/fglt/ Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

>>58450888
look at >>58450365 or maybe go here >>>/r/eddit

post cool linux commands! :D

>>58451007
GNU commands*

>>58450860
Is it true that only commies and anarchists use linux?

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>>58451037
No, some unintelligent people also use GNU/Linux.

Is there a FOSS Risk that supports online multiplayer?
I used to play Lux on OSX and I see they support Linux now, but I'd prefer not using closed source programs.

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I have a problem that I just cant seem to solve, but I hope someone here might know what's up.

I have a PowerBook G4 Titanium that I wanted to fuck around with, so I installed a few Linux distros on it. The one that works best is Debian stable with LXDE, however it required a lot of fucking around in Xorg to get the resolution to work properly.

Now the only thing that I just cannot seem to fix is 3D hardware acceleration. This thing uses an ATI Rage 128 card, I have tried to put older MESA drivers, multiple boot commands, disabling KMS, enabeling it etc. but I just cant seem to get 3D running, so it relies on software rasterising. (Pic related, ignore username and machine name pls, its a meme).

Do any of you know what I could do to get 3D acceleration running? I want to try DOOM on it.

Thanks

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I want to play BF1942, Desert Combat specifically. I've used playonlinux and wine for other games in the past and it always turns out to be a god damn cobbled together mess. Would it not be easier to just use a virtual machine, especially since the game is so old? If so, which virtual machine software?

How do I install text entry in xubuntu? I am following this gude and can't find it. https://moritzmolch.com/1453

WHY are there three (3) threads?
WHY is OP tripfagging?

>>58450968

>Dont like the AUR? Don't use it and makepkg manually, edgelord.
What do you think the AUR is, idiot? You're supposed to use makepkg on any of the PKGBUILDs from the AUR "manually" in the first palce. Are you one of those idiots who thinks that Yaourt invented the AUR and that it's made for it in the first place?

>>58450860
Vanilla Sources, gentoo-sources , openvz-rhel6 or Debian-sources?

>>58451758
free-sources

>>58451781
Oh my God, do you even know what i'm talking about?

>>58451720
OP is a stupid namefag/tripfag from reddit who uses these threads to promote his gay wire club because he's a dysfunctional lonely fuck

>>58451720
also, for those who don't know, OP is also known as 'Dr KDE Shill' and I'm honestly surprised he still uses that name after he ruined his rep when he begged to get dicked by Be4wesome

what's up with this thread: >>58451535

>>58451720
OP is a faggot

>>58451871
that's the real thread, this one's fake

>>58451812
kek

>>58451894
ok thanks

give up OP/kde shill, no one's joining your faggot wire chat

what does it mean when my computer stops working and when i inspect /var/log/syslog i see only null characters after the time it stopped working (maybe about 200 of them?)
the system had an uptime of about 1 month so i'm not too concerned as there had likely been a decent amount memory corruption (using non-ecc memory)

>>58452030
all the good posters are over here >>58451535

>>58452076
thanks m8, wasn't quite sure which thread to post in :O)

>>58451959
are you 100% sure OP is kdefag?

>>58451037
I used to be a /pol/ack, but during my /pol/ phase I completely came out of touch with linux and programming in general. I came back to it after I realized that I was becoming borderline schizo and hadn't accomplished anything worthwhile with my political shitposting. Now I just don't care at all about politics, except if it interferes with my hobbies. Also I took the political compass test for fun a few days ago and I was one square from the left and three squares from the bottom, so ya I guess I am a commie and an anarchist now. Still, I don't like weed and don't care about any political stuff besides what overlaps with /g/ stuff.

>been using firefox because it is default on ubuntu mate
>slow af, ram usage is retarded for my x201
>install midori
>built in adblock extension
>ram usage is extremely lower when browsing my tahitian sandcastle-building newsletters
>doesn't look like a shittier version of chrome
I know it isn't the most lightweight browser out there, but seriously, midori is bretty good for a gtk browser.

>>58452134
yes

>>58452154
GNU/Linux*

>>58452134
see http://rbt.asia/g/thread/S58374689

>>58452241
well, OP maybe just copy pasted the pasta like we all do when creating new threads

>>58452273
in each thread everyone complains that op is a faggot for including that wire chatroom in the pasta and at the end of each thread he hurries to make a new thread before the old one reaches bump limit just so he could include it in the pasta again

For some retarded reason I can't block a site with hosts. I tried turning networking off and on again.
Following entries do not work:

127.0.0.1 https://www.nhentai.net
::1 https://www.nhentai.net

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>>58452765
Tried rebooting, didn't work.
Using Mint 18.
Please help.

>>58452765
>http
there's your problem, you must use domains, not adresses

127.0.0.1 www.nhentai.net
127.0.0.1 nhentai.net

>>58452820
Thanks anon-kun.

>>58452765
>blocking nhentai
are you trying to become a normie? or has your little brother stumbled upon your incest+shotacon+otokonoko collection?

>>58452207
GAH-NOO PLUTH LINUXTH*

>>58452813
install Fedora

>>58452965
I'm trying to be self-disciplined but I need a crutch for a start.
Might try nofap because I spend +2h per day fapping when I don't have a job. Waste of time (and tissues).

inb4 LOL NOFAP IS BROSIENCE XDDD

>>58453058
Might do in the future. Currently I'm learning Arch in VM because I want to learn a bit about under the hood stuff.

>>58453086
>I spend +2h per day fapping when I don't have a job. Waste of time (and tissues).
just stay awake for 2 extra hours. boom! fixed your problem.
also use a cum rag. Pow! fixed global warming. don't wash it with your clothes

>>58453212
>just stay awake for 2 extra hours. boom! fixed your problem.
That means less sleep.

>also use a cum rag. Pow! fixed global warming. don't wash it with your clothes
That sounds disgusting tbqh senpai.

I previously installed the infinality font repo in Fedora 25 and installed several packages that I think overwrote the default system packages. I've removed the repo from /etc/yum.repos.d/ and now would like to remove all the packages and replace them with their original versions. I tried to remove some of them manually but it seems like several system components (like lightdm, etc) now depend on the packages installed from that repo and thus dnf wants to remove those programs too. How can I remove these packages and reinstall the original versions, or at least not have other packages depend on them (they are mostly just fonts).

>>58453301
>That means less sleep.
you have better nutts when you've been awake for 36hours and you boss expects you back in 10 hours

>That sounds disgusting tbqh senpai.
it is. especially when you spray oxy-clean on it and all the cum turns back into gel.

>>58453341
nm i figured it out

sudo dnf repository-packages infinality-ultimate-noarch remove-or-reinstall

sudo dnf repository-packages infinality-ultimate remove-or-reinstall

>>58450860

>arch is awesome they said
>it has the AUR they said
>install infianlity bundle for better fonts per installation wiki guide
>login one day
>no kde, no cinnamon, no nothing
>harfbuzz update breaks infianlity
>go to forums
>YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE USED THE AUR
>IF YOU WANT STABLE USE ONLY OFFICAL REPO

yfw you fell for the AUR meme

Arch Linux not even once.

>pacman -Suu
>pkg_add -Uu
>apt update && apt upgrade (is there really not a switch for both?)
>dnf upgrade
>xbps-install
>emerge -uDU --with-bdeps=y @world
>git pull / make (HARDCORE MODE)

Which one gives you the most e-penis?

>>58453418
Arch is for lazy neckbeards

>>58453442
>emerge -uDU --with-bdeps=y @world
i have never used this syntax when updating
maybe thats why my updates turn into shitstorms

I use zsh as my shell for my terminal emulator. Does it matter whether the bash scripts I run have sh, bash, or zsh as the interpreter?

>>58453418
>>58453444
Arch is easier than Ubisoft games which are too difficult for Arch users ;)

>>58453474
No, if the shebang points to #!/bin/bash the script will execute as /bin/bash. (Provided the bash package is installed on your system. You can keep it installed and still use zsh)

If you're writing scripts, you should try to use /bin/sh as much as possible, but you probably don't.

>>58453474
Yes.
But they specify which interpreter they need with the first line.
#!/bin/bash
Will always be run by bash, and so on.
So you don't have to worry about that.

>>58451061
Probably something to do with the people not very good at using GNU/Linux and not spending hours in their room posting on tumblr and /g/ about killing whitey lmao

Good calendar when?

>>58454051
just before you die.

I have a 3-4 year old Dell Xps laptop. I have Ubuntu installed on it. This damn thing overheats so easily and the fan is SO loud. Is there any sort of program I can write that helps throttle my laptop correctly so it doesn't overheat as much?

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>>58451019
>>>58451007
>GNU commands*

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Hey I am supposed to use pep8 assembly for a class
>>http://computersystemsbook.com/4th-edition/pep8/
and I was having trouble getting the package to work on fedora. Whenever I try to run it i get
>>bash: ./Pep8: /lib/ld-linux.so.2: bad ELF interpreter: No such file or directory

I have the correct qt and glibc libraries for my architecture and was wondering how hard it'd be to locate the error. The most relevant error search had to do with compatibility issues on freshly installed Centos servers having issues with arch comparability so that is the first place I looked.

What are the chances of Fedora shipping with MP3 and media player software in 26? I know the MP3 patent ran out last year but I can't find any information relating to it

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Is there some reason I can't run two rsync jobs at the same time with cron?

I had them both in seperate bash scripts and get cron to run them every hour to copy different files to my home server, but for whatever reason, only the first one ever runs, I then decided to put them both in the same bash script and again, only the first one runs, changed the order of them, again only the first one runs.

Can rsync not do two jobs at the same time, do I have to set one job at 0 and the other at 5 or something?

I'm trying to mount an iso image of Pokémon Play It! that I torrented, but it's not going very well.

This is what I'm try to do:

$ LC_ALL=C sudo mount PokemonPlayIt\!.iso pokeplay 
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,
       missing codepage or helper program, or other error

       In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
       dmesg | tail or so.

dmesg | tail:

[32849.407393] FAT-fs (loop0): bogus number of FAT structure
[32849.407399] FAT-fs (loop0): Can't find a valid FAT filesystem
[33347.694858] ISOFS: Unable to identify CD-ROM format.

According to the comments on the torrent site, the iso is fully functioning (and yes, I've verified that it got downloaded correctly).

>>58455466

Try "-o loop"-
Also, depending on your distribution, if you have udisks2 installed, use udiskctl. It's easier and doesn't require root.

>>58455314
Fedora will never ship with multimedia software and codecs, it is designed as a workstation, not a home desktop.

>>58455515
"-o loop" does nothing, unfortunatelyIt also wount mount using udisksctl.

>>58451812
>>58451854
Are you STILL mad that I wrecked your shitty BSD shilling thread?

>>58455314
As of 2016-11-10, Fedora is now able to include MP3 decoding functionality. MP3 encoding functionality is still not permissible, because it requires patented technologies and the patent holder has not provided licenses that are compatible with Fedora's requirements.

>>58455908
Who use mp3 in 2016?

>>58455973
Autists that actually save mp3 on their desktops

>>58456008

ffwebm -i outdatedformat.mp3 updatedformat.ogg

>>58456031
Or, go to youtube and start your playlist

>>58453418
>infinality
found your problem. why not just install a fuckload of really old software with third-party patches?

>>58455973
>Who use mp3 in 2016?
sup, time traveler?

>>58456206
Ho shit. Caught.

>>58456219
hell yeah! we gottem boys!

>>58455466

Is it a UDF fs or ISO9660?

>>58454051
org-mode

I just enabled multiprocess windows in Firefox on Elementary OS, and I want to apologize for shitting on you guys so bad. Firefox would stutter so bad it was absolutely pathetic without this enabled. It's like I'm on a brand new machine and install.

Arch users who have an up-to-date system and qbittorrent isntalled. Is it segfaulting?

I didn't do anything, it worked flawlessly today, but I turned my computer on and it's now segfaulting. I've never experienced something like this.

>>58457122

Never mind. It was a faulty torrent causing the crashes.

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>>58455453

FUCK GUYS HELP ME.

I relaised that I hadn't started the cron daemon, but now I don't know why the second job ran and it definetly did run as I checked it by putting thigs in the directory, I think my operating system may be haunted.

Is there an exorcism package on the repos for this sort of thing?

>>58456432
No idea. file just returns "data".

>>58455453
>>58457227
Have you checked syslog for errors?

Can anyone tell me why my Intel Advanced-N 6205 on is stuck on 1.3 Mbit/s on Arch Linux and how I can fix it?

I need to learn the most about kernel debugging that I can, as fast as possible. I already know linux basics. Are there any books or resources that stand out? Talking about debugging with GDB, strace, and anything that might be related.

What are the absolutely most important kernel debugging utilities?

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Just installed org-mode and been playing with it on my tiny-tiny website.

It's absolutely great, and with combination with tramp-mode it's absolutely gorgeous (albeit slow, but that might be the server's fault, i'm using ssh not scp which should be the fastest)

>>58456008
Implying Fedora can even play MKV or MP4, literally useless

Hello, /fglt/

I've been using FreeBSD since back in 2001, and despite shitposting a lot about how it's superior, that's not why I'm here.
I'm here because back then I tried Debian and what really drove me away from it was the lack of documentation - but since that's obviously changed since, I was thinking of throwing a Linux distribution in bhyve and trying it out.
Here's my problem though - what do I use if I want something built from scratch (ie. not based on LTS version of another Linux), has a rolling release model, and also doesn't have systemd (I have reasons for not wanting to get into it, but suffice it to say I know how sysvinit works and I can deal with that without having to learn something that I don't agree with the philosophy, technical aspects of or personalities behind).

tldr; Please /fglt/, recommend me a distro that is built from scratch, has rolling releases, and doesn't have systemd.

>>58455973
>2016
>RPM distro's having any multimedia capabilities at all

>>58458575
>recommend me a distro that is built from scratch, has rolling releases, and doesn't have systemd.
Linux From Scratch fits all of those.
Gentoo/funtoo fits the bill too.

with LFS you have more freedom since you can use tools from whatever distribution you want, since it's a framework not a distro.

gentoo/funtoo are distros

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This probably belongs to the sqt, but I can't seem to connect to my samba shares on a Chinese tablet. It has an old version of Android, but it could do it just fine on Windows 8.1. So far, just about every single device on my house can connect to the shares except this instance. What gives? Do I have to go back to Windows and the eternal battery drain from updates just because I want to read non animated chinese cartoon porn comics on my bed? I even used Perfect Viewer's filebrowser, identifying my computer through the workgroup. I don't want to give up and use the ES botnet explorer.
>implying I'm free from the botnet on the first place owning a chink tablet

>>58458661
I did say I wanted a distro though - something that's either an image or an iso, which can be mounted by bhyve and installed onto a zfs dataset.

Currently eyeing GuixSD that >>58450860 mentioned.

>>58458718
Well you fucking faggot I named you TWO distros which feature everything you asked.

Learn to read.

>>58458732
I posted:
>recommend me a distro
You posted:
>since it's a framework not a distro
>not a distro
What is this, doublethink?

And people say the BSD community isn't helpful.

>>58458774
GENTOO
FUNTOO

LEARN TO READ
YOU CUMGUZZLING
NIGGER

>>58458791
>being this mad
kek

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>>58458802
well you'd think you could expect a bsd user to have a little bit more mental capacity than your average african-american gentleman

>>58458791
>funtoo
>Funtoo Linux is a Gentoo-based OS.

I will have a look at Gentoo, though.

>>58458822
And you'd think a linux user could learn hold multiple thoughts in their issue instead of copy-pasting, but here we are.

>>58458843
I use windows though

>>58458879
You shouldn't use malware.

What exactly are the differences between Gentoo and Funtoo?

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>>58459160
One is slightly more fun

>>58459160
the original dev of gentoo abandoned it and created funtoo because he had a serious beef with systemd (and few other changes).

gentoo uses openrc by default but it will allow you to use systemdicks if you needed to. funtoo doesn't.

you would've known that if you googled.
but I guess we can all spoonfeed you like the little child you are ))))

how do I make sxiv float in bspwm
I already put
bspc rule -a sxiv state=floating
in bspwmrc

https://hastebin.com/raw/diguquqasi

what do guys.

hello

>>58461354
AM I BEING DETAINED?

IF NOT THEN I'M LEAVING

Why is this thread so bad and now also so slow? What happened? This used to be the best /g thread.

>>58458695
what app are you using on the chink tablet?

What is the Linux way to build a searchable, taggable library of a mixed range of files including but not limited to porn? I'm not planning on switching to Windows, but as long as I use it at work, and am missing this feature, I will always be tempted to do so.

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Been using xubuntu for two years on my laptop. Now I built a solid desktop recently, but I'm running windows because muh gaymes but I want to be able to access certain Linux features on the desktop without having to dual boot back and forth.

Is virtualbox the go to vm software? I don't care much about performance just user friendliness. Also distro suggestions?

>>58462009
If you use Peeping Tom 10 you can enable a reverse-WINE they created with the help of Ubuntu.

>>58462009
if all you care is games maybe consider a qemu VM with gpu passthrough.

If you can't (or don't want to) use gpu passthrugh go with either virtualbox or vmware.

As for the distro, if you want to try something different try any non-debian based distro.

Do you think the time spent putting together a fully-featured Arch+Unity desktop would be worth the trouble when GNOME is cool too and comes default on distros that aren't shit?

>>58462108
why wouls anyone want to use unity?

>>58462151
I like window buttons that are also docks, also I can get Compiz to use a classy glass theme. All the times I used Ubuntu Unity was the least of my problems.

>>58462075
I actually tried doing that but I just couldn't get it to work. Maybe I'm a retard and didn't follow the steps properly or it just plain won't work with my hardware. Guess I'll try Manjaro, for now.

>>58462057
Oh, what's this? Is it like cygwin?

Solus, Solus, Solus, Solus!!!!!

>>58462175
No, it's actually the Ubuntu user space using proprietary software to translate Linux system calls to Windows ones. Pretty neat stuff; I'd use it if there weren't so many reasons not to use Windows.

>>58462175
It could be a hatdware problem, supposedly (on the intel side) it's nearly impossible to make it work in anything previous to haswell.

what's your setup?

>>58462264
6700k
Z170 Asus aura pro gaming
16gb corsair

Was trying with a 7870 on xubuntu. Having xubuntu on an ssd and the VM on a 300gb HDD but it just wouldn't work. I've got a 290x now though but idk if that would make a difference.

>>58462205
Sounds interesting I'll probably start trying to use it.

>>58462108
GNOME is still awful without the tweak tool, you can't even change the theme or icons without it

>>58462364
Don't most non-terrible distros bundle tweak tool with the desktop?

>>58462416
Gross. I hate that shit.

I always thought they should just bundle the tools as its own separate package.

Maybe portage has just spoiled me, so I'm not sure if other package managers can handle that level of flexibility. But at least with portage they could just have the tools bundle as a default flag set in original package, but you'd have the option of passing on them too by turning it off.

>>58462476
I mean tweak-tool is a separate package like baobab is a separate package, but they get installed in the default gnome-desktop group that distros use. You can always go gnome-core to get the desktop and no apps.

Question for bash hackers:
How to determine if my script is called with:

myscript -

?

I'm searching for a solution to detect this using "case". If my script is called with myscript and - as argument, I want it to read from stdin.

>>58462004
The "Linux" way would be to install and use a Windows program that does the job in WINE.

>>58462009
which Linux features?

So what can I do to .bashrc so I don't have to write

for f in <pattern>; do mv "$f" /path/to/dir/; done

every time I want to move several images? I tried to do a function that accepts two arguments, but it isn't working. I'm a newfag at this shit.

>>58461944
Right on the post, anon. It's Perfect Viewer.
I've had nothing but joy using the application, but this small gripe has been bugging me. The problem would be resolved eventually by buying a bigger micro SD slot, but I'd rather wait until 256GB is cheap enough.

>>58457122
>>58457208
If its segfaulting from a malformed torrent, that means there's a potentially exploitable issue. Send a bug report immediately.

>>58462645
Windows Explorer relies on several kernel-level doodads though since Microsoft can't put together an OS.

>>58462681
$n where n is the number of the argument.

>>58462681

movemyshit() {
  for f in "${1}"; do mv -- "${f}" "${2}"; done
}

That said, you're trying to hard. Use wildcards instead.

mv trap_pictue_num* /path/

>>58462574
Why not just see if one of the $1, $2, etc.. variables is "-"?

>>58462718
>mv trap_pictue_num* /path/
Well that was easier than expected. I guess mv gives no shits. Thanks anon.

My hdparm settings on ubuntu server does not appear to work. I want my HDD to spindown after x number of minutes. My hdparm config entry looks like this

/dev/sda {
write_cache = on
spindown_time = 180
}

It does not appear to be working even with a reboot. What am I doing wrong?

>>58462710
have you tried root explorer or amaze to connect to the samba network?

What tools to I need if I want to try creating a toy simulation of a BGP network?

>>58462744
If you want to shorten some typing, you can create an alias like

alias mv2traps='mv -t ~/porn/traps/new/'

Then you can just run:

mv2traps pics*

and spare some characters

>>58462758
I can connect with other applications mainly VLC as a LAN player and some explorers like the ES botnet. It's just PV not recognizing it. Maybe it uses a dumb protocol or my shares need some tweaking.

>>58462777
upvoted(TM), That's how is use "deletthis" to move stuf into the trash (-t "${HOME}/.local/share/Trash/files/").

>>58462777
I'm good, thanks anon. It's mainly for moving screenshots to their respective folders. I take so many that it can quickly start piling up.

>>58462803
>not using rm
>living on the edge

>>58462818
why not just make a function that automatically moves scripts into a directory?

>>58462828
scrots*

>>58452154
Thats not commie

Also you were never /pol/ if you changed your opinion so quickly

>>58462828
I could try it, but I'd have problems fitting the episode name with its pattern and the folder name on my pictures folder. I'll hopefully figure it out eventually.

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>>58451061
>commies
>smart

>>58462863
If you're actually interested in writing a script that does things like

if part of screenshot name is something, then move to ~/screenshots/something

Check out http://www.grymoire.com/ for regex, grep, etc. Bash can also regex with ~=, for that, check the bash hackers wiki.

what is currently the BEST linux?

>>58462945
LFS

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>>58462945
4.9

>>58462945
Probably Fedora 25 (GNOME), though I still use Debian because RPM Fusion is utter trash

>>58462945
Arch Linux

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The hell is this?
Is there something I need to do differently or will I have to wait for them to get off their ass and fix the keys?

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>>58462984
arch forked linux?

>>58462981
This. But dont use Wayland. Use x.org until the get there crap together

>>58462986
use a better distro anon

>>58462986

gpg --recv-keys "KEYS HERE"

don't forget to actually verify those are the real keys.

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>>58462945
x86_64 Linux 4.9.3-gentoo

>>58463011
>not hardened

>>58462945
The one that has AMD's massive driver code fucking hell goddammit let them merge it fucking shit titty bangers fuck.

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I'm planning to run a linux distro on my new razar blade stealth ultrabook. I'm kinda hesitent however as I've read some articles that Linux doesn't handle 'temperature' well. For instance it will over utilize the CPU and/or memory and cause the laptop to overheat.

Anyone else experience something like this with high end powerful laptops running linux ?

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>>58462945
GNU Linux-libre

i'm thinking of moving from arch to gentoo as my next step in my autism spiral. I have been using arch for a year and gotten comfortable with it, and I use a lot of packages on the AUR. Are most packages on the AUR able to be found as gentoo packages? How hard is it to convert PKGBUILD to portage format?

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>>58463043
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.

>>58463061
What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I’m the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, kiddo.

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>>58463016
>tfw still 4.8

>>58463056
stop it, stick to a good distro and learn the system instead of hunting for epenis crap

>>58463074
What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you proprietary slave? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class at Harvard, and I’ve been involved in numerous free software projects, and I have contributed to over 300 core-utils for GNU. I am skilled in Lisp and I’m St. IGNU-cius, saint of the Church of Emacs. You are nothing to me but just another unethical non-free software advocate. I will distribute the fuck out of your source code with freedom the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit about me and the GPL on the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my colleagues at FSF and your binaries are being reversed engineered right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your copyright. You're fucking dead, kid. Free software can be anywhere, anytime, and it can ensure your freedom in over four ways, and that’s just with the GPLv2. Not only am I extensively skilled at C hacking, but I have access to the source of the entire GNU userland and core-utils and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable proprietary code off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what ethical retribution your little “clever” program was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have ensured your users' freedom. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit free as in freedom all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, kiddo.

>>58463106
I like the idea of useflags, and I want more security on my system.

>>58463146
kek'd

>>58463043
but seriously can anyone recommend a distro that can solve this not yet existent problem?

>>58463167
thermal throttling is handled fine on linux, the distro doesn't matter since its the kernel which has the CPU drivers.

what is the systemd way to do:
service something start
and
service something stop
and
service something status
?

>>58463206
>service something start
#systemctl start "whatever.service"
>service something stop
#systemctl stop "whatever.service"
>service something status
#journalctl -u "whatever.service"

I want to compile my kernel for the first time, just for learning. Where should I look for good howtos? I'm using Noobuntu, if it matters.

>>58463221
thanks

A normie just told me that normies like macbooks because it makes them feel smart. Isn't this the same reason most of you guys use linux?

>>58463227
maybe it's not a good idea to do this on a distro that has lots of patching like ubuntu

what you can do is getting the build-deps and the -src package with apt for your current kernel and compile it, but keep the old kernel in case something happens(TM)

better: use a distro in a vm, so when something goes wrong, you can just stard over

>>58463260
>>>/r/eddit

We need to focius on shashlik and archon project

>>58463379
a) don't booze and post
b) don't namefag like a redditor
c) >>>/p/lebbit

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>>58463389

>>58463389
This. Enough! We have watched that self-circlejerking namefag long enough. It's time to tell him to fuck off.
>>58463395
>what is culture
Stop trying to turn 4chan into your reddit save place, faggot. Nobody cares about your drama crap, just fuck off.

>>58450860
Why the fuck are you calling it GNU/Linux?

>>58463419
What culture are you referring to? 4chan is the new facebook.

>>58463422
Because this thread is about topics related to the the GNU operating system in combination with the Linux kernel.

>>58463422
Take your shitty android appzzz discussion to spg, dumb phone poster

>>58463423
the faggots from /b/?

>>58463423
fuck off neo /g/

>>58463431
I'm out because i have Ubuntu Gnome installed.

>>58463444
Not everyone is interested in your distro

>>58463444
Ubuntu is a distro of the GNU/Linux combination, Feel free to stay!

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I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 and installed the AMDGPU-PRO drivers for my RX 480, but it seems like the card's fans are always running at full speed no matter what.

Is there a way to have the fan speeds adjust to the card's temperature and not even run at all if the card is cool enough like it does on Windows?

>>58463432
Why insulting him? This is a friendly thread. Make youself useful.

>>58463459
feel free to filter me, faggot

>>58463423
>4chan is the new facebook
because fags like you

>>58463492
If you want a thread dedicated on Ubuntu GNOME, go ahead and make it. Why are you asking OP to cater to your distro ITT?

>Make a Linux thread
GNU/Linux systems include Linux

>I don't want GNU
Your distro has GNU

>I want no GNU
Android? That's what spg is for.

>I don't know how to respond, I'm BTFO too hard
Don't bother, I already know

>>58463511
Let's forget the fact that 4chan is not really anonymous, people tend to hide behind the name "anonymous" because they want to feel free when they post utter bullcrap without feeling ashamed later on

>>58463514
>trying to turn kde shill drama into a gnu / linux drama
nice try faggot, but we're not stupid enough to fall for it
>>>/r/ebbit

>>58463528
That's a nice way to cover that damage.
Cute

>>58463526
if you don't like it then leave.

>>58463526
we're posting as anon, because the content matters and should not be measured by the poster's identity

>>58463539
Did that hurt your feeling?
Sorry but your post habits are thoroughly recorded into moots server, and he probably sells them to others. Your view of some edgy super secrit club house is like a zoo.

People see it, they laugh and enjoy it and despise you for it.

>>58463540
>because the content matters
Nope. If that were the case, pol, k, o, b, trash, mlp, s4s etc would not exist

>>58463573
>moot
literally who?

>>58463582
m00t*

>>58463573
But 4chan is anonymous to those who I am posting with. You have no idea who I am from thread to thread, and that's all that matters.

>>58463595
was going to post this

>>58463573
we're fully aware that 4chan isn't anonymous, doesn't change the fact that it has it's own culture, reddit fags like you want to destroy

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>>58463595
>>58463613
You got me

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

>>58463716
Manjaro is a user-friendly version of Arch, I never used it but I heard decent things.

>>58463742
why would anyone want to get an arch based distro?

>>58463750
>lightweight

>>58463750
AUR mostly

>>58463716
Debian/Devuan XFCE4

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>>58463742
>Manjaro

>>58463758
the AUR is basically nothing but a git clone; make wrapper, that leads people into thinking that arch has "so many cool things", which are basically programs written by literallly who

>>58463790
that's why you should install gentoo

>>58463790
Shh,
#packer -s league-of-lagends

I'll by playing my manchild games while you wank your little cock with the view of all the --USE-my-ass flags in your make conf

>>58463809
cancer shilling people: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Skype

>>58463811
stop namefagging, I can't take any of your posts seerious when I read "Dr KDE Shill" in front of it, which basically means that you're a retard from reddit

>>58463826
See >>58463395

>>58463782
I was genuinely surprised how much lighter Devuan was than Debian

>>58463841
so you're asking EVERYONE on 4chan who is offended from your faggotry to enable a retarded filter so you can keep playing your cum-in-my-own-mouth identity game?
fuck off with your reddit shit where they like your kind

>>58463857
isn't it basically the same?

>>58463858
Yes.
And why are you so much obsessed about reddit?

>>58463841
Please stop that name thing buddy. It only leads to drama, which wastes bumps and bandwith.

>>58450860
anyone else here got audio problems on ubuntu 16.04? The loudspeakers of my laptop give off a loud pop when I first start playing audio (doesn't matter if the volume is low or high).

>>58463878
My name makes me easier to filter if you do not like my posts.

If I decide to shit on the thread there is no one that can help

>Mods
There is none in /g/

>>58463897
>There is none in /g/
there are, but they're slow. That boipussy thread finally got deleted.

>>58463897
Not everyone is filtering name/tripfags, so it doesn't solve the drama problem. Also it doesn't solve the main problem: abusing the name field, which exists so anons can confirm their identity when it really matters.

>>58463897
>Also
4chan ""bans""

>>58463897
There are mods, but they are strange. When you start a pcpartpicker, 5 facts about maki, %s on suicide watch thread, nobody cares, but when you stard a desktop thread in disguise, it will 404 in the next 30 minutes.

>>58463946
>>>/qa/

>>58463946
The desktop thread thing actually sucks ass. Recently wrote a wallpaper-setter program that gets a random pic from /wg/.
>tfw it's a desktop screenshot
That shit belongs to /g/ since it's clearly tech related.q
Thanks for reading my rant/blog.

>>58463995
>>58463946
>>58463926
>>58463915
>>58463897
We need to fix the /g/ problem collectivly. See: >>58463957

This board need proper moderation. Go to /s/, ignore the sticky rules, get a 3 day ban. Go to /g/ ignore the sticky rules, nothing happens.

this is maybe an easy question....
how to get my current system uptime (in seconds)?

I have an idea for my next project, which probably will take my whole lifetime. I might end up going to a Uni to take a Comp Sci course as well for this.

I intend to port lineage OS (which has GAPPS compatibility) to desktop GNU/Linux systems. My goal is to bring android apps to GNU/Linux.


>Use KVM to emulate older kernels (Google loves older kernels). However if possible I would just use the new, current kernels with chroot.
>For Google Appstore I either look at shashlik or Archon.
>Make an appstore for GApps
>Integrate with existing package managers

End product is a software center that has a direct access to google appstore.

All these would be so much easier if faggots at Jide decided to release their source.

>>58464039

cat /proc/uptime

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My Japanese text looks like shit. It's missing characters. Look at these boxes.

How do I fix this? What font do I need? Please recommend something in AUR so I can get updates.

Thanks.

>>58464045
All you would really need to port is ART, zygote is what you really need to work on to get it working.

>>58464045
thanks

>>58464114
meant to quote >>58464052

>>58464068
Stay away from the AUR. It's insecure. Install the stuff you need yourself (here, the noto font should fix your problem).

>>58464122
Excellent blog post bro

>>58464130
What security issues anon? Please explain. I'm new to Arch.

Also, noto-fonts-cjk-1.004-3 is 120MB! WTF?

>>58464151
he probably means that since anyone can create a package it could be malware. Just read the PKGBUILD before running it and verify its what you think and you'll be fine.

>>58464151
see >>58464173
Exactly what I'm referring to. That said. You actually should trust it or drop it, since the maintainer can change the PKGBUILD whenever he wants.

>>58464173
>implying arch users care about their system

>>58464207
Shut the fuck up

>>58464223
then why would you use a distro that may fuck up anything, anywhere just because you ran a system update?

>>58464230
What distro may not fuck up anything, anywhere just because you ran a system update?

>>58464240
>still namefagging
>>>/r/abbit

>>58464247
I do that when I want to invoke your autism

>>58464240
Just stop aleady. No need for that drama shit.

>>58464250
>LOL trolled YOU, you mad???
read the global rules, faggot

>>58464250
This isn't 9gag nor dailyhaha nor funnyjunk. (Feel free to post your epic memes there.)

>>58464247
>>58464254
>>58464261
>>58464277
This was all me

>>58464261
>>58464277 (Samefag)
>This mad
I see it works well too.

>mom I get offended when I see the text "KDE Shill"
Being a butthurt SJW is in your blood

>>58464285
found the newfag
KDE shill is anonposting/samefagging allday in order to get famous, it works flawlessly because he's a passfag

Whatever is going on, please stop this KDE Shill meme shit. Thanks.

Any anon got Wayland /sway to work on a nosystemd install?

What/how do you compile to not get libsystemd.so.0 error?

>>58464338
There is an extremely butthurt BSD shill who got mad af because I wrecked his thread FYI

>>58464374
same thread where you fell in love with beawesome?

>>58464374
>because I wrecked his thread
whatever anon, consider reading the global rules

>>58464487
>anon

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>>58464469
Oh, my guess was right then hahaha.

You are THAT one butthurt faggot. Why are you not shilling BSD now?

You were THIS butthurt
>>58424569
>>58424576
>>58424813
>>58424854
>>58424925
>>58424969
>>58425030
hahahaha

>>58464524
4chan isn't your trolling playround, make yourself useful, drop your stupid clown identity and help newcomers by posting quality content or fuck off back to plebbit

>>58464524
>trying to turn kde shill drama into a gnu / linux vs bsd drama
nice try faggot, but we're not stupid enough to fall for it

>>58464549
4chan IS a trolling playground
-It does not enforce peer reviewed, citeable posts
-we all /b/ with different topics :D
-Post anything you feel like, no one knows what you posted the next day (feel free to be a dumb ass shit poster)
-lack of proper moderation
-lack of proper archives

4chan was never meant to be taken seriously. It's ironic when the newfags say otherwise

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>>58464580
Check out global rule 3.
Also it doesn't help the GNU/Linux commnunity when they come into this thread, see THIS autism and turn 360° in order to walk away

>>58464580
only newfags call newfags newfags

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>>58464039
>>58464052
>be curious
>search the web
>go to redhat docs
>get botnetted

>>58464695
so the nsa knows that you're curious about you systems's uptime, who cares

>>58464749
using linux puts you on a list in of its self

>>58464762
I know it's bait, but anon, that "list" is tracking everyone, not only specific targets. Check out wikipedia for PRISM, xkeyscore, etc. for more on the topic.

>>58464749
not raging about google or the nsa here
I'm raging about red hat for putting that trash on their site

>>58464800
there's a priority to it.

>>58464762
How would they know I'm using GNU/Linux, when my user-agent says I'm using Chrome on OS X?

>>58464823
Do you have a package manager that updates from some repository? Then they know.

>>58464823
lel, that explains the market share of trash OSes and trash browsers

>>58464836
Stop making me paranoid. ;_;
Will torify(1) help updating my packages anonymously?

>>58464866
sure, but make sure they're signed if you're doing that. Anyway your IP and likely your real name is already tied to using linux.

>>58464866
Tor is only 100% secure when the exit node is also in the Tor network, but since distro repos don't have .onion services, the exit node can manipulate what you install and track you (the last proxy you were using).

tl;dr Just forget that idea.

>>58464887
>manipulate what you install
welp not that because of package signing (every good package manager should do this)
and tracking doesn't work because you're using Tor

>>58464942
>>58464887
>>58464866
>>58464882
just use a distro made by people you trust

>>58464992
doesn't help when they ship it with a blobbed kernel.

>>58465021
Debian doesn't have this problem.

>>58465021
gentoo doesn't have this problem

>>58465021
What about your blobbed motherboard?

>>58465060
what about your blobbed brain?

>>58465066
>deflection
Ah, the common tactic of a freetard

>>58465066
check'd and kek'd

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I need a gnu/linux distribution that meets these requirements:

>has to be really fast
>has to be noob friendly


I installed Mint with Cinnamon and I didn't liked it. It's not fast.
I know I don't have the latest hardware but it's not a toaster pc neither: OC 3.5ghz core 2 duo, 4 gbs of ram, GTX 260. Windows 7 x64 works perfectly on it without ever making me worry about performance (like I would open all the tabs on the browser and all the programs I wanted without compromising speed)
Mint was all sluggish and took a lot of time to log in and the performance was worse overall compared to windows. Scrolling and tab changing wasn't smooth neither on the browsers I tried (all the major ones)

>>58465906
ImaginaryOS

Can I also ask for a distro reccomendation?
Ever since I abandoned my X200 that was running some ancient Fedora, it all went downhill. I seem to be cursed.

>all kinds of current Fedoras:
>KDE5 always crashes when I plug in an external monitor, often taking the whole system with it
>Opensuse Leap:
>Same as with Fedora, but I only get a "plasma crashed" popup and my panels vanish, but the system keeps running.
>Suspend often does not work
>ubuntu:
>It killed my windows partition on install, since asking the user how he wants to partition his HDD is obviously to scary for ubuntu users
>Constantly having to fight the OS to get anything done
>apt-get has a retarded syntax
>CentOS:
>finally I am at home!
>yum update - lol, no wifi for you anymore
>next try - works for 3 months, but when I decide to get my mobile broadband to run, it develops the plug in monitor - system is kill bug

What the hell?
Is my thinkpad cursed?
Any other distro I could try?

>>58465906
Did you have the proprietary nvidia drivers installed

>>58466323
Just use fedora and don't let /g/ meme you into KDE
KDE is a buggy mess that spends more time segfaulting than being useful.

how can I install Times New Roman in xubuntu?
i tried installing ttf-mscorefonts-installer but the font still doesn't show up in LibreOffice.

Why is hardened linux something you have to patch in? Why don't they just include all those protections in the default kernel? If it was always like that then all software would be written considering it and it would easier for everyone no?

>>58466498
>Just use fedora and don't let /g/ meme you into KDE
/g/ didnt meme me into anything, I have been using KDE since back in the day when I actually bought a box full of DVD's for SUSE Profesional 9.whatever.
And KDE4 got really good at around 4.10 or something and KDE5 shows promise, but it definitely is at an alpha stage right now.
so yes, I would love to leave, but where too?
gnome is looking as shitty as it works, and I have to install all kinds of hacks to get it semi useful and it doesn't even ship with a file manager.
that ubuntu thing?
Even more retarded and user hostile than gnome.
and cinanom and mate just feel weird and too hobbiest.
And I'm not autistic enough to go for something like i3.

New thread, now with more dubs:

>>58466699

>>58466539

Update your font cache.

>>58466408
Yes, with or without them the performance on normal tasks was terrible

>>58466710
>not even on bump limit
Absolutely disgusting. Generals should all die.