/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

first for fedora

Should bee feels GNUD man

>>61174374
That's a bit tight for modern distros. especially since some (Ubuntu does this) have a habit of keeping multiple kernels around. I'd give it 512MB. That's rather more than you strictly need but it's not a lot in absolute terms, and it'll ensure you don't have problems when a new kernel comes around. Especially since with a static /boot and an encrypted rest of the disk it's a pain to fuck with partition sizes after the fact.

why wont windows boot from the grub?

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>>61174438

>>61174703
It's a security feature.

>>61174677
Thanks. I have one last question, if i want to create snapshots of my system later in case i fuck up and my root partition is 30GB that means the snapshot partition also has to be 30GB?

>>61174805
I know btrfs and ZFS snapshots are copy-on-write, so snapshots are "free" (only data that you change takes up extra space, and only until you delete the last snapshot that references it) And I'm pretty sure LVM is the same way, though I haven't used LVM much myself. So in other words, no, you don't need an extra 30GB to snapshot a 30GB partition.

>>61174778
>>>61174438 (OP)
Are these two Stallmans biggest fans?

>>61174799
really? its on a desktop so no secureboot i think. how do i fix it?

>distrowatch introduces rating/voting
>devuan in the top 5 distros
https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=ranking&sort=votes

>>61174906
Welcome to Linux, friend.

>>61174982
GNU/Linux*

My autism is flaring up. I have a file which is intended for all users, so storing in anyone user's home folder is a no go even if it is accessible. What is the best international waters place to put such file?

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>>61174973
Was about time. Distrowatch made everyone install Mint.

>>61175011
If the file has proper permissions you can store this file anyway and if the rest of the users know the exact path of the file they will be able to access it.

Just pick whatever description suits your file best
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard

Or make your own directory with read access for everyone

>>61174973
well i sent a review for sourcemage, that counts as a vote right?

I have a weird graphical glitch I am not sure how to debug.
I have this old game I play through wine.
When I quit the game, the colors are off on the screen which ran the game.
I have found that the going into the gamma settings (I use KDE) restores the colors on the screen without having me change anything.

Does anyone know if there is a way to automate this so I can run it in the desktop file when the game terminates?

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>>61174973
Good to see clueless /v/edditors from here already dipping their fingers in it.

Just made the switch from Win10 on my laptop to Manjaro- first time using linux. My PC runs so fucking smooth now, and everything has pretty much improved. How can anyone willingly use Win10 after trying this shit out?

>>61175151
Yeah don't get your hopes high up to avoid being dissapointed in the future.
Sooner or later shit will go sideways, it always does.
So remember. Don't get frustreated, keep your chin high up and don't give up.

>>61175151
certain software is windows only. my mom uses gnu linux and has nt had any isssues with it

>>61175177
hmm.

wine is fucking trash

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What are some cool terminal commands?

>>61175337
sudo apt-get install gayporn

>>61175319
That's the thing. All the programs I use are already on here. And I can't even understand the "muh games" stuff because all my emulators are on pacman.

>>61175337
sudo apt-get install gnuchess
gnuchess

>>61175378
dev software. every daw (ableton, cubase, etc) except bitwig, photoshop, adobe cs. other stuff too. games means modern games, not emulators. wine is a shit solution as is because its still buggy as hell

>>61175151
muh gaems. that's literally all i boot up that partition for. everything else is done on gahnoo/loonix

>>61175337
dd if=* of=*

It's only with me or wine run like shit? It's bugged as hell

>>61175469
Works fine for me. The Windows software however sometimes doesn't run so fine, because it's fucking Windows software. Consider using Windows.

>>61175337

grep . < /dev/tcp/time.nist.gov/13

>>61175386
gnugo is neat

>>61175496
>Consider using Windows.
Friendly thread.
>>61175456
dd if="$(locate | shuf -n1)" of="$(locate | shuf -n1)"

>>61175550
locate needs a search pattern you dum dum

>>61175516
gnuchess by comparison takes too long to think.

>>61175562
Thought it works (find works without '.').

>>61175580
find . means that find is searching in the current directory. It's not a search pattern.

>>61175496
I don't like Windows actually, I really want to use Linux to everything except vidya. But I can't since Photoshop and Illustrator runs like shit

>>61175550
I'm being friendly. If he wants to run Windows software he should use Windows. It's either that or we use up n posts troubleshooting for somebody too stubborn to just accept that his shit just isn't going to run properly in an environment it wasn't ever supposed to run in.

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

>>61175644
ubuntu mate

>>61175644
gentoo, please leave pepe poster

>>61175615
Linux is just the kernel. To avoid confusion, you should call the system GNU/Linux.

Why do so many ignorant imbeciles claim to see value in GNU and Linux but at the same time willingly use services like Netflix, Steam, Google, Discord, etc? Steam especially - it goes against everything free and is literal malware that datamines your system info, user habits, chat logs, and who knows what else.

>>61175697
What makes you think I'm using these dis-services?

>>61175697
you can see the value of it, but not be able/want to give up what you get from any of those services. rms is an extremist, too free and pure for this world

>>61175697
i use none of those. but all of those are opt in, which is partially the difference here, and all can at least be obfuscated

>>61175644
It has been on reddit. The meme is dead.
https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxmemes/comments/661j6x/the_best_lightweight_and_userfriendly_distro_for/

>>61175695
fuck off, stallman

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>>61175697
Most people don't join the community because freedom, but for the practical benefits.

>>61175813
what the hell, kid

Is there terminal command that displays the current system time?

>>61175869
echo $((RANDOM))

>>61175869
man date

>>61175011
On my server I made a partition called /srv that is readable by all.
On my personal computer I'd use some subdirectory of /etc

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>>61175869
date

>>61175902
>>61175911
Of course, thanks. I was confused why time didn't show it.

>>61175926
time counts the execution time of a program. You use it like this:

$ time <some command>

I am new to the masterrace. What it is about Arch that is making everyone lose their shit?

>>61175926
Keep in mind you can format date.
So date +%R will get you a 24h clock without seconds

>>61175954
Did you get a ban on all the popular search engines out there or did baby Jesus take your keyboard from you for being a faggot that needs spoonfeeding?

>>61175958
Yes, the manpage told me so.
Was considering adding the current time to my PS1 but then I reconsidered and decided to just

alias now='date "+%H:%M:%S"'

instead.

>>61175954
Just works

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>>61176089

I'm a Linux newfag and I want to play muh vidya gaymes. I have an AMD card (R9 380), how the fuck do I figure out which drivers I should use?

>>61176166
install gentoo

>>61176104
It does though. I don't even know what it is about it but I've never had to fight it in order to do anything.
I distro-hopped like a mad cunt for years and always ended up getting mad and going back to Arch where shit is simple, easy, and fucking werks.

>>61176175
haha

>>61175990
I have that as part of my left prompt. As a clock of course it's pointless, what it's convenient for is knowing when the latest command finished. Admittedly that doesn't sound super important, but I sometimes find it useful whereas my username and hostname I don't need to be reminded of.

I recently also added a human-friendly representation of the latest command's runtime as my right prompt. Not as accurate as running it with time but pretty convenient.

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>>61176104

>>61176166
R9 380 is Volcanic Islands and you have a choice of free amdgpu driver or proprietary amdgpu-pro driver.

I can say from experience that the free amdgpu driver is superior in every way, even gaming performance. At least if you use any recent version of it.

What distro do you have?

>>61175132
Start with

man xrandr

. You can change your gamma values with that, and maybe you can also find some innocuous command that gets rid of the glitch without changing anything.

Might also be a good idea to check winehq for reports of that bug and fixes/workarounds.

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>tfw just found another free replacement for a nonfree program

>>61176283
>tfw forgot to post which
unar > unrar

How does the encryption in linux work when it asked me if i want to encrypt my home folder? Does that mean that other users home folders will not be encrypted?
How will mine be? By a password? Does that mean than it will decrypt it self when i log in and thus if i'm not logged in no demons or apps can write into my home folder and such?

>>61176230
I'm using Xubuntu. Does the free driver really have better performance? I thought proprietary drivers would always be faster but Idk

>>61176303
linux asks you to encrypt your home folder?

>>61176283
>tfw it's garbage like all foss with the proprietary alternative being literally 100 times better and used as a standard by the industry

>>61176322
what the hell, kid

>>61176321
yes

any pinguy users?
it will be my first distro btw

>>61175337
moon-buggy

>>61176316
>Does the free driver really have better performance?
The most recent versions do. AMD drivers were always wonky but at least this time they're wonky in a good way.

Although *Ubuntu seems to have pretty old packages so you might get better performance out of the proprietary driver. You'll probably have to test that yourself.

Link for proprietary driver:
https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/AMDGPU-PRO-Driver-for-Linux-Release-Notes.aspx
There are installation instructions that I know work since I used them some months ago.
Also contrary to what's written on the page, you do NOT need the LunarG Vulkan SDK to use Vulkan.

>install Debian 9 Cinnamon
>not prompted to create a user account
>first boot
>please enter username and password

What do I type in?

>>61176493
Ok thanks so much, do you have a link for the free driver too?

>>61176607
root and your root-password

>>61176789
thats the thing, never during the installation did I set a root password, any password

>>61177031
did you try root and nothing as password?

>>61176205
>what it's convenient for is knowing when the latest command finished.
Pretty much my train of thought but then I decided I'd rather just do

command && now

if I care about the finishing time. I already have various notification aliases (one that beeps, one that shows on screen and one that sends me an email) so having another that I just append to the long running command makes sense.
I do like having the username and hostname displayed in the prompt because I use ssh quite a lot and often switch users on the same machine.

>>61176607
Sounds like a live CD. Try username "user" and password "live"

>>61176322
CIA Nigger detected

>>61177040
yes, to no avail

>>61177132
its a standard iso, written to a flash drive using rufus

>>61177195
>rufus
Release & insallation notes tell you to avoid using rufus, that might be it.
Anyways, no matter what installation you use, it should at either:
1. Create root w/ password.
2. Create user w/ password, root has another password.
3. Create user w/ sudo priv, no root password.
4. Be a live cd and use user:live login.

>>61176619
The free driver is in official repos and should be installed by default anyway.
If not, the package is called xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu

>>61176493
Alright I tried to install AMDGPU-PRO and it asked me to disable safe boot to install third-party drivers so I did, but now when I boot into Xubuntu and login, it's stuck and I can't click on anything. What's going on now?

>>61177243
Do you have Xubuntu 16.04 LTS or the newer 17.04?

>>61177285
16.04 LTS I believe

Is vim the best command line editor?

>>61177177
how are you even posting here terry, temple os doesn't support networking

>>61177315
It should have worked then...
Anyway, you can either try to fix the problem that keeps X from starting or uninstall the driver.
Both require that you switch to another virtual terminal, which you can do by pressing CTRL+ALT+F1 (or F2, F3, ... there are 7 in total on Ubuntu).

You can read through the logfile and search for errors and then try to fix them:

less /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Arrow keys for navigation, space scrolls one page, q to quit.

Uninstalling the driver is covered in the guide but I'm going to put it here too:

sudo amdgpu-pro-uninstall

>>61177442
What is a command line editor? Something that edits a command line? Or a line editor that takes commands? Or an editor run from the command line? In which case Vim is none of these.

>>61177462
I remember someone adding networking support to TempleOS just to spite Terry.

>>61177462
https://github.com/tramplersheikhs/uriel

>>61177442
Yes it is. Normally it would be nano if syntax highlighting wasn't broken like shit in it

>>61177516
I can't believe that someone actually learned terry's proprietary programming language just to make a meme

>>61175431
Dev is better on Linux. You even get cross compilers for Windows via mingw.

>>61177587
It's public domain, though.

>>61177587
>HolyC
>proprietary
lol, wut?

>>61177472
What am I supposed to enter when the virtual terminal asks for a login?

>>61177442
Yes.

>>61177442
for me, nano's easier

>>61177672
Universe was created by the god, stardast and shit eventually formed living matter which evolved into humans, where one human made temple OS, and since terry was made by god that means temple os is a subsidiary of the god and since god never stated that his creation was foss, it means by by the current licensing laws that his code language is propriatery (as is all foss, nobody has the legal right to claim that his work is foss when it belongs to god, who holds the copyright)

>>61175903
>/srv that is readable by all.
Enjoy being hacked

>>61177749
When i open shit like samba config in nano it's all white and incredibly hard to find anything, but in vim everything is like a pretty rainbow with comments being blue, and variables yellow and such and it's sooo easy to orient myself in it, vim wins by a land slide

>>61177780
???

>>61175721
>too free and pure
stallman is not a philosophically pure person. he follows his ideals when convenient, and ignores them or slightly alters them when the conflict isn't worth it.

stallman is an egoist in denial, afraid of admitting that he just wants some fucking source code instead of a world where he has to rely on other people because he knows he wouldn't get it that way.

his system has some practical merits but his attempts at creating moral justifications are completely pathetic and nonsensical. how low do you have to be to have to make up bullshit "oughts" when you can just say "it would be fucking better"?

>>61177695
Your account name, which should be the same one as in the graphical login you usually use.
Usually all lower case and without spaces. Your home directory has the same name.

>>61175697
Do you have factual evidence of steam or other services doing this?
Or are you just showboating with no factual evidence?

I dont value gnushit at all or the 4 commandments you stallmanist worship.

Live in the real world why dont you

>>61177804
>and ignores them or slightly alters them when the conflict isn't worth it.
he literally rejected a netflix and chill request. if that isn't too in the free extreme, i don't know what is.

>>61177783
ok, ikr, but for me it's just easier lulz, maybe someday

>>61177850
Does he use buses,trains,airplanes?
They use proprietary hardware and software to run raid hardware(fly by wire)
Does he use taxi's?
The gps the cab driver uses is closed source(blackberry,apple,android) proprietary software and hardware.
Does he use microphones at his speeches at universities and conferences?
The microphone and the audio equipment is closed source propitiatory software and hardware.

He is one GIGANTIC hypocrite.

>>61177783
Surely you can change the theme in either editor to make it look shit?

>>61177783
You can write your own syntax highlighting, you know. It's not broken, your nanorc just doesn't have .conf highlighting.
I haven't exactly been keeping up with the posts, so sorry if you're not the guy who said the syntax highlighting is broken.

>>61177886
>raid
*said

>>61177899
there is absolutely no excuse for it not working out of the box

>>61177886
He does not use those things personally, and in no way does he force the people who use it to use proprietary software.
There is plenty of free audio software and navigation software,

>>61177908
It does on some distros. I think debian has a fully written nanorc by default, maybe OpenSUSE, too. Arch doesn't.
Do a "ls /usr/share/local/nano" or wherever your distro keeps this shit to see what your install comes with.

>>61177832
In their privacy policy you agree to when using their software, you imbecile.

>>61177886
Are you stupid. How is software running in someone else computer related to your freedom, retard?

>>61177947
So what does he use at conferences/universities?
Ive seen footage of him using a microphone.
every time.So his a hypocrite and is using closed software and hardware because its convenient for him

>free audio/navigation
Universities and conference halls are given a suite of software and hardware and they use them.They dont give a fuck about anything but it working properly

>personally
But he is.I just laid out 3 cases in which he does go against his "principles" and "commandments".
Seeing how his biggest income is donations from conferences and met ups,hes directly violating his "freedoms" to gain money.

>>61177996
He is using said software and hardware.He is directly violating his own freedoms.


Hypocrite

>>61175431
There used to be regular Linux DAW reviews on LWN. I haven't been following it lately.

>>61175498
> compiling tcp support into your shell
Such a stupid buggy meme feature. Networking has too many differences from rules to convincingly masquerade as them. Leave that shit to toy distros like plan9

>>61178048
>Linux DAW
whats this

crunchbang++ a good distro?

I love the way it looks .

>>61178022
You're retarded and far away from reality dude. Please fuck off.

>>61177816
Thanks, it works now, but how should I reinstall the driver differently without breaking it?

>>61178022
do you realize that its impossible to be "pure" and that there are contradictions in everything ... thats life
Ur argument is silly. If we used that for everything nothing would ever get done cuz muh ideological purity. Just gotta do the best we can

>>61178111
Oh look the stallmanist has been presented with cases in which its savior is violating his own principles,and he directly results to a d hominem

Perfect behavior for a stallmanist
Bravo.
Cognitive dissonance much?

>>61178123
>nothing ever get done
Then why dont you change the world the way you want to instead of making breaks when its convenient for you? Why not be pure and be a showcase for others? (Gandhi ,Mlk)

Why does he have this extremist behavior and attitude about things? When in reality he is breaking his own morals?

>>61175697
This >>61175836
I don't use Linux because I think closed and invasive software is ethically wrong.

>>61178166
>Linux
Bare kernel, Android, GNU or embedded?

>>61176205
What is a "representation of the latest command's runtime"? Showing what container it is in?

>>61178166
then why are you here?

I need some filesharing software for my server, it needs to use http to serve files and I want to be able to generate a download link for folders/files.

I don't really need to upload to it, just serve files

>>61178255
Basic http directory listing

>>61177756
But since everyone is a subsidiary of God, everyone has full claim to His creations, and therefore everything is free/libre.

>>61178260
I don't want them having access to other files n folders that share the same directory tho

>>61178090
Digital audio workstation

Question time: What is better?
A: Disabling a feature/service you don't want
B: Enabling a feature/service you do want

Be cautious; 90% of /g/nu users get this wrong.

>>61178296
.htaccess

>>61178166
>use linux
>linux
Mr. Torvalds is OK with that.

>>61178311
b, clearly

>>61178317
but dat takes 2 much effort

>>61178253
I like being able to modify my system to work the way I want, rather than having to work around the system.

>>61178180
Yes

>>61178355
>I like having freedom and control
>*uses proprietary software with DRM, etc for the sake of "convenience"*
You contradict yourself.

>>61178311
Depends on the feature but b leaves me with more.

>>61178364
No, there is no contradiction there. I also like to cook my own food the way I want but sometimes I will eat out.

>>61178122
I don't know what went wrong so I'm afraid I can't help you with that.
That's the problem with proprietary GPU drivers. They work all right but are an absolute bitch to fix if something goes wrong.

As a slightly different approach to the problem, you can consider upgrading to or reinstalling Xubuntu 17.04 which has a pretty recent version of the free amdgpu driver.
I've never used *Ubuntu long enough to bother with upgrading, so I can't help you with that either.

I need to go get some sleep now, but I hope you'll find a way to make it work.

>>61178364
You are using 4chan,an anime image board with closed source proprietary software,that is being executed in your browser,on your computer system.

You are using closed source proprietary google recaptcha software,to post on 4chan.

What now faggot?

>>61178408
wtf i hate free software now
i'm installing windows as we speak

>>61178408
>linux is cuckold communist trash, bsd is non cucked and pro white and not controlled by kikes
We're read his already 10000 times. Please fuck off, kid.

Why CIA Niggers keep posting in our thread?
Is this sum /fglt/ mimay that i haven't heard about?

>>61178450
What? Cant handle the truth?

(psst,you used closed source proprietary software again when you used that google recaptcha to make that post :^) )

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>>61178408
math

>me, helping my fellow channers jumping off the botnet train: ~2-3 new users/month

>me, not helping my fellow channers: NaN

>>61178497
So you also like to contradict your morals like your savior?
Nice!

>>61178339
You want something complex. Nut up and deal.

>>61178509
When it helps freedom, even BSD is a good choice.

>>61178519
So you change your morals on the drop of a fap rag.But you continue to spout your "freeeedumb" nonsense at the same time?

Gandhi didnt give up his hunger strike when it was convenient for him,did he?

Sorry to bother you guys with turbopleb helpdesk shit, but can someone walk me through building ungoogled chromium? I didn't find any of the documentation particularly useful.

Why do people keep attacking stallman? It's just like they want us to think Free Software is something bad.

>>61178403
Ok well thanks for all the help, good night.

>>61178540
You download it
Follow their build instructions
compile it
then use it

>>61178541
Ever played football?

>>61178541
>people like a thing
>other people don't like people liking a thing
It's basic 4chan.

>>61178566
>you always attack the guy who got the ball
3deep5me

>>61178560
Well, I was going to try that, but the instructions were a bit lacking:
>Other Linux distributions
>Setting up the build environment
>TODO
>Build
>TODO

It can't be that hard though, can it?

>>61176322
Why do you come to this thread?

>>61178629
its a series of python scripts....

Is there a good guide for installing Linux with Raid 0?
Arch wiki is full of broken links and the narcissists on the forums make me want to an hero

>>61178765
install gentoo

>>61178780
mc fucking kill yourself :^)

>>61178787
install gentoo

>>61178799
i'm asking how, you meme-spewing currynigger

>>61178814
install gentoo

>>61178787
Don't do that. You can go into jail for this. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/opinion/michelle-carter-didnt-kill-with-a-text.html?_r=0

>>61178765
Raid controller?
madam?
Be more specific

>>61178828
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aen4zs5LpgE

>>61178837
soft raid (mdadm)

>>61178843
It's not allowed to use proxies on 4chan. Please leave.

>>61178843
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/RAID#Example_1._RAID0

>>61178860
>spoonfeeding the idiots

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Alright /g/ help me choose between
Void Linux and Alpine Linux

>>61178871
Android Linux

Is there a way to make spacefm who image icons previews for folders which contain images?
It works fine for videos and image media but not on the folder icon.Or is there another fm that has this feature?

>>61178881
exxdee

>>61178871
Void is ok, but basically just showcase distro for the package manager. Alpine sucks.

>>61178923
>>61178923
Thanks... but why Alpine sucks especially ?

>>61178868
>muh elitism
I want archfags to leave

>>61178828
chill, he'd just go to a juvenile center for a couple years

>>61178995
how's your first day on 4chinz, redditor?

Can I use GNU Stow to manage my dotfiles locally or do I have to use GitHub?

>>61179015
edgy af!

>>61179017
Both.

>>61179017
>Can I use GNU Stow to manage my dotfiles locally
sure, thats what it literally does

Does anyone know if the Asus z170ar works for gpu passthrough?

I'm using xfce right now, and I'm afraid of installing kdenlive because it has a ton of kde dependencies. will my pc get bloated if I do it?

>>61180994
>will my pc get bloated
It will take up more space but if a bunch of kde programs start running and taking up ram (probably wont) you should be able to kill them and disable their services with no problem.

I'm trying to download xflux on my laptop with Xubuntu installed.
No experience at all with Linux, what do?

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I booted into arch after a while of windows and it said i needed pulse audio for sound when i never did before, what is happening here?
before it would just boot muted and i would go to alsamixer to unmute it everytime now it wont play any sound.

To top it off my urxvt font changed to really small and spaced out with a completely different font, does pacman -Syu really kill the machine

>>61178339
Don't think it gets any simpler than that. You could just google the htaccess file for your needs, even.

So which polkit authentication agents do you guys generally use for i3/stump/whatever wm?

>>61181225
>polkit
I thought that meme had died and those crazy xdg cats had moved on to sysd or something.

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my sticker came in the mail d=(´▽｀)=b

Not to create a systemd debate here, but how do I disable the new network names?

ln -s /dev/null /etc/systemd/network/99-default.link

worked for my wlan card, but my ethernet card still have the meme name I refuse to type.
How do you disable it for all cards?

what's the different between a window manager and desktop environment?

>>61181461
Try linking 80-net-setup-link.rules

>>61181475
I wm just arranges windows on the screen, sometimes decorates them, sometimes handles the top (or bottom) bar with currently running things, systray, alt+tab. A DE handles wider system config and bundles a bunch of graphical applications for handling common desktop activities.

>>61181480
that worked.
Thanks.
What fine manual did you use to find this?

>>61181461
add

net.ifnames=0

to the kernel command line. This is usually done by adding it to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT in /etc/default/grub

>>61181124
1. GNU/Linux
2. don't use flux, use redshift. open the application center or whatever it is called and search for gtk-redshift then start it from the application menu

>>61181507
yea saw that option too.
it just bothered me that the first option listed in the documentation doesn't work.
The whole problem should not have been solved the way it was solved.

>>61181504
The arch wiki. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network_configuration#Change_device_name

>>61181589
okay...
they cite the source of this to https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PredictableNetworkInterfaceNames/ which suggest I should create the link, but the wiki suggest that I should create the rule.

>>61181689
but you need both

>Trying to edit kernal
>can't find it
ree

>>61182083
https://www.kernel.org/
Probably because you spelt it wrong.

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I write a quick alias to convert all PNG images to JPG images. However, it sometimes fails and creates a whole bunch of files with weird, repeating names. I'm guessing something's wrong with how I rename the files by using basename.

Could someone take a look at this alias and tell me how to write it better so it's more stable? Thanks!

alias png2jpg='for f in *.png; do convert -strip -quality 95% "$f" "`basename "$f" .png`.jpg"; done; rm *.png'                             

>>61175431
>daw
Bitwig, Ardour, LMMS, Tracktion, Audacity, Qtractor, Rosegarden?

>>61182205
Looks fine, apart from using backticks.
Could any of the files start with '-' or something?

>>61182311
Hmm.. no. some have spaces tho but I think this should work fine with spaces.

I always wondered if there was a better way to remove the file extension and add a new one when doing alias and bash scripting... Something's definitely fucked up but I don't know what.

one time last year I used this alias and my whole machine locked up. only SYSREQ managed to save me from losing files.

>>61178022
>He is using said software and hardware
HE isn't using it. The bus driver does.
What are you saying, that he shouldn't go to the hospital because they use proprietary software for their systems? That he shouldn't use shops because there's proprietary software in their systems?
If you did a five minute research you would know the answer to this because he's spoken about those exact things but you don't care, you just like shitting at someone's lifestyle over the internet, probably because you don't have any integrity of your own and you are so insecure you need to attack everyone else and debunk their life philosophies with some bullshit "arguments".
You are a sad person.

>>61178092
Just install debian netinst and download xorg and openbox. No need to go downstream for something that simple.

>>61175697
I don't use any of those anymore. If I want to get a video game I will use GOG.com because they are the best platform for that. DRM free, no bullshit applications you need to have open and connected to the internet, you just install and play. And no I am not shilling here, I didn't buy anything from them yet, but I did pirate some of their games and they worked well on GNU/Linux.
The only Google thing I use is YouTube, but only because there's not a real alternative that people actually use.
Also I can't seem to get away from Facebook. Nowadays I only use it to stay in contact with some people, and I can't seem to make them switch to a free service because "why do this when everyone already uses facebook lol"
At least I have their trackers and ads blocked. Zuckerberg deserves AIDS. He singlehandedly ruined internet communication.

>>61182385
>Zuckerberg deserves AIDS. He singlehandedly ruined internet communication.
X did thing I don't like, they deserve a terrible disease! Fuck you anon, you are a sick person.

>>61182419
Calm down, mom, it was just a joke.

>>61178536
>Gandhi
He literally only succeded because India didn't have any value anymore for Britain. If they still wanted India they could and would have crushed him easily.

When will development on Debian resume?
There still seem to be no new packages in testing/sid.

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>>61182083
>calling kernel kernal

Between tar.gz, tar.xz and other types of archive like 7z and zip I'm confused as to which the best option is for compressing files. What should I use if I want to compress folders and share them between gnu+linux PCs? It seems like gz and xz are the most common, which is better?

>>61182522
I found that 7z gives the best compression.
tar.gz seems to be the standard. git uses it, and basically any source code archive is wrapped in a gzipped tarball, and it's installed by default probably on every distro.
I don't know about xz though, I rarely see it.

What is the best desktop env which works with xrdp? mate?

>>61182445
There is no policy stoping new packages, it is just down to packagers not focusing on new upstream versions during the freeze and then now new versions taking a while to get packaged, transition and not be blocked by their dependancies doing likewise. There have been lots of point updates this week.

Which Arch package should I use for mpv? mpv from the official repos, mpv-git from the AUR, or mpv-build-git?

>>61182580
That makes sense.
I want GNOME 3.24, I need that night light :(

>>61182522
xz is better compression but takes more resources when compressing. I can't remember which one takes more resources when uncompressing, there are lots of benchmarks on the web though.

>>61182589
whichever ships the latest version marked as stable by the devs.

>>61182477
kernal

>>61182580
https://release.debian.org/migration/

So basically i set up samba to let me into the /home dir.
When i log in via windows network i can write into my own /home/anon directory but nowhere else (obviously since i don't own those other dirs in /home)
but i need to set samba to let me write anywhere in /home without actually doing some fuckery like actually tranfering the ownership to the entire /home to myself in linux
is this possible?

>>61182589
>>61182599
If it's in the official repos, use that one.
Why use an unofficial build compiled by some random guy when there is a tested package released by the devs?

>>61182682
There is no way to do that without having samba run and write as root (baaaad!) or doing what you said or chowning everything as owned by eg group "users" and adding group write permissions.

>>61182682
Why not just set up one shared folder with subdirectories inside? I don't know what you are trying to do but if you just want to access files between machines the best way is to do this.

>>61174438
Been using Fedora on a clean install and Ive been getting these shitty freezes where I have to restart via power button. Anyone else had an issue similar to this in the past?

>>61182431
zuckerberg should get aids though

>>61182917
Basically i want to be able to edit files of other users from windows file explorer over the network without having to log in as them

>>61182988
check your previous system logs for anything suspicious.

journalctl or whatever it is called in memed.

>>61174438
Who uses mksh?

>>61183092
That doesn't sound very secure.
I don't know if any tool will let you do that

>>61183115
thanks bro

Oh shit, just got back my results from cambridge english, i took the C1 exam and got C2, finally i can put on my resume that i maek gut eglish

I have finally earned the right to switch my system language from chinese to english. Feels good.

>>61181475

Desktop environments are a collection of software you'd usually want to have a "desktop" experience.
Desktop environments have window managers. A window manager is part of your desktop environemnt.

I have Linux installed. I want to format the whole drive where it is installed without a Live USB. Can I do it with from the Linux installation itself or it will fail mid-way?

i installed steam on arch
but when i run steam-native it displays Steam (Runtime) on the GNOME taskbar
is that a bug or am i really running the runtime version?

>>61183558
*GNU/Linux
Obviously not, you cannot format the partition that's already in use.
Better put gparted live on a CD/DVD or USB and do it from there.

Is it safe to create new directory in /home or will loonix think it's a user or something and break everything?

>>61183627
Ok. Thanks.

>>61183652
completely safe. /home is not a special place in this matter, basic user info like UID and password are in files in /etc and you can create a home directory in a place other than /home.

Why are files permissions so retarded?
execute - 1 .. so far so good,
read - 2 ..its second on the list so it's number 2, makes perfect sense
write - 3 .. nice and sim- LOL NOPE write = 4 XDDD *autistic screeching*
o-ok th-thanks stallman

>>61183839
That is because only prime numbers can be used you idiot.

>>61177031
if you use 4 for write every combination of the three is unique

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>>61183839
medium quality bait

How can i play an mp3 from an ssh terminal?

>>61184052
mplayer/mpv works just fine from terminal sessions.

>>61184052
Just use mpd and connect to the stream.

>>61184128
>mplayer
Does this still exist?

If a file is rwxrwsrwx what is the s?

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>>61184190
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setuid

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>brother ask me to find him a laptop since he don't know shit about hardware
>browse some stores
>see pic related
>100 laptops with linux pre-installed.
Is this the year of the linux desktop yet ?

>>61184215
Nah, the transition to systemd/Linux is not complete yet, there's some resistance from the community

>>61184215
They only put linux there because it's free, those companies don't even have compatible drivers for loonix release because they know that everyone will immediately reformat and install windows

>>61183839

>>61184301
permissions were a mistake

>meanwhile on systemd:
>does your username start with a digit? you got root!
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/6237

>>61184418

>meanwhile on "i don't know anything about this, but i will pretend to be smart by hating it since it's systemd related"
Not only did you fail to realize what the issue is, but you rushed to jump on it for the reasons mentioned above.
Kill yourself, you might reincarnate as someone smarter.

>>61184215

>système d'exploitation

Why does that sound so lascivious and funny at the same time?

>>61184493
>Kill yourself
Friendly thread. Please leave.

>>61184202
No that is a common mistake, you are talking about capital S

>>61184190
Sticky bit

>>61184614
I never set it on that directory but it is on its parent, is sticky bit inherited by newly create subdirectories?

>>61182205
>I write a quick alias to convert
When something isn't just a nickname (alias) and actually does something, it should be a function.
>all PNG images to JPG images
WHY? Do you prefer lossy quality?
>Could someone take a look at this alias and tell me how to write it better so it's more stable? Thanks!
tl;dr 1:
- stop using aliases
- stop using backticks (these things ``, and use $() instead)

png2jpg() {
    for file in *.png; do
        convert -quality 95% -strip "${file%.*}.jpg"
    done

    # creepy
    rm *.png
}

tl;dr 1.1: delete only actually converted shit

png2jpg() {
    for file in *.png; do
        convert -quality 95% -strip "${file%.*}.jpg" && \
            rm "${file}"
    done
}

tl;dr 2: use mogrify which does the job in-place

png2jpg(){ 
    for file in *.png; do
        mogrify -format jpg -quality 95% -strip "$file"
    done
}

tl;dr 3:
- stop converting to jpg at all

>>61184634
why so many beginners use backticks?

>>61184614
Why would the sticky bit be on for group but not others? Also, on my arch linux the sticky bit is marked as 't'.

>>61184658
Because most tutorials on the web are beard old.

>>61184658
cuz copy paste 7 year old stackoverflow answers

Is there a way to set the whole / to 7777 so i don't have to constanly use sudo like a retard when editing files? I windows i can just easily edit any system file but in lunix it's a major pain in the ass

>>61184699

Install Windows and the "problem" will be solved.

>>61184699
Log in as root

>>61184493
I think it really it's any issue because it proceeds with potentially dangerous unexpected(!) behavior. Expecting your input to be correct and running as root when it isn't is irresponsible. Someone posted the obvious solution of checking it against username before uid, instead of after. Imagine if any other project had had a bug reported against it that it produces unexpected and dangerous behavior in input that it can demonstrably by expected to encounter in the wild, would you be happy if the devs just said "will, don't pass it malformed input and there will be no problem".

>>61184699
sudo chmod -R 777 /

>>61184699

 cp /usr/bin/nano[,tofuckmyshitup]
%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/usr/bin/nanotofuckmyshitup 

>>61184710
No. The manual says thats dangerous.

>>61184727
This is GNU/Linux. Here we may add --no-preserve-root.

>>61184736
And subverting the permission system fundamental to half the system isn't? Weak bait.

>>61184418
whenever something goes inconvenient, you can always lock the conversations and close the bug
- systemd development tao

>>61184824
If you don't like it, dont use it. It's Free Software.

>>61184847
Nice uneducated opinion

>>61184847
That's stupid. Valid criticism should always be encouraged. Especially in the case of a popular free software, since there are likely many who would fix the problems given the chance.

>>61184847
I don't use it but it is giving the whole modem ecosystem a bad name. You can't dismiss something as only personally important when it claims to be the future of modem Linux systems. Systemd had become the default on many systems because of what they promised, they do need to be held to that expectation.

More thread: >>61184920

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>>61184887
It is inadvisable to describe the free software community, or any human community, as an “ecosystem,” because that word implies the absence of ethical judgment.

The term “ecosystem” implicitly suggests an attitude of nonjudgmental observation: don't ask how what should happen, just study and understand what does happen. In an ecosystem, some organisms consume other organisms. In ecology, we do not ask whether it is right for an owl to eat a mouse or for a mouse to eat a seed, we only observe that they do so. Species' populations grow or shrink according to the conditions; this is neither right nor wrong, merely an ecological phenomenon, even if it goes so far as the extinction of a species.

By contrast, beings that adopt an ethical stance towards their surroundings can decide to preserve things that, without their intervention, might vanish—such as civil society, democracy, human rights, peace, public health, a stable climate, clean air and water, endangered species, traditional arts…and computer users' freedom.

>>61184938
pic saved

any chance for 1920x1080?

>>61184961
Try waifu2x.

>>61184938
This shows an ignorance of the etymology of the word ecology.

>>61184989
>This shows an ignorance of the etymology of the word 'ecology'.
FTFY

>>61184634
thanks anon! this is a stellar answer. thanks for showing progressions.

i tried to change from fedora to arch and i already fucked everything up. when booting the archiso from usb, after selecting usb efi from the bios boot menu and then efi from the cd boot menu i get black screen. i read somewhere that it might be nvidia's fault (i have an integrate+discrete gpu notebook from lenovo) but no workaround works. if i try to boot without efi (from the bios menu) i get failed to load ldlinux.c33