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New linux-user here, what's the /g/ opinion on openSUSE? Is it good on the privacy front? Can't seem to find too many opinions about it.
is it possible in wifi-menu to log into a network that requires a username additionally to your password, since wifi-menu usually only asks for the pw.
I am trying out ncmpcpp. Is there a way to have global keyboard shortcuts so I can for example start it in tty6, then press ctrl+num5 to stop playback, even when I'm in another tty?
Also post ncmpcpp screenshots and configs pls.
Are samba shared folders visible in a home network? I mean with sftp, you have to log in to view the files. Windows share, however are visible.
What do you guys use for NFS? Sftp is just too slow
>>55335903
just keep a terminal tab open.
or connect to it via mpdroid or similar thing, to remotely control it.
I made a happy script.happy() {
printf 'Thread %s made %s people happy.\n' \
"$1" \
"$(curl -s "$1" | grep -Eio 'thanks?(\syou)?' | wc -l)"
}
Usage: happy >>55316544
>>55335884
Open SUSE is an okay distro. There are two cons about it though
1. Not really easy: It's not as simple as Arch or Debain. By hard I mean it is a bit different than mainstream distros.
2. Since it is not a mainstream distro, it needs a good wiki. Unfortunately the wiki sucks and NOT up to date.
I don't recommend it for beginners
>>55335946
I do recommend ubuntu though
Curl or wget?
>>55335903
Don't relay on ncmpccp shortcuts, just control mpd directly via mpc from your tty.
>>55335884
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.
>>55335977
You use the right program for the specific task.
>>55335988
Please don't interject in /fglt/. Better just use GNU/Linux when answering a question. Newfriends will most likely adopt it. If you interject them, they will go in defense and end up converting to "just linux" persons.
>>55335977
neither, both.
>>55335841
The ones I'm not using.
What's the deadliest bullet you've ever dodged?
>Trying to fix audio playback
>"Why don't I reinstall Phonon?"
>apt remove -s phonon
>Nearly everything would have been removed along with it
>tfw
>>55336020
Gotcha.
>>55335895
https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/2hdhp9/help_installing_arch_wifi_connection_requires/
https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/2f8ip9/how_to_connect_to_wpa_username_and_password/
>>55335977
Basically this >>55335994.
cURL is good enough to click webpage buttons, upload stuff and "cat" webpage sources, while GNU wget is good enough for downloading, mirroring, and working recursivly.
Ofc both programs can do more or less simliar things more or less easy.
>>55336113
just walked into the wrong neighborhood nigga
>>55335988
>>55336020
do you guys also sleep in your feather/bed, driver your fuel/car, read tree/books, wear fabric/clothes and write with ink/pens? This naming scheme is seriously the most retarded thing that's ever been forced onto people.
I'm on gentoo right now, twitter somehow can't play videos on firefox but I'm pretty sure it could before, wtf is happening?
>>55336188
no, i use a legs/bike, but other than that, you got me.
>>55336194
it works on 49.0a2
maybe try using mpv through "open with?"
>>55336194
> proprietary spyware social media
Haram.
>>55336316
apt-get install english
>>55336194
Install ffmpeg, enable everything.
How do I get pixel-sharp fonts like many people post in screenshots? I played around with the font settings in my xfce menu but it doesn't really change anything.
>>55336976
You are searching for xfonts like unifont or terminus.
>>55336976
Copy this into your ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf and then re-log.<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
<fontconfig>
<match target="font" >
<edit mode="assign" name="autohint"> <bool>true</bool></edit>
<edit mode="assign" name="hinting"> <bool>false</bool></edit>
<edit mode="assign" name="lcdfilter"> <const>lcddefault</const></edit>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle"> <const>hintslight</const></edit>
<edit mode="assign" name="antialias"> <bool>true</bool></edit>
<edit mode="assign" name="rgba"> <const>rgb</const></edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test name="pixelsize" qual="any" compare="more"><double>15</double></test>
<edit mode="assign" name="lcdfilter"><const>lcdlight</const></edit>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle"><const>hintnone</const></edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test name="weight" compare="more"><const>medium</const></test>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle"><const>hintnone</const></edit>
<edit mode="assign" name="lcdfilter"><const>lcdlight</const></edit>
</match>
<match target="font">
<test name="slant" compare="not_eq"><double>0</double></test>
<edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle"><const>hintnone</const></edit>
<edit mode="assign" name="lcdfilter"><const>lcdlight</const></edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>
>>55337064
I'm using terminus but it's washed out when I zoom in with no anti-aliasing and strong hinting.
>>55337152
I'll try this, thanks.
Holy shit, ncmpcpp is horrible.
>connecting to a local server from another computer
>accidentally hitting 4 while in the library view goes into the album view, but gets stuck and freezes up completely
>sometimes it crashes for no good reason after scrolling the library
I also get ridiculous delays when browsing and I don't think it's a problem on mpd's end or regarding my connection (computers are on a LAN).
>>55337171
You're using a bitmap, monospaced font for non-programming usage in your UI. Of course you're asking for trouble.
Why do people do that? You see someone do something and then you start doing the same without even thinking about it. It's naive and pretentious as fuck.
Is there a guide for an optimal Gentoo kernel configuration? I can’t update my VM anymore because there is not enough space left to emerge GCC (even after deleting obsolete source code and shit).
>>55337235
I don't really have trouble, the standard fonts look even worse. It fits nicely with my desktop and it's useful already for just playing around with config files. It's the same in a terminal as well as GUI editors or my taskbar. Even if I used it for programming I would have this problem. Also I'm not one of those people who parades his riced desktop and laptop stickers around so it's hardly pretentious. Don't project your habits on me.
>>55337319
Your bitmap font is going to look blurry and washed out when you zoom in. That's a fact and it has nothing to do with projecting or whatever you're talking about. Those fonts aren't meant to be used for those things.
>>55335903
If you are not running X, I don't think you can.
You must have some IPC that can send it commands
>>55336062
This is the most underrated part about the new package formats.
Everyone talks about how easy it is to install, but the real feature is how easy it is to remove.
What is the recommended ftp daemon to use? Need something with tls support too. vsftpd?
Any way I could make wget download multiples things at once with one link? Running multiple instances of wget doesn't seem like what I would want. Would race conditions even happen?
This probably belongs in /sqt/
I'm new to GNU/Linux and am a bit lost when it comes to repositories. Specifically Fedora's COPR's, I know that they are individual user repositories, but say for example, I downloaded Firefox Nightly from a COPR, would it be updated with DNF or would I have to wait for the creator of the COPR to update it first?
Second question, are these repositories safe? Would it not be easy to bundle malicious software into them?
Thanks chaps
>>55338634#
Updates work with versions.
If a community package has a newer version, you get the community package - if the main repo package has a newer version, your get the main package instead.
It's possible to bundle malware with community packages, therefore you should only enable community repos you trust.
Volume control doesn't work in Mate for my USB sound card.
How do I fix it?
drunk guy from the other day here
reminding you all to check out the thread on /vg/ as well :)
>>>/vg/147057956
>>55336020
I'd just like to interject you for a moment. Who the heck do you think you are to tell someone to not interject someone?
Is xubuntu still the best distro for beginners that doesn't look like ass?
>>55339292
yes or fedora cinnamon spin
>Try to install Debian
>Trackpad wont work because its "nonfree hardware"
What the fuck do I do
Babbies first "real" Linux here
>>55336188
It's more like we're objecting to people calling a motorboat a "motor"
You don't drive your motor, you drive your fucking boat. Calling it a motorboat is just being specific about what kind of boat it is.
>>55339895
use a keyboard for the installation, add nonfree sources and install whatever weird driver you need.
https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList
how do i share a folder on the external drive with soulseek fagits?
it doesn't show up on the file picker. this is ridiculous.
>>55340037
You're stuck in the Windows mindset.
Find the directory where you mounted your external hard drive and point to it. Simple.
>qt file dialog
And people complain about the GTK file dialog.
>>55340460
ah shit, i didn't see the /media/ folder in which it was mounted. thank you mate.
yes i am stuck in the windows mindset as well, it has been like three days since i installed xubuntu.
Is Bunsen Labs just a preconfigured version of Debian? Or does it have it's own special snowflake stuff like Manjaro does for Arch.
What is a not garbage image viewer for linux? Something like honeyview and it needs to have fit to width and I shouldn't have to select it for every image
>>55340736
what's wrong with feh?
I am working on an elaborate shell script and I'm starting to feel like it's getting too complicated and that I should start making it for binary compilation instead.
What would be the go-to way of doing this? I have never programmed on GNU/Linux before so I have no idea about the tools out there. Are there free programming environments, or will I have to use mere compilers? Is there a platform/architecture-portable way to make console applications
>>55340786
how do you make it fit to width
>>55340968
i'm pretty sure it does that automatically
>>55340939
>tools available
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/List_of_applications/Utilities#Integrated_development_environments
>>55341014
it opens full sized
>>55341022
Thanks. Any recommendations?
>>55341032
maybe you should explain your definition of fit to width then and provide a sample image
are you saying it is opening beyond full-screen?
>>55341040
I use eclipse and heard a lot of good stuff about intelliJ but i dont really know anything about the rest.
>>55341040
>>55341153
i should probably add that eclipse is pretty heavy-weight for an ide. On my machine it uses ~580MiB right after starting up
>>55341060
I want long images to fit to the width of the window not the height
Views like this are useless
>>55341232
so could you provide a sample non-porno image so I can open it in feh and see what your talking about? because with my config feh does exactly that, but I need to confirm it with an image
>>55335980
>ncmpccp
>>55340736
i use geeqie, haven't used honeyview so can't compare
>>55341285
https://u.pomf.is/cuqxya.jpg
>>55341382
>https://u.pomf.is/cuqxya.jpg
>non-porno
>>55341382
I just tested this image and feh does exactly what you want by default. how is it not working for you?
>>55341404
its opening it at full resolution I have to grab it and move it side to side to see the full image if I restrict the window size with -g it does this shit >>55341232
>>55341441
Also just realized scrolling doesn't work
literally
useless
>>55340939
You might want to learn how to program and a specific language first instead of focusing on those bikeshedding questions.
>>55341460
>>55341441
https://u.pomf.is/oxwlux.webm
>>55341441
>>55341460
ahoviewer is the best Linux image viewer tbqh
It can also optionally view webms etc. It probably won't be packaged for your distro though. I built it from source, wasn't too hard (then again, I use gentoo :^))
https://github.com/ahodesuka/ahoviewer
what are some really good themes for GNOME 3 (not just shell, but icons and GTK3 too)
>>55342000
numix-circle for icons
>>55342000
arc-dark
https://github.com/user-none/KDocker
How do I install this on Xubuntu? I'm a noob.
I forgot my root password on Ubuntu mate. How do I reset it?
>>55340623
>Is Bunsen Labs just a preconfigured version of Debian?
As far as I can see, Bunsenlabs is basically just Debian with a pre-riced window manager and themes. Bunsenlabs has some very limited additional repost for some scripts, which are added to your sources list.
If you ask me, if you want a out-of-the-box debian with openbox and some nice eye candy. Bunsenlabs is the way to go.
>Or does it have it's own special snowflake stuff like Manjaro does for Arch.
Manjaro is basically the same thing, except that it has it's own repos that are delayed some days from the default arch release cycle to prevent breakage and adds additinal patches for stuff you'd rice on Arch anyway.
Come and support the thread on /vg/ Gaming on GNU/Linux
>>>/vg/147077926
>>>/vg/147077926
>>>/vg/147077926
>>>/vg/147077926
>>55340736
mpv
>>55340786
>>what's wrong with feh?
Everything.
- Trashy programmed
- ugly special snowflake right click menu
- less accessibility
- more bloat
- can't display gifs
- can't display webs
- trail and error keybinding mechanism
I mean, even gnome's EOG is better than feh and this tells alot about feh in general.
>>55342992
>feh
>bloat
>>55343059
>so why are you using feh anon?
>for setting my wallpaper!
:^)
>>55343059
If it can't into gifs but can do wallpapers is retarded. I better use sxiv that is tiny in comparison and can do gifs.
>>55340736
There's an image viewer most people forget about and it's "ImageMagick can sudo your mother"'s display program.
usage: display <file>
No additional packages needed, since ImageMagick should be a standard install anyway.
>>55342737
shameress bump
>>55343128
look in the INSTALL file
>>55343128
>>55342737
literally read the install file noob
Prerequisites
1. Make sure you have Qt 5 installed and working. If you dont know what Qt is,
go to http://qt.nokia.com/products/. You will need qmake to compile.
Building
1. edit kdocker.pro if necessary. It should be ready to go with no change.
2. qmake
3. make
4. run "make install" (optional)
5. While making shortcuts, use the icons in /usr/share/kdocker/icons.
Please see README for tips and general information
IMPORTANT: Kill all previous instances of KDocker that are running before trying
out this version
>>55343174
>Qt 5
>>55343174
>If you dont know
>>55343174
>qmake to compile
>>55343174
>edit kdocker.pro
JUST
>>55343174
This is a friendly thread faggot memer. Be friendly or fuck off.
>>55343128
Always make to to read the INSTALL and README files, those files will usually tell you how to install a program and what requietements are needed.
>>55343212
I've fat fingers, pls no bully.
>>55343201
Ignore what anon X wants to install.
Focus on the how instad of thw what; that's basically all what anon x wants to know.
Hey everyone, I'm having myself a bit of an issue and not entire sure what to do. I tried booting an OS from USB drive earlier, but it didn't boot or even show an entry through UEFI, so I enabled BIOS booting, and was able to boot the OS. Now when I install the OS, do I set it up with BIOS settings, or use UEFI like normal?
>>55341379
Looks like this will work thanks
>>55342000
Z U K I - T H E M E S
>>55344067
> google Z U K I - T H E M E S
> faced with random uglyness
pic related
>>55342000
Arc
>>55342000
GNU/Theme
>>55344309
It's the only "grey" 3.20 compatible theme. I can't stand Arc's black/white contrast and Numix is suffering from it too. Adwaita is too white.
>>55344377
GNU/Icons
>>55342000
>>55344067
>>55344309
>>55344333
>>55344753
I cant find a BLACK theme. Black, not dark grey and accents, fucking grey on black.
Endoflight was the best one, but it was gtk2,and all the shit is broken now cause of retarded devs.Where teh fuck are BLACK themes?
Yes, i can make it my self, but im a retard and the gtk3 setup is asinine
>>55344842
Most GTK3 themes come with a black variant which you can turn on in your settings. Then just find an appropriate dar GTK2 theme.
Use Arc-Dark.
>>55345002
Im using arc-dark
but it is not dark at fucking all
Pic releate
how can I make Openbox/obmenu append an option when launching a program? For example I want xterm -rv instead of just xterm
>>55345153
Nigga, are you for real? Just add -rv at the end of it.
>>55345173
maybe I didn't make myself clear
when right-clicking to bring up the Applications menu and then clicking the name of a program I want to be able to launch with an option
presumably there's a config file somewhere but I'm not finding anything
>>55344826
is this picture bait?
>>55343118
can i set wallpapers with this?
>>55345197
.config/openbox/menu.xml
or install obmenu.
>>55345297
I already know those files and I have obmenu installed. But menu.xml is just 6 lines, nothing specific about menu entries and options for them. Do I have to add a particular line?
>>55345334
http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Menus
>>55345211
It evolved over time and got changed via replies.
>>55344826
>high contrast yellow and blue
these aren't even what the Win 10 icons actually look like.
>>55344826
Indians are not fully educated, rajesh. Furthermore 5 rupees is not actually payment. You can stop deluding yourself hereby and take your poo to the loo
>>55344067
This is currently the best gtk theme but works only with GNOME, Unity and Xfce
>>55345480
> works only with GNOME, Unity and Xfce
It works with any programs using GTK.
>>55344826
I wish'd this was a real theme. I'd install it right now.
>>55345536
Try with Mate, theme is broken
>>55335759
Can someone help me out with pic related?
I have taken every measure I needed to conserve power on this laptop, powertop, tlp etc., the only issue is if you notice, is that the CPU clock always stays at around 1.7Ghz to 2Ghz on a fairly light load when it should be around 1.2, 1.3-ish, at least when I'm using the Windows 7 partition.
>>55345668
cpupower
change it to ondemand or powersave gov.
Then change the settings you want in the cpupower config.
>>55345211
>can i set wallpapers with this?
display -window root wallpaper.png
>>55345698
Thanks, I had a feeling it had something to do with CPU Clock Scheduling
>>55345706
Thanks, now i can finally ditch feh.
What DE works best with a 2 in 1 laptop, as in it'll flip around when it's supposed to and everything aligns itself correctly.
>>55345830
Not him but without viewnior I'd be in a lot of trouble. gtk3 file picker cannot bookmark nfs. With viewnior I can drag and drop the image.
>>55335915
Bump
>>55345875
you can drag and drop from most image viewers on X. file managers also work. i also use viewnior but i mostly drag from good ol spaceFM.
>>55345830
Reminder that "display" is able to apply any image manipulations just like the "convert" program.
Example:
display -window root -colorspace gray wallpaper.png
Fun challenges: Different color tints for $(date).
Enjoy.
I'm using Ubuntu with Windows 10 dual boot.
I have a common NTFS partition with music and such, how do I get to load it everytime Ubuntu starts instead of having to do it manually?
>>55346035
modify the /etc/fstab with this:
/dev/sdaX /mnt/your_folder_name ntfs defaults,uid=1000,rw 0 0
the X there will be the number of your common ntfs partition, you can check with the command "lsblk" which one that is
>>55346123
err. not modify, add an extra line to the file
>>55346123
can you explain it in more detail? i'm more of a newbie
>>55338831
Thank you for the informative response, just to clarify, if I download Nightly from the COPR it will only update to the new version when the COPR is updated regardless if there is a new release?
>>55346123
>,rw 0 0
i would suggest using ro instead, NTFS has massive problems
>>55346163
you just have to open the file /etc/fstab with an editor like gedit in the terminal, don't forget sudo of course, then you add the line on the bottom of the existing ones already in the file.
As far as finding out what driver number it is, if you have it mounted right now "lsblk" will show you which one that is along with where the drive is mounted
>>55346220
but what if you need to add files to it? It would be very irritating to have to reboot back into Windows just to write new stuff to the drive
>>55346252
then you should use a better file system. if you want to do it with ntfs, please make backups.
>>55346168
If you install program X from repo Y, but program X is not in fedora's main repos, than program X will only update when repo Y provides a new version of program X, unless you remove the related community repo. If you remove it, program X will stay at it's current version forever.
I'm upgrading a really old WD Green to a new WD Blue. It's basically my Steam drive and it's NTFS since it's designated only for Windows use.
In Windows 10, I copy and pasted all the files from the old drive to the new drive. It starts the transfer, then it just stops and the transfer window disappears. I tried it with the new drive connected by internal SATA, and also by an external USB adapter that I have lying around.
I begin to wonder if the drive is defective or something. I boot up an Antergos live USB, copy and paste all the files, and it happily copies all the files.
Why would this be happening? Can Windows 10 not handle doing a mass file copy job? This drive has my Steam folder in it, so it has over 200,000 files.
I just don't understand why Linux can do it and Windows 10 can't.
>>55346223
ok so I get
├─sda5 8:5 0 396.2G 0 part /media/anon/Data
is sda5 my X then?
Behold, the stereotypical /g/entooman's desktop.
>transparent terminals
>tiling WM
>Arch
>urxvt
>irssi+tmux
>Thinkpad
What makes this unusual is that I'm actually using this on a company-issued work computer for work purposes, even the IRC. Never let anyone tell you that only "serious" distros or desktop environments are acceptable at work - if they let you use Linux at all, it's generally because they trust your judgement and will let you handle your system as you see fit.
>>55346168
Yes. COPRs are just like small package repos - you only get new versions when the repo gets them.
>>55346298
>>I just don't understand why Linux can do it and Windows 10 can't.
because windows is shit for this kind of application (and most others)
>>55346252sudo mount -o remount,rw /path/to/ntfs/partition
>>55346305
yep, that's it
>>55346313
>transparent terminal
You will level up to non transparent bro.
Mark my words.
>>55346298
>I just don't understand why Linux can do it and Windows 10 can't.
Windows 10 scans all your files for illegal data and sends the results to Microsoft. That's how they caught Jared.
>>55346348
>t. gnome-terminal developers
I've been using Linux and *BSD for eight years. A nice 10% transparency on a black background terminal works well for me, and has for pretty much all that time.
>>55346352
Why are there no jared memes on /g/?
This meme has so much potential.
>>55346313
>urxvt
>not st
>awesome
>not dwm
>>55346371
why would you use a transparent terminal? it makes readability worse.
>>55346347
so what would be the line I have to add then?
/dev/sda5/mnt/your_folder_name ntfs defaults,uid=1000,rw 0 0?
>>55346371
a) gnome-terminal supports transparency (not using it, just for mythbusting)
b)>I've been using Linux and *BSD for eight years.
so you're going to tell me that you don't know about common terminal features?
c) >A nice 10% transparency on a black background terminal works well for me, and has for pretty much all that time.
spotted the guy who will asked 20 threads in the future why ranger doesn't display framebuffer images
>>55346435
yep, just don't forget the spaces up until the word ntfs
>>55346404
>st
bruh, there's a line between suckless and crippleware, st passed it.
>>55346435
and create the folder in /mnt before you restart otherwise the mount will try to execute in a nonexistent directory
>>55346456
Nah, I know full well that urxvt's framebuffer image drawing support doesn't work at 32-bit color depth, only 16. I was that guy like five years ago, and it was w3m at the time, not ranger. Nowadays I use Xfe if I need a file manager with image rendering support.
>>55346456
>a) gnome-terminal supports transparency (not using it, just for mythbusting)
Nope, only on Fedora, which is a downstream patch. That got removed back in 3.6-3.8 IIRC.
>>55346404
I prefer the better multilingual support and clickable URLs from urxvt, and dwm is a little too limited for my liking. I like Awesome's better theme support, systray, and even the Lua.
>>55346531
>dwm is a little too limited for my liking.
You clearly missed the point of dwm, if you insist, you're free to add 2-3 patches and make dwm superior to any en-vouge tiling wm
>>55346531
>>>55346456
>>a) gnome-terminal supports transparency (not using it, just for mythbusting)
>Nope, only on Fedora, which is a downstream patch. That got removed back in 3.6-3.8 IIRC.
on ubuntu gnome terminal suports transparency
>Nah, I know full well that urxvt's framebuffer image drawing support doesn't work at 32-bit color depth, only 16. I was that guy like five years ago, and it was w3m at the time, not ranger. Nowadays I use Xfe if I need a file manager with image rendering support.
i use urxvt with tranparency and with everything up to date imagerendering works fine in ranger but images dissapear if you focus another window (at least they fixed that annoying transparent artifacts bug)
>>55346570
I've used it before, and spent my fair share of time editing config.h. I just didn't like it as much as Awesome.
>>55346608
>on ubuntu gnome terminal suports transparency
That's another, older downstream patch. Debian, Arch, Slackware, Gentoo, etc. don't do that.
>>55346495
added the line and created the folder, doesn't work
>>55346644
what does you fstab look like right now? can I see it?
>>55346706
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=669d3b81-579a-4217-a9b8-f6c476bb1116 / ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /boot/efi was on /dev/sda2 during installation
UUID=B8C9-3529 /boot/efi vfat umask=0077 0 1
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=1a007a1a-9805-4876-9447-946c8ccd810c none swap sw 0 0
/dev/sda5/mnt/data ntfs defaults,uid=1000,rw 0 0
>>55335759
what is the best way to back up my shit?
>>55346736
there has to be a space between /dev/sda5 and /mnt/data
also, you have to put the line directly below thr last one
>>55346760
Set up NFS and keep your documents there
What are your favorite desktop themes for making qt programs look the same as gtk2/3 programs?
>>55346780
still not working, I give up why is such a simple thing so difficult to do
>>55346939
>why is such a simple thing so difficult to do
because NTFS is proprietary AND garbage
>>55346939
post output of lsblk -f
>>55346939
try removing the uid part, I think that might be the problem
>>55335759
i got one these https://www.amazon.com/HP-Chromebox-CB1-014-Desktop-White/dp/B00KD5RUPA
can i convert it to pure linux?
I read a guide and said it over complex.
why can i just not unscrew dev screw and flash a usb?
>Error /dev/disk/by-label/ANTERGOS device did not show up after 30 seconds
>Falling back to interactive prompt
Ive tried 3 different Arch and Arch-like installers and keep getting this error, what do I do?
I want to install Gentoo as my first real loonix.
I hear that the real difference is that programs are compiled from binary? If so, how does that differ from normal execution of programs and does that mean it can't be done in the conventional way
What are some things I should learn beforehand
>>55348078
You sweet summer child.
>>55348048
Your device is not properly labeled.
Running xubuntu, and there's a lock in /dpkg/ that keeps causing issues. Every time I delete it it pops back up. What do.
This is not strictly linux related, but:
Is the recommended way to learn C++ to just mess around in vim and compiling in the terminal, and using an IDE only until later? Or the other way around?
>>55348167
yeah, vim is pretty good for editing, it even does Syntax highlighting
>>55348126
My USB device? or is my computer fucked
So this is my first time messing around with i3. It's going pretty well, but I'm having problems getting the media keys on my T420 to work.
So far volume controls, mute, next and previous work. But play/pause and stop don't (it's pretty weird)
This is the section that dictates multimedia stuff in my config. What's wrong?# Media player controls
bindsym XF86AudioPlay exec playerctl play
bindsym XF86AudioPause exec playerctl pause
bindsym XF86AudioNext exec playerctl next
bindsym XF86AudioPrev exec playerctl previous
I could've sworn it was working a few times and then out of the blue it didn't...
And yes, playerctl is installed
Anyone else having issues with the upgrade of pulse (and libpulse) to 9.0? It doesn't detect my second sound card (EMU20k2) as a 5.1 device, resulting in no bass and a chaotic order of my speaker...
Pavucontrol is also unable to fix this.$ lspci | grep Audio
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801JI (ICH10 Family) HD Audio Controller
01:00.0 Audio device: Creative Labs EMU20k2 [X-Fi Titanium Series] (rev 03)
02:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GF114 HDMI Audio Controller (rev a1)
>>55335759
I've got a lenovo 510p that ran really smoothly on windows, but now on opensuse even reloading a single firefox page causes my entire system to hang and the laptop runs hot as hell
does anybody know how I can fix this?
I keep trying to install Arch Linux, and it's successfully installed multiple times, yet I can never download anything, I suppose the mirror lists aren't new, but I can use pacman to download things while i'm completing the installation progress, but as soon as I boot into Arch, pacman suddenly can't connect to any servers and download anything, I can't even update anything
>>55350032
maybe you are not even online.
do you have it there?
>>55349995
does it happens only with firefox?
you can check the system with
>top
and see what process is eating your resources.
>>55350040
Do I have what where? Internet? Yes, I can ping servers and get responses. It just can't download anything from the AUR or even download the AUR.
>>55350073
I mean the machine, to help you out.
AUR??? with pacman???
Thats not possible .
>>55350117
Yes I have the machine with me, It's dual booting with the windows install i'm currently on. And forgive me for my noobishness. I just can't install anything with pacman.
>>55350069
firefox does use up quite a bit, I don't know though, I don't really use the computer without firefox running.3991 20 0 1417000 692824 59996 S 62.25 4.229 17:54.86 plugin-containe
1375 root 20 0 313040 176736 27712 S 38.41 1.079 52:21.35 Xorg
13862 20 0 1681588 568220 103676 S 29.14 3.469 11:17.58 firefox
1824 20 0 587064 11180 7712 S 4.636 0.068 6:46.72 pulseaudio
2223 20 0 395944 123920 54632 S 3.974 0.756 12:23.72 steam
1855 20 0 2231708 472376 68792 S 2.649 2.883 21:40.41 gnome-shell
sometimes gnome shell goes over 80%, I can't really tell what it's like when the system hangs because something's always on top of it when that happens
>>55350145
okpacman -Syy
What error do you get?
I'm having fun with Ubuntu, but I want to try something a little bit... I dunno, sexier, with a less windows like workflow. I might just use i3 or awesome, but, are there any distros that are a decent step up from Ubuntu? I was thinking Debian, but, I don't know.
>>55350182
try another desktop environment, you don't necessarily need to install a new distro to shake things up a bit
>>55350181
something along the lines of "unable to reach repository"
>>55350181
correction, I get a "failed retrieving core.db from whereever"
What's involved in switching to a different distro in a dual-boot configuration running off of the same drive, such that one OS gets wiped clean and replaced by the new one while the other OS, and storage drives, remain untouched?
Would the 'automatically install over XYZ' option be wise or would i have to manually format and repartition the system drive?
Any guides for this specific situation someone could point me to or am i over complicating it?
>>55335759
Is it possible to use tox on a raspberry pi so as a node sync conversation with one person,as well as multiple devices to one account?
>>55350309
ok I was writing instructions to download a big ass mirror list, but lets try something easier first.
edit /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist with nano or whatever editor you like.
you just need to delete the # in front of the servers that are in your country or close to. Save it and try pacman -Syy again. Select 10 or 15, at least one has to work.
You need to be root, or sudo to do it.
What image viewer does everyone use?
Last time I used Linux years ago I had some image viewer that didn't have a GUI, I ended up using a similar program on Windows. And now I want something like that on Linux, or just a nice one for Linux. Anyone have any ideas?
>>55350499
mirage for a minimal gui. Very light.
feh if you dont want the GUI.
What image viewer without GUI for windows??
>>55350462
Every mirror in the list is already uncommented, it's exactly the way it is when I installed it. I.e.
## Score 2.0 Canada
Server=HTTP://archlinux.mirror.vexxhost.com/$repo/is/$arch
>>55350318
I think it is easier to manually partition.
Since you know what you want, just do it like that.
>>55350529
weird.
that server is in the last mirrorlist.
Are you sure your internet connection is fine?
for me doing:ping archlinux.mirror.vexxhost.com
works
>compile kernel
>panics when I boot it
>debug information is a hexdump of the stack and function names+offsets
Fuck this game. At least with Windows I can google the error code and get the answer.
>>55350604
why do you want to compile kernel?
>>55350609
Gee, I dunno, maybe so my shitty Via processor can run the shit since
>please use a kernel appropriate for your CPU
shows up when I use my normal kernel.
>>55350601
I tried to ping it and it gave me a "Name or service not known" error
>>55350519
It's called Impression: Eyes
On a related note is there a way to get rid of the Title bar with feh? Left is Feh, and right is Impression: Eyes running via WINE.
Which is obviously not something I want to do for my default image viewer
>>55348347
Use sxhkd or xbindkeys for you keybinding rather a wm's. With sxhkd your config would look like{XF86AudioPlay,XF86AudioPause,XF86AudioNext,XF86AudioPrev}
playerctl {play,pause,next,previous}
>>55350664
That's your WM's problem, not feh.
>>55350601
I think I fixed my internet connection, dhcpcd never loaded I guess so I'm not sure if I only need to initialize it once or what, but it works now
>>55350736
good
so pacman is working now?
>>55350790
Yep. Now to figure out how to do all this x-server nonsense so I can actually do things
>>55350727
I see, it's just the default GNOME shell. Any idea how to get rid of that.
Linux Mint changed their shit around and provide GPG keys now. I've never understood how those worked, or how they're better than hashes. Can someone explain quickly?
how do I achieve maximum rice?
Some anon tried to explain but my thread got deleted by fag mods
Looking for help if anyone has any experience with this. Xubuntu16.04 since the week after release has been running fine on my hp laptop until this week ive been experiencing thermal shutdowns when watching video with hdmi output.
I can hear the fans kick in and it doesnt feel particularly hot, im guessing the gpu temperature spikes for a moment and causes this. Any ideas on how to resolve it?
anyone using wayland?
I'm running it with gnome, but I'd like to have something less gnomey. Orbital kind of seems cool but I haven't gotten it to work, there is literally one dev and the documentation is nonexistent.
Specifically orbital-launcher doesn't work and trying to just run orbital and specifying the backend gives a "can't find plugin wayland-backend.so", so I don't know. It'll run if I just type "orbital" but I see no indication that wayland is running and I can't get chromium to start.
Right now I'm building hawaii, we'll see how that goes. Enlightenment seems ugly, sway isn't my kind of thing really (I'm looking for more of a fluxbox-type), so I guess there's orbital, hawaii, papyros, maynard, and, of course, gnome.
Man this stuff takes a long time to develop...
>>55351358
well hawaii won't build...
How different are Mir and Wayland in practice? When Canonical eventually realizes Ubuntu phones are dead and there's no good reason to keep maintaining Mir, how much work will they have to do to port Unity to Wayland?
>>55346760
Diapers.
>>55350664
Just read the manpage.-x, --borderless
Create borderless windows.
>>55351327
Rice is subjective.
>>55351816
nor will papyros-shell...
also, gotta love this shitwarning: [Deprecated] is deprecated. Use ...
>>55346252
use ntfs-3g, not ntfs
the in-kernel driver only has experimental write support, last i checked
Is 16.04 usable or is it still filled with bugs?
>>55353035
What are these supposed bugs in 16.04? I haven't had any problems, personally.
>>55353035
I had constant problems with wifi in xubuntu
>>55348078
Good luck
Upgrading to Ubuntu 16.04 now, if my headphone jack doesn't work now I may seriously abandon buntu's
Installing pf-linux, which kernel config options should I use?
>>55353663
STILL GETTING STATIC FOR FUCK SAKE
>>55353035
Bretty gud. Maybe .1 release sometime soon would be a god target.
error: failed retrieving file 'x86-video-Intel-1:2.99.917+668+gc28e62f-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz' from <mirror> : The requested URL returned error: 404
Game over?
I just wanted to remove catalyst and try the open source driver. Arch. What do?
>Me trying to make a bootable USB
I dont know anything about programming, and i just Installed debian.
Should i keep using until i know how to use it or go back to old Binbows ?
>>55354036
post lspci
can someone explains what the "online accounts" thing on Ubuntu is? I can add Facebook there but I don't know what does this add
>>55354970
Contacts and shit I think.
Gnome has the same thing and use it to connect to my server so I can see my calendar/contacts in a semi integrated way in the desktop.
>>55355003
OK (I'm using gnome too). I thought it would be something like getting FB notifications without it being open
also, sometimes when I run a command on the terminal I get at the end a line saying such as sudo apt-get update
E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
is this something I should worry about?
>>55354182
just install suse imagewriter or some shit, no need to make it complicated by using the CLI
>>55355028
I don't know what the Facebook thing actually does, just try it maybe?
Fix your /etc/apt/sources.list maybe?
>>55354182
Learn to use it. Ask questions you can't find anything about here.
>>55346846
Use the GTK qtstyle. Check the Arch Wiki on how to do it.
>>55350499
Nomacs 4lyf. Let's make Nomacs great again.
>>55354036
what do you mean 'static'? Like white noise?
>>55354182
What the fuck? Stop doing random commands. You tried to do dd an iso first (the command you gave implied the iso should be in your home, which it obviously wasn't), then you tried to dd your Pictures directory. Fuck knows what you were doing after that. I suggest you learn basics before you completely fuck your system. Things like cd, mv, cp.
You needed to cd in to wherever the iso was located and do 'sudo dd youriso .....', or specify the location properly like /home/anon/Downloads/ubuntu.iso.
The other anon is correct, use gui tools if you don't know how to do basic things in cli yet.
>>55350499
Nomacs, but lately it starts slow for me. Might look for something else.
Does systemd respect my freedom?
>>55356517
Your freedom to read your logs? No.
Hi I'm fairly new to GNU/Linux distros and whatnot but I'd like to partition my harddrive since I'm fed up with OSX. Based on the research I've done I'm assuming either ubuntu or Mint would be the best for a noob like me. I'm fairly confident that I can install it without a hitch my one question is how can I transfer files from one partition to the other, as in how can I move audio files from my OSX partition to my secondary one. Thanks!
>>55356551
What are you talking about? Less works fine.
>>55356552
It would probably be easiest to back them up to an external hard drive then just transfer them from there once you have installed your distro
