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Chromium. Fucking chromium. Everytime I try with both my AMD GPU and integrated intel graphics, any driver, any DE, both wayland and xorg, any composite manager, I cannot get rid of tearing on that. Firefox is fine, most applications are fine. But not Chromium. Not that piece of shit. I don't know what else to do.
I use webmin to control my ubuntu server from my local network. Is there any reason why the interface won't always load full? Sometimes some of the icons don't load and I have to refresh a couple of times.
Server isn't under massive load so I don't really know where to start.
>>54524651
What's your problem with firefox or icecat? I could help you get things you need working with them.
>>54524747
I would say a connection timeout but I don't think your connection is that slow.
>>54525210
Nothing much in particular, I just have most of my shit synched with google.
Icecat in particular, what does it not offer that Firefox would?
How long until Wine will fully support Dx10?
>>54525261
Icecat has very good defaults for ptivacy and security. It is maintained by the fsf and they develop it parallel to mozilla instead of using an usual fork. It comes with librejs (which checks for nonfree javascript and doesn't let it execute) and some other tings like privacybadger by default but you can disable it or whitelist 4chan. It also doesn't support DRM.
In general it is pretty good but not as up to date as things like firefox aurora obviously.
Importing things from google is not too hard, I'd recommend doing that.
>>54525239
I get well over 30mbyte/s over wireless and latency is low too. I've noticed it randomly doing it a few days ago, even when accessed from different machines.
Not a massive issue, just wondering what I'm doing wrong.
I miss the mid-2000s. I miss triple booting Ubuntu, XP, and early 7 betas. Linux was a new thing to me then and it was so much fun learning and exploring something other than Windows. Now an Arch user that thrill is gone. Guess I'll go to BSD.
>>54525338
m8 I remember messing around with knoppix around XP times and I wish I had stuck with it more.
I've recently switched and as a winblows fag the learning curve is pretty steep at first. If only I saw the advantages back then.
>>54525338
Tried LFS or hardened gentoo yet?
Do you maintain packages?
Is it an issue to not update my ubuntu installation? I kinda just want to leave it running and not worry about it. Last time I updated it it wouldn't boot anymore.
>>54525354
No I do not maintain packages. I've thought about contributing to something but don't know where to start. I assume my help isn't needed because there's probably a ton more people who are more capable doing the job.
>>54525402
well, in arch there are not nearly enough people actually maintaining packages because everyone just uses the AUR as if it were secure. it would be a great contribution to just do it for a few programs. please think about it. it's not just important for arch in case you prefer other (preferably comunity-) projects.
opinions on CentOS as a home http/ftp/file/media server?
would another flavor suite me? I kinda want to learn the RedHat linux branch. But I wonder if they are backdoored since they work closely with the US government...
Alright, I installed Ubuntu Mate, but I can't figure out how to turn off the mouse acceleration. It's driving me nuts.
>>54525467
>sudo rm -rf /
You're welcome
>>54524747
Next time it happens open up the web inspecter and see how the requests are failing.
>>54525520
>friendly gnu/linux thread
>telling me to format /
fucking 4chan
>>54525467
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mouse_acceleration
>>54525453
CentOS is okay if you want to get familiar with the RH ecosystem. if you don't trust them you can always use Debian.
>>54525467
man xset
/accel
>>54525542
Is that a chrome addon?
>>54525657
it's in FF.
>>54525439
Where can I go to start looking into this more? Like I said I'd like to but have no clue where to start.
>>54525657
It comes from the rendering engine. Just right click somewhere in the page and choose Inspect from the popup menu.
>>54525778
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_packaging_standards
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Creating_packages
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Build_System
>>54525797
Thanks, senpai.
>calling Linux in general "GNU Linux" I think is just ridiculous
Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux
>>54525467
sudo rm -rf C:
you're welcome
>>54525919
fuck that little finnish snow nigger
How can I convert this clusterfuck of an timestamp into a proper unixtimestamp?
[CODE]2016-05-13-14.00.39.047525[/CODE]
>>54525932
Yeah, fuck that Finnish guy who invented Linux and revolutionized the tech world ... instead let's listen to a butthurt hippie communist Jew who also happens to endorse pedophilia.
>tfw no Hurd general
>>54525919
>has a kernel named after his own name
>claims it's ridiculous to call an OS by the name of the part of it that was made first and mentioning his/the kernels name
>>54525957
You can certainly format the date yourself..var mydate = new Date(form.startDate.value);
var month = ["January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
"July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"][mydate.getMonth()];
var str = month + ' ' + mydate.getFullYear();
You can also use an external library, such as DateJS.
Here's a DateJS example:<script src="http://www.datejs.com/build/date.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script>
var mydate = new Date(form.startDate.value);
var str = mydate.toString("MMMM yyyy");
window.alert(str);
</script>
>>54525957
>2016-05-13-14.00.39.047525
Well in general it would be egdate +%s -d<timestamp>but there is no way to tell date what format you are giving it and it has to guess. Of coures it chokes on you one so you have to mung it to something like this:date +%s -d"2016-05-13T14:00:39.047525"
If you need to automate that conversion that can be done with sed.
>>54525959
>he made something therefore he is always right
cucked beyond oblivion
>>54525971
He wanted to call it Phreax or something retarded like that. We should be grateful it's Linux.
>>54525971
Linus didn't name Linux. He gave it to some guy who had access to a ftp server at his school and that guy named it that (becaus Linus hadn't given it a name)
>>54526136
Phreax sounds better
>>54526080
Here is a very tiresome sed expression that turn you timestamp into something date understands:sed 's/\([0-9]\{4\}-[0-9]\{2\}-[0-9]\{2\}\)-\([0-9]\{2\}\).\([0-9]\{2\}\).\([0-9]\{2\}\).\([0-9]\{6\}\)/\1T\2:\3:\4.\5/'
>>54526161
>>54526152
>Linus Torvalds had wanted to call his invention Freax, a portmanteau of "free", "freak", and "x" (as an allusion to Unix). During the start of his work on the system, he stored the files under the name "Freax" for about half of a year. Torvalds had already considered the name "Linux," but initially dismissed it as too egotistical.
>In order to facilitate development, the files were uploaded to the FTP server (ftp.funet.fi) of FUNET in September 1991. Ari Lemmke, Torvalds' coworker at the Helsinki University of Technology (HUT) who was one of the volunteer administrators for the FTP server at the time, did not think that "Freax" was a good name. So, he named the project "Linux" on the server without consulting Torvalds. Later, however, Torvalds consented to "Linux".
>>54526180
Hey thanks I used your first hint to create a timestampish looking date.echo -e ${login_array[1]} | awk -F '.' '{print $1":"$2":"$3"."$4$5}' | awk -F '-' '{print $1"-"$2"-"$3"T"$4}
The problem is, the timestamp returns a wrong value it's like 5 hours behind. Any pointers?
>>54526228
That timestamp is pobably in UTC but date assumes your local timezone. Try appending a Z on the end of the timestamp you are passing to date to tell it it is in UTC (aka Zulu time, hence the Z)
Is there a CCCleaner equivalent of linux?
How do I delete folders created by packages that I'm not using anymore?
>>54526284date +%s -d "2016-05-13T15:07:27.777291Z"
date: invalid date `2016-05-13T15:07:27.777291Z'
date -d @1463126847Z
date: invalid date `@1463126847Z'
I'm confused, sorry
>>54526518
Works for me (the first command you posted, unix timestamps are always supposed to be in UTC). Adding UTC on the end instead of Z (and with space before it too) works too
My date is version 8.25
>>54526418
On debuntu you can use apt purge package and it should remove config files it as long as the package maintainer was diligent in documenting them (they usually are)
What would be a good distro or distros without systemd and fast installation, easy and updated?
Which distribution should i choose for running kdevelop effortlessly and why? (Generally speaking I'm looking for just werks distro.
Also bonus: are there any good alternative ide?
>inb4 vim
>>54526418
What the other guy said plus bleachbit.
>>54526859
Debian without systemd shouldn't be too hard.
I did it
>>54527678
congratulations. Not the most realistic tits though. How did you do it?
>>54527748
I got a webm of Gwynevere's tits somewhere of /v/, and just ranmpv --wid=0 --loop Gwynevere.webm
It's pretty dank
>>54527803
it is, thanks for sharing
>>54527586
Devuan
>>54527911
i don't think that's stable, i was talking about https://wiki.debian.org/systemd#Installing_without_systemd
I run Debian Sid with non-free and contrib repos enabled.
Am I a bad person?
>>54525549
>format /
That's not formatting at all
>>54528297
I've handcuffed myself to my heating pipe. Am I a bad person?
No, you're just less free than you could have been.
>>54528297
You're a terrible person for thinking that this shit would actually be worth posting about
>>54528297
you don't force somebody else to use proprietary software do you?
>>54528482
No, I don't. I'm just kind of a new guy to all this and I figured I'd make it easier on myself by giving me more software availability
>>54528396
I see
>>54528421
Sorry anon
Why can't files be downloaded in the temporary folder like in Windows?
>>54528530
they can, you don't have permission for it? make a new directory with tmpfs as a file system. you can put it in your /home and call it RAMdisk or something
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Tmpfs
I have been thinking of trying this GPU passthrough thing. I'm looking to play some titles that are coming out.
Would it be worth it to upgrade from 8 to 16gb of RAM or maybe just dual boot and forget about it altogether?
>>54528609
dual-booting is definitely easier but you will learn useful things about virtual machines this way. 8gb are usually enough but if it ever runs out you can buy a bit more.
>>54528609
If you're actually doing the passthrough, get ready for driver hell
>>54528650
Well, I currently have a 280x which is already going to be hell without it.
Just that dual booting always seemed annoying to me, even though I currently have an SSD and it would take just a few seconds to reboot.
>>54528689
I personally dual-boot with my SSD. I'm gonna try the passthrough thing when I'm less busy in a month or so. If you're feeling brave do try it out and report back
What distro are you on btw?
>>54528297
you are on 4chan, that ship has already sailed friend
>>54528702
Right now none, but I was using Xubuntu frequently.
>>54528396
>>54528482
>>54528297
>Server hosting the website you're connected to, binary executables
>Your ISP routing systems, closed source blobs
>Your router/modem/whatever, closed source firmware (most likely)
>Your thinkpad™ CPU microcode, closed source
Keep thinking you are free.
>>54528985
fuck off
$ locate nigga.txt
i have 2 of those in different directiories
how can i edit them in 1 go without cd'ing to their paths?$ sudo nano $('locate' nigga.txt)
works and gives me the first result of it, how can i get the 2nd result?
>>54529343
Why do you have redundant files?
>>54529386
dunno im stupid
nano opened them all, but the buffer for the 2nd file is empty!
would you know what im *trying* to do is called so i can read up on this?
>>54525338
Opposite for me.
Using Arch for two years and now everything is Just Working. My stuff is set up, I have configs for everything and I don't even notice "the operating system" any more. Isn't that what everyone should be striving for?
>>54529400
If you want to keep both files the same, symlink one to the other.
>>54525825
You won't be able to contribute to the main repository, because you need to become a trusted user for that.
>>54526859
You're obviously a beginner since you're asking for a fast, easy installation and "updated" distribution. You most likely don't even know what systemd is, but you already have such a strong opinion about it.
Pathetic.
>>54526859
Gentoo
>>54529510
You only encourage him to regurgitate shitty memes again again and again.
If you don't know the answer - ignore the post.
If you know the answer to his problem, just post a list of distros and call it a day.
There are only two possible outcome.
>Outcome 1:
He really wanted a list of systemd-free distributions so you just helped him and kept the spirit of this thread. His intentions to as "why" are completely irrelevant.
>Outcome 2:
He's a wannabe ruseman who after the lecture of https://encyclopediadramatica.se/G/#Trolling_.2Fg.2F wanted to shine.
And by providing him a list of systemd-free distros which he allegedly wanted you give him no material to work on.
>>54529400
does the path to one of the files have a space in it?
>>54524583
Someone give me the most edgy satanic Linux distro. I want to feel like the antichrist senpai
>>54529775
http://ubuntusatanic.org/
>>54529788
Ayyyyy lmao
>>54529788
Wew lad, too lewd to be posted on this Christian forum.
http://ubuntusatanic.org/wallpapers/SE-Bathory.jpg
How to set a launch option for a program?
For example, I need to disable GTK for eclipse to work right, so I need to launch it with:
> SWT_GTK3=0 eclipse
How can I make it so I only have to type "eclipse"?
Current I have an eclipse.sh that does that, but then I have to type "sh eclipse.sh"
>>54529775
The "distro" you're looking for is BSD
>>54529930
set an alias in your ~/.bashrc
>>54529788
>666 comments
http://ubuntusatanic.org/news/about/
>>54529923
666/10, would commit adultery for
>>54529923
Gross
>>54529930
>Current I have an eclipse.sh that does that, but then I have to type "sh eclipse.sh"
You don't. Add the directory where the script is to your PATH and add the proper shebang on top of the script and make it executable with chmod. Most people have a "bin" directory somewhere in your home directory to keep it neatly organized.
For bash, use this shebang (assuming your bash is located there):
#!/bin/bash
>>54529967
That website just keeps on giving.
http://ubuntusatanic.org/music/mesentery-blood-rain.jpg
Apparently that's an unironic album cover and that album is bundled with Ubuntu Satanic Edition.
>>54530041
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzowyf_niKo
that album is pretty good
>>54529755
yes
>>54530104
>Why wont my text editor work out what I want it to do when I give it the wrong paths?!?
Can you enable autoscroll in Opera? Running Xubuntu 14 LTS
>>54530156
well how do i pass the file path and \ the white space?
im new to linux i dont know what to even search for
>>54525930
Won't dare try it but wouldn't such an operation display an "are you sure y/n" message at least?
>>54530212
1) Either avoid uses spaces in directory names, or learn how to escape them yourself.
You can do purposefully stupid things if you really want to, but don't expect people to help you with it.
2) If you want to have the same file contents in 2 locations, you really should just be using a symlink and edit a single copy.
If symlinks are not good enough (compatibility with windows etc.) then make a short script to copy the file for any operating systems that will need it (can get away with just bash if you use cygwin or whatever).
What is a good distro
I feel comfortable with GNU/Linux and Xfce4 with Kwin installed manually
would prefer debian based
Anyone ever tried "st" -- ("simple terminal") from suckless?
It claims to be vastly more minimal and superior than xterm and urxvt. Yet I've never heard people from /g/ use it?
>>54530352
cheers m8 i needed a shittier vt100 emulator for my rubey on rails code artisan DEVELOPING
>>54525269
there has been some bits and pieces of dx10 in wine for a while now, not sure if any dx10 game works though
it hasn't been a big priority as many games still come with dx9/ogl support
i doubt anyone can give you a hard answer for "when", though, since nobody outside microsoft truly knows exactly how it's implemented in windows (reverse engineering is a game of trial and error)
Why is redhat a paid distro
>>54530307
not sure what the outptu of locate is but if it is newline seperated you should be able to use xargs to ensure proper argument passing
>>54524583
>compiling php on rpi just finishedreal 192m14.853s
user 164m22.940s
sys 4m56.240s
>>54530396
>developing
It's called dev'ing, fellow codartista.
>>54530352
less features in a tool I spend a third of my computing time in? Sure that sounds like a great idea!
>>54530540
what "features" do you talk about?
for me I want just need to interact with the shell and have nice pretty colors, auto complete is also nice.
Aside from that what grand "features" are you using?
>>54530345
debian
>>54530484
Because they have the freedom to charge for it.
On a serious note, what they really charge for is support. Might sound silly to pay for support as an individual user, but big companies depend on their computers functioning correctly at all times without having to depend on community support like stackoverflow.
>>54525957% echo -n "2016-05-13-14.00.39.047525" | sed -r 's/(.{10})-([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+).+/\1 \2:\3:\4/' | date +%s -f -
1463112039
>>54530708
fuzzy completion
>>54530510
now do firefox
>>54530954
not him, but that's the job of the shell, not the terminal emulator
>>54530352
>## How do I scroll back up?
>Using a terminal multiplexer.
kek. (But no, I haven't used it.)
>>54529923
Christians don't believe in bathing?
which distro should i get on this potato laptop?
thinking about using it as a server and im not sure if i should get ubuntu because of the specs
pic related, specs + 1GB of ram
>>54533697
>specs
im autistic
its just the CPU
did apt update but all my packages are up to date
i feel so empty
>>54533697
lubuntu and puppy linux should run on literal toasters
>>54531362
Uh, no, the shell is supposed to interpret commands and execute them.
Making it provide a little curses GUI is overkill. It's a dated and bad way of designing the command line environment and we could do better than combining your choice of interactive features with your choice of language. It should be the terminal's job, or the job of a general REPL wrapper, the specific instance of which should detect what it's wrapped around and read the proper configurations.
>i want good completion
>WELL TOO BAD YOU GOTTA USE THIS SHIT INTERPRETER
>i want a fast interpreter
>WELL TOO BAD YOU GET NO LINE EDITING WHATSOEVER
>>54533697
i run crunchbang on my netbook which has a similar but less powerful Atom, and it works godly
>>54533697
debian.
some distros have a "download 3rd party software" option during install. That's cool and all but I think I saw Flash there. Fuck that. Is flashless-extras basically the same thing?
>>54533847
patent-restricted software (like mp3 codecs and flash) is "optional" during install so normies won't complain "why muh mp3 dun work".
I've seen it only on Ubuntu and derivatives.
>>54528297
No, who cares.
>>54533773
What would you reccomend?(not being ironic)
>>54533847
Your distro would help a fuck ton
Anybody run Arch? How much shit does a rolling OS usually update per day, right now I'm at like 30-100MB+ in shit being updated constantly.
I have "unlimited" bandwidth caps but jesus, what if I go away for 2 weeks on vacation I imagine my system will want gigs of updates
what are the pros and cons of linux vs windows(8.1)
Are there any cons of using SUSE Tumblweed over, lets say, Debian sid? Also, is it stable enough for daily usage? I'm thinking of installing it onto my old laptop with xfce environment, only for browsing and media playback.
>>54534780
arch+fluxbox and you're solid
>>54534117
updating constantly will use more bandwidth than updating rarely, because lets say something gets a new version weekly, if you update more often, you'll get every release, but it you update less frequently, you'll be skipping releases
>>54534780
>re there any cons of using SUSE Tumblweed over, lets say, Debian sid?
no
>Also, is it stable enough for daily usage?
as much as debian sid
How can I render fonts so that I can distinguish pixels when zooming in? I've played around with the font display settings in xfce but it's always washed out.
Are there any BLACK gtk3 themes?
I dont mean grey,i dont mean silver,i mean fucking black
Pic related,abandoned
AMD is stepping up their game. AMDGPU has at least like 30 more devs working on it now.
>>54530230
you have to use an option to enable that
Any one here can help with slow boot times?
I have the dmesg pasted here
http://pastebin.com/TX1b73Bf
I felt like I should ask this in the /sqt/ but...here we go
just installed gnu for the first time, installed ubuntu, I want to know to show that window to the right in pic related with informations and etc. Thanks
>>54536182
you want to know how to show it?
apt-get conky, run conky.
That even looks like the default config set up
>>54536115
if you're using systemd, generate and post a boot plot graphsystemd-analyze plot | convert svg:- /tmp/plot.png
>>54536217
Resolution is too large, and it looks just blank?
I am experiencing a peculiar problem : my arch laptop successfully connects to the internet via LAN cable and WiFi at my uni, but no way to access the internet at home.
I tried booting with a liveusb of another distro and successfully pinged.
I reinstall all packages but it didn't solved the issue.
I consider doing a fresh install to get rid of the problem. How can I restore my softwares and configs after the fresh install?
>>54536285systemd-analyze plot | convert svg:- -resize 10000\>x10000\> /tmp/plot.png
this will ensure the result is within the resolution limit
>>54536429
This is it
>>54536429
>>54536285
alternatively, just upload the svg to jii.moesystemd-analyze plot | gzip > /tmp/plot.svgz
>>54536483
https://jii.moe/Vykl7_kMb.svgz
>>54536482
>>54536520
are you using systemd?
what do you get if you runsystemd-analyze blame
>>54536595
466ms dev-sda5.device
303ms networking.service
203ms gpu-manager.service
202ms ModemManager.service
181ms grub-common.service
175ms accounts-daemon.service
164ms apparmor.service
141ms irqbalance.service
131ms upower.service
130ms NetworkManager.service
123ms systemd-logind.service
110ms thermald.service
106ms plymouth-quit-wait.service
101ms avahi-daemon.service
96ms bluetooth.service
82ms apport.service
77ms speech-dispatcher.service
77ms systemd-udev-trigger.service
73ms lightdm.service
71ms ssh.service
70ms sysstat.service
65ms ondemand.service
64ms systemd-udevd.service
>>54536614
ok, weird it's not generating an svg
how aboutsystemd-analyze critical-chain
>>54536638
The time after the unit is active or started is printed after the "@" character.
The time the unit takes to start is printed after the "+" character.
graphical.target @1min 30.508s
└─lightdm.service @1min 30.435s +73ms
└─systemd-user-sessions.service @1min 30.225s +17ms
└─basic.target @1min 30.180s
└─sockets.target @1min 30.180s
└─snapd.socket @1min 30.179s +974us
└─sysinit.target @1min 30.172s
└─systemd-backlight@leds:asus::kbd_backlight.service @684ms +3ms
└─system-systemd\x2dbacklight.slice @480ms
└─system.slice @106ms
└─-.slice @104ms
>>54536708
that's weird, there's an unexplained gap before sysinit.target
can't say what it is without the plot
>>54536791
>https://jii.moe/Vykl7_kMb.svgz
Aint this it?
>>54536814
it's blank
>>54536844
Not for me...
>>54536904
got it, inkscape didn't like it for some reason
there's a huge gap where it starts to initialize the wireless card, but there's no red bar on anything, so idk what the deal is
>>54536994
Yeah this laptop has the intel 7260 card, and is a real pain in the ass
>>54524583
im a windows guy on my desktop pc but on my laptop i have installed ubuntu because i do like a change from windows at times but i never did like ubuntu gui but i can live with it i know there are better os out there but this one has the most support so if i run into problems 9 times out of 10 there is an easy fix for it
>>54537022
xubuntu, kubuntu, ubuntu mate, ubuntu gnome, mint's various versions
>>54537022
ubuntu is the defacto beginner distro, try that first
if you don't like unity, try kubuntu or xubuntu instead
>>54529775
Gentoo.
Enjoy :^)
>>54537058
>Not suggesting Mint
????
I've seen peoples terminals with a graphical pipe connecting the output of a command to the input, whats the name of this? Whenever i try to google it, it just returns with IO redirection and piping.
>>54537196
mint's been deprecated
>>54537272
No it hasn't.
when i do ctrl+alt+sysrq+m kernel prints
[222302.488708] sysrq: SysRq : This sysrq operation is disabled.
how do i enable this?
serious question: no matter which DE I choose I encounter low performance when on battery. I have a haswell ULV processor and when plugged it my performance is awesome; no tearing on intel graphics, animations are smooth, but when im on battery things get jittery and I sometimes have tearing
I want to attribute this to the powersave cpu governor but for some reason "ondemand" isn't available in TLP; it doesn't work
please help
are proprietary drivers usually better than open sores
also, how do I minimize screen tearing
>>54538115
Why not just use a window manager? Desktop environments can be resource heavy, which increases the load average.
>>54537123
How is Gentoo unpleasant?
>>54538163
They can be. What kind of GPU do you have?
>>54538163
Only on Nvidia.
With Intel you don't get a choice, there's only the open source driver.
AMD catalyst will give your computer AIDS, it's a terrible piece of shit. The Linux kernel ships with open source drivers for basically all of AMD's GPUs and it works really well but unfortunately the performance will usually be somewhat slower than catalyst.
>>54538427
lspci says Intel Corporation Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics
laptop is a Toshiba chrome book 2 2015 edition
amazon says Mobile Intel HD Graphics
>>54525453
>>54525453
>would another flavor suite me? I kinda want to learn the RedHat linux branch. But I wonder if they are backdoored since they work closely with the US government...
>He thinks CentOS isn't
Nigga, it's literally the main tool they use just to teach linux.
lel
>>54538525
Are you on Linux Mint or Ubuntu or something? That's the only one I've heard of having screen tearing with Intel integrated graphics.
>>54538592
arch
but the tearing isn't severe, it's minor
I barely see it, but it's still there sometimes
>>54538525
BSD's run fine with intel drivers, make a live CD with open/net/free and try and see if tear is still there
>>54538639
wait, gnu has its own open sores drivers and bsd has its own too?
>>54538676
>bsd
There's several. They're all completely different operating systems.
The various BSDs have their own implementations of Mesa and ports of the open source graphics drivers from linux.
>>54524583
I am done with windows I have been running a Debian VM for a while now and want to move over.
The thing is I have a lot of movies and music on my windows partition. I am running a emby server on another pc and want to move all my files over there. what is the best way to do that. I hear that FTP is bad and never to use it.
>>54537267
if you are talking about the lines on the left hand side that is just have some unicode chars and a newline in PS1
>>54537480
sysctrl maybe?
>>54538756
just use windows file sharing
>>54538798
the emby server is on linux Debian. can i still do this?
>>54538819
yes, use samba
>>54538759
Yeah that is what im refering to,Is there a name for that style, i'd like to look into it.
>>54538609
Have you done this? https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/intel_graphics#Tear-free_video
>>54535943
Nice, this probably means we will see amdgpu pro soon.
>>54534899
Use something like terminus
>>54538525
Enable tearfree. There is a guide on most wikis.
I have a rather common problem with QCA9377 firmware not being able to be loaded correctly on my acer E15 E5-532-C2HA[ 13.875243] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/cal-pci-0000:02:00.0.bin failed with error -2
[ 13.888847] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: invalid firmware magic
[ 13.888970] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/firmware-4.bin failed with error -2
[ 13.888977] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: could not fetch firmware file 'ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/firmware-4.bin': -2
[ 13.889158] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/firmware-3.bin failed with error -2
[ 13.889165] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: could not fetch firmware file 'ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/firmware-3.bin': -2
[ 13.889308] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/firmware-2.bin failed with error -2
[ 13.889314] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: could not fetch firmware file 'ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/firmware-2.bin': -2
[ 13.889457] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: Direct firmware load for ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0/firmware.bin failed with error -2
[ 13.889463] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: could not fetch firmware (-2)
[ 13.889544] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: could not fetch firmware files (-2)
[ 13.889629] ath10k_pci 0000:02:00.0: could not probe fw (-2)
i've copied these files over https://github.com/kvalo/ath10k-firmware/tree/master/QCA9377/hw1.0 to /lib/firmware/ath10k/QCA9377/hw1.0 and rebooted, also tried the backports stuff described in this thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2304250
so far, no luck.
Also, i'm on Void Linux with kernel 4.5.4, but this even occured on ubuntu LiveUSB.
>>54538756
why not sftp?
>>54539579
>>54539824
enabled it
it fuck up my browser's smooth scrolling
I'm on arch. will a linux package update override my custom config?
>>54540180
>smooth scrolling
Good
>>54538756
fast as fuck: nfs over udp
convenient where windows is involved: smb/samba
easy to setup almost everywhere: ftp
secure: sftp
Daily reminder that GNU/Linux only describes a complete UNIX clone and not a complete OS defined by modern standards (it's in the pasta, even), and that Linux alone is a complete OS by very pedantic standards
>>54540207
why, do u hate it?
>>54540196
no, updated config are created with a .pacnew extension
i recommend using "etc-update" to merge them with existing configs, it's ported over from gentoo
>>54540246
wait, where's the kernel?
can't find it on usr/src/
>>54540230
>that Linux alone is a complete OS by very pedantic standards
no
>>54540286
the kernel image is in /boot
>>54540244
Yes, scrolling is supposed to be a line of text or a few at a time.
>>54540230
But Linux can do anything that any OS you would consider a real OS can do.
>>54540230
>>54540295
>>54540458
>>54540561
I'm going to clear up this confusion once and for all.
The OS is called GNU/Linux. This is how you pronounce it:
"Lee-nuhks". The "GNU/"-part is silent, like the "P" in "Pterodactyl" or "Ptolemy".
Glad I could help
>>54540127
nvm, i wiped the folder and copied it over again, it magicallz is working now.
what is the coolest, most futuristic looking linux that i can install?
>>54540602
we all know what its called stop bing so nit picky RMS
>>54540623
Linux 4.6-rc7
>>54540602
>>54540602
Yeah but you know what?
I wouldn't call you by your last name and first name every time I addressed you. It's fine to call you by your first name. I'm not robbing your dad of any glory by doing so. Holy shit.
Not to mention that there are some embedded applications in which you can pretty much just run the kernel with a super-light (NON GNU IF YOU'D LIKE) shell.
>>54540602
No, GNU/Linux is only an OS as defined by POSIX. Linux is an OS as defined by more generic terminology and systemd/(your DE here)/GNU/linux is an OS as defined by modern terms.
POSIX is irrelevant and so is the name GNU/Linux
>>54540830
GNU includes GNOME and linux-libre
Looking for a distro:
I need help choosing a distro.
My main activities will be taking screenshots of my desktop and uploading them to 4chan
>>54540928
arch
>>54540830
The fundamental parts of such a system is GNU and Linux. Systemd doesn't rely on GNU but it forms a miniscule part of the system in comparison to GNU and Linux.
>>54537480
You need to enable it in your sysctl.conf
>>54524583
anyone had experience dual booting debian with os x el capitan? I wanna get back into linux but would rather not just run in virtualbox. previously I've successfully set up an arch build in an old pentium 4 I had lying around but it wasn't very fun to use, I'd rather have something built into my everyday pc (macbook pro late 2012)
>>54538408
>spend 20 hours compiling inital base.
>spend another 24 hours installing software to make it desktop possilbe
>realise your mistake as its the third day of your install and you onlyhave basic getty.
>>54540215
>sftp
Not using scp
Is there a reason why clamav on ubuntu only uses one core? Disks are barely doing anything but one core is fully loaded.
how i make lubuntu faster?
>>54541698
sudo apt-get install more ram
>>54541698
how are your spect? (post inxi -Fx) what exactly needs to be faster?
>>54541698
You paint it red
>>54541710
can't install more ram it's a laptop
>>54541728
CPU
Intel Core Solo @ 1.86GHz 25 °C
Yonah 65nm Technology
RAM
512 MB Single-Channel DDR2 @ 265MHz (4-4-4-12)
Motherboard
Intel Corporation MPAD-MSAE Customer Reference Boards (U1) 26 °C
Graphics
Default Monitor (1280x800@60Hz)
Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family
Mobile Intel(R) 945 Express Chipset Family
Hard Drives
98GB Hitachi HTS541010G9SA00 (SATA) 22 °C
Optical Drives
MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-841S
VUZ 74PINW1M7W SCSI CdRom Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio
How do use mpv for images and gifs?
How do I install kwin on arch with xfce
compiz is buggy af
>>54542399
disable compiz, enable compton. kwin doesn't really work well with xfce.
>>54542411
but I want kwin
what are the packages
kwin works fine on other xfce installs
>>54542429pacman -Ss kwin
>>54542442
none work
I tried both
>>54542455
You're full of shit
Is this the best way updating Debian and *buntu system?
sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade
>>54542701
Somewhat
usually a full-upgrade isnt needed and will delete all your settings
use upgrade
Thinking of spending some time on my Linux partition, but the driver for my wifi adapter is shit, what should I generally try to fix it?
And in general, is Linux for programming a meme? Coming from a very beginner programmer
>>54542701
depends on what you used before, if you use aptitude (which is recommended) the best on stable would be sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude upgrade (or sudo aptitude and then pressing u and g)
or on testing or unstable
sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude dist-upgrade
Whats the texlive-full equivalent in centos yum?
When I compile a kernel I can choose from lots of options
Do I have to recompile every time I want to turn one of these on/off? Can I put a boot flag in or something?
>>54542891
Gee I was just kidding when I said to install gentoo...
>>54542745
Find out what adapter you have ,and find how to get its drivers to work
Hame A2 anon again.
I'm glad my router has 8 MB flash memory. My free space is around 3 / 8 MB now.
OpenWRT used ~4 MB at default install. Wget, umts modem and adblock package used another 1 MB.
I couldn't imagine if I used a router with 4 MB flash memory.
Finished:
- Changed my wifi name with a better name
- Adblocking at router level, moved all blacklisted url to static /etc/adblock.blacklist
- SSH Authentication with public / private key
TODO:
- Rice my Luci theme
- Log all visited url at router level, some games still have ads so I need to update my blacklist manually
- Wireless upload / download statistic at router level
- Get a new 32 or 64 GB Class 10 SD card for my router so I can have swap partition and cache everything with squid, I hope there's no bottleneck. Maybe I'll setup extroot too.
- Find out why adblocking doesn't work with wireless repeater mode
- Read networking book with Linux
- Setup QoS to prioritize certain traffic (dns, whatsapp, bbm, browsing, etc)
- Setup miniDLNA
- Setup guest Wi-Fi
- Block more sites
/blog
>using a host for the systemd parasite
Disgusting
>>54543033
100% worth whiile post. Thanks for sharing anon.
>>54542891
You can compile it as a module and then set the module to load on boot.
>>54543033
The fuck is your problem with systemd?
>>54524583
I want to try out Gnome. Do I need to install the whole ubuntu gnome distro to do that, or can I download Gnome desktop environment individually?
When I tried to do sudo apt-get install, it said it needed almost 1 gig, or does Gnome really take that much space?
>After this operation, 987 MB of additional disk space will be used.
>>54543100
No problem, bro.
>>54543123
It is a cancer.
