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Intended for users of all levels, including absolute beginners
If you are serious about switching to Linux, use it exclusively for 2 weeks, avoid booting to windows for that period of time, or you are likely to start retreating back to windows instead of getting used to linux as your new home and working on making it feel comfortable
You can safely experience installation process and the basic usage through a virtual machine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R33sFFhgkWk
>Recommended for Beginners:
Xubuntu, Mint, openSUSE
>Learn to RTFM - Read The Friendly Manual
man <insert command here>
>Resources:
/r/linux4noobs
/r/linuxquestions
/r/unixporn
http://explainshell.com/
http://www.server-world.info/en/
https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-the-command-line
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtK75qxsQaMLZSo7KL-PmiRarU7hrpnwK
>GUI on a server
is there such a thing as a liunx server os on the lever of windows server for autistic fuckers who just want an easy to use server experince
>>51811151
>>51811151
fuck you ass hole for fuck sakes, some people like things simple and not have to spend hours on a fucking command line
>>51811080
>I've got a shit list
>HEY MOMMMMM LOOK, I POSTED IT AGAIN, THAT'LL MAKE THEM THINK IT'S A GOOD LIST AND I'M NOT A RETARD WHO HAS USED LINUX FOR A MONTH HA!
>>51811165
>>51811186
>GUI on a server
>>51811181
i can't fucking run anything newer then 2k3 windows on my server for fuck sakes.
its a god dam pentium 3
>>51811181
>windows
There's no reason to run a windows server if you are not a corpotrash and in desperate need of ActiveDirectory and Exchange.
>>51811186
command line is simple and much quicker than any gui.
>>51811165
if you want to change permissions with a gui you have already been given an answer.
>>51811207
>guys i have a shit hardware with absolutely no resources
>let's waste half of them on a GUI
>>51811080
at least recommend gnome
Someone reopen, this is tardation nation already
>>51811165
suse is trying to go for that kind of stuff
openSUSE is famouse for its yast and GUI for all configuration
But what kind of server do you have in mind? Because right tool for right task, web stuff linux is the real deal, databases and WMs too, but managing desktops,.. you really have nothing comparable to the windows active directory, your own scripts doing stuff can get you in view of its features but nowhere close
>>51811186
You can literally throw any distro on a machine and call it a "server"
GNU/Linux is not restricted to "editions" in the manner of Windows Server. Setting up ssh and vnc works all the same on a desktop or server edition of the same distro.
>>51811151
>>51811165
>>51811181
>>51811186
>>51811194
>>51811207
>>51811240
i like this new meem
>>51811240
But it's quicker tm
Also I don't need to learn anything new. Thinking hurts
>>51811186
You can setup a distro with webmin.
>GUI on a server
>all resources on the internet on the topic of "how to set up a linux file server" talk about doing it with the command line
>BUT IT'S EASIER HURR YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND
>Sublime the only gui text editor mentioned
At least put gedit up there?
>>51811080
>Sublime text
>Not Geany
>Not Kate
>>51811244
all i want is to be able to host simple html sites,
and beable to have a nice ftp location so me and my frends can porn swap and share music and video games. Thats all I honestly want
and i find doing stuff via a coman line more a pain in my ass then it is to use a simple gui
and honestly i found linux alright for my web hosting needs but its the ftp shit i can controll or understand and get it to work right with out showing my whole drive contents to everyone who logs in even with custome made acounts
i've tryed webmin and i cant get it to make my ftp even work i dont understand why that i cant even get that to work
>>51811080
why would gimp ever be recommended to anyone?
>>51811242
Gnome is pure garbage. It bloated, resource heavy, monolithic, unconfigurable, and poorly conceived, and it has no advantages over its alternatives.
>>51811320
Emacs is there.
I don't know why in the "terminal based" tho.
Just because it has this functionality doesn't mean it's the way you're supposed to use it.
>>51811218
>I can't into gui
>I go less slow at cmd
>>51811348
Because not everyone is retarded
>>51811367
I like the forklow of gnome.
It does require a 1080p screen as a bare minimum tho. Objects take up wayy to much screen space to make it usable on something like a 1280x800
>>51811320
>gedit
Geany is Gedit but better. Except for the syntax highlighting, which isn't quite as good. Everything else is way better, though.
>>51811348
It has all the functionality someone hardly interested in drawing/photoediting will ever need.
But go on, entertain me with your LE EPICCCC XD memes on how gimp is bad and literally oh god.
i've tryed webmin and i cant get it to make my ftp even work i dont understand why that i cant even get that to work
is it because im missing something ? thats what i fucking figure.
>>51811433
Hidden
>>51811418
GIMP is one of the worst GNU software there is you fucking faggot and thats saying a lot.
>>51811456
GIMP is fine. You have baby duck syndrome.
>>51811449
wtf hidden! i wants some ansers and all of you guys have to act like fucking retarted assholes.
I want something simple and easy to use and your telling me to use a comand line, well it would help if there was decent documentation for utter retarteds like me self to understand
lol same windows retard trolling again
>hey guys linux is stoopid, why the fuck should I have to enter a password to install something?
>>51811418
isn't that the point the application? to offer functionality to Linux users who are also interested in photo editing and drawing
>>51811493
>well it would help if there was decent documentation for utter retarteds like me self to understand
But there is.
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:Main_Page
Happy hacking
>>51811493
man pages moron
>>51811493
>>51811493
>>51811493
>>51811493
>all of you guys have to act like fucking retarted assholes.
>>51811512
im not upset at the fact there must be a password. I like that it always asks for the password
im trying to migrate to linux and you fucking fagots are making it such a fucking pain by fucking laughing at me because i want a simple fucking gui to do things in for ftp
Jesus fucking Christ. this why i hate the community as a whole.
>>51811552
>I'm not upset it's you who is upset
are we going to do this again?
>>51811552
>this why i hate the community as a whole.
Gentoo community is great.
You should try it
>>51811552
>>51811552
>Jesus fucking Christ. this why i hate the community as a whole.
The whole world hate moany little faggots, it's not linux exclusive by any means.
>>51811527
>https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:Main_Page
that book has nothing i am looking for in it.
it does not talk about what i want to do at all in it.
>>51811548
Can you get back to >>>/b/, please?
I like you jesus.
I know it's a ruse, I wholeheartedly enjoy your commitment into this nevertheless.
It's kind of entertaining.
>>51811589
>took 4mins to read the gentoo handbook and wiki
wow anon, you're impressive.
>>51811589
>that book has nothing i am looking for in it.
It has everything you're looking for it.
Just use the search functionality.
>>51811587
all im trying to do is find a fucking alterative to filezilla server it seems and you fucking fagots are acting fucking fagots
i like easy fucking things to manage on server and compland line is fucking complex if you can even find what you need to type.
>>51811595
can you go back to windows, please?
>>51811628
>i like easy fucking things to manage on server
Have you tried CLI? It makes everything pretty fucking easy.
Have I told you about SSH?
With SSH you can access your server from ANOTHER COMPUTER (your desktop for example).
Isn't that great?
>>51811628
I'm sure insulting and swearing at us will help you find what you need.
>>51811611
i used search and this is all i found
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Vsftpd
no way to add or edit users or any thing that i actualy fucking want just a how to install.
\
I KNOW HOW TO FUCKING INSTALL SHIT
TYPE THE STUPID MAGIC INSTALL WORD
>>51811629
I can still browse the 4chinz sikret h4x04 club /gee/ though. Send me the download link to windows_10_en_LGBT_ notJew_x64 :^)
>>51811657
what is this voodoo you speak of?
this thread is not very friend for being a friendly Linux thread
>>51811669
lol you are retarded
>>51811684
he's a troll you idiot. Check the threads from yesterday, he was doing exactly the same thing.
>>51811657
ssh is nothing new. its honestly not that important because my monter has 3 inputs. why would i need remote desktop when i can unplug two usbs and change a setting on a screen
>>51811701
yeah but you can open the TERMINAL and connect with SSH and have the command line of your server on your desktop!
>>51811684
no because i get fucking lagued at and called a retartd in my first fucking post typuical fucking internet bullshit when ever i tery to learn something and it just fustrates the fuck out of me
>>51811727
i dont need ssh, its point less when the computer is in the same room and litarly less then 2 feet from me.
i know know thats a bitch and a half to set up i did have it working on one computer long long agao and i never used it that much
>>51811729
install gentoo anon.
It helps to calm nerves
>>51811747
>ssh is a bitch to set up
>>51811408
I agree anon I actually like geany more but Gedit shows up in a lot of preinstalled application sets
>>51811080
Hello, the shitty apps guy
If you care about /g/'s opinion, all of us agree to suggest free alternatives such as kate/geany/gedit instead of sublime text proprietary bullshit.
The free alternatives mentioned are highly customizable, modular and integrates to the system better than sublime-text.
Change this and post the update picture now.
what is so about gentoo that should make it my choice.
it just seems like your typical arch like linux and dont even get me started about arch i cant even install the fucker.
>>51811851
updated*
>>51811851
agreed.
>>51811865
gentoo is the best thing since sliced bread
>>51811929
Gentoo is way better than sliced bread.
>>51811851
Do it OP
>>51811929
this is another typical linux statement,
What makes it better?
>>51811989
it's gentoo.
Read their website, it's all there
>recommending sublime text
I'd use ed before I used that disgusting piece of shit
>>51811865
How can people not install things? Like where do you people go wrong? All you have to do is follow a prompt and if they're something you don't know how to do, read the manual.
>>51811851
>>51811872
>>51811890
>geany
aims to be an IDE not a general purpose text editor
>kate
I can see even more rage from some other guys about KDE bloat, pictures with clumsily covered dolhpin and yakuake... plus same argument as gedit
>gedit
be honest with yourself, it is not comparable with sublime, not in features, not in customizablity, not in user base. Being open source dont make something automaticly better, it just make it open source which is no doubt preferable but only if other aspects match up. This goes for kate and leafpad and mousepad and whatever other edditors are out there
Atom will probably go there and maybe even in front of sublime, problem with atom why its not there already is the fucking slow startup and its whole nature of being chromium turned in to a text editor.. fucking hell they had chance on making open source sublime clone and they cock it up with nodejs :[
>>51812084
If people could read the manual then we wouldn't need these threads.
>>51812005
the only thing i could say is there documentation is sa little more in understandable english.
but even then thats not by much
I will give it a try but i'm not holding my hopes up. i doubt there a nice and easy way to manage ftp acounts
>>51812084
every time i install arch it never boots, i get that typical strange
boot:: menu and i never get past that. I only get that boot menu noramly when i try and make a usb bootale stick and it does not have the probper ablity to work with the iso i want
>>51812125
Why not just vi/emacs though?
>>51812158
Because old=bad obvs, have to fix whats not broken
>>51812125
>geany has too many features
>gedit doesn't have enough features
Leafpad if you want something basic. Geany if you want something advanced. That's all you need. Geany is highly configurable and works perfectly well as a regular text editor.
>>51811080
Fixed that shit.
>>51812125
>General purpose text editor
Suggest Gedit
>not in features, not in customizablity, not in user base.
A general purpose text editor does not really need to be heavily featured or a large userbase. (i.e. notepad). Gedit is more customizable than sublime-text and it has forks. It has plugin manager to easily set your preferred plugins.
>Atom will probably go there and maybe even in front of sublime
Atom is worse than sublime-text. People use it because of it's aesthetics, honestly speaking.
IDE: Geany / KDevelop
Text-editor: Gedit / Kate
These two are of different categories if you ask me
>>51812462
>People use it because of it's aesthetics, honestly speaking.
Or because it's not proprietary and doesn't cost seventy fucking United States dollars.
>>51812462
>>51812125
Also, Geany is fast and efficient enough to use it as a "General purpose text editor"
>>51811328
stfu
>>51813058
Welcome to the thread
See
>>51812503
>>51812462
>>51812444
>>51812229
>>51812158
>>51812037
>>51811851
>>51811320
Come to the wiki, we recommend gedit and Kate, unlike this shitty apps guy. :^)
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/List_of_recommended_GNU/Linux_software
>>51813193
They are already there, OP is confusing his own opinion with /g/ recommendations.
>>51813242
I won't deny I appreciate him making a chart out of it but he lacks the mentality to change his things
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTiztqndGco
carry on with your fucking autism OS hobby faggots
I have an x220 with arch and xfce on if. I have it set to suspend on screen close. When I open the screen sometimes the cursor is moving by itself until I touch the track pad and sometimes WiFi is not working despite it having connected to the network. I use network manager.
Help
Hey, I've been using Debian for some months and today I realized I never checked anything about firewalls.
Should I see about configuring iptables or is it a waste of time for a regular pc?
>>51813451
systemctl enable NetworkManager.service
systemctl start NetworkManager
What FS do you dualboot guys use for your flash drives and externals? And in general pure linux people too.
Currently using ntfs for all as I usually need to share files with windows PCs and if ever my computer goes kaput accessing backups from the external will be hell since no one around me uses a PC that supports ext4
>>51813386
Grandpa, go back to bed.
>>51813487
enable ufw
>>51813386
>Uses linux for 2 years
>What is smart screen recorder
>It has to be dumbed down
There are people who never grew up to leave ubuntu
>>51813547
>implying there aren't people who made it to the nirvana stage that went BACK to jewbuntu
>>51813487
There's not much point if you're stuck behind a router.
>>51813559
>implying the normie at question ever left ubuntu
>>51813547
seriously nothing wrong with ubungu.
would have sticked with it if i weren't such a linux hopping slut, that and opensuse are really nice.
>>51813511
Will check it
>>51813577
I am but the router has no firewall either. Or you mean something like only the router IP is exposed so there's no way for anyone to reach the subnet without me starting a connection? I don't know much about networks.
Guys, I'm worried the NSA has secretly modified or tampered with GCC and all linux distros are unsafe, am I being paranoid?
>>51813816
There is no need to be paranoid to this extent
>>51813816
If you have verifiable proof you're not paranoid.
Help me, /flt/. Is it possible to paste arguments for programs on dmenu? If not, is there another application launcher that could do this?
>>51814145
Try dmenu-extended, it might possibly have that as a feature
>>51814246
Thanks Anon, I'll check it out,
>>51811552
If you're going to migrate to linux, you need to realize that to be efficient in using linux, you NEED TO LEARN AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF THE COMMAND LINE.
>>51814609
He's a troll.
does PROC really stand for process? In the context of gnu/linux is there a difference between process and procedure?
When I $(utility) in bash, will I always get the exit code or does it vary from program to program?
>>51814739
In the context of what is process and procedure defined as the same thing?
I'm bored I'll post a new list of recommended software in a bit but beware it'll probably not be as fancy
>>51814760
It runs the stdout output as a bash command. That's all it does
>>51813507
FAT32, or exFAT
>>51814832
Do you know of any good book on bash? The online tutorials I find aren't thorough enough for me.
>>51814883
No, but that stuff is pretty elementary. I'm not a shell scripting expert but I've done some simple scripts for changing file permissions and mouse sensitivity. What exactly do you need to do?
>>51811493
if you want easy get a android device or a mac.
>>51814883
"man bash"
Hello /flt/
I'm using linux (debian with GNOME) for the first time and I'm at a loss as to how to download things.
I have Synaptic, but I'm just not understanding this repository stuff. I look around for certain programs/software on google to try to find a repository that has what I'm looking for and I usually either
a) don't find it
b) find it and have zero fucking clue as to how to install it
I feel like I'm missing something incredibly basic here. I search forums and the like, and I just can't find a simple explanation as to how to do this stuff. All I see is terminal stuff which I've been trying to understand how to do for the past half hour to no avail. I don't know what the fuck a frontend is, an apt, or any of that stuff. Hell, I even just reinstalled Debian to give me a clean slate since I don't know what I inevitably fucked up.
All I've managed to figure out how to do is to type su, followed by my root password to become a root something or other.
Any help? I'm sure I'm making shit more difficult than it actually is.
>>51815085
literally use Synaptic to find the package you're looking for
>>51815085
Debian comes with aptitude, which is a command line GUI for package managing, preinstalled (just open a terminal and type aptitude).
Basically you use the default repository and download software from there, you only ever need to change repo if you need "unusual software" that is not provided in the standard repo. Think of it as an app store basically.
>>51814883
Dude what http://www.tutorialspoint.com/unix/unix_tutorial.pdf
>>51815085
install sudo and add your used to that, shitting about as root isn't a good idea.
and what sort of stuff do you want to install?
>>51815142
>>51815144
Thanks, that makes sense.
>>51815477
As of right now I'd like to download various "non-free" stuff, specifically teamspeak, although I still have no clue how.
I've been attempting to add the following repo to my list, although all that I've had happen is synaptic talk about a key that I don't have.
Even then I don't even know what packages this repo includes exactly. All I know is that most of it is probably closed source/non free.
>>51815602
This is what I get by the way. The bottom lines talking about a key.
Why is font rendering on Linux very gorgeous?
>>51815629
in website, did you read it?
>The first package to install is deb-multimedia-keyring.
>apt-get install deb-multimedia-keyring
>>51811215
>AD and exchange
>not just using Samba and OpenChange.
>>51815671
is this a joke?
>>51815687
Fucking hell
Thanks alot man.
>>51811481
I had Photoshop pirates on my PC and I got rid of it when I used GIMP. GIMP worked great with my drawing tablet and as someone who usually has tons of windows open across my monitors for game dev/irc/4chan/text documents I actually enjoyed its multi-window design.
>>51811729
>obvious troll
>none of this is real
Why is it still funny, I still find this hilarious.
What's the best Linux for making a cozy seen machine? I plan on programming and watching anime.
I use a PC right now, I don't use my desktop at all. I pretty much navigate through my PC using just file explorer. Is there anywhere that I can see glimpses of set ups all the google pics of recommended newb distributions look gross.
I also want to.play Dwarf Fortress.
>>51816054
Really any distro would fit that criteria, just depends on how much work you'd want to put into setting it up and how you think a distro looks
I need some help installing numix circle icons in xfce arch
I tried yaourt, it gets stuck looping b/w asking "Edit PKGBUILD ? [Y/n]", "Edit numix-circle-icon-theme.install ? [Y/n]" and "Continue building numix-circle-icon-theme-git ? [Y/n]"
I tried downloading the snapshot from the AUR and using mkpkg -S after extracting it but it fails to install dependencies or something
Finally I got frustrated and downloaded a zip of the github repo and extracted it and placed the icons manually in /usr/share/icons/. This got it to work but only for applications, icons for folders, drives and network are not loading possibly missing also some icons for button in settings are not loading.
>>51816366
Install numix-icon-theme too, what is the error from yaourt?
>>51816403
>>51816662
Remove the numix-icon-circle you placed manually, then install it from yaourt, the "loop" was probably caused by numix-icon-circle pulling out numix-icon-theme as dependency from AUR, just install it too.
>>51816693
Did as you said, removed the folders I placed manually and tried running yaourt first for numix-icon-theme
>>51816748
Just N for the PKGBUILD, N for the numix-icon-theme.install, Y for the continue building, do the same for numix-icon-circle
>>51816054
> Is there anywhere that I can see glimpses of set ups
I would say "desktop thread", but I don't think those people even use their PCs. Most distros are highly customizable so just because you don't like the defaults doesn't mean much when it only takes 2 minutes to change to a different background, theme, and item pack.
Pic related is Lubuntu 14.04 with default background and icons. I prefer a 5-minute "tastefully rice job" on my taskbar and 8-pt system font. The following link shows what the default install looks like so you can compare: https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/_/rsrc/1396112736941/lubuntu/Screenshot-Lubuntu-14_04-desktop-menu.jpg
Also arch and gentoo are memes, and default Ubuntu sucks. Ubuntu derivatives are where it's at for noobs.
>>51816938
Arch is not a meme, anon
>>51816821
Thanks anon, that fixed it.
>>51816976
fixed it? that's how you are supposed to do it.
gotta take breaks from /flt/, one turns unfriendly after a few hours.
>>51816956
There are plenty of good reasons to use arch. If you don't know *exactly* what your reasons are, then you should be using a different distribution.
>"outdated packages" meme
Recommending arch to newbies is a great way way to sell Win 7 licenses.
>>51817025
Arch is perfect for intermediate skilled users. Pacman is actually better than apt
Are questions about (neo)vim allowed here?
I've been trying for days, with no luck, to get my old .vimrc working with neovim. For unrelated reasons, I've had to remove vi/vim from my machine and started over with neovim from scratch, but now none of my settings are being carried over.
Currently, I only have a ~/.nvimrc file, but I've seen people say the file is .nvimrc or .neovimrc.
Which one is it? Do i need another directory dedicated to neovim? If someone could explain how to set up a .n(eo)vimrc file from scratch i would be grateful.
>>51817322
from the wiki, seems .vimrc is the name.
>>51817322
>>51817392
actually, reading more there is this
>- Use `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim/init.vim` instead of `.vimrc` for storing configuration.
>- Use `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/nvim` instead of `.vim` to store configuration files.
how have you been trying for days? did you take long breaks or something?
>>51817430
Not literally, my bad. I've been trying on and off for about a week.
when I run echo $XDG_CONFIG_HOME nothing is returned.
So I have to create the nvim directory before adding .nvimrc to it?
>>51817449
yeah in your /home/faggot folder, switching that out with your user.
why do i still get tearing in bomi even if i have compton running? using the latest nvidia drivers with a gtx 660ti
>>51817506
no dice. It looks like I'll just try installing vim again and get some defaults set before using one of hundreds of guides to move from vim. Thanks for the help though.
>>51817574
would say check permissions next, but whatever man. gl
>>51814883
http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/
>>51811080
- zsh is bloat for people who cant configure their shell themselves, keep it simple, bash can anything zsh does
- how could you forget the literally standard terminal URxvt?
- mpd acts like a server, it's not really a player, I'd add at least mpc or ncmpcpp
- image viewers: feh, meh, display (ImageMagick), eog
also remove proprietary stuff pls
How can I record audio on linux? I mean everything by every application at once like on windows.
>>51817633
sublime text is the best editor tho
>Friendly Linux Thread
>nobody is friendly
Fuck you thread. Please delete and restart.
>>51817633
>bash-hackers.org
>zsh is bloat for people who cant configure their shell themselves
>literally standard terminal URxvt?
l337
>>51817663 (samefag)
>sublime text is the best editor
Let me get the garbage can
>>51811080
Which Linux VM solution is better for graphics passthrough, qemu or virtualbox?
>>51817674
>please copy paste the answer for me since i cannot read
i suggest we start calling it unfriendly linux thread.
How would I go about using two monitors with Debian?
I've my monitor which is 2560x1440, and my tv which is 19020x1080. Monitor is using displayport, tv is using HDMI.
I'd like to be able to switch to the tvs speakers for audio when I have it on for when I watch movies.
How would I go about this? As it sits, I don't even think debian detects my tv. I've got it on and I can't find it in the monitor settings screen.
>>51817806
Forgot to mention, I want the TV to be a copy of my monitor. Both are plugged into a 290 by the way.
>>51817806
>>51817818
you forgot to mention the desktop environment too.
>>51817837
Gnome, sorry
>>51811080
Why is emacs only under terminal?
It's also got an excellent GUI.
>>51811080
You again. Just fuck you. Reported as troll. Everytime you post that shit the thread turn into why you're a faggot with this shitty picture and linking to fucking reddit.
Go to reddit and stay in there
being asexual: ed
being straight: nano
being bisexual: vim
being gay: sublime
pretending to be gay : atom
please contribute
>>51818041
Can't leave out emacs.
>>51818041
wizard: emacs
>>51818041
pretending to be gay but is really lesbian: atom
>>51818079
this
>>51811080
do i label efi partition with /efi??
>>51818053
never seen anybody actually using emacs
does emacs even exists
>>51818135
I use emacs.
I think I exist.
>>51818041
being into aliens: acme
Is there a minimalistic document viewer that can read multi formats like pdf, epub, etc?
>>51818240
okular
>>51811628
an nfs share might work for you, it should be way faster than ftp and you can just mount it on windows as a folder
or if you don't have to use windows on anything, rsync back and forth is easy as well
>>51811865
if you can't install arch you must have issues following written instructions
you should try the architect installer, though
>>51818473
Selling stuff is fine. Proprietary software isn't, whether you pay for it or not.
>>51818473
It's still closed-source.
X just broke on my T420 running Arch. Well, it didn't _just_ break or I'm sure it'd be easier to diagnose. Was pairing my wii U Pro Controller and the left analog was moving the mouse so I put the file to fix that in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d and then was gonna just restart X, but then I couldn't get back in. Tried making my xinitrc match my desktop's (no issues on my desktop), tried removing my xorg.conf since my desktop doesn't have one apparently, and startx still results in errors. It flashes the nvidia logo and then back to the tty with errors. Here's my log:
http://sprunge.us/LeBX
I was asking for help in the arch linux irc but stopped getting responses pretty quick. I use this computer to watch anime hooked to a 65" TV via dock so I'd really appreciate a fix before it starts delaying anime watching that I do on a regular basis.
>>51818510
People here get butthurt because no one will buy their shitty fizzbuz programs.
>>51816054
Arch is probably the best distro to make good-looking because of all the packages in both the official repos and the AUR. As someone who used Debian for several years I can say that moving to Arch felt fresh and easy.
I recommend the Architect installer for installing it.
>>51816976
read more carefully in the future, asking about editing a package build is obviously a no if you do not wish to do just that
>>51817806
I usually configure displays through nvidia-settings and audio through pavucontrol
if you don't have an nvidia (or AMD) gpu then I think you want randr or arandr
>>51818041
why does using vim make you bisexual? it's way comfier than nano, especially on a 60% board
>>51817574
>$XDG_CONFIG_HOME
It defaults to $HOME/.config
so the resulting folder is /home/user/.config/nvim
.vimrc is init.vim for neovim
>>51818063
more like eunuch
>>51818623
That appears to have made it work. Thanks a bunch, anon. Sorry about the cluelessness earlier.
So is Mint still the best beginner distro or did someone overtake them? I am not sure if I want to give them or someone else a try.
My old opensuse desktop distro died because I made a dumb mistake, but I played with the idea of changing to another distro anyways. What I liked was Yast but the new Leap looks kind of weird and Tumbleweed made problems when I tried it back then. Got any recommendations?
I mostly used my desktop for browsing and general stuff, used i3 gapps as wm, watched vids with mpv, mpc+ncmpcc with music,weechat and so on.
I dont really care for rolling release but most of the programms forced me to use the new version anyways (like gaps or mpv) so not sure what to make of that.
what do you guys do to protect your privacy on the internet ?
>>51818706
If you've used opensuse, and you were comfortable with it, I don't think you'd need a beginner friendly distro. However, mint definitely still works if you just want an internet machine.
I just tried out GNOME 3 for the first time in years and it's still as much of a catastrophe as it ever was. Have none of the GNOME devs ever seen a multi-monitor setup before in their lives?
>>51818706
arch with the architect installer is beginner-friendly enough
if it's complicated past that point then it's your own fault for the DE/WM you chose
Is debian a good distro for an everyday system?
I've used xubuntu and Mint and now i want to try something more barebones that i can build on myself rather than having a shitload of preset installations
Also are wifi drivers default?
>>51818993
Debian is decent, yeah.
>are wifi drivers default
There's not a straight answer here. I mean, the answer isn't "no", but might not be yes. Debian doesn't allow non-free software by default, so if you have incompatible hardware it will not work out of the box, otherwise everything should work out of the box. Wireless and wired NICs are probably the most common things that need non-free firmware.
I'd recommend Arch over Debian, though. Try out the Architect installer. It's pretty simple and then you'll be on a lot fresher system than Debian would give you. The AUR is also very nice.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/architect-linux/files/
>>51819032
>Debian doesn't allow non-free software by default
>Wireless and wired NICs are probably the most common things that need non-free firmware.
Yea, i had a feeling that would be the case (wireless especially)
Also thanks, I'll definitely look into that instead
Is there a splitscreen mode like Windows 8.1 in Linux Mint?
>>51819079
What you want may be a tiling window manager. It does a lot more than you're asking, but maybe you'll come to enjoy that.
I suggest i3. Try installing it and booting into it from the login screen instead of cinnamon. It's a bit ugly out of the box but it can be made to look a lot better.sudo apt-get install i3
http://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html
and for ricing it:
http://dotshare.it/category/wms/i3/
>>51819079
You mean drag programs to the sides and have them snap like windows 7 did? I've never used 8, so I'm just assuming that's what you're referring to. My ubuntu 14.04 has that ability.
>>51818723
>https everywhere
>uBlock with social and privacy filters enabled, 3rd party frames blacked by default
>3rd party cookies disabled by the browser, click-to-play for plugins, don't use Internet-based services for browser, like spell checking, etc.
>don't use internet services if I can do it locally, use my own private Internet services when I can, e.g. I run my own email system, my own DDNS system, use VPS for all off site storage and encrypt it, don't store personal files on other peoples' computers, don't use Google Docs, etc.
>use FOSS software exclusively, including a deblobbed kernel
>run tails in a VM, use it for doing sensitive things like researching medical conditions, etc.
I do end up using Google Search, Maps, and News quite a bit, so they do know a lot about me, but I control what I give them.
>>51819079
seconding i3, you can do all sort of splits like pic related
>>51819126
>I do end up using Google Search, Maps, and News quite a bit
wow I'm surprised you caved in for these things when they're simpler to find replacements for than the other things
duckduckgo is actually a better search than google, maps is a bit harder to replace, and I don't know if I've used google news but I imagine an rss feed of some sort would do the job
>>51811341
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu-14-04
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-configure-proftpd-to-use-sftp-instead-of-ftp
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-sftp-to-securely-transfer-files-with-a-remote-server
>>51819079
Cinnamon has window snapping, yes.
I want to switch from tcsh to ksh, can anyone type this up as a ksh PS1 for me?
[host:~] user%
>>51811328
>>51811408
>>51812503
>>51811791
>>51811851
>>51812229
>>51812462
Ive been in hundreds of threads about text editors
geany was barely mentioned by anyone
most of the tards here are probably not using geany at all, they are just looking to recommend something
>>51817508
Just usw mpv
>>51819390
I (responsible for 2/7 of those) always mention Geany whenever I see people arguing about graphical text editors, and I've used it for years. I'm usually the only one who mentions it, though. Maybe it's picking up steam. It is a genuinely good program. I usually use Vim for important tasks, but it's nice to have something configurable with syntax highlighting that you can launch from within Thunar for quick edits.
>>51811418
if we get CMYK in it - then yes, it could eventually be a limited and slower replacement for photoshop (i assume that's why gimp exists).
>>51811080
>>>/reddit/
>>51819390
What's wrong with geany? I never contributed to those so-called text editor threads because they're pointless.
>>51819559
How original
>>51819236
So you already know what you want it to look like.
Why the hell don't you just type it up yourself? It's not hard.
>>51819572
>What's wrong with geany?
nothing, maybe, I dunno I dont use it, heard of it few times in whole my life
barely mentioned on /g/
subreddit for it has 17 people total
~30 plugins by googling
out of the box meh looking
multicursor support hard to even google out if it has, probably not
its not comparable with sublime, atom, vim,... not by a long shot
>>51819697
>barely mentioned on /g/
>17 people in subreddit
>ootb aesthetics
>not compatible with sublime/atom
Oh my God this is easily the most cringe worthy post I've seen in a while. You disgust me to the truest sense.
>>51819753
explain why you are triggered
its all true
the number of users is extremely important for support and features and bug fixes and how easily you can discover and use its not so obvious tricks and tips features
or you dont consider it important?
also comparable =/= compatible and there was vim there mentioned as well, but you choose to omit that
>>51819753
*comparable
>>51819785
Would you like to start tripfagging so I can hide you? :^)
>>51819785
>the number of users is extremely important for support and features and bug fixes and how easily you can discover and use its not so obvious tricks
Why don't you use Windows?
>>51819079
A couple of people recommended i3, personally I would suggest trying awesome.
Awesome is less tiling focused than i3 and may be better if you only occasionally want to tile windows like that.
>>51819390
geany is what I'd recommend for a gui one and I haven't posted about it at all in this thread
I can tell you it was the default on crunchbang and that could be why a lot of people here like it
most of the time I use vim but sometimes something's a little easier in a gui editor
>>51819785
why don't you go look at how many people have downloaded it from various repositories instead of assuming everyone posts on fucking leddit? geany is a hugely popular editor
how do i make my monitor refresh rate stay at 144hz on debian 8? running nvidia-settings as root and trying to save to xorg.conf gives the error
Package xorg-server was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `xorg-server.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'xorg-server' found
What do :(
>>51819847
You literally need to know Lua to configure awesome properly.
Lua is actually great, and you could probably copy all of the shit you want off of Google, but i3's normal text file configuration is a lot better.
>>51819847
haven't used awesome but the consensus seems to be that it does similar things as i3 but is harder to configure because of >lua
you can have i3 tile by default if you want
>>51819862
>>51819850
>>51819803
>Actually giving a fuck to someone who thinks ootb theme is important
>>51819863
is this a joke? just go fucking install xorg-serversudo apt-get install xorg-server
>>51819887
i thought this was a safe space
>>51819798
>someone calmly explained their reasoning in a logical way
>my safe space is threatened by this, I cant stand this opinion that is unlike my own
you special fat snowflake, go on thumblr
but if YOU start tripfagging I will not reply to you if thats what you want
>>51819803
I do, just played NFSMW 2005 and some BF4
>>51819862
why dont you go look it up and use it as an argument
are you saying the number is high? I am saying in similar fashion its low
>>51819875
>you can have i3 tile by default if you want
meant float by default, sorry
>>51819870
Awesome is usable ootb. Couldn't say that about i3
>>51819895
I'll be friendly if you at least apply yourself. What you're showing me is that you can't even read.
Now if you'd said you already tried to install it and that didn't fix the error, that'd be worthy of a post.
>>51819910
well it didn't work anyway
Package xorg-server was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `xorg-server.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'xorg-server' found
>>51819897
Why are you [shit]posting here if you use Windows? Why are you wasting our time?
If you're unironically using the popular=good argument you not only don't belong in this thread, but you don't belong in this community.
What's a good software for making bootable usb?
I don't like doing dd because I am not always sure what I am doing,
and KIWI and Yast creator are giving me syntax errors when I run them on this buggy openSUSE I only have.
pls halp
>>51819909
Why on earth would you use a tiling window manager for the out-of-the-box experience?
>>51819933
this
>>51819897
you sound brainwashed ffs
>>51819943
Seriously, just use dd.
>>51819920
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `xorg-server.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
>>51819943
You really shouldn't use anything but dd. I'll answer any questions you have about it if you want. I'll even give you a basic layout and instructions.sudo dd bs=4M if=/full/path/to/linux.iso of=/dev/sdx; sync
bs is block size, if is input file, of is output file. Replace the x in /dev/sdx with the proper drive letter. To find out which one if your flash drive, runsudo blkidand you should see enough info between what it's labeled and what it's formated in to see which one is the flash drive. It should also be the last letter if it was the most recent thing you plugged in.
so if I've got a GNU/Linux iso in my downloads directory and I just opened a new shell in my home directory I would do thissudo dd bs=4M if=downloads/ArchLinux.iso of=/dev/sdc; sync
I've got two hard drives so my flash drive would be after /dev/sda and /dev/sdb.
>>51819933
Are you saying that popular is not better than unpopular?
that if theres two softwares really close in quality to each other at the start, and the one with huge fanbase that has loads of resources and easy accessible community is not better?
The one where its users worked their asses off to improve it over years created hundreds of 3rd party plugins.. is that not the better one?
>>51819948
shitposting much? try making a sound argument thumblrina
>>51820001
>Are you saying that popular is not better than unpopular?
Popularity has nothing to do with quality.
The Nazi's were pretty popular in pre-WWII Germany.
>>51820001
>Are you saying that popular is not better than unpopular?
>that if theres two softwares really close in quality to each other at the start, and the one with huge fanbase that has loads of resources and easy accessible community is not better?
Yes.
A good case of this is how Arch is better than Debian. Debian has more users, but Arch has the better wiki, it has the AUR, it has fresher packages, better forums, etc. Both distros are good but there's a clear difference in quality leaning toward Arch being better despite Debian being much more popular. The same is even more true when you compare Ubuntu to Arch, but that's a bit unfair if we're being honest.
Now what I'm not saying is that less popular things are better. I've found frequently that this IS the case, but it's just a coincidence and I won't develop a confirmation bias over it.
As >>51820015 says, there's really just no correlation between popularity and quality.
>>51820032
>A good case of this is how Arch is better than Debian.
apples and oranges
>>51820058
Not at all. They're both GNU/Linux distros. I can even compare Debian Unstable specifically to Arch and tell you that the same thing I said is true.
>>51819897
Hello there reddit fag,
Your search for plugins in google and number of subeditors do not count as valid arguments. Clearly, if you are looking to fix your issues in your subreddits instead of the wiki then you are pathetic. Furthermore users do not even need all those 30 plugins, it's a generous to call a fully IDE.
Geany is not proprietary and is very modular. It integrates to linux systems more than sublime-text.
Atom is a piece of garbage designed for webdevs, might as well use VS code.
You are comparing geany to sublime-text, atom or vim only because you care about the aesthetics, be honest to yourself. The fact that you still play video games proves your immaturity. On top of that you retaliated with the same suggestion as me with classic "NO-YOU tripfag".
Please go back to your gayming instead of pretending to be "specialist" in text editors. No one is falling for your SJW propaganda here, do not try to change the topic of discussion.
>>51820079
I wanna thank you for this post but you insulting him for playing video games kinda ruins it and he's just gonna accuse you of ad hom and say your whole post is worthless
>>51820079
Correction-
it's generous to call a fully featured IDE
>>51820015
>Popularity has nothing to do with quality.
thats some solid argumentation and switch from the use of the word "better" which implies comparrision to the word "quality"
so what is better
software with 40 plugins or one with 5000 plugins?
>>51820032
shitposting with terrible example and unrpovable claims of quality
popularity means large community
large community can improve more stuff than small community
therefore if software A and software B start identical, but one has much better and active community which results in larger popularity
which will snowball over time, then one software will improve better than the other
go shitposting debian vs arch somewhere else
>>51820079
>Furthermore users do not even need all those 30 plugins
stopped reading there
some /g/ fag wont be telling people what plugins they want
