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GNOME if you have a decent computer and liked it from when you were using Kali.
Cinammon if you prefer a more Windows-like look out of the box
LXDE if you want a very light DE that works very well
Robert Russell
Where can I get additional info on how to not fuck up a Gentoo install. I printed the wiki handbook already.
Cameron Morris
i remember this sort of trolling, takes me back a bit
Charles Cooper
Went for Gnome, i'm moving away from everything Windows atm.
I make normal user, then a root user.
My install list so far when this gets up and running.
>PIA VPN "Private internet access" (Bought a year so...)
>Sqlmap Will adding the Kali repo to my debian work? Or does the Debian repo actually contain stuff like this.
>Firefox
Justin Cox
I just flashed libreboot on my t500. This is the release from a couple of days ago, it added support for high res panels and it made the integrated GPU faster than the stock bios by moving from 32MB vram to 256MB.
The flash worked, but networking is not working. I have tried multiple wireless cards and OSs. Ethernet does not work, even though I injected the MAC address. I can see SSIDs for all of the wireless networks near me, and I can enter a password, but it fails to connect. I have been messing around with it for a while, so I decided to ask to see if anyone has run into something similar.
I flashed my x200 ~1 year ago, and that is still working great. After I am finished with the t500 I will liberate my t400.
Noah Brown
What are the /fglt/ approved nonmeme distros?
Wyatt Lee
Debian.
Lincoln Thompson
Slackware
Jeremiah Bell
Thoughts on Void?
Luke Moore
...
Christopher Morris
What is the least dep,resources file manage GUI?
Angel Ross
So between Xfce and LxQT, what do you folks prefer?
Nathaniel Lee
Is there some sort of guide to use that will help me choose which OS is best for me?
Elijah Rodriguez
Ok team, i'm inside.
Juan Bennett
stable, testing or unstable?
Cameron Sanders
>update system >shit still won't print correctly
You would think that after 20 years they would have this figured out by now.
Thomas Howard
Have you tried using your brain as a guide?
Gavin Baker
>Firefox i hope you got esr
Oliver Cox
ranger
Daniel Morgan
It will come with Firefox out of the box.
When you first boot, open up a terminal and do this:
-su (enter your admin password) -visudo (this will open up sudo configuration) -Go down in the text file and look for where it says "User privilege specification". Right below root, add your username, and ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL like it says in the root user. -su yourusername (this will take you back to the non-root terminal) -you can now use 'sudo' to execute commands with temporary root privileges (which is what you should do) -sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude full-upgrade -sudo aptitude install apt-listbugs ufw debian-goodies
And there you go.
If you want to upgrade from Stable branch to Testing or Unstable, then you can do so by doing
-sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list and changing the instances of 'jessie' for 'testing'. -save -sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade (you should use apt-get when upgrading between branches, but aptitude in literally every other situation) -you are now using Debian Testing
Caleb Jackson
yes
Justin Gray
Free up 48 hours of your life, have spare system handy for troubleshooting.
Landon Torres
Arch Linux
Parker Reed
>aptitude bloat
Luis Roberts
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Adrian White
Get outta here with your memes
John Sanchez
su worked.
Visudo command not found.
Also can i get this terminal black? Because it's kinda hurting my eyes to look at this.
Nicholas Hall
He said nonmeme.
Ryder Bennett
learn2use apt newfag
Jose Jones
Well that was fast.
You might want to go to the Debian site and read up on a few things. First off, how to switch between Stable/Testing/Sid, unless you like ancient packages. Most of all, if you don't want to get memed on, google your questions before asking here.
Since you said you were studying sysadmin stuff, maybe you should give the Debian Administrator's Handbook a read. I'm doing it right, and it's pretty alright.
Wyatt Wood
If su worked, your terminal should now have a # at the end of the line, indicating you are root. When you run visudo there, does it not work? Are you sure you're not running it from a user terminal? (which has a $ dollar sign)
Aiden Morales
...
Jose Wright
Please avoid using the term “google” as a verb, meaning to search for something on the internet. “Google” is just the name of one particular search engine among others. We suggest to use the term “search the web” or (in some contexts) just “search”. Try to use a search engine that respects your privacy.
Dylan Gonzalez
Huh. Maybe sudo is not installed?
As root, type: aptitude update && aptitude install sudo
Owen Hernandez
While in root, use the command:
apt-get install sudo
Owen Lewis
What's the best image viewer for gifs? Using feh but it doesn't show animations.
Jaxon Baker
imagemagic's animate
Isaiah Peterson
mpv
Jack Cruz
>What is the least dep,resources file manage GUI?
Camden Hall
>ranger
Andrew Flores
You were absolutely right
Jack White
mpv
Ayden Cox
Debian Arch Linux Fedora Gentoo
Levi Gutierrez
And yes, you can. It's in the preferences menu of the terminal. Edit > Preferences > Theme variant > Dark. You can install more later.
Zachary Roberts
DuckDuckPlzGo, Stallman.
Hunter Sanders
...
Landon Garcia
>ranger is a text-based file manager written in Python. Directories are displayed in one pane with three columns. Moving between them is accomplished with keystrokes, bookmarks, the mouse or the command history. File previews and directory contents show automatically for the current selection. Features include: vi-style key bindings, bookmarks, selections, tagging, tabs, command history, the ability to make symbolic links, several console modes, and a task view. ranger has customization commands and key bindings, including bindings to external scripts. The closest competitor is Vifm, which has two panes and vi-style key bindings, but fewer features overall.
Carson Rodriguez
seems like mpv only plays the gif once and closes. looking for something that loops.
Levi Bell
graphical user interface is graphical
Justin Lee
Well done. Now exit with CTRL+X. If prompted to save, say yes Now continue
If done right, when you're in the $ user terminal, 'sudo' should work for you.
Aaron Johnson
[media.loop] #loop-file="inf"
[extension.gif] profile="media.loop"
Jose Moore
So you use invisible file managers that you cannot see since it isnt a gui?
Matthew Martinez
Worked great my friend!
Parker Hughes
RedStar OS
Aaron Cook
Awesome.
Assuming you've installed apt-listbugs, ufw, and debian-goodies
Now do
sudo ufw enable sudo ufw status
And now you got yourself a basic firewall setup. Neat, huh?
Austin Perry
Glad it worked for you, but I'm not your friend or anything.
Leaving the comments in and stuff doesn't hurt you or anything, but it just pleases my autism to have it like this.
Luke Turner
>contrib non-free
Anthony Campbell
So I'm currently using Windows 7, tried using Manjaro but I went in blind and was overwhelmed with all the stuff I had to learn. Can I partition my hard drive, install a distro, get settled down in it, then transfer files from Windows to Linux from Linux or Windows? Or do I have to put the files on Windows on my externall hdd then transfer it
Asher Walker
Oups?
David Russell
>put Ubuntu on a flash drive with Rufus >it boots correctly >mouse doesn't respond, no cursor or anything >figure I need USB drivers >okay, I'll just use my keyboard, maybe tabbing around will work so I can... >keyboard doesn't respond either >it's USB because it was made after 1995 >i have zero working IO devices >sensiblechuckle.webm
Did I do something wrong or is that expected for a live CD/flash drive situation?
Connor Richardson
Oh and 'httpredir' tells your package manager to look for the nearest and most complete mirror, so you'll always have fast downloads.
Aaron Johnson
thanks anons, that worked. cheers.
Tyler Young
>>And now you got yourself a basic firewall setup. Neat, huh? lel, it need to be configured too faggot
Jackson Wilson
Yeah. I'm not gonna miss out on some software I need just because Stallman disagrees user.
When you're in an user terminal ($) you need to use 'sudo' before your command when trying to do something only an admin has rights to do.
For example, to open a normal file, you can just use 'gedit file', and if you want to modify it you can. If you want to open a system file, you can use 'gedit file' to see it, but you don't have the rights to modify and save it.
If you want to open AND modify a system file, you need 'sudo gedit file'
Jose Morales
Fixed, and also realised i had to do sudo apt-get then i got the debian goodies and apt listbugs. But ufw enable didnt work.
Luis Gutierrez
For what do you need security holes and botnet?
Ryan Jones
Thank you captain Obvious. What part of basic didn't you understand?
That's because you haven't installed ufw. Do 'sudo aptitude install ufw'
Angel Thompson
>aptitude is this the new meme?
Logan Long
You'll probably want to get used to using 'aptitude' instead of 'apt-get' user, specially if you're new. It's nicer at resolving dependency issues for a newbie.
Just don't use it for jumping to testing. You use apt-get for that. And aptitude for everything else
Brody Robinson
You're the old meme
Andrew Taylor
Hmm, did i forget something?
Anthony Bell
aptitude is completly useless bloat guys, you can do everything perfectly fine with apt, please stop this meme
David Ortiz
Question. Did you already save the new sources.list?
Because if you did, then before doing anything else you must do this:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
This will upgrade your system to testing. You can't install anything else until you upgrade
Leo Wright
Actually, using aptitude next to apt-get can cause serious problems, since aptitude doesn't track what apt does. This may result in dependencies hell.
Nicholas Hill
If you get any dependency questions while doing this, feel free to screenshot and ask. Don't just blindly say yes or no to something without knowing what it is
Ryder Hughes
This was the case, and it's updating like crazy now.
Anthony Nelson
you have to be root so use sudo you can skip typing all that again by doing sudo !!
Levi Jones
If you can provide evidence for this claim, I will be happy to change my mind. As far as I know, aptitude and apt are both front ends to dpkg. They are aware of packages you install on either.
What I know for a fact is that using aptitude while upgrading branches causes it to flip its shit. So you're never supposed to use it for that. For everything else, it's great.
Brandon Hughes
Run apt-get moo, post results.
Jayden Miller
Cool. When everything is done, restart your computer.
Xavier Fisher
Debian is very snappy, and i even get greater speeds here than on my Windows for some reason.
What is moo?
Xavier Myers
Am i sure?
Michael Mitchell
I see you have open the kali repos in another tab.
Be wary of adding them to your sources.list file. You don't want to create a Frankendebian.
I understand, so i have to download tar files and learn that then.
Eli Long
youtube-dl is a dependency of mpv, so he doesn't have to install it. It just automatically installs it when you get mpv.
Hunter Young
perfect
Charles Baker
What is mpv?
Should i get that also before restart?
Parker Ross
No no, you don't *have* to. Just saying, be cautious. For the most part you should be okay, but if you install some package specifically made for Kali, remember that that is based on Debian 7 (Wheezy). You're on Debian 9 (Stretch). So that may cause problems.
mpv is a nice video player.
No, get it AFTER you have restarted.
Ryder Jones
Man i really appreciate you, i'd like you to know that.
Daniel Smith
No problem user, that's what we're here for
Benjamin White
not but just a quick reminder that you can also use "apt" instead of "apt-get" for a generally simpler usage and nicer terminal output
Camden Gutierrez
Will you guys help me rice this bitch afterwards? So i can post screenfetch in threads without being ashamed?
David Robinson
No it isn't dumbass.
Jaxson Ramirez
This almost makes me feel bad for memeing on the newfriend earlier.
Sebastian Miller
Get the fuck out of here tripfag. It is on debian, not on your system.
