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$ info %command%
$ help %command%
$ %command% -h
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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
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 Videos: /fglt/'s website and copypasta collection:
fglt.nl && p.teknik.io/wJ9Zy

Other urls found in this thread:

reddit.com/r/linux/comments/6fu9ma/im_matthew_miller_fedora_project_leader_ama/
hyperbola.info/
twitter.com/SFWRedditGifs

That is not RMS in the OP picture, what the fuck

man %command%

No manual entry for %command%

How do I set up a VPN I have paid for on PureOS or really any version of Linux?

reddit.com/r/linux/comments/6fu9ma/im_matthew_miller_fedora_project_leader_ama/

Install Gentoo

Sell fedora to me.

no

Why

I have appropriate head

see

Running Linux Mint Cinnamon here, I've noticed that over time, cinnamon.exe, which is the desktop environment, starts takes up more and more memory...

And killing it doesn't make it restart automatically. So is there any way to kill it and then restart so it doesn't take up as much memory?

So Sup Forums...
Leah Rowe, would you?

>^f gnu
>0 results
delet

>cinnamon.exe
is this bait?

Install parabola GNU/Linux-Libre and become fully free as in freedom.

there are four essential genders that every programmer should always have

Thoughts on this one? hyperbola.info/

>The Hyperbola project is a community driven effort to provide a fully free (as in freedom) operating system that is stable, secure, simple, lightweight that tries to Keep It Simple Stupid (KISS) under a Long Term Support (LTS) way.

>Derived from Arch GNU/Linux plus stability and security from Debian GNU/Linux, Hyperbola provides packages from it that meet the Free System Distribution Guidelines (FSDG) and replacements for the packages that don't meet this requirement. Packages are provided for the i686 and x86_64 architectures.

yes

Seems Nice. I might install it when its actually finished.

Is that you emulatorman?

no

Maybe...

if I want to run linux from ram, how much ram do I need for a 3 GB root?
if I open a program while running linux on ram, does it get copied to the ram again?

is that a grill wtf

install gentoo

any video gamer here? what are you playing right now?

...

It's basically a testing branch of RHEL you can beta-test for free

I already work for many people for free already. Jesus

Why can't programs just crash and automagically send every single bit of relevant information to these people

The developmer of Trannyboot.

please, dont do that. I am using my gnu+linux installation to play games. Did you seen that Minecraft just released an update introducing parrots?!

reposting

I currently have arch on my laptop and I want to use distro that "just works". Should I install ubuntu or fedora on this?

Well that really depends on which programs you're going to run. Just test it without ramdisk and add 4GB plank on top of that. Also why do you want to do that? It's not a good solution for a persistent system (i.e. non live-usb). If you want speed just buy a small ssd for your root.

>get a job
>do some sport
>have a social life
>no longer have time for games
Sup Forums was right, once you grow up you stop playing games.

it still have to be proven

no

>cinnamon.exe
nice.
> is there any way to kill it and then restart so it doesn't take up as much memory?
try alt+f2, type 'r' and press enter to restart it.

I think it's a good thing that people use OP picture to post people that contribute to the open source and free movement so they can have some recognition.
Leah Rowe isn't what I have in mind since all she accomplished was copying stuff and a drama with the FSF

install gentoo

Speedrunners though I only really have fun with friends.

>ubuntu
>just works
It's worse than arch
>fedora
see

Ubuntu
Pick a DE you like, get that flavor's LTS, everything just works

make a proper suggestion at least my dude

is there a for-dummies guide for installing a linux distro onto a sd card?

I've found a 64GB SD but need to hang onto windows for uni lol. (VS, etc)

What is the BEST terminal emulator?

I want it:
- fast
- lightweight
- customizeable
- de-independent
- true color support
- fontawesome/emoji support

Does it even exist?

windows 10? install WSL.

install gentoo

Friendly thread.

>sudo screenfetch

try
ping Sup Forums.org
lol

thanks

look closer; they aren't even running screenfetch
>clear; cat fedora.txt

see the pasta in the prevous thread

st.suckless.org

how to
>maybe ffprobe is not the tool
#!/bin/bash
test=ffprobe "$1" | grep 1080 or '60 fps' (or 59.94 or substitude 5X.YZ somehow?)
if "$test" == any-of-the-above; then
mpv --option0 --option1 "$1"
fi

DELETE THIS!

First off, #!/bin/sh

How to define a variable from command output:
foo="$(command | pipe)"

How to test:

if asking for string
if [ "$foo" = 'benis' ]; then

if asking for integer
if [ "$foo" -eq 1337 ]; then

I'm pretty much new to this shit

Most people I know that know how to make a script always make bash scripts

But what about csh and zsh and all those, when do those become useful?

/faglet/

Hello there! You seem to have used the term "open source".
The term "open source" was created by a group of people that did not want to be associated with the free software movement. When I say "free" software (which is one of the alternatives preferable to "open source"). It's not about price; in that case I would say "gratis", or "free as in free beer". It's about "freedom"! This is what the free software movement is fighting for.
So what is "free" software? Free software is any software that guarantees the user the four essential software freedoms:
> 0. Run the program as you wish.
> 1. Study the source code and change it so it does what you wish.
> 2. Redistribute exact copies of the program.
> 3. Distribute your modified version of the program.
Some people decided that they wanted to restrict the user; but being able to study and modify the "open source" code is not enough! This is directly hurting the cause of the free software movement because it takes away the sociological "freedom" aspect of free software and turns it into a technological one.
So for those reasons I ask that in the future you use the terms "free", "free/libre" or, if necessary "FLOSS" (short for "free/libre and open source"), though the latter should still be avoided.

Those are meme shells.

Since bash is available everywhere, it's just convenient to write bash scripts (or even POSIX sh scripts) so your little programs work on all machines youre working on.

zsh is a good shell, but imho writing zsh scripts make only sense if you write them for yourself (.rc functions, etc).

Your either make shell agnostic scripts usually referred to as "portable" (a VERY good habit) or bash script if for some reason you can't achieve the result you need.
Other interactive shells like zsh are bash-compatible. Without being bash compatibility noone would ever consider using them.

Many thanks, I was wondering.

actually zsh isn't bash compatible
it can emulate ksh, which comes close to bash

anyway, theres nothing stopping you from using zsh as interactive shell and scripting with bash

>is available everywhere,
Is this really a "valid" reason? That's like saying "use Windows, it's the standard". Why not giving shells like zsh a chance to become standard?

muh GNU

Also, bash isn't compareable with malware like Windows, furthermore, there's nothing stopping zsh to take bash's place (at some corners it already did).

Hello there ! I have used the term "open source" because some people creates open source software without using a free software licence. Since those people have made important stuff and have contributed the history of Computer Science

>I downloaded an LTS version of Ubuntu, but don't want to have outdated software. Is there a way to turn LTS Ubuntu into normal Ubuntu? I don't want to reinstall everything, because I just finished setting everything up (installing the programs I need and logging into accounts, networks, etc.).
I found out why the update didn't work.

When you have the LTS version, you have to go to the update center and change checking for updates from only checking for LTS releases to checking for any release.

Thank you for posting the upgrade command. A normal version is installing right now.

Greetings, friend! It seems that you are unfamiliar with the text I posted previously, and that you seem to be confused by what I was trying to express with it. Allow me to clarify:
The Open Source Movement split off from the Free Software Movement and, in rejecting Software Freedoms 0, 2 and 3, pretend that software freedom is a technological issue rather than an ethical one. This is simply untrue and directly hurts the cause of the Free Software Movement. As the Free Software Movement strives to better society and its use of software, the Open Source Movement is in opposition to freedom and therefore subjugates its users just as any other proprietary software does -- except unlike the publishers of fully nonfree, closed-source software, it pretends to be fighting for the good of the people and their freedom. The Open Source Movement is a hypocritical, malicious and misleading organization worse than the likes of Microsoft or Apple and should be shunned at every opportunity. Therefore, it is imperative that we do not use the term "open source" and instead call it what it is: proprietary, nonfree, user-subjugating malware!

so what triggered the filter?

Is there a stallman version of the liberal muslim homosexual ACLU lawyer professor copypasta?

Because zsh is BLOAT and not needed by anyone.

When I first installed Ubuntu, I was greeted with a panel listing useful hotkeys. Is there a way to bring this panel up again?

Long-press tab or super or something.

Hold the super key. Or windows key if you call it that.

>have a VPS
>running real well, pretty low price too
>"hmm, paying two times per month is not convenient. why don't i pay for 3 months in advance?"
>pay 3 months in advance

>a week later their whole network and website are down
>no ping to the server for 16 hours and counting
>no notice or anything

>my backups are quite old

i fucked up.

anons, recommend a VPS provider with a reasonable ~4$/mo option and either Arch Linux or arbitrary ISO installation.

prq
leaseweb

Every terminal emulator fits that description.

What rss reader do you guys use/recommend?

> Where in the world is Richard Stallman?

Jun 09, 2017 07:00 PM Buenos Aires, Argentina Event Richard Stallman - "Copyright vs Comunidad" (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Jun 12, 2017 05:00 PM San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina Event Richard Stallman - "Copyright vs Comunidad" (San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina)
Jun 13, 2017 06:00 PM Salta, Argentina Event Octet Stream Richard Stallman - "El software libre y tu libertad" - Salta, Argentina
Jun 19, 2017 07:30 PM Brasilia, Brazil Event Octet Stream Richard Stallman - "Copyright vs. Community" (Brasilia, Brazil)
Jul 02, 2017 08:00 PM Saint-Etienne, France Event Richard Stallman - "Logiciel Libre: La clé de ta liberté et ta vie privée quand tu utilises les ordinateurs et les téléphones" (Saint-Etienne, France)
Jul 03, 2017 02:00 PM Saint-Etienne, France Event Richard Stallman - "Logiciel Libre: ce que le programmeur doit savoir" (Saint-Etienne, France)
Sep 07, 2017 06:00 PM Chicago, IL Event object code Richard Stallman to speak in Chicago, IL

>no shoes

Really wish'd I didn't miss his speech at my city. ;_;

Now the keyboard AND mouse of the Thinkpad X200 stopped working and I can't even login anymore.

>buenos aires, argentina

Is zsh for faggots only?

Whats that phallic tower?

prq is so fucking expensive, and they don't even offer any VPSs.
leaseweb doesn't look that bad.

nothing your ass wouldn't know.

zsh is nice, oh-my-zsh is for (mac)fags

zsh got a pretty bad reputation because it's mostly used by macfags (macOS ships a very outdated version of GPLv2 bash) and for some reason people install zsh instead and blog about how great it is compared to bash (it actually really has some nice features, but most stuff can be done with bash too), then GNU/Linux users find these blogs and blindly install it because its what the cool guys use without even knowing anything beyond ls and cat, which makes zsh users just look as bad as arch users.

tl;dr zsh = Arch, the shell, it's good enough when you actually know what you are doing

Install Solus. Trust me, it's amazing. Not many packages at the moment but the repos are slowly expanding. It just werks, it's fast af and it's built from scratch. Also it comes with a slick Budgie DE.

>It just werks
instantly dropped

But that's what the user wanted.

everything the other guy uses is for fags

>not using fish

>pajet certified

How does Solus come with only 500 packages fresh installed? Ubuntu fresh install is around 1700 and Arch is around 700.

What are they leaving out?

I have no idea how i would configure everything that oh my zsh does in bash.
what advantage is there to using bash and writing a huge-ass .bashrc as opposed to installing zsh and running the oh-my-zsh script besides e-peen?

Who runs the wiki?

It seems to be down.

Since he's asking for a laptop, what about battery life?

Because a common problem that I have with loonix distros on my chinkpad is poor battery life.

up for me

vnpht

must be udev or xorg input drivers

it was under poo
see history

>What are they leaving out?
Bloat.

The system itself is tiny and you only get about a dozen programs installed. You get a file explorer, browser, and a couple other basic tools, you download everything else you need.
You also don't get any compilers and stuff like that.

It's actually really good. It really doesn't use a lot of resources and it's optimized pretty well. My chinkpad usually gets about an hour of battery on linux but with Solus I had about 30-40 minutes more.

Also the shutdown time on Solus is insane. It powers off in under a second after you press 'shutdown'.

it depends how the packages are made. for example - in arch, 1 package contains the libraries, executables, dev headers and some other things within it, but ubuntu splits them up, so libs come in 1 package, the binary comes in another, dev headers in another etc, so ubuntu looks like it has more software than arch but it's the same.

For example?