/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

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OK, so, I have one HD with Ubuntu installed, but Ubuntu isn't as free as other distros. I want to install Trisquel on it, but only on a part of it, not all of it. Could I? Which software should I use? Would it be safe to do? May I define that the same user folder be shared by both distros?

>follow tutorial for some linux software to the letter
>get error message
>google for it
>nothing

>>58273991
>follow tutorial for some linux software to the letter
that's what you all say

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>>58273761

>>58273991
>rather than posting the exact problem, I'll just vaguely blog about it. This way nobody will tell if I was the idiot, and it'll make foss look like shit.

t. (You)

>>58274036
How about, instead of blaming users, you fix your damn code or stop claiming it works?

>>58274073
How am I going to fix the "damn code" if not a single on of you faggots file a bug report because you have no idea how?

in cmus can you hide /home/user/ prefix in Track for <No Name> Artist / Album to leave just Downlods/ Music/ etc ?

>>58273891
it should be safe
use gparted to prepare partition(s)
yes you should be able to share /home/

>>58274073
>fix your damn code
it's free as in beer and free as in freedom.
why haven't you fixed it yet?

>>58273891
You make an extra root partition for trisquel and point it to the /home partition.

>>58274061
EN: I don't understand this picture.

ES: Yo no comprendo esta foto.

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how could they fuck up SteamOS so badly, tried it out expecting it to be bad, but holy shit they fucked it up so much it felt like I was loading a console. Desktop mode is buggy as fuck, terminal doesn't open, eventually used xterm. ...GNOME so add debian repos, even more buggy. downloaded a 19GB game only to have it not configure properly and then finding it's not available on the 'big picture account'. wtf were they thinking? If they could just have a minimal DE, with accessible files better repos, configured solely to run games without turning the interface into Michelin man mode. gg steamOS R.I.P Having to resort to Ubuntu, but it's already 100 times better. So a heads up to anyone mad enough to use steamOS.

>>58274233
>it felt like I was loading a console.
Pretty sure that's what they wanted.

>>58274233
it's ubuntu with steam preinstalled on it.
like what the fuck did you expect?

>>58274269
I can imagine it works well on TVs and tablets.

>>58274121
Because I don't know the memelang you decided to write it in

>>58274341
well get gud then?

>>58274349
Learning said memelang would cause irreparable brain damage, anon. Maybe that's why your code doesn't work.

>>58274375
>shifting the blame instead of addressing your own ineptitude
like a woman
l m o a

>google error. No results.
Linux is actually a little simpler once you learn how to google properly.

>>58274421
>HEY USE MY PROGRAM IT'S GREAT
>it doesn't fucking work
>WHY DON'T YOU FIX IT THEN
>why should I? also, I don't know the language you wrote it in
>STOP SHIFTING THE BLAME

>>58274467
>using google
enjoy your botnet, cuck

>>58274467
Linux is actually a little simpler once you realize it's just a kernel.

>>58274482
>HEY YOUR PROGRAM'S BROKE?
>well what's wrong with it?
>I DON'T KNOW IT SPEW SOME ERRORS
>what does the error say?
>I DONT KNOW TRIED TO GOOGLE AND NOTHING
>are you sure you did everything correctly?
>STOP BLAMING THE USER
>have you filed a bug report?
>M-MUH BRAIN DAMAGE
I can cherrypick as well faggot.

>>58274467
lel, is this how you learn using a system?
by googleing and copy pasting from some illiterate "tech" blogs? top kek

>>58274220
Debian is so comfy: its like shooting Mикoян MиГ-29 out of the sky while sitting in an office chair

>>58274538
Well the alternative is
>welp you're using a different patch version of this random lib so I guess that's your problem, closing: wontfix

>>58274220
>debian blows your load

>>58274543
I suspect that's a FAL.

>>58274563
Guess what happens when you bring a car with aftermarket parts to an authorized service.

>>58274611
That's a spurious analogy and you know it.

>>58274599
>Mикoян MиГ-29
planes bruh

>>58274612
how cute

>>58274617
Yeah right
>own a product
>replace integral part of the product with something that the manufacturer of the product did not anticipate when designing the product
>complain to the manufacturer of the product that the product doesn't work

But whatever lets you sleep at night bub.

>>58274624
>out of the sky
I'm sorry, haven't read this part. What that be what is commonly known as MIG-29?

>>58274612
very rude

>>58274482
"Yeah - we simply have to accept that there are some problems we can't fix - some hardware that does not like some software" - Husse

>>58274674
yes

>try installing postgreSQL on mint
>postgresql : Depends: postgresql-9.3 but it is not going to be installed
>E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>try installing postgresql-9.3 to fix broken dependency
>postgresql-9.3 : Depends: locales but it is not going to be installed
>try installing locales to fix broken dependency
> libc6 : Depends: libgcc1 but it is not going to be installed
> libffi6 : PreDepends: multiarch-support
> libgmp10 : PreDepends: multiarch-support
> libssl1.0.0 : Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) but it is not going to be installed or
> ruby2.3 : Depends: libruby2.3 (>= 2.3.0) but it is not going to be installed
>about to break down
>still refuse to ask on stackoverflow because it's filled by homosexuals
>what the fuck is ruby doing there

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is there any utility to configure mouse through gui on gentoo?

i just need two scrollbars with acceleration and deceleration.

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>>58274713
>using mint
>installing server software on mint

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>learning babby linux commands
>"practice using ls -R"
>ok
>mfw

why didn't anyone tell me this was going to be extremely spooky, I almost hard-reset the machine out of panic

>>58274713
>what the fuck is ruby doing there
A lot of things use ruby and python. They usually come pre installed.

If you rewrite that post without green text I might try to help.

I don't use mint but I administer postgres server.

>>58274753
I need it for development.
Now tell me why I shouldn't be doing either.

>>58274763

cat /dev/random

>>58274783
why don't you just install ruby?

>>58274783
Ok fag. Post without green text and I help you.

>>58274777
I just wanted to whine, I'm sure I fucked up my sources.list or installed something in a half assed way somewhere, it's pointless to ask somebody else for help. Thanks anon but I'll probably have to get out of this mess myself.

Posted in the old thread like a silly goose so I'm reposting it.

Currently running OpenSuse and I'm having trouble getting a Huion graphics tablet to work.

I've managed to get it set up on Mint and I've seen people get it working on Ubuntu so I know it can be done.

The distro shouldn't even matter as support for this model has been included since kernel 3.12.2

Any ideas on what to do?

>>58274807
It's just a broken package.
> installed something in a half assed way somewhere
Maybe.

Post output:

sudo apt-get -f install

>>58274794
It's already installed.

It also asks for a bunch of other stuff, including libc, and I'm sure as hell not touching that. I think I fucked something up with locales 6 months ago. No man should have to go this deep into this nightmarish dependency abyss.

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guys how do i configure a mouse

>>58274852
I tried this before and it doesn't show any broken packages.

sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 294 not upgraded.

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How do i make my system look more "kawaii uguu〜"?

>>58274863
maybe you should stop using mint.

>>58274889
use aptitude instead of apt
it should provide solutions to fix your issues

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>>58274901

>>58274928
yeah, thats what i based from

>>58274851
>The distro shouldn't even matter
Logic suggests that but it's actually far from though.

I own a used chink waltop (rebranded) tablet and it works fine under debian and ubuntu but struggled on fedora.

I don't know whether it will help you seeing as we're talking about completely different devices but I have a script that I used to get it working on fedora

http://pastebin.com/raw/Kf2RwPhU

You will obviously have to change the device names/id in the script but the script roughly guides you where to start

>>58274889
What does apt-get check output?

>>58274924
Awesome thanks for the tip. Looks like I need to downgrade libc.
Risky, but there's no other way. I'm going in. Wish me luck.

>>58274763
kek

>>58274951
I think I might just go back to mint.
Thanks for the advice though.

>want to run windows game
>mount iso
>install with wine
>tries to save itself in a windows x86 folder
>can't save in C:/usr/lib
I'm a total noob. Which folder should I install Spore to, /g/?

>>58275371
You can use play on linux (wine wrapper). It will create a virtual windows hard drive where you can install your game.

>>58275454
Let me test that, ty

>>58274791
>not /dev/urandom

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>>58274791
>>58275501

scared linuxbabby here

what happens if I actually input these commands?

Is void Linux a good distro or is still a meme?

>>58275573
a void it

>>58275554
A bunch of random data will appear on the terminal, if you Ctrl+C it stops.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//dev/random
>In Unix-like operating systems, /dev/random is a special file that serves as a blocking pseudorandom number generator.

>>58275554
dev directory contains special device files.

cat prints data from files to your terminal

you can see what data that comes from every device.

do

cat /dev/input/mouse0

and wiggle your mouse a bit to see the output

>>58275643
what does :(){ :|: & };: do?

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>building wine

./configure
FreeType 32-bit development files not found. Fonts will not be built.

>use apt to installl 32bit version
>mfw

 The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libass-dev libcairo2-dev libcairomm-1.0-dev libfontconfig1-dev libfreetype6-dev libgtk-3-dev libgtk2.0-dev libgtkmm-2.4-dev libgtkmm-3.0-dev libpango1.0-dev libpangomm-1.4-dev
  libxfont-dev libxft-dev xorg-dev xserver-xorg-dev

You can laugh now, this is retarded.

What's up with pascal GPUs and linux? I own a gtx 760 and a 1060. I tried fedora, arch, and buntu and none of them will even boot the live environment on the 1060, but debian of all distros works out of the box on the 760. Is pascal just not supported? I need cuda so I can't pick up 480 or I would.

>>58275696
spawns copies of itself until it maxes out memory or hits process limit

Heyo!
I've got Debian running on my laptop. However, I've ran into an issue:

My laptop is effected by a bug. It doesn't work properly with linux 4.8.0.

I use Debian Testing. Obviously, I can just install Linux 3.16.

I upgraded to Debian Testing from Jessie. I retained by 3.16 kernel from that install. If i removed linux-image-4.0.0, would I be fine? When trying to remove it, it prompts for the removal of linux-image-amd64. apt-cache show info linux-image-amd64 shows the following:

Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package)
 This package depends on the latest Linux kernel and modules for use on PCs
 with AMD64, Intel 64 or VIA Nano processors.

So just to confirm, removing the newer kernel will just result in the removal of that kernel, leaving 3.16 intact?

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>>58275700
>apt
>apt
>apt

>>58275727
thanks

>>58275696
>:(){ :|: & };:

>:(){
define function named ':'
>:|: &
run function ':' , run second ':' and background it
>}
closing bracket for function
>;
next command
>:
run function named ':'

>>58275696
>>58275727
>>58275755
It's actually completely harmless

just make sure you save your work and try it out.

depending on your computer's performance and the amount of memory at disposal it might take a will but your machine will freeze or crash because of resource starvation.

After your satiated your curiosity just reboot.

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

Never run commands you don't know what they do.
Other "unix jokes" are not as harmless as a fork bomb

hey. sorry for shitty question but i can't really make sense of the answers i'm getting on google.
i want the output of my commands to be a different color than the input, and i want the output to start one line below the input.

for example, what i currently have is this:

user@machine:~$ grep --help
Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE] ...
Search for PATTERN in each FILE or standard input.
Example: grep -i 'hello world' menu.h main.c

what i want is this:

user@machine:~$ grep --help

Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERN [FILE] ...
Search for PATTERN in each FILE or standard input.
Example: grep -i 'hello world' menu.h main.c

where the color is different from "Usage" to "main.c"

Is this possible?

>>58275696
:(){ :|: & };:

means

gay() {
gay | gay &
}

gay

So it's a function that executes itself and pipes (|) that to itself and runs it in the background (&) and then it runs the function (the last gay). This means once you run the function it will spawn two copies of itself and each copy two more, so in a short period of time you will have no memory left.

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>>58273761
Oh, boobies

>>58275813
gay/10

>>58275610
>>58275643
>legit thought my computer shit itself

it's a good thing you told me ctrl + c stops it

th-thanks

>>58275643
very neat

>>58275789
>>58275763
>>58275813
I see, thanks for clearing that up, been curious about this one for some time but had no means to look it up

I'm using debian testing at the moment. I understand that some distros exhibit better preformance because they use certain flags while compiling software. I have an optimal set of flags for my system but is there any software actually worth recompiling with them?
My most use application is chromium by far, and everything else is just an electron wrapper really, like skype and discord.
I'd like to use -g2 -O3 -pipe -fexceptions -fstack-protector -m64 -march=westmere -mtune=native -malign-data=abi

>>58275731
>If i removed linux-image-4.0.0, would I be fine?
If you are not using the kernel you can safely remove it.

>When trying to remove it, it prompts for the removal of linux-image-amd64. apt-cache show info linux-image-amd64
That's because linux-image-amd64 is basically a link package to the latest kernel. If are using a specific version of a kernel you can remove it.
https://packages.debian.org/stretch/linux-image-amd64

>>58275800
zsh can do this with "preexec" bash too with some hackery

>>58275800
printf \\e[31m; grep --help | head -n5; printf \\e[m

>>58276083
no, i want it to do that for every command. i want all outputs to be a different color than the input, and i want all outputs to start one line below the input.

>>58275731
>>58276014
Make sure you are actually using the kernel you think you're using and don't forget that this means you will no longer get kernel updates unless you keep Jessie repositories for that package because 3.16 is only on Jessie repositories.

https://packages.debian.org/jessie/linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64

>>58276014
Appreciate the information!

>>58276099
the see >>58276027

>>58276199
How do I do it in bash?

>>58276027
Here: https://github.com/rcaloras/bash-preexec

NetworkManager vs. WICD

which is better and why

>>58276295
v
>>58276298

>>58276306
nmcli

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>>58275643

That's cool as hell, but something weird happened when I was playing with it a second time.

What you're seeing here is bash after I stopped printing mouse0. It actually started while cat was still running but I didn't think much of it at that point.

I was able to enter clear;ls as a command but every command after that wouldn't work.

Restarting fixed it immediately, so not a big deal but still weird.

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Just installed Xubuntu and downloaded openbox as my WM, when I change my WM from xfwm4 to openbox Window Manager in settings fails to open and when opening openbox configuration manager pic related shows up. I checked the .themes folder and there's nothing in there, how do I make this error go away?

>>58276547
What the fuck is this font?
Holy fuck i cant even read it.
What are you doing with your life

>>58276547
Type reset and hit enter.

>>58276582
what's a good font then?

>>58276632
literally anything but that
like shit just use default and thats 10000% better

>>58276650
ok what font are you using then?

>>58276681
Inconsolatazi4

>>58276681
DejaVu Sans Mono Master Race

>>58276708
very nice

>>58275501
Why would you want urandom? That's spookly insecure.

>>58276027
>bash too with some hackery
Hacker here, just hackeried this hack together:

preexec() { :; };
PROMPT_COMMAND='trap "preexec; trap DEBUG" DEBUG'

Then you can define preexec to do whatever like:

preexec() { printf '\e[31m'; date; };

which prints the date in red, or disable it again:

preexec() { :; };

Happy hacking.

>>58277021
How would it be insecure in the given context?

>>58277035
Basically stole the idea from this guy: >>58276298

>>58277045
It's a a joke. urandom is not suited for cryptographic purposes. The fag said ls -R was spooky.

What's a good screenlock application?

debian's xscreensaver has a timebomb in it and i3lock is too tryhard for me.
I just want something that resembles a login screen.

>>58277162
>i3lock
It's fucking easy.

Now answering your question. light-locker, it blends perfectly with ldm.

>>58277082
Have fun encrypting that 1tb drive with /dev/random

>>58277229
I did. It doesn't take that long.

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You guys know if it's possible to run CMUS in bash under windows?

I've installed cmus and pulseaudio but I get cannot find output device when trying to play something

>>58277465
You know this isn't a Windows thread? Of course you know, you are here marketing Windows because you are paid to.

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>>58277502
Nice projection, I'm just trying basic stuff on Windows because I don't have to dual boot and I can learn UNIX stuff easily before going full Linux on my system.

But whatever, people like you is the reason more people don't switch to Linux

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>>58277465
It is unfortunate that you still have nonfree software in your computer. You need to defenestrate it (which means, either throw Windows out of the computer or throw the computer out of the window).

>>58277251
Kek bullshit
Its about 500 bytes/s

>>58277550
GNU/Linux*

>>58277550
How do you expect to learn something in a crippled down env? At least use a VM.

>>58277465
>bash in ubuntu in windows
thanks canonical ;_;

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>>58277610
I feel it's faster, but you're right. Guess I'll be better off running some distro on a VM

I was pretty hyped with this whole bash on windows shit but I guess it's not worth it in the end.

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>>58277465
Your missing some major parts for audio.

You might be able to stream audio out (if cmus can utilize ports) then stream the audio back in. though you would probably need another sound card to stream out

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>>58277575
4 u

Just got 13,3 MB/s on a notebook.

>>58277653
Ah, thanks, thought bash on win was seamless or something, off to a VM then.

>>58277648
>bash on windows
We don't push GNU/Linux because it's better(even if it is). It's because it's FREE. There is no point in using bash on a proprietary OS.

What do you think about Trisquel?

>>58277733
cool logo

>>58277733
FSF approved, but:
Small community;
Not updated very often(stable is based on 14.04).

Better use Debian or Fedora. I never tested Parabola.

>>58277733
Tried it a while back and it's very nice, but I couldn't get wifi to work because Linux-libre, so I switched to Debian.

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>>58277658
nope

>>58277771

sudo dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/null

Wait a few seconds and Ctrl + C. See for yourself.

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Keked

I run Debian. Therefore: I like Debian Jokes.

>>58277803
hes probably a pata pleb

>>58275586
Baaaaaaa Baaaaaaa.
Everyone else says, so i say...........

>>58274735
Lxinput

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>>58277824
>he

>>58277757
Parabola is basically the same as Arch, with the difference that you can enable a package called your-freedom or something, that disables installing nonfree stuff... Arch/Arch repos sadly aren't really suited for filtering by license. Would be cool if pacman could do something like portage's license filtering out of the box or if Arch would split their repos like other distros do, but that would remove Arch's "simplicity" thing...

>>58274901
by uninstalling KDE

>>58277845
sorry
meant xhe

>>58275586
*chuckle*

>>58275736
>implying any other package manager is better

>>58277858
Thank you for the information.

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>>58277803
>nope

>>58277883
I think there is something wrong with your installation/machine. It should not output 0 bytes in 10 seconds.

>>58277858
Gentoo strikes again. Any more package managers that can filter by license?

>>58277904
Nope, nothing wrong, install is 6 years old

Is Tinycore equipped with tools for software defined radio transmitting/receiving through USB or serial port systems?

Does the HAM radio support program in the repository cater to this?

>>58277869
pacman would never do that

>>58277757
Also freeslack

>>58277920
That doesn't mean there is nothing wrong.
But ok, whatever.

>>58277918
most distros have multiple repos
a main repo, community repo, nonfree repo, etc, so they basically don't need that feature since you enable/disable a repo whenever needed

>>58277984
Most distros are also packed with non free software. So you need to get rid of that first.

>>58277984
How to disable nonfree stuff with pacman?

>>58278019
by keeping it simple: read the license before you install a package

>>58278019
It's pointless. Arch comes full of non free shit.

I can format but not mount vfat partitions.
When trying to mount i get "wrong fs type,bad option, bad superblock".
fat32 is enabled in the kernel
What the fuck is going on

>>58278019
i think you could just install the package that parabola uses, since it's basically nothing but a blacklist for pacman

>>58277465
i think i got it to work when i was playing around with it a few months ago, it involved installing pulse audio on windows and getting that linked in, similar to how you install an x server on windows to use display applications

>>58278019
Read the license it uses before hand.If you want to use this modified way of installing, you are responsible, not the distro
>>58278083
None of which you are forced to install

>>58278099
Will look into this.
>>58278083
Nothing that a little cleanup wouldn't fix.

>>58278088
did you install the filesystem?

try doing mkfs.msdos on the partition

>>58278127
>None of which you are forced to install
how about linux?

>>58278155
Linux is gpl

>>58278155
You are welcome to provide your own custom built kernel :)
Which you should be doing anyway
You can provide your own kernel during installation as well as configuring a new one before you enter chroot

>>58278184
>:)
>>>/f/acebook

>>58278136
Yes, same result with mkdos

>>58278195
Nice rebuttal.Sure are fitting the freetard mantra

>>58278174
doesn't change the fact that it includes nonfree blobs
>>58278184
>b-but you can turn if off!!!
windows mentality

>>58278222
Default kernel is ~30-40mb
My kernel is 5mb
There is more "bloat" that is free/libre/stallman approved then non free

>>58278243
well, I was just pointing out that the kernel comes with nonfree stuff by default, that's all, have a nice day anon

>>58278127
>None of which you are forced to install
I think the kernel is required.

>Nothing that a little cleanup wouldn't fix.
That is not 'little'.

>>58278184
>You can provide your own kernel during installation as well as configuring a new one before you enter chroot
Oh, that's really convenient anon. I don't see why anyone would want to use other distro.

>Default kernel is ~30-40mb
Only on your meme distribution. On debian and ubuntu is like 7MB.

>>58278292
Thanks, you too

Just got a t430 as an extra/portable machine.
It has a clean install of windows 8 on it. Will I be able to remove windows 8 and install a distro like Debian without any issues?

>>58278292
Again if it is that big of an issue for you,at this point in your technical use, you already know this before hand, why do you not have a self libre approved kernel that you use on all distros?

Surely if it is that big of a deal, you will have a kernel that is exactly what you want to fulfull your "dreams".

>>58278307
Yes

>>58273761
>linux girls
damaged.jpg

>>58278311
>dreams
the main issue is that it comes with all that stuff out of the box. in my "dreams", a distro should come only with free software and the user enables proprietary software/malware on his own when he needs (wifi, etc) or wants it to keep things simple and secure, would you disagree?

>>58278498
Your dream distro is Debian, bro. It does exactly that.

>>58278498
I'd rather have my hardware work out of the box then dick around with hack level open source drivers.

No one is forcing you to use arch, which if you bothered to inform your self, they dont particularly care. There are other distros that may suit you better. Constantly bitching about arch not being the way you like it, and furthermore you not using it, shows of your freetardism, just flat out dont use it. Shut the fuck up and just dont use it :^)

Ill stick with my kernel that works perfectly fine for my hardware that i can implant on any distro and work flawlessly.

>>58278532
>I'd rather have my hardware work
did you read my post?

>>58278570
>deflecting

>>58278532
>freetardism
What's wrong with Freedom, kid?

>>58278498
>>58278532
Fedora also.

>>58278532
>open source
We are talking about free software here.

>Shut the fuck up and just dont use it :^)
That's really reductionist, anon. Something can still be prejudicial for you even if you don't use. Also, the fact that something is allowed might mean you don't have other option. It's like saying if you don't like debt-slavery, don't be a debt-slave, just starve something.

>>58278583
Im free to use what ever software i want, and i am free to not let a toe jam eating,bird masturbating pedophile dictating what i do with my hardware in my house

>>58278588
>debt-slavery
Debit slavery is not an option relating to technology.. Nice attempt though

>>58278532
The discussion is about kernel blobs, nobody was attacking Arch. You can stop the defence.

>>58278643
Why do arch users hate freedom?

>>58278643
>Debit slavery is not an option relating to technology.
It was an analogy to make easy to understand. The argument doesn't depend on it.

>>58278661
I'm very free.
I have well over 2000 packages of freedom that i installed.

>>58278673
It was a non existent analogy,that has zero value in the conversation.

>>58278426
Thanks.
Snagged that thing for $160. Gonna be nice not having all my videos and music stuck on a desktop

>>58278687
>It was a non existent analogy,that has zero value in the conversation.
How you wish. The argument is still there and still haven't debuted it.
Better hurry up, I'm going to sleep soon.

>>58278687
>I'm free
If you run a non-free program, you aren't and here's why: Freedom doesn't mean "I can do whatever I want", it means not being a enslaved. When you run a non-free program, you're only allowed to do what the developer of the program wants you to do.

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Moebuntu ? Oh thats so going on my coworkers desktop pc at work. We also bought him pic related for christmas. The circle will be complete !

>>58278687
>I have well over 2000 packages of freedom that i installed.
Do they belong to you? If not, you don't have them, someone is borrowing them to you and you are this persons will.

If they do, you have the four freedoms over them right?

>>58278766
I'm an adult, i understand that a peice of virtual technology, is not going to come out of the monitor or the usb drive and stab me or shoot me. Nor will it bend my back and tell me to start lifting

The thing here is I'm an adult, i know it is electricity and 0's and 1's, not a nuclear device that is going to go off just for installing it

I dont need """"""""""the 4 freedumbs"""""""""". I'm an adult :^)

>>58278782
So you just want some source code cause you arent creative or intuitive?
Must be some real life you freetards live.

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>>58278804
Forgot to add: I'm an adult, if it matters.

>>58278834
I found the solution to the CALLE mystery:
http://www.spanishcentral.com/translate/calle
tl;dr it's spanish for "road"

>>58278821
First of all, you didn't present an argument in this post. You just tried to mock the fight for freedom.

Second, having access to the source code does not mean it's free software. You are clearly not even familiarized with the thing you are attacking.

>>58278804
"It's a peice of virtual technology"
It holds all your money and personal info.
Do you use the energy grid? Have you ever had an MRI or knows someone who had?

Debian 9 comes out 2017, anyone ready?

>>58278861
>Not knowing the second most spoken language in the world

>>58278869
Cool. Unfortunately the servers I'm administering now are all ubuntu.

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>>58278882
>knows the solution
>doesn't deliver
fu

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

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>>58278913
I noticed it was appearing a lot but I didn't know it was for everyone and that people had noticed.

>>58278969
Anything with xubuntu or lxde. Debian or fedora are good.

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>>58278861
That makes the whole thing less funny. :C
Thanks anyway.

>>58278969
xubuntu, basically

I'm searching for a small distro for my usb stick, should work out of the box but not take much space, what would you recommend? I just read about puppy, is it what I want?

>>58279139
Idk, anon. Cats are easier to take care of.

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>>58279164
Mutts are cuter

>>58279219
>eyes larger than mouth
what kind of degeneration is this

>>58279297
>what kind of degeneration is this
the best kind

>>58273761
Is etcher a good program to import isos to a HDD for the ps2? I plan on using a pi 3 for downloading isos but i know on Windows there's WinHIIP so the only programs that are similar are HDdloader and extract.

>>58273761
>No armpit hair
Not a real tech feminist

>>58279528
its a male with socks stuffed in his wifebeater.
females only use OSX

Is fedora a good first distro?

I want something that is a good complete package, easy to install with not much bloat. Just so I can get used to CLI and other things. Also what DE pairs well with fedora?

>>58279667
Any

Why is the Restart button on the Additional Drivers menu in Xubuntu still broken? It gives a bad first impression.

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Hello, I want to change the wallpaper in lightDM but it keeps showing a black screen. I'm running arch and have tried with lightdm-gtk-greeter. Any tips?

>>58280079
>H.M
>>>/r/ebbit

>>58280079
Are you using Arch Linux?

>>58280104
when does christmas break end?

Plex streaming isn't FUCKING working on opensuse with Firefox. What the FUCK is the problem!

>>58280116
wtf I hate opensuse with Firefox now!

>>58280110
January 17th

>>58280116
between THE computer and seat

I'd like to compile freeslack from scratch. What are are the available security patches? What is the 'T-chart' of what won't compile? I can do a minimal build.

I'm going for total security.

http://packetstormsecurity.org/UNIX/patches/linux-2.2.22-stealth.diff.gz

>>58280116
Must be a problem with OpenSUSE or Firefox.

>>58280127
Me too man! I wouldn't have this issue on Ubuntu. Perhaps I should just reinstall Xubuntu

>>58280079
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LightDM#GTK.2B_greeter

>>58280140
>archlinux
Not interested.

Hey /g/, I have a special problem with a program, but I'm too lazy to read the manuals, what do? I'm using Arch Linux, if it matters.

>>58280173
Try googling the specific issue you are having. Or check the Arch wiki for the problem and see if the issue is listed in the Troubleshooting section

>>58280173
maybe ending your life and restarting.
of course, save your work first.

>>58280173
just ask here

Hey /fglt/

I like the UI and layout of Manjaro, but it's unpolished nature--mainly the issues with sleeping and such--is too much for me to deal with, so what's another good distro to try?
I tried Ubuntu before and wasn't a fan of the interface, but maybe vanilla Debian is a bit better?
Mint seems like a pretty good Manjaro alternative, but the wiki says something about backdoors being planted in the downloads, so I'm a bit hesitant there.

So, either of those or others, are there any recommendations?
inb4 install gentoo

>>58277964
I'm trying to compile LFS using Freeslack. Applying all security patches possible.
>>58280135
Also, what's a TL;DR on this and how is it relevant? Ty
http://www.thc.org/root/docs/loadable_kernel_modules

>>58280205
Try Ubuntu Mate or Kubuntu

>>58280219
Can confirm

Ubuntu MATE is pretty amazing

>>58280205
If you want a slightly polished distro, you need one that actually polishes stuff like mate, kde, cinnamon, etc. When you install a vanilla DE, you get vanilla defaults, which need customation first.

Whats the sleeping issue with manjaro? Maybe you could just fix that if you like manjaro.

>>58280246
>>58280219
Alright, guess I'll give it a go.

>>58280269
Whenever I wake my laptop up from sleep, it will freeze for a few seconds every ~30 seconds or so. The only way to fix it is to restart, making sleeping at all redundant.
It's a pain in the ass, and honestly I have no clue how I'd go about fixing it.

>>58280205
Breh, get any distro and stay. Issue? Fix them. That's the only way you learn to use the system and in the end you'll realize that all distros are (basically) the same.

>>58280291
what if someone wants a distro that just werks?
not everyone like to tinker hours in the terminal running scary commands
some people have a life, a job and want to get laid

>>58280291
install ubuntu, bruh

>>58280327
>Hey Faggots, My name is John, and I hate every single one of you.

>>58280327
no such thing bruh, all distros are broken in one way or another

>>58280109
Yes,
>>58280140
I tried that but I'm a lazy faggot and don't want to configure anything via text. I'll do it later since arch is on my laptop. Thanks a bunch though

>>58280345
Except Arch.

Use Arch.

>>58280352
broken python

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There's no mpv thread today so I might as well ask here... I have an issue with mpv. I just installed a fresh Arch partition and installed mpv-git from AUR and I'm getting this:

 mpv
Error parsing option ytdl (option not found)
/home/anon/.config/mpv/mpv.conf:26: setting option ytdl='yes' failed.
Error parsing option ytdl-format (option not found)
/home/anon/.config/mpv/mpv.conf:27: setting option ytdl-format='18/http-360p' failed.
Error parsing option ytdl-raw-options (option not found)
/home/anon/.config/mpv/mpv.conf:159: setting option ytdl-raw-options='sub-lang="en,eng,enUS,en-US",write-sub=' failed.
   cplayer: mpv git-8e41f314f1 (C) 2000-2017 mpv/MPlayer/mplayer2 projects
   cplayer:  built on Sun Jan  1 16:27:26 EST 2017
   cplayer: ffmpeg library versions:
   cplayer:    libavutil       55.34.100
   cplayer:    libavcodec      57.64.101
   cplayer:    libavformat     57.56.100
   cplayer:    libswscale      4.2.100
   cplayer:    libavfilter     6.65.100
   cplayer:    libswresample   2.3.100
   cplayer: ffmpeg version: 3.2.2

I also have youtube-dl installed and it's available on the command line just fine.

Any ideas?

>>58280352
insecure

>>58280376
I'm on arch, btw.

>>58280376
compile it with youtube-dl

>>58280376
use mpv-build-git

>>58280410
hmm...

is this it?

43 aur/youtube-mpv-git 44-1 (9) (1.72)

>>58279667
>>58279715
ok but is there any specific downside to using fedora for newer users? It's seems great but not many people shill it here

>>58280415
thanks! gonna try that version.

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How do I get redshift working? also in vim how do I copy just text out of vim? because of my vim config if I just highlight it with my mouse, right click and copy it copies line numbers nad nerdtree, how do I copy from vim to outside of vim and not have it copy line numbers and nerdtree?

[@localhost ~]$ screenfetch -n
@localhost.localdomain
OS: Fedora 
Kernel: x86_64 Linux 4.8.6-300.fc25.x86_64
Uptime: 37m
Packages: 2251
Shell: bash 4.3.43
Resolution: 1920x1080
DE: Gnome 
WM: GNOME Shell
WM Theme: Adwaita, Adwaita [GTK2], Adwaita [GTK3]
Icon Theme: oxygen
Font: Cantarell 11
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500 CPU @ 3.7GHz
GPU: Gallium 0.4 on NV117
RAM: 2161MiB / 7942MiB

[@localhost ~]$ redshift
Trying location provider `geoclue2'...
Using provider `geoclue2'.
Using method `randr'.

it just hangs for 5+ minutes and nothing happens ^C^C[@localhost ~]$ 
[@localhost ~]$ 

[@localhost ~]$ redshift-gtk


again, just hangs ^C[@localhost ~]$ 
[@localhost ~]$ 

[@localhost ~]$ sudo redshift
[sudo] password for : 
Trying location provider `geoclue2'...
Using provider `geoclue2'.
No protocol specified
`RANDR Query Version' returned error -1
Initialization of randr failed.
Trying next method...
No protocol specified
X request failed: XOpenDisplay
Initialization of vidmode failed.
Trying next method...
No more methods to try.

[@localhost ~]$ sudo redshift-gtk
No protocol specified
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
No protocol specified
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused
Segmentation fault
[@localhost ~]$ 
               `

>>58280423
Latest Fedora ships with Wayland, which is unstable.

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How should I troubleshoot why transferring files is giving me such high CPU usage? I'm not finding any relevant/current threads with Google.

These were donated parts I used to build a second machine. CPU is AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor, and it's got 8GB of RAM.

I'm currently transferring files over both USB 3.0, and using samba for a network transfer. All the HDs transferring or receiving files are NTFS, but the OS is on a EXT4 SSD.

I've got Firefox running and a few other small things, but they're all using soooo much less. Screenshot shows CPU Usage from terminal

>>58280446
redshift &

>>58280455
that's an old ass CPU my man, the network transfer is the culprit here I believe.

>>58280455
Stop telling your computer to do things and it will stop reacting to the things you are telling it to do

>>58280446
:help clipboard

>>58280455
Using Ubuntu 16.04 by the way. All the important processes I think would be shown in the screenshot though

>>58280465
still just hangs with "Using method `randr'." printed to console, tried redshift & with and without sudo
>>58280488
thanks my man

>>58280490
what DE? A CPU like that would benefit from XFCE or LXDE

>>58280480
>that's an old ass CPU my man
I know it's old, but it seems wrong that a file transfer would hit 50% usage of a 3.2 GHZ quad core.

I can definitely live with it, I'm planning to just turn it into a Home Server but I wanted to mess around with Ubuntu a bit first. Hopefully it can handle that fine, it will only really be 1-2 users

>>58280446

Run: vim --version | grep clipboard
If it's compiled in, paste this into your vimrc:

set clipboard=unnamed      " Automaticaly yank to the `*' register,
                           " which is the X Window PRIMARY clipboard.
set clipboard+=unnamedplus " Automatically yank to the `+' register,
                           " which is the X Window CLIPBOARD clipboard (>=7.3.74).

>>58280516
Gnome

It says Gnome is only using ~4% currently, but Nautilus is 17%. Would Nautilus run better with a different DE, or would I be switching the file manager also?

>>58280531
funny, arch version doesn't have clipboard and xerm_clipboard compiled in.

anyone know how to add it in?

 $  vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Nov 15 2016 18:06:04)
Included patches: 1-86
Compiled by Arch Linux
Huge version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
-clipboard 
-xterm_clipboard

>>58280531
I got "-clipboard" guess this means I don't have it, what do I do?

>>58280518
right, AMD has weaker cores since I have done everything you mention on WINDOWS of all the whales and in my Celeron G550 I only hit 20%
>>58280550
dear god, switch to everything XFCE. By that I mean yes, switch to Thunar since I believe it's more lightweight than nautilus. Just remember, XFCE needs a new compositor so just install compton and have a sweet, smooth install.

>>58280560
For Debian there is the vim-gnome package, which is basically bloated vim. Maybe Arch has something related in the AUR.

>>58280579
yup, thats vim with gvim and clipboard and whatever https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vim-gnome/

Can I re-license Linux on my machine and make it proprietary?

>>58280638
This is GPL country. Ask in the BSD thread.

>>58280648
Is your shitty OS licensed under BSD now?

trying to setup mpd on my r pi

sudo service mpd start

gives me

Job for mpd.socket failed. See 'systemctl status mpd.socket' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.

and

systemctl status mpd.socket

gives

● mpd.socket
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mpd.socket; enabled)
   Active: failed (Result: resources)
   Listen: /run/mpd/socket (Stream)
           [::]:6600 (Stream)

os is raspbian with noobs

>>58280654
try sudo apt-get purge systemd and reboot

>>58280654
also

journalctl -xn
gives
no journal file were found

>>58280664
Remind me why you are in this thread.

>>58280687
And who do you think you are exactly?

>>58280651
go back to school and learn to read, kid

>>58280703
You might wanna read the license of your shitty OS first if you think my question is somehow not related to this "thread"

>>58280712
see >>58280703

>>58280719
see >>58280703

>tfw you think it's summer but it's winter

>>58280742
high quality post. keep it up!

>>58280747
y-you too

Is to possible to delete all the freeware from Ubuntu? I just want to use this as an OS and I don't care about ideology.

>>58280779
easy

sudo rm -fr --no-preserve-root /

>>58280805
But how will it know what to delete? Seems like a fake command.

>>58280816
the -r switch (r)estricts to free software only

>>58280832
I have already done cp -r and it copied non-freeware so I feel like you're lying to me for some reason.

Currently using Ubuntu 16.10

Mainly using it for learning programming and web browsing.

Are there any better distros for what I want? Would I be better of with something else?

>>58280880
no, debian is utter trash and arch is for plebeians. Ubuntu is a pretty good distro if you use any flavor of it except the standard one.

>>58280928
So Xubuntu or Kubuntu?

>>58280938
That all depends on your personal taste. Anything is a good DE as long as it isn't unity. Just try different live CDs out.

>>58280573
ok managed to find a solution or "hack" (if I'm using that term correctly) to get it working on fedora since fedora doesn't have vim-gnome and I didn't want to recompile what I did was added

set clipboard=unnamed
set clipboard+=unnamedplus

so yanking goes to system clipboard by default, but I still had -clipboard in vim so I installed gvim then made the alias vim = gvim -v

then I can just do
shift+v, highlight the lines I want then just hit y and I'm golden - not gunna lie feeling pretty cocky right now

>>58280969
Thanks mang, will do

>>58280846
not him but -r is exclusive to rm so cp -r wouldn't work - read the man pages if you don't trust him

>>58280991
I have done cp -r like 10 minutes ago though. I believe it has something to do with math, as in it's "recursive" or something. And why is there a "preserve root" thing in his post?

GNU/Thread: >>58281001

>>58281012
freeware stores files in root directories, running with no preserve root would leave those files behind, so it basically cleans up leftover files

>>58281033
Why the hell would it do that? It seems really weird.

>>58281090
I think it's just so the end user doesn't fuck them accidentally

>>58281112
I guess I'll just try some other distro. Is there anything without freeware on it?

>>58281122
debian, gentoo, trisquel

>>58280654
h-hey bump

>>58281373
see >>58280664

>>58281373
Post anime if you seriously want your question answered

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>>58281434

>>58280654
Did you try to turn your computer off and on again?

i'm serious right now, systemshit breaks itself for no reason and can be healed windows-way

>>58281545
this >>58281583
systemd is so fucking ratarded this is actually true. I have had nothing but trouble with it on my pi as well so I just ended up installing gentoo on it.

>>58280654
you could also try installing it without noobs since it's known to fuck shit up.

>>58281761
second this guy

I'm using Gigabit switch, NIC, and a CAT6 cable. My HDs are SATA II 3.0 GB/s at worst.

Why would I only get ~10MB/s on Network File Transfers?

>>58281919
Your HDDs are about three times faster than your NIC ports in sequental read and write.

>>58281946
But how does that explain getting only a 10 MB/s transfer speed? What am I missing here?

>>58282004
Your cable catches interference or your switch is shit or youd disks are dun goofd

I'm mdp on the r pi guy

New issue
when connecting with ncmpcpp on my laptop, I get "connected to 192.168..." all that jazz, but no music loads. I connect but nothing.
The music is on an external hdd in ext4, called
/media/pi/ff7c6aef-93b8-4909-adf6-46f810d1d480
so then in mdp it's

music_directory         "/media/pi/ff7c6aef-93b8-4909-adf6-46f810d1d480/Music"

but it's not reading it?
I tried fdisk -l and mount -t ext4 /dev/sda1 /mnt/ ; mounted it