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just write a script that checks for udev event for plug/unplug and reload .Xmodmap
xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap
Hunter Thomas
I had something similar to this before, but changing the run commad to as suggested.Unplugged it and plugged it back in, still no dice ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="1532", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0053", RUN+="xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap"
James Sullivan
desu I'm not sure how the permissions work with udev, you may need the full path to ~./Xmodmap
Hunter Murphy
Valid argument.
Maybe we could attach some webms to the OP of doing random basic stuff on a random GNU/Linux distro?
Xavier Edwards
Evince does that for me.
Ethan Gonzalez
>install Linux Mint at work because didn't want to spend time configuring it >apt-get is a piece of shit What's another Linux that works OOTB that doesn't use this piece of shit package manager
John Allen
Fedora
Aiden Johnson
Stop >runs an AV >AV finds an .exe >WELL WILL YOU LOOK AT THAT, LINUX CAN GET VIRUSES What an idiot
Thomas Ramirez
Just did a fresh reinstall of arch, but now I'm getting a ca-cert error when trying to clone my install script, it can't find the .crt file in /etc/ssl/certs/ (because it doesn't exist). Ideas?
Joseph Scott
Fedora is noice
Install 24 bets so you can do a rolling update instead of a full upgrade in a few weeks
Landon Gonzalez
Sounds good m80s
Christopher Richardson
*beta
Jeremiah Gomez
>too stupid to use program >calls program a piece of shit Seriously, fuck off faggot.
Ryder Gomez
install ca-certificates
Josiah Watson
apt is a piece of shit though, it's slow as fuck and isn't really as powerful as other package managers, I cringe everytime I have to do some maintenance work on our servers
Jack Morgan
Sorry I want something that just werks instead of throwing an error because it's apparently incapable of grabbing dependencies correctly or some shit.
Christopher Taylor
Is there a program that lets me type something when I'm on my desktop, shows me all executables in path that match what I typed and then lets me launch one? Sort of like dmenu, but without a menu bar. Just a window popping up or something.
Gavin Diaz
You are a piece of shit. Read the manpage and stop switching programs. You will have the same problems with the next one if you don't learn how to use it.
Brandon Gomez
Was already installed, reinstall didn't help
Jeremiah Scott
gmrun
John Ross
Actually no. I've had no problems with Portage and pacman, apt-get just sucks ass compared to them.
Thomas Price
So I have a modern AMD GPU and would like to play games both natively and through wine, which packages should I get? catalyst or AMDGPU? also I heard I need the 32 bit packages as well so what are the commands? thanks.
Noah Sanchez
to be fair I think it's mostly a packaging problem and not apt's fault most of the time
Samuel Thomas
>why can't I hold all these arguments
Wyatt King
qemu/kvm, pcie passthrough
Blake Thomas
See if you have ca-certificates-cacert,if not install it
That's pretty close to what I'm looking for. Do you have any idea if it's possible to always launch it automatically when I type something on my desktop? It also doesn't seem like you can make it always show possible matches. You have to press tab before you can see the suggestions.
Jeremiah Adams
>apt is a piece of shit though, it's slow as fuck and isn't really as powerful as other package managers Not sure why apt didn't work for you, but I've never had such problems on my Debian (Sid). Maybe you're using slow mirrors?
So with its "coming soon" release for GNU/Linux approaching, I was wondering: what is /fglt/'s opinion on Discord as an alternative to Skype for voice communication and whatnot?
Are there any better alternatives?
Christopher Wood
I thought Tox is a thing now.
Colton Martin
dmenu2 >auto No. why would you even want this.You wouldnt be able to type anything in any window,as it would track the entire xsession.
Christian Rivera
This kind of shit post doesn't help anyone
Logan Jenkins
I didn't mean slow as in the download speeds, in that matter it's alright, slow as in a general clunkiness when navigating the program.
Matthew Scott
Someone help me. I wanna install VBoxAdditions ,i alrdy mounted it and i wanna run the .run file ,but it tells me that i dont have permission .Wtf?I ran on su and sudo chmod +X on it and it tells me read only file system even on su.
Angel Gonzalez
It's already on Linux, it's great, fuck Skype.
James Torres
elaborate
using WINE in 2016 is moronic, gpu passthrough is a far superior solution
Jordan Reed
Navigating? Do you mean aptitude?
Jack Barnes
I do have ubuntu 16.04 on my notebook right now. Should I install kubuntu? Not sure.
Nathaniel Jackson
>already on Linux Official site hasn't listed it yet, do you mean a beta?
Discord runs very well, so much better then skype, even winfags i know are switching over from skype
Hunter Wilson
those folders dont exit.
Samuel Green
Then type faster, kek. Or make an alias. Don't play retarded please.
Brandon Bailey
Kubuntu, Ubuntu Gnome, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, etc all those spin offs are exactly your Ubuntu with a different Desktop Environment.
Would you like to use a different desktop environment to Unity?
>Yes Would you like to have it work without much pain, assuming your system is fresh? Then sure, install the OS clean again with one of those alternatives Would you like to struggle a bit but learn, assuming your system is old and you don't want to reinstall your whole OS? Look up a guide on how to replace Unity on Ubuntu with a different desktop environment
>No Then there's no reason.
Zachary Morris
Wouldn't it be possible to only do it when all windows are minimized?
Owen Foster
>replacing one proprietary voip program with another >thinking it somehow makes anything better
Angel Mitchell
wut
Cameron White
Which is why I asked you for better alternatives. Hint at FOSS alternatives you like
Carson Gutierrez
I think that might be you who's playing retarded here. I don't mean how fast these commands can be typed out, I don't mean how fast the packages are downloading either, I mean how fast the utility reacts after submitting commands (hint: not very fast compared to other package managers).
Hunter Rivera
is kde better than unity? :^)
Noah Morales
>gpu passthrough Not worth the hassle to setup, when it works flawlessly in wine.
Brody Harris
You're just saying words, not pointing anyone in the right direction so it's useless, thanks for posting pci passthrough it's as helpfull as "install amd drivers"
Zachary Rivera
What Linux distribution to install the beginner ?
Wyatt Stewart
>using the smiley with a carat nose
Juan Brooks
the folders dont exit,if you mean to use that on my .run file it still doesnt work,same error,entire file system says that its read only.
Asher Miller
No. Press a button and launch the menu
Dylan Russell
I see, youre just a casual memer.
Luis Martin
XMPP with any of the clients like Jitsi.
Brody Myers
that was not my question. lol! XD
Lucas Turner
You wish to install a beginner?
If you meant a beginner friendly dsitro, Ubuntu, Ubuntu spin-offs, Mint, Fedora and Manjaro are popular options
Julian Miller
Okay. Thanks for your help.
Gabriel Lee
A smart, no, not-retarded person would know how to investigate further by searching "pci passthrough" in his search engine of choice and then taking the appropriate steps. No one is going to spoon-feed you. Especially not with that attitude. How do you accomplish anything in life?
Angel Phillips
>using lol! XD
Ryan Young
Running a VM is cumbersome. WINE just werks. Unless you need to game. Obviously pass through is superior.
Jonathan Murphy
Okay thank you. And what do you say about Debian?
Owen Butler
Does anyone know how I can make LibreOffice use GTK2? Someone told me I need to make LibreOffice use GTK2 to fix the weird color but I don't know how to, and also, how do I fix fonts?
Colton Wood
Best environment for HiDPI? Using unity 7 now. Seems to work well. Some wine applications don't scale though.
Grayson Williams
I love Debian, that's the OS I use personally (Sid). But you asked for beginner-friendly distros, so that's what I offered
Debian is a good option if you're not afraid of reading a bit and not being daunted by the process not having as much hand holding. But it's not hard either.
Matthew Martin
>entire file system says that its read only
then you have severely fucked up
Owen Edwards
First command fails with "unable to initialize alpm library" and "could not find or read dir c/var/lib/pacman/" I'll just create a new usb and reinstall since the one I used was quite old, although it shouldn't matter. Btw, how did you find / learn those commands? Is your gnu-fu this strong?
Michael Edwards
Have you tried changing your gtk theme and fonts?
Christopher Robinson
i did not mount this filesystem,i just had it alrdy on my VM. I will unmount it,how do i install VBox additions fastest way?
Wyatt Garcia
>just saying words
I'm directing him (you?) directly to the programs that will accomplish what he (you?) wants to accomplish
Simply googling kvm + (insert your distro) will lead you to a wiki or manual page that will give explicit instructions on how to install and configure the system
I have neither the time nor the willpower to rewrite everything on Sup Forums that will float off into the aether in 24 hours
Blake Perry
I told you that and I don't understand how you couldn't have searched for "libreoffice use gtk". Literally the first result on Google (either straight up Google or using a proxy like Startpage) is a link to the Arch Wiki which explains how to do it. 156
Carter Reyes
Its just commands you learn as you use it. I've been using some sort of linux for 17 years.Its pretty much all the same across distros.Just have to learn how the package manager works and thats really the only special use case.
Nolan Moore
Under KDE you can change your gtk theme in settings.
Camden Richardson
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Asher Sullivan
>Unless you need to game
>So I have a modern AMD GPU and would like to play games both natively and through wine
>would like to play games
Am I living in la-la-land or some shit? That's exactly what he asked for.
Joseph Lee
Please help to choose a DE. Gnome - a good choice? Why did they hate him?
Lincoln Hill
>weird color Make sure your theme is 3.20 compatable. Dosent look like it is
Brandon Nguyen
I have absolutely no idea what you are trying to say here
Download the .run file chmod +x it run it
It's not fucking rocket science
Brody Fisher
I use GNOME on my Debian desktop, and LXDE on my Debian laptop. It all depends on your tastes and needs.
If your computer is old, consider something light like LXDE, Xfce, or even no DE at all (this is for advanced users)
If your computer is fairly recent (let's say, from the past 5 years), you can pick anything you want and it should be fine probably.
This is like asking me to choose your favorite color for you. I can't do that.
Carter Kelly
The guest additions that i get if i click Devices->Inset Guest Additions... on my Oracle VM is read only everytime i mount it. Were else can i get it?
Carson Nelson
GNOME is fine. I personally don't like it but there's plenty of customization available.
It got a bad rap because it took a hard left turn a few years ago and people got pissed
