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what DE should i use with ubuntu? currently at xubuntu and the DE is buggy af or im retarded. maybe ubuntu mate?
Sebastian Powell
They are forcing their agenda on people in the thread, despite a large number not even using gnu for their userland
Michael Wood
It's been a very long back and forth thing with it being linux thread vs gnu/linux thread. Just keep it as gnu/linux thread.
Jaxson Lewis
I think I'll just make a a fork of this thread soon. They are welcome there too if they don't mention things exclusive to their userland.
Isaiah Powell
I'm trying to get stats to work with mpv and when I start it I get this message in the terminal
>[stats] [stats] stack traceback: [stats] [C]: in ? [stats] [C]: in ? [stats] Lua error: /home/jack/.config/mpv/scripts/stats.lua:5: unexpected symbol near '
Colton Parker
But you can use Linux without gnu.
Landon Torres
nah, I'm bringing it back. just wait a little for when i get into the mood.
Joshua Sanders
Those systems are indeed not GNU/Linux systems, so what's your point?
Chase Barnes
This is a Linux thread, everything we talk about pertains to the linux Linux and operating system. You can talk about gnu within the thread the same as you can busybox,qclibc,and malloc and any issues,grivences,support would still be valid as you are using Linux.
Mason Russell
You're wrong, pal. This is a GNU/Linux thread, it says it right there in the thread title. Feel free to create an alpine or "Just Linux" thread if you want.
Ayden Anderson
Linux is cuckold communist trash. BSD is not cucked and is pro white and not controlled by kikes.
Daniel Howard
This is garbage bait and you should feel ashamed.
Kayden Hill
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Lincoln Lewis
Been trying to install gentoo for a while now, just for the heck of it. I've had several attempts that resulted in botched installations that I just gave up on, and one attempt where I completed the installation with zero problems and even installed xorg, but decided I was done because I was tired of compiling everything
Now I really want to install it on my laptop, but unfortunately my laptop's AMD card is fairly new and incompatible with the open-source drivers amdgpu and radeonsi (just gives me a black screen on every distro).
I know for a fact that the proprietary driver package (flgrx/Catalyst) works just fine, but is no longer supported/maintained by AMD and therefore no longer easy to install on any Linux distro.
My question is, can someone point me to a recent (2016) resource that will help me install a desktop Gentoo system with the flgrx drivers, and lays out the information with as little headache as possible?
Even better, has anyone else been in my situation, and how to resolve?
Cameron Reed
You're not wrong. Most of Linux code is written by Microsoft and Google developers. Linus just wrote about 2% of the kernel and it's full of proprietary blobs. I'm pretty curious about how the "Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation" thing will cuck us even more.
Adrian Campbell
Freebsd is literally the best. Don't use it though I don't want your kind attempting to shit it up. You can stay with the Linux plebs
Lincoln Robinson
>"gentoo amd drivers"
Easton Rodriguez
>us No. I'm not a Linux pleb. I've already switched to FreeBSD.
Bentley Robinson
If you don't use linux, why are you here shitting it up?
Josiah Miller
I did google and couldn't find it you fagman autist nigger
Andrew Bennett
You "did" Google?
Blake Sanders
I'm not shitting up Linux right now. This thread is 95% applicable to any BSD system though so I stay here.
Reminder that BSD and GNU worked together pretty close in the beginning when RMS convinced BSD to open their sources. BSD + GNU/Linux are friends, which is also why there is lots of legacy and portability between GNU/Linux and BSD. Be nice to each others, fags.
Oliver Williams
Linux and GNu both are cuckold communist trash though. BSD is neither cucked nor controlled by kikes.
Dylan Rogers
Buddy, I know you're posting bait that's been posted before. Get some original material.
Connor Gutierrez
>thowing stones in a house of glass Checked your license today?
Angel Stewart
It's factually accurate though. Yeah. What's your point though?
does """""she""""" control BSD? no? fuck off then.
Benjamin Wright
She promotes it and is responsible for the terrible reputation FreeBSD has.
Daniel Wood
>most by m$ That's just wrong.
Evan Cook
it's correct, look it up
Liam Nelson
I asked does she "CONTROL" it? No? Fuck off then. >being pro white, uncucked and not controlled by kikes is terrible reputation found the communist cuck.
Elijah Morales
Who the fuck is shilling BSD non stop? It's absolute trash.
Adrian Morgan
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Tyler Jenkins
Last time I checked FreeBSD has a SJW reputation. You know, you're starting to get boring now with all this shitposting.
David Jackson
One man's trash is another man's treasure. BSD may have it's problems, but if someone still likes it? Nothing wrong. The only thing which is wrong is being an idot about "kikes" and "communism" and whatever else this faggot is about.
Kayden Morales
He's just shitposting. Stop replying to him.
Samuel Roberts
can't we just stop trying to BTFO other posters and just discuss a topic like adults
Sebastian Collins
How am I being wrong? You haven't even explained it yet you state is as it it's true. any problems it "may" have are diminished by everything in this post
Easton Gonzalez
It doesn't. It's pro white and uncucked by Linux and GNU kikes.
1st part meant for >implying i'm retarded, stupid or from Sup Forums
Isaiah Robinson
This isn't Sup Forums, it's just a retard who thinks he's witty shitting this thread up.
Jose Russell
Stating the truth about linux is shitting the thread up? How?
Leo Adams
You're sperging on about kikes and pro-whites. Whatever stallmans ramblings on about is not related to linux.
Hudson Lewis
>come to linux thread >yells "linux is shite"
Aaron Robinson
I have my root partition on my SSD and my home partition on my HDD. Where would be the proper place to install git programs in my root partition?
Joseph Richardson
You want to get a program from a git server and compile and install it?
Adrian Diaz
Yes, Linux and GNU are controlled by commie kikes. FreeBSD is not. It's clearly better. It's not a linux thread. The name is simply inaccurate, people don't discuss Linux specific problems here. The usually stuff being discussed are programs which work on BSD too.
Aaron Harris
I want to install i3-gaps from git and I would like it on my SSD which only contains my root partition. Where is the proper place to build it in my root partition?
Elijah Howard
Your config is broke
Matthew Foster
I've never done make install from a different drive. Do you still have a home directory on your SSD?
Connor Gonzalez
No, only a shortcut to the one on my HDD, would it be okay if I just made a folder in there for all of my programs that I want on there? Would it be alright to install it in the bin folder?
Blake Martin
I don't think you're supposed to touch /bin. Why not just make a temporary directory anywhere on your SSD like say the root directory, git the source, compile, and run make install? Delete the folder when you're done.
Luke Cox
Sharing is always communism and so is BSD. Come back to Microsoft.
Jackson Thomas
Make a "bin" folder in your ~/bin and put it in your path. You can do this for standalone programs easily, or scripts you make.But you should do the compiling and building within your package manager instead of doing it ouside of it where your system cant keep track of it
Evan Phillips
>Sharing is always communism Sharing isn't communism. >Microsoft My main system is uncucked and non-communist BSD.
Eli Torres
>~/bin/bin kys
Evan Murphy
Stop giving him the (you)s he desires.
Cooper Diaz
Why do you want me to kms? I have done nothing to deserve such hatred towards me. I'm just recommending you to install a OS that respects your anti-communist views. You just did that yourself though, just implicitly. The thing is that I don't care about them. so you don't have to feel bad about yourself now
Jeremiah Harris
I have installed pulse audio equalizer, and it created that LADSPA Plugin EQ multiband [...] output device. How can I set it as my default output device for applications? I've tried some things but they didn't work, whenever I play a video or something else it uses the regular output device (Built in analog stereo)
Jonathan Harris
I use linux with steam and all firmware blobs included. Am I still a communist? I agree that FSF is commie but I don't think linux itself is,
BSD has shitty hardware support and isn't an option for most people.
Grayson Myers
Why only half of my images have thumbnails in firefox? The rest are placeholder icons.
Aaron Jones
>I agree that FSF is commie but I don't think linux itself is, You have my permission to use Linux. But only under one circumstance. namely, you can't use BSD on your hardware. Just try it out, you'll love it my man. It respects your anti-communist views, Linux doesn't. Get rid of the firmware blobs you don't need though if you are in the US or EU. If you are anywhere else it shouldn't matter since the local guys probably don't have access to the backdoors in that firmware.
Anthony Hill
I'm using a Laptop with Intel integrated graphics and a GTX 950M, which only activates when playing games. Would it fuck my shit up if I don't install non-frew drivers for that on for example Debian or Fedora?
William Gray
They dont datamine or sell your data
Angel Thomas
are they all jpg/jpeg's ?
Tyler Nguyen
>an Arch guide using Debian software fixed my Gentoo install what the fuck is this shit!
Lincoln Jones
Freedom.
William Williams
What makes you think that the FSF is "commie"?
Isaac Bailey
It's not, they have no problem with you making profit or selling software. FSF just wants your four software freedoms to be respected, nothing more than that.
Connor Butler
memes
Carson Edwards
This.
Juan Johnson
>FSF just wants your four software freedoms to be respected Do they have a problem with me choosing to use proprietary software which violates this? If they do, I can't respect them.
Lucas Turner
It's your choice to use proprietary software, they just won't promote your software if it's proprietary.
Ryan Morgan
Fine by me. I don't expect anyone to promote anything they disagree with.
Nathaniel Rivera
Is there a program which automatically types what I say into the quick reply box? I'm so lazy right now. :3
Nathaniel Evans
Just write it, breh. (And don't forget to add a free license).
Anthony Jones
That's not what I was asking for. I asked if I really need to install non-free drivers for a secondary GPU that's never being used? Will it fuck my OS up?
Daniel Cox
Yeah, and be sure to write it in python so I never use it.
Oliver Diaz
It works with cinnamon, but not with kde why can't linux just work?
Sebastian Collins
If you never use the secondary GPU and there are no non-free drivers for proprietary hardware, all that means is that the OS will never work with the hardware in question. It's not a big deal if you never intended on using it.
Samuel Gray
That's actually a big problem especially on github. So many programs and libs can't be used in other projects because people don't care about licensing their shit.
Jason Walker
>which only activates when playing games if you only use it to play games, you will use it only on windows. no need to install the drivers on linux.
Brandon Peterson
>github Trash site. SJW, "Open Source", riddled with nonfree shit that tracks your ass. They even use canvas tracking, these shady faggets. And dare you to call your program "Webm for Retards", they'll take your program down.
David Campbell
is it possible to make bash cycle through files when you hit tab, just like zsh?
like cd *tab* then you cycle through folders
that's the only reason why I use zsh
Ethan Cooper
Yes. Drop this into your ~/.bashrc bind 'tab:menu-complete'
Nicholas Stewart
how do you guys know such things? are you wizards?
Jacob Rivera
Is there any good alternative? I've seen a lot of retarded shit on there too.
Mason Hughes
I've heard of gitgud that I think is ran by 8ch anons.
Liam Powell
No, we just read manpages. There is notabug, savanna, gitlab, where notabug and savanna is for free/libre software only.
William Howard
>not having a github account you'll never get a job in tech
Oliver Flores
There are ones though. Stability matters much to me, that's why I'm choosing Debian or Fedora, maybe a never used CPU recognized by the system could fuck my shit up or something.
Logan Brooks
lel, that's like saying
>not having a facebook account >you'll never get a job anywhere
