/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

>>59185953
terry nigger kills birds.
rms seduce birds

I wonder why terry and his useless os isn't banned from here.

How does rms smell?

I doubt that bird is free.

>>59186298
Like freedom.

Attention, freedom lovers.

I do not come to this thread often these days but I should let you know something important. It's about the recent security exploits constantly being discovered.

I'm not against Linux. However I do appreciate FOSS more than Linux and *nix. FOSS is the reason why I left the land of windows to Linux. With that said Linux is very convenient and nice.
Problem with Linux and and its SDLC is, Linus is a C purist. I know he is a talented programmer. However C has flaws. It's full of undefined/unspecified behaviors, doesn't prevent data races, has no bounds checking, has no mechanism to prevent dangling pointers and exception handling is practically non-existent. Which is why it is easier to build software with hidden exploits and vulnerabilities in C. Linus is an excellent programmer but he made many mistakes, only because he's a human.

Rust is a fully free and open source modern programming language that addresses this issue very firmly. Rust's built in mechanism like borrow checker, RAII memory management, lifetime etc makes up for almost all of C's safety lackings.

It is harder to write an vulnerable program in Rust unless the developer wants to.

However the fact that Rust improves security is an eye sore to the NSA. I think NSA is making Micros**t and Goo*** to hire anti-shills to campaign against Rust's adoption. Reminder to ignore anti-Rust shills. Anti-Rust shills have a predictable way of defending C:
>You are too retarded for C
Linus made silly mistakes that lead to Linux's TCP/IP vulnerability, OpenSSH has had heartbleed and Grub2's infamous 29 backspace bypass vulnerability was all silly mistakes that everyone makes. Not saying Rust is a panacea to all exploits but it's a major step forward.
>Rust is too hard
While it is true in some sense but Rust is only 2 y/o. As more authors write books on it, it will become easy to learn
>You won't make mistakes in visual studio
This is a nice way of shilling MSVSC aka telemetry compiler.

>>59186623
fuck off

>>59186623
C can be compiled in almost every arch there is

>>59186659
What platform do you think Rust does not support?
https://forge.rust-lang.org/platform-support.html

>>59186159
CIA NIGGER [detected]

>>59186623
Rust is too slow, might as well use GO, Java, or Python.

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>>59186623
heartbleed background story doesn't have anything to do with C flaws. The maintainer was the idiot to falling for the "delete code" is a contribution shit.

>>59186856
Another misconception. Currently rust compiler produces binaries as fast as C++.

However Rust is fundamentally faster than C, because it has the latest concurrency model. C compilers' performance has had decades after decades to optimize. Rust is catching up. See
https://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64q/compare.php?lang=rust&lang2=gpp

>>59186779
>tasting a schizo cock

>>59186914
How does rust compare to GO? I see those two shilled a lot.

>>59186914
I found stupid to declare everytime a variable to be mutable, so i dropped rust. If safety is a big thing everybody would use ada.
C have the tools for embedded and crossplatform development. Rust don't and i don't care another shitty llvm based compiler that tries to be the new big thing.

It's fglt so post arch linux memes or kys

>>59186942
I personally think Go to be a competitor to python
https://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64q/compare.php?lang=rust&lang2=go

>>59186991
>I found stupid to declare everytime a variable to be mutable
That's a good feature. You don't have to say const thousands of times in your project

>>59185953
>>What's the alternative for x?
Nah, what?

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>>59186324
>DON'T buy a parrot figuring that it will be a fun surprise for me. To
>acquire a parrot is a major decision: it is likely to outlive you. If
>you don't know how to treat the parrot, it could be emotionally
>scarred and spend many decades feeling frightened and unhappy. If you
>buy a captured wild parrot, you will promote a cruel and devastating
>practice, and the parrot will be emotionally scarred before you get it.
>Meeting that sad animal is not an agreeable surprise.

Can someone explain to me why I need to modify 4 files (base.xml, base.lst, evdev.lst and evdev.xml) to add a new keyboard layout to X11 using XKB? That seems overkill.

Also I'm not even using evdev anymore, libinput is the only thing I'm running for my input devices afaik -- it seems silly to name it like that.

Also posting to /tpg/
How do I modify the trackpoint speed considerably on a thinkpad x220 on Ubuntu/Linux mint?
I've put the mouse speed and sensitivity sliders on the gui setting page to full and it's still not fast enough

guys if during my installation I configured my kernel using genkernel, how do I proceed to modify the kernel if I want to enable a particular driver for example?

Hello, so i just installed ubuntu but the resolution its using is 1024x768 and i cannot seem to change it(i have a 1920x1080 monitor). I tried adding it through terminal with xrandr but it keeps saying "xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default".
Any help on how to solve this problem?

>>59188611
what's you gpu and what drivers are you using

>>59187511
Just look it up. You'll find a few posts on SO about it.

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>>59186159
and what has your marxist jew messiah done?

[spoiler]literally nothing[/spoiler]

>>59186756
Honestly it's very early still tier 1 only has i686 and x64 which is guaranteed to work the rest of the tiers are not "supported" or contains possible bugs.
Meanwhile C basically works everywhere.

Why does xgamma exist when xrandr already has a gamma option? Is there any difference?

>>59188611
If your resolution isn't available, you need to create it using cvt, then use xrandr to set it.

Since you seem to be new, just use what your DE ships or use a simliar graphical interface for xrandr.

>>59189272
>spoiler
literally >>>/v/

>>59188611
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xrandr

>>59186643
>Someone actually contributes
>Responds with "Fuck off"
Kill yourself nigger.

xsel or xclip?

Is there anyone in here who actually uses NVidia+Wayland+(plays reasonably modern vidya gaems)
and can comment on your experience? Do you use open source or proprietary NVidia drivers?

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>>59190530
>proprietary drivers

>>59190589
why don't people put more work in replacements?
is developing free drivers difficult?
pls no buyy

>>59190609
I've heard the AMD ones are pretty good, and I'll probably be going AMD for my next video card. But for now I'm still stuck needing NVidia's proprietaries

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>>59190609
It's a lot of reverse engineering work, because you have no idea what the firmware actually does.

Posted in /tpg/ also:
Just bought my first Thinkpad (x220t) without an OS so I'm gonna take this opportunity to try my first Linux distro. Need something that is borderline idiot proof and calibrates to the touch screen well as I'm going to be drawing on it often. Any suggestions, fellers?

>>59190393
xclip.

>>59190834
any reason why?

Debian is so easy and perfect. I don;t use anything else. Sorry stallman

Why is the default systemd process start/stop timeout so fucking long? I don't want to wait 90 seconds just because it didn't detect the proper hardware. Does anyone know how to change this?

>>59191402
Debian is fine, it's autism to complain that they merely offer the option of proprietary blobs instead of pretending they don't exist.

What are the advantages of Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS vs Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS? I heard 16 is a terrible lts version, should I install 14? Its still supported till 2019. Hoping 18.04 will finally have stable Mir/Unity 8.

>>59190732
Zorin OS looks easy, if not good then Mint

>>59190732
Ubuntu is babbys first linux for a reason, cant go wrong with that.
Alternatively, check the wikies of different distros for your laptop, its a fairly popular one their pages may have explanations on how hard it is to install and get full functionality

>>59191774
GNU/Linux*

>>59191811
this is good autism, thanks
ill be more careufl next time

>>59191504
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/compromise.html

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

>>59192570
A TL for this post:
Bump.

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>>59192570
Source Mage

>>59192815
LARP me, fgt! 1v1 nao!

>>59189272
GCC

>>59194336
REKT

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>>59185953
>[interjecting intensifies]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kynDcGU6LOQ

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what is the complete list of files i need to edit just to get shit to ping across by host names
/etc/resolv.conf
/etc/hosts
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
do I need to dick around with bind, kill a goat, idk anymore

Why do people complain about Arch breaking all the time? Been using it on and off for about a year and havent run into any critical problems. Worst that can happen I see a bug in some program, usually games or other performance intensive tasks like editing. Ive never had a system crash or unusable X like people always talk about.

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>>59194516
I changed nothing, why does it work now?

why slow ;_;

>>59195217
this isn't your average general! we have the best shitposters, better than anyone you've ever heard of.

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How free are you?

>>59195416
acccording to vrms, I have 12/900 nonfree. 11 of those are fonts and software without a licence, and it doesn't recognises 220 of my packages.

>>59195416
vrms is too buggy, in some situations it even complains about perfectly free programs like emacs https://libreplanet.org/wiki/List_of_software_that_does_not_respect_the_Free_System_Distribution_Guidelines#vrms

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>>59195956
On Debian based systems you can use the package manager:

# Find non-free firmware.
find "/lib/modules/$(uname -r)" -name '*.ko' -exec modinfo {} ';' | awk '/firmware:.*ucode$/ { print $2 }' | sort -V
# Find non-free packages.
dpkg-query -Wf '${Section} ${Package}\n' | grep '^contrib\|^multiverse\|^non-free\|^partner\|^restricted' | sort

>>59195990
How would I go on Arch on this? AFAIK vmrs exists also for Arch, so there must be a way, right?

>>59196010
the firmware oneliner should work on any distro

>>59195990
>3DPD underwear
why does anime underwear look so appealing?

>>59195416
>dei

>2017
>not running aptitude purge '~c'

>>59196051
>'~c'
explain this magic

>>59196058
That parameter lists packages which were uninstalled, but still have their config files, data directories and maybe other crap present.

should I switch from dmenu to rofi like the other cool guys?

>>59195990
>>59196035
>

find "/lib/modules/$(uname -r)" -name '*.ko' -exec modprobe -f {} \; 

c-can i run this?

>>59196067
neat, where can I read more about these speacial parameters?

>>59196079
it will brick your modules

>>59194516
so I fucked up all these files and got part of what I need to do done but now I need another package and the VM won't recognize the second NAT nic
linux is not a practical OS

>>59196079
>>59196097

man modprobe | less -p '-f --force'

>>59196051
actually this is just because I emulate steam through wine

>>59191744
bump
i guess ill wait a year for 18.04

>>59191402
>sjw distro
>apt-get
>.deb

Why the fuck is every google drive client on linux paid?

That shit be free and well supported on Windows and macOS, what gives

>>59196490
GNU/Linux*

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Does anyone know how can i change the theme for a single application?
Something like this
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In9tvv_ge9I
but i need to make it run GTK 3..

>>59196659
"I'm not glad he's dead, but I'm glad he's gone"
-rms on Steve Jobs

>>59196490
Google are faggots.

You can however integrate nautilus with Google account with GNOME

>>59196659
>GTK3 theme question
lol good fucking luck finding any info on that

>>59196755
How good is that integration though?

Last time I tried google drive on loonix, it downloaded more than just my personal files and everytime I opened the damn folder it took 20 seconds to load the contents on it. Never again nigga

>>59196881
switch to literally any file sharing service other than botnet drive

I want to jump straight into genroo by using the Oracle vm.
How do I prepare the vm for it?_

>>59196854
What do you mean?

>>59196910
Make sure it has enough ram, networking enabled, and a good amount of disk space.
That said, IMO a live usb is infinitely superior to a VM for trying out a distro because it's actually representative of how it will work on your hardware.

>>59196659
The problem wasn't in gtk3 it was folder name, it had spaces in it..
It works just fine in gtk2

I have installed a minimal gentoo install with i3 and brasero, i want to use brasero to burn a music cd, i have the wav file, but it says sr0 can only be mounted as read only. What do?

>>59197393
install gen...

huh, guess I can't help ya

does a better distro exist for the x200s than lubuntu ?

mount: /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: /dev/sr0: can't read superblock

i get this when i try to mount the cdrom

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>finally try a tiling window manager
>display is too small and it's inconvenient to have more than 1 window open at the same time

People who use tiling on small screens are posers who only use it for their screenfetch screenshots for desktop threads.

>>59197865
For real? My laptop easily displays three windows with one large window on the left and two smaller ones vertically positioned on the right. Just depends what you are using the smaller ones for. Having IRC, ranger, ncmpcpp, etc in them is fine.

>>59197973

My display resolution is 1280×800 (. Even if I open 2 windows horizontally which aren't my terminal emulator or file manager, it's a pain. Especially with browsers.

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>>59185953
What would you recommend as the best way to cram learn the latest RHEL.

Have fairly sophisticated knowledge of wintel, scripting and programming but i only know very basic linux.

>>59188687
Not the one you asked, but I'm having the same problem in Elementary OS, I'm using a 750ti with nvidia binary driver version 367.57

need your help

I want to install RemixOS on my thinkpad, but when I try to boot via usb I get the message "operating system not found", doesnt matter if 32 or 64bit

on my hp laptop the boot works fine
what could cause this problem ?

Is there in gedit some shortcut which inserts date and time just like F5 does in notepad on windows?

>>59197605
"the" cdrom?

>>59198472
Sounds like the fucking uefi to me.

Is a pain in the ass.

Arch is just a stepping stone.

>>59194526
Fox and grapes.

Please, explain: why gentoo is dead? I don't understand.

>>59198472
You probably do, but you have secure boot turned off right? You also might need legacy boot on.

>>59200704
lol to what?

>>59185953

I'm using Debian and whenever I
$man gcc
it doesn't find a man page. When I look into my /usr/bin I see that gcc is only a link to a binary called gcc-4.9. Is that the problem? How do I fix it? Btw
$man gcc-4.9
won't find a man page either.
I already ran mandb.
What do /b/?

>>59201542
>lol to what?
source magic

What's the best easy to use, non-bloated GUI IRC client for gnu/linux?

>>59202127
Depends on what you mean by 'bloated'. Even weechat, for example, loads about 8 plugins at startup despite being a lean mean cli client.

To answer your question, though, I recommend Hexchat.

>>59202127
The one I'm using.

>>59202155
Thanks, I'm really just looking for suggestions to check out as I don't even know where to start. Checking out Hexchat now.

>>59202155
Just loading a plugin doesn't make something bloated.
Also what plugins are you talking about? Could it just be that your distro has packaged weechat with a bunch of plugins?

The only plugin I have is inotify.py which I manually added myself, to get alerts when someone talks to me

Distro to erase all botnet stuff and protect privacy?

>>59202733

BrickOS. Throw a brick against your computer.
Why do you think there's a distribution for every tiny task? Do you also think there's a distribution to add a red line in the upper left corner of a picture?

>>59202712
Yeah, fair enough. I was referring to the slew of scripting extensions that get loaded on startup like guile, python, ruby, js, perl, lua, tcl. This is likely just a *buntu thing.

Plugins loaded: alias, aspell, charset, fifo, guile, irc, logger, lua, perl, python, relay, rmodifier, ruby, script, tcl, xfer

These can all be disabled, of course, it just annoyed me that they were all on by default.

>try to manipulate text (from stdout) a bit with my shell
>realize you have to learn a completely new programming language and multiple tools

Just seeing stuff like
>... | awk {t $$$5315 1%#5315} | cut -l -e -l 69 | sort -special_snowflake | adobe_photoshop
makes me want to die.

>>59202839

I don't know I was only asking help. So, thank you for your tremendous help.

>>59202908
what does that circle represent?

>>59202969

A zero-star poster like you would never understand.

>>59202912
Just ignore that non-friendly non-GNU malcontent, friend.
To escape botnet your best chance is to use a truly free distro: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html

>>59203028

Thank you my friend!
:)

what is this patchset I often see applied to arm kernels for SBCs?
https://rcn-ee.net/

>>59186884
Did you not read the post. This is exactly the type of mistake which is harder to make in rust. Fuck off CIA.

>>59186991
>Blindly developing vulnerable software because too lazy to declare variables correctly.

>>59188553
If the driver is in your kernel, it will be enabled when the device is detected. If the driver is not in the kernel you compiled, go back to using a generic kernel like a normal person.

Any Linux equivalent of SoftEther VPN Client? Or does Linux version of the SoftEther Client come with a GUI?

>>59190732
Try Manjaro. If you are going to use the touch screen ALOT, you may want to consider the GNOME spin. For my machines, Manjaro has had the highest out fo the box working rate.

>>59196433
>SJW distro
People who think differently than you are making useful shit. The SJWs are everywhere, you may as well just give in. Otherwise you may have to upgrade your autism again.

>>59197393
Get a CD drive with write capabilites.

>>59198318
This is the one time I would actually recommend listening to the "install gentoo" meme. Just try doing the things yourself.

>>59198624
>Using gedit
>wants features
>tells /g/ that he is using gedit
kek!

>>59185953
ok so my current network config is (internets down) mobile data>hotspot>wireless(laptop, arch) I want to somehow make the laptops wireless accessible via ethernet to my desktop running fedora can his be done?

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>>59195416
Is it possible to add some directory to the search path for .desktop files && how do I do it?

>>59197865
How small are we talking?
I have a 1366x768 and I use i3, I just use the tabbed mode (^w) instead of the normal tiling mode, and it works a lot better (for me) than normal non-tiling window managers.
Also, I have never posted in, nor do I care about, desktop threads, and I don’t even have screenfetch installed.

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>>59198624
Yes, go to preferences > plugins
You’ll find a plugin called “insert date and time” (see pic related)
Then to use it, go to tools > insert date and time.

How does /fglt/ organize dotfiles?
I was thinking about a ~/.dots directory and just ln'ing all configs there. Good/bad idea?

>>59203020

>>59203924
organize? what's that?

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retard here, what do I add to this batch rename script so that it saves file extensions and exclude folders from being changed?

>>59204275
>batch rename script

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>>59204320

Arch Linux is just a stepping stone.

>>59204275
rename -v 's/.*/our $i; sprintf("%02d.png", 1+$i++)/e' *png

renames faggot.png to 01.png, etc

>>59204380
You're face is just a stepping stone.

>>59204740
to waht

>>59204747
to be stepped on

>>59204275
Replace $counter with ${i%%.*}.
That's not bullet proof, tho since there can be extensions like tar.gz.

>>59204320
>⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
>it's that one guy again who wants to be special

>>59204770
>Replace $counter with ${i%%.*}.
$counter with $counter-${i%%.*}

Why is this thread so slow lately? Is /g/ completly dead now? /fglt/ is my favorite thread. ;_;

>>59204380
to what?

>>59204867
>/fglt/ is my favorite thread
>is
was*

>>59204867
/fglt/ is my favorite subreddit aswell

>>59204891
the goatreich

>tfw going to a gahnoo slash loonix expo this weekend
any of you friends go to any? fun to get a bunch of free stickers and stuff.

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>>59204867
We're busy installing Source Mage GNU/Linux.

>>59204891
purgatory

>>59204867
I stopped posting

How long could I stick with a no-longer-supported distro version before it actually gets dangerous?

>>59204998
-1 seconds.

>>59204998
indefinitely as long as you never go online
see you later, anon

Why did almost every distro suddenly switch to systemd within 3 years? What happened that made debian and Ubuntu switch?

>>59203020
>*swipes left*
>*gives one star*
That’ll teach you to be mean to people.

>>59188611
its possible mate, took me ages to find the solution but I got there, something to do with installing Nvidia drivers from Nvidia support, need to get it manually done, can't for the life of me remember how I did it. Monitor only showed a couple of resolutions, im pretty sure it wasn't done with a manual entry, was a driver thing.

Arch Linux is just a stepping stone.

How can I use a script to download the pictures here http://www2.sat24.com/history.aspx?culture=en ?

If I right click on the image and I select "view image" I'm taken to a bigger version of it (which ideally is what I want), but if I change the url to, say, the next image by changing the date and hour I get just a blank screen, so using wget is out of the question since it won't work. How can I find a workaround? Will I need to use some javascript or something like that?

>>59205407
It's a superior system.

>>59185953
Why must he insist on carrying that plastic flute with him?

>>59196040
It does not. You are but a aspiring patient for a rural sanatorium.

Wayland release when?

>>59205407
It's very intuitive to use I guess. Call it the antithesis to muh Unix philosophy, using it is pretty straightforward.

>>59207019
http://www.ocsmag.com/2016/10/19/systemd-progress-through-complexity/
Seems pretty straightforward

>>59206453
Now.

t. Fedora

>>59206453
When everyone creates a brand new API for every wayland compositor to use for surface allocation, or some bullshit, to appease NVidia's special butterfly needs

>>59205692
add &v=7

>>59205692
http://en.sat24.com/en/freeimages

Arch Linux is just a stepping stone.

>>59207851
is this a statement against me?

>>59207937
Who tf are you?

>>59207952
are these peppers? I'm on arch btw

>>59208006
I'll take that as a "no"

>>59208036
Take it and shove it up ur ass gay retard

>>59208056
refer to >>59207851

Ryzen is the perfect CPU for the Gentoo user

>>59208290
Can you keep your CPU cancer out of this thread? There are 20+ threads up now that you can shitpost in.

how does this qbittorrent search engine work?
can such a thing be implemented for transmission?

>>59208346
>new CPU with unparalleled compiling power
>not a plus for Gentoo

how do you read your rss feeds?

>>59208411
thunderbird

or rss owl

>>59208348
a bunch of very simple (~100 lines each) web scrapers written in python for every torrent search engine. So yeah, it should be very easy, just make it run said scripts and grab the output.

>See people using y-cruncher for Ryzen benchmarks
>wonder how well my CPU does
>see if it's in AUR, it is
>download, try to run
>fails due to missing file
>download program directly from website
>all files there, works fine
>AUR package has the same date as last official release of y-cruncher
What? Either the AUR package is missing files or it has a broken filepath, either way that seems like a bizarre error to have lasted since September with no one noticing.

>>59206197
>You are but a aspiring
>'a' before a word that begins with a vowel
wow, almost triggered me!

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What do you guys think would be the best distro to use in a post apocalyptic environment? No internet, so you can't update, you'd have to rely on your own physical tech tools (whatever you could salvage) and your own knowledge of hardware and programming to MODIFY and/or MAKE what you need.

>>59209137
>>59209137
fix the package() function in the PKGBUILD like this:

package() {
install -D -m755 ${srcdir}/y-cruncher\ v${pkgver}-static/Binaries/"x64 SSE3 ~ Kasumi" ${pkgdir}/usr/bin/y-cruncher
install -D -m755 ${srcdir}/y-cruncher\ v${pkgver}-static/Binaries/Checksum.ych ${pkgdir}/usr/bin/Checksums.ych
}

>>59209378
it's still shit but a least it should run

>>59209356
you would have little use for a computer in such circumstances.

>>59208411
newsbeuter

Anyone know if there's a way to get the Arch ISO to fit on a 700MB CD? Trying to install Arch on a really old laptop that only has a CD drive.

>>59209543
you can't use a bootable usb?

>>59209562
I don't think so. This is a Compaq Armada 1750. Has a USB port but from what I saw on the internet you can't boot from USB. Going to try it though

>>59209378
You had a small typo, but hey it ran, thank you.

>>59209562
>>59209589
yeah that won't work, as expected

>>59209543
Current Release: 2017.03.01
Included Kernel: 4.9.11
ISO Size: 476.0 MB

>>59209840
they phased out i686 starting-- this month.

which is why it's 476 MB instead of the 710MB it used to be

When did uptime get the -p flag?!

>>59209543
Arch is only 476 MB

>>59209489
err... ok, what printer is the best for printing lewd animes without dropping quality?

>>59191744

ubuntu 16 has improved skylake support
ubuntu 16 uses the systemd init system unlike 14
ubuntu 16 has snap packages
ubuntu 16 has gnome software instead of ubuntu software center

>>59202908

I love piping things. Just look at the manuals for cut, sort, grep, sed, etc to learn the switches you want (and make a cheatsheet if you want). Awk does have it's own language, but I don't use that.

USEFUL ONE-LINE SCRIPTS FOR SED
http://sed.sourceforge.net/sed1line.txt

HANDY ONE-LINE SCRIPTS FOR AWK
http://www.pement.org/awk/awk1line.txt

And Bash itself is a programming language.

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This is very stupid but I keked

>>59209356
>What do you guys think would be the best distro to use in a post apocalyptic environment?

Some Kindle OS that uses E-paper. Evidently Kindle firmware uses Linux kernels 2.6.26 to 3.0.35

If you had a $5 or $10 or $35 Raspberry Pi, you could use Raspbian or Ubuntu MATE. You could also interface a Pi with an Arduino

If you had the $9 C.H.I.P you could use it's Chip OS which is based on Debian.

So I was installing Gentoo and was doing the update @world part and cord came unplugged and the battery died. Do I have to reformat and try again?

>>59211036
install arch

>>59210297
http://www.catonmat.net/download/perl1line.txt

>>59209991
right, but the installation ISO comes with both the i686 and the x86_64 install. so it's double the size. Except they're phasing out i686 architecture support, which means you can't get it on their site anymore. So while the current ISO you can download is only 476 MB, that's because it only contains the x86_64 image.

>>59211058
https://gist.githubusercontent.com/shinzui/288085/raw/a8f5412dcef0abfac53811af614e500733f7d636/ruby1line.txt

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god damn, why is piping so beautiful
just made this comfy epub reader

epub() { unzip -p "$1" | strings | w3m -cols $COLUMNS -dump -T text/html | less; }

>>59211162
what is piping

>>59211202
In this chapter, we will discuss in detail about pipes and filters in Unix. You can connect two commands together so that the output from one program becomes the input of the next program. Two or more commands connected in this way form a pipe.

To make a pipe, put a vertical bar (|) on the command line between two commands.
When a program takes its input from another program, it performs some operation on that input, and writes the result to the standard output. It is referred to as a filter.

>>59211220
oh, using the pipe symbol, what I've been doing, duh. I'm fucking retarded and it's well past my bedtime.

>>59211202
it's like smoking crack

>>59211202


A pipe is a form of redirection that is used in Linux and other Unix-like operating systems to send the output of one program to another program for further processing.

Redirection is the transferring of standard output to some other destination, such as another program, a file or a printer, instead of the display monitor (which is its default destination). Standard output, sometimes abbreviated stdout, is the destination of the output from command line (i.e., all-text mode) programs in Unix-like operating systems.

Pipes are used to create what can be visualized as a pipeline of commands, which is a temporary direct connection between two or more simple programs. This connection makes possible the performance of some highly specialized task that none of the constituent programs could perform by themselves. A command is merely an instruction provided by a user telling a computer to do something, such as launch a program. The command line programs that do the further processing are referred to as filters.

This direct connection between programs allows them to operate simultaneously and permits data to be transferred between them continuously rather than having to pass it through temporary text files or through the display screen and having to wait for one program to be completed before the next program begins.

>>59211162
You could also use html2text.

epub() {
  unzip -p "$1" \
    | strings \
    | html2text -style pretty -width $COLUMNS \
    | less
}

>>59211241
GNU/Linux*

>>59211278
GNU/Unix*

>>59211278
Sorry, Richard. ;_;

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>>59211278

>>59211263
>>59211162
how to make something like that for pdf??

>>59211162
please

import screeny.png

and upload here so I can see.

>>59211342
If you have lesspipe, simply

less book.pdf

Else:

pdf() { 
  pdftotext -layout "$1" - \
  | less -r
}

Unfunny memes
>Install Gentoo
>I'd like to interject for a moment...
>GNU/Linux*
They've all been used to death.

>>59211381
THE FUCK LESS CAN READ PDF I LOVE LESS NOW

>>59211403
>i love less now
how unfortunate

>>59211401
>>>/r/eddit

https://www.ubuntu.com/about/about-ubuntu/our-philosophy

>dual booting wangblows 10 and linux
>have some torrents in win10 that I want to keep seeding, after I delete my windows partition
how do I move the torrents to linux and start seeding there, without downloading them or finding the magnet link again? I'm using deluge

>>59211036
No, just run the command again and it should be fine.
If you're paranoid then you can always use the option "--fail-clean y" with emerge

>>59211401
Keep me posted

kek
>copyleft licences no longer welcome on GitHub
http://www.mirbsd.org/permalinks/wlog-10_e20170301-tg.htm#e20170301-tg_wlog-10

>>59212516
what will happen to the AUR?

I'm looking for my next distribution

I tried zorin when is was first getting into Linux, then I went to Ubuntu. Switched back to Windows shortly after, 2 years later I wanted to pick up Linux again. I tried antegros for a little while and couldn't get used to it. I tried ElementaryOS and couldn't stand how much like MacOS it was. I then tried, and failed at installing Debian, and then tried Fedora. So far I've enjoyed Fedora on my laptop, but I'm looking to kick the windows bug on my desktop and school computer. I was considering Fedora, but there's some things with it that I'm not sure I'll like on a desktop. I'll be using a GPU passthrough for my games if that matters. What distros should I look at?

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Learning how to use the shell as a beginner is the most annoying shit ever.
If a command doesn't work like the tutorialsaid to do you've gotta go digging in the crates to find an answer, and usually the damn answers are filled with more GNU/Linux terminology that I have to constantly search the definition and commands that ALSO DONT WORK.

But aside from that...How do I scroll in a shell? There is no GUI, only the shell. CentOS 7

>>59212819
shift+page up/page down.

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>>59212843
Thanks, anon

>>59211202

piping is like a combo in a fighting game. link together for maximum effort.

>>59212880
you are welcome.
feel free to ask about the commands you dont get.

>>59212354

Are Windows 10 and Linux on the same hard drive? If they're on different drives, Linux can often read a Windows drive anyway. If that's the case, in Linux just find the directories in the Windows area and copy them over. It would also help to copy the .torrent files over. You could also move the files to external storage, then in Linux copy them over (unless you want to seed from external storage).

Add the .torrent in your Linux torrent client, don't pre allocate all files, and don't have it start when you add it. Oftentimes torrent clients have an option like "force recheck" where you can point a .torrent to a directory and it will verify the checksum of all the files. That way you can seed files you already have (or obtained elsewhere).

>>59212819
>Learning how to use the shell as a beginner is the most annoying shit ever.

It is. But that's what stackexchange is for.

>>59213019
GNU/Linux*

>>59212802
Can anyone help me with what distribution they think would be best for my desktop? Thanks

>>59210310
kek

>>59213119

How did you like Ubuntu? I think Ubuntu with Gnome Flashback Metacity is fine.

Even simpler is Mint, although that's just Ubuntu plus Cinnamon.

>>59213119
You seem like an Ubuntu kind of person.

>>59213339
y-you too.

>>59212802
How exactly did you fail at installing Debian?
Genuine question. The netinstall seemed very straightforward to me.

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GUI
>"gooey"

what's wrong with systemd?

>>59213543
It's a new and efficient replacement for an ancient cumbersome relic.
So naturally everyone here hates it.

>>59213543
LESS CONTROL

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>>59185953I recently bought an Intuos Pen & Touch 2 for drawing, and it seems to work just fine except for one issue: my stylus moves far too sluggishly using xsetwacom's Absolute Mode.

In Relative Mode, the speed is fine, but I really only want my tablet to affect things on one of my monitors, and I like knowing exactly where to place my stylus.

xsetwacom doesn't appear to have a speed setting, so how do I affect it?

Using Manjaro.

>>59213701
Over what?

>>59213543
http://www.ocsmag.com/2016/10/19/systemd-progress-through-complexity/

>>59213658
>/fglt/ invented systemd hate
lol

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I just want to run 3 servers
>ignore SVR1
>SVR2 is LAP (linux/apache/php)
>SVR3 is M (mysql)
i can go to SVR2 apache but i can't get to php.info or get it to work
Do i need to fully setup/configure/link the mysql first, php should work on its own right?
should it be in /var/www/ or /etc/httpd/ ?

>>59203334
people who are shoehorning minorities and women into everything arent doing any good

>>59213543
Literally nothing.
If you wait for a bit, people might dig up angry blog posts about obscure non-problems though.
Oh hey, here's one already (59213832).

>>59213894
>i can go to SVR2 apache but i can't get to php.info or get it to work
have you enabled php for it? php is usually disabled by default

>>59213832
see >>59213935

>>59213935
>>59214282
Calling that article an "angry blog post" actually just makes you look like the angry one.

>>59214375
>see
i was "correcting the reggord" :DDDDD

>>59214270
running "rpm -Uvf /opt3/*.rpm" didn't install php package that was in that dir cause linux

I'm so confused right now

>>59196433
>Not using apt-get
>Wasting your life being a neet forever

>>59214736
>using apt-get
>wanting to suffer

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I'm trying to do a backup of my raspbian sd card with dd but it's showing up as 1MiB even though it's not. How do I fix this.

To the anon asking about putting Ubuntu on an EEE pc on saturday... (i can't crossthread for the life of me) yes, the computer came with windows XP installed, which ran like PURE SHIT. Somebody said XP would run better, implying windows can be good. Well. Nope. Xubuntu latest LTS runs way better than shitdows. Please stop talking out of your ass you fucking retard.

There, that's yer answer. Not that you're gonna find/read it.

guise, why does

 man gcc 

not werk?

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I've got ppt/pptx/odp files.
How do I convert those into videos?
In Office 2010, there's an option for it.
But with libreoffice there's not.
Is exporting the slides as png then using ffmpeg to create a video is the best way?

>>59215592
>videos
u wot m8

>>59215656
I need to display a presentation on TV and have it on loop
Best way since the TV support multimedia files playback over USB port, is to make a video file and put it on USB flash drive.

>>59215673
>open document in LibreOffice
>take your phone
>record screen as you scroll through

>>59215688
A better way would be x11 grab with ffmpeg.

A couple years ago I decided to try dual boot my old laptop with Win 7, and Mint. I had been lurking /g/ for a while, and thought I was ready. Turns out I was not. I partitioned my hd and then decided I didnt care for linux because I was kind of retarded at it. Tried to undo the partition and fucked up my Win 7 os. Now a large chunk of my hd is inaccessible because I have no idea how to fix it. Thats not my question, but just a backstory on how retarded I am.

Now, after not coming to /g/ for a year or more, I want to try linux again, but on a shitty laptop that I will only use for Linux.

Any tips on how I can get used it, so I can start my journey right this time?
Thank you kindly.

>>59215592
>mpv

Give me a distro that comes preconfigured with Cinnamon, and has long term support release

>>59215905
Manjaro.

>>59215704
Get a *buntu/Mint with whatever DE you like - I like KDE, hence I use KDE Neon which is the ubuntu LTS + constant KDE Plasma updates. I also have cinnamon and xfce installed on the same install so I can use different DEs if I want.

Once you know what you want to install, install it, try and make /home a separate partition in case you don't lose your data if (when) you change distros, learn to install things using the console and synaptic, and so on. Try to do everything in Linux before defaulting to Win otherwise you'll never break free (and what's the point if you don't).

>>59215957

Thank you for the tip, anon.

>>59215574

Hard to say without knowing more about your machine. Try running mandb.

>>59214847

You do realize that this will take up 64GB, right? Doesn't matter how much of the card is in-use by the filesystem, dd doesn't know about filesystems.

I recommend making a tarball instead.

Beyond that, dd should work. What command are you using?

>>59215910
>rolling release

>>59216016
>>rolling release
and ?

What software do I need to put on my SBC to be able to comfily stream videos without having to scp it?

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>>59216142
>SBC
single board computer?

do you have a file server? if so, you could take advantage of mpv ( and most video player's) streaming capabilities and do webm related

>>59216142

SBC? Don't know what that means.

sshfs would be one easy way to avoid separately moving the file to local storage, it will stream as necessary.

I'm seeing a lot of shit talking about FreeBSD being not a 'real' Linux. May someone enlighten me on this one ?

>>59216469
Well, it's not based on Linux. It's based on UNIX.

>>59216469
BSD doesn't use the Linux kernel

>>59216469
It's not Linux. Had BSD not had the legal troubles BSD would have taken off.

>>59216005
Yeah I don't mind, going to compress it anyway.

>sudo dd if=/dev/sdg of=/home/anon/sd.img bs=1M

>>59216698
>>59216748

i wonder if trashed and unlinked data will be added to the img

>>59216748

And what's the output when you run that? 1MB transferred?

Try adding `conv=fdatasync` onto that.

>>59216825
Yeah just end up with a 1.0M image. I'll try in a couple mins. The pi is datamining some stuff atm.

>>59216324
What FM is that for the file server?
Looks nice.
And what do you recommend for file server?

>>59216334
Single Board Computer, like a raspberry pi.
Using an Odroid tho.

And yeah, I have sshfs installed but I keep forgetting to actually use it. Didn't know it streams as necessary

>>59216878
>What FM is that for the file server?
this: but css has been modified. be advised , it uses php and jquery, in case you hate either of those
>http://tutorialzine.com/2014/09/cute-file-browser-jquery-ajax-php/

>And what do you recommend for file server?
i use apache2 with softlinked directories. it hosts like a normal server

>>59216825
Same thing
>1+0 records in
>1+0 records out
>1048576 bytes (1.0 MB, 1.0 MiB) copied, >0.0614226 s, 17.1 MB/s

>>59198472
Go into bios set boot priorities

Make a new thread you goddamn niggers

>>59217505
Why don't you make one yourself?

>>59217505
We only fork

>>59217536
>hiro@4chan:~# fork /g/5918595 > new_thread -b g
>fork: unable to fork thread: Computer bought the farm

>>59217505

>>59218005

>>59213832
>I was ill-prepared for a systemd failure because my hate of systems made me not research it.
>Systemd is bad because I don't understand it.

how the fuck do I make my trackpad work on linux I've tried everything REEEEE

>>59218370
Interesting how all the systemd supporters have nothing to offer but to stir up personal attacks

I have no interest in fighting you faggots. I gave that anon a link so he can decide for himself.

>>59218370
So how would you have solved his problem then anon?