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Can we have one thread where people doesn't reply to the trolls ? I'm starting to get bored of all those >arch users are faggots >stallman is pedo >gnu/linux vs linux
I still don't get the point of all those discussions.
Josiah Parker
In the process of setting up ubuntu mate in virtualbox for my first time, total linux noob
Chase Young
I got a question for vim regulars who have tried evil mode on emacs. How good and accurate is it for a vim emulation.
Anthony Davis
>Ubuntu see
Tyler Walker
That's nice darling, I prefer slackware personally.
Luis Jenkins
Sorry
Caleb Reed
Calm down newfriend, it's Sup Forums. A website where people enjoy acting retarded.
Austin Ramirez
Install Arch if you actually want to learn about the inner workings of Linux.
Juan Wright
Thank you, i will look into it
Jonathan Torres
It's pretty reasonable. Some things don't work entirely as expected, like I think gqap or ^L to clear the screen, though I think the former is probably related to settings I haven't found (yet). About the first thing I missed was surround.vim, but evil-surround seems to be a perfect replacement. I'm one of those weird people who like hybrid line numbers, so linum-relative is a must. Emacs code-folding is also kind of bullshit, so I also use evil-vimish-fold, which is Good Enough. There's a bunch of blog posts by people who have tried going from one to the other if you want to try it yourself. "From Vim To Emacs in Fourteen Days" was a decent one as was "From Vim to Emacs+Chaotic Evil Migration Guide".
Liam Smith
ayylmao
stop breeding newfags running arch, zsh and powerline but don't even know how to mount a cd image
Robert King
i wanna try a new linux distro. should i choose manjaro, opensuse, fedora or something else? i have only used debian based distros up until now.
i dont configuring shit and googling errors constantly so im looking for something that just werks
Tyler Sanders
Arch is for advanced users.
Joshua Davis
If you want to use a 'just werks' distro that isn't a complete joke (like the distros you mentioned in your post) install Debian.
Joseph Williams
Please stop spreading this meme. You'll learn more from slackware than you would from arch.
Grayson Johnson
Try bunsenlabs. It's basically the same as crunchbang was: Debian, prericed and nicely configured.
Asher Taylor
OK, so all I need is a bit of tweaking and it will be a perfect emulation for vim?
Caleb Miller
install gentoo
Aiden Hernandez
>arch users are faggots But it's true, here's proof.
Jeremiah Perry
I said 'reasonable', not 'perfect', but it's worth giving a shot if only for the learning experience and trying to understand the overall appeal and potential. Evil does still seem to get improvements from time to time, iirc.
Parker Jones
But the gentoo, Like the Arch install, is merely copy and pasting commands from an install guide.
Jeremiah Cook
Installing Ubuntu is merely clicking a few buttons that copy and paste the commands for you. Your point?
Parker Stewart
The best distro is the one which is the most difficult to install, because it provides the hugest epenis.
Gavin Sanders
does the size even matter when everyone is anonymous anyway?
Juan Green
Install Linux From Scratch then and be happy
Charles Hall
Gentoo is for people that are too dumb for LFS
Luis Perez
The guy I replied to implied that the Gentoo install taught you about Linux.
Nathan Perry
>implying implied implycations
Sebastian Clark
With Gentoo, you actually configure Linux, while on Arch, you just get the vanilla kernel.
Grayson Bell
No you don't actually have to configure your kernel. You can run genkernel.
Jaxson Evans
Ah. It does, to a certain degree. You get to put many of the pieces together yourself and see how they fit together. You also learn about your packages by being exposed to their compile-time options and USE flags. I'd argue he's right on that point versus Arch, which uses binary packages, and the install is a bit more involved than Arch iirc. Just because you're following a document doesn't mean you aren't learning. Unless you're just blindly copying+pasting and then bitching on IRC that nothing works. Then you're just an idiot.
Cooper Ramirez
>can
Thomas Jenkins
You do realise you can set kernel parameters before running mkinitcpio, right?
Nathan Cox
And why wouldn't a new Linux user do that? Besides configuring your kernel doesn't teach you anything, except pressing Y to enable support for something.
Ok, so you learn about USE flags, a feature unique to Gentoo and Gentoo derivatives. You don't learn anything specific to Linux just by reading the Gentoo handbook.
Sebastian Rivera
What's your point?
Andrew Rivera
>why wouldn't a new Linux user do that? Learning about Linux and configure it to his needs?
Easton Martinez
By "Linux" are you referring to the kernel, shared userland tools, or something else? The handbook touches on both the kernel and the userland tools as well as gentoo-specific tools, and the Arch wiki covers the same topics, so I'm not sure I'm following you.
Brandon Hughes
Sorry you're having trouble following me. Arch doesn't teach you anything just like Gentoo doesn't teach you anything. >By "Linux" are you referring to the kernel, shared userland tools, or something else? I'm referring to the Operating System, linux.
Juan Carter
>not reading LFS >not making its own distribution bunch of newfags. Enjoying your summer holidays ?
Aiden Anderson
My point is is a clueless shitposter
Parker Gomez
>I'm referring to the Operating System, linux. Is this bait?
Luis Jones
genkernel configures your needs automatically.
Jayden Evans
Go away and take your genkernel with you, newfag. Adults are talking.
Jaxon Fisher
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux >Linux (pronounced Listeni/ˈlJnəks/ LIN-əks[9][10] or, less frequently, /ˈlaJnəks/ LYN-əks[10][11]) is a Unix-like and mostly POSIX-compliant[12] computer operating system (OS) assembled under the model of free and open-source software development and distribution.
It's not GNU/Linux fuck boy. It's just Linux.
Luke Robinson
Define "operating system", if you please, because Linux is just the kernel, and most people look at more than the kernel when thinking of the operating system.
Hudson Price
Linux is what the operating system is called.
Ryan Allen
Thanks for confirming.
Cameron Brown
Glad I could help.
Austin Howard
Right then, I'm done here.
Alexander Evans
By the media and companies. a lot of the community uses the more neutral term GNU/Linux. But i am repling to bait again and should stop.
Ethan Howard
Reminder we have two thread on /t/
One on torrenting ported videogames One on torrenting tutorial videos and IT learning material
Brandon Garcia
No. The majority of the community calls it Linux. A select few call it GNU/Linux. I'm more inclined to side with the majority on this one. You are of course free to call it whatever you want, but don't be shocked when people give you strange looks.
Brody Richardson
What's the most newbie friendly tiling window manager in my GNU/Linux system?
David Flores
This is MY bait!
Linux is the kernel. While it's actually an operating system on it's own, it's incomplete and so is the GNU operating system. Together, both parts are a complete operating system.
Nicholas Wilson
Yep, it's stilled called Linux though.
Hudson Brown
awesome comes with a usable configuration out of the box and a decent manual. Could try that.
Lincoln Perez
So you want Debian GNU/kFreeBSD users to call their system "Just Linux"?
David Smith
Does it have minimize or maximize button?
Jayden Murphy
Can this be added to the OP?
Ricing GNU/Linux is not made by only choosing themes and colors, but what software goes in your computer. "Display Managers" are the login screens, "Window Managers" are the part drawing the borders, colors, etc, and "File Managers" are what handles how you browse your machine. More info:
Because Richard Stallman is a hack and shouldn't be allowed to choose the name for Linux.
Kevin Morgan
>ported videogames
In case you want free as in freedom alternatives, here is a list of open source videogames for GNU/Linux ghostbin.com/paste/z74bj/raw
Elijah Lee
Umm, this discussion has gone on quite long enough, thank you very much. It doesn't really matter what people call Linux, as long as credit is given where credit is due (on both sides). Personally, I'll very much continue to call it "Linux", ...
The GNU people tried calling it GNU/Linux, and that's ok. It's certainly no worse a name than "Linux Pro" or "Red Hat Linux" or "Slackware Linux" ...
Lignux is just a punny name - I think Linux/GNU or GNU/Linux is a bit more "professional" ...
Ryan Butler
...
Hudson Evans
>implying the lenght of the code is because of the license
Levi Taylor
Should I call my install GNU/every program installed/Linux?
Adam Myers
No, other programs are part of the distributions and they vary anyway.
Oliver Martinez
Strawman. Try again.
Owen Gray
So what if you don't know, you look it up on the wiki, do it, and learn something new. You have to start somewhere.
Robert Clark
coreutils are in every distribution
Aiden Martin
Wizards assemble !
Advanced users of GNU/Linux, remember to try Source Mage GNU/Linux. True source-based distribution that can heal broken installs. And (in contrast with Gentoo and Arch) is:
Free from obfuscated and pre-configured code. Fully committed to GPL, and uses only free software (as in freedom) in their main package. Even the documentation is licensed as FDL. Without 3rd party patches, sensible defaults or masked packages. Doesn't need obfuscated python libraries, only bash. Uses clean dependencies as they came from upstream developers, which by the same provides instant updates. Can also use flags.
Do you like Arch Linux's AUR? Do you like Gentoo's portgage? You haven't seen anything like SMGL's "sorcery". Making "spells" to install new packages is as easy as editing files sourcemage.org/Spell/Book
The coreutils are part of the core OS; the GNU part.
Isaiah Scott
If you uncomment the window decorations in config.lua, yes
Ayden Hernandez
Why would you use free software? It's trash and nothing works.
Jeremiah Cruz
Just fuck off finally.
Leo Roberts
I've realized many distros (well, Ubuntu and Mint) sometimes struggle to detect my 1TB external drive. I'm about to switch to Manjaro now and I'm guessing it'll be the same (I used the USB for booting into the OS, make sure everything works, without installing), and It didn't detect my ext. drive either.
Any tips? How can I fix this? How can I make linux to see my drive with the flow of a win10 os?
Charles Johnson
I never been to the Linux General subreddit, just wanted to see what it is all about and I must say not impressed.
Gavin Morris
what programs do you use to control fans and monitor temps?
Brayden Rogers
Reading the documentation for USB install ># fdisk -cu /dev/sdb >then, in sequence, type something like: >o*n*p*1***t*83*a*1*w* >replacing each * with a powerful stroke on your Enter key.
no thanks
Jose Allen
What do you mean by struggle to detect? Does it show up if you run lsblk?
Christopher Wilson
When it does, it works fine and it shows in the file manager and everything, but when it does not, it does not show up with lsblk, normally I have to restart either the PC or the drive couple of times until the OS realizes it is there.
Asher Harris
A lot of those big externals have this bullshit firmware glue. I bet that's what the overall issue is. Shit like that give me fits at times doing computer repair because once that firmware goes out so does any hope of getting at that data even if the rest of it is fine. I feel your pain.
Hudson Harris
do they have to be rewritten?
William Rogers
I tried ubuntu, arch, and finally mint Ubuntu i couldnt get to install right, had some weird lighting glitch Arch i followed some guy on youtubes install and i probably just made a tyoo but couldnt get past partitioning the drive Mint is installing right now
Nathan Parker
You're probably right, I guess its a fucking gg and that's all. The Pain of Freedom.