Previously on: >>53702211
Welcome to /fg/lt/, or as I've recently taken to calling it, /fg+lt/. We are always open to users of all levels, including absolute beginners.
There are four ways to try GNU/Linux, you can:
0) Install a GNU/Linux OS on a VM (Virtual Machine/VirtualBox) for "safety purposes"
1) Use the Live ISO directly without installing anything, that way, you can get a "full GNU/Linux experience".
2) Dual-boot GNU/Linux with Windows/Mac (recommended if you want to learn more about GNU/Linux)
3) Go balls deep and overwrite everything with GNU/Linux
Before asking, please search for answers to your questions in resources.
Please be civil, notice the "Friendly" in every Friendly GNU/Linux Thread.
Understand that much of your software from Windows will be unavailable, although maybe WINE can make up for it.
Resources:
man <insert command here>
Your friendly neighborhood search engine (searx.me, ixquick, whatever)
https://wiki.archlinux.org/ (Most of the configurations and troubleshoots will literally work on various distros, including Debian)
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Category:GNU/Linux
http://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php
https://prism-break.org/en/categories/gnu-linux/
what's the hardest thing about installing gentoo?
>>53709591
Hiding the shame.
>>53709591
Telling your parents you're gay.
I typed in the wrong password when I was connecting to my wifi the first time around, and now the keyring in gnome (opensuse) tries the wrong one every time I login and I have to type it in manually.
Does anybody know what the actual program is called, or how to edit the keyring?
>>53709591
Memes aside. The hardest thing is waiting till the compiling is finished. Following the guide isn't more difficult than following Archs guide. But - you need to come with some knowlege about computers.
> Shell pasta:
The based GNU Bourne Again SHell:
https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/
The community driven BASH wiki:
http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/
The Grymoire - home for UNIX wizards:
http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/index.html
Greg's (also known as GreyCat's) wiki:
http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ
http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide
http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls
SED and AWK; your new best friends:
http://www.pement.org/sed/sed1line.txt
http://www.pement.org/awk/awk1line.txt
Google's Shell Style Guide:
https://google.github.io/styleguide/shell.xml
The Linux Command Line - A Book By William Shotts:
http://linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php
Interesting, useful and dangerous one-liners:
http://www.commandlinefu.com/
Great online (and offline) linting tool:
http://www.shellcheck.net/
Know what you are doing:
http://explainshell.com/
>>53709640
>>53709614
I'm not sure I phrased things correctly.
What is the actual program for the default-keyring thing?
>>53709618
>the hardest part is where you do nothing
>>53709682gnome-keyring-daemon -r -d
Is supposed to flush all your Gnome keyring remembered passwords. But please read more on it. I just pulled the command off https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME/Keyring#Passwords_are_not_remembered and I don't want to fuck your system.
Also, while the URL looks like the opposite of what you're looking for, it's where I found the BASH snippet.
I just installed Xubuntu 15.10 on my laptop that has Intel graphics and I notice slight flickering on my screen, I'm using the drivers from this ppa
https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/ubuntu/graphics-drivers
Also when I switch to tty8 (Ctrl + Alt + F8) there's this error message
[drm:intel_cpu_fifo_underrun_irq_handler [i915]] *ERROR* CPU pipe A FIFO underrun
Anyone know what's going on here?
>>53709722
>https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GNOME/Keyring#Passwords_are_not_remembered
definitely reading more, because I accidentally entered the wrong password the first time it ran for the actual keyring as well, and now I have to remember my typo
https://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/
http://www.fmwconcepts.com/imagemagick/
http://im.snibgo.com/
:^)
>>53709698
Exactly
>>53709748
Noooice. Can IM bring back the Jesus from the Death?
>>53709743
As you can see, near the top of the article is a GUI keyring management option.
"You can manage the contents of GNOME Keyring using Seahorse. Install it with the package seahorse.
It is possible to leave the GNOME keyring password blank or change it. In seahorse, in the "View" drop-down menu, select "By Keyring". On the Passwords tab, right click on "Passwords: login" and pick "Change password." Enter the old password and leave empty the new password. You will be warned about using unencrypted storage; continue by pushing "Use Unsafe Storage.""
What DE do you guys use that isn't GNOME/KDE/i3?
>>53709772
dwm
i installed an arch based distro (chakra) that uses pacman but when i try to install some packages that the arch wiki says pacman has lots of them arent found. this leads me to belive that chakra has changed some of the repos. is there any command i can use to reset all the repos to the default pacman ones? or a default file somewhere i can copy and paste?
>>53709780
Yeah that looks p neat.
>>53709772
DE's are generally gay, but useful when you actually have a life. WMs are more powerful, you just need to find a WM that suits your needs and skills. If you know C, dwm is good, if you know Lua, Awesome is your thing, just as example. Check out this WM list for MOAR: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/window_manager
Alternativly, Majaro offers many community flavors with already riced WMs as base like i3, bspwm, etc.
>>53709768
I had just read that on the article, but thanks
>>53709807
I'm also open to WMs. Just trying to find something that I can make look nice and polished without losing out on functionality.
>>>53709290
PepperOS Logo prototype
>>53709807
>actually have a life
bloat :^)
>>53709841
BLOAT
LOAT
OAT
AT
T
>>53709788
presumably chakra uses its own repos. you could just add whatever arch repo you need to pacman.conf but don't be surprised if problems pop up when upgrading.
>>53709850
actually if you have an AUR helper (yaourt, etc) you could install things from the arch repos with that instead
>>53709741
Is there a reason you need to use those drivers vs the distro defaults? If you simply respond with "muh newer version", you are a CIA Windows nigger.
>>53709772
I am rather fond of MATE.
>>53709788
Chakra isn't arch-based. It's Arch inspired. It's completely incompatible with actual Arch, or it's repos.
>>53709850
>don't be surprised if problems pop up when upgrading.
i dont see why there would be a problem. arent those repos designed to work with arch?
>>53709850
>>53709859
>>53709871
>>53709807
LOL Manjaro still can't figure out how to put out a fluxbox distro under 1GB.
Basic fluxbox. A fucking gigabyte+.
>>53709871
but i cann add the arch repos? how can i do this?
Every day some guy comes into this thread with flickering or tearing, I hand him compton's glx backend and they are happy. Why is this a thing? I mean, what's the real problem here that compton fixes? Should have a DE or the graphix card program have tools for this shit?
>>53709882
Because it's not only fluxbox. It's a whole distro with all the usual shit (the manjaro tools/DE).
>>53709887
What's strange is that even when I use this, I still get bad screen tearing.
>>53709874
well presumably chakra is maintaining its own repo of stable tested packages rather than giving you the latest from the Arch repos to avoid shit blowing up in your face. at that point you should copy your configs and install Arch.
>>53709874
No. Not at all.
>>>>>>>>>53709871
>>53709895
Try some fine tuning like --vsync opengl-swc.
Also check the dox.
>>53709886
No goddamit. No you can't. You fucking cannot add the arch repos to chakra you stupid fucking monkey nigger. Listen goddamit.
>>53709859
doesnt that build it from source though? im just looking to add the arch repos to my pacman
>>53709860
I wanted to test gallium nine with it but if reverting to distro defaults is what I have to do to get rid of the flickers then I'll do it.
>>53709910
This is my compton.conf.backend = "glx";
paint-on-overlay = true;
glx-no-stencil = true;
glx-no-rebind-pixmap = true;
vsync = "opengl-swc";
It's been this for a while now and I still get bad tearing.
Cant login to Linux Mint
So, I downloaded this thing Ext2Fsd to access my Linux partition from Windows. Then when i try to boot in my Linux first it asks me to login, bring me to a black screen(about 2 seconds)then brings me back to login. When I keep entering my password(i am entering the correct password cos if it's not correct something on the side will indicate it) it reaches the limit somehow then it brings me to the black screen where I can login but not bring me to my desktop. It's just black screen then I can write stuff like in Terminal. Heeelp Anons
>>53709887
Double buffering?
Okay, now is enough.gnu+memegenerator()
{
: '
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
'
pic="$1"
txt="$2"
convert "$pic" \
-fill white \
-stroke black \
-strokewidth 3 \
-gravity South \
-font Impact \
-pointsize 72 \
-annotate +0+5 \
"$txt" \
"meme'd_$pic"
}
Ex: gnu+memegenerator rms.jpg "Only inane comments..."
I'm trying to create a bash script, but I really don't know my shit.for i in "$@"
do
ffmpeg -i $var -vf subtitles=$var $var.mp4
done
ffmpeg says-vf: No such file or directory
even if the whole command works fine on it's own.
Why doesn't this work?
>>53709868
This.
>>53710463
You used $var but defined $i, thats everything.
Try:for i in "$@"; do
ffmpeg -i "$i" -vf subtitles="$i" "$i".mp4
done
Not sure if the subtitles thing is what you want. How are the files called?
>>53710463
because your for loop is putting each argument into $i, and you're using $var with ffmpeg
either change "for i" to "for var", or change each "$var" to "$i"
>>53710526
What's up with all that Mate shilling lately?
>>53710530
>>53710531
Thank you, I really should have noticed that myself!
I'm just embedding the subtitles, so repeating the file name is normal.
Is getting Blu-ray discs to play in Linux Mint doable or should I just give up? I didn't realize figuring out wayts of doing so many things I'm used to were going to be so time-consuming in linux. :/
>>53710531
to illustrate;% for thing in {one,two,three}; do
\`for> echo thing is set to \"$thing\"
\`for> done
thing is set to "one"
thing is set to "two"
thing is set to "three"
>>53710463
Don't forget to quote your variables or your computer will explode when you run this on files with spaces.
>>53710544
I'm a noob and it is the desktop that most resembles what I am used to (windows).
>>53710569
I see. Thanks.
>>53710544
Dunno, personally I can't get the thing to work without tearing.
Even though I tried Ubuntu MATE which comes with both compiz and compton. It's sad.
>>53709527
This is the best picture this thread had. Thank you made me laugh a lot.
Cant login to Linux Mint
So, I downloaded this thing Ext2Fsd to access my Linux partition from Windows. Then when i try to boot in my Linux first it asks me to login, bring me to a black screen(about 2 seconds)then brings me back to login. When I keep entering my password(i am entering the correct password cos if it's not correct something on the side will indicate it) it reaches the limit somehow then it brings me to the black screen where I can login but not bring me to my desktop. It's just black screen then I can write stuff like in Terminal. Heeelp Anons
>>53709887
when they talk about screen tearing, do they mean like webm related?
my system does this when the graphics card maxes out.
fx370 300Mhz core and 256Mib ram
>>53710629
Actually the pic is haram; the text isn't centered and triggers my CDO.
>>53710664
topkek what the fuck is going on there, nope.
Teaking looks like, erm, wait, I'll do a gimp.
>>53710650
Isn't there a way to launch the desktop from there? It seems like there should be...
>>53709892
Antix is half the size, has 4 wm/de's, twice as much shit on the image. The fluxbox only base image is like 1/4 the size.
>>53710664
> google + "screen tearing" =
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iklIpcGAsiQ
I have no idea what your system is doing.
>>53710664
>>53710675
>>53710675
i ranlocate /in xterm while rapidly resizing another instance of xterm
>>53710712
Looks like you don't run any compositor.
>>53710696
Wut. Never discovert something like that.
More like this: >>53710698 when watching movies.
Compton fixed that.
>>53710679
I dont know. But now I got this problem...
>>53710650
I don't have much advice to you other than: If you're going to dual boot Windows and Linux, use a smaller partition for linux, the rest NTFS, and don't even attempt to fiddle with an ext4 partition on windows. Just like HFS+, support on Windows for any kind of partition other than the native ones is atrocious. While on linux, NTFS works pretty much flawlessly.
So is this tearing thing a driver or compositing problem?
>>53710757
So, how can I resolve this problem?
>>53710725
nope
>>53710696
>I have no idea what your system is doing.
when the card runs out of ram it just dumps garbage on the screen
>>53710765
Both.
>>53710776
You can't; accept that ext on Windows will never work. Try to boot linux into recovery mode.
>>53709807
>DEs are gay
>WMs are more powerful
How do you think desktop environments manage their windows? Do you think that they don't have a bundled window manager?
>>53710669
How does failing to type affect your CDO?
It's kinda good enough for me, I got the idea and it was fun it's not like I kept looking at it for more than 2 seconds to notice that background is terribly filled and text is...uhhh. Are you happy now?
>>53710664
RIP your graphics card
>>53710812
What do you mean? I'm on Windows right now. I can access my partition in Linux Mint from here. The only problem I'm facing is I can't login in Mint. That's all.
>>53709887
Using Compton to fix tearing on Intel GPUs is overkill. There's a TearFree option which you can enable for the driver.
Trying to edit a Plasma theme, does anyone know which file has the little + icon that goes on grouped applications in the panel (pic related) ?
I'm triggered by it covering up the icons, so I want to replace/edit it, but can't seem to find it.
>>53710869
help
I'm having a problem while trying to compile icecat-38.6.0 on ubuntu 14.04.
configure: error: Library requirements (gtk+-2.0 >= 2.18.0 gtk+-unix-print-2.0 glib-2.0 >= 2.22 gobject-2.0 gdk-x11-2.0) not met; consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if your libraries are in a nonstandard prefix so pkg-config can find them.
if this helps, the extracted source is located at /usr/local/src/icecat-38.6.0
Would really appretiateyour help.
guys do you know how i can monitor the network traffic on my home network? (btw i am on ubuntu 14.04)
i have done some googling and found Kismet , intalled it but it doesn't work
Guys. I finally did it. Enough with fucking around with VMs 'n shit, I installed Debian on my main machine.
So far so good. Detected my network and soundcard without having to do anything, didn't install GPU drivers, but that turned out to be easy enough. DPI scaling works well enough as well.
Still I have some questions
>how do I change my username/machine name? I didn't reckon I'd keep the installation, but now I want to.
>libreoffice is slow as fuck. Like horrendously slow, everytime you minimize/maximize it, every icon appears in slo-mo and it takes 10 seconds or so before you can use it. I have an SSD
>is there something like aero snap? I kind of miss that from windows
>is there something like win+d? miss that as well...
thx m8s
>>53711855
>change usernameman usermod
>change machine name (hostname)
https://wiki.debian.org/HowTo/ChangeHostname
>>53711855
>is there something like aero snap? I kind of miss that from windows
Pretty sure Gnome and KDE have that.
>libreoffice is slow as fuck. Like horrendously slow, everytime you minimize/maximize it, every icon appears in slo-mo and it takes 10 seconds or so before you can use it. I have an SSD
Not a question.
>>how do I change my username/machine name?
Should be pretty straightforward in the settings
>is there something like win+d? miss that as well...
You can manually change shortcuts to be whatever
>>53712013
>Pretty sure Gnome and KDE have that.
thx but I already installed Debian mate and ain't nobody got time for another reinstall
>not a question
sorry, well why is it so slow?
>You can manually change shortcuts to be whatever
I found that ctrl alt D works
>>53712076
You can still install other DEs on top of your current installation. I find that changing your DEs from time to time is fun.
>why is it slow
Nobody pays the developers? I don't know. Why do you need it exactly? I usually use Google docs for school and shit.
>>53712115
>running non-free software
>>53712115
>You can still install other DEs on top of your current installation. I find that changing your DEs from time to time is fun.
oh sweet didn't know that. then I might try it when I get time
>Nobody pays the developers? I don't know.
Well it runs smooth on Windows, there's that...
>Why do you need it exactly? I usually use Google docs for school and shit.
I use latex to write papers, but I usually do the slides/presentation in impress, because slides in latex are a pain in the ass and take 5 times as long.
Also sometimes I use whatever excel is called for libreoffice to do some quick calculations or diagrams.
>>53712185
Use beamer, Impress is shit
Using Calc is acceptable.
>>53712175
Where?
>>53712185
>Well it runs smooth on Windows, there's that...
Perhaps you have Debain stable? It's package are iirc years behind.
>>53712257
>Google docs
>>53712185
>>53712250
>>53712115
>>53712076
>>53712013
this is what it looks like btw
Any idea what's causing this? It's Xubuntu 15.10, I don't have anything plugged in the headphone/mic jacks and theres no sound coming out the speakers if I try to play something.
>>53712303
It's not installed on my PC. It's in the cloud. Whether Google uses non-free software on their servers is their issue.
>>53709886
There is an application called aur2ccr which will help you make a package from the aur work on the ccr.
https://chakraos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=6649
>>53712297
That won't make them magically slower
>>53712325
>using "the cloud"
literally throwing freedoms out of the window
>>53711638
It says it right there what's wrong. Why can't you people read output messages?
>>53712386
All I'm saying is that if the LibreOffice version running on your Debian is two years behind, than a freshly installed one on on other OS that is faster, then there might be a chance that they improved it in that time.
>>53712421
Newer software is actually more likely to have some new shiny goodies attached to it that can slow it down.
>>53712401
I assume your run your own email/fileserver. I assume you are your own ISP and that you don't use any other network other that your home network, but if you do you use your own VPN server located on the Himalayas running through 7 proxies.
>>53712421
>>53712310
then the Debian repo maintainers have been doing a shit job if they consider THIS "stable" or something's wrong with the poster's config
looks like a shit load of tearing
also I hate to break it to you >>53711855 but AMD cards are shit with Linux
I'm trying to decide what distro to use as my main desktop OS.
Does Arch really need constant micromanaging or is it just a meme? What makes it different from distros that use apt-get?
Cannot login into Linux Mint
I downloaded this thing Ext2Fsd to access my Linux partition from Windows. Then when i try to boot in my Linux first it asks me to login, then it brings me to a black screen for about 2 seconds, then brings me back to login.
When I keep entering my password (I am entering the correct password because if it wasn't correct something on the side will indicate it) it reaches the limit somehow then it brings me to the black screen where I can login but not bring me to my desktop. It's just black screen where I can write stuff like in Terminal.
>>53712310
>>53712551
Well I just started the program on my 6 year old laptop and it runs fine.
Two things that come to mind is the one I already mentioned. Since in on Fedora the version is probably newer.
Other thing is what you mentioned. He has an AMD. I have an Nvidia, but it's on opensource driver. I haven't bothered with proprietary ones. But the problem is that it apparently only affects LibreOffice. Other things are tear free(assuming they are).
>>53712544
theres a difference between turning your back on your freedoms for a few seconds and outright giving them away for nothing in return
>>53712587
>Use debian, don't update for ages
>6 months down the line run first update
>Everything is fine
>Use arch, don't update for ages
>6 months down the line run first update
>Pic related
Installing arch right now. Should I use btrfs or ext4?
>>53712675
ええええマジで??!?!?!?!!?!!?!どうして?!?!!?くそ!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>53712693
ext4
>>53712675
>Use arch, don't update for ages
>3 months down the line run update again
>Nothing breaks, again
>>53712730
>Works on My Machine™
>>53712675
What broke?
>>53712789
Nothing. He died of shock before actually doing it.
>>53712824
He saw the plethora of updates available and it was just too much? The poor man's heart gave out and he passed, and so he haunts /flt/ to spread the word to the masses?
>>53712834
>Arch users can afford a van and a trip to Thailand
Now that's a funny joke
>>53712834
>a van in thailand
top kek m8
>>53712887
the van is needed for domestic search & capture operations.
A trip to Thailand if you're tired of the hunt and just want to fuck children for $10
>>53712910
>
What do you guys do when you need to be cheered up?
>>53713059
bash other anons' distros on 4chan and forums.
>>53713059
date supports formatingdate '+%b %d'
happy birthday!
>>53713018
That doesn't work. In your case you just need one of those things Arch and glasses have to be together, plus either van or Thai.
>>53713078
>not zsh-ing on other anons distros
Is fish a good shell? Or should I just stick to bash?
>>53713208
Yes, install a new shell for no reason, even if you don't even utilize your current shell to 10% of its abilities.
>>53713208
Poershell is best shell
>>53713408
>Poershell
>>53713446
>>53713408
>Povertyshell
>>53712675
I have frozen my nvidia drivers and xorg so I'm not afraid of updating.
>>53713059
hbd
Trying to set up SSH keys on my server
I have the keys I want to use but just wondered what the best practice is regarding copying them over?
I know about ssh-copy-id but if the server is already shut off with PasswordAuth=no then how are you supposed to get the keys across? Or are you just supposed to allow PasswordAuth for as long as it takes to copy the keys across? It's not really well-explained anywhere.
>want to replace middle mouse button's paste with standard non-UNIX functionality
>search results end up with passive aggressive nerds scolding me for wanting different functions to suit my needs, on this operating system which tends to easily let you do that
>"If your problem is that your mouse is overly sensitive when you put your finger on the wheel, I suggest getting a better mouse. There are plenty of cheap decent mice."
>"After several years of Linux use I've never been bothered with your issue, actually the middle click paste proved itself to be quite useful :)"
>I just wanted my damn middle-click-to-select-several-lines command in sublime text
I mean w/e, I can probably find a way to at least apply it specifically to subl, but my god do people not like the idea of switching out that command
>>53713647
I don't think there is an easy, consistent solution that would work.
It is either in the toolkit or in the application.
In Firefox, I use middle click to scroll, because I rarely paste in that application and I often scroll.
>>53713647
autism's one hell of a drug
What do you use for flash content ?
Flash player, Gnash, ... ?
>>53713645
It shouldn't matter if your public key is leaked.
I just ssh into the machine, copy it over.
>>53713765
In other words, you allow PasswordAuth? Cool, I think I'll just do the same.
I was wondering about how to go about setting it to allow connections if you already have PasswordAuth turned off though. Not sure how that would be possible.
>>53713765
Also isn't the whole idea of being able to copy your public key into a remote machine kinda unsafe?
I mean doesn't it mean that I could copy my pubkey to any remote server and then gain access to it?
Maybe I'm missing something here...
>>53713829
You should be the only one who can create files on your server.
You write the pub key to the list of trusted keys.
Now anyone with your private key can access the machine.
Since you never share your private key, this should be safe
>>53713809
Physical access is the best way.
Else make sure you can connect to make changes
>>53713763
I can't remember the last time I came across any.
How to jump to files in thunar by typing its name out directly? I had this before, but lost it after a fresh arch install.
>>53713647
God damn I hate freetards.
>>53709668
You should include http://www.funtoo.org/Bash_by_Example,_Part_1 too, literally one of the best articles to get you started on bash.
Something I dearly miss from using Windows since I switched to Linux Mint is the possibility, in a multi monitor setup, to mirror only two specific monitors.
I have three monitors and I want two of them (my main monitor and my TV) to be mirrored. The other monitor is left of my main monitor and should stay separate. On windows I could do this really easily. But on Linux it seems as if one can only ether mirror ALL monitors or none.
Am I missing something or a tool which allows me to mirror just two of my three monitors?
>>53713647
You're not alone.
>>53714071
xrandr --output <tv> --same-as <screen 1>
xrandr --output <screen 2> --left-of <screen 1>
>>53714141
Where have you been all my life.
Do I have to run this command each time I reboot now or is it permanent - if not how can I make it permanent.
>>53713408
poorshell
>>53714071
Hi
the chart you have is outdated. Use the architect installer, I dont maintain the chart these days
>>53714231
xrandr is literally the most basic tool to manage your screens.
I don't know how to make this permanent in your setup, I run `x` which in turn runs `startx`, so I would just put it in my ~/.xinitrc.
>>53714231
It can be set to run automatically. Depends on your desktop environment but I know with i3 you add exec/exec_always --no-startup-id xrandr .... to your config
Sure it can be done in every set up.
>>53709527
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9iX2qSfMhE
Wait a minute. Is this guy right? Can a Windows update overwrite the boot loader on a dual-booted system?
[sweats profusely]
I suppose if it does, it can't be that hard using a live USB to re-install GRUB, r-right? I'm using Debian with a small partition of Windows 10, by the way.
>>53714243
Hi
I was just looking for a random picture to post along. And all the other pictures in the folder were furry porn. It was not my intent to spread outdated arch install infographics.
Hurd is stupid and bad. Linux won, get over it.
>>53714297
>Hurd is stupid and bad. Linux won, get over it.
straight outta left field
>>53714282
You just type grub install
but i reccomend to delete the windows
>>53714306
The topic picture is a picture of RMS and "hurd".
>>53714282
It can and it will. If you have secureboot enabled and windows 8 or higher, it will overwrite the bootloader everytime you actually boot into windows. Proprietary software at its finest.
>>53714310
>but i reccomend to delete the windows
Or if you're paraplegic, throw your PC out of the window.
>>53714330
I don't have secureboot enabled thankfully.
But...I do have Windows 10 on that other patition.
[screams internally]
Well if it's as easy as this guy says >>53714310 then hopefully it'll be just a minor annoyance when it happens
>>53714310
>not having a small windows partition to run things you can't run on your freedom machine, and do all your real use on the freedom machine
>>53714282
>on any device, you can only have ONE bootloader
But that's wrong you fucking retard.
>>53714363
It's not hard to fix, but it is pretty annoying. Because you'll need to boot a livecd/usb, reinstall a sane bootloader, and then reboot normally. It's fun to do once, but it's a pretty boring chore.
>>53714376
but I can run anything on my freedom machine, why on earth would i rip my freedoms in pieces by installing windows?
>>53714376
>using proprietary software
>>53713924
Just start typing; works for me.
im just starting to use git and package managers which dont seem to work well in my VBox. Will these problems be solved by using dual-boot? Any recommendations for a distribution primarily for coding?
>>53714490
What issues are you having with git and package managers in vbox? Depending on what it is, it might just be you using it wrong, and the environment isnt going to fix that.
>Any recommendations for a distribution primarily for coding?
As developer myself I use Funtoo.
>>53714539
Not the guy you replied to but what attributes make a distro 'better for coding' than another.
>>53714548
I don't know, pretty much every distro is good. But people who generally ask for a specific distro for their specific usecase don't really care about what distros are ment for, they just want someone to tell them to use something.
I personally find Funtoo to be very good for my usecases because the software is always up to date, and easily customizable. Writing ebuilds (the files that describe packages and their installations) is a breeze as well, so it's easy to test my own "packages" on my own system as well.
In the end, pretty much every distro is good to be used for "coding", and it all boils down to user preference.
>>53714283
>Furry porn
Back to >>>/trash/ you degenerate scum
>>53714539
its not git and package managers. vbox wont let me use my gpu for non-3d acceleration which id like to have for extra processing power
>>53714655
>im just starting to use git and package managers which dont seem to work well in my VBox
Seems like you didn't describe the issue well.
>im just starting to use git and package managers which dont seem to work well in my VBox
I have next to no experience with virtualbox, so I can't help you to set this up. I don't even know if this is possible with vbox at all.
This would however be "fixed" if you'd install it on the metal, yes.
>>53714696
*just git and package managers
>im just starting to use git and package managers which dont seem to work well in my VBox
>im just starting to use git and package managers which dont seem to work well in my VBox
i know what you meant
To people who play videogames here:
Have you actually seen any Linux ports/native versions that run poorly?
Because I've been very pleasantly surprised after my switch from Windows. Basically all ports I've tried have ran very solidly, roughly equally or even better than the Windows counterparts.
Just tried XCOM 2 and it worked like a charm, for example
If I configure Puppet to create a Debian instance in a VM, is it possible to use that same configuration on a physical hardware-based instance of Debian somehow?
>>53714761
The Witcher 2.
Ok, that's some sort of half assed wrapper but still pretty fucking ass, they shouldn't bother.
Other than that, not really. I notice fps on CSGO are more fluctuating and going crazier on linux but my display is so, so bad that tearing is worse than I could possibly stand, so I have to enable vsync and do that fps_limit 60 trick to minimize input lag.
>>53714761
XCOM2 ran like ass when I last played it but that was right after release and I think the problem back then was on Windows just the same.
Dota2 also had huge problems years ago but its fine now.
It's more stuff like, when I play Civ5 and tab out of the game - and in again, everything is just fucked up. It's not like that on windows (where it works fine) and that's annoying.
Why didn't you guys tell me Linux Sucks 2016 was out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WipM3SAYqK4
>>53714917
Oh shit, I've been waiting months for this film.
>>53714917
it's brilliant isn't it?
>>53714917
Please tell me the guy didn't join the social justice brigade
Because he looks the type
>>53715055
It's subtle isn't it.
>>53715055
...
it is time to stop posting my guy, your hateboner for SJW's has made you too paranoid
>>53714917
>the interjection
holy fuck
I am trying to install a linux distro to an extra hard drive that i recently put in my pc. No matter what distro I try to install something always goes wrong. I have secure boot disabled. The error message I got when trying to install ubuntu was something along the lines of cannot install grub. Anyone have suggestions. Pic related is my pc.
>>53714917
Is this /g/
Is there a good gooey tool for converting a pile of media? I want to take a bunch of FLACs I have and convert them to Opus to save space on my player.
>>53715099
oh and I am currently downloading opensuse because my research has led me to wanting to try that specific distro. Any tips for a beginner?
I was reading up on Mint in the wiki, and I came across this :
"Warning: On 20 Febuary, 2016, Linux Mint's website was hijacked and a compromised, back-door'd distro was linked on the download site. The problem was fixed the next day, however this shows the lack of security in the management of the Linux Mint system. Use with caution."
As a newcomer to Linux, should I try another distro because of this or is it still fine to start with?
>>53714917
>That Stallman saint appearance
Eheheheh
>there is no system but GNU, and Linux is one of its kernels
>>53715303
Linux Mint is a-okay, my man. Remember that this is /g/ and people's trust is very fragile and unforgiving.
Their website got compromised for a day, and they fixed it swiftly and kept the community updated as they were dealing with it. They're implementing measures to avoid it ever happening again in the future.
The distro itself is clean. Website =/ distro. It's a pretty good beginner distro as well, I prefer it to Ubuntu
>>53715347
Thanks for the reply, I was considering Mint and Fedora as a first distro, but I was kinda put off by the warning (seemed like a big deal).
>>53715369
Between those two, Mint is definitely the way to go if you're a beginner. It's a "it just werks" distro and you can customize a lot as well if you care about it. The install gentoo wiki is a pretty good source of basic info but always take it with a grain of salt
Just so you get an idea, it's the distro I installed on my old man's laptop and he's been extremely happy with it. If he can use it, you can too
>>53715407
>you can customize a lot as well if you care about it
Yeah, I'd like to do that. Thanks for helping me out, I'll go install it right now.
>>53714917
wew this is very gay,normie and sjw-ish
>>53715454
On the off chance you're not shitposting, why do you think so, Mr. Neckbear?
>>53709527
So I'm installing Arch on a VM so I can learn it, I have a question about mount points.
When it first told me to mount my partitions I did like in pic related of the first output of lsblk /dev/sda. The partitions are /boot, /, swap, and /home respectively. Since it told me to mount /boot to /mnt/boot, I assued I should mount /home to /mnt/home. The partition table is GPT, so the boot partition is formatted differently, if it matters.
The problem is when I do arch-chroot /mnt /bin/bash and do lsblk /dev/sda again, it gives me the second output in pic related. It tells the swap and /home partitions are correctly mounted, but /boot and / aren't. I am pretty sure this is giving me problems with installing and configuring GRUB.
Why are the mount points changing when I chroot?
>>53715549
>archwiki
>b-but i am spoiled lazy shit so i want someone to hold my hand
>>53715571
>>53715549
And this is the sort of community you're looking to get involved with.
>>53715571
I followed the guide through exactly, you stupid retard. It doesn't answer my question.
Tbqhwy the most failure proof way of running both Currysoft Wendys and GNU/Neetnux is having two separate storage devices for each one of them.
A windows update won't nigger up your bootloader and a faulty grub update won't make your windows unaccessible.
Of course one has to be able to afford such solution in the first place.
>>53715700
>not having some shitty $50 laptop for wangblows and a $10.000 rig for ganoo plus leen oocks
>>53715679
While chrooted does /boot exist? Can you write to it? If you do does it take up space in sda1 or sda2?
Is anyone else's Firefox crashing relatively often? I'm on Arch and running Firefox 45.0.1.
>>53715781
Not really no.
The last time firefucks crashed on me was because of flash
>>53715781
Stable as can be on Debian Testing.
Is it when you're accessing youtube? Because last I heard there was a bug even on Windows versions that causes your firefox to freeze up a lot when watching videos on youtube if you're suscribed to a lot of people.
The solution for that is making a script on Stylish that goes@-moz-document domain("youtube.com") {
#guide-channels{
display:none !important;
}
}
>>53709527
Proprietary software has control over me (help me)
I know how to install Linux with a nice GUI and have played around in Linux. I just cannot get over my desire to use the very useful proprietary software. I'm a web developer and I really like my adobe suite. I really like to use Microsoft Office. I am also a gamer and gaming on a linux machine is borderline impossible unless you get a compatible linux game (limits to an extreme tiny list of games) or force wine, in which case you're spending a lot of extra processing just to load a windows environment versus just running Windows.
How do I get around it. I really don't want to stop gaming. (Too fun) but the idea of free software (not gratis) is extremely appealing as a libertarian.
I love Richard Stallman and his ideas but often it is impractical due to what I do on a computer. I am aware there are alternative programs but there really arent when it comes to gaming and the programs are a long shot away from being as powerful as the industry standards.
Gimp is not as good as Photoshop. It just isn't.
LibreOffice is not as good as Microsoft Office. It just isn't.
Help.
>>53715753
Yes, /boot exists. Permissions say I can wr ite to it. Butdf /boottells me it is on sda4.
>>53715893
>sda4
wat
That's the last thing I saw coming.
>>53715877
>LibreOffice is not as good as Microsoft Office. It just isn't
Even on Windows I still prefer LibreOffice and OpenOffice to Microsoft Office though.
Why don't you simply run a dualboot? This way you can use your Windows boot for games and the software you want. I mean, at some points you gotta consider what you really want.
>>53715863
It kept on crashing while I had a YouTube tab open. I suspected YouTube too, but it crashed once without Youtube. Regular, not-signed-in YouTube, so I don't know if it still affects the subscribers issue.
I guess I'll have to wait for a new version and hope my issue is resolved.
>>53715906
Yep, it doesn't make any sense. What causes this?
>>53715911
That's kind of the problem. I want to run exclusively on GNU/Linux but it's just impractical to do so. It's basically impossible with what I want to do on a computer.
>>53715949
If you exit chroot it says the correct thing again?
Probably not the right thread to ask this but oh well, it's free software related.
On Firefox, what addon do you use to bulk save images? I've been using Bazzacuda but I was wondering if there's a better alternative.
>>53715951
Then get your priorities straight. You're not gonna get some special awards because you're running a Linux distro, nor will you get shamed on because you're running a Windows OS.
This might come off as a very stupid question, but if I downloaded the ISO file Mint and I don't want Windows anymore, can I simply run the ISO and it will install Mint? I don't have any USB/DVD right now that I could use to install it.
>vulkan not available for ironlake and sandy
>thinkpads with newer cpus are shit
How do I live?
>>53715978
I don't want companies to take advantage of me gathering marketing data and are forced onto a botnet. But it's so convenient.
>>53715993
No, that's not how it works.
You need to have either a USB (ideal) to burn the ISO to, or burn the ISO to a disc.
If you go the USB route, Rufus is the best program for this on Windows.
You need either of these methods to boot from that media instead of your normal hard drive and install Mint + erase Windows
Also, obviously make sure the USB is big enough for the ISO
>>53715964
What do you mean correct thing?lsblk /dev/sdagives me the first output in the pic I posted, which is exactly how it told me to mount in the guide.df /boot, however, tells me that it's onairootfs.
>>53716030
Okay well I think I'll just go the USB route. Aside from the size of the USB disk being big enough, do I need to change stuff in the BIOS (the booting order, for instance)?
>>53716053
If you exit chroot and lsblk again does it show the proper mounts or are they gone still.
>>53716054
Make sure that the USB flash drive is above your hard disk or just choose the USB flash drive as the temporary source for booting during startup (most mobos have that option).
>>53716054
Yes. Once you have your USB ready with Rufus (in the options, make sure you select GPT if your computer is relatively new when burning the ISO, or MBR if it's old), this is what you do.
>backup your personal data (music, documents, pictures, etc) to somewhere else. An external hard drive, a cloud service like MEGA, anything. Because you're about to erase it all from the HDD.
>turn off your computer
>turn it back on, and furiously press F12 or F2 during boot up to access the firmware screen
>you can either change the boot order to get the usb first, or (ideally) just do boot override for this one time to get to the USB, so you don't have to go back and change it later
>turn off SecureBoot and FastBoot in your BIOS, if they're on
>Save changes and exit
>it will now boot to the USB you made and begin the installation process
>select Erase disk when you're installing
And off you go
>>53716061
It still shows the proper the mounts. Like I said, it shows the first output in my pic.
To be clear, I did exit chroot.
>>53716054
>>53716099
Oh, and it's probably a good idea to just boot into your BIOS right now to find out if you're using Legacy BIOS or UEFI already, to see if you should choose MBR or GPT, respectively.
If you dont know what I'm talking about let me know and I'll try to explain
>>53716095
>>53716099
Thanks for the replies, guys.
>>53716112
Yeah, if you have any other questions feel free to ask either here or just googling. It's always better to do that instead of screwing up somewhere because of lack of information
I have an old netbook and want to make it a neat linux machine. It has 1 gb of ram and an Intel Atom N270 @ 1.6ghz.
I was thinking either Arch or Lubuntu, any other distros i should check out?
>>53716110
Well then if it doesn't bother you, I wouldn't mind a little help. I only know that UEFI came as a kind of successor to legacy, but why do I need to know which one I use to install Mint correctly? I don't know what MBR and GPT are though.
>>53715549
>>53716109
Chances are you fucked something up or made a typo somewhere. Either go through your command history or try again from scratch paying attention to verify everything you write.
>>53716159
Can't go wrong with Lubuntu. I installed it recently on a machine with similar specs to those and it works well.
Maybe Xubuntu too, if you want something a little bit more functional (because Lubuntu is pretty barebones)
>>53716110
>>53716162
Also if it helps, I have a T510 Thinkpad.
>>53716159
I had Arch on my eeepc.
>>53716173
Nice,I'll check out Xubuntu. Is battery going to be more or less the same as it is with XP?
>>53716166
It seems I did. I just remounted sda1 to /mnt/boot and chrooted.
lsblk /dev/sda then showed that everything was mounted correctly except sda2, which is supposed to mounted to /.
I then went back and unmounted and remounted everything to try again.I now have everything remounted, and it won't let me chroot. It tells me I need to unmount my file systems first. I might just start over.
>>53714752
Oh yeah, sorry. The second quote should've been about the 3d acceleration stuff. I'm trying out Chromium and apparently it doesn't do copy on select by default, which is a pain if you're used to it.
>>53714917
I honestly thought everyone who cares already knew.
>>53715099
Sounds like it cant install grub. Can be a myriad of causes. Can't really help without specifics. You can always try to liveboot and install grub manually.
>>53715211
>Any tips for a beginner?
Don't listen to /g/.
>>53716248
exit the choort and then
umount -R /mnt
then you can mount /mnt{/boot} again
>>53713190
toppest keks
>>53716162
>>53716185
MBR stands for Master Boot Record and GPT stands for GUID Partition Table. MBR is an age-old standard in partitioning schemes for hard drives, GPT is the "new" kid on the block. MBR supports partitions of up to 4 primary partitions of max 2TB each. GPT supports much bigger partitions and huge amounts of them
If you're curious and want to read more about them just google MBR GPT and I'm sure you'll find good descriptions
I just thought of an easier way so you don't have to check on your BIOS. Right click on your windows start menu and select "Disk Management". Once there, select your hard drive's main partition and select properties. If it says MBR, then it's likely you have Legacy BIOS (old). If it says GPT, then you're definitely using UEFI. Based on that, that's what you want your USB to be partitioned as: MBR if using MBR right now, GPT if using GPT right now.
Once you're done with the Rufus thing, and you're in your firmware screen, make sure you disable FastBoot and SecureBoot like I said. If it turned out to be MBR, don't change anything. If it turned out to be GPT, then look for something in boot options that says "Legacy BIOS and UEFI" and make sure it's only UEFI.
>>53716296
>>53716185
that last part after the FastBoot and SecureBoot thing isn't too important though. If you can't find any options that say that just leave it be, you'll be fine. Just select to boot from your USB and you're good to go
>>53716280
Don't I need to mount / to /mnt before mounting anything else?
>>53716296
>If it says GPT, then you're definitely using UEFI.
No. You can GPT/bios.
