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# mirror dir 1 to 2 on change function mirror fswatch $argv[1] | \ while read file; echo (date "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") "$file" cp -r $argv[1]* $argv[2] end end
When first starting this function, I can exit it with ^C or whatever. I can't do this after it has copied a file. I suspect the issue is with the while loop. How do I more easily kill/end that function than doing `pkill -f fswatch $argv[1]`? Preferably I'd just press q, but if I can get ^C working that's fine too. (Fish shell, but shouldn't matter too much for the problem?)
Thomas Peterson
Copying my chromium profile from my backup location(which i was running it on while i was restoring data) no longer works.It presents this error message.I checked for any lock files in the profile, and there are none.However if i point via command line to my backup profile, it works as expected.How do i restore my profile? There are no zombie or background chromium processes.
Failed to create a ProcessSinzgleton for your profile directory. This means that running multiple instances would start multiple browser processes rather than opening a new window in the existing process. Aborting now to avoid profile corruption.
Tyler James
Hello, GNU/Linux friends! I recently got a free computer with 4 GB of RAM, AMD E-350.
I've never learned Linux before but really, really want to. I was thinking about setting this PC up as a personal VPN. Do you guys think that is a good idea?
If so, what distro would you recommend? I don't mind jumping into the deep end with a tough to learn OS. I don't do much with my free time.
Lucas Richardson
What are some cool terminal commands?
Jack Bennett
sudo rm -rf /
Jaxon Murphy
rm: it is dangerous to operate recursively on `/' rm: use --no-preserve-root to override this failsafe
Doesn't work. ;_; why are you trolling me.
Jonathan Stewart
I just installed Ubuntu. What AMD GPU driver should i install? Which is the best?
Josiah Collins
The free ones.
Easton Roberts
It literally took me an hour to find the right drivers. Look for codenames, there you should find the hint for the right drivers
Owen Martin
>he uses fedora
John Williams
How can I ignore/disable/block proprietary drivers for a while?
Oliver Wood
uninstall them and install the free ones? It's not like they are huge
Ayden Brown
what the fuck, literally, 10 years ago I tried linux, tried it today again, and it STILL DOES NOT HAVE THUMBNAIL VIEW IN THE FILE UPLOADER???
what the fuck are linux developers thinking not to implement such a basic feature in all the years?
>use linux >its better than windows reality: >no drivers >no adobe suit >gui from 1980 >like 10% game support no, srsly, no thanks, well meme'd, that was the last time I'm trying this crap OS
Chase Watson
Where's solus these days?
i was thinking of giving it a go, especially since my name is kevin
used ubuntu/debian/fedora/solaris in the past, not like a wizard or anything tho (i'm just tired of coding in windows ATM)
Carson Edwards
It's not meant for consumers like you. It's for a certain demographic which is why it has such a low usage share. And there's nothing wrong with it. Bye.
Noah Morgan
GNU/Linux*
you obviously haven't tried and the first time you hit a wall you throw your hands up and say "I quit." Install Ubuntu and try again.
Noah Collins
there are different file browsers retard ... And most of them can enable preview
But yeah if you care for 10% game support linux is not for you
Angel Butler
he's talking about the filepicker, and the only one that has that feature is I believe dolphin
Carson Hughes
Linux developers develop Linux, the kernel, not the GTK filepicker.
Gabriel Gomez
I got shit on a few threads ago asking about Rclone and other Google Drive clients.
Is there a better non-botnet, real-time syncing cloud service I can use to manage my documents?
Eli Campbell
/r/ing Windows 8 fuck you
Matthew Perry
>not grub rescue> do you even
Josiah Jones
how can I stop gpg from creating gui pinentry windows asking for confirmation and passwords?
Asher Bell
...
Wyatt Wood
sounds like you're implying google drive isnt botnet rclone supports encryption, using that is unfortunately your best cheap option
Chase Evans
encrypt your files, waste their botnet resources
Logan Wilson
how to fix the screen tearing when browsing websites?
Ian Torres
Whats a good video that teaches regex so i can use programs like grep better?
there is no cloud, its just someone else' server use what you want, but encrypt or set up your own
William Hughes
so I have a thinkpad right I want to know what commands I have to do to change the sensitivity on my trackpoint. Anybody know how to do this?
Angel Sanchez
Wizards Assemble!
Advanced users of GNU/Linux (and I mean advanced), remember to try Source Mage GNU/Linux. True source-based distribution, and (in contrast with Gentoo and Arch) is: Free from obfuscated and pre-configured code. Fully committed to GPL, uses only free software (as in freedom) in their main package. With even the documentation licensed as FDL. Without 3rd party patches, sensible defaults or masked packages. Doesn't need obfuscated python libraries, only bash. No systemd (they've implemented their own init scripts system sourcemage.org/Init). Uses clean dependencies as they came from upstream developers, which by the same provides instant updates. Can heal broken installs. Can also use flags.
Do you like Arch Linux's AUR? Do you like Gentoo's portage (or ports-like) package manager? With SMGL's "sorcery" you get all that. Making new spells (package build files) not found in the grimoire (repository of spells) is easy sourcemage.org/Spell/Book
Installing SMGL is easy, here's the simplified process: >boot a live Ubuntu (or whatever) USB drive >go to SMGL website and download compressed archive of the base system >partition and mount partition(s) >extract the archive onto the new partition(s) >chroot, set root passwd, hostname, configure network and locale, write fstab, install grub/lilo >reboot >compile a kernel (preferably the newest stable one from kernel.org) >update sorcery, grimoires and the build toolchain >rebuild the system (hold spells you've already built, so you don't build them twice) The install guide will hold your hand through the whole process sourcemage.org/Install/Chroot Do the chroot method, since the regular live ISO method guide is out of date currently.
Recommend me a distribution for my restored Dimension 4200 (Pentium 4).
Is Puppy as fully fledged as any other distribution?
No LXDE spinerinos. It's shit.
Christopher Scott
How to completely remove all display drivers and reinstall fresh drivers?
Christopher Stewart
Forgot to mention, I'm mainly salvaging IDE hard drives.
Would be nice to play emulators, since the GPU has a S-Video out.
Evan James
Lol, these don't really help me. Ok so I guess I'll just continue using Drive.
In that case, I set up a remote in Rclone, but I can't figure out what to do now to get a syncing folder? Do I have to perform an initial command to tell rclone what files/folders to sync?
Do I have to mount it as a system drive?
Oliver Cox
What is a distribution that operates similar to Gentoo but is much easier to use?
Brayden Cooper
Setting up a personal VPN will only really benefit you if you have other resources you're trying to access remotely (to ensure only trusted parties get access), or if there are many users connecting through the internet through it (to hide your IPs amongst all the other traffic). If you're looking for an excuse to get into Linux you would be better off setting up a file server or something. As to distros to try, "stable" is usually the keyword you want to look for. Check out Debian, OpenSuse leap, or CentOS for instance. There are plenty of options, and it can be daunting to sort through them all to find the one you like; just keep exploring until something makes you want to stay with it.
Austin Howard
Source Mage
Carson Martin
>flashed Unbuntu to thumbstick via Rufus >change boot option to otherOS in BIOS >Try to boot into thunbstick >This happens constantly Not sure what i'm doing wrong...It is my GPU? The fact that i'm using DisplayPort? How the stick was formatted? Tried installing Mint and i'd just get a black screen...
Jayden Price
Also muh specs
Jayden Gutierrez
I'm about to install Source Mage, what should I expect?
Angel Carter
I'm guessing the GPU, driver issues or something, I've used Rufus dozens of times with dozens of different distros, always worked
Lincoln James
I see many people taping their laptop cameras, but what do you do with your microphone?
Chase Ward
Update, nevermind, signed up for MEGA and had no idea it was this easy. AUR has a client specifically for Dolphin and it syncs immediately in realtime. Heck to the hell yeah.
Now just gotta figure out how to set my documents folder to point to ~/MEGA/Documents instead of the regular ~/Documents folder. Ideas for the simplest way to do this? Symlink maybe? Mega doesn't seem to like my current symlink I just made to ~/Documents.
Austin White
Linux has no video games
Dominic Davis
But it does
Ryan Garcia
0/10
Lemme just add that I'm guessing I should just delete ~/Documents and add a symlink with that name to ~/MEGA/Documents, but will that fuck with the way programs save by default to my documents folder, and more importantly, get rid of the nice "page" icon on my documents folder? :3
Andrew Moore
Trying to use grep or sed to extract battery charge from acpi output: Battery 0: Discharging, 100%, discharging at zero rate - will never fully discharge.
Something like acpi -b | grep -o '[0-9][0-9][0-9]%' 100%
but less retarded
Daniel Allen
I hope you know how to read bash scripts
Adrian Ortiz
curl wttr.in/(your or any city name, escape spaces with a \)
example: curl wttr.in/new\ york\ city
Jackson Phillips
Update again, I just said fuck it and symlinked ~/Documents to /MEGA/Documents and it works fucking perfectly. Totally forgot you could change the folder icon. Man mega is the way to go, so much better than google drive.
Caleb Phillips
awk '{print $4}'
Cooper Cox
or if you insist on grep stop being a nigger monkey and grep -o '[0-9]*%'
David Lee
includes the comma
Chase Sanchez
hurr durr stop being a nigger monkey and look at my second post bitch
Adam Bennett
Fuck you
Connor Wood
is it ok if i install a bsd flavor on a shitty little server i have? don't want to cheat on linux, just want to try i.
What factors influence your choice on which distribution you use?
Seems like the main differences between distro's are what DE they're running and then second to that how often they update the Linux kernel with Arch being frequently and something like Debian less so? Forgive my ignorance I am a noob trying to embrace Linux.
I've read write ups on how to choose a distro and half of them are just talking about and comparing features which are really just DE elements and prepacked applications all stuff that (as I understand it) can be put on any distro anyway.
So far I'm leaning towards Arch but using the slower update path as I'm more interested in stability than bleeding edge updates and the only reason I'm leaning towards Arch is because it seems to be what most people consider the best around here and then I plan to pair it for KDE as that seems to be the most developed DE and I predict the stability concerns are not as relevant today as they once might have been however if they are my fallback plan is Xfce.
Thomas Martin
Long ass command runs multiple processes which are faster than acpi.
Michael Martin
Just go install antegros and start programming, browsing the web etc.. when you want to game, do visual work and so on switch to windows.
Ian Russell
>What factors influence your choice on which distribution you use? The logo.
Camden Carter
Also gnome is the most developed DE and the one backed up by corporations and will probably still exist in 20 years from now.
KDE is backed up by normal people and it's a mess.
Ryan White
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Cameron Fisher
install gentoo, it's exactly what you want
Austin Garcia
>open source marketing cancer
Oliver Sanchez
I love how one fag removed the other "proprietary" car from the pic, but left the tesla quote. kek
Juan Reed
friEndly
Alexander Diaz
no problem
Nicholas Watson
What factors influence your choice on which distribution you use? The package manager and how the devs operate with the community.
>and then second to that how often they update the Linux kernel with Arch being frequently and something like Debian less so Not only the kernel, but any software. Arch is "bleeding-edge", which means it tries to offer the latest version of everything. Debian is more conservative in this aspect.
>half of them are just talking about and comparing features which are really just DE elements and prepacked applications all stuff that (as I understand it) can be put on any distro anyway correct
>I'm leaning towards Arch but using the slower update path as I'm more interested in stability stability is a meme, stick with bleeding edge updates
>KDE as that seems to be the most developed DE it isn't
Gavin Morales
hey /fglt/ can you recommened an IDE for developing in c#?
Elijah Brown
>C# What is wrong with you. Learn a real language.
Lucas Gonzalez
I think that only Java have this autism of having an whole IDE focused on one language
Aiden Edwards
rm -rf is pretty good rm -rf project
Jayden Thomas
Emacs, Vim. Also drop C# and Learn C.
Cameron Martinez
ed is the standard text editor.
Ian Thompson
no It doesn't have to be for c# alone but I do need it to work with c#. thank you
Jeremiah Morgan
which is better, vim or emacs?
Nolan Mitchell
vimacs
Levi Sullivan
Stability is a meme. It's good for servers because you don't have to update it as often. That's the point of stability. Less updates. For a normal user, more updates is usually better. Wouldn't you rather have the latest programs than being a year or two (or more) behind?
Joshua Robinson
>a year or two debian programs are more than 20 years old
Ryan Allen
I'm not sure what your noob level is, but I'll give you my personal experience FWIW.
I see all the Arch circlejerk in the thread and like the idea, but I'd only ever used noobuntu, so when I learned about Manjaro I went full normie and installed that shit in the KDE flavor and have been loving the shit out of it.
It holds my hand enough in the parts that matter (initial driver and system software, etc) but is open-ended enough for me to tinker with, and importantly, to force me to LEARN how to tinker with it. It's mostly stable but you can install bleeding edge whatever from the AUR. [spoiler]and piss off real Arch users by asking dumb questions and mentioning that you use manjaro...but still learn nonetheless[/spoiler]
Anyway if you don't want to go the full DIY install gentoo kind of route, I've found manjaro to be an awesome stepping stone to the Ye Olde Arch Master race.
Bentley Williams
can someone make an infographic for which distro gives how much ebenis?
Alexander Morris
Any book recommendations that have examples/exercises that will help me understand my operating system?
Cameron Sanders
>I'm a girl mint, fedora >micro benis *buntu, other downstreams >medium benis debian, arch, gentoo >huge benis guix, nixos, lfs >need to carry it on your shoulder machine works witout nonfree software >could you please open a window just in case I get hard source mage >the largest benis of the universe the one I'm using
Logan Jackson
>benis breaking into extra spacial dimensions OpenBSD
Jackson Hill
Yo guys what trackers / dark regions of the internet I have to browse to find updated Linux native games like the ones released by steam GOG etc.
All the games I already play or want to play are native on steam trough porting or development there lol.
I primarily want stellaris for now and fallout 1.
Nicholas Anderson
Want to install a new OS, but obviously I want to test it out first. If I test it on a VM and fuck around with the settings there, can I install it with those settings on my SSD later on?
Liam Robinson
Yep, just copy them from your vm to a flash drive or something after you're done testing.
Carson Gomez
Also another question can I reset the trail of CLion so I can use that beautiful IDE indefinitely?
Owen Myers
try kde neon, it's ubuntu with the rolling version of kde strapped on top of it.