Older thread >>51716026 is slowing down so here goes:
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
-Linux Mint
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/
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
>>51739001
everyone leave this failed quads thread
check this dubs thread
>>51739055
>>51739001
Can I share /home partition between two Linux distros?
>>51739122
Yes, try rm -rf / --no-preserve-root as root.
Should do it right up.
>>51739140
stop with th rm faggotry already bruh, it's not funny to anyone but you
>>51739140
This is /flt/
Try again.
>>51739122
Yes - but only if the two different distros use the same user numbering scheme (because not all of them do, after all.).
>>51739185
try
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda
>>51739250
>he's this mad
Get over it, Topkek420. You lost the argument.
I'll repost my question from there, since it appears I posted it in the middle of a shitfling war
Is there a way to remap my G400s' DPI+/-/Reset buttons?
Tried shit like xev to see their IDs but they don't even show up when pressed
>>51739067
>>51739140
>>51739250
>Trying this hard
Fuck off memelord
>>51739306
Try running
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda
and it will pop up an interface to re-configure your buttons
>>51739306
Wait, xev works fine here.
>>51739354
thanks luv, it worked <3
>>51739310
Fuck off Morpheus
>>51739368
Yeah for LMB/RMB/MMB/Back/Forward it works fine
Not for DPI+/-/Reset
>>51739376
>implying i'm morpheus
>>51739370
yw senpai :^)
>>51739397
>implying you're not
>>51739395
Antimicro usually works for this kind of stuff.
>>51739454
Thanks, I'll give it a shot
>>51739425
I am Morpheus. >>51739310 however, is not.
>>51739454
Is this only for gamepads?
I need it for muh mouse m80
>>51739306
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/All_Mouse_Buttons_Working
Anyone here use LTO tapes? Does Mt and tar work sufficiently for you or are they known to be problematic?
I seem to be having occasional issues on my hypervisor but maybe that's because I'm doing a passthrough for the drive into a VM, which I imagine is not the traditional way a tape drive should be used
my hardware seems to be fine but I get an occasional kernel panic
I've had successful operations with the drive before so I think it's a software issue but I don't know where to start
>>51739001
Archfag pic
bitch pls
>>51739719
Installling Gentoo will fix your issue
>>51739749
Ebin, simbly ebin
>>51739572
Install Gentoo and your mouse buttons will work and will not be affected by Arch
>>51739530
As a supervisor of /flt/ it is your duty to make sure there is sufficient Gentoo being installed at all time, and then make a report about all Gentoo installations to inform the high Gentoo council that the amount of Gentoo installations is still average, and not below average.
>>51739764
ebin like ebuild in Gentoo? :^)
>>51739724
Indeed.
>not installing Gentoo.
>>51739009
>recommending crap made by bronies
>recommending crap made by furries
>>51739872
>he's this made because he was b&
>>51739001
/slt/ - Shitty Linux Thread
Botnet edition
>>51739907
bans mean nothing faggot when you can bypass them with based TOR
