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>Xubuntu >Intel Celeron 2.1 GHz >2 Gb RAM Which browser should I put there? All mainstream are too heavy. It's for my mom, she's okay with pc, but nothing too h4x0r neckbeard tier, please.
No, I'm not asking you to suggest me to buy ram or new laptop or put arch whatever, thank you, 4chin.
Aiden Butler
Let us all dedicate a moment of silence to solaris. Thanks oracle.
Luis Richardson
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Henry Barnes
Download an easy to use distro of your choice, make a bootable USB stick with that ISO, boot into the live system and then just follow the installer instructions to install it I recommend KDE Neon, but anything Ubuntu based will be really easy Antergos is also easy if you want an Arch based system
Colton Taylor
absolute rubbish
Caleb Diaz
I have a laptop with a broken screen and I just installed debian onto it. I want to noww plug it into the router and access it over the network. How do I go about doing this? SSH? VNC?
Noah Torres
>New to linux >Decide to try arch through a usb drive >Setup a desktop, get wifi working, everything going good >start messing with multilib >internet browser no longer works >desktop background no longer appears Well, I fucked that up. Will give it another try some other time.
Dominic Sanders
Depends what you want and what platform you want to access it from. Other graphical options are windows remote desktop protocol (from the xrdp package, X forwarding over ssh (graphical programs will crash when you disconnect) or x2go (kinda like rdp but less microsofty) or xpra (like x2go but uses x264 to stream graphics instead of X forwarding).
Christopher Cruz
You're rubbish
Julian Morales
reminder
Ryder Anderson
gas yourself back to /flt/
Isaiah Harris
windows. I used vnc for my beaglebone and that worked out alright. I'm new to linux and just trying to make a mini server.
Levi Hughes
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Lucas Cooper
what happened? i'm stuck on 10 for the rest of time it seems
It means "you should switch to something without NSAware"
Blake Scott
seriously what does selinux have to do with nsa besides being a security idea originated from them? it has no backdoors
Kevin Cox
If someone who is known for breaking into homes would sell you a door lock, would you buy it?
Robert Bennett
if i could inspect it and see no easy to break things then yes, considering that it would be secure against most common attacks compared to a shitty home depot lock that can be picked easily. if however i couldnt see inside it then of course not
Bentley Murphy
did you install arch to the usb drive or just run the live desktop? either just reinstall it or reboot the machine??
Brandon Wilson
I installed it to the usb drive so I could easily alter it through virtual box and also have the ability boot into it directly.
I will reinstall it once I have the energy to give it another go. I wrote everything I need to do in case anything went wrong anyway.
Oliver Brooks
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.
For those interested in some history, Source Mage was originally called Sorcerer (first released in 2000, the same year as Gentoo), but due to some problems (around 2002), Sorcerer split into 3 distros: Lunar Linux (pretty much dead), Sorcerer (fork by the original creator, he took it offline for some reason and killed it) and Source Mage (with most of the original dev team). By the time Source Mage got off the ground (2002), Gentoo had already amassed a large and vibrant community, basically leaving Source Mage in the dust. Since Gentoo had much more momentum at a critical time, Source Mage remained in it's shadow ever since. That's the reason why Source Mage is largely unknown now compared to Gentoo, despite technically being as old as Gentoo. sourcemage.org/History en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Mage#History
Despite all that, Source Mage is still a good distro. The package management tools work well and there are still people working on them. The problem is that the distro is so small right now, there are not enough people to maintain all the spells and keep them up with the upstream. If you're going to install it, you should use the test grimoire (it's not bleeding edge, but it's quite up to date and fine for my needs at least).
Brayden Sanders
Why is Linus rubbing his belly?
Henry Clark
Correct.
Bentley Cooper
I want a bukkake from 11 Stallman clones.
Matthew Reyes
I don't get Gentoo, why do people want to compile everything on their own machine? What does it change if it's compiled on a server farm somewhere?
James Cruz
Maximum customizability and the ability to tailor the programs to your needs.
Jaxson Torres
If you have to ask, you'll never know. It's the difference between buying instant coffee and grinding your own beans.
John Torres
-it's optimized for YOUR computer. Binary distros must use generic i686/amd64 optimizations for support on a wide range of hardware. On gentoo you can optimize for what your pc can do for possible speed gains in a lot of applications -programs are configured for your needs via USE flags -multiple versions of software are available to install. From a lot of libraries and runtimes you can even install multiple versions in the same this. This actually can matter a lot for developers.
Brayden Sullivan
Does it matter if I install an OS at the end of the HDD space? I read somewhere that performance is worse on the edge of the HDD, since that mechanical arm that reads the data needs to travel greater distances.
Nolan Harris
>tfw couldn't install arch in a vm
Blake Parker
>frogposter >mentally incapacitated color me surprised
Zachary Green
In my defense, they have spread the installation guide across 10+ tabs, and I am not used to manage that many tabs.
Not that guy, but it links to other pages for virtually every part of the installation.
Cooper Russell
I don't really know how to partition a drive, or install grub, or set timedatectl, or how to set up lvm for encryption or so on... So you see, I have to click those blue links to make it through to the next step.
Benjamin Thompson
well if you don't know how to use fdisk for example, why would they explain it there? at least they were nice enough to spoonfeed people by even linking it >So you see, I have to click those blue links to make it through to the next step. that doesn't make those other pages part of the installation guide
Nicholas Wilson
I don't have to fire up a wiki to install Windows, Debian, Fedora, Solus, Ubuntu and so on.. So yes, those links are a part of the installation guide.
Oliver Peterson
not being able to follow a simple installation guide and inform yourself on things you should've already known before installing arch is one thing, but being unable to look through the history of the "Beginners' Guide" article if you really need it makes you beyond retarded wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=Beginners'_guide&action=history
Wyatt Phillips
Whatever fag, you sound like an elitist autist. I'm going to spend this day reading the wiki just to avoid being looked down by the faggots like you.
That's truth for mechanical drives, but the performance lost is only significant if you have an old dying drive, or a 10tb drive.
Justin Perry
It's on their website. Why do you need to spam this thread with things we already know?
James Brooks
Just for the record--and I use gentoo myself--a declarative package manager is technically a binary distro but gives comparable if not greater flexibility than a distro like Gentoo.
Evan Reyes
>I'm going to spend this day reading the wiki just to avoid being looked down by the faggots like you. That's kind of the point, you lazy, stupid cunt.
Leo Lewis
>declarative package manager which one specifically are you talking about?
Samuel White
What are some distros that use SysV init?
James Gray
Devuan
Aaron Cooper
Isn't that even older than Debian at this point?
Christopher Rodriguez
I don't think they are binary distros at all
If you try to think of them that way you quickly run into difficulty understanding the process, whereas it's much more natural to think of them as source based distros.
The files the package manager reads are not binary installation instructions they are instructions for building from source.
However it doesn't stop there. But consider this for example. Imagine if every binary you built on your Gentoo machine was 100% identical (bit for bit) to the binary compiled by anyone else. Wouldn't it then be reasonable for the Gentoo maintainers to offer an additional service whereby you can save time and download the binary instead? There is nothing lost or gained what you end up with is still as if you had compiled it yourself.
Would you then claim Gentoo is a binary based distro? I wouldn't as it still retains all of its benefits over true binary distros, but merely has an additional time-saving feature built on top of the source based package management system.
That's exactly what GuixSD and NixOS are.
Tyler Reed
System V
Liam Moore
alias h='"$(xsel)" | sed s/hook/you/ | xsel && mpv --ytdl-format=worstaudio --no-cache "$(xsel)"'
h >-bash: hooktube.com/watch?v=yfzdk6_Zwl0: No such file or directory >Playing: >[file] Cannot open file '': No such file or directory >Failed to open .
>Exiting... (Errors when loading file)
what do
Xavier Green
Is there some good screen capture program for Linux?
Connor Harris
>This video does not exist.
There's your problem
Leo Barnes
scrot
Aiden Jackson
gentoo
Kayden Phillips
I just wrote V5jd in libreoffice
how the fuck do you use office suite tools anymore it's so fucking slow
Cameron Rivera
source mage
Grayson Davis
>using office suite tools at all just use latex like a non retard
John Scott
What about video?
Parker Howard
>boondocks >fall for cable meme >it actually works >downloading distros faster then I can dd them to stick >what do
Cooper Butler
kazam recordmydesktop
Matthew Sullivan
ffmpeg
lol
Jaxon Baker
multiboot usb
Colton Morales
i changed letters that's not it
im asking about the syntax of it
Zachary Turner
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Jason Jenkins
It doesn't matter who we are. What matters is our plan.
Mason Evans
>Void >CRUX >Gentoo >Slackware Tell me which one to install and why.
Grayson Harris
$(xsel) tries to evaluate the output of xsel as a bash command, which obviously fails. You need to echo it to stdout instead. Try alias h='echo "$(xsel)" | sed s/hook/you/ | xsel && mpv --ytdl-format=worstaudio "$(xsel)"
Ian Garcia
Forgot to terminate the string with an apostrophe at the end there.
Nicholas Reyes
Source Mage GNU/Linux >why Source magic.
Nolan Sullivan
void unless you have a buildserver for gentoo
Adrian Johnson
Why not CRUX or Slackware?
Oliver Stewart
Reposting from mpv thread.
>mesa 17.2 is out >dis gon be good >update >frame times increased literally x2 So this is the power... of FOSS drivers?
Camden Wright
I am not familiar with either, though I don't see why you'd want to manually resolve dependencies in slackware or how crux is better than gentoo
Hudson Reyes
>manually resolve dependencies in slackware lmao what
Joseph Taylor
i was just about to post alias h='xsel | sed s/hook/you/ | xsel && mpv --ytdl-format=worstaudio --no-cache "$(xsel)"' i think i understand when to use "$( )" now
Ethan Rogers
what the fuck, slackware is even harder than gentoo
Nathan Turner
$() basically gets substituted with the output of the enclosed command. So if you run xsel and it spits out "pornhub.com", then your alias looks like this after the substitution:
"pornhub.com" | sed s/hook/you/ | xsel && mpv --ytdl-format=worstaudio ""
Now the shell tries to evaluate the leftmost expression. "pornhub.com" is not a valid bash command, which is where the error comes from (no command with this name was found). The standard output (as opposed to the error output) of "pornhub.com" (the command that wasn't found) is an empty string. This gets piped into sed. sed takes the empty string, substitutes nothing (the string "hook" is not contained within the empty string) but also does not return an error, and pipes its output (empty string again) into xsel. Your clipboard now contains an empty string. xsel does not return an error, so the command after the && gets executed. That happens to be mpv. Only NOW does it substitute the $() with xsel's output, which is, as we established, an empty string. No file named "" (without the quotation marks) can be found, so mpv returns an error.
Anthony Cox
What makes Puppy Linux (Slacko Puppy) so fast? I installed it on a USB stick and it feels more responsive than my Debian install which is pretty minimal with i3wm.
Gavin Nguyen
Debian.
Carter Gonzalez
But it just works...
Aaron Flores
puppy loads itself into memory rather than staying on the disk - so all the programs are launched very quickly
Anthony Perry
What is the best GNU/Linux virtualmachine?
Dylan Price
gentoo
Owen Sanchez
Learn to use memes properly
Camden Gray
d-d-delet this
Liam Myers
You're not alone.
Logan Walker
GNUkake
John Campbell
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as GNUkak, is actually GNU/Bukkake or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Bukkake.
