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Linux nerds! How do I switch my Alt key for "Winshit" key? It's driving me nuts and I keep hitting it by a mistake. Everything would be fine if I could switch these things around.
Using Mint with Cinnamon.
Thanks!
Jack Lopez
gnu = cancer
Jose Myers
You mean like with xmodmap?
Luis Cook
>CrossOver Linux 15.0.1 is the easiest way to run Microsoft Windows software on your Linux PC without buying a Windows license, rebooting, or using a virtual machine. Also games, and utility programs all in one application
you never tried to look in the actual mint forum for mint related issues.... ???? >forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=3158
Angel Ortiz
>Are there any Windows applications that you can't get working under CrossOver?
>We can probably get any Windows application to work. We managed to get Microsoft Office to run, so odds are pretty good that we can get your application running too. The only question is how much time and money it will take.
Sickening. So they're just bundling Wine and other software other people wrote and selling it? It's not even licensed under the GPL from what I've seen.
Carter Nelson
>you never tried to look in the actual mint forum for mint related issues.... ???? that doesn't actually do what I want. I'd like to switch Winshit Alt on both sides of the keyboard. I dont care about disabling the actual menu.
>Using Mint with Cinnamon. Just a warning, Mint is currently the worst distro around, consider switching to a better distro. You wount get security updates for the kernel and packages will break. It was also hacked in the past and backdoors were added into the isos.
Aaron Allen
>:~$ sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386 >Odd number of elements in hash assignment at /usr/share/pkg-config-dpkghook line 30.
wut.
James King
>jwz.org/xkeycaps/ OH FUCK YES! Thank you user. Exactly what I was hoping would exist. Doing it through command line and copy/pasting various key code is damn error prone.
>MUH ISSUES Dude please. I dont care. Mint works perfectly for me. Everythign I need it to do just fucking works. It's the only distro that works well out of the box. Anyway, this is a wrong thread for distro evangelism.
Nathan Sanders
>tfw install mint is the new delete system32
Jaxon James
Also...
>E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) >E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
WUT.
Mason Miller
Anyone care to point me in the right direction, I am trying to do a minimal install of F24 with i3wm, yet I am struggling to install Xorg with dnf, Google has provided little help.
I would be very appreciative of any input, thanks chaps
Christopher Bennett
It's okay if you don't care, but don't say it works when it actually doesn't. Security issues are serious issues.
Josiah Garcia
>retards think random anons will have any idea what the thread is about
Ayden Stewart
means ya gettin hacked by the fbi
Christopher Butler
Install X window system in the netinstall. Or install lxde version and then disable the login manager and pretend lxde isn't there.
Cooper Williams
That sucks. I knew downloading Linux would make me a bigger target than I already was.
Lincoln Lee
>It's okay if you don't care, but don't say it works when it actually doesn't. Security issues are serious issues. bullshit. can you cite some news articles when someone's Mint got hacked? anyway, gtfo! go troll in some other thread... preferably Winshit or some gaymer one.
Angel Ross
>fedora >minimal install don't even bother I've been there and it's shit
How can I back up ppas and the installed programs I have in kubuntu? I want to be able to add what I had and remove what I didn't have in a fresh installation.
Continued from , I tried startx and all that loads is a black screen with a cursor (pic related). I'll try undoing the changes I made before this happened, but the file was so minor that I don't know how it could have caused this. Basically I copied a file from wicd and edited that copy to connect to my uni's wifi. When I restarted my computer, it only loads terminal. I definitely fell for the Mint meme.
Christopher James
looks like PEBKAC
Josiah Miller
Ubuntu users thinking of switch to Debian, The thing is I actually like unity, it has this cool feature were windows automatically take up half the screen, Any DE with similar features? KDE looks kind meh... is I3 just a meme?
Wyatt Torres
I prefer gnome over unity. But if you like unity why not just stay with Ubuntu?
Dylan Thomas
Newfag here.
Do I use Nvidia or Noveau driver for my dGPU (GTX 960M)?
Or maybe disable it completely and roll with the integrated one by itself?
Brody Russell
Do VPS servers usually come with a dedicated IP? Also, do you guys usually set up your own DNS server when you run a website from a VPS?
Austin Clark
Probably desu, but the file was so minor that I don't know why it would change so much
Nathan Cook
started with ubuntu and im not using mint, what's the next step?
Isaac Cruz
On Windows, I used to use AutoHotkey for spelling corrections. You could give it a list of words and their replacements and it would monitor keypresses and just inject backspaces & their replacements. It works across every app.
How do I get that functionality under Linux?
Hudson Lopez
>ubuntu >next step Install Apartheid Linux.
Asher Fisher
im now*
Gavin Martin
you are ready for gentoo
Austin Walker
You've reached the apex. No need to fuck around. Use Mint to get important shit done. Unless you're in IT, fucking around with various distros is a giant waste of time.
Jason Edwards
Linux Mint is an enemy of your freedom.
Sebastian Turner
Yes. No.
James Brooks
>were windows automatically take up half the screen, Any DE with similar features?
xfce has that, you just gotta map it in the settings because I don't remember what the default shortcuts are. I have mine to ctrl+alt+left/right_arrow
Easton Williams
fedora then manjaro
Isaiah Young
Just installed arch and i3.
What did I do? What should I do? Did I fuck up?
I'm too retarded for this shit.
Ayden Foster
If you want to do anything gpu heavy then install the proprietary driver for better performance, otherwise shouldn't be necessary
Jaxson Carter
you need to install fonts ttf-dejavu if you want it to just werk
Colton Stewart
whatever it is you use a computer for?
Hudson Perez
Is that it? Hmm thanks.
I didn't think it'd be this minimal...
Lincoln Martinez
How do I slow down my chassis fan? I followed this guide but it doesn't do shit to my fan:
I think CPU fan is automatically controlled but my chassis fan is at full speed all the time. It's so damn loud!
Jayden Williams
So I have been using Fedora for a good while I love it. I have a question though, if I update to the newest Fedora will I have to use Easylife again to install the proprietary stuff?
Easton Wood
So I'm retarded and I only have a couple of Powerbook G4s to spare for Linux. What's a good distro for these things? I would use YellowDog had this been 2010. Thanks
Camden Brooks
the answer to all questions is
Nicholas Morris
fuck you
Joshua Perez
install gentoo?
Kayden Torres
Haha there's so much stuff that isn't installed and I just tried to install urxvt-patched and now my i3 terminal keybind is broken. I think I really am too dumb for this.
Adam Hill
igpu for normal stuff nvidia proprietary driver for everything else
Nvidia is enemy of your freedom, they have shit open source drivers
James Allen
what does it mean when a job says they expect me to "know" linux? what do they want me to know?
Christian Clark
Linux
Kayden Powell
>manually tiling a tile-less wm you mad nerds?
Grayson Smith
You could at least make your edges line up, man.
Ayden Allen
>urxvt-patched why? also, stop saying that shit is broken nothing is broken, you probably need to configure just because the defaults aren't working the way you want doesn't mean it's broken
Caleb Johnson
what is wrong with GNU, GNU is just fine, fuck off back to the BSD thread if you wanna cry about how GNU is communism and how you have PTSD over the word GNU
Hudson Garcia
mint doesn't provide security patches for the sake of the stability, because their DE is "shit". I find it awesome for the user, but it's buggy as hell on other distributions
Xavier Nguyen
GNU are for neckbeards who can't even see their own dicks because of their fat. Just look at RMS.
Colton Martin
I'm currently installing Debian WHen it prompts software selection: Do I have to install debian desktop environment + GNOME Or can I just install GNOME?
Isaac Butler
plz respond
Asher Moore
How am I to open the terminal to edit the config? I haven't set a keybind for dmenu yet.
Jeremiah Harris
Any software that allows me to keep an agenda to stay organized?
Chase Cox
nevermind I'm dumb
Christian Taylor
you can just install gnome, no need for debian desktop environment.
Brody Perry
Sup Sup Forums I need to write a bash script that'll crash and force a reboot on a linux computer because I don't have sudo rights and I'm not walking half fucking hour to hard reset the machine by hand.
Anyone have something like this?
Ayden Lee
FUCK the way it was listed made it seem that gnome was dependent on debian desktop environment
I'm trying to do a fresh install of mint 18 on my laptop currently running mint 17 and a smaller partition with an old antergos. Problem is it won't load the live version off the DVD. I burned the iso, change my boot options, get to the gnu grub, select the mint 18 cinnamon 64-bit option, and get a black screen. Compatibility mode does the same thing. Is there something I'm doing wrong?
Leo Miller
Don't install Mint it's the worst distro.
Jordan Torres
Could use an answer to this problem, if you patricians could spare the time.
Jackson Parker
I'm a pleb and I'm used to it. I just want it to work. I've also tried suse and didn't like it much
Jason Rivera
Thank you man really. I'm sorry to bring my retardation here.
Tyler Morgan
Where do I start with Linux security?
Luke Garcia
>Arch is going SJW like Debian and Fedora At least we still have Gentoo.
Jeremiah Jenkins
1, mpd 2, something like plex or kodi probably 3, would like an answer for this too.
Charles Baker
are there any really minimal display managers?
like just a command prompt, where you type in username & password, then it sends you to your regular graphical session
Jeremiah Thomas
Ufw/iptables, dnscrypt, selinux... Maybe follow your distros hardening walkthrough.
Brandon Torres
You can make startx run automatically on login in one tty, tty1 at best.
Luke Gomez
In a previous thread I asked about using apple's wired keyboard with Linux... and now I finally picked it up from a guy off Craigslist. Paid $35 for it brand new after bargaining with him.
I've been using mechanical switches all my life (never owned laptops so never encountered chicklet style) but I was never satisfied with them. I tried MS Designer bluetooth keyboard at the store but wasn't exactly happy with the keys (they are mushy and doesn't register keys well). MS Designer Bluetooth keyboard is also expensive but it does come with a mouse... which is great if you need one.
Anyway, after using this apple keyboard for an hour, these keyboards are the fucking GOAT! It takes so little force to press them yet the travel is near perfect. My fingertips don't hurt after typing for long anymore!
Linux modifications were easy too. I remapped media keys and assigned those 'show all windows' and 'show desktop' keys and now it's perfect. The keyboard also has two USB ports on the side and I plugged my wireless mouse dongle into one of them. My mouse also feels a bit snappier & doesn't disconnect since the dongle is so close to it.
Anyway, if you want a great keyboard, find a used one of these. Don't own any apple equipment but this keyboard is fucking great! Thanks /flt/!
Alexander Martinez
Good for you.
Colton Rodriguez
Thanks for the response, family.
Hudson Rogers
About to try linux mint 18 on a laptop i'm not using.
Is it worth? Windblows boi here.
Lincoln Garcia
Mint is a poor choice. Go for Ubuntu or Fedora.
Carson Gutierrez
Already tried ubuntu, no matter what I did it was just too ugly.
