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>>54346022
What are the hex colors of the Arc theme?
>tfw can't find a perfect file manager
thunar
>latest release 1.6.10 has a bug which makes it crash (even with the provided patch it still happened) on rename
>pasting files with same name doesn't offer a "rename" function
>doesn't remember views for each directory
>clunky rename window/box
nemo
>renaming in any view but list-view has a broken background (can't see selected text or cursor; makes renaming iffy); bug report CLOSED on the issue tracker
pcmanfm
>no archive manager integration (have to use shitty hacks)
caja
>similar to nemo, but can only utilize engrampa for archive manager integration
spacefm
>missing a few things, don't remember what and can't be bothered to install it again
gnome files
>lol y u need features though?
Nemo seems to be my best bet so far. If only they fixed that renaming bug.
>>54346147
>download theme
>check the .scss file
>>54346175
I stopped using file managers when I got comfy with the terminal I's so much faster and comfortable. I don't even have a FM installed. Get comfy, buddy.
>>54346247
>penguin not son of gnu
meme dropped
>>54346175
have you tried dolphin, you can use it without having to use kde I think
>>54346267
Linux doesn't need GNU to work
>>54346212
>it's faster
No, it's not. Here's just one example:
>open directory full of pictures
>don't know what's what
>have to open everything to find a picture if you don't know the filename
>>54346271
I tried, but gave up after this:resolving dependencies...
:: There are 2 providers available for phonon-qt5-backend:
:: Repository extra
1) phonon-qt5-gstreamer 2) phonon-qt5-vlc
Enter a number (default=1):
Why would a file manager need an audio backend/server? Holy shit, that's ridiculous.
>>54346355
it's got a preview feature for audio files I believe, and it's not the only fm to do so, it's actually pretty common
>>54346305
nice meme, better than your pic
I'm using fedora with cinnamon for about 4 months and Ipretty like it. Yet, I have a problem. I bough a 5 yearsoldthinkpad and install fed/cin on itbut it seems a bit slow. I know i could just pop lubuntu on it but xfce isn't for me. Is there any other distro that cinnamom run more smoothly?
Android is GNU/Linux
Does anyone know if there is a way to root a Marshmallow H815 G4?
Why is Debian testing more stable than Ubuntu LTS and how the fuck did Canonical fuck up so badly?
>>54346924
Android is Linux, no GNU whatsoever.
Read the fucking FSF page on the matter you mong.
>>54346924
Mr. Retarded
>>54346175
been using the default MATE one.
It's called Caja. Alright.
How do I make Mint "bleeding edge" when it comes to updates?
>>54347232
use arch/opensuse tumbleweed/another rolling release distro, and then install cinnamon
What's the best way to edit the Grub launcher to something more elegant?
I'm dual booting Xubuntu and Windows 8 if relevant.
>>54347232
You don't, since Mint is a LTS version of Ubuntu. Install Debian Testing with cinnamon.
>>54347199
I am Mr autistic for that matter
>>54346624
Cinnamon should run best on Linux Mint, Ubuntu or Debian. Also, Lubuntu with Xfce, u wot m8?
>>54347113
Canonical care about branding, their idea of user experience and not having to pay anybody to maintain things. Also the further away you are from the original distro the worse it gets.
>>54347262
the Arch wiki has all the information you need to install a theme, change the colors or just generally customize grub.
"can't access tty job control turned off"
What do? happened after booting into windows like two times
For those who need a bit of help on the command line, currently seeding videos on /t/
>>>/t/713097
>>>/t/713097
>>>/t/713097
>>>/t/713097
Videos on a more professional level will come.
Don't forget about the ported videogames thread too
>>>/t/707928
>>>/t/707928
>>>/t/707928
>>>/t/707928
>>54348438
Thank you kind anon.
>>54348526
Just posted more advanced topics >>>/t/713100
Cant start netctl/systemd-networkd,and various other servies.Pam/polkit keeps killing it when its started.-- Subject: Unit netctl.service has finished start-up
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit netctl.service has finished starting up.
--
-- The start-up result is done.
Apr 30 13:40:44 linux sudo[2328]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
Apr 30 13:40:44 linux polkitd[8404]: Unregistered Authentication Agent for unix-process:2329:18091839 (system bus name :1.123, object path /org/freedesktop/PolicyKit1/AuthenticationAgent, l
Apr 30 13:40:44 linux sudo[2335]: user : TTY=pts/4 ; PWD=/home/user ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl start netctl
Apr 30 13:40:44 linux sudo[2335]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0)
Apr 30 13:40:44 linux sudo[2335]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session closed for user root
I'm new at Linux, messing around with OBS and seeing if my machine can stream. I try to do screen capture so I can play aot webgame full screen, but what happens on the stream is on and off flickering between the full screen and the desktop.
Is this a simple fix? Also I heard there is another capture option called monitor capture, but I don't have that. Should I?
Is this the wrong thread for this q?
>>54348710
But it sounds like tearing
Check if you have compositing on
>>54348810
How do I do that exactly?
I'm looking to turn a spare box into a home fileserver (never more than one user, really) and netflix-box.
If I've only got 2GB of RAM in the box, is it gunna shit its pants from running samba and a gui for netflix?
Following that question, is there a good cellphone-to-computer interface for linux? I use remotemouse (or used to) for my windows box so i wouldnt have to get out of bed to navigate videos, but that doesn't appear to exist for linux.
>>54348875
>netflix
free yourself with kodi bruh,
>>54348875
should work well enough.
and i've tried kdeconnect. somewhat good, but don't really like kde so didn't stick with it.
>>54348949
Kodi doesn't let me watch random shit on a complete whim.
has anybody flashed libreboot here?
>>54348825
Check your xorg.conf or /etc/X11/xorg.d.confg/10-monitor.conf(or what ever you have there)
>>54348969
tried and failed, so haven't gone at it again.
got a spare x200 to do it on too, but just gathering dust in a box right now.
but there are a few that have done it at /tpg/, if they don't go in these threads too.
>>54348875
You could try x11 forewarding.I dont know if there is a phone client though.
For ssh,juicessh is a great for your phone.
Getting this when ever i try to use sudo,which then failssudo: sorry, you are not allowed to preserve the environment
>>54346175
>2016
>not using ranger
>>54348994
I have this. Running antergos
>>54348999
I just bought one and am planning on flashing it soon. Received some ominous message off gapps which suggested some government backed hax0rs were trying to get up in my shizzle. I am literally left bamboozled cos of it. Literally no idea why. But it made me look into security & take it a bit more seriously. I love the idea of free software 2bh.
>>54349061
next time use scrot :)
Are you using ati or nvidia?
Looks like you're not using an xorg config,might be as simple as poping a config file enabiling it.
>>54349036
>not wanting to spend an hour learning keybinds to browes shit.
>incapable of learning how to use a mouse
>>54349091
I believe my laptop has an integrated Intel thing. 500?
So what I create an xorg.config, type something into it, then save it?
>>54349129
see if you can run any of the following
xcompmgr
compton
If not,install compton and try again with the tearing
>>54349077
>Received some ominous message off gapps
what do you mean, like the gapps you shouldn't flash after a ROM on your android?
>>54349128
>implying even before learning the bindings that ranger isn't instantly superior for file browsing and management
>not being familiar with vim-like key bindings anyway
>still browsing the Gooey Jew
>>54349028
Do you use sudo -E? Or have set an alias likealias sudo="sudo -E"
>>54349226
>see prentious faggot post(MUM VI/VIM UUUURRRRR)
>immediatly ignore anything posted by said faggot
>not being familar with shit that is outdated since the 80's
>being stuck in the 80's
>>54349289
Nope.No alias at all
su works fine.I just cant run sudo anymore.Checked sudoers and everything is inplace.
>>54349312
Well something isn't in place or you are using an alias you don't know about. Check it all again.
>>54349091
>scrot
bloat
ImageMagick can sudo your mother
>>54349225
no like I logged into gmail and I got a message saying state sponsored hax0rs were after me. Apparently it affects 0.1% of google users mainly "journalists and policy makers". I'm not a pedo, hacker, journo, or politician :/
>>54349293
Didn't you hear? I'm a vim user. My shit tastes like ice-cream.
Take the 30 minutes to learn vim and you can unrepentantly eat your own shit and be maximally productive.
>>54349324
Renamed .bashrc and and sourced it from /etc/
Reset sudoers to just have root and user as ALL=(ALL) ALL.
Still throwing the same error.
>>54349380
huh first i've heard of that.
can only refer you to the libreboot wiki you no doubt have seen already.
good luck anon
>>54348967
sure it does, you set it up right and you can stream everything including new movies. tv shows go up like a day after they air, and you can even watch netflix exclusives and shit, go to tvaddons.ag or just figure out how to set up genesis/exodus
>>54349462
thanks mate.
I live in a 5-eyes country.. But as I said, I *don't* understand why I've been "targeted" so to speak. Posting this off a compromised windoze machine btw, kek. I'm not sure I really give a fuck. But there's the whole philosophic argument that your computer is an extension of your mind? Idk. But collect my metadata all day long.. Idc, etc, etc.. Try and backdoor my rig? Brb going full Stallman.
>>54349518
You're on 4chan.
Mook owned a data mining company that spied on 2ch collecting users data to create a profile
>>54349509
>a day after they air
NIgga you can get that shit seconds after it airs without it.
A proper set of regex and an rss feed and you're golden
>>54349220
No change. It's not the screen as I see playing it, it's the screen someone watching the stream sees, so I would think it was something about OBS. Window view works fine
>>54349595
yea, my gut says it was 4chan, since it seems like a recent warning. But... I'm still not really sure what triggered it. Fugg. Politically I'm quite centrist, albeit slightly unconventional. Could have definiately tried to "hide my powerlevel" from govt/ISP if I felt inclined, or like I had a dog in the fight....
Daily reminder to be careful of what you post on the internet, kids.
>>54349643
Its most likely a false positive.They commonly use that for the people that need it for....
I was going to type a bunch of words,then i realized they would probly trigger some watchlist.So yeah those people.
>>54349425
Maybe this will help? https://serverfault.com/questions/371630/how-to-configure-sudoers-to-always-keep-ld-library-path-envrionment-variable
>>54349684
It shouldn't be this way anon.
Big data means big collection I guess. But it still scares the shit out of me.. And I always thought of myself as a bit of a statist 2bh :3 Gotta love free speech where one self censors...
>>54349734
Gunna have to change my ip soon,they might not like how close i came dissenting comments
Is there a tool I can run to check the health of the battery in my thinkpad?
>>54349760
haha, cool sage. where should I send my resume?
Is there anything i can do on windows that cant be done on arch?
If i ever decide to play vidya is wine suitable?
>>54349784
charge it too 100% and let it drain
>>54349912
Kill yourself you ugly tripfag cancer.
>>54349912
There's lots WINE can't run. You should switch to a .deb or .rpm distro and then finally use your computer to actually learn something.
>fresh install of ubuntu 16.04
>Fonts on some websites loading incorrectly
I don't understand, why is this happening? I'm using Firefox. I installed ttf-mscorefonts-installer, but it's done nothing to help. Anyone else get this issue on 16.04? pic related
>>54349912
Just follow this guide.
>>54345954
I don't think RMS would approve of being likened to Che Guevara.
>>54349784
>uncompressed png + transparency
>meme pic on the internetz
COMPRESS IT NORMIE YOU DO REALISE THAT MEME JUST LEECHED 3 FUCKING MEGS OF MY BANDWIDTH REEEE
hey nerds
how do i install cinnamon 3.0 on Debian?
all instructions I can find are for obanto.
Current repos tell me that 2.8 is the latest.
>>54350079
he abso-fucking-lutely would not. Fugg. I'd love to get stoned with him and I don't even smoke that stuff anymore. kek.
>>54349978
I didnt realise i had a trip on tbhfam
>>54350027
I see
>>54350055
i followed it but the ending was kinda weird
>>54350079
It's good to see they're keeping the air clean and moist for their bird.
>>54350111
It depends on what you want to run. Simple stuff like normal Games and Photokek will work in WINE. With some tinkering you can also get some AAA games running in it. There is WineHQ where you can check if a AAA game works good or not and how to make it running. For everything else you need PCI passthrough, which isn't very easy for beginners, but if you have enough time to set everything up, you can have a full working Windows-Gaming-Console VM in GNU/Linux.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDxMJQLXmBE
>OpenGL core profile version string: 3.1 (Core Profile) Mesa 10.1.3
>OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 1.40
>OpenGL version string: 3.0 Mesa 10.1.3
Noob mint cinnamon user here. I'm having a hard toime finding out if there's a way to get it to have core profile of at least 3.2
Google searches haven't been helpful
>>54350107
Does 3.0 offer new functionality you want?
i am running arch xforce and want to install blackarch on top of it. from the tutorial i run
curl -O https://blackarch.org/strap.sh
i have tried as root and as sudo and getting error
curl -O https://blackarch.org/strap.sh
any advise would be greatly appreciated. newfag still learning
*pic unrelated but definitely feels like a bear on my back
>>54350525
>error
Where?
>>54350525
sry forgot error
curl: (35) unknown ssl protocol error in connection to blackarch.org:443
>>54350493
no.. but.. m-muh bleeding edge
>>54350525
It's because the domain is down. Jesus. Didnt you even think about to send a ping?
>>54350640
not really since i have the site open in my browser. it was slow to load but thought it was my connection
>>54350670
Just try it tomorrow. Maybe the devs are ddossing themselfs or something like that.
>>54350640
>>54350702
ok thanks anons
guess everyone is downloading
hey guys
I`m using linux mint livecd. I don`t even know how to input a single command in the terminal but I`m already feeling like those kids that just started smoking and don`t know how to roll a joint but write 420 on everything
damn my keyboard layout is messed up
um what. steam won't run on my arch.
>>54351021
>arch
>steam
Just use windows.
>>54351052
i sold my windows computer and only have a chromebook
God damn it, guys. I am at my wit's end with this conky configuration. It just won't show up on my desktop.
When I manually kill everything conky related, then runconky -c ~/.conkyrcI don't get any errors. I might see it flash at the top left of the desktop (which is wrong, it should be top right), but then it disappears. htop shows it running, but it isn't visible.
Here's the first part of my conky config:alignment top_right
update_interval 1.0
background yes
own_window yes
own_window_type desktop
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,skip_taskbar,skip_pager,sticky
own_window_argb_visual yes
own_window_argb_value 255
own_window_title no
double_buffer yes
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
minimum_size 240 400
gap_x 10
gap_y 10
use_xft yes
xftfont Hack:size=8
default_color A74301
temperature_unit celsius
Is there anything glaringly wrong? I am running Fedora 22 with Gnome.
>>54351021
You're still missing the right lib32- packages as i told you yesterday.That one package alone isnt enough
>>54351021
"It reinstalled itself and everything looked great. Until I looked and saw that Steam had apparently deleted everything owned by my user recursively from the root directory. Including my 3TB external drive I back everything up to that was mounted under /media," keyvin said.
>>54351068
restart x
>>54351072
I'm not that guy
>>54351068
Post the whole thing please.
>>54351068
>>54351102
hurry, I need to take a shit
>>54348671
Why the Fuck do you keep posting the message saying a thing started up successfully, if you think something is being killed why don't you look into that effect not the startup. Every fucking day. Grow a pair and investigate the problem yourself.
>>54351155
>Friendly
>>54351155
It didnt start up.
It starts as you can see and then is killed by unthorized agent shit
>>54351155
>everyday
If you're that bothered about it,why not try and help him :^)
>>54351166
we should change it to unfriendly gnu/linux general, just like how the gnu was added
>>54351303
>it's Just.Linux
>>54351088
Did. Many times.
>>54351102
>>54351152
Sorry, took the dog for a walk. Here's the rest, because I don't feel like pastebining it.TEXT
${font Hack:Bold:size=10}${color dodgerblue3}SYSTEM${hr 2}$color${font}
Kernel: $alignr $sysname $kernel
Uptime: $alignr $uptime
${font Hack:Bold:size=10}${color dodgerblue3}CPU${hr 2}$color${font}
CPU0: ${goto 45}${cpu cpu0}% ${goto 72}${cpubar cpu0 8,50}${goto 128}${freq 1} Mhz${alignr}${exec sensors | sed -n '18p' | cut -c18-23}
CPU1: ${goto 45}${cpu cpu1}% ${goto 72}${cpubar cpu1 8,50}${goto 128}${freq 1} Mhz${alignr}${exec sensors | sed -n '19p' | cut -c18-23}
CPU2: ${goto 45}${cpu cpu2}% ${goto 72}${cpubar cpu2 8,50}${goto 128}${freq 1} Mhz${alignr}${exec sensors | sed -n '18p' | cut -c18-23}
CPU3: ${goto 45}${cpu cpu3}% ${goto 72}${cpubar cpu3 8,50}${goto 128}${freq 1} Mhz${alignr}${exec sensors | sed -n '19p' | cut -c18-23}
MB Temp: ${alignr}${exec sensors | sed -n '3p' | cut -c16-21}
Fan Speed: ${alignr}${exec sensors | sed -n '13p' | cut -c13-23}
${font Hack:Bold:size=10}${color dodgerblue3}FILESYSTEMS${hr 2}$color${font}
/ ${alignr}${fs_used /} / ${fs_size /}
$fs_bar
/home ${alignr}${fs_used /home} / ${fs_size /home}
${font Hack:Bold:size=10}${color dodgerblue3}MEMORY / SWAP${hr 2}$color${font}
${goto 100}${alignr}$mem / $memmax
$membar
${goto 100}${alignr}$swap / $swapmax
$swapbar
${font Hack:Bold:size=10}${color dodgerblue3}NETWORKING${hr 2}$color${font}
Wireless Down: ${alignr}${downspeed wlp3s0}
Wireless Up: ${alignr}${upspeed wlp3s0}
Wired Down: ${alignr}${downspeed enp0s25}
Wired Up: ${alignr}${upspeed enp0s25}
So I'm trying to install tightvnc on raspbian but every time I do that it breaks the login screen and I can no longer get access into my pi and have to reformat the microsd
Is there another distro I could use for it or is this some sort of bug present in tightvnc for every distro?
I just want something that works
>>54351434
why no ssh?
>>54351415
>>54351068
It worked for me. I'm using just one cpu, so I deleted the other cpu lines and it worked perfectly. Sorry I can't help.
>>54351464
I would like access to both ssh and vnc for its GUI
But I cannot get into ssh because vnc breaks the login screen and causes an endless loop
With ssh removing vnc doesn't fix the login problem so I cannot have physical access to my pi
>>54351471
See? That's what's so frustrating. A nearly identical version works fine on my desktop, but when I try it on my laptop (a T420s) it doesn't. It actually did work fine before, then I did an upgrade and it stopped. I have no clue what broke. I even tried uninstalling and reinstalling conky, but it didn't help.
Thanks for trying, though. If anyone else happens by this and has a suggestion that would be appreciated.
>>54351530
Do other configs work for you? Or just this one?
>>54351551
Actually, I think the default config works. Let me check.
Which partition should I install grub to on my laptop? The same one as the Windows Boot Manager or a separate partition?
>>54351611
Yes, the default config works. It's ugly and all hell, but it shows up. Something is fucked with my config, even though it works on another computer.
>>54351649
I suggest this book. It helped me many times.
Just comment out all lines and comment them in one-by-one until it breaks.
>>54351170
What happens when you run it as a command rather than a systemd service?
>>54351663
You know, I sort of tried that approach, but in reverse. I commented out almost all of the text except for the kernel and uptime section, then started commenting out seemingly relevant settings at the top. Nothing made a difference.
I'll try it the other way and see if it shows where the break is.
>>54351509
If you were going Linux to Linux with vnc try xpra instead
>>54351633
None, it should be installed to the hdd, outside of partition
Does anyone have RHCSA or RHCE? How hard are they? From what I've read they pretty much revolve around KVM?
>>54351863
I am somewhat lost, because I haven't installed on UEFI before and my laptop has a quickboot ssd in addition to the hard drive. Can I reenable quickboot/intel rst once I have installed ubuntu?
witch distro from here: http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html is more like ubuntu mate?
>>54351741
Alright. I commented everything out except the kernel and uptime. This is the error I get:Conky: desktop window (c00015) is subwindow of root window (bf)
Conky: drawing to desktop window
Conky: drawing to single buffer
Conky: can't load font '6x10'
X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
Major opcode of failed request: 55 (X_CreateGC)
Serial number of failed request: 93
Current serial number in output stream: 95
If I enable the two xft font settings that gets rid of the 'can't load font' error, but the rest is essentially the same.
Enabling 'own_window yes' and 'background yes' gets rid of the above error, and it seems to run, but nothing appears. I go down the list of command options, enabling each in turn and nothing makes it appear.
>>54351933
just install whatever has the mate packages in their repo.
would check for you, but you probably should do it yourself.
i would probably guess that parabola or trisquel has them.
>>54351933
>Trisquel, a GNU/Linux distribution based on Ubuntu
I wonder.
>>54352060
Do you have lots of "*somethings:" in your .Xresources?
>>54352159
I do not have a .Xresources file.
I like this more than I should.
>>54352587
HOW MUCH EXACTLY SHOULD YOU LIKE IT???????????????????? >:((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((
Is there any valid reason not to install lubuntu?
>>54352741
if you want a DE that's not ancient
also unless you need every extra Mhz you might as well not use a DE
>>54352587
N-no thanks!
What are some good themes to use in Ubuntu 16.04? inb4anotherdistro. I've used Debian and Xubuntu so far.
I just want to know.
>>54352770
isn't it easier to remove de bloat from something like lubuntu that is as vainilla as possible.
>>54352804
why even use it then?
URxvt question.
From experience, I know that framebuffer images (ranger, w3m) only work with 24 bit depth and transparency needs 32 bit, but I'm wondering if there's a way to have true trancparency AND framebuffer images?
>>54352587
All this lolcat, cowsay, powerline and zsh gimmick stuff is nice for some days, but you'll get rid of it soon when you're focussing on functional minimalism.
I have arch installed on my laptop which i use for watching movies/tv and shitposting and arch works great for that. on my desktop ive been running windows since my wifi card isnt supported on windows but i now have access to ethernet and im going to install linux. my question is should i install arch on it or just go for ubuntu? i use my desktop for DAWs and graphic design and i play csgo (the only vidya i play). is it less complicated to use wine for ubuntu than arch? ill be using wine for adobe programs and my DAW. and i want to know if the linux version of csgo would be harder to install on arch then a debian based OS.
>>54352797
themes for what? if i were you i woild install a different DE since the default unity DE is shit and has barely any options. if youre looking for customization i would suggest xfce or gnome.
>>54350055
uhhh
>>54349912
kernal panics
>>54352948
Put Debian on the machine you don't plan on maintaining frequently, i.e. production machines.
>https://audio-video.gnu.org/video/2005-11-18--rms--tunis--wsis.webm
HO
LY
FUCK
Why aren't we hearing more of these things guys? All that parallelism about colonialism, which I can say is true because I know a bit of history on that, is mindblowing!
Why don't we have more speeches like this that inform people about what free software is and does?
>>54352982
Can't read a simple guide...
>>54353118
Some guy made this "GNU/TV" thing some threads back (every 2 or so a new video). Saved the backlog. Most videos on gnu.org have meh quality but these are nice.
> GNU/TV pasta:
>Richard Stallman - "What Stands in the Way of Digital Freedom?" at SIGEF 2014 (Geneva, Switzerland).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8mOIAY_Jmw
>Richard Stallman: Snowden leak a chance for privacy, time to fight Big Brother.
https://img.rt.com/files/episode/1f/c2/d0/00/sophieco_1507.mp4
>Richard Stallman: Liberating Software, 2012-08-18, Spotlight Interview, RT.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFMMXRoSxnA
>Richard M. Stallman Speech for Curitiba Event 2003.
https://audio-video.gnu.org/video/richard_stallman-speech-for-curitiba-event-2003_theora_video.ogg
>Richard Stallman speaks: What is GNU?
https://audio-video.gnu.org/video/2005-11-18--rms--tunis--wsis.webm
>Richard Stallman speaks: Welcome to Software Freedom Day (2011) - A short (8 minutes) introdution to Free Software.
https://audio-video.gnu.org/video/stallman-software-freedom-day.ogv
>Richard Stallman speaks: A Free Digital Society (Karlsruhe, Germany, Jul 10, 2015).
https://audio-video.gnu.org/video/2015-07-10--rms--a-free-digital-society--720p.webm
>Richard Stallman announcing the release and giving an overview of the major changes at the FSF's Boston office on June 29, 2007.
http://gplv3.fsf.org/static/release/rms_gplv3_launch_high_quality.ogg
>Richard Stallman, interviewed by Matthias Schüssler, in Zurich on February, 9th, of 2016.
https://b2aeaa58a57a200320db-8b65b95250e902c437b256b5abf3eac7.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/media_entries/7910/Richard_Stallman_in_Zurich_Full-HD-Version-fkkDvKGcNSo.webm
>>54353118
>>54353237
>Stallman
>talking about muh Big Brother boogeyman for 30 years
>still nowhere in his life
>Linus
>actually made something millions of people use
>/g/nutards actually think the homeless gypsy has done more for the computer industry
>>54353237
Got that vid from the same guy.
I know some people hate pasta, but goddamn, gold is gold. The guy must keep them regular.
Even Snowden got a nice one https://media.libreplanet.org/mgoblin_media/media_entries/357/snowden-prerelease.webm
>>54352841
What kind of transparency? If its terminal better get a "compositing window Manager", which is just a fancy tool to give more functions, nothing to do to replace your current wm.
Xcompmgr would do the job.
>>54352587
Whoa that's pretty fucking awesome, how'd you do that?
>>54353382
just pipe shit to lolcat
>zsh meme
>oh-my-bloat
>shitton of insecure depencencies
>people actually dig this
>>54352841
Pretty sure drawing to the framebuffer is just a memcpy, so no it doesn't support transparency. But if you read the frambuffer first and composited the final image yourself in userspace you could maybe do it. You can have a look at the w3mimagedisplay source from eg git://anonscm.debian.org/collab-maint/w3m.git
Although looking in /usr/include/linux/fb.h it says stuff about 32bit pixels with a transp bitfield on the end. Not sure if it is used though.
Well, I arrived here hoping to learn a bit.
Seems like the next topic of conversation may be the Linux Sucks con that turns out to be a praise.
Oh well, time to sit back and marvel.
>>54353440
Thank you, will have a read.
>>54353315
What's the general opinion of KDE? My laptop is more than capable of handling it smoothly, just wondering if the "muh aesthetics" is worth it
Well, I'm that old fucker you guys saw about a month or two ago. Told me to get Debian. I couldn't so I got mint. It's already gotten Screenfetch and it's getting some of the basics I use. Is there anything else I can do as a power user to help get me into full grasp of using my new laptop install?
>>54353559
Sit and watch some vids >>54348438
My music (via mpd) stops when a Skype sound is played with Pulseaudio. Isn't that not supposed to happen with Pulseaudio?
Mpd is using a Pulseaudio output and Skype can only do Pulseaudio since the latest update. Am I missing something?
>>54353507
>am i allowed to use this gais? pls tell me, approve of my choice pls
>>54353426
They switch to it just for the prompt. Gotta let that sink in for a moment.
>>54352770
>not use a DE
>lxde counts as a DE
>installing openbox, lxpanel, pcmanfm, nitrogen, lxpolkit and a bunch of other stuff doesn't count as a DE
>>54353726
they both do.
>>54353679
I wish i could refute this but it's true :^)
>>54353507
Does it still have inferior "K" versions of everything? I like Ubuntu Unity or XFCE.
Aight, so I'm using an AMD GPU not compatible with these new AMDGPU drivers with both open source and proprietary drivers.
I can manage, for instance, to get XFCE working with vsync or use compton instead, both get rid of tearing on most applications, except Chromium. My only current way to enjoy tearing free Chromium is if I use proprietary drivers which are worse in terms of performance from what I've seen.
My question is, why is it that vsync works just "partially"? As in, nothing has tearing except Chromium? I seem to recall windows forcing vsync on anything windowed if it was enabled on the desktop
I restarted my linux server and all my disks switched /dev/sdx name and now my mount points are all fucky.
my /boot/ SD card is mounted where my qbittorrent drive should be mounted. How do I fix this? I try to unmount the sdcard but i can't.
>>54354022
this is why you should use UUID's instead of device nodes, they're never wrong as they're contained in the filesystems' metadata
>>54354056
I just changed the UUId in FSTAB. Not sure exactly what happened. Should I just restart again?
What benefits would using GNOME afford me over Unity, as far as Ubuntu DE's? (I guess other distros too, but I'm talking about test running the various 16.04 flavors.)
>>54354139
More customization, it has add-ons. There's more themes out there for it as well.
How can I install linux on my laptop without a flash drive or disk? not picky on flavor, preferably something similar to ubuntu/mint
>>54354171
GNOME and Unity both use GTK; they are literally the same themes and the addons work also in Unity because it uses the GNOME shell as backend.
>>54354139
Nothing, just looks.
>>54354262
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.
>>54354262
Use a virtual machine. You should do it this way first anyway to test different distros/de's so you don't get stuck with something you don't like.
>>54354303
im cringing at this shit
im guessing when your ex said "we need some time apart" you replied "ok how much?"
>>54354318
I have a pretty decent understanding of how to use Ubuntu, I used 14.04 LTS (I believe) for a few months, I just don't have a way to install it again.
>>54354330
Then just buy or steal a zip disquette like a tru /g/ent and go for it.
>>54354262
Well there was wubi for ubuntu but it says it doesn't work fow win8/10: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WubiGuide
If you can resize the system partition you can make a new partition there and put a linux install on it by eg installing to a VM then copying stuff to the parttion with ext2read then use eg easybcd to boot into that from a chainloaded bootloader.
Actually it looks like you can boot into an ISO from EasyBCD so maybe just try that. You presumably wont be able to overwrite the whole disk (that has the ISO on it) so you will have to have enough free space on the disk to create a new partition at the end for linux.
>>54354322
I'm cringing at your reaction to a hundred year old copy/pasted text. Hard to say who's a bigger idiot, you or the guy thinking he's witty for still pasting it.
Can anyone give or point to some config file for xfce to get rid of tearing? What compositor is installed on xfce by default?
>>54355482
xfcewm's compositor.
You didn't provide any information about your hardware. Do you expect people to be clairvoyant?
Installed IntelliJ but I wanted to be able to launch it from roft so I created a command line shortcut through the Tools section in IntelliJ. Problem is that the command needs sudo, so when I try to start it from roft i get a permission denied error.
Here's a snippet of the script created by IntelliJ that I'm launching from:#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import socket
import struct
import sys
import os
import time
# see com.intellij.idea.SocketLock for the server side of this interface
RUN_PATH = u'/opt/idea-IC-145.597.3/bin/idea.sh'
CONFIG_PATH = u'/root/.IdeaIC2016.1/config'
I'm guessing it has something to do with the config_path, maybe not... What should I do? I'm new to linux fyi
>>54355637
yes
Has anyone tried KDE Neon?
>find someone who had the same issue I'm having
>zero responses
Bring on the cyanide.
>>54352859
Look at the crap is has, I don't think he's focusing on any kind of minimalism.
>>54356317
Most likely, yes.
>>54356588
or
>edit: nevermind, fixed it.
>>54356998
Thanks for clearing that up.
>>54346924
>Android is GNU/Linux
I wish it was
>>54351434
There is something about both ssh and vnc in the debian handbook. Read it.
>>54353315
Linus started one kernel that probably won't be used anymore in ~25 years. Rms (not him alone though) started a movement and a license that benefits the whole community for as long as software licenses and copyright will exist. The idea of copyleft alone is worth more than one single monolithic kernel could ever be.
Also: why does everything have to be a fight for you? What about parallel development? Are you really that obsessed with this "us vs. Them" mentality?
>>54353449
I like Lunduke, he was an open-source person that turned to a full on free software advocate. His discussion round that they didn't put on YouTube and "linux is weird" were really interesting.
>>54353898
Chromium is really weird, that's why. Does it offer something like about:config in firefox? If yes you could search for vsync there.
>>54354139
More useable workspaces, more customizability, not being bound to ubuntu, wayland...
>>54345954
Sup /g/
I got some problems after upgrading Arch, but fixed most of them so I was able to start xfce.
Everything seems to work except for numix icons. I tried reinstalling them, removing and installing again and they still don't work. They appear on list, I can choose them but they look exactly like default icons, other packs works just fine though. I've checked pack location and all the .svgs and everything is here.
Anyone has any idea what's wrong?
Would linux run, even without a home partition? I cloned my ssd, which consists of my root and boot partition on my hdd there is my /home. Now I wont to move these to a single hard drive. How do I achieve this? My assumption was to restore my ssd image onto the drive and create a new home directory and finally edit /etc/fstab
>>54358314
>Would linux run, even without a home partition? I cloned my ssd, which consists of my root and boot partition on my hdd there is my /home. Now I want to move these to a single hard drive. How do I achieve this? My assumption was to restore my ssd image onto the drive and create a new home directory and finally edit /etc/fstab
>edit
After some updates on my Ubuntu 16.04, the Ubuntu Store does not opens anymore.
Help me please, I need it!
so i've run into this problem where my tray icons/applets in tint2 stop being clickable, they work when I first login but then just stop being responsive after a while, anyone know how to possibly fix this?
>>54358314
>Would linux run, even without a home partition
Yes.
>>54358627
Did you uninstalled Ubuntu Store? if not, be more clear and give more detail as for what you did/installed/uninstalled.
>>54359032
>Did you uninstalled Ubuntu Store?
No.
I uninstalled DèjáDup because there was some dependency problem, and ordered to be reinstalled, and added Messenger for Desktop, a non-official open source client for Facebook Messenger. Then, after I connected to the Internet, the Software Updater ran, and I decided to close Ubuntu Software. Opening again... it doesn't open!
>>54351690
Runs fine.But having to start 20+ services manually,isnt feasable.This obviously no working as intended
Hi everyone, I'm having issues with my wireless on Linux Mint 17.3.
I can actually connect but only to a shared network from my phone or if someone else hotspots it.
But I can't connect to my home network or any other that isn't hotspotted. Is there a fix here?
Also I tried setting my IP address manually and I managed to connect but the browser says I'm not connected.
>>54359082
The point wasn't for you to start 20+ services manually. The point was to narrow down the problem.
>>54359118
Yes,and i said it runs fine,further mentioning it isnt just one program being affected by this issue.
Are you guys happy with your KDE? What distro you use? I cant decide what to install .
>>54359142
So it is obvious where you need to look then.
>>54359159
I have looked in to the polkit and pam rules.None of which were modified from their stock settings.
It's not as if i didnt spend the better part of a week googling this problem before posting here.
>>54359067
Sound like some dependency fuckup or bug. Reinstall the store via the command line or synaptic.
>>54349394
Wrong picture faggot
>>54359402
>Reinstall the store via the command line or synaptic
This way?sudo apt install software-center
hi trying to install blackarch on arch. i downloaded following the manual, but do not see any of the blackarch menu items in my programs. am i missing something?
-newfag
I installed Ubuntu 16.04 in my netbook and appears I do not have graphics driver! There are many causes to this, but I need to know if I did something wrong, ok? So please, help me:
>NO GPU, NO CPU: APU!
>AMD E-240
>wrong screen resolution, adding one by means of Xrandr fucks everything if selected
>checked 'additional drivers', not even one listed there
>I chose 'no proprietary software' when installing
>Ubuntu 16.04 abandoned the first proprietary graphic drivers of AMD, chose new open-source ones still being developed and released
>don't know if AMD will release drivers for my model, that has at least 6 years
So, what do you think?
>>54359663
What?
More like thissudo apt-get install --reinstall software-center
Or did Ubuntu changed its package manager?
>>54359726
I'm pretty sure that "-get" isn't necessary anymore. But for the other differences you pointed, I don't know, I'm noob.
>Contribute graphic designs
>We are looking for new graphic designs for t-shirts and other GNU and FSF items to offer in our shop. If you are interested in contributing some good-quality art to help raise free software awareness, please contact <[email protected]>.
Noice, didn't know this exists. Anyone has experiences? http://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/man.html
How do I install mint over my elementary os partition?
My wireless mouse does not works in Ubuntu 16.04. How can I make it work?
>>54360793
by selecting the ext4 partitions and using those.
>>54360803
have you tried turning it on?
>>54360830
Yes.
>>54360875
could you be so kind and give me us a device name? or better: a name of the chip it uses.
mouses that don't work with a generic driver are pretty rare.
>>54360915
Leadership 2021.
>>54359726
Fuck, the new software center (the one having problem) does not works, and what was installed by using this command is the old shitty software center that was dropped in this version of Ubuntu. This one does not opens simply because it was always shitty.
>>54361253
run it from a terminal and post the output here
>>54361605
I uninstalled both software center, then installed againgnome-software. Before, and after, I get the message that [i]/usr/lib/gs-plugins-9/libgs_plugin_xdg_app_reviews.so[/i] is missing, so the software center does not works!
>>54361636
Post the full output, preferably with code tags
https://bpaste.net/show/39506c56598b
I give up. If anyone wants to finish the eyes - here you go: https://paste.teknik.io/Raw/YerGd
>>54361705
OK, here it is:$ gnome-software
(gnome-software:7484): Gs-WARNING **: failed to open plugin /usr/lib/gs-plugins-9/libgs_plugin_xdg_app_reviews.so: /usr/lib/gs-plugins-9/libgs_plugin_xdg_app_reviews.so: Não é possivel abrir arquivo de objetos compartilhado: Arquivo ou diretório não encontrado
^C
>>54357834
Anyone?
>>54361741
Did you even try researching this problem yourself?
https://askubuntu.com/questions/760377/gnome-softwarefailed-to-open-plugin-usr-lib-gs-plugins-9-libgs-plugin-xdg-app
https://askubuntu.com/questions/761745/gnome-software-on-ubuntu-16-04-doesnt-work
https://osdir.com/ml/ubuntu-bugs/2016-04/msg17788.html
Why do most Linux distributions have such shit video performance in Virtualbox?
>>54361705
I searched and found a news article of day 25 of last month saying the new software center has a bug about .deb packages.
>>54361865
Because you are using a VM.
>>54361875
That's funny, I found lots of results. Perhaps there are not many portuguese speakers suffering from the bug.
>>54361865
A VM doesn't use the powers of you graphic card, because, well, it's a VM.
>>54361910
It's called linux
>>54358627
It has been deprecated in favour for GNOME software center.
>>54361959
For tech illiterates, yes. Because they usually just parrot other tech illiterates.
>>54358944
Sounds like a tint2 bug. Which version are you on?
>>54359681
Just install the tools yourself on "regular" Arch, you script kiddie idiot.
Did Eric Bélanger die?
>>54349128
It takes like 5 seconds to learn how to use the controls. Arrow keys work as expected and [Enter] opens a file. It also has image previews. What's so hard about that?
>>54361907
I found no results in English. Maybe I used the wrong keywords...
>>54362023
For most people who are not pedantic enough to give two shits.
>>54362006
I know. But the name here appeared as "Ubuntu Software.
