Previously on: >>52682246
Intended for users of all levels, including absolute beginners.
There are four 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) Dual-boot Linux with Windows/Mac (recommended if you want to learn more about Linux)
4) Go balls deep and overwrite everything with Linux (not recommended)
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://wiki.archlinux.org/
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/
What is GNU/Linux?
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?
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/List_of_recommended_GNU/Linux_software
Ricing on Linux
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
Check out this page for any updates on the OP
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php//flt/
IRC No one uses:
irc://irc.freenode.org:+7000/FriendlyLinux
>Post install
Alternatives for the brony transition script:
For Ubuntu:
>https://github.com/snwh/ubuntu-post-install
For Fedora:
>https://github.com/snwh/fedora-post-install
It's from the guy from the moka, faba, paper, orchis themes
>I installed Ubuntu, what do?
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/first
Bonus points for specific guides for Xubuntu and Lubuntu
>I installed Linux Mint, what do?
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/mint-cinnamon-first
Bonus points for specific guides for Mate and Xfce editions
>Security tips in Ubuntu, LinuxMint and Debian
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/security
Common Sense 2016 Linux edition
>Fatal mistakes in Ubuntu and LinuxMint
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/fatalmistakes
Warns about PPAs = random code from the internet, not mixing repo versions, warns about not using kde stuff in non kde DEs, warns about Ultamatix,Ubuntu Tweak, Ubuntu Sources List Generator, Ubuntuzilla, etc.
>Speed up Ubuntu
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/speed
Gotta go fast
>Speed up Linux Mint
https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/3
>Try it in a VM
https://ryanclouser.com/2015/07/16/KVM-GPU-Passthrough/
Can I get viruses from pirating linux software and games?
https://thepiratebay.se/torrent/5992976/Uplink_1.54_Linux-i386.deb-Fully_Patched_Working
>>52694893
Yeah, probably.
>>52694893
Yes. Every untrusted source should be avoided.
(This includes AUR and PPA aswell).
But: The great benefit is that you can easy check the source PGKBUILD for AUR, etc yourself.
Common Sense 2016 may be with you.
>>52694744
pic relationado
>>52694893
Use the sticky icky
>https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/security#TOC-The-things-that-are-dangerous
>>52694799
The easylinuxtipsproject links could be joined into one link. Also, if any anon got more usefull stuff to add please post here or simply add it manually at installgentoo wiki.
>>52694946
>https://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject/security#TOC-The-things-that-are-dangerous
>Avoid 10 fatal mistakes
>1
>You also need to be careful with .deb files from external sources:
>Files with the extension .deb are separate installers, just like .exe installers for Windows. You can download debs from some websites. When you double-click them, they ask for your password and then they install themselves in your system.
Only install those .deb files that you trust completely. When you're at all unsure about a .deb file, don't install it! These files are unchecked, unverified and may do damage to your system. They may even contain malware, like spyware and such.
>This happens in the real world: I know of at least one incident. Some years ago, malware (a trojan) was detected in a .deb file, that was available for download on the much visited website of gnome-look.org.
A week into arch linux without any linux experience, I have lightdm, and openbox finally going. After troubleshooting different display managers and login managers I figured out I had the wrong video driver installed, it stalled me for about 2 days.
Either way, once I got the open box/ desktop thing open I lose the terminal and instantly feel lost. What do?
>>52695014
Right click.
>>52695014
You can always go to the real terminals (you should have 6) using the hotkeys
CTRL+ALT+F1-6
F7 is your desktop, to switch back.
>>52695037
>>52695038
I'm aware of the right click/ backing out into the terminal with alt Fkey.
I suppose terminal emulators arent the same? Is that the equivalent to .zsh? I'm reading into them now.
How do I remove these ^M characters?
Is there a way to capture them with SED?
>>52695184
I don't understand what you mean or want.
You have a terminal emulator of some sort installed, right? Like, xterm should be installed, but there's urxvt, terminator, and more.
zsh is a shell. Shells interpret what you type into commands in the system.
>>52695231
Literally just searxed and was the 2 result
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/sed-remove-m-and-line-feeds-under-unix-linux-bsd-appleosx/
>>52695231
I'm pretty bad with sed, but maybe:sed 's/\^M//g'
The \ in front of the ^ is important, since it's an actual character. Otherwise, ^ would normally be read as "start of the line".
>>52695231
sed "s/\r$//"
>>52695184
A terminal is the graphic wrapper for the shell which is the black thing where you type commands
So Xterm, Xfce4-Terminal, Urxvt are terminals (emulators)
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/List_of_applications#Terminal_emulators
They're called terminals because in the old times (70s,80s) in order to access a computer you used a (computer) terminal which looks like pic related
And Bash, Zsh, Fish are (command-line) shells
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Command-line_shell
A shell is a term used for the implementation of basic interactivity to a computer (the way you interactively say what the computer will do, and what the computer answers to your requests)
>>52695381
That just means a literal "caret m", not ^M, which is a control sequence. (It's a different ASCII character)
If you're in vim, you'd hit control V, then M to produce the character. It's highlighted in a different color to differentiate it between the two characters.
>>52695231
sed -i -e '/^M/d'
>>52695677
dubs confirm
>>52695298
Had to read through the comments a bit as the OP answered with the same wrong answer as the guys after you responded.
I didn't know ^M was "carriage return", aka \r
This fixed it:
>>52695839
>I didn't read the thread; posted anyway
>>52695839
Glad to hear anon I didn't knew it was \r instead of ^M
>>52696696
I guess you're just in time for the new sticky
Btw cool get
I'd like to try out Puppy Linux it seems pretty cool but there are like a dozen versions, what's a good general version for a mobile OS. I use Manjaro Cinnamon for my desktop if that means anything.
>>52694762
You're not following the fucking standard. Why remove the good parts?
On Arch, when yaourt gives you a warning saying "unsupported package: potentially dangerous", does that just mean that it's from the AUR and not the Arch repository, or does it mean that it's not supported by your system for some reason?
>>52696870
It's from the AUR.
>tfw you've been compiling libretro cores for 3 hours now and still not done
>>52696902
>not using mednafen
>>52696902
3 hours? Boo fucking hoo. Back in my day we'd hit the compile button then have to take the rest of the week off.
are there any pre-riced distros
>>52696988
bunselabs (ex crunchbang)
manjaro
>>52697052
>manjaro
>prericed
>>52697052
>manjao
http://archive.is/JeOLo
>>52697145
>manjao
*Manjaro
I thought a 8gb sd card would be fine for a minimal Arch linux build. But god damn, you install a handful of dependencies and you start burning through that in no time.
I installed an arch derivative (chakra) and i have an issue that came up installing Nvidia proprietary drivers after using the default open drivers.
Things like the title bar and text doubled in size after switching and it looks weird on a 1080 screen. I tried fiddling with KDEs dpi settings but it didn't quite fix the issue as the text became too small and the title bar stayed hilariously large.
I feel like the answer should be something I know already but can't place it.
I think I'm gonna do LFS and install it on a USB.
What could possibly go wrong?
>>52697052
This
I got 2 questions.
How do I make grub boot to default option immediately?
How do I make LightDM (Any Greeter. GTK greeter preferred) scale to a HiDPI display?
I have tried messing with GRUB-*TIMEOUT settings in /etc/default/grub. (No effect)
I have tried scaling fonts. (Icons are still too small)
>>52696988
Archbang, Manjaro, Bunsenlabs
>>52696696
I read your coffee drinking post but thought it was wrong since I didn't know \r == ^M. If you'd have described that \r == carriage return == ^M I would have tried your answer
And actually I knew \r == carriage return since we have to write that in html, and unix ends with just \n whereas windows ends with \r\n (so if you copy a unix file to windows the newlines might not happen). But I didn't know \r == ^M
In any case, thanks for answering my question correctly, and my bad for not just trying your command
If I have a package installed and I want to install the same package that I built with a different configuration, do I have to remove the first package first?
>>52698069
make install overrides the installed binary
Complete tech illiterate reporting in
How can I block cancerous emojis on browsers?
Picture related, made me want to throw up
>>52698293
stop being a fucking sperglord lol
also, to contradict what i just said
it's emoji, not "emojis"
>>52698293
ublock
So I'm staring at the terminal prompt in an arch live CD running on virtual box. How do I install this on a USB stick?
>>52698323
Please explain how, I'm a retard
>>52698384
Click ublock button, select element, select emoji you want to block.
>>52698348
You download xubuntu and write it to a usb stick.
>>52698424
That worked until some dumb cunt literally posted 13 emojis in a row. I'm in hell
>>52694744
What's the consensus on crunchbang?
If anyone on linux needs a good way to organize your images, try tagsistant. It has a debian/ubuntu package and is in the AUR. It's a FUSE filesystem that actually works surprisingly well. You can pretty easily write up some scripts to integrate it. I added an option in the nautilus menu to that lets me add tags to any selected items, and I've got another script that uses inotify to watch for new files in my downloads and reaction images folders and prompts me to tag them. I've still got a little work to do tagging images before I found this but finding relevant images and just files has gotten 10 times easier.
pic related, I clicked a bunch of random tags.
>>52698639
crunchbang is dead. its official successor, bunsenlabs, doesn't quite seem ready for action yet from what I've heard, although it seemed okay when I tried it.
I'm on Xfce, and the maximize button on windows (such as for web browsers) is very inefficient. For example, if the window is snapped to the side, it takes more than one click to get from there to fullscreen. How can I make it function more like a regular maximize button? I can't seem to find the option on the settings gui.
What is the hotkey for changing input language in Linux Mint rosa?How do I set it?When i go to keyboard shortcuts, there's no option for changing input language
Hey, can anyone help me with arch? First time with arch installing in VM everything seemed to go fine till reboot and removal of install media. I have the error message must load kernel first and realized that I stupidly did not make the GRUB config file. When I run "grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg" I get the response generating grub config file then it spits out an error saying line 163 command not found.
>>52698674
alt+f10?
>>52698747
That's not going to work
Install grub, os-prober and then do the mkconfig from a live usb, that's your only hope
>>52698802
>>52698747
>Using GNU GRUB
>using anything GNU
your fault. use syslinux
>>52698802
Nah, I think it's useless anyway
Disregard my first reply
>>52698808
+10 points have been added to your hipster account.
>>52698808
Get rekt alpine snowflake
>>52698780
oh yeah, I think I read of that one before. that'll do for now.
>>52698639
It's good but out-of-date now. You could still use it of course. Its official successor is BunsenLabs, but there is also CrunchBang++ and CrunchBang Monara.
#! and its successors are basically Debian Stable with Openbox, Tint2 and scripts and tweaks.
I think BunsenLabs will move away from the original CrunchBang over time, and it already has its own flavor. The #! community had many ideas that weren't implemented by the original developer so that's why I don't see BL just replicating #!.
CrunchBang++ will probably stay very close to the original just with new packages etc.
I don't know if CrunchBang Monara is going to be actively developed in the future.
There is also TweakOS / TweakLinux by a #! community member. It doesn't have the #! aesthetic, but it's similarly built. I like it and its three color themes.
>>52698747
Update, so rebooted and remounted my partitions now getting the grub-probe cannot find the canonical path of /dev/sdaX error message.
What's the best text editor for a beginner in C++ on Linux Mint?
>>52699030
Stick with gedit.
>>52699092
only normies use gedit.
use vim inside of emacs
>>52699030
vim
(1/2)
Hello. Future ex-winfag here. However I'm not set yet on the distro/DE choice. I have lurked a bit and know the names of the main options as well as the basic facts but don't have any first-hand experience so I'd appreciate some targeted advice. Here's what I like for an user interface :
I prefer keyboard over mouse.
I hate the top panel/border of windows (never click on close but alt+f4, never use minimize or resize, don't need the name cause it's pretty obvious which program it is anyway, so which purpose does it serve?). Well it's not like it matters, just losing a fraction of screen space, but still it pisses me off that I can't get rid of it in Windows. I imagine it wouldn't be a problem on any Linux DE?
Programs should be launched with a launcher (ideally one keystroke to start the launcher, one (two) to identify a commonly launched app, one for enter ; if not in the commonly used then type more chars to start a search) so I don't feel the need for anything else than a blank screen or a wallpaper as a desktop main window. I might add some minimal rice later though.
Can I easily use the win key for DE-wide shortcuts? Since it wouldn't conflict with applications shortcuts.
I actually think explorer.exe isn't too bad but maybe I'm just unaware of alternatives. Or do you just use the CLI? (for like moving files around or searching for a file when you don't remember the name but the location). I mean when I'm in a folder I just type the first letter of where I wanna go, maybe the second one if there are a lot of subfolders, then enter, and can navigate really fast. For copying I'd open two instances and alt-tab. But I'm open to try and learn CLI workflow, does someone know of a good tutorial? I'm thinking you probably don't cd cd cd cd all the time. I would also think it relies heavily on autocomplete?
(2/2)
About that, is it worth it to learn shell language beyond basics? I mean if I need to write a script (not that I'd see that happening everyday anyway) why not use python for zero brain consumption?
I'm interested in WMs but is it a good idea for a newcomer? I might prefer the justwerksness of DEs for a while. Anyway most programs are better maximized/fullscreen, but I'm learning programming and code isn't really wide, but I guess the editor can take care of it's own window management.
As for the distro, ideally i'd want something minimal, I like the idea of having only what I need, but they are it seems targeted at more experienced users. Conversely, newbie-friendly distros tend to have their preferred DE that tries to replicate the win user interface but that's not really what I'm looking for.
I even considered falling for the install gentoo meme (I'm a student so I can afford some time) but yeah it's not realistic for a complete newcomer, moreover see next paragraph. Would Debian be a good middle ground? Which DE? I can easily switch anyway no?
Finally some practical questions regarding install : my laptop's ethernet port is mechanically dead and its keyboard is unreliable (sometimes some keys don't work, not great for invisible passwords input), so, can I just use wifi and usb keyboard? I guess not from the beginning of the install process... Also I don't own a smartphone nor any other web-browsing device, but I can put the installation manual in my e-book reader. Should I expect unexpected trouble? In which case I can use someone else's device to look for information (I live in dorms) but like not every 5 mins.
>>52699238
>>52699255
that's a big wall of text but you sound like you would like Debian minimal (expert install option in the netinstall) with LXDE/LXQt or XFCE, the minimal installation is not really needed for most people though, normal install is not too bloated anyway, don't listen to the autists in desktop threads). maybe try it out in a VM before installing it fully?
>>52699255
the OP has resources on learning bash(the shell) and you would do good by using an installation iso with all non-free drivers in them so your wifi works for sure.
here's the one for debian: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/8.3.0/amd64/iso-cd/
it should basically just werk.
>>52699238
>>52699255
Try installing Arch on a virtual machine.
>>52699381
yeah sorry for such a long post but i figure people come on this thread cause they're bored at work
>>52699407
thanks
>>52699408
arf maybe in a couple months
oh, apart from the wifi, the internet connection is intermittent (works great one minute, then not at all for 10 secs etc.) will that be an issue?
>>52699702
you need stable internet connection during install with a network installation image. if you don't have that you probably need an installation image with a live instance available. but if the wifi works you'll be fine.
>>52699030
Sublime Text 3
>>52696870
just that it's from the AUR
it's not supported in the sense that the arch project maintainers don't support (maintain) AUR packages, nor test them
it's entirely up the user to ensure AUR packages are safe
ALWAYS read the PKGBUILD and any provided patches before installing anything from the AUR
in general PKGBUILDs are simply what you would otherwise have to type to compile/install the program normally, so they're usually simple and small
>>52699826
leave /g/
how would i go on about installing a distro in virtualbox that doesn't have and .iso, .ecm or .dmg?
i want to isntall GuixSD in VB to see what it's like and for fun. can i just write it to an usb-stick and then boot from that with virtualbox?
>>52696902
are you compiling all of them? or are you just compiling on a raspberry pi or something
>>52697413
still sounds like a DPI issue, try setting it all to 96DPI (what most stuff defaults to)
>>52699856
this?
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/guix/guixsd-usb-install-0.9.0.x86_64-linux.xz
from the filename, it looks like an xz-compressed raw disk image
just decompress it and add it as a disk in virtualbox
i'm not 100% sure if virtualbox will take a raw image directly, but you can convert it to a native VDI imageVBoxManage convertfromraw --format vdi image.raw image.vdi
>>52699929
oh yea, assuming you are using windows (else why would you use virtualbox over qemu), you can use 7zip to decompress the .xz file
>>52699030
>Beginner
Gedit and Gedit-Plugins(Especially the terminal plugin)
![[Worrying intensifies].gif](https://i.imgur.com/Ir7IzeG.gif "[Worrying intensifies].gif")
Hi /g/uize
I've been finagling with linux for a little while, nothing in-depth, and I want to set up my VPS and OpenWRT router in such a way that it functions like a Netflix regionlock proxy.
Seeing as Unblock-us got locked out by Netflix because of their policy towards proxies, i can't really go for another service.
I've tried a setup with sniproxy and openwrt doing some DNS tricks, but I'm getting lost in the shittily written "tutorials" on the web.
Is there any solid documentation or proper tutorial that I can follow for my goals?
Thanks.
>>52699948
would it be easier in qemu? i use debian and never really played around with VMs.
I use wine to run this program on ubuntu and everything goes smoothly
I use the same program on my laptop with arch and it keep crashing.
Any idea why?
>>52700165
>arch
We'll see you ask for help for the next two weeks, won't we.
>>52700183
>>52699991
potentially, i at least know you can use raw images with qemuxz -kd guixsd-usb-install-0.9.0.x86_64-linux.xz
qemu-system-x86_64 -m 1G -hda guixsd-usb-install-0.9.0.x86_64-linux --enable-kvm
>plug in headphones
>fine
>unplug headphones
>sound is now dead until reboot
>major screen tearing in netflix
just werks lads literally flawless
>>52700388
What distro?
>>52700388
Seems you shouldn't go near computers.
>>52700452
what about you staying away form this board?
As you can install cinnamon on ubuntu too, what advantage does linux mint has over ubuntu?
Hey guys just installed arch which is my first linux distro (after dabbling with mint) while partitioning I gave my root drive 20GB of space and 280GB to my /home drive but every application I download goes straight to /root is this normal file hierarchy or is it because im installing everything as root? (im not but im using sudo)
How do I make output of Python script be shown inside of Emacs?
>>52700442
xubuntu + i3, had the same issue on mint mate + i3
may be i3 seems screen tearing is a driver issue (from some googling), the sound I don't know whats fucking up tho
>>52700586
pulseaudio or alsa?
>>52700625
pulseaudio
>>52700630
to add some more info, in pavucontrol it looks like its playing sound and as if everything is working fine after unplugging the headphones
it just doesnt play any sound
>>52699854
>ALWAYS read the PKGBUILD and any provided patches
Implying anyone ever does this
>>52700640
It sounds like its swapping your sink when you plug the headphones in, but not swapping it back after they are removed
I'm not very familiar with pulseaudio's actual config files but googling "pulseaudio headphone sink" might bring up some similar issues with solutions?
>>52700546
Programs and their resources install mainly to /bin and /lib on most distros.
Also make sure you have the home drive for your user account set to /home/$username, otherwise you'll use none of that 280GB partition by default.
>>52700673
ill punch that into google, at least know what to look for now, thanks!
hello /g/
I've installed Elementary OS on my laptop.
For gayming, I tried to install NVidia drivers, but I did it wrong.
Now, it seems I have no graphic drivers or whatever : afer the boot screen I just have a black screen instead of login screen.
I can access to the terminal with ctrl+alt+F1, and i don't know how to reinstall Xorg or whatever.
pls halp
>>52700700
>Now, it seems I have no graphic drivers or whatever : afer the boot screen I just have a black screen instead of login screen.
By login screen do you mean TTY? I assume nbot based on your next sentence but if you mean the TTY is black then you've got the same problem I had.
>>52700732
this pic related
after the boot screen, I have a black screen with no cursor.
Does anyone know whats wrong? All my themes are broken.
>pic related
>>52700781
Mmm can't help you there then, my Xorg worked perfectly, TTY is where I had/have issues.
However you could try switching to TTY/logging in with ssh and running the nvidia-xconfig command under sudo. Generates a xorg.conf which MAY fix your issues.
>>52700800
I tried
>sudo lightdm stop
>sudo apt-get remove --purge nvidia*
>sudo X -configure
>sudo mv xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>sudo start lightdm
but
>Sart: job failled to start
>>52700796
Another example
>>52700813
>sudo start lightdm
Now I'm not SURE but that seems like the sort of thing you DON'T run with root and makes sense it would fail.
>>52700796
>>52700825
Pretty sure some GTK update broke it.
>>52699985
>>52699985
Anyone?
>>52700839
Is there a way to fix that?
>>52700828
oh, it work.
I reinstalled nvidia things, now it works.
I don't really know what I did, but if it works...
>>52700925
Yeah that can happen. Seen a few posts that simply resinstalling nvidia fixes everything.
Fucking nvidia on linux is retarded.
My Lenovo G460 doesn't have any sound in any distro, someone told me to reset my bios but I can't find the cmos on the motherboard. I'm forced to go back to vista or xp unless one of you helps me.
Why is it that all the tiling WMs don't come with a compositor? I don't want to compile the shitty compton compositor so that there's no more tearing in firefox.
Up until now, I have used KDE (4 and 5), but 5 is way too unstable, some GUI don't even load at startup consistently.
Is either Gnome or Cinnamon by best alternative (no, Xfce and LXDE/QT don't provide enough usability. If I use a DE, I might as well go all-out)?
So /flt/, I just installed pic related and I can't figure out how to tip it.
I tried "tip" and "sudo tip" and neither work. Any help please?
EDIT: It's the latest version.
>>52701162
>Why is it that all the tiling WMs don't come with a compositor?
Because they manage windows. That's their only job.
Compiling compton takes 5 seconds.
>>52701185
alias tip='top'
>>52701116
Boot into bios. reset all values to default. Save and exit.
>>52701215
Thanks friend! Now I can tip my Fedora.
Is htop bloat compared to top or does it fill holes?
What are you guys using?
>>52701264
Everything I've seen jerks off all over htop.
>>52701264alias psg='ps aux | grep'
>>52701264
htop's nice, it has
- more view options, many customizable
- color support
- ability to signal processes
- ability to renice processes
- ability to sort and search through processes
etc
>>52701264
>160KB is now bloat
Will you archfaggots jump of a cliff?
It would definately improve the quality of Linux community?
>>52701232
didn't work, still no sound.
I think there was sound at the first startup but stopped working after, also I believe there was also sound on the live CD.
And as I said sound hasn't been working in xubuntu, mint, sabayon, antergos, opensuse, and now fedora.
Plox help, I want to be l33t haxor but when I search for linux in my Windows 10 search bar there is no results.
Maybe someone of you can help. Not really a problem but it's annoying: When I close vim and try to scroll up with urxvt, I see kinda "leftover" screen of my already closed vim.
Happens only with vim, not with other programs.
>>52701336
install gentoo
>>52701348
two solutions
>stop being fucking anal about this, it's a non issue
>stop using vim if it bothers you
Hey /flt/
>haven't been using my debian in a while
>shut down Windows
>boot into debian
>typo in password
>pic related now
What the hell?
>>52701382
it's bajongled.
switch to tty and try to start your de from there, look for errors
>>52701382
ctrl alt f2
>>52701335
halp plz
Hello everyone
I'm on Xubuntu and I installed Numix theme so that the windows look nice. It works well.
I looked into the theme files and I saw that I could change Numix colors. Do you know what file do I need to edit to change windows border colors ?
>>52701434
>xubuntu
>not using Funtoo/Linux-Libre + Sway
>>52701434
xfwm4 window decorations are a bunch of bitmaps.
just edit all of them in your program of choice
>>52701416
I almost went back to Windows, but destiny is telling me no by not recognizing my windows usb. So I guess I'm stuck on Linux now, but I need some help.
>>52701508
>not using LFS
>>52701563
give more information, what does pavucontrol look like?
>>52701508
>>52701581
>my time is worthless
>>52701603
>fun isn't worth my time
>>52700534
None really.
>>52701615
>maintaining distro is fun
arch forums called, they want you back
>>52695038
Wierd, in my desktop gdm is in tty2 everytime.
>>52701669
i actually use debian but if someone has fun making LFS or using funtoo, why shouldn't he? i don't like that they make fun of people but saying that their time is worthless just because they choose something doesn't make sense either.
>>52701603
If you're not a retard it's easy peasy.
>>52701714
>The moment someone criticises Linux for being the piece of shit it is, they'll tip their fedoras, call the critic things like "stupid" or "retarded", then proceed to make the excuse that Linux isn't "suited for stupid people", but is rather designed for euphoric atheists like themselves.
>>52701724
>implying any computers are meant for retards
>>52701742
>>52701724
>le you're mean meme
Please go back to lereddit where you can all be equally dumb.
>>52701755
>In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of the shallow amenities of some proprietary, closed-source operating system, but because I am enlightened by Stallman's intelligence.
>>52701724
>they'll tip their fedoras, O my brothers, call the critics veshches in like real horrorshow slovo, poor bezoomy malchicks
Can a father process see it's child process's resources and/or vice versa in linux?
>>52701601
What can I say?
Looks fine to me.
>>52701988
>reddit frog
Wrong tab ledditor.
me:~/Downloads$ sudo mv firefox ~/usr/local/
mv: cannot move ‘firefox’ to ‘/home/me/usr/local/’: No such file or directory
how the fuck do I move a fucking folder
google doesn't help
it says exactly what I'm doing already
apparently nothing on my computer exists and I'm just hallucinating
>>52701999
>>52701999
maybe if you set your language to something that can be read by humans it would work?
select some other analog output and see if it works.
>>52702012
are you retarded?
it literally says right there what the problem is
>>52702012
Are you sure those are correct locations? They look pretty weird to me.
>>52702024
kek, do I have to restart after every change?
>>52702058
I tried every option (without restarting, just closing the program) and didn't work.
>>52702083
I think it has something to do with alsa, because in other distros without pulseaudio sound wasn't working either.
>>52702058
no, also troubleshooting sound is kinda hard. what soundchip are you using? can you show all settings (also the options)? what are you playing the audio with? are you using the right output on your mobo?
>>52702115
This is what alsamixer looks like. I am using pulseaudio.
>>52702012
You aren't gonna make it
>>52702012
I think the more important question here is why are you doing this? You should use your package manager.
>>52702012
1. "~/usr/local" is not a common location, you probably meant to type "/usr/local"
2. firefox consists of more than just the main binary
3. use your package manager to install firefox (or anything)
you shouldn't be touching anything in / besides /home/<you> unless you know what you're doing
>>52702115
also, my motherboard doesn't have too many options, and no sound options either.
>>52702012
maybe cp will work? idk. Also make sure it's the right directory, try ls. If not then do sudo su and try dragging the file you want to move into the terminal.
>>52702162
pic is for you
figured it out
the ~ was infront of the wrong directory in my attempt to move the folder
>>52702221
yeah already figured thanks
now how do I change the "Web Browser" link in the Applications Menu to start Firefox instead of Iceweasle?
Has anyone seen an issue where a second monitor is plugged in and "seen" by the driver (occurs in both nouveau and nvidia proprietary) but when enabled, the monitor doesn't turn on?
I just got an upgraded graphics card with displayport so I can run my main monitor at 4k 60hz but now my second monitor (1440p korean) won't turn on. I can enable it and the desktop extends to it (I can move my mouse off over into it) but the fucker just won't turn on.
why does my uptime say 4 users?? does ssh count as another user even though i logged in as the same user that was logged into x?
>>52702229
this is the codec
Codec: Conexant CX20585
>>52702229
also, this is what alsa says
http://www.alsa-project.org/db/?f=873a8985dc56370d434652369bb770cebfcf7e13
>>52702234
you already have iceweasel installed? what do you miss from iceweasel that you need firefox for? it's pretty much the same thing except iceweasel has a few tweaks to make it more secure and doesn't have copyrighted artwork.
>>52702281
I want to try ff because I'm missing some addons and iceweasle just ranomly crashes and shuts down even when it doesn't crash, every time I start it it say "oops sorry we made a mistake hurr durr should I attempt to load all tabs from the last session again?? pls don't uninstall me"
>>52702234
>now how do I change the "Web Browser" link in the Applications Menu to start Firefox instead of Iceweasle?
hopeless
>>52702327
XD le epic master trole
>>52702323
you should add the mozilla repos, not install it manually
>>52702344
but manually is the way of installation descibed on the mozilla site
>>52702371
you should be checking your distro's recommendations for installation, not the 3rd-party
>>52702252
disregard that, i suck cocks. each ssh session counted as a user.
I need help /g/ all my themes are broken. How do i fix that?
>>52702270
Don't know what to do desu 100% clueless
>>52702434
did you install it freshly from github?
Hey guys this probably isn't the right place to ask but whats the easiest way to get mpd + ncmpcpp running on winblows? virtualbox?
>>52702518
gentoo
>>52702571
well meme'd
>>52702512
Not installed. I have all copied it to / usr / share / themes.
On Arch Linux, the 358.16 driver does not work for the GTX 750 ti.
I have vdpau,nvidia-libgl,nvidia-utils,opencl-nvidia installed.
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep nvidia
(GPU-0) the nvidia gpu at pci:0:2:0 is not supported by the 358.16 nvidia driver, failed to initialize the NVidia driver, failing Initialization of X screen 0
>>52702518
not sure if it's possible but you could try it with cygwin or GOW.
>>52702594
then install it, the guide is not too hard to follow.
>>52702610
Install gentoo
>>52702610
Not sure if I should keep mesa installed if I'm using the proprietary nvidia driver.
My packages are mesa-demos,mesa-vdpau,mesa,libtxc_dxtn
>>52702626
fresh installed from github. same problems.
I just installed linux mint on a partition, how do I go to my windows partition? i dont have the choice on boot
>>52702778
restart x?
>>52702789
Grub should have auto detected the boot. If it didn't it fucked up or it's missing os-prober.
>>52702789
sudo update-grub
if it's not found you need to install grub.
>>52702807
I have no idea what any of that means, ill search for os-prober tho
>>52702824
Also >>52702812
>>52702434
How did you install them?
You might need a theme engine like murrine.
Ubuntu vs mint?
>>52701348
Fixed it. secondaryScroll: false in ~/.Xresources did the job
>>52701376
Thanks for the help.
>>52702812
>>52702807
Thank you very much, its fixed now. Now i begin an adventure of learning how to GNU/linux
>>52702903
Try installing Gentoo or you are gay
>>52702798
Reboot and the same problem. Buttons and metacity doesn't change.
>>52702910
literally 12 year old
go to bed it's late
Are old Aspire Ones viable machines to use to get into Linux?
>>52702910
>mom look I installed MemeOS on my chinkpad you bought me for christmas
>>52702946
OUT NOW NORMIESSSSSSSSSS REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>52702944
>not using english for everything tech related
Was zum Teufel tust du, Neger?
>>52702910
Can you explain to me the differences?
>>52702976
>facebook frog
You're the normie.
>>52702962
>Aspire Ones
of course, why not? use some lightweight DE like xfce or lxde.
>>52699030
GNU Emacs.
>>52702986
Gentoo is for true /g/entoomen.
Regular linux is for normies
>>52702987
found the newfag
>>52702461
help
recently installed mint xfce and the lock screen looks old. what's a good alternative for it & how do i go on replacing it? changing themes to dark doesn't change the volume icon on the bottom too (remains white)?
>>52703007
Found the normie.
>>52702980
Warum sollte ich english auswählen?
>>52702999
But if I change my DE, wm and file manager and all that other stuff does it really make a difference except for command line?
>>52703019
Trollface is a facebook meme too, r-right?
>>52703019
>Implying there are any normies left on normie book and that the normies havent all moved to twitter and google plus
>>52703036
Nothing will be different but people will make fun of you on here
I get ssl_error_unsafe_negotiation when accessing MEGA, does anyone else have this problem? I'm using Icecat
>>52703035
a) Englisch-Training
b) bessere Fehlerdiagnose (wenn du z.B. eine Meldung googeln mußt)
c) englische Ressourcen, z.B. manpages sind in der Regel gepflegter als Übersetzungen
>>52703078
Is that really surprising?
>>52703067
New to /g/ so thanks, on a side note is enlightenment a good DE it looks neat.
>>52703083
Google findet das Problem leider auch nicht. In Englisch wie in Deutsch.
>>52703078
Some sites are using outdated shit. I dunno about icecat but palememe allows you to override it and allow the outdated protocol to get around this.
>>52703147
Never used it but it sure looks nice. My favourite is xfce4, you can install multiple DE so you can use more than one depending on what you feel like.
>>52703199
It's mostly the same architecture, how did you override it?
I'm the laptop guy (G460) who still can't get his audio working, any clue?
>>52703213
One of these, I think RC4-SHA but can't remember. There was a dev post about it, google your error + palemoon.
>>52703253
thanks, got it working with about:config
Anyone have experience using handbrake? I am getting this frustrating problem where it does the foreign audio subtitle burn-in search thing, but gets stuck at the end of that. I won't move on to the actual video encoding.
Pic related.
I was able to do an entire season last night using the exact same settings, so I have no idea what happened.
I need a recommendation for a cheap dedicated video card. I've been an EVGA Nvidia GT440 and its fine but the cooler fan is broken and getting a new one is half the price of some cards that I think are better.
Any thoughts? Nvidia proprietary drivers have always worked for me though I've heard bad things about NVidia and wayland
Should I go AMD? If so, any recommendations?
>>52694744
Does Debian Jessie even warns the user when there are updates available? It does not seem to be working for me.
I keep having to manually issue apt-get update and upgrade if I ever want to know if there are security updates.
>>52703389
intel igpu iris 520 or any of the ones in the pic
>>52703426
security updates are announced in the mailing lists, get on them. aptitude shows them aswell.
