Previously on: >>52401598
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) Dual-boot Linux with Windows/Mac (recommend if you want to learn more about Linux)
4) Go balls deep and overwrite everything with Linux (not recommended)
If you are serious about switching to Linux and if you have Windows dual-booted, 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.
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
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 autists)?
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 [it's reddit-tier] -- 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/puke-inducing 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://gitgud.io/Chocolate-Chip-Computing/DebianNewbieScript
Check out this page for any updates on the OP
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php//flt/
IRC No one uses:
irc://irc.freenode.org:+7000/FriendlyLinux
This thread is GNU/Gay
I thought it was going to be /fut/ friendly UNIX thread?
>>52409112
so i just installed ubuntu and want to switch to something else
is it as easy as replacing the root folder?
>>52409241
gnu/linux is not unix
>>52409203
/thread
>>52409387
It was going to be for all things UNIX, even UNIX like
>>52409396
>>52409203
back2windows normies
Next one fut/ and let's see what gets more rage.
I use Linux/BSD. This thread is offensive to me
>>52409283
>crunchbang
Stop posting this chart, it's way out of date and will probably confuse newcomers to ganoo/linux more than it will help them.
I've been using Mint for about six months now, and I'd say I'm pretty familiar with it. I'm a little interested in trying a more advanced distro, but I'm a little confused as to what the actual benefits would be from upgrading to something like arch. From what I see it doesn't provide much more functionality and it requires a lot of troubleshooting to get working properly.
In the end I'm probably going to stick with Mint, but just out of curiosity what are some reasons to switch to more advanced versions?
>>52409538
>arch
Best package manager there is.Arch starts off with a ~250mb install and you build it from there.If you dont want bloat go to it. If you're happy being spoonfed your packages and using a DE stay there
>>52409538
>arch
>advanced distro
No. Get something more basic and widely used than that. Any of the production distros that people actually have use of outside of circlejerks on the internet.
>>52409563
>package manager
Ok, I guess this can be considered a benefit. So the biggest reason people use it is because it's unbloated?
I don't really care too much about bloat, since coming from windows even mint seems pretty minimal. Is there anything in terms of functionality that distros like arch and gentoo are better at than basic ones like ubuntu?
>>52409156
Downloading images now
Going to experiment with XFCE and LXDE while making this thing. It will take me a while. It may take longer than a day.
>>52409112
Would it be possible to purge and replace all GNU components from Linux and free the OS from the grasps of Stallman and his cult of freetards?
>inb4 Stallman drones get butthurt
Linux is about freedom and the ability to change any part of your OS. You have no right to complain about my question here.
>>52409748
Yes. Look up busybox.
>>52409803
I thought that was only for embedded systems
>>52409827
I thought is was too, but apparently they provide binaries for x86 systems.
Is there a guide to installing Gentoo that actually fucking works?
So far everything shits out errors in the middle or when I try to actually boot after setup it fails.
Every guide I've tried I gave at least three chances from scratch to finish in case I fucked it up. More for the wiki guide once I figured out that it wouldn't auto-download portage correctly and I had to pull the snapshot.
>>52409563
My beef with Arch is systemd.
>>52409748
Just go back to windows, cunt. You're the cancer of the linux community.
>>52409919
How about Manjaro w/ OpenRC?
>>52409748
>grasps of Stallman and his cult of freetards
>Linux is about freedom
rethink your questing and then come back, kid
>>52409889
Calculate-Linux
>>52409748
Yes
You dont need GNU for a damn thing. Look at the BSD's. There are already alternatives to certain OS' that used BSD instead of gnu
>>52409919
You dont have to use systemd there are packages in the aur that let you use openrc or even the old sysinit
>>52409923
No. I am the saviour of Linux who wants to make it a truly free operating system
>>52410041
Stallman and his organization don't care about freedom, they care bout rabidly pushing their line of thinking into the Linux family and it does more harm than good to our progress.
You are free to keep distributions with GNU software, we just want an alternative
>>52409853
>>52409827
Busybox is included standard in Tinycore Linux. A working distribution ran entirely from RAM with FLWM and a DE. All in under 20 mbs.
>>52410112
Tried that one.
First I repeatedly failed at grub-install. Had to get sys-boot/grub myself and alter make.conf/use a slightly different set of commands because I'm on an EFI system.
Once I was past that I should have been done but it failed on the reboot. Because I'm retarded or something.
>>52410083
Surely I can't fuck this up. Thanks, anon.
I have a spare laptop and have always wanted to try out Linux, so I've decided to go balls deep and install it on there. From reading the resources I've decided on Mint as it's supposed to be a nice and gentle entry to Linux.
Do I go for the Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce or KDE edition? What's the difference?
>>52410191
Cinnamon and Mate are both very similar to windows, so I'd recommend going with them. KDE and XFCE are both a little more light weight, but since it's your first time I really think you should go with Cinnamon or Mate.
>>52410191
I like MATE because I am a faggot who wants the option with the smallest footprint.
>>52410200
>>52410207
MATE it is!
>>52410191
fluxbox
>>52410257
Lucky for you, the 17.3 release of Mate just came out a few days ago too.
>>52409112
Use the fucking standard. Its /flt/ not /fglt/. Although you can expand FLT itu Friendly Linux+GNU thread. Because GNU is an addition to Linux and not the other way around.
>>52409923
>>52410041
nice meme, kid
http://gng.z505.com
now go suck that scammer Stallman's dick.
>>52410282
>GNU is an addition to Linux and not the other way around
maximum kek
an operating system is just an addition to a kernel? that's not how computers work, bud.
>>52410282
Yes, of course, sure.
>>52410282
>He uses the Linux operating system
You've got it the other way around. What we refer to as Linux is actually GNU (operating system) and Linux (kernel)
>>52410303
>he doesnt know who Stallman is and what he does
why even browse /g/?
>>52410311
You did read Linus' announcement in comp.os.minix of how he is making an operating system.
Btw, do you know what the fuck is the definition of Operating System?
>>52410303
A program is free software if the program's users have:
THE FOUR ESSENTIAL FREEDOMS
The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom 0). The
freedom to study how the program works, and change it so it does your computing
as you wish (freedom 1). Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor (freedom 2).
The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to others (freedom
3). By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your
changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
>>52410311
Linux+bsd
Your argument?
After a fresh install of Arch on a thinkpad, I am struggling with the time.
I chose UTC during the install and specified my timezone but I fail to get it working.
As a quickfix, I tweaked the time in the bios to offset it such as the time is correct once I use my laptop.
I triedln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Tokyo /etc/localtimewithout success...
>>52410335
Linux is an operating system. An operating system is that software which provides and limits access to hardware resources on a computer. That definition applies wherever you see Linux in use.
>>52410375
It's the sedition of "Free" Software. Which actually means free as in free beer and not free as in freedom. Have you looked at this?
http://gng.z505.com/cult.htm
>>52410393
Updated via ntp?
>>52410426
Do you have any idea what GNU and FSF is about?
I bet you are one of these faggots who ask why we use non-free hardware. :^)
>>52410450
>I can't argue
If you can argue, refute my points in the link I gave.
I somehow managed to get two taskbars to run at the same time. I was having driver issues and problems logging in, so I took drastic measures and reinstalled a whole bunch of stuff, including the entirety of xserver and ubuntu desktop.
How fucked am I?
>>52410426
>idontcareanymore.png
It's about protection of freedom faggot. As example, when you tolerate intolerance, you do the opposite of tolerance, the same goes with protecting software to keep it free.
That kid from that website got an autistic idea and breeded it into a website full of stuff like "Dont by from Amazon" with changed context (here DRM protection context is changed to 1984 paranoia).
This website just shares disinformation.
>>52410506
If you figure out how to replicate it let me know. I'd like to use it.
>>52410339
Ah, the classic argumentum ad Linus.
According the the Collins English Dictionary: "the set of software that controls the overall operation of a computer system, typically by performing such tasks as memory allocation, job scheduling, and input/output control." Sounds like GNU/Linux to me -- the Linux kernel is not a set of software.
>>52410378
Your point?
>>52410394
Ah, so I can just boot up the Linux kernel on its own and use it independently? Sweet! I'm uninstalling all of the software on my computer right now -- thanks for the suggestion!
Stop arguing about kernels and operating systems, children
>>52410587
Dude I've done so much shit to this in just 6 hours I have no clue. One step I did a lot was re-install and uninstall fglrx drivers, and a lot of x-server shit. I also messed around with the lightdm, trying to switch it out with gdm. I wouldn't suggest doing this on a computer that you use a lot.
Maybe just try
apt-get remove xserver-xorg
and then re installing it (making sure to reconfigure with dpkg-reconfigure)
>>52410446
in/etc/ntp.confI have# Associate to Arch's NTP pool
server 0.arch.pool.ntp.org
server 1.arch.pool.ntp.org
server 2.arch.pool.ntp.org
server 3.arch.pool.ntp.org
What should I change server 0,1,2,3 to have the time in my timezone corrected by ntp?
>>52410610
>Ah, the classic argumentum ad Linus.
>According the the Collins English Dictionary: "the set of software that controls the overall operation of a computer system, typically by performing such tasks as memory allocation, job scheduling, and input/output control." Sounds like GNU/Linux to me -- the Linux kernel is not a set of software.
>memory allocation
systemd
>job scheduling
systemd
>I/O control
Linux kernel
No GNU.
>>52410587
so i managed to turn off the unity plugin from ccsm, but now I dont have any buttons on the top of windows
fuck
Linux is for autists and hipsters. Which one are you?
>>52409748
Without RMS nobody of us would shitpost in this thread. Also: Even Linus himself including the whole Linux Foundation cares about freedom:
„I refuse to even consider tying my hands over some binary-only module. I want people to know that when they use binary-only modules, it's THEIR problem.“
– Linus Torvalds
„We, the undersigned Linux kernel developers, consider any closed-source Linux kernel module or driver to be harmful and undesirable… We have repeatedly found them to be detrimental to Linux users, businesses, and the greater Linux ecosystem.“
https://lwn.net/Articles/287056/
I dont know what actually is wrong with you, but if you want the "freedom" to run closed source malware, why not just running Windows?
Also what the hell is your problem with Stallman?
>stallman is the guy who eats shit from his foot, right? oh yeah and he likes free stuff, kek [pepe.jpg attached]
>>52410667
Have you updated it though? Did you use timesyncd or just ntp?
Have you done a sync yet?
Try ntpdate -s time.nist.gov
>>52409120
>(or GNU/Linux for autists)
>>52410791
DELETE THIS
>>52410755
>...detrimental to Linux users...“
What is any nvidia driver for $1000 Alec.
Definitely not "detrimental" I know it not open source, but it powers alot more then what amd has.
Where the fuck is my ubuntu phone already
>>52410647
>>52410804
No, it should be preserved.
>>52410829
Available at Amazon.
>>52410739
enable the window decorations option in ccsm
>>52410778
I didn't updated it with ntp before asking my question.
If I don't offset the time in the bios,ntpdate -s time.nist.govdes not solve the issue.
>>52410739
Window decorations are for windows users.
Use:
ALT+Left Mouse Button
ALT+Right Mouse Button
ALT+F4
etc
like a true /g/entooman
>>52410867
Not in the US.
>>52410904
wooooooooooosh
>>52410898
Oh,timedatectl set-ntp true
solved my issue.
So I dont want to use a gay panel, how do I manage my internet connection without nm-applet?
>>52411201
nmcli
>>52409748
If I recall correctly, the biggest issue in replacing >all< GNU components is gcc, though there is that one other compiler that I forget the name of that you may be able to replace it with.
Ironically I think the easiest way to accomplish an entirely GNU-less distro would be to install LFS. Possibly Gentoo.
>>52410755
I think you need to keep in mind that while GNU == open-source, open-source != GNU
Linux on its own for example, while open-source, has nothing to do with GNU.
>>52411331
Oh nevermind I'm wrong, I wasn't aware that *BSD isn't GNU. Installing a *BSD is certainly easier than both LFS and replacing the GNU components that Gentoo ships with.
I've been wondering whats the best all around virtual machine software under Linux. Currently I'm just using GNOME-Boxes under fedora is there anything better?
>>52409112
how does one start a VN linux?I is a non-installer VN
HOLY SHIT LINUX SOURCE CODE LEAKED.
https://github.com/torvalds/linux
>>52411545
HOLY SHIT AUTISM SOURCE CODE LEAKED!
http://pastebin.com/Tp3mNZX1
>>52411545
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=shit&type=Code
>>52411626
I am going to kick the living shit out of you, game over, lights out.
reposting from a previous thread:
makepkg seems to be targeting the wrong version of multiple packages. I'm guessing it's an error in the pkgbuild but I'm not sure what to change and no one else seems to have had the same issue on the aur comments
>>52411836
>>52409112
Keep it FLT, making it Gnu would exclude distros like alpine and newfags that might find it confusing.
Yes you're a freetard but be considerate, thank you for listening.
Just finished a dual boot with win7 and arch.
I'm going to be adding another harddrive to store music, pictures, steam games, etc on but what format should I use so it's accessible to both Windows and Arch?
>>52412079
ntfs
>>52412075
Fuck off, Linus.
Also what's the best network manager for Arch with Openbox? I'd use the gnome NM but don't want to also have to dl all the crap that comes with the gnome environment.
>>52412089
NTFS can't be accessed by Linux I thought, no? Or is this bait?
>>52412091
No, you fuck off, Stallman
>>52412030
Rename all of the pkg.tar.gzs so that they share the the same 2016.16.0.1.1.150-2
>>52412106
Linux has an NTFS driver in the same way that it has an ZFS driver.
>>52412094
Why? are you limited in disk?
Just because you have something sitting on disk doesn't mean is running all the time wasting resources.
>>52412106
it can, just make sure to modify your fstab if you want it to automount
>>52412121
Sort of limited in that I'm on an SSD, but it's more of the point I hate downloading entire environments when I'm only going to be using 1% of them. That's part of the reason I chose arch, and chose openbox.
>>52412106
The kernel had a shitty driver that you won't find in most distribution kernels but what you will find is ntfs-3g a fuse driver.
>>52412118
the pkg.tar.gzs are extracted and overwrite previous versions during the install process, so if I rename them now they'll just be overwritten I'm pretty sure. I'll check just to be sure.
>>52412118
>>52412150
actually it looks like it worked. I'll see what happens when I try to download a package that has this as a dependency
>>52410450
Like I care about the FSF
Stallman literally appointed a feminazi to the board of directors
>>52412223
cool story bro
How to input japanese in Arch.
I tried to follow https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Input_Japanese_using_uim but I don't know how to go through and actually convert my keystrokes into kana and kanji
Best pulseaudio volume manager for the system tray?
>>52412235
Don't you mean FART FART FART FART FART FART FART FART FART
>>52412106
Linux can see NTFS, but it's shit-tier.
FAT32 is detectable, but I sincerely doubt it's any better (I don't actually know what I'm talking about)
>>52412106
NTFS-3g through FUSE. It has a lot of overhead which makes the read/write speeds suck but if you just need to access NTFS it works.
>>52409112
What's the most simple way to switch between wifi and ethernet?
Preferably with netctl or systemd-networkd (arch) cause of 'muh bloat' and lowspecs laptop
currently is something like:sudo systemctl start dhcpcd@enp2s0&&sudo systemctl stop netctl@wireless\x2dwpa&&sudo ip link set wlp4s0 down
Reminder to crossdress when using GNU/Linux.
>>52413817
fucking faggot
im posting this here on the advice of an anon, can anyone help me out
>>52414063
Why is the claws-mail package for Gentoo x86 so much older (3.9.0) than the package for x86_64 (3.13.1)? 3.9 is missing some important USE flags...
>>52413817
is it true that gnome project is sjw/faggot friendly?
>>52413817
You must be using Gnome, faggot.
>>52414182
Openbox by itself is great, but if you're not trying to minimize resource usage at all costs, then you should try compton. I've got my friend's very old laptop open in VNC, and you can see openbox with and without compton, with clean themes.
Find an openbox theme that doesn't suck and edit it to your taste. Find a good GTK+ theme and then try to make your Qt theme look as much like it as possible. If you're not going to use a wallpaper, at least change the background color to black.
>>52413817
I know dude's legs when I see them.
>>52409563
Is not using a desktop environment support to be a L337 indicator these days?
>>52414545
theres literally no reason to use a DE, its just bloat
How do I make my openbox + tilt 2 pretty?
>>52414660
install GiNyU/Linux
I've been trying to make this work for days but it wont
startx returns
>Could not find provider with name modesetting
xorg.conf should be fine though
what' could be wrong
>>52414879
Do you have the xorg graphics drivers installed?
>>52414991
Yeah, I have.
editing intel's Device section in xorg.conf seems to make the thing boot but it returns me to tty with the error
>xinit: connection to X server lost
>>52415023
What does your ~/.xinitrc say?
Do you even have one?
Do you have a display manager installed/running?
>>52415081
>Do you even have one?
I realised that this question is a bit misleading/ambigious.
I was asking if .xinitrc even exists.
>>52415081
No DMs yet. Only i3wm.
.xinitrc does not exist but xinitrc does (and gets called instead)
I havexrandr --setprovideroutputsource modesetting NVIDIA-0in the file along with the usual other shit in it and
xrandr --autoexec i3at the end
>>52415127
should have said earlier that i'm running this on a laptop with a discrete graphics card so Optimus might be to blame here
>>52415127
>but xinitrc does
It NEEDS to have the . in front of it.
>>52415140
>so Optimus might be to blame here
Yes, Optimus is known to not work well with Linux, but you should still be able to get it to work with your onboard graphics.
>>52415167
renamed it to have the dot, problem still persists.
how can i have it work using only onboard graphics?
So I installed Manjaro on my ThinkPad x220. Now what?
>>52415225
Remove (or rename) all custom configs (including .xinitrc) and see if that will start the default X window manager.
How do you use a static IP address with a wireless network in Gentoo?
The method in the Gentoo handbook doesn't work.
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:X86/Full/Networking#Defining_network_configuration_per_ESSID
I used this method to set up a static IP address for a particular wifi network the same way I would for a wired network. When it didn't work I commented out everything else in /etc/conf.d/net, and it still didn't work.
What are the possible reasons?
>>52415274
No screens found error
ahwell fuck im close to giving up on this
So...Arch or Gentoo?
>>52415328
Gentoo.
>>52415247
install antergos
>>52415465
>Manjaro
>Antergos
>>52414857
Underrated post
>>52413817
disgusting, you should not buy crapple hardware they are the enemy of your freedom
im on arch, how to fix:
>Bluetooth: hci0 entering Intel manufacturer mode failed (-110)
everytime i try to start a DM
Fuck, I typed sudo apt-get remove wine 1.6 -- purge trying to uninstall wine and the bitch deleted all my apps icons and shit, I forgot the name of the app is last, I'm on mate btw fuck
Whats the problem with asus laptops? There are a lot of problems with installing linux on them, currently im suffering with an x555u and cant install ubuntu nor xubuntu on it for shit. Now I'm trying to make a special usb key to boot from so maybe it wont fuck it up.
halp
I'm trying to install a xfce panel plugin and i get this message.checking for exo-1 >= 0.5.0... not found
*** The required package exo-1 was not found on your system.
*** Please install exo-1 (atleast version 0.5.0) or adjust
*** the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
*** installed the package in a nonstandard prefix so that
*** pkg-config is able to find it.
what is exo-1 and how do i install it?
I'M GONNA DO IT /FGLT/
I'M GONNA INSTALL ARCH
>>52415907
DONT DO IT
we don't need more people asking for help
OK, I'm confused. Is there even IcedTea-3? Is it stable? Is it in use?
When you install OpenJDK8 somewhere on Arch, is it built using the IcedTea toolchain, or is it built using proprietary parts too?
I have a small probelm with my xubuntu installation
the whisker menu icon becomes a black black square if I drag any of the opened application left or right. any tips how to fix this?
it reappears when I move my mouse over it btw
>>52409563
>tfw debian minimal is half that size
>>52410808
Now update your kernel and see it performing, proprietary drivers are horribly inconvenient for users.
Am I using Linux wrong when I simply open nautilus with sudo to access some of the restricted folders?
Every time I do it, I imagine some neckbeard would scream at me when doing it.
>>52416087
its technically the correct way
>>52415748
Read the changes next time. Forgot to update before removing?
>>52416087
gksudo is the correct way actually.
>>52414644
Yes, enjoy configuring your OS all day for real world tasks such as printing over bluetooth, screen presentation, android file transfer, session management and so on.
>finally get to the Linux portion of my degree
we're required to install debian in a virtual machine for assignments, I'm pretty excited.
First thing I did was install MATE.
>>52416221
DEs dont do any of the things you listed
Going to set up dual-booting for Linux Mint tomorrow. I've got it all downloaded my question is what's a recommended partition size for learning Linux?
>>52416310
depends, i usually use 20-30G
when using debian sid, how do I know whether to to apt-get upgrade or apt-get dist-upgrade?
>>52415780
halp meh
>>52416332
Aight I'll set up 50gb to be safe, cheers anon.
is there any good alternative to pushbullet that works on gnome environment with fedora ?
I have no splash screen design only a black screen with two white stripes. How do I fix that?
Arch xfce btw.
Thinking about updating xubuntu from 14 to 15.
Will this fuck my system up in any way, or will it be exactly like i left it but with a new version of Ubuntu?
>>52409112
am a veteran user of debian, arch have advantages over debian? or is the same shit with different package manager?
>>52416530
the most secure is the update fuck the system but install systemback and update
>>52416709
AUR can be useful to some people I guess.
>>52416433
You use arch, please specify your problem.
>>52416709
you can have move problems with arch
(some people like this)
fell for the meme guys
lubuntu
>>52417304
at least you didn't choose kubuntu
how do I setup keepass to use a smart card on linux? what kind of cards and readers/writers can I use on linux?
I just want to use a password manager, but I want an extra layer of security with a keyfile.
>>52417575
this page has a list
https://wiki.debian.org/Smartcards
ive been studying op on on it for a short while.
my laptop has a pci smart card reader/writer so i wanted a smart card to hold the harddrive's encryption keys
>>52417667
I'd find it more interesting as a USB drive substitution for a two-factor authentication like the one explained by Sasaki for Gentoo
Anyone have any idea if its possible to give the terminal unicode support?
>>52418029
which terminal emulator? should be possible
Reposting question.
Is Tails the best distro for discrete browsing? Friend needs as close to an anonymous system as he can get.
>>52418065
Trying to display this one
http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%8E%A7
But all i get is the usual box with numbers in it.
>>52418071
>i'm asking for a friend, doc
>>52418116
Fuck. But really, he's just not tech savvy enough to trust himself to do it and I don't know about every little distro Linux has.
>>52410257
Good choice. Cinnamon is mostly just eye candy. Not that I'm by any means against it. I just really enjoy Mate. And Mint installs a lot of the typical shit by default like oracle Java so you won't have to fuck with doing it the hard way.
>>52418134
>>52418156
Just answer the question please.
okay im still strugling with that shitty asus
so far i've tried ubuntu xubuntu cinnamon mint lubuntu and kubuntu and except kubuntu all failed miserably to make any progress with the install
kubuntu could almost finish but still fail
when putting up kubuntu i was facing some errors with ubi-partman exit code 10 and ubi-time or some shit exit code 1
various forums give me jackshit answers blaming it on the raid setup but i dont have one
any other ideas?
What is the best unix shell and why is it zsh + oh-my-zsh?
Is Debian Sid just normal debian with bleeding edge packages or is it a playground for their developers to experiment with stuff?
In the sense that the system can break not because of unstable packages but actual debian developers commits.
Maybe someone will find these useful
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt
and
http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/
Blocks ads from most ad networks.
Even when a site requests you to turn adblock because they a good boys and ads dindu nuffin you can jus turn it off and most ads won't load anyways because your machine can't establish a connection with the ad server.
Also retarded clickbait troll sites with disgusting content and screamers (especially good if you're retarded enough to lurk /b/)
>>52418505
bash for getting shit done.
everything else is for contrarian fedora tippers
>>52418516
there's stable (which is the only real reason to use debian), testing, unstable, experimental.
>>52418114
You need a font which has the headphone symbol.
>>52418551
>bash for getting shit done
>he doesn't have selection when double tapping tab
shiggy.
>>52416709
I've used both. Debian, even with minimal installation, has more builtin features and "non-vanilla" stuff than arch. Some consider this a pro - personally, I like explicit configuration (without going full Gentoo) so I prefer Arch.
>>52418602
forgot pic
>>52418602
Gollygee such a wonderful improvement hmm I wonder what I could do with bash to circumvent this inconvenience.
I don't know?
Maybe use a fucking keyboard since I already have my fingers on it?
>>52418499
guise plez save my ass ;_;
>>52418565
there's stable (which is the only real reason to use debian)
lel enjoy your gcc 0.2 alpha
>>52418639
lel for development you have fedora not fucking debian
Anyone using deadbeef?
Does it have directory based sorting/playlist?
Any lightweight music player with directory based sorting/playlist?
I don't need fancy features, volume up/down, pause/play, next/previous will do
Retard here, I tried to install Debian on a spare SSD on the desktop yesterday with no success. I'm on a Z77 Extreme4 board with updated BIOS and Windows 7. Net installation of Debian seemed to go through but installing grub on the Windows drive was a no go. I tried to put grub on the spare SSD and loaded, but Debian never showed up. I looked around and it's apparently a problem with the asmedia asm1061 controller some saying it supports it with an up to date kernel and some saying it doesn't work at all so I unplugged everything from those two slots and disabled them on the BIOS setup. Still nothing. Maybe an installation of Debian Stretch would work? Of course it didn't, in fact it can't even get past the installation stage. I don't know what to do.
Just for keks, I went with Ubuntu 15.04, but grub never loaded probably put it on the Windows drive.
I'm still pretty new to Linux. I made a script that is currently saved to my home directory. To activate it I have to type ./scriptname while at the home directory. How do I make it where I can just type "scriptname" from any directory to run it?
>>52418788
Easy, you have to put it in $PATH.
You can check which directories belong to $PATH
by typingecho $PATH
in your terminal
It's a good practice to put your scripts and your own programs in
/home/<username>/.local/bin
or
/usr/local/bin
It also has to be made and executable so# chmod +x <your_script>
as root
>>52418788
>>52418827
Don't listen to this faggot.
Just make a bin folder on your home folder and runchmod +x script
If you didn't have a bin folder before. You're gonna have to restart.
What are the use cases for gentoo, not having systemd aside?
>swap
Why?
>>52418936
When your run out of RAM so your work doesn't go to shit
>>52418936
Do you have below 8 gigabytes of memory?
If so you don't need it desu.
>>52418578
good thinking, thank you
>do an update on my father's Linux laptop
>fucks up all his settings
>have to do a reinstall
Fug.
>>52419113
>reinstall
You're never going to learn linux that way. Fix it yourself 2bh
>>52419113
What the fuck did you install? Arch?
>>52418936
These days it's used as a last resort to prevent out of memory errors and crashes related to them. It may also be used for hibernation if you use that mode. If you have a lot of RAM and don't usually utilize a lot of it you probably don't need swap.
>>52418499
give more info
>>52418565
>implying debian testing isn't awesome
>>52419352
How is it awesome?
>>52418899
>You're gonna have to restart.
#justwindowsthings
>>52419366
I knew a kid who actually thought this about Gameboy link cables. He'd raise his Gameboy above his head during Pokemon trades because he thought it made the Pokeballs roll through the cord faster.
>>52419389
>>52418746
https://github.com/Alexey-Yakovenko/deadbeef/wiki/Title-formatting
yes it has, but why not just tag your shit with musicbrainz and freedb?
>>52418764
noone installs stretch, you install stable and upgrade to stretch. why not write grub to the windows partition?
>>52418934
tiny installations, hardened installs, obscure platforms
>>52419366
>>52419464
go back to reddit, fag
So, I have an All-in-one hp desktop at university, this is of course property of the institution. I wish to install Ubuntu on this machine because I'll be here around 3 more years.
Take a look at the partitions on the main hdd, will I be safe installing Ubuntu on the largest partition (900 GB)?
Will this allow me to, once I finish my time here, boot the recovery partition and factory reset the PC?
>900GB
what do you plan on doing? take half and you'll still have plenty. go with xubuntu instead.
>>52419464
>>52419366
sexy, meme, 3LAMESTUDIO. dude do oyu ever look at a poop and think that you could sculpt meme faces with poo lines? i dunno just a thought from a friend lol
>>52419656
I'm more used to Ubuntu.
So, Ubuntu installation from USB drive will allow me to resize the partition and dual boot to windows?
>>52419688
why not shrink it in the computer management you posted a screenshot of? the installer will detect it and let you select "dual boot with windows"
>>52419712
Will do. As long as I don't touch neither of the recovery partitions I should be safe, right?
>>52419684
>>52419543
newfags spotted
>>52419743
no dude just a thought from a friend haha. do you ever dream of a yoshi pooing eggs and feeling embarassed haha
>>52419734
ye, just shrink windows by the amount you want to have for GNU/Linux, the installer will handle everything for you. you may need to update ubuntu in the future though and it's a point release so make sure to back your shit up.
am linuxing
>>52419520
I mention it on the post, anon. Grub is there, but it still didn't work.
>checkinstall
Slowpoke here, this shit is cash.
>>52419879
>Net installation of Debian seemed to go through but installing grub on the Windows drive was a no go.
really, why not put it on the windows partition?
https://gist.github.com/ahodesuka
This is the famous gtk file picker patch to have thumbnail icon view, but I have no idea how I can install/patch this. Debian babby here.
Can anyone explain what I need to do here?
A short step by step guid would make me very happy!
>>52410282
maybe he meant to say /faglet/
>>52420089
You're funny.
>>52420002
Anon I have two drives. One has Windows, the other is trying to have Debian. I've let the installer do its thing and install grub presumably on the windows drive, but grub doesn't load. I also tried putting it on the other drive where grub does load and gives me the option of booting Debian or the Windows loader, but if I choose Debian, then it just stays there doing nothing. If, however, you were referring to installing Debian on the Windows drive, then I can't since it has a little over 4GB left.
I give up, I'll just use it on the laptop and fuck off.
>>>52420024
>>>52420024
>>>52420024
N E W
T H R E A D
>>52421419
>60 posts early
although, to be fair, the current thread's title is shit, so i can't blame you
>>52421478
found the tech illiterate
Fuck UEFI.
>>52422429
What is this
>>52422556
https://searx.me/?q=UEFI&categories=general
>>52409112
>three ways
Do you even math
>>52422589
you wot m8
>>52422589
Maybe OP just made a typo. :)
