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Trying to get a Debian Live USB working.

rufus-2.14.exe with debian-live-8.7.1-amd64-kde-desktop.iso.

I am using a Medion Akoya S2218 with windows 10.

I went into the BIOS and disabled boot security. Then I changed the boot device order so the USB was first.

Still just boots to windows as normal. Help?

Reposting from last thread
>>60163726
I recently upgraded my PC. From a GTX660 to a GTX1060 and from an old 1000:1 Monitor to a 3000:1.
Now My probel is: the contrast is way too high, slightly dark things are outright black.
But the problem doesn't exist on my Windows installation, I even confirmed it with comparisons between games that run on both systems, but I don't have any games that tax the system hard enough to confirm whether there are serious perfomance issues. But I did notice that Blender doesn't offer CUDA rendering on Linux, but on Windows and also, it crashes alot on linux. Since I use my Linux installation to edit photos and videos, it's a big deal breaker.
i suspected my New monitor to be the culprit but I ruled that out now.
So now I suspect my Graphics card.
I saw under "additional drivers" that my PC is using the open source xorg driver, so I switched to the proprietary. After being asked to input my password and confirming, the additional drivers window goes all gray and doesn't come back until a system error, pic related is a part of the Details
How do I resolve this to install the newest driver and get my graphics running properly (hopefully)?

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Reminder to test source mage on a virtual machine at least, don't miss this experience

Free from obfuscated and pre-configured code.
Fully committed to GPL, uses only free software (as in freedom) in their main package.
With even the documentation licensed as FDL.
Without 3rd party patches, sensible defaults or masked packages.
Doesn't need obfuscated python libraries, only bash.
Uses clean dependencies as they came from upstream developers, which by the same provides instant updates.
Can also use flags.

A few commands to upgrade your system after installing

cast smgl-setup
man smgl-setup
sorcery update
scribe update
cast smgl-archspecs
sorcery
sorcery rebuild
cast -r linux
makewhatis

>>60163979
north korea is in clear violation of the GPL

>>60163742
as far as I can tell Debian should support UEFI boot, which you seem to be using.
https://wiki.debian.org/UEFI
do you have a fast boot option? Any keys to bring up a one-time boot menu during boot, so you can manually choose the usb?
do you get any messages flashing up before windows takes over?

>>60163698
any /g/ents got a kubuntu/bash cheat sheets?

I installed antergos using openbox as a wm. I can't connect to the internet wirelessly using the basic supplied network manager applet. I installed MATE desktop, and that can connect fine. What packages am I missing that could be causing this issue?

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>>60163698
what a pretentious cunt

>>60164136
I tried to set the "Partition Scheme and Target System Type" to "MBR partition Scheme for UEFI" in Rufus, but it said the ISO doesn't support that, so it defaulted to "MBR partition Scheme for BIOS or UEFI-CSM"

I couldn't find out about the fast boot, or how to bring up a one-time boot menu.

No messages, it just boots straight to windows as normal.

Thanks for the help.

>>60163698
Will I save more memory on my SSD if I switch from Windows 10 to fedora workstation?

>>60164063
nobody gives a fvck about that communist licensing

>>60163758
can't anyone help me with this?

So i found this wired program called 'xkeystone' which comes with X.
>no manpage
>no help
>running it spits out an error
???

Still cant figure out why my /boot partition fails to mount on boot.


I did the mkdir /mnt/boot step and mounted /dev/sda1 there. sda1 is an EFI partition. Im using systemd-boot as my boot manager.

>>60164376
It literally doesn't do anything at all, but the people at debian are too autistic to get rid of it because it's not really a problem to keep it around.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=579185

>>60163698
Why's he keeping plain water in a teapot?

>>60163758
>>60164366
that wall of text was a bit much to read, maybe try being more precise next time.
it indeed sounds like a driver problem. What distribution are you using, Ubuntu? You can either install the driver through that tool, or download it from the nvidia website.
To troubleshoot why the additional drivers tool fails, you should look at the system logs. You can use a graphical log viewer tool for that.

>>60164486
>disagree
>cheers, Julian
Epic

>>60164413
Try using grub to see if you fucked up systemd-boot somehow

>>60164617
i looked into it, it's a nickle script, an interpreted C-like language.
It uses cairo bindings found in cairo-5c.
Running it presents some kind of matrix math window geometry solver thing that lets you drag window geometry around and if you press the "doit" button, it fucks with your display like in the example and I just had to restart my computer to undo the effects because there's no way to undo it.

>>60164628
already tried grub and it gave me an error at line 117, and syslinux didnt make a syslinux.cfg in the EFI folder for some reason.. Can I just take the bios syslinux and copy it to /boot/EFI/syslinux?

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Can I bypass X server and communicate with evdev directly? If so, where's the header file and what should I link my program to?

>>60164701
absolute madman

EUFI keeps fucking with my arch installation. HP has a crap implementation on their elitebook range.

I installed Debian.. I feel shame.

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>>60164813
you've been saved anon and you don't realize it.

fuck arch - autistic shit.

>>60164886

I have installed arch on so many PC's in the past, I like the feeling of accomplishment.

Debian is alright so far.

>>60164628
Grub gave me the same error. I dont understand what I am doing wrong?

grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/mnt/boot --bootloader-id=grub

does that look right?

>>60164910

Try just /boot if it's already mounted. Check /mnt/boot for the EFi folder.

>>60164569
Yes, Ubuntu, 16.04 there's an image attached to to the original post in the old thread.
I now managed to install the proprietary driver, although I cant explain why.
The problem still persists. i tried using the "colors" tool to calibrate my Monitor, but it doesnt seem to help.

I use my old wallpaper I used before I made the switch as a reference. the bumps in the background were easily distinguished and grey, now with the new setup everything fades into almost-black with slightly gray bumps.

I also noticed that additional drivers lists my Graphics Card as "NVIDIA Corporation: unknown"

>>60164136
>>60164265
I think I have narrowed the problem.

I found

>one-time boot menu during boot

Just mashing f12 on startup, I manually selected the USB and nothing happened. So I think it isn't formatted correctly but I don't know how.

>>60164929
Ok ive already done that and the EFI directory is there.

>>60164929
And i copied

/dev/sda1 /boot vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro

into my fstab, i got this from this page

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

>>60165061
i can guarantee you don't need most of those mount flags

>>60164964
>>60164569
Update. After trying some color-calibration I am now looking to switch DEs. I wanted to make the jump from Unity to KDE since I heard that Canonical wants to let Unity sink. Gnome is just too fucking shit, especially with features such as hotcorners and multiple desktops lacking proper implementation. I used KDE from 14.04 to 15.04

>>60164729
RTFM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evdev

Basically:
-files managed by evdev: /dev/input/*
-library to use evdev: libevdev (like https://packages.debian.org/source/sid/libevdev)

>>60165085
ok ill delete them except for rw and reboot

>>60164235
maybe tint2?

>>60164988
yes, that's the menu I was talking about. Maybe try another live usb to verify that your Debian iso isn't the problem?

>>60165085
>>60165123
and also kept relatime

>>60165085
>>60165138
>>60165123
nope that wasnt it

is it a mistake to keep modules active?

Do those of you who use Fedora use GNOME? If not, what DE?

>>60165117
Thanks!

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Whenever I see pictures or videos or hear audio of RMS, I want to vomit. I think his ideas are great, but something about him makes me feel ill. Am I the only one, or is this common?

>>60165189
I use i3 with Gnome as my safety net, because I'm too much of a wuss to admit I don't need Gnome anymore.
I tried using KDE on Fedora, but it had even more bugs than usual and seemed badly implemented. I'd use Opensuse or KDE Neon if I wanted KDE

>>60163698
fuk u

>>60164886
>making fun of the dead

>>60165270
You're the only one.

>>60165418
Yeah, Stallman's ideas are shit.

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>>60165358
no u

>>60165461
y-you too!

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Stallman was right about Intel ME. Only Intel CPUs which are safe are Core 2 and older.

>>60165398
He's not dead, he has been virtualized

If I install gentoo with the hardened kernel over vanilla and openrc instead of systemd, have I escaped the botnet or is there more to do?

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Well, I'm totall fucking out of ideas.
Painstakingly try to repair/fix the system or rather smash the installation and try 17.04 instead?

>>60165493
all modern cpus have these engines now, right?

>>60165493
>feds are killing southbridges on old systems
nothing is safe

>>60165506
get a free bios, cpu without blobs, and stop sperging about systemd, its free software

>>60165507
is this because you did a dist-upgrade? if so, you should have done a clean install of the new version instead of trying to upgrade. this is why it's recommended to keep your root and home partitions separate, so you can do a clean install on root whenever you need to, but still keep all your files on home.

>>60165506
Install GNU Linux-libre.
make.conf: ACCEPT_LICENSE="-* @FREE"

>>60165536
I don't give a shit about free software.

I care about well written software, be it free or not.

>>60165568
>have I escaped the botnet or is there more to do?

>>60165568
no one gives a shit, he was answering me.
>>60165573
that's not me

>>60165559
so basically just hardened kernel, openrc, and only free software, then I'm set?

>>60165568
When was the last time anyone actually proved that a proprietary product's source code was more well written than an open source project?

All I ever hear are horror stories from microsoft about their gigantic codebase that they no longer fully understand because too many people left the company and now they do insane workarounds just to add options to dialog boxes.

>>60165506
>le systemd is a botnet meme
grow up

>>60165606
kek

last I heard they were just copy-pasting .dll's and slapping hacky work-around code on top of the source code because no one knows what the fuck they're doing anymore

Only way to save Windows is redesign a brand new operating system from the ground up

>>60165635
>le le
opinion discarded

>>60165606
The general argument is why do they need to hide it if there's nothing dodgy going on?
Nobody is suggesting they actually take public pull requests, just show people how things work and let them change things if they want to.

The only advantage of course is maintaining security through obscurity, which is the ultimate red flag.

Doesn't apply for paid-for software I guess, but then I'd just torrent everything anyway.

>>60165128
Tried with mint same problem

>>60165606
Again, no difference whether it's open or closed source, the thing that's important is the software you're looking at.

It may be true that proprietary software has uglier code on average, like niggers have lower IQ on generals, but you won't deny there are some smart niggers wandering around somewhere out there.

>>60163698
I am trying to get Gentoo installed on my laptop. Gtk+ 3.22 fails to build.
>/usr/bin/glib-mkenums: gtktextview.h:59: Failed to parse ` /*< private >*/ '
>/usr/bin/glib-mkenums: gtktextview.h:61: Failed to parse ` /*< public >*/ '

What is the general methology on packages that fail to build? How can I fix this?

Every time I try to install Source Mage cast -r linux always fails to grab the kernel source, with something like "sanity check failed". What did it mean by this?

>you can crash any machine running system with this command
>NOTIFY_SOCKET=/run/systemd/notify systemd-notify ""
anyone got a vbox to test that?

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What distro do I run on a 6 year old laptop? Dual core cpu and 2 GB of ram
Do I just get 32bit Lubuntu? Is kde too much?

>>60165735
try to install the next or the previous version

>>60165763
slackware

>>60165754
They fixed that.

>>60165684
Could it be a USB 3.0 problem?

>>60165801
ok thanks

>>60165754
just tested in vbox, latest noobuntu: nothing happened.

>>60165778
How can I list all available package versions then?

>>60165824
ls /usr/portage/<category>/<packagename>

for example /usr/portage/xfce-base/thunar

or packages.gentoo.org
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-libs/gtk+

>>60164277
Yes

>>60165754
debian jessie
nothing

Why no one talks about gtk murrine themes?
Comes with every distro, work well and are gorgeous.

Just to complete >>60153044 :

curl -L git.io/pikachu
curl -L git.io/ff5boss
curl -L git.io/nier2b
curl -L git.io/uriel

>>60165824
eix is great for that

~ $ eix gentoo-sources
[?] sys-kernel/gentoo-sources
     Available versions:  
     (4.1.39) ~4.1.39^bs
     (4.1.39-r1) ~4.1.39-r1^bs
     (4.4.52) 4.4.52^bs
     (4.4.65) ~4.4.65^bs
     (4.9.6-r1) 4.9.6-r1^bs
     (4.9.16) 4.9.16^bs
     (4.9.25) ~4.9.25^bs
     (4.10.8) ~4.10.8^bs
     (4.10.9) ~4.10.9^bs
     (4.10.10) ~4.10.10^bs
     (4.10.11) ~4.10.11^bs
     (4.10.12) ~4.10.12^bs
     (4.10.13) ~4.10.13^bs
     (4.11.0) ~4.11.0^bs

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>>60166186

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>>60166272
>>60166186

these work >>60153044

>>60166186
>>60166272
>>60166318
holy shit!

>>60153044
uses 256 colors
>>60166186
used rgb
>>60166186
maybe convert it so it works on all terminls
which one are you using?

>>60166400
xfce4-terminal
I'll try to convert them to 6^3 color

>>60165906
Thanks a lot for the advice. Unfortunately choosing an older package version did not work. Just for the lols I tried a common fix that usually only works with Windows: I restarted the computer and now GTK compiled without an error xD

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>>60166272
Works On My Machine!(tm)

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>>60166272
All good here

where does git clone put files? im trying to into the AUR

here's a nice pasta on terminal and color support https://gist.github.com/XVilka/8346728

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>>60166535

>>60166489
>>60166507
I tried four terminal emulators (xfce, terminology, xterm, urxvt), all of them gave me garbage. Where did I fuck up?

>>60166454
looks like something in a directory that openrc wipes at every reboot was afoot.

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>>60163698
1 PC with Windows and another on BSD with MATE - feels good

>>60166545
thanks, if I can make anything remotely similar I'll be happy

Is xeyes spyware?

>>60166770
botnet*

>>60166636
I use systemd but I figured something like that too. Maybe an env-update and source /etc/profile might have had the same effect.

>>60166400
>>60166442

but 256 color give pretty bad result imo:

curl -L git.io/hermione6

Original colorspace (8**3) :

curl -L git.io/hermione8

>>60167013
Looks nice here.

>>60167013
How did you make them (and convert them).
>>60167221
This is 6 btw.

I just installed Arch.

I'm trying to install Pantheon following the guide from the wiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pantheon

Problem is that the package cerbere-bzr seems to have been deleted from everywhere so I can't even do the first step.

What do?

I want to use debian stable, but my laptop needs a new kernel (kaby lake, basically everything other than 4.10 or newer is unusable). How hard is it to get new kernels on jessie?

So I just installed Debian on my X220 and I can't seem to figure out how to connect it to my wifi network. Clicking the network button on the bottom right only lists the wired (saying cable unplugged).Clicking network connections only lists my ethernet. I click add and select wi-fi, enter my SSID for the networks, and password. I hit save and then it just adds it to the list and doesn't actually connect.

>>60167460
You can get a recent kernel with Backports.
https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/

>>60167460
Use the kernel backport, it's in their documentation.

How do i make chromium my default browser?

Every time when i start it it asks me, i click make if default and nothing changes.

>>60167794
install firefox

Why is Source Mage such a steaming pile of garbage?
Holy shit nothing works. Every single thing breaks.

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Can someone help me install Fedora while keeping my /home partition? The installer is a mess, I'm not sure if it's even possible.

My partition layout is:

sda1 - /boot/efi
sda2 - /
sda3 - /home
sda4 - swap

I just want to reinstall everything else and keep home. This is really easy to do on Manjaro, Antergos, and Ubuntu installers but it's not so clear on Fedora.

>>60167801
no, it wont play 60fps videos, fuck that slow buggy shit

>>60167610
Have you already installed the appropriate firmware package?

>>60167822
>watching videos in your browser
???

>>60167932
>youtube
have you heard of this website?

>>60167944
>he watches youtube in his browser
lmaoing at ur life

>>60167944
install the mpv or vlc plugin, you won't believe it

>>60167866
Looking online, it seems I need iwlwifi but it didn't come with it and I don't have an internet connection on the machine to download it

Does distro matter for steam games? Can arch play all the same games as Ubuntu and Debian?

How can I get Qualcomm Atheros Ar9485 working without drops and system freezes?

Im using Arch Linux with Atk9k module.

>>60168097
Download the .deb from packages.debian.org (https://packages.debian.org/jessie/all/firmware-iwlwifi/download)
Save to a flash drive or sd card
Copy to the x220
In the containing directory run as root:
dpkg -i THEPACKAGENAME.deb
Then reboot and your wifi should work.

>>60166272
>urxvt

autism

>>60168423
No. Different distros aren't like mac OS vs windows. More or less anything you can do on one distro you can do on any other. For example you could run ubuntu and compile everything as if it were gentoo if you really wanted, it's just that gentoo is designed to make doing that easier.

>>60168538
Thanks a ton, that got it to work!

>>60168571
the fuck
what the fuck does 'autism' even mean to you?
I swear to god its worse than 'cringe' at this point.

>>60168423
Potentially you'll get better performance out of Arch since you'll have the latest drivers and packages.

>>60168587
Partially true though there are cases where it is no simple task to use something on another distro. Good luck getting Unity to work on Arch or Fedora and if you do good luck maintaining it.

>>60168639
I tested 256 color support on a bunch of terminals and it only failed on rxvt-unicode.

>>60168678
it works with significantly more "autistic" terminals though, like st. by autism=software minimalism standards.

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I want to run

synclient TapButton1=1 TapButton2=3 TapButton3=2

when GNOME starts but there is no 'session and startup' thing in settings or tweak tool. There is one where I can start programs but it won't allow just a command. What do?

is rm -rf the same as rm -fr? is rm -r -f the same?

>>60168979
yes

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Anybody else having issues building Spotify from the AUR?
Being told to add some gpg keys in order to build the openssl package, but that doesn't look like it's working either.

This happened with another package about two months ago.

>>60163698
I know this might sound like a google question, but I can't find an answer anywhere.

For some reason I can't turn off airplaine mode in Fedora 25. I tried to disable the hard block using rfkill, but can only undo the soft block.

Anyone know what I could do?

>>60169140
>using spotify
???

>>60169140
>>60169203
this. spotify is horrible and hates your freedom. if you're going to use it, at least use mopidy-spotify.

>>60169173
Need more details. What error you get when trying to setup the network from the command line?

You tried rebooting right?
You checked the keyboard switch right?

>>60169273
Yeah keyboard switch is unresponsive for some reason. Which is weird because when I'm on windows, what I'm on right now, the wifi switch works as expected, but when in linux it doesn't work.

Tried rebooting and I even updated the shit after like a year of avoiding it and it still doesn't work.

Let me boot into Linux to show you what i see on the god forsaken command line.

>>60169203
A friend put me on his family plan, and it's pretty comfy.

>>60169226
I'll install mopidy-spotify for muh freedoms. Thanks for the rec.

how can I optirun my entire xorg session? using optirun gnome-session in my xinitrc makes everything lag. I want to render everything, including the desktop with bumblebee, but not permanently.

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I'm onto your little game.

curl -L git.io/v94ea

>>60169304
>Tried rebooting and I even updated the shit after like a year of avoiding it and it still doesn't work.
So we meet again. If it's fucked up for real and you really like fedora, consider CentOS.

>>60169307
mopidy-spotify depends on the proprietary libspotify API. libspotify was deprecated in 2016, but it still works and will probably continue to, because it's used in a lot of cars etc.
also install ncmpcpp

https://www.termbox.io/

What are some useful vim shortcuts most people don't use or know about?

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>>60169572
Read the first quarter.

[adrian@gengar ~]$ sudo pacman -S spotify
error: target not found: spotify

[core]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

#[community-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system,
# enable the multilib repositories as required here.

#[multilib-testing]
#Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[multilib]
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

What am I missing here?

>>60169612

install gentoo

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>>60169631

&lt; &#60;

>>60169612
spotify is not in the repository. get it from the AUR. Either use pacaur, yaourt or any preferred aur helper, or download the snapshot, untar it and run makepkg -si.

>>60169612
Or stop using cuckietary drm crapware.

>>60169781
what is dis

hello where is the rude gnu/linux general

>>60163698
>stickers
why does he have to ruin the aesthetics of that laptop???

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what is the best search engine that respects my benis?

>>60169988
freedom

>>60169965
Testing if 4chin supported html codes.
Those are equivalents and mean '<'.

>>60170018
searx Go to settings, disable all engines except the ones you need and get a neat multi search engine.
Free as in Freedom: https://github.com/asciimoo/searx
More instances: https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/wiki/Searx-instances

>>60170084
thoughts on qwant?
what about duckduckgo?

>>60170103
Don't know about qwant but ddg literally uses google search and just gives you the results. You can't trust it at all.

>>60170125
DDG gives you only google results when you use !g.

>>60169980
Right here you stupid asshole

debian is so comfy

Is there a feasible way to resize my root partition while my system is booted? I need to shrink my / right now, but I don't have a usb stick.

I'm not sure if this is the place to ask this, but I've asked in a lot of places and have recieved 0 usable answers. When I used network manager (I'm using ubuntu), after the internet disconnects once I can't reconnect due to "802.1X supplement failing", and while I'm currently using wicd which is a bit more stable, I can't connect to certain websites. I've tried messing with my DNS and nothing has changed

>>60170324
Create a chroot with everything you need in a ram disk and force umount of root.

>>60170408
I just tried with gparted and it actually lets you resize ext4 while it's mounted now.

>>60170417
Are we in the future?

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>>60170178
Agreed.

>>60170454
xfce?

>>60170486
GNOME at the moment. I think I will try Xfce and maybe i3.

>lubuntu installed on laptop
>want to remove lightdm
>sudo apt-get autoremove lightdm
>look at the dependencies to check if I'm removing anything important
>lubuntu-core
>what the fuck
>don't even press y
>it starts
>maybe it's just a bad naming scheme
>let it finish
>restart
>won't boot

What do I do?
Reinstall?

What's the first step to becoming a programmer to learn about internet security and privacy? Any good books to start with? Outside of university, I already have a Major.

I'm curious concerning everything from torrents and OS to cryptocurrency and obviously, everything required to start understanding the fundamentals of GNU..

>>60170555
install gentoo, learn c, lurk those hacking generals on lainchan or something and do not post here again until you halfway know what yo u're talking about

>>60170543
Yeah you'll probably need to reinstall. One thing that's nice for these situations is to have a separate /home partition so you can keep personal data without having to restore from a backup. However this requires manual partitioning so you may or may not be comfortable doing it.

>>60170543
>Reinstall
yes
or chroot

>boot live cd
>test distro
>open terminal : sudo -i or sudo su (whatever works)
>mount /dev/sdnX /mnt (nX being root partition)

cd /mnt
mount --rbind /dev /mnt/dev
mount --make-rslave /mnt/dev
mount -t proc /proc /mnt/proc
mount --rbind /sys /mnt/sys
mount --make-rslave /mnt/sys
mount --rbind /tmp /mnt/tmp 
chroot . /bin/bash

make-rslave is necessary for systemd

>sudo apt-get install lightdm

>>60170618
thanks brother

>>60170621
I think there's an option in the installer, I'll do that for sure.
I'll just launch a live USB and throw all the stuff I had on an external hard drive.
Never using autoremove again though.
Shit.

>>60170643
Trying this now. If it turns out that I'm too stupid I'll just reinstall.

Thanks homies.

what is the best distro for watching chinese cartoons?

>>60170670
seems to be gentoo from my experience

>>60170674
>>60170618
stop the gentoo meme

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>>60170680
i'm not meme-ing, precure is more enjoyable on gentoo

>>60170670
Anything, just make sure "mpv" is in the repos and use that. I use Antergos, it's Arch Linux but with an automatic installer and sane defaults. Ubuntu is also a good choice. Don't use Gentoo, it's a meme.

>>60170715
>Don't use Gentoo, it's a meme.
oh come on, you wanted me to reply with a post like that!

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I am switching to using Wayland only from here on out because fuck X. Should I do a fresh install of Fedora or just slap it on top of my current Ubuntu install? I'm not waiting for 17.10.

Is Xubuntu good for privacy?

>>60170819
Yes. Especially if you're comparing with Windows.

>>60170775
>slap it on top of my current Ubuntu install
Not possible.

Install RebeccaBlackOS, Fedora, or Debian stretch(with the GNOME on wayland login option).

Is there a reason to use any filesystem other than ext4 for a home desktop/laptop?

>>60171006
NTFS if you dual boot, otherwise no.

>>60171006
XFS can be pretty good for a desktop.

>>60171028
NTFS cannot be used for a root paritition, so keep that it mind.

>>60171006
Not really, it's fast and well-tested. XFS is a slightly faster option (can't shrink though). Filesystems like btrfs, bcachefs, tux3, reiser4, and others are very promising but incomplete and often buggy or slow.

>>60171047
Oh I'm not saying you should ONLY use NTFS if you dual-boot. I keep a smallish "exchange" NTFS partition around as temporary storage for files that I transfer to / from Windows. Everything purely GNU is Ext4 on my system.

I want to switch the keyboard layout in my TTY. I read the manpage for loadkeys but I'm still quite confused as to how the keymap files should look like. I don't have any of the ones mentioned, or they are elsewhere.

>>60168830

>There is one where I can start programs but it won't allow just a command. What do?

Synclient is a program. Everything is a program (that's not a shell built in) when you type it in your terminal emulator.
You can also add that to a script and make it run that at startup.

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Is CDE (Common Desktop Environment) safe to use guys?

>>60167286

Package it yourself.
https://launchpad.net/cerbere

>>60171196
It's old and insecure. Use FVWM, it's actively developed and has that same aesthetic.

Quite a few of my steam games refuse to run with optirun %command%, and just crash immediately. I'm trying nvidia-xrun instead, but steam doesn't even open in that, whether I pick i3 or gnome. How do I make steam open in nvidia-xrun?

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>>60171191
Synclient is not a fucking program, it's a command for xf86-input-synaptics

>>60171191
>You can also add that to a script and make it run that at startup.
Thanks for the specifics

>>60171196
There are a few documented vulnerabilities with CDE simply due to how archaic and unmaintained it is.

Although I think the chances of getting exploited from running it are pretty low.

Fuck, guys... My new job basically requires me to dual boot windows and I really don't want to bother with a VM on my laptop, because of shit gpu performance and wasted RAM. What partition setup do I need for windows, and how do I make sure it won't delet my ext4 partitions? Is it good enough to just have an ESP, ext4 /, and ntfs windows partition?

>>60163817
You sound good.

>>60171339

>Synclient is not a fucking program, it's a command for xf86-input-synaptics
>Thanks for the specifics

Why would I help someone who is so smug about his idiocy and lack of knowledge?

>>60171355
Yes but make sure to install Windows first.
Then look into something like this:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB#Chainloading_Windows.2FLinux_installed_in_UEFI_mode

>>60169612

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/packer.git

cd packer

makepkg -s

sudo pacman -U packerSOMETHING.SEMETHING.xz

packer -S spotify --noconfirm

>>60165270

reddit.com

Will all the Ubuntu-based distributions be able to use .debs and PPAs meant for Ubuntu?

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What is the most lightweight distribution that Skype (Beta) works on?

I need to use Skype for work and don't trust it outside of a VM

>>60172147
Yes
>>60171355
You just need 1 NTFS and a boot partition. Windows will make one if you give it free space.
It won't allow you to have a boot menu though, booting straight to windows. so you have to figure out grub afterwards or install windows first.

How's Calculate Linux? Seems to be a solid, gentoo-based distribution that provides an user-friendly installer and sane defaults.

>>60163742
1 ) try making the UDB image as .dd instead of an .iso

2)Make the image as GPT partionioned for UEFI only.

>>60172239
I have no clue which distros Skype works on but if it works for Ubuntu just use the minimal installer and download a light WM instead of a DE.

I currently work on improving my webdev skills, and thus all my work environment works with FOSS.

I am downloading Ubuntu as we Speak, I do wonder, however if it's better to have a live usb or an external hard drive and then boot from said hard drive, could anyone tell me experiences with both?

I could also try dual booting but it's usually a hassle to do so, thanks to the sponsorship of our M$ overlords and their UEFI.

>>60165507
Back from sleeping and started new and greeted by an error message.
The programm that handles updates crashes on startup.
How wonderful

>>60165556
No I did not upgrade, i made a clean 16.04 install and yes, I keep everything seperate. That way I can always just install fresh, which is What I'm gonna do. Download kubuntu 16.04 and kubuntu 17.04 as i type.
I don't think I'll go for 17.04 desu.

>>60172510
>I have no clue which distros Skype works on but if it works for Ubuntu just use the minimal installer and download a light WM instead of a DE.
You're right, probably too much work to mess with something like Alpine or Void

Minimal Ubuntu with Fluxbox or LXQt should do it

>>60172239
What does distribution have anything to do with it?

But go with ubuntu minimal install and only xfce4 from there, not the whole package but only DE. or even go without one, you can start skype from cl.

>>60172421
what's the point of gentoo if you just use defaults

so, i have some bigger complications my computer isnt working properly so I need to post from my phone. Some System specs:
I have a 5 year old MSI motherboard with an i5 as well as a brand new GTX1060 and a few harddrives, most importantly a 120GB SSD which holds the partitions for my 2 OS, W10 and Ubuntu 16.04
background:
i tried fixing some issues with graphics on Linux. it ended up getting worse with finally the software updater greeting me with an error message. I decided to reinstall Ubuntu 16.04, but this time kubuntu
it didnt work out well. my windows also starts fucking up here are my current issues
Kubuntu:
>driver settings stuck in an eternal loop gathering information abou the system
>wont connect to online services like Discover in some instances
>stuck on the lowest graphical setting
>when starting from bootstick it says "nouveau: unknown chipset" i know this relates to the graphics card most likely
Windows:
>most programs wont start, chrome works fine, but UNETBOOTING wont start, steam will crash with "bootstrapper is not responding"
>wont shut down, will give error message along the lines of some memory being referenced and cant be rewritten. if I hot "shotdown anyways" it will just enter eternally showing the progress circle
>the basic UI crashes starting with the home menu no longer popping up when prompted and eventually the bottom bar disappearing completely

additionally, this has been an issue for longer now, whenever I boot up the Linux partition, it sets my MB clock to a timezone to one 2 hours earlier, which causes windows to display the same faulty time since it absolutely refuses to stick to any other time but system time, despite me setting to to individual time.
now my questions:
could it be my SSD breaking down? as I said it's only for OS partitions, no important data on there
Do I need to wipe and reinstall my system drive or get a new MB+Processor+Harddrive altogether?

>>60172748
To get the hang of it and learn a bit before diving in completely.

>>60163698

Can I make Linux install software in just one directory? As it stands now Linux, just like Windblows, scatters my installation in several directories of /. This makes getting rid of all the files related to a software very difficult.

>>60173634
I'd just like to interject for moment. What you're refering 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!

>>60173715
what do you mean. like how there are bits in /bin /etc /usr and so on?

>>60163698
linux is for gays
#sorrynotsorry

>>60173715
>This makes getting rid of all the files related to a software very difficult.
sudo apt purge
user config files are in ~/.programname or ~/,config
system wide config files are in /etc/programname
config files should be small enough that it doesn't matter anyway

>>60173952
I completely agree. We should get rid of this shit kernel and all work together on implementing the GNU HURD.

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>>60173952
>He doesn't feel a powerful lust for cute flat traps.

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>>60173999

>>60171150
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Keyboard_configuration_in_console

>>60173929
Yep.
>>60173962
Doesn't the apt purge command work only for packages? How will it know where 3rd party software put all the files?

>>60173952
There is liteally nothing wrong with liking penis.

>>60174149
>How will it know where 3rd party software put all the files?
By looking at the scripts you use to install it.

>install windows, after already having installed gnu/linux
>read that it's better to install windows first because windows will delet your bootloader
>finish installing windows and reboot
>expect my bootloader to be deleted, but instead systemd-boot shows up, and has automatically added the windows entry
systemd-boot confirmed best bootloader, GRUB confirmed bloat.

>>60174168
>install windows
???

>>60174163

Bear with me for a moment, I'm new to Linux. So each program on Linux must be installed via a script that is readable by apt. The purge command accesses the install script, so I must not delete the script after install?
Is the script readable by humans?

>>60174168
pretty much

>>60174230
>So each program on Linux must be installed via a script that is readable by apt.
No, apt is just a frontend for a package manager. You don't need to use a package manager at all.

What is installing, anyway? It's just copying the necessary files to your system and adding the appropriate directories to the environment so your shell knows where to find the program when you try to launch it. All this can be done with human-readable scripts, or manually, or with binary installers.

Say you want to install mpv on your system. Of course you could just

# apt install mpv

but that version is outdated. So you might instead download a binary installer (most commonly .deb files) and use dpkg (your package manager) to install it. You should be able to remove it with the package manager again with no need to know anything about the location where the software was installed. You can safely delete the .deb file after installation.
Or you might install the software from source. Download the source code, it comes with a configuration script. It's human-readable. Executing it will let you specify various options depending on what the dev wrote in it. Then you compile the program (you create executable files from the human-readable source) and finally you CAN "install" it by calling another script, or simply copying the binary files to a directory of your choosing

$ cp /binary/file/path /path/to/software/dir/

and adding that directory to your PATH environment variable using

$ export PATH="/path/to/software/dir/:$PATH"

. Afterwards you can safely delete the downloaded source code, makefiles, config scripts etc., however, you need to remember where you put the binaries if you ever want to delete them, and remember to remove that directory from the PATH after "uninstalling" (optional).

>>60164532
Some people drink hot water. The Chinese especially like to drink plain hot water as they think it regulates the body or some shit.

>>60173634

I'd really need some help on this
Using a gnome or unity Ubuntu helps somewhat in that I can use my graphics card, but the windows problems still persist and I still get the error messages from the software updater

>>60174107
Thanks senpai.

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#!/bin/ksh
for * in *.png
do
    png2ff < $file > $(echo $file | sed -e 's/.png/.ff/');
done
./conv.sh[5]: cannot create : No such file or directory
sed: -e expression #1, char 8: unterminated `s' command
./conv.sh[5]: cannot create : No such file or directory
sed: -e expression #1, char 8: unterminated `s' command
./conv.sh[5]: cannot create : No such file or directory
sed: -e expression #1, char 8: unterminated `s' command
[etc etc etc]

why doesnt this work?

>>60174367
Honestly I don't know. I'd run a memtest to check if ram is the problem

>>60174399

for file in *.png

>>60174417
thats actually what it says, I was a dummy and mistyped it there.

>>60174337

Great but that still doesn't explain how dpkg knows where all the files were scattered during installation in order to remove them, especially in the absence of the installation script.

>>60174399
for i in *.png; do png2ff < "$i" > "${i%.*}.ff"; done

>>60174435
>how dpkg knows where all the files were scattered during installation
By maintaining a database that contains precisely this information.

>>60174437
that works, thank you

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>>60174437
>${i%.*}.ff
Nice, goodbye sed. Not that anon by the way.

So there's this guy who makes pixelart (https://khaled482.tumblr.com/) and since it's pixelart, it should be possible to scale it to any size (like a wallpaper), right? How would I do this with imagemagick?

>>60174444

So if an installation program doesn't go through dpkg and simply copy pastes the files, dpkg wouldn't know about it. It's not like it keeps track of all copied files on Linux.

>>60169226
They're going to discontinue the API for mopidy-spotify this year, no?

>>60174539
Yes. You can also install things with make, or use self contained folders in /opt for example.

>>60174537

ffmpeg -i "$smallimage" -s "$newx:$newy" "$bigimage"

>>60174539
Yes.

sed 's#Linux#GNU/Linux#g' <<< "$yourpost"

>>60174528

man -P 'less +/Parameter\ Expansion' bash

>>60174588
I read about it just last week I think, I just keep forgetting and go back to sed. But not anymore!

>>60174603
sed is beautiful
https://github.com/aureliojargas/sed-scripts/blob/master/arkanoid.sed
https://github.com/uuner/sedtris

>>60174570
>or use self contained folders in /opt for example.

This only works if I have the source code right? Can I force nonfree, 3rd party, binary-only software to install to a single folder?

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>>60174537

convert tumblr_odfj1vskef1soktugo1_1280.png -quality 100 -resize 1920x out.png

>>60174684
No, you don't need the source for self contained folders because they are usually binaries that you put in opt and link to your bin path. You can use make with --prefix=pathtoyourfolder to build there, but I'm not sure if some problems appears. I don't know much about this though

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GNU WALLPAPER THREAD
>>>/wg/6913124

When you only need a single terminal window for what you're doing, do you use your terminal emulator or a TTY.
I find TTYs so fucking comfy.

>>60175147
https://github.com/markjones112358/dmenu-extended
Try this

>>60175171
Will look at it; however, I just noticed that I can, in fact, do what I want with dmenu.

Is MATE a good DE?

>>60175489
dunno m8

>>60175489

It's basically nostalgia in DE form. If you liked GNOME2, MATE will be perfect for you. Otherwise, eh.

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/a/ is talking about GNUnet, the filesharing application, some memers are attaking GNU, get in here guys >>>/a/156652546

>>60173634
format C:

>>60175692
gnunet is fucking shit though

>>60175692
this is not gnu general, son

>>60175732
I don't see valid argument there

>>60175735
GNU+Linux :)

>>60165109
You should give i3 a try. It's a bit ugly out of the box, but it's extremely powerful and comfy.

>>60175489
How should WE know what is good for YOU?

>>60175769
I asked in general not just for me faggot

>>60175775
>general
who?

>>60165694
This is a very good analogy.

>>60175803
You should kill yourself.

lmao, some fag found out that the intel botnet actually runs minix: https://mail.coreboot.org/pipermail/coreboot/2017-April/084080.html
t-thanks cuck licenses

searching for a nice litte distro for my zip disquette, suggestions?

>>60176069
puppy

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>>60175973
>a hidden cpu inside my cpu is actually running an entire operating system

>>60163817
I tried to cast iw and none of the mirrors had the tarball. also, can you give me some advice on how to configure the init system so as to initiate wpa_supplicant on startup?

>>60176810
most modern cpus have such engines, thats basically why libreboot supports just pre 2008 cpus
these engines actually have a lot of control, read this: https://libreboot.org/faq.html#intel

>>60176999
>The ME also has network access with its own MAC address through an Intel Gigabit Ethernet Controller.
Why would my CPU need network access?

>>60177039
It's nothing to worry about goy, nothing to worry about.

Why is KDE so bloated?

Creating an fstab file, how would I mount a windows EFI partition?

Specifically in the <type> column, should I just put "auto"?

>>60177423
Because you meant to install Lumina instead.

>>60177581
I should clarify that "file -sL" tells me that the partition is FAT32. Should I put "vfat"? or "auto?" Something else?

>>60177581
use grub autoprober

Holy shit I hate KDE, it feels so weird and alien. Should I try to get used to this? It seems to be super fast and qt seems to be the future.

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>>60175973
>>60176810
>>60176999
>>60177039
>>60177078

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Would having this sticker on the lid of my Thinkpad make me look edgy, or would it be just a nice way to let fellow Linux users know my distro of choice?

>>60177908
It would be an efficient way of letting fellow Linux users know you're a wannabe faggot.

>>60177908
Fellow linux users would laugh at you and perhaps beat you.

>>60177908
just like 99% of people won't mind an Intel sticker or a Windows sticker, so won't 99% of Linux users mind a Linux Mint sticker. It looks fine, use it

>>60177908
Stickers are for posers

>>60177952
*niggers

>>60177908
nobody will care and then you will switch distros one month later

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>>60177954
>inb4 hiroshimoot makes a new word filter changing niggers to posers

New thread:
>>60177975
>>60177975
>>60177975

>>60177916
>>60177920
Is that honestly what you think?
I mean if it were an Arch or Gentoo sticker, that would seem more try-hard to me unless you have a really high power level. What about a regular old Linux penguin?

I just want to invite conversation from fellow Linux users. I'm a university student.

>>60177978
The penguin will do, it's a good thing halfway from ubuntu/mint faggotry and arch edgyness.

>>60177978
Tux isn't a brand tho.

Putting a mint sticker on is like putting a vista sticker on a macbook.

Alright so I just did a fresh install of debian 8 and this is the process I had to go through to install the IDLE for Python 3.4:

- try to download and install idle-python3.4 package
- get told I need python3-tk package
- try to download and install python3-tk package
- get told I need blt_2.5.3 package
- try to download and install blt_2.5.3 package
get told I need tk8.6 package
- try to download and install tk8.6 package
- Success!
- Do all of the above in reverse order

Is this how it's going to be for every package I try to install? Is there an easier way?

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