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Previous thread: If you would like to try out GNU/Linux you can do one of the following:
0) Install a GNU/Linux distribution of your choice in a Virtual Machine.
1) Use a live image and to boot directly into the GNU/Linux distribution without installing anything.
2) Dual boot the GNU/Linux distribution of your choice along with Windows or macOS.
3) Go balls deep and replace everything with GNU/Linux.

>What distro should I choose?
wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Babbies_First_Linux

Search for software by category:
linuxlinks.com/Software
directory.fsf.org/wiki/Main_Page

News:
phoronix.com
webupd8.org
linuxjournal.com
lwn.net

Gaming:
gamingonlinux.com
linuxgameconsortium.com

/t/'s GNU/Linux Games: /t/'s GNU/Linux Training Videos: Resources:
Your friendly neighborhood search engine
(try to use a search engine that respects your privacy such as qwant, searx, ixquick or startpage)
$ man
$ info
$ --help
Don't know what to look for?
$ apropos

Check the Wikis (most troubleshoots work for all distros)
wiki.archlinux.org
wiki.gentoo.org

Learn the command line:
linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php

Break out of the botnet:
prism-break.org/en/categories/gnu-linux

Learn more about Free Software:
gnu.org

Sup Forums's Wiki on GNU/Linux:
wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Category:GNU/Linux

/fglt/'s website and copypasta collection:
fglt.nl
p.teknik.io/wJ9Zy

Other urls found in this thread:

my.mixtape.moe/yjxzwh.webm
my.mixtape.moe/aojfow.webm
youtube.com/watch?v=2GmH_bD97Ys
latlmes.com/world/how-to-install-debian-packages-on-arch-1
github.com/helixarch/debtap
aur.archlinux.org/packages/debtap/
bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=187558
aur.archlinux.org/packages/dpkg
github.com/KittyKatt/screenFetch/issues/442
116.31.116.21
ipdeny.com/ipblocks/data/countries/cn.zone
dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/
dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
twitter.com/SFWRedditImages

>tfw RMS will never be your biker bitch.

Can someone explain why the kernel refuses to keep the resolution I set for grub?
I'm trying out qemu+kvm, using Arch as both host and guest.
Both are up to date.
Here's the relevant part of my /etc/default/grub on the guest:
...
# Uncomment to use basic console
# GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=console

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal
# GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
GRUB_GFXMODE=800x600x32

# Uncomment to allow the kernel use the same resolution used by grub
# GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=800x600x32
...

When I use virtio as the gfx option for qemu, the resolution always drops to 640x480 when the kernel is loaded.
When I use std, it always becomes 1024x768.
As you can from my grub file, the resolution should be 800x600 (I've checked vbeinfo and it is listed).

webms that are too large for Sup Forums:
virtio: my.mixtape.moe/yjxzwh.webm
std: my.mixtape.moe/aojfow.webm

># Uncomment to allow the kernel use the same resolution used by grub
# GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep

why dont you just do taht?

Does your gfx card support non native framebuffer?

Forgot to mention, I tried that.

Not sure, I'm using an x220 here.
How do I check that?

Opinion on SpiderOak One and Spideroak Encryptr?
Do you trust them anons?
Do you use any of spideroak apps?

youtube.com/watch?v=2GmH_bD97Ys

how do you extract rare stallmans?

Can someone provide me link where is explained how to install .deb on arch?
I see you need to create "pkbuild" but that is all i can find, i need like tutorial

latlmes.com/world/how-to-install-debian-packages-on-arch-1

stupid meme

github.com/helixarch/debtap
aur.archlinux.org/packages/debtap/
bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=187558

why would you do that?

>I run Linux
GNU/Linux*

ditched windows for linux a few weeks ago mates, on win7 i used paint.net for my image editing/creation needs, but its a windows only program.

what are some good applications for imaged editing/creation

Sup Forums likes to shill gimp, so of course ive tried it, all ican say is its shit

How else would i install .deb?
App has no arch version

you can install dpkg on arch
aur.archlinux.org/packages/dpkg

when i try with dpkg i get dependencies error, problem is that lib that is required i have it installed but still it is not working.

>comics are memes
leave idiot

idk user, unpack it and repackage it yourself or try this

doing that already
>==> Creating final package...

check if you have the required version of that lib

lmao

Arch is just a stepping stone.

You take the source and you make a pkgbuild for it...

backwards?

I dont use gnu

Sometimes you need to take a few steps back to see the bigger picture.

How do you compile your kernel, dipshit?

Arch is like a single stepping stone in the middle of a large lake

>feeding the troll

I use LLVM clang

lmao, you just REKT yourself

It is done with debtap
ty my nigga

how can I completly de-linux my system?

Freeing my self from the cesspool that is gcc?
Nah son
Go molest some parrots or fap at the local middle school like your god does

Uninstall linux-image*

>lying on the internet

np

replace it with kFreeBSD

I feel like ditching Linux and installing Windows

GNU/Linux*

I want to upgrade 'screenfetch', and already added functions to detect gentoo release and detectIntelGPU from my dash-script.
github.com/KittyKatt/screenFetch/issues/442
The sad thing is I can't add new lines to screenfetch, it's not well-readable.

why the hassele? just sed it

how are you, kde shill?

stop namefagging

why?

deprecated. emerge neofetch with USE="-X" (bloat)

>redditfetch

I just replaced a battery for my hp laptop. It is draining at a rate similar to my old one. could there be any otther issues on a laptop that could explain it?

he's probably one of those microsoft shills

>пидapac

I need to add lines to output, not just print them.
It's not KDE, its dwm. Never used KDE.

Guys I have problems installing Gentoo:
I downloaded the lice cd, and can't connect to WPA2 wifi...
Is it easier to install it from a stage3 tarball???
I have a running Arch system and know howto chroot...

Yes. Just install it from Arch. Make the partitions, mount, chroot and unpack stage3.

Great
Do you have a link or something for more detailed instructions?

wiki.gentoo.org
amd65 handbook

this is my auth.log

It's 300,000 lines line dating back a week and nearly every other line is a failed attempt on my root from various IPs.

is someone trying to brute force me, or are these just web crawlers scanning the entire web for weak/commonly used root passwords? What should I do?

Pretty fast in bash, in dash looks like it's slow.
Output not good.
screenfetch-c is much better.

how secure is aescrypt?

try use systemrescuecd as livecd.

hello ivan.

Also the 116 IPs trace back to China. My other server (entirely different VPS provider than this one) has 116.31.116.40 trying to get in while this one has 116.31.116.21 trying to get in, which seems like it's multiple machine from the same location attempting to get in. I never used SSH Keys before because I wasn't tied to one single machine, but my situation is more permanent now so I'll be switching over to SSH keys.

Web crawlers
disable root login for ssh and use a sudo user with a name other than admin/root for ssh ing

Root is disabled, it turns out, and my sudo-er account is also a complex name, but I'll feel better using SSH keys from now on.

anyone?

sry I confused you with another namefag known as `Dr KDE Shill`

You need to block china use this
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, December 2004

Copyright (C) 2004 Sam Hocevar

Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long
as the name is changed.

DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION

0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.


#!/bin/bash

#get latest chinese ip addresses
echo "Fetching chinese ip address ranges..."
curl -o /tmp/cn.zone -L ipdeny.com/ipblocks/data/countries/cn.zone

#create the set
echo "Generating the blocking set..."
ipset create china hash:net

for i in $(cat /tmp/cn.zone); do
ipset add china $i
done

iptables -I INPUT -m set --match-set china src -j DROP

echo "China is blocked!"
rm /tmp/cn.zone

how can i add text at the end of a file with echo >

echo 'fuxk' >> /path/to/file.txt
echo 'fucc' | tee -a /path/to/file.txt

apt-get install fail2ban, no passwords, keys only, final destination

Excuse my stupidity but how do I get thumbnails for my file picker?

I'm torn between awesomewm and i3
- I like how i3 does containers with the option to tile and stack
- I like awesomewm lua scripting and fixed layouts
Is there a way to get the best of both worlds?

Is there some tool I can use for zooming in around the cursor?

Hi, I'm trying to install Chrome on mint 18 with the following script:

echo "deb dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/chrome.list

wget -q -O - dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | apt-key add -

apt-get update
apt-get install google-chrome-stable


When I run it, I get the following:
OK
E: Malformed entry 1 in list file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/additional-repositories.list (Component)
E: The list of sources could not be read

This repeats 3 times. Can anyone tell me what is causing this?

I guess first you'll want to open chrome.list and make sure it actually contains the line.

It does.

Anyone here have experience with Debian stable as well as Arch as a daily driver? Which do you prefer and why?

Arch
newer stuff, nice and well documented packaging system, AUR, easier to maintain

What's curl’s equivalent to wget’s -i option? Or is there no such thing?

Ok, I tried clearing additional-repositories and it runs, but says it fails to find the package at the very end.

Krita
and gimp is great, you just aren't used to using it yet.
and yes it takes getting used to try going to window>single-window mode.

with the recent vault 7 leaks in mind, you might wanna use software that is up to date
you could use debian unstable, but it's not really supported by the community
arch forums are very active and if something breaks, it'll get fixed right away

I need a magnifying glass for my desktop, somethink like GNOME has, where Alt+scroll zooms in and out.
I'm using openbox.

What is /fglt/'s beverage of choice when installing Gentoo?

So i have app that i run with ./appname
what i need to do to run it like apps that i installed via terminal, i want to search for app name and just click on it

>i want to search for app name and just click on it
No idea what you mean by this

Are you talking about running it in a terminal with just "appname" rather than "./appname"?

Or are you talking about having some kind of launcher for it, like a menu item or a desktop shortcut that you click on?

Bumping this. If "google-chrome-stable" isn't the right package, what is?

try apt-cache search

I have a 150 IQ and I use gentoo

Answer please. It's not like I can't do it with some shell trickery, but is there another way?
I RTFM'd and can't find it.

>launcher
something like that, i use "rofi"

...

Sorry, but what do you mean?

What's the difference between rofi and dmenu?

rofi looks nicer

It talks a good one but it don't do what it's supposed to do.

What do you mean? it can switch windows, run programs like a launcher, and act as an interactive filter for scripts.

Yuor the mint guy, right?
Go to google chrome stable download page.
Download deb file.
clicky click deb file.
The additional software source and signing key will be added automagically.

Alternatives to Capture2Text for Linux?