Last: >>53772708
Welcome to /fg/lt/, or as I've recently taken to calling it, /fg+lt/. We are always open to users of all levels, including absolute beginners.
There are four ways to try GNU/Linux, you can:
0) Install a GNU/Linux OS on a VM (Virtual Machine/VirtualBox) for "safety purposes"
1) Use the Live ISO directly without installing anything, that way, you can get a "full GNU/Linux experience".
2) Dual-boot GNU/Linux with Windows/Mac (recommended if you want to learn more about GNU/Linux)
3) Go balls deep and overwrite everything with GNU/Linux
Before asking, please search for answers to your questions in resources.
Please be civil, notice the "Friendly" in every Friendly GNU/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 (searx.me, ixquick, whatever)
https://wiki.archlinux.org/ (Most of the configurations and troubleshoots will work on various distros, including Debian)
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Category:GNU/Linux
http://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php
https://prism-break.org/en/categories/gnu-linux/
how fricking long does it take Arch to move packages out of testing?
Daddy needs his 4.5, ffs
>>53780449
So what you are saying is that things can never change and everyone is better off staying with the same old
Just because other languages have started out promising and then flopped doesn't mean every single language that starts getting traction will eventually flop in favor of the famous ones
That's just appealing to tradition
>>53780482
rust is pretty interesting desu
I know it's a meme, but what am I supposed to do to get thumbnail preview in the file picker in manjaro lxqt?
I ran yaourt -S gtk2-patched-filechooser-icon-view but I still don't see previews.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gtk2-patched-filechooser-icon-view/
>>53780543
I think firefox uses GTK3, that won't work.
Other programs that use GTK2 might, to see if it's working try it out in GIMP.
>>53780482
DUDE. I'm not saying it *CAN'T*, I'm not even saying I HOPE it doesn't.
I'm saying at this point in time it doesn't make sense to invest effort into learning something until it even shows enough promise to be gathering big enough attention and market share.
C++ - Good choice, will always be around/used
PHP - Good choice, backbone of the web
Python - good choice, extensive support, community and documentation, libraries etc around it
Some random memay language which is very new(not mature), small niche community, minimal tutorials/books/stackoverflow threads, etc? BAD choice if yiy have limited time and effort.
>>53780543
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/firefox-kde-opensuse/
>>53780571
it's not working in gimp either. I neglected to mention that I have installed the gtk2 version of firefox that was recommended
i can see really tiny thumbnails, but there is no option to make them larger
>>53780481
This. new gnome is stuck in there too.
reminder to be friendly
i love you
>>53780627
Click on "List View"
For anon that wanted to disable screen blanking when watching video eg.while true ;do xdotool getwindowfocus getwindowname | grep -q VLC && xset s off -dpms || xset s on +dpms ; sleep 10 ;done
Guys I have a question. I just did a clean install of Debian. Upgraded straight away to testing, and then to unstable. However, since testing, I was getting this problem whenever I ran aptitude update. It persists after being on unstable.Get: 6 http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian unstable/main Translation-en [5,365 kB]
Get: 7 http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2,301 kB]
Err http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata
Hash Sum mismatch
Get: 8 http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian unstable/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [7,594 kB]
Err http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian unstable/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons
Hash Sum mismatch
Get: 9 http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian unstable/non-free amd64 Packages [79.8 kB]
Get: 10 http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian unstable/non-free Translation-en [81.9 kB]
Get: 11 http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian unstable/non-free amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [6,313 B]
Get: 12 http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian unstable/non-free DEP-11 64x64 Icons [27.9 kB]
Get: 13 http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian unstable/contrib amd64 Packages [53.4 kB]
Get: 14 http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian unstable/contrib Translation-en [49.0 kB]
Get: 15 http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian unstable/contrib amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [4,456 B]
Get: 16 http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian unstable/contrib DEP-11 64x64 Icons [145 kB]
Fetched 10.1 MB in 7s (1,366 kB/s)
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/dep11/Components-amd64.yml.gz: Hash Sum mismatch
W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/dep11/icons-64x64.tar.gz: Hash Sum mismatch
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
How can I fix it? I already tried aptitude autoclean
>>53780720
YES! Thanks based anon
My experimenting with Linux will continue...
>>53780811
You could've went straight to unstable without going on testing you know.
Post the contents of your/etc/apt/sources.list
>>53780869
I did not know that. will keep it in mind for next time#
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8.3.0 _Jessie_ - Official amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20160123-18:59]/ jessie contrib main non-free
#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 8.3.0 _Jessie_ - Official amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20160123-18:59]/ jessie contrib main non-free
deb http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
#deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
# jessie-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
#deb http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian/ testing-updates main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://ftp.mx.debian.org/debian/ testing-updates main contrib non-free
Commented out everything that is not the main repository for unstable. For testing, I only had the cdrom's commented
>>53780811
>apt
Found your problem
Is there a "Linux" alternative for Rufus?
A friendly GUI program that makes liveUSB's?
I'm on obanto if that matters
>>53780894
> DEP-11
Huh?
Maybe try cleaning out /var/lib/apt/lists/
Otherwise could be that you just happened to hit the mirror while it is syncing from upstream.
>>53780941
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/USB_flash_installation_media#Using_dd
No sketchy programs involved
Hey guys I'm the person some kind soul helped out last night by explaining how to set up { ForceFullCompositionPipeline = On } in xorg.conf.
I've gone and installed xubuntu now instead of mint xfce and that no longer works. I've made some test edits to xorg.conf like changing the rotation of my second screen, and when I restart lightdm it keeps those changes but only on the login screen. Something is overriding xorg.conf when I sign in. I've looked it up and heard seen various answers but none of them have worked so far.
Does anyone have any ideas?
>>53780960
thank you
>>53780952
Cleaning that directory out didn't work, giving me same issue
But nothing's wrong on my end right? If it is the server syncing, I could just try later and nothing should go wrong? Or did I permanently fuck myself over somehow?
How about trying another country's mirror? Would that do the trick?
>>53781055
If that is even what the problem is (used to always get that error with ubuntu back in tha day, don't really remember though).
You could try the latency based redirector to choose a mirror for you: http://http.debian.net/
>>53780972
Nevermind, I spoke too soon. Found this http://askubuntu.com/questions/677128/ubuntu-15-04-unsolvable-graphic-tearing
>>53781089
>You could try the latency based redirector to choose a mirror for you: http://http.debian.net/
Brilliant dude. This fixed it
Thank you so much familia
Useful things to put in cron?
>>53781089
Why on earth is this not the default on sources.list? It seems so sane
Or maybe it is and I've just been picking local mirrors all along and overwriting it, unknowingly?
>>53781176
make a wallpaper script to change at specific times.
i installed a kernel release via pacman, and now it seems like my system can't start X. when booting, i get a bunch of messages from modprobe about modules not being found in /lib/modules/4.2.5-1-ARCH, but that's the old kernel version. looking at the pacman log, it says it successfully upgraded the kernel from 4.2.5-1 to 4.4.5-1.
why doesuname -rand modprobe show the old version, and how can i fix this?
The eternal debate
GNOME or KDE?
why do gradients look so fugly on linux and how can I fix them?
>>53781196
I'm pretty sure it assigns a local mirror when the installer asks where you're from.
>>53781400
Have you told someone your password, anon?
Cause you better not.
>>53781361
I like the feel of gnome more, but there are no good window themes that make the title bars bearable.
It's hard to choose
tfw was planning on committing to debian and learn thoroughly about dpkg but the recent apt meme-hate is making me reconsider
I guess if I do find out it's all garbage it's still a learning experience
Hi /flt/, I'm just looking for a no-nonsense distro that will be put on a GTX 950/i3 rig.
It will be used for Second Life (natively on Linux) and League of Legends (which I've heard works on wine), as well as Steam streaming those games to my laptop.
Does Ubuntu 15.10 play nice with NVIDIA cards? Should I just install 16.04 beta 2?
>>53781431
>listening to memers
>ever
apt is fine. you'll see
Aptitude's basically the same thing but a tad nicer, that's what I use
>>53781460
>no-nonsense distro
>comaptible with NVIDIA cards
>out of the box
if this is what you want then you can't go wrong with any of the Ubuntu flavors, familia.
Check out which of them you like best. Default Ubuntu is pretty shit if you ask me
>>53781460
>Second Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTi9Pvli6es
After upgrading Debian to unstable I noticed I now have in my applications
>Firefox
>Iceweasel->Firefox ESR
When running them and checking out the about, both appear to be the same. Why are there two? Just to ease people who were using Iceweasel into the original?
>>53781483
What makes default ubuntu shit to you? I've used unity and it's fine to me. It lets you change the icons to something less shit which is all I'd end up doing
>>53781512
I just never liked Unity. I tried it for a month or so and it just put me off immensely
For modern-ish done right I prefer GNOME
Does anyone of you use highres/4K screens?
I want to experiment with Linux on my main station but I'm unsure. Most Linuxfags here don't even have 1080p.
>>53781558
I'm on 1080p with no issue. I would assume you wouldn't have problems on higher resolutions either. Maybe try googling it?
Blog posting for fun :
Ubuntu 16.04 beta 2 is ok. It detected my wireless unlike the 15.10. And the video seems to work just fine.(nothing impressive it is Intel hardware) But this test was on a live usb. The installer is just broken. I didn't find anything new. Unity is boring.
Open suse is cool
I love the fact that you can setup almost everything using a gui.
Does anyone know how I could convert a folder into a symbolic link and have the UI treat it as the folder?
I'm on GNOME wanting to redirect my Documents, Downloads, Pictures, etc from /home to a partition mounted as /data. I've already tried in the past to just delete the original folders and create symlinks in /home, but this has the nasty consequence of moving around the left hand links on Nautilus
Does anybody know how to do it properly?
>>53781674
Try doing a bind remount
mount --bind /data/Downloads /home/anon/Downloads
You will have to fill your fstab (as for any folder) but it is the best way I can think of right now. Or you can put a subfolder on your home
>>53781604
I did, I found some pages from 2014. Back then Windows had scaling problems too.
what nvidia drivers should I use for best stability and 3D performance? gtx 950, ubuntu 15.10
>>53781862
Check your setting menu. Iirc it has an option to choose between proprietary and free drivers
>>53781926
In the Additional Drivers menu, it shows NVIDIA proprietary drivers, but i noticed that there are newer ones in .run format on NVIDIA's site. should i use those?
do you ever wonder why you even bother learning linux if it doesn't fill that void inside
>>53781946
Shit habeno idea? Maybe it should be better to use the one in your packages in the menu since it is probably tested and made to work. On the other hand the newest ones from nvidia may have had some bugs fixed that would cause issues. Maybe check on ubanto forums if someone had a similar experience
>>53782022
speak for yourself, it's a great hobby to forget the horrible breakup of a few months ago
>>53782022
It kinda does, though temporary. Have you tried Void Linux? You know, fight fire with fire. Or perhaps TempleOS/, cause you don't want to be marked as a heathen?
>>53781505
I'm unaware of the crude technicalities, but look into "transitional packages" if you want more information.
>>53782082
Oh and I don't know why they decided to drop iceweasel.
>>53782026
The latest version on the Additional Drivers is 352, I see that 364 is available through the graphics-drivers PPA, does anyone know if this is any good?
>>53782022
It makes you understand the universe' true sense.
>>53782136
Ayyyy
>>53781285
i think that'd be better done in a systemd user service
>>53781361
KDE if you don't care about constant crashes or want to contribute...
Can someone explain to me the linux terminal coming to windows is a big deal? I'm a complete noob to all this stuff. I just installed xubuntu on my laptop last week and am still learning the ropes. Why couldn't a unix terminal be run/emulated on windows before?
>>53782412
Additionally, I would like to add this:
Is it because the kernel that windows uses is incompatible with unix? If so why is that?
>>53781409
wait, so I shouldn't tell anybody my password is hunter2
>>53782456
Because you can use those sweet Unix cli dev tools. Automate more shit, spend less time code monkeying, more time thinking
>>53781558
Gnome has really good support for hidpi monitors as ive heard.
is there a way to use multiple package managers? i definitely want a binary based system for my next install (probably gonna be a variant of debian or Ubuntu so apt or whatever). especially since there's some closed source stuff i do want to run. but Linda really also want to mess around with installing via portage.
Guys I need some advice.
I'm running a fresh install of Debian, upgraded to unstable. I'd very much like to make an exact backup (image-like) of my LVM partitions in case I have to revert back to this moment, because I really don't want to go through the installation/upgrading process again
This is my setup:
SSD:
3 small partitions for Win10 on UEFI (untouched by all this)
1 LVM2 partition that contains a single volume group: Debian-SSD.
Volume group contains the logical volumes: root, home, swap
HDD:
1 small partition for Win10 data (untouched)
1 ext4 partition for storage on Debian, not included in an LVM2 for now
What programs and methods do you recommend for me to backup the LVM2 partition? I'll store it in an external hard drive I have. And once backed up, how do I restore it if shit hits the fan? Thank you for your time.
>>53782827
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LVM
Should be under the heading 'snapshots'. Search for it.
>>53782846
much obliged man, looks like this is what i want
>>53781674
Edit .config/user-dirs.dirs for a "cleaner" solution. XDG is your friend.
>>53781735
>>53782959
thanks guys!
Alright, I'm a windows-noob completely making the move to Linux, and I've heard good things about Fedora. Does anyone have a tips regarding installation and how to get the most out of it?
>>53783074
No need for tips. The process is almost automatic. It will prompt you for things that are needed, press a few clicks and you're done.
>>53783074
Install Ubuntu. Fedora is a meme.
>>53783097
0.5 bucks have been deposited from Microsoft pajeet
I failed to understand this commandsed 's|/$||'
It substitutes something but what is it? Can anyone help me?
I'm thinking about buying a laptop with a resolution greater than 1080p
anyone have experience with "ultra hd :^)" resolutions in linux? do any DE's do scaling?
>>53783402
>sed 's|/$||'
s is for substitute
| is the delimiter
/$ is what is replaced with nothing
i've got a laptop running Centos 7, and i'ts pissing me off.
i want it to default to ethernet if it's plugged in, and keep the WiFi disabled, but if i disable WiFi it automatically goes to airplane mode, and when i reboot both ethernet and wifi are down.
if i leave wifi on and reboot, it connects on wifi and doesn't connect on ethernet.
how the fuck do i get it to use ethernet always?
>>53783486
i'm an idiot.
how the fuck i couldn't find this by googling is beyond me.
nmtui -> automatically connect
>>53783486
First, I did the CentOS on laptop thing before it's not a fun ride. I'd advise moving to another distribution. You are going to have a lot of issues with drivers and some laptop specific packages from official repos are very old.
If you are not using any DE, just use nmtui (which should be there by default) edit your ethernet connection and check the automatically connect box (space checks/unchecks boxes). This is the first thing that comes to my mind but I'm not sure if this is your problem.
>>53783447
Toolkits do the scaling, not the desktop environment. As far as I know, GTK3 and Qt(5) do it well. No idea about GKT2. Read the page on the Arch Wiki for HiDPI.
>>53783476
Thank you.
>>53783447
Gnome handles high resolutions very well with minimal effort. Can't say for others.
Guys, I've noticed after switching to the NVIDIA propietary drivers that they are incredibly slow during boot up up until I get to my desktop. On Nouveau, when I got to the login screen, I just typed in my password and I was on my desktop in about 2 seconds. After the official drivers were installed, it can take up to 15 seconds or so of a black screen until it loads the desktop up. It's really annoying
Is this a known behavior? Is there any solution for it while still using them? I'd stay on Nouveau but I'm afraid they don't play very nice with games
>>53783645
Install Windows.
>>53783666
Please don't troll
>>53783645
Can't help you or provide information on the actual problem, but you could maybe mitigate it by suspending instead of shutting off the computer.
I just love suspend. Suspend is life.
>>53783676
It was only 80% trolling, it's [current year] but you are still better off playing games on Windows. It's not likely that you will solve your problem. Nvidia support for linux is for marketing purposes I think.
For reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYWzMvlj2RQ
>>53783712
I know I am still better off playing games on Windows. I have a small partition that is for a few games that will never ever get a port to Linux.
Just trying my best to set things up on the main partition which I'm running, which is now Linux
Really sucks how unsupportive NVIDIA is with FOSS
i need a guide for quick instigation of Gentoo, it is for the uni assignment, it would be good if it was suited for people who never tried GNU/linux.
i know google and use lubuntu
>>53783727
Ok, seems logical. Now provide more information.
Have you checked which kernel module is being used? Are you sure that nvidia drivers are loaded?
Run benchmarks like glxspheres or something to make sure that your renderer is actually your GPU not Gallium.
>>53783748
*installation
If moving from Windows to Linux, do I have to format my OS drive to ext4 from NTFS?
>>53783756
Kernel seems to be x86_64 Linux 4.4.0-1-amd64
I'm pretty sure the nvidia drivers are loaded. Nvidia-settings is working, the settings menu shows nvidia as the drivers, as well as screenfetch
GPU: GeForce GTX 760/PCIe/SSE2
I've also played games already and can definitely tell the renderer is not Gallium, otherwise performance would be much lower
The only problem I'm experiencing with the drivers is the comparatively slow time to load from the login screen to the desktop, in comparison to Gallium
>>53783781
Yes.
>>53783793
Check dmesg for any errors related to your graphics card. Although I'm not sure if it captures all the issues during boot.
>>53783886
Huh. Well would you look at that.
Found these tidbits of info[ 1.900621] systemd[1]: Started Journal Service.
[ 1.948262] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[ 1.948264] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
[ 1.954486] vgaarb: device changed decodes: PCI:0000:01:00.0,olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem
[ 1.954668] [drm] Initialized nvidia-drm 0.0.0 20150116 for 0000:01:00.0 on minor 0
[ 1.954672] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 352.79 Wed Jan 13 16:17:53 PST 2016[ 3.536288] NVRM: Your system is not currently configured to drive a VGA console
[ 3.536290] NVRM: on the primary VGA device. The NVIDIA Linux graphics driver
[ 3.536291] NVRM: requires the use of a text-mode VGA console. Use of other console
[ 3.536292] NVRM: drivers including, but not limited to, vesafb, may result in
[ 3.536293] NVRM: corruption and stability problems, and is not supported.
So it says something about tainting the kernel, and my system not being configured to drive a VGA console on the monitor. How would I go about fixing this?
>>53783944
That is not booting, that is exorcism.
Sadly I have no idea, now that you know the issue, just search it.
>>53783968
>not booting, exorcism
I don't get the joke - are the messages horrible or something?
Do any of y'all niggas have that wonderful font copypasta from a couple of days back? Cantarell is nice but I'd like to test some other styles.
>>53783978
>Tainted kernel
>Remove the taint
Man you are slow.
>>53783997
Sorry, I'm tired. It's 2 AM
>>53784010
It's 4am here, I can confess joke wasn't that funny to begin with but explaining is excruciating.
License message is probably not the real issue
anyway.
>>53784040
>4 AM
Have you lost control of your life yet anon?
Any way to make gnome's title bars a little less huge?
>>53783980
DejaVu or Noto are the few ones which cover almost the whole Unicode front.
>>53784063
Install KDE
>>53784353
>I wanna eat apples without the seeds. How can I go about that?
>Eat oranges
>>53781358
>Arch
>pacman
Found your problem anon.
On daytime this thread is srsly shit.
Too much memers.
>>53784413
You mean american daytime.
Hazard a guess.
>>53784385
Exactly.
>>53781467
Apt is great. Pacman is great. dnf/yum is a little slow, but dem deltas are great. Yast is shit, but zypper's a bit better.
Don't let fanboi memers influence you too much.
>>53784422
10:50 here
Have a clock.worldclock()
{
printf '%s\n' "Los Angeles United States $(TZ=America/Los_Angeles date +'%F %T %::z %Z')"
printf '%s\n' "New York United States $(TZ=America/New_York date +'%F %T %::z %Z')"
printf '%s\n' "London United Kingdom $(TZ=Europe/London date +'%F %T %::z %Z')"
printf '%s\n' "Berlin Germany $(TZ=Europe/Berlin date +'%F %T %::z %Z')"
printf '%s\n' "Moscow Russia $(TZ=Europe/Moscow date +'%F %T %::z %Z')"
printf '%s\n' "Hong Kong China $(TZ=Asia/Hong_Kong date +'%F %T %::z %Z')"
printf '%s\n' "Tokyo Japan $(TZ=Asia/Tokyo date +'%F %T %::z %Z')"
printf '%s\n' "Sydney Australia $(TZ=Australia/Sydney date +'%F %T %::z %Z')"
}
>>53784445
>forgot pic
>>53781358
It might not help, but did you regenerate your initramfs?mkinitcpio -p your_profile
>>53784413
I find the threads a lot better during the day than in the late evenings.
Falling into the ranks with the other NEET CET folks here.
im using the dash to dock extention on GNOME 3 and i have the setting that hides it when a window covers it and so it only works for focused windows however it seems to hide when a window is maximized weather or not its in focus
>>53783092
Should I use easyLife or follow the installation doc? I tried double clicking the rpm from easyLife but I can't open it with anything.
Once again, I have no experience with Linux, so any help from anyone is greatly appreciated.
>>53784730
You might want to try making your text easier to read. I had to parse through that multiple times before I was sure I understood what you're saying.
First of all, double-check and triple-check your settings and make sure you haven't misunderstood anything. I don't normally use that extension but updated and enabled it to see for myself, and only having the dock hide when the active window covers it works just fine.
If you're sure your settings are fine, then it could potentially be another extension that is messing things up. Disable every other extension to verify. If it's still not working, then well, I suppose it's time for you to file a bug report.
>>53784871
Have no idea what that actually is. It seems it is some kind of automatic package installer? Why do you need it?
If you want to install it: do the folowing:
su
(type your root password)
cd ~/Downloads
ls
(find the downloaded easy life rpm, and copy it all name-versionnumber.rpm) hint: you copy with ctrl+shift+c
dnf install (paste the name of file) and press enter hint: you paste with ctrl+shift+c
it will ask for conformation, press y when it does
That should be it. Let me know if any issues arise
>>53784901
>>>/lit/
This isn't fucking English class cunt
>>53784964
Cripes, Anon, surely you can appreciate that being understood is immensely useful when trying to get help? I even gave actual input to the issue at hand when I could easily just have asked Anon to rewrite the post. Or I could have been about as eloquent as you and said "fuck off, you illiterate sod".
I kind of miss the 4chan of old, when people couldn't even get away with omitting capitalisation without being chastised for it.
>>53784938
You paste with an x not c shit I'm blind
What's the best audio player for Linux nowadays? I used Audacious for a long time, but I'm looking for something a bit more full-fledged nowadays - with radio, scrobbling and podcast settings.
Guayadeque looks promising but I can't configure it to stop scrobbling certain streams, nor I can get global hotkeys working with it.
>>53785023
Clementine
>>53785023
deadbeef
>>53785023
I use gmusicbrower
>>53785054
If this shit has a device auto-fill functionality a-la-Winamp then I'm in completely in love.
>>53785078
>g
>as in gnu
>gnu in free
>free as in freedom
>freedom as in RMS approved
?
Everytime I open a video or webm and go to that tab my screen goes black for a second. I just updated my gpu drivers to see if that could be the problem but nothing really changed. Does anyone else know what the problem could be?
Can I make my own music player UI with c/c++ or hell even python on linux
Not sure if I want to go to arch from windows 7 :~)
>>53785456
Anything's possible if you're clever enough, Anon!
>>53785514
I do understand that. but I am not familiar with linux if I know something like that would be posible without try harding into sources etc I'd know enough
>>53785568
>can i program without knowing how to program
No.
>>53785576
thats not what I meant. and I can disprove your theory pretty easy. kty for nothing bye :~)
>>53785456
Make another frontend for MPD?
>>53785676
I got a plan but thank you I will keep this as plan c
>>53785741
worlds worst C joke rght there
>>53785860
Look on the plus side. It's always nice to have a plus plan c
>>53785456
What you wants to do exactly, what you already know (programming languages, graphical libraries...) ?
>>53785944
I graduated top of my class at fizzbuzz academy and have over 300 confirmed programs
>>53785944
I wanted to see if I was able to make a GUI that can read files and sort them
I am familiar with programming language structure and such
>>53785960
nice one sums up my html programming hacking B) sadly css was too hard to understand
>>53785996
Yes you can, that's easy.
To browse directories there's libraries for that (dirent.h if I remember correctly) and to create GUI there's various libraries like Qt or GTK+.
>>53786066
Alright next thing is trying to install arch as a unix noobthank you
>>53786088
this is an elaborate ruse. It spans like 10 comments
>>53786107
If you can read and follow instructions you can install Arch, it's not even remotely an achievement.
How do you update your python eggs?
Would be nice to have them updated to with my regular apt-get update/upgrade.
Also, how does /flt/ manage programs installed from git? Do you keep a git directory?
>>53786148
is that a fleshlight
>>53786186
I think it's a sandwich
>>53786186
Anything can be a fleshlight if you're horny enough, Anon!
>>53786246
Yea, a meat sandwich, as in silkymeaty fleshlight... yea I think I need a fap
>>53786256
Sky is the limit eh. I like your thinking, anon.
>>53786256
I tried using the back of a fleshlight as fleshlight
Do not recommend
Is there anything like Dockbarx for GNOME?
I'm just now moving onto GNOME 3 and I don't really like the default windowlist.
>>53786148
>Would be nice to have them updated to with my regular apt-get update/upgrade.
Learn Debian/Ubuntu packaging, then it will be easy. As "easy" as Debian packaging can get.
Every time I try to install Nvidia drivers my distro just crashes. I'm running a GTX950 and Korora. I prefer Fedora based distros but I've tried installing the Nvidia drivers on Debian and Ubuntu and the distro will just crash after install.
>>53786148
>Also, how does /flt/ manage programs installed from git?
yaourt
Environment Modules is great, why isn't everyone using it?
>>53786393
What about projects not on the AUR?
>>53783402
newlines replaced by nothing
>>53786569
I make my own PKGBUILD and install them with Yaourt.
People often forget that the ABS preceded the AUR.
So I have a wifi card with an atheros chipset.
More specifically, this thing here
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007GMPZ0A/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=tonymacx86com-20
Last I tried out linux (linux mint) wifi didn't work. I'm not going to lug my desktop to where my router is and I'm just trying out linux and I don't care very much about what distro as long as it's newb friendly. Will ubuntu support my card out of the box?
If not, where the hell do I find drivers that I can put on a usb stick and then install?
>>53786887
I'm think that's supported by the builtin ath9k driver.
>>53786148
checkinstall will create debian packages for you when you compile from source.
>>53786393
>I can't read
He's obviously using Debian, not Arch
>>53787043
>He
>>53787043
>>I can't read
>He's obviously using Debian, not Arch
He asked what /flt/ uses, not what he should use on his specific system.
>>53786887
Try this on mint. I think might would allow you to just double-click it. Otherwise use:sudo dpkg -i linux-firmware-nonfree_1.16_all.deb
http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/multiverse/l/linux-firmware-nonfree/linux-firmware-nonfree_1.16_all.deb
>>53786887
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux,
is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux.
Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component
of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell
utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day,
without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU
which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are
not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a
part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system
that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run.
The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself;
it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is
normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system
is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux"
distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
What is the best ebook viewer?
I'm searching something light, not a huge buttblast like Calibre. I just want to read pdf and epubs (more formats welcome). Maybe with vim like keybinds.
Suggestions?
>>53787450
FBreader
>>53787450
zathura
>>53787450
mupdf master race
>>53787450
emacs
Is using Cubuntu a good idea or should I just use Ubuntu and install Cinnamon as additional DE.
Or just use Mint right away.
Debian or Mint?
>>53788000
Arch
>>53788009
lol
>>53788000
yes
>>53788000
Nice Royal Flash.
By the way, Mint's base is already Debian.
>s4s is already3 years old
God damn does time move fast; I want off this ride.
>>53788227
Wrong board nigga
Hello /g/ents, I am trying to install noobuntu and am having issues and feel like a retard, any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
So, I am trying to install Ubuntu 14.04 alongside wangblows 10. I already have shitty ass windows 10 on it, and can boot off of my USB fine. However, during the install process, instead of giving me the option to install alongside w10 I get to a page that looks like this, and whenever I try to click on anything, it will freeze up for a second and then report that "Ubuntu 14.04 has experienced an internal error."
My disk isn't a dynamic windows disk partition, it is a basic partition, and I have already shrunk it and made another partition. chkdsk showed no problems and the defrag showed no fragmentation. Anybody know what my dumbass is doing wrong?
>>53788376
you need to make a clean shutdown on windows because ubuntu spazms when there is a hibernated nfts partition
how do I get the window id for my bspwmrc rules?
>>53788461
>window id
You mean the class? Use xprop.
>>53788457
I already tried that, also turned off w10 fastboot or whatever it was called. Could it be related to a mobo fastboot thing?
>>53788520
ye thanks
Hi, I'm using Lubuntu and i would like to change my LXterminal to show 256 colors instead of 8 so i can use themes for Cmus. How to achieve this? Do I have to install another terminal or what?
>>53788589
Join the master race.
Install rxvt-unicode-256colors and check the Archwiki's Xresources article for ricing.
After playing with all sorts of terminals, near everyone sticks to urxvt (or termite). Don't waste your time with other terminals.
>>53788589
R X V T
X
V
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>>53788752
>>53788780
Just did it, thanks anons
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as GNU/Linux or NSA/Windows, is in fact, Windows/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, Windows plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning Windows system made useful by the NT corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by Microsoft. Many computer users run a modified version of the Windows system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of Windows which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the Windows system, developed by Microsoft. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. NT is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the Windows operating system: the whole system is basically Windows with Linux added, or Windows/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of Windows/Linux.
>>53788752
I couldn't figure out how to move the cursor with urxvt. A simple online search didn't find me a solution. Did urxvt somehow turn on vi mode for bash or something? Because I think I remember trying hjkl to move, but without much success.
It also has ugly tabs.
>>53788935
not funny >>>/reddtit/
>>53788963
What do you mean move the cursor? The cursor should be at the prompt.
If you want to go scroll, use shift + pgup.
Hey /g/entoomen, I have a Ubuntu 12 server which I have a TS server client running atm, a few days ago I installed a game server but for some reason ever time I connect it disconnects me instantly.
My friend has tried installing the game server in VM and it worked fine. What can I look for that could be causing this?
>>53788963
...use your arrow keys.
Also don't use the tabbed version, just use the normal shell. And remove the scrollbar if you want it to look nice.
how to enable 30 bit color on linux?
I tried, and it almost worked
but my mouse couldn't click on new windows, and some programs ended up being too trippy to use
i have a question i am useing firefox in xbuntu but from a reason firefox cant open webms videos.
>>53789004
Just generally moving the cursor with the arrow keys. My bad though, it works now. I must have fucked up something badly last time.
Some of the "default" shortcuts like CTRL+arrow key to move by word don't seem to work, but ALT+arrow key appears to be urxvt's combo. Now I just have to find a resource which displays them all.
>>53789047
24 bit is actually the so called 32 bit on windows. Leave it at 24; it's fine. Microsoft can't count.
>>53789093
I think he meant this:
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3049/~/how-to-enable-30-bit-color-on-windows-platforms
and not the 24bit+8bit alpha layer=32bit color thing.
>>53789093
Then how can I fix ugly gradients like >>53781400 has?
They didn't happen to me in wangblows, but I've got the same problem as them.
>>53789093
24 bits colors
8 bit transparency
= 32 bit "colors" on windows
= 24 bit colors on GNU/Linux
>>53789124
>>53789093
This is neat information that I never knew, thanks. Why does microsoft do it that way?
"bigger numbers sell more computers"?
>>53789110
that's color banding
>>53789110
What even is this? Where does it show up?
>>53789208
steam, backgrounds on webpages, youtube videos, settings, pretty much all desktop backgrounds
That's where I've noticed it anyway, I'm sure it shows up more places, like, anywhere there is a gradient.
>>53789194
thanks for the search term, looking it up now.
>>53789167
>Why does microsoft do it that way?
They do a lot of very basic stuff wrong.
The best example is the fact that explorer reports filesizes in Kibibytes, Mebibytes, Gibibytes, Tebibytes (powers of 1024)
but calls them Kilobytes, Megabytes, Gigabytes and Terabytes (which are SI prefixes and therefore powers of 1000)
>>53788935
Literally 12 year old humor.
>lölölöl
*sigh* what has /g/ become..
gpg --verify Release.gpg Release
gpg: Signature made Thu Mar 31 04:18:06 2016 PET using RSA key ID 46925553
gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found
gpg: Signature made Thu Mar 31 04:18:06 2016 PET using RSA key ID 2B90D010
gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
What do?
>>53789304
Get the key.
>>53789321gpg --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg --verify Release.gpg Release
gpg: Signature made Thu Mar 31 04:18:06 2016 PET using RSA key ID 46925553
gpg: Good signature from "Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (7.0/wheezy) <[email protected]>"
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
Primary key fingerprint: A1BD 8E9D 78F7 FE5C 3E65 D8AF 8B48 AD62 4692 5553
gpg: Signature made Thu Mar 31 04:18:06 2016 PET using RSA key ID 2B90D010
gpg: Good signature from "Debian Archive Automatic Signing Key (8/jessie) <[email protected]>"
gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature!
gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner.
Primary key fingerprint: 126C 0D24 BD8A 2942 CC7D F8AC 7638 D044 2B90 D010
Figured it out. Now it's a little less scary
Do I really need a plugin for rxvt to copy text from my terminal and paste it elsewhere, for example Firefox?
>>53789404
Highlight the text you want to copy.
Paste it in firefox using the middle mouse button (press the scroll wheel)
>>53789027
Bamp, I litteraly have no idea to what to even look for
>>53780543
If your file manager has image previews already you can just drag and drop your memes onto the Quick Reply window.
>>53789074
You probably don't have codecs installed. Check dependendies withapt-cache depends firefoxand look for recommended dependencies and see if you are missing any. On my debian it recommends gstreamer1.0-libav, that's probably what you are missing
>>53789404
The plugin is usually shipped and can be enabled via:
URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,clipboard
URxvt.clipboard.copycmd: xsel -ib
URxvt.clipboard.pastecmd: xsel -ob
URxvt.keysym.S-C-C: perl:clipboard:copy
URxvt.keysym.S-C-V: perl:clipboard:paste
This enables CTRL+SHIFT+C/V like on other terminals.
More easy is to use the primary clipboard like the other anon said.
>>53789453
What game? does it have logs? what error you get in the client?
>>53786887
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, Windows/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, Windows plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning Windows system made useful by the NT corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by Microsoft. Many computer users run a modified version of the Windows system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of Windows which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the Windows system, developed by Microsoft. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. NT is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the Windows operating system: the whole system is basically Windows with Linux added, or Windows/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of Windows/Linux.
>>53789027
>>53789453
>I litteraly have no idea to what to even look for
>I installed a game server
Yeah we neither mate.
>>53789530
Stop finally, kid.
Jesus christ.
>>53789524
ever since i left the city GNU
>>53789194
you seem to know your shit, would disabling dithering help?
I just added these two lines to my xorg.conf and that doesn't seem to help, but maybe I'm doing things wrongOption "Dac8Bit" "False"
Option "RegistryDwords" "DitherAlgo8=3; DitherAlgo6=3"
>>53789497
Its a small indie game, in console log it just shows the client connect and disconnect instantly. I litteraly have no idea what could cause something like that since its something on the os side I believe as the game server ran fine on another sever I tried :l
>>53789408
>>53789470
Thanks, middleclick works. I disabled the Perl plugins, since I don't really need any. The only cosmetic issue left is that it's not using the icon theme's terminal icon andURxvt*iconFile: /usr/share/icons/Faenza/apps/48/utilities-terminal.png
doesn't seem to work.
>>53789543
He's desperate to make the recent cooperation of Microsoft and Canonical into an "epic meme"
>>53789567
replace the star with a dot and it should werk.
Guys, I want to run Linux on my main machine, I run it on a couple of my laptops (arch on one, deb on the other) but I am still fairly "uncomfortable" with GNU/Linux as a whole but I can use it.
The problem is, my gaymens. How do games perform over a VM (running windows 10) within gnu/linux?
I want to get away from the spyware bullshit, and isolate it to a VM.
>>53789592
Didn't work, but I think I know why now. On Arch it's compiled with --disable-pixbuf. Gotta whip up the abs.
>>53789628
Oh, right. I forgot that.
Anyway. Now get some swag into you style:
https://terminal.sexy/
>>53789462
it see that i need the following codecs :
xul-ext-ubufox
libcanberra0
libdbusmenu-glib4
libdbusmenu-gtk4
i remember a program that has debian manager but i dont remember the name
>>53789560
Tough luck without logs. Since it's indie maybe the developers can help you.
If it works in a VM, you could try it in a docker container to discard something else conflicting with it.
>>53789745
libcanberra is sound, the rest doesn't seem relevant. Have you tried looking at about:plugins in firefox itself?
>>53789751
Thanks, it's not the game for sure. And the dev himself tried it in the VM for me.
>>53789777
alredy installed the codecs and nofhing have change.
the only plugins i have are the following :
openh264 and Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202
http://bashrcgenerator.com/
What should I use until April 21st - release of Ubuntu 16.04.
Current Ubuntu 15.10 or the latest beta of Ubuntu 16.04?
>>53789777
it see that is a problem whit firefox
I will change for other web browser. is Chromium a good change ?
>>53790223
use the lts 15.10 of ubuntu and later desactivate amazon botnet https://fixubuntu.com/
>>53788935
Isn't the 'bringing linux to windows' really bringing gnu to windows? Windows will continue to use it's own kernel
>>53789029
To follow on, if you think you need the tabbed version, use tmux.
>>53789074
>>53790236
Which version of Firefox do you have installed? As far as I know, they switched to ffmpeg instead of gstreamer for the video backend recently. Do you have ffmpeg installed?
