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://gitgud.io/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
$ man mydick
$ mydick --in urmom
Anyone know where the config file for hotkeys/keyshortcuts for Xfce is? I can get to them through the GUI but I'd rather see the text file so I can back it up for future installations.
>>52095037
I also would like to know this
>>52095037
>>52095144
probably added to a dot file either in /home/you/ or in /home/you/.config/
My question is how hard would it be to make a build of gentoo that ran off a usb flash and ran a program for supermarket checkout operation exclusively, because if I were able to do that I could make several thousands of dollars
>>52095232
If you have to ask this then probably very difficult.
Is Fedora Workstation 23 a good distro?
>>52095491
I wanna know this too. I'm trying to decide between using this as my daily driver, or OpenSUSE. I don't want to invest hours keeping Arch usable. Even if it has the AUR. I'd like a lot of choices in software though.
>>52095037
On my installation it appears to live at~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-keyboard-shortcuts.xml
I want to buy a gigabyte brix pro for Arch Linux/ VMware
What wm should I use?
I'm thinking i3wm, bspwm, openbox, awesome.
does xfwm support auto tiling or tiling keybinds?
>>52095618
openbox / awesome
linux noob. I'm testing in a vm fedora and manjaro (i tried others but didnt like them much) and im really liking manjaro but im a retard and cant install spotify following this: https://wiki.manjaro(.)org/index.php?title=Spotify , after running the console commands what i have to do? i cant find it nor seems installed. I know g is not technical support but google didnt help me and i prefer manjaro over fedora
>>52095847
>preferring manjaro
Your fault.
>>52095847
>manjaro
>>52095559
I don't like dealing with GNOME in Fedora though, I'd much prefer using Xfce. How would I go about installing Xfce in Fedora 23?
>>52095898
>>52095924
did i fuck up deciding for manjaro? its really shitty?
>>52095936
http://allanmcrae.com/2013/01/manjaro-linux-ignoring-security-for-stability/
You're compromising your security if you use Manjaro.
Uh.
>>52096045
tar is old. It has weirdness from its age.tar axf
>>52095847
Don't use Manjaro; use Antergos.
You didn't fuck up, per se, but you're getting a crappy, offbrand Linux OS for pretty much no reason. Antergos does what Manjaro does (easy and pretty Arch-like installation) while actually using Arch repositories.
That simple fact means you can actually get help from the Arch community along with the Antergos community, which are much bigger than what Manjaro offers.
That's one of the truths you need to learn and accept about Linux: the type and amount of people willing to help you. If you're closer to a newb, there's zero reason to go towards "obscure" stuff in order to look cool (not to say that you've done that with Manjaro).
Manjaro bruh, use architect if you can't install arch.
>>52096081
Architect would be better.
>>52096079
I'm still gettingtar: This does not look like a tar archive
xz: (stdin): File format not recognized
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
>installing Gentoo in a VM for shits and giggles
>get to kernel configuration
>all these options
I don't even know where to begin
>>52096107
oh. Did you make sure to have xz installed?
>>52096156xz: /bin/xz /usr/share/man/man1/xz.1
Andunxz: gnutls-3.4.4.1.tar.xz: File format not recognizedis what i get from unxz
>>52096152
Most of the basic stuff for the kernel configuration is mentioned in the handbook, all you need other than that is just specifics for your hardware like gpu drivers, filesystems and shit.
>>52096081
>>52096085
>>52096090
Thanks senpais, ill get out of this shit and get back to winbot and try antergos and architect on the vm and this time for a longer period to be sure i dont mess it again
>>52096180
That's really strange.
>>52096152
>actually installing gentoo
>>52096234
<b>everything</b> was compiled from source. Is there some extra thing i need, or a compile option that could have done that?
>>52095744
help
>>52095847
Manjaro is fine don't listen to them
I'm in the middle of installing Arch. I've been using Ubuntu for a while, but seriously, how the fuck are you supposed to know how to install Arch without a guide? Are there hardcore linux people who just know what commands you need to do in what order, or is there official installation documentation that everyone basically follows?
>>52094669
Linux newbie here, how much customisation is available for the Ubuntu UI and how difficult is it?
What programs don't work on Linux?
>>52096727
Arch wiki, m8. That's the official documentation.
If you're asking "is there official documentation for installing Linux OSes", then not really. There's just a standard set of shit that you have to do. It'll seem odd when you're installing Arch for the first 1-2 times, but after that, you'll understand the logic:
1) Get your basic stuff setup with some obvious commands: timedatectl and other stuff.
2) Partition, format, mount. Again, not terribly complex if you've been accustomed to it.
3) Install base system
4) Configure some necessary stuff as the system's root
5) Boot loader
6) Exit out of everything
Bada bing, bada boom, you're done.
>>52096727
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_guide
>>52096766
I don't know about the specifics of the UI used for Ubuntu but you could always swap it for a different one. And as for the second question some windows programs work using wine, some don't.
>>52096764
That's why it usually comes with other parts included like bash trigger, glibc barrel and X.org sights.
What user groups do I need to add my user account to in Arch? Just wheel?
Just compiled termite and immediately ran into this when trying to clear.'xterm-termite': unknown terminal type.
I can't find much info on this problem either. What am I missing?
Which disto do i use, i've used every one from debian to lfs to lunar to guixsd to slackware.
Please just tell me what to use so i can stop distro hopping..
>>52097726
Solus
https://solus-project.com/download/
>>52097711
URXVT.
>>52097138
You don't even need wheel, to be honest.
>>52097726
I settled for Debian unstable after hopping. It may be something different for you.
Think about the things you like.
what's your preferred package manager?
do you like compiling?
do you like having assloads of packages in official repos?
do you ike free software?
do you like the community or company?
do you like bleeding edge or stable?
which documentation do you like best?
>>52097796
Thanks.
>>52098522
>>52097796
Nevermind i can't get either iso to boot..
Was thinking of doing Linux From Scratch. Anyone here done it before? Was it worth it?
>>52098806
I just finished it, it's worth it if you want to learn. but it's about 3x harder than gentoo and will take about 5 days.
>>52096573
You're late.
>>52096214
>>52096081
>That's one of the truths you need to learn and accept about Linux: the type and amount of people willing to help you. If you're closer to a newb, there's zero reason to go towards "obscure" stuff in order to look cool (not to say that you've done that with Manjaro).
so get ubuntu?
>>52096727
>ow the fuck are you supposed to know how to
arch is meme
>>52098901
Life is a meme, just kill yourself already.
Yo anons, I'm a winbabby that's been using Mint consistently for about 4 weeks now. I've got pretty comfortable with repositories and using deb packages. However I tried to install AMD's proprietary drivers for shits and giggles and now when I boot Mint I go into a teal screen with a box that says something like "xorg server has failed to start." Then it goes into what I think is called ttyl mode where it's just a terminal.
How do I reset my video driver? I couldn't quite understand one of the solutions involving a live CD.
I have realized that rolling release distros are shit. Updating breaks lots of stuff esp. with python. So which distro should I go for /g/?
>inb4 gentoo arch
>>52099023
Rolling release distros are only shit if you are.
has anyone used synergy with a sbc like an odroid and a tv.
or is synergy and xorg too heavy for something small like that
>>52099047
Lots of python stuff broke when I updated maybe python is shit?
>>52099073
Maybe you didn't use pip.
>>52099023
Fedora
>>52098992
how did you install it?
>>52097796
>>52098634
Wasn't booting for me either, turning off EFI in Virtualbox got it to boot.
They claim to support x64EFI, but I wouldn't take a risk installing it for real if it doesn't work in a VM
>>52097726
use fedora senpai
Has anyone else had the problem that formatting an HDD in an external drive bay fucks up the partition table?
>>52098992
I had a similar issue, did you get a "locale not supported" error?
>>52099023
Debian
is it worth switching to vim/emacs from nano?
If so, which is superior to the other?
If one of them has a steeper learning curve, but pays off tremendously don't hold it back. Thenks
>>52099830
What fo hou use it for? Try evilmode to get "the best of both worlds"
>>52099830
A piece of paper would be an upgrade from nano. Also imo vim>emacs unless you program lisps.
>>52099830
try and see, for most people its not worth at all
you see why very soon after trying to go for it
if you felt nano didnt limit you much you are not really doing that much in text editor, are you sure you need text editor in terminal and cant use one with GUI?
>>52099890
what text editor would you suggest that has a GUI? Sublime?
>>52099971
if you like it use it, that includes sublime
your DE comes with a decent one very likely that should be an upgrade over nano and with less of a learning curve than vim
>>52099971
>>52100004
>Sublime
Fuck off shitty apps guy.
>>52100058
dude its just for starters. Once I get the hang of it maby i'll switch to something better or up to my preference. is that too bad?
Z170X Motherboard,
not Mint nor Ubuntu recognize my internal sound card.
i tried googling for half a day, on two different distros.
not even 2.1, not mentioning 5.1.
i thought i need to compile the RealTek driver, but then i noticed the OS doesn't even see it!
what do?
>>52099971
Gedit.
>>52100152
which board
which sound card?
got z170 here with ALC1150 on arch
works fine
>>52094669
how do i use an SSD to cache writes to a slower array of HDDs? any good, built-in methods?
>>52099971
hot opinions incoming
I like textadept
>written in Lua, so configurable as all fuck
>heavily keyboard driven, if that turns you on
>all the features you'd expect from a text editor, without feeling at all bloated
>curses version for quick edits
>fantastic documentation
I hate when I go to download an editor only to find my package manager wants to pull 500mb of useless whit I don't want along with it
>>52098634
>>52099134
It worked fine for me with rufus.
>>52100339
But did you succeed in booting/installing it as UEFI? Because I can't even get the LiveCD to boot when I force UEFI only boot.
I'm not installing on real hardware, testing on vbox.
Punch this into terminal to check[ -d /sys/firmware/efi ] && echo "EFI boot" || "Legacy boot"
Something or someone doesn't want me to use Xubuntu.
>extract .iso to flashdrive and try to boot from it
>doesn't work
>let unetbootin copy .iso to flashdrive and try to boot from it
>doesn't work
>let unetbootin download an .iso to flashdrive and try to boot from it
>doesn't work
>go into Cygwin to dd if=xubuntu.iso of=/dev/sdb and try to boot from it
>doesn't work
>>52100398
Are you trying to dualboot? Go into uefi and disable secure boot.
>>52100433
Already disabled. When the system tries to boot into the USB drive, it says something about finding nothing to boot from.
>>52100398
>>52100433
>>52100449
Ubuntu is designed to work "with" secureboot
Turn it back on, make sure you are using x64 iso(only these support uefi)
No need to make another ESP if you already have Windows, just install grub to the already existing ESP,
Worked for me yesterday, installed Ubuntu MATE
what's a good distribution for someone bored/stifled with ubuntu but wants to keep steam for some small games (mainly nuclear throne). college student here
>>52100481
debian testing or unstable. steamOS is based on it for a reason.
>>52100481
Xubuntu
>>52100449
Did you try using another usb slot? Mobo slot should work.
Has anyone here used something like adobe illustrator cs5 successfully on a linux distro?
It's what's keeping me away from switching.
>>52100546
dual boot
its really nice feeling once you get to it
I mean the feeling of using linux as your main system but still have freedom to do everything in windows with juts 30 seconds reboot
>>52100546
>illustrator
i haven't but it's one of the parts of the adobe suite that can actually be replaced with krita and inkscape without too much of a hassle. or do you need it for something specific?
Do you play any game?
If yes, what's your favorite game and how do you play it on Linux?
>>52100433
>>52100476
>>52100539
System doesn't have any USB boot option. Please select other boot option in Boot Manager Menu.
>>52100621
i really like torchlight 2 and 0ad, torchlight 2 can be installed from cd or through steam and 0ad can be installed from your package manager or you can download it.
>>52100621
STALKER, wine. Although I make mods with the SDK more than I actually play it. Modding STALKER in a Linux environment is a fucking dream.
Also Morrowind, thanks to OpenMW.
Thats about it.
>>52100690
>Although I make mods with the SDK more than I actually play it.
any links or info on how to get started with it?
I broke it lel
>>52100621
Doom, Chess and very rarely puzzle games like world of goo (one of my favourite games) and tis-100.
I also play n64 games via emulator with my ps3 controller.
But that's pretty much all.
>>52100724
How do you get a ps3 controller going with linux?
Also side question how well does PS2X fare with linux.
If it works well I'm going to fresh install tomorrow no questions asked, I'm an autist who only ever enjoyed Dark Cloud 1 and 2
>>52100713
Not really. There's the STALKER Mod Wiki, that's pretty helpful, but hasn't been updated in years. The Russian version has a lot more content but you have to deal with the Googlese. Other than that, I accumulated the majority of my knowledge through years of experience and browsing the GSC forums.
Just start with simple shit like editing configs, and when you get to the point where you're at the limit of what you can do with configs, hit up the forums and use the search function.
And learn Lua. Lots of it.
I'm almost always in the /sg/ thread at /vg/ for the purposes of answering obscure questions about the SDK, so make a post there if you get stcuk on anything.
>>52100621
OpenTTD motherfucker
>>52100839
that's helpful, thanks a lot. I will check this out.
>>52100802
>How do you get a ps3 controller going with linux?
It works out of the box, the drivers are in the kernel.
Just plug it with usb and press the PS button.
Also works with bluetooth, you just have to download a package and start bluetoothd.
re-Configuring it (deadzones, keymaps etc) is still done with text conf, but I didn't have to do it actually.
>>52100870
What about PS2 emulation? Any knowledge on that one? (I'm literally about to look up WineDB if you're gonna tell me off for that)
Side note Virtualbox mint is being an asshole at installing wine pls help
Hi, I'm searching for the stallman cow file for cowsay. Anyone can help?
I want to buy a ssd but I read around there are some problems with using a samsung ssd and linux. Is it true, is there a way to fix it if I am using ubuntu 14.04?
>running xubuntu + i3
how do i manage network stuff? right now im starting a xfce session just to connect to any new wifi network
>>52100433
>>52100476
>>52100539
Alright, looks like it was just my usb stick being a dick. I tried another one with unetbootin and it just werked.
Is there any reason to pick ZFS over ext4 for a fresh hard drive, if I'm not planning to use RAIDZ, deduplication or anything fancy like that?
The only reason I see is compression, which doesn't bring much benefit usually.
I installed arch to /dev/sda instead of /dev/sda1. Everything works 10% A-Okay, but when I cfdisk or fdisk -l, I can't see any partition info.
Have I fucked up?
Pic related, current system.
>>52101051
nm-applet.
Add it to autostart.
>>52101158
Rather, I should say, instructions on the wiki that said to use /dev/sdxy I used /dev/sdx (/dev/sda)
>>52100942
Ok I'm not even in Virtualbox anymore but mint still refuses to install wine
What's going on 'ere
>>52101163
>getting a million GTK errors running it in the terminal
well at least I know where to troubleshoot now, thanks anon
>>52096081
>Manjaro obscure
Then why does it have more hits on Distrowatch than Arch?
Anyone know whats wrong with my fonts? Pic related.
Chromium/Manjaro-xfce
>>52101261
retards
>>52101158
How long did it take you to set this all up?
Any tips you can give on the installation, like little details that may not be covered in guides?
>>52096081
Antergos should be what architect became. Instead it's just some shit with numix icons that always has problems on installation. I could never install it with -anything- enabled as an extra feature. Not even AUR support.
>>52101278
Not him but I recently installed Arch as my first distro: actually read the wiki, don't skim stuff and make sure you understand what it is teling you. Google is your friend. Always usepacman -Syu
>>52101278
About a day (I tested on a VM before I installed which DEFINITELY helped). There really isn't much I did different from the wiki, but I would STRONGLY recommend using cfdisk not parted (although that's just my preference).
Ricing after that is pretty simple, I just go
-LightDM
-Openbox (or another WM of your choice)
Themes can then be found online on place like deviantart, which you can then modify. If you can't find a program for something, just google it with the term 'arch wiki' and chances are it exists.
Another piece of advice I can give, is just use an MBR. I'm probably about to get yelled out for this, but it really saves you a heap of hassle when your make your partitions. If this is the case, when you install GRUB, you may have to use --force as it will get angry at you for using an MBR haha.
>>52101310
This too, orpacman -Syy
What bit of the system controls edge tiling?
I'm on Ubuntu MATE, I can currently drag a window to the side of the screen and have it maximize or drag it to either side and have it take up 1/2 the screen. I want to be able to drag a window to a corner and have it snap to 1/4 of the screen.
I remember I could do this in Xubuntu and in Cinnamon Mint. Currently on Ubuntu MATE I am using Marco as my WM
>>52101348
I wish I was smart enough to try it on a VM beforehand. I didn't even know what a packet manager was before I installed Arch.
>>52101363
>What bit of the system controls edge tiling?
It's always the window manager/compositor
>>52101403
It's fine haha, just remember if you make a boo-boo, restart the computer and try again by repartitioning, there's no shame in doing it more than once.
Seeing as you seem rather new to use Linux, maybe try using Antegros or Ubuntu as a first distro before you try Arch, or use a VM before you go balls deep on real hardware.
>>52101425
So what do you reccomend? UbuMATE ships with Marco, which is Metacity based but can't do what I need. It also ships with Compiz, but last time I tried to switch to that it broke X and I was stuck in tty1 unable to even edit config files to make it switch back to Marco.
I'm new to pacman. I need a option like sudo apt-get autoremove. Thanks.
>>52101429
Oh, I installed it just fine, and I think I have a decent idea of what I'm doing now. I just finished making i3 look less aids and I'm working on making Termite look similar.
>>52101425
Also forgot to add, I turned off Marco's native compositing and switched to Compton this didn't change much.
>>52101463
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=50055
Gnome 3 is fairly convincing to me while I wait for budgie to be polished
Two questions:
-Debian stable or Ubuntu?
-How hard is it to make it look similar to Solus?
>>52101261
>using hits as metric
Retarded.
>>52101266
>Manjaro
see >>52095898
>>52101528
>budgie
Just tried it, I like how they're being Gnome3 while still being something that a Gnome2 user would be comfortable using.
The fact that they just straight up grabbed Gnome3 Nautilus kinda pissed me off though, I really abhor the new Nautilus.
>>52101704
Yeah current nautilus is not the best thing out there. It's a long time but I would give these guys another full year.
>>52101528
>-Debian stable or Ubuntu?
debian stable isn't really recommended for desktops because of old packages. debian testing is fine.
>>52101763
Yeah, definitely worth waiting for some polish. I like budgie otherwise though.
Hi I just wanted to know why would somebody switch to Linux? I'm curious about it. What are the benefits over windows and osx?
>>52101778
Actually I was going to say testing, dunno why I typed stable instead. But yeah, if testing is cool I will use it.
>>52094669
>use vim
>think I'm using like 5% of its functionalities
dunno if I'll ever bother to check out the rest of the stuff it can do
Is installing Linux to my main disk (formatted to ext4) with no partition a bad idea?
>>52095948
Hi Allan!
>>52101823
it will require more configuration to get a decent-looking system with debian though.
for example, while xubuntu comes with a customized and themed xfce setup, debian with xfce only gives you a basic xfce setup to work with.
>>52101348
>>52101310pacman -Syyudoes it all
>>52101818
Coming from a pretty average user, the main benefit of Linux is that it allows for a lot of customization. Obviously there's the desktop thread faggotry but also just how things behave, tiling WM's is a good example. Windows WM is something you just take for granted, "it's how it works", but in Linux you realize that in fact it can work in a lot of different ways.
Honestly, if you just want to install it and have it "just werk" it can do that too. But in that case it just isn't all that different. Going from Windows to Linux Mint will have you spend 5s to see what's different about the start menu and then it's the same shit
>>52101898
Yeah no worries there. I'm more worried about how different you can make it look than how difficult or tedious it is to do so. I see that desktop threads are mostly populated by the same kind of tiling window manager stuff that I really don't find that appealing, but I can see how "customizable" it is despite it being a chore. On the other hand, I have used ubuntu a long time ago and even with the tweak tool unity was pretty limited.
>>52101863
I thought so too when I was starting out, that was months ago. Can I say I've fully embraced Vim since then? No.
I still use arrow keys, I still use PgUp/PgDown/Home/End keys, I don't make much use of all the tricks that Vim offers. But I can feel the itch to stop and do things the Vim way. The last thing I adopted was "c" key -- basically "delete and enter insert mode". A minor thing, but combine it with "t" and you've got a real nice timesaver.
I can see myself fully transitioning to hjkl and fancy combos in a year or two. It's a slow process, but persistence is key. If you don't find the Vim way yourself, the Vim way will find you, eventually.
>>52095948
Here's Allan's recent thoughts on Manjaro's "security issues"
http://allanmcrae.com/2015/02/improvements-on-manjaro-security-updates/
Notice it's 2015 now anon not 2013.
Want to experience Arch withut the archfaggotry
Antergos with aur support option enabled during install
Manjaro with aur support option enabled during install
Architect
ArchBang
>>52102019
Damn dude, speed up the process for learning the navigation/editing basics, no need to let that go over 1-2 years. At least the shit he shows here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nim4_f5QUxA
friendly reminder 2016 edition
>>52101310
>>52101348
Is there a way to save the exact current setup of my VM? I have to leave the house for a couple of hours and don't like leaving my pc running.
>>52102104
I don't want to, though. I want it to be natural. What has been happening so far was a nice and steady progression, and I can't see it stopping any time soon.
I'll reach the professional Vim scene eventually at my own pace, nothing wrong with that.
>>52101818
It's coded by competent people, a lot of things that really bothered me on windows works infinitely better on linux. Also as you may have heard when it comes to performance and stability, linux is still unbeaten
As the other guy said, it is also much more "open" than windows and especially OSX, meaning you can change just about everything.
Try it out.
>>52096045
>file ... empty
you sure it's not just a bad copy?
what does this show;hexdump -Cn32 gnut1s-3.4.4.1.tar.xz
>>52102123
Boy, that was tough to read. But it can surely convince people from getting away and not touching linux distros with a ten foot pole.
>>52102139
What VM software are you using? You should be able to save state
>>52100942
>wine1.6
stable is 1.8, 1.6.2 is nearly 2 years old
>>52102308
using VirtualBox
>>52101158
>I can't see any partition info.
that's because you didn't use partitions
the "1" in "sda1" means partition 1, "sda" means the whole disk
Is Funtoo the only good distro commited to not putting up with systemd's shit?
>>52102471
The gnu project works on dmd which is meant to rival systemd.
>>52102471
>>52102523
>ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/dmd/
>last modified in 2013
Once again you either embrace redhat's committment in making linux an usable OS or stay neckbeard for the rest of your life
>>52101158
Yeah, see >>52102381.
To be specific, a particular /dev/sdx is a device as a whole, not a partition. The /dev/sdxY are partitions of said device.
If your goal was to use the entire drive, then no, you didn't fuck up. But if you other data on that partition that you wanted to use, then oops...
If any of you are running Debian, what version of flashplugin-nonfree do you have available?
I'm still on 1:3.6.1+b1 / 11.2.202.540 , which has been known to be insecure for some time. I've obviously disabled it, but the lack of an update is bothering me.
Just checking I've not done something stupid.
>>52094669
whats a good program for keeping/synchronizing notes between windows and Linux?
How do you keep your notes about stuff?
>>52103052
onenote
>>52099109
The distro off a live CD, the driver off a deb on the AMD website.
>>52099186
No, it just has the failed to start message and lets me check a log of the output.
Now that it's not late night here I'll try using a live CD to reset the graphics settings, somehow.
>>52103052
onenote
dropbox
owncloud notes
git
I mean, you have plenty of options
I have a raspberry pi 0, a keyboard, and a working knowledge of low-level C. I want to get into systems programming. Where do I start?
>>52102123
>here's a list of things why I can't use Linux
>I hope no one else wants to use Linux anymore
>guys, don't leave me alone
>please listen, I cannot use Linux, so neither should you
>>52103333
Plug in the raspberry pi to the source of power, plug in the keyboard and a monitor and start coding.
Bear in mind compilation will take a lot on such hardware
>>52103619
he posts it in literally every thread, just ignore him
I installed nvidia-current drivers and after reboot my laptop is running on low graphics mode and cannot get into Unity. I tried removing the drivers but no luck. What can I do.
>>52103793
use google, you're not the only one with your laptop, you're not the only one with the same problems
So I wanted to check out ubuntu gnome, but the website looks pretty fucking unprofessional. Like it's not an official flavor and it's not as supported as the rest.
How good and stable is it though? What's the reality of it? I remember using Ubuntu MATE and that shit was tight, at least in comparison to mint MATE.
>>52103826
There goes "friendly" thread, don't post if you're not going to help m8.
>>52104193
Nothing unfriendly about his post. Even OP says to use resources before asking questions. Some retards can't even use search engines and come here asking dumb questions, of course they're gonna get told to google stuff.
>>52103922
Just out of curiosity, what was better in Ubuntu Mate in comparison to Mint Mate?
>>52104266
OK, I already tried removing the drivers (solution I found in Google) also change the value of the grub timeout parameter in order to press shift while booting to access grub menu recovery and it didn't worked.
>>52104320
what happens when you reinstall the drivers?
>>52104289
Every feature by default worked. On Mint changing my resolution or refresh rate didn't do jackshit. Keep in mind I'm comparing 15.04 with whatever was the current thing back then.
hey guys, what is a great fast and lighweigth audio player ?
my computer is from the middle ages, and VLC takes ages to load when I click on an audio file. I don't need any special music librairy/anything
>>52104786
cmus
>>52104818
>cmus
can you configure cmus to run and to play a music file whether you click on an audio file ? Tinkenring in a console to get to play a sound effect isn't really my cup of tea
>>52104786
mpv
>>52104869
Nah, but there's a million ways you can quickly play an audio file without firing up an audio player - mpv like the other guy said definitely being one of them.
>>52102721
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/dmd.git
>>52102990
>using flash
why? also why not pepperflashplayer if you absolutely rely on flash?
>>52104917
>>52105045
>mpv
exactly what I was looking for thank you guys
>>52104362
>>52103922
You should go for Ubuntu MATE. Literally the same functions of GNOME (even more) and it looks just as nice if you enable Compiz (it's pre-installed, but you have to choose it on MATE tweak). Also it's not a battery/RAM hog like GNOME.
>>52103793
what did you yo exactly to remove drivers?
It appears I don't have to rotate the Wacom tablet seperately from the screen in my X201T anymore. I just rotate the screen with xrandr and the tablet works the way it's supposed to without rotating it with xsetwacom. I'm using Fedora 22. Could somebody explain this behaviour? MagickRotation script still works the old way (it rotates both the display and tablet so I have to rotate the tablet back to normal, I guess I'll just make a sloppy script to replace it).
>>52105445
go away RHfag
>>52105570
What?
>>52105642
what?
>>52105706
You were mean and I wondered why.
>>52105731
Because Fedora = RedHat, and RedHat = EVIL ITSELF
>>52105771
Linux is backed by the NSA. Linux is evil.
>>52105771
Okay, I respect your opinion.
Anyone got an idea what could've changed the roatation behaviour though?
Do I even need grub when I've already done
bootctl install
?
>>52106236
more pics like that
or do you have a facebook with a bunch you could share?
>>52106248
w-what
I only had this one saved from another flt
>>52106403
>>52106403
>>52106436
goddamnit
wanted to say
actually /fa/
>>52104352
If I remove them it boots into Unity logon screen but I can only log on as guest. When I reinstall it boots into the message that the system is running in low graphics mode. Will try booting via USB to enter recovery.
>>52106560
What happens when you try to log in as admin though?
So, do I need grub when I already have bootctl installed?
I'm kind of confused on how Linux software development and distribution works coming from Windows. Will a program "just werk" on all Linux distros, or do you have to deal with a lot of distro-specific code? And what's the best way of releasing your application? I'd imagine that most repos are kind of selective, can you just distribute your applications like you would an exe file for Windows?
I am using Alpine distro, installed XFCE4 by their wiki and installed xf86-video-ati. But when I startx, my monitor goes to "Video input not found". I have no idea what to do.
>>52107120
install GNU. :^)
Why should I use Linux? I have a laptop with an i5 ATM running Windows 8.
>>52105771
redhat is literally the only company that cares about linux enough to make it better
>>52107139
There is no good alternatives...
Well there is.. but it Gnu\Linux\SystemD or how I like to call it Gnu + Linux + SystemDick
>>52107120
Graphics drivers are seriously the worst part of any linux install.
>>52106913
It gets back to the logon screen
>>52107171
If you have to ask, you probably shouldn't mate.
Trust me we have enough retards yelling at everyone that they "gave linux a try but it was so shit OMG what happened to my .exe files"
What's the official distro of /g/?
>>52107259
Gentoo
>>52107267
I mean the official non-meme distro.
>>52107259
gentoo
>>52107259
Gentoo
>>52107302
whatever the fuck just works, i.e. *buntu, mint, fedora, opensuse
>>52107056
it will most likely just work on any distro. don't use distro specific packages, use simple tarballs with executables. what do you want to develop? which license? you can just distribute them on git or something but package managers are great and you should try to get your stuff into the official repos.
>>52107302
gentoo is a good distro, the installation process is a meme
>>52107219
google says to delete xauthority
>>52107391
I'll try this if installing bumblebee fails
>>52106913
>>52107391
This is what happens when I try to log on to my account. Guest account logs on fine.
>>52094669
Hey guys. I'm installing gentoo following this guide:
http://sharpencryptedpig.noblogs.org/post/2014/05/29/how-to-install-gentoo-hardened-with-encrypted-root-and-swapexpress-procedure/
After 8 motherfucking days I've finally gotten it to boot.
Now I get a kernel panic.
"not syncing: vfs: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
I'm using a LUKS encrypted hard drive with rEFInd as the boot loader. Why is it doing this? Will post more information if needed.
Xubuntu here
Trying to extract a solid RAR archive but the unrar plugin that comes with the Archive Manager can't handle it
How do you guys make solid archives work?
>>52108234
make sure fstab is correct. Failing that, check the filesystems are enabled in the kernel. If not that then looks like you might not have the right things in the kernel for your hardware.
What browser do you guys use on Linux?
>>52108342
Have you tried using unrar from the command line?
I don't remember what archive manager xubuntu uses, but the one that's supposed to be default Xfce's one is pretty fucking trash, I use file-roller from the newest gnome.
>>52108478
Firefox
>>52108478
firefox and chromium
>>52108478
ff but they're all shit anyway
>>52108478
Chromium. Gotta have my Netflix.
>>52108501
Is Chromium literally Chrome but open-source? Or are they separate browsers and fairly different?
>>52108495
AFAIK it's using the unrar utility
the problem is that that one is outdated as fuck and the fucking author wants us to pay for the new version
I'll try it though
I wish pirate game sites would stop using rar for fucking everything when we have 7z
I was also checking out peazip
>>52108478
iceweasel aurora with open with (youtube-dl/mpv) for flash video.
>>52108478
Palemoon
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>>52108478
wget
>>52108495
Well that was weird
The command line unrar wasn't installed and after installing it, solid rars seem to be working
I guess Xubuntu was being a faggot again
>>52108568
nice fail, says it all really.
>>52108478
Palemoon and icecat if I want to watch 1080p videos.
>>52108531
It's literally open-source chrome, lacking most of the nonfree shit that Chrome uses.
It still downloads blackbox blobs in the background to listen to what you say, though, because of "voice command". It spies on you exactly as much as Chrome does.
>>52108623
>It spies on you exactly as much as Chrome does.
That's impossible to say seeing as you don't know exactly how much chrome is spying on you.
>>52108598
What?
>>52108666
When?
>>52108659
True, but we can safely assume it spies on you a similar amount.
You really think Google would just release something that doesn't harvest information?
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/23/google-eavesdropping-tool-installed-computers-without-permission
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2015/06/google-chrome-listening-in-to-your-room-shows-the-importance-of-privacy-defense-in-depth/
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/not-ok-google-chromium-voice-extension-pulled-after-spying-concerns/
> normalfags will justify this and act annoyed when I suggest equally good software that doesn't spy on you
>>52108591
see
