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But mostly, why does a basic guide "assume basic knowledge" of exactly what the guide is for?
Benjamin Gomez
Is there a way to tell something like cut to cut from the nth occurrence of a character to the nth+1 occurrence?
Josiah Clark
I use VimFX, since it's pretty simple and I can disable everything except for link following.
Julian Hall
Already found it myself, was a lot easier than I thought.
Evan Thomas
>change kernel command line in kernel config >make >"new" kernel still has the old one How the fuck do I fix this without using make clean and recompiling the dumb fucker completely?
Juan Bell
If you dual-boot GNU/Linux and Windows, and want to have big volumes of your data available to both OSes, are the only solutions to use Ext4 with Ext2fsd on Windows or NTFS with ntfslibs on GNU/Linux? As far as I know, both these software were kind of thrown together. Which way is the best?
Christopher Ross
Sorry, didn't mean to link this post.
Hunter Murphy
NTFS is shit on Linux. If you want to share between them you can use exfat for Windows and some FUSE shit for Linux for read/write support on it. Really though you should be setting up a Linux server with NFS and Samba shares instead.
Ayden Sanchez
Well, I only have one PC. Is setting up another PC for my anime just so serve them through NFS/Samba really smarter than using NTFS? Because that seems like taking a really long path for something so simple.
Why hasn't anyone worked on a good ntfs library for Linux yet anyway? Seriously, this seems like a pretty huge deal.
Jose Gray
There is no good writing to NTFS volumes from Linux. The documentation that Microsoft released for NTFS is shit, so no one wants to fuck with it. >Is setting up another PC for my anime just so serve them through NFS/Samba I can use my Samba/NFS share from anywhere in my house. The only issues I had with playing video were from the read speeds on my platter HDDs, but I haven't looked into options for improving performance on the shares. SSDs load everything perfectly. If you only have 1 PC then I don't see why you wouldn't just run Linux in a VM anyways, and you can even set that up for network shares pretty easily with Virtualbox with bridged adapters.
How often do you change your passwords, /fglt/? How do you choose yours? How many do you have? How do you remember them?
I change mine every 3 months. Keep them in a keepassx database. > SIM card PIN 4 random numbers. Don't reboot phone that often, therefore don't use it much, therefore can't remember it easy, can't look it up without the phone if I'm not at home. Chance of someone spying it relatively low because seldom used. > phone screen lock / encryption Needs to be easily typable, therefore numbers only. Generated as a pronouncable lowercase/numbers phrase (16 characters), then just typed on the number keys, so e.g. wiokafubbona3636 becomes 9465238226623636. Same unlock number for tablet and phone. > misc. websites and personal email 16 random upper/lower/numbers without lookalike characters. Can always copypaste them. No lookalikes because occasionally need them on PCs that are not my own -> have to manually type them > pc decryption / login (home/work, also work email) Four random words generated with diceware. Need something I can easily memorize since I use them often and don't want to pull my phone out every time, can't copypaste them. Need to be secure because lots of data on them, therefore 4 words. 5 would be better but that's for... > passwords database 5 diceware-generated words. Commit to memory.
I keep the pc logins, phone unlocks and database password on a piece of paper seperate from the devices, all on one piece of paper and without context to minimize the risk of someone figuring out what they're for. Only use this when I have an absolute blackout and can't get into any of my devices.
Gavin Nelson
Is there a good, small HTTP server that I can use? Python is shit and throws exceptions when I try to download from it with these new Dell workstations.
Juan Lewis
Just use NTFS. You just have to disable secure boot and fast boot on windows so it doesn't shit itself. Alternative is to use two partitions on windows and only share the one with your memes.
Parker Reyes
How do I configure a Gentoo VM kernel so that it takes the least space possible (while still being functional)?
Adrian Rogers
I already do that but it'd be nice not to lose 1TB of movies and anime because GNU/Linux's only NTFS driver was coded in an afternoon by some random dude.
Maybe I should switch to ExFAT as I was suggested.
Is there a known free solution to convert NTFS to ExFAT without losing data?
I guess if I don't get a better solution, I can just buy a cheap computer to make a server out of it. I know a place that often has old office computers for less than $100.
I just hate the idea of having to boot it and log in everytime I want to use my anime. and I'm not a security expert so I'm a little scared of leaving a computer running 24h/7 at my home.
Benjamin Harris
Just set it up with a hardened kernel and keep it updated. If you're really paranoid, I used to block everything but port 22 on the file server and used my VM (host only adapter) to port forward traffic from the Samba ports to the server through SSH.
Gavin Hernandez
Is it possible to set up a Linux server entirely remotely, without ever connecting a monitor and keyboard to it? I'm talking including the installation process.
John Diaz
Yeah, but it's more trouble than it's worth. I spent the last 3 days setting up an initramfs that I could gpxe boot and it's for my headless cluster nodes. If you set up a custom live image or network bootable image that starts sshd then you wouldn't need anything but a network connection. My server is headless and managed through SSH, but if something fucks up when I update the kernel I need to plug a graphics card and keyboard into it to fix it, or remove the SSD and boot from the backup USB drive that's in it.
Gabriel Peterson
Okay. I'm getting a workstation with integrated graphics if I go through with that plan, that's for sure.
Thanks for the advice!
Isaac Jenkins
What distro/DE works best for 2-in-1 laptops? As in it'll flip around when it's supposed to and it recognizes all inputs?
Nolan Walker
>Debian stable live ISO crashes at log in Never again.
How stable is funtoo?
Daniel Wilson
My arch install has started booting without sound.
When it boots i open alsamixer and it has MM so i press m and it has 00, which is unmuted i belive. the problem is there is still no sound, and before i startx it gives some weird prompt about my usb so i unplug everything like my webcam bc it has before auto selected it as a soundcard, which caused the problem but if i boot into it without it plugged in why am i not getting sound. i looked through the wiki and stuff and i dont think anyone else had this problem, everyone jus unmuted it and it worked so why not me ;_;
It hasn't even begun. Vulkan will help it, paying for Windows 10 will help it, more awareness of spying will help it, etc.
Jose Carter
do you unmute every single column?
Do you increase the volumen?
Noah Mitchell
This is fucking outdated, ntfs has been fine on Linux for years
Adrian Myers
>good ntfs library for Linux ntfs-3g
Jordan Hill
So i sold my gaymin PC and got a memebook for my chinese cartoons.
I have an old rig still working with 4GB of RAM, an AMD X2 with like 3TB of spare disks and i was thinking in installing GNU/loonix and dual boot Windows for some software (like CiscoPT). Which distro do you recommend? my goal is learning general computing and stop being a pleb.
Opensuse? any Ubuntu derivative?
Jace Price
i do exactly that and still no sound whatsever
Lincoln Harris
chrunchbang maybe. if youre feeling deteremined go with arch so you really do have to figure shit out
Michael James
>ntfs has been fine on Linux for years >read through NTFS docs for Linux >>don't write files, or if you write a file you can only write to a file the exact size of the destination file
i did actually try speaker-test and got feedback. ill try aplay next ty
Luke Morgan
>Linux Desktop Will never happen, except torvalds implements a DE.
Nolan Butler
DELET THIS
Oliver Bennett
by feedback you mean that annoying sound ?
Liam Fisher
yea, and as i played i even opened something like a song on youtube but nothing came out
Benjamin Evans
I'm not sure I understand your grammar.
So speaker-test works, but youtube dont?
What if you play a .mp3 or a video file with mplayer , mpv or vlc?
Dominic Perez
So what does /fglt/ think that Slackware is now updated to 14.2?
Luis Garcia
Why would my browsers (both Mozilla based) tab through links on a webpage? It's as if I press the tab button and each hyperlink gets that dotted border one by one with about 10second intervals. It's annoying because it seems to scroll to the top of the page and sometimes disable some keys.
Assuming this isn't a Trojan, what could this be? I'm on trisquel with gnome (Ubuntu based)
Colton Nelson
>chrunchbang Why not Debain?
Gabriel Gonzalez
Googled and its a discontinued distro, maybe ill go for Debian. Spotify will werk easy right?
Christian Hughes
bunsenlabs
Benjamin Wood
so I have a problem and I don't know how to fix it pic related.
i'm losing some functionality by not having the graphic drivers on. if i turn them on after rebooting i get no output from the screen i.e. completely black
how do i fix this? from what ive read it is a pretty common issue
Parker Turner
>Spotify will werk easy right?
spotify for Linux is released as a debian paackage so yes
How did you updated all packages (including kernel) in gentoo? I can't remember.
Easton Williams
I have a Skylake laptop and on Windows I can use Intel Extreme Utility to undervolt both the GPU and the CPU by a certain mV offset. Can I do the same on Linux?
Leo Jackson
Crunchbang
Tyler Garcia
i've been literally using ubuntu for a week, if you could please elaborate otherwise i wont understand
Hi Sup Forums I need an answer, a SMTube update says that xserver-xorg-lts-vivid will be uninstalled. Is that safe?
Jack Rivera
>vivid lmao
Thomas White
I finally switched to linux and would like to know some recommended programs, preferably GUI and with a lot of options
-Best File Manager -Best way to make Deb. fonts better -CLI tool for tar with automatic options (i.e. xvzf) , forgot the name
Tyler Powell
-Best File Manager a bash console -Best way to make Deb. fonts better idk -CLI tool for tar with automatic options (i.e. xvzf) , forgot the name
tar
William Cooper
(you)
Isaiah King
How do I fix ugly fonts in chrome?
Connor Perry
I'm writing a bash script. I want the script to use some files in the same directory as the script file itself is in. Can I just refer to "./some_file.txt" in the script, or do I need to specify the full path?
Michael Flores
How would i go as to replacing windows with something like Arch. I'm use to using windows for gaming but have grown tired of it, and since windows 10 is licensed to me and shit i'd be able to go back any time of course, anyways, how would i go as to doing that, like, fully getting rid of windows and installing something like Arch, and also, which SHOULD i use, arch, what linux distro.
Thomas Lopez
Maybe this should go in SQT, but why does the 'eth0' section of ifconfig display RX/TX bytes when my ethernet isn't plugged in?
I used to have a cli command that automatically extracted tar files to a folder, it was just like, > command (file) and it extracted it with no options
Caleb James
7z -x $1
Jaxon James
Debian with KDE Download the iso and burn it
Isaiah Butler
just chuck alias untar="tar -xvzf" in your .bashrc or whatever.
Colton Cruz
what is a good distro that has nvidia drivers on their repository like Arch?
Cameron Adams
Arch
Nolan Davis
i need an alternative because shitty driver support/glitches on my laptop
Cameron Wilson
How will changing distro fix that?
Ayden Moore
i believe its distro specific because theres no bugs on ubuntu
Samuel Morris
How can I install my cd/dvd rom in my thinkpad? I installed debian 8 with a usb. What are the correct commands to be able to do this through the terminal?
Carson Carter
chaces are is ready to use.
just put a cd/dvd, mount it (if no autmount) and do whatever you need.
Jeremiah Perez
heh
Tyler Robinson
I tried, but it only gave me the loption to burn it, not to play it.
>lsblk it will tell you the device name. (is the one with type rom)
first check if is already mounted: >mount look for something like: > /dev/{yourdevicename} on /media/something
If is not mounted:
>mount /dev/{devicename} /media/dvd
You may have to create the dir /media/dvd.
pd: dont write the {}
Chase Parker
With the debian non free isos, when you install does all the firmware not related to your particular computer get installed or just the stuff you need? Think I only have wifi drivers but it's a pain to deal with when it doesn't work.
Lincoln Turner
Thanks user, its working now.
Oliver Harris
good, always glad to help
Samuel Hill
How would I go about installing gentoo on my c720 chromebook? Not sure which kernel modules I need to include.
Grayson Williams
Okay noob question: How do I enable the shortcut command for the terminal, aka Ctrl + Alt +T. I am on debian, and it doesn't to work. I tried looking on keyboard, and couldn't find it.
Brandon Clark
You can add the following function to .bashrc: function extract { if [ -z "$1" ]; then # display usage if no parameters given echo "Usage: extract ." else if [ -f $1 ] ; then NAME=${1%.*} mkdir $NAME && cd $NAME case $1 in *.tar.bz2) tar xvjf ../$1 ;; *.tar.gz) tar xvzf ../$1 ;; *.tar.xz) tar xvJf ../$1 ;; *.lzma) unlzma ../$1 ;; *.bz2) bunzip2 ../$1 ;; *.rar) unrar x -ad ../$1 ;; *.gz) gunzip ../$1 ;; *.tar) tar xvf ../$1 ;; *.tbz2) tar xvjf ../$1 ;; *.tgz) tar xvzf ../$1 ;; *.zip) unzip ../$1 ;; *.Z) uncompress ../$1 ;; *.7z) 7z x ../$1 ;; *.xz) unxz ../$1 ;; *.exe) cabextract ../$1 ;; *) echo "extract: '$1' - unknown archive method" ;; esac else echo "$1 - file does not exist" fi fi }
IDK but >alt + f2 is quasi universal, not to launch a terminal but a "laucher" so you just write the name of your favorite terminal, or program to be launched.
Jaxson Richardson
You should have a "easy to use" gui tool to set shortcuts then.