/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

>>59408653
I just installed debian stable but its still using the 3.16 kernel. Why?

I want to try and install 2 distros together on one drive.

I have my (generic) partition scheme set up to have 2 root (/) partitions, 1 swap partition, and possibly 1 boot (/boot) partition.

2 questions: Will having only one boot partition hosting boot files from 2 distros be a bad thing, or can I get away with doing that no problem? And second; If I wanted a partition to house files that both OS could see, is it as simple as creating, say, /dev/sdxX, formatting it and dealing with mountpoints later on?
I tried doing that earlier but nothing could write to this partition I made (/datafs). Maybe permission troubles?

>>59408858
i personally did have shared boot and home folders before.
Worked like a charm.
If you use .bashrc aliases read out the hostname first and determine the alias which shoud be used on that distro.

if [ $HOSTNAME = "distro1-pc" ] || [ $HOSTNAME = "distro1-netbook" ]; then
do stuff
elif [ $HOSTNAME = "distro2-pc" ]; then
do other stuff
fi

>>59408818
because that was the basic up-to-date kernel when debian 8 was released two years ago.

actually, debian 9 should be realeased within a month, that will have either the 4.9 or the 4.10 kernel

>>59409108
I'm new to linux. Can I upgrade to 4.10 on debian 8?

>>59409122
well that would be possible, but not easy.
I'd reccomend waiting untill debian 9 releases.
you should try linux mint in the meantime, its a very good beginners distro

>>59409151
Thanks.

>>59409151
>you should try linux mint in the meantime, its a very good beginners distro
Why are you recommending the literally WORST and most INSECURE distro to a beginner?

>>59409182
is this the same guy from the ubuntu thread?
if so, please fuck off

>>59409197
Ubuntu is fine for a beginner. But Mint is basically a broken Ubuntu painted green with less security.

>>59409211
still better than windows tho

>>59409211
ubuntu unity is quite disconcerning in my experiance for beginners, cinnamon however is a nice traditional desktop.


please stop flaming this is a 'friendly' thread for a reason

>>59409236
Unless you're extreme beginner you can probably Google how to install a new desktop environment.

>>59409236
Why are we talking abotu DEs now? We were talking about distros. DEs can be installed on any distro; Ubuntu isn't limited to Unity. Installing a broken distro in order to install a DE is retarded.

>>59409234
Cant argue against that.

>>59409267
a beginner shouldn't have to switch a de, it should work out of the box

>>59409260
>>59409267

>implying that this dude knows how to use apt fluently

>implying that mint isn't just ubuntu cinnamon


jesus christ guys, i know that most pepole like to be against the grain.

But linux mint is very very helpful in transtioning new pepole to linux

if y'all are so paranoid about it, just run a damn hash on your iso and be done with it

if not, don't use mint but don't be a douchebag to pepole that do

>>59409151
>anon askes for a newer kernel
>other anon recommends a distro that blacklists kernel updates
priceless

>>59409293
I began on arch, picking and switching DE's and later wms.

Beginners should do whatever the hell they want.

>>59409330
...
read it again dumbass

>>59409314
GNU/Linux*

>>59409348
also
4.4 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3.16

>>59409367
something seems wrong with your keyboard anon
try xset

>>59409151
Nah. I'm trying to only use free software. Is Trisquel good for beginners?

>>59409411
well yes, but at the same time most of the completly free software distros have a much lesser chance of working with your computer then a regular linux distro

>>59409442
GNU/Linux*

Sadly it looks like I have to give up on pci-e passthrough. I can't solve this slight stutter and audio issues. I've tried literally everything, ACS both on and off, sound from both GPU and passthrough, MSI interrupts on everything, different CPU configs, different mice, different nvidia cards and I've edited everything I can think of in the qemu and xml configs. It just doesn't want to work, the audio distortion kills any chance of gaming in the VM. Guess I have to go back to dual booting.

>>59410267
Oh well that's fucking retarded. I figured out what was wrong, turns out my optical drive didnt like being passed through. I was able to pass a hard drive as a block device but not my optical drive I guess, it was causing Windows to throw a shitfit for some reason. Maybe a driver issue or something, idk. Only figured it out because I decided to delete everything except the bare essentials it needed to run as a last ditch attempt.

Do you guys think it would be better to expand the linux community or keep it small?

>>59410787
remove the linux community
expand free software community

is there a better online terminal for testing stuff than this?
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/unix_terminal_online.php

>>59409122
https://wiki.debian.org/InstallFAQ
upgrade to debian sid

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how do you guys do all the cool shit with the launcher bar in Ubuntu?

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ranger does not preview images with w3m on gentoo
useflags: http://pastebin.com/CSUVkikF
copied rc.conf and scope.sh,

set preview_images true

and etc. tl;dr should work fine

user@localhost ~ % ls /usr/libexec/w3m/              
cgi-bin/  inflate*  w3mimgdisplay*  xface2xpm*

>>59411463
terminal?

>>59411683
urxvt

>>59411847
set depth to 24

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Is there a way to add fonts to /.fonts , without effecting font rendering system wide?
Using truefont, infinality stopped working for me.

ClamAV found out that radare2 contains a unix malware. Am I supposed to be worried here? I'm on slackware and I downloaded it from SBo, Is this false positive since r2 is a disassembler?

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>>59408653

How do i change the icon on this application I downloaded (Gravit Designer)? I want to replace the default gear/app icon with the svg-flat.png icon you see on the left.

>>59412420
why not going to /usr/share/icons and copy paste

while in a live usb of a distro, can I use dd to make the usb into a live usb of another distro?

>>59412520

try it , curious to see what it does. probably doesn't work.

Recommend me a solid gaming laptop for running linux on it.

>>59412420

Create a desktop file for it.

what is the very perfect complete super mega uber best distro?

>>59412520
All running applications are in memory, but not all distros run other applications in memory.
So you can destroy the system, but I don't think you may have to reboot manually.

I'm looking for a rolling release distro that works out of the box, is Antergos or OpenSUSE Tumbleweed the way to go?

>>59413417
OpenSUSE all the way anon

>>59413417
Source Mage GNU/Linux
>>59413436
please no trolling

I'm going to update arch after 1 year of inactivity. Wish me luck

Is there a faster way to back up all my data that rsync? I have been sitting in front of the pc for 4 1/2 hours now waiting for all my music (40 GB, most of which was already on the backup machine), some movies (20 GB) and a couple of pictures to be copied over, and I'll have to do it all over again once I've nuked my other pc.

>>59413772
Your drives are slow senpai, I don't think there's much you can do

>>59412420
Have you tried clicking the icon where it appears in the window on the right? iirc It should pop up with a file picker when you do.

Is there any downside to using KDE Neon over Kubuntu 16.04?

>>59413159

The one I use.

>>59413709

Get a new mirrorlist first.
The other day I inserted an old hard drive into a new computer and it had Arch on it. After the time-machine nostalgia and seeing my old files and desktop I proceeded to update it, but the mirrors were down.

>>59413822
True, but I think the bottleneck is actually the network connection.

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>TFW gtk theme kept fucking up for some reason and was confused as to why
>TFW all I needed to do was just update AUR packages which I didn't even know was possible automatically with yaourt

>>59414167
>using arch
>being confused why things fuck up

>>59414252
wasn't really a fuckup, just was old version not compatible with gtk 3.20

>tfw wasted 5 hours backing up data and then found out all I had to do was reboot the pc instead of just logging in and out so now nuking it is pointless
REEE
On the plus side, I have time to try and set up that ftp server I've been meaning to set up for ages.

>>59414442
"REEE" isn't a emotion related to normal anger

>>59414554
times change, memes change

>>59414167
>>>/ifunny/

what is this linux even?

>>59412829
>gaming
>laptop
>linux
Wat

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can someone help

im trying to upgrade with pacman -Syu and it keeps failing, so i ran it with debug and this is where it fails

but i cant figure out how to fix it

pls help

im on arch

>>59415109
Update keyring

>>59415109
>im trying to upgrade with pacman
>it keeps failing
That's normal.

>>59415109
>im on arch
That's nice. I wish'd I could install it too, but I'm too stupid. ;_;

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>>59415163
ran this, rerunning -Syu now so maybe itll fix it

>>59415206
kek

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>>59415256

>failed to commit transactions: conflicting files

THE RIDE NEVER ENDS

>>59415284
trying pacman -Syu --ignore ttf-dejavu now

lets see what new error we get :^(

>>59415325
>posting the smiley with an arch linux nose

>>59415343
>calling a frowney with a tent nose a smiley with an arch linux nose

>>59415325
so i ran this and now my cursor dissapeared and now im posting from another computer while it upgrades

hopefully it fixes itself by the end....

>tfw this is what arch feels like

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>>59415401
good luck

>>59415284
You installed all of those outside of pacman and now its conflicting. Dont do things outside of pacman

>>59415401
i got my cursor back using

dconf write /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/cursor false

this is apparently a pretty common issue on arch, for your cursor to randomly dissapear while updating your DE version (in my case, cinnamon)

Can you recommend a DE where i can throw my mouse pointer in the top right corner, click, and close a maximized window? Like you can do on windows.

I'm ok with tweaking things with a GUI, but i don't want to modify config files or do other complicated things

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>>59415625
then i force upgraded the font thing and now everything is reporting that its up to date

now i guess its time to update my kernel :^(

i can't set wallpaper with feh, not getting errors

>>59415683
what terminal is that anon, how to i get that blue thing, i like how it looks

>>59415284
>>59415325
>>59415401
>>59415625
You stupid fuck. This is what you get when you ran rolling release and don't upgrade regularly. But sure, blame it on the distro.
https://www.archlinux.org/news/ttf-dejavu-237-will-require-forced-upgrade/

>>59415284
use --force anon

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I am looking for a laptop to replace my aging thinkpad x201
I am running gentoo but I was lucky because the setup for the x201 is spoonfed tier.

I want a 12 or 13 inch laptop (or maybe 14 inch if as small as the x1carbon). I was considering the Dell xps13. But the gentoo wiki says that the 2015 model was a pain in the ass and the arch wiki says that both the 2015 and more recent one cannot disable the meme adaptive brightness. Also I read some mention about issues with the networking and sdcard

What would be a comfy modern laptop for running gentoo with ease?

>>59415674
Literally any

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>>59415683
i am now on 4.10.2-1 and everything appears to be well

I'm trying to pair a bluetooth game controller (SFC30 from 8bitdo) to my laptop in linux (Xubuntu) and I can't seem to figure it out. Retroarch recognizes it natively through its USB connection, but I want to be able to use it wirelessly when I want to

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>>59415915
how to get this, tell me now

>>59408653
Oh Stally i want to creampie you between those teeth

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>>59408653
Question for FreeBSD, but I guess this is the closest I'm going to get.
I've not figured out how to get Tor browser running on FreeBSD with the Linux layer, so instead want to use Links browser, set it up to use Tor and 'fake Firefox' security/privacy options. Is this a safe alternative to use Tor Browser, or do I avoid doing this?

>>59415845
I just tried on gnome, and it doesn't work. Also remember trying on KDE and Mate with the same result

is there an IRC channel?

>>59416144
> I've not figured out how to get Tor browser running on FreeBSD with the Linux layer
Why? Make a Tor proxy, set up your own browser.
> want to use Links browser
Unnecessary, but if you want to go that way, do it.
> fake Firefox
What is it even.
The bare minimum is to make sure browser cannot connect to Tor and plain web simultaneously and have its JS disabled. Disabled fingerprinting is a nice extra.

>>59415971
Search for powerline bash prompt. It's looks retarded imo but whatever floats your boat

>>59416184
xfce and lxde do it by default, others you may have to play with settings but all are capable of that

>>59415929
nvm Im retarded I had bluetooth disabled

>>59415689
probably already something drawing to the root window

what is your favorite terminal command?

Is there a way to change the language (locale) of LightDM and only for it?

For normal programs I can do LANG=something program, but not for my display manager.

>>59415206

Hahaha ,what a funny and original joke, never heard it before. It showcases how much in-depth knowledge you have about the Linux distribution world and software in general. Ha ha, still laughing at original joke.

>>59415625

Cursors have nothing to do with distributions. Kill yourself.

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>>59416724
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

>>59415701

That has nothing to do with terminals. Not even your shell, because you idiots instsall a new shell just to get a new prompt.
Modify your prompt.

>>59416741
This is a friendly thread. Please stop telling people to kill themselves, thanks for understanding.

>>59416743
<3

what is the difference between apropos and whatis?

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>>59416841

>>59416863
then why does it print different results

>>59416322
Pic related is XFCE, those two little lines are part of the pointer. Where it is now, if i click nothing happens

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>>59416896
Forgot pic

i have two 701 eeepc's. both were running archbang 4.2.5 which i loved, but one got messed up and now i cant find an iso for it.

can i copy the whole system from the working one onto the old one? the only difference between the two is ram 512 vs 1024

>>59416994
>can i copy the whole system from the working one onto the old one? the only difference between the two is ram 512 vs 1024
yeah.

If you want it easier just copy the contents of /home into the new system.
All user settings should be okay.

is there a way to configure that every .file (hidden conf files) in my home to be put in a specific folder?

Or do I have to change the configuration in every application?

>>59417239
A properly made software will accept user configuration files from different locations or at least lets you specify one.

But poorly made ones unfortunately don't.

In theory all user conf files should go to their respective place in ~/.config.
But there are shitload of applications both large and small which outright ignore it.

>>59417295
indeed.

even the .bashrc , .bash_profile et al files roaming in my home triggers my whatever.

>>59408653
Is there a way to create symlinks or another type of link which can be renamed without renaming the original files?

Plex gets bad matches on my media. But since I seeding the files i cant rename them to Plex naming scheme etc.

>>59417384
Why do you think any symlink behaves that way?
As far as I know all symlinks can be renamed and the original file is unchanged.

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Is bleachbit good software for maintaining disk space? I have a small SSD on my laptop and I'm always fighting for free space.

>>59418036
no

>>59418036
just get rid of crap you don't need or move it to a different storage unit

>>59418086
What about finding duplicate files, or listing programs/files by size on disk to help determine what I can get rid of?

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I made some stallman oc. enjoy

>>59417690
Ok, thought so at first to but after looking into symlinks it seemed the original file name would change if I renamed the symlinks.

>>59418177
I'd watch it.

>>59418177
>netflix
ha

I have a stereo amp connected to my Intel HDA sound card.
Most applications, like mpv, recognize it as 2.0 stereo.
Some games however, falsely recognize it as 5.1

How can I force ALSA and PulseAudio to only accept 2.0?

Help me /g/entoomen
What gpu is best to buy for gaming on Linux as of now?
I will be mostly playing lighter titles such as don't starve which runs fine on my igpu but even tf2 struggles on it so I need a good bang for buck graphics card

~ : It's pronounced till duh.

>>59418884
GNU/Linux*

What's the most windows like linux that is lighter than windows(not that the other way should even be possible). My friend gave me a laptop to try and fix its slowness, it's his grandpas laptop and it's a pretty ancient Lenovo 3000 N200 or something like that, it has 2gb DDR2 ram and old ass CPU that I don't think are enough to run win7 it's running at the moment

>>59419362
install gentoo

>>59409122

You will be able to upgrade your distribution

or the 4.10 may be adapted as backport (i.e. software product which is expected to work in new distribution but may be fixed to work with old distribution).

https://packages.debian.org/jessie-backports/kernel/

>>59419625

Also, 4.9 is already there and it will be supported for two more years.

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For the love of all that is holy can someone help me,
I've been setting up arch for a client, and he wants a visual environment
Now I keep getting an error while trying to install a display server, xorg,using pacman,

>Failed to commit transaction (download library error)

I'm about to pull my hair out, what am i fucking up, I already enabled a bunch more mirrors

>>59419800
>I've been setting up arch
>Now I keep getting an error
That's normal.

>>59419800
either you ahve no internet or the servers are down or your mirrorlist is old or you did not sync

>>59418884
Depends on if you're a freetard or not. If you don't mind proprietary drivers go nvidia, get a 1050 or 1050Ti. If you want open source go AMD and get a 460 or 470. Open source nvidia is shit, don't bother, while AMD both drivers are about equal.

Mint will only let me update to kernel 4.8, but I can see on kernel.org that the newest stable is 4.10

Why is it not possible to get 4.10 yet?

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>>59420560
Click the tar.xz link.

>>59420581
t-thanks

>>59420560
google ubuntu mainline kernels
download 3 debs that match.
>of kernel, kernel-headers and headers-all
make sure they're only debs in whatever directory you put them
sudo dpkg --install *.deb
turn you're computer off and back on again.
btw if your hardware all works theres no reason to use the latest kernel.
http://www.linfo.org/kernel_version_numbering.html
>The fourth number represents corrections, such as security patches and bug (i.e., error) fixes.

>>59412829
Check out System 76's line of laptops.They build Linux compatible computers and IIRC, a couple of them are beasts.

>>59415109
>Levente Polyak
Somebody bitch-slap Levente. Last time I had problems with the keyring, it was his fault,too.

I'm trying to install Void because it runs quickly on the liveCD and Antergos didn't. When I finish the initial setup, my laptop bootloops. I think I fucked grub somehow.

Could someone post how to use cfdisk to make the empty partition with bios_grub toggle enabled? There's no option for any toggle on the live version, that I've been able to find.

>>59408653
I can't download videos from pornhub. youtube-dl can't do it and this distresses me greatly.

Alternatives?

>>59421244
Scratch that. Upgraded. Downloading.
This playlist is god come to earth.
http://es.pornhub.com/playlist/474151

>>59420560
use a rolling release distro if you want the latest and greatest, not legacy

Hello, I'm trying to connect to an openvpn server. I was provided ip/port and username/password combo.
I need to compile it from source since I don't have a package manager and I can't seem to figure out how to set it up.
Are there any guides on how to set up an openvpn client? I only see guide for the server side.

>>59421795
>dont have a package manager
nigga what

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>Decide to experiment with Gentoo in VirtualBox because I'm Gentoo-curious

>Been compiling apps for 2 days

>>59421795
If "don't have a package manager" means "don't have root" you're fucked. OpenVPN needs kernel level access to work right.

>>59421955
"don't have a package manager" means I don't have apt, yum, pacman, rpm, etc installed.

>>59421996
What the actual fuck are you doing, Linux From Scratch?

>>59422047
yes

>>59422058
Then its too much for you and you need to find a new distro with a package manager

>>59422072
Maybe, but I would like to get this working. The main thing I need to figure out right now is how to setup a tun0 interface for it to use.

How do I chroot into a broke system and rollback some updates, and possibly rescue my install?

>>59422104
You:
1.Chroot
2: Rollback packages with your manage manager

>>59422124
God damn it, how many threads do you lurk?

>>59422160
How many threads do you ask the same questions in?
Install Gentoo

>>59409182
i USE WINDOWS 8

>>59419800
make sure your mirrorlist is updated, then reboot, reconnect to the internet, and immediately try again

>>59422523
Also make sure to install Gentoo

Is gnome objectively the worst DE?

does arch still have issues installing vmware ? atleast it did when i tried a few months ago but i was on an old kernel

i know i can use virtualbox w/e but i hear that OSX virtualmachines run better on vmware

>>59422829
>Looks nice
>Functional
>Slightly bloated
>Depends on systemd for some reason

It's decent

>>59423040
No.

in gentoo, literally whats wrong with force uninstalling packages in a slot conflict to fix it?

>>59421847
make sure;
a. you have and amd-v/vt-x capable cpu and that it's enabled in your bios
b. have multiple cores setup in the VM if you can spare them

if it's taking 2 days you're either compiling a shitload, or the cpu available to gentoo is slow as shit

>>59422104
chrooting is common to all distros, and you don't even need to use the same distro to chroot from (as long as the kernel is new enough to support the chroot environment)
as for fixes, that depends entirely on what's wrong with it

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I'm running KDE and I cannot find a workspace switcher? Did they get rid of this feature or am I just too blind to find it?

I've got an old Optima desktop from the stone age, I tried to put Kali Linux on it but fucked up so now I'm just trying to get some sort of operating system on it. I've got Hirens burnt to a usb but I can't get the piece of shit to boot to it. Is there something I can type up in the command line to force this?

write now I'm currently running 3 live linux/gnu distros (puppy,puplinux,lxde) w/ no operating system installed. My question is it safe for me to run these live distros as my home base? Anything saved is nothing of importance on my linux desktop. My main cpu in a win10 that I keep vanilla with ivpn. Any help?

>>59424271

should I permanently install an OS linux distro or keep using live distros (including Tails @ every otehr month.)

i've got a problem with ElementaryOS (ubuntu 16.04) on my x220t memepad. the touchpad is super jittery when i hold my finger still, and i want to change the synaptics noise cancellation value. problem is, ubuntu 16.04 uses libinput. i tried uninstalling libinput, and it fixes the touchpad, but then the touchscreen isnt supported properly by synaptics. the arch wiki says i can disable libinput for just the touchpad and force it to use synaptics, but doest explain how. how?

Do you guys think it's safe to use some of these shitty apps for phone port forwarding?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ehacker.nat_pmp&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.bherbst.net&hl=en

>>59424924
nevermind, solved it. copypasted some lines from 50-synaptics.conf into 99-touchpad.conf. it works perfect now.

>>59421795
you've created linux from scratch and you can't install openvpn, you are beyond help

I have vanilla Ubuntub 16.04 dual-booting with Windows 10.

How do I boot into console mode without starting up the GUI?

>>59422102

find guide for compiling anything else from source and tweak as necessary for openvpn client source that you have. LFS is meant to be a learning exercise right? :^)

Can I install the current release version of firefox on Debian Jessie? Seems like the only thing avilable is V52's ESR version right now.

>>59422104
you can't roll back updates

What distro do you use and why?

>>59408653
I'm using xterm as my main terminal emulator for reasons. I'd like to change the scrollbar middle click scrolling to left click scrolling since I never actually use one left click to scroll up and down. But I couldn't find a way to do it, is it even possible?

>>59425448
Arch, because all the distros are the same thing with different people maintaining and organizing the repositories, I like Arch's repo policies. Additionally I wanted to configure everything which wasn't as interesting as I thought but it was a nice experience regardless.

I have an incredibly strange problem
>get thinkpad (x301)
>decide to try out gnu/linux
>try a bunch of distros
>every single distro that uses grub gives me a bunch of unreadable garbled artifacts when I boot to grub.
>they all boot after five seconds. the initial systemd output is also garbled.
>the only exception to this is opensuse. despite using grub it looks fine. LILO also works.

how do I get it to look right on arch? using the command suggested in the wiki it still looks garbled until it boots.

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I had windows 8 running on my laptop that I use for gaming and social shit, the OS has had problems for a while and it finally reached the point that I'm unable to recover it at all.

I'm running off a linux live-CD for now, I can't afford another copy of windows so I need to know what distro of linux would serve as a good replacement until I can afford to build a proper PC?

>>59425817
Since you're coming from Windows, probably some flavor of Ubuntu would be easiest. Steam and all that shit.

>>59425817
Debian is great for beginners.
any of the flavours of ubuntu, especially xubuntu imo or ubuntu gnome (look up screenshots) are also good, and the most popular distros. Mint is easy for beginners but upgrading it to newer versions is a pain and it's insecure.

>>59425843
steam is on literally any distro
in fact, it's easier to install from a distro's package manager than valve's website

what's the difference between opensuse and fedora?

>>59425924
Package managers.

>>59413436
>OpenSUSE
What's wrong with OpenSUSE?

Genuinely curious, I new to this linux stuff and want to know

On another note, I may try Arch down the road, but in the meantime is either Antergos or Majaro worth a shot?

>>59425845
I tried to install Debian but It told me my iwlwifi hardware required non-free firmware. wat do?

>>59426199
Opensuse is a very good distro. Zypper is the best rpm based package manager. You get packages quite quickly and it has about as many problems needing manual intervention as arch (occasionally). Yast is a good setup tool but every desktop environment has its own equivalent. Imo the install is too bloated, so arch is better.
Manjaro is hot garbage. Antergos is literally arch with an installer and a different screenfetch logo. Just use arch anywhere installer if you can't follow the arch wiki, don't bother with any arch derivatives.

I heard opensuse now uses btrfs as default. Is there any reason to use btrfs, xfs or anything other than ext4?

I got an Asus wifi stick because it said Linux on the box, got home and it would connect but then fail 5 minutes later every time. After doing some googling apparently the rtl8192 drivers in the kernel are shit and I had to download a package from the AUR that also blacklisted the kernel drivers. Why? I don't understand why they're even in the kernel if they don't work, I'm not the only person to have this issue by far. The only wifi adapter I've had just werk is still Panda Wireless, unfortunately I needed wifi ASAP and couldn't wait for shipping.

>>59426199
Don't bother with opensuse or antergos. Antergos is a shittier version of arch and opensuse has slower packages, and much less available software, as well as a much worse package manager than arch. If you're new to Linux, you can still probably install arch. Otherwise just use arch anywhere. I started with it.

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GNU/Birthday party here: >>59426411

>>59426516
Linux is the name of the kernel that Linus Torvalds developed starting in 1991. The operating system in which Linux is used is basically GNU with Linux added. To call the whole system "Linux" is both unfair and confusing. Please call the complete system GNU/Linux, both to give the GNU Project credit and to distinguish the whole system from the kernel alone.

>>59426556
Just kill yourself you dumb meme spouting cunt
I don't even use any of GNU's bloated garbage beyond gcc.

>>59425662

You can configure everything on every distribution.

CAn someone post the first 10 mirrors they get on the Arch Mirrorlist updater when they tick

>http and https
>ipv4
>use mirror status

https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/

>>59427125
the first 10 mirrors they get on the Arch Mirrorlist updater when they tick

>http and https
>ipv4
>use mirror status

https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/

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who else /btrfs/ here?

Is OpenSUSE a meme? I'm looking for a rolling release distro that works out of the box and so far it looks like Antergos and OpenSUSE Tumbleweed are my only options. And no, Debian Sid is even more autistic than Arch.

>>59427921
Yup. It's nice.
I had a RAID-5 pool on my home server, but I had to downgrade the thing to JBOD because of the write hole, or whatever it was called.
It'll be nice when they hurry up and fix it. I can't be fucked making the whole filesystem again to get RAID.

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>>59428045
Counting the amount of shill posts you made ITT about OpenSUSE, it will turn into a meme soon. Keep it up.

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Would if still be called GNU/Linux if somebody took the linux kernel and made everything else themselves?

>>59428076
What

>>59428086
No. Nobody claims that Android is GNU/Linux.

>>59428086
>Would if still be called GNU/Linux if somebody took the linux kernel and made everything else themselves?
Of course! It should always be GNU first!

>>59428086
No. It would be a new system (see Android). That said, "Linux systems" actually exist. There are very small systems with just the kernel and some helper tools embedded in things like smart TVs, etc.

How does /fglt/ copy files?
Are you using vanilla cp or rsync or something else? (Maybe even just cat?)

>>59428168
<super>+E
go to the directory I got my files
select them
ctrl+c
go to the directory I want to paste them
ctrl+v

>>59428168
The best way to create a copy of a file is using cp or rsync. The reason is that cp and rsync actually create a copy of the file inclusive permissions and all that jazz, while cat or dd basically create a new file with the same content.

>>59425448
arch linux. I needed a rolling release distribution with package as up to date as possible for compatibility issues

>>59425440
Pacman -Syyu ?

>>59426377
Do you want working wifi?

>>59426377
modify the /etc/apt/source.list and add "contrib non-free"

apt update
install what the wiki tell you to install

>>59429003
and then remove it again

is there a way to switch the wm without switching the current session? I want to switch from i3 to dwm without logging out

>>59427921
nope, just plain old ext4

>>59427921
i am
>>59428053
this as well, though i went with btrfs atop mdadm raid5 for now

Hello i want to upgrade my debian stable to unstable, because package are too old for me

good idea or not ? i'm afraid of bug...

>>59429294
install apt-listbugs to see bugs before updating

>>59420963
You need to create a 1MB partition as "BIOS Boot" at the beginning. When setting up the mountpoints just check it's FAT32 and it should work. Grub doesn't really need the bootable flag as far a I know.

Talking about Void, I'm trying it for the first time. xbps reminds me a lot of pacman, and the distro seems to be built around it. Something I can't understard: how the hell do you install packages outside of the repos?

>>59429294
Stable does not mean bug free

>>59429614
Compile them from source.

>>59429679
You mean with xbps-src?

>>59429092
I don't think so. You can switch to another TTy, log in as your user and execute your WM, it might work, but it will be like a new session.

hey /g/ I installed Gentoo on my laptop but my trackpad isn't working. I tried booting Ubuntu LiveUSB and it works perfectly. what do?

>>59430447
install gentoo

why the fuck can't I find a flash ppapi package in any repositories

inb4 muh botnet

>>59430570
>flash
what is wrong with you
flash is dead, leave it dead

>>59430637
I frequent a few sites that still use it, guess just do it manually

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Good thread.

>>59430637
Not sure what ppapi is, but every distro I've ever tried had flash packages in its repositories. Search harder.

>>59430570
Flash will still be relevant for me until ニコ生放送's stop using flash. They have an HTML5 beta though, so hopefully it won't be long

If i just want to run a minimal server and possibly put Kubernetes on it for testing and development, would I be okay with DragonflyBSD? And yes i know this is /faglet/, i normally run Debian but I'm curious to try BSD and use it in a very standard way (therefore wouldn't have to learn to do things differently)

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Got a new Ryzen build, looking to install ganoo/loonigs. Should I use OpenSUSE Tumbleweed or Manjaro? I use arch as my daily driver on my laptop, but I'm sick of Pacman killing my xorg.conf. I'm torn between the aur and the SUSE build service. What do you guys think?

lmao https://web.archive.org/web/20071222155743/http://lxr.linux.no/linux-bk+v2.6.11/arch/parisc/kernel/traps.c#L197

>>59432198
>>>/g/bsd

Do I have to add the "," on every option that I don't use for every language?
The guide I read had an option for the first and then a comma after it, but I don't need it for the first as well. Do I leave the comma in quotes or is it not necessary? Do I always have to specify XkbModel and XkbVariant?

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier "system-keyboard"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
        Option "XkbLayout" "ba,de"
        Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
        Option "XkbVariant" ","
        Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
EndSection

>>59432684

Consulted the manual page. Removed anything but XkbModel and Options. Seems to work.

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When running a live session without persistence, I tried to install the propriety drivers.
But I need to restart to get it to work.
How do I restart the session?

>>59433515

Restart X.

>>59433534
Just that?
Will all the services be restarted as well?
As if it cold booted?

>>59425845
>>59426377
Don't listen to Debian advocates. Debian is invariably difficult.

>>59432258
Don't use anything that isn't based on Debian or Ubuntu.

>t. former Marjaro user

>>59433767
lolwat

>>59433573

No idea actually. Try blacklisting the old module (driver), manually removing it and loading the new module.

will disabling uvcvideo gain any security benefits or is it just placebo?

>>59408653
Other than Gimp and blender , are there anything else I have to install on linux? (just installed manjero).

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>>59433922
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

>>59433922
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/list_of_applications
enjoy

>>59433955
>https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/list_of_applications
wow thanks. seems like a nice wiki.

>Be Me.
>Just got Peppemint OS.
>On a damn Acer 2 in 1 due to Winblows being a shit.
>Things load faster but still feels weak.
Anything I can do to give this poor thing a little more speed, or at the very least make it more reliable in terms of firewalling and etc.? I already have Libre Office programs, Firefox and HTOP for monitoring but i just don't feel like this is... Perfect, to say the least.

>>59433936
happy b-day stallman-chan

>>59432258
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed is fantastic, and the OBS is pretty great. I actually prefer it to Arch since the OpenSUSE security is handled by the SUSE(Microfocus) guys, who are actual paid professsionals and not hobbyist volunteers

>>59434083
>peppermint
why

>Anything I can do to give this poor thing a little more speed, or at the very least make it more reliable in terms of firewalling and etc.?
idk maybe stop using a toy distro?

>>59434083
I'd install fedora 25 if I were you
it implements many new features and improvements
it's stable, established and more upstream than ubuntu and such

>Install neofetch from AUR
>Says the config file is in ~/.config/neofetch
>It's not there

what the actual fuck?

>>59435106
>using arch
what the actual fuck?

>>59435365
What is wrong with it?

also i found where the config file is

>people who follow infographics

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1698021#p1698021

>>59435106

You're an idiot. That's what's up.
Packages don't touch files in your HOME directory. That means you have to create it yourself.

>>59435618
Yes they do you retarded fuck

It literally says that's where the config file is located the first time it's run. But in a recent update it says it's in another place, which is where I found it now.

>>59435730

I checked both packages in the AUR for Neofetch and it doesn't output anything on installation nor does it mention copying files into your HOME directory (which no sane package would do).
Sorry, but you are the retard here.

>>59434378
OpenSUSE would be GOAT if the installs weren't so bloated with useless software

>>59435810
HERE you fucking faggot

https://askubuntu.com/questions/853624/neofetch-custom-config-file-what-is-required-config-file-format

""" On neofetch's first run the config file is created in $HOME/.config/neofetch/config. You can also copy the default config from /usr/share/neofetch/config. Finally you can also grab the config file from the github repo, here's the link to the config file for the latest release.

https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch/blob/e408e6f8d7c30c6fd649523522b51c3239b1364a/config/config

You shouldn't create the config file from scratch since you won't know what to fill it with. :)

I'll update the Readme to explain this better so that other users don't have this issue in the future.

I hope this helps.

- Dylan,

Author of neofetch """


https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch#post-install

 Post Install

Using the config file

Neofetch will by default create a config file at $HOME/.config/neofetch/config and this file contains all of the script's options/settings. The config file allows you to keep your customizations between script versions and allows you to easily share your customizations with other people.

You can launch the script without a config file by using the flag --config none and you can specify a custom config location using --config path/to/config.

See this wiki page for the default config: https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch/wiki/Config-File 

>>59435916
>all this config crap
whats wrong with screenfetch

>>59436210
It's easier and better than screenfetch. Also screenfetch is no longer in development

>>59436281
nice memes

>>59434652
Why use a toy OS? Because I don't do a lot of hardcore rogram editing and terminal use like you guys except when I need to.

>>59434689
I had 25 on an older quad core Pentium laptop but I still wonder if GNOME is going to be intense on my processor since it has little graphics capability, like Cinnamon or Unity. It's just retaining speed for the basics to load and function without pinning a core in high use just by idling or moving a window or using the selection menu.

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>>59436281
>lying on the internet
gtfo neofetch shill

>>59436290
>>59436328
https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch/wiki/Neofetch-vs-Screenfetch#the-problem-with-screenfetch

Goes pretty in depth.

>>59436386
yeah in shilling

>>59436398
How is bringing up legitimate issues shilling?

What isn't shilling then?

>>59435916

>on first run
>clearly talking about packages putting files

>>59436418
>legitimate
[citiation needed]

>>59436386
>https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch/wiki/Neofetch-vs-Screenfetch#the-problem-with-screenfetch
They didn't convince me. Especially when they're arguing about hardcoded values.

>>59436328
>>59436281

A new version literalyl came out days ago.

>not writing your own screenshot information tool
what is wrong with you guys, learn some shell scripting

>>59436512
fuck off nerd

>>59417384
>But since I seeding the files i cant rename them to Plex naming scheme etc.
Truthfully, plex still works if you throw some torrent names at it. Rarbg torrents almost always work, some random ones from TPB with "[TORRG]" or similar at the front of file names messes it up bad. Sometimes it messes up, but you can fix the match in plex too.

>>59436512
>shell scripting
>not writing it in C
what is wrong with you, learn some programming language

>>59433922
to stay on the same kind of program, krita
A friend told me it's a great software to draw stuff

Is it possible to get OpenGL 3.3+ on Ubuntu in VirtualBox as a guest system? Right now I only seem to get version 2.1

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Void Linux - should I install the musl image?

>>59436880
You should install Source Mage GNU/Linux.

What's the difference between Ubuntu and say, Linux Mint? Aren't both of the able to run the same programs?

>>59437099
Linux Mint is a showcase distro for Cinnamon. It's literally the same as Ubuntu, but there are only some hobbyists working on it, which lead to security issues and breakage https://lwn.net/Articles/676664/ but it's good enough for dicking around

Both are able to run the same programs (like every other GNU/Linux distro).

>>59437099
all distros can run the same programs since it's the same os
the difference between distros are basically
- the package management
- the philosophy

>>59437099
>Aren't both of the able to run the same programs?
Any linux distribution can run the same programs. Fedora, debian, ubuntu... in the end you'll be able to install and run firefox, skype, steam, vim, gimp or whatever program you want.

The main differences between different distributions are often :
>package manager (apt, dnf, pacman, portage...)
>different repositories
If the distribution share the same package manager you'll have probably different repositories, which means their will be more or less software available. For example Debian will only provide free software by default, while ubuntu got proprietary software on its repositories.
>release model
does it have LTS version or is it rolling release ?
>different DE.
You'll only see unity on ubuntu, mint comes with cinnamon and is the unique distribution where there's not too many bugs with it, fedora comes with gnome by default, etc.

For distributions based on others, they often share the same package manager, but won't have the same repositories, and won't have the same version of software. They'll also have a different DE in general, or have the same but more personalized to be a "work out of the box" distro.

There's a lot of few differences in the way the maintainers see how a linux distribution should maintained (security patches, up to date software, release model, DE...) and for distributions like ubuntu and mint, they look like a lot but a lot of things will be different without the end user noticing

>>59408653
Is sabayon linux any good?

>>59437349
like gentoo but shittier

>>59437253
GNU/Linux*

Alright. So I'm attempting to dual boot Arch + windows 7. Never really used Linux before

Seemee to be all going well and after being asked to reboot. I selected Arch from the menu and now have pic related.

Dots show up as i type as if there is something there though

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>>59437429
Im an idiot

i want to switch to linux
i tought to use a vb before but i don't know what tipe of linux to start to use
what's the best?it should be not too much complicate but i want to learn it in all of its entirety

>>59437577
Here's a tip. Look into desktop managers for ease of accessability that you want. I can't state how much I had to scoop over this process. For what type of Linux, I reccomend you browse DistroWatch. If you want, check the ranking. Usually it's in the order of Mint, Ubuntu, and Debian. Just look around and see what looks like something you could use. Just check the distrowatch page first to make sure it's got the features and purpose you want.

>>59437439
Please provide more details. Have you already installed a bootloader and are trying to dual boot a finished arch installation, or are you just trying to boot the live usb?

>>59437635
GNU/Linux*

>>59421244
>pronhub
For fierfox just press ctrl i , then find the video on the media tab.

>>59437761
Apologies.

>>59437717
Bootloader is installed. When I boot into Arch that happens.

>>59421244
Works for me. Maybe update it.

>>59437783
does it stay ? or once you're on the display manager it go away ?

>>59423847
It was there the last time I checked.
Maybe one of the settings on the cashew.
I forget.

>>59437808
Doesn't get to display manager. Just sticks there

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I installed Gentoo on VirtualBox and have a working command-line operating system, but when I try to emerge anything too "advanced" like a desktop environment, firefox, or, virtualbox-guest-additions I get errors about config files needing updated, use flag requirements not met, compiler errors, or blocking packages.

I beat the installation boss and now I'm on the portage boss.

>>59426637
Did you grow dissatisfied with clang finally?
Or are you pretending to be a different guy now?

>>59437875
I'm guessing you don't have a "desktop" profile set

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How do i fix this anons

>>59438098
I don't know why that sometimes happens with i3, but it's not really a big deal. Just hit your i3 hotkeys to make a window fullscreen

New thread please.

>>59438461
Here you go :^)

>>59438559

>>59438573
Thank GNU. <3

>>59438573
>Using the smiley with the carrot nose