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I have an x60 with libreboot installed
I used trisquel to install it but I hated it so I switched to debian
When I boot it it says "error file '/vmlinuz' not found
To boot Debian I have to search for a grub configuration and load grub configuration from (ahci0,1)
It then says something like error unicode fonts not found
How do I fix this so it will boot straight into debian?
any help appreciated.
Is Arch KDE the best KDE right now?
apt vs dnf?
best wm?
I'm trying to pick a distro to dualboot on my e5450, fedora is nice, gnome is not my style and i3 is OK, 3 config files isn't bad.
>>55546637
Dnf is better but RPM distros are garbage for daily usage, specially fedora
Doesn't even have typecatcher in the repo
>>55546608
all KDEs are the same.
>>55546672
Kubuntu is garbage
>>55546338
what do you guys do when you are trying to update package on pacman from aur,but when you about to install there is a key mismatch,or unknown?
>>55546685
no you
>>55546338
NETWORK MAGIC NEEDED
I've been fucking with shorewall but it doesn't seem to work for what I'm trying to do.
The computer in question has two network interfaces + a vpn interface. Will refer to them as eth0, eth1, and ppp0.
eth0 is connected to my home network. On this home network I have a pc serving media.
eth1 is connected to a device for stuff (gaymin), but this device can also see and play content from dlna, which is what the media pc is doing.
I usually have eth1's traffic directly routed to ppp0, which connects physically through eth0 to the modem.
what I want to do is route all traffic from eth1 to ppp0 as default, but for certain services and ports the traffic would instead be routed from eth1 to eth0 to be on the normal home network.
What the fuck am I suppose to do?
>>55547830
iptables
forwarding
>>55547888
three of the commands I use to connect to the ppp0 connection are iptables, but I have to enter it ever time I turn the computer on. Im ultimately looking for a solution that will let me just turn the pc on and everything just werks.
>>55547968
Then you're not saving your iptables rules for some reason.
You will set your rules and then run the iptables daemon on start up.
>>55546338
>Blingee
>actually needs Flash
:(
>>55546338
How do I install spotify on Fedora24? They only have .deb packages. RpmFusion have these packages but I don't know what to download.
>>55547991
>for some reason
Yea, I dont really know allot about this sort of stuff and am short on time.
Is there a conf file or something for iptables that will lay the options out in an organized way?
>>55548035touch /etc/iptables/iptables.rules
enable iptables daemon
start iptables daemon
edit iptables per normal
iptables-save > /etc/iptables/iptables.rules
>>55548100
Thanks, that will be nice once I get it all figured out.
All I know how to do right now is forward the traffic to ppp0. Do you know anything about selectively switching the interface between ppp0 and eth0 depending on which port the device is trying to connect to?
I want to use Slackware so much, but i need muh apt-get.
Is their a distro that combines both?
>>55548264
What do you like about Slackware?
>>55547448
Read the package comments, there's usually a fix in there.
>>55548370
i want free WiFi
When I change Ubuntu sources to Trisquel's and update, will I break my system or will it set me free?
>>55548389
???
>>55548399
Break it badly.
New user here, just installed Linux Mint Cinnamon. What are the first things you guys do on a fresh install? What should I do to make my experience the best possible?
>>55548416
Asking because I found this script: https://devel.trisquel.info/trisquelize/trisquelize/blob/master/trisquelize.sh
>>55548426
Like GUI, or want to learn Cli?
>>55548411
I want to feel like a l33t HaX0R, and use pretend i'm using the linux Linus would want me to use.
>>55548442
Afaik Linus runs Fedora.
If you want to feel 1335 go Kali.
If you want to feel 1336 go Blackarch.
If you want to feel 1337 just install any pentesting tool you want on your favorite distro, retard.
Slackware is for 60+ people only.
>>55548485
ay, thanks man
>>55548485
what if I want to feel 1338?
>>55548550
install Gentoo
>>55548439
I'd like to learn CLI but I'm very very new.
>>55548550
Arch with Arch Strike and BlackArch repos.
>>55548426
Use the terminal as much as you can.
Read lots of manpages.
Create some simple aliases.
Re-read lots of manpages.
Write lots of pointless shell scripts.
Re-read lots of manpages.
Write lots of shell scripts to automate things that make your life easier.
Re-read lots of manpages.
Fix lots of shell scripts; make them shorter and faster.
That should be enough for some weeks.
>>55548615
*years
>>55548627
Arch user detected.
>>55548722
What?
>>55548615
What's the best way to learn how to effectively use the terminal and write shell scripts?
>assemble PC
>install fedora cinnamon
>I am capable of using it but don't care for another learning curve
>just want my shit to work I've had enough terminals already
>bitch about it in last thread
>install Ubuntu Mate
>this is a piece of shit
>the distro that claims instant compatibility and most user-friendly is nowhere near as good as fedora
>look up digitalriver
>its gone
>can't download W7 Pro and use this coa I have sitting around
So, do I just install Fedora again?
>>55548777
The book of this pasta is okish:
> 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/
>>55548895
Thanks for the resources! Psyched to get to work.
>>55548811
Why exactly do people use Fedora when there's CentOS?
>>55548960
I'm totally new to linux, I haven't even heard of centos before
>>55548979
Man, if you are new just use Xubuntu. Once you are familiar then use Arch. After that install a distro that caters to your choice:
1. Stable, long term support package: Debian Stable
2. Latest packages with the most obscure package availability: Keep Arch
3. Server: CentOS
Yall niggas nead to read my books.
Free Software, Free Society, 1st Edition:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/fsfs/rms-essays.pdf
Free Software, Free Society, 2nd Edition:
https://www.gnu.org/doc/fsfs-ii-2.pdf
Not by me but also cool:
Free as in Freedom (2.0): Richard Stallman
and the Free Software Revolution by Sam Williams:
https://sagitter.fedorapeople.org/faif-2.0.pdf
>>55549038
what does one facet our of lives have to do with being free ?
How will free software fix the pitfalls of capitalism ? How will it provide for people ?
>>55548378
what i got is that i need to run
gpg --recv-key XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
did not work
>But I had no job, and I was looking for ways to make money from free software. So I announced that I would mail a tape to whoever wanted one, for a fee of $150.
One of my favorite rms quotes.
>>55549125
why?
So I just recently installed i3, and was watching a video. The guy in the video recommended i3blocks instead of i3status so I'm using that.
He also pointed out that i3blocks volume block doesn't work in Ubuntu distros by default and adding the linecommand=/usr/share/i3blocks/volume 5 pulse
to the config file will fix it. However I'm not getting any difference, and I'm not typoing it because even when I go into a terminal and go to the file and run the script with those arguments nothing happens. Anyone know how to fix this
>>55549063
If you own a computer for the purpose of managing the information processes of your life, you cannot have freedom in your computing without free software. Free software does not fix the pitfalls of capitalism because that's not its concern. Free software deals with the politics of software distribution and self-governance in computing.
>>55549205
I'm having a dejavu.
>>55549229
>>55549063
>tfw we will never live in a truly free and peaceful world
:^(
>>55549246
Freedom is not the natural state of humanity. The natural state of humanity is tribalism with leaders at the top. You need to be eternally vigilant in politics and activism to promote a society of freedom.
>>55549234
I never got an answer so I figured I'd repost it here.
>>55549205
No idea about i3block's volume faggotry, but if you need a simple command for changing volume:
amixer -qD pulse set Master 5%+
amixer -qD pulse set Master 5%-
>>55549309
>>55549205
You can also use pulse directly with some benefits like:
pactl set-sink-volume @DEFAULT_SINK@ -- 200%
>pulseaudio
Why does /g/ hate systemd and pulseaudio, eg: all the pottering stuff? Everyday I read fancy posts about cuckolding related to this topic.
Is it really just
>muh UNIX philosophy
autism, or are there really downsides I don't know about yet?
Educate me.
>>55549413
They Systemd system replaces all kinds of OS tools that were a lot simpler and self-contained. These small self-contained tools are the basis of Unix. People believe that systemd is so complex that nobody outside of the systemd team is capable of studying the code. This is why they hate systemd.
>>55549466
if systemd is so bad, why all major distros adopted it?
>>55549466
I see, what about pulseaudio?
>>55549466
is ip addr systemd?
I hate ip addr, looks like shit.
ifconfig for life.
>>55549675
When then hell are you even using this?
I just installed Debian.
>boot
>``switching to noveau from simple`` --system verbose
>crash
>nvidia doesn't work
>boot nomodeset
>`` As of jessie, the need for the proprietary drivers is pretty much over - nouveau now works quite well and works with dual-headed displays by simple and easy configuring from within your desktop`` -- Debian Wiki
yeah, right.
>no program center (``store``)
>after 2 years, gnome3 STILL sucks!
I shouldn`t have fallen for the meme. Which distro nowadays just werks? I used to use linux mint, a couple of years ago, but I wanted to try gnome (which I now regret). Is it using kde5? I want to try it too. How is ubuntu`s unity? Does fedora have a `store` like ubuntu`s center?
And what has become of wayland or mir? Are any of them in use?
>>55549704
lolwut
>>55549753
go buy a mac, you're the perfect victim
is it possible to have a 2nd monitor working on the fly? Using a laptop that i connect another monitor with at my desk
I want to install Debian with just a WM like dwm, i3, or Blackbox, tint3 (or another panel system), and whatever notification system. How would i go about doing that without fucking my shit up?
>>55549801
what os?
Yea its possible, can be a bitch sometimes.
>>55549803
have a internet connection and do a minimal netinstall
>>55549813
i usually use arch, i might just go back to Ubuntu again but unsure since all that canonical tin foil hat stuff
>>55549785
I`ve just built a hackintosh. It was easier to install than Debian and just werks!
>>55549753
I use proprietary drivers on Debian testing. Nouveau is a shitshow, but it's more of Nvidia being assholes. To further expand on that claim, Nvidia is giving out blobs for them to include on their driver for the newer cards, completely contradicting the point of nouveau. Speaking of this, which card are you running? Debian Jessie's kernel is far behind and doesn't have support for newer cards.
>>55549824
what video card is it, not that it matters.
I used two monitors on and off again, ancient nvidia card, and it was a pain in the fucking ass to get the proper resolution. literally had to make my xorg.conf myself. Then to top off my life, literally two days after getting it to work the hdmi port burned out so now Im stuck with fucking VGA. kill me now plz
>>55549861
intel hd 4000
damn that sucks. Is there a performance increase running linux over windows? everytime i use linux it feels slower then windows x_x
Debian "stable" or "testing" for my desktop pc ?
I'm looking for a solid distro for office work and some multimedia (music, emulated games, movies, etc).
I'm going to use KDE.
>>55549851
I am running a gtx750ti.
>>55549907
Maxwell my nigga, it's probably unsupported out of the box. Maybe testing's kernel has support for it.
>>55549903
>>55549753 here. May I suggest something else? I remember linux mint has a program center which might be much more suited for office work since you can easily install programs you want. Leave debian for servers.
>>55549903
I use testing on my desktop and it's been pretty great. Stable is stable, of course, but some outdated packages might be a burden for you in the future. Stable is best for home servers and shit.
>>55549903
unstable
Debian's release faggotry works like this:
stable = beard old packages and some security updates, nice for servers
testing = packag hangover, they dont break anything but are not secure enough to run them for 10 years without rebooting
unstable = archesque rolling release packages
>>55549934
Isn't Testing just delayed Sid? I thought they tested Sid packages for a brief period and then threw them to Testing.
>>55546338
If I block some webpages using host file and then start a WiFi hotspot, will the webpages be blocked in the connected devices?
>Please note that security updates for "testing" distribution are not yet managed by the security team. Hence, "testing" does not get security updates in a timely manner. You are encouraged to switch your sources.list entries from testing to jessie for the time being if you need security support. See also the entry in the Security Team's FAQ for the "testing" distribution.
Fug
>>55549961
basically like this, yes
>>55549895
>performance increase
depends on what youre doing.
I have a minimalist install of arch/cinnamon.
I use almost no ram. Before the de loads up I'm only using 94 MB of ram, not a typo. Idle on the desktop only used 400 something MB of ram.
Thinks like switching the monitors and resolution up for me (ancient hardware and legacy drivers) is a pain in the ass, clumsy at best. Im sure the new drivers for new hardware work great.
What are you doing, and what video drivers are you using thats slow?
>>55549978
Afaik these delays are pretty short.
Debians whole glory is stable, so they push all the good stuff fist to stable, when it's done, they do push the stuff to other releases. The delay is usually about +-2 days.
>>55550003
>Q: How is security handled for testing?
>A: Security for testing benefits from the security efforts of the entire project for unstable. However, there is a minimum two-day migration delay, and sometimes security fixes can be held up by transitions. The Security Team helps to move along those transitions holding back important security uploads, but this is not always possible and delays may occur. Especially in the months after a new stable release, when many new versions are uploaded to unstable, security fixes for testing may lag behind. If you want to have a secure (and stable) server you are strongly encouraged to stay with stable.
https://www.debian.org/security/faq#testing
>>55549063
imagine a world of free open source robots and machines that produce our foods. e.g. a tractor tilling a field automatically. then a self driving truck brings the stuff to the local supermarket, or even better: a drone ships it to your doorstep.
Imagine a free approach of this and then imagine a proprietary approach of this.
What would you want? Free food that costs very little or food that one big company sells you for a lot of money because of 'convenience' fake reasons?
Because when the robot stuff will be provided as free open source software, you can 3D print/cnc your own robots. companies will have a competitive environment of beating each others prices.
>panem et circenses, it's our choice to think or be thinked
>>55550045
So get unstable.
>>55549926
>>55549934
So should I go for another distro ? Arch, Mint ?
Btw I have a gtx 750ti like >>55549907 so I'm a bit scared now
>>55549988
Nothing much really, just youtube and some programming when im motivated enough.thinking about getting into other things like photoshop/blender for fun.
i use the intel drivers listed in the archwiki
>>55549926
>recommeding Mint
>>>/b/
srsly, what the hell
>>55549926
>Leave debian for servers.
Found the guy who got all his knowlege about tech from /g/ memes.
>>55550113
Debian or CentOS then. Fuck.
>>55550077
I'd go with ubuntu or mint.
All this testing talk is making me considering Sid, but Sid appears to breaks everything. Sid has been fine on the laptop for almost a year now, but I don't use it that often. Maybe I'll try it on the desktop.
>>55550097
It was all right two years ago when I used it. The one thing I didn't like was the small support period. I think you have to upgrade once a year or you can't download packages anymore. If that is troublesome, than ubuntu lts is the better choice.
>>55550126
Are you living under a stone by chance?
>>55550141
>let me just beat around the bush instead of pointing out what is wrong with your reasoning
I see your point. You are absolutely right.
Debian Testing for your desktop computer where you keep the serious shit
Debian Sid for your laptop where you keep backups and work normally
God wills it
>>55550046
>>implying it will be free
>>Because when the robot stuff will be provided as free open source software, you can 3D print/cnc your own robots.
you won't be able to print everything and if you could said technology would be locked down. Right now most 2d printers capable of printing currency, won't. They have integrated hardware that lets them recognize currency and prevents it from printing.
Computer chips among other things, cannot be 3d printed. Barring molecular nanotechnology, this will remain the case for the foreseeable future.
Second free and open source robots do not necessarily bring about cheaper food/ food that isn't sold by one big company. Big companies also use open source software. Robots do not necessarily make things cheaper.
>>55550139
>Sid appears to breaks everything
>Sid has been fine on the laptop for almost a year now
Sounds like it's okay.
>>55550177
>tfw sid on both and updating laptopbefore to see if it fucks me up
>no issues so far
>>55550140
Well I guess for a newcomers Mint's problems don't matter much, since it just works, but under the hood there's the horror.
Let's take a look at Mint, what is it? A showcase for cinnamon, nothing more. You can install Cinnamon on every other distro, so, what's the big killer feature that makes all people wanting Mint?
I don't get it. The webdevs are so incompetent that they made it easy to compromise the site with backdoored iso's and the distro devs are so incompetent that they need to block updates so the distro doesn't fall apart.
Using Mint means for the user, he needs to decide between a broken or a insecure system,
>>55549526
https://anarc.at/blog/2013-02-04-why-i-dont-pulseaudio/
>>55549510
Systemd gets adopted because it solves all kinds of issues that the distro people have to solve themselves. Init scripts and daemon managment was a pain for these people before systemd came along.
>>55549125
>A parrot once had sex with me. I did not recognize the act as sex until it was explained to me afterward, but being stroked on the hand by his soft belly feathers was so pleasurable that I yearn for another chance. I have a photo of that act
One of mine.
>>55550249
Noted. I used it because I used to own a computer with a network interface so hard to make it work because of proprietary drivers but mint worked it out of the box. Also flash, which is dying now, but used to be really annoying back then.
>>55546338
Does anyone know if AMDGPU-PRO driver will work with R4 Kaveri graphics? I don't wan to fuck my installation trying to find out if it does or not.
>>55550281
>It is unfortunate that he still has nonfree software in his computer. He needs
to defenestrate it (which means, either throw Windows out of the computer or
throw the computer out of the window).
>-- Richard Matthew Stallman, On hearing someone owns a GNU+Linux/Windows dual boot machine
>>55550281
>I am skeptical of the claim that voluntarily pedophilia harms children. The arguments that it causes harm seem to be based on cases which aren't voluntary, which are then stretched by parents who are horrified by the idea that their little baby is maturing.
so a walking rapist basically
>>55550324
anon delivers
>>55550324
He does love cheesy puns.
>>55550177
Is this how Debian users really think? If so lol.
>>55550376
Enlighten me, o wise one
>>55550311
If you care, here's a statement and how to control your updates https://community.linuxmint.com/software/view/mintupdate
>>55550329
In the same way that anyone who questions marijuana prohibition must be a stoner, right?
>>55550395
Sorry, correct link: http://segfault.linuxmint.com/2013/11/answering-controversy-stability-vs-security-is-something-you-configure/
Another question about i3
After I swapped to i3 it gets the setup of my monitors backwards, I can easily fix it via xrandr --output VGA-0 --right-of HDMI-0, my question is can I just swap that into my i3 config file somewhere and not have to do it by hand everytime I log in?
>>55550545
Put that xrandr command in your .xinitrc
Is there anything wrong with using a laptop as mainly an SSH Client but also an SSH server just in case I need to yank something out of it from my server?
>>55550570
As long as it is done properly I see no major issues with it.
>>55550570
Yes, you need to learn to be a better consumer and buy a second laptop for that.
I need a distro for a 10y old laptop, what do you guys recommend?
>>55550702
Debian with LXDE
Lubuntu
Puppy Linux
Possibly dumb question, but here goes:
I just set up a local SSH. I can access it via local IP address, but when I try accessing it through its public IP while in the same network, it fails (just stalls), despite me having set up both computers with different ports if they were to be the server
Is this to be expected?
Just wanted to test out the public IP way before having to do it away from home, to make sure it works
Hey /g/. I have a dilemma. Currently sharing a folder over the network from my Windows machine. I can connect to it from any other machines on the network both Linux and Windows. For some reason though, after my server has like 2 months worth of uptime (windows 7 based server), My linux machine gives the error "failed to retrieve share list from server". This happens when trying to manually connect, when viewing the "network" section of nautilus. The only way I can fix this is to reboot the Windows server.
This problem happens ONLY when trying to connect from my Linux clients. My Windows clients and even my Chromebook users can see it no problem. While the reboot takes literally 20 seconds off the server's SSD, this is an annoyance to me. Gonna find the Linux thread and post there too because this problem is truly vexing.
I also have this in the /sqt/. Figured the question can belong in either thread.
Any good reasons why people here change to linux?
I test Xubuntu on virtualbox and like how simple it is, but what are the benefits of switching to linux from Windows?
>>55549934
I like the release phases. Each one has unique trade-offs, as you pointed out.
Personally I'm running Debian Stable, and simply using backports (https://backports.debian.org/) when I need newer or missing packages.
>>55550869
You have full control over your machine, instead of a corporation deciding things for you.
When using Windows, you're placing all your trust, info, and privacy in Microsoft's hands. Are you sure you want to do that?
As an added bonus, security is much easier to handle in Linux. You won't get malicious code executing by accident ever. You'd have to explicitly install it as root. Translation: you get to say goodbye to viruses, basically
#!/bin/bash
echo "Kill X?"
select yn in "Yes" "No"; do
case $yn in
Yes ) killall conky; pcmanfm --desktop-off; lxpanelctl exit; sleep 1s && openbox --exit; break;;
No ) exit;;
esac
done#!/bin/bash
OPT="quit cancel"
echo Quit or Cancel?
select opt in "OPT"; do
if [ "$opt" = "quit" ]; then
echo Quit...
killall conky; pcmanfm --desktop-off; lxpanelctl exit; sleep 1s && openbox --exit;
elif [ "$opt" = "cancel" ]; then
echo Cancel
else
clear
echo Something happened.
fi
done
halp
>>55550924
But is there more than that?
I read sometimes that there are problems with drivers. Is that true?
And could I have both, Windows and linux, or is it better to just have linux as the only OS?
>>55551022
Yeah, problems with drivers, while uncommon, can happen.
You can have both installed without issues as long as you have enough space.
>>55551022
Well, yes, it is better to just have a Linux distro as your OS. But you can dualboot if you wish.
Problems with drivers tend to be rare.
>>55551046
ok thanks
>>55551022
>is there more than that?
You're gonna have to be more specific. What do you want to know about. We couldn't possibly guess why you like/dislike Windows and why you'd be interested in switching.
If I execute a GPU passthrough, will I have to make my GPU permanent to my guest VM or is it easy to switch it back to my host OS?
I'd be fine if this was the case, as having my integrated graphics running on the host OS while I do stuff on the guest VM doesn't seem like a bad deal, while being forever confined to it does seem like a bad deal
>>55549903
I've got Testing and KDE on my computer and my notifications still haven't come back.
>>55551113
Windows "just works" and runs most normie programs, but I like that linux is customizable so that I could change it to how I want it through the years.
And I found it weird what updates Microsoft forces to people in the background.
>>55550935#!/bin/bash
echo Kill X?
select yn in "Yes" "No"; do
case $yn in
Yes )
killall conky; pcmanfm --desktop-off; lxpanelctl exit; sleep 1s && openbox --exit;;
No )
break
;;
esac
done
is this good? syntax wise
I'm installing Debian on an X1 Carbon (no Ethernet port) and I need some help (Google hasn't provided an answer). It requires the non-free iwlwifi firmware, and I have the individual ucode as well as the dev files loaded onto a USB drive, but the installer doesn't detect it.
I select Yes when it prompts me to load missing firmware from removable media, and it doesn't continue on.
>>55546608
>Is Arch KDE the best KDE right now?
it's the newest but the best would be a STABLE version
>>55551363
it is a stable version anon
unless you are on testing
however maybe neon is best kde
Is it reasonable to say there exists no modern laptop with
1) unlocked BIOS
2) easily replaceable components (at very least, RAM, hard drive)
3) no other hardware restrictions
4) no hardware binary blobs/proprietary microcode
5) nice-to-haves like UEFI, 5ghz network chip with open drivers, etc.
I don't need the most power. Something similar to Core2Duo and 4 gigs of ram, integrated graphics is fine.
Is the only Free alternative a desktop computer? What does RMS use?
>>55550702
Whatever you're comfortable with, get the variant that doesn't come up with a DE/WM or anything. For a specific rec try Arch, although it doesn't really matter, unless you do install something like Debian and the computer is still slow.
>>55551435
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGuIGLz01hE
Is there any reason why a non-freetard would actually want Debian instead of Ubuntu? (Say, Ubuntu minimal, ignoring Unity crap.)
Also, is this still true?:
>In Debian, users do administrative wprl by logging directly into the root account, then -- ideally -- logging out again as quickly as possible to reduce the period of vulnerability. Ubuntu, though, obscures the root password, instead using sudo, and allowing at least one user to enter their own password to issue administrative commands.
>>55552037
nvm about the second question, it seems sudo is installed on Debian if you don't specify a root password.
>>55552128
Yes, Ubuntu does a ton of shady stuff even if you don't care about freedom. It literally sent all your desktop searches to Amazon, only disabled in 16.06. Canonical has a history of doing stuff like this.
Other reasons why you might care is if you don't like Unity or all the extra stuff Ubuntu has pre-packaged. This causes a lot of bloat which can make your computer slower.
Personally, I'm not a big fan of either. The aptitude/dpkg unholy amalgamation package management is truly atrocious.
>>55552177
>Other reasons why you might care is if you don't like Unity or all the extra stuff Ubuntu has pre-packaged.
Yes, no way am I going to install that. I was more looking for a comparison of Debian with Ubuntu minimal.
>>55552264
Well, then what's the point of getting Ubuntu? What are you looking for in a Linux distro?
>>55552286
That's why I was asking. Supposedly Ubuntu has more packages available.
I will probably install Arch next as my main distro desu, it's minimal and comfy.
what's a good software to make my own meme bitmap fonts?
I want to make a tiny font for my tint2 panel.
>>55552345
I don't think that's true, at least not significantly. They both share the same system architecture, package manager, almost everything. If at all some Ubuntu package doesn't work out of the box for Debian, I'm sure a quick Google search will show how to fix it.
That being said, I do recommend Arch. Its minimalness is good, but what I really like about it is that it seems to generally be a cleaner experience (pacman, journalctl, installing your own packages makes it so you know exactly what's on your machine and you can replicate builds). For internet, I recommend NetworkManager over netctl.
>>55551282
Download this and put it on a usb drive
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/non-free/f/firmware-nonfree/firmware-iwlwifi_0.43_all.deb
have it inserted during install
>>55552386
Terminus or Termsyn not good enough?
>>55546338
>Dual boot the GNU/Linux distribution of your choice along with Windows or macOS
If you're dual booting it means you need the other OS, just stick with the one you need.
>Go balls deep and replace everything with GNU/Linux.
You are posting on 4chan which is not free software.
>Your friendly neighborhood search engine (searx, ixquick, startpage, whatever.)
You connect to the nonfree google when you visit 4chan.
>>55552407
I want the say I did that I did it myself so my mom will be proud of me.
I bought a used T420 that came with a HDD. I doubt they ran DBAN on it and just reformatted it. Before I start writing anything to it I want to see if there is anything interesting I can recover from it. Are there any tools in loonux that can help me do this?
>>55550796
>windows server
>2 months
And that works?
>>55552438
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/file_recovery
But nothing good can come of this.
>>55550796
>This problem happens ONLY when trying to connect from my Linux clients.
stop falling for a stupid meme that doesn't make sense and just use windows.
What's the best way to kill horizontal screen tearing if I'm running off Skylake integrated graphics?
>>55551022
Decent Tiling WMs, good font rendering, better hidpi support, fast, runs on everything, good defaults, easy to replace most components (this is also called portable and part of the UNIX philosophy) and a bunch more stuff. Basically it is more fun to use.
>>55551282
Do what the other guy said or use the unofficial nonfree iso.
>>55551401
Rolling and stable are fundamentally different anon.
>>55552500
Enable tearfree. Searx for intel igpu vsync tearfree xorg
>>55546338
Where do I download drivers for Linux?
My motherboard manufacturer's site does not have it.
>>55552548
Hardware companies generally don't make drivers for Linux since it's a very very small part of the market, your hardware will run better on windows.
>>55552548
Kernel.org
Linux is a monolithic kernel.
All drivers available will be either in the kernel or in your distros repository as a kernel module. Usually there is no need to manually install any driver. You can do it with your package manager.
>>55552424
(you)
Has Mir stopped being really shit on Ubuntu 16.04?
I tried it around the time when 16.04 came out thinking it would be stable but it was terribru
Shit was just unfinished and broken
>>55546338
My eyes are bleeding because of Ubuntu's font rendering. It was much better on Windows tbhfam.
CentOS rc.sysinit was deleted
Is rc.sysinit a generic script that can just be copied from another OS install or is this OS fucked?
>>55552839
that's because it is unfinished
![funny+angry+face+(1)[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/FVzmUO0.jpg "funny+angry+face+(1)[1].jpg")
>Haven't used linux in a while.
>Come back to find crunchbang is dead
What's the new crunchbang distro?
Something that just works out of the box, and does not treat you like a retard.
Like how debian does not give the default user account SU privileges. I just want to install linux, and use linux, not make a bunch of changes to various text files scattered all over the place.
>>55552839
It's canonical. You'll never have a stable product. Use another distribution, some day they'll switch to wayland.
>>55552861
Bunsen Labs is the continuation of it.
>>55552864
I want them to switch to Wayland. I wish my laptop with Nvidia had new enough drivers to use Wayland though. Looks like I'll need to stick to my shit Intel GPU on my other laptop to use Wayland.
>>55552861
just use debian and learn to use a saved config
>>55552805
get a vps running windows.
>>55552954
>Bunsen Labs
How is it?
>>55552960
>just use debian and learn to use a saved config
if I wanted an OS that built under the assumption that the user does not know how to use a computer, I would be using windows.
I am looking for a simple program to read log files.
I am testing for a security project and I managed to send diferent logs (IPtables, Snort, etc) to a central server. but reading manually all the logs is not convenient. Are there any simple program to read syslog files in real time and filter them with ease, maybe some gui that allow me to change the color of the entry depending of a regex expresion or something like that.
>>55552841
Lrntfreetype2
>>55552861
If you select a root password in debian during install you will have a root account. If you don't it configures sudo for you.
>>55553003
>How is it?
Not very good. I tried it way back when it was in RC stage so they may have improved it by now.
I want to use i3 on my thinkpad, but I don't want to lose the functionality of gnome (mainly mediakeys/volume/brightness). So the obvious solution is to run i3 in gnome.
https://faq.i3wm.org/question/279/how-do-you-use-i3-comfortably/?answer=342#post-id-342 This seems to answer my question, but it doesnt work. (The exec /usr/libexec/gnome-settings-daemon in .i3/config)
Can anyone help me?
>>55553545
did you ad a & after the exec command? because i think you need to fork the process.
>>55552177
sudo makes actually pretty much more sense than setting up a root password, especially when your system has more than one user/groups. Instead of allowing everyone with the root password operating in god more, you can set up different privilegues for different users individually.
>>55553627
I tried it, but it didn't work
>>55553738
s/more/mode/3
>>55549965
Probably not
>>55550570
Nothing wrong with it
>>55550789
Did you forward your port?
>>55550869
Basic Privacy, Security, Updates taking less than 4 hours, no remote shutdown, looks nice, running without shutting down or BSoDs, no NTFS file rot etc
I got a server running debian. I use it to host a mumble server and store a few files that I can download wherever I am.
Now I would like to put all my music on it and be able to stream it on my phone. Is there a way to do that ?
>>55554297
dlna
https://www.asus.com/ph/Notebooks/X453SA/specifications/
Would this laptop work well with linux?
>>55550343
>which means, either throw Windows out of the computer or throw the computer out the window
kek.
What is his stance on running it on a virtual machine? I don't trust Microsoft running on my bare metal, but it can stay at the corner of my drive doing only gaming.
Hey, is this where I would ask stupid Linux questions?
I bought a chromebook after seeing all of the youtube videos of people switching it from chromeOS to a Linux based OS. I've followed different ones ( I have no idea what ARM is or how it makes things different) and they have all failed me. Was there an update that makes this action un-doable (God, that sounds so fucking stupid, even to me)
If anyone could just tell me how I'm a dumb faggot and point me in the right direction, that'd be swell.
>>55552537
>implying packages from the dinosaurs age
>desktop
>>55546637
apt seems to be better for daily use
Depends on what you're looking for. i3 if you want tiling and openbox if you want stacking
What're you using it for? That's pretty significant when choosing distros.
>>55554619
you can ask him at [email protected] (takes about a day) but i think he will just tell you that it is still nonfree and should be avoided.
Why are carriers allowed to only release a small basic set of kernel code, and hide the rest of it?
IE samsung releasing small portions of its code, to meet the ABSOLUTE minimum needed to not break GPL code?
Why is this not a bigger deal?
Surely this breaks GPL
>>55554647
who are you quoting?
>>55554756
>>Why is this not a bigger deal?
>Surely this breaks GPL
they do break the gpl, but the linux maintainers choose to ignore it for their own good. if they enforced it they would loose literally billions of android users while pleasing probably most GNU/Linux users.
Why can't I take screenshots that don't look retarded?
any distro for high eng pc besides buntu and mint (because of easy nvidia driver install for n00b)? which distro supports gtx980 the best ? i did try debian (stable) but after nvidia drivers installed never booted up again...and was not able to fix it (as i mentioned n00b, learned and grew up on win) what did i do wrong?
>>55554879
fedora
>>55554879
any distro but you need a recent kernel on all of them. i would recommend installing debian without GUI and then upgrading to testing or sid before installing a DE.
>>55554909
>has to enable testing repo to get BASIC functionaly.
You're almost as bad as arch users
How to protect hidden volume at / from overwriting?
Root user ignores quotas so its not an option.
>>55554953
>hidden
How and from who?
>running fedora 24
>"System updates availiable. Restart and install updates?"
>confirm
>boots up
>"Installing updates"
>goes to a black screen with blinking cursor
>been like that for atleast half an hour now
what do I do now? should I just force restart? it doesn't seem like anything is happening
>>55554992 I have a standard encrypted lvm/luks/ext4 volume created by ubuntu installer. On top of it i created another luks volume displaced it by 8Gb from the beginning of the volume and with external header.
>cryptsetup --header /xxx.iso --align-payload 16777216 luksFormat /dev/sdxx
So i need a way to forbid any write operations to disk blocks above 16777216 even for a root user.
>>55555151
open a new tty and log in as root and check Xorg.0.log, something is fucky with xorg
>>55554934
>has bleeding edge hardware
>expects to run his stuff on a kernel that is older than his GPU
you are quite ignorant, he could also compile a recent kernel on stable but new users have difficulties with that usually
>>55555218
And when you need new software to run said hardware?
Oh wait you're distro is LTS unless you enable testing repo's but you're still years behind
When your software needs a new version of libc, you're going to have a huge problem on your hand :^)
>>55555188
I can't switch to another tty, I can't seem to do anything
>>55555241
debian testing is 2 weeks behind debian sid in most packages. debian sid is about as bleeding edge as arch, sometimes even newer.
users of stable expect their stuff to be tested throughout by a lot of people and a certain amount of time, if you need such new software you either compile it and the dependencies or switch to a release with a different update cycle.
>>55555269
>kernel status
>>55548026
http://negativo17.org/spotify-client/
What's the best frontend for mpv?
>>55555503
mpv
>>55555513
fuck you faggot piece of shit
Fuck linux
>>55555522
why so rude? wget is enough gui already, what do you need?
Linux is for cocksuckers
Linux is for autists
>>55555528
I'd fuck Linux if I could.
>>55555556
>off by one
>>55555556
Haha.
>>55555556
Get cucked.
Distro for newbie in Linux. What to install?
Fedora 24. How to install lua5.1?
>>55555151
>mom, cancel my meeting. dnf fucked my xorg
>>55555556
At least you tried, dumb hindu nuffin
>>55555837
Xubuntu 16.04
Is there a way to customize the theme/alter icons so the excess space in icon is filled?
>>55556035
Xubuntu 16.04 fyi
>>55556035
Open up the theme/icon folder and change the graphics to how you want them to look like
>>55556053
I tried that but they mainly just change Libre or the toolbar icon at the top
>>55556064
Are you sure you're changing the right ones?
They should be titled to reflect what they will do.
Is there a way to send youtube videos to mpv without copying and pasting each time?
Some file association, maybe using xdg?
Or someone interface a keybind when pressed takes the current url and sends it to mpv.
Is this possible?
How is Xubuntu 16.04 anyways? Is it relatively stable/bugfree yet?
is there a command that restarts a process?
>>55556645
For what purpose? Usually it's enough to make programs reloading themselves by sending them signals. pkill -HUP <program>
>>55556718
oh I didn't know pkill had that flag, thx
>>55556801
You could also write a small script like this:
jesus() { pkill "$1" && "$1" & disown; }
How can I get a shell script to run as root without having to put in a password, like passwd does?
I'd rather not use sudo, if possible.
>>55555556
Triggered
>>55555555
>>55557081
>how do i use root without using root
This problem just turned up on my Xubuntu 14 machine today, and i have no idea why.
For some reason, suddenly my .cache folder gets filled up to the brink. More especially the upstart folder within the .cache folder.
Then the process init --user start eating up 100% cpu and leaking memory like crazy (pic related).
Does anyone know what the fuck this is and why it happened just today?
>>55557081
You could add it to sudoers, but it is a bad idea
Ok, I expect a lot of heat here for this post, but some really basic shit as i've been out of the loop for nearly 18 years.
1: Looking to go back to open source to teach my son basic shit about commands as windows is shite.
2: He asked about hacking (fucking mr.robot). Which tools can I use to teach him basic hacky shit without doing jail time? I dont want him hacking anything, just learning to do so.
3. Currently installed gnome, given sons interest in hacking hsould i Switch to a different option?
Sorry for the basic shit, but due to having a family PC I've been on windows for almost 2 decades and I'm having to re-learn fucking everything.
>>55557215
>my .cache folder gets filled up to the brink
With to the brink i mean it fills up the entire C drive.
/g/, where would you put Debian in bloatness, Arch being 0 and ubuntu being 10 ?
Best browser for Debian?
Best floating WM?
Best Panel?
Any way to make kdesudo remember my password/ get kde to use gksudo?
