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Never mind. I figured it out. It seems that they installed right after all. All the programs are running, but I need to figure out how to get them running from simple commands on the command line.
Can anyone help me with aliases? Do I just copy the path to the program file and use that to make the command in bash.rc?
Nathan Hill
Actually, that entry isn't just throwing me back to grub, it's also giving an error: invalid sector size 65535
There were other inconsequential errors the first time so I missed that
Joshua Davis
Add the directory where the executables are in to your PATH variable. export PATH="${PATH}:/additional/path/" After that, you can call the executable without typing the whole path.
Anthony Parker
alias lol='/top/kek --lel'
Carson Hughes
Hah, figured it out. I forgot to reinstall the kernel, as it had some files in /boot.
Adam Bell
when start tmux can this layout be auto started as well, something in .tmux.conf?
James Wright
best lightweight distro that's easy on battery life for an x220? Heard lubuntu is ok, figured I'd ask here
Dylan Jackson
yep just learn the config file
Justin Cook
What's a good background manager? I have the stock one in cinnamon that lets me change every 5 minutes, but you have to set one aspect for all images, so images that need to be centered instead of scaled end up looking like shit for example. it can't look into multiple subdirectories for images, only from a single one.
Luis Clark
scripted feh
David Thomas
thanks I'll look into it
Also I was looking at other desktop enviroments last night. Some people were saying it's fine to check out others. Then some were saying don't do it, because installing some packages in say GNOME and then running them in KDe causes things to break and not work right. is it fine to test out different DEs as long as i don't install any new packages while doing so? if I do decide to swap DEs would it be best to first uninstall all my packages from the old one and reinstall them to be sure?
KDE plasma looks really nice but I don't really know what packages to install from synaptic to get it going.
Jaxson Thomas
You can install and use what ever you want from any de/wm,being that you must also satisfy the deps to use that program in another wm/de,which leads to bloat.
start with the base group for kde and work from there.
oh ok so a given package will have dependencies unique to different DEs
I'm nto really fussed about lightweight performance or anything. plasma just looks pretty.
Jordan Ward
Has linux fixed it's weird audio spaghetti?
Landon Gray
I posted this on the other thread but everyone left.
I need the dankest distro for a hybric lenovo ideapad Miix 300. This shit only has like 64 of internal memory so it has to be pretty light, and support the touchscreen.
Nicholas Hernandez
whats the best distro for someone who smokes weed on a regular basis?
Gabriel Roberts
pleaserino helperino
Christian Hernandez
dude arch lmao
Jaxon Rivera
All right bros... answer me this one. When I use one of the GUI file managers (GNOME, Xfce etc), why the fuck does it choke when I'm copying files to a USB drive?
See the attached pic... I was copying some files and it fucking choked at 99% for like 20 seconds.
I know what you're thinking.. it must be the drive, right?
WRONG!
If I copy it with cp or copy it with my mac laptop, it doesn't happen. It only happens with GUI file managers for Linux.
Why? WTF is going on? I've tried all kinds of things and it always chokes/stutters.
Lucas Adams
I wanna use Debian on my chinkpad but every DE sucks dick. Any good tiling WM for a tiny (shitty) screen with quick setup?
Oliver Roberts
arch/manjaro
puppy linux, damn small linux, literally any lightweight or netinst distro
they're all going to roughly be using the same kernels so pick your favourite and use powertop
Connor Long
it's probably syncing (man sync) or some dumb bullshit, the visual copy managers all tend to be awful
>Any good tiling WM for a tiny (shitty) screen with quick setup?
i3 but if not try dwm or one of its clones (awesome)
Nicholas Jones
>dude arch lmao >arch/manjaro dont be stupid. stoners are too fucking retarded to even install it let alone run it well.
stoner bro, your best bet is Linux Mint or Ubuntu. that shit just fuckign works out of the box. you'll save yourself days of anguish.
Jayden Foster
>it's probably syncing (man sync) or some dumb bullshit, the visual copy managers all tend to be awful fuck man... any idea how to fix this shit? I always copy shit to a USB drive and this choking after each file is written is driving me nuts.
I've been using cp to copy but for some shit, just dragging folders around is so much more convenient.
Justin Walker
if it is syncing (pure speculation, google around) then it should probably be done but I have no idea what else it could be
Austin Stewart
bspwm. Doesn't screentear/artifact like i3 when resizing windows.
Jonathan Cooper
but I have installed gentoo a while ago and ran it sucessfully its just not my type of os to use i need something more suitable for a stoner such as myself
Kayden Rodriguez
Anyone know how to get a window to open in a specific way when run in terminal in i3? I want to get feh to display album art as a floating window on a specific workspace.
Luke Baker
I'm using Arch if it matters.
Aiden Morris
huh? I'm using debian.
Kevin Martinez
How would Manjaro handle an iPod Classic? I know on Ubuntu it's literally just, plug in and get going, while I recall the Arch Wiki having a lengthy set of steps in order to get it working.
Nathaniel Williams
I'm using Void?
Justin Peterson
Wasn't it made by a negro?
John Butler
i dont know, but it works better then i3 so I don't particularly care.
Bentley Peterson
in what way?
Jason Stewart
cleaner codebase, native gaps, and like I said above it doesn't artifact when you resize windows. Other then that it functions exactly the same.
Christian Flores
so i shouldn't bother switching if i don't particularly care about gaps or artifacting? i'll keep it mind though maybe i'll check it out later even if it was made by a negro.
Alexander Hill
What is the fastest most versatile C/C++ IDE for Linux? On Windows i've been using Dev C++. (Pic unrelated)
Kevin Smith
Your question needs more buzzwords. You forgot "best", "most webscale", "most likely to become famous" and "just works".
Charles Collins
C/C++ is very racist. use ruby instead
Sebastian Powell
@57468891 vim
Kevin Long
Guess i'm not getting any help here. But thanks anyway.
Jordan Edwards
>C++ Is this thing even real? I mean i've heard of it multiple times but when I look at the code it just looks like a sad joke to me
William Reed
Is the root passwd the same as the user passwd in ubuntu? If I change the user's will it change the root's too
Jaxon Wright
@57469136 lmao fuck no
Gavin Watson
If I want something for a small program I just use vim. If I really want to use an IDE I use codelite because it's fast & simple while doing the job. Then it might lack of features compared to some IDE but it depends what you're looking for. There is also Code::blocks
Brandon Perez
I'm sure RMS smokes weed too, you should try trisquel, dragora or parabola... something Stallman approves
Parker Nguyen
nope i don't use distros tainted by ***
Chase Gomez
It's just for college. I actually had a VM with Windows 7 just for that, but thanks, i'll try it.
hi guys, can you please give me your honest opinion on elementary OS?
Luke Wilson
for 57469515 its shit
Justin Watson
It's just Ubuntu with a revamped interface, i find it to be pretty slow and shitty. If you want something similar but less shitty use Fedora or Mint.
Liam Garcia
decent
Kayden Miller
What plugins do you use for vim?
Blake Moore
Is there an open source version of sandboxie on linux? or at least something like it
Jaxon Stewart
>you're cheating if you don't pay for free software - eos devs top kek
Luis Wright
Dumb question: how should I know when I have to use -h / -help for help and when it's --h / --help?
Jace Walker
man > -h > --help if one doesn't work, go to next or reversed
Daniel Powell
I want to learn Arch Linux. My question is: are there any pdf guides out there? I already tried to find one, but I failed.
I know you'll say that I should use the Arch wiki, but I need a single pdf for the learning.
Also I might use an Arch installer, so I don't necessarily need to understand the installing process - I only want to handle an already installed Arch (the basics, at least).
Please help me out with some links, or post the guides themselves, if you can!
Dylan Ortiz
you do know you download wikis right
Aaron Edwards
Anyone using Dunst? How do I make it show these notification icons like the xfce notification daemon (on top)?
Oliver Cook
You can just use arch-anywhere. It's the same as installing Arch, only you don't have to type in everything, and you can't forget to add yourself to the sudo wheel, or set a hostname. Also comes with a repo with nice stuff like easy mirror switching while abroad. But those are unsigned packages, so there's that.
Jayden Sullivan
this again?
Aiden Ross
Want to try the CFT overthewire bandit (labeled as beginner friendly) wargame, getting paranoid and aborts. Is it safe /fglt/?
Connor Rodriguez
Don't fucking bother, unless you have a lot of free time.
Isaac Lewis
>install second sound card >install PA >send mpd output to second card connected to stereo, everything else output to card one i can finally drown out my neighbor, giving his wife the smackdown ,with anime ops.
Hudson Gomez
No.
sudo passwd root
And you'll be able to change root password.
Robert Mitchell
Firejail. SELinux. AppArmor. Various container solutions.
Noah Collins
You're an idiot.
>i want to learn arch >i want to use an installer There is no "learning Arch". You can learn how to use its package manager. To get the basics down, a normal person needs 30 seconds. Installing Arch might be the only thing one could consider "learning Arch", but you appear to be a retard who wants to skip that step (which makes up a big part why someone would use Arch). Any software that you use on Arch can be used and "learned" on other distributions.
Adam Carter
Is the card actually a Create SoundBlaster? How does volume changing work for you? Do you get crackles and pops when changing volumes?
Nolan Davis
its a sound blaster live ct4871 volume change is smooth it has 2 outputs; one hisses when cpu usage ramps, the other is completely fine
Cameron Johnson
what is your favorite package manager boys
Bentley Long
There exist only one package manager. It's called pacman (PACkage MANager).
Dominic Howard
the internet
Gabriel Lewis
app store
Jackson Roberts
Is it possible to access firefox's bookmarks remotely without an X server?
Elijah Martinez
Theoretically, yes. The bookmark information is in .mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxx.default/places.sqlite. You just need to get the information out from the database.
Jaxson Gray
While you're unnecessarily mean, thanks for the helpful post.
Nathan Gutierrez
Thanks man.
Austin Sullivan
I'll keep posting until someone answers it.
Thomas Jones
you mean an answer that favors what you want. google will give you an answer faster
Eli Watson
My mouse and my keyboard get laggy after a minute or so of not doing anything with them (not typing or not moving the mouse). The pointer moves very sluggishly and it's hard to click on things, the keyboard just doesn't register all the keys I press and is sluggish too. If I keep moving the pointer constantly the problem doesn't appear and it can stay that way for hours, when it starts acting a reboot fixes it, until I stop constantly inputting stuff with the keyboard/mouse. This happens in TTY as well so I guess it must be a kernel problem (since I also am unable to wake up the computer after suspending it to RAM). I'm using kubuntu 16.04 with 4.4.0-47-generic, I installed it a while ago but it only started showing this behavior a couple of days ago. WTF do I do now? Will I have to reinstall it?
Asher Peterson
I've already given you an answer. An internet search engine could give you one too.
It seems that universal access is a unity thing and I'm using KDE, can't find it in system settings. Also, I forgot to mention that I tried this but it didn't work:
sudo sh -c 'echo N > /sys/module/drm_kms_helper/parameters/poll'
Jackson Reed
I already searched for dunst icons, dunst notification icons, dunst images; I read the man dunst and config file and there's no irc chat for it. If you won't help then GTFO.
Sebastian King
pacman
Brody Nelson
Hey Sup Forums, what's the best lightweight and user-friendly distro for daily use?
Kevin Ward
>If you won't spoonfeed me then GTFO. FTFY
Lincoln Clark
arch
Luis Flores
I set the icons icon_position = left and if I use notify-send -i the_icon_path.png whatever I can see the icon but it's not working with other programs.
Sebastian Murphy
try a debian netinstall, choose a lightweight wm like openbox