/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

How do I fix these errors?
[ 4.324981] EXT4-fs (sda1): re-mounted. Opts: errors=remount-ro
[ 4.812918] bluetooth hci0: Direct firmware load for brcm/BCM20702A1-0a5c-21e6.hcd failed with error -2
[ 434.040271] dleyna-renderer[2393]: segfault at 8 ip 00007f07bd0fae52 sp 00007ffdaeed8e40 error 4 in libdleyna-renderer-1.0.so.1.0.3[7f07bd0f2000+15000]
[ 1230.644421] traps: dleyna-renderer[4033] general protection ip:7ff6d042ce4e sp:7ffe9281b9f0 error:0

I've recently installed Arch on a Thinkpad. I've enabled natural scrolling just fine, and tap-to-click, but I feel like the trackpad is too sensitive to taps (i.e. I'll be scrolling and suddenly the machine thinks I right-clicked.) Is there some setting I can mess around with to change sensitivity?

>>62122816
read arch wiki on mouse acceleration and synaptics

>>62122712
When will libre firearms be more of a thing?

>>62122816
>trackpad
>thinkpad
what heresy is this?

>>62123016
I also have a mousepad.

>>62122816
Arch is for advanced users only.

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>>62122816
>using the trackpad on a thinkpad

>>62123158
no bully

Do you think downgrading from ubuntu 17.04 to 14.04 would make a difference in boot times? People say that this specific version "just works" and so far on 17.04 I get errors here and there on random shit.

>>62123180
>downgrading
>ever

>using ubuntu
>ever

>>62123205
Why do people recommend 14.04 then? I read it here all the time

>>62123180
>>62123176
no

>>62123158
I haven't hit puberty yet, so I can't enjoy the sensation of stroking my keyboard's red nipple.
Why else would I be on 4chan?

>>62123296
MODS MODS MODS

For some reason, my computer boots in over 1 minute. I tried systemd-analyze blame, but the results don't even add up to less than 10 seconds. I'd post the results, but it's long and won't fit.
Any suggestions?

>>62123413
Throw it into a pastebin and then link it

>>62123413
>>62123427
https://pastebin.com/ppDh9UXB

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I want to install Linux but there are so many different Linuxes, what is the BEST? Please help.

>>62123524
There is no "best", but the one for your needs.

>>62123524
elementary os

>>62123524
mein ;^)

Best music player?

>>62123684
iTunes :^)

>>62123704
ironic shitposting is still shitposting

Mostly use windows but I have an old laptop that I installed debian to and now attached to router.

What next? I can't think of anything to do with it.
Don't mind learning misc stuff because I'm entering a B-Eng/BSc degree next year.

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how do i get a statusbar like this (using C)?
more specifically, how do i output different colors to the dwm status bar in C? ansi color codes aren't doing anthing for the dwmstatus skeleton's smprintf

>>62123684
mpd+sonata :v)

>>62123717
>What next
Wipe Windows and go balls deep into Gentoo like a real man.

>>62123721
Install polybar.

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>>62123721
>solarized

>>62123791
there is literally everything wrong with it

>>62123572
>first optimizations now for ssd and so on
Just

systemctl list-unit-files fstrim*

and make sure there's a fstrim job of some sort enabled. That's pretty much all you have to do ever for SSDs.

You can enable continuous trim by mounting SSD filesystems

-o drop

, but that can also cause the drive to shit itself if its firmware isn't well tested on Linux, and it shouldn't be necessary unless you have a very write heavy 24/7 workload.

The Arch wiki has a good article about it IIRC.

>>62124531
*discard rather than drop

Linux SUCKS. Why? Because:

1) Command lines/Lack of GUI's

Why the fvck would I want to use a command line? I have a modern computer, capable of displaying color and icons. Why should their be a command line? And further, why doesn't everything have a gui? Gui's are good, and easy, and don't require me to learn commands. Yey for Gui's.

2)Root/sudo is stupid.

Why on earth should I have to deal with either using sudo or running as root to actually use my programs? I still can't get a lot of programs to run because they keep whining about permissions. What ever happened to good old admin accounts? Why does sudo break everything?

3)Apt-get

Now this is just plane stupid. Why is it so damn hard to install anything? I have a desktop, why not do it the way it should be done? I get the installer icon, click on it, press forward a few times, wait, and have a nice icon on my desktop. Why isn't it done this way?

4)Compiling

Again, stupid. Just give me a fvcking installer program. None of this compiling sh1t.

Come on Linux. The rest of the world has moved beyond 1990. It's time for you to do so also. I'm giving up and installing windows.

>>62124634
don't let the door hit your ass on the way out
also here is a (You)

If I'm formatting a drive with Debian on it and then installing Antergos on that drive, do I need to do anything special with GRUB or will the installer figure it out?

Keep in mind I'm currently dualbooting with W7 and W7 is on a different drive altogether.

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>>62124634
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

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

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

Ubuntu or fedora for beginner that just wants to program on his desktop?

>>62124730
arch

>>62124730
yes

>>62124735
Ain't got time for lego son.

>>62124730

https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Babbies_First_Linux

>>62124761
Wasn't that wiki page made like 2 - 3 years ago and never updated like 90% of 4chan wikis?

>>62124773
Good enough for you. Go read the guide.

>>62124840
It was not a guide rather a short description of distros.

Anyway I've made my mind I'm going with fedora.

>>62122712
What commands do I use to change the ascii logo in neofetch back to the default?

I want to try some more different logos

Also, anyone got a double aquila logo I could use?

_.----._
               ,'.::.--..:._
              /::/_,-<o)::;_`-._
             ::::::::`-';'`,--`-`
             ;::;'|::::,','
           ,'::/  ;:::/, :.
          /,':/  /::;' \ ':\
         :'.:: ,-''   . `.::\
         \.:;':.    `    :: .:
         (;' ;;;       .::' :|
          \,:;;      \ `::.\.\
          `);'        '::'  `:
           \.  `        `'  .:      _,'
            `.: ..  -. ' :. :/  _.-' _.-
              >;._.:._.;,-=_(.-'  __ `._
            ,;'  _..-((((''  .,-''  `-._
         _,'<.-''  _..``'.'`-'`.        `
     _.-((((_..--''       \ \ `.`.

what is the best software
please respond immediately

how do i edit my partition on /dev/sda so i can install another os on it? it's taking up my whole ssd

>>62125161
freeware

>>62125161
proprietary.

>>62122712
What do you guys think about gaming in Linux, since games, in most of the times, doesn't have the sources opened, what about QEMU with GPU passthrough?

>>62123721
why C?
also >>62123748

what are some neat configs to my .bash_profile?

>>62125339
alias cd='rm -rf'

>>62125348
Friendly thread.

>>62125339
mein ; ^ )

>>62125348
one day this joke will get old

>>62125339

Anti-forkbomb:
ulimit -u <max number of allowed user processes>

With this you can just type the directory instead of cd directory:
shopt -s autocd

Extented pattern matching when globbing:
shopt -s extglob

Allows you to glob recursive into subdirectories via **:
shopt -s globstar

When you type:
ls ../somedir
vim benis
ls[up arrow]
it will expand to the last ls command, not the vim command, with nothing in the command line, it works like normal:
bind '"\e[A":history-search-backward'
bind '"\e[B":history-search-forward'

>>62125339
The ~/.bash_profile only gets executed during a login shell.

>>62125534
i use screen all the time

i like rms but i use vim and not emacs, also use tmux and not screen.

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>GNU/Linux
>something always happens at some point (tried Arch, Gentoo, Debian, Mint, all *buntus, Fedora)
>dual boot with Windows 10
>still face problems
>switch back fully to Windows 10
>install GNU/Linux on a VM
>enjoy GNU/Linux on the stability of Windows 10

Is there a more patrician way of living?

>>62122936
What about a 3d printer?

>>62126455
>stability of Windows 10
Wtf man

>>62126501
Never crashed on me, not even once.

https://github.com/PapirusDevelopmentTeam/papirus-icon-theme#kde-colorscheme

How do I get monochrome icons with this theme in kde? There are no instructions on how to actually apply the effect.

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Requesting that stick figure comic where this arch user meets his debian friend who graduated 4 years ago. true classic.

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Anyway to swap js0 and js1? Rocket League seems to only detect js0.

>>62122712
Who guixsd here? I installed it yesterday and I am wondering how to upgrade the whole system. I tried doing guix pull && guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm but it seems like the reconfigure command makes the system to forget the updates or something.

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Not sure which distro should I install on my laptop, any suggestions? I want to mess around with it so I could switch to Linux on my PC too by time.
I have basic experience in Debian (basic sysadmin stuff) but not sure how much will it help me in everyday use.
Is there something god tier or it really depends on people using it?

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How do I edit this file?

I've tried running dolphin as superuser by doing 'sudo dolphin' but I just get:

$ sudo dolphin
sudo: unable to resolve host memecrasher
No protocol specified
QXcbConnection: Could not connect to display :0
Aborted

I just need to open it and edit the inode for firefox so it opens dolphin instead of nemo by default for file browsing.

>>62127262
sudoedit

>>62127262
Don't run dolphin as root, just open the file as root.
Something like vim and nano is really great for these quick edits, but you can use gedit or kate if you want to

>>62127281
I don't know how to open the file as root.

>>62127329
Sudo nano "name of file"

>>62127341
This seems to create a new file instead of opening the one I want

Why can't I just right click and open the file as root? Or open it in whatever editor and toggle an 'edit as root' option or something?

This seems needlessly obtuse.

>>62127281
Well, I installed and tried gedit, and I get this error:

sudo gedit
sudo: unable to resolve host memecrasher
No protocol specified
Failed to connect to Mir: Failed to connect to server socket: No such file or directory
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused

(gedit:17513): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0

Is there no simple GUI based method to actually open this file as root? Even the command line commands aren't working properly.

>>62127366
you need to put the right directory for the file, if your terminal isn't in /usr/... whatever.
and you can set it up like that, but i suggest reading one of the many intro to loonix books available. or go back to whatever os you were using before if you don't want to learn the loonix ways.

>>62127432
I continue to get the same error:

$ sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/defaults.list
sudo: unable to resolve host memecrasher
No protocol specified
Failed to connect to Mir: Failed to connect to server socket: No such file or directory
Unable to init server: Could not connect: Connection refused

(gedit:17562): Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0

>>62127473
In fact, no matter what program I try, I get these sorts of errors if I try to run them as root.

Why is it doing that?

>>62127473
do nano and edit on the terminal.
and those gui programs are always spitting shit out if you run them from the terminal. very verbose
>>62127484
could be lots of things, should web search some of the stuff and try to fix it yourself

I want to dual boot Ubuntu with Win. I have a few empty hard drives for file storage. How do i keep my files safe in case Win catches some ransomware?

>>62127473
>>62127416
>>62127262
You're getting that error because you changed your hostname

change your hostname back to exactly what it was before and everything will work again

>>62127576
>in case Win catches some ransomware?
Windows can't write to ext4

>>62127662
Uh, well, it cant right now but it might be possible in the future? Also, lets say, if you dont want the botnet to access your file storage anyway. How do you go about it?

>>62127695
switch out the drives manually.

>>62127719
u wot m8. No tinfoil shit pls.

>>62127761
ask stupid questions, get stupid responses.

>>62127777
How was my question stupid?
>the only way for Win OS to not access your hard drives is to switch out the drives manually
Now that is stupid.

>>62127596
If so they should be able to add their new hostname to their hosts file to make it resolve too

>>62127793
No you idiot, it is the only correct answer. Why ask a question if you are going to disregard the answer?

>>62127915
Just searched the archives and people suggest just to encrypt hard drives so Win cant access them. Whatever, anon.

>>62127945
If you are worried about a ransomware encrypting files that it can't read then making them harder to read isn't going to help because it would already be working at the block level. Ie not caring what it is encrypting, at that point encrypted bytes are no different than unencrypted. The only thing encryting you drive helps against is exfiltrating your data.
How about you use some critical thinking instead of just reading some shit and having no idea what it means.

>>62127366
you can, but it is not used enough for people to have a right click menu for it.
Your system needs to know what editor you use, so in your ~/.bashrc, set export VISUAL=<insert editor>
Then make a script to launch it.

It may set the editor to gedit, then either opens it normally or opens it as root. (using kdesudo so it is graphical login, you can use something else if you want.
Then on dolphin, to make a menu for it, I made a file called
~/.local/share/kservices5/ServiceMenus/edit_root.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/Plugin
MimeType=text/*
Actions=EditAsRoot
X-KDE-AuthorizeAction=shell_access

[Desktop Action EditAsRoot]
Name=Edit As Root
TryExec=kdesudo
Exec=/path/to/script/edit.sh %u
Icon=folder-red

Then I can rightclick and edit as root.
You can tweak as you want

>>62127980
Anon my last question was only partially about ransomware since it cant write to ext4 yet. I asked about how to not let Win to read your ext4 drives.

How to encrypt a folder?

can anyone running gentoo give me a list of all the binary packages that gentoo has in their repos?
I know firefox and libreoffice exist as binaries.

>>62129816
most of these are binary packages:
https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/search?o=0&q=-bin

>>62128495
You mean the contents of a directory, and gpg

>>62129867
thank you.

>>62128495
>folder
Create an encrypted volume instead.

>>62129959
Thats too complicated and unnecessary for me. Just thinking of encrypting my documents folder in case notebook gets stolen.
>>62129922
Can you tldr me on how it works? Do you need to reencrypt every time you add new files (assuming its a folder)?

>>62130036
You can't encrypt a folder (directory), it's just a namespace for the files you place in it.
Short version: generate your gpg keys, encrypt your files setting yourself as the recipient using gpg, decrypt when you need the files.
Long version: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GnuPG

This method is a pain in the ass and you're much better off creating an encrypted volume like the other guy said. If you have no free space, use a loop device.

I bought an used thinkpad t430.
Convince me to install gentoo.

>>62130126
Do what you want

>>62130126
install void

>>62130183
What does it offer?

>>62123721
theres a patch for colors, its a bit finicky tho since they completely murdered it working in the last updates, requires you to use the 6.1 release or patch it up.

if you want to use c just look at stuff like slstatus or dwmstatus, which you already did

>>62130209
binary packages, musl.

>>62130256
ok, and what about advantages?

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Best C++ development environment?

Any good tutorials on how to set up a text editor and C-make for making c++ programs?

>>62130274
xbps is pretty nice

Not Linux but I imagine there are a few ZFS users here so I might as well ask.
I just converted 2x2TB UFS disks to a 1x2TB ZFS mirror. Once the resilvering is done, is there anything else I need to do before I reboot?

Also, I didn't create any filesystems before moving my files onto the new ZFS system because having all of my data contained on a single disk was triggering the fuck out of me and I just wanted it over and done with. Once the system is back up and I start creating filesystems with stuff like compression and copies, can I just mv the data into its respective filesystem or do I have to cp the data then rm the original reference in order for the files to actually make use of the options I set?

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Archlinux is anti-bloat, honestly such a great distro. I find myself wanting arch back when trying other distros. So simple and great.

Can I get a thinkpad that doens't have the gay red button?

>>62130568
>Archlinux is anti-bloat
haha, no.

arch packages have most optional things enabled, and come with docs, headers, etc bundled into the main packages
there's nothing about arch that is "anti-bloat"

it is simple though, and i use it for this reason. if i was super tight on space, i'd go back to gentoo

>>62123524
install gentoo

>>62123524
if you have no clue try this, it helped me too and I'm happy now with arch

https://distrochooser.de/

>>62127218
if you want to mess around try arch, you can do much cool stuff especially with the AUR

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Does it makes sense to port all your aliases and functions as bash scripts in your ~/bin/ directory so other programs like dmenu acknowledge their existence?

I just can't get video files to work on Fedora 26 in players that aren't VLC. I tried even compiling MPV on my own and still no luck.

zim, the desktop wiki, is pretty fucking awesome. i wish i had known about this sooner, and i wouldn't have about 500 text files cluttering up over 30 directories containing snippets and notes and shit.

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>>62122712
What are the main differences I would experience between using Debian Sid vs Arch?

I've been using Sid for a couple of months now and have found the experience very enjoyable, was just wondering if the AUR is all it's hyped up to be, or what other features I could be missing out on.

>>62123524
GNU Linux-libre

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I'm looking for a stable, lightweight distro, that does not use systemd, for my laptop. I'm currently using void linux on my desktop computer, but I might not have Internet all the time and want something stable and not rolling release for my laptop. I was thinking devuan, but I'm not sure how well maintained it is.

>>62131130
install gentoo

>>62131136
I know it's a meme, but I don't want to compile shit on this laptop, it's not exactly overpowered. Besides I'd use crux if I wanted a source based distro.

What is the use case for people not wanting systemd on their computer?

I don't really get why you like to make things more complicated for yourself

>>62131209
autism and fear of the unknown

>>62131212
t. bluepilled tech illiterate

>>62131209
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMvyOGawNwo

>>62131221
m8 i'm a programmer who has been using linux since 1999. no one with anything interesting happening in their lives gives a shit about systemd.

>>62131209
http://without-systemd.org/wiki/index.php/Arguments_against_systemd

>>62131249
this is pretty good, watched it a while back

>>62131275
m8 i'm a programmer who has been using linux since 1998, looser

So I have a laptop that was running mint but it doesn't turn on anymore. Is there a way I can get the files off of the hardrive with another computer?

>>62131444
Yes, use a live distro, boot from usb or something.
>doesn't turn on anymore
What exactly happens? Maybe you can fix it?

>>62131462
I don't know what really happend to the laptop. It powers on but then the screen turns off and it seems only the fans stay on. It is about 6 years old.

>>62131209
Paranoia.

opinions/experiences with antiX distro? tested it in a vm yesterday, seemed alright (besides fluxbox, which is disgusting, but I replaced with xfce, and only tested the full iso, still need to test the net.iso), its basically a debian without systemd, a bit more friendly/out-of-the-box and supposedly lighter/faster than doobien.

I am thinking about installing it, any dealbreakers that could save me time?

>>62131571
>>62131212
>paranoia
>fear
Just confirms that you guys don't understand the real problematic with systemd and all your knowledge about it is /g/ memes. Embrassing.

>>62131627
>its basically debian without systemd

jus curious, why not devuan?

https://lwn.net/Articles/731477/
>The end of Gentoo's hardened kernel Posted August 20, 2017
>Gentoo has long provided a hardened kernel package, but that is coming to an end. "As you may know the core of sys-kernel/hardened-sources has been the grsecurity patches. Recently the grsecurity developers have decided to limit access to these patches. As a result, the Gentoo Hardened team is unable to ensure a regular patching schedule and therefore the security of the users of these kernel sources. Thus, we will be masking hardened-sources on the 27th of August and will proceed to remove them from the package repository by the end of September."
https://www.gentoo.org/news/2017/08/19/hardened-sources-removal.html
>Hardened Linux kernel sources removal Aug 19, 2017

https://www.gentoo.org/support/news-items/2017-08-19-hardened-sources-removal.html
sys-kernel/hardened-sources removal
>As you may know the core of sys-kernel/hardened-sources have been the grsecurity patches.
>Sadly, their developers have stopped making these patches freely available
>As a result, the Gentoo Hardened team is unable to keep providing further updates of the patches, and although the hardened-sources have proved (when using a hardened toolchain) being resistant against certain attacks like the stack guard page jump techniques proposed by Stack Clash, we can't ensure a regular patching schedule and therefore, the security of the users of these kernel sources.
>Because of that we will be masking the hardened-sources on the 27th of August and will proceed to remove them from the tree by the end of September.

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Its trying to tell me something
But what ?

>>62132142
If you're trying to boot from a live CD then it's somehow corrupted. Try cleaning the disk and check for physical damage like scratches.

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>>62131902
https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg2540934.html

>>62131902
>grsecurity
friendly reminder not to question grsecurity licensing: don't get sued https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/03/linux_kernel_grsecurity_sues_bruce_perens_for_defamation/

I'm fairly happy with MacOS. But the customization of GNU/Linux intrigues me.

Would it even install on a newer Mac?

>>62132544
I would say it's more trouble than it's worth to install it on such locked down hardware as Macs, but I've never actually done it - just heard people say it causes inconveniences

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Why do my fonts look like shit?
Running Debian KDE on an nVidia GPU with the proprietary drivers installed. The system fonts (like window decoration, clock at bottom etc.) look good, everything else looks like shit.

>>62132544
which model?

>>62132594
17'1

>>62132593

 cat '<fontconfig>
    <alias>
        <family>serif</family>
        <prefer>
            <family>Liberation Serif</family>
        </prefer>
    </alias>
    <alias>
        <family>sans-serif</family>
        <prefer>
            <family>Liberation Sans</family>
        </prefer>
    </alias>
</fontconfig>' > ~/.config/fontconfig

Then restart firefox. If that doesn't work, try replacing 'Liberation' with 'Ubuntu' or equivalent. If it still doesn't work, try removing raster fonts from your system.

>>62132975
not him but does the fontconfig tool always need to be installed for this to work? or does GNOME or whatever pick it up without it?

>>62133237
It has always worked on my autistically minimal debian/gentoo configs so I would say xorg automatically picks it up. I could be wrong though, I know nothing about the subject.

>>62132975
fontconfig is a folder containing the file fonts.conf, which reads:

<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
<fontconfig>
 <dir>~/.fonts</dir>
</fontconfig>

However ~/.fonts does not exist.
Replacing the fontconfig folder with your text file does nothing, nor does creating the ~/.fonts folder and placing a fontconfig file with your text in it, nor placing your text in ~/.fonts.

>>62133399
I meant placing it in ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf , sorry, I'm drunk.

>>62122712
Hello I'm running Debian stable and today when trying to access my online textbook it tells me flash isnt upgraded.
I'm reinstalled the most current flash and it still isn't working. It was working last night.

how do I approach this? help pls

>>62133460
0. find the guy responsible for making that shit requiring flash and kindly suggest suicide for him
1. go to adobe.com/go/getflashplayer
2. download the architecture appropriate tar.gz
3. exit firefox
4. go to ~/.mozilla/firefox/<your profile dir>/
5. create a directory called "plugins"
6. from the tar.gz extract the libflashplayer.so to that plugins directory
7. start firefox, it should have that flash plugin working
8. yes, this is a manual and bit annoying-to-do-every-single-time method but works everytime, unlike the flashplugins-installer package.

>>62133432
still nothing

>>62132593
in firefox navigate to about:preferences->Content
click "advanced" set the fonts you want and uncheck "allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selection above"
the last step is important because otherwise most websites would just use their shit-tier fonts

>>62133632
Open the dev console (ctrl+shift+i on firefox), use the element picker (leftmot tab of the console, icon without text) and then click on some text. The rightmost pane should change, in the "Filter Styles" text box type "font-family", it should highlight a line that starts with "font-family". Click on the text after the colons and try removing the first font name (coma included). If nothing changes, do it again and again until either something changes in the page or there's no fonts names left. If there are no font names left, try typing "Liberation Sans", tell me if the fonts on the pages change.

>>62130908
do it for max comfiness desu

>>62130981
This looks exactly like the kind of program I would use extensively, thanks for bringing it up

>>62133856
glad to give something back, enough anons on this thread answer my dumb questions, ironically i've been using linux since ubuntu 5.04, but there's still so much i don't know or never needed to know until now.

>>62133910

>give something back
You didn't write the software you idiot. All you did was mention it and now you're taking credit for that and feeling pride for it?
Stop posting you imbecile.

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>>62126455
>VS Code inside Ubuntu inside Windows 10
I'm laughing so hard right now! Why even do this?

>>62133938
don't think i was taking credit for writing the program there, you asinine cunt. can't even call you an autist, you're just plain retarded.

>>62133515
damn thanks for trying, but I can't get it to work.
followed your instructions precisely. Now i've wasted my whole break messing with it kek

>>62133990

>glad to give something back
You didn't give anything. You took what another person made and "gave" that.

>>62134113
Bringing attention to a project is in fact a "thing".
If no one brings attention to projects, they die out.

>>62133711
Liberation Sans and sans-serif are the same now at least so I guess that's good. Is the problem DPI settings? Can I render the size 16 version and lower the size of it instead of rendering size 10 version?

>>62134113
i gave the guy the information about the tool you fucking retard. and i never claimed to write the tool. you must be absolutely fucking retarded to think all the anons helping out on this thread are not giving anything (least of all their time) by answering and giving info. i'm done replying to you, your retardation could be contagious. maybe you should learn english if they teach it in your 3rd world shithole. fucking twat.

>>62130568
If that's a Debian based distro you can add
--no-install-recommends
to your package install commands to cut down on the stuff you won't use. Other package managers have similar I'm sure.

Is Btrfs actually better than ext4?

>>62122936
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_Distributed

>>62134092
Usually the version doesn't matter much but developers still add these checks that block you. I've worked around issues like that before by just using a hex editor to change the version string inside the flash .so file.

Most likely whatever checks they're using aren't looking for exact versions, but just that you're above a minimum requirement, so you could just set your flash version to maybe: 99.9.9.999
(or whatever the highest values you can set are without having to add digits, remember in a hex editor usually you don't want to add/remove any characters or you'll mess everything up, just change existing characters)

>>62134198
No, btrfs is still an experimental fs and is prone to corrupting your fs for no reason.

>>62124634
1) there are numerous DEs such as gnome, XFCE and the like that are very easy to use
2) it's important for security. the avg user should add themselves as a sudoer and disable root login
3) it easy, just type sudo apt-get install whatever and it's right there
4) most things are already compiled for you, though you always have the option to compile

Bait post

>>62134245
By the way, you can go here: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/about/
to see what your current flash version is and that might help you search the .so file for the version string

>>62134113
i said thanks, he said glad to "give something back".
He gave something back by helping me find software that is useful to me I would have otherwise not have found.

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What are some cool terminal commands?

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>>62122712
Hi! I use Debian with Cinnamon. Everything up to date.

When I try to rename files in some folders it doesn't work. It's like I didn't tried at all. F2 doesn't work and the menus doesn't work.

It happened suddenly, without explanation. It's happening in the file manager Nemo 3.2.2.

How do I fix this or how do I report this problem to the developers? I know fuckind dick about Debian.

>>62135002
Try a different file manager like thunar or pcmanfm.

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how easy would it be to setup a live wallpaper on a wm like i3? some people might be familiar with "wallpaper generator", but it only works on windows, of course.
i'm sure it's possible to setup an .mp4 or even .webm to loop as the wallpaper, but am just curious if it's worth the trouble and if anyone's done it.

>>62135155
mpv, imagemagick, whatever can display shit on the root window.

You may get problems if you use a compositor which draws on the root window already, in that case you need to either kill the compositor or use xwinwrap.

>>62135118
>pcmanfm
spacefm

>>62135155
I guess everyone tried it, everyone found a way and everyone realized that it's useless waste of cpu.

>>62135155
I don't know, but just so you know i3 doesn't manage wallpaper at all. So whatever solution you'd come to would be a WM/DE independent solution. Usually its done with "feh" and can be done on the command line, so you could always make some sort of slideshow wallpaper, but I guess that's not what you meant by "live"

Do I need any specific software to write files to a CD/DVD? I simply want to copy my .mp3 files to a CD and listen to it in my car. Will a simple "cp" command work?

Is there a distro I can just install with a tiled window manager out of the box that doesn't look bad?

>>62134198
It's great. Always keep backups.

>>62134932
Check this out:

https://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/browse/sort-by-votes

>>62135266
For cp the CD will just be a data disk. Most modern audio players will read music off of data disks just fine so you could probably get away with just doing cp.
But for the record that's not the same as burning an audio CD.

>>62135266
don't think it'd be readable by your car stereo if you just cp it, use braseo or k3b or better yet if you got one of them there cancy stereos with an aux input or a usb slot go with that method

>>62135155
pkill compton; mpv -wid 0 ~/.config/adobe/flash/cache/nothingtoseehere/shemales/qt.mp4; compton -b

Most stupid aliases. Help me to extend the list.

alias vi='vim'
alias help="man"
alias home='cd ~'
alias cls='clear'
alias please='sudo !!'

>>62135297
>Always keep backups.
for when btrfs shits the bed?

>>62135313
Or if he doesn't want to get a graphical application for it he can use the command line tool "cdrecord"

>>62135416
didn't know that existed

>>62135373

alias restart='reboot'

>>62135440

alias shutdown='poweroff'

>>62135373
not really stupid but I want to ask every beginner NOT to use "safety" aliases like adding -i or -I flags to rm, cp, mv, etc.

Once you have it into your muscle memory and simply expect it, it's difficult to get rid of it.

Why? You may ask, simply because you can't expect all systems you're working with to have the same savety aliases like at home.

tl;dr never alias things which already exist

good ideas:
ri
ci
mi
etc

>>62135373
anything with ls | grep

>>62135501
ls | grap is comfy because it highlights.
For scripting, ofc, it's stupid.

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>>62135473
I always start my editor via \vim.
>never get memed by alias vim=emacs or emacs=vim again
Get on my level. Different machine? just prepend your commands with \.

>>62134932
From the last thread:

hexdump -C /dev/urandom | grep 13\ 37

>>62135118
>>62135188
What is the best? I want the best.

>>62135373
alias less=vimpager

>>62135373
for launching GUI apps from a terminal:

run() {
    "$@" $> /dev/null & disown
}

>>62135640
spessfm

It's not that impressive at first, but once you just go through the options and options you like (such as backspace to go up a directory) then it's a great file manager.

>>62123721
suckless projects like dwm are extended by patches. here is the patch for status bar color support:
http://dwm.suckless.org/patches/statuscolors

>>62135377
As a matter of good practice.

>>62135706
>$>
wat

>>62125339
this will turn your prompt red whenever the previous command failed:

PS1='\[$(test "$?" -ne 0 && printf "\e[31m")\]'"$PS1"'\[\e[m\]'

>>62135786
&>, sorry. it redire

>>62130036
there's a project called tomb that wraps the gpg shit and makes it simpler to use:
https://github.com/dyne/Tomb

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>>62134932
When at work and you need a pause. Depends on dialog.

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# GPLv3+

percent=0

while :; do
    while [[ "${percent}" -lt 100 ]]; do
        percent=$((percent+1))
        printf -- '%s\n' "${percent}"
        sleep 0.$((RANDOM))
    done | dialog --gauge "Installing lib$(
        grep '^[a-z]\+$' /usr/share/dict/words | shuf -n 1
        ) ..." 6 40
done

>>62135473
>not really stupid but I want to ask every beginner NOT to use "safety" aliases like adding -i or -I flags to rm, cp, mv, etc.
i see this advice everywhere, but personally i have been aliasing -i for ten years, and it has saved me from accidentally deleting unexpected pattern matches. conversely, i have never accidentally deleted a file because i expected rm to *not* delete it. in my experience these aliases only help

>>62136157
Well, when you don't use rm in the first place and use an alias like ri instead, you will get enough adrenalin when running the real rm to double check. On the other hand, when your used to a safe rm, things can go wrong.

>>62136097
>working somehwere where people fall for this
found the RHEL user

For the purpose of hacking a game, memory edit / reading. Is it safer from linux trough en environment like wine / play on linux?

Or can you just read / write from a virtual machine directly?

Also could I make an overlay on top of linux for the benefit of w/e I emulate?

>>62136263
install gentoo

>>62136263
install gentoo

>>62136274
>>62136287
What is this autistic meme response?

>>62136263
Try Gentoo, it the best distro you can get for customizing how a program should act, official steam support and it just werks like you configure it.
If you want to hack/crack/manipulate a game, Gentoo is what you want. There's a reason people tell everyone to install gentoo; it's GODMODE computing.

>>62136323
There are no memes at /g/.
There are only good advices.
Sooner or later you will realize.

>>62136274
>>62136287
>>62136333
>>62136366
>I use gentoo let me interject for a moment
>not a meme

>>62136333
I see then, ok going to go start working with Gentoo and see how my work evolves.

I've already found some damn awesome automated reverse engineering software that allow you to search by function name inside the thing you work with, it uses machine learning and it's available just for linux - trying to compile it on windows and making it work it's not even fun or worth trying.

>>62136392
>gentoo
>Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime.
>
>let me interject for a moment
There is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels.

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>>62136491
my nigga

>>62136503
are thinkpads worth it?
i know nobody using one and never tried one
why are thinkpads so popular at gee?

>>62136519
>gee

>>62136392
>I use gentoo let me interject for a moment
nobody says that, what some people do is advice you to install gentoo as a way to help you fix your problems.
What other people do is to politely correct you when you're misusing the term Linux when you're referring to GNU/Linux, and they seven explain to you why.
One doesn't imply the other.

>>62136576
>implying Linux isn't the correct name

>>62136399
Gentoo is great anon, but I don't know why people are saying you need it for what you were asking.
Hacking memory isn't going to be any different on Gentoo as it would be on any other distro

>>62131893
i know it is retarded but antiX is way easier to install/set up. shit like wifi for instance

>>62136732
It uses the same programs that available on every distro. "way easier" is placebo

>>62136593
When you're referring only to the kernel itself it is correct. When you're referring to the GNU userspace with Linux as a kernel, then it's not.

What's a could singleboard computer besides the raspberry pi to run a jabber server on?

what are some good iptables commands?

How to make Linux Mint look more cool?

>>62136987

screenfetch -A Arch\ Linux

thank me later

>>62136778
maybe he's got a shitty wifi card that doesn't work very well without some patches, and maybe antix comes with those patches out of the box. Maybe.

>>62136987
xfce+chicago 95

>>62137002
>>62136987
>current state of gee

>>62136987
install i3wm
choose from login screen
install zsh+oh-my-zsh
install powerline
get a solarized colorscheme
and this >>62137002

>>62131401
got eeeeeem

>>62136987
throw out your xorg-server and only use the real terminals + tmux
also get cmatrix

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>>62137139
Go away.

Should I play with gentoo installing it and so on - in a virtual machine before overwriting my main os?

>>62137076
>gee

>>62137202
if you're a pussy, test in a vm, if you're a real man, install it on bare metal
you must choose

>>62137232
b-but, I'm a girl senpai.

>>62137202
i don't really see a reason except if you never like, installed a OS by yourself, using a terminal

gentoo install isn't hard, the worst part is waiting for everything to compile

>>62137202
>>62137232
not baremetal and the multiple VMs with different kernel configs?

>>62137267
multi-pussy

the thing why vms are for pussies is that when a problem shows up you cant fix, you close the vm, but when you're forced to fix it, you learn how to do it, which saves time, time is money.

>everyone ITT is lowercase posting
What the heck happened to 4chan?

>>62137258
gentoo install is convoluted and excessive.
I can install arch 100 times in the time it takes to get gentoo setup, not even compiling,just setup!

>>62137344
wasted dubs...
install gentoo and git gud

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>>62137341
Smart phone normies.

>>62137344
>just setup
how so

>>62137341
i have been posting in lowercase on this site for as long as it has existed

is lowercase posting really becoming meme? Why would anyone care?

>>62137344
>I can install arch 100 times in the time it takes to get gentoo setup
well man, thats normal
see, you install gentoo once and it works
you instal arch and you need to reinstall it 100 times until you learned how to babysit it
where's the average?

>>62137341
BUNCH OF PLEBS IF YOU ASK ME

>>62137394
I'm typing correct case before the internet was even a thing, looser.

>>62137404
>Why would anyone care
This site is full of autistics,spectrums and flat out spergs who think they have any say in how people post on this website. They get easily offended when you do something they dont like or expect.

>>62137341
reddit

>>62137313
>not fixing your VMs
You sound as lazy as your average murrican

>>62137455
normies ruin everything they touch. Lowercase posting is just a manifestation of it

>>62137369
this, t. phoneposter

Can somebody explain to me what
>t. something something
stands for?

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>>62137404
>Why would anyone care?
Because 4chan isn't some chat window, you get some time to think and time enough to make a good post (and even enough time to attach a picture, which is the main purpose of this site).

>>62137541
It's an /int/ meme; t. is a shorthand for terveisin, which is Finnish for "with regards".

I've been using Arch for 5 years and I recently installed ubuntu on my desktop because it uses an older version of GCC and holy crap I am impressed.

It literally just werks. And all the things that didn't "just werk". Didn't have to fuck around with graphics drivers, network drivers, printer etc. So far it required less work to set up than fucking windows. Why anyone still chooses to use that is beyond me.

Its not perfect, I still prefer pacman and I haven't decided if I like gnome or if I should try kde/plasma. But its definitely nicer to not have to autistically worry about my i3config. I just copied over my vimrc and Xresources and its good to go.

I would have used Debian but that shit is harder to install than fucking Arch, so you know something is wrong with that piece of shit

>>62137626
It breaks every time when you don't expect it. Go to holidays for 2 weeks? Upgrade - broken system. "just works" LOL.

>>62137626
I've been using Arch for 6 years, newfag.

>>62137626
wondering how you even installed arch when debian is to difficult for you
what went wrong?
>ubuntu
well, it's made for lazy normies, again I'm wondering why you're surprised that it "just works"

>>62137626
Why not just use Fedora workstation?

>>62137776
>Fedora
Why even think about installing Fedora in the first place? There's no reason for it to exist. It doesn't fill any gap, the user repos are a ghost town. You get trolled with "strict freedom guidelines" but get blobs. The only reason I could think of which justifies the existence of Fedora is that Red Hat needs some labors for beta-testing and shilling the "Linux how it should be", e.g. systemd. It's crap. It's for people who buy helvetica fonts instead of just using Liberation, people who don't want to get bullied for using Noobuntu. Fedora is for hat tipping sheeps.

>>62137776
fedora uses GCC 7.1.1 just like arch, I needed 6.2 or earlier

>>62137626
>Debian is harder to install than fucking Arch

opinion discarded

>>62137891
if you install arch often its not hard anymore. So for anyone who has no experience with gui installers this might be true

>>62137875
linus uses fedora

>>62137919
I still don't understand why in hell you would name your distro fedora.

Just imagining a qt seeing you typing to cmatrix and then asks you how you do that, and you tell her that you use fedora. Instantly dried out

Arch fag. Other than the usual "pacman -Syu" what other pacman commands are useful to learn?

>>62137919
Linus has no idea how shit works except for the kernel. He's using Fedora simply because it was "easy to install" compared to Debian/Ubuntu. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHGTs1NSB1s
I wouldn't even be surprised if he got money for using it.

>>62137991
pacman -Rncs $(pacman -Qdqtt)
pacman -D --asdeps packagename
pacman -Qo
pacman -Ql
pacman -Ss

>>62137995
>le linus is bad meme
mad because he doesn't follow your communist leader?

>>62138017
pacman -U

>>62138034
I rarely use it, I try to avoid non standard package.

>>62138017
Appreciate the response anon, but could you elaborate on what those commands do please?

>>62137991
pacman -S gentoo

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>>62138033
Here's your (You).

>>62138042
pacman -S faggit

>>62138036
>non standard package.
Meaning what exactly?
Never compiled it by your self?
Pathetic.

>>62138033
stale meme

>>62138037
>pacman -Rncs $(pacman -Qdqtt)
Remove unused packages
>pacman -D --asdeps packagename
Mark a package as unused explicitly. Will be removed by previous command if not needed.
>pacman -Qo
See owner of a specifi file.
>pacman -Ql
List files in a pacakge.
>pacman -Ss
Query the server.

>>62138055
>Meaning what exactly?
Coming from AUR.
>Never compiled it by your self?
I usually compile and install those in my home. I have made few packages for my own soft, but usually I install directly into my home.

Does anyone have a function or script which deals with different package managers and uses the right one with the right commands when issuing "install" or "uninstall" for example?

>>62138095
KEK
Thats the epitome of "non standard". Have fun when your deps start piling up cause you're manually installing

WHAT IS THE BEST TERMINAL COMMAND EVER?

>>62138135
cd

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>>62138135
Nothing can touch this classic.

:(){ :|:& };:

>>62138120
I mean, not coming from AUR.

I installed things for years in my home and I have no problems. I install few things in there. And if things go wrong (last time was years ago) I rm every folder in ~/local that is not src and reinstall what I need. It works perfectly.

>>62138167
stale meme

What open-hardware we have today that it's decent and obviously better than intel core2.

>>62138175
Fucking horrible

>>62138135
fortune | cowsay | lolcat

>>62138167
What a friendly looking command

New memes:
>>62138202
>>62138202
>>62138202

>>62138216
It works perfectly. Deal with it.

Hello, Linux friends!

I recently got a free computer with 4 GB of RAM, AMD E-350.

I've never learned Linux before but really, really want to.

I was thinking about setting this PC up as a personal VPN. Do you guys think that is a good idea?

If so, what distro would you recommend? I don't mind jumping into the deep end with a tough to learn OS. I don't do much with my free time.

>>62138271
install ubuntu, or wait
>enough free time
install arch

>>62138271
I'd say Linux Mint

>>62138271
install arch, you will have the AUR after the installation to play with

>>62138271
antegros - basically arch with installer.

>>62138444
Arch has an installer, it's called pacstrap.

Nice triples.

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>>62138380

>>62138476
bad meme

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>>62137048
>>62136778
na, its not like that man. I tried a few times to install non-free wifi driver in debian but lacked the motivation to do so. I believe it will be the same with devuan.

with antiX I clicked
>network
>wireless
>connect
and I was connected. if this is not easier than adding non-free repos in sources.list and installing it...

>>62138608
Not a meme. Just the truth. pacstrap install the OS in any folder you want.

>>62138661
It's a system but not an operating one as you cannot do shit with it.

>>62138754
It works perfectly. Ok, I have to set up grub, pacstrap is not enough, but after setting grub, the OS is installed.

>>62138754
I bet 10 dollars this anon don't see pacstrap as an installer because you still need to configure things like fstab

>>62138658
I had non-free repos out of the box on devuan

>>62138872
I am downloading it right now, will try it.

>>62131130
>>62131177

install CloverOS. It is a script that let's you install Gentoo and uses custom USE flags. It has a binhost so you don't need to compile everything, only things you want to customize and even then you can ask the dev to add new packages or change some USE flags in the binhost packages if it makes sense.
I am using it right now in a old notebook with 1GB ram and it runs pretty fast.

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>>62138872
you are right anon, and I am glad you are. testing it right now and it is very nice. will install it.

>>62132142
it's having trouble reading your cd/dvd
judging from the loop mounted squashfs it is also have trouble reading, i'm assuming this is a livecd

>>62135226
yea, it's been possible for as long as it's been possible to play video on computers, but it's wasteful