Intended for users of all levels, including absolute beginners
If you are serious about switching to Linux, use it exclusively for 2 weeks, avoid windows dual booting for that period of time, or you are likely to start retreating back to windows instead of getting used to linux as your new home and working on making it feel comfortable
You can safely experience installation process and the basic usage through a virtual machine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R33sFFhgkWk
>Recommended for Beginners:
Mint, Xubuntu, openSUSE
>Learn to RTFM - Read The Friendly Manual
man <insert command here>
>Resources:
/r/linux4noobs
/r/linuxquestions
/r/unixporn
http://explainshell.com/
http://www.serverfaqs.com
https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-the-command-line
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtK75qxsQaMLZSo7KL-PmiRarU7hrpnwK
What are the differences between the distros (i.e. Debian minimal and Arch base) apart from the package managers?
What is Linux (or GNU/Linux for Stallmanists)?
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/GNU/Linux
Babby's First Distro (What distro to choose?)
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Babbies_First_Linux
What software does /g/ recommend? (Please DON'T include the so called infographic -- refer all your recommended software here, and no, Vivaldi is not recommended in the wiki.)
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
There is also scripts for new users from Windows that are heading straight to Debian.
https://github.com/Chocolate-Chip-Computing/DebianNewbieScript
>>51233430
not much at all
>>51233430
debian comes in 2 flavors
- old shit
- unstable
and I mean really unstable not intended for regular use but test ground for new stuff, its not like arch or fedora where bleeding edge is considered as the default stage
dont bother with debian its generally shit and only worth thing it did was gave rise to ubuntu
I just switched from oh my zsh to prezto (speed issue, mainly).
The outputs of some commands (less/man) aren't clearing after exiting for some reason, like they did before.
How would I get this feature back? I checked and neither less/man are aliased, and the PAGER variable is just 'less'.
>>51233664
I have the same issue, I've learned to live with it but would like to find the answer too.
>>51233702
>>51233664
Oh, apparently I was looking in the wrong place. There's a LESS variable in .zprofile that sets the -X and -F flags. Removing those works.
It seems like these should be in an alias, but oh well.
Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask
I just ran an apt-get update and apt-get upgrade on Kali because I'm trying to install Nvidia drivers and it was recommended that I should do that first. Now when I log on to Kali, the taskbar(s) and desktop icons are all gone except for the My PC icon (or whatever it's called in Kali). Where did they go?
Thanks in advance.
>>51233926
do you understand what the commands you did do?
>>51233851
Oh wow, good find. Can't believe I missed that. Thanks!
>>51233975
...update the package list and then install the new versions?
>Not using phosphor as your terminal emulator
Does the Broadcom BCM4360 wireless chipset work in Linux at all? I can't remember where to look to find that out.
>>51233517
>he could install arch but couldn't figure out debian
kek
anyone got advice on a laptop for linux that has a decent portability/screen quality/battery ratio? I can't seem to find anything that isnt running me the cost of a macbook pro
>>51234490
Get a business laptop. They provide the most features without locking the user in with shitty bios' and stuff. Think about it, businesses need hardware to be flexible.
Dell XPS, ThinkPads HP kekbooks
>>51234403
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43?highlight=%28b43%29#Supported_devices
>>51234403
Broadcoms work but need workarounds. Whenever I install a distro, I have to resort to android tethering. When the installation is done, I install the proper drivers through repository.
I am never going to purchase a pc with broadcom in it ever again
>>51233926 here, this is how it looks now. I can resize some windows, and some can't, like Iceweasel. Everything opens up wedged against the upper left corner of the screen. Can't use the toolbar in Iceweasel either. Can't see any window other than the last one I opened. What the hell is going on?
>>51234757
It could have be caused by a lot of things, I'm not sure what repos it uses, but Kali doesn't really exist for driver support. Why did you need to install graphics drivers?
>>51234808
To take advantage of the GPU acceleration
What's a minimalist distro that's like Arch but doesn't massive complicate basic tasks?
I've just tried installing Screenfetch and initially it seemed success full (during installing it, it ran)
However I cannot launch it via the terminal if I type 'screenfetch' or if I add it to .bashrc. I am certainly doing something wrong but I am not sure what, does anyone have any suggestions?
>>51234808
Welp, selected "GNOME classic" at the login screen instead of "Default", and at least now I can use everything properly, though the colors are all fucked up, so I suppose it's whatever new theme that was installed with the updates' fault.
Guess it'll have to do.
>>51235200
It looks like your theming is fucked.
Try to install adwaita themes and all that bullshit
>>51235140
try Chakra
>>51235190
Locate the script, it's probably not in your $PATH or something.
>echo $PATH
These are the places it is looking for the script.
If you can run screenfetch as root then you know this is the problem.
>>51235243
I simply can't run it at all, it isn't even recognised as a command - Sudo or not.
>>51235276
Well, I told you how to investigate it.
>>51235276
find /usr -iname 'screenfetch' -exec ls -al {} \;
are the majority of Linux users pedophiles?
>>51235335
Why's your mum such a fat whore?
>>51235334
The result of:
>>51235362
lol how did you install that?!
>>51235372
wat?
>>51235382
It's not hard son, how did you install screenfetch?
>>51233381
I'm really disappoint with my battery life on Debian /g/
On windows with powersaving I would get 2 hours 15 minutes.
On debian jessie stable with tlp installed I'm getting 1hour 45 minutes.
Should I update to the newer kernel? I'm on 3.16
My laptop specs are pic related
>inb4 install arch/gentoo
>>51235362
it's a weird path
so add this to your /etc/profile before the export $PATHPATH="${PATH}:/usr/bin/screenfetch"
then type. /etc/profile
you can now typescreenfetch
>>51235404
Check which power governor you use. Newer kernel could be worth a try, no reason not to update it.
>>51235391
I tried three different guides.
One of which was this: http://tuxtweaks.com/2013/12/install-screenfetch-linux/
When you asked how I installed it, I wasn't sure if you meant that I did something which has made an absolute mess of it.
I think I've installed like four different versions of Screenshot, lmao.
>>51235431
so I did this and it launches Screenfetch... problem being that when I close the terminal it no longer functions. How do I go about making this a permanent fix?
>>51235435
So, why didn't you follow that guide?
>>51235435
>I wasn't sure if you meant that I did something which has made an absolute mess of it.
You did really, you made a mistake in the guide somewhere because it's not what you have.
>sudo mv /usr/bin/screenfetch/screenfetch /usr/local/bin
This is move it to the right place. You could move it to /usr/bin but it's not good practice to put things there as it is for your package manager mostly.
The problem is the extra directory you created, you shouldn't have directories inside /usr/bin.
A better way to do this would be to create a directory like ~/.bin or ~/bin and add this directory to your $PATH, then you can put screenfetch and any other little scripts you find in there. It's a bit better than putting them in system locations.
>>51235505
Because obviously it didn't work... if it did then I wouldn't have needed the other two.
I followed it step-by-step.
>>51235523
As far as installation for software goes, is it bad practice to have everything in my /home/ folder? At some point I would like to make a seperate partition for my /home/ folder so I can carry it across on new installations or computers... if that is viable.
>>51235500
>when I close the terminal it no longer functions.
It's because your environment is currently set to the "old" /etc/profile read at startup (before edit).
It will work normally on your next session restart.
(understand Xorg session restart if under xdm, or logging out, loggin in with console login+startx invocation).
>>51235565
This isn't installation, it's a script, just one file. Yes you shouldn't download code, compile it and install to /home/ but odd scripts like this are ok to have in /home, it's very common to have a local script bin directory.
>>51235569
I just restarted my entire system but nothing has changed from what I can see... (after trying 'screenfetch' in terminal)
>>51235611
this can help your understandings.
just add what you added into /etc/profile to your ~/.bash_profile so.
>>51235434
Cpu is running lower than maximum speed on battery.
Would updating to a newer kernel really make some kind of a difference?
>>51235649
>Would updating to a newer kernel really make some kind of a difference?
Yes possibly. You could also try some other methods of power control.
>>51235362
>find /usr -iname 'screenfetch' -exec ls -al {} \;
Tried that again and I get this, rather than how it was earlier.
Arch Linux - It just doesn't werk(tm)
why do I need to screw around with every program until it just works:
>vlc segment faults upon opening
>google: enable microcodes
>I do, still doesn't work
>move to mpv
>it werks
>but you can't endless loop by default (only loop A-B) and you can't move between tracks (previous/next) by default
>move to totem because it does
>can't play files
>google: install those codecs
>I do, it doesn't work on some files still
>file manager, it just doesn't work (nautilus)
>fugly big icons with no preview thumbnail
>doesn't show other hdds, doesn't mount them by clicking them, doesn't let me unzip from the right-click menu
>DE/window manager
>install gnome, because want to have GUI program for system configuration (audio, langauge, graphics)
>gdm doesn't work, crashes on opening (graphics drivers already installed)
>ok fuck it immediately install window manager
>use window manager stumpwm, can't set wallpaper by simple opening picture in eog and rightclick "set as desktop background", ok install "feh" because it appertly does: it does, but you can adjust it if it is too big, and it is gone when you reboot.. you need to put it in some xinit.conf or some shit
terminal:
>fuuuuuuck you need to set PS1 but first you need to install a sane terminal emulation that actually allows copy/paste by default. I mean ubuntu was bad with Ctrl+shift+C to copy, but on arch you need to custumize this shit for it to work.
>switch to zsh because I liked its better autocompletion, but fuck now it changed the syntax/behaviour of how to interpolate strings -.-
yeah... that happened, I'm literally just got a working system and don't have the time and nerve to "cutomize" this shit into working condition
>>51235692
Why don't you just do what you've been told to do?
>>51235688
I got the same battery life running powertop's auto-tune. Any others?
>>51235702
Honestly, it sounds like you're not really ready for arch.
>>51235711
Search for power management in your distro's wiki.
>>51235500
you should think about what you're reading more. he told you a permanent solution! and he would have told you a better one if you had been more forthcoming about how you installed screenfetch.
however you did it installed a screenfetch directory inside of /usr/bin. /usr/bin is short for user binaries and most of (all?) what is installed there is just the binary executable file. It's done like this because your system is designed to look here (and a couple other places) for files you wish to run when you type them in -- that's why it's called the PATH.
You typed in PATH=whatever inside of your shell, which temporarily changed it. If you did what he said, or added it to your .bashrc or .bash_profile or whatever you use, then it would add your /usr/bin/screenfetch directory to your PATH every time you logged in or started a shell.
You could also fix this by just typing the absolute path when you wanted to run it (/usr/bin/screenfetch/screenfetch), creating a link to the file inside of /usr/bin, or just installing it properly in the first place. You could even just get rid of that and leave the thing in your home dir that looks like it's the same screenfetch folder, and run that one by using its absolute path (~/screenfetch/screenfetch, or whatever). I often do something like this when I have to extract a .tar with some files in it by typing ./screenfetch, explicitly telling bash to run the file in the directory I'm currently in.
If screenfetch is just a single file that you're not installing through some package manager, I'd suggest just leaving it in your home dir or manually placing it in /usr/bin so that you don't muck up your path. Your home directory is yours, don't be scared to leave whatever the fuck you want sitting around in it.
>>51235746
>./screenfetch./screenfetch
just making that more clear
>>51235746
Oh shit, sorry. I see now I think. So when you use a command in the terminal to launch a program it will refer to that folder and only that folder to do so?
As for not doing what others have suggested, I was under the impression that I have installed various versions... I just wanted to tidy up those first beforehand.
>>51235746
>>51235781
>>51235692
http://tuxtweaks.com/2013/12/install-screenfetch-linux/
Why is this so hard to find?
>>51235787
>As for not doing what others have suggested, I was under the impression that I have installed various versions... I just wanted to tidy up those first beforehand.
That's good, a lot of the stuff like changing your PATH are unnecessary. Remove what you had, put in somewhere in your PATH. Or add a local bin directory in your home and add that directory to your PATH as described. Don't mess around with /usr/bin, it's not for you to be doing anything with. There is /usr/local/bin, this is meant for your things.
>>51235822
Right, I have it sorted now so that it works as it should - screenfetch in console. Thanks for your time and help though, same goes to anyone else who has contributed.
The thing with Linux is that there is so much potential to go wrong, especially when learning the basics. Do you have any suggestions for tidying up after myself? For example here I have installed different versions. What can I check in general with this?
my screenfetch is in /usr/local/bin
Jesus Christ reading through those comments gives me a headache.
What the fuck is hard in
>opening https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KittyKatt/screenFetch/master/screenfetch-dev
>right clicking, save as 'screenfetch-dev'
>opening the terminal
>typingbash Downloads/screenfetch-dev
Holy fuck you people really know how to complicate shit
>>51235787
>So when you use a command in the terminal to launch a program it will refer to that folder and only that folder to do so?
It looks exactly where you tell it to. If it's ambiguous, like if you just type in "ls" in a folder where there's no ls, it looks in your PATH to find it because that's where it's expected for common programs to be kept.
if you type in
./ls
then you're explicitly telling it to look in the "." directory, which means the directory you're currently in. ("..", two dots, means the folder above the one you're currently in). So if you run "./ls", you'll probably just get an error because ls is actually in /bin/ls and not your home directory. The reason why typing "ls" all by itself normally works is because your PATH tells it to look in /bin for files to run and finds ls in there.
just make a symbolic link to screenfetch-dev and pop it in /usr/bin/
>>51235880
Really you should use your package manager wherever possible. For now, use find or locate to find the other versions and just remove them.
>>51235897
No one claimed it was anything but easy (not that yours is the easiest way but hey), we're trying to make anon understand why it wasn't working and how to correct it. Teach a man to fish and all that.
>>51235926
>pop it in /usr/bin/
shiggy diggy
desu, /usr/local exists for a reason, anon
>>51235926
literally no point, just mv it. It's one file.
>>51235930
Yeah, that's what I have been doing.
>screenfetch
>screenfetch/screenfetch
Looks promising I guess?
Once again, thanks for all your time... and patience. Appreciated.
I hate win10 on my laptop so I want to try out linux
I'm installing arch(itect) right now, I have no idea what desktop environment to choose
from what I've seen/red Xfce, KDE and Gnome are looking good
so what do I chose
I don't know if that's important, but I use this laptop only at uni to programm, web surfing and reading PDF's
One last thing, I mentioned earlier that I wanted to move my /home/ folder to another partition just in case I ever want to reinstall my OS or duplicate it as much as possible on another computer.
Is everything, as far as configuration for programs/WMs etc stored here? Presumably it is meaning that I should be able to restore with ease?
>>51236024
gnome at first, but try all of them duh
>>51235967
>shiggy diggy
fug, this is how i've been "installing" everything lel.
but if i'm gonna use /usr/local/bin won't i have to extract everything from the directories and then there'll be abunch of READMEs and other shit all lumped together with the bin, no no i don't like the sound of that at all
>>51236026
There is a a command (usermod -d) to move /home of the user to a new location. Configs are created and stored in your home, yes. You should read the man page for usermod.
>>51236026
not everything but everything use wise sure...
I dont bother with separate home, it means you are put to decision how large you make home and how large you make root and it can go to shit later on when you realize your temps wants 30GB for a sec...
anyway, just put it all on single partition and when in need to move just use rsync -avh to copy home someplace and then copy it back..
not to mention you should be keeping backups of your home anyway...
http://explainshell.com/explain?cmd=rsync+-avh+--delete
>>51236071
What on earth are you doing that requires this? Docs go in the appropriate /usr/local directory but sounds like you're making one huge fucking mess.
>>51235702
like this guy [>>51235725] said: your not ready for arch
you should fuck around with other distros first
get use to those maybe rice a bit.
and then switch to gentoo/funtoo
>>51236122
>sounds like you're making one huge fucking mess.
I sure am, Anon. I sure am.
There's no "This is how you Linux" guide when you install linux bro. You just do it and then you're on your own.
>>51236163
>There's no "This is how you Linux" guide when you install linux bro.
You use your package manager. That's literally all there is to it.
What on earth have you been doing?
Beginnersquestion:
If we can basically change the ui for everything in every distribution, why does it matter what distro we use?
I can make my mint look identical to my arch can't I?
felt in love with gentoo and portage, it's absolutely amazing
>>51236197
>>I can make my mint look identical to my arch can't I?
Yes.
Package manager is different and style of release is different. Packages are patched or not patched. The differences are not about looks.
Newbies, remember there's nothing you can do in Arch that you can't do in "beginner" distros like Ubuntu, etc... if you actually want to dig in and fuck around with them.
>>51236212
So that's the major part? The packages?
Why is everyone on about when they discuss distros then, seems pointless. Is it just a mem?
>>51236187
We both know how fucking horrible the package manager is and that it never has anything. I havn't actually done anything insane, the worst I had was a screenfetch-master directory in /usr/local/bin with a symbolic link to its executable in /usr/bin but now I see I could've just moved it up one directory and it would've worked the same.
as for installing/compiling things properly, i still basically have zero idea how to do this. if i can't sudo apt-get install it, or it's not a .deb i'm completely fucked. i had the node.js master directory in my /local/bin too after trying to install it from there having no idea what i was doing and gave up.
>>51236116
To put it another way, I think I might also be getting a 30GB MSATA SSD. Generally speaking I want the OS and Programs to actually run from the SSD for somewhat obvious reasons. Of course due to it's size I want all personal and config files (related to programs) on my HDD.
I'm hoping that if I ever need to format my SSD then restoring my system to how it was (as far as how programs are configured) should be relatively straight forward.
Is there anything other than /home/ that I should keep on the HDD as opposed to SSD?
>>51236026
it's not guaranteed to be everything, but it will be most things if not all things
global config stuff that affects all programs and all users are stored in places like /etc or wherever and almost everything is set up so that a specific user can override any of those for their own personal use by changing settings in their home folder
so if a setting you really care about is actually just a global default for all users on that box, then you'll miss it if you only back up your /home
I highly recommend having a separate /home partition though, it makes tinkering without losing data so much easier or having to deal with a huge hassle at all, you can just reinstall whatever the fuck you want over / and make sure the /home partition isn't touched during the install. I've had the same /home dir for close to a decade
>>51236248
Mainly package manager, style of installation, default init system (to an extent) and release system (rolling, not rolling).
It's discussed because these things can be important and finding the right combination can make a difference.
>>51236252
>We both know how fucking horrible the package manager is
If you're not trolling then you're a moron. Use a distro which has the packages you need.
>>51236274
In my case, I kind of want to use arch, but didn't succees installing it.
Once I set it up with a wm and all, I won't be facing many constant difficulties then will I?
Using mint now
>>51236291
Ubuntu Software Centre has fucking nothing man. Why does that make me a moron?
>>51236267
>I highly recommend having a separate /home partition though, it makes tinkering without losing data so much easier or having to deal with a huge hassle at all, you can just reinstall whatever the fuck you want over / and make sure the /home partition isn't touched during the install. I've had the same /home dir for close to a decade
Yeah, as I think I mentioned these are the exact reasons why I want to do it. I thought that was more or less the case but I just wanted to clarify. Thanks.
>>51236309
As the other anon said, there is nothing you can do it arch that you can't do in mint. Install a wm and use it in mint, it's literally the same. Remove unneeded package for muh minimalism and there's next to no difference. Don't fall for the arch meme if you don't know how you're going to benefit from it.
>>51236327
>has fucking nothing
Such as?
If your distro doesn't provide the packages you need then you used the wrong distro. But then you have PPAs for this exact purpose in ubuntu.
>>51236254
>Is there anything other than /home/ that I should keep on the HDD as opposed to SSD?
For a workstation or PC, no
the only reason I can think of that you would care is if you're doing something crazy and filling up /tmp or /var/log so that the SSD is constantly full
>>51236252
if your package manager doesn't have screenfetch you might wanna consider hopping distro, use arch or fucking gentoo.
>>51236347
>Such as?
well the two examples from today would be corebird and node.js
>>51236309
Alright thanks:) Will stick with mint, as I mostly cared about the looks and ui, I will get into customizing
> inb4 I become a ricefag
Another question:
Will the "learn the command line" course form codecademy be of good use? Does it work the same as linux?
>>51236374
PPAs
>>51236360
Great, can't imagine that will be the case. Thanks.
>>51236361
>No items match "screenfetch"
>Software Centre was unable to come up with any suggestions that may aid you in your search.
>installing le meme distros
if i can't install screenfetch how am i gonna boot le ebin rms approved freedom distro
>>51233381
Sorry for another babbys third distro question, but:
I just got a new laptop (Asus UX510).
This windows shite is getting annoying with the blue screens and whatnot.
I have had Ubuntu in the past and used Red Hat a long long time ago.
Can be a lightweight distro, I have time on my hands to experiment too, though. Have used Unity and Gnome as managers, nothing I find particularly great in either. So a change in that would be welcome.
Mostly I need to TeX stuff and sometimes write small programs to do shit for me, I might save the current OS as dual boot for a few vidya.
This thing has a touch screen, any ideas how hard it is to make it work with other distros than Ubuntu?
is there any knoiwn issue with Opensuse and dual booting on a mobo with uefi?
Trying to install it but everytime it reboots it seems to erase the pre install files. Even when trying to install it from inside windows, it asks me to reboot, gets to installer reboots, goes to standard windows login
>>51233381
OK, so, I am still struggling with getting Fedora to install on my new Skylake system. It's been almost a god damn month and I just want to use my computer.
When I install using the UEFI method I get all sorts of fucked up shit going on. The desktop is stuck at 1024x768, for one. GRUB throws a memory error if I select Kernel 4.3 or higher. It will only boot with 4.2.x.
Today I accidentally installed using the old fashioned BIOS method and I was surprised to see the desktop was at 1080p. I booted with the 4.2.x kernel and the i915 parameter and it seemed to use the driver for graphics. I installed kernel 4.3 and GRUB didn't throw the error, but the kernel stopped loading at some point.
I reinstalled using the UEFI method and ran the 4.2.5 kernel with the i915 parameter again. Even though it shows it's using the correct driver for the graphics the desktop is locked to 1024x768.
What the fuck is going on? What should I do? I would rather install using the UEFI method, but for some reason it doesn't work right.
How do I get permission to put fonts in the /usr/share/fonts directory in xfce/openSUSE? Do I just use chmod in the terminal?
Arch newbie here.
Is there an issue with the latest non bin iceweasel package in AUR or is it just me fucking up the installation somehow?
I tried to makepkg it, but it took forever and gave me an error at the end of it.
After that failed attempt I tried to let yaourt take care of it for me, but it also gave me an error.
I updated and later reinstalled all base-devel packages, just to make sure I wasn't missing something important.
The bin version works fine and I was able to install a bunch of other packages the same way though. I don't get it.
>>51233381
Is BunsenLabs Linux any good? I wanted to install Crunchbang but just found out its dead.
What is
How fix
python: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/libgtk-3.so.0: undefined symbol: g_param_spec_get_name_quark[
>>51237700
sudo mv yourfont.ttf /usr/share/fonts
TFW almost got my arch install done
>reboot
>missing linuz-linux
Can I fix this from the install media or should I start over
I'm just using systemd bootloader, dualbooting with wondows
>>51237897
Thanks, I figured that part out, but now how do I get the fonts working? I tried the SuSEconfig command, but it turns out openSUSE doesn't have that anymore, so I tried config.postfix usr/sbin (which I read is some kind of replacement), but my new fonts still aren't showing up on the list of fonts.
>>51237860
Nevermind, fixed by downgrading gtk.
>>51234434
Not him but there's not point on using Debian testing or unstable, if you want a bleeding edge distro there are far better alternatives.
While stable is all right, packages are too goddamn old for the desktop.
>>51238031sudo fc-cache -fr
>>51236387
it looks to be. I just looked at the first lesson and 'ls' is a pretty hardcore linux tool. I assume the rest of the lessons will be applicable to linux as well. I didn't sign up so I can't confirm that.
>>51234757
When a window manager isn't running, the windows will all spawn at top left, won't have title bars/minimize/maximize buttons/borders to drag resize windows unless they have a grip built into their own interface.
If you've got a launcher, you can try starting a terminal to manually launch your WM and watch for errors as it starts.
>>51235404
>kernel 3.16
>2078 packages
wow you should really upgrade and get rid of some bloats
>>51238109
I tried that and
sudo fc-cache -fr
and it's still not working.
Maybe someone can help me. Im trying to install Arch and I have no linux experience whatsoever. I have been folowing this faggots steps: http://zanshin.net/2015/02/05/arch-linux-on-a-macbook-pro-part-4-system-configuration/
and I get to the wget part and it says "failed: name or service not known". Anyhelp?
>>51239469
>no linux experience
>installing arch
found the problem
>>51239487
That was my first thought, But after speaking with other people they said it wouldn't be that bad.
What distro has the most recent nvidia drivers?
>>51239469
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MacBook
>>51239537
Pretty much rolling release distros.
Fuck I need help. Laptops hdd died the other day, 305 and whatnot. I got ubuntu on a usb, loaded the live version up, and tried accessing my hdd. No files. It mounted, but no files. After fiddling I got it to mount some folders to a data folder, but it was nothing I needed, just a bunch of useless junk, and some recovery folders. I think it only mounted a recovery partition or something, which is fucking useless for me. I tried using gparted, found my 500gb hdd, then tried repairing it under an option there, but it said it needed a gpart command installed. I'm using 13.10 and I really can't stand to lose some of my files. Help. Please.
>>51239165
Now I did
fc-cache -vf
and my new font collection (tewi) even showed up on the list of new cache stuff, but it's still not showing up in the options menu...
>>51239655
What are the files you lost? I want to empathize with your pain.
>>51239655
Do not mount that drive. Use tinycorelinux, run testdisk.
>>51239740
So fucking much. I don't even remember it all. Biggest two losses off the top of my head would be a windows 7 iso (not biggest but most needed right now) and my fucking undertale save holy shit I can't fucking go through all that shit again I was like ten hours in fuck. Wait just remembered all my photos. Fuck. I had pictures of my cat too. It died last month. God I regret not buying an external backup hdd.
>>51239792
Will do. Thanks.
what would be a good wm/de for a 4k display?
is gnu bad?
>>51235190
Hello,Neil.
What if I compile wine under cygwin?
>>51239469
Do not ever use articles like this. Arch is a rolling release distro and changes often, you should go on the arch wiki and follow the beginner's guide. Read it thoroughly, and look up any concepts you don't understand.
Remember that arch becomes exponentially more frustrating to use if you don't understand your system :)
Also be thorough and take it slow. Keep it simple. One thing at a time. If you get stuck, RTFM/wiki!
>>51239916
madman
>>51239876
Every DE/WM desu.
>>51239469
>no linux experience whatsoever
>installing arch
>he fell for the meme
>>51239792
What do
>>51239978
Wine under cygwin under wine
>>51240171
Choose one and boot. You'll want to have networking to get the testdisk package into ram.
What's better, mint or xubuntu? I want to rice my first linux desktop
>>51240279
Xubuntu, Mint is shit and OP is dumb for recommending it.
>>51235702
mpv --loop=inf file
Shitft < is previous
Shift > is next
also, its not the distro, its the programs, or you.
>>51240234
Alright, got in, setup my wifi, got testdisk.tcz, then tried runprogram with it, but nothing happened. Tried again with sudo, nothing happened.
>>51237084
Holy shit I think I just made a little progress.
I changed the Secure Boot mode from Windows UEFI to Other OS UEFI. Durr.
Now when I boot a UEFI installed Fedora 23 with kernel 4.3 I get a flash of some Tuxes across the top of the screen, then a gray screen.
If I remove the 'quiet' parameter I can see the Tuxes, then quickly scrolling text, then it stops at pic related.
What now?
>>51240279
not sure in what state xubuntu is now though, last time I tried a *buntu variant was lubuntu and the system was broken as fuck.
>>51240433
Posting this from lubuntu 14.04 LTS right now.
By "broken as fuck" do you mean "no wifi icon in the corner"? That was a bug with upstream 14.04 and running system update once while connected to ethernet fixes it.
I fucking love lubuntu don't you dare meme on it
>>51233381
why did opensuse go from 14 to 42
where did all the other versions go
>>51240406
Been a while, I think the command is tce-load to mount the tcz file.
Once you have it mounted, just run sumo testdisk.
>>51240620
They reversed 14 to 41, because they reversed their idea of openSuse.
And then the next version was 42, cause it's after 41
>>51240620
Just picked the number from Hitchhiker's Guide
>>51240669
Lol I realized I just had to use testdisk in terminal. Well, found me a tutorial online. Fingers crossed I can get some stuff backed up.
>>51240781
wow that's some live laugh love shit
makes me never want to use it
>>51233381
Any reason why you recommend Xubuntu over Lubuntu?
Just looks?
>>51241050
OP is stupid, he even recommend Mint first. Disgusting.
>>51240423
Try adding nofb to your boot options.
>>51241050
Install either, then install latest lxqt.
Enjoy.
>>51240863
On my phone so it autocorrected sudo to sumo. Whoops.
Anyway, testdisk is my goto when trying to get files off a deleted partition or corrupted drive. Good luck.
I have an old laptop (not THAT old, but old enough) with an RS880M (aka Mobility Radeon HD 4225)
What kind of driver options do I have? I feel like I'm not geting great performance from whatever I'm using, which seems to be the radeon driver.
>>51233381
I just have to ask, how in the fuck does Debian manage to take up 3 DVDs?
Anyone know how to change colors in Xfce? For some reason my highlight text and the empty space of my scrollbar panel are this weird smoked salmon color, and Gnome Color Chooser doesn't seem to cover them. Also my theme is Numix and I don't think it has anything to do with that color.
>>51241277
I've fiddled with it all I can. I believe it's dead. Only working partitions are for boot and recovery. Dammit. Thanks for the help though, at least I know how to do it now.
>>51233381
Hey guys thinking of installing suse or debian can someone give me the gist of their differences ?
>>51241399
one uses apt and .deb packages, and one uses shitty .rpm packages and shitty package manager.
>>51241407
why are they shitty?
>>51241428
Because apt tends to have extremely wacky dependency problems.
>>51241442
>rpm
FTFY
>>5124144
Apt and rpm are disgusting.
sudo wget -O screenfetch 'https://raw.github.com/KittyKatt/screenFetch/master/screenfetch-dev' && sudo chmod +x screenfetch && sudo mv screenfetch /usr/bin/ && screenfetch
>>51238704
Upgrade what? Kernel?
>>51233381
Honestly I love linux its just that I ;largely use my new pc for gaming and fallout 4 is coming out
>>51241728
>Sudoing wget
>Sudoing chmod
>just +x, not 0777
None of that needs an sudo
/usr/bin has open write permissions for a reason.
Also
>Typing in an internet browser instead of a terminal
Who here uses i3?
>>51241262
>enjoy your old as fuck packages friend
>muh stable meme
dear /flt/.
how do I get sound to play from my audio interface instead of my speakers? I'm using kubuntu. Are there any step by step guides for this? I'm completely lost.
>>51242531
What is it about her face that I hate? I just can't figure it out. Something is just WRONG.
>>51233381
So what's whit Ubuntu 15.10 and PPAs?
I heard something is different with them, but I don't exactly know what.
>>51242543
Can't you set the default output device from kmix?
From Xorg's modesetting documentation:
>The DRI is necessary for this to work. You don't need a full DMA implementation for a card or anything just a stub driver doing memory management.
How can I do this if the drm driver for my card can't safely load at boot? I'm stuck using vesa as my X driver and it's shit.
should i enable multiarch and install steam packaged or should i just use the latest build? using debian testing.
>>51242687
thanks, got sound through my interface now on most programs. tux guitar is still coming through the speakers.I might try to get guitar pro working instead..
Why do italics look like this in Firefox? Arch + KDE 5.
>>51242893
It's pulseaudio that's doing the routing, so yuu could skip the phonon/kmix front and use pavucontrol straight, with it you can control individual sources and their output devices.
For example with 2 sound interfaces, I can play music to my stereos and have rest, like youtube videos come out of my headphones.
>>51242900
>Arch
>>51242939
thanks. I got it working now :)
>>51242622
>her
>>51242956
I fell for the meme, it's too late now.
>>51242900
Eh? What do you mean?
>>51243110
For me it's tilted left instead of right and it's pretty hard to read at normal size. This is how it looks zoomed in.
>>51243153
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_configuration
Tell me about Papyros.
Is it just another gimmick hipster distro like Elementary?
Or does it have an actual chance of being good and usable?
>>51243195
looks hipster. Just use a more popular one with the DE that that one uses.
What's the best way to setup a remote computer to stream media to me ?
>>51243195
>>51243228
h-hey guise, i just got an idea.
Why don't the guys at papyros just make a material design DE so users of every distro could try it out and contribute?
>>51243195
I could be wrong but those look EXACTLY like gnome-terminal, nautilus and gnome-system-monitor with a different theme.
>>51243358
Because it's KDE.
So I finally found a linux distro that worked on my ancient laptop, PuppyOS. Lubuntu refused to work with my wireless card for some reason, but PuppyOS has no problems with it.
Problem is, if I try to boot without the CD my computer just keeps gong back to the motherboard screen over and over. It tries to load from disk, then it suddenly reboots and does the same thing.
What do? Did I uninstall lubuntu correctly? I just deleted the largest partition on my hard drive.
>>51243370
No.
That is definitely gnome-system-monitor.
>>51233381
>xrandr --output HDMI-1 --right-of VGA-1
How do I save this fucking setting so I don't have to repeat myself every time I start my PC?
No I did not find anything helpful on google
it always wants me to edit some config files I _do not have_
Want to install linux to my X121e ThinkPad. The thing runs on am E-350 processor so it's pretty damn slow.
What is the general no.1 fast/lightweighted/easy distro right now?
>>51243413
really no one?
>>51233381
I got an old computer I want to revive, I just installed lubuntu on it but I didn't like it, I'm thinking of installing either ubuntu or eOS which one is lighter on resources?
>>51240620
it's because of HHGTTG, but also because it matches the version of suse enterprise it's tied to (12.1 -> 42.1)
>>51243509
Add it to
[code ]~/.xinitrc
If the file is not there create it.
>>51243552
>>51243552
Add it to~/.xinitrc
If the file is not there create it.
>>51243561
Add it to~/.xinitrc
If the file is not there create it.
>>51243574
FUCKWHY THE FUCK DOESNT THIS WORKfuck this
>>51243574
>>51243583
>>51243561
>>51243552
ok create it then? that easy?
will do, thank you
and what were you even trying?
>>51239698
>8 hours ago
>tewi
Check /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-reject.conf
Remove the rejection rule for *.bdf
>>51243615yeah just make a new .xinitrc with that as the only line
the file wasn't there because you hadn't made it yet
I don't know what anon was trying, must have had a hangover from installing gentoo last night
>>51234151
why should I?
>>51234151
>lis
r u grill
fuck why does apt-get update take so long holy shit 10kb/s down fuuuuuuuuuuuck
OK HOW THE FUCK DO I INSTALL AMD DRIVERS ON THIS FUCK.
screenfetch outputs "Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe" under GPU.
So I downloaded .run from official website.
Now I'm supposed to buildpkg right?
Pic related happens
>>51243514
Try Ubuntu Mate
>>51243788
Do not use the installer, find a package for your distribution, the installer only support a handful of distributions, Debian isn't one of them.
How is linux so small? Seriously, how did they manage to reduce the entire thing to less than 74MB? Is Linus a magician?
>>51243788
depends on your distrobution
eithersudo apt-get install radeonfor debian/shitbuntu/shintsudo pacman -S radeonfor archsudo emerge radeonfor shitoozypper in radeonfor openSUSE
etc
>>51243870
What?
The kernel?
That's not really the size of it, that's the kernel plus a bunch of modules, libs and other crap you might never use.
>>51243879
>sudo emerge radeonfor gentoo
retard detected
>>51243903
considering only autists use gentoo, i'll accept being called a retard for not knowing its syntax
>>51243848
I thought that's what I was doing, building a package for other distros like Debian?
amd_shit.run --buildpkg Debian/testing
>>51243879
̣>unable to locate package radeon
>>51243922
You should not use the downloads from AMD's site.
Let me say this again.
You should not use the downloads from AMD's website.
Install it from your software repo.
The free driver is called `xf86-video-ati`. Install that from your package manager.
>>51243879
Are you retarded?
Debian doesn't have catalyst in their repos, neither does Arch and OpenSUSE.
Also radeon is the name of the open source kernel driver for Sea Islands.
What you're looking for is Catalyst.
>>51243922
What part of >The installer only supports a handful of distributions, Debian isn't one of them.
You didn't understand?
you can't make a package for Debian using that installer, period.
Only for Ubuntu and others distributions, you either install the open source driver (xf86-video-ati)
Or you find a repositorie that ships Catalyst (the propiertary one)
>>51243922
>Debian/testing
Either go unstable of stable you mememaster.
Testing breaks more often than unstable.
>>51243764
also I just noticed the apt-get update does not check if it's already up to date
are there no "last changed" in the headers or why do I _always_ download _everything_ when I want an update?
massive unnecessary time sink
>>51243941
>>51243960
Alright, in AMD documentation it said, --listpkg for other distros, stable, testing and unstable were available for debian... Ok whatever.
There's not xf86 but I have xserver-xorg-video-ati installed. That's the open source driver right?
Reason I downloaded the Catalayst is because I thought it would fix a game in WINE which should play without problems but I have 1 fps.
>>51244043
If you already have that package installed then you already have the drivers.
WINE fucking up is normal for WINE. I've often tried to play a game that was listed as having no problems only for it to crash every time I tried to open it.
>>51244053
It's League of Legends, it's gold rated for WINE, I didn't expect it to be pure shit.
Maybe it has to do with what I said earlier.
Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe is recognized as GPU.
Any way to fix that?
Tried googling but didn't really find a solution.
>>51244043
Then find a repository that ships catalyst for debian, just don't use the installer from amd.com
opensource drivers for AMD gpus are decent but still miles behind the propietary ones in performance.
>>51244084
>I didn't expect it to be pure shit.
Your standards were too high.
>>51244084
Nothing to worry about with that name, in fact if you are talking about games, you shouldn't care about xf86-video-ati, it's the 2d kernel driver, you should verify that mesa it's installed, more exactly you should verify that you have mesa-libgl installed.
>>51243870
>reduce
your linux kernel in /boot (which is compressed) should only be a couple of megabytes
I just compiled my kernel with a bunch of drivers and bullshit in it and the uncompressed vmlinux is 24M
that package probably has 50M or 60M of modules and drivers and other bullshit to make sure it runs on any retard's hardware
>>51244124
/boot/vmlinuz-linux is about 4.2 MB, yeah
>>51234434
don't judge me but I can't figure out debian either, and I've got gentoo installed on all my machines
>>51244043
ubuntu and debian use the same packages so I don't know what kind of drugs the angry anon is on, but he is right that you shouldn't bother doing this on your own. Debian and ubuntu both take the drivers from the website and build it into a package that works on their systems for you. 95% of the time, it will be exactly what you want.
Check in the repos again, and check to make sure that you have the proper sources. If the open-source driver (usually just called "radeon", nfc what it's called by debian) isn't working for you, check to see if non-free repos are selected and if you can install the proprietary driver. The open-source one is usually fine, but if you're having problems it might be worth trying. Look for `fglrx` or a description calling it the AMD / ATI proprietary drivers.
Don't hate on me but is there a way to set up Ubuntu Server 15.10 to connect to a wireless network? The wireless card is a Intel 3945ABG.
I have no idea how to do this with systemd.
>>51244232
Nope.
openSUSE can do it, though.
>>51244232
Intel cards are supported in ubuntu, either google which commands should you use or download nmcli
>>51244187
Yes, I've just installed the fglrx driver.
And League works pretty good right now, even my gpu is now detected in screenfetch.
Thanks everyone!
>>51244232
I don't know how systemd does it, but try installing wpa_supplicant
I set up cli wifi with it the other day
>>51244265
Stupidly a lot of documentation depends on having a network connection already in place, which is kinda why I'm asking. (eth connection is not an option for reasons).
>>51244318
Thanks, will try this. wpa_supplicant already seems to be installed.
Debian here
how do I change that I have to enter a password for some of my drives when I start my machine?
this way I don't have wallpapers or music available on my debian partition at start up because they are on my windows HDD's
>>51244334
Do you have networkmanager installed? Should help.
>>51244343
if you mean nm-tool or nmcli, nope
>>51243941
Why though. Does it break on every update? It's fine, just uninstall and reinstall fglrx.
>>51243353
that's a spooky pumpkin
>>51244378
It has nothing to do with that.
>>51244340
Mount on boot
click me
