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Here's a little history for those who are interested. [repost]
lwn.net/Articles/145233/ >In 2001, Kyle Sallee created a source-based linux distribution called Sorcerer GNU/Linux and released it under the GPL. In late 2001 due to differences with Kyle on how to run the project, a fork was created called Lunar Penguin, now known as Lunar Linux. As a result of confrontations with the Lunar developers, Kyle took Sorcerer off the web one night and nobody could update. >Many of the developers tried to talk Kyle back into continuing the project, but failed. Ryan Abrams and Eric Schabell took over the GPL'd sources and put up a temporary website. At the request of Kyle, the name was changed, and after a vote, Source Mage GNU/Linux was born. On April 4, 2002, sourcemage.org was registered and website content was put up. >A short while later Kyle rewrote much of his code and released it under a non-GPL license that prevents forking. These three distributions have continued since, however the rest of this article concerns Source Mage.
sourcemage.org/History >Development now continues on 3 separate distros with three distinct goals: > - Lunar-Linux aims to produce a stable, solid, source-based distro using well-tested software versions. > - Sorcerer's aims are unclear at this time, but apparently will create a non-free source-based Linux distro to suit Kyle's vision. > - Source Mage is working to continue rapid development of the sorcery tools and create a 100% free source-based GNU/Linux distro that allows users the maximum amount of freedom and choice possible.
In all honesty yes, is more than up to date than most distros. Just don't get trolled, some people are bitchy about the name and the theme.
This is a lie.
Henry Moore
GNU LINUX THREAD ON WSG
GNU LINUX THREAD ON WSG
I dumped most of what I have. Will drop more tonight but want activity in thread.
Copy and pasting from other thread. Dump your GNU/Linux related webms.
Jaxson Smith
what is that arcade game? in the webm from webm
Joseph Perry
I am making a couple.
Charles Wilson
I had a dream about RMS last night. He was in a mountaintop compound that I visited. He and his disciples became very mad when my dad came to collect me and didn't remove his shoes or use a freedom-respecting phone, and we both got kicked out.
Caleb Lee
I'm finally going to give Linux a chance Sup Forums.
I've used it before a few times but never wanted to commit to make it my main OS. I've changed my mind though.
Give me the run down on the fresh shit that I need to know
Asher Moore
google
Sebastian Cox
Have you decided on a distro?
I'm not sure what you're asking.
Josiah Garcia
the webm from the OP I meant
Xavier Reyes
The difference between 32 and 64 bits, how to burn an iso to a cd or usb, how to enable usb booting in the BIOS, and how to dualboot.
Also, how to use check the OP. Good stuff in there
Isaac Carter
so it's a lie that the scripts for pretty much everything, including the kernel, x, drivers, audio, video, editors, most of your WMs and DEs that everyone likes, those are all being actively maintained? you should tell your wizard buddies to updated their website and their git then.
Grayson Gomez
Refer to the OP pasta please.
Isaiah Bailey
If I have the chance I will tell them, but is implied that what is in the stable repo is there for a reason.
Aiden Cook
is it just me or is rpm dogshit? slow as fuck with zypper and yum. I've never tried dnf though. It seems incredibly slow compared to pacman and dpkg. it seems like pacman is fastest.
Jeremiah Sanchez
>is more than up to date than most distros >is more than up to date than most distros >is more than up to date than most distros >is more than up to date than most distros
Easton Mitchell
sorcery ftw
Ian Perez
No
I am researching atm, just asking for general advice if you have any to give
I made a linux drive in the past to fix stuff, but that's it, only used it as a boot drive
I'm more asking about which distro to use and general user-knowledge stuff that might be interesting/helpful
Isaac Williams
I know you are trolling, and you probably won't stop after my reply, but do you even read about source mage? They take the latest stable source code directly from upstream, even in the stable repo. That means bleeding edge for you
Caleb Hall
Someone should tell the SMGL devs on IRC how popular their distro is getting. Maybe that'll give them incentive to work harder and speed things up a bit.
Benjamin Mitchell
You don't really need to know anything.
Install one of the popular distros to a new drive (or free space on a drive), use normally.
Wyatt Morris
this, they need a kick in the butt
Jeremiah Thompson
maybe they'll actually reach 1.0 by 2030
Easton Scott
So does arch So does debian
Brayden Sanchez
Use either Mint or a version of Ubuntu. Any other recommendation of distro is only good if you have experience, otherwise you'll get a hard time. And yes, Mint is just fine.
About daily driving, you need to find the names of the software you are going to need. GNU/Linux most definitely has software for you, like Scribus for advanced word processor, or Lyx, or Texmacs, but you need to find the names.
We need to find something to do with a rolling system
John Murphy
I haven't visited these threads for a while, what is this Source Mage meme? Is it actually good?
Kayden Perez
> Any other recommendation of distro is only good if you have experience, otherwise you'll get a hard time Nonsense. Ubuntu is a possibly choice, but hardly the only choice for a beginner.
openSUSE, Manjaro, Sabayon and so many others also are intended to be easy as fuck.
Josiah Richardson
It's like Gentoo, only better because you get to """"cast"""" """"spells"""" from """"grimoires"""".
distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=sourcemage >Sourcemage is a source-based GNU/Linux distribution based on a Sorcery metaphor of 'casting' and 'dispelling' programs, which we refer to as 'spells'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Mage >Source Mage's tagline is “Linux so advanced, it may as well be magic”, and its commands have a “sorcerous theme”. Each package is called a “spell”, and its package management program is called “sorcery”. To install a package the user must “cast” that spell. Casting a spell consists of downloading the source code (if it is not already downloaded), checking for dependencies, casting them if necessary, compiling the program, and installing it. A set of available spells is called a “grimoire”. To uninstall a package the user must “dispel” the spell.
Charles Hill
You are right, but I go for the safe bet.
Andrew Edwards
> We need to find something to do with a rolling system You don't have to look, its quite commonly used to simply keep distros updated with their package manager. Nothing more, nothing less.
Chase Williams
Can someone please post all the commands for installing/removing packages etc on smgl?
I've had more issues with Ubuntu than with most distros on both bare metal and the later pet VM I kept around.
But I guess YMMV.
James Jenkins
see , , , ... if you want to compile everything from source and be super edgy and have a lot of outdated software and think that makes you cool, you should try it out. otherwise, stick to distros that are mature/convenient/actively maintained by a competent team
Nolan Campbell
done
Asher Russell
To change KEYMAP to your keyboard change /etc/sysconfig/keymap, and /usr/share/keymaps contains the reference keymaps.
to update the package manager sorcery update
to update the package list scribe update
to check any changes in the architecture specs cast smgl-archspecs
to change general things like the color scheme sorcery
to rebuild everything from source sorcery rebuild
to recompile the kernel cast -r linux
after casting new spells you need this to have apropos, man -k, and whatis makewhatis
to get a list of spells needing upgrade sorcery -q
to upgrade the spells themselves known to be available for upgrade cast --queue
to check for broken installations cleanse --fix
to delete completely a spell dispel --nosustain SPELL
Isaiah Nguyen
It's like Gentoo without the vast majority of time that was invested into tooling or package maintenance on that distro (Gentoo pretty much has the most impressive tooling and packages overall).
Brayden Foster
scrot or it didn't happen
Lucas Baker
...
Ethan Diaz
Any ideas for fun things to do with a 5$ VPS?
I'm currently running a web server and nextcloud.
Isaac Taylor
Symphony ! 8)
Colton Carter
lol
Levi Clark
>@sourcemage/Mage/Abh-Elementalist
James Bennett
I don't think that was very polite
Ryan Myers
delet
Henry Lewis
Can Sup Forums help them reach 1.0?
Thomas Cruz
shut up
Jeremiah Diaz
I have no idea if this would be better suited here or in /sqt/ but I'm going to hazard a guess and ask it here.
I have a laptop running Slackware, and a desktop that I'm currently not using. It can either run GNU/Linux or Windows, it shouldn't (in a perfect world) matter which. I use my laptop as a daily driver, but I'd like to be able to come home and be able to use my desktop as well. Previously I've been using it as a computer dedicated to video games, but I'd like to use it as something I use more consistently than that. The crux of the problem is getting things (files, applications, browser sessions) from my laptop to be able to be used by the desktop in a "seamless" manner, caveat being that cloud shit in the vein of Google Drive or Firefox Sync is a non-starter. I'd also prefer not to use something like VNC/RDP, not because it wouldn't work, but just because it'd like chopping a tomato with a choppy, low-framerate nuke.
My original plan was to use something like X11 Forwarding to be able to ssh into my laptop and summon all of the applications I'm running, but then I realized that would create new instances of whatever I'm running rather than just grabbing the currently open window, so that wouldn't work. The less-ideal plan was to use Synergy, so I'd still use two computers but with one keyboard and mouse, but the fucking cunts have started charging money for it, and even if I pirated it, I have no idea whether whatever pirated version would work with whatever version is on Slackbuilds. I've come across some other alternatives (xpra, xmove, x2x), but they're not exactly what I'm looking for, and some of them are grossly, grossly outdated. Like 1997 outdated.
tl;dr: is there a good way to use both a laptop and a desktop at the same time, operating one semi-remotely from the other?
There's a lot of wisdom floating around the internet, and I'm not crazy about a large portion of it. Figured I'd at least ask before giving up.
Jonathan Foster
>would work with whatever version is on Slackbuilds the SlackBuild on SBo was last updated for 1.7.5 and the latest release on git is 1.8.6, in my experience you can usually get away with just changing the version number in sbopkg (or in the script itself if you download and run in manually) and it usually still builds with no problem, or at most you have to look if they changed some files that it is expected to move somewhere, or you might need to upgrade some library dependency. According to Wikipedia, >On 8 September 2014, the Synergy developers started charging a fee for distribution of pre-compiled binary files of Synergy on their website, while offering a free download for the source code. The developers claim only "0.002% of people were donating" to fund the development before charging and this was before 1.7.5 Unless they changed their model, I'm guessing you can still download the source and compile it without having to pay them anything. Try it out, let me/us know if it works. I've never heard of Synergy and I don't really feel like sitting through some oversimplified youtube video explanations.
Julian Barnes
x2x might be the thing you want it's similar to synergy, you use it via ssh like this ssh -Y x2x -to :0 -west it allows you to move your mouse pointer through the west side of you laptop screen into the desktop screen and redirects all your input to the desktop. You need to enable X11 forwarding for it to work. I think there's a way to share the clipboard also.
Jonathan Anderson
Fuck, I didn't even think about looking for the source code. I figured they gave a fat finger to everyone and closed the source so they could make a fucktillion shekels. The Windows depends look awful, but, well, Windows. I suppose I could have a VM dedicated to building this shit so I don't poison the host install if I had to. I'll guess I'll give a shot before I go whole hog, seems a bit easier to compile one thing on the host rather than two things on the host and client, but I'll keep that in mind for the future. Really, the best situation would be something analogous to screen or tmux for X11 applications, but it's not looking like a(n easily accessible) thing, so I guess this'll have to be the next best choice(s). Thanks for the pointers, though.
Nathan King
Retard nigger winkids can't even figure out a terminal, I know my computer for sure.
Tyler Long
I'm using Arch btw
Grayson White
install source mage
Christian Gonzalez
The terminal gives you power compared to niggerlicious buttons made by fags.
Christian Walker
not that user, but thanks that's very helpful
Hunter Foster
Installing Source Mage first thing tomorrow
Josiah Phillips
that's pretty cool imo
Luke Green
Friendly reminder that systemd is an NSA botnet programmed by big time jerk Lennart Poettering who is on the take from the NSA, FBI, CIA, Kremlin, Mossad, and MI6/MI5. The lack of proof is proof of a coverup.
Christopher Robinson
no
John Myers
What is the most painless way to set up a LAMP server on my laptop running Mint and SSH into it from my desktop?
Matthew Fisher
What is wrong with umbuntu? You guys are making me consider suicide
Ethan Perez
You mean dat flamboyance?
Because otherwise, have you considered what the tooling of a binary distro looks like on the distro maintainers side?
Colton Hughes
it's not Arch :^)
Brayden Morris
but muh gentwoo
Jayden Turner
source mage ftw
Blake Butler
You install the packages you want (is that really apache for the web server rather than nginx, lighttpd, cherokee or something?) and use them.
Blake Young
>source mage CIA is on that shit nigga
Nathaniel Diaz
Still waiting for those niggers devuan to hurry the fuck up and release as stable.
Colton Jackson
:^)
Josiah Ross
cant trust deblyin ted cruz either.
Carter Nelson
Dispel systemd.
Nathan Reed
If you just want >things (files, applications, browser sessions) from my laptop to be able to be used by the desktop in a "seamless" manner I imagine you can set up nfs and a bunch of symlinks so that one box gets it's shit from the other. Perhaps make a little script that rsyncs your home directory between the two if you take the laptop somewhere away from your desktop and it does some browsing on its own? You probably won't be able to avoid some things getting overwritten or you might break the whole profile since I doubt it was designed to be used that way, but it doesn't hurt to experiment. I imagine you might even be able to run software from one box on the other if you either do some careful/clever linking, or keep the required library objects up to date on both machines Also you can launch X applications on the remote machine over ssh by setting DISPLAY.
Alexander Russell
why would you even install it in the first place?
Dylan Bell
I wouldn't
Eli Reyes
How do I change konsole's resolution? This is happening when I type netctl
Joshua Baker
Why would you want to use a specific terminal? They all seem pretty much exactly the same. I only use urxvt because it handles colour schemes in a way that works easily to be the same as my wallpaper.
Zachary Perez
Yeah, you would cast it, if anything.
Robert Reyes
hey i really like chromium, it's a much better and faster browser imho any way i can cast that?
Easton Morris
INSTALL SOURCE MAGE LUL
Logan Collins
I need a program for e-books that allows me to write notes on the "sides" of the pages and allows me to highlight the text (like with a marker)
Anything out there? There are some for Android that do these, but I need one for desktop too.
Joseph Allen
>using an operating system "created" by a handful of bitter people who leech off other people's work for 99% of "their" operating system and only hackishly disable something everyone else is using and which only causes more work for no upsides
ha ha hahahahgjhgajgkghjh
Michael Watson
Is there an option to install opensuse with no DE?
Luke Moore
I fail to understand the difference between distributions and why people care so much about them. It seems to me like the only important difference is package management, and how large/minimal and easy the installation is.
Aaron Bell
Distros are a fascinating thing. All the systems can install the same software, yet things like drivers can run completely different depending on what system their on.
Luke Long
look up "opensuse headless"
many distros are largely the same, especially when they derive from an already popular distro like debian. there's more to it than just the package manager. But yes if you are just using your distro casually at home there's no need to worry too much about what you use.
Mason Ramirez
>Gentoo pretty much has the most impressive tooling and packages overall >GCC 4.9
