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GNU/Linux Games:
>>>/t/1175569
>>>/vg/lgg
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>>>/t/1175569
>>>/vg/lgg
IRC: #sqt on Rizon
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Previous thread: >>103931954
Anonymous 01/19/25(Sun)20:01:35 No.103961700
what the fuck happened to my dwmblocks here
Anonymous 01/19/25(Sun)20:05:44 No.103961748
Anonymous 01/19/25(Sun)20:10:18 No.103961788
>>103961701
BAN HIM WARN HIM ARRGRGHRGRHHGH THIS BELONGS IN POLLLLLL AHHRHHRHRHTGHHHHHHH JANNIEEEEEESSSS
BAN HIM WARN HIM ARRGRGHRGRHHGH THIS BELONGS IN POLLLLLL AHHRHHRHRHTGHHHHHHH JANNIEEEEEESSSS
Anonymous 01/19/25(Sun)20:19:33 No.103961869
>>103961788 (checked)
Distros for this feel?
Distros for this feel?
Anonymous 01/19/25(Sun)20:24:08 No.103961920
>>103961700
//static const char *fonts[] = { "mono:size=8:antilias=true:autohint=true", "NotoColorEmoji:pixelsize=10:autohint=true"};
to
static const char *fonts[] = { "mono:size=8:autohint=true", "NotoColorEmoji:pixelsize=10:autohint=true"};
antilias decided to commit suicide out of nowhere
//static const char *fonts[] = { "mono:size=8:antilias=true:autohint
to
static const char *fonts[] = { "mono:size=8:autohint=true", "NotoColorEmoji:pixelsize=10:autohi
antilias decided to commit suicide out of nowhere
Anonymous 01/19/25(Sun)20:43:48 No.103962087
>>103961869
Nix
Nix
Anonymous 01/19/25(Sun)20:49:28 No.103962148
>>103961690
My ZFS pool will only import with
The pool is healthy and there are no errors. I run
I can access all of the files still as far as I can tell.
My ZFS pool will only import with
-o readonly=true. What to do?
The pool is healthy and there are no errors. I run
zpool scrubbut I can't tell if it's doing anything (it appears to hang but could be doing something, zpool status doesn't say "Scrub in progress", I don't know if you even can scrub a read-only pool but it's not failing just looks like it's hanging)
I can access all of the files still as far as I can tell.
Anonymous 01/19/25(Sun)20:51:41 No.103962177
Anonymous 01/19/25(Sun)20:52:53 No.103962189
>>103961869
Arch
Arch
Anonymous 01/19/25(Sun)20:53:01 No.103962195
>>103961690
Anyone here a big fan of LXQT? If so what is the main things you like about it?
Anyone here a big fan of LXQT? If so what is the main things you like about it?
Anonymous 01/19/25(Sun)21:48:01 No.103962682
>>103962148
>>103962177
I'm manually reading every file (with find of course, not by hand) because I don't know if the scrub is doing anything and
Could also just be errors since the last scrub hasn't been ran in a year. I probably forgot to enable it after I disabled it.
>>103962177
I'm manually reading every file (with find of course, not by hand) because I don't know if the scrub is doing anything and
zpool statusis showing some read errors now. I hope that doesn't mean the drive is on its way out. I've had this array for ages now:
zpool status -v storage
pool: storage
state: ONLINE
status: One or more devices has experienced an unrecoverable error. An
attempt was made to correct the error. Applications are unaffected.
action: Determine if the device needs to be replaced, and clear the errors
using 'zpool clear' or replace the device with 'zpool replace'.
see: https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/msg/ZFS-8000-9P
scan: scrub repaired 128K in 4 days 19:29:42 with 0 errors on Tue Oct 10 14:29:42 2023
config:
NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM
storage ONLINE 0 0 0
raidz1-0 ONLINE 0 0 0
wwn-0x50014ee2657af48e ONLINE 0 0 0
wwn-0x50014ee21025aa9f ONLINE 0 0 0
wwn-0x50014ee059dd5f8f ONLINE 8 0 0
cache
nvme0n1 ONLINE 0 0 0
errors: No known data errors
Could also just be errors since the last scrub hasn't been ran in a year. I probably forgot to enable it after I disabled it.
Anonymous 01/19/25(Sun)21:51:35 No.103962704
>>103961690
It’s shit mate. It break all the time. I click here the box open over there. I run command crash. I used new wm it crash. gnome is most beautiful and thoughtful.
It’s shit mate. It break all the time. I click here the box open over there. I run command crash. I used new wm it crash. gnome is most beautiful and thoughtful.
Anonymous 01/19/25(Sun)22:03:27 No.103962811
Anonymous 01/19/25(Sun)23:55:38 No.103963701
just turned my computer on to play yakuza kiwami before bed and the screen is filled with noise after login.
tried rebuilding the nvidia dkms driver, reinstalling it, rolling back to an earlier kernel, nothing. nouveau still works doe.
fedora auto updated yesterday...
not asking for help, it's just so tiresome
tried rebuilding the nvidia dkms driver, reinstalling it, rolling back to an earlier kernel, nothing. nouveau still works doe.
fedora auto updated yesterday...
not asking for help, it's just so tiresome
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)01:34:05 No.103964400
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)04:27:56 No.103965545
the tool I used for webms is fucked on Linux.
Anyone can give me the best way to make webms on Linux? Or the best ffmpeg command?
Anyone can give me the best way to make webms on Linux? Or the best ffmpeg command?
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)05:27:34 No.103965902
>>103965545
mpv has a script that lets you make webms from videos playing through it
mpv has a script that lets you make webms from videos playing through it
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)05:30:30 No.103965928
>>103962189
hey, its for beginners right?
hey, its for beginners right?
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)05:31:55 No.103965940
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)05:43:48 No.103966041
>>103965902
I tried it, but it felt very very clunky I don't know.
Do you talk about this?
https://github.com/ekisu/mpv-webm?tab=readme-ov-fileက
do you actually use it?
I thought of using something like this I made myself
https://pastebin.com/raw/GY1NNtxs
I tried it, but it felt very very clunky I don't know.
Do you talk about this?
https://github.com/ekisu/mpv-webm?t
do you actually use it?
I thought of using something like this I made myself
https://pastebin.com/raw/GY1NNtxs
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)06:01:52 No.103966152
anyone else run into;
when trying to run gamescope? every result i've found says it happens with polaris cards and to use "--backend sdl" to fix it, well i tried that option and it does the same thing. i technically have a polaris card installed, but it's my second gpu, not the one i'm trying to use
gamescope: types/wlr_linux_dmabuf_v1.c:532: feedback_compile: Assertion `table_len > 0' failed.
when trying to run gamescope? every result i've found says it happens with polaris cards and to use "--backend sdl" to fix it, well i tried that option and it does the same thing. i technically have a polaris card installed, but it's my second gpu, not the one i'm trying to use
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)06:06:25 No.103966182
BACK ONLINE: wiki.installgentoo.com. Example:
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/Archives
> Archiving is an important concept [and activity].
It was offline for months. Noted in this previous /fglt/ thread and talked about at the end of it:
https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/103132108/#103148605
If no one else does, I will inform ArchiveTeam or WikiTeam about it:
https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/WikiTeam
I will maybe also download all the newest XMLs since the latest oldid from like 2 years ago in https://archive.org/details/wiki-wiki.installgentoo.com-20230927 = estimated 300MB for a complete XML dump if done today in 2025.
(Also mentioned in that thread - https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/103132108/#103152484 - WordNet. Starting one or more months ago, WordNet's web interface was turned off, so you can now only download it and use some software to look at it; I hope they released the latest version. WordNet is succeeded by multilingual knowledge graph https://conceptnet.io/ , I guess.)
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki
> Archiving is an important concept [and activity].
It was offline for months. Noted in this previous /fglt/ thread and talked about at the end of it:
https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/10
If no one else does, I will inform ArchiveTeam or WikiTeam about it:
https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.
I will maybe also download all the newest XMLs since the latest oldid from like 2 years ago in https://archive.org/details/wiki-wi
(Also mentioned in that thread - https://desuarchive.org/g/thread/10
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)06:12:04 No.103966215
^Newer ones appear to be broken at
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/Wiki_Backups#This_Wiki.27s_Backup
https://archive.org/download/wiki-wikiinstallgentoocom_2022
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki
https://archive.org/download/wiki-w
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)06:16:50 No.103966238
Is there a way to make game controllers vibrate from CLI?
It's not a sex thing, I've got proper dildo/buttplug/fucking machine.
Sometimes I lose track of time, and I think haptic feedback would be a better way.
It's not a sex thing, I've got proper dildo/buttplug/fucking machine.
Sometimes I lose track of time, and I think haptic feedback would be a better way.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)06:19:34 No.103966255
What's the point of transcoding to play files?
I mean if you have very underpowered device, then it could be valid choice.
But even the slowest device is capable of hwdec 4k now.
I mean if you have very underpowered device, then it could be valid choice.
But even the slowest device is capable of hwdec 4k now.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)06:21:28 No.103966270
>>103966255
reduce bitrate for internet clients
reduce bitrate for internet clients
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)06:24:39 No.103966282
>>103966270
Which doesn't matter if your in your own network, with Ethernet or 5 ghz wifi.
Which doesn't matter if your in your own network, with Ethernet or 5 ghz wifi.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)06:32:04 No.103966315
>>103966282
that's why i said internet clients
that's why i said internet clients
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)06:32:07 No.103966316
Hello men, realistically what kind of skills do I need to be able to port Android on to different phones? Mainly want to get some custom ROM on my unsupported phone.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)06:40:15 No.103966368
>>103966316
You need to jailbreak it and write drivers for all the unsupported, undocumented hardware on your phone. Which is to say you can't. This is why you only buy Google or Samsung flagships.
You need to jailbreak it and write drivers for all the unsupported, undocumented hardware on your phone. Which is to say you can't. This is why you only buy Google or Samsung flagships.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)06:40:33 No.103966371
What can I do to make file manager auto detected shared files and folders on the network, being it SMB or NFS.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)06:49:37 No.103966429
>>103962189
made me kek
made me kek
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)07:08:08 No.103966548
>>103966255
Seems like an outdated thing, I remember it being relevant when you had dedicated physical media players that only played DivX or similar, so you had to use a transcoder on the server
Seems like an outdated thing, I remember it being relevant when you had dedicated physical media players that only played DivX or similar, so you had to use a transcoder on the server
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)07:18:32 No.103966633
>>103966255
Because it's easier than dealing with the vagueries of hardware decoding support. Just because something has hardware h264 doesn't mean it supports 10-bit or whatever optional features your animu provider uses. h265 and surround audio formats aren't universal either.
Also Jellyfin is supposed to pass through when it doesn't need to transcode, but it really sucks at detecting that.
Because it's easier than dealing with the vagueries of hardware decoding support. Just because something has hardware h264 doesn't mean it supports 10-bit or whatever optional features your animu provider uses. h265 and surround audio formats aren't universal either.
Also Jellyfin is supposed to pass through when it doesn't need to transcode, but it really sucks at detecting that.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)07:22:32 No.103966669
>>103966633
>Also Jellyfin is supposed to pass through when it doesn't need to transcode, but it really sucks at detecting that.
It's the players job to do that. If you're viewing it in a web browser then it's pretty much going to transcode all of the time but if you're viewing it in something like Kodi or Mpv, etc, then it can play it directly.
>Also Jellyfin is supposed to pass through when it doesn't need to transcode, but it really sucks at detecting that.
It's the players job to do that. If you're viewing it in a web browser then it's pretty much going to transcode all of the time but if you're viewing it in something like Kodi or Mpv, etc, then it can play it directly.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)07:23:58 No.103966683
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)07:27:08 No.103966719
>>103966669
The Jellyfin official clients really suck at it, including the mpv based desktop one. I never tried Kodi.
The Jellyfin official clients really suck at it, including the mpv based desktop one. I never tried Kodi.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)07:34:03 No.103966795
>>103966719
It's because they never really know if they can play it back without trying to so ere on the side of caution and pretty much always transcode unless you force it not to.
You also don't get the benefits of a dynamic bitrate when you playback directly which is another reason to just always transcode like >>103966270 said. It doesn't matter for LANs but say a laptop on a train with variable bitrates throughout (you may have good connection at one point, go through a tunnel and lose it entirely or enter a rural area with completely patchy support that barely works for anything other than 120p) then you'd be thankful for this.
It's because they never really know if they can play it back without trying to so ere on the side of caution and pretty much always transcode unless you force it not to.
You also don't get the benefits of a dynamic bitrate when you playback directly which is another reason to just always transcode like >>103966270 said. It doesn't matter for LANs but say a laptop on a train with variable bitrates throughout (you may have good connection at one point, go through a tunnel and lose it entirely or enter a rural area with completely patchy support that barely works for anything other than 120p) then you'd be thankful for this.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)08:05:15 No.103967083
Let me guess, you "need" more?
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)08:09:13 No.103967120
>>103967083
I need less
I need less
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)08:25:40 No.103967254
I was using Mint for a while on my craptop but I fell off from grace after I got a proper desktop PC, and have yet to be able to escape the depths of hell.
I'm planning on going back at some point, but moving all my shit across is going to murder my already-near-zero work ethic.
I make music, and FL Studio would work okay until you added a third party plugin, then all bets were off :/ I like my streamdeck and don't wanna lose the functionality of that either, and VR is basically bloody impossible on Linux (and yes, I say that with an Index).
What're my options for this really annoying perdicament, and should I stick with Mint, or say "Sod it" and try something different?
I'm planning on going back at some point, but moving all my shit across is going to murder my already-near-zero work ethic.
I make music, and FL Studio would work okay until you added a third party plugin, then all bets were off :/ I like my streamdeck and don't wanna lose the functionality of that either, and VR is basically bloody impossible on Linux (and yes, I say that with an Index).
What're my options for this really annoying perdicament, and should I stick with Mint, or say "Sod it" and try something different?
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)08:33:31 No.103967322
>>103967083
I need a rolling release with better tooling for building packages than Apt and Snap.
I need a rolling release with better tooling for building packages than Apt and Snap.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)08:39:58 No.103967372
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)08:45:43 No.103967429
>>103967254
Linux has pretty good alternatives for DAWs like Bitwig or (imo the better one) Reaper. But these do work differently than FL so you have to factor in the learning curve.
Linux has pretty good alternatives for DAWs like Bitwig or (imo the better one) Reaper. But these do work differently than FL so you have to factor in the learning curve.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)08:53:03 No.103967500
>>103967372
I don't use Tumbleweed or Systemd. That's another thing bad about distros like Ubuntu (not being rolling doesn't matter), they, like Suse and Debian will also patch upstream packages in ways that could lead to vulnerabilities (Ubuntu shipped with the very same broken patch to OpenSSH as other distributions, the only thing that saved them is not having anything vulnerable to exploit it)
I don't use Tumbleweed or Systemd. That's another thing bad about distros like Ubuntu (not being rolling doesn't matter), they, like Suse and Debian will also patch upstream packages in ways that could lead to vulnerabilities (Ubuntu shipped with the very same broken patch to OpenSSH as other distributions, the only thing that saved them is not having anything vulnerable to exploit it)
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)09:00:37 No.103967560
>>103967500
Note that Archlinux and Gentoo both avoided this simply by not applying downstream patches to OpenSSH and shipping it vanilla like upstream intended.
Note that Archlinux and Gentoo both avoided this simply by not applying downstream patches to OpenSSH and shipping it vanilla like upstream intended.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)09:27:34 No.103967793
>>103966255
>if you have very underpowered device
yes, thats most of the reason why
>even the slowest device is capable of hwdec 4k now.
no they're not, especially older hardware
>if you have very underpowered device
yes, thats most of the reason why
>even the slowest device is capable of hwdec 4k now.
no they're not, especially older hardware
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)09:30:09 No.103967814
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)09:33:18 No.103967833
What should I use to do a quick benchmark of different dns resolves on Linux?
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)09:36:05 No.103967858
>>103967833
DNSBench in Wine:
https://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm
Maybe there's somet better but I don't know it. This would be a good utility to clone as a GTK or Qt app.
DNSBench in Wine:
https://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.h
Maybe there's somet better but I don't know it. This would be a good utility to clone as a GTK or Qt app.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)09:55:52 No.103968043
I have a HDD in my optic drive caddy, When trying to mount a partition from it, I need to use password.
How to stop this?
How to stop this?
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)10:02:59 No.103968120
>>103968043
From memory, I think you remove the drive protection with hdparm
From memory, I think you remove the drive protection with hdparm
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)10:31:07 No.103968431
>>103967500
Still, a rolling release distro is going to be the first to encounter problems (like backdoors and malware), which will hopefully be discovered and fixed before the more stable distros are updated
Still, a rolling release distro is going to be the first to encounter problems (like backdoors and malware), which will hopefully be discovered and fixed before the more stable distros are updated
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)10:39:47 No.103968515
OK for some reason my windows 10 from a seperate HDD cannot boot now, I checked the disks and partitions of HDD and have noticesdonly the NTFS (main files) partition is left, now I cannot boot into it.
I tried to restore it with installation media + repair + cmd and some random commands I have found in the internet, did not fix the issue
Are there any fixes other than reinstalling the windows 10?
I am using arch/grub, help?
I tried to restore it with installation media + repair + cmd and some random commands I have found in the internet, did not fix the issue
Are there any fixes other than reinstalling the windows 10?
I am using arch/grub, help?
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)10:47:41 No.103968589
>>103968431
Except that's literally not the case. There are two classes of security bugs:
>Self-imposed (this was the SSH issue you sighted, Suse, Red Hat, Canonical, Debian, etc, did that to themselves. To their credit Systemd did shoulder some of the blame and harden their handling of libraries after this but still this was caused by distros patching a critical piece of software in ways it did not need to be patched - it functions fine without Systemd notify support. Arch managed just fine without it)
>Genuine security bugs (actual bugs with the software in question)
This second class can affect anything. It doesn't matter if it's rolling or not. Sometimes you actually get security bugs fixed in a rolling release that also affect LTS distributions but nobody realised at the time that it was a security issue (this is bad because these LTS distros can remain unpatched for a very, very, long time in this case)
Except that's literally not the case. There are two classes of security bugs:
>Self-imposed (this was the SSH issue you sighted, Suse, Red Hat, Canonical, Debian, etc, did that to themselves. To their credit Systemd did shoulder some of the blame and harden their handling of libraries after this but still this was caused by distros patching a critical piece of software in ways it did not need to be patched - it functions fine without Systemd notify support. Arch managed just fine without it)
>Genuine security bugs (actual bugs with the software in question)
This second class can affect anything. It doesn't matter if it's rolling or not. Sometimes you actually get security bugs fixed in a rolling release that also affect LTS distributions but nobody realised at the time that it was a security issue (this is bad because these LTS distros can remain unpatched for a very, very, long time in this case)
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)10:52:33 No.103968634
There is a cow talking in my terminal
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)10:56:14 No.103968666
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)10:57:00 No.103968672
>>103968666
AIEEEE
AIEEEE
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)11:06:21 No.103968757
>>103966548
Yeah, even my old nexus 7 can play 1080 HEVC with just fine with SW decode.
I guess the only possible use case now, is if the media is AV1, though even my 3rd gen iGPU can play it.
Yeah, even my old nexus 7 can play 1080 HEVC with just fine with SW decode.
I guess the only possible use case now, is if the media is AV1, though even my 3rd gen iGPU can play it.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)11:12:36 No.103968807
>>103966633
Many devices decode h264, and animu is special case.
While people still advocate h265, h264 is still widely used.
>103966795
>say a laptop on a train
Why would you watch movies in public out of the comfort of your house?
Many devices decode h264, and animu is special case.
While people still advocate h265, h264 is still widely used.
>103966795
>say a laptop on a train
Why would you watch movies in public out of the comfort of your house?
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)11:16:24 No.103968847
>>103968807
>Why would you watch movies in public out of the comfort of your house?
Why not? It beats doom scrolling. What else are you going to do? Talk to someone? Nobody wants that…
>Why would you watch movies in public out of the comfort of your house?
Why not? It beats doom scrolling. What else are you going to do? Talk to someone? Nobody wants that…
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)11:18:38 No.103968872
>>103968120
I'm not seeing anything in man hdparm about this.
Also I should have mentioned the drive was used before as boot for some linux installation.
That's why it's partitioned.
I'm not seeing anything in man hdparm about this.
Also I should have mentioned the drive was used before as boot for some linux installation.
That's why it's partitioned.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)11:19:51 No.103968883
>>103968847
>What else are you going to do?
Anything a normie would do.
After being kicked out of starbuck for attempting to hack the wifi, I never show my powerlevel again.
>What else are you going to do?
Anything a normie would do.
After being kicked out of starbuck for attempting to hack the wifi, I never show my powerlevel again.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)11:22:03 No.103968914
>>103968872
Does this happen for other drivers? It could be because your user isn't in the disk group so this password prompt is just to run as root/admin so it can mount the disk.
Does this happen for other drivers? It could be because your user isn't in the disk group so this password prompt is just to run as root/admin so it can mount the disk.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)11:22:27 No.103968920
New to linux, and I'm loving it.
I'm not finding what I want maybe cause I don't use the correct terms.
When booting I get the splash screen with boot options and meme test.
Is there a way to make it boot directly instead if waiting and only show it when certain key is pressed when booting?
I'm not finding what I want maybe cause I don't use the correct terms.
When booting I get the splash screen with boot options and meme test.
Is there a way to make it boot directly instead if waiting and only show it when certain key is pressed when booting?
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)11:22:54 No.103968926
>>103967083
No, I need less.
No, I need less.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)11:23:28 No.103968934
>>103968914
No, I can mount USB flash drives, external HDD just fine.
No, I can mount USB flash drives, external HDD just fine.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)11:32:07 No.103969009
>>103968934
Then is the partition encrypted? That's the only other thing I can think of. If it is then you'll have to put the password in every time so that the system can decrypt it
Then is the partition encrypted? That's the only other thing I can think of. If it is then you'll have to put the password in every time so that the system can decrypt it
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)11:35:21 No.103969047
>>103968920
Edit /etc/default/grub and set the timeout to zero. Then run
Edit /etc/default/grub and set the timeout to zero. Then run
update-grub. I think you can still show the menu by holding down the shift key but if it boots so fast then that might not work. The risk, is that if you do this and have no recovery system to repair things then you could potentially lock yourself out of your system.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)11:41:07 No.103969088
>>103969009
>Then is the partition encrypted?
No.
I can access it just fine when I input my user password.
How to start troubleshooting this?
>Then is the partition encrypted?
No.
I can access it just fine when I input my user password.
How to start troubleshooting this?
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)11:42:36 No.103969105
>>103969088
I would start by seeing if udiskctl can mount it without a password. Then I'd go looking for any permission issues that might be different, for example compare the group and ownership of your USB thumb drive to that of the harddrive's partition.
I would start by seeing if udiskctl can mount it without a password. Then I'd go looking for any permission issues that might be different, for example compare the group and ownership of your USB thumb drive to that of the harddrive's partition.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)11:42:52 No.103969107
>>103968807
Why should I worry about how media is formatted or whether whatever ancient set top unit I'm using supports the latest meme encoding?
Why should I worry about how media is formatted or whether whatever ancient set top unit I'm using supports the latest meme encoding?
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)11:46:14 No.103969135
>>103969105
>example compare the group and ownership of your USB thumb drive to that of the harddrive's partition.
How to do that?
>example compare the group and ownership of your USB thumb drive to that of the harddrive's partition.
How to do that?
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)11:46:20 No.103969139
>>103969105
>>103969088
You also might have to adjust some polkit rules according to the Arch Wiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Udisks#Permissions
Maybe removable media is configured differently to non-removable media?
>>103969088
You also might have to adjust some polkit rules according to the Arch Wiki:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Ud
Maybe removable media is configured differently to non-removable media?
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)11:48:05 No.103969153
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)11:51:34 No.103969180
>>103969153
/dev/sdb is own by root
Also it's the same as my OS /dev/sda
I noticed the old files on drive have the 100 instead of root,
/dev/sdb is own by root
brw-rw---- 1 root disk 8, 0 Jan 20 17:38 /dev/sdb
Also it's the same as my OS /dev/sda
I noticed the old files on drive have the 100 instead of root,
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)11:57:10 No.103969229
>>103969180
>Also it's the same as my OS /dev/sda
Then it's probably a Polkit thing. I'm not sure how you'd check that but you likely need to write a Polkit rule to allow the action (listed in: /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.UDisks2.policy) it's trying to perform without a password.
Honestly, Polkit with its JavaScript configuration is a massive pain to configure. I'd just write a line in /etc/fstab to mount it on boot instead of I were you.
>Also it's the same as my OS /dev/sda
Then it's probably a Polkit thing. I'm not sure how you'd check that but you likely need to write a Polkit rule to allow the action (listed in: /usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.fre
Honestly, Polkit with its JavaScript configuration is a massive pain to configure. I'd just write a line in /etc/fstab to mount it on boot instead of I were you.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)12:01:31 No.103969271
>>103968807
>Many devices decode h264,
This is not 100% true
Depending on the device, only some of the h264 codecs will be supported
I'm pretty sure some of the recent amd cards have bad h264 support
>Many devices decode h264,
This is not 100% true
Depending on the device, only some of the h264 codecs will be supported
I'm pretty sure some of the recent amd cards have bad h264 support
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)12:02:13 No.103969279
>>103969229
>/etc/fstab to mount it on boot instead of I were you
It doesn't mount it, because of not enough permissions.
>/etc/fstab to mount it on boot instead of I were you
It doesn't mount it, because of not enough permissions.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)12:02:54 No.103969289
>>103969229
>>103969180
I think this rule (linked from Arch Wiki post I linked earlier) should do it though:
https://gist.github.com/grawity/3886114#file-udisks2-allow-mount-internal-js
Whoever decided sysadmins should all be JavaScript developers to configure their systems security should be shot.
>>103969180
I think this rule (linked from Arch Wiki post I linked earlier) should do it though:
https://gist.github.com/grawity/388
Whoever decided sysadmins should all be JavaScript developers to configure their systems security should be shot.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)12:04:00 No.103969296
>>103969279
It will mount on boot. To do it now you'd have to use sudo:
It will mount on boot. To do it now you'd have to use sudo:
$ sudo mount -a
# Or
$ sudo mount /path/to/mount/point
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)12:04:10 No.103969299
>>103969279
Is this a ntfs drive with the dirty bit set? You need to run Windows chkdsk.
Is this a ntfs drive with the dirty bit set? You need to run Windows chkdsk.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)12:05:07 No.103969310
>>103969299
You can use Ntfsfix for that. You only really need to run chkdsk if there's actual corruption of some sort that needs fixing.
You can use Ntfsfix for that. You only really need to run chkdsk if there's actual corruption of some sort that needs fixing.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)12:09:32 No.103969352
>>103969310
If it's marked dirty there's corruption that needs fixing. ntfsfix is a problem enhancer.
If it's marked dirty there's corruption that needs fixing. ntfsfix is a problem enhancer.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)12:10:29 No.103969364
>>103969352
It can be marked dirty just because of Windows power saving. It really depends. If you know there's no corruption then it's safe to use.
It can be marked dirty just because of Windows power saving. It really depends. If you know there's no corruption then it's safe to use.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)12:13:12 No.103969396
>>103969296
Yes, it doesn't mount when I rebooted.
>>103969299
No, it's ext4
It's HDD, and I had linux mint on it, when I got an SSD I installed mabox on the SSD and kept the hdd.
Which was a bad idea, and I'm trying to fix this mistake.
1. the hdd is partitioned into/dev/sdb1,2,3 which is /, /boot, /Home.
/ and /boot is about 30 GB so I don't really care.
2. When installing this created the old linux mint as boot option in grub, which I'd like to remove
3. The /home is where my old data is, and would like to be able to mount it on demand not all the time to minimize battery usage, so from my file manager UI
4. while this is probably difficult, get those 30 GB back.
Yes, it doesn't mount when I rebooted.
>>103969299
No, it's ext4
It's HDD, and I had linux mint on it, when I got an SSD I installed mabox on the SSD and kept the hdd.
Which was a bad idea, and I'm trying to fix this mistake.
1. the hdd is partitioned into/dev/sdb1,2,3 which is /, /boot, /Home.
/ and /boot is about 30 GB so I don't really care.
2. When installing this created the old linux mint as boot option in grub, which I'd like to remove
3. The /home is where my old data is, and would like to be able to mount it on demand not all the time to minimize battery usage, so from my file manager UI
4. while this is probably difficult, get those 30 GB back.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)12:17:47 No.103969444
>>103969396
Why doesn't it mount? Post the exact commands you're using and it's output along with
Why doesn't it mount? Post the exact commands you're using and it's output along with
dmesg | tail. You may have to:
sudo fsck.ext4 -f -v /dev/sdXY
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)12:23:15 No.103969506
>>103969444
>Why doesn't it mount?
It require root permessions
I'm using this
>Why doesn't it mount?
It require root permessions
I'm using this
UUID=8dc2f0d2-50d4-43cb-a1c3-2658f9c6961d /mnt/ ext4 defaults,nofail,comment=x-gvfs-show 0 0
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)12:24:57 No.103969527
>>103969506
What happens when you do:
Also, you probably don't need the trailing slash but I don't think it hurts.
What happens when you do:
$ sudo mount /mnt
Also, you probably don't need the trailing slash but I don't think it hurts.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)12:27:43 No.103969550
>>103969527
>>103969506
You should probably also create a directory in /media or /mnt instead of mounting it directly to /mnt. This way if you need to mount a new harddrive in the future you can create another one next to it.
>>103969506
You should probably also create a directory in /media or /mnt instead of mounting it directly to /mnt. This way if you need to mount a new harddrive in the future you can create another one next to it.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)12:28:32 No.103969556
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)12:30:10 No.103969573
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)12:31:35 No.103969586
>>103969573
Also make sure you don't have any other weird characters in the file besides tabs/spaces. It sounds stupid but people have fucked these files up in all sorts of ways by accident because of certain unicode characters, etc.
Also make sure you don't have any other weird characters in the file besides tabs/spaces. It sounds stupid but people have fucked these files up in all sorts of ways by accident because of certain unicode characters, etc.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)12:41:25 No.103969692
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)12:53:20 No.103969820
>>103968431
>which will hopefully be discovered and fixed before the more stable distros are updated
it's also possible that the backdoor already was fixed upstream and it's only still on your system because it's old as fuck.
>which will hopefully be discovered and fixed before the more stable distros are updated
it's also possible that the backdoor already was fixed upstream and it's only still on your system because it's old as fuck.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)12:59:39 No.103969903
>>103969692
If you don't post what errors you're getting then nobody can help you. I don't think there's much more to say than what's already been posted.
If it won't mount from the /etc/fstab then you have an error somewhere.
If you don't post what errors you're getting then nobody can help you. I don't think there's much more to say than what's already been posted.
If it won't mount from the /etc/fstab then you have an error somewhere.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)13:00:52 No.103969918
>>103969903
>>103969692
Double check the UUID with blkid and make sure it matches what you're using in the fstab. That's the only other thing I can think of.
You could also install GNOME Disks and mount it through there, I think that can register it to automount too
>>103969692
Double check the UUID with blkid and make sure it matches what you're using in the fstab. That's the only other thing I can think of.
You could also install GNOME Disks and mount it through there, I think that can register it to automount too
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)13:40:00 No.103970320
>>103969918
Well anon, I don't know what to tell you.
Obviously there is an issue/error but I can't seem to find it, I'm sure what I described in >>103969396
>1. the hdd is partitioned into/dev/sdb1,2,3 which is /, /boot, /Home.
>/ and /boot is about 30 GB so I don't really care.
>2. When installing this created the old linux mint as boot option in grub, which I'd like to remove
>3. The /home is where my old data is, and would like to be able to mount it on demand not all the time to minimize battery usage, so from my file manager UI
>4. while this is probably difficult, get those 30 GB back.
Might hint into something, but my linux-fu isn't strong for it.
Well anon, I don't know what to tell you.
Obviously there is an issue/error but I can't seem to find it, I'm sure what I described in >>103969396
>1. the hdd is partitioned into/dev/sdb1,2,3 which is /, /boot, /Home.
>/ and /boot is about 30 GB so I don't really care.
>2. When installing this created the old linux mint as boot option in grub, which I'd like to remove
>3. The /home is where my old data is, and would like to be able to mount it on demand not all the time to minimize battery usage, so from my file manager UI
>4. while this is probably difficult, get those 30 GB back.
Might hint into something, but my linux-fu isn't strong for it.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)13:44:30 No.103970366
Guys, how do you keep track of what you searched for so you don't need to search back again?
Like, when I wanted to set up samba I've spent 2 hours just understanding it and setting it up properly, that was two years ago and I forgot how.
Now I have to search all this back.
Like, when I wanted to set up samba I've spent 2 hours just understanding it and setting it up properly, that was two years ago and I forgot how.
Now I have to search all this back.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)13:44:56 No.103970370
>>103970320
>The /home is where my old data is, and would like to be able to mount it on demand not all the time
So, you have a separate homedir inside the / and then on demand you want to mount over it? That sounds insane.
>The /home is where my old data is, and would like to be able to mount it on demand not all the time
So, you have a separate homedir inside the / and then on demand you want to mount over it? That sounds insane.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)13:48:28 No.103970411
>>103970370
This for the old hdd, with mint that I no longer use.
I'm booting mabox from ssd now, and the hdd is still connected.
This for the old hdd, with mint that I no longer use.
I'm booting mabox from ssd now, and the hdd is still connected.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)14:05:14 No.103970574
>>103970320
>would like to be able to mount it on demand not all the time to minimize battery usage
That's not how that works. You can leave it mounted and instead configure the drive to spin down when it's not being accessed. This is a solved problem for years.
>would like to be able to mount it on demand not all the time to minimize battery usage
That's not how that works. You can leave it mounted and instead configure the drive to spin down when it's not being accessed. This is a solved problem for years.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)14:09:33 No.103970620
>>103970366
I usually just bookmark something and use descriptive tags.
I usually just bookmark something and use descriptive tags.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)14:20:33 No.103970726
>>103970620
The problem with that is that your bookmarks may grow over time so much you can't find shit in them.
The problem with that is that your bookmarks may grow over time so much you can't find shit in them.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)14:21:39 No.103970735
>>103970574
>You can leave it mounted and instead configure the drive to spin down when it's not being accessed
How to do that?
>You can leave it mounted and instead configure the drive to spin down when it's not being accessed
How to do that?
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)14:22:46 No.103970753
>go to install a 60 MB program with flatpak
>it installs 500 MB of dependencies
What a shitty package manager
>it installs 500 MB of dependencies
What a shitty package manager
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)14:26:24 No.103970789
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)14:32:00 No.103970833
>>103970753
Don't blame the package manager, blame the package. It's not Flatpak's fault that packages require dependencies.
Don't blame the package manager, blame the package. It's not Flatpak's fault that packages require dependencies.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)15:30:26 No.103971288
rofi's fuzzy search is inferior to dmenu's fuzzymatch patch
why didn't just implement the same thing?
why didn't just implement the same thing?
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)15:35:39 No.103971337
>>103971288
ignore my post, I'm dumb
ignore my post, I'm dumb
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)15:43:04 No.103971421
Got a Logitech g703, in windows I can set one of the thumb buttons to left click repeatedly while held down. How would I go about doing this on tumbleweed? Piper doesn't support mapping mouse buttons to other mouse buttons.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)15:44:36 No.103971438
Pcmanfm-qt is the greatest file manager. That is all.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)15:47:28 No.103971464
>>103971337
don't feel too dumb, rofi is a mess. the current stable version's default theme is broken and nobody noticed because the devs are massive ricers
don't feel too dumb, rofi is a mess. the current stable version's default theme is broken and nobody noticed because the devs are massive ricers
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)17:15:28 No.103972370
>>103970366
i keep a text file with the commands and a little description to remind myself in the future. has happened too many times that i can no longer find the page i used in my history so find it easier to just note it down.
i keep a text file with the commands and a little description to remind myself in the future. has happened too many times that i can no longer find the page i used in my history so find it easier to just note it down.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)17:17:38 No.103972384
>>103972370
Relatable.
I've started making a markdown file as excuse to practice markdown and get things organized.
>tfw have +40 ffmpeg notes
Relatable.
I've started making a markdown file as excuse to practice markdown and get things organized.
>tfw have +40 ffmpeg notes
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)17:20:40 No.103972412
im switching from w11 to nobara
if i copy the stuff i need to save to an external nvme drive formatted ntfs, will nobara recognize everything?
if i copy the stuff i need to save to an external nvme drive formatted ntfs, will nobara recognize everything?
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)17:48:44 No.103972669
What distros have the best installers?
I like Opensuse for how it actually lets you choose the filesystem even in guided setup.
Why don't more distros do that? Seems like a useful feature, especially if they start adding OpenZFS as a choice.
I want to have ZFS as my root FS, I'm just too dumb to set it up and not fuck it up.
I like Opensuse for how it actually lets you choose the filesystem even in guided setup.
Why don't more distros do that? Seems like a useful feature, especially if they start adding OpenZFS as a choice.
I want to have ZFS as my root FS, I'm just too dumb to set it up and not fuck it up.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)18:15:24 No.103972927
trying to get into linux, is it really bad to single drive dual boot? some reddit threads say it's safe, others say you'll get testicular torsion and die instantly.
I have a couple other drives but I wanna keep my OS separate from my data, for ease of backup. I wanna be able to just nuke my OS whenever I want it when I inevitably fuck up on linux, and not have to worry about losing files.
And about backup. I have a new larger drive and a couple smaller older drives. I wanted to backup to the newer drive since it'll be safer but it seem like a waste to just use less than 10% of it, would it be ok to make my main drive and have two back ups on older drives that might fail?
I have a couple other drives but I wanna keep my OS separate from my data, for ease of backup. I wanna be able to just nuke my OS whenever I want it when I inevitably fuck up on linux, and not have to worry about losing files.
And about backup. I have a new larger drive and a couple smaller older drives. I wanted to backup to the newer drive since it'll be safer but it seem like a waste to just use less than 10% of it, would it be ok to make my main drive and have two back ups on older drives that might fail?
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)18:20:29 No.103972979
I tried installing Box64 on my Pi so I can run x64 apps. It doesn't work. I dunno why.
I also installed an N64 emulator on the Pi. It also doesn't work. Again I don't know why.
Very productive evening overall.
I also installed an N64 emulator on the Pi. It also doesn't work. Again I don't know why.
Very productive evening overall.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)18:22:22 No.103973000
>>103972979
People use FEX on the ARM Apple Macs, maybe that'll work better?
https://github.com/FEX-Emu/FEX
People use FEX on the ARM Apple Macs, maybe that'll work better?
https://github.com/FEX-Emu/FEX
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)18:27:48 No.103973042
>>103971464
no, this time it's on me. I didn't read the manpage and didn't know I had to pass "-matching fuzzy" when invoking it
no, this time it's on me. I didn't read the manpage and didn't know I had to pass "-matching fuzzy" when invoking it
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)19:27:29 No.103973533
>>103961690
how the FUCK do I record my screen in Linux? I downloaded THREE DIFFERENT FUCKING SCREEN RECORDERS AND NONE OF THEM FUCKING WORK!!!!!!!!
all I want to do is record my screen (video + audio). How the fuck do I do it? Ubuntu btw.
how the FUCK do I record my screen in Linux? I downloaded THREE DIFFERENT FUCKING SCREEN RECORDERS AND NONE OF THEM FUCKING WORK!!!!!!!!
all I want to do is record my screen (video + audio). How the fuck do I do it? Ubuntu btw.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)19:29:01 No.103973542
>>103973533
OBS is the best screen recorder IMO. I also use spectacle's recording functionality when I want to quickly capture a region, but the quality is shit
OBS is the best screen recorder IMO. I also use spectacle's recording functionality when I want to quickly capture a region, but the quality is shit
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)19:51:21 No.103973684
Good evening gents,
I just tried Linux Mint on my old (2018) gaming PC that was unable to update from Windows 10. Some games run spectacularly, others need work. It's a good experience for the most part and I would love to know what to do to optimize retro gaming with my RX580. All these Proton versions are a little confusing.
I just tried Linux Mint on my old (2018) gaming PC that was unable to update from Windows 10. Some games run spectacularly, others need work. It's a good experience for the most part and I would love to know what to do to optimize retro gaming with my RX580. All these Proton versions are a little confusing.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)19:52:12 No.103973697
>>103972927
please respond
please respond
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)19:53:20 No.103973706
>>103973684
All you really need is the latest proton-ge-custom for games running through Steam, which is a tweaked proton-staging that makes more games work more often. And for games outside of Steam there's umu-launcher.
All you really need is the latest proton-ge-custom for games running through Steam, which is a tweaked proton-staging that makes more games work more often. And for games outside of Steam there's umu-launcher.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)19:53:42 No.103973708
>>103973533
OBS and pipewire
OBS and pipewire
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)19:55:40 No.103973726
>>103973697
just mount /home on another volume and you're good
just mount /home on another volume and you're good
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)20:04:54 No.103973805
>>103973726
what the hell is a volume bro
what the hell is a volume bro
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)20:06:49 No.103973821
>>103973805
How about you like... learn what that is?
How about you like... learn what that is?
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)20:14:03 No.103973898
>>103973726
what about the backup to old drives? is there a risk of random failure if they're not being used?
what about the backup to old drives? is there a risk of random failure if they're not being used?
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)20:55:05 No.103974282
Requesting input from /fglt/ anons. I'm doing some changes to my workstation and I'm planning to use the iGPU. How will Vega 8 (Ryzen 7 5700G) handle programming workloads with dual 1440p@75Hz?
>OS: Ubuntu Loonix
>Workloads: Browser automation (al lot), VM's
>Tools: VScode, Netbeans, Intellij
>DE: Plasma 5
I'm concerned that the iGPU won't be able to keep up with so many stuff I'm planning to do
>OS: Ubuntu Loonix
>Workloads: Browser automation (al lot), VM's
>Tools: VScode, Netbeans, Intellij
>DE: Plasma 5
I'm concerned that the iGPU won't be able to keep up with so many stuff I'm planning to do
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)21:00:43 No.103974329
>>103974282
Might as well be asking if your SSD can handle games from 2005.
Might as well be asking if your SSD can handle games from 2005.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)21:39:13 No.103974644
>>103972927
I never had problems using win10 ltsc, but I boot Windows maybe twice a year not including updates when I finally do boot it. It's probably something you should wargame with a VM. Just delete /boot/EFI and see if you can restore it. It shouldn't be difficult, but it's a pita if you don't have the notes and rescue media ready.
I never had problems using win10 ltsc, but I boot Windows maybe twice a year not including updates when I finally do boot it. It's probably something you should wargame with a VM. Just delete /boot/EFI and see if you can restore it. It shouldn't be difficult, but it's a pita if you don't have the notes and rescue media ready.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)21:39:19 No.103974646
>>103974282
I use one of these in a custom OpenWRT router I built, so not the typical usecase…
The iGPU is very capable for what it is though. You should be fine. It can handle GTA V, Counter Strike, etc, no problem at all. It should be fine with a web browser and programming. You can always buy a dedicated GPU in the future if you need it.
I use one of these in a custom OpenWRT router I built, so not the typical usecase…
The iGPU is very capable for what it is though. You should be fine. It can handle GTA V, Counter Strike, etc, no problem at all. It should be fine with a web browser and programming. You can always buy a dedicated GPU in the future if you need it.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)21:48:25 No.103974732
>>103973898
wat
wat
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)22:00:13 No.103974857
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)22:04:29 No.103974899
>try out KDE
>don't want the "all" metapackage as it comes with NetworkManager
>KDE is highly atomic -> have to hand pick zillions of pieces
God damn it. And it's not just KDE, it's all desktop environments and their NetworkManager. Fuck NetworkManager.
/blog
>>103973805
Jargon for partition or a full drive (without table) or a volume inside logical volume management or anything that stores BLOCKS.
And don't do /home, do it as /mnt/whatever.
Partition your drive like this:
>EFI system partition (if an EFI PC)
>20 gigabytes for Linux system A
>20 gigabytes for Linux system B
>rest of the drive for (encrypted) /mnt/whatever
Then you configure your home as /mnt/whatever/anon or something.
>dualboot
Why isn't called multiboot? btw you can boot multiple Linuxes with one singular kernel.
>>103973821
Shut up. At least post memes or something along with your zeroposts.
>don't want the "all" metapackage as it comes with NetworkManager
>KDE is highly atomic -> have to hand pick zillions of pieces
God damn it. And it's not just KDE, it's all desktop environments and their NetworkManager. Fuck NetworkManager.
/blog
>>103973805
Jargon for partition or a full drive (without table) or a volume inside logical volume management or anything that stores BLOCKS.
And don't do /home, do it as /mnt/whatever.
Partition your drive like this:
>EFI system partition (if an EFI PC)
>20 gigabytes for Linux system A
>20 gigabytes for Linux system B
>rest of the drive for (encrypted) /mnt/whatever
Then you configure your home as /mnt/whatever/anon or something.
>dualboot
Why isn't called multiboot? btw you can boot multiple Linuxes with one singular kernel.
>>103973821
Shut up. At least post memes or something along with your zeroposts.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)22:37:24 No.103975216
Anyone else wish the gnome multi desktops could each have a different background, anyone know if that’s possible or could you let the devs know about this suggestion thanks
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)22:40:54 No.103975249
>>103972412
Yea it should cause Linux can read ntfs
Yea it should cause Linux can read ntfs
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)22:48:54 No.103975322
>>103975216
It's GNOME, so probably not unless you can find N extension for it. I don't even think GNOME has different wallpapers for each monitors, let alone workspaces.
KDE can do this with Activities though.
It's GNOME, so probably not unless you can find N extension for it. I don't even think GNOME has different wallpapers for each monitors, let alone workspaces.
KDE can do this with Activities though.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)23:02:36 No.103975439
>>103975322
KDE can do it without activities.
KDE can do it without activities.
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)23:03:48 No.103975453
>before, overview is vertical good for mouse scroll which is vertical, icons under overview button
>now, overview is horizontal, icons in the bottom far from top left corner
new gnome shell makes no sense
>now, overview is horizontal, icons in the bottom far from top left corner
new gnome shell makes no sense
Anonymous 01/20/25(Mon)23:12:10 No.103975530
How can I change bookmark icons on mint?
Cant find much about it.
Cant find much about it.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)00:23:35 No.103976247
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)00:44:05 No.103976444
What is the best gallery/booru type image viewer?
(I know this has been asked a million times but i can't find anything that looks good)
(I know this has been asked a million times but i can't find anything that looks good)
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)06:16:03 No.103978795
Is ZFS okay for a basic laptop nvme SSD? Should I expect it to wear it out faster?
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)06:17:15 No.103978802
>>103978795
With modern SSDs these days you don't really need to think about wear. You'd have to be making 100s of GBs in writes every day.
With modern SSDs these days you don't really need to think about wear. You'd have to be making 100s of GBs in writes every day.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)06:18:36 No.103978813
is mint still unsafe as per the wiki?
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)06:23:10 No.103978843
>>103978813
That page on the wiki hasn't been updated in years. Mint is fine.
That page on the wiki hasn't been updated in years. Mint is fine.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)08:16:14 No.103979551
Is anyone here familiar with wine? I need to setup a virtual cdrom drive, but every entry that I get via search describes a different issue.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)08:44:29 No.103979797
>>103979551
wine itself doesn't do virtual cd drives outside of simply selecting a folder and marking it as being a cd-rom type device letter, which is enough for games that don't have special copy protection. for games that do actually check the disc, you'll want to use cdemu
wine itself doesn't do virtual cd drives outside of simply selecting a folder and marking it as being a cd-rom type device letter, which is enough for games that don't have special copy protection. for games that do actually check the disc, you'll want to use cdemu
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)10:30:09 No.103980694
>>103978795
Filesystem doesn't contribute meaningfully to write overhead. Sure there might be a 100x metadata over/under between zfs and xfs, but 100*(fuckall) is only shit and a half. It's nothing next to the ravages of modern browsers.
>>103978802
Modern SSDs are dramatically more likely to wear out in their useful life. There are so many giant QLC drives with hybrid cache now.
Filesystem doesn't contribute meaningfully to write overhead. Sure there might be a 100x metadata over/under between zfs and xfs, but 100*(fuckall) is only shit and a half. It's nothing next to the ravages of modern browsers.
>>103978802
Modern SSDs are dramatically more likely to wear out in their useful life. There are so many giant QLC drives with hybrid cache now.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)13:34:37 No.103982598
why does this happen
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)13:58:08 No.103982857
>>103982598
What do you mean? That looks normal, assuming you're writing to a mediocre "64GB" USB 2.0 flash drive. Which you shouldn't do btw, the flash on those things doesn't have the write endurance of a proper SSD, it's more like SD card level.
What do you mean? That looks normal, assuming you're writing to a mediocre "64GB" USB 2.0 flash drive. Which you shouldn't do btw, the flash on those things doesn't have the write endurance of a proper SSD, it's more like SD card level.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)14:09:49 No.103982978
>>103961690
Is it possible to install photopea locally without ads? Any alternatives? My use cases are simple, I’d be ok with gimp if it didn’t take so much time to start up.
Is it possible to install photopea locally without ads? Any alternatives? My use cases are simple, I’d be ok with gimp if it didn’t take so much time to start up.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)14:23:07 No.103983100
>>103982857
I dont recall seeing that error and i have done the same operation with other "mediocre" usb flash drives
I dont recall seeing that error and i have done the same operation with other "mediocre" usb flash drives
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)14:26:34 No.103983137
>>103983100
"No space left on device" (ENOSPC) is just what you get if you don't specify how much you want dd to write. Obviously at some point it will reach the end of the device and can't write anymore.
"No space left on device" (ENOSPC) is just what you get if you don't specify how much you want dd to write. Obviously at some point it will reach the end of the device and can't write anymore.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)14:47:53 No.103983368
>>103982598
This is a normal error, it just means you hit the end of the device which signals to dd to stop because you didn't specify a count so it keeps writing forever until ENOSPC like >>103983137 said.
This is a normal error, it just means you hit the end of the device which signals to dd to stop because you didn't specify a count so it keeps writing forever until ENOSPC like >>103983137 said.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)14:50:25 No.103983392
>>103983368
>>103982598
For example:
If your goal is to override the entire device then it's perfectly safe to just leave it until you hit that error.
>>103982598
For example:
$ dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/null bs=10M count=1 status=progress
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
10485760 bytes (10 MB, 10 MiB) copied, 0.0397847 s, 264 MB/s
If your goal is to override the entire device then it's perfectly safe to just leave it until you hit that error.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)15:10:09 No.103983625
>>103961690
Hello, what is the best linux file format for my external HDD, just using it to backup ISO of games?
Hello, what is the best linux file format for my external HDD, just using it to backup ISO of games?
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)16:15:54 No.103984326
Recommend a "stable" low maintenance Linux distro for typical desktop usage that isn't based on Debian or Ubuntu.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)16:18:51 No.103984358
>>103979551
I think it's done rather easily in winecfg, you just "mount" a catalog as a letter device.
I think it's done rather easily in winecfg, you just "mount" a catalog as a letter device.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)16:32:39 No.103984535
hello, i'm a turbo novice trying to recover an sd card on arch using gddrescue and i wasn't sure where to look for help. i started the backup step but then ran out of space on my computer's ssd so i canceled the backup and tried to start again, this time sending the image to an adequately-sized external drive. but now the backup command immediately stops and tells me 'too many files'.
i haven't been able to find any information on this error. any tips on how to proceed?
i haven't been able to find any information on this error. any tips on how to proceed?
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)16:35:09 No.103984576
Hi anons, would using a SATA-to-USB3.0 be practical for dual booting Linux? Basically I would plug it in to boot into Linux, and I would not have it plugged in if im using like Windows.
Would a full install on an internal SSD (used like a portable drive) work?
The reason is that my monitor never was able to display anything until the OS is loaded. That makes picking an OS through the boot menu (and most likely grub) impossible. I've usually gotten around this by plugging my hdmi into my TV, but I want something quicker for dual booting.
Also I have this 250GB SSD lying around and I dont want to buy a portable drive.
Would a full install on an internal SSD (used like a portable drive) work?
The reason is that my monitor never was able to display anything until the OS is loaded. That makes picking an OS through the boot menu (and most likely grub) impossible. I've usually gotten around this by plugging my hdmi into my TV, but I want something quicker for dual booting.
Also I have this 250GB SSD lying around and I dont want to buy a portable drive.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)16:40:54 No.103984650
>>103984576
>practical for dual booting Linux?
Why not just set booting in BIOS? and when you want linux, interrupt normal boot?
It would work, but keep in mind SATA to USB is meant as storage solution not proper SATA, though some adapters claim the can emulate sata.
What do you want linux for? would booting live USB be enough?
My suggestion is, install linux on SSD, and set grub to boot OS immediately.
Then change BIOS to boot your windows drive, and interrupt it to boot SSD when you want linux.
That why you can even move files between the two if needed.
>practical for dual booting Linux?
Why not just set booting in BIOS? and when you want linux, interrupt normal boot?
It would work, but keep in mind SATA to USB is meant as storage solution not proper SATA, though some adapters claim the can emulate sata.
What do you want linux for? would booting live USB be enough?
My suggestion is, install linux on SSD, and set grub to boot OS immediately.
Then change BIOS to boot your windows drive, and interrupt it to boot SSD when you want linux.
That why you can even move files between the two if needed.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)16:53:39 No.103984816
>Mint
>Try to do GPU passthrough with KVM
>Read multiple guides
>Each one telling me to do different shit
>Pick the ones I can comprehend the most
>Doesn't work. VM refuses to start. Host OS freezes during shutdown.
>Try a video tutorial
>Copy what he does step-by-step
>He says to reboot
>Reboot
>Host OS will no longer start
>Timeshift recovery in USB boot
>For some reason the recovery image disappeared like it was a single-use
>Read Arch gpu passthrough guide
>Assumes the reader knows more than I do to the point of some sections being too complex for me to follow
>Arch guide points out some program that automates the work
>aur archlinux org/packages/gpu-passthrough-manager
>thank god
>dont know how to add a package from the arch wiki
>github link has no compiled package for me to use
>waste more time trying to learn how to compile
>build fails because missing some "gtk+-3.0" shit
>can't identify right package in package manager
>try searching online
>"should already be pre-installed"
This has gotten to the point where I'm genuinely frustrated and reconsidering using Linux.
>Try to do GPU passthrough with KVM
>Read multiple guides
>Each one telling me to do different shit
>Pick the ones I can comprehend the most
>Doesn't work. VM refuses to start. Host OS freezes during shutdown.
>Try a video tutorial
>Copy what he does step-by-step
>He says to reboot
>Reboot
>Host OS will no longer start
>Timeshift recovery in USB boot
>For some reason the recovery image disappeared like it was a single-use
>Read Arch gpu passthrough guide
>Assumes the reader knows more than I do to the point of some sections being too complex for me to follow
>Arch guide points out some program that automates the work
>aur archlinux org/packages/gpu-passthrough-manage
>thank god
>dont know how to add a package from the arch wiki
>github link has no compiled package for me to use
>waste more time trying to learn how to compile
>build fails because missing some "gtk+-3.0" shit
>can't identify right package in package manager
>try searching online
>"should already be pre-installed"
This has gotten to the point where I'm genuinely frustrated and reconsidering using Linux.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)16:59:45 No.103984884
>>103984650
>Why not just set booting in BIOS? and when you want linux, interrupt normal boot?
My monitor wont display anything until it boots into an OS. If I need to interrupt the boot to pick a different OS, I have to plug the HDMI into my TV instead of my monitor.
>What do you want linux for? would booting live USB be enough?
I would try to use it for most anything like browsing the Internet, opening documents or my videos. Unless a game or program specifically requires Windows.
>My suggestion is, install linux on SSD, and set grub to boot OS immediately.
I think I could try that first to see how it pans out. I might be overestimating how often I would switch between OS.
>Why not just set booting in BIOS? and when you want linux, interrupt normal boot?
My monitor wont display anything until it boots into an OS. If I need to interrupt the boot to pick a different OS, I have to plug the HDMI into my TV instead of my monitor.
>What do you want linux for? would booting live USB be enough?
I would try to use it for most anything like browsing the Internet, opening documents or my videos. Unless a game or program specifically requires Windows.
>My suggestion is, install linux on SSD, and set grub to boot OS immediately.
I think I could try that first to see how it pans out. I might be overestimating how often I would switch between OS.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)17:01:14 No.103984902
>>103984884
>My monitor wont display anything until it boots into an OS. If I need to interrupt the boot to pick a different OS, I have to plug the HDMI into my TV instead of my monitor.
Even when booting your BIOS?
Do you mean GPU?
>My monitor wont display anything until it boots into an OS. If I need to interrupt the boot to pick a different OS, I have to plug the HDMI into my TV instead of my monitor.
Even when booting your BIOS?
Do you mean GPU?
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)17:06:33 No.103984971
>>103984358
You can mount a directory to a drive letter, but it's not functionally equivalent to a real ODD. You can't have audio tracks or fool copy protection for instance.
You can mount a directory to a drive letter, but it's not functionally equivalent to a real ODD. You can't have audio tracks or fool copy protection for instance.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)17:10:05 No.103985017
>>103984902
>Even when booting your BIOS?
Yes. I have to use my TV to see the BIOS.
>Do you mean GPU?
I do have a GPU, but I say monitor because it doesn't display anything if I use my GPU or integrated graphics. Even with the GPU removed. It'll say "out of range". My monitor has been like that for a while. I guess another option is that I could just get a new monitor that works.
>Even when booting your BIOS?
Yes. I have to use my TV to see the BIOS.
>Do you mean GPU?
I do have a GPU, but I say monitor because it doesn't display anything if I use my GPU or integrated graphics. Even with the GPU removed. It'll say "out of range". My monitor has been like that for a while. I guess another option is that I could just get a new monitor that works.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)17:14:56 No.103985085
>>103985017
Your option is figuring out why it doesn't work
Your option is figuring out why it doesn't work
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)17:22:57 No.103985207
Cute distro rates!! :3
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)17:25:59 No.103985259
>>103985085
I've tried in the past. BIOS, drivers, OS updates, video cables (this monitor only has VGA and HDMI), power cables, firmware, etc.
I just lived with it and only use my TV when I need to enter the BIOS. But fixing that could be an option. I will note that my old 1080p 59hz monitor was fine. Too bad it's sold off. This one is 1440p 60hz. But this ain't about my monitor.
Thanks for the advice. I'll weigh my options.
I've tried in the past. BIOS, drivers, OS updates, video cables (this monitor only has VGA and HDMI), power cables, firmware, etc.
I just lived with it and only use my TV when I need to enter the BIOS. But fixing that could be an option. I will note that my old 1080p 59hz monitor was fine. Too bad it's sold off. This one is 1440p 60hz. But this ain't about my monitor.
Thanks for the advice. I'll weigh my options.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)17:29:29 No.103985316
>>103985207
Almost correct
Almost correct
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)17:30:22 No.103985326
>>103984326
Slackware.
Slackware.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)17:35:01 No.103985409
>>103984326
Manjaro is pacman mint, I think!
Some people like Opensuse too, but I'm wary of anything corporation-sponsored with a premium version like Opensuse/Suse and Fedora/Redhat...
Manjaro is pacman mint, I think!
Some people like Opensuse too, but I'm wary of anything corporation-sponsored with a premium version like Opensuse/Suse and Fedora/Redhat...
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)17:41:55 No.103985494
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)17:43:57 No.103985520
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)17:45:50 No.103985548
>>103985520
Elaborate.
Elaborate.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)17:45:53 No.103985551
>>103985494
I probably should have put it higher! I didn't see it used it's own package manager and threw it in with the debians...no hard feelings!
I probably should have put it higher! I didn't see it used it's own package manager and threw it in with the debians...no hard feelings!
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)17:48:19 No.103985587
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)17:50:35 No.103985614
>>103985548
https://manjarno.pages.dev/
https://manjarno.pages.dev/
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)18:01:12 No.103985737
>>103985614
Gee, no fuckups in over two years? Looks good to me anon
Gee, no fuckups in over two years? Looks good to me anon
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)18:11:04 No.103985858
>>103985737
Read, AUR shit can break because they delay/modify packages from Arch. They also removed patent encumbered codecs from their Mesa. There is no reason to use it over EndeavourOS.
Also it's not a stable low maintenance distro like the anon requested so it shouldn't have been brought up at all.
Read, AUR shit can break because they delay/modify packages from Arch. They also removed patent encumbered codecs from their Mesa. There is no reason to use it over EndeavourOS.
Also it's not a stable low maintenance distro like the anon requested so it shouldn't have been brought up at all.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)18:21:22 No.103985972
How much RAM would ZFS take if I want to run it as the root FS on a 128GB nvme drive and I don't need anything super flashy like dedupe?
I'm partly interested to see how it performs, and also just want to do it for the novelty.
Do I need to do any tuning post-install?
I'm partly interested to see how it performs, and also just want to do it for the novelty.
Do I need to do any tuning post-install?
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)18:59:45 No.103986395
>>103985207
OpenSUSE and Manjaro are "GOAT for newbs", but Fedora (which is more bleeding edge AND simultaneously more polished distro than both of those) is in some stupid meme category? This list is not serious.
OpenSUSE and Manjaro are "GOAT for newbs", but Fedora (which is more bleeding edge AND simultaneously more polished distro than both of those) is in some stupid meme category? This list is not serious.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)19:08:15 No.103986501
>>103985316
After using OpenSUSE Leap (or even CentOS+EPEL+RPMFusion) on a desktop for a prolonged period of time, Debian for me always feels like such a joke. Shoddily made distro, which is shoddily maintained by a bunch of conceited and arrogant people. Worst of both worlds.
After using OpenSUSE Leap (or even CentOS+EPEL+RPMFusion) on a desktop for a prolonged period of time, Debian for me always feels like such a joke. Shoddily made distro, which is shoddily maintained by a bunch of conceited and arrogant people. Worst of both worlds.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)19:50:48 No.103986968
>>103985972
If you have to ask you don't need to be using zfs.
If you have to ask you don't need to be using zfs.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)20:36:35 No.103987467
>>103985316
Is arc even good for web browsing
Is arc even good for web browsing
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)21:10:56 No.103987833
>>103985316
>>103985207
Move Alpine to 'Good'. There's literally nothing wrong with it unless you got filtered. It's not GOAT, and definitely not the best for new users but it's still good.
>>103985207
Move Alpine to 'Good'. There's literally nothing wrong with it unless you got filtered. It's not GOAT, and definitely not the best for new users but it's still good.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)21:26:12 No.103987974
>>103965545
>Or the best ffmpeg command?
ask chatgpt to spoonfeed you this kind of stuff, the freetier one that doesn't even require an account can do it
>Or the best ffmpeg command?
ask chatgpt to spoonfeed you this kind of stuff, the freetier one that doesn't even require an account can do it
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)21:28:12 No.103988001
>>103967083
I really like ubuntu but even the LTS version needs more polish, on a clean install on a raspberry pi 5 which they certified just works, you get error messages
I really like ubuntu but even the LTS version needs more polish, on a clean install on a raspberry pi 5 which they certified just works, you get error messages
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)21:33:59 No.103988056
>>103988001
Just use Debian. It's Ubuntu without the crap.
Just use Debian. It's Ubuntu without the crap.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)21:38:00 No.103988091
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)21:39:05 No.103988103
>>103988056
It's funny how Ubuntu started out as "easy Debian" but these days Debian has become very easy to install.
It's funny how Ubuntu started out as "easy Debian" but these days Debian has become very easy to install.
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)21:41:42 No.103988142
>>103987974
>needs someone/thing to explain how to do simple, discreet task
>"no really guys cli is so much easier, there's no need for a GUI"
>needs someone/thing to explain how to do simple, discreet task
>"no really guys cli is so much easier, there's no need for a GUI"
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)22:00:20 No.103988317
>>103988142
>>"no really guys cli is so much easier, there's no need for a GUI"
I'm not a CLI tard, I think it's unintuitive as well especially because documentation on basic stuff is a chore to read through. Software should come with an easy to printer friendly PDF manual that you print and read like those little guides you get whenever you buy some tech product. The only reason I prefer CLI is because it's easier for AI to help you out with or automated with them
>>"no really guys cli is so much easier, there's no need for a GUI"
I'm not a CLI tard, I think it's unintuitive as well especially because documentation on basic stuff is a chore to read through. Software should come with an easy to printer friendly PDF manual that you print and read like those little guides you get whenever you buy some tech product. The only reason I prefer CLI is because it's easier for AI to help you out with or automated with them
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)22:02:07 No.103988331
>>103988317
>Software should come with an easy to printer friendly PDF manual that you print and read like those little guides you get whenever you buy some tech product.
yeah why spend 20 seconds reading a man page for free when i can spend 10 minutes printing out and reading an entire paper manual i printed out with expensive ink
>Software should come with an easy to printer friendly PDF manual that you print and read like those little guides you get whenever you buy some tech product.
yeah why spend 20 seconds reading a man page for free when i can spend 10 minutes printing out and reading an entire paper manual i printed out with expensive ink
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)22:04:59 No.103988353
>>103988331
>yeah why spend 20 seconds reading a man page
makes my eyes tired and it's nice to have a paper reference that you can feel. What I do is write notes from the man page onto index cards so that I can arrange them spatially with related concepts and physical flow charts
>yeah why spend 20 seconds reading a man page
makes my eyes tired and it's nice to have a paper reference that you can feel. What I do is write notes from the man page onto index cards so that I can arrange them spatially with related concepts and physical flow charts
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)22:07:44 No.103988376
>>103982978
if i time opening then ctrl+q'ing gimp as soon as it starts, i get around 900ms. is that not fast enough?
if i time opening then ctrl+q'ing gimp as soon as it starts, i get around 900ms. is that not fast enough?
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)22:11:19 No.103988404
>>103987833
it's one of if not the best "full" non-gnu linux's, but being non-gnu/linux does impose some limitations, so it's not in perfect competition with the others
it's one of if not the best "full" non-gnu linux's, but being non-gnu/linux does impose some limitations, so it's not in perfect competition with the others
Anonymous 01/21/25(Tue)22:58:11 No.103988837
>>103987467
Why wouldn't it be?
>>103988001
>>103988056
>ARM
Not much choice there.
>>103988103
The only hard part of Debian ever was they didn't ship proprietary firmware out of the box.
>>103985548
Manjaro as a project doesn't make any sense. It's like unofficial Arch that's lagging behind on versions.
>>103985409
Manjaro is rolling release -> not stable.
Why wouldn't it be?
>>103988001
>>103988056
>ARM
Not much choice there.
>>103988103
The only hard part of Debian ever was they didn't ship proprietary firmware out of the box.
>>103985548
Manjaro as a project doesn't make any sense. It's like unofficial Arch that's lagging behind on versions.
>>103985409
Manjaro is rolling release -> not stable.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)02:00:37 No.103990267
>>103988404
Isn't Alpine only really good as a server
Isn't Alpine only really good as a server
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)02:38:49 No.103990496
Is LXQt abandoned?
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)03:31:25 No.103990890
>>103990496
Well on the Arch repos a majority of the LXQt modules were last updated around the 14th of November last year, with a couple modules being updated around mid January this year, so no it doesn't seem to be abandoned.
Well on the Arch repos a majority of the LXQt modules were last updated around the 14th of November last year, with a couple modules being updated around mid January this year, so no it doesn't seem to be abandoned.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)03:31:33 No.103990891
>>103984326
Fedora Silverbluew
Fedora Silverbluew
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)03:33:45 No.103990904
If I'm using single drive for my NAS, does it matter if I use debian, instead of openmediavault?
I mean can you even have RAID set up with one drive? and would this make the disk inaccessible with simple SATA to USB adapter?
I mean can you even have RAID set up with one drive? and would this make the disk inaccessible with simple SATA to USB adapter?
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)04:04:07 No.103991142
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)04:11:13 No.103991200
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)04:19:42 No.103991256
>>103988837
>The only hard part of Debian ever was they didn't ship proprietary firmware out of the box.
Which is very hard for a new user that just expects things to work and also needlessly pointless when they've always had an .iso image with the firmware on anyway, just not in the default .iso. I applaud them for doing the sensible thing of putting that firmware on the .iso like it belongs.
>The only hard part of Debian ever was they didn't ship proprietary firmware out of the box.
Which is very hard for a new user that just expects things to work and also needlessly pointless when they've always had an .iso image with the firmware on anyway, just not in the default .iso. I applaud them for doing the sensible thing of putting that firmware on the .iso like it belongs.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)04:21:05 No.103991268
>>103990267
It works fine as a desktop as long as you don't have Nvidia hardware (Nvidia's fault, they don't support Musl libc in their proprietary user-space)
It works fine as a desktop as long as you don't have Nvidia hardware (Nvidia's fault, they don't support Musl libc in their proprietary user-space)
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)04:23:33 No.103991289
>>103990904
>I mean can you even have RAID set up with one drive?
Nope. BTRFS has a copies feature which can be used to store more than one copy of a file on the same disk and it can use to repair the other copy but that effectively cuts your usable disk space in half and doesn't protect against much except filesystem corruption that should never happen (if the hardware shits itself you're still fucked)
>I mean can you even have RAID set up with one drive?
Nope. BTRFS has a copies feature which can be used to store more than one copy of a file on the same disk and it can use to repair the other copy but that effectively cuts your usable disk space in half and doesn't protect against much except filesystem corruption that should never happen (if the hardware shits itself you're still fucked)
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)04:34:52 No.103991367
>>103991289
Well, I don't care about the data to be stored for a long time so I don't need the redundancy.
But I need to be able to swap the disks in and out, As in remove the hdd from the NAS and access the data from another PC.
Using RAID would make this difficult, right?
Well, I don't care about the data to be stored for a long time so I don't need the redundancy.
But I need to be able to swap the disks in and out, As in remove the hdd from the NAS and access the data from another PC.
Using RAID would make this difficult, right?
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)04:50:07 No.103991467
Hi senpai, running webtop (docker) with alpine xfce to be able to lurk on 4chan from corp machine. A lot of times the webtop reverts back to 1280x720 and I am not sure where the problem lies - is it the kasmvnc, docker, alpine itself? Restarting (both whole container or from alpine itself) reverts back to 1280x720. Tried changing default res on various places, but I feel like I am running in circles... all input appreciated!
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)05:08:35 No.103991579
>>103991367
You can't use RAID without more than one disk anyway. In the case of a mirror though then you could disconnect either drive and mount them independently (re-assmebling it again afterwards though could be an issue if you modified one of the drives independently…)
You can't use RAID without more than one disk anyway. In the case of a mirror though then you could disconnect either drive and mount them independently (re-assmebling it again afterwards though could be an issue if you modified one of the drives independently…)
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)05:18:12 No.103991642
>>103990904
"RAID" stands for "redundant array of independent (originally inexpensive) discs", it specifically refers to using multiple drives to make redundant storage. there's no such thing as a single drive raid
"RAID" stands for "redundant array of independent (originally inexpensive) discs", it specifically refers to using multiple drives to make redundant storage. there's no such thing as a single drive raid
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)05:45:19 No.103991789
Does Hyprland perform like shit with animations turned on for everyone or do I need a computer made this decade?
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)06:50:06 No.103992267
>>103967083
as someone who's used Ubuntu up until this year, I genuinely need less
Debian Testing then 13 it is
as someone who's used Ubuntu up until this year, I genuinely need less
Debian Testing then 13 it is
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)07:18:38 No.103992511
>>103986968
Yeah because someone can't use ZFS just to fuck around, you fucking retarded aspie dipshit.
Yeah because someone can't use ZFS just to fuck around, you fucking retarded aspie dipshit.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)07:19:45 No.103992518
Ubuntu is far more performance optimised than Debian ootb.
If you don't want to use it then don't.
If you don't want to use it then don't.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)07:26:56 No.103992589
>>103992518
Not really. Until relatively recently they weren't even building packages with -O3, nor do they offer packages built for x86-64-v3 (or v4, etc).
To be clear, Debian doesn't do this either but if you're looking for a performance orientated distro Ubuntu ain't it.
Not really. Until relatively recently they weren't even building packages with -O3, nor do they offer packages built for x86-64-v3 (or v4, etc).
To be clear, Debian doesn't do this either but if you're looking for a performance orientated distro Ubuntu ain't it.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)08:04:05 No.103992936
How much RAM would ZFS take if I want to run it as the root FS on a 128GB nvme drive and I don't need anything super flashy like dedupe?
I'm partly interested to see how it performs, and also just want to do it for the novelty.
Do I need to do any tuning post-install?
I'm partly interested to see how it performs, and also just want to do it for the novelty.
Do I need to do any tuning post-install?
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)08:14:43 No.103993036
>>103992267
What's wrong with an Ubuntu minimal install. You can customise it however you want.
>Testing
I would assume that's a bit unstable?
What's wrong with an Ubuntu minimal install. You can customise it however you want.
>Testing
I would assume that's a bit unstable?
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)08:14:48 No.103993037
>>103991579
>>103991642
for stupid question.
Thing is I want OMV on one of those NUC, and it has one drive bay.
Does this mean it won't install? or it would just prevent me from setting a RAID?
>>103991642
for stupid question.
Thing is I want OMV on one of those NUC, and it has one drive bay.
Does this mean it won't install? or it would just prevent me from setting a RAID?
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)08:16:34 No.103993053
>>103993037
It should install. I can't imagine they've programmed it to require RAID. If you add two or more disks in the future then you can always setup a RAID then.
It should install. I can't imagine they've programmed it to require RAID. If you add two or more disks in the future then you can always setup a RAID then.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)08:19:44 No.103993097
>>103993036
>I would assume that's a bit unstable?
Debian testing is usually rock-solid. Don't let the testing name confuse you. It has to be stable because it's the next version of Debian. The unstable changes usually go into Sid first.
>I would assume that's a bit unstable?
Debian testing is usually rock-solid. Don't let the testing name confuse you. It has to be stable because it's the next version of Debian. The unstable changes usually go into Sid first.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)08:25:05 No.103993153
>>103993053
Thanks.
I don't mind using debian, but having WebUI make things easier.
And if I use RAID it would be RAID 0 with eternal HDD.
Thanks.
I don't mind using debian, but having WebUI make things easier.
And if I use RAID it would be RAID 0 with eternal HDD.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)08:28:47 No.103993194
Does XeSS work on Arc GPUs properly on Linux? Or is it still being emulated as if it was another GPU?
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)08:32:08 No.103993243
>>103993153
i hope you mean raid1
i hope you mean raid1
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)08:43:42 No.103993388
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)08:50:09 No.103993459
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)09:07:12 No.103993653
>>103990904
>and would this make the disk inaccessible with simple SATA to USB adapter?
Chew smaller bites bro.
You got things like SATA and NVMe and that's handled by the drivers. Then these drivers represent the SATA/whatever device as block device. (Then you could do stuff like RAIDs or whatever that use those block devices.) Then you'd have a filesystem on that block device - or RAID or whatever.
>>103993037
You described an anti-feature, no such things in Linux world.
>and would this make the disk inaccessible with simple SATA to USB adapter?
Chew smaller bites bro.
You got things like SATA and NVMe and that's handled by the drivers. Then these drivers represent the SATA/whatever device as block device. (Then you could do stuff like RAIDs or whatever that use those block devices.) Then you'd have a filesystem on that block device - or RAID or whatever.
>>103993037
You described an anti-feature, no such things in Linux world.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)09:13:46 No.103993697
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)09:58:15 No.103994133
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)10:01:59 No.103994166
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)10:06:46 No.103994232
>>103994166
bro you sound like a jilted woman
calm down, it's the fucking internet
just post about something else
bro you sound like a jilted woman
calm down, it's the fucking internet
just post about something else
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)10:07:27 No.103994238
I updated and rebooted my system and now KDE is zoomed in and following the mouse.
Does anyone have any idea what happened or even just how to correct this without reinstalling from scratch?
Does anyone have any idea what happened or even just how to correct this without reinstalling from scratch?
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)10:07:50 No.103994247
>>103994232
eat a cock, aspie
eat a cock, aspie
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)10:09:43 No.103994274
>>103994247
This is why 4chan is for people over 18.
This is why 4chan is for people over 18.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)10:25:58 No.103994483
Is there better way to set up NFS and SMB shares than messing with obscure config files?
At least nfs sharing is sane config, SMB is a nightmare.
At least nfs sharing is sane config, SMB is a nightmare.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)10:32:18 No.103994562
>>103993036
even Ubuntu minimal comes with more shit than I need and keeps running in the background, and since I don't enjoy snaps I end up having two software stores and THREE program types (snaps, flatpaks, debs). in my experience de-snapping it also leads to more problems than it's worth
>I would assume that's a bit unstable?
nah, Debian Testing is rock solid. back then I'd just use Stable and if I *needed* anything else I'd switch to Testing a year or so in, nothing ever broke. I'm on Testing (trixie) and once 13 releases it'll be Stable again
even Ubuntu minimal comes with more shit than I need and keeps running in the background, and since I don't enjoy snaps I end up having two software stores and THREE program types (snaps, flatpaks, debs). in my experience de-snapping it also leads to more problems than it's worth
>I would assume that's a bit unstable?
nah, Debian Testing is rock solid. back then I'd just use Stable and if I *needed* anything else I'd switch to Testing a year or so in, nothing ever broke. I'm on Testing (trixie) and once 13 releases it'll be Stable again
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)10:40:20 No.103994654
What DE/WM has best multi monitor support?
I tried several DE's but to no avail.
My GPU is RX 590.
For reference, I have one 27 inch 1440p 75Hz monitor and two 24 inch 1080p 120hz monitors.
Ideally I want to run these at their max refresh rates.
>KDE Plasma on Wayland
By far the best option but
>all windows move to primary monitor after locking and unlocking
>monitor configuration gets reset after waking from sleep
>KDE Plasma on X11
>windows moving to main monitor on unlock
>main panel moving to other monitor on unlock
>Gnome
>windows moving to primary monitor on unlock
>monitors not powering down on lock screen which is some bug related to auto input selection by the monitors
>Xfce
>panel moving randomly between monitors on unlock or wake up from sleep
These were all tested on CacyOS
I tried several DE's but to no avail.
My GPU is RX 590.
For reference, I have one 27 inch 1440p 75Hz monitor and two 24 inch 1080p 120hz monitors.
Ideally I want to run these at their max refresh rates.
>KDE Plasma on Wayland
By far the best option but
>all windows move to primary monitor after locking and unlocking
>monitor configuration gets reset after waking from sleep
>KDE Plasma on X11
>windows moving to main monitor on unlock
>main panel moving to other monitor on unlock
>Gnome
>windows moving to primary monitor on unlock
>monitors not powering down on lock screen which is some bug related to auto input selection by the monitors
>Xfce
>panel moving randomly between monitors on unlock or wake up from sleep
These were all tested on CacyOS
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)10:44:08 No.103994697
Is there a way with pipewire (and even alsa if possible), to send sound output to two different connected speakers at the same time?
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)10:45:24 No.103994713
>>103993097
Debian testing is less stable than unstable because it takes longer for packages to be updated, including bug fixes and vulnerabilities compared to sid.
Debian testing is less stable than unstable because it takes longer for packages to be updated, including bug fixes and vulnerabilities compared to sid.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)10:47:47 No.103994736
>video on things to do on debian
>first you type su then type apt upgrade!
Oh my goooooooooooooooood.
>first you type su then type apt upgrade!
Oh my goooooooooooooooood.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)11:24:26 No.103995171
>>103994713
>it takes longer for packages to be updated
Which is why it's more stable. They don't just merge any old update to testing it has to be good quality first and something that's planned for the next stable release. If they don't think it's ready yet then yes, that sometimes means they'll hold back a bit and yes, that sometimes means security updates might get held back until they're ready (a security upgrade shouldn't break your system no matter how important it is)
>it takes longer for packages to be updated
Which is why it's more stable. They don't just merge any old update to testing it has to be good quality first and something that's planned for the next stable release. If they don't think it's ready yet then yes, that sometimes means they'll hold back a bit and yes, that sometimes means security updates might get held back until they're ready (a security upgrade shouldn't break your system no matter how important it is)
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)11:28:19 No.103995214
What's the best and most reliable measure of what distros are most popular over time?
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)11:29:46 No.103995224
Just curious, people talking about Debian/Ubuntu as a good distro, where does Centos compare with these?
I used to think Centos was the most popular among SV types but it looks like that's not the case now.
I used to think Centos was the most popular among SV types but it looks like that's not the case now.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)11:31:15 No.103995239
>>103995214
Steam hardware survey.
Pre-that, there's nothing. The best indicator you'll get is what people say they're using in forum posts but at best you'll only be able to get an estimate from that and shill posts will scew it a bit.
Steam hardware survey.
Pre-that, there's nothing. The best indicator you'll get is what people say they're using in forum posts but at best you'll only be able to get an estimate from that and shill posts will scew it a bit.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)11:34:34 No.103995280
>>103994697
Yes, easiest way is with pipewire. You can just use a patchbay like qpwgraph or helvum. Then you can just drag and drop the connections.
Yes, easiest way is with pipewire. You can just use a patchbay like qpwgraph or helvum. Then you can just drag and drop the connections.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)11:41:27 No.103995348
Ahem
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)11:41:41 No.103995353
>>103995239
that would be too localized to gamers though, I'm looking for something more generalized and ideally something that includes what most server admins end up installing.
that would be too localized to gamers though, I'm looking for something more generalized and ideally something that includes what most server admins end up installing.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)11:46:09 No.103995406
selinux yay or nay
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)12:24:50 No.103995784
>>103995353
Then nothing. There is no survey or telemetry specific to servers.
Then nothing. There is no survey or telemetry specific to servers.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)12:36:09 No.103995902
>>103993459
>In RAID 0 I can have extra sapce.
compared to what? Just use the drives as they are and skip the raid if you only care about space.
>In RAID 0 I can have extra sapce.
compared to what? Just use the drives as they are and skip the raid if you only care about space.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)12:42:37 No.103995959
>>103993459
Do:
>>103995902
Unless you really need to combine the two drives into one. At least this way if any one drive fails you've still got the other. You can use bind mounts or something like mergerfs to combine the two into one mount if you really want.
Do:
>>103995902
Unless you really need to combine the two drives into one. At least this way if any one drive fails you've still got the other. You can use bind mounts or something like mergerfs to combine the two into one mount if you really want.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)12:52:23 No.103996067
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)13:22:49 No.103996447
>>103995171
No, testing is not more stable than unstable, if anything its less stable than unstable because bugfixes and vulnerabilities have no priority to be pushed earlier into testing.
You can have a buggy package be fixed on sid but still bugged on testing, or a package with a vulnerability still vulnerable on testing and not sid
>They don't just merge any old update to testing it has to be good quality first and something that's planned for the next stable release.
This is false. They just merge the package to testing regardless of its status after a certain timewindow, they leave all the actual "testing" and "bugfixes" for when the freeze happens, they dont put any effort into testing before that point
No, testing is not more stable than unstable, if anything its less stable than unstable because bugfixes and vulnerabilities have no priority to be pushed earlier into testing.
You can have a buggy package be fixed on sid but still bugged on testing, or a package with a vulnerability still vulnerable on testing and not sid
>They don't just merge any old update to testing it has to be good quality first and something that's planned for the next stable release.
This is false. They just merge the package to testing regardless of its status after a certain timewindow, they leave all the actual "testing" and "bugfixes" for when the freeze happens, they dont put any effort into testing before that point
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)13:22:56 No.103996449
should I install golang-1.22-go or golang (the metapackage)?
if I install golang-1.22-go, would I have to keep updating it manually to the newest version?
if I install golang-1.22-go, would I have to keep updating it manually to the newest version?
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)13:23:20 No.103996457
So uhm I have a desktop running Arch and a macbook air m1.
I noticed the big difference in font quality when installing Ghostty on both machines. Of course, I know macbooks have retina display and I'm using a "normal" screen on my desktop. But I am also wondering if there is something specific I should check or configure in order to improve font rendering on my Arch install, system wide. You guys have any ideas?
I will post the related question regarding the screen on /pcbg/ too.
I noticed the big difference in font quality when installing Ghostty on both machines. Of course, I know macbooks have retina display and I'm using a "normal" screen on my desktop. But I am also wondering if there is something specific I should check or configure in order to improve font rendering on my Arch install, system wide. You guys have any ideas?
I will post the related question regarding the screen on /pcbg/ too.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)13:28:56 No.103996527
>>103995348
Remember when Macs had SODIMMs, SATA drives, and easily replaceable batteries, so you could easily upgrade or replace those things?
That's my main problem with new Macs: everything is soldered or glued in.
Remember when Macs had SODIMMs, SATA drives, and easily replaceable batteries, so you could easily upgrade or replace those things?
That's my main problem with new Macs: everything is soldered or glued in.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)13:40:19 No.103996670
>>103995280
Can it be done with a pipewire/wireplumber config file instead of using another program?
Can it be done with a pipewire/wireplumber config file instead of using another program?
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)14:10:11 No.103997106
>>103995214
>>103995353
Servers in enterprise are mostly Rhel and rocky, Oracle for mid tier that's big enough to pay for support not big enough for rhel.
Then power gap with Ubuntu.
Never seen debian desu.
I seen more suse and opensuse desu.
Hard to say if that's localized.
Source: experience
>>103995353
Servers in enterprise are mostly Rhel and rocky, Oracle for mid tier that's big enough to pay for support not big enough for rhel.
Then power gap with Ubuntu.
Never seen debian desu.
I seen more suse and opensuse desu.
Hard to say if that's localized.
Source: experience
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)14:16:32 No.103997184
why doesn't fedora have an interface for selinux?
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)14:45:59 No.103997573
>>103996670
I'm sure it can, and it can probably be done that way on pulseaudio too.
I know there's a way to list sources and sinks and choose where things go. But I don't know how off the top of my head. Every time I've done stuff like that I just followed some guide online.
I'm sure it can, and it can probably be done that way on pulseaudio too.
I know there's a way to list sources and sinks and choose where things go. But I don't know how off the top of my head. Every time I've done stuff like that I just followed some guide online.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)14:57:08 No.103997697
Does the Update Manager on Linux Mint automatically check for updates on startup? I turned off auto-refreshing/checking for updates because I want to do that manually, but when I rebooted, it had the new update emblem with new updates ready to install when I pulled it up. It shouldn't have any updates because I haven't checked for them yet.
I double checked the preferences and all the automatic stuff is turned off, no refreshing, no schedules for checking. And then after you close the Preferences window it checks for updates again, I wish it would stop doing that. I hate how just the act of checking for updates basically locks the computer down. You can't look at the current already detected updates it found earlier (It just blanks everything out and replaces the update area with a 'refresh' animation, so you're just stuck watching it with no information being logged/displayed or anything). It will even give a warning when you try to shut down because it's not done checking for updates. If they were in the middle of installing, sure, but just to check? It doesn't need to warn me and continue to check, it just needs to shut down.
I double checked the preferences and all the automatic stuff is turned off, no refreshing, no schedules for checking. And then after you close the Preferences window it checks for updates again, I wish it would stop doing that. I hate how just the act of checking for updates basically locks the computer down. You can't look at the current already detected updates it found earlier (It just blanks everything out and replaces the update area with a 'refresh' animation, so you're just stuck watching it with no information being logged/displayed or anything). It will even give a warning when you try to shut down because it's not done checking for updates. If they were in the middle of installing, sure, but just to check? It doesn't need to warn me and continue to check, it just needs to shut down.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)15:03:58 No.103997774
>>103997697
Gonna try this since turning off auto-refresh doesn't seem to work:
-Turn auto-refresh to on, but make the initial check happen in 7 days instead of 10 minutes
-Make the second check happen 2 days after that, instead of 2 hours
Hopefully it sees that I have auto-refresh set up, so it doesn't need to go behind my back anymore. Still need to figure out how to stop it from checking any time I view the preferences window though, that's so annoying, why does that even happen, and there's no toggle for it so you just have to sit there and wait for it to finish even if you just checked them seconds ago.
Gonna try this since turning off auto-refresh doesn't seem to work:
-Turn auto-refresh to on, but make the initial check happen in 7 days instead of 10 minutes
-Make the second check happen 2 days after that, instead of 2 hours
Hopefully it sees that I have auto-refresh set up, so it doesn't need to go behind my back anymore. Still need to figure out how to stop it from checking any time I view the preferences window though, that's so annoying, why does that even happen, and there's no toggle for it so you just have to sit there and wait for it to finish even if you just checked them seconds ago.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)15:19:47 No.103997968
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)15:30:13 No.103998123
>>103995406
Meh. It doesn't really effect desktop. On server yay, absolutely.
Meh. It doesn't really effect desktop. On server yay, absolutely.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)15:33:54 No.103998168
>>103997184
Because most people don't have problems with it in GUI sessions any more. setroubleshoot has the old sealert applet if you're having something get whacked by selinux.
Because most people don't have problems with it in GUI sessions any more. setroubleshoot has the old sealert applet if you're having something get whacked by selinux.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)15:48:11 No.103998382
Bros, I am of the dumbs. Please help. Been trawling through forums and search results without a clear answer.
I want to sum a bunch of things in LibreOffice Calc which lie across multiple sheets. I'm pretty sure I need to use SUMIF or SUMIFS but I can't get my brain around it.
Say I have Sheets 1 to 4. On every sheet, there are columns for Name, Date, and Amount, with various people, dates and figures. I want to sum the total amount John has paid, across every sheet, and put that on a Summary Sheet. I don't want the Amount from any other names, only John. How would I do this?
It's wrong, but is something resembling
I want to sum a bunch of things in LibreOffice Calc which lie across multiple sheets. I'm pretty sure I need to use SUMIF or SUMIFS but I can't get my brain around it.
Say I have Sheets 1 to 4. On every sheet, there are columns for Name, Date, and Amount, with various people, dates and figures. I want to sum the total amount John has paid, across every sheet, and put that on a Summary Sheet. I don't want the Amount from any other names, only John. How would I do this?
It's wrong, but is something resembling
=SUMIF(Sheet1.3:Sheet4.3,"John")what I'm aiming for? I ain't good with Calc my nibbas, as you can see.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)15:58:23 No.103998526
What's the difference between symlink and hard link?
I wanted to access a file so I symlink it to the exported NFS directory, but it didn't work, but when I hard link it it worked.
And to my understanding for hardlinks, whatever happens to the hardlink file happens to the original file, but when I deleted the hard link the original file didn't delete.
I wanted to access a file so I symlink it to the exported NFS directory, but it didn't work, but when I hard link it it worked.
And to my understanding for hardlinks, whatever happens to the hardlink file happens to the original file, but when I deleted the hard link the original file didn't delete.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)16:19:38 No.103998770
>>103998526
hard links work on inodes, hence have to be on the same filesytem. symlinks work with a path. hence can point to anywhere (even non existing targets.)
If you rename the target of a symlink, the link is broken. With a hardlink, that's no problem.
hard links work on inodes, hence have to be on the same filesytem. symlinks work with a path. hence can point to anywhere (even non existing targets.)
If you rename the target of a symlink, the link is broken. With a hardlink, that's no problem.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)16:42:56 No.103999083
>>103998526
Basically the Unix data model for files is you have extents which are contiguous ranges of block addresses, then collections of extents are stored in inodes, which the system refers to by number, and a file is a filesystem path hardlinked to an inode number. When an inode's hardlink count reaches 0, it's considered deleted. Which is why deleting hardlinks doesn't do anything to other hardlinks of the same inode. They exist independently and each one is just as much the same inode as the others. Symlinks are a logical reference to a filesystem path. Their destination doesn't have to exist and applications can choose to treat them as the destination they point to or a symlink file. Symlink files are shared as-is by NFS, so if you create a symlink to a destination outside the export directory on the server, the clients each look for that path in their own filesystem hierarchy.
Basically the Unix data model for files is you have extents which are contiguous ranges of block addresses, then collections of extents are stored in inodes, which the system refers to by number, and a file is a filesystem path hardlinked to an inode number. When an inode's hardlink count reaches 0, it's considered deleted. Which is why deleting hardlinks doesn't do anything to other hardlinks of the same inode. They exist independently and each one is just as much the same inode as the others. Symlinks are a logical reference to a filesystem path. Their destination doesn't have to exist and applications can choose to treat them as the destination they point to or a symlink file. Symlink files are shared as-is by NFS, so if you create a symlink to a destination outside the export directory on the server, the clients each look for that path in their own filesystem hierarchy.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)16:51:14 No.103999183
Original GIMP icon.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)16:53:07 No.103999204
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)16:54:51 No.103999221
corectrl or lact for undervolting my 7900xtx?
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)16:54:51 No.103999222
>>103999183
Same icon but slightly modified to better fit on Linux Mint 22.1's new darker panel. (Also resized/warped to help it fill out its space a little more and be more uniform with other icons on the panel)
Same icon but slightly modified to better fit on Linux Mint 22.1's new darker panel. (Also resized/warped to help it fill out its space a little more and be more uniform with other icons on the panel)
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)17:01:08 No.103999311
>>103999222
The edges are fucked
The edges are fucked
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)17:05:04 No.103999361
>>103999183
>>103999222
Here's a comparison across two 1080p screenshots. (Left is modified, Right is original)
>>103999311
Sorry.
>>103999222
Here's a comparison across two 1080p screenshots. (Left is modified, Right is original)
>>103999311
Sorry.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)17:43:56 No.103999851
>>103998526
>What's the difference between symlink and hard link?
A symbolic link is a special file containing a path to something else. It serves as a reparse point and can be traversed as a directory if the destination is one.
A hard link is an alternate name for the same file within the same filesystem. Files are deleted (or at least marked as such) when all their names are removed (unlinked).
>What's the difference between symlink and hard link?
A symbolic link is a special file containing a path to something else. It serves as a reparse point and can be traversed as a directory if the destination is one.
A hard link is an alternate name for the same file within the same filesystem. Files are deleted (or at least marked as such) when all their names are removed (unlinked).
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)17:46:19 No.103999882
>>103999851
in simple terms?
in simple terms?
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)17:46:48 No.103999884
>>103999882
symbolic links are symbolic and hard links are not
symbolic links are symbolic and hard links are not
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)17:49:11 No.103999907
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)17:55:18 No.103999969
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)18:00:05 No.104000027
>>103999907
>symbolic links are shortcuts
Not really. NTFS has proper symlinks, but Windows barely uses them. Shortcut / .lnk files are analogous to .desktop files.
>symbolic links are shortcuts
Not really. NTFS has proper symlinks, but Windows barely uses them. Shortcut / .lnk files are analogous to .desktop files.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)18:07:24 No.104000128
>>104000027
I was replying to an imbecile, calling them shortcuts was the first retarded comparison I could think of he might understand.
I was replying to an imbecile, calling them shortcuts was the first retarded comparison I could think of he might understand.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)18:18:41 No.104000259
>>104000027
If we're going to use Windows terminology.
Symlinks are like mklink /s
Hard links are like mklink /j (junctions)
If we're going to use Windows terminology.
Symlinks are like mklink /s
Hard links are like mklink /j (junctions)
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)18:33:04 No.104000439
>>104000259
>junctions
Those are not hardlinks, just regular reparse points. Of which Windows has several types, at least one for mounts and 2 for directories... PLUS symlinks and hardlinks. NTFS is a mess.
>junctions
Those are not hardlinks, just regular reparse points. Of which Windows has several types, at least one for mounts and 2 for directories... PLUS symlinks and hardlinks. NTFS is a mess.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)18:40:48 No.104000539
>>104000439
You're right. Junctions would be more similar to bind mounts. For some reason I thought they couldn't cross filesystems but they can.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/hard-links-and-junctions
You're right. Junctions would be more similar to bind mounts. For some reason I thought they couldn't cross filesystems but they can.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/w
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)18:44:50 No.104000587
>>103962682
It's a good job I caught this before the drives died.
It's a good job I caught this before the drives died.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)19:52:50 No.104001387
am i absolutely not supposed to use wayland on arch (more specifically garuda linux) if i've got nyidia? i've heard some shit saying it's perfectly fine, while others are saying not to do it
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)19:57:48 No.104001437
>>104001387
The only DE that works mostly properly with Wayland when using a NVIDIA card is KDE 6.
The only DE that works mostly properly with Wayland when using a NVIDIA card is KDE 6.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)20:00:47 No.104001475
>>104001437
oh that makes sense, thanks. fortunately i've got that active, guess it's worth giving a shot and seeing if there's any improvements
oh that makes sense, thanks. fortunately i've got that active, guess it's worth giving a shot and seeing if there's any improvements
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)21:13:05 No.104002253
I daily drive troonix but also play some games here and there (very casual)
Help me choose my hardware/software config
>option 1
Software: troonix only
Hardware: 5600X + 6700XT (most powerful combo I have atm)
Caveats: Gaymes compatibility issues
>option 2
Software: troonix + virtualized wangblows
Hardware: 5700G/Vega8 + 6700XT passthrough
Caveats: Potential IOMMU issues in general
Help me choose my hardware/software config
>option 1
Software: troonix only
Hardware: 5600X + 6700XT (most powerful combo I have atm)
Caveats: Gaymes compatibility issues
>option 2
Software: troonix + virtualized wangblows
Hardware: 5700G/Vega8 + 6700XT passthrough
Caveats: Potential IOMMU issues in general
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)21:15:03 No.104002274
>>104002253
>option 3
build a pc for each os and link them with Synergy/Barrier
>>Wangblows: 5600X + 6700XT
>>Troonix: 5700G/Vega8
>option 3
build a pc for each os and link them with Synergy/Barrier
>>Wangblows: 5600X + 6700XT
>>Troonix: 5700G/Vega8
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)21:51:50 No.104002712
>>104001387
it entirely depends on your system tbdesu. I have hyprland on my 1060 laptop and it works beautifully after setting it up, but I know that others have issues that are total showstoppers.
You've pretty much gotta try it to find out for sure how it behaves on your machine.
it entirely depends on your system tbdesu. I have hyprland on my 1060 laptop and it works beautifully after setting it up, but I know that others have issues that are total showstoppers.
You've pretty much gotta try it to find out for sure how it behaves on your machine.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)22:02:38 No.104002853
is popOS good
im building a new computer and thought this would be a good time to try linux again
im building a new computer and thought this would be a good time to try linux again
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)22:06:25 No.104002898
>>104002853
Pop!_OS is basically an Ubuntu fork that has an install ISO specifically for NVIDIA card users and an up and coming new DE called COSMIC. I'll recommend it, alongside Mint.
Pop!_OS is basically an Ubuntu fork that has an install ISO specifically for NVIDIA card users and an up and coming new DE called COSMIC. I'll recommend it, alongside Mint.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)23:01:11 No.104003434
>>104002853
>>104002898
It *is* Ubuntu as it uses Ubuntu's repositories -> not even a fork.
Do the distrohopping partition scheme and try out multiple Linux distributions. Distrohopping doesn't have to be hard.
>>104002898
It *is* Ubuntu as it uses Ubuntu's repositories -> not even a fork.
Do the distrohopping partition scheme and try out multiple Linux distributions. Distrohopping doesn't have to be hard.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)23:04:30 No.104003464
>>103995224
i use arch
i use arch
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)23:08:32 No.104003501
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)23:09:51 No.104003517
>>103999183
I love gimp.
I love gimp.
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)23:10:52 No.104003537
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)23:11:52 No.104003543
>>103995348
jay stop
jay stop
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)23:12:24 No.104003548
>>103995224
Anon, Centos died a long time ago. Rocky Linux took its place. And neither are the most popular distro or ever have been. They're popular with developers (and no, not for developers to actually use).
Anon, Centos died a long time ago. Rocky Linux took its place. And neither are the most popular distro or ever have been. They're popular with developers (and no, not for developers to actually use).
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)23:13:10 No.104003553
>>103967083
debian is better
debian is better
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)23:14:10 No.104003563
>>103997184
selinux is glowware
selinux is glowware
Anonymous 01/22/25(Wed)23:15:12 No.104003574
Anonymous 01/23/25(Thu)00:06:21 No.104003991
>>103997184
If you're retarded enough to need a GUI for SELinux then you're also retarded enough to disable it and all your problems will go away.
Nobara disables SELinux in favour of AppArmor by default by the way, if you're into gaming distros based on Fedora. AppArmor is much easier to use than SELinux.
If you're retarded enough to need a GUI for SELinux then you're also retarded enough to disable it and all your problems will go away.
Nobara disables SELinux in favour of AppArmor by default by the way, if you're into gaming distros based on Fedora. AppArmor is much easier to use than SELinux.