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i can see the linux penguin but where's the gnu gnu?
Elijah Smith
What's wrong with frogposting? Are you a racist or something?
Liam Morgan
It's ugly and I can't think of a good way to include it. I thought about putting it on the hat but the pepper is better.
Jaxon Ward
Anti racist
Fyi the Anti Defamation League declared Pepe a hate symbol.
Nolan Gomez
frogposting, n. low quality googled thumbnail smug pepe w/ 9gag watermark, usually posted by some non-Sup Forumsent in order to gather pcpartpicker ratings, stupid questions, or btfo-ing non-normie software using basement dwellers
Ryder Long
Back in my days, frogposting meant the opposite. ;_;
Jason Fisher
Only newfags think frogposting has anything to do with racism. Fuck off back to Sup Forums with all the other newfags faggot
Jose Anderson
The amount of thumbnails posted here, especially Sup Forums is astounding. Honestly it should be a ban worthy offense. If you think it's normal for a Pepe or what have you to be 300 x 300 or similar you aren't a very smart individual.
Andrew Cooper
In the real world Pepe is a hate symbol. Newfag.
Charles Gomez
You're just embarrassing yourself.
Aaron Wood
>Open the last thread >Vim advice >Someone recommends "0i" to write at the beginning of the line.
Is it always underage in here?
Capital I, newfags.
Bentley White
>You're just embarrassing yourself.
>he doesn't realize that frogposting was always about race
Samuel Murphy
Does anyone actually use "Snaps"? There's even an Arch wiki page on them, but I don't think anyone uses them.
Jackson Gutierrez
>>>he doesn't realize that frogposting was always about race Holy crap, just stop please. You could not be more of a newfag if you tried
Dylan Howard
>falling for all of this obvious bait LOLOL
Thomas Wright
>whitespace in filename REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
and enabled export FREETYPE_PROPERTIES="truetype:interpreter-version=40
in /etc/profile.d/freetype2.sh the fonts look better than the default state but still nowhere as good as the infinality fonts
Samuel Wright
That was me and I just learned about I. What does it have to do with someone's age?
Jace Roberts
>Arch found your problem
Ryan Lopez
It's hardly bait when 80% of Sup Forums these days is honestly that ill informed.
That's like blending in to a special ed class and then patting yourself on the back at the end of the day because nobody pointed you out for not really being a retard.
Charles Brown
Holy shit, just paste that sample fontconfig from the Wiki and be done with it.
Kevin Johnson
>he doesn't laugh out lout out loud laugh out loud HAHAHAHAHA
Samuel Harris
>GNU/Linux Linux
John Howard
I somehow love this. Finally all Arch fags will realize that they don't need meme infinality.
Brayden Lewis
still waiting for the day when archfags realize they don't need arch in order to have a minimal distro
Samuel Davis
whats wrong with arch???
Cameron Adams
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.
Charles Gutierrez
are you still googleing for the second part of the pasta, or -?
Jackson Foster
>using google
Blake Sanchez
this (fixing the post infinality era) config files and cleaning up old symlinks and editing conf files has been the most extreme post update/upgrade I have done in arch in the last two years. I honestly don't know why people still meme the shit out of it. All my updates are accumulated over a month or more, because I simply don't have time or energy for every day updates. However, it's still much better than reinstalling buntu based distros every 6 months. plot twist: it's the same arch install for over 4 years
Caleb Morris
>ubuntu based what
Carter Miller
>GNU/Linux I miss /flt/.
Dominic Watson
I don't. It was a pile of shit which recommended Mint.
Joshua Brown
create it and dont be a nag
Dominic Cook
Arch btw
Ian Turner
Thanks man, makes much more sense.
Lincoln Parker
When I open something from my shell in my terminal emulator, it's run "under" the terminal emulator. What is the "parent" when I run the same thing from a .desktop file or somewhere else?
Austin Williams
Depends on the file. It may execute the program directly, run in the shell, etc.
Colton Flores
What if it's a GUI program?
Dominic Adams
>arch dropping 32 bit support >Their April fool's joke in 2009 was about removing 32 bit support (archlinux.org/news/dropping-i686-support/) It seems a bit weird and lazy but who still uses 32 bit anyway
John Lee
So, what are some essential programs for a new Linux?
Is PulseAudio the best way to handle audio?
Oliver Scott
I think it's considered to be run by your window manager. Or by X or something like that.
James Myers
GNU/Linux*
Mason Barnes
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.
Robert Sanders
>essential already there, discover them
Aaron Long
You're right. I don't understand why there are 2 LightDM processes and one apparently under the other.
Adam Bennett
Capital letters are usually modifiers of the lower case function, and double presses are often the most common (usually line related) use also. Just experiment.
a -> A appends onto the end of the line from anywhere in it.
w and e become W and E, and jump by words separated by spaces rather than just anything that isn't a character. dE will delete a word like wrong["item"] or stupid_long-variable_name in one go.
f / t become F / T, and search backwards instead of forwards.
d is delete. dw, delete to beginning of next word. dt", delete up to (not including) the " char. D is delete to the end of the line (basically d$) dd is delete the line you're on.
c[movement] is change (delete and put in insert mode) C is change rest of line (c$) cc is change this line (like ddO)
etc.
Some commands become actually useful this way.
s is delete a single letter then enter insert mode (like pressing xi). No idea why you'd want that, I never use it. S though substitutes the entire line which is actually useful. S is like pressing C but always from the first non-whitespace character.
The only one that doesn't fit the pattern is y. Idk why. yy yanks a line as expected. Y doesn't yank to the end of the line though. You gotta use y$ like a pleb.
Asher Edwards
y so mad tho senpai. Linux will always be Linux. GNU will always be GNU. GNU/Linux is the combination of both.
David Peterson
I'd just like to interject for moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!
Eli Edwards
" " Y : Be consistent with C and D. "
nnoremap Y y$
Asher Ross
Let me rephrase.
What are /fglt/'s favorite GNU/Linux programs (other than the OS itself)
Nathan Fisher
I love you, thanks. It feels like I've seen the light.
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Why would RetroArch try to open /etc/shadow? What hte fuck?
Andrew Morales
every application with a file picker or built-in file manager may do something like that. Anyway are you sure you are not sharing your /etc/ folder?
Liam Martinez
Reminder that syntax highlighting is for kids and faggots
:syntax off
David Reed
Ubuntu and Mint have a noob friendly way to look at 3rd party drivers and install them for stuff like WLAN cards and GPUs.
How do I something like that in Fedora?
James Brown
Don't understand how people can code without it.
When I land on a bad colourscheme (I change a lot cos I'm an autist), it's like reading a wall of text vs reading nice short paragraphs.
Evan Roberts
You're right, I think / was set as a location for one of the config files.
Lincoln Myers
Pay them no mind user. People who code without syntax highlighting are animals.
Owen Hughes
There is no point of the shitux meme if it has no games, it's why everyone buys a computer so they can play advanced video games.
Christopher Jackson
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Matthew Thomas
Just installed arch. It tries the start job for 90 seconds and then boots after pic related. Suggestions?
Levi Fisher
wtf wat do
Levi Green
> Not knowing how to read the wiki
Holy fucking kek go back to Ubuntu faggot
Ayden Lopez
>Just installed arch. just fucked up
Evan Reed
initialize pacman's keys
Caleb Wright
im mentally disabled
Robert Lee
did now weechat is JUSTIng my sht up
Owen Barnes
Why does Sup Forums hate arch now? It seems like in the past few weeks people have gone from shilling arch to actively shilling against it.
Arch seems like the best distro because Pacman is the best package manager. Gentoofags who think portage is good and not overly complicated is autistic
Benjamin Evans
yeah ik but why does it do that sometimes
just forcing upgrade of package fixes it but why...
Christian Barnes
is webkitgtk2 even needed?
says it's vulnerable so i just removed it and everything seems to work lol. was only using it for geany-plugins anyway
Quick question, is it possible (or perhaps a better question would be, is it sensible) for a user to configure their computer so that, after being turned on, the graphical environment on TTY 7 isn't automatically started and instead, has to be activated by a command in order for the user to chvt and use it?
The reason I'm asking is because I do most of my work in the terminal and really don't need a graphical environment most of the time. So, if I disable it so that it's not running at all, I assume I would get slightly better performance, or at least better battery life from my laptop. Would this indeed be the case?
Also though, I do occasionally want to need to use a graphical environment and so, would there be a way to activate it through a command, making it available on TTY 7 and then when I no longer need it, a command which will allow me to kill it altogether until I request it again?
Nathan Morris
I don't get your problem. If you don't want X to start at boot just disable your login manager. Then when you need it just switch tty and run startx.
Camden Jones
I'll look into that more but, since you're here, if I disabled the login manager at boot then that's essentially the same as not having X start at boot? Will it then just display TTY 1 after booting up? If that's the case, will running startx automatically run X on TTY 7, and all I'd have to do is chvt over to it? And if that's the case, would there be a way to disable X after I don't need at anymore without rebooting, placing me back on TTY 1? Sorry for all the back-to-back questions.
Parker Cruz
How is pacman the best package manager?
Samuel Williams
NEW EMAIL FROM RMS >MARXISM IS VALID >MARXISM IS VALID >MARXISM IS VALID
Ryder Wilson
>I haven't read him >But I think he's got great ideas! >Except what that Lenin did! >Even though I haven't read any of these ideas! He's like a retarded college freshman
Angel Sanders
>I haven't read him >But I think he's got bad ideas! >Especially what that Lenin did! >Even though I haven't read any of these ideas! You're like a retarded Sup Forumslack college dropout. Read up: fixd
