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what would i be able to put on a resume after that?
what certificates could i earn after learning to install gentoo
Parker Lee
>what would i be able to put on a resume after that?
>what certificates could i earn after learning to install gentoo just stop
Logan Murphy
>mfw all freetards in this thread are using botnet google captcha to post messages on a closed source proprietary imageboard software
Camden Garcia
how do you get a stream working properly on GNU/Linux that is in a cancer format like asf?
Are there any resources? Are there proprietary codecs that need to be configured or is it something that should work out of the box with a player like VLC?
Justin Evans
thanks for your input i guess theres no practical reason to install gentoo after all
Henry Russell
>what certificates could i earn after learning to install gentoo Linux Professional Institute
(Gentoo is no use for that tho, only Red Hat and Debian)
Jacob Garcia
>practical >gentoo Are you the meem king? gentoo is nice if you're a kernel dev or someone that likes building custom systems to match hardware. It's called a hobbyist distro for a reason. Also, certs are worthless in 2017 unless you're just tacking them on to a proper degree
Hunter Powell
Add: "happily changes the office printer's toner" You'll get hired right there
Logan Morris
>cometh co company >changeth their server from ubuntu to gentoo >geth 20-50% performance increase >geth hired
Justin Bailey
>Alt-Shift or Ctrl-Shift layout switching disables hotkeys involving respective keys in Xfce How do I fix this?
Luke Perez
install gentoo
Jaxon Jones
>DE
Austin Edwards
>DE
Jackson Hall
>tfw you've lots of *nix knowledge and would love to have a gnu/linux related job, but noone would hire some self-taught hacker shoot me
Blake Ramirez
I like the idea of a rolling release distro but I'm not really familiar enough to use something like arch or gentoo just yet. Are there any good rolling release ones that are still fairly easy to use?
Is manjaro still really easy to use even though it's based on arch? Or should I just go with opensuse? I don't really care about having non-free software on my system.
Dominic Sanders
no, shoot yourself
Have someone install them for you. RMS does that.
Henry Long
what gender is the person at your picture attachment?
Jose Fisher
I don't have anyone to help me like RMS-sama does.
Jackson Bennett
a rare Jordie specimen
Ethan Martin
Help Upload failed on every post from my gnu/Linux machine
Noah Sullivan
You just uploaded a post, user.
Jace Martin
can someone teach me pkgbuilds and how to understand them?
I read the arch page, but how do I understand pic related for example. What the ufkc does it all mean.
Jason Wright
Debian Unstable Linux Mint (2) "Betsy" is supposedly based on Debian Unstable.
T B H gentoo and arch make rolling release more humane though
Aaron Hill
arch is for advanced user only
Nolan Roberts
wtf is install -Dm644 and all that stuff?
Levi Lewis
first time i've ever seen this but i understand most of it. your just retarded my friend
Camden Flores
you're*
Lincoln Morris
*you're
Jacob Ward
then explain it to me, faggot
Cameron Morris
>your just retarded >your It's "you're", retard.
Jacob Roberts
Can someone explain it to me why there's ALSA and also PulseAudio and why do I need both? And when do I use which? For example, I'm looking at installing MTP and I've noticed there's setting for both.
Jackson Kelly
your* why do you think you a) deserve an explanation b) will understand it even after an explanation
>a) deserve an explanation I guess i don't then. Why does anyone deserve an explanation when they ask a question?
Jayden Watson
ok, but what does Pulse do that ALSA can't? like, when would I use Pulse?
Brody Perez
arch is shit and timesink OS + it's bloated gentoo is a meme OS no one should install debian have old packages it's shit mint is insecure ubuntu is shit because canonical, mir, unity anything based on a distro based on another distro is shit anything that is based on arch is shit there's nothing wrong with xorg there's nothing wrong with systemd wayland is a meme that will never come fedora is the centos beta centos is the rhel beta zsh is supperior to bash bash is made by nigger redditors should leave this thread mobile fag should fuck off Stallman doesn't have a phd and is a useless fat pedo Linus doesn't code anymore just review patches Linux is a kernel it's gnu+linux or gnu/linux bsd is better linux has no games don't use a DE because that's bloated don't be autistic by using a wm only google is botnet use another search engine what distro should I install ? what DE is the best ? what music player is the best ? what [fill with whatever you want] is the best ? VLC is shit mpv is a meme
Now that I made them all, can we have a thread without shitposting ?
Aaron Sanchez
is it safe to install this
Adam Miller
>it's gnu+linux or gnu/linux stopped reading right there
Dominic Clark
Application based volume for example. Pulse fixes lots of shit ALSA was lacking, but it doesn't replace it.
Daniel Robinson
No, Richard, it's 'Linux', not 'GNU/Linux'. The most important contributions that the FSF made to Linux were the creation of the GPL and the GCC compiler. Those are fine and inspired products. GCC is a monumental achievement and has earned you, RMS, and the Free Software Foundation countless kudos and much appreciation.
Following are some reasons for you to mull over, including some already answered in your FAQ.
One guy, Linus Torvalds, used GCC to make his operating system (yes, Linux is an OS -- more on this later). He named it 'Linux' with a little help from his friends. Why doesn't he call it GNU/Linux? Because he wrote it, with more help from his friends, not you. You named your stuff, I named my stuff -- including the software I wrote using GCC -- and Linus named his stuff. The proper name is Linux because Linus Torvalds says so. Linus has spoken. Accept his authority. To do otherwise is to become a nag. You don't want to be known as a nag, do you?
(An operating system) != (a distribution). Linux is an operating system. By my definition, an operating system is that software which provides and limits access to hardware resources on a computer. That definition applies whereever you see Linux in use. However, Linux is usually distributed with a collection of utilities and applications to make it easily configurable as a desktop system, a server, a development box, or a graphics workstation, or whatever the user needs. In such a configuration, we have a Linux (based) distribution. Therein lies your strongest argument for the unwieldy title 'GNU/Linux' (when said bundled software is largely from the FSF). Go bug the distribution makers on that one. Take your beef to Red Hat, Mandrake, and Slackware. At least there you have an argument. Linux alone is an operating system that can be used in various applications without any GNU software whatsoever. Embedded applications come to mind as an obvious example.
Daniel Cox
no, it has viruses
Sebastian Robinson
we need more.
Oliver Gray
Did we reach the point where we just drop random pasta?
Zachary Johnson
Next, even if we limit the GNU/Linux title to the GNU-based Linux distributions, we run into another obvious problem. XFree86 may well be more important to a particular Linux installation than the sum of all the GNU contributions. More properly, shouldn't the distribution be called XFree86/Linux? Or, at a minimum, XFree86/GNU/Linux? Of course, it would be rather arbitrary to draw the line there when many other fine contributions go unlisted. Yes, I know you've heard this one before. Get used to it. You'll keep hearing it until you can cleanly counter it.
You seem to like the lines-of-code metric. There are many lines of GNU code in a typical Linux distribution. You seem to suggest that (more LOC) == (more important). However, I submit to you that raw LOC numbers do not directly correlate with importance. I would suggest that clock cycles spent on code is a better metric. For example, if my system spends 90% of its time executing XFree86 code, XFree86 is probably the single most important collection of code on my system. Even if I loaded ten times as many lines of useless bloatware on my system and I never excuted that bloatware, it certainly isn't more important code than XFree86. Obviously, this metric isn't perfect either, but LOC really, really sucks. Please refrain from using it ever again in supporting any argument.
Last, I'd like to point out that we Linux and GNU users shouldn't be fighting among ourselves over naming other people's software. But what the heck, I'm in a bad mood now. I think I'm feeling sufficiently obnoxious to make the point that GCC is so very famous and, yes, so very useful only because Linux was developed. In a show of proper respect and gratitude, shouldn't you and everyone refer to GCC as 'the Linux compiler'? Or at least, 'Linux GCC'? Seriously, where would your masterpiece be without Linux? Languishing with the HURD?
Sebastian Mitchell
hmm... OK. so basically, I should never use pulse stuff on my own and just let apps handle it? I presume Pulse is like an API for app to use?
Nicholas Kelly
No, Richard, it's 'Legs', not 'Chair/Legs'. The most important contributions that the FSF made to Legs were the creation of the GPL and the GCC compiler. Those are fine and inspired products. GCC is a monumental achievement and has earned you, RMS, and the Free Sitting Foundation countless kudos and much appreciation.
Xavier Wood
Linux is cuckold communist trash. BSD is not cucked and is pro white and not controlled by kikes.
Michael Lopez
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Aaron Nguyen
>BSD okie dokie, you replied to me so i'll reply to you.
Jace Fisher
what can you even do on linux aside from ricing your desktop and pretending that you're a programmer?
Asher King
Wow, that actually makes perfect sense.
Easton Walker
use it like a normal system?
Landon Cruz
Make a compiler in 3 days
Ethan Reed
why all the hassle when windows just works?
Liam Roberts
this. linux is nothing more than a toy to play around with. it can't and shouldn't be used as a "normal" system.
Elijah Hernandez
Because you watched porn as a kid and installed spam and viruses that completely fucked up your window install and you were to scared to tell your parents, because you were worried that they would find out you were watching porn. After developing skill in linux-running systems, you decide to stick with it, even as an adult.
This is all hypothetical.
Brody Flores
But it doesn't? Windows is malware that allows you to do some things that Microsoft wants you to do in order to get your info and sell it to ad companies or the feds, that's it. I wouldn't call this an OS.
Chase Anderson
Just looked up who made bash. No wonder it's so shit.
Blake Robinson
Nice Bait! Please use my body to feed your family!
Cooper Robinson
Is there any advantage to running Ubuntu dual boot opposed to virtual machine?
Joseph Jenkins
Have you even used it? It's literal shit.
Luke Miller
Nah, keep Windows in a VM where it can't harm anything and you're good.
John Hall
no, i use powershell
Connor Morales
No, only disadvantages. Better run it in windows and even then try to minimize the time Linux is actually anywhere near your computer.
Parker Wilson
see
Henry Jones
>He hasn't written handy bash scripts to automate a bunch of shit that he does Sure, it seems like a bit of a clusterfuck at first, but it gets the job done.
Alexander Carter
HALP
Alexander Johnson
What? Are you retarded? Why do you think you can write scripts only for bash?
John Kelly
I was able to fix the bash problem a while back, the solution is ZSH! Here's how to do it: - remove the /bin/ directory (it holds some other unimportant commie GNU stuff you want to get rid too) be careful here not to remove /usr/local/bin, which holds system binaries you NEED - move the zsh executable to into the /bin/ directory and rename it to bash - done
Leo Flores
fuck off, lintard.
Landon Robinson
>(it holds some other unimportant commie GNU stuff you want to get rid too) Why would I want to do that? I love GNU. I just hate and don't want their software on my system.
Ian Lewis
oh shit I thought about it and forget the >bash is nigger shell
back to please
Elijah Morales
>Complaining about Sup Forums You just confirmed my suspicion that you along with most of this thread are straight from reddit. I wasn't even stating a Sup Forums opinion, you have to go back.
Kevin Rivera
obligatory
Gabriel Kelly
no
Christian Jenkins
Oh man! Rekt!
William Sanders
redditors should leave this thread
Joseph Anderson
see
Brody Cruz
What's up with GuixSD? Is it any good? Is there any good 100% GNU software?
Joseph Baker
thank you for the chuckle
Brody Martinez
>GNU software >good lmao nice one. almost thought you were serious there for a second
Lincoln Diaz
That's what keeps me from using FSF distros I like having software other than GIMP, emacs, and outdated firefox
Samuel James
>too stupid to install programs please leave Sup Forums
Andrew Bailey
>so fucktarded he doesn't even know the context of the meme pic he posted
Hudson Watson
Any CRUX users? Seems like a fun distro to mess around with.
Ian Thompson
>using nonfree software on a Free(libre) GNU distribution
Chase King
t.TRIGGERED
Liam Jenkins
Nice try you commie fuckstain. You can slowly teleport yourself to reddit
Connor Smith
>gentoo has 19,348 packages and can be free as you want it to be. >not running gentoo
Daniel Bennett
>doesn't even know how to use the meme he posted
Levi Phillips
>burning out an SSD in 5 minutes, the distro no thanks
>debian has over 25k packages and can be free as you want it to be. >not running debian
Julian Johnson
>being this tech illiterate
Jace Roberts
Debian oppresses its female users
Isaac Clark
>running sjwbian uh... no?
Nicholas Fisher
>apt >racist creator
Parker Phillips
yeah, wouldn't wanna install it on an ssd. all that scary compile stuff :D also i heard they recently made some kinda hacks to their os and now it uses your ssd instead of your ram
