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 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 GNU/Linux as your new home and working on making it feel the way you want it.
>Recommended for beginners:
-Ubuntu MATE
-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/
IRC No one uses:
irc://irc.freenode.org:+7000/FriendlyLinux
I run fedora 23. Been doing fedora since 18.
Does anyone know how to make Bly-Rays and DVDs play? I've got vlc, mplayer, and a few others.
My laptop can out in 2013, so I sincerely doubt it can't play blu-Ray.
What if I want a knife that's actually useful?
>tfw you finish that fresh Funtoo install with Plasma 5
>emerge bomi and deadbeef
i never have to go back to windows
I just installed Linux mint onto my computer, cinnamon, and it's a Dell XPS L401X.
It has this annoying setting that Linux keeps defaulting too, and treats my computer as if it has two monitors. I can fix it by pressing this button a few times (pic), but it crashes cinnamon.
Also whenever I try to play a game like Crusader Kings 2 it changes the resolution entirely to two black boxes on either side of the screen.
Tl;dr resolution keeps fucking up what do
You forgot TWM
Hey /g/ just installed Debain on Virtual box seeing if I can install all the things I need before I switch. One Problem that I encountered were that my repos didn't go into the installation cd.
I tried to add new repos to "/etc/apt/sources.list". but it denied me access. Help.
>>51674877
Do it using sudo then? I think it's in Debian's default install now.
sudo pico /etc/apt/sources.list
(Pico to be newb friendly, I prefer vim myself, but it takes some learning to use)
>>51674798
I guess I should just give up?
Google was no avail.
Sorry for the bother friends
>>51674798
I dunno man, I've never used Mint or Cinnamon before : /
>>51675010
It's Mint (Cinnamon) as the build? I don't know the lingo.
I'm thinking it's more the laptop
What distro complements a thinkpad? I don't want to go back to ubuntu since I left it because of unity, but apt-get is in my blood now. Some of the fedora spins look nice, but I'm turned off by the (lack of) package management. I'd bite the arch meme but I'm just so lazy.
>>51675010
Don't, I'm on a liveusb and everything about it is dogshit. It's going to take more than rice to fix how fundamentally flawed the font rendering is.
Why is sleep not a shell builtin? It being an external program takes some time to load it into memory so doesn't that throw off the time that you're supposed to be sleeping for?
>>51675034
>What distro complements a thinkpad?
>>51674128
I'm using wayland though
>>51675021
sounds more like an issue with graphics settings.
What GPU do you have and what drivers are you using for it?
>>51675034
Don't worry, I've been using Arch for almost 5 years now and I'm pretty sold on it, there's really no danger of me trying out Mint anytime soon.
>posting this from my X201 btw
>my X1 Carbon is down atm with a broken lcd panel but I've got one coming in the mail
>>51675072
I was trying out korora. Gnome3 is weird as shit and I don't like it, but cinnamon is just fucking awful. For everything thing that is better than gnome, there are two fundamental flaws. Don't know about mint itself but cinnamon is like the windows me of DEs.
>>51675034
> It's going to take more than rice to fix how fundamentally flawed the font rendering is.
All you need is a sane fonts.conf, most of infinality patches are upstream anyway.
We have had good font rendering for ages by now, so it's sad to see distros fuck it up.
For some I get it, but for DE oriented ones like Mint there should be no excuse.
For the rest who can or want to tinker, it's really not that hard to fix.
The Arch wiki page on fonts is suitable for all distros.
>>51675113
Have you tried KDE? Though you need to run the latest versions to get actually something working, which is not in all distros yet.
It's the most comprehensive DE around, and if I'm not using the DE side, kwin is usually the wm for me.
My old combo was kwin+xfce for a very long time, but now I'm trying to get "into" Gnome, just to give a fair chance.
>>51675147
This, I don't know why it's so difficult to comprehend. With a basic conf the default font rendering is excellent these days.
Ignore arch cunts who parrot "install infinality", they have no idea what they are talking about.
>>51674970
Thanks, I was able to get access. But however I was told to change my repos to thisdeb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie main
deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie main
deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-updates main
deb-src http://httpredir.debian.org/debian jessie-updates main
deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main
However in this screenshot it's the exact same thing just in a different order, something I know that doesn't really matter.
>>51675072
GPU is in the picture >>51674798
>Mesa DRI
Something something.
I don't know where to get drivers for Linux
>>51675311
My Original problem was that I Debian says that it waiting for Debian to be inserted when trying to install open box.
>>51675034
I'm the one new to Linux, what else should I use besides Mint (Cinnamon)?
Ive been running mint now for 3 months with no problem but i suddenly find myself needing to use my dvd drive and i notice that mint does not detect it. How do I make it find it?
>>51675311
>>51675325
Could this just be because I'm on VirtualBox. I never had this problem when I installed into my machine.
>>51675312
Weird, my GPU is similar (Mesa) and I play EU4 flawlessly.
>>51675325
Disable the CDROM repository in /etc/apt/sources.list
>>51674666
Im am trying to get gpu switching to work on FOSS drivers.I am useing noveau and prime to do the switching. when i enter
xrandr --listproviders it list 2 providers,but only one is named intel and my nvidia is called modesetting what does that mean?
>>51675330
Try gnome, kde, or mate just to see if it's cinnamon that is messing it up. I had a similar problem but it was a hundred years ago and was directly related to x11. I installed a different distro instead.
>>51675440
Just use the proprietary driver.
>>51675416
I'll install EU4.
Crusader Kings maybe is more heavy?
They had moving water and whatnot.
>>51675443
Is there a way to quickly switch between them?
No bully please
>>51675474
you just run them in the terminal and it switches them. You can actually run different ones on different sessions in that way.
Anyone having problems on Skylake using the iGpu rather than a graphics card?
>>51675474
EU4 is similar to CK2, dude. They just have different years.
>>51675311
Yeah, but you have cdrom as the repo also there, so remove that, you can comment it out with '#', or just remove them, you really have no use for those.
Also those repos you got are better since they use the redirecting urls, so instead of hammering the central servers you will fetch packages from geographically much closer mirrors and the bw is not raped.
https://www.debian.org/mirror/list
You can point to one manually, or use a tool "netselect-apt" or just use those httpredir domains.
>>51674666
>Understand that much of your software from Windows will be unavailable
try to convert to linux, always googling linux versions of windows software,then I have to google how to install the software, there is always 3 lines of command text to enter into terminal why is linux master race?
What is the pros of using linux over windows?
>>51675587
K. :<
Maybe it's my processor?
>>51675634
Question, is wq not the command to save a file. I tried this and when going back all changes have been reverted.
>>51675652
It's a pretty short list.
>out of box functionality for 90% of shit you do on a computer with none of the bloat or slowdown
>philosophical reasons
>you like fucking around
You generally fall into one of those camps. So, if you aren't looking to breathe life into an old computer, have issue with proprietary software, or are just fucking bored, linux is for you. Otherwise windows is fine. It's n-not like it still use it because I have to or anything. Masochism is masochism.
>>51675657
Maybe because you have Intel Ironlake? My GPU is Ivybridge.
>>51675652
>What is the pros of using linux over windows?
privacy, freedom, autism, fun
>>51675652
>What is the pros of using linux over windows?
It's not Windows.
>>51675451
but muh freedom muh transparency muh thinkpad!
>>51674666
I remember watching a Jupiter Broadcasting Video a few months ago and they talked about using encrypted files to replace TrueCrypt volumes.
I can't remember the specifics, but I want to do it. Anyone remember the video, or have information on doing this?
>>51675652
>then I have to google how to install the software, there is always 3 lines of command text to enter into terminal why is linux master race?
Have you tried opening your software center and searching something like "video player" and clicking install? Plus the next time you need to update a program you can just update everything at once
>>51675763
>implying your kernel has no proprietary driver
>>51675689
Are you using pico?
Both pico and nano should use ^O to save and ^X to exit, that's control-o and control-x.
>>51675652
>security
there's dick all threats targeting desktop Linux.
>cost
or lack thereof
speed/memory usage can also be a concern (my Xubuntu machine uses like 150MB RAM idle (4GB RAM in the machine, barely ever hits swap), Windows 7 uses like a gig idle)
mind you, I'm using Windows on my main machine
90% of the shit I do day to day can be done on Linux, but there's that last 10% that's an issue.
Software and drivers are more important than the OS you're on, so you'll probably want to stick with Windows unless you know you can get shit done under Linux and it'll work with your hardware. Hardware support's gotten much better in recent years, but the complete lack of any professional software outside of certain academic fields for Linux is still an issue (only commercial software I have that runs on Linux is the DAW I use (Renoise) and a handful of indie games in Steam that came bundled with shit I actually wanted).
>>51674776
Pantheon desu
Now that it's had time to settle down, how badly has systemd fucked up Debian?
>>51676815
Entirely unusable.
So I ordered new parts for my gaming PC, waiting for the parts and thinking of swapping to Mint instead of Windows 7. I'll be doing a clean install with a new HDD, can I just throw it on a USB and just boot right into it? I really want to give it a serious try
>>51677070
There is some kind of install tool that I used to program a USB to auto install it on a freshly whiped computer.
Also
I wouldn't reccomend using Linux for a gaming PC.
But ignore me because I have barley any clue about anything on Linux.
Mint is good, I'm using Cinnamon build.
http://www.linuxliveusb.com
Here you go.
>>51677164
Neat man, thanks. I think I'll give it a try anyways. I might be fug'd though because [spoiler]I'm on my Mac[/spoiler] and I don't see a compatible file.
Can't I just plug it in and use the .iso through bios?
>>51677310
No idea.
Go to a local library and install it on the USB.
Why do you want to game on linux?
>>51677531
I checked over the last half hour and most of the games I want to play are supported on Linux. The older stuff (pre 20002-3) I have on a dedicated PC me and my Dad made.
>>51677582
You can run those games through wine apperently, it's like having a windows partition as an application.
Or something.
Recommended Linux for crouton on a Chromebook (4gb dual core)?
Currently running Debian with LXDE, but can't get LXDE to scale well on a 13in 1080 screen.
>>51677310
you can use dd to burn isos from mac, there are tutorials out there. It's how I made my babby's first Ubuntu USB a while ago.
just be sure to double check that you have the right drive first.
>>51677702
>>51677950
Thanks anons, I'll try Wine out if I get this workan. And I'm looking up how to do that now, looks pretty easy. You guys rock.
>>51677582
Just spent the past half hour playing the first level of Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight in WINE :^)
Hardware acceleration actually worked too, which I think is actually better than the situation on Win 2000 onwards
help im trying to make black manjaro but pacman can't find the blackarch repo
>>51678669
Don't use shitty Arch ripoff like Manjaro.
>>51678669
> using arch
> using a shitty watered-down version of arch
What's a good console file manager for Openbox???
>>51679352
ranger
>>51679382
Cheers, works great
I've just come into the possession of a shitty Dell Inspiron 2400. It's got 512 MB of RAM, a Dothan Pentium M processor, and a PATA HDD. I'm trying to install Lubuntu on it since I don't think anything else would be even remotely usable, but it throws an error about PAE not being present on the CPU. I've successfully installed Lubuntu on an even shittier Pentium 4 desktop before, so I have no idea why this won't work. Puppy Linux works fine, but I was hoping to put something a little more permanent on the drive. Any suggestions?
best linux distro for advanced users?
yes this is a newbie asking this question, i just want to check out some pretty advanced stuff.
>>51679490
You need a kernel compiled without PAE. That's a lot of effort for a piece of crap, so I recommend scrapping it.
>>51679526
That was the plan anyway, but I was hoping to at least get a usable OS on the hard drive before trying to find a new home for it. Oh well.
>>51679546
Install puppy to the hard drive if you're eager.
>>51679518
Ubuntu. You can do some advanced stuff on pretty much anything.
>>51674798
Linux isn't there for entertainment
>>51679564
I've worked with ubuntu and mint before was thinking about gentoo but i am unsure.
>>51678669
Manjaro is not arch, what do you actually mean you want to make black manjaro?
>>51674877
Maybe you have to change permissions with chmod
is it bad I want to install and use pantheon on my mint installation?
it's on a tablet and it looks touch friendly
>>51679591
Installing Arch/Gentoo is said to be a challenge, you can try that. *Bsd based systems can give you some trouble.
Hello what is the proper way to install linux mint and win7 for dualbooting and both working in uefi mode (and recognising gpt drives)? I am asking this bcause I did it a year and something ago and had to go through a lot of hurdles to get it done (ie. Windows had to compulsory be installed from a pendrive, something had to be started through the uefi console, I think the install order mattered, etc) and I really can't remember the details. At some point the windows install got fucked and I don't remember why but I re installed mint and the windows bootloader just stopped working (what's the proper option when gparted asks you to install the bootloader, /dev/sda or /dev/sda1?). I'd like to re-install both but now I have a /home folder I'd like to keep. On top of that my uefi has many 'ubuntu' boot entries and some of them do not work or I need to put them in a specific order.
Is it possible to clean this mesa without losing non-system data?
Look mom! I posted it again.
>>51680206
Install order does matter, you install winblows first then go with whatever other OS you want to install. If you want to clean the mess up, I'd backup everything and do a clean install.
>>51680372
I am afaid i'll have to do that, anyway, do you know if the windows installer can respect other (non windows) partitions or does it always destroy everything? Also, how do I clean the uefi? Just by formatting the 30something meg partición?
Every time I boot the trackpad is disabled and the Bluetooth is enabled. I mean I can manually toggle it but its annoying. How to I solve this?..
Running mint cinnamon
>>51674764
fedy -> encrypted dvd playback
Is that it?
>>51674666
What is the best non-pae distro for an old pentium M cpu laptop?
newcomer zorin os: good idea or just another ubuntu spinoff?
http://zorinos.com/gallery.html
How do I make firefox take less space vertically? I'd like to get rid of that title bar, like on windows.
Mint MATE, ff 42 here
>>51681166
nevermind, got it
What would be a good distro to run a Source + a Teamspeak server? I've been looking at Ubuntu Server but I was wondering if there are any better alternatives.
>>51674776
Them you get a tiling WM.
What's wrong using Firefox nightly with Arch Linux as root with testing repositories under btrfs?
>>51679518
Arch is a lot more practical than Gentoo
>>51681203
Arch or another minimal distro
I am trying to install xubuntu 15.10 in dualboot with win10 on my laptop. I've disabled fastboot/hibernation/secureboot/etc. When trying to install I'm getting message "The attempt to mount a file system with type vfat in SCSI1 (0,0,0) patition #1 (sda) at /boot/efi failed"
Pic related is my ssd in gparted, the fuck should I do?
>>51681762
Everything.
>>51682016
why?
Why is updating/installing grub from a live disc the most arcane bullshit? I'm just thinking of reinstalling the whole damn thing.bash-4.3# grub-install /dev/sdd
Installing for i386-pc platform.
Installation finished. No error reported.
bash-4.3# grub-install --recheck /dev/sdd
Installing for i386-pc platform.
Installation finished. No error reported.
bash-4.3# update-grub2
Generating grub configuration file ...
Script `/boot/grub/grub.cfg.new' contains no commands and will do nothing
Syntax errors are detected in generated GRUB config file.
Ensure that there are no errors in /etc/default/grub
and /etc/grub.d/* files or please file a bug report with
/boot/grub/grub.cfg.new file attached.
>>51682151
because you're a dumbass who doesn't know how to chroot?
>>51682121
>nightly
>using ROOT
>TESTING REPO
>>51682178
That was in a chroot environment (note the basic prompt). Nice try though.
>>51682205
you didn't answer
>>51682352
That was my answer.
>>51680490
Windows will wipe anything it does not understand.
>>51674666
I use Mint 17.1 and upgraded xfce to 4.12 for dat maximized borderless windows. Now I encountered many problems in 4.12 which seem to be Mint-specific. Worst of all, I can't downgrade to 4.10 again! I tried ppa-purge with no results.
How do I get back on xfce 4.10 without reinstalling the whole system?
>>51681166
>>51681178
How did you do it?
>>51682545
>he fell for the mint meme
>>51675652
It makes you look like an eloot haquer to normies. Of course there's also a chance you look like an autistic neckbeard.
>>51682220
Doesn't mean you did it right. Did you bind mounts to /var /sys, etc? Are you trying to use EFI?
>>51682573
I use it for some time now and like it quite much. Thank you.
recently installed gentoo, following the handbook for everything.
I'm wondering if I really need to add a line to fstab with the uuid every time I want to use a different removable media drive.
What if I just want to mount a drive for a single-time use?
>>51682895
I bound those and some others, and using UEFI.
>>51682573
I use it and it's okay.
Some problems with resolution and my computer but over all its very good
What's wrong with it?
Why are my HTML5 videos tearing? Happens in every browser. mpv is fine.
Do I need to switch to proprietary AMD drivers?
>>51683364
C O M P T O N
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I tried Gnome 3 recently and rather like it actually. It has come a long way since when it started.
Hey guys. I run fedora 23 (same guy who wanted to play DVDs.)
I installed palemoon after that Firefox hate thread. I am not installing flash on my system (I'm trying to only use free software; I didn't even enable rpmfusion's nonfree repository).
My question is, how do I get 1080p video? I read about MSE which palemoon does not and never will support apparently, but there's gotta be some kind of workaround.
>Coworker tries Windows 10, then doesn't like it, and attempts to revert to 8.1
>Somehow wipes his entire hard drive, no OS or personal files in sight
>He doesn't have his windows 8.1 key because it's a refurbished laptop
I'm tempted to put Linux Mint on it. It's not all that different than Windows, and I'm sure he can figure it out, but I'm not sure.
Thoughts, /flt/?
>>51684928
If he tries to gaem on it or tries to run a .exe he'll figure it out.
A lot of work computers run shit that is made for windows, so he'll have a hard time of working.
>>51684928
Try some data recovery on the hdd first, you may be able to recover some of his personal data:
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec
Mint is pretty good for windows users, but fedora with gnome/kde might also be a good choice. It will be a bit different, sure, but they'll get the hang of it - especially if they mainly use their pc for email and browsing.
>>51684992
>>51684981
The laptop's specs are a piece of shit, and he only uses it for making word documents and email anyway, so libre or open office would be fine for him.
>>51684894
media.*
set all booleans to true
Hey Im getting ready to install Arch Linux for the first time on an old winxp dell, is there any previous release i should use? Or should i just hop on to the current release and cross my fingers?
Which is the best light but functional Debian-based distro for everyday use (surfing the intertubes, programming, movies), similar to what was once Crunchbang?
Do I just istall Debian, add Openbox (almost literally what #! was) and spend as little time as possible on pimping it, or do I try something like Lubuntu?
Arch seems interesting too, but I'd install it just to tinker and learn so I don't know if I'd enjoy it as everyday OS.
>>51685030
>so libre or open office would be fine for him.
You wish it was
>>51685182
I don't think you have given enough thought to this thing called Arch
>>51685182
Arch Linux is lightweight and is fully supported on i686 architectures, id recommend reading the beginners guide on archlinux.org
are there any skype alternatives
>>51685617
Mumble
Teamspeak
>>51685617
If you hate freedom:
Google Hangouts
Discord
>>51685048
Will try when I get home.
> five street sign captchas in a row
Is there a linux program that can easily take a pdf and make a pdf file for each page of the pdf?
>>51686518
pdftk
>>51686569
Literally perfect, thanks /g/uru.
Why is blender such a huge piece of shit.
It's the only reason I cant't switch to linux.
My 3D workflow on windows consists of several gratis tools that each do their specialized tasks perfectly.
Meanwhile, blender is a huge, bloated piece of shit that does everything, but poorly. And nobody comes up with standalone tools because they'd rather contribute to blender.
Fuck blender.
>>51687363
why not switch to windows then
>>51687363
I remember playing around with blender 6 years ago, making pyramids out of blocks and watching them collapse, was a lot of fun.
>>5167363
I don't know what software you're crying about specifically but I use 3DSMax in a Windows 7 VM just fine.
>>51687363
Blender works for me.
I only want a Linux distro on my spare computer, so I'm using UNetbootin to make an Ubuntu Server live USB. The Wikipedia page for UNetbootin says "when installing to hard disk, UNetbootin installs to a partition, not a disk image, thus creating a dual-boot setup between Linux and Windows."
The computer that I want Ubuntu Server installed on already has Windows XP on it. Does this mean that when I install Ubuntu that it will be installed alongside XP? If so, how would I remedy this?
Running Lubuntu on a Raspberry Pi: can it be done on a proper way?
>>51688687
Remove the partition with windows on it
Add a new one with Ubuntu
>>51688834
Thing is I'm retarded and I can't use XP because the damn thing has so much bloatware on it. Is there a way to format the drive otherwise?
>>51688917
Should give you the option in the Ubuntu install
Otherwise boot to GParted or a similar utility
I'm on openSUSE / Xfce. How do I change the window snapping behaviour to be more like that of Windows 7? By default, if a window that was snapped to the side is pulled to the top, the window stretches across the top half of the screen instead of going fullscreen (which is logical but I don't need it right now), and clicking the button on the right corner from there puts the window on the middle of the screen (but not full), and finally from there clicking the button again makes the window fullscreen.
>try out Fedora, coming from Debian
>dnf update downloads at ~50 kB/s
>hangs at 99%
Something tells me that this is going to be a rough time.
>>51680880
Just another ubuntu spinoff. Use xubuntu
>>51689258
Isn't there anyway to set your mirrorlist?
>>51689449
Well, I added a "fastestmirror" flag to the config file. It's just seems odd that the default would be that terribly slow (and crash at a fresh install, for that matter).
I cancelled it and it seems to be working normally now, at least.
>>51678669
Eh,the Black Arch repos frequently seem to have a problem with downtime.I run into this alot with updates.Just keep everything configured to include them and pacman will connect when the servers go back online.
How does user mail work on Linux (Debian to be specific)? If I set the admin email to [email protected] will that address actually receive the messages?
>>51684894
https://github.com/flaviotordini/minitube
try this out senpai
Using Mint now, love it. Thinking about trying Ubuntu though. Am I missing out on anything right now? Would it be worth switching?
If i had a mac and i wiped the hard drive clean so there was no operating system on it and i wanted to install linux, what file system would i use for /boot. even if there is no operating system, does the hardware affect what file system you can use?
>>51690068
Yes it does. The motherboard is either UEFI or BIOS
>>51690045
I think an opengl desktop system is dumb tbqh family
I assume you mean unity though. Mint really is the better variant of Ubuntu, if you ask me. Software centre is simple stupid, everything is managed. No real reason to switch.
>>51690045
mint is ubuntu, so you won't see anything exciting. and also unity is shit.
try some other distros
fedora, arch, debian, opensuse
>>51682352
Don't use root unless you absolutely have to. And even then, make sure you exit root. Assuming you're being retarded, if you're a normal user, you can only fuck up your own home directory files. Root can fuck up everything. Likewise a malicious page can inflict complete system wide damage if you log in as root, where as it can only harm your home directory if you don't.
Why does Fedora not have Compton in their repo?
>>51674985
no idea, switch to xubuntu its better then mint
>>51674798
lspci will give you gpu
>>51687783
It's because you're an amateur who's oblivious to 3DCG beyond pressing buttons.
>>51690288
>fedora repos
Just get used to using copr for everything
https://copr.fedoraproject.org/coprs/region51/compton/
thoughts on LXQt?
>>51691030
it's a de, nothing special or anything, didn't use it long so not sure what the ricing potential is
>>51690844
Yeah, I resorted to that (works better than in Debian actually, though that's probably because of grafix drivers), but it doesn't feel as good as just using the official repo. Thanks for the reassurance though.
>>51674985
>>51675010
>>51675312
>>51679575
>>51690340
>>51675416
I figured it out, I never installed my drivers for my video card lmfao.
>>51691159
So is it working alright now then?
>>51691189
I don't know, I'm going to restart and try to play a game again.
No idea about the resolution button doe.
>>51691189
Yeah fuck idk what I did
>>51691189
>>51691344
This was the screen from beforehand
>>51691189
>>51691344
>>51691387
So...
How do I start all over? I have misplaced the USB that I was using.
>>51691463
You probably just need to uninstall your video drivers and re-install the default ones via CLI to get X working again.
What drivers did you install that broke X?
>>51691508
Nvidia driver is the only one I installed.
How do I uninstall it from this console?
I don't mean to be a bother but I haven't had much functional experience with computers
>>51691621
use ctrl+alt+F2 to get you into a terminal
log in
use your package manager's CLI commands to remove the drivers you installed, then make sure that the vesa driver (Xorg's fallback driver with no 2D or 3D acceleration) is installed on your system. Then attempt to restart the computer and see if X is working again.
>>51691704
I'm a bit confused, you understand that the computer won't even boot into the OS right? It's just the sudo screen in full.
Like
>>51691344
>>51691741
No, it booted into the OS just fine, it's just that your X server (graphical environment) failed to start. You should be able to get to a command line interface terminal with ctrl+alt+F2. You should get to a screen that resembles pic related.
Once there, you can log in and use the terminal to fix your system.
>>51691824
Again, I apologize, I'm a bit newer to technology.
Alright yeah I'm logged in and everything, do you have some kind of general link or guide? I don't really know the commands.
Maybe the Mint manual?
>>51691896
I'm not sure what mint uses as a package manager, I'm assuming it uses APT? Someone else here should be able to chime in and tell you the proper command to run to uninstall the nvidia driver and install the vesa driver.
My best guess would be something likesudo apt-get remove *name-of-package*
>>51691824
Ever since I installed Ubuntu a couple weeks ago, I've been having some issues with my USB keyboard and mouse.
It takes a couple minutes for my keyboard and mouse to turn on at the login screen and I've been getting these errors.
Did Ubuntu jack something up somehow or is it just a weird coincidence?
I've tried unplugging the USB devices and even unplugged my computer from the wall for several minutes.
>>51692025
I have no idea.
I think I'm a bit in over my head with the whole Linux thing.
I used the device manager to install the nividia drivers, then I connected to a printer and printed something out and then restarted.
Then it crashes each time.
Anyway I can scratch it all and just start over?
Here is now the fetch.
>>51692025
>>51692114
sudo apt-get purge nvidia-*
>>51692149
Yeah that is what it is I just don't know what the package name would be.
Unless the *means the same thing as it does in java.
>>51692149
>>51692166
Alright, that removed the packages, what's next?
Thank you very much.
Restart right?
>>51692166
The -* just means to remove all of nvidias junk.
>>51692197
Restart should just default back to nouveau display.
>>51692114
I mean, you could start over from scratch if you want to but I'm pretty sure you're only like 2-3 commands away from having a working graphical environment again...
>>51692149
ah, so that's it. I haven't used a distro with APT in a really long time so I forgot how the commands went.
>>51692221
IT WORKED.
danka, now I have to figure out how to get my graphics card working.
I install the recommended package from the hardware manager, and it brokededed.
>>51692251
Open a terminal emulator and type this in:lspci -k | grep -A 2 -E "(VGA|3D)"
What output does that print?
what's wrong with my home icon, why isn't it changing. It changes in nautlius not in nemo, I am using Debian Jessie with XFCE the icon theme is super flat remix
>>51692328
Arc theme has an icon dependancy. Re-install and hopefully your package manager will tell.
>>51692274
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 18)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0468
Kernel driver in use: i915
--
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108M [GeForce GT 420M] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0468
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
>>51692451
Nope, nothing prompted. What does arc theme have to do with anything?
>>51692274
And here is my options for update
>>51692559
Have you tried downloading the drivers yourself from nvidia?
Anybody here know how to change lightdm's resolution? I've tried everything but to no avail and it keeps resetting to some ugly 640x480 bullshit.
>>51692498
Hmm.. well the GeForce 4xx series and up are supported by the latest Nvidia drivers so it should be compatible at least.
>>51692559
Nvidia's website shows driver ver. 352.63 as being the correct driver for your card..
http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/95159/en-us
So I dunno man.
>>51692628
>I've tried everything
evidently not
>>51692635
>tfw nobody comments on the meme tabs
Okay, well thanks.
Maybe I try it again?
>>51692608
No I haven't. How would that make a difference? Do I need something to install it?
>>51692682
I'd check the forums to see if anyone else had an issue with X breaking after they installed the Nvidia drivers first. There might be a simple fix for it.
I tried to look but I can't even get into the Mint forums, pic related.. is it like this for everyone?
Tried it on both Firefox and Chromium with the same result.
>>51692680
I've seriously modified every config file I can find senpai. baka Thanks for the help!
>>51692682
Same error here as well.
>>51692682
Try an older version from the list like 346 or 304 maybe?
What DE should I use? I'm thinking maybe Xfce.
>>51674666
0.5) buy cozy cheap laptop off ebay, install linux on it. try to use it for web and email to see how you like it. customize it.
can someone please tell me why archey isn't displaying the beautiful arch logo that I've worked so hard for
I installed antix on a Thinkpad 600x. The computer will not resume from suspend properly. Instead, it boots a dark screen that will gradually become whiter and then dark gradually dark again. Helpppp
>>51693300
dunno what to tell ya bud, I just downloaded archey3 from the official repos and it works fine for me.
>>51681203
arch
pacman -S base teamspeak3-server
>pull deps
config info
>https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Teamspeak#Server
>>51681995
add vfat and ntfs3g
How do I install tewi font in xubuntu?
>>51674666
I want to make video about open-source software,but I do not know any good video editor,or any video editors in general can you guys help me?
>>51692918
>>51692804
346 has seemed to worked.
I hope I can get the new one soon
>>51692804
>>51692918
>>51694467
Never mind, logged in, closed Google Chrome(autostarts)
And it's completely frozen after trying to close mint welcome screen
>>51692804
>>51692918
>>51694467
I need to get my shit togeather.
It's fine now.
>>51694467
>>51694479
>>51694491
>>51694513
4 AM, and being a bit too old for this website.
/his/ attracted me here.
>>51694513
Nope, it's frozen up completely again.
>>51675785
Nobody knows?
Oh my lord it worked...
Except now it's constantly crashing cinnamon
>>51693722
add where exactly and how?
>>51695144
Ugh dude just stop
>>51692635
he would not really need the latest drovers for such an old card though
>>51695198
I'm done now, I can do the rest myself.
Thanks all.
I did it flt, I installed gentoo!
H-how long is xorg going to take to compile...
>>51695593
depends on your processor speed but usually on a hex core AMD it took me like an hour or two to get the 130 or so packages compiled
>>51695634
Ahaha, I'm in for a fun time on this acer ultrabook then
rockin a whole 2.6ghz i5-3317U :^)
>>51674666
Ii have a small question concerning openbox, I'm trying to change the window backgrounds from white to a custom color, how do I do it in the themesrc?
I'm not sure whether window.active.handle.bg.color should do the magic.
I appreciate every help
I'm currently messing around with Clementine and Banshee. Is there anyway way to sync a random assortment of songs to an SD card? Both programs seems to want to do it in order. ~My 27k tracks won't fit on my SD card and i'd rather throw the random element into it.
>>51695718
What the fuck dude took me less than a minute to find the git repo
https://github.com/lucy/tewi-font
I'm trying to change a few settings in my nginx configuration running rutorrent.
The problem is that it's not executing PHP scripts in the rutorrent directory (it does work in the normal webroot).
Here are the relevant parts of my config:http {
server {
root /srv/http;
location ~ /rutorrent/ {
root /usr/share/webapps;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}
}
It's pretty obvious that it's not executing the php scripts because it has matched the /rutorrent/ location and not getting to the .php location.
How can I get it so the PHP scripts will execute in both the /rutorrent/ location and the normal webroot?
How can I make openbox look and behave this way?
>>51696607
I 'fixed' it by just adding another .php location inside the /rutorrent/ location.
It seems a little inelegant, but whatever.
>>51696784
Go away, ushifag.
>>51696784
Why don't you go to the desktop thread and ask ushibro himself.
>>51694718
Are you sure there's nothing wrong with the laptop?
Okay so I mounted tmpfs in my chrome cache folder using /etc/fstab:none /home/username/.cache/google-chrome/Default/ tmpfs size=4096M 0 0
However I have two users on this pc, and I'd like it to work with both of them. Wouldnone /home/$USER/.cache/google-chrome/Default/ tmpfs size=4096M 0 0
work?
To clarify, I'd like to mount it based on which profile I log into. Can that be done, or am I a retard, and does fstab mount disks on boot, before login?
>>51697119
>and does fstab mount disks on boot, before login?
yes
>>51697172
well fug
Is it a wise idea to install Gentoo as a portable OS? Or should I use a more general distro? Because I'm fed up with NTFS crashing on my external drive but can't use VFAT since I have more than a few >4GiB files on it. So I thought about making a small partition (~15GiB) for the whole OS and the rest in seperate partitions that are either ext4 or btrfs.
The reason for it to be portable is, so I could take it with me when visiting friends and still access the data.
Please tell me how retarded this is.
>>51697180
why don't you mount the tmpfs on login using a script?
>>51697264
Haven't really thought about that, will look into it.
>>51697262
so you want to install gentoo, or any linux os, on an external hard drive to boot into to access your data because you don't want to store it in NTFS?
that's really retarded and cumbersome and if you're having that many issues with NTFS there has to be something else going on with the drive / hardware / however you're using this thing
Not intending to use it for anything proper, just messing around, but LLVM is supposedly able to convert C++ to some bytecode to C, but when i follow the instructions (http://llvm.org/releases/3.1/docs/FAQ.html#translatecxx) i get "error: expected top-level entity" then it prints garbage.
Running the same 3.1 LLVM due to issues with the latest release.
>>51697366
It's not exclusive to this drive regarding the problems with NTFS. That's been a thing for about 5 years now.
Like I've written, the OS would only come to play if I go to visit some friends with it. For me, personally, it wouldn't change a thing because I'm already using a GNU/Linux distro (Gentoo).
I don't know why but Windows doesn't like the way Linux handles NTFS (which is understandable considering the fact that it's a proprietary fs).
Even if unmounted correctly, Windows either can't access the data on the drive at all, saying that it needs to be formatted, or it says that it's corrupted in some way and needs to be repaired.
Is there any way to prevent alsa from going above a certain master volume level permanently?
I just plugged in my new headphones, forgetting something was playing and the volume was insane and now my ears hurt, which is bad as I already have tinnitus. This has happened so many times in the past with various devices, previously on my phone there was an android app for this.
>>51697567
use the softvol plugin for alsa
>>51697567
surely you don't use software volume controls when using an external amplifier?
>>51697602
There is no external amplifier.
>>51697598
Thanks senpai, I'll look into it.
What are some recommendations to follow before dual booting? I got quite familiar with arch in a VM and would like to gradually switch completely but I fear I might fuckup something if I installed it along windows, mainly regarding bootloaders.
Clearly, someone pissed off the gnutards.
I just installed arch, nvidia drivers, and a greeter, but i looks like my mouse, the logitech G600 has a problem with linux where it sends multiple scancodes on each click and release of its main buttons. The result of this is that left clicking, right clicking, or middle clicking all move the mouse cursor to a specific X coordinate on the screen, making it impossible to do anything with a mouse.
I've tried all the steps In this blog post documenting somebody else working through the same problem[1], and in this wiki article[2] but neither of them worked, nor did further experimentation and tweaking.
Does anybody have a G600 working on arch or know of a way to fix this bug?
[1] martins-prolog.blo[delete]gspot.com/2014/09/logitech-g600-in-arch-linux.html
[2] wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/All_Mouse_Buttons_Working
>>51698087
One of them made a new thread because this one is slowing down the fucking kek
>>51698087
Well, he's a retard.
>>51697868
Just be careful when partitioning mostly.
Are you on UEFI or BIOS?
