Old thread was slow as fuck.
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
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
>>51765920
>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.
This time I'm really tired, so I'll answer that: If you are serious about switching to GNU plus Linux (or whatever) be sure that you have one or two free weeks to do that. This is not a matter if you boot onto Windows, you just have to understand the difference between them.
>>51765920
What are some good mount options to use with ext4? Right now it's justdefaults. What abouterrors=remount-ro?
Need to wipe and reinstall my Dell Inspiring 6000 (1gb RAM).
Formerly on Mint 13 Maya.
Suggestions for lightweight distro?
>>51766932
Chrome OS
>>51766932
Use the LXDE desktop environment for maximum lightweightness.
For a distribution, probably Arch Linux or Debian.
I installed Lubuntu on my shit-tier old computer and it ran smoothly. I recommend it.
>>51765920
>Independent Republic of Fedora
>Not a protectorate
ISHYGDDT
Anyone do OpenGL development on Linux and care to describe the workflow to me?
>>51768078
Write code
compile
execute it to test it
sorry, no time to go into details right now.
Thinking of installing Parabola Linux (was going to go arch but Parabola is FSF endorsed).
Anything I should know before getting into it?
I was also considering Gentoo, but I don't know if that's a completely free system and it sounds like more work than even my autistic ass will do to make it work.
Yes, I know this is a Gentoo shill board, but please provide actual arguments and advice for whatever you tell me.
>>51768105
>was going to go arch but Parabola is FSF endorsed
Just do Arch
>>51768452
Also the Architect installer will make your life much easier
>>51768452
>>51768468
Yeah, the wikipedia page for Parabola mentioned hardware issues surfacing due to lack of free firmware (i.e. I'd need a fucking usb thing to get wifi).
Fuck parabola. I guess I'm going Arch.
I hear it's a bit of work getting it up and running. Any surprises I should expect?
>>51768497
>I hear it's a bit of work getting it up and running
Literally just use the Architect installer
alias cp="rsync -ah --progress"
Am I safe to do this? Will this work for all use cases of cp?
>>51768552
There's a -g option to show a progress bar with cp and mv.
how do I execute i3lock at lid close under Arch Linux?
Question. Why isn't there a Gentoo equivalent of Architect? Is it that nobody's made one, compile times being prohibitive, Gentoo elitism, something else?
>>51766639
i understand that linux does not support all the games windows does yet windows does not support the same file systems as linux.
Is there an easy way to configure a Linux installation to spoof my MAC address every time I boot or connect to a new wireless network?
Which would be more secure?
>>51769373
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MAC_address_spoofing
>>51769359
Because gentoo is hot.
>>51769324
You can create an i3lock.service file in the /etc/systemd/system directory and then enable it through systemctl.[Unit]
Description=Lock X session using i3lock
Before=sleep.target
[Service]
User=yourusername
Type=forking
Environment=DISPLAY=:0
ExecStart=/usr/bin/i3lock
[Install]
WantedBy=sleep.target
>>51769464
Or, if you don't want the system suspended, you can play with systemd-inhibit --what=handle-lid-switch i3lock.
Haven't tried it though.
>>51768105
Don't do it, I fell for this meme last week. It's a pile of garbage
>Poor mirrors
>Poor wiki
>Lack of firmware support, unless you're using a c.uckpad
>Icecat
>>51769359
There have been scripts but it's largely pointless.
can someone post the step-by-step arch linux installation guide someone posted yesterday
thanks
>>51770127
arch wiki
>>51770127
>>51770141
jesus christ this is actually a thing. This board has sunk to new levels of retard.
>>51770141
thank you :^)
How do I get started with C# on a linux system (I'd like to stick to Geany if possible)
Also decent tier books on C# would be helpful; Picture unrelated
>>51770199
you don't
When installing Gentoo how do you know which useflag to pick ?
>>51770213
Elaborate?
>>51770227
I don't
>>51770199
have you tried monodevelop?
>>51770221
literally google
>>51770240
>Monodevelop
>An IDE primarily designed for C# and other .NET languages
I was wondering if I could learn the basics of the language without using an IDE.
>>51770264
Text editor + whatever compiler monodevelop uses?
>>51770199
v i m
i
m
>>51770161
>there is a shitty apps guide by a shitty OP down there somewhere
I think we can't go deeper again, anon.
>>51770273
this
>>51770199
people often recommend this book
http://www.robmiles.com/s/Rob-Miles-CSharp-Yellow-Book-2014-m2e4.pdf
>>51770271
>The MCS compiler
>>51770307
>CS yeallow book
Thank you anons
>>51770273
>>51770288
I like vim as well, it's my second choice in programming tasks
>>51769359
It's largely useless.
In i3 how do I make my workspace smaller than the screen so that there is a universal margin. Like a square in a square. Also how do I increase the margin between windows? Productivity is one thing but stock looks are pretty unaesthetic, to put it nicely.
>>51770384
dunno probably gonna wanna fuck with the border values in the config
>>51770384
https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html
>>51770384
http://dotshare.it/category/wms/i3/, and >>51770462. github too and itll all come together eventually
>>51770437
>>51770462
>>51770596
Using i3-gaps is the way to do it. Found some neat customizations and stuff. Appreciate the help guys.
How can I share my /home partition between two distros?
>>51770805
Just have the same partition mounted as /home on each distro.
>>51770805
By using it as a /home partition with the two distro. Just be sure you don't format it. Or add it in the fstab.
How do I install fglrx on my laptop?
Tried doing it through the "Additional drivers" thing, Ubunut wouldn't boot at all
Tried manually installing the Ubuntu package from AMD's site, X broke and it spit this outKernel Module version does *not* match driver.
[ 44.246] (EE) fglrx(0): incompatible kernel module detected - HW accelerated OpenGL will not work
Tried the manual "Linux" installer and it said that my graphics chip isn't supported
Even though I got that driver from AMD's driver selection thing where you pick your GPU
FWIW here's the GPU in lspci01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Mars [Radeon HD 8670A/8670M/8750M] (rev ff)
I guess the old
>amd
>drivers
>Pick one
still stands true
for a first time distro should i go mint or just do antergos
>>51770805
Sure, as long as you have the same username.
>>51771041
also interested
>>51771041
Mint/Ubuntu.
>>51771041
>Antergos
You fall for the memes very easily.
Install Xubuntu and then go full Arch next month
So I have just installed loonix on my laptop, what should I install to be able to write some scheme code. Pic related
t. Just switched from math to compsci
>>51771141
>being too dumb for math
You should have chosen IT instead
>>51771170
Nah, we read enough math to major in it, just not the boring math desu. We got more math courses than compsci courses so not too dumb for math brah
>>51771141
Sauce?
Also,
E M A C S
M
A
C
S
>>51771198
VIM
I
M
>>51771198
>>51771200
And when I have Emacs/vim do I need to install somethhing else to run the code, I only used DrRacket before but kinda dont like it
Also sauce is /g/ just found it in a /dpt/
>>51771200
V I M
I I
M M
>>51771239
Well, fuck.
>>51771229
dunno but when in doubt, execute that shit with yer shell :~)
Puppy or Lubuntu for 1.4 ghz, 1gb RAM machine?
>>51771626
CRUX
R
U
X
>>51771626
Lubuntu
>>51766793
Defaults
>>51767940
Would you recommend MATE over Gnome? Btw does MATE have hotcorners?
>>51770199
https://dotnet.github.io/getting-started/
>>51770229
https://dotnet.github.io/getting-started/
>>51771766
Yes.
>>51765920
>Gentoo
>Highlands
ok then
So I'm about to reinstall xubuntu since my attempt to switch from ubuntu MATE to Xubuntu-desktop didn't work as planned.
Just wondering - is there any real difference between Linux Mint XFCE and Xubuntu in anything that matters? Only thing I thought that made Mint special was cinnamon.
>>51772581
Yes, what made Mint special was Cinnamon, which is shit.
>>51772605
I kinda figured. I never liked cinnamon all that much. I think KDE was always a better choice, and plasma 5 is just much better looking. (Although it runs like shit which is surprising to say the least)
>>51772653
Plasma 5 is not that stable yet.
>>51772708
Yeah, Plasma 5 has a lot of work to do, I'm sure it's improving but I think it was far from ready for a mainline release. But KDE4 is still alright. Just needs a lot more ricing.
>>51772722
I've been using Plasma 5 for a few months now, currently on 5.4.3. Runs really smooth, looks great. Had one segfault the first time I started it, in that Baloo file indexer, never happened again. Guess it just works for me.
Okay guys, you memed me, now how do I make it actually work?
Ok, I've been reading about how to go about installing linux for a good week now and I've settled with Xubuntu, because XFCE seems to be a decent lightweight DE with okay customization and ubuntu has all the troubleshooting help due to popularity.
Rate my choice.
(Also, I've tried a couple distros on liveboot, and somehow the interface feels weird, like a video game interface or something, dunno. Maybe I'll get used to it)
>>51773834
I used to run Xubuntu. It's good. You'll be fine.
I have a message for /flt/.
https://ptpb.pw/cZCs.webm
>>51773330
I like u
>>51765920
Hey /Flt/. I have another request for suggestions on which distro to get.(last time I asked it was for an older laptop for my father, and ya'll were helpful as fuck so I'm here again.)
I'm thinking of dual-booting with windows(Steam library's too big to just not use 50% of my games) and I'd like to get a DE(I think that's the right term?) that resembles Easy Peasy linux(which is no longer supported). I kind of like the big bright icon layout, because I use two large screen tvs for my computer monitors(I sit a bit further back on a bed/chair and use the whole thing as my entertainment center too). So I'm looking for a distro that has that sort of themeing/look and is also a decent distro. Willing to learn of course.
>>51774341
Gnome
>>51774341
Gnome is full of huge obnoxious icons and has an android-like ui.
>>51773330
make what work exactly?
Is it possible to make an application only open in a certain workspace? If so, how?
>>51774341
*buntu gnome, maybe debian if you can read.
>>51774459
information on your DE/WM may be helpful. if there is a will, there is a way.
Hey /g/, is there any way of getting rid of the first three entries in the boot override? I don't even have these installed anymore.
>>51774459
Depends on what desktop environment you're using such as gnome, unity etc. That is, if you're using a desktop environment
>>51774481
>>51774533
I'm using Xfce but if it's only supported in another DE or WM I'd gladly change
>>51774488
Depends on your bios. On mine you just bring up the boot order list and hit the del key on the ones you want rid of.
>>51774488
Is that UEFI?
>>51774539
What distro are you using as this will determine how you'll go about doing this
>>51774743
xubuntu
>>51774539
Assuming you're using Xubuntu and don't already have compiz then follow these instructions.
You'll want to download compiz first, this will allow you to make applications open in certain workspaces. Do this with the following command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install compiz
Next, you'll want the settings tool for compiz so that you can edit the settings more easily. Get this by typing:
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
Once that has done make sure that compiz is running and open the settings manager and scroll all the way to the bottom until you see the option, "Place Windows". Tick the box next to that and then "Place Windows" button itself. Then you're going to want to go to "Fixed Window Placement" in the top tabs. Then go to "Windows with fixed viewport" and click on "New". Then click the green plus button and change "Type" to "Window Class". Then, next to value, click on "Grab" and click on the application you want to open in a certain workspace. Then, copy the text that shows up in the "Value" box but leave the text there, you can then click on add to exit that window. From here, you're going to want to click the box next to "Viewport positioned windows" and paste in the text you copied next to "class=". If the "class=" is not there then make sure this goes into that box, "class='Value you copied'". Then change the "X Viewport Positions" to the number of whatever workspace you want and click close. When you open the application, it should now open in the workspace that you chose.
Debian is considered an "intermediate" distro right? What exactly do I need to learn to become an "intermediate" Linux user?
I've been using Mint for a few months now, but I'd like to give Debian a try.
>>51774921
Adding to my post above, make sure that in "Viewport positioned windows" it shows something like "class=Firefox" or whatever application you want.
>>51775003
Learn really how Linux works, and what the commands you're doing mean. Also, you need to really get comfortable with the terminal and running programs and commands through there.
>>51775003
If you ask me, there are no tiers, except for maybe LFS.
Linux is as complex as you want it to be depending on if you can use "man".
>>51775003
if you are not afraid of editing config files and using the terminal once in a while just go with it. debian is not hard if you can read.
>>51771814
>https://dotnet.github.io/getting-started/
thanks anon
>>51774947
>>51775004
thanks a lot
>>51774469
I can read so I'll try debian.
>>51774380
>>51774400
Neat-o.
Thank you friendly anons.
With sed, how can I make a negative wildcard (everything except the character x, i.e. [^x]*) apply for a sequence of more than just one character at a time. For example:
the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Match everything until 'over'.
Sorry, don't know what word I'm looking for so googling isn't doing the trick. Many thanks.
how to turn Hardware H264 Decoding on on firefox?
arch latest kernel using vdpau and vaapi with mesa
>>51776318
man
>>51776346
you sure you want to do that? for which reason?
>>51776476
i have gpu decoding for chrome and it feels so much snappier when watching videos, going in fullscreen gives me tearings in firefox.
>>51776506
if that's your only reason then the "open with" plugin for opening with MPV would be the better option for both browsers.
>>51776557
thanks i'll check it out
Hey guys, is there any drop-down terminal like program that I can 'pseudoclose' (i.e. hidden or whatever, but keeping active commands running)?
Now I open a terminal, use it to start a program and move it to desktop 10 where I never look, but there should be something better right?
inb4 rofi: it needs shell capabilities (e.g. ls to see where I'm going, tab completion, able to run cmus)
This question may be asked a lot of times, so I guess I'm either not searching for the right terms or totally not grasping some linux concepts, anyone that can provide some clarity on this?
>>51776860
I tend to use Guake with zsh. F12 brings it down/hides it and the usual ctrl+t, ctrl+page up/down work just fine to have multiple tabs.
How much space should I allocate for my GNU/Linux partition?
I will be dual booting with Win.
>>51777002
As much as you think you'll need for it. You can go as little as 10GB.
>2k16
why isn't there still a way to play games on linux? and by games i mean games
would change in an instant
>>51777002
what do you want to do with it?
>>51777083
you could try installing games.
>>51777112
how?
>>51777155
there is libre games in the repository
There is non-free games in steam
Anything else, try playonlinux (wine).
>>51777155
depends on the game. for valve games on distros with apt i suggest typing "sudo apt install steam".
Newbie here. Trying to install package-query and yaourt.
Every bit of information tells me to get the tarball from AUR but the tarball and the .zip from git both contain the same files. I'm told to extract the tarball and run makepkg -si to install package-query-1.7 but I keep getting told that PKGBUILD does not exist.
What am I suppose to be doing here? I see a compile, configure, install-sh programs but no pkgbuild. I'm trying to install yaourt and i3-gaps-git and this is a dependency
Hi guys,
just installed ubuntu, any recommended apps?
>>51777155
>>51777177
forgot to add, good old games is also a good source for drm free games (better chance to work on wine)
>>51777177
>2016
still no support on triple a rated game.
why tho?
>>51777002
About 20gb for / and 20~30 for /home should be ok.
You can mount your Windows/NTFS partition for file storage even though it'll be slower.
>>51777215
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/List_of_recommended_GNU/Linux_software
Whats the best way to manage 10+ student laptops running a Debian/Ubuntu variant (LXLE)? Is there anything beyond dsh and pssh?
>>51777229
what kind of games do you like?
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=&sort_by=_ASC&os=linux&page=1
https://www.gog.com/games##sort=bestselling&system=lin_mint,lin_ubuntu&page=1
>>51777229
I neither develop games or play a lot of them, so I wouldn't know.
What I do know is that it is changing.
Last numbers I saw was 1700 games on steam, 700 of them added this year.
So it is changing.
Trine 3 just released.
>>51777229
By a gaming console
>>51777204
https://archlinux.fr/yaourt-en
Is it possible to have i3 preconfigured, without having to deal with all the shitty configuring (i spent the whole day doing it) on debian?
If not is there any other distro except manjaro?
>>51777274
Don't trust Steam on those numbers
>>51777262
oh wow
still missing some games like GTA V and Fallout 4.
another question, can I play steam games on linux if I bought some games already for windows?
afaik you had to buy them twice in the past... one copy for windows and one copy for linux
when i click the url bar in firefox, it doesn't instantly mark everything like it does on windows. is there any way to change this, or will i just have to keep doing ctrl + a?
Windows can only read NTFS, right?
So, what should I do, have a linux partition, a windows partition, and a neutral NTFS partition to transfer files from one to another during booting?
Sounds like a pain in the ass.
Does anybody know of a linux music player that works with a parametric EQ? I've been trying both audacious and rhythmbox but none of the plugins seem to work.
>>51777365
doubleclick
>>51777366
You could mount the windows partition directly.
>>51777359
>still missing some games like GTA V and Fallout 4.
and windows misses halo. doesn't change the fact that there are in fact good games.
>another question, can I play steam games on linux if I bought some games already for windows?
of course you can if you use the same gog or steam account.
>>51777251
depends on what you mean by manage.
If you want to manage updates (make sure stuff works before sending it out etc) make your own repository.
If you want to manipulate files on all the systems, sshfs is a good tool
>How do I do X on linux?
>You shouldn't be doing X on linux
Why is the linux community so shit?
>>51777402
i love you
>>51777401
use jack, calf plugins, and ladish session.
If you use debian based you can use a handy tool from kxstudio called cadence, you can set it up so it is persistent.
>>51777366
I just make my Linux partition fairly small and then mount and use the Windows NTFS partition for all my media storage. Like, my torrents are set to download into the same folder on Windows and Linux... I really only need like 30GB or so for my linux partition anyway.
>>51777366
Why would you need a neutral ntfs partition ? Just put whatever you think is necessary to use on both OSes on the Windows ntfs partition.
>>51777423
kill yourself.
>>51777423
hey that's not very friendly
>>51777423
>I want to drive my car underwater.
>What do you mean with "get a boat" ?
>>51777423
what, specifically, are you referring to?
>>51777469
Either shit he shouldn't actually do on Windows, too or some bullshit like cleaning the registry, defragging, etc..
>>51777412
>and windows misses halo. doesn't change the fact that there are in fact good games
well but i would like to change completely to linux, take every game with me and leave windows behind me
What about Linux game performance?
>>51777444
>>51777402
>>51777365
You could also just press F6 and it'll highlight all the text in the URL bar.
>>51777447
So could I set this up to be persistent across any jack session and get my desired EQ settings no matter what I play as long as I use jack audio?
>>51777506
i usually keep my FN lock enabled for quicker access to the volume and media keys, but thanks for the tip anyway
>>51777467
>underwater
>boat
>>51777549
>this is what poor people think about boats
>>51777423
>How do I game on linux
>You don't game on linux
Why is this so hard to understand? Mac OS also has no games, go cry
>>51777493
>well but i would like to change completely to linux, take every game with me and leave windows behind me
That's not possible man. That's equivalent to you wanting to "change completely to PS4, taking every game you currently have for Xbox One with you and leaving Xbox behind". Sure, some titles are cross platform but you're still going to miss out on other titles that are only made for one platform or the other..
>>51777493
>What about Linux game performance?
really depends on the game and the drivers you use.
at the moment it's nvidia proprietary>amd open>amd proprietary>>>>nvidia open
for valve games you may even see a performance increase coming from windows.
>>51777509
Yeah cadence has a feature where you set up "studios" so you could load it up and everything is already connected. You can route everything, alsa, pulseaudio, to go through jack so you can have it running all the time, that's what I do. There are actually a number of ways to do it with jack, jack plumbing is another way I've heard of.
>>51777307
lets say half of them is just mods to other games.
And half of the remaining is shitty games nobody would ever play, that still leaves over 400 games.
But if you feel that the newest games are the only way to make yourself happier, maybe you should use a platform where the games exist.
You cannot say that there is no games on linux.
There is a lot of people who are making games for linux.
It is not everybody, but so what?
There is enough entertainment in the selection we have.
>>51777585
Cool that works. Should I use jack or jack2 though?
>>51777562
Because I want to change to Linux because of muh freedom and play games, what's so difficult to understand.
>>51777573
>at the moment it's nvidia proprietary>amd open>amd proprietary>>>>nvidia open
Not him but what about amd open being better than amd proprietary?
What about the performance of it? For the sake of argument let's say performance in videogames since you can compare it easily.
>>51777607
I think cadence requires jack2 but there's not a huge difference between the two, they are forks so 2 isn't necessarily better than 1.
>>51777423
Please provide an example.
Generally, people often try to use computers in inefficient or harmful ways, and it's a good idea to discourage this behaviour.
>>51777573
Performance-wise it's actually nvidia > catalyst > radeon/radeonsi > nouveau
Open radeon has caught up to catalyst in a lot of ways but it still lags significantly behind in some places like compute performance.
>>51777609
>muh freedom
>games
Not compatible since Carmack is gone from id, there are no "big titles" vidya that are free as in freedom
Hi!
Anyone could explain the difference between using apt, apt-get, or apt-fast?
I'm using them indifferently, but I really think there's something they don't have in common.
>>51777401
Any player that uses ffmpeg and allows to add libavcodec filters, e.g. mpv.
Or, jack/pulseaudio plugin.
Or, on the lower level, alsa plugin. Alsa actually supports ladspa plugins so you can do any kind of weird shit.
>>51777602
There are just better sources to see what games run on Linux than Steam.
I just don't get why people always just refer others asking about gaming on Linux to Steam.
>>51777636
I mean freedom from windows botnet. I have no problem paying for games and I don't care about the source code.
>>51777661
all three are evolutions of a frontend to the trash called dpkg
>>51777727
Are there any advantages for any of them? Which one should I be using?
>>51777724
Every closed source is potentially a botnet.
Many games also actually depend explicitly on a botnet such as steam or origin.
>>51777610
>Not him but what about amd open being better than amd proprietary?
highly depends on usecase but if you compile the newest radeon drivers it will be more stable than the proprietary drivers and better for a some games. also amd contribute to the open drivers on a regular basis and i think they are looking to make everything they can open.
>What about the performance of it? For the sake of argument let's say performance in videogames since you can compare it easily.
depends on driver and game. tell us a game and the card you use.
>>51777423
They are only tired of the XY problem
>"How do I do X?"
>Explain how to do X
>"That didn't help me at all, I still can't do Y"
>>51777688
I referred to steam because thats the only source I know.
I don't play games.
>>51777755
A steam game wouldn't search my HDD for my dick pics and cam me while I jack off
>>51777755
Botnets are more like applications that claim they have to run in the background and while they run, they create network traffic which you cannot control.
There are botnet games, but there are still games that does not use the network connection when you play single player and doesn't depend on services like steam (which is a botnet by that definition) in order to run.
Alright, so, I have been fighting with samba for a week now. It's getting fucking frustrating.
I have a home server with Fedora 23 Server running on it. I have samba installed and running. I have my smb.conf correct and it tests fine with testparm. I also have the firewall set up to allow samba and samba-client through, including the ports.
But I can't fucking see it from any computer on the network. I can't even remote desktop or ssh into it. I can administer it using Cockpit just fine, which is what I have been using to work on this. But it will not show up.
What am I missing. At this point it has to be something incredibly stupid.
Can someone explain to me how Linux themes work, and where to get them?
>>51778105
What do you mean by "linux themes"?
>>51778105
i don't know but most of everything is on github. download, extract, copy folders to the right folders, enable, done.
this is one you could try:
https://github.com/shimmerproject/Numix
>>51778105
You mean "can someone explain to me how themes for desktop environment X work"
Is there anything wrong with using ufw instead of iptables on its own?
>>51770070
>>51770383
Is it because there isn't a large enough userbase who want Gentoo and can't install it themselves?
>>51778633
It's just pointless. Gentoo gives you endless options and choices, gentoo users install it for an extremely varied range of reasons, hardware, and usages. Installing is really quite easy, there is no point introducing bugs and limited choice with some shitty script. If you don't want to customize your installation to exactly what you need or want (not ricing, minimal for servers, fully packed for desktops, no pulseaudio, whatever), then just use something else.
Ok, I'm on Xubuntu, all it's smooth flying so far.
How do I retrieve my firefox profile from the windows partition?
Preferably without rebooting.
I can't get fonts to look right.
I miss Segoe
>>51778704
Oh ok. I was just curious since Architect is a thing for Arch, and the Arch install is not too terribly different from Gentoo.
>>51778773
Cantarell/Liberation family
>>51778773
Segoe is just a font. Pull it from a Windows install and use it, if that's what you like.
What's the best reasonably beginner-friendly distro besides Linux Mint to run Cinnamon?
>>51779734
Because it's Cinnamon. Ubuntu doesn't have a Cinnamon derivative yet
>>51778773
Copy over windows fonts
Install infinality
Activate the ms preset
Enjoy
So I'm currently on fedora 23 with XFCE. I set the theme to Bluebird and I've been toying around with the theme a bit but I'm currently very aggravated with a single issue.
I have the pulseaudio plugin for my top panel, but for whatever reason when my mouse is off it it'll go completely white (instead of the dark blue it's supposed to be). When I hover over it it'll change to the slightly lighter blue that all the other panel items have on hover. The second I click on it or move my mouse away, it'll start a maybe 500-1000 ms animation where it'll go almost completely white.
I've been digging around the gtkrc file and the panel.rc file and can't find the reason why it defaults to this bright white color. This problem doesn't exist some themes but does in others, so I've been trying to compare the gtkrc files. The same exact problem happens with the power-manager-plugin.
Does anybody know where I can track this down?
>>51779755
Right, that's why I'm asking for an alternative that isn't Mint/Ubuntu.
How can i reboot without rebooting the kernel?
Basically i want init to shutdown like normal and then the kernel or init restarts init.
I know I've done this before but i can't find it.
The only reason to reboot the kernel is for kernel updates, but for updates that don't involved the kernel i just want to reboot userspace without losing uptime or page cache or time.
>>51779734
You could try Fedora
>>51781941
telinit u
>>51781998
That didn't do anything.
>>51782025
Sure did. It restarted init.
It didn't restart anything else, of course. Just init. If you want something like that, you'll have to tell init to stop shit.
>>51782048
Then how do i tell init to stop everything, because i looked through systemctl commands and there isn't anything that does that that doesn't involve rebooting and shutting down the kernel.
This should be a fucking thing, why should i have to reboot the whole fucking machine just to restart init? this is fucking bullshit.
Booted up Arch for the first time in a few days because of video games and homework
Won't connect to any wifi networks at all, but it will work with ethernet. Tried wicd too but nothing, I'm guessing it's a problem with my adapter or something.
I check dmesg and I get all this shit and now I'm spooked.
http://pastebin.com/i62MXkmx
The fuck do I do? I don't want to do a clean install again. All I remember doing since last time I used this install was doing a yaourt -Syua to update my shit and I don't remember there being anything that critical in the updates. I also updated like an hour ago through my wired connection and tried restarting but nothing.
>>51781941
>>51782140
Why are you so keen on not restarting the kernel?
>>51782140
b-b-but my uptime
just reboot your shit like normal
>>51782208
maybe you didn't install the firmware package for your adapter
>>51782210
Restarting the kernel and machine and going through the bios is slow.
I don't want to lose my page cache.
I don't really give a shit about uptime but i guess id prefer to keep it.
>>51782219
No fuck you normie.
>>51782238
I did, first thing I fucking did when I installed Arch. I had to find a dpkg somewhere on a forum filled with people having the same issue with my hardware. It worked flawlessly for months up till now.
>>51781787
can't you just get cinnamon on whatever distro you're using manually? it's not like that sort of thing is hard to set up if you can follow basic instructions
>>51782208
>http://pastebin.com/i62MXkmx
get deauthed ya rodent
>>51782240
>Restarting the kernel and machine and going through the bios is slow.
Restarting the kernel should be nearly instantaneous. Is the time it takes your BIOS to boot really that significant?
>I don't want to lose my page cache.
Boo hoo.
>I don't really give a shit about uptime but i guess id prefer to keep it.
Boo fucking hoo.
Just reboot your damn computer.
>>51782341
Deauthed? Meaning I got deauthenticated? That's impossible since this is a college network and I can connect to the AP just fine on Windows and on my phone.
what's a distro/DE/icon-pack combo that genuinely looks good and uniform and doesn't have some paneling bullshit?
>>51782995
damn, I forgot theme and gtk skin
What's the difference between Gentoo's stage 3 and hardened stage 3 tarball?
>>51783443
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Hardened
>>51783443
properly setting up grsecurity and pax are very involved processes, i wouldn't go down that road, especially on a desktop.
How do I into power management in linux? I am referring to controlling timeout for display standby, sleep, hibernate and the like. Can I use xfce power manager even if I don't use xfce?
>>51783819
>Can I use xfce power manager even if I don't use xfce?
Yes
How do I set up a global parametric (PARAMETRIC, not 10 band bullshit) equalizer on linux?
>>51783819
check the archiki
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Laptop
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Power_management
and other related articles on it
>>51782312
Complete newcomers won't like to install a separate desktop environment.
i'm trying to build my game to work on Steam (currently it's Win only)
I'm using Unity5 (inb4 TOPLEL) and making a Linux build is quite easy
I tried to test it in my virtual machine, it fails. Only gets to the screen of Unity5 personal edition and then it logs off my VM (wut?)
Any idea on what should i do?
>>51771060
switched from windows 2 months ago. antergos is perfect for linux newbies and will remain my distro for a long time
How well does linux emulate iOS?
>>51786068
I respect your opinion
>>51777306
pls respond
>>51777306
Don't know
No
For what reason would anyone want to make a LFS build? Is it usable as a daily use distro?
I was just playing around with the shell
>switch user to root
>touch file.txt
>chmod 770
>switch back to normal user
>can't read or write to file
>can still delete it
what gives
>>51765920
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux,
is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux.
Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component
of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell
utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day,
without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU
which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are
not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a
part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system
that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run.
The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself;
it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is
normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system
is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux"
distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
Is there any reason why I shouldn't run Lubuntu on a PC that's not old? I don't quite like KDE very much.
>>51786313
If you make it so then yes its a perfectly good daily distro
>>51786705
770 means
privilege level 7 to the file owner (root)
privilege level 7 to the group (root)
privilege level 0 for everyone else (your other account)
>>51786803
Yes. My normal account is neither a root user nor is it in root group. As predicted my normal user account was unable to read or write to file. What I am concerned about is the ability of a user that does not have ownership of the file to delete it.
Whatever you say, pal
>>51786739
Because it's shit
>>51786952
>implying you've ever played 70% of your games
If I install gentoo, is there an easy way to make sure I don't install any proprietary software? For example, flashplugin conflicts with your-freedom on parabola.
>>51787234
Get out, freetard
>>51787255
I'm not a freetard, I just dont like using some proprietary software. I'll install games and other things like that, but i'm not going to use things like facebook or skype..
