Intended for users of all levels, including absolute beginners.
There are three ways to try Linux, you can:
1) Install a Linux OS on a VM (Virtual Machine/VirtualBox) for "safety purposes"
2) Use the Live ISO directly without installing anything, that way, you can get a "full Linux experience".
3) Go balls deep and overwrite everything with GNU/Linux (not recommended)
If you are serious about switching to Linux and if you have Windows dual-booted (recommended for pure newbies),
we recommend you use it exclusively for 2 weeks, and avoid Windows dual booting for that period of time, or it's
likely you will start retreating back to windows instead of getting used to Linux as your new home and working on
making it feel the way you want it.
>Recommended for beginners:
-*buntus except vanilla Ubuntu (Unity)
-Debian (For Broadcom devices, use an ISO that includes non-free firmware)
-openSUSE
-LinuxMint (a.k.a Ubuntu LTS + Cinnamon)
Before asking, please find the answers to your questions in resources.
Please be civil, notice the "Friendly" in every Friendly Linux Thread.
Understand that much of your software from Windows will be unavailable, although maybe wine can make up for it.
Resources:
man <insert command here>
your friendly neighborhood search engine
>>>/g/sqt
https://www.codecademy.com/en/courses/learn-the-command-line
https://wiki.archlinux.org/
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/
What is Linux (or GNU/Linux for Stallmanists)?
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/GNU/Linux
Babby's First Linux (What distro to choose?)
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Babbies_First_Linux
What software does /g/ recommend? (Please DON'T include the so called infographic -- refer all your recommended software here.)
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/List_of_recommended_GNU/Linux_software
Ricing on Linux (Make it good and functional or make it worse like those at desktop threads)
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/GNU/Linux_ricing
A script designed to ease the transition from Windows to Debian
https://github.com/Chocolate-Chip-Computing/DebianNewbieScript
We now have an entry in the install Gentoo wiki!
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php//flt/
>>51489378
>My article is still there.
Cool.
>>51489363
>codecademy
>>51489417
>codecademy
Update the wiki then. I copy pasted this from the /g/ wiki.
>>51489153
bump
>>51489436
Which wiki?
Proper link: http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/
Okay, so I realized that rm -r and rm -d performs the same function of removing a directory.
So, what is the difference? Which one should I stick to?
>>51489451
>Which wiki?
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php//flt/
>>51489461
-d remove empty directories
-r remove directories and their contents recursively
man rm
>>51489461
>Which one should I stick to?
The one that suits the task you're trying to perform.
>>51489473
Forgot my username.
>>51489501
Wew lad
>>51489473
Why not just post this link instead of two walls of text ? What are we, /vg/ ?
>>51489567
No. IE 6 doesn't support multiple tabs, so Windows XP fags would have problem opening two windows on their toasters.
>>51489613
They fucking deserve it for using XP and not using another browser. fuck them.
Any good mspaint equivalent? Just need something to quickly crop and resize images without fucking about in gimp.
>>51489683
gThumb can crop and resize.
>>51489683
pinta.
>>51489683
shutter, gthumb?
Finally, an OP with a common sense, not like the last OP who promotes his shitty "infographics".
So I had a dual boot windows 10 and crunchbang with grub bootloader, but I have deleted linux partition from inside windows and now can't boot into windows, it says grub secure or something, can I fix it with a live cd since i dont have a win10 cd
>>51489683
nomacs
>>51489737
yes you can, just boot from the live cd and reinstall grub
>>51489718
He'll be back, rest assured.
>>51489737
Bootrepairdisk
>>51489737
Why are people this stupid?
Stupid question: how "Mint" should be pronunciated? I say "Meent" but I heard a friend calling it "Myent".
>>51489754
How do I then erease grub and bring back windows bootloader?
>>51489805
You can't speak English?
>>51489451
Jesus that link is like the GnuPG guide.
>>51489698
>>51489704
Thanks, gthumb looks good.
How steep is the learning curve of CrunchBang?
>>51489770
>Notice the word 'Friendly' in 'Friendly Linux Thread'.
Where do you think you are?
>>51489841
Is dead.
>>51489814
why erase grub? for the windows bootloader you need a live windows image to fix your MBR
>>51489841
DEBIAN
E
B
I
A
N
>>51489859
https://www.bunsenlabs.org/
Duh?
>>51489805
wut
>>51489889
You said Crunchbang, not Bunsen Labs. Crunchbang != Bunsen Labs
>>51489888
No, thanks NSA.
Best way to encrypt linux os?
There is an option to do it while installing it or should i use different progam after the instalment?
Can i use both?/Why not?
>>51489903
Thanks.
>How steep is the learning curve of Le Bunsen Labs?
>>51489905
what?
>>51489841
>>51489919
Same as any other distro with openbox installed. Except probably harder because of the lack of documentation about how they have set things up.
>>51489923
Debian is owned by the NSA.
>>51489941
So is Linux, Linux is backdoored by the NSA.
>selinux
>>51489948
Most likely yes, and not with because of selinux.
>>51489941
no
also if it was, why would you use debian with openbox/bunsenlabs?
>>51489948
is disabled by default on pretty much every distro and hard to enable though.
>>51489916
Pls respond
is there a port for the vrms package in debian? I tried compiling it but I must be doing something wrong cause I couldn't see any of the files I need for compiling, I want to try and get non free software to a minimum. Arch btw.
>>51489916
>>51489992
L U K S
U
K
S
>>51489992
Assuming you don't have cp, just use whatever suits you best.
>>51489992
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Encryption#GNU.2FLinux
>>51489992
Is it really that difficult to use a search engine? Or look at gentoo or arch's wiki?
>>51490030
Read the first sentence of OP.
Where do you think you are?
>>51490071
You're mistaking friendly with spoon feeding.
Every fucking thread you post pictures of anime girls that you masturbate to because you retarded neckbeards cant get pussy IRL. Bunch of stupid niggers
>>51490030
I want to know if its smart to use both of those encryptions or just one, that was my main question and i just wanted to see some recommendations on programs that people use
How can I increase battery life on my Arch?
Already got TLP config'd
>>51490111
The aforementioned wikis give you plenty of information about this, written by experienced people. If you prefer the opinion of a few 4chan users then fine.
>>51490119
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Power_management
>>51490109
Lol what do you expect, pictures of IRL girls?
>>51490119
You can use powertop to see if any of the power related settings are enabled.
Can I update everything on my system (including my kernel) without rebooting?
>>51490109
says the man who has time to shitpost on an online image board.
>>51490109
if i were the OP, i'd post informative good pictures of good apps for linux, such as vivaldi.
>>51490158
it is possible
>>51490158
>2016-1
>rebooting is still a problem?
>>51490158
Just patch it, don't reboot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYRlTISvjww
>>51490174
>vivaldi
fuck off with your meme browser.
>>51490174
lol kek
>>51490136
I know that, i just wanted to see what other people use and ask is it alright to use default encryption + something else or just one thing.
This is neither friendly nor spoom feeding, it annoying
>>51490199
>do the legwork
>>51490234
Your questions are covered in the aforementioned wikis which are written by more experienced people than the ones who would give you an answer here.
>>51490174
>>51490174
stop pretending to be me
How do I fix Linux's awful font rendering?
>>51490321
enable anti-aliasing, set your preffered sub-pixel order and set hinting to slight.
>>51490321
No problems here
>>51490321
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_configuration
>>51490343
>>51490350
>>51490366
I want something that just works and looks like Windows' font rendering.
>>51490375
Infinality.
>>51490375
>like Windows' font rendering
do the opposite of what was suggested to you, that should work
top kik
>>51490375
The easiest way to get Windows-like anything is to use Windows.
>>51490375
>wants inferior shit tier font rendering
>>51490443
>crisp and clean is inferior to blurry and ugly
>>51490375
Install Infinality, copy all windows fonts over, set fcpreset to ms. You now have windows fonts with even better rendering.
>>51490461
>crisp and clean
You should get your eyes testing son, sounds like you might have eye cancer.
>>51490375
>wanting windows font-rendering
>>51490502
to be fair, that doesn't look much better
>>51490502
You should probably get your own rendering fixed before you comment, that's blurry as fuck.
>>51490375
Infinality has a preset for that. You'll also want microshit fonts for optimum effect.
>>51490509
it's the default settings and that dude asked for something that "just works". not sure what font was default though.
>>51490502
>using mono font for UI.
>>51490523
How do I install Infinality?
It's not in the software center.
Talking about fontrendering, is this fontrender good enough?
>>51490555
I'm not using memebuntu, sorry. probably you need to download freetype, fontconfig and cairo, patch them, compile and install.
http://www.infinality.net/blog/infinality-freetype-patches/
>>51490561
That's pretty much a subjective matter.
I like it though the italics have slight color fringing.
>>51490605
> you need to download freetype, fontconfig and cairo, patch them, compile and install.
What the fuck. Why can't they just make an installer that just works?
>>51490555
There's probably a PPA for it
https://launchpad.net/~rjvbertin/+archive/ubuntu/infinaltimate
>>51490635
You should ask Canonical, not me.
On Archlinux it just works.
>>51490555
https://launchpad.net/~no1wantdthisname/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Here you go.
I have a dell mini laptop with 1gb ram that's too much of a bitch to upgrade the ram card on it. Recommendation for a lightweight build and is there a way to partition and install or something then delete windows xp? I'm so noob I'm boob.
>>51490672
Doesn't memebuntu come with their own fontconfig patch? AUR has it.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fontconfig-ubuntu/
>>51490692
He wants windows rendering though, not decent linux rendering.
>>51490682
The config's good, but the font looks disgusting.
>>51490692
the aur one is old and sucks. Bohoomil has a repo for up to date arch builds.
>>51490682
looks fine
>>51489417
>>My article is still there.
which one?
>>51490734
>>51490766
That's infinality ms preset.
>>51490682
>>51490692
Freetype and cairo also, yeah. Their patch is pretty useless though, freetype now renders like that out of the box. But anyway, the guy wanted to emulate Windows' rendering.
>>51490759
So, why didn't they orphaned it yet?
>>51490773
Ubuntu uses its own patches.
>>51490769
The one about ricing.
>>51490759
>Last Updated: 2015-07-13 20:24
>>51490773
Use the Windows fonts then, but if it is a Windows font, is it Arial Narrow?
>>51490786
Because most arch users are ignorant about what is infinality, freetype and fontconfig-ultimate, and continue to parrot the "install infinality meme without knowing what they are talking about.
>>51489153
anybody?
this is some more dmesg stuff that i get on startup relating to nvidia
>>51490773
ok and?
>>51490823
Optirun -c primus works fine or no? Or you just use primusrun?
>>51490823
>mom my xorg broke again
he fell for the arch meme
>>51490809
Didn't bother clicking the link, assumed it was the old infinality package not an ubuntu fontconfig one.
>>51490847
Optirun -c primus seems to work but then why doesn't primusrun? I actually get worse fps with optirun -c primus than just optirun by itself.
>>51490871
Tell me which packages are outdated, I'll adopt them.
I installed infinality, do I need to do any fuckery in the configs to make it look nicer?
>>51490885
Make a file, the name is up to you, but I named it optiprime myself, put it on /usr/bin, make sure you have the right permissions for it.
This is the contents.#!/bin/sh
vblank_mode=0 optirun -c primus "$@"
It unleashes my FPS to 100 on CSGO at least.
>>51490924
Yes, of course.
Or at least, install the recommended fc files and fonts for your preset.
>>51490924
nope, just install a good set of fonts then run fcpreset set
I did a manjaro NET install and installed openbox as a standalone window manager without a full DE for muh desktop thread aesthetics. I'm using LXDM as my display manager and again, openbox as a standoalone WM. For some reason, and i feel as if I've missed something obvious, openbox does not acknowledge my autostart.sh file on startup which looks like this:
. $GLOBALAUTOSTART
nitrogen --restore &
it's located in ~/.config/openbox but is completey ignored on startup. I've been to a fewforus with answers that yeild no results. Any help is appreciated.
>>51490928
Still same performance as just optirun itself. When I just ran with my 960m and disabled integrated graphics I could get 90+ fps on my current settings in Dota 2. Right now I'm getting around 40-50 under the same conditions.
>>51490981
>he fell for the manjaro meme
>>51490956
How do I know which fonts go with which preset?
>>51490981
Does the file have the proper name?
Does changing the one in etc work?
Also, why openbox?
Hi /lft/
I want to install Linux on a vm and use a VPN (PIA) for torrenting.
which distro should I use? am I missing something that would leak my traffic to an ISP? I use Unix at work but otherwise I'm a Linux noob.
and this is a stupid question, but can i set it up so that the downloads folder is accessible from my primary OS?
>>51490981
If you want a minimal system then get rid of LXDM, you don't need a display manager, either set things up so you are automatically logged in and startx is automatically invoked or log in and startx manually. When you do this you can just autostart things in ~/.xinitrc.
also
>manjaro
>>51491030
Oh no!
>>51491054
>File has propername
>There is no OPB autostart script in etc
>i like standalone WM and this was recommended to me, this is the only problem I've had with it
>>51491107
stop tripfagging, there's no need for it.
>>51491100
what do you mean by VM?
just regular virtual machine, like in virtualbox?
or do you mean VPS, virtual private server that you rented someplace?
former makes no sense, why would you be doing that?
later... use centos
>>51491121
It's automatic.
>>51491107
>There is no OPB autostart script in etc
Then create one. See the manual.
>i like standalone WM and this was recommended to me, this is the only problem I've had with it
There's no such thing as "standalone WM"'. You can run any WM you want without having useless apps included in a DE. And Openbox is one of the worst WMs in existence.
>>51491136
>>51491183
no u
Anyone have an i3blocks compatible script for MPD or spotify? I have no fucking clue how to get it working.
Is there a non-DE based gui package for gentoo for managing user accounts?
>>51491255
You mean a DM?
>>51491267
No, I mean for setting up/modifying user accounts, not logging in
>>51491142
>And Openbox is one of the worst WMs in existence.
It justwerks for me with the exception of this one issue.
>>51491306
Try webmin. Can I ask why you won't use the CLI?
>>51491217
Actually the script seems to work fine, as in it gives me the correct output when I run it in a terminal. But i3blocks refuses to load it.
I have the script named mediaplayer in my /usr/libexec/i3blocks/ folder andcommand=/usr/libexec/i3blocks/$BLOCK_NAME
at the top of the .conf. And yes I made it executable.
This is what the block looks like.
>>51491245
Just enable WebGL and OMTC in about:config.
Gentoo user here.
Is it a good idea to use ICC instead of GCC for bottleneck apps that aren't bash and the like (i.e., proven not compatible)? Will every second package break, or will most of them work fine? Is it possible to maintain a low-effort Gentoo system that uses ICC for the most heavyweight apps?
>inb4 not free and open
I have an i7 in my laptop and I don't have the money to buy a new one. Meaning, Intel ME is included anyway and isn't going anywhere. The war for my security against Intel in particular is lost, might as well use a compiler with better optimisations.
>>51491123
yes Linux in a virtualbox so that I can basically split my traffic. VPN would only be active within the VM. normal traffic on the primary OS would not be slowed down for streaming/games/whatever.
>>51491381
I want a gui so I can manage groups easier
>>51491451
It's not worth it.
>>51491414
should I enable webgl.prefer-native-gl and/or webgl.force-enabled?
>>51491498
Meaning, packages break too often, or something else?
Or it just takes too much space and too much effort to set up?
Why is there this thread when old one is still alive? >>51475175
I'm having issues with ncurses 6.0
For some reason when I use emerge it thinks that certain packages need 5.9 specifically, even though they work with 6sys-libs/ncurses:0
(sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r5:0/5::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
sys-libs/ncurses:0/5= required by (x11-libs/vte-0.40.2:2.91/2.91::gentoo, installed)
^^^^^
sys-libs/ncurses:0/5[ada?,cxx?,gpm?,static-libs?,tinfo?,unicode?,abi_x86_32(-)?,abi_x86_64(-)?,abi_x86_x32(-)?,abi_mips_n32(-)?,abi_mips_n64(-)?,abi_mips_o32(-)?,abi_ppc_32(-)?,abi_ppc_64(-)?,abi_s390_32(-)?,abi_s390_64(-)?] required by (sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r99:5/5::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge)
^^^^
(and 6 more with the same problems)
(sys-libs/ncurses-6.0-r1:0/6::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
sys-libs/ncurses:0/6= required by (x11-libs/vte-0.28.2-r207:0/0::gentoo, installed)
^^^^^
and when I mask 5.9-r5 and 5.9-r99The following mask changes are necessary to proceed:
(see "package.unmask" in the portage(5) man page for more details)
# required by @selected
# required by @world (argument)
# /etc/portage/package.mask/package.mask:
=sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r99
# required by media-sound/lame-3.99.5-r1::gentoo
# required by media-video/ffmpeg-2.6.3::gentoo[encode,mp3]
# required by @selected
# required by @world (argument)
# /etc/portage/package.mask/package.mask:
=sys-libs/ncurses-5.9-r5
Any idea how to fix?
>>51491414
>>51491587
enabling the two webgl settings and OMTC didn't fix it.
I'm getting the error messagesCan't find symbol 'EGLImageTargetRenderbufferStorageOES'.
and(pale moon:14473): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_clipboard_set_with_data: assertion 'targets != NULL' failed
and(pale moon:14473): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_clipboard_get_for_display: assertion '!display->closed' failed
could that be what's causing it?
hi,
Ubuntu question,
I just discovered that Canonical doesn't come with the default version of Firefox. I'm about to disable the "Ubufox" extension that I didn't know existed.
I've tried several search engines, I can't find any information about Ubufox from sources independent from Canonical.
One thing it's probably responsible for is adding "&source=canonical" to all DuckDuckGo searches.
Is there any good reason to keep Ubufox ?
>>51491914
it's a mystery
Any current date distro suggestions for obscure VIA C3 hardware?
Debian and Arch suck with GPU drivers and *butunus doesn't even boot due lack of PAE extension.
Just installed linux without dual boot for the first time. i want to learn to use the terminal, atm im running Ubuntu With gnome (should i get another distro?) atm i have only used the terminal for htop and to do apt-get. what are some usefull uses for the terminal i should get used to?
>>51489363
[Why don't any microphones work for me in Debian Jessie Linux? How do I fix this? What do I check? I normally use i3, but I will accept instruction in other DE's if necessary.
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how fucked am I here?
just got through installing arch and was setting up xorg nd all that. completely failed trying something new ofcourse so I reboot and go look at logs. I'm seeing shit like 'firmware bug: acpi:bios_osi query ignored' , apparently my bios doesn't set up all my cpu's, it's all really quite scary.How is 'noacpi' boot? sounds bootleg as fuck
maybe someone here can help me with my issue
after installing gimp on my laptop (arch with i3wm) some fonts changed and now they're pretty much unreadable
pic related, what do i have to do to change the font that appears in firefox address bar and i3bar on the picture?
>>51493042
Are you using a toaster?
>>51493085
almost, but the old font was at least usable on my toaster, this one is complete shit
>>51492667
gnome is actually ideal because there's a shell extension to have a terminal drop down from the top with a single keypress,
>>51493042
>pic related, what do i have to do to change the font that appears in firefox address bar
about:config, and type font should help
>and i3bar on the picture?
vim ~/.i3/config
>>51493085
>>51493111
>>51493125
also, if I helped can you help me?
>>51492784
>>51493133
have you tried removing pulse audio? sometimes it just goes wonky and needs to be discarded
>>51493125
that would work, but since the gimp install changed all these fonts at once, I was hoping to do the same myself
thanks though
>>51492784
are you sure all your alsa settings are correct
of course this is the arch wiki but troubleshooting alsa should be the same
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ALSA/Troubleshooting#Microphone
>>51493117
Useless bloat
>>51493270
maybe for you captain minimal, but some folk find that "bloat" to be useful
>>51489805
"entee", the M is silent.
>>51493270
very easy to use for a beginner, though
>>51492279
found a thread that seems legit,
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2032106
cons
- tracks DDG searches
- adds ask.com to search engines list
- customizes homepage to Canonical
alleged pros
- updates FF automatically (they claim it's a complex process on Linux, true?)
- looks for missing plugins
- adds "help" entries to menus
>>51492667
see >>51489363
' https://www.codecademy.com/en/courses/learn-the-command-line
>>51493345
>updates FF automatically (they claim it's a complex process on Linux, true?)
doesn't firefox update automatically without it, too? pretty sure it does for me
>>51493338
Opening a terminal isn't what beginners would have problems with
>>51489363
I tried installing ubuntu but the installer wont show up? How do I bring up the installer?
>>51493404
I can't say I disagree now, but I remember using and really enjoying the drop down terminal a while ago when I was starting to learn command line.
It made opening and closing the terminal while reading about commands very fast.
It's all subjective, though.
>>51493497
How can an animation be faster compared to instantly appearing?
>>51491396
god damn this is driving me insane
ive tried all 3 variants of i3blocks from the AUR and none of them can fucking display the fucking script it makes no sense
it just returns text like what the fuck
I even tried replacing something like volume with the contents of the mediaplayer script and still nothing.
>>51493538
the animation can be disabled
>>51493572
You're kidding me, right?
>>51493596
I'm not saying the drop down terminal is the best option. I'm not using it (or gnome shell, for that matter) myself, and probably never will again.
But I am saying that used it in the past and thought it was pretty good, so I don't see why someone else shouldn't try it out.
Just because you don't like in, doesn't mean someone else shouldn't use it.
>You're kidding me, right?
https://github.com/zzrough/gs-extensions-drop-down-terminal
There is an option to turn it off in the preferences.
>>51493734
Is there such a thing for Xfce?
Hey guys is Indicator plugin absolutely the only thing capable to show volume icon in the panel in Xfce? I mean when I remove the plugin from panel , there is still wifi and power icons , but no volume... ?! How to have all icons without the Indicator plugin?
>>51493375
Thanks
>>51493117
Great to know
Bought a vps running debian, how can I throttle the entire CPU so nothing runs above 90%? So I don't get suspended for overuse.
I've only found commands that can do it for individual tasks.
I'm doing intense stuff like running virtual machines within virtual machines, which takes cpu to 100%
>>51493404
I was talking as a matter of convienence, you're more likely to use the terminal if you just gotta flick your pinky to open it
>>51493538
it's not so much an animation as it's an always on terminal that's hidden till you want to use it, which means you can open something from terminal then hide it again without closing the program you opened
>>51493827
viola
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/how-to-use-xfce4-terminal-06x-as-drop.html
>>51493827
Haven't personally used xfce much, but you should be able to make xfce4-terminal work like that.
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/how-to-use-xfce4-terminal-06x-as-drop.html
Tutorial mght be slightly outdated, not sure. Looks like it should still work.
>>51493957
>>51493961
thanks guys... Should I even try since its almost 3 years old...?
>>51494006
The option still exists in xfce4-terminal and you should still be able to create keyboard shortcuts in xfce, I think it will work.
>>51494006
should still work, removing features isn't really part of the update process unless you're mozilla so you should be able to use it
Anyone knows how can i fix that
Loading,please wait .... fsck from util-linux 2.25.2 /dev/sda1 : clean, 4854854815/894787489 files, 201854984/56456100 blocks
>Thanks
>>51494072
Post a bit more information, perhaps?
>>51493450
You're installing from a CD ?
you have to boot from the CD, which is a "bios" option.
>>51494072
Hit e in grub and remove the quiet flag, then boot. Should give you a better idea of where it's getting stuck.
>>51493395
idk
I can't even find the manual updates I'm used to on windows (in the About menu or "?" menu)
>>51494096
that's all it says and lag
Seriously, anyone know why the fuck i3blocks wont output anything when I use this?
https://github.com/vivien/i3blocks-contrib/tree/master/mediaplayer
>>51494147
The last lane where its stuck is says
[ 8.025319] sound hdaudioC0D0 : Mic=0x19
>>51494288
Did you update/install anything before it happened?
>>51494151
Those don't exist for me either. But I have never had trouble keeping firefox up to date. My package manager gives updates to firefox too. I'm using arch, it may be different for ubuntu.
In fact it probably is different for ubuntu, otherwise they wouldn't have added the functionality in the extension.
Guess I shouldn't comment about this stuff when I'm using a different distro with different package manager.
>>51494313
No i just make the install for me dvd and its happened that i have try to install it from USB too but its the same problem. If i tern off /on the laptop from the power button its keep make that and if i do that 3-6 times its start
>>51494392
What distro are you installing and what laptop are you installing on?
If you haven't even installed anything yet, maybe it would be easier to switch distros?
>>51494443
i have an asus X553MA and the distro is kali (don't hate me for the distro please )
>>51494541
Sorry but try a real distro.
What is the point in using Pidgin? I mean I wanted to leave skype and just use it's protocol in Pidgin but then I learned that Skype needs to run anyway alongside Pidgin.!? Fuck this shit...
What is the point , is there a way to not run skype?
>>51494570
Just don't use Skype. Easy as fuck.
>>51494562
i just want the tools only that i run a arch on my mane pc and i just want to find a solusion for that but thanks for try to help me
>>51494541
Not hating, but if you plan to use that laptop for anything other than penetration testing, you should try a different distro anyways.
>>51493117
>>51493919
There are for every DE. I use KDE and I have installed Yakuake.
When doing some new stuff you don't use it when browsing on wikis though because it takes half of the screen, so you right-click the window bar and tick the box to keep the window above the others.
>>51494600
But I am still looking at that fucking icon , and I have double windows with my faggot friends, one from Pidgin one from Skype... Also if someone messages me , do I get message on both Sype and Pidgin??
>>51494608
You thinking is better if i install kali on my mane pc and on laptop arch or some other distro ?
>>51494642
Why do you need kali at all?
Why not just run arch on both machines if you're already familiar with it?
>>51494659
i just want to laern the tool from kali that's all
>>51494634
Is that latest KDE? Did they finally made option to remove cashew from desktop anon?
>>51493304
kek
Can someone help me configure tint? I want something like what this guy has
>>51494759
Actually if someone could help me with openbox too that would be super helpful
>>51494714
I think you can get at least most of the tools included with kali on other distros too. But if your mind is set on running kali on your laptop, it's none of my business.
Can't help you with your original problem though.
Trying to install Arch in virtualbox, doing anything with grub-install returns the error: failed to get canonical path of 'airootfs'
What should I do? And what information should I provide?
>>51494834
Ok thanks anon for take the time to help me
>>51494642
I'm thinking you should probably install a distro with support for your native language
>>51494886
I don't thinking is a good idea
>>51494714
Installing 4 or 5 distros on the same computer is insane and takes a lot of disk space for nothing. Nothing prevents you from discovering the Kali tools in a virtual machine (like virtualbox).
>>51494937
can you learn wifi-related tools in a vm?
I'm running Lubuntu and screenfetch shows "ubuntu" in lowercase right before the usual "Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty" in the OS section. How do I change this? Pic related
>>51494998
Edit the screenfetch script. There's no special logo for flavors of Ubuntu but you can make your own.
>>51494998
Why do you even care?
>>51494998
Why? It is Ubuntu.
>>51494987
I think yes
I want to backup my arch system, entire system, and not be fucked like I just was a few days ago, lost all my configs, music, walls, etc.
I effectively want to backup the whole system, weekly, and only backup files that have actually changed,
what do? never used rsync or backed up a linux system
>>51494987
I think VMs spoof your wifi into an ethernet connection by default. Although it might be possible to do otherwise.
>>51495020
How does one make that ASCII picture? Is it generated by some program that scans a picture? I mean dont tell me it is done by hand , one symbol at a time
>>51495068
Just make a script or something that backups your home folder to some external HDD or something and you're basically fine.
>>51495068
give rsnapshot a try, it's better for incremental backups
>>51495068
It's time to learn how to do it then.
>>51495084
I suppose it's possible that it could be done by some algorithm by if you want real accuracy you're gonna have to do it yourself.
It really doesn't take that long to do, they aren't large.
>>51495070
That's what I was thinking, the connection would just show up as wired. If you passthrough a wireless adapter directly to the vm, it might work.(Does it?)
>>51492332
What GPU exactly? If Debian and Arch fail to support it, it's gonna be hard finding a recent distro that supports it...
I've been using Xubuntu for like 2 years now. I'm comfortable with linux but I want to try something new. I was thinking of Debian since that's what the *buntu's are based on, but do I go stable or unstable? And why?
>>51495084
>dont tell me it is done by hand , one symbol at a time
Anon... You greatly underestimate the oss community.
>>51495127
Unstable because you get newer packages and it really isn't unstable at all. Stable is basically for servers and "i have to make sure absolutely nothing could ever go wrong" type of people.
>>51495127
Try a different flavor perhaps, something rpm based or Arch.
>>51495117
Of course,it just seemed to me that some programmer already made such a thing, sorry it just seemed to me as no big deal for experienced programmer , and there so much crazy software out there...
>>51494717
I don't know what cashew is, sorry.
Screenfetch doesn't tell me the version and I don't know what to do to know it, but it's the last that has been pushed to the repositories, yes.
If I have separate root and home partitions, if I want to change my distro I just install the iso into the root partition and that's all I have to do, right?
>>51495023
>>51495043
Because it looks ugly how it says ubuntu twice
