Linux Can't figure out how to install OpenVPN on Ubuntu 17.10.01 computer? Any help for a noob? |
- Can't figure out how to install OpenVPN on Ubuntu 17.10.01 computer? Any help for a noob?
- Switching to Linux, a Guide
- Is Linux worth learning?
- Can I make the shift key act like it does on the Android keyboard? (ie. single-press makes the subsequent key capital, double-press toggles caps lock)
- Can i clone a 4TB HDD using NTFS? If yes what's the best way to do it?
- Things to do After Installing Ubuntu 18.04
- Please save me from vsync hell!
- Are there good bluestacks (used on windows for playing android games) alternatives on linux? (crosspost /r/linuxquestions)
- localhost incorrect login
- Personalizing Gedit (or finding alternative)
- cycling through a folder full of PDF's
- I have a L2TP vpn to my home network, I can ping absolutely everything on my network except my GNS3 server, help!
- Safe to start psensor (temp monitoring tool) as root?
- How to mount a partition after install?(Ubuntu)
- [Problem] Can't boot lubuntu on my computer.
- Setting up samba
- Partition Help, Linux Dual Boot
- WiFi drivers on Macbook Pro 2017 model without ethernet?
- sha256 vs md5
- Nano displaying red bars (Terminator)
- SSHFS and autofs - Unmounts constantly
- Having trouble setting up dual boot openSUSE/ Windows 10
| Can't figure out how to install OpenVPN on Ubuntu 17.10.01 computer? Any help for a noob? Posted: 26 Apr 2018 10:42 AM PDT I'm trying to install OpenVPN on my Ubuntu 17.10.01 computer. No success, and I'm confused. By way of background, I have a subscription with NordVPN, and they say on their website to download OpenVPN if you use Linux. So I tried following the instructions on their website (https://nordvpn.com/tutorials/linux/openvpn/). After a few steps what my computer said diverged from what appears in their instructions. I've never used command line (shell?) with Ubuntu before, so from the start I was a little confused. I tried following other instructions online, but they didn't work. It might be because they weren't providing instrutions for 17.10.1 ... the most recent install versions i found instructions for were 16.04. This might be part of my problem? Anyhow, very confused as I'm new to using Ubuntu instead of Windows. Learning curve is proving difficult installing OpenVPN. Any help figuring out what is wrong -- and how this process is different than simply installing NordVPN on my Windows computer -- would be appreciated. A final question. Any idea why I have to download OpenVPN when I subscribe to NordVPN? Do they work together somehow? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 26 Apr 2018 01:00 PM PDT Hi, this guide wasn't made for other people to see it, it's personnal, many points aren't covered here since I already know them, I made this guide just for me, to build a pc and install, customize linux. I'm posting this to people point out mistakes and where I can improve, but remember this guide is personnal and shouldn't be followed/used since it isn't made with users(other people other than me) in mind.* I'm planning in switching to linux and I plan plan on going with Solus, since it is like a mix between Ubuntu and Arch. Stability, user friendliness and rolling release are the main features of Solus but it also has some gaming focused features. Note: There some optional and personal tags in this guide, some users don't have to follow those steps. Index:
Building Guide Before building the pc, connect the psu to a wall socket and don't turn it on, after you connected it, touch the metal casing from the psu regularly to prevent Esd(static buildup). Read the manual, it's crucial. Download the Solus ISO and use rufus to burn it to a usb, select the usb pen in rufus and click the cd icon, then select the ISO. Untick all options except "Create a bootable disk using" and use the dropdown to select "DD Image". Now insert the USB before booting up the PC. Most computers will automatically boot from USB, however if you experience issues you may need to select to boot from a USB. Note: Some users may need to disable Fast Boot or enable USB support in the UEFI. After installing linux you can change these settings to their default values. Note2: About secure boot, your bootloaders won't be signed so you will need to disable it. Once booted up update Solus. Tips
Uefi(optional) To access the UEFI you must press del before the pc boots into the OS.
Flashing Bios (optional) I'm going to flash my bios since I have a ryzen cpu. Note: Clear the CMOS, and try again if it doesn't start. Do note that this will reset any customization done to the uefi previously. Before updating:
Important: USB flash drive (FAT/ FAT32 format only). Format it before copying the file. Updating BIOS:
Troubleshoot If you can't find a solution with the link above, make a post about it on r/buildapc Tests Memtest tests your ram for errors, Oficial Guide. If you buy a used SSD/HDD run a test like This or This to test lifespan. After Building The PC Drivers Drivers are like hardware-software patches, updating these may bring performance/stability improvements.
Tweaks
Move user folder locations to Secondary HDD (if you have a SSD) Cable Management Images Note: Only manage the cables after you test test the pc. Recommend Programs To Install
Workspaces
See how to make the pc start and automaticly create these workspaces with the programs opened. My Recommended Games I play heavly modded games like skyrim and new vegas. They also work on linux. Fallout needs to be the GOG version since the 4gb patch doesn't work on linux. See these guides (1 2) to makes skyrim run on linux(also applies to fallout games). Note: Wine uses the windows steam version but you can still have the linux version installed to play linux games. Monitor Tweaks If you also buy a new monitor to go with your pc you might need to tweak it, this part of the guide will cover that.
Backup and Security
Things to backup:
Security Solus doesn't have a firewall enabled by default, this is good to have. Download UFW, then turn it on: sudo ufw enable Check UFW's status to confirm it's up and running: sudo ufw status verbose The terminal's output should be similar to this: Status: active - active confirms that UFW is running. Logging: on (low) - shows that UFW is writing to its log file, monitoring traffic. Default: deny (incoming), allow (outgoing) - shows that UFW is runnning on its default settings. New profiles: skip - shows that UFW is not utilizing any profiles created for it (which is normal). If you got an output from your terminal similar the text above then UFW is running. You may disable UFW by issuing the command sudo ufw disable. Add this in the terminal to start ufw on boot: sudo systemctl enable ufw Customization Fantasque Sans Mono, font of choice. feh, image viewer and wallpaper switcher, we are gonna use it to switch wallpapers. Thw following command restores the wallpaper the next time the pc reboots, put it in ~/.xinitr and ~/.config/openbox/autostart and etc. ~/.fehbg & Papirus, custom icons. i3-gaps, window manager. With gaps, see this tutorial. Add these lines in the config: window_border 1pixel gaps_inner 10 gaps_out 5 After using i3 for some time uninstall budgie and make i3 the standart WM. i3lock, good looking lock screen, goes great with i3. config, see the instructions on the page. Dracula, use this theme to make emacs dark, and makes text standout even with transparency because of the dark background. Use this command with i3 to select a wallpaper. feh --bg-scale ~/Pictures/wallpaper.png With these steps you wont even need a Desktop Environment! Transparency, use this guide to make windows transparent. Note: Web browser shouldn't be transparent nor the video player. Use Compton instead of Xcompmgr. Don't set too much transparency since it will have problems with the colorscheme. pywal, generates colorschemes based on the wallpaper. Needs to be installed AFTER the wallpaper switcher to work with it. Check if it generates dark colorschemes, if not use this: wal -R How to make different programs use the pywal colorschemes, steam, gtk, i3, rofi, emacs. See on their page how to install, use and the command to make the colorscheme persist on reboot. i3blocks, statusbar, similar to the taskbar in concept, shows info about the pc, monitoring hardware, volume... Transparency status_command i3blocks -c ~/.config/i3/i3blocks.conf i3bar_command i3bar -t The third video of the i3 tutorial goes more indepth in customization, copy some ideas from there and use it has a guide to install. On i3blocks remove the itaface, wifi, bandwidth and batery sections. change interval=1 from 5 under [time]. Under [memory] remove everything and add this: command=free -m | awk 'NR==2{printf "%.1fG", $3/1024 }' For fonts and icons download the files from github and copy them into ~/.fonts/ then copy the icon from the cheatsheet into the configuration file (not the code but the icon). I hope that is what you meant. Extra things: GPU Load, change the line 56 for this: printf "%.0f%% %.0f%%\n", $gpu_usage, $gpu_mem; This will only show the gpu and vram load. CPU Temp, after installing add CPU to the label in the config file, or else it will be just called temp and it may be confunded with the gpu temp. For gpu temperature use this line: nvidia-settings -q GPUCoreTemp | grep -m1 GPU | perl -ne 'print $1 if /: (\d+)./' Do note that this requires nvidia-settings. Guide for better font rendering Doto, login screen. Looks good and supports gifs. See the install instructions and how to remove the news part. Make ncmpcpp display album covers ncmpcpp Vim Keybindings, don't copy the post, copy the first response since it's more complete. Sacad, use this tool to download album covers from the web. See how to integrate this with the music player. Wine Wine is a compatibility layer for windows, this can get dangeours windows virus so only use it for steam, and don't uweb browse with it. Use wine staging since it has less compatibility issues. 64 bit versions of wine have problems with steam, see on the winehq site the workaround. Also get Gecko and Mono since some software may need it. You can have the 32 and 64 bit wine/drivers/libraries(32/64lib) at the same time. Prefix - Directory where wine is installed, if you add a prefix you're adding another version of wine, a prefix is a brand new wine system/version, but the first wine that you install isn't a prefix, without a prefix the programs will use the first version you installed. It's good to have a wine 64 bit and a 32 bit prefix, since some games will only work on 32 bit. But you need to create a prefix to launch the 32 bit version when necessary: WINEPREFIX=/path/to/wine wine /stuff/to/launch To create the prefix: WINEPREFIX="~/.wine32" WINEARCH=win32 wine wineboot The End I recommend this to learn about linux in general. The default user account on Solus isn't Root, so it's a good for me since I won't have to tinker with it. Some tips:
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| Posted: 26 Apr 2018 01:14 PM PDT Hey guys, Firstly, sorry for any grammar mistakes, but I'm not a native speaker of English. Well, I'm a Linux user for 2 months. I want to learn more and more about Linux, how my system works, what's going on under the hood. The thing is I don't know if it's worth learning. I'm a highschool student, in the 10th grade. I'm enthusiastic about Computer Science, computers, technology in general. I wish to have a job in Computer Science but I don't know if learning Linux would help me a lot. I permanently switched to Linux, I will never ever go back to Windows, but yeah, I don't know if it's worth learning. There are a plenty of Linux users who are using Linux for a long time but never wanted to go deeper, learn and become a power-user of Linux. Learning takes a long time and I don't want to waste it. Also, I have one more question: What distro would work best for me? I'm mainly using my computer for browsing and some Linux Gaming. I don't have any preference, but I prefer newest NVIDIA drivers, because my GPU is kinda new (GTX 1050 Ti). Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 26 Apr 2018 12:04 PM PDT I hate the caps lock key because it screws me up in Vim constantly. I also dislike having to hold down the shift key while typing to capitalize letters because it requires some finger gymnastics. I'm happy with how the Android keyboard behaves, so I'm curious if similar behavior would work well on the desktop. As far as I can tell, no one else has coded something like this. I've got a good amount of linux and development experience, so I wouldn't mind giving it a shot myself. Would something like this be possible, and if so, where should I start? [link] [comments]  |
| Can i clone a 4TB HDD using NTFS? If yes what's the best way to do it? Posted: 26 Apr 2018 03:53 AM PDT |
| Things to do After Installing Ubuntu 18.04 Posted: 25 Apr 2018 09:11 PM PDT |
| Please save me from vsync hell! Posted: 26 Apr 2018 11:16 AM PDT I have done everything I found online, and nothing helps my vsync problems at all. Here are my specs: CPU: i5-7200U GPU: nVidia 940MX GPU driver: nvidia-driver-390 (proprietary) DM: GNOME 3 Distro: Ubuntu 18.04 Here is the output of nvidia-xconfig and the contents of Xorg.0.log: https://www.pastiebin.com/5ae2139709094 I have a hunch that Force(Full)CompositingPipeline would work if only nVidia could detect my laptop screen (since nvidia-xconfig says it has "0 display devices" even when I am looking at a fully-functioning LCD display, and hardware acceleration works perfectly (tested with Minecraft, it reports the video hardware as Nvidia) (even CUDA works--tested working with Blender) but only with pretty bad vsync problems). And I think that's also the reason why this page is empty in my NVIDIA X Server Settings (https://ibb.co/g6QG8c). Maybe if it can find my laptop monitor, it can "sync" the vertical raster bar to that monitor, but now that it can't find the monitor, it can't "sync". As for the Intel graphics... I still haven't tested vsync there... Maybe it's working, maybe it's not. But really, if I can fix the vsync in nvidia, then I couldn't care less about Intel. (Would be nice if they both work, though, but I still haven't tested if vsync works on Intel, so that'd be for another post if I can't fix that myself.) Please, if anyone can help, I beg of you :D I've had enough of screen tearing already! XD Thank you very much for any help or tips or guidelines. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 26 Apr 2018 05:45 AM PDT I used genymotion for a while, but it no longer works for clash royale (reboots android when loading bar on start hits 50 %). [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 26 Apr 2018 08:57 AM PDT I just installed linux on my chromebook, so I have it dual-booted with chromeos and linux. while installing I set up a UNIX login, however, when I try to switch between linux and chromeos it asks for a localhost login. I tried using my UNIX login but it says incorrect login. am I supposed to set up a localhost login? if so, how? what am I doing wrong? obviously I'm very very new to the concept of dual-booting and using linux, sorry. [link] [comments]  |
| Personalizing Gedit (or finding alternative) Posted: 26 Apr 2018 06:35 AM PDT Hey! I currently use gedit and I like it very well, mainly because I'm able to change the color schemes. Despite that, there is a feature that I miss. The feature I'd like is the possibility to create new coloring rules (sort of adding a new language support, I guess), I want to be able to do that mostly due to Markdown variations through the web - Reddit has its own markdown, wikipedia has some sort of different markdown, whatsapp has it's own editing rules that have a little bit in common with markdown, etc. Therefore I'd like to create a specific markdown coloring format to each of this cases. [link] [comments]  |
| cycling through a folder full of PDF's Posted: 26 Apr 2018 12:19 PM PDT Is there a PDF viewer that will let me go to the next pdf in a folder? I/we have a bunch of blueprints and ever page is a single pdf file. So I can end up with 200 pdf's in a folder. Kind of a pita to open the file/program, review, close the file/program, open the next file/program, review, close the file/program, repeat until I gone through them all. I am thinking something like the Mirage image viewer which lets me just hit next to view the next image in the folder. I have loaded up several pdf views but none seem to have this feature unless I am over looking it. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 26 Apr 2018 12:02 PM PDT Please? So the GNS3 server is on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, if I'm not mistaken. I can ping my DC, and everything else on my network. If I ping or try to access the GNS3 server through GNS3, it doesn't work. It appears that it's down. If I run nmap on my Windows 10 machine, it shows it's up but all ports are filtered. I remote in to my DC and I can ping the GNS3 server all day long but at the same time it appears down over the VPN. Is there a specific setting in Linux or Ubuntu that would block connections? By the way, I have the exact same issue at work trying to access an Ubuntu server over a L2TP VPN. Locally it's up and working. If I can get assistance with this, that's 2 birds with 1 stone! Any ideas? Thanks all! [link] [comments]  |
| Safe to start psensor (temp monitoring tool) as root? Posted: 26 Apr 2018 05:50 AM PDT I found out that if I start psensor as root. I can see hdd temperature. So is it safe to by default give it root permission? [link] [comments]  |
| How to mount a partition after install?(Ubuntu) Posted: 26 Apr 2018 07:50 AM PDT Hello everyone, Recently I decided to dual-boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu. When I was organizing my partitions, I got lost as to how to partition my storage HDD. I'm trying to mount /storage under it, how would I go about it? Thanks in advance. [link] [comments]  |
| [Problem] Can't boot lubuntu on my computer. Posted: 26 Apr 2018 03:58 AM PDT I have Windows 10, and my computer is an Asus X205TAW.200.The computer has the right specs and the right amount of ram. I used Rufus to implement the .iso on my usb key, made the right things on the bios but nothing works.. I couldn't made it to the install interface. I have tried to change the partition of my USB Key from Intel to EFI GPT. I used a bat file to turn off Fast Startup and the bios to deactivate secure boot. I used Rufus and lots of booting software. I formatted the USB key via prompt. I defragmented the computer. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 26 Apr 2018 03:15 AM PDT Hi guys, nooblet question here.... If you are setting up a samba share for Windows PCs that are part of a domain, does the Linux server itself need to be added to the domain? I am not specifically talking technically (as I know it can work in workgroups) but from a best practice point of view [link] [comments]  |
| Partition Help, Linux Dual Boot Posted: 25 Apr 2018 07:18 PM PDT Hey guys, I've had Ubuntu for a while but I recently ran out of storage in my computer and noticed there was a ton of unallocated space (489.3 + 7.9 + 5.7) on my partitions page. I have a decent knowledge about computers but know nothing about Linux and partitions. I am trying to consolidate my unallocated space as well as get rid of the second ext4 but don't know if this will break my computer which is why I created this post. Computer details: HP Probook 450 G4, Windows 10, Hard disc, let me know if more info is needed. Thanks! [link] [comments]  |
| WiFi drivers on Macbook Pro 2017 model without ethernet? Posted: 26 Apr 2018 05:00 AM PDT I want to install Ubuntu 16.04 on my mid-2017 model Macbook Pro. I've done it before on my iMac which was no problem because it has an ethernet port that I could use to connect to the internet without the wifi drivers. Is there some way to get the drivers on USB or something like that? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 25 Apr 2018 08:06 PM PDT Just downloaded linuxmint again for another box I'm building. Decided to check the torrent integrity just because. k3b, helpfully, automatically calculates the md5 sum of ISOs you ask it to write. But Linuxmint's website only provides a sha256 signature instead. Why? is md5 not very good? why make an extra step? [link] [comments]  |
| Nano displaying red bars (Terminator) Posted: 25 Apr 2018 09:28 PM PDT Today I noticed a few red bars where there should be spaces. I'm using Terminator and Compton on Ubuntu Xenial. Could be 'true transparency' side effect? [link] [comments]  |
| SSHFS and autofs - Unmounts constantly Posted: 25 Apr 2018 10:40 PM PDT I've tried following a few different guides to using sshfs and autofs within Ubuntu 16.04. I need to use sshfs as a permanent mount point. If it's not mounted I need it mounted automatically. This is because I use cron to rsync data and when the folder is not mounted, rsync (semi rightly so) tries to recreate 100s GBs data as all rsync knows is the data isn't there, it can't tell that the data isn't mounted. What's the best way for me to achieve this? [link] [comments]  |
| Having trouble setting up dual boot openSUSE/ Windows 10 Posted: 25 Apr 2018 10:25 PM PDT I have been having some trouble setting up dual boot for Windows 10 and openSUSE Leap. I got a Samsung 960 Evo M.2 drive recently so I decided I would setup for my system for dual boot. I have my bios setting set for UEFI, secure boot off, fast boot off, and my bios also has setting for Windows 7 support, I have this off, and Windows 8.1/ 10 WHQL Support, I have this on. I installed Windows 10 first. Using the windows installer, i split the disk into two partitions, one which I installed Windows 10 to with no problem, the other which I would put openSUSE on. Windows 10 installed no problems. I am not super familiar with linux and partitioning but during the openSUSE install, i pointed at the 2nd partition for it to install to and let it automatically create partitions, install completed no errors. I changed my boot order in bios so I boot to grub. could boot to windows from grub no problems. was able to boot to openSUSE once no problems ( well LAN driver wasn't working yet). I shutdown computer, boot to OpenSUSE from grub, and am met with no input being sent to my monitors and I cant seem to boot to openSUSE. Windows 10 remained completely usable. Not sure what the problem was. I reinstalled openSUSE and the same thing happened again. Any help would be greatly appreciated. My Hardware: Mobo: MSI z270 Gaming M5 CPU: I7-7700K GPU: GTX 1080 RAM: 32 GB @3000 MHz Storage: Samsung 960 Evo 500 GB -M.2 form factor, (+ a 850 Evo I am dedicating to games on windows, + a 1 TB HDD i want to setup as a share drive) [link] [comments]  |
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