/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

>>59127888
A while ago someone mentioned that on some (but not all) distros, apropos is a symlink to whatis.
I checked for myself, and on debian stable apropos is indeed symlinked to whatis.

However, I get different results from the 2 commands.
There are no extra options hidden in aliases, so what is this black magic?

>>59127888
yo, 888, can you tell me about a DE / distro / lookalike of windows?
it should literally work like windows - double click to run videos and shiet, etc. [ bonus points for having most useful software preinstalled like any linux distro]
i'm not into gaymen, so trying to move to linux.

>>59128125
Most GNU/Linux distros which come with a DE like GNOME, MATE, KDE all do this. Looks are easy customizeable too. For a beginner, I'd recommend any favor of *buntu.

>>59127979
Maybe the program checks how it was invoked (args[0]) and does different things depending on that

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So I want to dual boot Windows 8.1 alongside Fedora and I want to make sure I've gotten this right. I have two HDDs, and I want to install Fedora on the one not containing Windows.

So first I would use Disk Management to make a new partition on the second HDD, since right now it's only one big partition. Then I'd make a bootable USB with Fedora on it, boot from the USB and when installing Fedora I just pick the partition that I previously created and I'm good to go? Anything else I should keep in mind? From my understanding I wouldn't lose have to lose anything on my second HDD when creating a new partition as well. Am I all set?

>>59128264
Yes, provided you don't fuck up and install Fedora on the wrong drive.

>>59128262
It wierd, apropos wget shows 3 results whatis shows one and it's literally just a link.

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>>59128304
Is there anything concerning UEFI/BIOS or fast boot that I should worry about or look into?

>>59127979
Programs can check how they were invoked. For example, when bash was invoked as "sh", it enters a POSIX compatible mode and will run faster and without bash's extensions. Same happens with whatis and apropos.

>>59128368
No, you're installing it on a different drive. If you're feeling paranoid and have no backups, remove the Windows drive. You can put it back later after you installed Fedora.

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>>59128410
Alright thanks.

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>>59128368
Just enable Legacy mode and disable Secure boot. By default UEFI do not allow install you anything except win8+.
Btw, why Fedora?

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>>59128425
From the little I read, Debian seemed to be more of a hassle to dual boot, and Fedora seems like it just werks. Will probably switch to something else after a while, but I've been stuck in distrolimbo long enough. Any reason for me not to use Fedora or were you just asking out of curiosity?

>>59128479
>>59128422
>>59128368
>avatarfagging
>>>/r/eddit

>>59128479
>Any reason for me not to use Fedora or were you just asking out of curiosity?
Just curiosity, nevermind. As i know, Fedora has some diffculties with installing proprietary drivers.
Maybe you try out OpenSUSE? It's little bit friendly than Fedora and also .rpm based.

how do I disable one-click opening on dolphin in openSuse?

Linux is the only cure against the NSA. With Linux, we will destroy those shape shifting kikes.

>>59128614
GNU/Linux*

>>59128619
The NSA has been psychologically tormenting me to use windows for too long. Glad I'm free and am on linux now.

>>59128577
Go to mouse settings and pick "double-click opening" option. If it's KDE, ofc.

>>59128648
What distro are you using bud?

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>>59128614
s/Linux/Free Software/g

The kernel (and it's developer Linus Torvalds) isn't freedom or security focusses.

>>59128661
Debian for now, I'm just waiting for denuvo to come out. I've wasted too much time with ricer distros like arch linux, spending more time ricing it than actually using it so I just said fuck it and just slapped Debian on it and called it a day.

>>59128651
where's mouse settings in OpenSUSE I can only find keyboard layout stuff

>>59128614
https://www.nsa.gov/what-we-do/research/selinux/

>>59128692
I guess you meant Devuan?
Denuvo is a broken DRM shitware.

>>59128736
Right, that's what I meant. I always get those two mixed up because similar spelling. Anyways, devuan looks promising and probably will be a success.

>>59128692
>denuvo
nice divide and conquer /v/eddit

>>59128731
tl;dr?
nsa has got their reptilian dicks inside linux kernel as well?

>>59128847
selinux, they develop it

>>59128262
>>59128388
Thanks, didn't consider that possibility.

As >>59128335 says though, it is kinda strange they don't bother to document any of these subtleties.

>>59128868
>selinux
so, we don't use selinux then.

wtf even is selinux? a proprietary kernel?

>>59128931
a simple search in your preffered search engine would give you all the answer you need

>>59128931
>>59128995
furthermore I have no clue why would you insist on proclaiming Linux as the ultimate road to freedom when you have no clue whatsoever what selinux is, even despite the fact that the patchset and it's origins have never been a secret?

Do you know that corporations like intel and redhat have been responsible for huge chunks of code added to the linux kernel for the last 2 decades?

>>59128795
I meant to say devuan. I hate denuvo and hope it dies. Those dumbfucks at the NSA think they can control me, they can blow it out their nigger ass.

>second fresh install of ubuntu 16.04 on a new ssd
>on shutdown i get a "[TTM] buffer eviction failed" and it just does nothing
>after couple minutes it says "task kworker/1:0:11979 blocked for more than 120 seconds" and how to disable this message
>doing the command only turns off the blocked message
>googling only brings up this in a vm arch install and one unanswered ubuntu one
what the fuck is going on?

install Source Mage GNU/Linux

>>59129042
>insist on proclaiming Linux as the ultimate road to freedom
everyone here on /g/ says so.

>Do you know that corporations like intel and redhat have been responsible for huge chunks of code added to the linux kernel for the last 2 decades?
i knew, but i just think since it's all open source, everyone had checked out the code for any suspicious info-stealing codes or backdoors.

>>59129042
SElinux is NSA and they want to damage the reputation of Linux so everyone will use windows again.

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>>59128725
Are you kidding me, huh?
System settings -> Hardware subcategory -> Input Devices -> Mouse -> Double-click option.

>>59129337
i don't have system settings I have yast

im currently using debian 8.7 and keep on having to mount my HDD each time i boot the system. Is there a way of having it automatically mount?

>>59129613
cinnamon also runs really slowly with youtube videos lagging. it says that its running in the rendering mode. ive got AMD Radeon R7 Graphics integrated graphics if that helps

>>59129613
Check your fstab.

>>59129337
nevermind problem solved

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>>59129042
The expression “the Linux kernel” can easily be misunderstood as meaning “the kernel of Linux” and implying that Linux must be more than a kernel. You can avoid the possibility of this misunderstanding by saying or writing “the kernel, Linux” or “Linux, the kernel.”

Some distros come with a program that lets you run other programs like how you do on windows with run. How can I do that same function on the terminal? If I do [program] & it will run it in the background, but I can only run one at a time.

>>59130193
>I can only run one at a time.
Terminal emulators has tabs, u know.

>>59130217
I'm aware of tabs, but I want to know if I can do this in the terminal that other distros have a dedicated program for.

Is it possible to make Openbox undecorate only maximized windows?

I looked through the documentation and there are some conditional tests possible, but I don't know how to apply it to the <applications> tag.

>>59130193

Don't know what you're talking about. I can do multiple "program &" in a row and they all start up.

>>59130245
that was the last drop that made me drop openbox in favor of i3

>>59130319
if I do program & on two seperate lines, the first one gets closed and the new one starts up.

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>>59130364

Maybe the program you're starting doesn't support multiple running instances at the same time? Pic related, it works for me.

>>59130358

I'm also seriously considering switching now because this would be a slight improvement comfort wise.

>>59130463
It worked doing multiple lines in a different terminal. Is it possible to have the programs stay in the background after I close the terminal?

>>59130533

Yes, look it up in your favourite search engine how to do it.
You are most likely approaching the problem wrongly. Just get one of those small launcher programs, like dmenu, and use them.

Why are suckless faggots massive cocksuckers?
>Because dwm is customized through editing its source code, it’s pointless to make binary packages of it. This keeps its userbase small and elitist. No novices asking stupid questions. There are some distributions that provide binary packages though.

>>59130566
>Yes, look it up in your favourite search engine how to do it.
guess why this thread has "friendly" in it

>>59130825
Nah, it's fine. I don't think what I'm aiming to do is possible through terminal. I wanted to use the terminal as an application launcher, but I think it would be easier if I just used a dedicated one instead.

>>59130193

gui() { ("${@:?}" & disown &>/dev/null); }

Just run

$ gui gnome-calculator

- no output
- no job nofifications
- doesn't recieve HUP signals (will stay alive after closing the terminal emulator)

>>59130818
>faggots massive cocksuckers?
Elaborate

>>59130843
Sorry, mistake.

gui() { ("${@:?}" &>/dev/null & disown); }

>>59130858
Literally one of their reasons why they use dwm is because nobody else uses it so they can be unique snowflakes. They're massive hipster faggots who REEEEE whenever their software gets a userbase over 10.

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I'm installing arch and not gentoo because I'm not an actual autist.

>tfw waiting for compile to complete

>>59130892
But the software page has a huge DOWNLOAD button, so what the fuck is your problem?
it's not like they keep teasing you how great dwm is and then put a download page that says "ask for source at #elitistcocksucking"

>Literally one of their reasons why they use dwm is because nobody else uses it so they can be unique snowflakes.
The motivation behind suckless.org and their products is on the home page.

So again, mi amigo, explain what the problem is.

>>59130895
Why do people care so much about what others thing about their distro?
The distro must fit your needs, not others needs.

>>59130945
These guys are pure autism. They sperg on about minimalism and hate anything that's even remotely modern. That's why they camp out in their IRCs on their plan 9 or OpenBSD while pretending they really know computers before they later kill themselves.

>>59130818
why would you ship a binary when the point of these tools is customizing the source?

>>59131016
Why should anyone do the customization through compiling it when any sane program will have a text file to edit?

>>59130990
>These guys are pure autism.
And? Can you explain why does it bother you so much?
It's not like you're somehow forced to interact with them or use their software aren't you?

So why are you complaining.
Elaborate.

>>59131038
these programs aren't made for people who prefer config files
they are made for people who like the flexibility of editing the program directly

whats a good tiling manager for someone who has never used one before? the most popular seem to be i3 and awesome

>>59131155
i3 for sure.
It's configuration files are plaintext with bash-like syntax.

So you don't even have to know a programming language

>>59131183
>So you don't even have to know a programming language
not that it would be a problem, but thanks ill go with that

Is there a way to minimize firefox usage of RAM?
It's currently taking about 2 GB.
I'm already using XFCE to save resources as much as I can, and I have 4GB of swap and that's already being used.

>>59130825

No one is going to spoonfeed you.

>>59131233

It's using your RAM so it can function faster and cache things. What are you going to do with your unused RAM? Leave it unused so you can look cool in your screefetch threads? Do you realize that your RAM is there to be used?

>>59131351
fuck off rudefag

>>59131233
Try restarting with addons disabled or refresh button.
>about:support

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jesus christ help me g
what do you call this dialog thing that pops up when you mount drives or shut down in kde?
ive been having problems with this piece of shit lately, whenever i am ALMOST done customizing my desktop i get this fucking problem where i cant mount drives or log off or shut down because the dialog prompt that SHOULD come oout does not
god dammit ive probably reinstalled everything like 10 times now, and EVERY FUCKING TIME i almost done setting up this fucking problem comes up help me please, i have scoured all forums and they give different shit everytime.

>>59131400
You do have a point there but the irony is funny.

>>59131372
I'm complaining about RAM being used needlessly by FF.
I'm not complaining about cached processes, those aren't even taking 500 MB.
Why would I need an image opened from 4 hours a go??
>>59131448
>about:memory
What does this do?

>>59131233
RAMBack

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Thinking of completely getting rid of Windows 10 and going balls deep into Ubuntu, I don't know much about Linux, I don't know any commands, but I'm eager to learn all I need.
Should I go for it, or am I gonna get buttfucked?

>>59131784
You're gonna get buttfucked sooner or later.
To use Linux on your desktop is to accept it's shortcomings and learn it's intricacies.

Dualboot first. After a while you'll realize you no longer happen to boot Windows for anything.

>>59131909
GNU/Linux*

>>59131472
s-someone

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Can somebody explain to me what is the difference between regular access and root access?

Android and Linux

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>>59131472
>>59132044
so i bit the bullet and reinstalled all packages with kde on it, and it actually worked the absolute madman. this was what i was talking about for reference in case someone with the same problem comes here.

>>59132099
what do you mean by "difference"?
root has access to everything.

>>59132099
Access to what m8?

>>59132723
Troll attempt or mentaly retarded?

>>59132463
edit /etc/fstab. add a line for that device if there isn't one and put user in the options field.

If I were to use a DE on Arch, let's say Xfce, what benefit would this provide over just using Xubuntu (which I have on my laptop)? Are the only real differences the package manager and having a more recent kernel?

Trying to understand things.

>>59133035
Haven't tried xfc on Arch, but KDE, Gnome and other window managers and DEs I have tried were very nice out of the box. The archwiki has very good guides on customising and getting consistent themes across different combos of DEs ..

>>59132780
If a user already has or can take ownership of something, then using root will make no difference.

So yes, I wanted to know what they want to access.

>>59133035
the benefit of fun while fixing your system after running pacman

>https://git.mel.vin/melvin/scripts/tree/master/qemu
Had anyone tried this? Trying to set up a PCI-passthrough with Arch running a Windows guest. The idea of switching between Intel iGPU and my graphics card just by logging out of X and back in seems appealing, so I could just use my dGPU for both OS's, instead of permanently blacklisting my GPU. Wanted to hear if anyone else had tried it.

>>59133035
You'll learn how to fix xorg.conf after pacman -syu

I'm this >>59131784 guy.
So I finally booted Linux from my USB stick, and I'm kinda at loss. I'd like to install important programs, like Visual Studio and such, but I don't really wanna waste HDD space. Somewhere along the way I've read that anything I do in this 'try' mode leaves no cosequences after I reboot into Win10. Does it work that way or did I miss something?

>>59131784
I switched from W10 to Linux two months ago after wiping it all by accident during a dual boot. I wasn't even mad because I had nothing meaningful installed, just a few gaymes and like 20 bloatware anti-spying and anti-malware programs. Just wipe it all and force yourself to integrate.

is it true that one does not need antivirus software on Linux, because there is no point in making viruses which infect Linux, or is it just urban myth?

>>59133874
Pretty sure anything you install will be stored on the drive.

>>59134158
it's largely unnecessary but if you're tinfoil like me you can install ClamAV

>>59134158
It's a myth that GNU/Linux doesn't get viruses, but you don't need antivirus software, because the source is available. The developers of a GNU/Linux base distribution check a package for any issues before it goes into their repositories, in case there is an issue, the package gets a security patch.

>>59127888
What are some features in the Linux kernel that not many people know exist, but can be useful? I'm recompiling the kernel right now, and i'm wondering if there's anything I can do to speed up my laptop.

fresh Arch install on an x220.
Scrot gives me a black image. What do?

>>59134451
>gets a security patch
exept you're using mint (kek), also not only developers are checking the packages, a distro has large bug tracking systems, where also the community can contribute in case of an issue

>>59134486
You could remove for your machine useless modules for example, or if you're a freetard, remove nonfree firmware. You can also apply some of the many patches for security, latency, etc. Check the Arch or Gentoo wiki for most common patches.

I have just installed Ubuntu onto a laptop. I'm a student games dev at uni, and I am really used to visual studio and Unreal engine. I also enjoy making websites and other random things, I just love learning what I can do with programming.

I really need help however. I know from here, that Linux is just amazing for programming, and I know there's such thing called the toolchain which I am yet to learn, but Im just bamboozled when it comes to the methods of programming. I can't seem to build and run any of my programs made in uni, there's always something missing or something not quite right. If all these issues keep arising, how can I be sure that programming on my laptop is reliable? I can't just go 'I'll finish it on my laptop' as I usually spend hours looking up as to what the problem is.

Sorry for the long reply, just feeling a little lost. No one I know has Linux and I feel like I'm just handicapping myself trying to work with it. I like to use Monogame and C#, but unless I use monodevelop (which is awful at high DPI, plus im not a fan of it anyway), I can't build anything yet again as libraries are missing and loads of other bollocks.

Anyone feel like giving me some inspiration and a bit of a clue as to how to feel excited about linux even further? I like the terminal for the commands I do know, it's just building things in c++ and other files I get a bit frustrated with

>>59134610
Continued

I'm using VS code - I don't understand vim or emacs due to the fact I think slower than I type, and with all the programming I've done so far, I spend more time scrolling through code and looking for problems than I do typing, so I have no need to keep my fingers on the home row. Am I a special case, or am I just making excuses and will see the light eventually? I mean you have to admit the likes of VS is nice to program on (as well as looking nice too). The thing is, even on VS code I can't program shit unless I use a template I make on my windows machine and edit it - I can't do much from scratch?

So, much like RMS, I do a *lot* of my work from a TTY/text terminal.

mutt, irssi, nano/emacs/w3m (or surf when I really need it)

The down arrow on my laptop keyboard is non-functional. How could I remap this key, and what would you suggest mapping it to?

It'd ideally work in my X sessions and on the TTYs.

Thank you in advance for any help that I receive.

>>59135025
Just use your numpad.

>>59135101
My laptop doesn't feature a numpad. It's a smaller Dell Latitude.

I do have other machines, but I do a lot of communication from this one.

When I start cities skylines, my ram usage shoots up to 7GB, even though the game itself only uses 2.5

Even after I close the game there's several GB unaccounted for in the task manager, even swap is being used. The game doesn't work either, I can see the menu and sounds and even building roads everything works, it's just all black.

GPU is an r9 290.
lspci:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Hawaii PRO [Radeon R9 290/390] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Hawaii PRO [Radeon R9 290/390]
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 32
Memory at b0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=8M]
I/O ports at e000 [size=256]
Memory at fe300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256K]
Expansion ROM at 000c0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
Capabilities: [48] Vendor Specific Information: Len=08 <?>
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [58] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>
Capabilities: [150] Advanced Error Reporting
Capabilities: [200] #15
Capabilities: [270] #19
Capabilities: [2b0] Address Translation Service (ATS)
Capabilities: [2c0] #13
Capabilities: [2d0] #1b
Kernel driver in use: radeon
Kernel modules: radeon


Using ubuntu 16.10. So what the hell is going on? Somehow I fear the radeon driver uses RAM instead of the memory on the graphics card. Please send help.

>>59135500
>kernel driver in use: radeon
>R9 290
It should be using amdgpu instead of radeon. Do you have any setting put up to prevent it from loading? What's the kernel version you are running (uname -r)?

>>59135536
I tried installing amdgpu-pro, but amdgpu always fails with a segmentation fault on xinit. Reinstalled my OS like 5 times because of that, never worked. Apparently r9 290s only have limited support and I would have to compile the kernel myself to make it work.

>>59135536
Kernel version is 4.8.0-39-generic

>>59135584
>would have to compile the kernel myself to make it work
IMHO you should do that as long as you don't have a weird setup (custom modules like Virtualbox or something weird)

wget kernel.org/[WHATEVER THE LATEST VERSION IS]
tar xf linux-*
cd linux-*
make oldconfig
make -j[NUMBER OF CORES]
sudo make modules_install && sudo make install
sudo reboot

>amdgpu-pro
that's the proprietary one, right? In my experience the FOSS ones work more reliably than the closed source ones, even if they are a it slower/less power efficient)

>>59135611
that isn't too out of date, but it is still worth upgrading manually IMHO

How do I stop screen tearing in XFCE? I'm using BSPWM so the compositor isn't running. (And with any compositor I have tried, I get really low framerates anyway).

>>59135692
What is your GPU setup?

>>59135652
amdgpu-pro depends on amdgpu to work, and amdgpu always failed to load. I'm not sure if I want to open the cna of worms of compiling the kernel myself, do you have any other advice?

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Why do they say Arch is a meme? I'm liking it so far, sure I messed up on my first few times. But it's slowly paying off. I really appreciate all the documentation, however it took me a bit to understand that if a file isn't there for a config, then make it yourself.

>>59135702
A GTX 1080 with the non-foss drivers.

>>59135715
The can of worms only gets opened when you move away from the default settings (make oldconfig copies the current settings over and prompts you for any changes, just keep holding enter)

>>59135746
Have you enabled some sort of V-Sync?

>>59135764
Yes, via nvidia-settings. I have a gsync monitor too, and enabling or disbling gsync in nvidia-settings seem to make no difference.

On KDE is there a way to make the mouse middle click scroll up and down pages quickly like on Windows? I found the "mouse actions on windows" menu but I can't find any option to scroll with a click.

>>59135731
people install arch not because it's good, but because it's "cool"

>>59135795
>via nvidia settings
Check if an option exists in XFCE too

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Is there REALLY any reason to use bash over cshell?

>>59135823
No, they install it because they like the logo.

>>59135832
people who care about different shells have already all of them installed and don't need to choose
people who don't care use the standard shell

what are the steps I'd take to compile C++ on Linux? Bonus points for how to do it in VS code

>>59135872
get clang++ and get a Makefile made for your project

that's about it

>VS code
no

>>59135872
Linux is a kernel, it can't compile C++.
You can compile C++ using g++ (gcc).

>>59135872
g++ [file]

>>59135832
Is she constipated?

Let's discuss systemd.

>>59135899
>>59135897
>>59135896

Thankyou all. I guess also at your comment you dislike VS Code, guess I should rethink this :)

>>59135926
I've got a system d for ya.

Hi. I'm having a hard time settling on a twm. I've used awesome for some time but really like the constainer stacking and tabbing feature of i3. Is it possible to
- Get stacking/tabbed behavior in awesome
- Get preset layouts in i3 like in awesome

Thanks

>>59136337
np

>>59135500
Same guy here, how do I install amdgpu? I apt installed the xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu package, but nothing changed? The driver still isn't running. What do I do?

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>>59135823
What makes a distro "good" I might ask

>>59136371
post the output of this command

cat /boot/config-$(uname -r) | grep -i AMDGPU

then the output of this one

rgrep /etc/modprobe.d/ | grep -i AMDGPU

>>59136563
i'm a tard, here's the fixed second command

rgrep -i AMDGPU /etc/modprobe.d

>>59136371
There are ways. Specify X to use amdgpu driver in xorg.conf.d config, you can also blacklist the radeon module. Check your xorg log

>>59136409
Sane defaults including repo packages.

>>59136409
that depends on what it is being used for
desktops:
>sane package mangement
>easy to use
>relatively fast
>good community support
so Ubuntu/Debian

server:
>ballsy fast
>lightweight
>configurable
Gentoo

i want to make my terminal transparent using compton on i3, but I am an idiot so it cannot make it work.

I added "exec compton --config ~/.config/compton.conf" to the i3 config to start compton.
I copied standard compton config to the specified place and added "opacity-rule = ["85:class_g = 'gnome-terminal'"];" to it.
I thought that would do it but it doesnt do anything.
Do I need to do something else?

>>59136563
>cat /boot/config-$(uname -r) | grep -i AMDGPU

CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU=m
# CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU_CIK is not set
CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU_USERPTR=y
# CONFIG_DRM_AMDGPU_GART_DEBUGFS is not set

>rgrep /etc/modprobe.d/ | grep -i AMDGPU

Runs really long, throws up way too much to post here, nothing useful. grep -r -i AMDGPU /etc/modprobe.d/ gives nothing

>>59136707
I blacklisted the radeon module, xserver won't start up, complains about not finding a screen.

>>59132463
kdesu

>>59136759
>terminal transparent
stupidity

How to start customising vim?

>>59136938
wrong thread buddy

>>59136759
Your mistake was using gnome-terminal which does not support alpha channel. Try Termite.

>>59136956
Ho shit, I forgot. Sorry.

>>59136941
You don't. Learn to use vim. I'm using it since years and still discover new awesome things. Don't bloat your vimrc up with copy-pasted stuff, you'll most likly overwrite important standard functionality. Just add ad nice theme and go for it.

>>59136976
sorry, I guess I'm an absolute pleb

I'm looking for how to get started with the theme stuff :) I installed neovim in hopes that it will help but uhm I don't know?

How would I install a theme? :)

>>59136965
You're stupid. Compton can make literally every window transparent.

>>59136999
Download a theme and save it into ~/.vim/colors/. In vim, you can load it with the command

colorscheme theme

(hit : to enter command mode). When you like the theme, save the command to your ~/.vimrc

>Midori
>dependency on Zeitgeist
fucking why

I have a virtual network interface vnet0. How can I find out what program it was that created this interface?

Is network+ cert any difficult?

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>>59127888
Hello, are there any minimalistic wms that would draw titlebars on windows on demand and have workspaces? I want to use it alongside the wmutils, it is lacking convenience when using mouse. It would be nice if it was based on xcb aswell. Thank you.

>>59137461
No. It is a good time-waster, though, so if you're bored and want to drop $125 or whatever the exam fee is, you can have a great time doing that.

>>59137473
>xcb
That's pretty much just Awesome and a few other ricer WMs.
>draw titlebars
damn near anything that isn't a tiler

What DE works for side taskbars?

>>59137685
install source mage

>>59135842
People install arch because they like arch.
People trash arch because they can't install it.

Is there a comparative alternative to JDownloader?
Its shitty its self with certain hosts and otherwise bugging out.

>>59137000
this guy is right. the window goes transparent, when it is inactive. there must be something wrong with the command I put into the config, but I dont find the error. everybody seems to recommend the one I posted.

>>59137892
Keep telling yourself that a normal human being can't copy paste 10 commands from the Arch wiki, pleb.

>>59137924
Keep trying. Eventually you will get there.

>>59137892
What's so good about Arch?

>>59138048
the install is hard to keeps babbies out

>>59138048
If you use Arch, you can align yourself with the most obnoxious subset of this board's userbase. This could be seen as a perk.

They also have a nice wiki.

>>59138103
>>59137892
>too stupid to install gentoo
>install arch instead to look a least a little bit cool

just cringe

>>59138127
You probably just need a bit more experience with linux. Eventually the big words in the installation guide will make sense. Don't let your frustration turn to anger.

>>59138127
The wiki is indeed nice, but is it a reason to install Arch? I'm on Ubuntu and I use the wiki too.

>>59138136
>too stupid to install Source Mage
>install Gentoo instead to look at least a little bit autistic

just kys

>>59138136
I doubt you'll have much luck with gentoo if you can't install arch.

>>59138127
The obnoxious toxic ones are the people who run debian but have arch in a VM.You will notice their uptime in their screenfetch's is less then 15 minutes.Arch users them selves arent bad people and actually help peoeple.
There is an anti arch jewish propeganda scheme going on to make arch look bad so people dont decide to use it.Its just debian shills

>>59138157
Whoa there, anon, nobody is doubting the greatness of Arch's wiki. It surely ranks among the best wikis in existence, certainly the best wiki of any Linux distro.

I would say that it is second only to Wikipedia in terms of wiki quality.

>>59138190
GNU/Linux*

>>59138194
GNU/ArchWiki

Im trying to use vimplug with neovim but nothing seems to be happening. What would a good init.vim look like?

>>59138180
lol Debian, they can't even do a decent wiki, let alone shill properly

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>>59138190

>>59138221
use pathogen, it's ebin
you literally just git clone the plugin - done
made by fellow tpope
https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen

>>59138164
Source Mage seems cool and all anon, but real talk for a sec -- how does their wiki measure up?

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I want to save my installed programs on my Slitaz live CD between sessions so I don't have to leave my computer running to keep my installed programs (slitaz doesn't come with suspend, and my computer doesn't support live USB).
Any way to accomplish this?

>>59138269
Perhaps you should check the Slitaz wiki? I'm pretty sure they would have some tutorials there

>>59138257
They don't need a wiki. You can man/info programs or read other distributions guides

Is SELinux an NSA botnet?

>>59138280
sorry friend, i'm not interested in any distro that doesn't offer superb wiki support

thanks though

>>59138295
The Arch wiki isn't clear on this, so I would proceed with caution

>>59138310
>superb
Hopefully you're not referring to Gentoo's guides

How dangerous is this command?

cat /dev/port

>>59138295
No, since the source is available and everyone can audit it - but it's possible that there are intentional bugs that could be used as backdoor. Possible is everything, isn't it?

>>59138363
try cat /bin/ls first.

Why isn't there a decent 4chan terminal viewer?
Reddit has one, YouTube has one....

I'd love to be able to use /g/ via my terminal, if that were the case, I'd never have to use a web browser (except w3m or surf)

>>59138481
Then post on reddit?

>>59138481
You can use w3m standalone or within Emacs and it works if you have a pass.

>>59138503
wrong thread, buddy

>>59138515
With some work it could even work without pass. You basically just need to download the captcha, display it with whatever, imagemagick, and send an answer request with curl, loading everything into w3m (w3m can be configured to run scripts). So much in theory.

>>59138603
That's how plowshare does it (cool utitlity for downloading from one-click hosters with curl).

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>>59137650
I went reading through wikipedia on https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Window_manager and tried every stacking window manager there and openbox seems to be most smooth experience.
Does openbox offer window snap(when you push the window towards the edge of the screen with a mouse and it occupies the half of the screen or a quarter if it is a corner?

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>>59135862
>implying

What distro should i use? I want:
>Actually rolling release. I don't want sudden upgrades full of stuff that break everything like buntu.
>Very up to date, must get stuff like kernel quickly
>Preferably binary packages, I don't want to build from source (unless you can convince me it's better)
>A decently sized community and wiki that isn't full of retards like buntu and mint.

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I have this vps that runs a fresh install of wordpress, why is sql taking so much ram?

When I restart it, it goes back to <250mb.

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>>59139525
>unless you can convince me it's better

>>59139689
The server stats are wonky sometimes for MySQL and it may not be MySQL using all that memory. See here http://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/98989/mysql-on-ubuntu-consuming-almost-all-ram

>>59132099
That pic got me good bruh

>>59139525
Forgot to add:
>Updating should regulary break my system configurations, because I'm a very bored person and need some entertainment/adventure.
>It shouldn't be lightweight in any way! Everything available should be included in a package, I have enough space available.
>I don't want to be part of development and don't need a voice; just let the developers do what they want.

>>59139689
RAM is made to be used, just like or boypuccies.
http://www.linuxatemyram.com/

>>59139829
>>Updating should regulary break my system configurations, because I'm a very bored person and need some entertainment/adventure.
that's legitimately sad...

>>59139829
Assuming you're attacking arch because hating it is a popular meme now:
>It's not lightweight
Wrong. My base install was 1gb, with a WM and basic stuff like Firefox it's only 2.
>It breaks a lot
Wrong. Last time it broke for me was half my fault when /lib became a symlink.
>Muh developers
I'll give you this one arch developers are faggots

>>59139525
OSX?

>>59139525


V O I D
O
I
D

>>59139882
macOS*

>>59139689
WHY DID YOU BUY ALL THAT RAM IF YOU DIDNT WANT TO USE IT?

>>59139909
No, Richard. It's just malware.

>>59139689
have you considered configuring mysql?

>>59139921
It was cheap senpai, cloudatcost server.

Its ok for the price, but not for production.

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What are some cool terminal commands?

>>59139981
*vrrrrrrrrruuuummm*
Point being why did you buy that much ram if you dont intend on using it?

>>59140003
I had 4 of them spare, so i merged them into one.

I will probably use the ram more in the future.

>>59139988
Best one I've found so far is
man file
more file comes in handy too

>>59140019
God you're fucking dense

>>59140031
qq

>>59139988
rm -rf /

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>>59139988

convert 1488162995208.png bmp:- | sed 's/$/07/g' | convert bmp:- out.png

This reproduces the `wordpad' glitch on GNU/Linux.

>>59140050
>>>/r/eddit

>>59140020
file is actually really handy when you need to deal with retards who keep renaming jpg to png and shit like that

>>59139525
>Rolling release
>I want something that constantly rolls, but without upgrades

I think a good compromise is Debian Testing. You'll need to install Debian Jessie first, change your sources to testing (note: not stretch) and you'll be good to go.

It's up to date, testing gets it updates a week or so behind sid, which is a clusterfuck. But don't worry, they are very stable updates.

It has binary packages, don't have to learn anything new, use it like you would ubuntu or mint.

It has a decent sized community. We have a forum and several IRC channels filled with friendly people who love helping each other. We also have tons of developers and packagers.

The wiki is also fuckhuge and filled with tons of documentation, lots of stuff from the archwiki and the gentoowiki can be applied to Debian. You can also leverage the Ubuntu documentation which is also fuckhuge and has everything you could ever want answered by AskUbuntu.

You should also consider Gentoo.

-Compilation increases system performance provided you use the correct C/USEFLAGS

-Compiling your own kernel increases the performance a LOT. Kernels in Debian and such are bloated with support for all hardware. This is the reason you could take a hard disk from one GNU/Linux machine and use it an another without issue.

- You can easily change the software using patches/diffs. You think GNU/Linux is customizable? Wait until you learn C/C++ and start making your own Gentoo overlays, or use others.

- You can disable shit you don't need by using compiler flags, resulting in faster and smaller sized binaries.

etc etc. Gentoo is not for new users, but if you're an advanced user who wants true stability and security, Gentoo is for you. Debian is also very secure, and is easily hardened by installing a few packages, having general security knowledge, and setting the right sysctl values.

>>59140228
What's wrong with that? PNG is lossless, so the pic doesn't get artefacts after a while like JPEG.

>>59140389
>You'll need to install Debian Jessie first, change your sources to testing (note: not stretch) and you'll be good to go.
nah, just use testing/daily .iso's

At least last year the testing installer was also a LOT better than the old stable installer.

>>59140389
I roll with Gentoo and I haven't seen a major performance increase. I think its greatest point is the customization possibilities with USE flags. It's great to completely remove all unnecessary KDE or systemd dependencies with a simple config edit.

What is with all the screen tearing issues on KDE? At first I thought it was a quirk of the proprietary Nvidia drivers, but now I'm on Intel temporarily and I'm still getting tearing. What the heck?

>have spotty wifi connection because dongle has been abused in the past
>installing Windows in a VM
>everything going fine finally, just downloading updates
>wifi goes out
>pull out dongle and reinsert like normally
>complete system crash
W-what? I wasn't expecting it to blow up just by reinserting my wifi USB.

>>59140690
did your kernel panic?

>>59140711
I dunno, just froze up as soon as I inserted the wifi. I remember reading on the Arch wiki that Libvirt doesn't like removing and adding hardware while in a VM, didn't think it would take out the whole computer though kek.

>>59140656
From my experience, the Plasma compositor is quite finicky and often has a shitty default setting. You may try to change it's renderer setting to a different one, although that often causes other bugs to emerge. Nvidia drivers have their own settings too, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA/Troubleshooting#Avoid_screen_tearing

>>59140228
That's actually pretty good to know. I'm still learning *nix system admin.
A lot of books about application dev and programming already assume you have a sysadmin intro have had a heck of a time finding one until tonight that fits the system I'm using and isn't just a linux/bash. Was tempted to switch over to that type of set up since it seems like it'd be the most common thing I'd run into until I found this sysadmin tutorial. Now I might just wait till I can get another machine to throw that other stuff on.

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What do you think about Devuan? Be honest, I want to head all good and bad things about it.

>>59141247
Using Devuan is needlessly crippling your system because of autism

So on KDE, I can give

sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade

a launcher, and it'll work perfectly from the console, but the same doesn't happen on XFCE. It just takes my password and the window goes away.

Having a hell of a time with my Astro Mixamp.
I can talk into it, it picks that up perfectly fine.
People on discord can hear me, and through discord I can hear them talking.

Anything else in Plasma, I cannot hear anything through the headset. I can only hear through my monitors built in speaker. Setting the A40 to my default device in Plasma and trying to test the device gives me an error.
Curious why I can't hear anything through the headset outside of Discord. It's clearly working because I can hear through the one application, but nothing else...

>>59141247
Devuan is Debian Jessie, but with fixes to optimize use without systemd.

>>59141726
nonsense. The use of systemd-shim allows for systemd-only applications to work fine.

If I buy a laptop with Ubuntu preinstalled is the hardware going to be 100% compatible with every distro? Is it possible that Gentoo and arch won't have drivers or is any distro usable?

>>59143271
If it runs on Ubuntu, it could have nonfree drivers preinstalled. If your hardware *requires* nonfree (as in freedom) drivers, you may need to install them on that distro.

I'm fairly sure that Arch includes them as a package, and I know for a fact that Gentoo supports the proprietary AMD/nVidea drivers.

Outside of drivers, if the device comes pre-installed with GNU/Linux, you can be fairly certain that it will run fine with most distros.

>>59143299
Speaking of that, is the xps 13 development edition good?

>>59143336
I have one, immediately switched out Ubuntu for Debian though. Sturdy laptop with good battery life.

When will Hurd be finished?

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>tfw still on 4.9.11

>>59143492
A program is never really finished. That said, I'd say 4 years to v1.0. Measured by 20 years development and current version number 0.9.

>>59143591
Isn't mint still on 4.2 or something? I stopped using debian when I realised it doesn't even have 4.0 yet

Can someone explain the appeal of slackware? Why would you want no dependency resolution? Is it stable or rolling release? How quickly does it get stuff in composition to arch and Gentoo? Is it source based?

>>59140690
Yay, finally got everything running! Fuck Nvidia though. After editing the configuration .xml file like I was supposed to in order to confuse the GPU, I was still getting driver crashes. Realized I had to disable the Spice/VNC server for it to run. I don't understand why Nvidia drivers hate virtualization so much. The only thing I can think of is security, but still that was a lot of hassle just to get my GPU to do its freaking job. Oh well, hard part's over at least.

should I install firewalld?

Don't bullshit, is libreoffice a usable replacement for Microsoft office?

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Got an online test for a C++ job coming up, what are some good sites to practice on?

I have this line in my i3 config to start nemo with a keybind. It doesn't work for Nemo, but works for other programs. How could I investigate this?

bindysm $mod+f exec nemo

>>59143872

Do you need a firewall (iptables frontend)?

>>59144201
Just a stab in the dark but are you launching i3 with startx instead of a display manager? I had the same problem with many programs refusing to launch. The solution is either install a DM like lightdm and a greeter, or alternatively instead of exec Nemo, use "exec dbus-launch nemo"

>>59144227

I'm lunching i3 with a display manager (LightDM). Every program works, except for Nemo.
I can start Nemo fine from the shell/terminal emulator. When I hit the key combo from i3, it doesn't even register it as a keycombo, it just types my letter in. I tried different combinations that are not MOD+F, but with the same results.

>>59144265
Have you tried binding it to dbus-launch Nemo?

>>59144303

Yes, same results.
This is weird. I don't know what's so special about nemo that it doesn't even register it as a key-combo.

>>59144310
>>59144201

nvm fixed
Strange, now it's working. I didn't even do anything special (didn't log out or reload the config).

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> 1.6GHz Intel Atom
> 1GB RAM
> GMA 950
> 5400RPM mechanical hard drive
> Practically zero Linux experience

What's the best distro to try out for this machine?

>>59144682
gentoo

>>59144775

When will this meme die? It hasn't been funny in three years.

>>59144682
Ignore this guy, >>59144775 it's a terrible choice for a noob and compiling will take fucking forever.
Most desktop environments will be unusably laggy. Your choices are lxde, xfce (look up screenshots and pick one)
If you don't mind not having a desktop, a window manager like i3 or openbox is much lighter. (Basically, it's a wallpaper and a status bar, you use a launcher to launch programs and then move windows around)

That said, for distro I'd recommend a Ubuntu or debian based one. Xubuntu and Lubuntu are both pretty lightweight and come with the DEs I suggested. They tend to just work, and have a huge (if slightly retarded) community and solid, stable packages.

Arch can be good because it's a very minimal install but can be confusing for beginners. It also doesn't come with a DE so you could use a window manager. If you do try to use it, I'd use the arch anywhere installer.

>>59144823

Thanks for the info.

Xubuntu and Lubuntu were the two I had read had the smallest footprints without being difficult for new users to pick up, but I figured I'd ask first to see if there were any I missed.

This system supports 2GB of RAM, ideally I'd bump it up and grab a cheap SSD but I don't know if I want to spend any money on upgrading this hardware.

>>59144891
Ubuntu flavours are a very easy to install and simple start that should just work on a lot of hardware, even though arch and Gentoo users here will shit on them. I wouldn't bother upgrading that pos. If you live in the USA, I'd recommend getting a cheap ThinkPad. For under $200 you can get great hardware that's easy to upgrade and a great build. Ask at /tpg/ if you're interested.

>>59143792
I haven't used it myself but apparently it's much like gentoo. A bit of work to get setup, but once you have things scripted just the way you like them it's easy to maintain. The rest is all blah blah muh custom tailored system no bloat nonsense.

For maintaining an arch install so that it rarely has problems when updating, how often should I update? Every day or once every few weeks?

Actually exist a guide for the post install steps before install Arch Linux ??

Holy shit even i cant put a USB storage without put comand lines, i need a good guide to know how to do it well...

>>59144954
I'm an arch user and might be able to help but I don't understand your question.

>>59144962
hi, thanks for reply, i just ask if exist a guide of things to do after install Arch Linux, i mean, usb mount, graphics, wifi, interface, etc

>>59144933

I actually have a T400. The Netbook is just something I picked up for $10 so I'd have something I could use to shitpost from the couch with (the battery in my Thinkpad is almost dead).

how do I remotely access my terminal from my phone? (android)

>>59145010
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/General_recommendations
this is a general list of things to do when you've installed it.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/List_of_applications
this is a list of common software you might want

>>59145202
There are a few ssh servers for Android, even in google play.

>>59145256
Yeah I'm just a bit confused about how to set it up on my PC.

>>59144949

Whenever you're bored.

>>59145256

He wants an SSH client, not a server. The server will be running on his computer.

>>59145335

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Secure_Shell

>>59145202
juicessh

Installed a new(er) gpu today.
Now my second monitor (tv) is a blurry mess, both through hdmi and the dvi with hdmi converter.
What do?

Also screentearing which my old gpu didn't have.
I went from AMD 3850 to AMD 260x using the same opensource driver so that should not cause it?

Mint mate 18.1 x64

>>59143492
this:
>>59143649

It's quite usable now, with some patience (posting from gahnoo+hurd atm). I say it has future if FSF keeps working on it.

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How do I make a Live USB Gentoo persistent?

I installed kolourpaint in kubuntu, but it won't appear when I search in the application launcher, I can launch it normally in the terminal though. What's going on?

>>59148024
if the live distro don't support that by defalt, then you cannot. You have to make a custom distro with overlayfs enabled and configured with a specific filename to store changes in. If you need a live system with persistent changes, check buntus.

Currently running Ubuntu from USB, thinking about going ham and uninstalling Windows and their MS bullshit, but at the same time I don't want to burn bridges.
Is it hard to switch back to Win? Do I have to pay for that shit, if I want to go back?

>>59148216
I regret formatting my win partition.
Linux is nice when everything works. But often it doesn't.

Do you have your key? I'm not 100% sure but I thought W10 activation was activated to your machine so when reinstalling you should not need a key.

>>59148273
>I'm not 100% sure but I thought W10 activation was activated to your machine so when reinstalling you should not need a key.
Only on UEFI systems, where an OEM windows key is stored in the "BIOS".

>>59148273
when I bought my laptop, it had Win8 installed, then I switched to 8.1. Later I put it into factory default, completely deleting everything and it ran on Win8.
From that I guess that I should be fine, right?

What's a good taskbar and system tray that works in any WM that's similar to the ones included with KDE, LXDE, MATE, XFCE, etc

>>59147446

Remove any Xorg configs in the Xorg config directory. Remove any xrandr scripts you might have somewhere. Restart X.

>>59148146

It didn't come with a .desktop file. Make one yourself and put it in the appropriate folder (locally for just your user or globally for everyone).

>>59148438

Hint: you can use the taskbars included in KDE, LXDE, Mate and Xfce anywhere.
I like Xfce's, because it has many features and plugins, but I dislike it because it wouldn't apply the language translations. LXDE's is similar, but has less plugins.

 Depends: libcurl3 (>= 7.47.0) but it is not installed
            Depends: libjpeg-turbo8 (>= 1.4.2) but it is not installable
            Depends: libwxgtk3.0-0v5 (>= 3.0.2+dfsg) but it is not installable

FUCK DEBIAN AND FUCK EVERYTHING THAT IS NOT FUCKING UBUNTU

>>59148786
Ubuntu is Debian. Any flaws of Debian get carried over to Ubuntu

>>59148786
find one of the 3 packages that is not available
grab the source from sid/ubuntu
backport it with dpkg-buildpackage
install it
there is no ???? only profit

>>59148823
I'm just installing ubuntu minimal again

fuck stuff

So, now that sha1 is dead, should I go for sha256 for my daily crap?

Is it possible for a virus on windows to infect my Linux when dualbooting?

>>59148786
>bricks system
>blames package manager

>>59149537
GNU/Linux*

New thread: >>59149573