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Intended for users of all levels, including absolute beginners.
There are three ways to try Linux, you can:
1) Install a Linux OS on a VM (Virtual Machine/VirtualBox) for "safety purposes"
2) Use the Live ISO directly without installing anything, that way, you can get a "full Linux experience".
3) Go balls deep and overwrite everything with Linux (not recommended)
If you are serious about switching to Linux and if you have Windows dual-booted (recommended for pure newbies), we recommend you use it exclusively for 2 weeks, and avoid Windows dual booting for that period of time, or it's likely you will start retreating back to windows instead of getting used to Linux as your new home and working on making it feel the way you want it.
>Recommended for beginners:
-Ubuntu MATE
-Debian (For Broadcom devices, use an ISO that includes non-free firmware)
-openSUSE
-LinuxMint (a.k.a Ubuntu LTS + Cinnamon)
Before asking, please find the answers to your questions in resources.
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Understand that much of your software from Windows will be unavailable, although maybe wine can make up for it.
Resources:
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https://wiki.archlinux.org/
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/
What is Linux (or GNU/Linux for Stallmanists)?
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/GNU/Linux
Babby's First Linux (What distro to choose?)
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What software does /g/ recommend? (Please DON'T include the so called infographic -- refer all your recommended software here.)
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/List_of_recommended_GNU/Linux_software
Ricing on Linux (Make it good and functional or make it worse like those at desktop threads)
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/GNU/Linux_ricing
A script designed to ease the transition from Windows to Debian
https://github.com/Chocolate-Chip-Computing/DebianNewbieScript
We now have an entry in the install Gentoo wiki!
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php//flt/
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>>51916772
why are we recommending ubuntu mate instead of xubuntu? xfce and mate act and look pretty much alike while xfce is somewhat lighter
reposting
>like lubuntu enough to keep coming back to it even after trying other distros but it has it's faults
there are a couple things that I would like to know,
is there a sound icon I can switch to? it's kinda annoying when I open up the sound slider to change the volume and forget that I have to click it again, and it won't auto-hide if I go back to my browser or game or irc client.
the tiny oval scroll bar, is there a way to make the bar wider? or else change it to a different scrollbar? my mouse wheel isn't a wheel so much as the Flick-It! end from a Bop-It! EXTREME! and it's finickey and not helpful for fine scrolling for centering those xtube and videos.toypics videos and its thin profile in the scroll area makes it hard to click and drag when I'm not conpletely focused on it
Installed Antergos but I don't have the option to boot into it on a UEFI dual boot with Windows 10.
I already tried using easybcd but it won't work with EFI.
>>51916897
yeah uefi and linux can be wonky, distros that just work with it are kinda hit or miss
>>51916923
REEEEEEEE
Fuck UEFI. Is there any work around?
>>51916958
UEFI legacy and BIOS
>>51916958
I'm sure there is, I just don't know what it is besides this>>51916985, my lazy ass would rather try a dozen different distros to get one that just works than trying to fix the issue
>>51916985
I tried legacy but it doesn't work. And I'm pretty sure BIOS would mean I would have to reinstall Windows 10 which I don't want to deal with.
>>51916772
Be funnier if people sent Bill a bunch of penguins.
>>51917015
Did you disable secureboot in uefi and win 10?
>>51917098
I did Shift+Restart into the UEFI options and disables secure boot and Launch CSM
>>51916897
are you dual booting on the same drive?
>>51917164
Yes. One SSD with an OEM installed Windows 10
Hi i have an acer c720p and id like to install linux on it with preferably the gnome desktop. Is it possible to replace this shitty chrome os somehow? im a noob and i cant figure out how to flash my bios and its just confusing (SeaBIOS ... wtf) ... :/ and i dont know if the flash procedure of the c720 is the same as for my chromebook the c720p.
i never tried gentoo so if there is an how to with gentoo that would be fine too :)
thanks in advance
>>51916772
i wonder if he checks any of those penguins to see if they've been bugged
>>51916772
That would be a good way to get a spy camera into Linus' house.
what does /g/ play on linux?
>>51917228
Nothing
>>51917228
ets2
>>51917228
E U 4
U
4
>>51917198
when you install arch, do lsblk, get the drive name
then do
parted /dev/drivename print
look for an efi partition. if there is one this is where it becomes really important.
you need to mount that partition as your boot partiton onto your arch install.
Then install grub, go on the arch wiki for grub, theres a long command for installing and mention of efisomthingmngr you need too.
also when you go to boot into the arch usb, makes sure you boot into it in uefi mode. there should be two options. if you just boot the usb you wont have the uefi variables.
I hope this helps. if you dont have a efi partition/esp partition that means windows is using legacy, then you have to do some other shit.
>>51917292
I was struggling getting my install to actually boot up. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB
the uefi section helps alot.
>>51917228
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
>3) Go balls deep and overwrite everything with Linux (not recommended)
Definitely recommended, breaking your system over and over again is the best way to learn linux
>>51917228
>what does /g/ play on linux?
>>>/vr/
>>51916772
There is no actual thread for my question so here goes.
Why isn't there open source messaging protocol to fight against shit like FB Messenger or Skype?
Something with actual protection like AES? That everyone could develop if they wanted to and everyone could see what it adoes in source code?
I'm setting up an Astrix VoIP server, how can I sent VoIP packets through the internet without a VoIP router?
>>51917362
T O X
O
X
Is not beginner,tunnel vision will think anyone can use that,but open source can't be easily known,look at the think Stallman voice announce makes,it goes television politics of toward red English socialism of the 1950s,Alan Turing,UNIX,right?ok,so Apple was already declared as develop research point of UNIX Linux,b compiler,c compiler,Gcc,gfirtran because Gpu array,cgroups Linux?why and nvidia Intel bsd call of x win (lisp,pascal,parallel programming,quantum,Java ant) for what no one knows porting?why we and vt,tn,emulator terminals,fish?babel Hanoi rocks n rolls?mpp into node is is simple parallel patois,deviants?debs?o,no they've gone poppy queen of England's Beatles swearing tossed workers unions ball and chain paying prices as all you need to do is gen up shop hop cycle ring of roses o my England,debs?....
>>51916923
>>51916985
>>51916997
>>51917098
>>51917164
Shitty picture but do these partitions look suitable?
>>51917511
Doesn't /boot/efi actually need to be fat32 so the firmware can read it?
>>51917511
did you make that efi partition?
To view partitions and volumes on Windows Operating System (OS), Disk Management is the preferred tool, which helps to see if the drive is recognized and has one or more partitions. To do this, follow the steps below: Click on Start (7, Vista, XP). On windows 8, right-click on the bottom-left corner of the screen.
boot into windows and do that, show me a picture.
>>51917511
What's the point of having /home on a separate partition if it's physically on the same drive?
>looking into maybe making the switch
>find out about i3
motherfucker i'm switching tomorrow
>>51917228
0ad and openrc
Check thelinuxgamer for other gaymes.
>>51917556
Idk. Does it?
>>51917557
I just made it. I'm in the middle of an install. When I installed without it it didn't work.
>>51917563
Idk. Memes and stuff.
>>51917563
to keep your shit if you're a distrohopper?
>>51917362
There is literally a /g/ project for this. Probably the most successful one.
Tox. Use qtox.
>>51917596
Oh, yeah. That actually sounds reasonable.
>>51917618
Tox is not a /g/ project.
>>51917477
Please use spaces and learn to structure your sentences.
Bios is libreboot develop,where bsd?you don't carve back into calling dos for Windows 10,if Linux fails?your counting from DIM shot Ram of known functions it will repeat ,giving your bios to the screen reports?YOU can ,eventually,concern the whole board too bsd?That is firmware blob?
>>51917586
it does, the efi thing is just a type. the bootloader will create the efi dir.
all you need is a 512m partition with type efi/esp i think its one of those. then mkfs.fat -F32 for that fat32
But if your ssd is not gpt i think this has to be done differently
>>51917631
Pretty sure it is. /gd/ made the logo and other people got involved.
>>51917631
you can greentext in qtox
Can you encrypt your messages in Tox
>>51917697
they're all encrypted by default. that's the entire point of the app.
>>51917631
Initial upload on github was made by irungentoo.
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Tox
Ssd is good for RAID you then use volume group,like LVM,it gives more options like hfs,zfs,CFCs,than using GPT.Efi upgrade is libreboot,the bios is hauling from Gpu parallels,including better RAM conversion controls from dos ,evened alike bsd real transforms,rom SoC,miss firmwares,flop measurements,etc?The DIM?It is not out of date but you are including too things that are not wisely phrased or used?gpt can lock a whole system down to those that think Linux micro images are 4K,etc?
>>51917743
wiki is pretty outdated now, but Tox is a really impressive application, i'm glad if any /g/ project has succeeded, it's probably the most important one.
What's the best linux distro that's not botnet, systemd or smth.
>>51917861
funtoo, void, alpine.
>>51917873
How good is funtoo?
Because void doesn't work properly on my PC.
>>51917904
>How good is funtoo?
About as good as gentoo.
>>51917228
CS:GO
>>51917904
it's what i use, it's gentoo with some quality of life improvements, avoids systemd and forks software so it can be ran without relying on systemd. good community, good docs, very stable (for me anyways). i'm a big fan.
>>51917982
I will give a try. Thanks. So it's kinda installation from command prompt like Arch?
I used Arch before, but mainly now xubuntu and debian.
I was interested in Slackware, but I was too lazy.
lel, he has a VCR. Typical Linux fag. Get with the times.
>>51918025
yeah, I can't tell if you're aware of this or not but you will be compiling 99.9999% of the packages you download from source, so I hope you have the time for the initial setup.
a curious aside, what made Void not work for you?
>>51917861
You can install debian without systemd if you are too lazy for funtoo.
>>51918047
Booted from USB thumb key tried to run installation or smth. And nothing happens. Tried to ask my friend who uses void too, but he said he doesn't know.
>>51918078
weird, UEFI mobo? maybe it's a secure boot thing. i dunno. i booted from a void image pretty recently without trouble, but I have an older mobo.
>>51918100
That could be the case. But I tried all kind of linux to run on my PC everything worked except Void.
>>51917228
STREET FIGHTER V IS COMING TO LINUX NIGGERS
>change theme in lubntu 15.10 from default to Onyx
>now when it blanks before going to sleep it wakes back up to a 800x600 glitched screen
What actually SystemD does badly that everyone is afraid?
>>51918233
Triggers autism
Posted in SQT but no answers. Mina, please be gentle.
Ubuntu 14.04 on an old dell optiplex desktop. The suspend mode just doesn't work - the monitor goes off, but the fans and hdd are still spinning. To make matters worse, while the monitor is blank, the keyboard and power button doesn't work so I would have to pull the plug and turn it back on again. What do?
Using ubuntu 14.04 on my HP laptop as well, but there's no issue whatsoever. Everything works.
>>51918233
it's mostly ideological reasons that people dislike systemd. the scope of the project at this point has amounted to a monolithic subkernel, absorbing features an init system never needed to touch. it creates a large attack surface and dense codebase that makes it difficult for any newcomer to adequately pick apart what's wrong and fix it themselves if they were so inclined. the reason for its mass adoption is a calculated push by a multi-billion dollar company in an effort to "standardize" the userland to make enterprise Linux a more palatable and easier sell and likely because it will give them greater overall control of the ecosystem.
systemd works, but i don't want it on my box, and i still have that choice for now which is nice, but its worming itself into other major projects where there's no real reason for it to be a dependency, which is alarming. it will become harder and harder to avoid if your desire is to avoid it. i personally don't want something handling the decryption of my luks drives also handling my network access in one "tidy" package, i'm not sure how that's supposed to be appealing.
it can make your life appear simpler if you're new to linux, it's easy to see why nothing is wrong on the surface when you look at its concept, but if you've been around to see its scope creep and intent blatantly shift to go far beyond the boundaries in which it was initially pitched, you might see why some people are against it.
I need these two lines to run everytime I start i3wm:
xrandr --output HDMI-0 --rotate left
xrandr --output DVI-0 --auto --left-of HDMI-0
If I put it in the config like that, it doesn´t work, what am I supposed to do?
>>51918398
Oh my, look what happened after I changed them to:
exec_always xrandr --output HDMI-0 --rotate left
exec_always xrandr --output DVI-0 --auto --left-of HDMI-0
>>51918398
>>51918496
Oh my my my, this time I removed the _always, and it is EVEN WORSE.
Hi there guys. Apparently everyone hated my playlist last time so I made one that is a bit more modern. Currently working on adding more. Should I go back to /mu/ with this?
https://github.com/Chocolate-Chip-Computing/DebianNewbieScript/blob/master/tunes.sh
>>51918578
yeah get the fuck out
>>>/mlp/
>>>/mu/
Really quick, i'm tring to install openCV 3 on Mint 17 and I keep getting the error at
>Linking CXX shared library ../../lib/libopencv_imgproc.so
>/usr/bin/ld: ../../../3rdparty/ippicv/unpack/ippicv_lnx/lib/ia32/libippicv.a(jmp_ippiResizeGetBufferSize_16s_as.s.o): relocation R_386_GOTOFF against undefined symbol `ippicvJumpIndexForMergedLibs' can not be used when making a shared object
I was told
>I resolved this issue and thought I should answer my own question just in case someone else trips across this.
>Apparently, the opencv lib will not build properly when you specify a shared lib build. When using cmake-gui, you must NOT set this option:
>BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
>By disabling this option, the opencv lib built and installed just fine
But this hasn't helped me at all or I'm not disabling the sharing properly. I'm just doing -D BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=FALSE but i've also tried it as OFF, and NO. I'm not really sure how to use CMake properly.
I went to the CMake documentation but it just says
>Global flag to cause add_library to create shared libraries if on.
>If present and true, this will cause all libraries to be built shared unless the library was explicitly added as a static library. This variable is often added to projects as an OPTION so that each user of a project can decide if they want to build the project using shared or static libraries.
and doesn't actually say how to turn it on and off.
(cont)
>>51918397
Thank you for you answer.
>>51918642
The whole error is[ 16%] Built target pch_Generate_opencv_imgproc
Linking CXX shared library ../../lib/libopencv_imgproc.so
/usr/bin/ld: ../../../3rdparty/ippicv/unpack/ippicv_lnx/lib/ia32/libippicv.a(jmp_ippiResizeGetBufferSize_16s_as.s.o): relocation R_386_GOTOFF against undefined symbol `ippicvJumpIndexForMergedLibs' can not be used when making a shared object
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Bad value
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [lib/libopencv_imgproc.so.3.0.0] Error 1
make[1]: *** [modules/imgproc/CMakeFiles/opencv_imgproc.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2
The tldr of this is
What am I doing wrong?
Why isn't it installing?
What should I know about this for the future?
Sorry if i'm not really being coherent right now. I've been trying to fix this for so long that I'm lightheaded and have 27 tabs open of some sort of scavenger hunt for people who've had the same problem.
>new hdd
>install windows
>install ubuntu/mint
>use gparted to create third partition
Basically I want my windows partition, my loonix partition and my [fuckingeverythinggoeshere] partition for media and shit, so I can reinstall OS's if need be without removing a bunch of folders
is this hard?
>>51917228
KSP
Anyone that wants to contribute can do it here
>>>/mu/61101651
>>51918045
I have a VCR. Whats wrong with them? You can get 10 cent movies.
>>51918879
is that you, gregg?
>>51918688
well, the gentoo ebuild has it as
-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
so I'd expect
-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
to work (note that there's no space there)
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
So. I'm trying to dual boot Windows 10 and Antergos. The Windows 10 is OEM UEFI bullshit. I've found out that you have to boot the Antergos Live usb via UEFI but when I try to it just white screens.
Someone please help me. UEFI is truly a crime against humanity.
>>51919033
Do other distros work? Try debian non-free or mint to test it if you didn't already.
>>51918985
Nah still got the same problem. And it explicitly told me that it ignored the BUILD_SHARED_LIBS part. Thanks anyway.
>>51919068
I haven't tried another distro. Will attempt.
>>51917362
>AES
Public key crypto would be much better here so you don't have to exchange private keys for every communicating pair.
There are tons of encrypted communication systems from as simple as pgp+email to stuff like tox.
>>51919033
had the same struggle.
fuck antegros, just install arch the traditional way. and load the bootable usb through uefi, there might be some weird shit going on with antegros.
I have faith in you, pull up the beginners guide and go ham!
>>51918649
For a more snarky, technical and point-by-point criticism of systemd, see http://suckless.org/sucks/systemd
>>51919087
>>51918688
Also, do you need IPP (some sort of general Intel Video/Audio/Stuff library)? As it seems that's what's causing the problem.
Try
-DWITH_IPP=OFF
-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
(I'm guessing that's the switch that'll turn IPP off, not sure if that's exactly how it works)
>>51916772
What documentary is OP's image from?
>>51919429
trying it right now. Gimme a sec. Thank you for all your help btw.
What does Linux do that windows doesn't?
>>51919429
>>51919473
It seems to be working. My dick is rock solid. 12% so far.
>>51919492
Make my dick hard.
>>51919429
27%! Passed the point of failure before! It looks like it's working! Thank you so much! I'll report back once it's done!
>>51919452
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSgUPqygAww
>>51919561
Glad it worked. I've got to leave now, so good luck with whatever you're doing.
>>51919663
W-wait!
>>51918127
Shit, that's cool
why is it such a pain in the ass to modify pipemenus?
I want to remove gimp/mirage but I just cant seem to find the right line to delete.
>>51920107
~/.config/openbox/pipemenus.rc
Remove gimp and mirage from the GRAPHICS_APPS array
>>51920217
I'm fucking stupid. I actualy removed quite some software through pipemus.rc yet this was one of the most stupid situations i've been yet.
Anyway, thank you, kind anon
Would installing Gnome mess with Xubuntu's resource lightness?
I'm new to gnu/linux and want to install Xubuntu on my crappy Thinkpad
what guides do you guys recommend on setting Arch up after installing it? I'm completely lost as to what to install and it seems like all guides do things completely differently
I'm running Debian on my PC and it works fine, except the GPU is detected as an AMD 295 rather than a 380, and the fans don't really spin, they do a slow half-spin where one fan does it, stops, then the other one does. I tired to install the drivers from the AMD site but I wasn't able to because the Kernel was the wrong version for the installer, Debian wasn't listed as a supported distro either so I suspect that's why. What do?
So xubuntu fucked up (The video driver is utter shit that bugs out when I open a tty and pulse can't into audio aparently) so I decided to give freeBSD a chance, partially because a friend has been sperging over it for like four years now.
I've been using xubuntu as a secondary OS in a laptop for years now and cygwin/cygwinX in all my computers for twice that long, is there any difference specialy big I should get ready for, besides the lack of apt-get?
>>51918707
>is this hard
no, it's pretty easy.
How big is your HDD? My laptop has a 120GB SSD and space is pretty tight with both Win7 and Arch on it, I had to buy a 128GB SD card to supplement the storage space.
>>320542242
I'm having two issues that I cant find an answer for
>PA is defaulting to 100% as soon as I play audio after changing it in pavucontrol
>dualshock 4 doesnt work over bluetooth despite connecting fine (user is in input and plugdev groups)
I just finished watching Linus Torvalds' talk at Debconf and I'm wondering:
Why do distros need to do packages?
Is there some good reason that most programs can't just work the same on different distros? I can pull a github repo and once the dependencies are installed, I've almost always been able to get the program to run.
I can understand having different binaries for different architectures obviously, but I really don't see how much one flavour of linux can vary from the next.
Can anyone shed any light on it?
Does the visualiser in ncmpcpp only work with some songs or can it work with any sound file? It doesn't work for me.
>>51920900
>I can pull a github repo and once the dependencies are installed
Packages are designed exactly to dodge that.
>>51920900
Two reasons
One, as you mentioned:
>once the dependencies are installed
You need to dependency management for a system. Packages specify dependencies in a straightforward way.
Two:
Distributions customize packages for a variety of reasons, from compatibility issues to security issues, etc.
Its unreasonable to grab everything from github and do the package management yourself for everything; this will get so complicated so quickly that your system will be unusable if you want to keep it updated.
>>51920948
>>51920949
Ok, but I still don't understand why each distro needs to do its own packages. It seems like an awful lot of work gets duplicated to maintain a package (actually, more than one) for each distro. But is there some technical reason why they can't use the same packages, besides different package managers?
>>51920900
Doing this for the odd program of the week is all fine and dandy, but hainvg to manage the independent dependences of every single program you use is hell.
Source: I used windows 95/98 to test software for a small magazine. I had to wipe out and reinstall once a week.
watch is cool
>>51921063
Ah, that?
That's mostly the kinks of each distro. This one uses memory manager A, so this little change to the code will make it run faster. This other one uses a diferent boot manager, so this permissions manager won't work quite right if I don't change code block A for code block B.
What distro should I use that's
A) Minimal
B) Easy to install
C) A good host for other linux VMs
D) Not Arch
>>51921118
debian
>>51921135
that's what i was thinking of, guess that's it then
>>51921118
Qubes > one of the LinuxBBQ distros > Plebian netinstall.
>>51921118
Gentoo
Are there any WM devs actively working on a wayland port?
>Have shitty integrated GPU - intel 4 series
>Want to try out cinnamon because it looks pretty
>"I'm sure my graphics card can handle it if W7 worked"
>Nope
Is it even the GPU? Or should I just re-download cinnamon?
I use openbox without any problems
>>51921086
I like to use it with make or ant because instead of doing save -> compile -> read errors, it is just save -> look at the other terminal
>>51921514
Cinnamon is shit.
>>51921522
you run your makefile every 2 seconds or so with watch? that sounds crazy
>>51921555
Well it's not like my CPU is doing much else while I'm programming. And if my makefile is right then it's only recompiling the files I'm actually editing.
Saying that, I haven't tried it out on any really big projects yet.
>>51917228
Dosbox
>>51917228
>No mention of doom or quake
I am saddened.
What free as in freedom video editing software does /flt/ recommend?
>>51917228
at the moment, openttd and shadowrun: hong kong
>>51921832
>not eduke32
>>51917228
touhou, dwarf fortress, borderlands: the pre-sequel, super meat boy, etc...
>>51922169
>Touhou
>>>/autism/
>>51918398
put them in xinit
>>51922182
y tho,
its fun
>>51917596
Shit anon I never thought about that. That's actual pretty smart. I've been wiping my drive each distro I've hopped. Goddamn son you just changed my life.
I'm not a clever man.
I did it, after 8 attempts and two installs I have a basic setup running. got sound and a mic working. All that fucking around for the last 3 days was worth it.
Now I have to start ricing, because god this looks like shit.
Thanks for all the help over the last 3 days though. If theres one place I can count on its here with you guys!
>>51922341
lol nice way to meme your life away
how the hell do I get rid of this warning?
I've done everything leafgarland/typescript-vim says to on the page
I've done, both in the vimrc and from inside vim, "let g:typescript_compiler_options = '--experimentalDecorators'", yet I still get this god damn warning and it's fucking annoying as fuck
any ideas?
>>51922469
>>51922503
check if your option's being picked up by adding an option that you know will cause a fail, then try running whatever that is manually with and without the --experimentalDecorators option, might give some clues
>headphone audio is working
>i didn't even put the right model in the modprobe file
fucking linux, how do you work?
Why isn't deepin suggested for beginners?
It seems perfect for a beginner
>>51922674
it is.
just not here.
too many racists + "BOTNET!!!11!0" spouters for any chinese/russian software/OSs to gain any traction
>>51922550
I just tried pic related, and nothing changed
>>51922674
>>51922748
Racists? No. Botnets? Yes.
>>51922503
how can you even read the text in your terminal
>>51922748
>Open source botnet
What a time to be alive
>>51922799
thus why i made fun of them, what's your point
>>51922818
That is my point, they're stupid
>>51922777
what are you talking about it's great
here's the question on SO: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34347909/cant-remove-leafgarland-vim-typescript-experimentaldecorator-warning
>implying this is hard to read
>>51922838
pff i guess if you like reading text that is like 90% transparent
>>51922854
that's output from npm liter-server
I agree it's not easy to read
OK complete newfag here.
>compiling tox from source
>install all the dependence
>sudo make install
>everything goes smooth
>what do now
tox is not showing in the applications menu, so i'm confused
>>51922881
what the fuck are you doing? And why?
>>51922881
look around in the folders with "ls -l" for something that has an executable flag. put that in /usr/local/bin and you'll be able to run it like any other application
>>51922881
here's the compilation documentation
>https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore/blob/master/INSTALL.md
Everything i have done thus far
sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake checkinstall check git yasm libsodium13 libsodium-dev
sudo apt-get install libopus-dev libvpx-dev pkg-config
git clone https://github.com/jedisct1/libsodium.git
cd libsodium
git checkout tags/1.0.3
./autogen.sh
./configure && make check
sudo checkinstall --install --pkgname libsodium --pkgversion 1.0.0 --nodoc
sudo ldconfig
cd ..
git clone https://github.com/irungentoo/toxcore.git
cd toxcore
autoreconf -i
./configure
make
sudo make install <<after this, i'm not sure what's next, as it's undocumented
>>51922761
so it's presumably not picking up your option. sure that's the right variable? does the typescript compiler have its own config file?
>>51922985
why the fuck are you compiling it?
>>51923011
because i prefer to compile my software?
>>51923018
Yeah sounds like it
>I did sudo make install and I don't know what to do now
>>51922985
it should have installed a binary, which you can run from a command-line. you'll have to do some googling to find out how to add it to your application menu for whatever distro you're on.
>>51923018
>because i prefer to compile my software?
>uses apt based distro
top kek m8
>>51923034
hmm, i tried that already,
>$toxcore
Command not found.
>$tox
>Command not found
thanks for the help, appreciated.
>>51922985
You need to add the binary destination to your $PATH or symlink it.
>>51923052
not like i'm going to use gentoo.
i have used arch, but i prefer debian
>>51923083
So you don't prefer to compile your software.
>>51923083
>not like i'm going to use gentoo.
More fool you then, when you do, one day, give it a try and realize it is the best distro of all, remember this day and cringe.
>>51923010
Thanks for the help, I'm looking into that now.
>>51923116
>takes days to compile the os
>days
>"best distro of them all"
>>51923069
looks like you need to install a client
https://wiki.tox.chat/doku.php?id=clients
>>51923140
>I prefer to compile my own software?
>>51923169
yup, that seems to be the fix to my problems, thank you good sir.
>>51923140
>being so new that you don't understand the meme
>>51923121
try removing one minus, so -experimentalDecorators instead of --experimentalDecorators
>>51923191
"i like to wait days to use my computer"
>>51923241
>I'm from reddit and I'm new and clueless
>>51923255
i'm not from reddit
is there something like equalizer apo for linux?
Centos is using symlink for /bin /lib /lib64 to link them under /usr. My question is why are they doing this? Can I do the same to get rid of some of the configuration files and organize them in a better way that I like without ruining everything? Would any software that is going to look at the symbolic link be able to find the files?
>>51923228
That didn't work.
Also, I cheated and just commented out the error() call in tsc.js. Definitely a hack.
Is there anything I can do about the NFS memory eating bug?
When I transfer files to my file server the memory fills up. If I transfer a lot of data it completely fills the memory.
It doesn't release it until I reboot the server, which I don't want to do.
>>51923366
sure you're not mistaking used memory for cache? it's normal for the cache to fill up
>>51923394
No, it uses all 8GB of RAM, then starts using swap. It eventually uses all the swap.
>>51923418
is your NFS share is a ramdisk?
>>51923435
No, it's an LVM consisting of four 2TB drives.
This is what I see in Cockpit.
>>51923488
what process is using the ram?
How do fonts? There's so much damn noise trying to figure out just how to set a "default" font in an xorg environment. Is it controlled by Xorg? By the WM? By the individual programs? What the shit. Just give me a configuration file to edit somewhere.
>>51923556
look on a wiki, font configuration. It's not noisy at all.
>>51923556
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_configuraton
>>51923577
It is. I've looked on the arch wiki, on ubunt wiki, on debian wiki, on a bunch of other random google results that also tell me nothing.
>>51923516
I'm not sure. When I run top during an active file transfer it says the nfs process isn't using any memory. But in the graphical representation it steadily goes up the longer the file transfer goes on.
>>51923602
Is this noisy for you? Because this is the most comfortable font rendering I can get. Better than a Mac, and taken DIRECTLY from ArchWiki with a little change.
>>51923641
what font is it?
I'm trying to install Arch using Architect and I'm getting this error when trying to install the bootloadermount: mount point
/mnt/etc/resolv.conf does not exist
==> ERROR: failed to setup resolv.conf
What do I do?
>>51924274
create /mnt/etc/resolv.conf
>>51924303
Is there a way to open the terminal in architect?
>>51924342
What DE/WM?
>>51924342
Architect is an installer for arch, so like I'm not in any de/wm yet
>>51924342
ctrl-alt-(f1-f8)
most linux distros switch to text consoles (f1-f6) and back to the WM (f7-f8).
Im using gentoo with fglrx drivers
Everything was fine until I decided to upgrade my kernel to 4.3.3
When I first rebooted x11 started but gpu acceleration was broken, now x11 wont start at all (black screen then hangs).
Ive tried rebuilding ati-drivers to no avail
What do
Hey,
In most Linux distros that I've installed, the resolution is almost always stuck to 800x600, and 1024x1000 or so, generally small resolutions that are 4:3
In Linux Mint, more non 4:3 options are provided, but the smallest one that is 16:9 is 1920x1080, my laptop's resolution is 1366x768.
Generally when using Oracle VM, I've always had this issue with screen resolution. The only OS I've not had this issue with at some point is Windows XP.
>>51924648
What laptop?
>>51924664
Oh good god, an Alienware Laptop that I bought for about 500$, the bottom says Alienware 14, deployed Feb. 19th 2014, and it has a GeForce 750M.
>>51924691
NVIDIA Optimus. What distro are you using now?
>>51924723
I'm currently using Elementary OS as my main install, (Yes yes, I know, It sucks, looks like mac, etc etc, I can't rice well and it's the most visually pleasing OS I can manage with my skill level), and running Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa in Oracle VM VirtualBox.
>>51924751
Elementary is broken at its best, Mint might be the best choice.
>>51924780
I'm not dedicated to Elementary OS, there are literally two things that I like about it, and only two things.
1) The File Manager allows me to color code files and folders, the only feature of Mac OS X that I liked over Windows.
2) I can't seem to rice anything without fucking breaking it, and I like how Elementary OS looks. Mint is nice, I like Ubuntu and by extension Linux Mint since they're supported well, but I'm tired of having do a thousand things to fix my computer every time I fuck up.
So, I'm currently testing out distros in VirtualBox, trying to learn and fuck things up in the safety of "Oh well, guess I'll try again" instead of "Fuck, where's a goddamn USB drive, need to make another installer"
Issue is, it's trying my patience to have to deal with two 4:3 aspect ratios smaller than my monitor. That's what I need to fix, but it's a relatively common problems among all distros, and even when I run them under Windows's edition of VirtualBox.
>>51924846
Seriously, I could bitch about so many things I hate about Elementary OS. Other than color coding, it's File Manger sucks dick, shit that just works in proper Ubuntu is broken on it, the Devs are pedantic assholes who wish to emulate Apple in more than just aesthetics, the list goes on and on.
Warning: DO NOT fall for the PapyrOS meme. Those fuckers are promoting non-free proprietary software.
>>51924890
>PapyrOS
Not everyone who uses Linux cares about proprietary software.
>>51924890
Fuck off FSFag. No source.
>>51924918
Then why not just use Windows? Not caring about proprietary software defeats the motive of using Linux.
>>51924921
>No source
I'd post lmgtfy link, but I'm more lazier than you to do that.
Fuck off.
>>51924965
Linus doesn't care about "proprietary vs. free". The only people bitch about it is FSF, which is now a joke organization based on bullshit and FUD.
>>51924965
Windows isn't the only other non-free OS. There is Mac OS X as well. Try again.
>>51924984
>FSF is joke
>doesn't know without it you would be using either NSA/Windows or no computer at all because you are too poor to get a Mac.
Just how dense can you get?
>>51924990
What are you trying to prove?
Just made this video showing how I make videos using loonucks
https://youtu.be/BgccTntH73k
can anyone find me a nice link to this font? or at least I assume its this font, it was just Fixed when i was using it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed_(typeface)
i remember i had it awhile ago but i recently did a clean install and forgot to back it up
>>51925121
nvm i just realized its a fucking default font
previous distros I tried didnt have it but Arch does?
tfw ur os uses less RAM day to day than ur phone
Couple of questions, all about a central thing:
1) How do I fix default line spacing/padding in Chromium? 4chan just looks ugly as hell with all this wasted space everywhere.
2) I'd switch from Chromium, but I enjoy using the botnet known as Netflix. Netflix-desktop seems outdated in the AUR (although I've yet to try it), so is there any way of using Netflix without Chromium?
>>51925345
lol
>>51925058
What am I trying to prove?
You basically said there was no reason to use Linux if you don't want free software, and that I should be using Windows.
Mac OS X is also not free software, and people use it over Windows. There are reasons to use Linux that don't have to do with its free aspects.
Namely, no cost. I don't have to worry about having serial keys, or wondering if the OS will be tied to my hardware somehow, I can just reinstall it without worry, on all my devices.
Also, having a free operating system is much more important than free software. I can elect to install only free software on my free OS. With Windows, from the very start you are fucked.
So that's how I like it better. Linux can be free, and I can choose how much I trust select companies. So, what exactly was your point?
>>51923320
>Centos is using symlink for /bin /lib /lib64 to link them under /usr. My question is why are they doing this?
those were originally split because /usr was traditionally on a separate partition, and if it failed to mount for some reason you'd then have a 100% worthless system instead of just a mostly worthless system. Essential files were stored on the same drive or partition as /, in /bin, /lib, /lib64, or whatever
I'd have to guess that with the proliferation of live-boot distros and reliable hardware this just isn't a problem anymore, but there are still systems set up to look at /bin and /lib. It's still common to split / and /usr, and it's also pretty common for / to be fairly small. Having these files split up into multiple directories is actually more of a pain in the ass when there's no real reason for it anymore. Is your lib in /lib or /usr/lib?
>Can I do the same to get rid of some of the configuration files and organize them in a better way that I like without ruining everything? Would any software that is going to look at the symbolic link be able to find the files?
Not really sure what you mean by this, but yes, that's what symlinks do. Whenever something looks at /lib/sym_link, it just points it to another location, and the program looks in the new location for the file. There are some gotchas so what you seem to want to do is probably a bad idea but it's possible.
>>51925436
>1) How do I fix default line spacing/padding in Chromium? 4chan just looks ugly as hell with all this wasted space everywhere.
Welp, guess I halfway fixed it. For 4chan, anyway.
Using 4chan-X, I just putbody {
line-height: 1.2em;
}
into Custom CSS. And it's much nicer.
Still not a perfect solution for default behavior, but oh well.
>>51925689
But Windows 10 is also free.
If OS X is not free, you can always pirate it and build a hackintosh.
>>51925771
Windows 10 is free to upgrade to for the first year if you're already running Windows 7 or 8.1
So that's only a solution for the first year, and if you were already a consumer of Windows. Also, yes, if you steal the product, it then becomes free.
So that's a really shitty argument.
>>51925771
>>51925785
"Free"
No, you mean gratis.
>>51925796
In this situation, we are talking both about free software as in software you don't have to pay for, and software that is open source.
So, no, I don't.
>>51917228
Emulators and indie games mostly. I will play the shit out of SFV when it releases.
>>51925704
Thanks dude. I completely understood.
What I'm trying to do is just putting configuration files of a bunch of applications that are running under a single directory and link everything to that directory (or the opposite way [links to conf files] to keep track). I understand that's what it does but I need to know if this is a sane method, or is there a better way.
I mount / to a partition, and then /home to another partition. How does this affect the mounting process considering in the end /home is under /.
If this is an exception, what would happen if I mount some random directory to a drive and some sub directory of it to another drive?
>>51926182
Having / ad /home on separate partitions is generally recommended. You can easily do a fresh install without having to worry about your personal files and configs.
>>51926224
It was more philosophical than practical. So if I did it to a random directory, which files would be stored where?
>>51926182
I don't understand what you are asking. You mount devices onto directories (like /dev/sda2 to /home), not directories into partitions.
>>51926241
/home/drive1 would be stored in partition1
/home/drive1/drive2 in partition2
>>51926241
>>51926271
The mount point is just an empty folder if you don't mount anything on it.
>>51926254
*filesystems onto directories
>>51926182
It's actually pretty simple and less weird than you think.
If you don't have any other partitions for the setup, / is mounted and everything under it is included.
If you have other partitions with stuff on them (/home, /boot, etc.), their contents won't be on the same partition as /. In other words, the partition with / can be thought of as the "main" partition, and every other partition just takes away from that main partition.
is gentoo worth installing?
i looked over the documentation. looks like a bumpy ride
How would I go about changing the color of my windows from white to something darker?
I've changed the theme, but nothing has changed as far the windows themselves go.
I've looked around google for about a half hour to no avail.
>>51926456
mint+cinnamon by the way
>>51926456
PURCHASE THE PASS OR DISABLE AD-BLOCK YOU FUCKING POORFAG NEET.
>>51926456
>ABP
>not uBlock Origin
>>51926456
>as far the windows themselves
Screenshots? Are you talking about window borders or the file explorer background? Either way, install vertex theme from the terminal?
>>51926530
The white above the red line
>>51926710
Something something GTK related
>>51920939
Reposting
>>51920939
>>51926804
you didn't configure visualizer correctly?
>>51926832
I copied the block from the wiki page with the fifo path.
How does one manage drivers properly on Linux distros?
The chink laptop I have uses Conexant for audio but since that stuff isn't supported properly, the result is mechanical noise from the headphones of all types when set to max and setting the volume down simply makes them less noticable.
I tried looking for solutions and came by Linuxant which basically provides conexant drivers compatible with Linux.
Installed the package and the sound worked wonderfully.
However, after I turned the machine back on later that day, the sound returned to its previous awful state and no matter how much I've tried re-installing these things or forcing Alsa/Libaudio, nothing worked.
How is it that it fixed the problem then but it does nothing now?
>>51927145
depends on what you did, it might not have been a permanent change
