/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

fuck linux

fuck india

>GNU/Thread
Why not just thread?

what DE should i use with ubuntu? currently at xubuntu and the DE is buggy af or im retarded. maybe ubuntu mate?

>>58051416
They are forcing their agenda on people in the thread, despite a large number not even using gnu for their userland

>>58051416
It's been a very long back and forth thing with it being linux thread vs gnu/linux thread. Just keep it as gnu/linux thread.

>>58051456
I think I'll just make a a fork of this thread soon. They are welcome there too if they don't mention things exclusive to their userland.

I'm trying to get stats to work with mpv and when I start it I get this message in the terminal

>[stats]
[stats] stack traceback:
[stats] [C]: in ?
[stats] [C]: in ?
[stats] Lua error: /home/jack/.config/mpv/scripts/stats.lua:5: unexpected symbol near '<'

>>58051470
But you can use Linux without gnu.

>>58051470
nah, I'm bringing it back. just wait a little for when i get into the mood.

>>58051484
Those systems are indeed not GNU/Linux systems, so what's your point?

>>58051499
This is a Linux thread, everything we talk about pertains to the linux Linux and operating system.
You can talk about gnu within the thread the same as you can busybox,qclibc,and malloc and any issues,grivences,support would still be valid as you are using Linux.

>>58051513
You're wrong, pal. This is a GNU/Linux thread, it says it right there in the thread title. Feel free to create an alpine or "Just Linux" thread if you want.

>>58051309

Been trying to install gentoo for a while now, just for the heck of it. I've had several attempts that resulted in botched installations that I just gave up on, and one attempt where I completed the installation with zero problems and even installed xorg, but decided I was done because I was tired of compiling everything

Now I really want to install it on my laptop, but unfortunately my laptop's AMD card is fairly new and incompatible with the open-source drivers amdgpu and radeonsi (just gives me a black screen on every distro).

I know for a fact that the proprietary driver package (flgrx/Catalyst) works just fine, but is no longer supported/maintained by AMD and therefore no longer easy to install on any Linux distro.

My question is, can someone point me to a recent (2016) resource that will help me install a desktop Gentoo system with the flgrx drivers, and lays out the information with as little headache as possible?

Even better, has anyone else been in my situation, and how to resolve?

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>>58051577
>"gentoo amd drivers"

>>58051594
I did google and couldn't find it you fagman autist nigger

>>58051616
You "did" Google?

>>58051577
https://github.com/Lucretia/vulkan-overlay might wanna check this out
also check your card here https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Radeon

Who the fuck is shilling BSD non stop?
It's absolute trash.

>>58051851
One man's trash is another man's treasure. BSD may have it's problems, but if someone still likes it? Nothing wrong. The only thing which is wrong is being an idot about "kikes" and "communism" and whatever else this faggot is about.

>>58051880
He's just shitposting. Stop replying to him.

I have my root partition on my SSD and my home partition on my HDD. Where would be the proper place to install git programs in my root partition?

>>58051993
You want to get a program from a git server and compile and install it?

>>58052002
I want to install i3-gaps from git and I would like it on my SSD which only contains my root partition. Where is the proper place to build it in my root partition?

>>58051481
Your config is broke

>>58052036
I've never done make install from a different drive. Do you still have a home directory on your SSD?

>>58052089
No, only a shortcut to the one on my HDD, would it be okay if I just made a folder in there for all of my programs that I want on there? Would it be alright to install it in the bin folder?

>>58052139
I don't think you're supposed to touch /bin. Why not just make a temporary directory anywhere on your SSD like say the root directory, git the source, compile, and run make install? Delete the folder when you're done.

>>58052139
>>58052164
Make a "bin" folder in your ~/bin and put it in your path. You can do this for standalone programs easily, or scripts you make.But you should do the compiling and building within your package manager instead of doing it ouside of it where your system cant keep track of it

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I have installed pulse audio equalizer, and it created that LADSPA Plugin EQ multiband [...] output device.
How can I set it as my default output device for applications? I've tried some things but they didn't work, whenever I play a video or something else it uses the regular output device (Built in analog stereo)

Why only half of my images have thumbnails in firefox? The rest are placeholder icons.

>>58052319
>I agree that FSF is commie but I don't think linux itself is,
You have my permission to use Linux. But only under one circumstance. namely, you can't use BSD on your hardware. Just try it out, you'll love it my man. It respects your anti-communist views, Linux doesn't.
Get rid of the firmware blobs you don't need though if you are in the US or EU. If you are anywhere else it shouldn't matter since the local guys probably don't have access to the backdoors in that firmware.

I'm using a Laptop with Intel integrated graphics and a GTX 950M, which only activates when playing games. Would it fuck my shit up if I don't install non-frew drivers for that on for example Debian or Fedora?

>>58052407
They dont datamine or sell your data

>>58052354
are they all jpg/jpeg's ?

>an Arch guide using Debian software fixed my Gentoo install
what the fuck is this shit!

>>58052526
Freedom.

Is there a program which automatically types what I say into the quick reply box? I'm so lazy right now. :3

>>58052696
Just write it, breh. (And don't forget to add a free license).

>>58052498
That's not what I was asking for.
I asked if I really need to install non-free drivers for a secondary GPU that's never being used? Will it fuck my OS up?

>>58052726
Yeah, and be sure to write it in python so I never use it.

>>58052310
It works with cinnamon, but not with kde
why can't linux just work?

>>58052734
If you never use the secondary GPU and there are no non-free drivers for proprietary hardware, all that means is that the OS will never work with the hardware in question. It's not a big deal if you never intended on using it.

>>58052726
That's actually a big problem especially on github. So many programs and libs can't be used in other projects because people don't care about licensing their shit.

>>58052407
>which only activates when playing games
if you only use it to play games, you will use it only on windows. no need to install the drivers on linux.

>>58052794
>github
Trash site. SJW, "Open Source", riddled with nonfree shit that tracks your ass. They even use canvas tracking, these shady faggets. And dare you to call your program "Webm for Retards", they'll take your program down.

is it possible to make bash cycle through files when you hit tab, just like zsh?

like cd *tab* then you cycle through folders

that's the only reason why I use zsh

>>58052862
Yes. Drop this into your ~/.bashrc

bind 'tab:menu-complete'

>>58052883
how do you guys know such things?
are you wizards?

>>58052825
Is there any good alternative? I've seen a lot of retarded shit on there too.

>>58052932
I've heard of gitgud that I think is ran by 8ch anons.

>>58052923
No, we just read manpages.
>>58052932
There is notabug, savanna, gitlab, where notabug and savanna is for free/libre software only.

>>58052943
>not having a github account
you'll never get a job in tech

>>58052793
There are ones though. Stability matters much to me, that's why I'm choosing Debian or Fedora, maybe a never used CPU recognized by the system could fuck my shit up or something.

>>58052996
lel, that's like saying

>not having a facebook account
>you'll never get a job anywhere

don't be stupid

>>58052996
I'd rather hire someone who has set up his own git on his own server than some fizzbuzz github kid.

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I'm using a browser called "surf" from suckless.org. How do I make it my default browser?

>>58053072
suckless.org is satire, these programs aren't made for actual use.

>>58053072
What do you mean by "default browser"?

>>58053072
Depends on your distro.

>>58052883

nice, but is it possible to list the folders and cycle through them?

>>58053115
Yes.

bind 'set show-all-if-ambiguous On'

>>58053115
>>58053136
Well, it doesn't highlight them.

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How do I remove the window title bars in xfce. I googled for like 5 minutes and couldn't find an easy answer. Warning: I am retarded.

>>58053166
>google
You should try searx.me.

>>58053160

damn it doesn't work for big lists
doesn't work for my music folder for example (145 possibilities)

>>58053193
Try this:

bind 'set page-completions Off'

>>58053211

Nope. I want the exact functionality provided by zsh:
cd ~/music/*tab*
lists all directories

then with additional *tab*'s you cycle through directories

>>58053111
Fedora

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>>58053180
using startpage and cuckcuckgo, I hav'nt used google for almost a year, but I can't break the habit of using it as a verb.

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>>58053391

>>58053166
Switch to a window manager that allows that. XFCE isn't good for rice.

>>58053391
nice. now remove that ugly green from your i3 status bar and get an anime image as your background instead of that ugly shit you've got going there

>>58053391
>800x600
wow

>>58053461
recommendations? I've tried i3 and have considered going back to it, but it felt awkward. I don't think I gave it enough of a chance.

>>58053483
i3 is pretty good.

>>58053473
dunno how the fuck to remove ethernet color highlighting, did a few googles and got nowhere

I'm looking to install a distro onto a USB drive - ideally less than 1 GB when installed, but could be up to 4 GB. Would be nice to be able to install packages through apt-get but its not a deal breaker. Any suggestions?

>>58053495
use i3blocks instead of i3status. you can also remove that ethernet shit altogether

>>58053414
why do you even need such retarded memes to shit on arch? it's not like it doesn't have real issues

I found the cause of the crashing GIMP bug from earlier today. It's the theme "arc-dark". What the fuck.

>>58053632
>gimp is such a shitty application it crashes because of something so insignificant
Can't say I'm surprised.

>>58053657
here we go again
please kill yourself already

>>58053674
>using reddit memes
Why though? Is it not true that GIMP is shitty? How can it not be if it's such a buggy piece of shit that it crashes because of a theme?

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how can i be like those fags on /wg/ this is what i have so far

>>58053696
https://rizonrice.github.io/resources
>>58053657
fuck off

>>58053713
Is that all you can do when someone calls out your shitty piece of shit program for what it is? That's pretty good.

>>58053696
The most important part is crafting the perfect terminal theme. Yours looks like ass btw.

>>58053696
get some better japanese fonts my mate

>>58053483
Get i3-gaps, it has more features, like gaps. . The git page for i3-gaps will tell you how to use it.

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>>58053696
Visit:
http://terminal.sexy/
But first visit:
http://rms.sexy/

>>58053765
Not that anon, but do you know a good moonrunes font which fits good as fallback for terminus?

>>58053389

startpage is google

>>58053787
One day I will have collected all stallmans.

>>58053835
Rip them the convenient way.

wget -e robots=off -nc -nd -nv -ERhtml -Ajpg,JPG -r rms.sexy/img/

>setting up an old laptop exclusively for music production
>Ubuntu Studio has a low-latency kernel
>soundsgood.jpg
and then, I was wrong
>Thunar, which has no search and no way I could figure out to network share folders
>extra special useless package manager
>the panel in the default desktop manager cheerfully allows windows to expand and move behind it, and there's no way I could find to make window resizing snap to the edge of the panel
>clock/calendar app makes me remember date/time display syntax just to have the date displayed
>the image viewer's icon is goddamn anime
and everything I've tried to use so far is like that. it's like a 3rd Party Rebranded™ Android phone, complete with the bloatware being needlessly painful to uninstall, except without the equivalent of the actual Android apps installed alongside

>>58054119
>music production
>linux
I mean, how will you even be able to listen to the music when linux have such shitty drivers?

>>58054196
>such shitty drivers?
obvious answer is track day! Practice makes perfect.

I'm using Fedora. What's an easy way to have my package manager manage programs I install from source?

guys
>it's not a bait
cmus vs mpd+ncmpcpp

https://www.strawpoll.me/11900652

>>58054464
>bluez5 + Busybox/Android device
best UI

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This keeps coming up on certain sites, or on reboot and opening chromium...I know I was trying to mess with debian andd get it to sleep w/ no login after timer...but I still want my music to play...

>>58055001
its the keyring manager

Any good lightweight distros that I can always have in my 8GB USB stick that has many softwares?

It is possible to COMPLETELY remove screen tearing during video playback with x.org based Linux distributions? Or is it something we will have to wait for wayland to get?

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>>58055305
install compton

>>58055305
what graphics are you using and what DE/WM

>>58055340
>>58055391
Yes

or

No

I don't care about the particulars.

>>58055410
cocks in your throat, breh? Y E S
.....................................................E
.....................................................S

>>58055427
h e h
e
h

>>58055427
I don't believe you.

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i can't decide on a distro

there is only 1 criterion

it has to be lightweight so it runs nicely in a virtual machine

please help

thanks

>>58055477
manjaro bspwm edition

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Does anyone actually use openSUSE? I hardly ever see it mentioned anywhere, though it's supposedly a major distribution.

How does Tumbleweed compare to Arch (aside from obviously being less of a chore to install)?

>shitty sound
>follow the tutorial at ubuntu's website to install/update sound
>nothing changed
>try to install realtek driver for linux
>cant compile because it was made for older kernel
>sound is still shitty
will I have to buy a new computer?

>>58055718
>install/update sound *driver

Good thread.

What is it about openSUSE that makes unetbootin not cooperate with it?

Every other distro I've tried to put on a flash drive has worked without issue except for openSUSE. I looked it up and figured out how to get it on via the command line, so the issues been solved, but I'm still curious as to what causes the issue.

>>58056638
unetbootin sucks is why. Just use dd.

I'm having trouble getting dzen2 to display japanese characters. Even if I declare a japanese font. What the fuck.

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>>58051363
I was led to believe KDE doesn't have this problem..

How do I get thumbnails view, on Ubuntu,

>>58057303
wait I remembered

How to disable mouse acceleration in Mint? I somehow disabled it through dconf, but is there a better way?

>>58057303
This is shitty kde4, where did you even get this? Is xubuntu lts really that old? Get the newer version, it should work there by default since it's working in vanilla kde5.

>>58057362
meant kubuntu there of course.

>>58057362
I just installed it from apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
I was already using ubuntu with unity and wanted to try this
How do I get the new one or upgrade this one?

>>58057395
Just install kubuntu 16.10 instead of this outdated piece of shit you've got right now. It should already be patched for this to work. It even works on the vanilla kde5 with no patches whatsoever, even with chromium.

Or just get manjaro (arch for n00bs like you) which has kde-firefox-opensuse in their repos iirc. if not, you can use the aur.

>>58054464
cmus is so lacking in comparison to ncmpcpp.

>>58057454
I just realizes it's because I have ubuntu 14.04, I am gonna upgrade to 16.04 and reinstall

Or install manjaro, but will try this first

>>58055305
In Xubuntu all I had to do was run in terminal:

nvidia-settings --assign CurrentMetaMode="nvidia-auto-select +0+0 { ForceCompositionPipeline = On }"

It doesn't save on boot so I put the command in my autostart applications. If you have the latest nvidia driver then they have that setting in the X Server Settings thingy.

>>58057511
Try manjaro, it should be easy enough and I think anything arch-based is honestly easier that ubuntu. It was for me any way when I was starting out.
Get the kde manjaro right away if you'll be doing that. Don't get anything else and then install kde since I think they already apply some patched to kde.

>>58057513
This, same with KDE. You can also put it in your xorg.conf

MPV is the best anime player right?
Watching anime right now on my Arch and I have to say Arch is pretty good.

Little problem here. Too many ways to solve it.

I'm running a remote machine with a desktop on Arch Linux. For some reason, sometime a process (maybe midori, firefox or thunderbird) goes wild and renders the system unresponsible. It takes some minutes of patience to get a shell session and type a command to kill those processes.

My aim is to configure the system, that no process can produce such high load (load average of 30 on 2 cores is definitely to high)

So what could I use? ulimit? cgroups?
I never had to solve such resource problems

>>58057777
nice digits lmao
I'm using arch too btw

Today my drive got mounted read-only again for no apparent reason. Now I'm seriously thinking if is just a shitty distro or a kernel bug.
I'm using Linux Mint MATE 64-bit with 4.4.0-21-generic kernel. Same thing happened a month ago, S.M.A.R.T. status is ok.
And I'm my memory serves me right that happened to me on a different distro a few years ago.
Wat do? Change distro?
I'm thinking one Ubuntu flavor (maybe Xubuntu), or just going with Arch and trying to learn it or Gentoo.

>>58053166
You can hide on full sized windows and Xfwm is one of the most riceable non tiling wm. i3 is bloated shit among tiling managers though.

>>58053461
Spatry could do it. It's somewhere in the window tweaks.

>>58053478

It's obviously a virtual machine. He thinks he achieved an accomplishment which consists of following a simple guide and typing 10 lines of text. Now he wants to boast about it, thinking he's special and to show-off his incredibly original work, which isn't even his work, but work other people have done. He's only leeching off their effort in order to feel smart.

What's a good zsh theme?

I just installed ffmpeg but the comands to convert the files are long as fuck. Does anyone know some useful aliases?

>>58058778

Don't use aliases, use functions.
Spend 30 minutes reading about your shell, Bash I assume, and write them yourself.

http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/scripting/tutoriallist

What's the difference between ls and dir?

their respective manpages are exactly the same but dir is not a symlink to ls but a separate binary

>>58059572

A simple internet search explained the answer to me.

>>58058383
bumperino

some threads ago i saw a post listing funny linux distributions. There was stuff about Ponies, Hitler and such. does anyone have it?

I already feel pretty comfortable with GNU/Linux, how would I go about "simulating" a sysadmin job at home?

the guy who recommended me to watch the animation "K-on" on my Arch the other day, thanks.

what would be alternative for xfce indicator plugin aka "the taskbar". its buggy as hell. closing when i open pdfs. im on xubuntu

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I'm looking for a way to run a temporary servers, on the go,Like getting LAMP on a USB flash drive.

So I was thinking of getting puppy linux/slax for it.
Which one would be better?
Regarding creating packages for it?

Is there a way to test existing rsnapshots' integrity, folder structure and the fuckloads of symlinks?

Also missing there a practical difference between a mdadm raid 10 array or striping two raid1 mdadm arrays?

>>58060892
just use whatever
perhaps look at ubuntu server to begin with

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>>58061251
It needs to be on USB flash drive and run from RAM, with minimal resources.
I was looking at qemu puppy, how's that?

The only issue I'm having is the packages.
I'm leaning towards puppy linux since at every shutdown, it gives you the option if you want to save your session.
Which is helpful if you want to run clean slate at every boot.

>>58061278
you can run any distro from ram with a simple initramfs and shutdown hook
that is, have the initramfs copy the root filesystem into a tmpfs mount, then copy/rsync it back to persistent storage upon shutdown

>>58061527
-- you can also do things like write a udev rule and associated script that sync's (backs up) the machine automatically with a usb drive simply by plugging in the usb drive (perhaps make it beep when it's done if it's headless)

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>>58061527
I tried doing that with net debian, things didn't go as planned and spent 3 days trying to fix things, and ended up creating a frandebian.
So I reverted to using a puppy linux/slax.
The only issue is like I said the packages.
I have no issue building from source, the issue is it defeat the distro design.
How do you create packages for those kind of distros?
>>58061566
That's neat.

>>58061580
Read up on slackbuilds.

>>58061580
it would probably be easier to just take a distro that you're familiar with and has the packages you need, and modify it to run from a ramdisk, than to try to modify one of those purpose-made "mini" distros like puppy
but that's just me

>>58051363
Hey Im cool with the fglt threads but can we stop using Richard as the picture's post?

Linux is great. Ubuntu is great. But we need to push Linux to be more responsive. Webkit and Git were some of the best contributions out of Linux outside the realm of the immediate OS. But I feel like every GNU project I see outside of Ubuntu is a whitewash of someone reinventing the wheel rather than coming along for the ride to make better mobile-first/single page apps.

Also....Binaries... Need to be universal.
/end rant/

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>>58061635
>>58061599
>modify it to run from a ramdisk
>slackbuilds
I've tried, read about many things.
But it was really above my head, In IRC someone even told me to try and get gentoo unironically.

>>58061771
If you want to use someone other than richard next thread, nothing stopping you.

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>>58061771
this is just a short snippet to support what I am saying, and goes back to responsive behavior
How about we redesign this for the OS'es using it so that it looks more like a modern app store., with featured or popular previewed.

After I get back from AFK I'll take a peak at the software managers code and see if it is even remotely feasible to rework it, then do a fork.
>>58061790
Sounds good.

Does anyone know of a distribution built for containerizing apps?
My goal is to use VMs like digitalocean to create a single platform on which to divide even further. For example, run a Mattermost chat server, then a web server, Web IDE, and onlyOffice all one one single $5 VM, and have them run off their normal ports. The end goal would be to not have to dick around with interfaces, ports, adding extra IP spaces, and have it all run off one DNS alias or a single IP (maybe this is Docker but I envision multiple hosts rather than single). This would be for 1-3 people using it daily.

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>>58051363
How much experience do I need to use Arch?

>>58061931
not much, just basic linux knowledge
the arch wiki is very easy to use

>>58061969
>basic linux knowledge
What did he mean by this?

>virtual machine working just fine, got everything configured, it's all good
>then i suddenly get hueg borders around my terminals, regardless of what terminal i'm using-- when i wake up the next day (today)
the only thing i remember doing was installing lxappearance and seeing that there were no themes there
fug

>>58061996
You can ask 'what does that mean exactly?'.
You dont have to speak in memes.
It probably means you can use the command line.
You should also be willing to read and learn stuff. If you dont know much at all to begin with, and learn everything mostly from scratch from the wiki and manpages, that'll feel really slow and like a big pain in the ass, but if you're already have rudimentary knowledge and a baseline familiarity with linux and cli stuff, its pretty smooth and easy.
If you just want the AUR you dont need any experience to use antergos or something.

Can anyone reccomend a good tool to preview installed fonts?

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>>58055717
bump

>>58061996
>What did he mean by this?
He means to say, if you can read, you'll be alright.

>try to open psd file with gimp
>"what could go wrong?"
>mfw if fucking works
goodbye photocuck, hello gimp

>>58062384
>>>/a/

>>58062384
opensuse has actual security, signed packages & competent developers, along with a centralised control system, but can be considered 'bloated' for a desktop use by default, so you will have to trim down the amount of packages, unlike in arch.

>>58060352
install a bunch of vms and wank around with them

how do I install wine on a live linux mint usb?

>>58062732
Thanks.

>but can be considered 'bloated' for a desktop use by default, so you will have to trim down the amount of packages, unlike in arch.
Guess that explains the >4GB installation media. I wondered why it was so huge. What are all the extra packages they're bloating the installation with?

>>58062732
i found yast2 to be absolutely terrible to work with.
For one - it's unbelievably slow.

And second, I spent over an hour configuring my printer with it and I was mindboggled how absolutely retarded was the configuration process.
To give you a comparison - my printer is an old HP and worked on every distro starting from debian squeeze at it's release in 2011 to most recent fedora version. It never gave me problems until I tried out opensuse leap when it was released

>>58062839
i guess it makes it more suitable for putting onto lots of disks and installing onto lots of computers at once, without the need for a netinstall.

>>58062839
just loads of shite

you can cut down on it though and selectively install what you want. use the netinstall image

>>58062816
persistence

>>58062855
you aren't supposed to actually use yast...

>>58055717
muh distro, at best neat KDE integration.

>>58062895
Well fuck me if you're not supposed to use the dedicated configuration tool why was it created in the first place?

>>58062918
for ease of use, not for a power user

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>>58062936
>installing a printer
>power user task

>>58062957
why are you here?

>>58062968
Probably the same reason as you did.

Look I had a genuine complaint okay?
Yast2 made an easy task (installing a printer) which worked flawlessly in every distro I've tried before and after opensuse a chore.
I thought it's something the person who asked "how's opensuse" should know.

Stop being so insecure.

>>58062855
hp printer is nightmare to configure on most distros and CUPS is placebo.

Can i run Warcraft 3 on linux ?
will this really work https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/WarCraft_III#Windows_version

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>>58062369

Open up any GTK3 program and go to its font selection dialog.

>>58062997
does every distro have a config management suite like yast?

sorry i don't really care about that shite and normally try to avoid it

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>>58051363
What is /fglt/'s opinion on Debian?

More specifically, Debian Sid?

>>58063070
you got me there

>>58063401
/fglt/ is not one person

from an honest debian user - if you're going to use anything other than stable, just use ubuntu.

>>58063428
Why?

>>58063449
ubuntu is "debian testing mad suited for desktop use"

>>58063477
I was hoping I could avoid Canonical, though.

Couldn't I get what I need for desktop use through simply installing the extra programs I'd need after the netinstall, and that's that?

>>58063477
>ubuntu is "debian testing mad suited for desktop use"
would there be any difference at all if you're using a WM from a netinst rather than a DE?

>>58063498
You have no clue about the differences between and relationship debian and ubuntu has but somehow you're full of prejudice against Canonical.
May I just say that it's ridiculous?

Thing you have to consider is the policy towards security patches.
Debian sid and testing do not get security patches. None at all because security is not the goal of those two branches.

Debian does not come with many security features by defaul (like AppArmor)
It's a deliberate design decision of course, not it's devs being inept.
Debian developers expect the user to be able to secure his installation by himself.

And (the most useful from desktop user pov) ubuntu has PPA support.

Debian is an extremely useful distribution.
It runs on everything, it's stable, it's repositories are large and documentation is "good enough" (could be better).
And for all the use cases where debian shines it shines because of the stable branch.

If you're going to use testing/sid just use ubuntu.

I'm saying that as a debian user (both server and desktop).

>>58063655
It's worth to point that debian is one of the few distros that got the balance between sucking FSF's greasy, unwashed cock and not saying "fuck the users lmao" just right.

Regular installation does not ship with binary kernel blobs.
But you can still install them in a whim

>>58063401
Debian Sid is cutting edge rolling upstream, not distro specific patching or bugfixes. Stuff that didn't break goes into Debian testing which is perfect for desktop use. Stable is perfect for servers that need to run for the next 1000 years, bad for desktop use, since you usually want fresh packages.

>>58063738
>bad for desktop use, since you usually want fresh packages.
That's really a mindset i do not understand.

If everything works what's the point of upgrading?

>>58063755
because a lot of stuff doesn't work without the latest thing

it's an incredible pain trying to navigate a 'stable' distro if you want to use a lot of applications

stability is only useful for production environments where you want a standard system that doesn't change or fuck up in any way

>>58063655
Why recommending Ubuntu over Debian? Canonical is absolute cancer, leeching from the community, giving nothing back and they made spyware on Linux distros a thing. Fuck that shit. If a user isn't completly new, there's no reason to use Ubuntu over Debian.

>>58063798
I wouldn't call it plain spyware since the amazon requests were sent to ubuntu servers first, then to ubuntu. Actually bad is that these connections were http connections.

>>58063854
then to amazon*

>>58063854
w h a t

>>58063854
>Ubuntu apologists

>>58063873
It means that the "man-in-the-middle" could snoop on everything you type into the dash.

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I'm sorry if the question is silly, but I suppose I should ask here just in case someone's kind enough to answer

On a fresh Debian install for a desktop/laptop, what are the basic security measures I should implement right off the bat?

Adding to this, what are some particular precautions I should take when taking my Debian laptop to a public Wi-Fi place? I mean OS/Firewall related things, apart from browser side things like HTTPS Everywhere and all that. Is it true that UFW is pretty much it or is that preposterous?

>>58063854
>I wouldn't call it plain spyware
what they call "service", I'd call "disservice"
sending keystrokes to whatever server in order to get some amazon ads isn't really a service

I know it's disabled by default now, but srsly what's the point by adding such crap into a linux distro, this isn't fucking windows

>>58064020
it makes normies feel right at home
why do you think that linux mint is such a succsess :^)

>>58063978
Some things you can add:
ufw, apparmour, firejail

I'd recommend reading the arch wiki about security for more.

>wifi
Make sure that WPS is disabled. If you connect to hotspots, only use https connections.

>>58064048
it doesnt, normies didnt like the W10/8 adds, they either bitched and moaned but did nothing, or didnt care.
People dont enjoy being subjected to attempts to manipulate them into wasting their money for the benefit of some company.
Though, while the amazon ad shit was bad, it doesnt make a difference if you dont use unity, unity is shite anyway.

>using debian testing
>frustrated by the lack of a package for krita, see something that looks like it in debian sid
>switch repos to unstable, it wasnt fucking krita, later on I Just use an appimage
>permenantly on unstable now
>cant reinstall without repeating a bunch of setup and config

>>58064179
It kind of says so on the tin. Your fault for not reading/doing your research.

What is the most painless way to install i3-gaps on Debian?

>>58064248
go to github, git clone, make, checkinstall

>>58064179
told ya bub

>>58064355
>checkinstall

where was this when i was compiling from source half of the dependencies and reinstalling in different orders for hours last night?

thanks though, i'll try it. i'm new to anything not ubuntu so this has been a learning experience...

>>58064248
give me the link to the patch i'll build you a patched package

>>58064355
checkinstall is pretty underrated
so comfy

>>58064428
Arch pleb here, what does it do?

>>58064424
i've been using Airblades fork. it's not a patch, but you can see what you can do if you want:

https://github.com/Airblader/i3

>>58064440
After compiling, it creates package and installs it so you can manage it with apt. What's the equivalent on Arch? I'm pretty sure there is. makepkg?

>>58064450
it has a "debian" folder.

All you need to do is install debian building tools
run apt-get build-dep i3

then navigate to the source directory and run debuild -uc -us

to build a .deb package

One thing tha really grinds my gears.
Why don't all programs drop their configs in ~/.config/program/ ? Why does vim place it into ~/.vimrc and ~/.vim for example? That's alot of clutter, boys.

>>58064535
How would you enforce it? There are standards like XDG, but there's no master that enslaves you to follow them. Enjoy your freedom.

>>58063915
Oh no. Hackers will see me typing the first three letters of my installed programs.

Honestly, people blow that thing out of proportion.

>>58064570
What when you accidently paste something sensitive into the dash, like your password or something?

>>58064535
they should but xdg base directory is one of the many standards people just ignore.

And that's not really the matter of "on linux you do what you want".

Windows software stores configs in the registry, in the installation directory, in userapps, in my documents, every fucking where with Microsoft spending time and resources to fix it to no avail. The developer knows better end of story, there's no fighting it.

You have to keep in mind that a lot of software if it doesn't find the config file in ~/ where it's expected it will look into the proper ~/.config

>>58064570
>I have nothing to hide.

>>58064508
would that install all the dependencies too?

>>58063026
Yes, old games work perfectly in wine.

>>58064607
>>58064565
>>58064535
ln saves your day

>>58064623
apt-get build-dep pulls the development libraries needed to build it.

>>58064587
Why am I copying a password field? And it's not as if they'll be able to identify that it's a password. I get that what they did was "bad", and untrustworthy but come on.

>>58064608
I get off on watching someone crying at the sight of their partner enjoying a BBC in front of them, but am I really typing that into the dash?

>>58064655
>he needs to download build deps
just get pacman

>>58064670
>he has bloated packages
just get apt for actual lightweightness :^)

>>58064670
Unfortunately pacman ships with a shit distro so it seems i'm stuck using apt

when i installed & made apparmor work, clementine refused to play my music. does anyone know why or how to fix?

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>sudo emerge --ask --update blah blah blah
>gcc
Oh boy here we go

am I an idiot for uninstalling apport? I love the idea of automatically/minimally-effortfully submitting crash reports so that developers can have more data to improve their software, but:
>it triggers constantly for
>>"crashes" I initiated, whether by killing a process or allowing a clean shutdown
>>invisible errors with no impact on my use of the computer
>>>which wouldn't be that big a deal, except
>allowing it to submit ANY report slows my computer to a crawl, often resulting in
>>additional crashes

What's the easiest or cleanest way to move my running linux installation into a VM? What's important and what isn't apart from config files?

>>58064877
Easiest would be everything except your home, then only configs from home.

>>58064912
Clone the whole thing? How would I clone but exclude my mounted mdadm arrays for example?

>>58064738
Disable apparmor

>>58064655
Holy fuck thank you anon. how can i repay you for this.

how can I make sure files end up on the fast part of my hard drives?

>>58065226
put them there

>>58065259
How? I remember older defragmenting software letting you put files at the beginning or end of the disk.

>>58065410
If you have a SSD it's useless.

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WHY IS SCROLL BAR SUCH A TRASH IN EVINCE?
WHY CLICKING ABOVE OR UNDER THE THUMB DOESN'T EQUAL TO PGUP/PGDN, BUT IT ACTUALY BRINGS THE THUMB TO THAT POSITION?
I'M GROWN TIRED OF IT, I REPLACE IT WITH GWENVIEW.

This was the end of public announcement.

How to bring Hide/Restore buttons in Gnome 3 back, and how do I add a taskbar there? I can't install additional software, and I don't know much about Gnome 3.

>>58053072
Succless

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>>58065892
Oh, it was Okular. Whatever.
How do I fix such buttons in Qt4 programs?

>>58051363
What software did you guys use to create a bootable usb?
I've used Rufus and its not working for me.
I went to my BIOS and set the USB to the highest boot order, and when I exit the BIOS it just shows me a black screen with a blinking underscore at the bottom left corner.

>>58066060
for some reason it's extremely picky for me as well.

Lilo used to work for me. Now it doesn't.
unetbootin used to work, now it doesn't.
now rufus is my go-to solution. unfortunately windows only

Just installed Arch Linux. What are some cool commands?????

>>58066256
shred /dev/sda

>>58066256
pacman -S debian

>>58066256
Try writing your own screenfetch script. It's easy and fun.

>>58066256
Hacker here. Install cowsay. It's pretty cool.

>>58061278
source please

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dubs decides my user & hostname

>>58066403
aaa@eee

>>58066411
Well fuck

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So Im currently on xubuntu and im searching for a logical upgrade. I want stable, spyware free and bloatfree distro. I dont care about newest software.

Is debian a good choice after I get a bit more experienced?

>>58066444
debian is easy. how long have you been on ubuntu?

>>58066411
my sides

>>58066466
gtfo to reddit, cancerous tripfag

>>58066466
dumb tripcode poster

>>58066466
Filtered.

>>58066411
lmao

>>58066444
read the OP

>>58066466
>Logs onto 4chan.org, types in name into name field, enters password, just to reply to a reply with "my sides"

>>58066411
#rekt

>>58066403
>>58066411
Time to deliver.

>>58066597
i am, will post later once everything is setup

>>58062369
>>58063029
I like font-manager better.

what is the best music player for arch linux?

>>58066755
mpd+ncmpcpp

>>58066755
Btw, I'm using Arch Linux, because I'm only using the very best products!

>>58066755
arch media player, it's in the AUR (amp)

>>58066820
>>58066755
omg why are you using arch its the SHITTIEST distro EVER
fucking retard kiddies, heh..

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>>58066597
>>58066547
>>58066533
>>58066519
>>58066516
>>58066492
>>58066473
>>58066420
>>58066411
>>58066403
excuse the macbook, it was a gift

if I remove everything in pacman -Qe, what will happen

>>58066755
mpv + ranger

>>58067073
Arch developers will issue you the title of '1337 H4X0R2'

>>58065892
>>58066051
bumping questions?

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>>58067072
10/10

linux

>>58067408
GNU/Linux*

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>>58067408
>>58067431

>>58067515
https://stallman.org/guantanamero.ogg

>switching from gentoo to funtoo.
should i do a walk of shame?

>>58067639
if you used openrc on gentoo there's literally nothing of worth for you to look for in funtoo

>>58067639
Nothing wrong with that, Funtoo is fine it's has neat features like epro and networking is much better

how do i turn off groups? im not going to be using ssh or anything, no multiple users will not be using my machine at the same time, how do i turn this dog shit off so i wont have to spend hours figuring out that groups are what is causing me a problem, and then having to reboot every time i add myself to a new one?

>>58067914
what the fuck are you doing that causes problems with groups and necesitates adding yourself to new ones? Ive never had to touch groups once except to add a newuser to all the ones the user from installation was in.

>>58067639
I never understood why people are wasting time with source based distros. What's the point.

>>58067929
oh you want use alsa? want to hear anything? add yourself to the group audio and reboot!

oh now you want to access your samba network haha LOL add yourself to group and reboot

ohh you forgot to add the last group to the list and now you are only apart of your username and samba group and have lost all your old groups, L O L

what? you want to play terraria?? hahaaha add yourself to the GAMES group now fucking sucker faggot

ahh finally ive finished writing my paper, time to print i-tricked you fag you need to be a part of the lp group to print things, just in case you wouldn't want to give users the right to do that

>>58068007
i can fuck your mom wile my system compiles stuff

>>58068016
rude & underaged

>>58068016
inane

how do I check md5 checksums on arch?
i have file.md5sum

>>58068111
Install om-my-md5 from the AUR.

GNU+Thread: >>58068183

>>58068111
md5sum -c file

>>58068015
what distro?
I dont think groups can be 'turned off', but you should just add yourself to everything so you dont have to again if this is appening to you.

>>58068015
on arch the only group I needed was wheel.

>>58068638
>hes using pulseaudio