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Reposting my question in the free thread: Why does systemd get so much hate?
>tfw Wikipedia redirects "GNU/Linux" to "Linux" and has a separate article, "Linux kernel" for the actual Linux.
>>54682291
It violates the UNIX philosophy; keeping things simple and programs doing one job.
>>54682291
Because it does things different than INIT and old fucks don't want to adapt
>>54682337
>old fucks don't want to adopt
Like this one: https://twitter.com/1990sLinuxUser
>>54682323
Well, technically, both GNU and Linux are (incomplete) operating systems.
>>54682380
>https://twitter.com/1990sLinuxUser
nice
>>54682330
Then emacs also rapes it.
Don't call it GNU/Linux, it gives that Poo in Loo Stallman too much credit for Linus's work.
>>54682656
What a fucking Pajeet. Remove Stallsham from the sticky.
>>54682656
Linus will be completely irrelevant once HURD is completed.
Stallman will be remembered for centuries.
>>54682656
>>54682679
>mom i posted it yet again haha!
>>54682268
>Those Skinless Fingers on his feet
>Those Skin Cracks
I somehow Feel apauled at the open source initiative staff.
http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?utf8=%E2%9C%93&object_id=9882
Tear that HACK FRAUD STALLMAN off this web zone
>>54682698
>>54682704
>>54682723
Stallsham is already irrelevant. It's only Linus's work he crawls to.
>>54682772
Everyone knows who Stallman is. I learned about him in World History class in high school. Literally NO ONE KNOWS OR CARES about sinus snorevalds.
>>54682656
Fuck off back to >>>/lgbt/ iFaggot
I have a question
Whenever I want to select a file using an application (e.g. selecting an image to be posted via firefox), I get this butt-ugly thing in pic related.
I don't care for the aesthethics, but for some reason this thing only gives me very limited access. I have four drives in my computer, and I can't access any of them with this dialogue box. It's no problem with a regular file manager, but this thing here for some reason can't access shit (or rather, doesn't even display it).
How can I fix this?
>>54682330
the init part does only that
systemd-timesyncd keeps clocks in sync with ntp
systemd-analyze analyzes boot times
localectl sets the locale
etc
>>54683253
That's the Qt filechooser. I don't know how you managed to make Firefox use it. Usually Firefox should be using the GTK2/3 filechooser which looks like pic related.
>>54683439
Beats me too, Firefox is suddenly using nemo again.
Thanks for the name though, that should be all I need to find out how to change it for other applications.
Is there a simple CLI opus tagger like metaflac? I can't find anything.
>>54683489
Beets. Beads. Bees? Beads.
http://beets.readthedocs.io/en/latest/guides/tagger.html
>>54682446
except GNU has multiple kernels thanks to the power of licensing and Linux only has one kernel and no userland.
When do I use [ and when [[ ?
What is the better practice?
>>54683703
http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/031
>>54683527
That looks rather heavy. I just want to set or print tags , and perferably that works with multiple formats.
>>54683616
>GNU has multiple kernels
That's a good jape mate
>>54684132
there's hurd, kfreebsd, linux-libre, linux, mach
>>54684145
>hurd[...]mach
listing mach 2 times
>>54684145
>linux-libre, linux
>>54684161
this is how free software licenses work
is there a way that i can save my mouse map settings so i dont have to typexinput set-button-map 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1
everytime i log in?
>>54684176
>this is how free software licenses work
Taking someone else's work, slapping a license on it and calling it your own?
what's the general method for installing something on linux? i'm trying to install racket so i'm downloading the linux version for my architecture from their website. what do i do with the .sh file?
How much longer till you guys grow up and stop using Linux?
>>54684181
Put it in your ~/.xinitrc if you use that
>>54684190
this is a friendly thread. Get out with your baiting and trolling and general nastiness.
(I mean this is 4chan of all places, if you want to shitpost try /pol/, /b/ or whatever, they will be happy to have you there. Just fuck off)
>>54684181
put it in your .xinitrc right abvove the exec line
>>54684190
you can't just change the license. the author of that software specifically wanted people to fork it, otherwise he wouldn't have chosen that license.
>>54684199
by using your package manager. if it is only there via sh file, you need to run it. in order to do this you need to make it executable first.
>>54684208
>gnu has loads of kernels
>lists a linux kernel with a gnu license attached to it
>cries
ok anon
I have this little problem with the visualizer in ncmpcpp and CAVA when none of them show the visualizer, any way to fix it?
>>54684199
first step is to try and install the software you want from your distribution's repository.
Downloading things from websites should be the very last thing you do.
>>54684223
>has no idea what he's talking about
>posts anyways
ok kid
>>54684227
did you do everything described here?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ncmpcpp#Enabling_visualization
>>54684238
>I'll take this kernel code, compile it with certain options turned off and call it my own
>>54684216
got it, thanks
>>54684244
Yeah but now the ncmpcpp vis shows like this and the CAVA doesn't shows up
>>54684262
It's called a fork anon.
Linux-libre is a fork of linux kernel with binary kernel blobs removed because inclusion of non-free kernel blobs (necessary for a lot of hardware combinations to work) is against FSF's philosophy.
Please refrain from using words and terms you don't understand.
Thanks
i want to install something into my usr directory, but it needs super user permissions to create the directory. and when i su to become super user, it messes up because i'm not the user whose usr directory i want it installed in. what do? i was doing ./filename.sh
>>54684392
change ownership with chown
Is there a real time voice modulator?
>>54684392
chmod -R 777 /home/user/folder_you_created
>>54684400
so i su, then chown the file, and then execute it?
>>54684322
>Fork a package, change a few options in the config, say it's mine
>>54684300
post mpd.conf and cava config
Can anyone tell me if Ubuntu Gnome has the driver detection thing that comes in the standard Unity package?I ask because I hate using Ubuntu's software centers for installing drivers.
>>54684392
do you mean /usr
or /home/user?
If its /usr,you should use your packager manager to install it.
>>54684458
go file a complaint to fsf :))
>>54684466
I don't know the answer, but Ubuntu 16.04 has Gnome-Software now, doesn't it? So at least you don't need to worry about Ubuntu Software Center
>>54684202
>>54684211
sorry im a nub, literally installed linux last night.
i opened xinitrc in /etc/X11/xinit and it now looks like this#!/bin/sh
# /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
#
# global xinitrc file, used by all X sessions started by xinit (startx)
# invoke global X session script
xinput set-button-map 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
. /etc/X11/Xsession
I restarted but my mouse didnt get remapped
was this the place i was supposed to put the command?
>>54684465
audio_output {
type "fifo"
name "my_fifo"
path "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
format "44100:16:2"
}
and the cava one is the default config
>>54684531
No, not there. How do you start your session? What DE do you use?
>>54684524
Have you tried it? 99% of the Ubuntu packages aren't even in there.I'm now juggling three shitty software managers(including Synaptic).Way to go Ubuntu!
>>54684594
using Cinnamon in Linux Mint
>>54684604
you know that these are just frontends right?
just use aptitude and be done with it.
>>54684552
that may be your problem the default cava config does not provide anything because everything in it is a comment.
remove the ; infront ofmethod = fifomethod = fifoand restart cava
source = /tmp/mpd.fifo
bars = 0
bar_width = 3
bar_spacing = 1
source = /tmp/mpd.fifo
>>54684627
I haven't really used cinnamon but there should be a place to set the startup programs, you might be able to just set it there or you might need to put it in a .sh script and load that at startup.
Can I use Facebook with Linux?
>>54684731
Of course not and Linux got no web browsers, instead they use Freedombook on fidonet
>>54684731
Absolutely not, facebook® hasn't released proper drivers for the Linux™ kernel yet
>>54684708
Okay, found startup apps and added the command. Thanks for the help anon
>>54684679
unfortunately cava still the same, but, how i can fix the ncmpcpp one? that one still fucked
>>54684750
>>54684784
OK thanks, I'm going to keep my Mac then.
>>54684859
>>54684784
>>54684750
>>54684731
10/10
>>54684531
Use an Xorg conf file instead. Here's how mine looks like for reference.Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Ergo Mouse"
MatchIsPointer "true"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 8 10"
EndSection
>>54684833
post your ncmpcpp config
>>54685001
# Visualizer
visualizer_fifo_path = "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
visualizer_output_name = "my_fifo"
visualizer_sync_interval = "30"
visualizer_in_stereo = "yes"
#visualizer_type = "wave" (spectrum/wave)
visualizer_type = "spectrum" (spectrum/wave)
visualizer_look = "+|"
# Playlist
song_columns_list_format = "(6f)[blue]{l} (25)[red]{a} (40)[green]{t|f} (30)[yellow]{b}"
now_playing_prefix = "$b$5»$7»$1» "
now_playing_suffix = "$/b"
playlist_display_mode = "columns" (classic/columns)
autocenter_mode = "yes"
centered_cursor = "yes"
# Bars
song_status_format = "$2%a $1• $3%t $1• $4%b {(Disc %d) }$1• $5%y$1"
progressbar_look = "─╼"
titles_visibility = "no"
# Browser
browser_playlist_prefix = "$2plist »$9 "
browser_display_mode = "columns" (classic/columns)
# Colors
discard_colors_if_item_is_selected = "yes"
header_window_color = "black"
volume_color = "cyan"
state_line_color = "black"
state_flags_color = "yellow"
main_window_color = "white"
color1 = "default"
color2 = "green"
main_window_highlight_color = "red"
progressbar_color = "yellow"
statusbar_color = "black"
active_column_color = "red"
visualizer_color = "yellow"
# Others
mpd_music_dir = "/home/user/music"
mpd_crossfade_time = "5"
#song_window_title_format = "MPD: {%a > }{%t}{ [%b{ Disc %d}]}|{%f}"
search_engine_display_mode = "columns" (classic/columns)
follow_now_playing_lyrics = "yes"
>>54683861
So basically, when programming in bash, even when [ is possible, I should use [[ because it's less error prone, but when I write something simple in sh, I use [. Am I doing it right?
>>54685041
I have no idea whats wrong with your ncmpcpp because the config looks good to me
>>54685140
Thank you.
>>54685126
No. You can use [ safely. And [ is portable, not [[.
>>54685229
Welp, when he writes a BASH script, why not using superior [[ ]]? Since shell scripts are declared by a shebang, nobody would try to run it with sh or zsh anyway.
>>54685266
Why write a bash script when a simple shell script will do the job?
>>54685310
Hi there, 1990sLinuxuser
>>54685310
Some things are better done in bash. Nobody want's to write cpu eating emulations for simple things, just to be portable as fuck.
>>54685410
>Some things are better done in bash
They're really rare. And if you really need something more complex than shell, maybe you should try python.
>>54685149
Well, I probably did something wrong when i was installing the whole thing, who knows, I'll figure it out eventually. Anyway Thanks for the help I appreciate it.
Using Kubuntu, how do i disable middle click paste?
I switched to Linux Mint at about the same time Windows 10 came out. How do I make all of my friends switch, too?
>>54685504
by showing them neat and useful stuff. don't force it, they will ask when they are interested.
I am about to install fedora23.
Should I go with mate or cinnamon spin?
I installed KDE but now urxvt have this weird black border.
How can I fix it?
>>54685504
Tell them the reasons you made the switch.
>>54685532
How long is a piece of string?
>>54685533
>has
Fix'd
>>54685532
Cinnamon
>>54685532
I prefer cinnamon but I do get a few bugs with it every now and then
>>54685533
~/.Xresources:
URxvt.borderColor:
URxvt.internalBorder:
URxvt.externalBorder:
>>54685636
Now urxvt won't start for some reason. But you're probably right, thanks.
>>54685708
You need to set some stuff too, buddy.
To remove any borders:
URxvt.internalBorder: 0
URxvt.externalBorder: 0
Then run xrdb ~/.Xresources and restart urxvt.
>>54685533
>urxvt
When will that meme stop? XTerm is the solution to all of your problems.
>>54685738
>>54685636
I'm wondering if that uppecase X will ever stop triggering my OCD.
>>54685738
Yes, I did set some things. I'll restart or test in xfce, dunno why this is happening.
>>54685781
Huh... I restarted and for some reason it's working now.
I hope that you all have do your 10 daily updates.
>>54685918
>1.2.mb/s
Check your mirrors holy shit
>>54685992
It's my connection. I can do nothing. And for that vid I was lucky. It was faster than usual.
>>54682723
His feet are covered in sand, how could you possibly not have noticed?
You can't tell the skin cracks from the gaps in sand coverage.
I'm trying to write a script that either takes two arguments, or STDIN and one argument, and some options. The way it works, it'd be safer and easier if I could go with the logic "If there's no STDIN, get the input from the argument" rather than "If there's not enough arguments, get the input from STDIN", but reading from STDIN in a script when nothing is piped into it just makes the script hang until something is piped into it. Is there no way to check if nothing is being piped to my script without making it hang?
>>54685918
>hasn't fixed that mouse busy cursor
How to spot a poser who only fires up his OS every fortnight.
>>54686576
https://gist.github.com/davejamesmiller/196655
>>54686597
Too lazy to do that. Have you a link?
>>54686604
Page not found broseph.
>>54686640
sry add a 7 at the end
>>54686650
Oh.
Okay, so the way to check for piping isif readlink /proc/$$/fd/0 | grep -q "^pipe:"; then
Does anyone understand what the fuck is going on in that conditional? I feel bad using code that I can't understand and rewrite myself.
>>54686631
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/i3#Mouse_cursor_remains_in_waiting_mode
>>54686650
Also thank you broski.
>>54682656
This photo never fails to make me laugh. The longer I look at it, the funnier it gets.
>>54686680
Thank you anon, I will try to not be lazy, but that bug appears only when using not maximized windows, which is fucking rare.
>>54682656
You idiot, GNU doesn't mean Richard Stallman.
>>54686576
You can try and set a timer
So why are Flash and Javascript bad?
Could you friends explain that to me?
Will they ever go away and stop being so prominent?
good games like solitare, minesweeper and sudoku?
>>54686857
How does one do that?
After using the filechooser to post images/webm's on multiple chans,using firefox or chromium,the filechooser slowly loads and then flat out stops working,having to force kill. After closing and opening again,it works,but only for a short amount of posts.What do
>>54685918
>negative upgrade size
welp, time to fap
>>54686859
>flash
proprietary, lots of insecurities and unresolved issues, will be replaced by html5 in the next few years
>javascript
some websites use proprietary javascript which runs on your computer. executing code you can't even see is something that some people simply don't like and it is an attack surface. afaik there is no replacement for javascript.
>>54685748
http://martin.ankerl.com/2007/09/01/comprehensive-linux-terminal-performance-comparison/
>>54685918
>10 daily upgrades
I upgrade my system in the following situations:
>twice a day
>if somthing is not working as it should
>if I want to install or remove something
>if I'm going to poweroff my machine
>if I feel like it.
>>54686927
lua
>>54685918
Your i3 needs some ricing.
>>54686859
Flash is proprietary software by Adobe, it's all bad
JavaScript can be good, but it can also be bad, just like normal software (since JavaScript is a complete programming language), if it's non-free, it's bad.
Read this for more information about JavaScript: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.en.html
You can install LibreJS, it's a Firefox add-on that will block all non-free JavaScript.
>>54685748
What a retard.
>>54686927
>>will be replaced by html5 in the next few years
>implying it's not already
Give me one situation where I have to use Flash to get important information that wouldn't be accessible otherwise.
Protip: you can't.
>>54687073
/f/
>>54687073
Facebook games
>>54687083
>important
>>54687073
i am not talking about important information. and the guy that was asking probably wasn't either. there are things like flashgames and some stuff on /f/ that just don't work on gnash. and please quit your memetalk, i am on your side, this is a friendly thread and i am not trolling/memeing/shilling/whatever.
>>54687093
>Current fucking year
>Facebook games
Just get out.
>>54687100
/f/ is basically just some short videos with sound. They can easily be converted to webm's, so the problem here is the people, not the technology.
>>54687131
not all of them. i agree that html5 is superior both for video and for browser games (browserquest demonstrated this nicely) but it's not like flash on the web is completely replaced yet. it will still take a few years.
>>54686920
The packages were smaller...
Hope there are some emacs gurus here. I started using emacs and been customizing it a bit. Anyone can tell me how to remove these seperator columns? Ideally I'd like to have just a thin vertical line between buffers.
>>54687179
I'm sorry, but I would like to ask *you* some questions:
What font is that?
How did you the status bar to look like that?
>>54687219
The font is Ubuntu Mono, the mode line is using powerline. There are a few implementations for Emacs, I use this one https://github.com/milkypostman/powerline
Remember to install the patched fonts.
>>54682268
I like linux and all, but generally the people I've met irl and the advocates for (stallman etc) are usually the most disgusting and unclean people I've ever met.
>>54687252
Thanks.
>>54687271
Stop meming.
>>54687271
>mom i posted it again
>>54686927
Just a few weeks ago I had a whole machine at work overtaken by encryption ransomware because I double-clicked on a .js file, which I presumed would either open it in a text editor or prompt me for confirmation before executing it. It just executed it and fucked my station. I was using Windows 10.
I know it was stupid to fall for malware but there's a thing nowadays about anything executable and not pre-approved requiring confirmation before running. I genuinely thought I could safely double click the file to examine it, and that if .js files weren't associated with a syntax highlighter on my system, it would ask me to confirm before running it.
How is it that in this day and age, all it requires it passing around a .js file to freely spread and run malware all willy-nilly with so little user interaction? This kind of shit was supposed to be done with at the turn of the millenium.
>>54687461
>in linux thread
>ransomware
u wot m8?
>>54687472
It's obviously a pro-Linux post
>>54687461
>This kind of shit was supposed to be done with at the turn of the millenium.
It's been like that for a good 40 years on linux.Windows is literally the only os where this is a problem
>>54687499
>Linux
>40 years
>>54686927
>>flash
>proprietary, lots of insecurities and unresolved issues, will be replaced by html5 in the next few years
Stop saying Flash will be "replaced" by HTML5. Flash is an animation platform. HTML5 is a web development platform. Flash's web development usages will be replaced with HTML5 because it makes sense, because web development is an usage for which Flash wasn't intended for in the first place. Web developers borrowed Flash for web development because there was no better tool available before HTML5, but it was a stretch in the first place. It's bullshit to blame Flash for being vulnerable when its usage is being stretched way beyond its design. There is currently no HTML5 animation software that is one tenth as proficient as Flash for making interactive animations and Flash's intended market won't be under threat until such a software exists.
>>54687461
>How is it that in this day and age, all it requires it passing around a .js file to freely spread and run malware all willy-nilly with so little user interaction?
You're talking about Windows. who cares? You get what you deserve for using such an insecure piece of crap.
>>54687534
why would html5 be any less proficient for interactive animations than flash?
>>54687179
http://emacs.sexy
>>54687534
https://www.cvedetails.com/product/6761/Adobe-Flash-Player.html?vendor_id=53
https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/news/2016-05-18-releases.html
>>54687588
Because it's a webpage development platform.
Do you have any idea how animation works? How complex and versatile Flash has become over the years?
HTML5 is a language. Flash is a language (Actionscript 3) but it's also an art and animation interface. Until there's some kind of software that can streamline animation and compile it into HMTL5 as proficiently as Flash can streamline animation and compile it into SWF files, then HTML5 is not a replacement for Flash.
Web developers calling for the abolition of Flash because it's no longer useful to them, when it's been a prized software for animators, amateurs and professionals, to do their craft on and distribute it over the Web, is the closest thing to "cultural appropriation" that can happen in web development. Web developers forked Flash over from the animation field to make it a web development platform because it could kinda do the job, but Flash is an animation software. Web developers don't own Flash and it's not up to them to decide if it's relevent or not. It's still relevent to the amateur and professional animation field, therefore it's there to stay, whether you like it or not. So pull your head out of your ass.
>>54687698
dude do i have a deja vu or is this some rare copy pasta?
>>54687461
Do these kinds of malware run on Linux?
I'm asking seriously.
>>54686680
>actually having to do this
jesus fuck Arch is tedious
>>54687698
>web design
Any of the various containers can hold your animation. Now if you mean shitty games,then you're correct it needs to advance.But for web pages that need animation,you can easily throw it in a video container and load it like any other applet.
http://hover.ie/
>>54687752
>Any of the various containers can hold your animation.
Sigh. It's like I'm talking to a bunch of walls.
In what software would I make this animation which HTML5 would be so versatile in containing and rendering, if not Flash? What animation software can make interactive vector animations that can be rendered in HTML5 and which has the animation and programming tools which Flash has? Animation just doesn't get pulled out of one's ass. You have to make it in a software first.
>>54687751
That's a problem with i3, not with Arch specifically, Arch Wiki just provided a solution for it.
>>54687035
>Your i3 needs some ricing.
No.
>>54687827
As you wish. But it's got the potential to be a lot more beautiful.
>>54687811
You can make it in any video editing software you would like.Then you would export it to mp4/flv/webm and have it be called where ever you would like it to be loaded on your page.
Unless you're solely clinging on to the fact that shitty games have to be made in flash,then i guess you're 1% correct,and have a weak ass argument.
>>54682268
Hey /g/
I have Lubuntu installed on my PC, but the displays are mirrored and at the wrong resolution. Can someone show me how to install the correct driver?
>>54687865
man xrandr
>>54687747
not exactly but, if you have samba set up and a drive from your linux box mapped as a network drive in windows, then that'll get encrypted as well. so while it won't run on linux don't take it for granted that linux is completely safe
>>54687856
>flv
You're not solving anything this way. If you want it to be compatible with most browsers, it's got to be webm (VP8 video)
>>54687855
>beautiful
I do not care about beauty. I care only about usefulness.
>>54687747
You could implement such malware on Linux, it's only an operating system.
The problem with it would be executing it with enough priviledges do to more harm than just remove your personal files (which in itself can be a huge problem if youre a big dumb dummy and don't have a backup solution).
The repository-package based installation of software on most GNU/Linux platforms makes spreading viruses harder, since an average user is very unlikely to just download a 3rd party package from a 3rd party website, install it and run the software.
You also have to take in consideration that not a lot of software comes in this way.
The only software I've ever installed from a 3rd party vendor outside the repos is BricsCAD.
And the opensource community is not full to the brim with little shitheads who try to make your life as miserable as possible for personal gain. It's pretty much bunch of volunteers.
>>54687920
>implying mutual exclusivity
>>54687926
I just realized I'm a big dumb dummy, and I don't have a backup solution.
How do I go about this, since I don't have much free space on my disk?
>>54687911
>disregarding entive post
>pointing out one flaw
Come back when you have a real argument kid
>>54687958
Dropbox?
>>54687856
Video editing software is not designed to make animation you stupid fucking dicknose.
See, this is exactly what I said was happening. Entitled people working in the IT field, never even having opened Photoshop before, deciding that we can just put an entire legacy of animation and gaming production techniques into the guillotine because they're able to code their blinky MMORPG animated ads with characters sliding in and out of the field in HTML5 now. One of the points of Flash was being able to make animations that were rendered live and interactive in as many or as few aspects as the user meant to. No creation platform has reached this level of versatility.
Basically, saying that "Flash" can be replaced because I can make videos in a video editor, render them and load them in a video container is like saying video editing software is obsolete because I'm able make GIF animation in a hex editor. Both the tools and the end results are significanly more limited in every way.
>>54687958
Backup only those files that you can't afford to loose.
Documents etc.
Backing up music, movies and other entertainment is worthless if you don't have a proper set up to do this.
You only waste time.
>>54687971
I'm (kind of) agreeing with entire post, and pointing out what's wrong with it.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it"
>>54687972
>non-free software
>>54687978
>being this butthurt
>shilling for adobe
>(you)
>>54687996
Google Drive? Upload shit through your browser
>>54687983
I already loist all my documents, music, movies, etc.. due to a hdd failure once.
Now, I copy everything to a laptop I use as a backup.
>>54687996
Dude, you can't have a free backup solution. That requires disk space. No one is going to give you enough free disk space to back up your shit safely out of the kindness of their heart.
>>54687958
backup on the same disk is pretty much useless anyways anon, it doesn't protect against disc failure and these types of malware encrypt any connected drive. get a seperate drive either external or internal + dock and connect only when making backups, keep disconnected the rest of the time and away from the pc so if anything physically happens to the pc like some drunkass at a party falling on your particleboard desk and destroying it along with the pc doesn't also damage your backup
>>54688017
you're purposely misunterstanding what he meant by nonfree aren't you?
>>54688017
>tfw
>>54688034
>so if anything physically happens to the pc like some drunkass at a party falling on your particleboard desk and destroying it along with the pc
I would commit homicide in this case.
>>54688009
Adobe is not to blame for having made the only decent web-portable interactive animation platform in the field. Anyone is welcome to try to make a proficient interactive live-render vector art and animation software that works with HTML5. Iin fact, I've been waiting IMPATIENTLY for that to just happen since our modern day Nostradamuses here have started claiming that HTML5 will replace Flash, something like 5 fucking years ago. But no one has come forward with such a software to prove that it's feasible. Though shit, that would be the only way the "HTML5 will replace Flash" bullshit would hold up.
>>54688047
no worries bruh, that's what renters insurance is for, I mean you do have your valuable/pricey shit insured so you can replace them if anything happens, right? if not, you may want to think about working it into your budget
>>54687978
this works without flash, why is flash better?
http://browserquest.mozilla.org/
>>54687935
What kind of useful ricing am I missing?
>>54688079
>being this butthurt
>shilling for adobe
>(you)
>>54688097
You're using the default, ugly window borders, and not labeling the workspaces
>>54688115
>window borders
They're perfect.
>labeling the workspaces
Totally useless.
>>54688093
Because Flash can make, animate, hierarchize, rig and render vectors. This application is strictly using bitmaps. If it wasn't an online game, you could code it in Javascript.
Again, you show your complete lack of understanding of art and animation.
>>54684201
Do you think Windows is better? Think again. I moved to Linux because of Windows.
>>54684201
GNU/Linux nowadays is better than any other OS more than ever.
>>54688134
>>54688184
>responding to a 5 hour old unsuccesful ruse attempt
Are you genuinely both stupid or just pretending to be retarded?
>>54688131
i was asking a question, no need to be a dick about it.
you didn't do a good job explaining what exactly flash does that other things can't. could you try to be more exact?
Is there a way to turn my raspi running an mpd server to also allow incoming streams and play them?
>>54688279
Sorry, I thought you were the other guy arguing with me.
To be honest, after explaining that Flash can be used to make complete, professional level, interactive vector-based art, games and animations in a platform both accessible to professional and amateurs, I don't know what else I can add. It's a multimedia software before anyuthing. It shouldn't be pitted against a mere programming language to evaluate its relevence as a whole.
>>54688345
so if i took some rendering engine like let's say webkit, an animation software like blender, html5 and something for vector graphics (i think there was some project to make svg animations) and slapped them into one program with a retard-proof gui i could replace flash? or am i missing something?
>>54688345
>still shilling this hard
>>54688232
Sir, honestly, with my all respect, please go fuck yourself in the ass. :^)
Which is better, VimFx or Vimperator?
>>54688386
Uhm... Possibly. You make it sound simple but that would be an extremely complicated project.
>>54688439
I don't know, I don't use them.
>>54688448
You should tbqh
>>54682268
hui guyz/galz trying to learn about irssi on arch i have it running but when i try to connect to say and onion network i get and error
windows machine is making the virtualmachine route its dns traffic through your isp
friend sd possible
>somehow something on your windows machine is making the virtualmachine route its dns traffic through your isp
>>54688468
Install Gentoo
>>54688468
lol forgot error
Connection to a local address are denied since it might be a TCP DNS query to a local DNS server
>>54688468
did i stump you?
>>54688440
it was just something to make me understand what you mean. i personally think the part of the software that allows any code to run should be separate from the animation whenever it is possible. i would like to talk more about this but i think i should talk to someone who does animation professionally before that.
>>54688439
VimFX for just vim-like hotkey functionality.
For more complex stuff Pentadactyl.
Personally, I prefer VimFX.
Why does the key combination <C-M-t> not open a new terminal window in Arch (GNOME)?
>>54688872
Why should it?
>>54688872
i thought it was ctrl alt t?
>>54688897
I used to use Ubuntu, and I thought that's how it should be.
Can I add this key binding?
>>54688913
Meta is alt on modern computers.
>>54687887
thanks a bunch, took me a while to figure out how to use cvt and xrandr
>>54688872
use super+enter
>>54689021
This doesn't work. I think it only works on i3.
How do I manually assign a new key binding?
>>54688927
go to the settings>keyboard>add
>>54689041
Thanks.
>>54689037
> I think it only works on i3.
Every desktop environment and a standalone wm supports keybinds.
Just change then
>>54689041
>>54689125
alt+print makes a screenshot of your current window. shift+print lets you select a region.
>>54687794
Unplayable with my Geforce 8800 GT using nouveau drivers and my almost 10 year old AMD (Athlon64 X2) CPU.
Bought a used x220t off eBay a week go. Came prepacked with Windows 10, so went ballsdeep and overwrote everything with Linux Mint. My only issue right now is screen rotation for drawfagging. It doesn't work.
I know jackshit and this is the final part for perfect satisfaction.
Anyone know a fix?
>>54689138
I used scrot
>>54689160
Bloat.
>>54689196
Nope. Since when are command-line utilities bloated?
>>54689144
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Lenovo_ThinkPad_X200
>>54689213
Ig they don't provide any new functionality?
Use already installed programs instead.
>>54689037
Gnome?
Use xbindkeys, or go into the gnome settings and add a keyboard shortcut.
>>54689213
don't fall for the bloatmeme
>>54689160
>I used scrot
Same here.scrot() {
printf "Taking shot in "
for i in {5..1}; do
printf "$i.. "
sleep 1
done
printf "0.\n"
import -quality 100 -window root +repage $(date +'scrot_%Y%m%d%H%M%S.png')
}
>>54689270
>{5..1}
$(seq 5 -1 1)
>>54689270
Posting the other script too. It takes a screenshot and adds these attention whoring mac-like drop shadows around it.iscrot() {
local g
# If gay, use OS X’ original drop-shadow.
[ "$1" = "-gay" ] && g="80x20+0+15" || g="80x15+0+0"
import -quality 100 -frame -screen png:- | convert png:- \
\( +clone -background black -shadow "$g" \) +swap \
-background transparent -layers merge +repage\
iscrot_$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).png
}
>>54689337
Nice, thanks.
Is there an easy way to take a screeshot of a tty?
>>54689535
>tty
DO you mean virtual console?
>>54689555
Yes.
>>54689577
I have no ideas.
could someone recommend a linux distro for me?
i used to use arch linux, but i don't want to use it anymore because im too lazy to maintain and configure everything.
>>54689662
debian?
consider
http://fglt.nl/guides/picking-a-distro.html
>>54689662
The one I'm using.
>>54689662
Debian is good, Fedora is good, Opensuse is maybe good but I don't know. Any of those will have lower maintenance than Arch.
>>54689337
How about for ((i=5;i>=0;i--));? I'm new to POSIX faggotry.
>>54689662
Linux Mint
