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Could someone assist me in turning inotify log entries in to a text chart? Entries are formatted as DATE TIME /PATH/ ATTRIBUTE
So it would be for instance inotify reports: 11/01/17 00:00 /test1/ OPEN How could i turn that in to a chart? Collecting all changes to /test1/ and adding them together and showing it in a line. So say it had 50 accesses it would scan for all the OPENS in the log for /test/ and then combine them in to a formatted log. /test1/ 50 11/01/17 00:00 /test2/ 1 11/01/17 00:00
This would be what would be outputted
Nicholas Jenkins
Reminder that free software = autism.
Brandon Rivera
>attempts to assign the value of autism to free software That's a type error.
Justin Hughes
BURNSAUCE
John Ross
What are some cool terminal commands?
Carter Phillips
sudo rm /sbin/poweroff The ride never ends.
Ayden Morgan
How come you don't have to restart your computer when doing a system update on GNU/Linux like you do on Windows? It's a really nice convenience but I'm just wondering why it works.
Gabriel Lee
>Auto Why is it circled?
Landon Smith
It's because it's not shit.
Nolan Parker
find /lib{,64} -iname '*.so" -exec sudo rm {} \;
Jason White
Really there's no good reason not to use AGPLv3 for new software.
Justin Cox
...
Dominic Long
inxi -F
Owen Richardson
for((i=0;;i++)) { printf "%$(bc -l
James Harris
Is it worth it to set up a ZFS pool?
Seems hard
Ayden Powell
Install GuixSD
Alexander Scott
ex-redditor detected
Cooper Stewart
ZFS is a meme
Kevin Reyes
you need to go back
Aiden Rivera
Will installing Linux make me more prone to meltdowns like Stallman?
So are you an ex-redditor though? Or just a newfag?
Blake Jones
Actually it's the opposite. He'll have meltdowns trying to run software off of a kernel until he realizes he has to install GNU/Linux to run anything lol
Dominic Morris
>those terrible gnome screenshots wil 0 vertical space I wouldn't trust a word that guy says
David Johnson
>The above will disable embedded bitmap for all fonts lolnope, throw it in the trash
James Price
whats a good distro old system? its a dual core 2gb ddr2.
i installed the latest ubuntu and it is sluggish as hell. i tried cruchbang but im too lazy to fix some incompatible drivers how about lubuntu?
Zachary Jones
How do I make sudo apt-get install __________ redirect to the second hard drive, or is it impossible since ubuntu is based on debian's fhs system?
I only have a few weeks into linux, think of me as your mother with down syndrome when it comes to technology when trying to answer this question.
Isaiah Lewis
Arch+fluxbox
Brandon Ramirez
lubuntu is a fine choice, as is arch, debian or even gentoo if you're up for it
Christopher Russell
>How do I make sudo apt-get install __________ redirect to the second hard drive, or is it impossible since ubuntu is based on debian's fhs system?
It isn't done at the application level. It's done at the Virtual FileSystem level.
Your programs and system and installed to /usr/
edit your mountpoints so that /usr/ is on another drive.
Leo Campbell
Alright so what steps should I take then?
Alexander Reed
Set a subpixel value according to this: lagom.nl/lcd-test/subpixel.php enable hinting (disable autohint), enable antialias, and enable lcd filter if you have it. Then unlike in your link: enable bitmaps and embedded bitmaps. If you don't like them then just don't use fonts with embedded bitmaps, but that's the way they're meant to be displayed and some people prefer them.
That's about as good as you can get for the actual rendering. Everything else is just various configs fighting over which fonts are claimed by which font strings. Noto fonts are probably the best CJK font we have, but they're only good if you reduce their line-height, the default is phone UI tier trash.
Also disable deja vu, because fuck deja vu.
Justin Martinez
my mom wouldn't understand if you explained it to her like that. to the guy asking the question, just youtube how to install steam games on another drive in linux and translate that into apps you want there.
youre also gonna learn that the best advice is yourself, just google. this threads are pretty bad even though its people trying to give advice. it's like you asking for the flavor of coffee you want, and all they do is talk about the brands of coffee.
Carson Bell
Thanks so much user, but where do you enable/disable all these settings? And what's wrong with deja vu? I like it.
Nicholas Lee
Also you should install something like infinality or fontconfig ultimate (which is the new infinality). So if you have one of those packages in your distro then install them.
First just start by doing the above. Most of the shit I mentioned is already the default in fontconfig ultimate/infinality. All you'd really have to verify after installing them is that your subpixel value is set correctly for your monitor (and re-enable bitmaps because it probably will disable them for you, unless you really want them disabled). And if you want to get really hardcore then grab a ruler and calculate your monitors true DPI value. If you like dejavu then keep it I guess, I just tell everyone to disable it because most distros configure it to bind really strongly to everything so new users keep thinking they're changing their fonts but it keeps bouncing back to dejavu.
Nathaniel Collins
Oh and as for actually making the changes you should just look up how to modify fontconfig for your distro. Otherwise this is fairly generic: wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/font_configuration but your distro might have a more simple way to do it.
Henry Lewis
OK thanks. so should I be using fontconfig ultimate or infinality then? I'm using Antergos, would the steps be the same as Arch?
Tyler Jackson
Can you guys take a screenshot of the browser you are using on your linux server, virtual machine, or actual workstation.
This is for a personal project of mine, thank you.
Caleb White
Ultimate is basically the new infinality and more distros support it. But if for whatever reason you only have infinality in your distro then install that instead. I don't know anything about antergos. The arch steps are generic though, they'll work on any distro, just might not be the quickest way.
Robert Turner
>personal project of mine >A formal study on how many GNU/Linux users keep porn tabs open 24/7 No thank you
Liam Taylor
GNU/Linux*
Leo Nguyen
GNU+Linux*
Michael Gray
...
Matthew Morris
GNU operating system with Linux added as its kernel*
Asher Hernandez
Is fontconfig-infinality-ultimate on the AUR the right package?
Brayden Hill
>that smug gnu
Brandon King
Most likely
Ryder Butler
Reminder that infinality is deprecated, obsolete and dead. Reminder that Arch is about KISS and a user who installed Arch should be able to edit a simple text file.
Noah Gonzalez
>Reminder that Arch is about KISS Not anymore, now is a meme.
Justin Sanchez
It was never really "not dead" though. It was never a mainstream thing because it had to be patched into fontconfig and a lot of distros never used it. Ultimate is recommended though.
Luke Williams
It's more simple to run a single commands than to waste hours with a text file. Keep it simple, stupid.
Levi Gomez
Wait nvm I think the fontconfig-infinality package already uses the Ultimate version
Jayden Ramirez
--no-call-home Do NOT contact the youtube-dl server for debugging
You did all set that flag, didn't you?
Henry Johnson
>laptop gets stuck shutting down again silly me, thinking systemd would be good at shutting things down and not just starting them up
Benjamin Stewart
the fuck Since when is this a thing?
Mason Ortiz
o wait or maybe it is the one labeled ultimate because that has a higher version number I don't know anymore
Evan Bailey
It only calls home if you explicitly set "-C" "--call-home"
Logan Reed
Source? The manpage doesn't say what's the default.
Bentley Scott
Anyone using DNScrypt? I'm using the guide here, and no problems at all
but it doesn't say how to make the changes permanently for Linux, only for Windows
Justin Gonzalez
Follow the arch wiki
Anthony Sanders
damn, seems like I need systemd...
Camden Martinez
You dont need it but you will have to write the init scripts your self. See if anyone has posted any for your init system
Liam Cox
thanks, I'll look that up (sysvinit btw)
Lucas Torres
How do you pick a random pixel in an image and edit it using imagemagick?
Andrew Moore
Making a Sup Forums image spamming script are we?
Jason Taylor
>when you save a beautiful picture, but then you realize that theres a pixel off and you feel sad dont make people sad, user
Lincoln Ramirez
What are some fun linux distros to mess around with? I have an old slow laptop with an atom CPU and 2gb of ram to load a lightweight distro on
Nolan Evans
install gentoo
Aaron Foster
That's incredibly stupid advice. /usr/ is where the programs are installed. That's the truth. That's like telling a child that the sky is blue because the air is blue because they couldn't comprehend the real answer. And to top it off, you're recommending that they watch a fucking YouTube tutorial in order to comprehend an abstract concept that literally cannot be conveyed through visual means beyond text. And you're recommending not one but two Google services. You are a fucking moron.
Ethan Collins
Yes
Running a root zpool right now on linux.
Thomas Smith
That is a fucking stupid idea.
Jonathan Lewis
>Reminder that Arch is about KISS Well that's a blatant lie. And what are you even trying to prove?
Aiden Diaz
The hard part is how obnoxious it is to find a good live medium that ships with ZFS support. Otherwise, it's incredibly easy and quite rewarding.
Lincoln Sanchez
Hey Sup Forums, what's the best lightweight and user-friendly distro for daily use?
Joshua Green
Dumb frogposter. Do not respond.
Jacob Clark
What is the best heavyweight and difficult distro for rare, unusual use?
Aaron Jenkins
ubuntu
Jonathan Gutierrez
So I have this problem where my external drive isn't recognized after a restart by Transmission until I manually open the drive for the first time in nautilus. If I open transmission before clicking the drive in nautilus, it says that it can't find the files and to reset it's location. After clicking the drive in nautilus I can just click start on the torrent and it'll continue seeding.
What could be causing this? Is there a way to just silently "click"/access the drive on startup so transmission doesn't freak out and happily seed away?
Ubuntu 17.04 for context
Brandon James
Alpine + Busybox
Samuel Green
Microsoft Azure
Jose Rogers
Alpine already comes with busybox.
Jack Jones
GNU already comes with Linux
Andrew Bailey
You should never recommend Microsoft malware, not even ironically.
Isaiah Morgan
Just watched Revolution OS. What are some related interesting movies?
Blake Lee
Is there anything that can be used as a universal search (files, commands, etc) in arch?
Stallman speeches. Check the pasta link in OP where user collected the best of the best. >search Highly depends on what you want. There is apropos which shows you %s related programs. There is locate from mlocate with is nice for searching for files, since it uses a database so you get instant results.
Colton Kelly
>pasta link I always thought it's an actual collection of pasta (I'd just like interject for a moment), kek. Never bothered to click.
If the Arch Wiki implies systemd for a feature, just go to the Gentoo Wiki as it also has OpenRC guides with corresponding init scripts in it's sources
