Previously on: >>54073838
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>RMS
>>54085075
(Without this post, the thread is not officially verified.)
What options are there for gui archive utilities? I know there is xarchiver but it doesn't seem to be able to preview rar files. I know peazip as well. Any other notable ones?
>>54085128
GnuPG verification
>>54085217
Ark is one that can preview files. But you need unrar installed to work with rar. But in that case maybe even xarchiver, or any other would work
What the hell is going on? How do you make libreoffice spell check?
>>54085504
Try using actual words lulz
Jokes aside, you need to check in the settings menu and choose your preferred language iirc
>>54085526
Everywhere I can see it is set to my language but I'll try looking again.
>>54085503
Ark is a kde application isn't it?
I have unrar installed, I can extract rars but when I open them in xarchiver there is nothing there, zips and other formats show the files inside the archive.
>>54085217
Gnome has a gui archiver. It also supports encrypted password protected archives via 7z.
Does anyone know how to fix this? I can barely see the icons on LibreOffice.
Hi all. I was looking for a use for my old iPhone 5 and learned that the Apple A6 is "ARMv7 compatible."
My question: is it possible to install Gentoo on it?
>>54085582
Change the theme or icon theme.
So I have these:$ hex2rgb() { printf '%d %d %d\n' "0x${1:0:2}" "0x${1:2:2}" "0x${1:4:2}"; }
$ rgb2hex() { printf '%02X%02X%02X\n' "$1" "$2" "$3" ; }
$ hex2rgb dd0044
221 0 68
$ rgb2hex 221 0 68
DD0044
Now, since hex2rgb is using parameter expansion bashism, how to make it POSIX?
>>54085627
Changing icon theme doesn't work, but changing theme from Breeze Dark to Light worked, though now I can't use Breeze dark, is there any other way to be able to use Breeze Dark and still fix this?
>>54085673
Try a different toolkit for LibreOffice. Use the SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN= environment variable. Check your /etc/profile.d/libreoffice.sh for possible values.
>>54085582
yes, the LO support for KDE is bad but it's pretty easy to fix, you can uninstall the kde plugin and install the gtk one instead or you can export a variable:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LibreOffice#ThemeSAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk
>>54085673
Or, run Libreoffice with a different GTK theme than the rest of your OS. Look into env variables (env GTK_THEME=light_as_my_skin libreoffice)
>>54085711
>>54085721
Oh, you're a kde fag.
Arch/Intel/LightDM users, pls help.
>>54084116
>>54085741
>Arch
>DM
Why?
>>54085741
install gentoo (seriously, this will solve your problem)
>>54085735
i am
I'm trying to run playstation games in with retroarch and libretro-ppsspp-git. It doesn't work though (n64 and genesis games work fine):retroarch -L /usr/lib/libretro/ppsspp_libretro.so ~/Downloads/Games/Playstation/Gran\ Turismo\ 2\ -\ Arcade\ Mode\ \[NTSC-U\]\ \[SCUS-94455\].rar
W: file_util.cpp:215: W: IsDirectory: stat failed on /home/anon/Downloads/Games/Playstation/PPSSPP/lang/.ini
I: gl_state.cpp:137: I: GPU Vendor : X.Org ; renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV710 (DRM 2.43.0, LLVM 3.7.1) version str: 3.0 Mesa 11.1.2 ; GLSL version str: 1.30
I: gpu_features.cpp:20: I: Checking for GL driver bugs... vendor=0 model='Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV710 (DRM 2.43.0, LLVM 3.7.1)'
W: file_util.cpp:215: W: IsDirectory: stat failed on /home/anon/Downloads/Games/Playstation/PPSSPP/lang/.ini
I: gl_state.cpp:137: I: GPU Vendor : X.Org ; renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV710 (DRM 2.43.0, LLVM 3.7.1) version str: 3.0 Mesa 11.1.2 ; GLSL version str: 1.30
I: gpu_features.cpp:20: I: Checking for GL driver bugs... vendor=0 model='Gallium 0.4 on AMD RV710 (DRM 2.43.0, LLVM 3.7.1)'
Why does it not work? I don't have this file
>/home/anon/Downloads/Games/Playstation/PPSSPP/lang/.ini
Am I supposed to create it? What would be in it?
>>54085545
yea its for plasma.
RAR is a proprietary algorithm so its to be expected its gonna have some troubles on Glinux
>>54085782
Beautiful kot, bro
>>54085796
I'm not into shitty memes, sorry.
>>54085805
Its not a meme. I think they unironically use it
>>54085804
thanx
So I want to download a bunch of files automatically instead of one by one and I don't know why, and what I've searched doesn´t help me.
My teacher posted a presentation in his website and the url's of the images follow this scheme: www.site.com/slideshow1/slide1.jpg www.site.com/slideshow1/slide2.jpg and so on and so forth.
Can anyone of you help me?
>>54085871
wget -r
>>54085871
wget
>>54085871
downthemall
>>54085879
>>54085880
I know I have to use wget, but I don't know how to automate the download process, i.e. instead of typing wget slide1 wget slide2, etc, downloading all of them by using just one (or a handful) of commands
Thanks btw
>>54085871
use GNU Wgetwget -re robots=off -nc -nd -np -nv -ER.html http://www.site.com/slideshow1/
>>54084997
Sir, please be advised that what you are referring to as GNU/Linux is actually Linux.
Please use the correct term in future iterations of this thread. Thank you.
>>54085972
>>54085972
Nope
We use GNU utilities on here
see>>54085957
>>54085972
*Systemd/Linux with the GNU UNIX shell compatibility layer
>>54085711
Sorry, I don't want to pretend like I know all of this, but I really don't get how I'm supposed to do this. I'm a beginner with Linux, so if you can, can you please provide instructions on how I do this? Thank you.
>>54085992
you need to be older than 8 to post on 4chan
>>54086011
What if you're 8 and you try to post on 8cins?
>>54085917
>>54085957
Thank you kind sirs, both alternatives were exactly what I was looking for
Will I get busybox help in a GNU/Linux thread?
>>54086164
Nope
>>54086164
Yes.
I want a basic wifi usb adapter that just works with the new Debian.
I had got an Edimax n150, because the last one works so well with other Linux distros. But I think they changed the chips set without telling me, because the new one I got last week doesn't work well with Debian, it works with Ubuntu and Rasbian, but not the new Debian. I have tried everything I could think of and even got all the error messages to go away, yet the device does not appear in the network manager and even the light doesn't turn on while booting in Debian.
At this level of frustration I am looking at other options, unless their is some magic way to get a Edimax n150 with a RTL8192CU chip set start working. And yes I know that chip set is supposedly supported by the new Linux kernel, so I should not be having this issue to start with.
>>54086437
Debian doesn't include required firmware by default. You'd have to enable the nonfree repo and install linux-firmware-nonfree. It would work on almost any other distro because they all ship with nonfree blobs in kernel.
What are stdin and stdout on linux? ( i know they are standard outputs/inputs , but what exactly)
Any idea how to install Fedora on a Dell Latitude D620 with an Nvidia NVS 100?
locate trappic301
/home/user/Trapfolder/trappic301
Cant believe you guys never told me about this awesome utility
>>54086604
Same as any other distro. Put on USB, install.
>>54086524
been trying that, and learning a lot. never knew how systemic non-free blobs are
but wifi is still not working
I added non-free to my source and installed the realtek packages, this made the error messages at boot go away, but it did not make the thing work. Followed several different suggestions to fix it each with different methods.
Given how bare bones this install the only other thing I can think of is I am missing some other fundamental thing that supports it all, but I got Wicd and other supporting things I can think of.
>>54086525
Linux doesn't have stdin/stdout; Linux is just a kernel, but your shell has;
stdin is the stuff you type or pipe to programs
stdout is the is where the programs output their stuff to, by default your shell
You can redirect to and from these.
As example, if you want to write the standard output of ls -lAh to a file, you redirect the output like this:
ls -lah > output.log
If you want to catch only error outputs, you do it like this:
ls -lAh 2> output.log
(2 are error outputs, 1 is normal output, 2>&1 are both)
You can also disable the standard output completly by redirecting stout to /dev/null like this:
ls -lAh &> /dev/null
(& is here a shortcut for the complete output)
>>54086739
I had a problem with this one for a couple of years and then suddenly it was fixed.
>>54086755
>>(2 are error outputs, 1 is normal output, 2>&1 are both)
This part is not correct.
>>54086836
The new kernels seem to incorporate the new support data better. I suspect that my new wireless usb will start working flawlessly after one or two kernel updates with the non-free packages, I give them a year or two.
But I would like internet on that computer today, it is annoying and not the safest to run a 50' cable down the main stairwell/fire-escape like I do.
I get this when trying to install Architect GNU + LinuxProbing EDD (edd=off to disable)... ok
:: running early hook [udev]
starting version 229
: : running hook [udev]
: : Triggering uevents...
: : running hook [memdisk]
: : running hook [archiso]
: : running hook [archiso_loop_mnt]
: : running hook [archiso_pxe_common]
: : running hook [archiso_pxe_nbd]
: : running hook [archiso_pxe_http]
: : running hook [archiso_pxe_nfw]
: : Mounting '/dev/disk/by-label/architect-201603-64bit' to '/run/archiso/bootmnt'
Waiting 30 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-label/architect-201603-64bit ...
[ 8.436739] usb 3-9.2: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[ 8.620043] usb 3-9.2: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[ 9.216715] usb 3-9.2: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[ 9.400067] usb 3-9.2: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[ 9.990028] device not accepting address 9, error -71
[ 10.476691] device not accepting address 10, error -71
[ 10.476779] usb 3-9.port2: unable to enumerate USB device
ERROR: '/dev/disk/by-label/architect=201603-64bit' device did not show up after 30 seconds...
Falling back to interactive prompt
You can try and fix the problem manually, log out when you are finished
sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
[rootfs /]# _
>>54086755
>Linux doesn't have stdin/stdout
lel, stdin/stdout/stderr aren't shell features, they're kernel features used by the shell and most other programs
they're accessed either via their device nodes (/dev/stdin, /dev/stdout, and /dev/stderr) or their file descriptors, which are hardcoded as 0, 1, and 2 respectively (as you used in your examples)
>>54086525
they're character devices. they act as a common (standard) means of getting data in and out of a program, as well as relaying errors to the user (or a log file)
>>54087134
try manually mounting the usb stick to /run/archiso/bootmnt
>>54087371
h-how
>t. winbabby
>>54087391
Consider using another distro in this case. Arch will definately break on you and you'll have a bad time. Use something like Xubuntu for better results. Or check through http://fglt.nl/guides/picking-a-distro.html
>>54087161
While "shell" isn't completly correct, you're both wrong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_streams
Test
>>54087417
I've used Arch (CLI install) on a laptop, and played around with Architect on a VM since I couldn't be fucked using the CLI, so now I'm installing it on my desktop as I know I want Arch on it.
>>54087453
Welp, you've been warned.
>>54087161
>kernel features
The kernel is just using streams like every other program, retard.
few days until Ubuntu 16.04, I promised myself that with that I will switch 100% from Windows.
>>54087504
oh, so those file descriptors are hardware features, then?
>>54087453
Arch isn't the magical fairy OS. It's actually pretty shitty, especially if you "can't be fucked using the CLI". Just pick literally any other distro.
>>54087549
b-but i like arch
>>54087134
Reading the normal guide doesn't give you those errors.
>using a buggy, broken install script for typing 10 commands
What a fool, what a fool.
>>54087391
first identify your usb stick using lblk
than
mount /dev/sdx(<-user your device identier instad of x) /run/archiso/bootmnt
if you only have 1 harddrive your command may look like this :
mount /dev/sdb /run/archiso/bootmnt
>>54087580
Thanks, anon. Putting the f in /fglt/!
>>54087580
lsblk not lblk
>>54087561
>i like arch
>skipping the manual installation from ground up, which enables you do have it tailored to your needs and without useless abstractions, the very thing arch tries to avoid
You're just a try hard. By the time you asked for help on ridiculous, unnecessary errors, you could have installed it manually, without any errors.
>>54087602
>>54087543
>>54085533
did you install dictionary packages? they are separate from the main libreoffice package in my distro
>>54087417
>>54087549
>Arch will definitely break on you
Let this fucking meme die, I've been using Arch for 2 years now and it's never "broken".
>It's actually pretty shitty
It's actually pretty good
Is CIFS still relevant? How do I make sure my shares are using smb2?
>>54087681
if you don't have lsblk, you can either do
# dmesg | grep sd
which will list all the kernel device messages that have sd in them (if there's too much text, just pipe it to less)
or you can poke around in /sys/block/ which will have directories for sda, sdb, sdc, etc.
What distro do you guise use on your servers and why? What do you use it for and how?
>>54087681
try
cat /proc/scsi/scsi
>>54087883
archserver because I have autism
I use it for a private chan because normies have fucked up r9k
>>54087883
Debian because muh uptime
Honestly just for a home server so I can say I have server admin experience on a resume when applying for a job
In the same way that I have "web administrator" experience because I ran a shitty facebook shitpost page a few years ago
>>54087853
I've used Arch for a year and it never broke either. However, I know what I'm doing and Im not afraid of the CLI like the guy I was posting to. I know context is a hard thing, but at least try to use it when trying to comprehend my post.
>It's actually pretty good
Sure, if you don't have much desire for customization. Or much desire for an incredibly leightweight system. Or know how your distro actually works, so you don't have to depend on the AUR to solve this simple issue for you (with a good chance that it's outdated or actually system-breaking).
If it works for you, that's great. But Arch doesn't excel anywhere, and it definately does break for people.
>>54087883
Gentoo and FreeBSD.
>>54087883
>>54087933
To expand, I use one server to host my ircbots and a specific website (the Gentoo box), and the FreeBSD box for my irc bouncer, webhosting, some other IRC bots, and an icecast instance.
>>54087700
what are you trying to prove here?
>>54087883
slackware because it's comfy and simple. private radio stream, dlna, torrent box, file server (NFS), private communication hub
>>54087858
your client and server should automatically negotiate the highest commonly supported protocol revision
>>54086755
>Linux is just a kernel,
Nope. Linux is the name of the whole operating system, and also the name of the Linux kernel.
You people should read what "metonymy" and "synecdoche" mean.
>>54087732
I had to install hunspell-en. No idea why this isn't required in the package but it's working now.
>>54087958
>I use one server to host my ircbots and a specific website (the Gentoo box), and the FreeBSD box for my irc bouncer, webhosting, some other IRC bots
What year is this, 1999?
>>54088043
you can use a word processor without spell-check, anon. it's an optional dep if anything. most grown-ups are supposed to know spelling and grammar without relying on technology to correct them all the time.
>>54086007
sorry, i didn't knew that, i infer you're using manjaro from your screenshot am i right?, I'm asking this to tell you the name of the packages you need to uninstall and the one you need to install.
The other method is forcing one of the plugins, the problematic one is the one for kde, the one for gtk works fine. First you must be sure that you have installed the gtk plugin, if you don't have it installed this will not work. I my case and manjaro's case maybe the libreoffice package includes all the plugins iirc, but if you're using ubuntu most probably they comes separated.
In any case try the following:
-open (or create it if it doesn't exists) in you user folder a file called .profile
-copy and paste this line in that file and save it:export SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=gtk
-This file is executed when you start your session so close and start your session, now libreoffice should work correctly.
This is for making the change permanent, you can test the setting by executing the same line i your terminal and after that opening LO (close all instances if you want to see the changes).
>>54088086
>most grown-ups are supposed to know spelling and grammar without relying on technology to correct them all the time.
I wish I lived in your utopia.
>>54088108
i wish i lived in my utopia too
>>54087981
>>54087958
>>54087921
>>54087907
Pretty cool guise. Never knew so many of you have a server with diverse usage.
>>54088065
Nice post. Have a (You).
>>54088086
I never said I couldn't use a word processor without spell check but it is a function of the program and it was not working as expected so I wanted to fix it. It was not listed as an optional dependency or any kind of a dependency.
Guys, quick question regarding the $PATH variable.
So I just downloaded a php executable file (phar). Since I want to have access to it globally, I placed it inside /usr/local/bin.
Previously, back when I didn't know about $PATH, I'd place the executable in my home directory, and call it like so$ php ~/composer.phar
However, when I try to execute it using$ php composer, php interprets it as if it was an input file.
Executing it this way, on the other hand, works:$ composer.
What does this mean? Does bash automatically detects what kind of program to use when I call for an executable?
>>54088526
Look up shebangs.
>>54088560
Ah, perfect. I see. Such an elegant feature.
Just installed Antergos(I know, I know), but when I boot all I get is a blinking underscore and nothing else.
Like the usual [ OK ] stuff loads but after that it's just that damn blinking _
Any ideas why?
>>54088560
>pound-bang
after some discussion on another board we decided to bring a return of text interfaces, maybe create something cool like a bbs - rizon #textpunk if anyone would like to join in with design/coding.
Is it at all possible to install the BURG bootloader on an UEFI based system?
If not, what is a good looking gui based bootloader for which that is possible?
>>54088890
Sure I'll make the logo
I'm just a bit curious, what is often considered to be the best package manager?
>>54088963
Portage
>>54088890
I'll be the ideas guy :^)
>>54089148
Nice raccoon m8
>>54086735
That's not working. Ubuntu will install but not run due to the graphics drivers, and Kali won't install due to not mounting the flash drive.
I want to run pure free debian without nonfree repos. Should I get a powerpc g4 macbook or a similar specced thinkpad? Which is the more open hardware?
Leaving my current PC with ubuntu for steam and mpv. Want something more free for everyday computing since this won't even work properly without microcode as the intel processor is too new.
I want to reduce the three OS's (two distros and Win7) I have on my laptop to two, and some pages I've seen suggest running gparted and update-grub from within a live USB. If it's one of the distros that I want to remove, is there any actual problem with just doing those things from within the other distro?
>>54089497
Check out Libreboot.
Any sed magicians here?
How would I go about replacing ":::" with a new line?
>>54089665$ echo "foo:::bar" | sed 's/:::/\n/'
foo
bar
>>54089714
Huh perfect.
Dunno why that didn't work before
>>54089714
I'm a faggot (useless use of echo).sed 's/:::/\n/' <<< "foo:::bar"
>>54089665
>>54089714
to be clear, the '/' in the sed command can be anything% echo hate me | sed sahara
rate me
>>54089785
>find the delimiter
It's "a"!
>>54089755
Get wizard mode here: http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/sed.html (believe me, after reading this site, you'll see the light).
>>54089848
>It's "a"!
correct! a-ha-ha-ha
>>../.././libcc1/findcomp.cc:21:18: fatal error: string: No such file or directory
Help. I'm trying to make install GCC on an embedded system by trying to build it on another system and then transporting the build folder to another machine.
Anyone know the location of string?
GNUUU
>>54089931
>Anyone know the location of string?
line 21, char 18
What Linux desktops handle hidpi displays well? I have a Thinkpad W550s (2880x1620) and I've tried GNOME, KDE, and Unity but none of them really work well. Gnome just doubles everything, which leaves me precious little space to work with. Unity kind of goes in between but not very consistently. Basically I'd like to have it scaled so I get the screen real estate of a 1080p display, but with crisper text than just setting the display resolution to 1080p.
>>54089963
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux,
is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux.
Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component
of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell
utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day,
without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU
which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are
not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a
part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system
that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run.
The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself;
it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is
normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system
is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux"
distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
>>54089998
No, I use Linux without any GNU software. Nice try though!
My Sennheiser PC363D use a GAME1 soundcard to get Dolby Surround 7.1, it only has Windows drivers.
Can I get it to work in Ubuntu somehow? Does playonlinux/Wine or some other shit work?
>>54090019
Linux is the name of the kernel that Linus Torvalds developed starting in 1991. The operating system in which Linux is used is basically GNU with Linux added. To call the whole system “Linux” is both unfair and confusing. Please call the complete system GNU/Linux, both to give the GNU Project credit and to distinguish the whole system from the kernel alone.
>>54089998
GTFO stallman go eat your toe skin again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I25UeVXrEHQ
https://minifree.org/
>50 euros for a sticker
I want that sticker but that's like trading two bottles of vodka for a sticker. Or 5 packettes of cigarettes. Or 12 tubs of ben and jerry's ice cream. What if it broke? Stickers are too cheap and fragile to be sold for so much money.
Macbook users here, how do you cope with switching to a linux distro and turning a perfectly good multitouch trackpad into a thing that just about functions
>>54090071
>>54090019
musl?
>>54090083
First steps in compters? Hit ALT and hold the right mouse button, then move.
>>54090073
>ministry of truth = lies
ministry of freedom = you know what follows
>The pronunciation of "Linux" has been a matter of much debate. Many, including Torvalds, insist on the short I pronunciation /li'nuks/ because "Linus" has an /ee/ sound in Swedish (Linus's family is part of Finland's 6% ethnic-Swedish minority) and Linus considers English short /i/ to be closer to /ee/ than English long /i:/ dipthong. This is consistent with the short I in words like "linen". This doesn't stop others demanding a long I /li:'nuks/ following the english pronunciation of "Linus" and "minus". Others say /li'niks/ following Minix, which Torvalds was working on before Linux.
>>54090024
is a yes or no so hard to ask for?
>>54090220
Maybe.
>>54090024
Should work ootb with alsa or Pulseaudio. If it doesn't work with generic drivers demand your money back and never buy anything from them again. It's just a passive audio device.
>>54089530
Disregard this. I went ahead and tried what I mentioned anyway. Ended up completely fucking up grub, but I hopped into a live USB of the distro I wanted to remove (Elementary OS) and managed to unfuckup it.
It somehow fixed another problem I was having with grub, which was the reason I wanted to remove the third distro in the first place. I don't know what just happened but...fuck, it worked.
>>54090019
He talked about gnome.
Do you name your PC a person's name or as a place or something else? I always name my computers after a place. I sometimes notice people with hostnames that are women's names. Like a ship. My user name and hostname are always directly related. For example cthulhu@rlyeh or batman@gotham. What are your naming guidelines?
>>54090280
This. It should work out of the box, really.
>>54090612
echo arch > /etc/hostname
that's all, really. I wonder, can I change this constantly without running into troubles? I might write a script that randomly changes it, like a MOTD but for the hostname. HOTD
Any of you sed wizard can help me again, I promise I'll read that grymoire site but this ones confusing me
I'm trying to get text inbetween ":::" and "::" on each line.
I'm trying sed '/:::/,/::/p' , but that isn't working at all.
any ideas?
>>54090668
Yeah you can match for
^(;;;;)(;;) and then replace with \1content\2 maybe
>>54090725
>>54090717
Neither of those worked.
>>54090668sed 's/\(:::\).*\(::\)/\1FAGGOT\2/' <<< ":::OP::"
>>54090767
No that definitely works, it's a regular expression.
>>54090643
Yes you can, but if you also change your user name it can conflict with any scripts you have in your home directory if they don't use ~ as a variable for $HOME.
>>54090774
I don't wanna replace OP with faggot I have:
MassiveHomo:::OP::IsSuckingDicks
MassiveHomo2:::OP2::IsSuckingDicks2
I just want to get the text OP and OP2 out of that.
>>54090824
Ah yeah, I wouldn't just change my username. Thanks for the heads up
>>54090827
sed 's/.*:::\(.*\)::.*/\1/' <<< "MassiveHomo:::OP::IsSuckingDicks"
>>54090865
Perfect thank you very much.
>>54090078
I have a mouse for that
>>54088092
Ah! Oh my god. Thank you kind sir. This fixed my problem. Sorry I'm late but I still want to thank you for that. It was really inconvenient. Also, I'm using Kubuntu 16.04 though I really want to use Manjaro but for some reason some drivers aren't supported under Manjaro. I'm not going through trying to fix the error and recompiling the kernel again. Thanks a million though. (I'm using the Oxygen icon theme for GTK applications though because Breeze Light and Dark show as dark but it's fine)
When installing Debian sid, do I install stable or testing first?
>>54091331
Use the stable netinstall. From there upgrade. The debian wiki got you covered.
I've set up a simple cron job for keeping a work folder of mine up to date with a backup on my server.
The source isn't always online but is mounted in fstab. Would it be bad to just let it run every 5-10 minutes even if the host is offline? It seems like a crude way of doing it.
Is there maybe a way to have something ping my source every 3 minutes and if it receives a reply to start the rsync job?
>>54090046
Have you faggots ever thought about all the assumptions you're making on naming convention?
Who said an operating system has to be named after it's software in the first place? Who said it has to be an amalgamation of the names of everything involved?
I see know reason an operating system created from the Linux kernel and GNU software couldn't be called COCK OS.
People call it Linux because nobody fucking likes pronouncing "GNU", it sounds retarded as shit and GNU/Linux sucks too. Linux sounds nice, it's what everyone uses.
Deal with it.
>>54091879
If the host is offline won't rsync just timeout? Leave it as is, a shell script pinging your host isn't any more elegant.
>>54090865
Can you explain why colon in sed acts so weird.
I've been using various forms of sed 's/-.*//' to delete all before the character "-" and I've been able to change it before to a whole pattern for example " of" and it worked fine but when I try using
sed 's/::.*//'
to delete all after :: it doesn't work and just prefers the first colon
>>54090774
I actually do need to replace text inbetween two colons but that one doesn't work and replaces more now.
>>54092155
Fair enough. I don't know how linux handles things like that. I thought I might end up with a shitload of instances running at the same time or something.
>>54092193
I think the default TCP handshake timeout is < 1 minute. Your process should be long dead if you're running it every 5-10 minutes.
You could add a lock if you really want to.
>>54092082
Sorry buddy, but Linux is just a kernel, nothing less, nothing more.
>>54092335
You missed the point. But nice try.
I'm doing a fresh Arch install but I'm at my Uni dorms which uses Eduroam, I'm at a loss as of how to connect to it from the Arch installation, has anyone managed this?
>>54092441
Unfortunately this is one instance where it can't be done since you'll need netctl or wicd etc to connect, I suggest installing another distro for now
I'm trying to use xrandr to fix the overscan on my tv. I've got no idea what I'm doing, and both the man pages and forums aren't helping much
I triedxrandr --output HDMI1 --set underscan on
but I getX Error of failed request: BadName (named color or font does not exist)
Major opcode of failed request: 140 (RANDR)
Minor opcode of failed request: 11 (RRQueryOutputProperty)
Serial number of failed request: 44
Current serial number in output stream: 44
>>54089931
Try running ldd on the binary on the embedded system and see what it is missing
>>54090643
Only thing I can think of that would break are some server software that assume your hostname is part of a fqdn
>>54091879
Make the job on the source to push the data to backup location
I just got back my old computer, somewhat new to GNU/Linux, I want to install Debian on it, what's the best way? DVD?
is there anything like sharex for GNU/Linux
Does the contrib debian repo contain anything nonfree? Is my freedom threatened by enabling contrib?
>>54092613
or use the starbucks wifi or somethin like that
>>54084997
>tfw got illustrator CS6 and photoshop CS6 working perfectly on wine 1.95 on gentoo.
>feelsgoodman.ai
I know that adobe is a giant proprietary faggot but I haven't had time to teach myself inkscape or gimp yet and I have some projects i'm working on so i'm stuck sucking adobe's cock for now but yeah it's fucking sweet running this shit through wine. So far both programs appear to be working as expected. This is so much better than before where I was using chrome remote desktop to remote into my mac to run CS6 programs. It's also way better than having to run a vm or dualboot. fucking sweet as hell. Also for some reason it eats up a fraction of the ram on my current setup. I had to put 16GiB meme in my mac to deal w/ chrome and CS6 and other bullshit, etc. etc.
>>54092441
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Install_from_existing_Linux#From_a_host_running_another_Linux_distribution
You can use another distro's live image to connect to the wifi with its web browser, then do the Arch install from there.
>>54093227
No, every package in contrib must comply with DFSG.
contrib is for packages that need software outside the main repo to function/compile.
So while the actual packages in contrib are free, they might require non-free software to function.
Example would be a utils package for a non-free driver etc.
so I'm givin sabayon a go and kinda like it but rigo is fucking horrible, so I'm trying out porthole. the question is, if I find porthole to be acceptably usable, would it be worth it to actually install vanilla gentoo, or just stick with sabayon?
yeah yeah, I know I'm falling for a meme and considering a timesink os, but man I litterally got nothin but time on my hands
>>54094298
I don't really understand the point of sabayon, you still have to build most stuff yourself don't you? gentoo/funtoo is absolutely work looking in to, if only for the wider support base they have. I don't know what rigo or porthole are but portage is more than good enough by itself.
>>54094554
rigo is sabayons shitty package manager, and porthole is a frontend for portage
>>54094585
Portage isn't hard to use on the command line, I would just spend an hour learning to use that.
I am going crazy.
I installed xubuntu to give it a chance.
At first it'd crash every ten minutes or so. Sometimes the screen just froze, sometimes the image got fucked up.
Then I installed the official NVidia drivers. Now it crashes a little less and has the politeness of restarting itself instead of making me have to wear down the reset button. Right now it happens every half an hour or so.
Here's my lspci output, http://pastebin.com/bfzeTBSA
Also why the fuck is block num disabled when the computer starts up. It's retarded as fuck.
>>54094595
my main reason for wanting a gui for it is package browsing, installing stuff from the command line is fine if you know exactly what you want, but if you're just looking to try shit out, something that lets you browse packages visually is nice
>>54094650
You can browse easily from the command line, look up eix.
>>54094671
noice, thanks
>>54084997
I've never tried Arch. If I do, will I transform back into a virgin and grow a thick neckbeard?
>>54095170
Yes that's what happened to me. Although I was a person as described before completing the installation so I can't guarantee. Are you a girl?
Post GTK/Icon sets you use. Using NumixHolo/MintX-Dark and I'm feeling a change. Given Mint 18 is dropping Elementary for their icon set anyway.
Unrelated to that, does anyone else have bugs of all kinds with Light-locker? Screen is black when trying to unlock from closing the laptop lid, settings dont save, you name it. I wish my chinkpad were a bit newer so I could use the MDM login manager a bit smoother.
Pic related is a gift.
>>54095458
Bretty cool. If only it was a bit more readable
>>54085782
He looks like wendel
Can an Openbox user do "ps ax" and tell me if their autostart file is still running in the background? I don't know if it's supposed to end once all the autostarted applications are started.
>>54095458
I really like this one: Sardi Flat.
Pic from google, not my screenshot.
>>54097115
>ps ax | grep auto
>24772 tty1 S 0:32 /usr/bin/openbox --startup /usr/libexec/openbox-autostart OPENBOX
>>54097132
meant for >>54097086
>>54097132
Dang, mine is still running.921 ? S 0:00 sh /home/dino/.config/openbox/autostart
I'm trying to figure out if this is related to some of my processes still running in the background upon logging out of my session.
>>54095458
>gtk
top kek
>>54097115
Just like almost all other gtk icon theme, looks like a toy OS
>>54097174
There are no "GTK icon themes". They're GUI toolkit independent. They're just images. If you don't know that, then you're an idiot and nothing that you say should be taken seriously in this regard.
>>54097174
You think so? I don't use a desktop environment so I don't usually see too many of the circular ones.
This is maybe a better example. I just like the variety of colors. Most icon themes have only a few colors.
>>54097293
Be honest.
Do you really think the icon theme is matured or polished enough to be used in a professional environment
>>54097321
I didn't know that was the standard for what's considered good.
But, even so, sure why not?
Unless you mean "serious business environment" where having more than 2 colors of anything is viewed as childish or something.
>>54097293
>i don't use a desktop environment
What do you call your window manager with that file manager and other utilities running at the same time?
>>54097353
i3 is a window manager not a desktop environment. I don't see how installing thunar makes it a desktop environment.
>>54092636
first make sure the underscan isn't added by your tv
>>54097174
I get the impression you don't like toys?
>>54097377
Because it's made up of components providing you a traditional "desktop" environment.
Xfce4wm, Mutter, Openbox (within LXDE) are also window managers, but you call them in conjunction with other utilities desktop environments.
>>54097410
I do like toy named PS4 so no
>>54097423
>but you call them in conjunction with other utilities desktop environments.
What? All I have is i3 and I launch thunar through dmenu.
I have to have no graphical file browser installed for it to not be a desktop environment? Is that what you're saying?
Guys I need some suggestion regarding Flash drive encryption.
Need a cross-platform and open source alternative to bitlocker
>>54097819
LUKS
>tfw portugese bots on my IRC server
not today, rico
>>54097819
>>54097944
Or possibly veracrypt, a fork of the now defunct truecrypt. Should keep your CP stash safe. Though if LEAs wanted it they could probably find a way to get it either way.
>>54097978
What am I looking at here?
>>54084997
Can I run KDE Plasma 5.6 smooth on a 4GB, soloCPU Laptop?
>more people use Vista than Linux
explain this Freedomfags
>>54098449
yes
Daily reminder that Linux is botnet.
>>54098462
>splitting up chromeos, which is just Gentoo for consumers
Nice try pajeet. How come the last 3 iterations of your OS still havent taken over win7?
>>54098476
H U R D
U
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>>54098462
Awesome, thanks.
Also, what browser do /g/ recommend? I'm between Firefox or Chrome (thinking about fast/security/privacy)
After I get a laptop, what cool stuff can I do with my desktop? I don't want to use it for everyday computing because it requires non-free firmware, but, maybe not if I keep it as headless and only use ethernet. How important is microcode on a haswell cpu?
>>54098449
It runs smooth on my x220 m8
>Fedora btw
>>54098499
>fast
Chrome, no question about it
>security
See above
>privacy
Meme goes that Chrome is a botnet. You can disable it, or install Chromium, whichever is more appropriate for you.
>>54098501
Slap a server distro on it. Share files, stream media to your laptop
>>54098501
>After I get a laptop
Are you getting an X200 or are you feeling adventurous and going with a C201?
In case my assumption is wrong: the rest of your post makes it seem to me like this is what you're looking into.
>>54098532
Thank you, does Chrome have uBlock and NoScript? really hate ads
>>54098636
Either a T400 or x200, depends on what is available at what price point. These seem to be the best choice if I want to run only free software.
>>54098653
of course, I'd be unusable otherwise
>>54098688
What's wrong with non-free software?
>>54098653
It does have uBlock, no noScript per se. It does have alternatives such as uMatrix and Scriptsafe, or whatever. Personally, I only use uBlock and it does it's job wonderfully.
>>54098695
>>54098692
>>54098515
Thanks guys.
>>54098462
It is very easy to exlplain. There are some basic factors which I am not going to bother to explain because this is obviously bait. Research some market theory.
>>54098501
> a laptop
> don't want to use it for everyday computing
palm meet face
>>54098728
The desktop is what I'm retiring to server duty, the laptop will be my daily driver.
>>54098754
>it needs to be done in bash.
No.
>Can you guys give me a hint
Use lower-case code tags.
Other than that, read up on shell scripting basics on the fglt website: http://fglt.nl/resources.html
>>54098499
For the most part, their differences are exaggerated. A lot of people who think Chrome is much faster switched from their old Firefox profiles that were likely bogged down with tons of old tweaks and add-ons. It's of course no wonder a fresh Chrome install is faster and leaves a better impression in that scenario.
Use whichever you prefer. I'd say Firefox because of a few features Chrome lacks as well as not being proprietary, which frankly no everyday tool such as a web browser should be. If you want Flash however, go with Chrome, or install Chromium plus pepperflash.
>>54098783
He wants security and privacy, though. So then you'll need addons like NoScript, which just don't exist on chromium. And the few ripoffs that do exist aren't allowed to act on all pages because chromium simply doesn't allow them to work at all times.
For general speed, they're on par. Javascript speed, chromium comes out on top. For everything else, take a Firefox-fork (Iceweasel, Pale Moon) and setup the addons for security/privacy.
Maybe you guys can help me with that. In the codeblock you can see the content of a txt file I'm working with. I want to put them into an array as you can see down below. Since I want to use this script on multiple machines it needs to be done in bash.
Can you guys give me a hint or something to get into the right direction?2016-02-02 18:00
Foo - Bar FooG Bar
---------------
2016-02-03 18:00
Foo2 - Bar2 Foo2G Bar2
---------------
2016-02-04 18:00
Foo3 - Bar3 Foo3G Bar3
---------------
array = ['2016-02-02 18:00 Foo - Bar FooG Bar ---------------' '2016-02-03 18:00 Foo2 - Bar2 Foo2G Bar2 ---------------' '2016-02-04 18:00 Foo3 - Bar3 Foo3G Bar3 ---------------' ]
>>54098774
I'm not new to shell scripting, I do understand the basics.
>>54098816
>I do understand the basics
>I just don't know how to do something basic as creating an array
Just read through the documentation on the site I linked in my previous post.
>>54098783
Forgot flash on Chrome, I heard that FF have problems within the devs and with shit like Pocket and Hello that I didn't like.
>>54098887
>flash on Chrome
I honestly doubt you need flash for anything.
>shit like Pocket and Hello
Which is why you go with a fork of Firefox, not the mainline releases.
Anyone here has experience using Ekiga and a FritzBox.
I have the problem that to my call partners I sound like a robot - this only happens with Ekiga, when I use TeamSpeak for example my voice sounds perfectly normal to everyone.
>>54098915
If we ignore the firecuck maybe he'll go away
>>54098931
>Plot twist: you are a robot
>>54098978
I'm literally saying you should NOT get Firefox, and you're calling me a firecuck. Let this sink in for a moment so you can realize how retarded you are.
>>54098990
>fork based on shit is not shit
Sure thing bro
>>54099007
You clearly don't know anything about forking. Or anything about browsers which are not Chrome or Chromium. It's best for you to stop posting at this point before you embarrass yourself further.
>>54084997
So I was just very foolish a few moments ago and did a full dist upgrade on my Debian Unstable laptop without heeding the warnings of which packages were getting removed - I ended up removing my GNOME DE and leaving me with just a terminal at startup and seemingly no way to reinstall GNOME, as it conflicted with new packages Unstable had.
So now I'm reinstalling Debian and wondering if I should keep the laptop with Unstable. I'm currently typing from my 'Testing' desktop. Should I play it safe with Testing on the laptop as well, or just do safe dist upgrades on the laptop the majority of the time until I have some free time to spare to fix fuck ups?
Thanks for your time guys
>>54099025
This is you in that gif>>54099056
Now answer the question of that poor sap.
>>54099056
Just check carefully on upgrades and just upgrade instead of dist-upgrade when it wants to do silly things.
Why is there an album_artist sorting tag in ncmpcpp if mpd doesn't support that tag? How am I supposed to use my album_artist tags in mpd/ncmpcpp then?
>>54099099
Apparently you have to use albumartist instead of album_artist. It's not even mentioned in the man page.
