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wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xmodmap
wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Keyboard_configuration_in_Xorg#Using_localectl
ergoemacs.org/emacs/swap_CapsLock_Ctrl.html
wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/Alsamixer
wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture
ubuntu.com/info/testing
thume.ca/projects/2012/11/14/magic-png-files/
debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-choosing.en.html
wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=System_maintenance#Partial_upgrades_are_unsupported
steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/0/882966056522497778/?ctp=2
aur.archlinux.org/packages/firefox-kde-opensuse/
aur.archlinux.org/packages/gtk2-patched-filechooser-icon-view/
launchpad.net/~plasmazilla/ archive/ubuntu/releases
launchpad.net/~helkaluin/ archive/ubuntu/gtk2-filechooser-iconview
linuxfromscratch.org/
github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4321
debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/
gobolinux.org/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crysis_3
p.teknik.io/2DpAZ
appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?bShowAll=true&bIsQueue=false&bIsRejected=false&sClass=version&sTitle=&sReturnTo=&iId=9314
twitter.com/NSFWRedditVideo

first for gentoo

QUestion from last thread: what's the difference between xorg.conf and xorg.conf.d?

I'm told to edit one sometimes or to edit the other. When I was messing with my touchpad configs one guide told me to sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf (which I did, and it worked) but another guide is telling me to add .d

I am looking for an ffmpeg command template I can follow so I can convert videos to webm. Want to be able to change file size, duration etc... I need to post my porns on /gif/. I am sure one of you have what I am looking for.

xorg.conf is the old way of doing X configuration. The file itself can get huge and messy so distributions broke it up and put it in a directory (xorg.conf.d) that holds many files each specific to a task. The numbers in the front of the filenames give the order of execution.

How can I get audio working?

aplay -l
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: pcsp [pcsp], device 0: pcspeaker [pcsp]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD1981 Analog [AD1981 Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 1: Intel [HDA Intel], device 1: AD1981 Digital [AD1981 Digital]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

who da gurl

.d is a directory where you put stuff in that xorg loads. It's the same like putting it into xorg.conf, but better organized.

Thx user

If I make a few changes to my kernel, disabling services I don't want, patches will still work, right?

Who else?

Trying to edit my synaptics configs for ubuntu.

I have double tap to drag (where I told the second tap and move my finger around). I want to change it to 3 finger drag where all 3 fingers tap and hold.

How do I change the config?

sudo apt-get install pulseaudio
pulseaudio -d

Reposting from last thread:

Im trying to install nvidia drivers on fedora 24 and following this guide:
if-not-true-then-false.com/2015/fedora-nvidia-guide/

But when I reboot after blacklisting nouveau my computer boots into a black screen and nothing happens. Its a fresh install and I didn't stray from the guide, why would it be doing this?

Red Star OS rings a bell?

Those are just different directories from where X sources the config files. Do not use the /usr/ directory, because that's where your package manager puts files. Use /etc/X11/, because that's neater. The files in /usr (if you edit them) might even get overwritten on the next update.

I tried to SSH into my windows 10 computer from my another Linux computer
i tried
ssh [email protected]

and then it showed this message
****USAGE WARNING****

This is a private computer system. This computer system, including all
related equipment, networks, and network devices (specifically including
Internet access) are provided only for authorized use. This computer system
may be monitored for all lawful purposes, including to ensure that its use
is authorized, for management of the system, to facilitate protection against
unauthorized access, and to verify security procedures, survivability, and
operational security. Monitoring includes active attacks by authorized entities
to test or verify the security of this system. During monitoring, information
may be examined, recorded, copied and used for authorized purposes. All
information, including personal information, placed or sent over this system
may be monitored.

Use of this computer system, authorized or unauthorized, constitutes consent
to monitoring of this system. Unauthorized use may subject you to criminal
prosecution. Evidence of unauthorized use collected during monitoring may be
used for administrative, criminal, or other adverse action. Use of this system
constitutes consent to monitoring for these purposes.

Connection closed by 192.168.1.71


what do? how can i ssh from my Linux computer to a windows 10 computer?

Go into a tty and check to see if the nvidia driver is claiming your card. (I want to say it's lspci -v. Find the card, and if it isn't being claimed by a nvidia driver (IE just empty) you will have an idea of where to look.

In my personal experience however, (Arch) you shouldn't need to blacklist nouveau - the nvidia drver gets claimed automatically. I don't know if I have the nouveu driver when I start though, I feel like I just start with the nvidia driver.

All this might be rampling though, so just start with looking at lspci -v

>SSH into my windows 10 computer
You don't ssh into windows computers

Amanda Love

what do you mean?

can you explain, user?

Thanks for the suggestion.
There was a problem with my ~/.asoundrc file, but audio is working now.

use rdesktop

Windows doesn't use SSH for remote management, it uses Powershell.

run with verbose or debug on and post output

what's the easiest way to transfer and copy files between linux and windows 10?

WinSCP

Filezilla

i'll check this

i'll came back later

thanks everyone

The way I understand it is that the nvidia driver won't install unless the nouveau kernel is gone. So removing it and blacklisting it and rebooting into a tty to install the nvidia driver is the only way to run it without it complaining.

I don't really know why that doesn't work as it works fine in Debian

You're welcome.

I JUST GOT FIRED FROM MY FUCKOING JOB YOU ASSHOLE FUCK YOU OP YOU PICE OF SHIT

>browsing Cred Forums at work with images enabled

LOL

>Running KDE Neon (Latest download from the site)
>Things work fine
>Suspend laptop
>Turn back on - wi-fi no longer works whatsoever

It doesn't happen every time I suspend and wake up the laptop, but it will eventually happen after a few times doing this. I recall having a similar problem with the Ubuntu 16.04 derivatives; does 16.04.1 fix this? Or is this just a problem with my laptop and not Ubuntu?

There is nothing wrong with a dressed girl fixing her hair. Tell your boss that he's a sexist.

I just did my first install of slackware. It's slackware 14.2. I am trying to connect it to the internet via a wired Ethernet connection. The port on the computer lights on when I plug it in but when I try to add the connection to the connection manager the connection won't save. I trying to do this on a Thinkpad W530, slackware is installed on a samsung SSD. There is a 16gb swap partition as well as 16gb of ram and I have the wireless disabled via the switch on the side of thee computer but I have tried with it enabled and it still wouldn't save the connection in the connection manager. I did a full install from the 14.2 iso with ALL of the default packages.

Does anyone have any idea what I could be doing wrong?

at least your laptop wakes from suspend

mine doesn't

>he's
>assuming the boss is a male
Sounds like you're the sexist.

ffmpeg -i poor-little-white-guy.mp4 -c:v libvpx -b:v 1M -c:a libvorbis poor-little-white-guy.webm

Isn't this a windows problem?

Logs? Results of ifconfig, iwconfig, iwlist?

>poor-little-white-guy.mp4

repost from last thread.
I still can't swap my caps and ctrl keys in ubuntu nor Gnome on another computer. What is the easiest way? I've tried a custom xorg (pic related) but it's not working.

>swapping keys
stop breaking standards, punk

Anyone? I'm sure it's a simple fix.

Use gnome-tweak-tool in GNOME you retarded fuck.

Also look in ubuntus "settings" or whatever.

wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xmodmap

>swap my caps and ctrl keys
You're fucking sick.

>slackware
>simple fix

kek

Install Ubuntu

>all this backlash
What? Isn't it pretty common to do?

I know why you made this post.
>HEY GUYS LOOK AT ME, I DON'T GIVE A _FUCK_ ABOUT SOCIAL NORMS OR ESTABLISHED STANDARDS I'M A FUCKING REBEL

You know what? Yeah, it's fucking bothering me. I hope you burn in fucking hell.

That's not a valid keyboard configuration file. I think you need additional settings.

wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Keyboard_configuration_in_Xorg#Using_localectl

>using qwerty
>not remapping your keys so you have
>0123456789
>abcdefghig
>klmnopqr
>stuvwyyz

Are there any good distros/DEs for use with a touchscreen? Thinking about getting a used surface pro but don't want to keep wangblows. Debian based is preferred, for familiarity.

Pic unrelated

WindowMaker works pretty well with touchscreens

Is there an easy way to emulate android apps on linux?

I don't like Ubuntu that much. I've used it before. I think I'm just going to try doing a clean reinstall and see if that fixes it.

I'm installing gentoo for fun. How do I figure out which USE flags to use? Should I just stick with the defaults and figure out what I need later on?

>swap my caps and ctrl
Okay, so you've got a hot wife, you make $100+k/yr, and your children are beautiful. You don't need to brag about it here. Youre a rebel by nature and you make us all look foolish with our standards.

But you will never, NEVER, be able to match my knowledge of anime. Put that in your pipe and smoke it while your hot wife gives you a back rub.

absolutely no help. use an editor and you'll see why ctrl on SUN computers is where it is. You shitty PC losers.

Ignored with GDM so you'd have to manually set it every reboot.

It is. all settings are technically optional as evdev finds any missing settings.

No option for swapping, satan. Neither does Ubuntu settings.

At this point, it's easier to use the defaults and just decide which ones you won't use. For example:
-kde -gnome -cups etc depending on what you will use and won't.

just set up a cron job

Would it be a stupid choice to start with very few flags (override the defaults) and add flags as things break?

Things won't break. You'll just get a message from Portage that you need to add some flags. You'll be fine doing exactly this.

Cool, thanks. I figure looking up a few flags at a time will make it easier to learn things as opposed to trying to parse an entire list

What does the NS N U mean in Portage?

i think using xmodmap would be easier.

try putting this in your .xmodmaprc

clear Control
clear Lock
keycode = Control_L
add Control = Control_L
keycode = Caps_Lock
add Lock = Caps_Lock


use xev to find the keycodes for the control and caps lock keys. then run xmodmap on .xmodmaprc. I am unsure if you can undo the changes this will cause without restarting X.

>look at me i'm a spineless cuck that feeds on shit because everyone else does and I am mad that someone else chooses not to have any of none of it
How old are you? Why is this the first time you've been exposed to the idea of swapping ctrl and caps lock? It's literally a meme, falling for it is the opposite of being a rebel.

Just got an SSD, dunno what to put on it, any recommendations? It's a fairly might pc, and it'll fly on an SSD no matter what.

ergoemacs.org/emacs/swap_CapsLock_Ctrl.html
>Swapping the Caps Lock key with the Ctrl key is a good workaround for a laptop keyboard, but on a full keyboard, there are many alternatives that are better.

kys

>no matter what
Then it literally does not matter.

What is the /fglt/ approved best distro and what's the worst?

It's not a meme if you've been using it all your life.

I found a 3 minute video and I tried to convert it to webm but the file size is staying roughly the same.
Isnt webm supose to be smaller?

Best:
1. Gentoo
2. Arch

Worst:
1. Debian/Ubuntu

I was just reading that page to confirm I wasn't being making up the bit about it being a meme. Did YOU even read what he says though?
>good workaround for a laptop keyboard
the user wanted to swap his ctrl and caps lock keys on his laptop.

best: debian
worst: mint, arch

not sure how that answers my question

ffmpeg -i poor-little-white-guy.mp4 -c:v libvpx -b:v 64k -c:a libvorbis poor-little-white-guy.webm

sorry wrong post. was meant for

Best:
Debian

Worst:
Ubuntu on Windows 10

>best: debian
There is literally no difference between Debian and Ubuntu besides unity. Using Ubuntu MATE and Debian with classic GNOME is exactly the same. The only purpose Debian serves in the year 2016 is that it provides elitists with no real skills to say that they don't use Ubuntu.

>worst: mint, arch
How so? Arch easily provides one of the best user experiences Linux has to offer.

Best: The one I'm using
Worst: The ones I'm not using

man -P 'manpager -p ^OUTPUT' emerge

NSUDR (and whatever else) just tell you what's at the bottom.
NS = new in slot
N = new
U = upgrade
R = reinstall
D = downgrade

>new in slot
I meant "in new slot"

Thanks, lads. I guess I missed that part in the man page.

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.

>image deleted
Fucking faggot prude mod/janny doesn't even like/love/appreciate a nice pair of tits.

>arch
>user experiences
like what, watching the root cursor blinking?

Holy fucking autism

Why is Debian website so autistic?

No, he meant Linux.

Why is Arch website so autisic?

I'm not memeposting or anything, but why is it, in Arch, that some people have problems with pacman deleting user configs? What could I do to avoid that problem?

>I only know memes xD!
Enjoy your ancient packages and not being able to name a single difference between Ubuntu and Debian besides "muh stability"

Debian has more versions than just the stable one. Is this your fist day on /fglt/?

Found the answer. You add xorg.conf Xkeyboard Options to a file in /etc/default/keyboard. see pic. At least it works in debian based distros.

>autistic
I'm gonna assume you mean thorough. For instance compare these two:
wiki.ubuntu.com/Audio/Alsamixer

and

wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture

Which one of these is more helpful?

>some people have problems with pacman deleting user configs?
I've never heard of this or had this happen. You'd need to find a specific case.

muh freedoms

Thats the answer I needed, thanks.
original -32 mb
first line - 23mb
this line - 8 mb
Im changing 64k to 32k and seeing what the output is.

What a coincidence, so does Ubuntu: ubuntu.com/info/testing

Care to try again?

its still 8mb.. FUCK

one more time

>ubanto testing

many people are using Ubuntu, no need for shaming

Reduce the resolution.

scale=100:-1

...

ffmpeg -i poor-little-white-guy.mp4 -c:v libvpx -b:v 32k -s 320x240 -c:a libvorbis poor-little-white-guy.webm

Doing a clean reintsall fixed it. Now, does anyone know how to make the middle trackpoint button turn the trackpoint into a scroll wheel while held down?

whooo, 2.6 mb! Thanks
Is the scale=100:-1 and -s whatever the same thing or are these different options?

>No option for swapping, satan.
Are you blind?

scale sets the correct aspect ration automatically, while -s requires you to manually enter it.

I just tried it again with the scale option. It errors out and says it cant find a suitable something

Just use -s then. As long as you do basic math, it's fundamentally the same.

ok, so set set the resolution to 4x1192 and convert my whole library? got it!
Joking, people here would do that though..
Thanks. This is good info. Im new to video file stuff and ffmpeg looked like a clusterfuck at first.

I don't prefer using the graphical update manager in Manjaro. Is there any way I can check updates and choose which updates to install just like the update manager? Rather than shoving all updates down the operating system's throat

I forgot to specify that I want to do this via the cli

There's a way to change icon size on Plasma 5 task bar? They are so fucking tiny, look at that

anyone uses empathy here? im trying to shitpost on irc with it, but it does not open windows to the channels i join. any clues?

pls i know there are alternatives but having a single messaging program that runs all protocols i care about is nice.

I was just typing "echo" in my terminal, watching the screen as I typed. I missed the e and hit 4. Before i could stop, I had typed Cred Forums.

Cant get debian 8.5 or 8.6 to boot after initial install. It hangs at "Loading, please wait." immediately after grub.
I've tried UEFI install from flash and DVD.
Motherboard has no options for secureboot or csm as it's a bit old (MSI Z77A-GD55)
The ubuntu and xubuntu install and boot fine when I try them.
Forums suggested it's the live debian image but it's the same problem with netinstall and non live.

>There is literally no difference between Debian and Ubuntu besides unity.
Wrong. They have completely different release cycles. Debian has its 3 branches: - Unstable: Nearly upstream/up-to-date rolling release.
- Testing: This is less frequently updated & more stable than unstable. Things move from unstable to testing after meeting certain requirements to assure they don't have major bugs.
- Stable: Very consistent & stable, but the packages are completely frozen besides getting security patches until Testing is considered stable enough to become the new Stable.

Ubuntu has a new LTS (long term service, supported by Canonical for 3-5 years) release every 6 months where they take the then current Debian Unstable branch, freeze it, and then add all their extra Ubuntu-type stuff for usability & convenience. Plus each Ubuntu flavor (Xubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, etc) can be unique in their own right thanks to their separate maintainers.

Ubuntu isn't a rolling release, it has more preconfiguration done to it, there's generally less respect for FOSS values, and Unity is a thing.

>Using Ubuntu MATE and Debian with classic GNOME is exactly the same.
That's just flat out wrong.

>The only purpose Debian serves in the year 2016 is that it provides elitists with no real skills to say that they don't use Ubuntu.
That's not the "only purpose." Plenty of people use it for its stability, or because they like things to be less configured, or they don't agree with Canonical in some way, or they want a rolling-release, or a myriad of other perfectly legitimate reasons to use Debian over Ubuntu.

One isn't objectively better than the other. They're similar, but still with significant enough differences to matter.

Maybe I'll just stick with _buntu then.

>Ubuntu has a new LTS (long term service, supported by Canonical for 3-5 years) release every 6 months
No, it doesn't. LTS releases only come around every 2 years, last one was 16.04 next one is gonna be 18.04

I just did a fresh install and I can't figure out why it won't let me connect to wifi? It worked on mint after blacklisting acer-wmi but this needs a different solution

To be fair I never Installed your ricer-skript-kiddie solution to the problem that ultimately only involved editing a text file. But nice try, champ.

What happens to my 422GB if I leave it as blank / and don't make it /home ext4? Does it still get used for home or not and maybe for something else? Is it better/wise/obvious idea to mark it as home?

huh?

you must identify /home as the mountpoint for the partition. it doesnt assume mountpoints. you must format it to a filesystem, or it will not work.

What the shit? Why is my screenshot thumbnail like that?

>To be fair I never Installed your ricer-skript-kiddie solution to the problem that ultimately only involved editing a text file.
What? How is gnome-tweak-tool a "ricer-skript-kiddie" solution? It's an official GNOME package that typically comes preinstalled, and can be installed in seconds. Isn't it more "skript-kiddie-like" to edit a text file instead of using something built-in?

There's nothing wrong with editing a text file to achieve the same goal, but I don't get why you would shit on an alternative, completely valid, and in some ways more intuitive method.

Normie here, please go easy on me;
what's the difference between debian and ubuntu for example? I know ubuntu is based on it, with unity DE, so what are other differences?
What I mean is, what are the reasons for picking ubuntu or mint over the debian and customisinh it yourself?

Could've been a weird unlikely bug, or it could be this:
thume.ca/projects/2012/11/14/magic-png-files/

You can encode images to have a different thumbnail because the thumbnails have a different gamma value or some shit, idk read the article if you care.

There's a lot of overlap and went over the primary differences. Most people seem to recommend using Ubuntu at first, and then trying Debian once you've familiarized yourself with GNU/Linux in general.

Both are easy to install and use, so maybe just try each of them out on a live CD/USB. The full OS will run out of your CD or USB, so it'll be a little slower, but you can get an idea of how it works and feels out of the box.

na, it's a rare Cred Forums bug, i've seen it many times before
conflicts with posts that happen at the same time (files are stores with time-based names)

>Isn't it more "skript-kiddie-like" to edit a text file instead of using something built-in?
Editing text files is the most "built in" way to configure Unix and their shitty copy-cats (ie linux). Now just let it go, kid.

Thank you for reply! What branch of debian would you recommend? Testing? Stable?

depends what you want. stable for stability.
testing for less stable but more up to date packages
experimental/sid for new packages but instabilities. self explanatory really...

>Now just let it go, kid.
Alright, consider it dropped. Thanks for insulting me for attempting to help you.

This page is for you:
debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-choosing.en.html

Anyone?

run pacman -Syu for the list of upgradable packages, but deny the upgrade and then run whatever command it is to sync or update the package name manually?

Stable: It works and won't break unless you do something dumb, but shit can be pretty out of date.

Testing: It has less bugs than unstable, but because it doesn't update as frequently, the bugs that it does have might not be fixed for awhile. The packages usually aren't very far behind Unstable.

Unstable: Things are updating constantly, so they can break whenever you do an update, but they also get fixed very quickly. You kind of have to be prepared for things to go wrong once and awhile.

Unstable real example: I updated GNOME yesterday and afterwards I couldn't adjust my brightness or sound outside of GDM (the login screen). I tried a few things to fix it to no avail, so I simply waited a few hours, updated again, and it was fixed. It turned out that the bug was gconf related.

So yeah, stability and constant up-to-dateness are trade offs. You can't really have both.

wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=System_maintenance#Partial_upgrades_are_unsupported

Name one reason why you'd hold back an update.

Thanks guys! I'll check the faq and probably go for unstable version... I guess it could be good way to learn about linux, solving the issues as they come while using it.

How much work is it to maintain a gentoo installation?

depends on what you install. with lots of packages, be prepared for things to break & leaving your computer overnight to update. but if you keep it small and minamal it shouldnt be too much effort

Steam's not opening on Xubuntu at all after installing (no error messages) but it's visible in the task manager

best window manager for xubuntu?
I wanna try one out for the first time

try running it from a console to see if any errors are logged

>someone mentions gnome on a linux-related forum
>at least one other poster gets unreasonably angry about the fact that gnome exists
How the hell goes Cred Forums manage to be less autistic than the typical linux user?

Are there any websites that are good for knowledge on how the kernel works and how I can configure it to my liking?

I installed Gentoo onto a VM today. I think it took around four hours total, but most of that was reading and I didn't experience many errors. The handbook was really helpful. I've never successfully installed any version of GNU/Linux before, so I just wanted to share. Have a nice weekend, /fglt/

I don't know website but Linux Kernel in a Nutshell by Greg Kroah-Hartman does this decently. It covers the now rather old kernel 2.6 but a lot of that stuff doesn't change.

You can probably find it somewhere.

Help me decide, Cred Forums. Which of these would you say is the most well-rounded "daily-driver" DE: XFCE, MATE, or Cinnamon? I want something that -just werks-, and is relatively stable and feature-rich -enough-, whilst still being lightweight and customizable. I've tried all of these DEs in a VM, and while I think they all have their merits, trying out a DE in a VM a few times isn't really enough to gauge how it's going to be in the long term.

I have tried XFCE on one of my computers for a bit, and I have to say, it had quite a few little bullshit problems that I had to fix fresh out of the box (although, these problems might have been specific to Xubuntu), and it worries me that the development for it seems a bit uninvolved. Nonetheless, since it seems so popular here on Cred Forums, I'm still open to it.

I've been using Ubuntu for 8 months, and 3 months ago it stopped recognizing my printer.
What is the meaning of this?
I've tried re-installing the drivers, but that does nothing. I've also noticed that there seems to be no activity (by that I mean I see nothing in the GUI stuff) when I plug/unplug the printer into the usb ports.
Is this Ubuntu just being buggy? Should I switch distros? I'd feel retarded switching distros just because I don't know how to configure a printer, but no one has been able to help me on askUbuntu.

Running it from console will go through the update process until I eventually get this error

steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/0/882966056522497778/?ctp=2

The suggestions in the comments don't seem to work, as "ia32-libs" doesn't exist anymore

I don't get it: what exactly is wrong with simply having external storage instead of a full-blown NAS?

My mouse jitters when I am using the touchpad and my laptop is charging. I'm on Arch. Have any of you guys had a similar issue?

NAS is just external storage that you attatch to your home network instead of to one machine. Like a printer on a network.

I know that, and that you can add streaming capabilities and whatever else. But it seems any sort of external storage solution is considered pleb-tier and everyone runs their own servers instead - is this not the case?

Generally, if you have large external storage, you'd want some kind of RAID arrangement to deal with failures. Because it's going to happen eventually.

> Filename
Hi there cutie. Seems like you've already tried a lot. For diagnostics you can always try checking another distro temporarily using a live disk/usb.

recommend me a terminal/screenfetch window size and font size pls

...

Just curious, how did you install steam?

what os?
I had an issue with trying to use a netctl wireless profile(what wifi-menue makes for you) and having dhcp.service enabled.

What font rendering do you all prefer on Arch? ubuntu freetype2 with ubuntu font config is best correct?

When I edit the source.list in debian I need to sometimes add 'sarge' and 'contrib' what do these arguments(they are called arguments right) actually do and are there any others I should know? Tried googling this but couldn't find anything.

asked in /spt/ but never get a response in there.

Also do any of you guys know of good YT tutorials on building a webserver, things like apache, PHP and webmin(and idk because idk what idk) that I can follow along with in a terminal

I tried making a live usb with Fedora but when booting without UEFI I get:
>fatal no or empty root argument

And with UEFI:
>No caching mode page found
>Assuming drive cache

I'll try with another distro. Also, when I mess with my printer settings I get pic related as an error.

can anyone tell me how to open a transparent png in feh? keeps opening with the tiles in the background. read through man feh and either xcompmgr isn't working or i'm just using the commands incorrectly.

Did you google those terms plus debian. How can you not?

Usual setup on linux for webservers is called a LAMP stack. Try starting there.

>File deleted
Was it actual nudes or just the tit jiggling?

is it possible to use cyrillic latters for machine name? host-name?

>tiles in the background
it's working as intended then
what did you expect?

>LAMP stack

Thanks

i used to use feh a long time ago and i remember i could open .png images with no background, there's got to be a command i'm missing.

Just tits. Janitor being bitchy

Just moved to linux, currently dual booting ubuntu mate with windows 7. Is there a way to make firefox file picker to show thumbnails of all the pictures in the folder, instead of having to click each one? extra info, using dolphin instead of caja, couldn't make caja show folder thumbnails.

Which distro is the most utilitarian?

Good question. I suppose that depends on the file manager?

While searching for it, it was said that stock firefox don't recognize the file manager, instead utilizes a generic one. And something about open suse having one with better integration

spacefm

I done some reading on the lampstack and then I wrote this up to try and make sure I got everything right.

"L.A.M.P server stack
LINUX
APACHE
MySQL
PHP

1.Linux is the operating system upon which Apache, mysql and php run.
2.Apache runs on the server and processes html data requests from clients.
3.PHP executes files for apache that have dynamic executable content before being to client by Apache.
4. MySQL is a database engine that stores data on users, PHP uses this data when executing html files for clients.


Alternatives to:
Linux - Windows
Apache - Window's ISS
MySQL - sql, oracle database
PHP - Java, ruby, ASP"

Do you think all that is correct and a proper understanding. I also tried google 'sarge' and 'contrib'. All I could learn about sarge is that it was an earlier distribution of linux(3 i think) but I am pretty sure 'contrib' means contributory archive files that are required for the package to function.

I'm not at home now, so just gave a quick search, it's another file manager, does firefox properly work with it?

What music players are good to use? I'm running Ubuntu if that makes a difference.

The file picker is part of the toolkit (Gtk+ for firefox in this case) and has nothing to do with file managers
For firefox you can either:
Use the openSUSE patches [1] to use the Qt file picker.
Or patch Gtk+2 with icon view [2] but since distros are distributing firefox with Gtk+3 now, you have to use firefox compiled with Gtk+2.

[1] aur.archlinux.org/packages/firefox-kde-opensuse/
[2] aur.archlinux.org/packages/gtk2-patched-filechooser-icon-view/

mpv
mpd+sonata

thank you, I'll try it later

I wanna start using openBSD but I'm not confident that I know enough about Unix/Linux in order to make a smooth transition. I've been using Mint for a few months now but I honestly don't know shit beyond the basic terminal commands, structure, and permissions.
How can I learn more so that I can make the transition? Any tutorials, videos, books? Do you guys recommend I try something like Arch before going to oBSD? I've got the Absolute openBSD book but it's I think it's prerequisite requirements are still a bit above my familiarity,

run it in virtualbox.

On the LAMP side that seems about right. I don't know much about windows but some other alternatives

Apache - nginex
MySQL - postregsql, mongodb

Webdev has lots of competing technologies these days.

Distributions often name their releases. Sarge is one of the older Debian releases. Contrib packages are essentially Debian packages that are free (as in freedom) by their guidelines but are not actually distributed as part of the Debian distribution itself.

I searched a bit and both methods are available as PPA
launchpad.net/~plasmazilla/ archive/ubuntu/releases
launchpad.net/~helkaluin/ archive/ubuntu/gtk2-filechooser-iconview
I don't use ubuntu so I don't know if it works

I'm rebuilding my home network with all new equipment. Should I standardize on NFS/NIS or just go with samba for network sharing. I already use fuse/sshfs for quick and dirty stuff.

“LAMP” stands for “Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP”—a common combination of software to use on a web server, except that “Linux” in this context really refers to the GNU/Linux system. So instead of “LAMP” it should be “GLAMP”: “GNU, Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP.”

Just install it and use it.
I mean have you been dropped on your head?
How else do you think it will happen, either you use ir and learn as you go or you chicken shit and post on silly imageboards.

The one you can assemble, Linux From Scratch!
>>linuxfromscratch.org/

Personal experience dictates interoperability, as in samba or die.

Why is trying to get steam to run in linux so cancer inducing

Normally the person installing it is incompetent, and cannot read basic stdout

Anyone has experience with escape sequences? I configured my terminal to produce the sequence "\E\x7f" when I press Ctrl+Backspace and this deletes an entire word to the left, but I can't configure it to delete an entire word to the right when I press "Ctrl+Del". Does anyone know the sequence? Or maybe any workarounds.

I know absolutely nothing about escape sequences, so this is a total guess, but can you make it move one word to the right and then do the exact same delete-one-word-back? That would have the effect of deleting the word in front/to the right of your cursor.

This seems intimidating. I'm going to have to read up about this, and try it some time. Seems like a good learning experience.

The .deb archive from the steam website has always worked for me.
Sorry you're having a difficult time.

>github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4321
This went on for months.

Presto. Well I think it's safe to say that I should really work on my logical thinking and that you'll do well in your IT career. Thanks.

"\E[1;*C\E\x7f" for anyone interested.

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What is the best compression format with most reliability and best compression ratio?

ncompress

Lzma

It depends on the data you want to compress. Some formats work better on large files, some work better on small files. Check the web for benchmarks or just use tgz like a human bean.

7z

lzrip
there is nothing that will compare to it

that's not a format, that's a program, retard

>LZ77
>LZ78
faggot

See That's the default format for lzrip. Do you even compress, faggot.

>asks for the "best" things
>get's multiple, different replies
>turns out, nobody has actually any idea
>peaple start insulting each other
Classic /fglt/.

flac

It's an off topic question. It got what it deserved.

>use linux
>want to compress files
>ask in the friendly thread
>you deserve to be insulted because your question was off topic

Exactly as says.

Why doesn't Cinnamon save my wallpaper settings? Got a new system with a GTX970, set up with Mint 18 per usual. Now my desktop is back to default wallpaper whenever I power cycle. Didn't happen with my old GTX460.

So how do I completely get rid of systemd and never have to worry about it again?

install gentoo

Going to install Linux for the first time ever. Going to use i3. Debian or Mint? Ubuntu is BOTNET cancer.

Linux mint debian edition with MATE

If you find buntu do be untrustworthy mint is probably worse. If you can read try debian. I am not sure if i3 is well suited for newcomers. So read the manual of i3 before installing. I would suggest the netinstall (if you need nonfree drivers use the nonfree netinstall) and actually reading the installation manual debian provides. Take your time and have fun.

Everyone has said that about i3, but I looked at it, and used it in a live boot and it wasn't that bad at all. What do you mean about the reading shit for deb?

Always funny to see people fall for the memes

When you say that all least state the meme faggit

debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/
reading it is usually a good idea and prevents common mistakes from happening to you. Like using a bad usb writing tool, setting a root password if you want a single user account with sudo preconfigured, installing the beta version of the installer (debian testing iso) or not knowing how to set sources during expert install. these would be the most common ones.

When people who have no prior experience like in this case say anything about Linux it has to be a meme since where did they get that opinion from? Obviously because it gets said on Cred Forums (or elsewhere) all the time and they just repeat it.

>setting a root password if you want a single user account with sudo preconfigured,

I still fail to see why this is supposed to be desirable.

Any way to use Hangouts and/or Steam chat from CLI? Would love to add them to tmux and not have to have a browser or steam running. I know pidgin can do both, but I'd rather a CLI option.

If you have a root account/password sudo is not needed and therefore not installed or configured on debian. if you do not set a root password sudo will be configured for you.

Try using a different network manager maybe.

See if they provide an api, otherwise it is hopeless since it is proprietary.

The main purpose is not having a root user with its own password that can be directly logged in as.
Installing sudo or not is no difference to the system in the long run anyway, just that you have, oh my god, manually install it.

We are talking about new users here, for them installing and adding yourself to sudoers poses a potential problem. usually they are tought to be scared of the terminal and will hate on it.

bitlbee

I need to start arch in a mode where NO graphics are loaded because I have a bug and I can't do shit about it.

What do I need to do? Can I do this from grub? I need to install drivers and what not but it freezes every five seconds and I can't get into a tty

Switch to internal graphics (might need activating in Bios/EFI), unplug GPU, fix your system, replug and switch back.

I have no internal graphics because I fell for the AMD meme. (worst mistake of my life)

I can't imagine that I seriously can't do this without needing to grab an arch iso and chrooting in.

>Want to use Arc-Dark with Xubuntu
>It completely fucks Firefox unless I use an Arc-Dark theme with it too
>This shit happens to YouTube like bars and search bar text, who knows where else, even when the 'system colors' option is disabled and it's set to allow sites to choose their own fonts

This is some bullshit, am I going to have to switch browsers because FF can't into ignoring system colors

Use the vanilla arc theme for Firefox? I assume that fixes it.

Honestly I don't have that issue with or without a Firefox theme so I think it sounds like something is up. I'm on MATE though

Nope. Arc, Arc-Darker, and Arc-Dark all have the same weird light text specifically on the YouTube like bars and search bars

To clarify, it's like that whether I have a theme enabled or not

Is there a reason why package managers stick to file hierarchy standard? I don't see the point of dividing pieces of software into different directories except for shared libraries so they don't get installed more than once. It's hard for humans to keep track of. Why not just use symlinks for everything while keeping a regular /apps/whatever_package kind of directory structure with everything related to a package in it?

>It's hard for humans to keep track of.
That's why your package manager keeps track of it

sure, lets double the file count with no benefit

But it also misses the files I create for configurations and other stuff, after a year or two /etc will be overflowing with junk.

Why not if it makes it more understandable? And half of it will be symlinks anyway. Is there an area limitation on most computers?

configuration files get created while installing the package.
Unless there's user-specific configurations, which would need to be in /home, not /etc

>But it also misses the files I create for configurations and other stuff, after a year or two /etc will be overflowing with junk.
you can use the package manager to find out if there's anything in /etc (or literally anywhere else) that is or isn't owned by an installed package

>Why not if it makes it more understandable? And half of it will be symlinks anyway. Is there an area limitation on most computers?
it's not that hard to understand, you argue that your way "keeps things together", but i'd say it's the opposite
right now we have binaries together, manuals together, libraries together, etc
if i'm looking for a particular type of thing, there's a standard folder for that type of thing to be in
if i wanted to know what files a package owns, i can query my package manager for that information

that all said, there actually is a distribution which does what you're describing
gobolinux.org/

I am at my wit's end.
I am trying to get a mobile broadband to work on Ubuntu, but to no avail.

At a fresh install it connects easily, it allows me to set up the connection, and works marvelously. Then when I disconnect or restart, it never acknowledges the usb stick ever again.

>Run lsusb and it sees it
>Afer the first install Network Manager keeps the settings in it
It doesn't even read the modem as a simple USB device, as many Q&A out there suggests it.

Could someone help me out with some CSS? I've never used it before, but managed to gather enough to fix this problem with the search bar text.

All I'd like to know is how to use it to change text color for this text for the likes and dislikes.

This is how I did it for the search bar text

How do i display the distro icon and other info in the terminal?

screenfetch

What's the best Linux for a tablet with digitizer pen? I only want to be able to rotate the screen and take notes (with palm rejection). Nothing fancy.

Do you actually have a Yoga X1? Can you tell me how it is for drawing?

Regarding rolling releases, if it's been long time since the last system upgrade.
Is it better to run -Syu and fet a large upgrade? or re-install new OS release?

Post ncmpcpps.

no

I'm trying to mount two NTFS filesystems with ntfs-3g, but I can't make group users to have (read) access, I have this fstab:

/dev/sda1 /mnt/tera ntfs-3g gid=users,umask=0022
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/work ntfs-3g gid=users,umask=0022

I also did chmod o=r /mnt but I still get permission denied when trying to cd into /mnt or its subdirectories. Can I get some help?

I just did chown root:users /mnt and now it's working. Did I just fuck up or is that the way?

NTFS doesn't support ownership.

sshfs is comfy

I like using Ubuntu.Thx Cred Forums

Why the hell is my Integrated Intel HD3000 faster than my discrete AMD HD6400?

ok

>hides username
>misses one
heh hi nils

What is glmovie?

I don't think it's a problem. He changed the ownership of the folder where it is mounted.

Since it's not recursive there might be an issue accessing /mnt/tera, right?

Hey my friends,
i am trying to find out a good book to study for LPIC-1 exam 101, 102, and I've found two books that sound good for that reason... i'm going to put two screenshots 'bout this books, if anybody here knows another book so much better than those, please, tell me :)
book 1: LPIC-1 Linux Professional Institute Certification Study Guide: Exam 101-400 and Exam 102-400
book 2: Certificação LPI-1 101 102 Linux New Media - 5 Edição

As you can see in my fstab here: I already mounted with group permissions, it seems that the problem was that /mnt was owned by user root and group root.

Thanks anyway!

how hard would it be to setup up a dual boot with windows on one ssd and encrypted linux on another?

Installed elementaryOS Loki yesterday. I come a little every time I touch my laptop.

Is there any real time website where i can mix and match linux distros and themes to get a look i want? without having to go through the difficulty of installing stuff only to find its not compatible with x or y

I tried out Ubuntu a while ago... all it did was crash and i couldnt figure out for the life of me how to install Jar's

Anyway... im still up for trying it...
What can windows do that Ubuntu/Fedora with WINE cant do?

WINE seems like it would make EXE's And Jars easier to use. correct me if im wrong

I only mention Fedora because it looks similar to Ubuntu but better imo, I dont know much about it apart from appearance.

What progress bar style is that?

Lpic is waste of money get RedHat certs but only if you already have a degree.

Im asking this right now because within the next hour or two if im not convinced linux is the right choice imma go to w10 and get spied on like crazy... yay for no privacy

Using Arch Linux and my laptop died in the middle of upgrading packages and now I get a lot of errors. For example I was attempting to install openntpd and while I believe it installed, I get these messages:
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libjsoncpp.so is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libjsoncpp.so.1 is empty, not checked.
ldconfig: File /usr/lib/libjsoncpp.so.1.7.5 is empty, not checked.

so I tried to install libjson and got these:
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
jsoncpp: /usr/include/json/allocator.h exists in filesystem
jsoncpp: /usr/include/json/assertions.h exists in filesystem
jsoncpp: /usr/include/json/autolink.h exists in filesystem
jsoncpp: /usr/include/json/config.h exists in filesystem
jsoncpp: /usr/include/json/features.h exists in filesystem
jsoncpp: /usr/include/json/forwards.h exists in filesystem
jsoncpp: /usr/include/json/json.h exists in filesystem
jsoncpp: /usr/include/json/reader.h exists in filesystem
jsoncpp: /usr/include/json/value.h exists in filesystem
jsoncpp: /usr/include/json/version.h exists in filesystem
jsoncpp: /usr/include/json/writer.h exists in filesystem
jsoncpp: /usr/lib/libjsoncpp.so exists in filesystem
jsoncpp: /usr/lib/libjsoncpp.so.1 exists in filesystem
jsoncpp: /usr/lib/libjsoncpp.so.1.7.5 exists in filesystem
jsoncpp: /usr/lib/pkgconfig/jsoncpp.pc exists in filesystem
jsoncpp: /usr/share/licenses/jsoncpp/LICENSE exists in filesystem
Errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

>Arch

impractical, but it's good for learning.

This might be a stupid question, but here goes.

I've been trying to run an older application in Wine, but when I try installing it, it says it's a Windows 95 application and the current version (Windows 5.1) is unsupported. I configured the settings in Wine to mimic Windows 95, but I still get the same error. Am I doing something wrong here?

ok just for you

So I just installed the firefox KDE integration patch, and it looks like dragging windows to a window doesn't work. It will just open a new window. Same if you drag it to the tab.

Anybody know how to fix this, or is it just the curse of trying to use the KDE patch?

What application?
Wine version?

progressbar_look = "─╼ "

Crysis3
Version 3.6

Sharing my collection.

#progressbar_look = "|> "
#progressbar_look = "─>─"
#progressbar_look = "── "
#progressbar_look = "─--"
#progressbar_look = "─┅─"
#progressbar_look = "─╼─"
#progressbar_look = "─░─"
#progressbar_look = "─⊙╶"
#progressbar_look = " ║"
#progressbar_look = "━━─"
#progressbar_look = "━━╸"
#progressbar_look = "━■"
#progressbar_look = "━╋━"
#progressbar_look = "██|"
#progressbar_look = "⋅• "
#progressbar_look = "▀▀ "
#progressbar_look = "▄▄ "
#progressbar_look = "▄▄ "
#progressbar_look = "░█ "
#progressbar_look = " "
#progressbar_look = "▃▃ "
#progressbar_look = "╍╍ "
#progressbar_look = "█"
#progressbar_look = "┅┅┄"
#progressbar_look = "██▒"
#progressbar_look = "█▓▒"
#progressbar_look = "▉▉▉"
#progressbar_look = "▪▪▫"
#progressbar_look = "▮▮▯"
#progressbar_look = "▰▰▱"
#progressbar_look = ""
#progressbar_look = ""
#progressbar_look = ""
#progressbar_look = ""
#progressbar_look = "◠◡◠"
#progressbar_look = "── "
#progressbar_look = "─o─"
#progressbar_look = "ΞΞ"

Happy hacking.

Supreme taste in music

Cred Forums, why do you strip unicode?

>Crysis3
This?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crysis_3
>3.6
Do you mean PoL?
Because wine is 1.9.19

Here you go: p.teknik.io/2DpAZ

How hard is it to switch to gentoo hardened and pax kernel?
Can i use old config? Cant be bothered finding all drivers again...

yeah thats crysis and 1.6* read it wrong

How do I put zeroes in all the "free" memory of my Debian? I want to hide deleted stuff from recovery software.

>older application
2013 is old now?
How old are you?
Try this
appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?bShowAll=true&bIsQueue=false&bIsRejected=false&sClass=version&sTitle=&sReturnTo=&iId=9314

SSD or HDD?

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda

Wew

>zero
>not urandom
armatures

What? It does write zeroes and it does write it to hard disk memory.

>LPI
I've never used red hat, but i know that this distro is so good... i am using the gnu/linux just since 5 months ago, i am noob yet, but i already got the LPI-0, Linux essentials xD

I want to turn off mouse acceleration (running Manjaro+Kde). Do i have to set it to 1,0x or 0.1x?

I had the same issue as you, but I have no clue how I fixed it. Locking widgets on your desktop might have something to do with it, I remember doing that much at least

Why don't you try it? You could have tried both options in the time it took you to post.

Nice, thanks guys.

0.5x

HDD

Only the "free" memory.

ah just use bleachbit

This

Is there a "changelog" in Arch? As in, is it possible to see when I updated what packages when running pacman -Syu?

no idea for arch, portage can do that.

If you have btrfs snapper makes it easy to see any and every change to file system and roll back

That's the downfall of pacman.
There's no simulate option, like APT.

NEW THREAD NEW THREAD NEW THREAD

best : arch
worst : some kind of old distro you've never heard of