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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 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/
> 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/
> Font pasta:
General informations:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fonts
Huge list of font resources:
https://github.com/brabadu/awesome-fonts
List of monospaced fonts for programming:
https://github.com/chrissimpkins/codeface
List of monospaced bitmap fonts for programming:
https://github.com/Tecate/bitmap-fonts
You may also need to enable bitmap fonts and rebuild the font cache:rm -v /etc/fonts/conf.d/70-no-bitmaps.conf
ln -s ../conf.avail/70-yes-bitmaps.conf .
fc-cache -v -f
Fonts patched with shitloads of icon glyphs:
https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts
The Ultimate Oldschool PC Font Pack:
http://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/
Premade fontconfigs:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Infinality
Configure your own fontconfig:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Font_configuration
Read the documentation:
file:///usr/share/doc/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html
what are the key differences between ubuntu and debian? why would someone want to choose one over the other?
>>53869190
ubuntu was forked from debian many years ago and has been its own branch ever since.
key difference, I'd say:
different opinions about what constitutes free software, different release model, no ppas for debian, noncommercial vs commercial, gnome as main desktop vs unity (can be changed of course)
in general, if you are new to linux and/or want a system that "just works", choose one of the *buntus. if you like the dfsg and are not scared of a CLI-installer, go with debian. be aware, however, that even in testing things break at times, and if you try sid, things will break A LOT. debian stable however, is a good OS, even if it is outdated by nature, much like the ubuntu lts versions are.
>>53869190
http://www.datamation.com/open-source/debian-vs-ubuntu-which-is-best-for-you-1.html
I've only ever used debian based distros, now that RHEL has a free developer subscription should I try it out? Would someone know a good place to start on getting into redhat linux?
on some distros, if I get to remove some software like Hexchat, the package manager warns me that is going to remove the D.E. as well! How can I remove some of the unwanted programs without this happening?
>>53869364
which distros?
anyway, you can fix that by using aptitude instead of apt-get.
How does one change the "master" color scheme of a distro? Whenever I run a colorscript that prints out my scheme it comes out as a rainbow; I want it to be customized. Any help?
>>53869335
yes, hell yeah. I've been using RHEL for years, and I love the damn thing. The yum package manager is the comfiest one out there, and configuring is super easy. I'd try it out, you won't be disappointed.
Hey guys, just a heads up if any of you use Chrome.
http://news.softpedia.com/news/chrome-extension-caught-hijacking-users-browsers-502557.shtml
>"...this malicious code can also be found in other Google Chrome extensions such as Chrome Currency Converter, Web Timer, User-Agent Switcher, Better History, 4chan Plus, and Hide My Adblocker."
how to run .jar files? i have java/jre installed, yet i can't seem to open a .jar with java, only with Ark..
running fedora 23 by the way.
im thinking i will install antergos alongside windows 7 (for when i need windows only applications). i heard that dualbooting linux and windows could cause issues with a partition not booting correctly, or at all. is this true, if so how would i fix it?
>>53869825
nvm, found solution (cd to wherever ur jar file is, java -jar filename.jar)
>>53869825
when i used arch with i3 there was an "open with" and "execute in" option, maybe fedora has the same
>>53869920
Lock windows in a virtualbox.
best way to pair a ps3 controller to debian?
>>53869716
If you mean terminal colors, most terminals will use the the Xorg parameters you can define in ~/.Xresources.
If not, do you mean the GTK theme?
You know what, I'm just going to install Mint and rice it out as I see fit. Sorry, autists, I don't want to spend the first 12 hours discovering issues. Muh bloat? you're fucking autistic and you hate yourself.
>>53870535
Go shitpost about le ebin distro war somewhere else.
Do we have any reason to assume that Neon will be as stable as KDE claims?
why the fuck debian can't change resolution
>>53870535
hey now, some of us have nothing better to do and think it's kinda fun. but it does piss me off when simple stuff that should be standard doesn't work out of box
Any skype alternatives that friends on windows can use also?
>>53870958
not really, I mean yeah there are alternatives but you're not gonna manage to get your friends to switch and they'll think you're weird for trying instead of just using skype
>>53870535
+(You)'d this post
>>53870977
>they'll think you're weird for trying instead of just using skype
Not really, they seem like they want to switch to linux too and my friends aren't cunts.
>>53871038
just use pidgin then, it supports multiple protocols including skype, well with the right plugins, and I just assumed you meant normies by friends
>>53871069
Normies aren't real friends m8
I like systemd!
>>53871146
you want a star for that ?
>>53871211
systemd has a configuration option for stars right?
>>53871211
No, I just really like systemd.
So, I have an .xsessionrc that looks like this, and I'm obviously using xmonad.#!/bin/bash
# Load resources
xrdb -merge .Xresources
# Set up an icon tray
stalonetray &
# Fire up apps
xscreensaver -no-splash &
udiskie -2 &
thunar --daemon &
compton &
xrandr --output DVI-D-2 --left-of HDMI-1 &
feh --bg-scale ~/wallpapers/320160321.jpg &
exec xmonad &
And for some reason, my wallpaper won't be set, and xrandr won't apply. Compton, redshift, thunar, udiskie, and xscreensaver would though. Any reason why?
>>53871423
Also, manually running xsessionrc fixes it all.
I have 8 gigs of ram. But I install Debian and it tells me I only have 5. Everything is 64 bit. Memtest86 sees 8 gigs. Wtf is going on?
feels good man
>>53872025
>feels good
good because it looks like shit
Where is all the shit I install located? Trying to download a torrent but can't find the deluge program anywhere.
>>53872164whereis program
>>53872164
this >>53872181
ortype program
or locate to find everything with the name
>>53872181
/usr/bin/deluge
/usr/bin/X11/deluge
/usr/share/man/man1/deluge.1.gz
Which one is the executable?
Always makes me laugh to see Linux weenies pretend they know anything about software, let alone be hackers.
Normies use Windows or OS X. Both are mature, extremely stable and usable operating systems.
Hackers run OpenBSD for desktop use and FreeBSD on their servers. Demi-hackers run Gentoo Linux.
The majority of Linux distributions are for its users to pretend to be in the latter group. Just a superficial, shallow understanding of their software.
>>53872164
Holy shit, kindly reinstall Windows you pleb.
>>53872232
The one at /usr/bin; you should read up on the linux filesystem to see where stuff is stored. You can just typedelugeinto the terminal to execute the program because /usr/bin is in your PATH global variable (you might want to look what that means too).
But what distro/DE are you running? there should be some application menu where the program should pop-up just like in the windows start-menu.
>>53872315
*environment variable I meant
>>53872315
I'm using Linux Mint.
I know how to find it in the menu and all that.
But when I tried to open a magnet link I needed to find it in the map.
>>53872309
I installed linux a couple of hours ago fuckface.
>>53872128
cool meme mate
Could I get an interjection, please?
>>53872435
(you)
>>53871423
Anything in ~/.xsession-errors ?
>>53871878
How are you checking total ram? free?
PS: Captcha: Select mountains. Me: is that a mountain or a hill?
>>53872164
What OS are you on? On debian and ubuntu you can run egdpkg -S delugeto see what files are installed where. Binaries are usually in /bin or /usr/bin. deluge also has deluge-web deluge-console and deluge-gtk
>>53872586
+(You)'d this post
>>53872588many xrdb: colon missingsThis is after I ran it again though, so it might have replaced the last error log. The xrdb errors are comments I know so they don't matter.
xrdb: colon missing on line 49, ignoring line
Error detected while loading xmonad configuration file: ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs
xmonad.hs:16:9: parse error on input ‘[’
Please check the file for errors.
xmonad: xmessage: executeFile: does not exist (No such file or directory)
Error detected while loading xmonad configuration file: ~//.xmonad/xmonad.hs
xmonad.hs:16:9: parse error on input ‘[’
Please check the file for errors.
xmonad-x86_64-linux: xmessage: executeFile: does not exist (No such file or directory)
urxvt: X connection to ':0' broken, unable to recover, exiting.
(this repeats some 10 times, I cleaned it because 4chan thinks this post is spam)
>>53872814
Oh, don't run them in the background! Probably goes for the other ones that take a short time or daemonize by themselves too. Pretty sure I had this once too. Assume it is because the background tasks end with the shell parent.
>>53868794
Reposting from previous thread because it didn't get answered
________________________
Two small questions regarding GNOME themes.
1. I'm using
>GTK+ = Arc-Dark
>Icons = Numix-Circle
>Cursor = Paper
>Shell theme = Arc-Dark
And in many windows (but not all) the quit, minimize, maximize etc buttons on the top right are invisible (they still work, but they're the same color as the top of the window). I narrowed the culprit down to Arc-Dark's GTK theme. Is it buggy like this or am I doing something wrong? It also seems to make the text in input boxes extremely light and hard to read (like you can see in the screenshot)
2. How can I make the dock extension to show Firefox as only one icon if it's open? As it stands right now, the dock is very inconsistent. Some icons like Files, when opened, will still have just one icon with little blue markers below, indicating that there's an instance of that open. But not for others, like Firefox, which appears twice in there (one for the link, one for the open instances). How can I fix this?
Thanks for your time guys, cheers
>>53872368
Ignore the trolls m8. They forget that they're not in just any /g/ thread, but actually in one that advertises itself as friendly.
On that topic, is it me or does /g/ in general keep getting worse and worse every day? The bait to legit ratio must be something like 99:1 right now.
How do I restart/abort a stalled download in slackpkg? My shitty wi-fi hiccuped while trying to install KDE and now I've got --.-K/s download speed and an infinitely growing eta.
>>53873028
Everything is a meme now. But maybe it was always that way.
>>53873057
Maybe the real memes were the ones we made along the way
>>53870182
no, not the gtk theme. I have my XDefaults color scheme set up, I just thought there was a way to have an overriding master color scheme that changes everything. On top of that, do you know what affects the colors in basic color scripts, like those shown on the Arch Wiki?
>>53873028
/g/ is a true animal; it follows the seasons
>>53872888
Ah, so instead of feh blablah & I should just leave it without the &, same goes for xrandr and other stuff? I'll give it a try. TYVM!
I've dabbled with many distros over the years. General ubuntu variants and mandrake/fedora.
I'd like to completely replace windows but there's a few games/apps I use daily that don't work under wine. Basically Daz Studio and various MMORPG games
Not sure about virtual machine performance either.
Please send help.
>>53868794
how do i "learn to linux"
I know how to use 7zip,nano,cd,ls,and pacman -Syu/Syy and yarout am I missing something i should be learning?
>>53873197
anon pls
>>53873197
That's the ugliest desktop I've ever seen. What help? You just said you can't leave windows because two things I've never heard of which don't work in wine. What do you expect us to suggest?
>>53873253
gentoo
>>53869287
Debian has a gui installation and an optional tui and cli installation. You can also use ppa on debian. Please stop spreading misinformation.
>>53869582
Be aware that choosing apt-get or aptitude is a choice you need to make and stick to it. Switching between the two more often can cause problems.
>>53870166
Have you tried plugging it in? You can always install a driver with your package manager.
>>53870710
Sounds like a microcode issue, install firmware-linux-nonfree and restart x.
>>53870958
Aren't qtox wnd jitsi both multi platform?
>>53870958
ring
How to switch DE in command line?
Real talk now.
How many of you Linix users have girlfriends?
I'm betting <25%
>>53873760
i had a girlfriend for a few days back in 2002, does that count?
>>53872285
>muh supiority complex
Take your elitist b8 elsewhere.
>>53873760
I don't think we have telemetry like this.
>>53873781
What happened, why only a few days?
You fuck up or she fuck up?
>>53873760
I have cron wish me happy birthday as a cute girl
>>53873789
Linux is like the tech equivalent to MLP.
Shit 'liked' by contrarians only because it makes them seem more unique and special.
Grow up faggots.
>>53873800
we were kids, and we met during a trip, she didn't live close
>>53873822
I don't like Linux, sure it is practical because it has drivers for everything and is pretty fast, but I don't really care which kernel I use. GNU is what interests me. Especially because of copyleft and the modularity.
>>53873760
I've been engaged twice and broke it off both times myself because of their bullshit. Machines are better than women anyways.
>>53873822
Unlike MLP though, most people who like Linux actually like the thing itself, and aren't just drawn in by the people around it.
>>53873750$EDITOR ~/.xinitrc
/g/ what is the difference between Ubuntu and Xubuntu? I want to put one on my T420, but I don't get the difference between them
>>53873253
>"knowing" "how to use" pacman -Syu
maybe learn a real distro?
>>53873872
>I don't need companionship when I have Bash
Lincucks are kinda sad really
>>53873760
Do you expect people here to share intimate information with you?
>>53873902
One is slightly less intuitively shit than the other.
>>53873902
The desktop environment. Try xfce first.
>>53873911
They've already started.
>>53873911
I'll take that as a pretty clear indication that no, you do not have a girlfriend.
>>53873936
So should I try Xubuntu first?
>>53873908
No, I genuinely prefer the companionship of inanimate objects to that of women. It's a deeply sexual thing.
>>53873902
Xubuntu has xfce and Kubuntu has KDE vs Ubuntu's default shitty botnet desktop environment. Ubuntu is a sinking ship though. I'd suggest you try out Debian also and see if you might end up liking it better.
>>53873958
I could try it. I'm a total newfag when it comes to Linux, so every tip is appreciated
>>53873943
I have a qt bf if that counts.
I installed Lubuntu on an old macbook unibody i had laying around.
First time linux user what should i do with it now?
>>53874021
Do all the same things you used to do with your old OS, plus the stuff you can do with Linux utils. Congratulations, you're free.
>>53873760
i have a badass mom that lets me stay up till midnight. Does that count?
>>53874050
Can we throw a party?
>>53874021
Rice it for several weeks.
>>53874080
Yes! Put the free software song on repeat in mpv
Hey guys, for unknown reasons, I'm not able to log back in to my account on Xubuntu after logging out, and Alt+Ctrl+F1 and trying to log in there doesn't work either.
Whenever I use the graphical interface, I get logged in, but nothing loads.
I've tried using an older kernel, but that didn't work.
wat do?
>>53874193
Switch to another tty after a graphical login and post the output of top.
>>53874193
>Linux usability
Kek
Failing to mount root partition using systemd's bootloader at the moment, using an intel raid 0 array. The kernel panic doesn't give much info to go off of. I setup mkinitcpio to include modules for mdadm. Any ideas?
>>53874220
Ah, shit.
Alright, just give me a minute.
>wanted to reformat my arch install because I wanted to just clean everything
>tried xubuntu
>error messages on startup after rebooting for literally the first time
>constant and obnoxious update messages
>takes literally like 2 minutes to boot up
>applications run noticably slower than on my arch install
I'm back on arch now after a week. Why is arch so comfy to use?
What's up /flt/? I posted here yesterday ranting about how no versions of Ubuntu would install on my UEFI PCs. Well for whatever reason, this was because GRUB wasn't loading full on start up. At all. I never had this problem before. I managed to fix this problem by installing the "boot-repair" utility on the Live boot USB. Essentially a 1 click tool that fixes/updates grub. I then booted from the SSD Ubuntu MATE was installed to, updated grub via terminal, and it detected Windows 7.
It's odd that I had to do all this and have never needed any of this shit during installs in the past. The problems I was having was on 2 different PCs. One with no OS (Grub would fail to boot and I would get a black screen with nothing but a blinking cursor) and the other with existing Windows 7. (Before running the repair tool, grub would fail to load, and Windows 7 would boot like normal). Something somewhere in the install process for various Ubuntus is not placing the boot files in the proper EFI partition for UEFI based PCs. With or Without legacy compatibility enabled in the BIOS.
Lastly, when I installed Ubuntu and finally got everything running, Windows CheckDisk utility kept starting up every reboot. Any idea why? It was fixed easily to not do that anymore, but it has always been like that. If Linux and Windows share a drive, Windows CheckDisk will complain of the disk needing to be checked for errors and reports as "dirty" in the command prompt if I run a query.
>>53874688
Because you only ever tried arch and buntu.
>>53874572
I hope its not libpam
>>53874762
I used linux mint for about 3 months too.
>>53874572
Alright, here it is:
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS anon-ThinkPad-X61s tty1
anon-ThinkPad-X61s login: [ 8065.603993] ecryptfs_encrypt_page: Error attempting to write lower page; rc = [-28]
[ 8065.613175] ecryptfs_write_metadata_to_contents: Error attempting to write header information to lower file; rc = [-28]
[ 8065.613324] ecryptfs_write_metadata: Error writing metadata out to lower file; rc = [-28]
[ 8065.613431] Error writing headers; rc = [-28]
[ 8125.689866] ecryptfs_write_metadata_to_contents: Error attempting to write header information to lower file; rc = [-28]
[ 8125.690016] ecryptfs_write_metadata: Error writing metadata out to lower file; rc = [-28]
[ 8125.690663] ecryptfs_encrypt_page: Error attempting to write lower page; rc = [-28]
I hope this helps.
Hey guys, I'm a windows fag, currently running Win10 and I've been considering moving to Linux just to see how it is, I have a few questions first:
Considering I like to play games and knowing that some games are not available for Linux, would it work if I ran a win vm? Would it have some kind of lag or known issue? Also, how much ram should I have in order to run a Linux distro + a windows vm that will be used for gaming? Would that be cpu intensive?
I'd like to change sort of in a radical way because I know I'd just be too lazy with dual boot to ever bother changing my OS at any time...
What does /flt/ think of Debian and Fedora?
>>53875756
decent
>>53875756
The distros that I use. I kind of like them.
using smokeping to see when the internet goes out because been having issues lately. Not quite as robust as pingplotter but hey, it's free. as in free beer and as in freedom.
>>53872309
>Friendly GNU/Linux Thread
can anyone tell me how to setup archlinux to hibernate on lid close?
>>53876171
I can't, but I wager the Arch wiki can.
To dispel any doubts, you actually wish to hibernate on lid close, as opposed to suspend?
>Calculate Linux
What does /flt/ think about it?
>>53876189
i checked up on the archwiki, but it seems ill have to use TuxOnIce kernel patches ;-; i mean hibernate as in write to disk (or swapfile) and then shutdown the machine then resume from that data, as opposed to just storing everything in ram and keeping your machine running which wastes a bunch of battery.
>>53875756
I am rather fond of Debian. Laziness keeps me in the Ubuntu world, however.
>>53876189
>>53876221
i just checked up:
In order to use hibernation, you need to create a swap partition or file. You will need to point the kernel to your swap using the resume= kernel parameter, which is configured via the boot loader. You will also need to add the resume hook to the configuration file of the initramfs generator, mkinitcpio. This tells the kernel to attempt resuming from the specified swap in early userspace. These three steps are described in detail below.
>>53876221
You meant what you wrote, then. All good. Mainly asked so that no one who decides to try and help assumes that you actually meant to suspend.
Having to apply kernel patches for this sounds very strange to me.
>>53876207
I had to look it up. I would have no reason to use it.
>>53876264
Well,
>source based
>has an installer (easier than Gentoo)
>name is not fun too
>>53876258
yup, yes, even to me it sounds a bit over the top to achieve something simple like this.
i remember in ubuntu you could just change the HandleLidSwitch in some file to "hibernate" and it would work ootb, but i guess in arch its a bit more complex than that.
>>53876293
Actually, I decided to make a search after all, and first thing I found was the HandleLidSwitch setting in /etc/systemd/logind.conf. It's set to 'suspend' by default, so as long as you have cleared to prerequisites for hibernating normally, shouldn't it just be a matter of changing that to 'hibernate'?
>>53876293
>>53876369
And Jesus fucking Christ, why am I not reading your post. Help, I've made a fool out of myself on the Internet.
>>53869364
usually it's referring to the meta-package for the DE and not the DE itself so you should be safe
Is there a way to emerge packages if you don't meet the pre-emerge checks?
>Start up Linux machine
>it loads right to desktop without a password
>Let it sit idle for a while and have the screen power off on its own
>I go back to the machine and it requires my password to continue using
That's how it is by default. Why? What's the fucking point? So a vandal who breaks in while I'm away and does a cold boot of my computer has free reign to snoop through all of my stuff, but if I only leave my running computer for 5 minutes to go poop THAT is when safety measures have to be made?
>>53876841
OpenSuSE KDE?
>>53876870
linux mint
Anyone know why this script fails when run with systemd, but not when run from a terminal?line 11: [: -gt: unary operator expected
https://github.com/Mattiox/SteamAutoAway/blob/master/steamidle.sh
>>53876881
Oh weird. I have only once experienced this on SuSE with KDE and I thought it was pretty ridiculous.
>>53876841
I think it's about things you do after login:
- mount an encrypted drive
- open your kde-wallet
- decrypting something with gpg (after typing your password once in gpg you dont need to do this for the next 10 minutes)
...
>>53876841
>>53876881
I believe the installer presents an option to login automatically without entering a password, an option which you evidently selected. If I were to hazard a guess as to why that setting doesn't also disable password-locking the screen on idle, it's so that a third party can't access the work you're running in the current session. If that behaviour is unwanted, then it's of course possible to disable.
But to reiterate, pay attention to what options you select, friend.
Hi there
Switched from Linux Mint XFCE to Debian. Initially I used GNOME, but I tried Cinnamon and prefer it. Everything works more or less ok, except I can't seem to be able to apply icons. I place them in /usr/share/icons, they show up in themes, but selecting them does nothing. GTK engines and such do work. Any ideas?
>tfw you installed GNOME instead of GNOME-light
How can I get rid of the packages I don't want? Portage can't seem to find any of them.
>>53877034
>I place them in /usr/share/icons
This most likely won't help you with your issue, but I reckon you want to put them in ~/.local/share/icons instead. Try to keep user stuff in the user's directories.
Unless you have multiple users that want the icons, I suppose.
>>53877100
did not help, but it's good advice anyway. Thanks :)
>>53877034
Do you perhaps need to gtk-update-icon-cache?
https://www.gnu.org/fry/
m8s
goeden daag /flt
I got a directory with 182 JPEG files named 1.jpg to 182.jpg
While file managers like nautilus are able to sort them in alphabetical order properly, bash/command line tools has a problem with it - picture related
I intend to make a PDF file out of those JPEGS using imagemagick's convert tool.
How to I batch rename files so 1.jpg becomes 001.jpg 2.jpg becomes 002.jpg etc?
>>53875756
Great for server
shit for normies (you have to install wifi drivers, modify the repos it uses, flash isn't installed by default etc.)
for someone that have some experience with linux, it can be okay, but I still won't recommend it if there's a need of a good GPU support. Packages are too old for that kind of stuff. I had serious issues with mine when running debian.
>>53877589
man rename
There are two versions of rename that different distributions use. Several file managers also have tools for batch renaming, although an extension may have to be installed. Search your repos if you want that.
>>53877660
oh and I forgot about fedora.
I just hate gnome. For me, it's an unusable mess. I never understood how people could use that.
>>53877589
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3672301/linux-shell-script-to-add-leading-zeros-to-file-names
>>53877691
You don't have to use Gnome, y'know. There are several spins for different environments on default the default install.
I also find Gnome unusable for that matter if I'm stuck with the defaults, but it's actually really nice if you just spend a short while configuring it.
>>53875727
>Considering I like to play games and knowing that some games are not available for Linux, would it work if I ran a win vm?
if you have 2 GPU, check what is gpu passthrough.
if you just set up a VM with windows and try to run games on it, they'll run like shit.
a good option is playonlinux (wine), that permits to run a lot of games.
Hey, maybe one of you Linux wizards can help with something (possibly trivial):
im lately trying to create a minimal live CentOS7 image that will boot over PXE and mount itself on a ramdisk. (its for a production environment where i need to boot up multiple servers into centos and test all sorts of things via automated scripts).
Now i have a bootable image with all the packages i need but i have 2 issues:
1. i have no idea how to tell it to initially run itself from a ramdisk (space is no issue since most of the machines come with a minimum of 128Gb RAM)
2. when im finished with editing the image and run mksquashfs on the open squashfs.img file it suddenly grows from 600mb to 2.5gb
any help would be appreciated.
>>53877738
Not him, but doesn't that need VT-d too?
>>53877834
foreman/puppet for provisioning
centos dot org forwardslash forums for your second part. you should not be 'editing' the image but building from scratch.
>>53877863
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PCI_passthrough_via_OVMF#Prerequisites
>>53877886
1. i cant really use any 3rd party software like foreman or puppet because we already have some infrastructure in place and dont want to get involved with any 3rd party software.
2. why build from scratch if i can chroot into the image im editing, install all i need and edit whatnot and then compress it back (only issue is that its suddenly inflates)
thanks for the quick reply.
Does anybody else have any problems with TTY framebuffer freezing and unfreezing randomly? It's a minor issue, but it just bugs me. Also, X works fine, Wayland too.
I have an Optimus system. It worked fine before some kernel update.
My dorm neighbor on Arch apparently has the same issue too. Never found any traces of anybody else having the same problem by Google.
>>53877891
Yeah. IOMMU is exactly the thing I don't have for that setup.
Such a shame.
How do I get over my "so now what?" feeling.
I've installed mint, 95% of my day-to-day needs are met, and now I'm stuck feeling like "is this it?"
Trying to deal with the other 5% things (fan runs more than it should + muh gaymes) seems like an extreme amount of effort (although I'm going to try to WINE a few, just waiting for my entire library to copy to an external drive so I don't have to run between my old and new systems.) relative to reward.
I have a feeling of unease as well, as though I'm at greater risk of fucking something up in a way I can't fix than if I was on a Windows/Mac system. (Possibly just because of my lack of experience with GNU/Linux, but that seems questionable since there's no risk of serious data loss.)
I could make a pretence that this move closer to completing my neckbeard training is all I need to start learning to program, or watching Anime more than occasionally, but I know I'm far too ADD for either of those.
So, now what?
>>53872937
Arc has been deprecated. Zuki is back.
https://github.com/lassekongo83/zuki-themes
>>53878261
Lots of steam games are on Linux now.
Is there a way to get GNOME to recognise this as 16:9?
>>53878261
Remember you're only on Mint. While it is a good beginner distro, it'd be better for you and your learning experience to move to a more solid, freer, less bloated distro as you start feeling comfortable in the Linux environment (like a Debian netinstall). It's important to remember Mint holds your hand quite a bit, so it may prevent you from understanding how things really work in the background. That's what Linux is all about, seeing behind the curtain and actually knowing what your computer is doing.
So for now, just stay on Mint and do your daily work/fun on it for a while. Maybe in a few weeks' time you'll feel like you're ready to learn more and take a bigger leap to something like Debian. It shouldn't even be a huge leap, because Mint is based on Ubuntu, which is based on Debian - so it shouldn't be completely alien to you.
Something to ease your nerves: it's virtually incapable to fuck up your system because of how Linux is designed. Potentially dangerous commands tend to need authorization from root (by using sudo or su), and when you run sudo commands you ought to have it VERY clear what you're actually doing. It also helps that there's basically no way to get a virus to infect you unless you explicitly run some shady code. Also, it'll help if you learn to have backups. It's probably a bit late now for this install, but next time when you try another distro, try formatting the non-boot part of your hard drive as an LVM, so you can create snapshots of your root directory and revert to it in case you fuck something up. It will make your linux experience a breeze.
I know you're joking, but don't fall for the meme of neckbears and anime. Linux has nothing to do with those, it's just another operating system.
Anyway, I hope you have fun buddy. Take all of this is a cool learning experience. It might be a bit of a tougher barrier for entry than Windows or Mac, but the payoff is actually pretty neat.
>>53878287
Gotta install your video drivers broseph
>>53878270
you're a saint, thanks mango mang
>>53878412
You should still report that Arc bug to the developer to help others out and improve it.
Which version of GTK3 do you have? I think Arc only supports the latest, 3.18 version, but I might be wrong.
Hello guys what does EFI stand for in OpenSuse?
Also what does Uname –s do?
>>53878376
>it's virtually incapable to fuck up your system because of how Linux is designed. Potentially dangerous commands tend to need authorization from root (by using sudo or su), and when you run sudo commands you ought to have it VERY clear what you're actually doing.
Putting it like this is potentially dangerous. What you said here could make people feel comfortable with running whatever that people tell them to, including the ever popular $(echo 6563686f2072697020686f6d6520666f6c6465720a | xxd -r -p) or whatever, which is frankly scarier than fucking up the system.
Remember folks, what Anon says is true except it applies universally and not only when running commands with root privileges. Never run any commands that you're not sure what they do and it becomes a non-issue.
>>53878484
>EFI stand for in OpenSuse?
electronic fuel injection
>>53878445
Never mind, it covers a broad range.
You must have done something on your end to fuck it up.
>Gnome/GTK 3.14, 3.16, 3.18 or 3.20
https://github.com/horst3180/arc-theme
>>53878488
>>53878376
Well, yeah, I guess when you put it that way then I extend the statement to being general. Know what the code you're about to run on the terminal means. But don't be scared of the terminal either, it's important to learn how to use it
I'm a beginner when it comes to linux (only ubuntu/mint) and have an old laptop lying around which I want to install a distro on to get some more experience in general.
I was going for either Arch or Gentoo, which should I go for and why? Leaning towards Arch more atm.
Laptop is 32bit architecture, 1.66GHz single core, 1GB ram and 320GB HDD
>>53878496
Sorry I meant UEFI
>>53878498
I didn't though... I just installed it. It was a fresh install, barely touched gnome settings.
>>53878516
From the page:
>If you have Ubuntu with a newer GTK/Gnome version than the one included by default (i.e Ubuntu 14.04 with GTK 3.14 or Ubuntu 15.04 with GTK 3.16, etc.) the prebuilt packages won't work properly and you have to install the theme manually as described above. This is also true for other distros with a different GTK/Gnome version than the one included by default
Try installing it manually to let it detect your GTK version. The instructions are listed on that page.
Hi I'm pretty new to this whole Linux thing.
I am currently running the distro OpenSUSE and would like to know how to add a second primary partition from the first SATA harddisk to the directory /data
>>53878567
I'm running Debian Unstable, not Ubuntu. It's Gnome 3.18.2
Just installed Sparky Linux.. What the hell is going on with my text?
>pic related
>>53878488
>$(echo 6563686f2072697020686f6d6520666f6c6465720a | xxd -r -p)
Translate this into english to placate my curiosity.
>>53878508
universal electronic fuel injection
>>53874939
As I said, buntu. You never tried Debian, fedora, opensuse, slackware or gentoo.
>>53878625
xxd produces a hexdump or reverses one, the latter in this case. The $() makes the output of the command within the brackets get run as a command itself. In other words, if the hexdump that gets echoed translates to «rm -rf ~» for instance, then that command will execute and leave a very sad user.
The hexdump in my example also translates into a command, but I made it something harmless in case someone actually runs it. You still shouldn't do it, mind, as you've no idea if I'm pulling your leg. You could read the man page of xxd so you know what's going on, and then run the command without the $(), which would be safe as you'd then just get the output without it being run.
>>53878598
Po bly a ba i o wou cau th
I don't know if this is a problem with linux or firefox. But when I am on youtube and try to go fullscreen it takes like 4 seconds for it to load. I don't have a bad computer so that aint it.
any way to make 4chanX display a popup notification when you get a reply?
i just cutpasted my windows FF profile over and this no longer seems to occur (but all my settings are identical)
>>53878814
Doesn't do that here so it's not linux or firefox. I would guess your computer, your distro/DE, or your graphics drivers.
>>53878815
Works FIne For Me(c).
>>53877280
His voice is awesome.
>>53878815
On which de and wm? It works by default on xfce and gnome.
>>53878867
It worked perfectly when I installed linux, so I don't think that's it.
>>53878581
Use gparted, preferably from a live distro.
>>53878919
Does it happen with a clean Firefox profile? If not, there's probably some add-on or whatever messing things up.
Run 'firefox -ProfileManager' and you can create a new profile to test with without closing your current session.
>>53878905 (me)
I'm on awesome without a DE, by the way.
>>53872025
I see no purpose for that bottom panel/launcher but it's personal preference. Looks usable, enjoy it anon.
>>53878917
xfce+xfwm4 (if i recall correctly.
>>53878506
Ubuntu is fine, arch teaches you nothing. Gentoo would teach you more but it's uneccesary. You can learn as much as you want on Ubuntu.
To remove gnome themes and whatnot, do I just deactivate them on Gnome tweaks and yank the folders out and throw them into the trash? Or is it more subtle than that?
>>53879020
>arch teaches you nothing
2 days ago I installed Arch in a vm. Since then I've learned how to set the locale, partition drives, view logs, start a network connection and much more, all from the command line. I'd say that's at least something?
>>53879094
On arch. Arch just uses scripts to do most of that. Genfstab is a script, wifi-menu is a script and is not on any other distro etc.
>>53879109
interesting, I didn't know that. Thanks for enlightening me. No need for wifi in a vm though, I just ransystemctl start dhcpcd@eth0
so at least that knowledge is transferable
How can I get rid of XTerm on Gentoo?
>>53872937
Anon why don't you try Firefox add-on "Hide Caption Titlebar Plus" and while you at it remove menu panel. All that wasted space hurts my autism.
>>53879020
>>53879094
While very true that Arch teaches nothing more than any other distribution could, I feel it definitely encourages the user to become more comfortable with the top layer of the system's innards. With other distributions, for someone who isn't used to working with a minimal install, the temptation to just do a basic install, with desktop environment included, and not touch much beneath the surface can be great.
Arch won't make you "learn Linux" by just using it as the more rabid Arch users tend to imply, but it's certainly not worthless for learning how to "work Linux".
If it matters to anyone, I used Arch quite a long time ago and dropped it within a year.
What's the best distro for University stuff? I'm using Thinkpad X201 now, probably will have windows 7/8 in a VM for windows exclusive programs.
Since i'm kinda new to this, from what i know arch is quite hard to install and ubuntu is not as good as it was.
>>53879277
Try Debian. That should cover all your bases
>>53879051
I wouldn't remove anything manually from outside of your $HOME directory. Use your package manager for that. If it's out there, it's part of a package.
>>53879137
You should look into dhcpcd specifically to see what it does and what it's used for to "learn" about it. Currently, you're just starting another "anonymous" systemd service.
>>53879295
Which Debian should i use?
I also find https://www.bunsenlabs.org/ which apparently is the continuation of CrunchBang which i used for a very short time, is it still good enough?
>>53879331
hey, last week I only knew how to install Ubuntu, Fedora and Debian via graphic installers and with DEs. Finding that command was a little success for me. Actually figuring out -why- it works and -what- it does comes next :)
>>53879386
You can do the same with debian.
Get the current debian release, if it's good enough for you then keep it, otherwise you can upgrade after some reading to the unstable/sid branch for newer packages.
>>53879414
Cheers, i'll get on downloading and installing Debian on my laptop now.
>>53879386
There's Debian Stable (current codename is Jessie), Debian Testing (current codename is Stretch), and Debian Unstable (current codename is Sid)
Stable is rock solid. It's what is normally used for servers. However the downside is that packages might be a bit old for your taste. This can be corrected either adding backports for specific things you need or by full on upgrading to Testing or Unstable.
If you're moving on from Stable I say go balls to the wall and head straight to Unstable for the bleeding-edge stuff. Don't let the name scare you, Unstable is actually rather solid as well - just less so than the titanium foundation that is Stable
Make sure you do a net install. https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/
>>53878959
It's still slow as fuck.
I updated firefox a while ago, maybe it's wrong with the new update? It started to happen after that IIRC
>>53879446
>>53879431
Also don't ever install testing or stable iso's / snapshots. The proper way of doing it is always starting out from a stable install, and then changing your sources.list file to reflect testing or unstable depending on what you want. You can do this at anytime if you wish to switch up, no pressure. Just remember that once you switch to Testing/Unstable, there's no going back to Stable short of reinstalling (as far as I know)
>>53879466
*don't ever install testing or unstable iso's. Sorry, typo.
>>53879244
Thanks for the heads up, anon. Looks much nicer
>>53879446
>>53879466
>>53879478
Cheers, thanks a lot for the responses.
I'll go with Debian Stable for now, getting the net install stuff. I am okay with not having the bleeding-edge stuff, since i will only use this laptop to mostly do Uni assignments/VM stuff and shitpost.
I'll go snoop around the new OS and i'll ask again when i hit a wall, thanks again!
What am I doing wrong?
I'm trying to compile a simple GTK GUI on Fedora with CodeBlocks and GCC.
I have GTK installed, and I installed the GTK dev libraries too.
However, whenever I try to compile my code, it gives a fatal error and says that gtk/gtk.h is missing. WTF is this shit?
`pkg-config --cflags gtk+-3.0` and `pkg-config --libs gtk+-3.0` is added in the compiler and linker, so why the fuck doesn't it work?
I've installed Debian 8 on a laptop, and hibernation is not working. The Debian Wiki says that it "might" work out of the box, and not what to do if it doesn't. I am using full disk encryption. There does not seem to be any kind of power management log and I don't see anything in the system log. I'm not used to using Debian or systemd. Any tips?
My laptop crashed while updating (arch) and now a lot of the applications are broken.
Is there a way to fix it without reinstalling everything again?
Or should I just save pacman -q and install it again?
Even terminal emulator is broken.
>>53879674
Oh, and I am using a swap file rather than a swap partition, and have as much swap space as I have RAM.
Apparently hibernation works out of the box with full disk encryption on some systems, but I can't find any information about this for Debian.
>>53879240
Install gent-...oh...nevermind
>>53879240emerge --unmerge xterm
If it is getting installed as a dependency, use equery to find out what depends on it:equery depends xterm
>>53879631
Anyone?
>>53879912
Try #fedora@freenode.
>>53879941
>>53879912
Honestly it just seems like code blocks issue. You most likely haven't configured correctly
So I'm playing with Linux Mint, and I'm trying to wrap my head around installing stuff from websites.
I want to install TeamSpeak, and there IS a Linux version available from their website as a .run file.
I'm trying to follow a tutorial on how to do it.
I've used CD to find the directory with the file, I typed in "chmod +x nameoffile.run", and nothing happens. There's no error message of any kind, there's no movement that anything has happened. What am I doing wrong?
>>53879972
Did you try opening the file?
>>53879972
What chmod +x does is make the file executable. So in reality you have done nothing wrong, you just haven't launched it.
I reckon there should be some repository for Teamspeak that you could add, though, which would be the far superior way of installing it. "Installing stuff from websites" as such is not something you generally want to do.
>>53880032
>>53880114
I get this when I try double-clicking on the .run file.
Is there a way to emerge something without meeting the requirements?
>>53872025
Looks good, fix that font rendering though.
can anyone recommend a good vpn service that won't fuck me? Using transmission on debian
>>53880225
Your file manager has settings somewhere on how to treat executable text files, and it's set to view them. Either change that or see if there's an option to run when right-clicking the file. You can also run it from terminal by running path/to/file.run or ./file.run if you've already move to the same directory.
I'll say again for the record that this is likely not the way you'd wish to install Teamspeak.
>>53880114
I wish there'd at least be a pop-up to say that. It's like you either know or you don't with this stuff.
>>53880341
If there was an official product on the Software Manager or by typing in apt-get TeamSpeak in the terminal, I'd do that, but I had no luck
I am getting a lot ofknotifyconfig: /usr/share/locale/.../knotifyconfig5.mo exists in filesystem
errors after an update.
Should I just remove all those files manually and reinstall knotifyconfig or is there another way to fix it?
I'm trying to use a intel ac3160 with kismet, and it doesn't seem to want to work
Does that card just not have the capability to work with kismet?
>>53879676
>broken
In what way?
If it's bad just reinstall, sometimes it's not worth saving a fucked up system
>want to use Debian because as a distro it's actually very nice looking and in free software terms has a nice ideology to it
>can't abide using an OS that proudly has something like https://wiki.debian.org/AntiHarassment as policy
>Adopt a Language of Respect and Equality:
Well surely this can't be objectionable, I mean it's just basic profe-
>On privilege and what we can do about it
>Standing out in the crowd
>Men who explain things
>Mansplaining
>The Male Programmer Privilege Checklist
>Derailing for dummies
>Resources for allies
oh.
Ironically it's not because I'm a racist sexist /pol/ user either. (I'll spare you an essay on my political outlook)
Suffice to say I have autism.
>>53880649
I wonder if they have that just to shut up the sjw's or they're completely serious
>>53880673
Yes
>>53872025
Oh I see you're using GNOME, I'm more of a KDE guy myself
Why is DPI scaling such balls with everything at 4k?
How frequent should I be recompiling my kernel to the latest stable release on gentoo?
>>53880649
Basically all it says is "don't be a bloody git". Pretty easy to accept, I reckon.
>>53880341
Also, what's a better option? Following http://linuxg.net/how-to-install-teamspeak3-3-0-14-on-the-most-popular-linux-systems/ ?
I saw a picture here on /g/ about Arch Linux a while ago. It described the process of installing Arch and gave some suggestions for different editors, DEs etc.
Can somebody post that image please?
>>53880741
>Basically all it says is "don't be a bloody git".
>Mansplaining
>Male privilege
>On privilege and what we can do about it.
Hardly.
(For what it's worth, I don't even think privilege is a worthless concept, but the way it's applied in practice by these people is laughable.)
>>53880790
dont know of any image but if you follow the wiki you should be fine. i installed arch not knowing anything sbout linux except for one time i installed ubuntu
Silly question guys, I'm reasonably new to GNU/Linux;
If/when Microsoft completely owns canonical will Ubuntu be a compromised distro? Even if using XFCE/LXDE etc
>>53880868
You're infected by the ridiculousness of the stereotypical Tumblr feminist and letting it affect your view on all things related. I let myself take a moment to consider the examples you repeated there, and I maintain that they do boil down to "don't be a git".
Let's not drag this out, though. I don't want to have this thread suffer what can follow. Just take a moment to reconsider it yourself; I'll accept whatever conclusion you arrive at.
Put debian 8.3 iso into an usb key, going for the usual, just installing the distro to try it out.
During the installation phase it doesn't ask me if it should clear the disk and install as only Os or resize a partition and add itself to grub, there's only the option to choose a partition and that's it.
Does it expect me to resize 1 of my partitions while i am on another os and then (after telling it to use that new partition) it will put debian on grub list automatically?
Thanks.
>>53879951
>>53879941
NVM, I resolved it myself.
The issue was that I omitted the + in the gtk+-3.00 part of the pkg-config command, and didn't install g++ (only hand the C compiler, and no C++ compiler to compile the library).
I've got a internet facing server on my home network I use as a proxy to access my local network from outside
I want to connect through that server to my home network so I can transfer files, how would I do that?
>>53880630
At first I couldn't launch the terminal, now I am in the process of manually deleting everything and reinstalling it.
It is almost everything that is broken.
>>53881074
Ultimately, even if there's no practical implication extruding "don't be a git" so far and with such language is disquieting. Brevity is... wit.
It has no bearing on the technical merit of the operating system, as admitted earlier. It's a very tangential (and implied 'autistic') objection.
>>53881253
>It has no bearing on the technical merit of the operating system, as admitted earlier. It's a very tangential (and implied 'autistic') objection.
Heh, it might have been that part that made me respond, being an actual autist myself (of the aspie variety for those preferring deprecated terms).
>>53881253
IMO the fact that the developers are retards does have a bearing on the technical merit of the operating system.
>>53880970
Ubuntu is already known as a botnet, use literally any other distro
I just realised that by installing a new distro I've overwritten an, admittedly quite pathetic, sentimental image. Are there any tools that can help me recover it?
>>53881567
Turn the computer off immediately and mount the hard drive read-only in another machine. Run PhotoRec to recover deleted images. The images will not have any of their associated metadata, so so you'll have to sort them by type and size and then just look through them.
I'm trying to setup SSH on my ubuntu box and failing miserably so far.
I get a login prompt and whatnot and after that a blank screen.
output of /var/log/auth.log
>Apr 5 17:38:30 ubuntu gnome-keyring-daemon[9332]: message repeated 2 times: [ couldn't set environment variable in session: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files]
>want to emerge chromium
>not enough ram
;_;
>>53881960
Specs? There are some tricks you can use in some cases to make this work.
>>53881960
Should have made that swap partition bigger after all, Anon!
>>53880341
Okay I think I managed to install it. I don't know what I did to fix it, but it finally created a folder with the extracted file structure of the program within.
Step 1 complete!
Now on to Step 2.... how the fuck do I actually run the program? Isn't there a Recently Installed Programs list in the start menu or something?
Why does the xfce taskbar sometimes become unresponsive? (i.e. I'm on desktop, Firefox is minimised, clicking it to bring it back does nothing, nor does the 'start' button, terminal icon, etc respond.)
What's the linux version of alt-tab? (A bit late now, I 'fixed' it by resetting via power button.)
>>53882197
>What's the linux version of alt-tab?
Alt+Tab
If your interface become unresponsive you can usually switch to a terminal with Ctrl+Alt+F[1-6] and restart it from there (the command will depend on your distro). If only your launcher is unresponsive you can just kill it an start it again. The command will be something likekillall xfce4-panel && DISPLAY=:0 xfce4-panel & disown
>>53882165
I have no idea how .run installer behaves, but it seems likely it doesn't "install" the application in a way that informs your desktop environment of its existence. There is probably an executable you can run within that directory, yes? If you can launch it and everything works, we can make a .desktop file that will make it show up in your menus.
Oi, other people, is there really no PPA or whatever for Teamspeak? If there is, someone please give this Anon a rundown on it how to use it. Makes me depressed they have to mess around like this in a way no one was meant to do.
At least this gives me another reason to not comply to the people that are trying to get me on Teamspeak. They'll have to get on Mumble if they want to talk with me.
is opensuse worth giving a whirl? what's software selection like? and are there unoficcial repos to get more software from? I mean I use mostly a small amount of software that's pretty much standard for any distro but there are a few slightly obscure things I use like beets that I really can't live without
>>53882391
Well, I got the "chmod +x nameoffile.run" thing to work, then the "./file.run" which actually brought up the in-terminal prompt of reading the license before hitting Y, and the TeamSpeak directory was created, albeit in my downloads folder on another partition (Is there any way to move this folder out of my Downloads and into a Program Files equivalent?)
>>53882042
2748MB of ram and an AMD Athlon II P320 Processor
When I try to emerge this happens>>> Verifying ebuild manifests
>>> Running pre-merge checks for www-client/chromium-49.0.2623.108
* Checking for at least 3 GiB RAM ...
* There is NOT at least 3 GiB RAM
* Checking for at least 5 GiB disk space at "/var/tmp/portage/www-client/chromium-49.0.2623.108/temp" ...
*
* Space constraints set in the ebuild were not met!
* The build will most probably fail, you should enhance the space
* as per failed tests.
>>53882160
It's a twice as much as my ram.
>>53882630
The closest we get to a Program Files equivalent is probably /usr, which you don't want to touch manually. While you could probably move it without issue (no promises) I suggest leaving it where it is for the time being. No point in complicating things even more before you've verified that things work and are in order.
good afternoon gentlemen, i'm really curious and willing to sacrifice the time to get to know linux + gnu.
so far I have decided on getting archlinux, even though it's one of the most exhausting distros to get into, I assume that the end result will be worth the effort put into the learning process.
I have a question though, aside from archlinux, is there any distro that would suit a science oriented individual? things that I plan on doing is learning how to write python code for the use of certain libraries such as scipy or numpy and even POPPY for optical simulations. simulations will be another part of my tasks. wondering if there are other individuals who have similar interests and already have the experience that can guide me in the right direction.
When the Ubuntu 16.04 is released, how long will it take until XFCE is compatible?
>>53880715
Because you didn't adjust it yet? Which de do you use?
>>53881105
There is an option to make partitions automatically. You can make a bit of unallocated space from within windows.
>>53882840
it's neither exhausting or a learning process though, it's relatively easy to set up and any fool can follow a guide without retaining anything, it's more about your willingness to learn and you can do that on any distro. a distro that "forces" you to learn can quickly turn you off of wanting to learn
>>53882955
thanks for the response,
as a followup question, can you see anything that linux+gnu might be not as good as it's windows counterpart? like running simulations or other things that I might see myself doing as a physics major?
>>53882840
Distros aren't entirely different from each other, most things are the same or pretty similar on any distro.
>>53883024
Windows has gui settings for some more advanced stuff.
Windows is not a good OS imo, like at all. It has a good ecosystem, this is where it shines.
>>53883122
but do you think simple simulations (nothing really do big, maybe just trying to get results of certain optical experimental setups) would run smoothly or without errors on linux? stay around, thread seems to be slow and someone to talk to would be helpful
>>53883146
>do
meant too
>>53883024
maybe if your college uses some mandatory windows only program but you can set up a windows vm if you need to
>>53882772
You could use your own modified version of the ebuild and remove that constraint since you're pretty close to it, but you risk having the compilation fail 20 hours in, which would be annoying. That's such a pain in the ass, though, that personally I would just use chromium-bin.
I had special per-package portage settings for chromium and libreoffice on my laptop to reduce the chance of compilation failure (with 2 GB), and it was pretty effective for a while, but they're not there anymore and I can't find them on the net. I don't know whether or not I can still emerge these packages. Give me a little while and I'll find out.
>>53883232
ill probably think about running dual boot, is that alright? can you see any cons of that, aside from storage memory probs
I followed this guide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0bkPhS5GsQ
and when I create the desktop icon to double-click, a message pops up saying "There was an error launching the application". The fuck.
>>53883253
>>53883232
You can probably just use wine. If you really need full-on Windows, a VM is probably more convenient than dual booting.
>>53883253
the advantage of a vm over dual booting is you trade slightly higher overhead for not having to stop whatever you're doing and reboot into windows when you need to do some winnows stuff, but really it's just personal preference
>>53883252
>I would just use chromium-bin
I'm new to this, but would I useemerge --ask --buildpkg www-client/chromium?
>>53883428
I've never used that feature, but my understanding of it is that it is used to create binary packages, not to install them. That is something you might want to do if are updating lots of similar machines from a local repository, so that only one machine has to do the compilation. It doesn't make the initial compilation unnecessary, though. The only thing that can do that is the presence of a binary package in someone else's repo.
It might be possible to use a more powerful machine to produce a binary package for use on the laptop, but it'd take a pretty complex portage configuration to make it compatible.
Now that I've looked, there doesn't seem to be a chromium-bin package. I thought that there was one, but apparently I was wrong. Maybe there used to be, or maybe I am just confused.
>>53883578
Chromium never had an official -bin package in the repos as far as I know. Firefox does, but that's not really relevant.
How install drivers? Currently testing Kubuntu atm. It runs like shit though. Screen tearing is very common when scrolling or moving windows. It hangs for second or two every now and then but I suppose its attributed to the fact that I am running it on a external IDE hdd. I heard X.org has drivers but I only found drivers for really old components.
Specs:
Core i5 3317U and HD4000, 4GB of RAM
>>53883672
That should run very well out-of-the-box. You're already running with the official Intel driver, so there's nothing like that for you to install.
Currently been using my first ever gnu/Linux distribution, Linux mint, for the last few months. I really like it but with all the shit I've heard about mint over the last few months I think it's time to make a switch. I was thinking about moving to fedora. Any input? I am going to try it out in some fashion before I fully switch over but I just want to temper my expectations.
install latest loonix distro (any)
install wine to play cs1.6 (muh only vidya)
screen is tearing 110%
trying to install some addon shit for wine. same shit
trying to open word file = utter crap on libre. like nigger trying to spell white on blackboard with charred ghandi flip-flops.
cop firefox profile from win7, fan literary hits the shit.
>preparing unprepared preps for prepared crap for every fucing thing i'm installing.
>removing previously removed removable removing crap is currentlyremoving. please wait-removing previously removable package.
fonts are shitrunes tier, can't do shit about chrome/ff renering
must be ninja coder to remove arrow from desktop shortcuts
cannot flash boot on HP workstation (windoze only)
can't into full nvidia settings
posting this in le Friendly loonix thread
FUCK YOU!
>>53883907
What fucking OS should I run then? I know the HD4000 isnt powerful but this kind of shit is unacceptable. I keep telling myself I wont go back to Wundows but this just bothers me.
>>53883981
Its all ogre now.
And the future is even worse.
>>53883988
I wholly agree with you, that doesn't sound usable. HD4000 is plenty powerful; I ran Gnome with Sandy Bridge graphics (HD3000 to be precise) for a while some time ago without any issues, so I can't imagine your hardware not being capable of handling KDE.
I'm tempted to say it's just Kubuntu being shit because I didn't have a very nice experience with it myself when I tried it, but that's hardly fair of me given that I don't have a clear picture of everything, only knowing a few of your specs and not even what version you're running.
>>53883981
>install wine to play cs1.6 (muh only vidya)
That game runs natively you fuckface
What is the most aesthetically pleasing music player on Linux? I'm just playing out of cheap headphones and laptop speakers, and really don't need a whole lot of features.
I am thinking about switching from Ubuntu to Debian...
What is different? Will I have a hard time adjusting to Debian? How beginner friendly is it? What about Ubuntu CLI commands, are they usable in Debian in the same form?
I'll be using LXDE as a DE, most likely. Any issues with Debian and certain DEs?
Anything else?
>>53884199
You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little fucked up maybe, but running natively how?
Can I apply a VST plugin or any other sound processor to the sound output? Basically I want to make all the sound to go through an EQ and compressor
>>53882898
Xfce will be "compatible" as soon as it's out. It will be in the repositories, just like everything else.
>>53884547
As in installing steam from your distro's repository, and then installing cs1.6
>>53884208
IMO
curses: ncmpcpp
GTK+: lollypop (even better with a nice theme like arc)
Qt: tomahawk or cantata (Qt5 version but needs a good theme)
>>53884547
You live under a rock or what?
http://store.steampowered.com/app/10/
>>53884599
why the fuck i need to do that? loonix is supposed to be megagigaultrauber volatile system. i need to install photoshop for fucks sake. steam? what the fuck you stuttering mut!
Say I want to emerge several things while I'm asleep, can I queue them up?
So let me see if I understand this right:
I shouldn't go around adding unstable repositories, etc, because it might automatically upgrade some of my software to bugged development versions, right?
Is there a way to say "Let me manually install software from this repo, and remember it exists, but for the love of god don't autoupdate from it"?
>>53884599
>installing cs1.6 via steam
fucking newfags everywhere
Can I disable the weak digest errors returned by apt with the recent (retarded) update ?
>>53884739
>>53884746
>>53884756
just install win7 and enjoy your life
>>53883981
TL;DR: Linux sucks
>>53884776
Here is a (You)
>>53884776
I already hate my life, Anon.
Win 7 is good enough for now, but I need a head-start if I'm to avoid being limited to using a Mac for the rest of my life after 7 loses general support. (I actually quite like OSX, but odds are that someone will fuck it up within 10 years, leading us back to where we started.)
>>53884798
[it becomes quiet] Funny how? What's funny about it?
>>53884811
>within 10 years
Now go home and get your fucking shinebox
>>53884739emerge atom1 atom2 atom3 ...
adding --keep-going is a good idea in this case because emerge won't exit after a failed merge
>>53884811
there is no head-start ya fucking fat walruf allterain basement pedo landwhale.
get this though your head; linux sucks
>>53884982
>+(you)
sure, now gtfo
>>53883981
linux sucks
>>53883981
>cannot remember windows positions and size
>le intelligent placement
>>53883981
loonix forums are over 9000 bigger than windozez.
why?
well, you need to open fucking ugly terminal, enter pw (at least 200 times per day) just to perform a simple task.
>there's lots of games that run natively on Linux now!
It's all flash tier "indie" shit
If I was retarded enough to want goat simulator and farm simulator I would have a Mac for that shit
>>53885219
>place any dock
>cannot keep it under active windows by default
>install docky. cannot remove anchor icon.
>try to place shortcuts on desktop
>ugly cancer shortcuts appears (cannot replace icons unless having ninja-foot eating coding skills)
>trying to modify menu, windoze ghost apperas.
>trying to stfu fan. BIOS cannot flush from loonix, blz use windoze (nd install 158 shitobytes of drivers)
>trying to gparted and refugee to windoze; heh, no can do.
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New thread.
>>53885509
>>53885509
>>53885509
>>53885509
I am thinking about switching from Ubuntu to Debian...
What is different? Will I have a hard time adjusting to Debian? How beginner friendly is it? What about Ubuntu CLI commands, are they usable in Debian in the same form?
I'll be using LXDE as a DE, most likely. Any issues with Debian and certain DEs?
Anything else?
>>53883957
It uses another package manager and the user base of red hat related stuff is small compared to debian related stuff on desktop. Fedora has a good policy on software freedom just like debian but it's different. I like both but use debian. Have fun experimenting and learning.
>>53885471
You might want to take a look at what's actually available. There's lots of mainstream shit.
>>53876909
It's more than likely than $idleprint expands to nothing, which means the xprintidle program is not available.
