57809030
>newcomers are not users

>>57809014
>t. animal

>>57809033
no, why would it be a joke?

>>57809030
can you name a distro that's one but not the other?

>>57809033
What is the alternative for fixing tearing issues?

>>57809085
gentoo

>>57809061
but i'm white and not german, slavic or anglo

>>57809112
>I'm white, if it matters

>>57809100
no. Just no.

dont derail the thread please

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>>57809112
Were you home-schooled? Pretty sure that's where illiterate retards are made.

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>>57809160
see >>57809173
gtfo

>>57809215
see >>57809160
global rule #1
keep nonhumans out of /g/

>>57809206
Yup, home schooled redneck spotted.

I am trying to find a decent usb wifi adapter for my laptop. I was given the laptop and its wifi range is awful. What do y'all use for wifi adapters? I dont care at all about portability as Im never taking this laptop with me. So those little raspberry pi thumb ones arent what I am looking for. Is there a linux conpatible N adapter with an antenna?

>>57809262
Get a wifi extender instead

>>57809229
>global rule #1
>bait posting

>>57809262
check thinkpenguin

>>57809242
But I'm not even american. Isn't that insult directed at them?

>>57809285
>wannabe illiterate redneck
It's even worse.

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who /arch server/?

>>57809303
>wannabe
Do you know what this word even means?
Where have I ever stated that I want to be a subhuman anglo?

>>57809332
By behaving like one

>>57809325
sorry breh, gentoo server

>>57807740
This. Snapshots are wonderful for running Linux and Windows VMs.

>>57807747
You can run live off USB while waiting. Use Rufus on your Windows box to load your .iso of choice.

>>57809325
>>57809398
Psst, hey HEY!

>newbie friendly, beginner distros, first timers
-Debian and its derivatives

>Professionals with intermediate Linux related skills
-Fedora, Source Mage, Slackware

>Expert hacking, top tier server usage, serious programming stuff
Arch, Gentoo

>>57809429
Expert hacking...

Jesus christ.

>>57807494
You can also run MATE on such a old machine... A simple way is to get Mint with MATE. Should run fine and have every driver available

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>>57809429
>arch
>expert

>>57809429
>Expert hacking, top tier server usage, serious programming stuff
>Arch, Gentoo
psssh nah, if have a highschool reading level everything is newbie friendly

>>57809441
But wouldn't that kinda defeat the purpose of him wanting to learn something more intermediate?

I mean, I've tried Mate but the guy says he already has used Xubuntu so...

>>57809429
>Expert hacking
fucks sake

>>57809452
>>57809474
I'm more concerned about source mage.

For a server, Debian or CentOS? I'm thinking CentOS because unlike Debian, it's actually made to be a server OS. Debian is still for desktops

But I'm worried because I'm so used to Debian based OSes, that CentOS is going to suck. And considering I already have Debian installed and customized, it's just work to switch over

I guess I'll set up CentOS on a VM and test it out before I'll do anything

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ubuntu and debian on my atom netbook both drop connection every 5-10 min over ethernet,
how do I fix it?


running on a toshiba nb300

>>57809563
CentOS is RHEL without the support. So of course, CentOS

>>57809563
I considered CentOS without selinux for my server. Big question if it has the desired programs

>>57809262
alfa wireless (the ones that support packet injection are decent)

>>57809277
not this, it will run at half the speed,

if you want better wifi get another AP and wire it into the router

>>57809620
add the line "options iwlwifi 11n_disable=1" to /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf and see if that fixes it
that is, if you're using iwlwifi as your wifi driver

>>57809563
>I guess I'll set up CentOS on a VM and test it out before I'll do anything

No shit. ALWAYS do VMs first. It's effortless.

>>57809816
>No shit. ALWAYS do VMs first. It's effortless.

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>>57806645
figured out how to disable the dropdown menu for apps that don't use it in a gnome extension. i modified status bar title extension. my panel is feelin pretty comfy now

fuckin useless dropdown, i kept clicking it instead of switching tabs in chrome

'quit'

I installed xubuntu 16.04 recently.
My gpu is an amd R9 290.
I installed the amdgpu pro drivers, and i checked, they're being used, and my card is detected and used by the OS.
Still when i try to put my screen at 120hz, i get HUGE artifact-like tearing, as if my gpu was giving up in a videogame.
Any tips?

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So is there a reason why pulseaudio has shitty default global settings? default-sample-format = s16le? default-sample-rate = 44100? The fuck?

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>>57809808
so far so good, any idea why the wifi kills the network?

>>57810238
>>57809808

spoke too soon, its dead

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>>57810290

>>57810150
Im an arch user too btw

>>57810150
I have that too on Gentoo, but I don't know shit about audio? What should I change it to?

>>57810664
>ĵþǵ

>>57810903
You are not me though

>>57811216
I know a fellow arch user when I see one. As an arch user like yourself I thought it would be fine to contribite to your post.

Um I used to be able to use foobar2000 with wine in archlinux but now it's refusing to play any files with the error:

Unrecoverable playback error: Invalid parameter. (0x80070057)

I think it's a problem with wine because in the playback options in foobar2000 there is only null output listed. Should there be other audio options there? I tried testing the sound in winecfg and I get a very faint "bloop" sound so I can't even tell if it's working or not

>>57811788
are you the guy from a couple weeks ago?

>>57811827
no

>>57811788
Okay I had to install lib32 pulse and alsa packages and now it works

is there a way to display ANSI text art in urxvt with terminus font (or some other font)?

>>57812500
Is there any way not to? I don't understand what you're asking. Fonts are irrelevant in a terminal since it's always monospaced

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So then, with the fed's legalization of hacking and all, i need to improve my security.

I want to avoid systemd.
I've been using Devuan but I've decided i need to move. Does OpenBSD have easily configurable FDE? Any distros that have GrSec OOTB? Is SELinux really to be avoided?

I'm looking at Void also.
I have a wifi card that I'll also be replacing. Any good cards that'll fit in my Latitude D630 that run on FOSS? I've heard good things about Atheros.

>>57812663
>I want to avoid systemd.
Pointless. Amazing how people think systemd is some closed backdoor bullshit. Dumbfucks.

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>>57812697

>>57812697
I know, i know. It's all paranoia.

Lennart & Redhat + NSA is enough to make me not use it. Call me 'noid.

>>57812726
>NSA
Sigh.

Again, it's fucking free software. Show me the NSA backdoor in systemd. Go ahead. Do what tons of people that have analyzed systemd have not been able to do.

Dumb kid.

>>57812768
Hmm. I just tried posting the backdoor but my post mysteriously disappeared

>>57812722
nice

>>57812768
Funnily all those autists writing blogs against systemd just cannot point out a single backdoor in the code.

They are just kids, looking for some attention. So they just write blogs

>>57812722
what's that that's supposed to represent systemd?

>>57812866
gnome is better

>>57812871
Well it's Japanese so probably some kind of fish product

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>>57812878
I see

>>57812836
>>57812866
Damn, I just tried to post it again but my post keeps disappearing. What's going on here?

>>57812897
How the fuck do you do this on arch without compiling your own version of firefox?

>>57812913
Protip: Use Qupzilla instead

>>57812924
No thanks, I'd rather stick pins in my eyes.

>>57812897
haha I got you! I got you!
YOU REPLIED TO MY BAIT

>>57812937
I like giving and getting yous

>>57812897
What is wrong with your fonts?

>>57812897
I use FreeBSD without a DE and I still have a file picker with previews on firefox

>>57812949
yea about that.

Just a fresh install so I haven't got a chance to tweak stuff on it.

>>57812958
Screenshot?

Thoughts on Solus?

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>>57812972

why the fuck did ubuntu remove the option to turn off mouse acceleration in its gui?

>>57813069
lol you should delete this

>>57813082
why

>>57813069
>previews
>only one preview
thats what they get on linux too. most people stopped using the filechooser entirely since its so fucking useless and just drag their shit from their file manager into the browse box

>>57813097
Unfortunately I was referring to the small icons in the file picker (Not the file preview pane on the right). You can't resize the size of all thumbnails simultaneously.

>>57813124
I am content with what I have

As often as I see Fedora mentioned in talk of easy distros, I also see it mentioned just as often as an intermediate one.

What else is there to do to get it up and running aside from adding rpmfusion and copy/pasting a bunch of codec names to install in the terminal?

>>57812913
just install kmozilla helper it should work man
if im not mistaken
im not a noob who doesn't compile his own software so yeah, wouldn't know

>>57813069
now make the thumbnails on the left have previews too.
i'll wait.
you'll need a lot of time to code that though. i hope you know gtk well

>>57813187
but I don't need that

>>57813203
sure, if thats what helps you sleep at night lmao
don't post here until you have a working filepicker

>>57813209
I would never

>>57813219
you would never what?
speak english

>>57813221
I am

>>57813229
yes you think therefore you are
you're point?

>>57813258
Shut up

>>57813203
>>57813143
but you don't have file previews so stop saying you do

>>57813267
or what?

>>57813268
I do have file previews

>>57813267
thanks

>>57813284
shut up

>>57813284
You will die virgin

>inb4 I'm not
Hand doesn't count

>>57813303
fucking rude.....
>>57813305
wow
i better stop right now
thanks mate

>>57813303
that isn't a file preview, you have to view the file therefore its not a PRE-view you are VIEWING the file. that is a thumbnail

>>57806645
Who are you and why do you make so good OP pics

>>57813318
>that isn't a file preview
>you are VIEWING the file
>that is a thumbnail
>thumbnail is a file preview
make up your mind

when will Linux finally release 4.9?

>>57813329
I AM UR DUD

>>57813345
are you FUCKEN retarded?!
YOu have to physically click the image to see it
thats as good as just clicking on it in a file manager or do they not have previews too in your shitty gnome """"""DE""""""
it should be like this -
you open the file picker
you instantly see the images without having to mouse over them or click on them
easy

>>57813359
Good job, I appreciate your honest effort OP

>>57813353
Linux 4.9 will be released when Linus deems it ready.

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>>57813345
i never said thumbnails were a file preview but its pretty clear at this point you are a shitposter, i wont respond again

>>57813372
lol

>>57813384
I know, I just stated that fact so you could see the obvious contradiction and realize you're wrong

>>57813374
U 2

Anyone try the new flavors of #! since they stopped the project?

My old boot drive died and since I got my SSDs I went to go download and found out the project is no more.

>>57813495
who cares, any distro can run openbox

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>>57812949
Ah finally back to my preferred fontconfig

Sucks that OpenSUSE doesn't have a decent rendering config because of MS's retarded patent

When I change appearance options and themes it reverts back to the default Xfce when I restart.
Do I have to save my options in a config file somewhere?
I'm using Debian and yes I am infact a noob. I've done some searching but can't find exactly what I want.

>>57813520
Decent font rendering config has nothing to do with any MS patent.

>>57813520
>using OpenSUSA

>>57813511
No shit, I liked the project and what the guys were going for and had a cool community.

Just a clean out of box experience with the fun left to you, regardless how simple it is to change a frontend.

Guess I'll just do a deb test release install and run openbox unless there's other projects similar.

>>57813520
Why is it so blurry?

>>57813551
>"The Project"
>ricing openbox
any dumbass neet could do that

>>57813556
Because you didn't open the picture in a separate tab, your browser is scaling the actual screenshot

>>57813543
https://www.freetype.org/patents.html

>>57813582
>>>
>using OpanSUS

>>57813582
>Because you didn't open the picture in a separate tab
No, that is exactly what I did.

>>57813582
I'm well aware of the patents you are referring to but that in no way stops linux from having good rendering.

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>>57813595
Idk looks fine here

>>57813597
Certain distros can't because of patent issues

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>>57813577
You sound like a cynical cunt.
It was minimal, clean, effective, and nice on the eyes with or without 'rice'.

>>57813639
Certain distros can't include non free patents. That does not mean good font rendering can't be achieved.

>>57813644
thats one very smart dog

>>57813747
he's also very condescending

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how the fuck do i install arch linux on my laptop? i literally had the iso burned as a bootable media using both rufus and lili and they both failed. i installed it fine on my desktop but the usb doesn't get recognized at all i get a failed to load ldlinux.c32 message

>>57813869
>he fell for the arch meme

Any good distros with MATE that aren't Ubuntu, Fedora, or Arch based that don't require a lot of fucking around?

>>57814226
Xubuntu

>>57814226
>distros with MATE that aren't Ubuntu, Fedora, or Arch based
'are there any' is a better question.

>>57814226
None

>>57814250
>Ubuntu based

>>57814262
>>57814263
wew, fair enough.

>>57806645
ls is reporting like seven copies of a folder I copied over from windows, and when I try to copy one it gives me a permission error despite my having read rights.

How badly did I fuck up?

>>57814288
>>Ubuntu based
Ubuntu is Debian based, dipshit

>>57814307
your dick is currently in the ceiling

>>57814328
My post said things that aren't Ubuntu, fedora, or arch based, you chucklefuck. I'm well aware Debian is the basis for Ubuntu. Saying xubuntu is just another flavor of Ubuntu, you turbonerd.

>>57809095
Using an intel igpu and enabling "tearfree" for example

>>57806713
what is package manager

i have so much extraneous shit that i don't even want on my laptop like steam which i installed without my package manager and a pet language a professor of mine had, and some other stuff too. part of me wants to reinstall the OS but i've spent a lot of time getting my development environment set up

>>57814358
see >>57814328

What's the purpose of Fedora? Is there anything that justifies it's existence?

>>57814469
>Is there anything that justifies it's existence?
no

>>57814450
OK. ;^)

How hard would it be to gain root access of a Linux box? Difficult (>20 character) password, updated daily, only software downloaded from official repositories.

>>57814541
depends on if you know the password or not

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>>57808919

>>57814288
>wew
you're not using that correctly, breh.

where do I get the best lunix games?

I have never installed Linux on a uefi machine. If I just partition, install, and os-prober will it work or will windows 10 break

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>qbittorrent finally not deleting saved torrents
About fucking time, it took them more than a month to port this fix. Fucking Debian maintainers. I was this close to building it myself or just switching to another client.

>>57814777
https://directory.fsf.org/wiki?title=Special:Ask&offset=10&limit=500&q=%5B%5BConcept%3AGame%5D%5D

Just submitted my first patch to the Linux kernel!

>>57814777
>>57814792
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.en.html#Linux

Just installed Ubuntu 16.04. It's my first GNU/Linux distribution

So far, I have just tweaked things up and disabled the Amazon botnet

What else should I remove from Ubuntu? (an dis it possible to permanently delete the Amazon?)

>>57814900
uninstalling the search lenses should be enough

>>57814900
https://fixubuntu.com/

>>57814919
that was retard level easy
surely theres more no? every keeps saying it's a bloated system, but my systemd-analyze is 19 seconds

>>57814913
what exactly do you mean? removing:
unity-webapps-common
?

doesnt that break other things tho?

>>57814777
https://rutracker.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=1992

>>57814919
>not redirecting to debian.org
A little disappointed. Even so, Ubuntu isn't even that bad. To my knowledge, they have AMDGPU Pro with minimal hiccups.

>>57814803
>Debian
Found your problem

>>57815477
you're part of the reason why this thread is shit, congrats

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>>57815477

>>57815477
Fuck off.

>>57815490
>>57815507
>>57815519
What? Arch doesn't have this problem :^)

>>57815526
Much too tired to continue this stream.
Here's (You)r (You), goodnight /g/.

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>>57815552
But it literally doesn't tho

>>57815568
based kde shill

Friendly GNU/Linux Thread?
more like Dumb Thread Of Stupid Faggots

>>57815620
Amazing how butthurt debibabbies get when their shit distro gets called out.

Whereas no one gave a shit when this faggot >>57814201 over here did the same


Jesus fuck SJWs can't learn to take a banter

>>57815620
wow salty

>>57815653
but i don't use debian or arch

i use other meme distros :^)

>>57815620
wished kdeshill, /pol/fag and that @postnumber guy would leave
so much caner in this thread

>>57815664
cool cool

>>57815664
You're doing it wrong. Instead of feeding the trolls, ignore them. All they want is your You.

>>57815653
arch is indeed a meme, everyone who clames otherwise is obviously new

protecting people from using arch is an act of friendship

>>57815709
>arch is indeed a meme
If Arch is a meme, Debian is one as well

>>57815709
(You) are literally memeing the GNUfags XD so hard by rec'ing (recommending) any Linux distro since they (the distros) are memes in the first place for cucks, desu senpai

>>57815718
did anyone mention debian? stop restarting this debian vs arch cancer
just leave faggot

>>57815696
he probably just wants their attention.

>>57815733
What epic distro is not a meme?

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>>57815725
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.

>>57815755
le gentoomen ^>.>^

@57815696
>All they want is your You.
thats not how it works lad

Looking to try a new operating system. What's the hottest, trendiest Linux distro at the moment?

>>57815924
linux mint is the best atm bruh

>>57815936
>mint
>>>/b/
>>57815924
Get Ubuntu, good for newcomers.
Worth reading: >>57815755

>>57815924
Linux mint is a pretty decent one for beginners. I'd say it's even good for the power users but the more advanced hackers/programmers might disagree

>>57815946
>worth reading
Opinion discarded
>>57815936
>>57815947
Thanks. I've heard of it before too. I had the same question.

>>57815947
>>57815936

Jesus, stop recommending Mint fucking newfags. It's the worst and insecure distro around.

>>57815957
well, we did warn you

>>57815924
I should have said that I've used Linux before and I guess I'm comfortable with it. I'm not a Linux guru but I'm not a beginner.

>>57815959
It's good for newcomers. Nobody cares about your elitist "RMS" nonsense.
It's an all around solid distro if not for the occasional bugs which you have to fix using a few terminal commands copied from the internet.

>>57815959
Exactly what is insecure about Linux Mint anymore?

>>57815972
yeah, mint looks right up your alley.
Don't mention here that you use it though if you want to be "cool" or whatever.
The kids here don't seem to like it that much since it doesn't heavily rely on shell commands.

>>57815985
I don't care about /g/ cred I'm just looking for something new. Someday I'll take the time to install gentoo and then I'll be cool on /g/.

>>57815973
It doesn't have to do with any RMS stuff, Mint is a horrible, broken distro which literally blocks security updates in order not to fall apart.
>inb4 nice meme
here the blocklist: https://github.com/linuxmint/mintupdate/blob/master/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/rules
Related discussion: https://lwn.net/Articles/676664/

>>57815983
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/why-the-linux-mint-hack-is-an-indicator-of-a-larger-problem/

>>57816003
Yeah, you don't seem mentally ill like most wannabe hackers here. Just stick to mint if you don't care that much about having every single thing customized to your liking
>>57816004
>>57816017
Nice stale articles you've got there, buddy.
Go play with your arch or whatever distro is the flavor of the week

>>57816021
Arch and RMSfags actually don't post these. It's probably ubuntu/debianfags.

However Mint does have some problems and you should try to avoid it

>>57816017
yeah, they'll spam this shitty article which has been debunked multiple times at you
not to mention that it's outdated
just ignore the retards and use whatever you like. mint seems to be the best option in your case

>>57816047
>outdated
>up to date blocklist
:^)

enjoy getthing cracked by 15 year old kali skidz

>>57816061
>he throws around terms he doesn't even understand
so i'll enjoy getting cracked by you?
cool

>>57815718
>>57815709
>>57815747
The only non-meme Linuces are Slackware, SuSE, RHEL, CentOS, and Debian

>>57816033
That's what you get when memeing about literally any distro. Serious problems get ignored.

>>57816098
Slackware does not contribute to the Linux community, it never did.
Ubuntu, Fedora, Redhat, SUSE Linux are trying their best to take linux computing further by actually developing stuff. What did Slackware ever do. It's been there for ages. It survived so long but yet to achieve ANYthing. Much like a cockroaches that survived ice age but never really obtained anything meaning full like Dinosaurs or Mammoths.
This might hurt you but Slackware community is a poison that Linux has no use for. What did they ever contribute to? Developing/contributing to BTRFS? Snapper? Kcraft/Kernel hotpatching? FreeDesktop? GNOME? KDE? Wayland? Mir? Snaps? Flatpak? LXC containers? OpenZFS? OBS? Convergence? KVM? High-end Xeon (or instanbul) support? GRO? Systemd-ui/kcm? KIWI?

I'll tell you what slackware ever did: Bitch and moan about systemd - because bitching and moaning is ONLY what Slackware is good for. It's pathetic and has a negative effect on the community.

if I use a tiling window manager like dwm, is there a way to add desktop environment tier functionality to the panel? like if I click on the date, it opens a little calendar like gnome?

The slackware userbase is just as pretentious: they never did anything productive because they are too busy in going to online forums to show off their manual dependency management skills instead of getting real things done. They will NOT like to admit there's no dependancy management because there's a sever lack of devs as mentioned in the number one reason in Slackware faqs. They'll BLINDLY follow what their cult leader do: use an abandonware bootloader and preach its superiority over any other bootloaders, or sperg about how vanilla their distro is.
When they are asked why they use the distro they ALL will give you the same brainwashed, mindless response: "Because of stability".
The users seem to forget the simple fact that Slackware does NOT fix ANY (again: ANY) upstream bugs. So if there's any bug in x-org or gtk, those packages will be just as buggy in Slackware as in Ubuntu. They just seem to forget that Slackware isn't more stable than other distros with the SAME bugs that causes instability.
Some of them will claim "Slackware doesn't have distro specific bugs"
However as I write this Slackware has had total of 35 security vulnerabilities: 9 of which is DoS, 13 remote code excecution, 10 Overflows, a memory corruption, a login bypass and 3 privilege esclations. (CVE details)

>>57816098
Gentoo isn't a meme distro.

The actual Gentoo meme is the notion that Gentoo is a meme.

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Now I know what you are thinking: "I should put my feet on the backpedal and claim it has ((less)) distro specific bugs"
Excuse me? I heard slackware is a "vanilla distro". If it were SO great, why are there vanilla bugs. If you are comparing to distros that are ten times more usable like ubuntu, I'd trade those bugs with usability and productivity. Ubuntu has paid, professional maintainers unlike an unemployed community of hobbyists.

I think we should completely exile them, they can move to BSD or some other garbage.

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>>57816116
mfw Pat Volkerding wrote the first version of SuSE
>mfw Pat Volkerding wrote the first version of SuSE
mfw Pat Volkerding wrote the first version of SuSE
>mfw Pat Volkerding wrote the first version of SuSE
mfw Pat Volkerding wrote the first version of SuSE
>mfw Pat Volkerding wrote the first version of SuSE
mfw Pat Volkerding wrote the first version of SuSE
>mfw Pat Volkerding wrote the first version of SuSE
mfw Pat Volkerding wrote the first version of SuSE
>mfw Pat Volkerding wrote the first version of SuSE
mfw Pat Volkerding wrote the first version of SuSE
>mfw Pat Volkerding wrote the first version of SuSE
mfw Pat Volkerding wrote the first version of SuSE
>mfw Pat Volkerding wrote the first version of SuSE
mfw Pat Volkerding wrote the first version of SuSE
>mfw Pat Volkerding wrote the first version of SuSE
mfw Pat Volkerding wrote the first version of SuSE
>mfw Pat Volkerding wrote the first version of SuSE
mfw Pat Volkerding wrote the first version of SuSE
>mfw Pat Volkerding wrote the first version of SuSE

>>57816158
Who?

>>57816116
>>57816125
>>57816143
Whoa, buddy, slow down. You're going 65mph (memes per hour) in a 55mph thread. Keep this up and I'll have to write you a ticket and take away your license to meme.

Debian is not a poisonous. It's a useless distro, however they embrace changes. Unlike Slackware - who fears any advancement of the Linux community.

Ask yourself this: What new technology Slackware ever embraces? They don't. They are like those lonely good-for-nothing NEET shut-ins that is afraid of change.

They get so afraid that they try to influence others not to progress. Gladly that doesn't work. Slackware is not significant and it belongs to VMs at most.

And the people that unironically use slackware are mostly 1337 NEETs

>>57816127
but it kinda is a meme distro. it's not like milhouse, where the meme is that it's not a meme. it's just a meme. accept it.

>>57816163
Some opionated cult leader that has lower relevance to Linux/FLOSS softwares than RMS ever was

>>57816169
>the people that unironically use slackware are mostly 1337 NEETs
Then how come Slackware is the #1 distro of choice among Russian physicists?

>>57816189
Hello there, russian physicist.

Ubuntu team just patched a number of critical exploits of the Linux kernel today. What did your cult leader do in the mean time? Solving dependency for gimp? LOL

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>>57816221

>>57816221
don't you ever get tired spreading FUD? or does your bitter autistic rage keep you going? also there are no "dependencies" that need to be "solved" for gimp, it's part of the base system and all it's required libraries are included in the full install. so there.

Hi guys. >>57815924 here. I went with Mint. I'm going to enable all the security updates though.

>>57816369
Enjoy your broken system.

>>57816421
It seems to be working fine right now but thanks for your concern

>>57811788

>resorting to ugly shitty hacks like wine just to run a simple music player

Just go back to Windows. You're not impressing anyone.

>>57813644

Everything can be clean, minimal and effective, also nice on the eyes.
The time you spend complaining about it could be spent on installing a distribution and then configuring it to be like whatever shit you wanted to use.

>>57814868

Fixing those weird "long long" typos?

>>57816123

Yes.

>temperature reading in BIOS says 49°C
>temperature reading from lm_sensors says 31°C

How can there be such a huge difference? I understand that the BIOS might not throttle the CPU, but the lm_sensors reading only went up barely to 50 while compiling something. I am using shitty generic thermal paste with a stock cooler. Surely something must be off?

im gonna be installing gentoo this weekend for the first time long long time arch (and other) user ready to use the REAL THING and roll it all myself

it was either this or lfs as a project and lfs sounds fucking stupid (sorry not sorry)

>>57816622

>roll it all myself
So you're going to write your own kernel, drivers and userspace utilities? What does Gentoo or any distribution have to do with that?

>>57816622
>lfs sounds fucking stupid (sorry not sorry)
Literally not different than putting a gentoo system together. The difference is with LFS you can choose different tools like package managers

does this general got an irc channeL?

Mint is the best distro, my Mint install will last longer than your Arch install

>>57815959

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Hello, I posted a few days ago but forgot to check back

>>57775545 (me)
>>57779929
How do I update?

I've tried uninstalling and re-installing from the site several times.
Nothing comes up in the "About skype" window which would usually have an update button.

>>57817691
I did it once more with feeling and now it worked.

>>57817691
>skype for linux alpha
There's a new version of skype for linux?

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Retarded question, I want to set up a seedbox on my home and everything show "ubuntu only compatibility"

So, if I just use Lubuntu to avoid bloat will I lose any feature/compatibility?

>>57817919
Why would you put any GUI on a seedbox?

>>57817931
Because I don't have autism

>>57817940
That's a pretty harsh handicap you got there. My condolences.

>>57817957
Yeah, too bad for me

So, anything that should work on ubuntu should work on lubuntu?

>>57818022
All the buntus are the same shit anyway, they just differ in preinstalled packages.

>>57818031
Well, most seedboxes use them so I guess is the way to go, no one want to waste their time compiling worthless trash for literal who distros, outside here, I mean

i'm running tahrpuppy PAE on a fairly old laptop (1GB RAM 1.8GhZ dual core) and everything is relatively smooth other than youtube, no matter what browser i use it's always outdated and won't let me watch more than 360p, which stutters if i move my mouse at all.

pls help, will post rare gimp drawings in return

>>57818084
>PAE
You don't need it for 1GB.

>>57817931
So you can play Turtles in Time on it when your mates come around

>>57818104
call me a nigger but what's the difference between PAE and non-PAE, all i'm pretty much aiming for is having a lightweight system that'll play movies and HD youtube videos competently

>>57818132

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

>>57818176
so basically it's redundant because i'm limited do a 32bit system anyways, but does it impact performance?
also, would an additional GB of RAM make any difference? i'm sorry if i'm coming off as rude, it's just that i haven't really messed with low-performance distros before.

>>57818204

Read it again. PAE is useful if you want to address more than 4GB of RAM on a 32bit system. You only have 1GB, so it's useless for you.

>would more ram make a difference
If you keep running out of your 1GB and are constantly swapping, yes.

What IDE should I use as a beginner taking C classes?

>>57818638
emacs

>>57818638
Whatever your classes recommend to you

>>57818638
>>57818675
>not using vimi

>>57818675
They recommend Code::Blocks but I their latest release is for Fedora 22 and I'm running Fedora 25. I installed it but I can't get that fucker to run.

>>57818747
Compile from source

Or just use any text editor, you won't get to do actually complex projects anyway

->
-> >>57818834
->

>>57818842
I still need a distro for an ancient config.
P4, 256MB ram.

>>57819133
arch