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Users of all levels are welcome to ask questions about GNU/Linux and share their experiences.

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Before asking for help, please check our list of resources.

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.

Resources:
Your friendly neighborhood search engine (try to use a search engine that respects your benis such as searx, ixquick or startpage).

$ man %command%
$ info %command%
$ help %command%
$ %command% -h
$ %command% --help

Don't know what to look for?
$ apropos %something%

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

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

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

>What are some cool programs?
wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/list_of_applications
directory.fsf.org/wiki/Main_Page

>What are some cool terminal commands?
commandlinefu.com/
bropages.org/

>Where can I learn the command line?
mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide
linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php
grymoire.com/Unix/

>Where can I learn more about Free Software?
gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html

>How to break out of the botnet?
prism-break.org/en/categories/gnu-linux

/t/'s GNU/Linux Games: /t/'s GNU/Linux Training Videos: /fglt/'s website and copypasta collection:
fglt.nl && p.teknik.io/wJ9Zy

Other urls found in this thread:

ubuntu.com/download/desktop
ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows
gnu.org/doc/fsfs3-hardcover.pdf
twitter.com/SFWRedditGifs

First for Black Lives Matter!

first for Source Mage GNU/Linux

first for gnu doesn't matter and linux is an os that long has outgrown the fsf and gnu input into it
gnu/fsf is a joke and hurd will never come out
enjoy ur shit general
this shouldn't be on this fucking board

No Lives Matter

t. neo Sup Forums

mpv is shit, you can't use the mouse for anything and you have to read manuals and dick around with config files. VLC is baka-mplayer is literally god-tier because it looks so much more like my Windows setup, it's just the superior media playback app on Linux.

bait

How can I replace windows for ubuntu in a laptop?
I mean, go fully ubuntu, erase windows at all.

GNU/Linux*

more like someone who actually used a lot of distros and just has a job instead of sitting on his ass all day doing nothing but ricing and fixing xorg

copy your data on an external drive
install ubuntu over windows and everything
copy back your data

1. start the ubuntu installer
2. in the installer delet every windows partition and let it automatically partition the free space

Is it a male or female?

Just follow Ubuntu's intaller.

can I have an installer link, please?

ubuntu.com/download/desktop

run a live cd, on the desktop you'll find an icon you can doublclick, this starts the installer

There is a installer option for that.

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ok, fellas, i downloaded the 1.4 gb file that finishes in .iso, what's next?

delete it and forget about linux

pls go back to your speccy/nsa thread, cuck

The 16.04 or 17.04? I recommend the first, but both will work.

Go back to the download page and scroll down for instructions.

you need to create a bootable pendrive, you'll find instructions on the download page

>try to use linux
>anyone seems to be nice and helpful
>why?

he asks in this thread what to do with an iso, I think it's better for him to quit while he's still ahead

This is a friendly thread. Don't you have some overpriced graphics card to benchmark?

And I gave him a friendly advice to stay on windows until he learns to rtfm and use search engines. This is the friendliest advice someone like him can get tbqh

ubuntu.com/download/desktop/create-a-usb-stick-on-windows
fuck off retard

First of all:
>him
Second:
You were not friendly, you piece of proprietary shit.

neck yourself cunt

Thanks gentlemen, I'm currently reading the instructions. Thank you for your valuable time!

fuck off m$ shill

>valuable time

>proprietary
last I check I still had ACCEPT_LICENSE="-* @FREE" in make.conf so you mixed me up with someone else

you fucks are turning this into such a fag thread

don't post here anymore

t. proprietary shill

Make me

Even the stupid deserve freedom.

>descarga

That's spanish you idiot

+,
+.

> BLMOS will be a thing in your lifetime
> These fucks have likely already infiltrated the Linux Community and are shitting up our software with their commie bullshit

For anyone interested in my situation I, successfully created a bootable USB stick on Windows.
Wish me luck folks, I'm about to start my journey.

>languages can't share words
idiot

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Good luck buddy, come back when you have problems.

good luck user

Boot into the live mode, so you can ask here while it installs.

There will be an option.

They're not under an fsf approved license so they can't.

>linux community
>commie bullshit
oh dear, kina wished this was bait

Is dual booting with Windows 10 not advised? I'm not feeling quite ready yet for going balls deep GNU/Linux only but I heard Windows 10 does retarded shit like resetting the bootloader after updates.

Low-quality bait.

hahahahah

Languages are public domain.
Also, the are licenses not approved by the fsf that allow sharing, only with some restrictions.

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Never heard of it but you can install into a VM such as virtual box.

>implying Portuguese isn't just a dialect of Spanish

looks like an amoeba to me

Ok, I think my usb thing didn't work.
>Started again
>Run rufus
What do I select if I want to boot into live mode?

There's that thing called 'a joke'....

did you select your usb when booting?

vá à merda

everyone knows she isn't a true Sup Forums waifu like amu

You sound triggered.

>resetting the bootloader after updates
doubt it's every update, probably applies only to big updates like "anniversary" or "creators'"
you can just have a live usb ready to reinstall grub from every once in a while, or have different OSes on different drives if you have more than one

I dual boot win10 and loonix since win10 was released and never saw it rewrite the bootloader, not even when I upgraded from 10240 to anniversary. That being said I use enterprise, dunno about home/pro.

Anyway you can always:
1. download the supergrub2 iso
2. download and install easyBCD (free for home use)
3. in easyBCD set the boot menu to the text mode, non-metro boot menu, set it to count down rather than booting the default
4. add the supergrub iso as a menuitem, set it to load to RAM. If windows fucks your your GRUB MBR you can start the supergrub2 iso, boot to your loonix system and restore grub from within.

There will be a option that says something on the lines "Live Desktop". Did you setup the bios/uefi to boot from an usb?
Which windows are you using? You have to make a hard shutdown or something like that. I think you have to hold shift while hovering the power menu.

>commie
You say that as if it was a bad thing.

>bullshit
So what you're saying is that you think black lives don't matter?

Free Software Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman, 3rd Edition
[ gnu.org/doc/fsfs3-hardcover.pdf ]

didn't know theres a third edition, thanks

I'm saying socialist lives don't matter.

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Ok, I did the rufus thing correctly I think that Ubuntu is in my hard drive, how do I use or boot Ubuntu now?

have you never installed an operating system in your entire 18+ life?

I'm 15, no.

Are you sure you installed? It should boot automatically into it.

idiot banned

he's a mystery shopper checking how friendly this thread actually is

I hope you know there's a ban for what you just did

/dev/sda Windows 10 non uefi install

/dev/sdb New SSD planned to install gentoo with uefi

Can I install gentoo uefi and dual boot it with windows 10?


I want to do load windows 10 via qemu/kvm/iommu in the future but I only have 1 gpu for now.

Include me in the screencap.

install gentoo

That's what I'm trying to do you memelord

Thank you mates. One more probably retarded question; I've never dual booted before, is it as simple as just putting the Linux partition(s) alongside the Windows partition in the partitioning tool or is there an extra step I have to take?

I bought a new cheap Lenovo notebook for my Mum. She's never used anything but Windows, and this thing came with Windows 10 preinstalled. All my mom does it web browsing, Powerpoint and text processing, also stupid card games and Mahjongg. Don't get me wrong I really wouldn't give a shit, but I tried setting this thing up and Windows 10 is the biggest pile of shit I have witnessed in my entire life. There are too many flaws to even list, let's just say I'm astonished people spend their money on this monstrosity.

So here goes my question. Is it possible, in the year 2017, to install Ubuntu or some other distribution of choice, that accomplishes what my Mom requires, provides a good UX, updates itself without breaking, and supports pretty much standard hardware? I just want to wipe this Windows thing off the hard drive, install a distribution, drivers and packages, and be done with it _FOREVER_. I recently read about Ubuntu shitting up /boot with stale kernels, thereby breaking its update mechanism. I don't want any such problems, just hand it to her and never hear about the device ever again.

Is this feasible? Thanks in advance, kind anons.

People who value their freedom are more likely to respect the GNU project

Just that. Remember to defrag the windows partition before.

what is the best distro for watching chinese cartoons?

Windows. Linux doesn't have a player that fully supports linked mkvs.

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring 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.

>cheap Lenovo notebook
fuck no
This thing probably has some fucktarded uefi that won't let you shut down secureboot, power management that doesn't adhere acpi standards (chinese love to do that shit) AND has a no-name wlan card or even better, a fucking broadcom one.

cheap consumer-tier garbage hardware is exclusively windows territory.

Also
>Powerpoint and text processing
enjoy having her "son the thing you installed me doesn't have the tiddy icon X in exactly the same placed I remembered it being" for the next two years until you give up and reinstall windows.

Windows. GNU doesn't have a player that fully supports linked mkvs.

stop the FUD

GNU/FUD*

*FUD/Linux

What player does New Linux have that fully supports linked mkvs?

I did the whole usb thing, the iso is burned into the fucking usb. How do I run Ubuntu from there????
I restart my computer and press f2 but then I don't have any idea of what to do.
>Using windows 8
>Laptop is a Inspiron 3451

Smash various buttons towards the top of the keyboard until it starts a boot menu

Delete works for me.

Buy the newest iterations of "PC for dummies"

Seriously faggot. Get the fuck out of my friendly thread.