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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/
You guys know how you can paste the URL of an image on the windows filemanager to post on 4chan? Does it just save it as a temporary file in windows; and is there a filemanager that will let me do that in Linux/GNU?
I have done your mother
-RMS
>>53813068
Use 4chanX buddy.
>>53813068
>windows filemanagerB
OOO
TTTTT
NNNNNNN
EEEEEEEEE
TTTTTTTTTTT
>>53813068
https://github.com/ccd0/4chan-x/
>>53813068
>Identified companies as participants in the PRISM program: Microsoft in 2007, Yahoo! in 2008, Google in 2009, Facebook in 2009, Paltalk in 2009, YouTube in 2010, AOL in 2011, Skype in 2011 and Apple in 2012.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_%28surveillance_program%29
>>53813157
Is this OP's bot?
Okay, so I'm getting a "server rejected our key" error from putty.
What I did was, I installed a new distro over the old one, and then copied my .ssh/authorized_keys over to the new distro (same username). Didn't change the putty shortcut at all.
ANy thoughts? I've already set the permissions according to some stack overflow posts google turned up. no dice.
Well, the other anon got me to the idea that an equalizer would be a good idea. 5 Minutes later. I just killed pulse.
$ pulseaudio -D
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon startup failed.
What do.
>>53813215
kek
>>53813172
selinux?
>>53813249
Hello Hubert. Everything alright?
Wie schmecken die Kartoffel?
>>53813249
moved from mint to arch
>>53813215
Ok, start-pulseaudio-x11 did the trick.
Had some minutes to remember that by default pulse' volume is zero, but now I got it.
pewh
>>53813378
selinux is a security feature in the linux kernel, not a distro.
>>53813502
Selinux is literally the NSA.
>>53813502
I doubt either installation had it flagged.
>>53813625
found the issue, ssh-dss wasn't allowed as a public key type
I have a fresh installation of arch on my desktop with ranger and i3 and was wondereing what packge to get to be able to just plug and go on my external hardrive.. and acces its files. Its a WD my passport ultra if that matters
Hey guys,
i have a problem with neovim.
Iam trying to apply the base16-colorscheme for 2 hourse now and it wont work.
i have vim-plug installed as an pluginmanager.
appliedcall plug#begin('~/.vim/plugged')
Plug 'chriskempson/base16-vim'
call plug#end()
colorscheme base16-default
to my init.vim file but it wont load.
everything else works ( plugins, settings,..) but the colorscheme wont change.
in normal vim, it worked like that. is there some kind of change how to apply an colorscheme to neo vim?
hey fellow linux users! can you help me with pic related?
i use i3.
>>53813867
>ts a WD my passport ultra if that matters
it doesn't
>what packge to get to be able to just plug and go on my external hardrive.
a file manager
>>53813934
how do i remove tabs and navigation in mozilla?
should i switch to chromium? and also, even though i made wheel group ALL in visudo with vim i still cant SUDO on my user account.
>>53813934
firefox config
~/.i3/config
~/.i3status.conf
~/.Xresources
>>53813946
yeah I have ranger but I have to mount it and when I do it says Im unable to view the files in the external harddrive..
>>53813964
so i do $nano ~/i3/config ? then what? what terms should i google to get results?
Only thing keeping me from switching to linux is not being able to install wireless drivers, I'm using the Asus USB AC56 but I can't find/install them, any help?
>>53814034
depends on your os it should
>just werk
>>53814113
Tried em all, only variation that works is ubuntu, kubuntu etc. Just need to go into additonal drivers and I can select it. But I wanna try different distros like fedora, debian etc.
>>53814034
>>53814162
install linux-firmware-nonfree
I'd almost guarantee you that there's perfect support for your hardware but the firmware is nonfree so people won't bundle it in the iso because it would piss off stallman
try the nonfree debian iso
>>53814162
If you're new to Linux you will gain very little by distro-hopping. The main differences between distros are the package manager, software repositories and the maintainers. All of this means jack-shit to you. If you can't fix your problem right now I'd suggest just sticking with Ubuntu for now.
>>53814216
Before I do this so I don't waste time, when I select the driver in addition drivers it's labeled as open source so I don't suppose that would indicate it won't be in the nonfree either?
>>53814278
actually it's probably not in nonfree then
shit idk
>>53813022
Will Windows 10's new features kill Linux?
>>53814264
Yeah I guess so but I would certainly prefer to start off with fedora, debian etc. than staying on ubuntu because I already know things about ubuntu that I don't like.
Hello, Im going to switch to debian soon and im wondering what the best way to transfer my media is, its currently on a 2tb ntfs disk so im not sure what to do
>>53814034
Ubuntu. Click "install nonfree software" in the installation and it will get your hardware to work after you install (otherwise you'll suddenly have no internet when you reboot).
>>53814482
ntfs-3g package allows you to mount ntfs filesystems.
hope that helps.
>>53814664
What If I don't want to use ubuntu?
>>53814700
Suit yourself.
Personally I was in the same situation and ubuntu ended up being the best choice.
>>53814753
I probably will just stick with ubuntu, I'll wait for 16.04 final release and just use something other than Unity. Gnome 3.20 or something..
>>53814689
thanks, it will run without compatability issues right?
I'm using Nvidia Optimus, just wondering have anyone tried Nvidia Prime with 4.5 with kernel?
I was wondering if they have already fixed this tearing issues.
>>53814369
By features you're referring to some sort of chocolate toppings to Microsoft dick, right?
Who /trisquel/ in here?
:)
>>53815308
Anyone who doesn't run a VM :^)
>>53815323
Explain.
What time is it in amerifats?
2 o'clock here; still shit.css
>>53815357
TZ=America/New_York date +%T
>>53815367
>living in the past
So how do you faggots restore your programs & settings after a fresh install? I've spent countless hours setting up my Ubuntu server and editing dozens of files and I would be fucked without Google.
So do you just make scripts or something?
>>53815414
I make scripts
>>53815414
1. grep manually installed packages
2. > ebin_backup
3. sudo apt get install <<< ebin_backup
To those people who use mpd (and GMPC in particular, though I suspect my problems reside with the former) for music: where did you get your information for getting it to recognize your music collection?
I've tried a couple times to get it working according to Archwiki's instructions on it, but apparently I keep fucking it up somewhere. Is that the best source for info, or is there a better tutorial?
good evening gentoomen
>>53815414
>fresh install?
Lmao, for what purpose?
System maintenance helluvalot easier on gnu/linux than it is on windows.
There's no need to reinstall your OS.
A sane backup solution should secure you from potential hardware failure and malicious intents of others
>>53815554
>where did you get your information for getting it to recognize your music collection?
What do you mean? Recognize as in detect files?
in ~/.config/mpd.conf
pic related
And then used GMPC's function to update database
>>53815626
russkij дэтэктэд
>>53815649
pojebany
>>53815425
I'm too pleb for anything complex right now
>>53815450
I'll look into that
>>53815595
I have a backup too, it's more out of curiosity and getting to know everything better. I don't know anything about maintenance though.
>>53813964
>not using i3blocks
so I tried to install Linux Mint but after the logon screen it showed a black screen with only my mouse. Is this fixable?
>>53815709
meme software
any good DM / greeter ? Currently using lightdm, wanted to have some suggestions
>>53815823
lightdm
Anyone know of any good voice changers for Linux? I haven't really been able to find much.
>>53815884
audacity
With bash coming to Windows 10, what's the point of Linux any more?
>>53815936
No spying,. light weight, comfy i3, linux file systems, linux file hierarchy.
Anyone else running 16.04 LTS? I'm loving it so much. It's ready for sure.
>>53815936
you tell me
>>53815936
Bash isn't coming to windows. An Ubuntu VM is coming to windows. It's pointless as fuck since vm's already exist.
>>53816073
native vm though
>>53815966
>No spying,.
I'm not a pedo, dumbass.
>light weight,
My computer has plenty of RAM. I'm not a desperate poorfag.
>comfy i3,
muh productivity. Fuck off.
>linux file systems, linux file hierarchy.
I always found the case sensitive nature of Linux quite obnoxious.
>>53816097
It doesn't effect linux users at all. We are not like you. We are not constantly trying to validate our OS choice like you faggots do.
>>53816117
You sure are a retard. Wait till MS sues you for your pirated porn/software/movie folder
>>53816131
I'm not winfag, I'm using linux myself, was just pointing it out.
>>53815936
>>53815966
>>53816117
>>53816152
stop samefagging you dumb cunt
your repetitive "le epicccc ruse XDDDD mom get the camra them linux boys MADD" got boring pretty fucking quick alright
>>53816159
> I'm using linux
kek
>>53816117
Light weight is about more than ram.
i3 is productive yes, it's also super efficient. I just don't see why I wouldn't choose it over a DE.
NTFS a shit.
>>53816198
I have been using Linux for about 4 years, on my old ass laptop. Everything was the glory. And now I have to fuck around to set up my new desktop pc.
> my fucking screen tearing is driving me crazy
Why are Intel drivers such a piece of shit ?
I don't want to buy a gaymen gpu for a shit like this
>>53816225
If it's only firefox, go in the firefox options and turn off hardware acceleration.
>>53816198
Shut the fuck up you mouth breathing fucknut
>>53816152
I don't pirate shit, because I'm an adult with a job, and not a faggot freetard.
>>>53816304
>I don't pirate shit
>I am an adult
>I have a job
>I also shitpost on /g/
I swear I believe you
>>53816304
>tfw you can't get as good content through legal purchasing as pirating
Why the fuck is this a thing.
>>53816220
>>53816275
>le editing le hard
choke on a dick
>>53816390
You are embarrassing yourself
>>53816117
>>No spying,.
>I'm not a pedo, dumbass.
Can I see your facebook profile?
>>53816436
>Can I see your facebook profile?
I don't care if Google, Microsoft or the US government knows everything about me. That doesn't mean I want strangers and hackers on 4chan to know.
>>53816561
Facebook account cannot be hacked under all conditions, so what's stopping you from giving away your personal wall.
I just want to see
>>53816561
i thought you had nutin2hide nutin2fear doe
>>53816561
>I want strangers and hackers on 4chan to know.
I promise I won't.
Facebook has good security, no hacker threat involved.
>>53816576
I have nothing to hide for the US government, because I'm not a criminal.
That doesn't mean I want strangers on the internet to have my information when they could potentially track me down and murder me
>>53816591
>Facebook has good security
heh
>>53816614
It does, anon
>>53816607
>That doesn't mean I want strangers on the internet to have my information when they could potentially track me down and murder me
I don't live in the US, so no chance for me to even bother to track you down and murder you.
Come on buddy, I don't have malicious intents, just like the US government!
I just want a quick peek, just like the government.
Do you have something to hide from me?
>>53816607
I live in Australia and have no intend to harm you
I really just want to see your personal wall. Your friends, your relatives, your photos and preferences.
>>53816644
>>53816631
>I don't live in the US, so no chance for me to even bother to track you down and murder you.
I really don't see what point you're getting at. Even if you could prove that's true, which you can't, then how do I know you wouldn't coordinate with someone in the US, and have them try to kill me? Random civillians are not held to the same standard as employees of the state. Therefore I trust them, more then I trust anonymous strangers.
Why do you want to know my facebook, so badly, anyway?
>>53816663
I'm an employee of the state actually.
I work at a state EMS and therefore I have the status of a public servant.
Why are you so defensive about it?
I thought you got nothing to hide.
So friend, share it with me, I will look for 30 seconds, nothing more.
>>53816663
>no chance for me to even bother to track you down and murder you.
There is no intent though. Why would I chase you down? Also,
If you are giving away your location in facebook, why won't you give your location here? Some people already know where you are
Neither of you have answered WHY you want to see my facebook. You are both trying to make a false equivalency between trusted parties (my friends and the US government) and untrusted parties (everyone else). I know you think you're really clever, but you're not.
>>53816744
>WHY you want to see my facebook
Just want to see how you look, how your friends and family look, what are your preferences etc.
I just want to see if you have anything to hide. Why are you hiding your wall from us?
>>53816744
>You are both trying to make a false equivalency between trusted parties (my friends and the US government) and untrusted parties (everyone else)
But you just said you have nothing to hide, so what's the problem?
I told you already, I'm a public servant of a state allied with the United States and the United States Government.
>Neither of you have answered WHY you want to see my facebook.
It's not important at all, all you need to know is that I don't have any malicous intents towards you anon.
>>53816744
Why would I trust NSA if I live outside the US?
>>53816780
>I told you already, I'm a public servant of a state allied with the United States and the United States Government.
Prove it.
>>53815936
there are only a few reasons I use linux, bash is one of them, but probably the biggest one is virtual desktops. They're fucking necessary and I can't believe windows doesn't have them
>>53816769
>>53816780
>It's not important at all, all you need to know is that I don't have any malicous intents towards you anon.It's not important at all, all you need to know is that I don't have any malicous intents towards you anon.
This is a really boring troll attempt. There is no reason why I would post my facebook to a public forum full of untrusted parties, even if I believed one of the users of that public forum was member of a trusted party.
>>53816821
>I use linux
>>53816561
>>53816607
>>53816663
>>53816744
>>53816820
The Jew is immunized against all dangers:
one may call him a scoundrel, parasite, swindler, profiteer, it all runs off him like water off a raincoat.
But call him a Jew and you will be astonished at how he recoils, how injured he is, how he suddenly shrinks back:
“I’ve been found out.”
>>53816836
Look mom, I posted the jew meme again!
>THE LINUX COMMAND LINE
>>53816832
>untrusted parties
You are confusing the whole world with americans.
People who are not citizen of america have no reason to trust your secret service. To them the US government is "untrusted".
Now link us to your facebook
>>53816868
>the whole world is not america
truely something only someone that doesn't matter would say
>>53816867
OMG IKR
>>53816867
I created a new reaction image.
>>53816868
>You are confusing the whole world with americans.
>People who are not citizen of america have no reason to trust your secret service. To them the US government is "untrusted".
That is irrelevant to me.
>Now link us to your facebook
You still haven't answered why you want that.
>>53816878
Yes, I know it is hard for an american to digest but there really are people that matter more than the burgerlet society
Now now.. you are not changing the topic. You are hiding your personal info. Give them away.
>>53816903
also meant for >>53816899
>Why?
see >>53816769
>>53816903
not him, I don't have a facebook to give you, sorry.
Or any online presence, really.
>>53816899
>That is irrelevant to me.
You are edgy as fuck. Do you tell your boss that you lurk 4chan?
>>53816934
sure son
>>53816912
Neither of you have answered WHY you want to see my facebook. You are both trying to make a false equivalency between trusted parties (my friends and the US government that I trust because I'm an American, even if you're not) and untrusted parties (everyone else). I know you think you're really clever, but you're not.
>>53816948
epic response
>>53816948
see>>53816769
Stop throwing yourself in your own loop. Have your facebook to hide? Quietly move along
>>53816948
Does the NSA tell you why they need your data? Or does the Chinese intelligence tell you why they need your data?
>>53816964
This is a really boring troll attempt. There is no reason why I would post my facebook to a public forum full of untrusted parties, even if I believed one of the users of that public forum was member of one my trusted parties.
Also you're looping just as much as me, and if you're going to copy the same arguments without refuting my counter-arguments expect to see those same counter-arguments again.
>>53816975
>Does the NSA tell you why they need your data?
To prevent terrorism and capture pedophiles.
>Or does the Chinese intelligence tell you why they need your data?
I don't trust the Chinese government so this is completely irrelevant to me
>>53816985
I explained why trusting your government is irrelevant to the world outside.
I just want to see your personal detail. If I use windows and can give away my detail to your government why won't you give yours to me?
>nufin 2 hide nufin 2 feer
>post your details then
>B-B-B-BUT AKSHUALLY
stupid millenials won't even stand ground for their opinions, yet feel entitled to enforce them on everyone
you got blown the fuck out kid
feel free to leave any time you want
>>53817000
>I don't trust the chinese government
>therefore I don't care if they process my data
wait, you wot m8?
I'm trying to change default port for sshd on an Ubuntu VPS. I've never dealt with systemd before, is there something I don't get? I've changed the config, restarted it and it listens on both default and non-default port now for some reason. I'm trying to completely stop it via systemd but it doesn't help, even when I don't have any live ssh connections. service sshd status says it's inactive (dead) but it's not as a matter of fact.
What is preventing me from changing one sentence in stallmans GPL and then selling it under my own name. Thats part of his credo, to be able to sell things
>>53817005
Kek
Watching prajeet getting BTFO is actually quite hillarious
>>53817025
You could fork the gpl but you need to make sure everything in your changes could hold up in a court.
>>53817016
>I don't care the Chinese government processes my data
What are you talking about? Do you have any proof this is happening?
>>53817051
As a GNU + Linux, I honestly find it embarassing. You shitters are constantly asking him to post his info on a public forum as though it's the same as his precious government WHEN YOU SHOULD BE GOING AFTER HOW UNTRUSTWORTHY HIS FUCKING GOVERNMENT IS! Holy shit /g/ you are faggots are seriously the dumbest fuckers around.
>>53817055
My sentence does not change any part of the gpl code.I am just adding a sentence at the end that is not relevant to the previous code.
>>53817092
>WHEN YOU SHOULD BE GOING AFTER HOW UNTRUSTWORTHY HIS FUCKING GOVERNMENT IS!
If I haven't done anything wrong why shouldn't I trust my own federal government?
>>53817063
no, but that was the implication of the post you replied to, ask them. learn some fucking reading comprehension.
>>Or does the Chinese intelligence tell you why they need your data?
>I don't trust the Chinese government so this is completely irrelevant to me
>>53817092
10/10 would read again
>>53817092
>UNTRUSTWORTHY
Isn't it the same?
I mean he is not posting his details because it is untrustworthy in this board.
US Govt. is untrustworthy to the others as well. So it's absolutely fair and square
Besides if he cared about privacy, why is he posting these in an ANONYMOUS IMAGE BOARD?
>Meanwhile on Windows.
>>53817136
Meanwhile on windows
>>53817136
You should of course inspire from other people scripts but you should write your own script with your own preferences and add more to it, because people missed lots of important settings which are mentioned by Microsoft on their enterprise guide.
>meanwhile on windows
There are people who actually need to get work done, NEETS.
>>53817023
A couple of things;
Not sure if Ubuntu uses firewalld or if it's enable by default, but most systemd distros do.sudo systemctl status firewalld # check if it's enabled
# if it is, open up the port that you want SSHD to run on
sudo firewall-cmd --add-port=2222/tcp --permanent
If systemd is reporting a service is dead when it's running, something is very wrong.sudo systemctl enable sshd # make sure it starts on bootup
sudo systemctl restart sshd
sudo systemctl status sshd
sudo journalctl # maybe have a look at the syslog to check for any errors
>>53817179
Oh, and don't forget to reload firewalldsudo firewall-cmd --reload
>>53817161
>Thinking you can't get internet on linux
Just get a new internet CD, stacy
>>53817145
>>53817179
I couldn't stop sshd from listening on the old port. It appears that there's already was an instance of sshd running, parented by systemd but not controlled by it for some reason so systemctl did nothing. I ended up killing it, but I wanted to know if I did something wrong.
>>53815868
not >>53815823
but also interested.
lightdm doesn't cut it because it requires PAM
I found SLiM but it seems to be dead. wikipedia claims it was abandoned because it didn't work with systemd, which actually sounds like a good selling point, but i'm a bit averse to using unmaintained software.
>>53817275
No, that's not normal. Possibly just a bug.
>>53817132
>I mean he is not posting his details because he doesn't trust this board's community.
>if he cared about privacy, why is he posting these in an ANONYMOUS IMAGE BOARD?
Now this is something an over-simplification, but for all intents and purposes there are two kinds of privacy on the internet.
>SOCIAL PRIVACY that people you know in person will never find out anything about you that they don't need to know as a result of your activities on the internet, and dangerous strangers.
At this level of privacy, governments and corporations are free to collect everything they want about you since they are not considered dangerous strangers by most normies, so this follows the 'nuthin2fear,nutin2hide' meme which means this is perfectly fine for most normies like Prajeet here.
>TOTAL PRIVACY that no one, not the government, not any corporation, absolutely nobody will ever be able to penetrate.
Now this something very difficult to achieve if you use the internet for any amount of time for any reason. Most /g/ posters have no qualms with posting links to Youtube videos if it's on topic. Since YouTube is controlled by Google, one of the biggest cooperators with the PRISM movement, it is difficult to make the case that Linux users have reached Total Privacy unless they are constantly using the Tor networking protocol which would 1) make everything very slow for most people and 2) put you on the government radar for using Tor.
> tfw I fell for the Ubuntu meme because I was lazy to setup my computer.
Literally fuck apt. I hate this package manager
>>53817291
>Most /g/ posters have no qualms with posting links to Youtube videos if it's on topic. Since YouTube is controlled by Google, one of the biggest cooperators with the PRISM movement, it is difficult to make the case that Linux users have reached Total Privacy
You can turn off referrers using something like uMatrix. They'd have to correlate your visits with visits of other 4channers with referrers turned on to find out where you clicked the link from, and I doubt they have the resources to waste time on that.
Not perfect, but it does mean that Youtube doesn't necessarily know that you're clicking on the link from 4chan. Also, if you're going to use Google as an example, Captchas are way worse (but also avoidable - by paying gook-moot).
>>53817321
What's wrong with it?
>>53817402
people on 4chan make fun of him for using it
>>53817402
nothing
>>53817402
it isn't slackpkg
>>53817441
>it isn't slackpkg
topkek
>>53817402
>>53817421
Nothing
I was triggered because of patented codecs not included in packages like m4a on ffmpeg, etc.
It isn't package manager fault actually
I wanted to shitpost.
To those using i3, have you been able to get the scroll wheel to work as a 'key'binding? The names are button4 and button5 if I recall correctly. It hasn't been working for me.
>>53813022
I have a 5 partition encrypted scheme in Debian trying to install now. I used the recommended scheme, and am now trying to set up the mount points I think.
Sizes:9gb /usr
3gb /16.5gb /tmp397mb /boot180gb /var
Will this work? If not what scheme would work using the available encrypted partition scheme?
>>53817509
>9gb /usr
>3gb /
>180gb /var
Why do you have separate /usr?
Why your /var partition is so big?
>>53815554
>>53815626
Disregard my question, I got it figured out. It took some fiddling as, apparently, one of my previous attempts to get it to work fucked up some other things that I needed to fix to get it working. Archwiki's page on MPD made it look more complex than it is - from my linux-retarded perspective, at least. Appreciate the response, though.
>>53817533
He really likes his /var partition.
>>53817533
I have no idea what I'm doing. It set up some recommend encryption scheme. Now I have to define what they do I think. But it does not show what the recommended scheme us now. I don't think the /boot should be encrypted, right?
>>53817533
>180gb /var
240p porn server, obviously
I know this is a GNU/Linux thread, but this is pobably the best place to ask.
If I want to try BSD, is FreeBSD the way to go? What about other BSD distros?
I have been having problems mounting my WD external hard drive. It will show up sometimes and work perfectly fine but most of the time it won't work at all when trying to detect it.
>>53817716
Stay with us; we'll treat you right. :^)
>>53817716
OpenBSD has good songs
>>53817733
So what is your question?
I've been using nano for a long time, if I'm looking for something different is vim the only logical choice?
>>53818589
vim is always the only logical choice.
you have to forget everything you know about text editors though. modal editing takes a while to get used to but once you do you wonder how anyone can not use it.
>>53818608
Not the guy who asked originally.
How do you, personally, manage with the defaults?
Should I even bother learning it if I'm not going to be doing extensive text editing?
(Just some config files and written documents here and there.)
>>53815936
gnu/linux or nsa/windows, you tell me
>>53816117
why are you here Addie?
>>53818747
manage with the defaults? i pretty much keep the defaults?
i don't have a huge rc or anything, set ts=2 and that's about it.
vim will change your life, even if you're only doing small things like changing configs here and there. the fact that you can do rather powerful cut/paste, substitution/replacement, seeking, and other commands using single keystrokes is really powerful. for example, . (period) is the command that repeats the last edit action, which can mean inserting a word or a phrase or replacing two words with another word. it has single keystroke commands for scrolling through a document by block. the command syntax has a system that becomes really intuitive once you grasp it (for example you can almost always add numbers to a command to scale it). finally there are a lot of other programs that use vi keybindings so learning and getting comfortable with vi(m) will let you use other great things like vimperator, ranger, etc.
>>53818862
>>53818747
your vim package should come with a vim tutorial that you can open as a file which guides you through the basics, after that it's just a matter of using it until it becomes muscle memory.
also friendly reminder that in a terminal Ctrl-[ sends the same keycode as Esc, you can use it as a shortcut to keep your fingers on the home row.
>>53818862
Alright, thanks for the details. Side note, what the fuck is "ts"?
>>53818913
tab stops.
the default is 8 which looks absolutely horrid
if you're in command mode (the opposite of edit mode) you can type : to bring up the command prompt and then
set ts=4 or 2 or whatever you want.
>>53818747
It's not as hard as you think. It's really a great editor.
how exactly do desktop environments work?
can i just hot-swap them for fun if i prefer the look of one, or am i going to have to configure shit if it wasn't the default one that came with the distro?
i don't mind swapping a few things using the GUI but i can't be fucked dealing with text configuration if i decide later i want a different UI style that the current one can't provide.
Ubuntu vs Windows Server OS for at home baby file server?
Long story short, I finished up my 2 year degree in Network Administration and all my schooling was geared towards using Windows Server OS. I'm not new to Linux by any means and have used various *buntus and am comfortable using it as a daily driver/server OS.
Im not in the tech Job world yet as I am looking to get my 4 year first, but what OS is more relevant in the job market? Like what do most companies, large and small, use?
What makes Windows server OS superior or inferior Linux in the server world? And vice versa? Should I boot Linux on the metal with WS OS in a sandbox?
>>53819254
>Windows Server
lol
>>53819320
that doesn't provide any insight as to why makes Windows Server OS bad or good. I know windows of any variety in the FLT is laughed at but I'm still looking for an answer of some sort.
i gotta admit, plasma with 'dark as my soul' looks better than expected. too bad ram usage is above desirable.
>>53819472
>too bad ram usage is above desirable
>8 GB RAM
Who gives a shit nigga. Unused ram is wasted ram
OK guys here's a "stupid" question
I'm getting ready to clean install windows 10
I want to dual-boot with GNU+Linux.
How should I configure my partitions?
Where does the swap go? Bootloader? How many partitions will I need, and about how big should they be?
Using a 750 GiB HDD, 4GiB RAM
So I've been TRYING to fuck with debian inside of a virtualbox, but I can't get the guest additions to install properly. It apparently installs fine, although it bitches at me about the headers (but I have the headers installed)
I'd LIKE to have access to a resolution similar to my current so I could get the most out of it, but it's really frustrating.
Any suggestions?
>>53819601
What host?
>>53819632
wangblows 7.
Not sure what else to do on it desu, pretty sure I am installing the guest additions properly in the guest session.
Wanted to dick with debian a bit since I'm curious how much more/less stable it is than a buntu flavor.
>>53819658
Try VMware
>>53819572
when i do field ham radio shit with this system, i usually need all the ram. i dont use this computer for 'ricing'. i happened to have spare time and wanted to test kde when i go to united states in 4 weeks
>4 sdr dongles running their own instances of gnuradio
>few tabs open in firefox
>random other shit open
>>53819681
I'll give it a shot. Cheers anon
2 disk setup. One disk is win7. Second is a 2tb drive with a 200gb Debian partition, the rest storage ntfs. Should I install GRUB to the MBR? I would just like to select the boot drive from my BIOS. Don't want to deal with/look at grub when going into my w7 drive.
>>53819696
>use KDE at home when you want eyecandy
>switch to something else when you need RAM
The advantage of Loonix is it's versatility, how it can be adapted to serve different needs at different times
ok, so I am in the middle of installing gentoo for the first time, and I am trying to figure out what I should put in make.conf.
I have a 2500k btw.
>>53819823
if it has 4 physical cores and 4 hyperthreads, of course you can use a lower number if desired
MAKEOPTS="-j9"
derail attempt
>>53819863
should I set march to native, or should I try and find the specific architecture
awk --copyleft | wc -c
>>53819876
>go onto youtube
>recommended for you
looks like some botnet got in
how does this happen? I have to use a google account for university, but I thought I unchecked 'botnet' in the settings
how do you get it to stop tracking youtube videos?
>>53820008
a) delete cookies, better use an addon that does it automatically
b) change IP
>>53820064
>an addon that does it automatically
I thought addons were botnet
can you recommend a non-botnet addon that does this?
>>53820136
https://prism-break.org
Choose yourself. Somewhere is a browser+addons section.
>Today tens of millions of users are using an operating system that was developed so they could have freedom—but they don't know this, because they think the system is Linux and that it was developed by a student 'just for fun'.
As someone who has seen every idealistic thing they've ever attempted fail horribly (or go off track, arguably worse than failure), this hits far too close to home.
>>53813215
if you killed pulseaudio with pulseaudio -k, it probably just restarted itself, which is why it won't start:>ps ax|egrep pulse
7293 ? S<sl 0:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=no
9192 pts/10 S+ 0:00 grep -E --color=auto pulse
>pulseaudio -k
>pulseaudio -D
E: [pulseaudio] main.c: Daemon startup failed.
>ps ax|egrep pulse
9666 ? S<sl 0:00 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --daemonize=no
10101 pts/10 S+ 0:00 grep -E --color=auto pulse
>
>>53813932
Not sure if it made it over to nvim but debug mode might give you some clues:
http://inlehmansterms net/2014/10/31/debugging-vim/
>>53813958
plugins will do the trick. If you like vim keybindings you can get vimperator/pentadactyl which lets you get rid of nav/tabs/whatever ui. There's standalone plugins that do it too.
>>53819472
>using 900MB with firefox open
Nigga that's nothing. I'm on one of those "minimal" setups and it's using 500MB for Firefox and nothing else open.
So, /flt/, actually I'm not sad. It's nice to be here in this thread with you. That small, warm place, listening to the storm outside; the last breaths of the thing that once was a technology board.
>>53819164
If you're using a display manager, you can just select which desktop environment you want for the session from a menu.
>>53820252
That gif would be more funny with a windows logo.
>>53820259
>>53820240
i hope youre proud of youself
>>53817277
I use systemd and slim no problem on arch, so I'm not sure if that's the reason.
>>53817277
What's wrong with PAM?
>>53820301
My point was that he's obsessing over pointless things. I don't know how many tabs he has open or what else has been cached for him, but as people already said: unused RAM is wasted RAM.
>>53816821
I thought win10 got them? I know back in the day you could have them with Hydra or some shit that I can't remember the name of that was vaguely related to the gpu/overclocking my awesome new radeon 9800 pro
>>53820400
Your conversation partner left 6 hours ago.
>>53816225Option "TearFree" "true"
>>53819164
They provide a set of applications to give you a cohesive experience.
Usually they come with a panel, a window manager, a launcher and a hotkey manager.
I have not seen any effort to try to make the config files identical so you can switch from one to another using the same config files.
As they do things differently, I can't imagine someone who would do that.
The best way to try them all is to load them on your spare machine and spend a week or two with them one by one.
Then you have an informed opinion on all of them and you can configure the one you prefer and forget the other ones exist.
You can't judge something off a screenshot or how the defaults are, you have to see how it responds to daily use.
>>53819254
Try streaming videos from linux using minidlna, and then try streaming from windows.
>>53817533
Probably has mysql with a database of all the dicks he's sucked
>>53819897
make sure you add --with-fast in there, otherwise it'll be slow.
>>53820414
>Implying I pay attention to timestamps
>>53820388
see >>53819696
i use my system for real computer stuff.
Hey, new Linux user here. Google Chrome is my favorite browser, but I don't want to submit to the botnet, how do I install it on Fedora? It isn't in the dnf repo.
>>53820679
https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/
seems theres a prepacked release from google for fedora. consider chromium as an alternativ though
>>53820679
>>53820702
It should be noted that Anon would have to get Chromium from Copr, as explained in https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Chromium
what piece of software is this?
About to pull the trigger on an SAS HBA.
I have a HP microserver and the HBA is a dell 12DNW.
Are dell cards alright or should I just go with the original LSIs?
Can we still post if we use linux without gnu?
>>53820920
does the bear catholic?
>>53820888
look up "hex dump"
>>53820936
wut
>>53820940
well I got that much, but I want to know what program it is. It's not hexdump or xxd as far as I can tell
>>53820909
Same chipset, the PERC / dell card should be fine as long as it's not tied to dell hardware (not sure how that works desu, I know some are, but not sure about the pci-e ones)
Just don't forget to disable NCQ or you'll likely have strange timeouts.
>>53820982
Yeah I know dell and HP can be cunts when it comes to compatibility. I remember my old laptop had a whitelist of hardware that would work and wouldn't work. Had to track down a modified bios to change the wifi module.
I might just go for it and if it doesnt work ill sell the fucker again.
>>53820888
It's not the same program, but dhex is very similar
>pic related, dhex run on dhex
>>53820679
http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/install-google-chrome-with-yum-on-fedora-red-hat-rhel/
This is a better alternative, since it actually adds google repository. Along with stable I would recommend installing unstable since it is based af
Here's a question I'm sure you'll laugh at:
I've installed something via apt-get, and with it comes other packages it requires to run - this is understandable. When I come to remove the program once I no longer need it, does its associated packages also go, or do I need to remove them manually. If the latter is the case, how do I know what was associated with the package I just removed?
Purely from the point of view that I don't want the system to get flooded with hundreds of packages that are no longer needed.
>>53821089
install gentoo
>>53821089
>autoremove
>autoremove is used to remove packages that were automatically
installed to satisfy dependencies for some package and that are no
more needed.
>>53821089
it does not
in order to remove those, you have to run apt-get purge $packagename and then apt-get autoremove
>>53821089
sudo apt-get remove apt-get
This should help, since every other package manager should remove the dependencies as well. That's basically its purpose.
>>53820679
>wants to use chrome
>doesn't want to submit to the "botnet"
You're not making any sense.
