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first for Slackware.
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>can't download the album link with jdownloader, yt-dlp or gallery-dlFucking pain
>>110180004>https://prism-break.org/en/categories/gnu-linuxDecided to actually read through this for once. Noticed some glaring omissions or mentions of outdated/abandoned software then saw:>Updated: 2024-12-19
>>110180158The dude that made that website is probably dead or forgot about it. Happens a lot unfortunately. People will make some privacy guide and then it never gets updated, or worse still, they update it but it becomes a huge circle jerk like Wikipedia where people actively bicker and argue about what should and shouldn't be included instead of just presenting the fucking options and leaving it up to the dear reader.
>Lusk keeps prompting me for password>wtf???>splash screen drags for a minute and get an error saying it couldn't find the disk>?????>restart PC but keep getting the same error, can't boot>HOLY SHIT LINUX IS TRASH IT BROKE MY INSTALL MY PC IS GONE FUCKKK>suddenly realize I've been entering the wrong password this whole time
Now that the internet is nearing its destruction and WW3 is around the corner, is there something like a post-apocalypse Linux?Something that loads its repo from ISO DVDs rather than from the internet?
>>110180495debian
>>110180495debian distributes relatively recent versions of all of their software on CDs or DVDs
>>110180452My Gentoo install kept doing it.... fuck it...Bad passwordBad passwordgrub rescue>Installed Debian
>>110180495On top of distributing software by ISOs Debian also provides instructions for how to set up your own local debian mirror if you want to do that. https://www.debian.org/mirror/ftpmirror
>>110180595>>110180500>>110180511Thanks, mirroring Debian's repo seems like the best choice here.
>found mystery M.2 NVMe >decided to swap root to it from SATA SSD>accidentally nuked the root in process >time to reinstall everything>all good but, UEFI refuses to see bootloader >had to fix it by hand2 hours wasted, evening well spent
Are any of you auido wizards over here? I downloaded this audiohttps://jetta.vgmtreasurechest.com/soundtracks/minecraft-gamerip-2011/vtmkinsipq/8-12.%20Precipice.oggAnd i would like it to tweak it with Audacity or whatever to sound closer to the actual release on Youtubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEgjOyBwIaE>inb4 Microsot GoycraftThe tune is nice, i like the work of the artist
I run sudo pacman -Syu up to 50 times a day.
>>110181009I not just download the release from YT?
What's harder to keep maintained, a Gentoo system or an Arch system? Also, will using Gentoo genuinely teach you computer shit that other distros won't or is that just hype/marketing?
>>110181057I would say Arch is easier to maintain. Gentoo's not difficult by any stretch of the imagination but it is harder to maintain than Arch at least in terms of knowledge required.Where Gentoo really shines though is when you learn its system and how it works though. Want to maintain custom patches for software? This is infinitely easier on Gentoo than Arch.
>>110181057arch is easier to mantain, both will teach you linux shit but gentoo does go above and beyond in that aspect
>>110180859Typical linux experience every time there's an issue. Imagine how much time you've lost overall.
>>110181026Fucked bitrate
>>110181155nuking root was on me, i know exactly what i did wrong
>>110181155You would do the exact same procedure with any OS
>>110181017>mirror blacklists the ip
>>110181017KekBut a related question for fellow Ausfags: do you use the local servers (AARnet, etc) or the ones in the US? I only ask because sometimes -Syu and even sporadic pacman installs just stall with connection errors sometimes.
>>110181057If you are asking about manual intervention and how often do problems arise: Gentoo is harder in that regard, at least the testing version. With Arch you can possibly go on for decade before you stumble on *anything*. (and it will be a single command fix)I wouldn't call either hard to maintain.>Also, will using Gentoo genuinely teach you computer shit that other distros won't It will teach you about compile-time options as it's source code based. Gentoo abstracts those "configure options" into "USE flags", you can browse them there: https://packages.gentoo.org/useflags>>110181503Non australian here but in my country there's 3 mirrors and two of them are fucky at times. Arch mirrors are run by literal randos.>>110180859Did you have to learn the UEFI boot process while doing it? Recreating entries aren't exactly hard.
>>110180536>Gentoo>password>GRUBJust do a plain unencrypted root and don't use an initramfs, picture relates. Shit's never been easier.>>110180495>>110180500>>110180511>>110180595Any APT-based system can do that.Besides, isn't Slackware good for offline use?
How can I get rid of systemd-utils from Gentoo? ( as much as I can)I don't particularly mind udev (and i can use the USE flags to disable just tmpfiles anyway) but i want to get rid of elogind and systemd-tmpfiles. the without-systemd overlay in the eselect-repository thing assumes elogind and the tmpfiles ebuild I want (tmpfilesd) wasn't building.What do? does Xfce even support consolekit2 still?And what about systemd-sysctl?Is BSD the only realistic option? why does Gentoo not even let you switch back to the old way of doing things?Thanks
>>110183276Is there any particular reason you want to get red of tmpfiles or did you just fall for the SyStEmD BaD meme even though tmpfiles is a very tiny binary (not a daemon) that does one thing and one thing well.There used to be a shitty shell-script version called opentmpfiles but it was buggy and insecure. There's literally no reason not to just use Systemd's implementation. It saves so much boilerplate crap in OpenRC services.
>>110183303Personal taste really. I kind of just want my system to be more old school. I mean they work fine and they have for ages now but I like to play around with stuff and I want to see how they would work too and if I like it moreSystemd isn't even bad, I just like the traditional unix setup that openRC and all the pre-systemd programs provide.
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>>110180004I'm actually enjoying the new Ubuntu 26.10 bros. Feels fast, smooth and everything works. Maybe I finally found my distro hopping end.
>>110183319There's literally no advantage to having to mkdir and chown/chmod a bunch of directories by hand though when you can put all those rules in a single file and have a processor automatically do the right thing
do u guys use any specific fonts for the terminal? if so, which ones?
>>110183525I like bitmap Terminus. Fira Code is also nice.
How do I make it so my pc boots in a previous kernel and I dont need to hold the shift key to select itFedora KDE btwI had a serious crash problem with 9070xt just crashing the entire system, when under load, rolling back fixed it, ill hold on updating anything for some weeks,
>>110183639You need to do some terminal kung fu to set previous kernel as the default. Ask chatgpt for commands. It will reset with a new kernel update though. So save the commands in a text file.t. Also having issues with new vibeslopped kernels on 9060xt on fedoraFucking linus
>>110183525IBM Plex Mono
>>110183659while looking for the fix, ended up seeing a bunch of cachy os and others with similar issues, might be amd driver fuckery
>>110183813>>110183659you guys can't block kernel branches and receive patches for a more suitable one? I stuck with 6.x using 6.12 on my desktop and 6.18 on my laptop.
>>110183813Yeah while searching for a fix there were talks about reverting to older AMD firmware. I don't buy that its AMDs fault though. New firmware landed recently and the issue still persists. It's definitely linus shitting out bugged kernels with no quality controls. Nigga can't even order around his codemonkeys to fix it for some reason when 99% of the kernel is drivers that he has no oversight over.
>>110184093I want latest tech for AI workload improvements though. My slopping is insatiable and Red Hat are the only ones with offical rocm support. The rest of linux variants are hackslops in that regard.
>>110183717Adwaita Mono, the default on Fedora Workstation.
>>110184136i have seen other people complain about the latest amd firmware being buggy on those cardswho knows when the update that fixes it will land on the distros
>>110183525luxi mono, go mono, iosevka/berkeley mono, or anything with hollow/slashed 0.
>>110183470Don't forget to sign in for proper security updates.
>>110184142Thats some of the purest refined larp i've ever see.All the AI development projects and toolings are Debian based.
wayland and mpv.issues with video freezing on resume, after it's been paused for a while. so quick pause/resume switches work fine.sometimes the resume, after being paused for a while, continues after 1 minute of freeze.adding this,#gpu-api=opengl, works. but i get 20w more energy consumption and frame pacing seems 'off'.any idea why it would cause the freezes? it is not data related, i can browse the files just fine in the file manager while it's frozen.
>>110184177What you mean? Rocm is in default fedora repos
Is it ok to have Secure Boot disabled?
why is he winking at me like that?
>>110184233Yes. It means that only major distros or the user can sign the kernel.
>>110184255Homestuck-ass emerge
What is the best way to undervolt GPU in Debian?
>>110184711i use lact, not in debian specifically but i doubt it matters
>>110184776thanks!
I tried to draw a path with the vibecoded photoshop and it's really janky and bad. Back to gimp
>>110184233Depends, do you care for the protection secure boot offers?
>>110184203ROCm is in Ubuntu too. It's in a lot of distros repositories, like Arch, since it's FOSS and somewhat easy for them to package (their LLVM fork can be a bitch sometimes but nothing distros can't deal with)
>>110185138Does every kernel update work with it though like in fedora?I was under the impression you were forced to go with archaic versions that probly doesn't support my rigs hardware to alight kernel, driver and rocm.
>>110185204Every kernel includes the needed AMDKFD driver upstream in the kernel for ages now.ROCm is just user-space. Red Hat probably has some special backported driver because their kernel versions are ancient (at least in RHEL) but it just works everywhere else.
>>110185213Yeah I went with rocky as my first go. But shit's unusable as a daily driver. Didn't find any info about debian side from my research and landed on fedora cuz all that shit's baked in from the get go. The only downside is that they're a version of rocm behind for stability reasons. But 45 is landing in a couple of days and I don't want to burn through my GPU due to faulty config.
>>110183525SGI Screen.
>>110184284You are talking about Shim + Microsoft keys. If you dare, you can enroll your own keys to your motherboard and sign your whatever EFI loader accordingly.
>>110183659>>110183639this seems like a fedora problem, the 9070xt isn't crashing under load for me under arch
Bros, I think I've angered a demon.I entered the optimize for architecture tab in the sorcery options text GUI and I'm trying to exit with ESC but it won't leave, and it starts compiling out of nowhere??? My Faustian spirit has betrayed me, and I'm now stuck in purgatory forever for itHOW DO I LEAVE THIS PLACE I SHOULD'VE KNOWN I WASN'T FIT TO BE A WIZARD
>>110185965Oh, I just had to select cancelAlso, any experienced hermit could help me set Dependency Following? I don't understand this shit at all and the archives have been burned to the ground (the source mage documentation is ass)
>>110185949Fedora 45 is coming out in a couple of days, I'll upgrade and see it it helps.
Why isn't DoT or even DoH built in to NetworkManager yet? systemd resolved is terrible.
>>110183717plex mono my belovedtho i prefer YZY plex mono (slightly modified version)
>>110181057From personal experience of myself compared to a friend who uses Arch: GentooIf there are problematic changes, there will be a news item about it outlining exactly what you need to do.Other than that, I very seldomly run into problems, and they solve themselves in most cases by just waiting
>KMag (KDE Magnifier) does not work on Wayland.Wayland and KDE are fucking pathetic
>>110186484doesn't kde come with a built in zoom feature, you don't need an external program for it
>>110186484"win" + "+"
>>110186484
Good QT based music players for KDE?
>>110186532Fooyin is my current favorite because of the foobar like interface, there is also Audacious if you want something simpler.
>>110186501>10 years ago>install linux>go with xfce>have a mouse that served me well but is falling apart>mouse wheel scrolls up but not down>with autoscrolling it's not a big deal>will try to pick up a replacement at some point>doing some keyboard shortcuts>accidentally hit alt while scrolling up>screen zooms in>realise alt+scroll_up zooms in and alt+scroll_down probably zooms out>spend a while trying to figure out if there is a non-mouse way to fix this without rebooting>keep having to move the mouse to read the text>end up restarting the service and disabling the feature>had it disabled ever since
CachyOS bros...we lost.
