/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

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>>58477061
>I don't like cocks but I suck it from time to time. Fuck.

>>58476923
Windows > GNU/+Linux

>>58477099
But we are not talking about malwares

>>58476923
The OS picker lists bodhi on the track for not ubuntu based but the bodhi linux landing page says it's built on top of linux. What gives?

>>58477149
They probably moved to Ubuntu Base

>>58476923
What's a good dirsto/DE for a HTPC?

>>58477274
do you have any prior experience with linux and how old is the HTPC

How long does the Linux phase last for you dweebs?

>>58477397
As long as Linux remains the best OS.

>>58477327
I use linux in my work (not server management but using it) and I've messed around. HTPC has an AMD 5350 which I think came out in 2014, with 8GB ram.
Goal is relative ease of use on a TV, so no small text. Currently running debian but haven't found a comfy solution for the UI

How can I change fonts in xterm (permenantly)?

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What the fuck am i doing wrong here? I just wanna fucking make this fucking application.

>>58477639
what are you trying to build?

>>58477397
When did Windows 8 come out? I've had it since then.

>>58477689
qjackrcd, a jack application to auto cut up audio upon silence detection.

>>58477420
GNU/Linux*

>>58476923
can someone make a korora wojak

>>58477639
did you read the README?
qmake -config release
make clean
make

You can build it in your /home directory without root then sudo make install

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>>58477800
Ive reached this point, im so close to getting it now.

>>58477800
Does latest Korora come with Wayland? If it does I am sold.

>>58477886
First result on google with your error

>>58477912
yeah. Korora is a nice distro and you should definitely check it out.

In fact if there was no ubuntu I would install korora straight away

Friendly reminder that if you are running X and not Wayland then your system is insecure and vulnerable by default no matter what you do.

Friendly reminder that if you are running Wayland and not X then your system is insecure and vulnerable by default no matter what you do.

new fag how do i install an rpm file on korora i tried extracting

>>58478013
It can't be helped.
At least not until NVidia and firefox support wayland natively without beta versions

>>58478028
never mind i opened it

>>58478033
Also mpv. and a non shit terminal for wayland would be nice too.

>>58478028
>>58478037
kek that's not how you usually install a software in Linux

>>58478234
sorry, I meant GNU/Linux*

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Is ulibc more compatible with things than musl?

musl sounds better but bash broke and I couldn't be bothered fixing it.

>>58477448
oh well download new WM and see how you like them

How can i run a series of mouse movements or clicks on startup? some stupid application im using only has a button that cant be activated via command line and i need it for the entire system to be automated.

>>58478459
xdotool

>>58478452
I've done i3, XFCE, and LXDE none of which feel comfortable to use from 8 feet away on a tv. Configured XFCE to use fuck huge fonts with DPI scaling but it just looked awkward.
I love using i3 but if literally anyone that might visit my house tried to do anything they'd be completely lost.
I haven't tried configuring LXDE yet but it's alright to use sitting infront of the TV, but everything is too small to use from the couch.

Do you have any recommendations?

>>58478013
I should be hating X, right? What will Wayland bring to the table? I remember watching a video or two on Wayland's writer but it was mostly on how everyone hated X.

>>58478529
regarding other people using i3 - just write a small manual on a piece of paper

>>58478615
https://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.co.nz/2011/04/linux-security-circus-on-gui-isolation.html
This is old news

>>58478615
Why hate?
It's just outdated and something new is needed. By my understanding X was written to do a whole shitload of stuff (like being an actual graphics library) that it isn't used for at all now. So Wayland is just a more modern take on it with all the fat cut out.

>>58478657
Damn, I didn't know this. Switching to GNOME/Wayland

>>58478994
Remember to set up SELinux too friend, Fedora comes with all of this OOTB if it's worth anything

>>58478615
>What will Wayland bring to the table?

If my current experience is any indication: constant crashes and weird application specific bugs.

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How do I get thumbnail view for the firefox file picker? I can't shitpost like this.

How come Linux users consider themselves intelligent while they too retarded to disable spyware in Windows 10?

>>58479064
You can use the file manager

>>58479072
Windows is closed source and Microsoft has a long history of datamining. Even though you believe you "turned off" spying it does not mean it has been disabled.

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I dual boot win7 and elementary OS

I want to take some space from Eos and give it back to win7 partition

Best way to do this?

>>58478529
openbox box or you could run conky with i3 for your friends

>>58479122
im going to elaborate on the conky thing. if you didnt know its a little more than a system monitor it can write text to the screen so you could write a cheat sheet for your friends and only run conky when they come over

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>ffmpeg still not working intermittently
>test it on 3 different files
>works perfectly
>try to make 2 webms from different movies I actually want
>doesn't work right
>test another one from different movie
>works
>try to make a 3rd one I actually want from ANOTHER movie
>fails

>>58479114
From a live image

>>58479072
>I totally turned every privacy infringing feature off because I clicked a bunch of icons, executed software from some pajeet, and copy and pasted powershell commands.

>>58479372
I know what I've executed in command line.
>b-but muh hidden spyware
In that case why you don't afraid that it's also possible for linux vendors to spy on you?

>>58479450
open source dumb ass

>>58479450
Ban Indian IPs

Is Ubuntu still botnet ridden or is it safe to use now?

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>>58479568
I use it. They will ask if you want to give feedbacks. Although other DEs don't have this feature

>>58479568
I think Unity is the problem, Ubuntu should be fine

>>58479086
Changing default file manager does nothing. Firefox always opens GTKFileChooser.

>>58479568
The amazon dash search is still shipped but disabled after all the rage, so it's basically save to use.

>>58479749
The file picker is part of the GTK toolkit, it's NOT the filemanager you're using. It justs looks simliar because it's using the same theme.

There is currently no solution other than patching and recompiling and that only works for GTK2 programs. If you can't live without thumbnails, use KDE. Alternativly organize your files better or drap and drop from your file manager.

>>58476923
the mint user has a big hole in the back of his knit cap

t. mint user

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Trying to install Manjaro on my new Thinkpad, but I get stuck at the beginning, it's showing the splash screen
Any advice?

>>58476923
Well memed. Telemetry is data used by devs to fix errors and work on future security updates. It helps the users in the long run by not having to visit forums begging for solutions or manually reporting each problem.

Ubuntu has similar anonymous feedback option. Why is that a problem?

>>58480585

Install Arch, stop using shitty downstream distributions. Stop being an idiot. Stop being a pretentious idiot.

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>>58480617

>>58480660
nothing he said was pretentious maybe you should read more or stop using words you do not know the meaning of

>>58480670
grammar pls also you did the right thing

>>58480667
>implying EULA can be enforced on a billion users

just like they went after the people running cracked Windows copies in China and India. they don't care as long as you run Windows.

Get real.

>>58480686

People who install distributions deemed hardcore and for the advanced are pretentious, because they pretend to be worth more than they are.

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>>58480706
Wow I've seen some better damage control than this

>>58480706

I'm not even the guy you were arguing with, but:

>they don't care as long as you run Windows.

Exactly, they want you to use it so they can exploit you easier. Which is the thing meant by the original person. Your attempt to argue against it only proves their point more.

>>58480738
Manjaro is not hardcore or advanced if anything it is basically Ubuntu but instead of being based on Debian it is based on arch on top of that nothing he said pertained to his self worth so you are still entirely wrong

>>58480585
learn how to cancel the splash screen and read what the output it. if i can recall correctly its something like ctrl+d idk google it

Recommend me a GOOD distro that

1. can play dvds out of the box
2. can play mp3s out of the box
3. works well with the ONLY decent DE (XFCE)

I don't believe this exists. GNU/Linux went to shit after Ubuntu 10.

I need some help.
I tried (for the first time) to change some stuff in the .profile file to be able to run android-studio from anywhere easily through the terminal.
But now when I try to log in, it does not work and sends me back to the login screen. Briefly showing some error.
I can log into a guest account but nothing more.
Any idea how to fix this?

>>58480971
Manjaro

>>58480971
gentoo

>>58480998
what about that whole "just move your clock back in time" bullshit? is it secure and not retarded?

>>58481041
That does not effect you in any ways. There are also other distros but you are too retarded to figure out yourself.

Here's my 2 cents: Fuck off.

>>58480852

Arch is "advanced and hardcore". Pretentious people install Manjaro because they think it will make them be cool for using Arch, but without the hassle.
THere are zero reasons to use Manjaro. They don't contribute anything worthwhile and there's nothing you can install on Manjaro that you can't install on Arch or other distributions.

>>58476923

So how "breaky" is Arch, really? Presume I'll just use a DE like Gnome 3 or KDE with no ricing, and use it for Python and Web-Dev programming.

Probably very few AUR packages.

How often will I end up with a broken machine and curse the day I installed Arch?

>>58481064
No. Linux has been cucked now for nearly a decade and can't do the most basic things without having to "install Gentoo, install Arch."

It's depressing how far it has fallen. And don't get me started on KDE/Gnome 3 bloat. Fucking idiotic.

>>58481071
>>58480660
Hi there, little faggot. I highly suggest that you stop trying to fit in before I crush you like an insignificant piece of shit.
>>58481137
AUR packages are most likely to break, otherwise Arch itself is pretty solid.
>>58481139
*buntu (Xubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubundu MATE, Kubuntu), Korora, Manjaro, Antergos, Linux Lite, Elementary OS, Deepin Linux and shit ton more distros can play both mp3 and "dvd". Stop pretending to be retarded and get out.

>>58481169

> AUR packages are most likely to break, otherwise Arch itself is pretty solid.

Thanks Anon. Question: Would you use Arch for a day-to-day work (programming) laptop?

>>58481189
No. I'd use it for testing out the latest packages.

Alright, newbie C coder here. I'm too retarded to do this. How do I make it know that it's a letter ALONG with telling the user that the guess was right or wrong.

int main()

{


    int iResponse = '\0';

    int iRandom = 0;
    srand(time(NULL));
    iRandom = (rand() % 10) + 1;

    printf("\nEnter a number\n");
    scanf("%d", &iResponse);
    
    if  (isdigit(iResponse) == 0) 
        printf("\nThat is not a number\n");
    return 0; 
        

    if (iResponse == iRandom) 
        printf("\nThat is correct!\n");
        else
        printf("\nSorry. The correct number was %d", iRandom); 
    return 0;
}

Do you even need to use the AUR? Is there nothing in the official repos? Can't you just compile from source?

>>58481212

I mean not a letter. fuck.

>>58481198

For work, Ubuntu/Fedora/Etc?

>>58481169
> KDE shill

literally the worst, most unorganized, most gimmicky DE

>>58481071
again manjaro is a simplified arch so there is nothing hardcore about it. you are continuously projecting your feelings on a person who had a minor problem. also do not think that arch is hardcore or hardcore just because it compiles from source and is minimalist. if you want hardcore learn about the kernel and get involved with the development or contribute to some other project

>>58481212
Wrong thread, but can you rephrase your question?
>>58481254
>work
Debian or Fedora
>daily OS
Either *buntu or Korora

>>58481281

Sorry, I just looked for the best thread. I'll just post the question from the book.

"Build a number-guessing game that uses input validation (isdigit() function) to verify the user has entered a digit and not a nondigit (letter). Store a random number between 1 and 10 into a variable each time the program is run. Prompt the user to guess a number between 1 and 10 alert the user if he was correct or not.

>>58480978
I managed to fix it by using GNU GRUB and using the terminal from GRUB and changing the file back to how it was before everything got fucked up.

>>58481300
randomly generate a number and store the value in a variable

create a loop that asks the user for input and simultaneously checks if the input it equal to the stored variable if they are the same the loop should break if you designed it correctly

>>58480929
Thank you, that worked

Anyone who can point me in the right direction on how to get nginx working with subfolders, need to set some rewrite rules and stuff for a php application, still doesn't work after putting it in it's own location /folder/{} in server block.

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Hey! >>>/wg/6785580

>>58481439
chmod?

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Is there an approved e-reader? What would you recommend? Something I could piratefag on

Is it a bad idea to run Ubuntu 16.04 LTS server edition as a desktop/daily use OS?

>>58481670
nope in fact it is a good way to cut out some bloat but i would still recommend Debian

>>58481693

Does debian have the same driver support as Ubuntu for laptops?

>>58481478
Chmod on files are 644 and 711 I think for dirs. Chowned for www-data:www-data. Site loads but css and js are getting 403'd because it needs those rules in nginx config :/

>>58481746
what is running the nginx itself

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How the fuck do I fix this

>>58481722
yes Ubuntu is derived form Debian

>>58481821
Post your .xinitrc
What was the last thing you installed?
Did you make any update?

>>58481820
You mean the user running it? It's set as www-data if i'm correct.

>>58481281

>he thinks there are distributions for work, daily something or whatever
Kill yourself, you meme and misconception spreader.

>>58481925
I just fixed it, had to comment out font pango:monospace in the config

>>58481947
i would not use anything bleeding edge for work

>>58481959

People use Windows for work and they let the software update itself whenever a new release comes out. You don't see people using Windows for "work" complain.

>>58481977
windows is not bleeding edge

>>58481937
what do the error log yield?

>>58481985

You don't really know what the words you're using mean, do you?

>>58482054
enlighten me then

What to do after installing a Ubuntu based distro, privacy wise ?

>>58482075

What's the difference between using the latest Firefox on Windows or on a Linux distribution? What's the difference between using the latest Python on Windows or Linux? What's the difference between a program using the latest library (shipping with it) on Windows or using it on Linux?
None.

>>58482080
Don't use closed source software, use ublock & friends.

>>58477109
underrated

>>58482089
The thing is though, windows uses static libraries. Sure it *is* possible to run recent software on windows. But lets be real here, 90% of the shitware you use on Windows uses old ass libraries.

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>>58476923
>these pleb distroes

>Wire
>Requires Google Play Services
>Needs phone number

Someone make an XMPP confrence and add me.
swedish (you know what goes here) creep.im

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Why the fuck is webm related happening? I'm using bspwm, and whenever I start lemonbar, the top padding changes. It started doing this about a month ago and I can't figure out why

>>58482089
we are talking about operating system not software anyways windows is not bleeding edge the software you install on top of the operating system can be but the OS itself is not

>>58482180
nohup then cat the output

>>58481997

request: "GET /board/data/cache/script.lite.1484352164.js HTTP/1.1", host: "mysite.domain", referrer: "https://mysite/board/"
2017/01/14 16:02:05 [error] 14617#0: *70 FastCGI sent in stderr: "PHP message: PHP Warning:  file_put_contents(data/cache/style.lite.1484352164.css): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /var/www/html/board/core/page.class.php on line 361
PHP message: PHP Warning:  file_put_contents(data/cache/script.lite.1484352164.js): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /var/www/html/board/core/page.class.php on line 377" while reading response header from upstream, client: 123.456.789.000, server: mysite.domain, request: "GET /board/ HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://unix:/run/php/php5.6-fpm.sock:", host: "ad"

Stuff like this :/ fuck it i've been too long at it for now, i'll try it later again with a fresh mind.

>>58482191
>we are talking about operating system not software anyways windows is not bleeding edge the software you install on top of the operating system can be but the OS itself is not

What does this even mean? If you use the newest version of windows you are by definition using "bleeding edge", whatever that means. It's not like there is any newer version to use.

I bet you are some Arch pleb who thinks he is "bleeding edge". No you are not, arch just runs the most up to date RELEASES of software, like many many other distros. Maybe running everything from git HEAD is "bleeding edge", but no distro does that.

I really need some help. I am trying to set up a script and I need to be run by root but as a user.
If I do pacmd list-sinks when logged in as a user I get the output.
If I do sudo -u me pacmd list-sinks when logged in as root it says that o PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.

So obviously the sudo -u isn't doing what it should do. How can I do this?

>>58482199
there is no output when I run

nohup lemonbar

or

nohup panel

>>58482229
>>58481254
>>58481281
>>58481947
>>58481959

it means windows is produced by a company tests and debugs the operating system and then releases it to the public

you should google bleeding edge before you go on a rant about it.

and i run funtoo which does exactly what you said no distro does and fun face anyone pull source from git and compile from source on anything

>>58476923
>GNU/Linux
why the hell gnu/linux doesn't value time ?
recently I needed to install Cuckoo sandbox on Debian. it took exactly 6 hour to install all dependencies and to configure properly.
fucking hell. this is why Gnu/linux will always fail on desktop.

>>58481609
kobo are generally good for that, not sure why you're posting here about it. the H2) is probably the best reader on the market, it has all the current features and an extremely high res screen so it's great for mango. Also you could install android on it if you really wanted.

>>58482395
> this is why Gnu/linux will always fail on desktop.
Baww we won't lowest common denominator retards making it worse for the power users,w hat a shame!

>ALSA can't have per application sound streams while pulseaudio can
Anti poettering cucks BTFO!

Anyone know a distro that ships with i3 as the default window manager? So far I've found only a Manjaro community edition. I want this because I always have trouble setting up the power manager, network stuff, etcetera when manually installing i3.

>>58480971
debian with task-xfce-desktop

Best XFCE experience I had so far.

>>58482180
>>58482276
bumping, I can't figure this out, it makes no sense. I can't find anyone else on the internet who has this bug. Maybe it's time for a fresh install, or even a new distro. I have always wanted to install gentoo

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>>58476923
brb [+9hrs]

openshitty is a meme

swaphil poo in loo gives bad suggestions

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Thumbnails for zips and directories on Thunar how?
File picker with actual thumbnails fucking when?
Automatically passing youtube link to mpv how? SOLVED
AMD merging their code on the kernel when?

>>58483136
looks like you've got a lot of work to do

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>tfw 4.9 kernel finally on Debian
Can I even freesync yet. I'd like to diss the 970.

Question.

I'm on Debian testing and I have an A8 APU (on laptop obviously) which comes with and dedicated GPU (7470M), and I have the open source drivers installed.

Is there a way to check if the dedicated GPU is working or if it switch between both of the GPU's according to the load.

The GPU on the APU is a 7460G btw.

>>58476923
Is there a way to make awesomewm create gaps between windows?

I tried putting this in theme.lua like so

theme.useless_gap = 10

but there's no effect.

Or should I just use i3 seeing as following awesome’s API documentation isn't even guaranteed to work unless you apply some kind of external knowledge.

Former arch user here just switched to Debian. Should I go for testing or unstable on the desktop?

>>58483473
Ubuntu is based on Unstable, so go figure.

It is not that unstable actually, but be prepared for stuff to break and spend some time fixing it. Although this depends a lot of what software and hardware you use.

Testing is actually very stable if you don't mess up anything, and its very bleeding edge if you ask me.

If you want a personal opinion, I would say go with testing.

>>58483575
Thanks, I'll go with testing then.

How come my clock seems to be interpreting local time as GMT and is throwing the time off proportionally? Is it some BIOS thing? I did literally pull out the hard drive from another Linux computer and plopped on this thing that originally ran Windows.

>>58483473
I was with Testing for several months, but thought it was ok to move to Sid. Just read whenever apt is making a huge upgrade. I've had it prompt up removing nvidia proprietary drivers and xserver a few times.

I use my thinkpad with ubuntu mate 16.04 for basically everything now, but I want to play some vidya. I have a radeon hd 7770 in my desktop, and it works fine on windows, but how do you think it will fare in linux? When I used it for gaming on linux back in 2014 it sucked donkey dick, gonna be honest, but have FOSS drivers gotten better since then? The most graphic intensive games I will be playing are Chivalry and Insurgency, the rest is just postal and source games. Also

>download steam on thinkpad
>all games in my library are supported on linux
>only have 9 games(new account, deleted all games off old one) but still

>>58476923
I'd like to do something like GPU passthrough without having to have two GPUs. What's the best VM for gaming and how do I configure it? I don't care if I lose 40% of performance as long as it's playable

>>58483713
I don't think the BIOS knows about time zones. You can either set the BIOS clock to be your local time or to be UTC or whatever and it doesn't know.

The rest of your system however has some idea of what timezone the BIOS is set to. So if your BIOS clock was set based off of UTC but your system thinks it's your local time then your clock is going to be all fucked up.

It doesn't matter which you use though. Typically it's recommended to set your BIOS clock to UTC and then tell your system what your timezone is so it does the offset for you, unless you're dualbooting with Windows then setting it to UTC is recommended.

>>58484032
>GPU passthrough without having to have two GPUs
Pipe dream, not even wayland can save us. It's a shame since I like to use Linux on native games and emulation. I'm really tempted to just dual boot, having two discreet GPUs just for the VM seems like a huge waste.

>>58484032
Use virtualbox's seamless mode

>>58482333
Jesus Christ, aren't they teaching children grammar these days?

>>58484032
afaik there's a bunch of legacy shit in the way of making it possible use a single GPU in a VM

Is there an easy way to apt install from a list of packages in a file instead of arguments?

>>58486044
copy
paste

How can i change my keyboard layout on CAPS, and set caps on shift+caps?

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Does anyone have SteelSeries Sensei Wireless mouse by any chance? Does it work under Linux?

I read a blog post from 3 years ago saying it has lots of issues so I was wondering if any of those have been fixed...

i have a home server that i use as a seedbox among other things and when my internet disconnects for some reason or my router restarts the vpn goes down and i have to do sudo ifconfig tun0 down && ifconfig tun0 up to be able to connect to the internet again.

is there a way to automate this so it automatically happens if the server loses internet connection? the os is ubuntu server 16.04

Kill yourselves you communists.

>>58486829
okie dokie

>>58486848
Good, Linux is communism. You big central government loving cuck.

>>58486210
xev,xmodmap,xbindkeys

>>58486952
will you kill yourself too?

>>58487057
No, I'm based and alpha. Not a cuck like you.

>>58487101
>No, I'm based and alpha. Not a cuck like you.
but you're posting in these threads?

>>58487101
>is on an anime imageboard using closed source proprietary software, being enabled by google botnet captcha

>>58487128
>>58487135
I'm trying to purge /g/ of Linux cuckoldry. I'm the hero /g/ deserves and needs.

I have a pretty bad laptop. 2.2ghz dual-core, 8gb RAM, integrated GPU, 250gb SSD. It struggles to run Ubuntu with any kind of speed.

I want a lighterweight distribution of Linux. I care not for Unity or whatever. I had Xubuntu installed way back when but I don't recall version or anything. I liked it enough and it was fast.

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>>58487042
I don't think that's the issue anon. pls look at this:

>With both my Windows OS’ and the firmware update out-of-the-way, it was time for the real test: Arch Linux. I can’t say I’m surprised that not everything works right here, just a little disappointed. Upon boot-up, it presents a USB device error, where it fails to detect the charging station properly. More specifically, it detects, but is unable to assign an address to it. The error itself points to a power issue, but being that it starts properly in Windows, this is unlikely to be the real cause. Because of this, it does not start the mouse with the rest of the operating system. Disconnecting and reconnecting the charging station (with the mouse off) before turning on the mouse does allow it to start, but has to be done on every boot. Or you can boot with the charging station disconnected and plug it in after the OS fully boots. I decided to test this using a live ISO of Linux Mint that I had lying around, and it has the same issue. So, if you’re hoping it’s a distro dependent issue, I’m afraid you’re out of luck. There is one other small issue as well. While the mouse turns on after reconnecting the charging station, the cursor does not display on GDM until you press a key on your keyboard. Pressing a key to force the cursor to display doesn’t bother me. The detection issue alone, however, is enough to stop me from recommending the Sensei Wireless for any Linux user.

https://gadgtspot.com/2014/05/16/review-steelseries-sensei-wireless-laser-mouse/

I'm not sure if this was fixed since it's been so long since the issue was discovered...

>>58487176
try manjaro

>>58480585
New to Linux myself but I'd try verbose boot then googling where it hangs up.

Should be able to hit or hold shift before it starts loading, then Grub should come up and let you change it to verbose. I think.

Then just watch as it loads and google whatever line/log it's freezing or erroring on.

i have windows10 on my 1tb hdd with uefi system on a laptop. If if bought ssd how could i install linux on ssd and dualboot? I have only found how to dualboot from one drive, but what if i have 2 drives on uefi?

How the hell do I paste shit from the clipboard in vim?

>>58488057
Gonna be honest with you anon, I always kind of disliked how the Linux clipboard works. Of course some people always say it's the best, but I think it sucks.

Linux basically has 2 clipboards, what you've highlighted and also the normal ctrl+c one.
Terminals usually only support the first one. So you just highlight some text (it's automatically copied) then you go to the terminal and middle mouse click (or shift+insert)

Another thing I hate about the clipboards is they do not persist when the applications close. So you can't open something up, copy text, close it, then paste. You have to open it, copy text, paste it somewhere, then close the application or you lose the copied text.

So i want to install freefilesync on xubuntu, how am i suppose to do it in the right way? I dowloaded the tar.gz but i can't find any file inside with further instructions

would I get paid to work on GNU HURD?

>>58488232
Maybe if you got it to 1.0.

>>58487176
How light would it be to install Debian without a DE and build it from the ground up?

>>58488212
>freefilesync
I liked it, but then I realized rsync and crontab exist.

>Code::blocks crashed twice today already
Fuck this shit I'll get back to KDevelop

So since I just assembled a frankenstein PC from my parts bin and want to try and use it for watching old anime on it with an old monitor connected to it for aesthetic purposes, what's the best distro for watching anime or other shit on? Or maybe there's some retro looking OS overall

>>58488367
Answer me this question, which bread is best for putting mayonnaise on?

Hint: It doesn't fucking matter

>>58488367
just use a classic WM/theme
such as IceWM with a wallpaper of an old anime

>>58488440
Multimedia focused distros are an actual thing after all but whatever, back to fucking Arch

>>58488440
sourdough

how do i make xfce look less shitty?

>>58487184
Why not try it and see what happens¿

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>>58476923
>draw that wojak in a beanie in 2015 for shitposting purposes on /v/
>forget to color in a single pixel on the bottom left near the logo
>nobody ever fixes it
This shit triggers me.

>>58487176
Xubuntu latest runs fine on my netbook (intel atom I think 2gb ram)

>>58488810
Don't wanna waste $100+ if it's gonna be useless...

>>58488955
Why would you? Mount the iso on a cd or usb stick and try a live version, see what happens. Live versions don't touch your system.

>>58489006
I don't have the mouse dude.

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>>58486210
You could always buy it and return it if it doesn't work.

I personally use a Mionix Naos 7000 for /comfymode/ browsing and it works perfectly, though I can't use the software and I can't map buttons or change the LEDs.

>>58489156
don't wanna deal with returns. also, I want a wireless mouse. I have too many wires on my desk and want to get rid of them.

>>58488367
If you want multimedia just stay away from RPM based distro's, and free as in freedom distro's like Trisquel and Parabola.

Both are fantastic distributions but due to patents and relying on non-free firmware/software multimedia codecs aren't available.

>>58489242
wireless and linux dont go too well together.

razer would be your best bet because of razercfg

any non shit document viewer with comfy tabs like sumatra

>>58490245
Okular, Foxit reader (non-free)

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I installed best koreas
Linux distro of choice, going to try to mess around with it some.

any requests?

>>58490347
Go to cia.gov and do a search for nuclear launch codes

I'm doing a minimal install of Debian and want to use GNOME/Wayland. Do I still need to install xorg? Or can Wayland run independently?

>>58490399
It's korea not russia.

>>58490424
Only if you're not running any xorg programs it will work,otherwise you need xorg and a gateway program to link them together, in which you may as well just use xorg since wayland is shit

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Bros
We need to improve the fuck out of WINE.
Also why does every video editor for linux suck or am I missing something?

I can't get fucking netctl to work on my WiFi and ether at the same time. All the journal says is that ether is already launched. Fucking i3

>try Ubuntu
>nothing really works, lacks basic features like turning off the log in sound from the settings
>installing another desktop environment breaks everything
it's not for me lads

>>58490543
Ahh thanks, that's what I wanted to know. X11 is great, I just don't like the security holes in xserver

>>58490576
Nat, it's not you. Music players suck too, unless somehow deadbeef isn't shit in $CURRENT_TIME.

>>58490576
openshot

>>58490576
Ironically I read that there's quite a bit of professional video editing done by big studios that actually use Linux, but with their own private software.
For example some pixar animation software is on Linux and they use Linux for rendering.

But I guess everything in the public sector is still shit? I'm not much of a video editor so I don't know.

>>58491027
Music/Media players will suck in Linux due to legal issues with patents etc and the need for non-free firmware/software for it to work. Hopefully in the not so distant future this will change

>>58491417
mpd+sonata
comfy

>>58478529

What about spectrewm? I think that WM allows you to use your mouse more than i3 or awesome...

>>58480971

Arch if you go the Antergos or Arch Anywhere way.

>>58491245
if you can afford to create your own custom software a system it's all well and good but how many companies can afford to do that?

Also It's odd they would choose GNU/linux for that given the licenses involved. I realise it's just the OS and not the actual software, but doesn't makign things for GNU/linux mean you have to share the source? it's why Sony used BSD for the PS4 OS, they could use all the free source code, change it up and never have to share it with anyone.

>>58490576

Are you filing bug reports or adding your input to the current bugs? Are you testing any patches proposed by the Wine devs in your bug report and giving them your feedback?

>>58491524
>GNU/linux mean you have to share the source?
Only if you use a license that requires you too.
You can have closed source but free software

>>58490598
it does not like that feature you are too lazy to find the answer

bear with me guys, this is coming from someone who has never delved deep into operating systems. ive used windows all my life. ive heard shit like "linux has a lot less accessibility to video games than windows" or shit like that. why should i get linux over windows, honestly? dont bother calling me retarded or anything, i could care less and unless im convinced otherwise, ill keep using windows.

>>58491627
it sounds like you have curious just make a live usb of what ever sounds interesting and try it out

>>58491627
You can still very play videogames in linux it just takes some tinkering and it may not work perfectly, if the game does not have a native linux port already.

It just comes down to control over your operating system. This doesn't mean you have to use a distro that you configure from the ground up either, there are plenty of distros that work out of the box as easily as windows. In my experience I spent just as much time troubleshooting windows problems as I do with a easy distro like ubuntu.

just give it a go. but do it properly. use a distro as your main OS for at least a week before you make a final judgement on linux as a whole.

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>>58491627
More control, configuration and more interactive. You can customize your Linux system however the way you want to: different themes, file managers, background processes etc to shape the system just the way you like it to be.

Furthermore it is easy to develop and deploy programs in Linux. You may have fancy code editor or IDE but Linux actually gives you direct access to the kernel itself. Win32 API cannot be altered. But every part of of your linux can be changed according to your need.

And lastly, I do not like where Microsoft is headed to these days. People like windows because of software availability, not because they like the OS itself.

I changed to Linux when windows 10 finally came out. I heard they are even adding spyware into compilers these days .

Lastly, Linux is enjoyable, as an OS as compared to windows. Can windows allow you to even use your favourite font? (Just for fun?)

>>58491627
Linux has support for capital letters.

>>58491761
>compiler inserting telemetry code

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/06/10/1350245/visual-studio-2015-c-compiler-secretly-inserts-telemetry-code-into-binaries

I didn't believe you at first.How long until these incredibly aggressive data farming tactics start to hurt MS? Forced updates halting businesses from doing work for hours at time, software sending back unknown potentially secret data to MS.

>>58491627
Windows is better if you just want something that works and don't care about customizing shit you won't use.

>>58491524
You can use any license you want on Linux software, as long as you're the creator. If you're just expanding on existing software then your options may be limited by the existing license for that software.

>>58491761
Mostly likely he just wants it to work out of the box like Windows, I doubt he gives a shit about file managers or developing anything.

>>58491627
In all honesty, from a long time Linux user, if all you do is game, then dont switch to linux

but if you are into technology, and have an interest low level computing, you have every reason to switch to linux

>>58491443
Try installing that in an RPM based distro or something like Trisquel/Parabola/Debian (without contrib and non-free)

>>58491618
it's not in the settings, I had to restart the computer just to get the option in at the login screen again.
you're right that I am lazy though, there's way too much tedium in getting stuff to work and it seems very easy to break things.

>>58492206
man (what ever your login manager is)

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What could be causing my computer to fail to read the boot loader sometimes?

After shutting down properly, there's a 50:50 chance I'll get a one of a series of errors or it'll boot up fine. It'll reset the bios settings, invoke rescue, or simply not recognize my OS boot. Resetting may work or just do it again.

If it does work, sometimes in the first 5-10 minutes of uptime it'll freeze everything. Or it'll hang, repeat the last audio like 5 times, and then freeze. Or it may work just fine for however long I decide to use it.

What should I try to whittle away at possible problems? Worked no problem with win10. Tried fedora, but it would drop internet connectivity after a couple minutes. Currently running Xubuntu Yakkety.

I'm most concerned that it will reset my bios after it hangs sometimes.

>>58492401
Does your fstab have UUIDs or just device names? That may be what's causing your boot problem.

When you're having the freezing problem, are you able to access a TTY (ctrl+alt+number)? If you're able to, there's something wrong with your X configuration.

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>new laptop
>went from haswell i7 + nvidia 755GTm to skylake i7 + nvidia 970m
>both on linux mint 18 and nvidia 375.26 driver
>the 970m performs nearly the same as the 755m in source engine games
kinda disappointed

also the new laptop wouldn't even boot to the gui unless I installed the 4.8 kernel and the nvidia wouldn't install properly unless I installed cuda from the nvidia developer center, it's all kinds of fucky

>>58492052
>>58491945
>>58491820
>>58491761
GNU/Linux*

>>58492668
>can you access TTY?
No, not at all. I even tried that ctrl+alt+sysreq RIESUB thing.

>fstab have UUIDS or device names?

/dev/mapper/sda3_crypt: UUID="Vs4xyq-WuMP-BfxK-Pnu7-KSEy-7AFn-FaksRt" TYPE="LVM2_member"
/dev/mapper/xubuntu--vg-root: UUID="2e21937e-3574-4cf7-bb9d-b480c6be1244" TYPE="ext4"

That's what blkid gives me. Is something wrong here?

>>58492772
>why is Maxwell so shit on supposedly free drivers
Nouveau is trash, but it's more Nvidia's fault not cooperating. They're even running blobs now, just run proprietary drivers.

>>58492772

>nvidia wouldn't install properly unless I installed cuda

Maybe it's a laptop specific thing as I've had two different Nvidias on my current desktop PC and I never had to install CUDA from the developer center, just the binary blob.

>>58493025
yessir it is specific to my hardware
>http://www.kloppenborg.net/blog/2016/06/11/ubuntu-1604-on-the-gigabyte-p34w-v5
tried to adapt this mint 18.1 (ubuntu 16.04 based) and I dunno, mighta fucked up somewhere

>>58492993
Sorry I should have been more clear about the fstab. I wanted to know if your fstab had lines that started with UUID instead of /dev/sd*.

If your fstab had /dev/sd* instead of a UUID, your bootloader may try to find root in the wrong partition. If your fstab file uses UUIDs, then there's a bigger problem.

I don't know how to fix the hanging, but it sounds like you had a kernel panic.

>>58493139
>lines that start with /dev/sd*
Aside from the leading comment field:

# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
/dev/mapper/xubuntu--vg-root /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /boot was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=a2e01d56-5b3b-484b-a686-ca10e39d071f /boot           ext2    defaults        0       2
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=B5AB-C5B7  /boot/efi       vfat    umask=0077      0       1
/dev/mapper/xubuntu--vg-swap_1 none            swap    sw              0       0

They appear to start with UUID's aside from xubuntu--vg-root. This is also obviously from it currently working. I don't know if it's different when it would crash/hang or if that's even something that happens at all. This is the most stable it's been since I finally committed to going full linux.

>kernel panic
w-what?

>>58493230
I don't know how to help at this point, sorry anon.

A kernel panic won't break your machine or anything, it's just the BSoD of Linux. They very rarely happen though unless you compile your own kernel, do you have any exotic hardware?

How does void deal with qt devs not supporting libressl?

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>>58493388
>exotic hardware
Don't really know what counts as exotic. I have a broadcom wireless pci-e. Only thing I had to install stuff for special.

It also gives me the IOMMU errors on shutdown but I have no way of changing those in bios.

>>58493810

>broadcom wireless pci-e

That might do it. Broadcoms are horrible under Linux.

Which music formats respects my freedoms?

>>58493815
So you think the b43 drivers are causing problems?

Installed mpd+ncpp and sounds works, but Voulme says "n/a" using alsa.

How to fix?

>>58493831

They may cause a kernel panic but I am not 100% sure...

>>58476923
after a year and a half of using Linux and becoming an advanced user I think it's time I actually install the Gentoo operating system for real, i'm not memeing this time, how long does it usually take to install gentoo and simple things like KDE, Wayland or X, and whatnot to be a usable desktop operating system?

>>58494288

Does this "n/a" happen with other applications besides the ones you've listed?

>>58494288
fixxed by using "pacman -R pulseaudio-alsa"

>>58494339
Depends on your CPU

>>58494424
I have a Haswell second gen i5 with two cores and 1.6 Ghz clockrate
compiling GCC takes 2 hours
compiling Linux kernel takes 1 and a half hours

>>58494433
Gentoo KDE will take a long ass time

So what are your opinions on fedora (for a workstation)?

I avoided it for a while, but I'm trying it in a VM and the configuration of things out of the box seems pretty sane. The package manager is slow as balls, though, but I can live. Not sure if there are any gotchas.

>>58494433
Not him, but you'll be fine. I roll with Gentoo and have a dual-core Duo with a 2.9Ghz clock rate. Compiling X takes around 15 minutes.

I don't use KDE, so I don't know how long it would take but considering you install all of its packages I'm estimating ~1-4 hours.

Just started using Ubuntu today (yea I know)

Anyway when I uninstall software in the Ubuntu Software Center, it doesn't disappear for some reason. The program is actually uninstalled but still appears in the Ubuntu Software Center as installed.

Is this just because the USC is shit?

>>58494455
my laptop has a 5 year old i7 and it takes longer to download things than compile them.

>>58494476
I'm actually trying to use Wayland instead and use the XWayland backend for X apps, Wayland takes 30 seconds to compile so that makes things a bit faster

can someone say which libraries i need to run this https://github.com/benchen71/epub-metadata-editor in wine/playonlinux?

>>58494433
i recommend not using genkernel and optimizing your use flags

>>58494587

Looks like you might be OK with running "winetricks dotnet40" if the DotNetZipLib-v1.9.1.6.chm file is anything to go by...

hello /fglt/.

which distro would offer an experience most similar to macos/os x? i might have to switch to a windows computer in the future after my mbp dies (thx apple for shit new mbp!) and instead of purely running windows i figured i'd try linux considering i already got used to a unix system

or, at least, what de/wm etc would i have to install for a similar experience?

>>58494770

Can you get us a screenshot of a newer version of Mac OS X to compare? I think I know what you're looking for but it helps to have visual aids...

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>>58494830
Here's Sierra's desktop with Finder open, though I'm currently using El Capitan.

>>58494849

Hmmmm. Well, I think any distro that carries the latest version of either KDE or GNOME3 will have what you want. I use GNOME3 and there is an extension that allows me to move the dash to the bottom-center portion of my screen so you can have it like the Docker (I think it's called that?) menu like Mac OS X does. KDE should have something similar as well...

>>58494857
Right, I'll google around. Thanks.

>>58494857
I believe it's called Docky. Docker is something else.

>>58494849
>>58494857

There's also Deepin: https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=deepin

>>58494867
>Origin: China

Hm. I'll look into it either way.

>>58494862

Docky is it? You might be right...I don't keep up much with Macs so there's that.

>>58494874

Some distros carry just the desktop environment so you can get the DE without the OS. Arch has deepin in its official repos and if you want easy mode Arch just get Arch Anywhere or use Antergos...

>>58494884
Aha. I was just reading about Antergos in the wiki link. Thanks.

>>58494875
Oops I misread your post. I thought you were talking about the Linux equivalent, which is Docky. I've never used a Mac so I don't know what it's called there.

>>58494849
gnome3 with arc theme is pretty close.

>>58494890

I am not sure but I think you might be able to set Deepin as your DE with a netinstall but I am not sure as it's been a long time since I had to install Antergos so YMMV.

>>58494896

Well, Linux does have Docker: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/docker/

but that's some sort of packaging program...

>>58494914
Yeah that's what I mean, Docker was not the name of application he was looking for. Sorry, my posts weren't very clear.

>>58494890

>wiki

How are you able to view it? I am having issues getting in there in Firefox and Chromium. Something about the secure connection failing...

>>58494770
idk just google how to make linux look like osx

>>58494976
It's loading fine for me on Chrome Canary.

>>58495050

Weird. Maybe it just hates my PL connection...

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how do I invert my touchpad scrolling direction?

>>58495120

This help any: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=138875 ?

>>58495140
it works until i e.g. refresh the web-page

>>58495190

You might be able to convert these Ubuntu-centric instructions to Antergos/Arch shit: https://andym3.wordpress.com/2012/05/27/fixing-natural-scrolling-in-ubuntu-12-04/

>>58495208
that did it thanks a bunch

>>58476923
QUESTION!

is it still considered safe if I use windows 10 as my host OS and do all my important stuff in a mint VM? is it possible to spy on my VM through windows and should I straight out install windows on my host?

>>58495305
If you are that paranoid just install it onto a USB and use it from there.

>>58495341
thats not the point, when I'm using a linux vm for privacy it doesnt make sense if windows can spy on me anyway, thats why I'm asking if its possible

>>58495403
well i can't say for sure, but given their track record with spying an telemetry I would definitely assume the worst.

>>58495229
>>58495208

Holy shit, what a contrived way. Use the libinput X driver and just toggle one simple option.

$ xinput list-props 11
Device 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad':
...
    libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled (288):    0
    libinput Natural Scrolling Enabled Default (289):    0
...

>>58494898

There's an Arc spinoff with those round traffic light buttons.

>>58490589

Your window manager has nothing to do with your networking programs.
Kill yourself, you tripcode using on an anonymous internet forum retard.

how can i rice my Gentoo GNU/Linux?

>>58495787
by having KDE and not ricing it, it looks professional and good by default, it's a product

Should I fall for the meme and install Gentoo?
How long does it take to compile everything?

>>58495850
Yes, I'm doing it tommorow, depends, if you are a super fucking busy guy 1 week, if you are neet tier or have all day, almost a day, it's worth it, do not go the genkernel route and make sure you read the entire portage section to get make the best out of your system

>>58495883
Well, looks like I'm gonna make more coffee and stay up installing it then.
I don't have shit to do besides that, so I should be ok.

>>58495883
Actually, kind of a dumb question, but can you install it without Ethernet connection? Can you use wifi?
Because I'm not able to directly connect to my router.

>>58495928
you need to use a Live-CD then, e.g ubuntu for Internet (if you use WLAN)

>>58495928

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Wifi

>>58495787
https://rizonrice.github.io/resources

new thread when

>>58478041
qterminal is nice.
Doesn't mpv already work? I thought it doesn't have a dependency on X in the first place, I ran it from a VT once, for god's sake.

>>58478615
X is just old and designed for a different thing than what it's doing right now. And you can't fix it without breaking every single X application. So we need a new thing, doing exactly what we need it to do instead of X.
Unfortunately, wayland itself isn't that great at the moment, but maybe it will mature.

>>58491627
I'm the kind of persona who enjoys tinkering with Linux a lot.
But honestly, if you asked me why I stuck to it, two answers: it's fast and the programs are free.
It's a lot faster than Windows, even with a shit configuration. Which means I don't have to wait half a minute while Windows opens a goddamn task manager just because some program froze.
And I can just rely on package manager for my programs, so I don't have to bother with pirating and wonder whether there are virtuses in this particular release or not. Package managers are a godsend. Also, I actually think the average programs themselves are overall better than Windows ones, even the shit ones. Exception is the ones that are hard to make and that compete with a powerful company product that is the standard, like GIMP or LibreOffice, but even they're decent overall, and all the different music players, "fuck around with my UEFi" or "mount youtube as a file system" especially are better than on Windows.
Also, I like the fact that I can actually debug problems. I would rather the system tell me everything that it suspects went wrong and then leave me on my own than it try to fix a problem by a complicated algorithm, fail and leave me on my own without any information on what even happened.

>>58495928
you can but the first thing you need to install is wpa supplicant. i did this and the only think that happens is downloads are slower obviously. also you might want to look into a stage4 tar ball

>>58495911
also make sure you read the environment variables it is something that people skip because the system can technically function fine with configuring them

>>58496927
>>58496927
>>58496927

>>58492196
I'm not a retard who uses a purposely gimped distro :^)