Linux Long time Windows user, decided enough is enough! |
- Long time Windows user, decided enough is enough!
- youtube-dl alternative on debian repos
- History bash does not update
- Do you guys actually bother to verify install media?
- Can't move some files in samba shares
- Weird text file behaviour
- Removing files from folder B that are not in folder A
- Sound issue on Ubuntu 18.10
- I have Debian and Windows 7 - now I want to install Manjaro. How should I do this?
- Manjaro linux - how to copy multiple files into folder via terminal
- Made a bootable usb OpenSuse Live but I get this error upon boot.
- Ubuntu Login Loop 18.10
- grub is not working
- Plasma messed up my GTK2/3 configuration on xfce
- Linux mint installer crashed..
- How to access a program thats been added via the Terminal
- Formatting to do a clean reinstall
- Transfer files from one gnu/linux pc to another gnu/linux pc by ethernet
- Help me! Need a great advice
- Want to run Linux off USB. Options?
- How to Multi/Dual Boot Distros?
- Would it be better to learn Linux in a vm, or actual hardware?
| Long time Windows user, decided enough is enough! Posted: 01 Dec 2018 06:55 AM PST Hi guys, so I am an actual noob when it comes to Linux so thought I'd post this in hopes of some advice/suggestions. Let me explain my specific reasoning behind deciding to leave Windows (it might be pedantic). - I can't deal with the small issues with Windows 10 anymore. What's more frustrating is that they are things I can't just change. That's why I think Linux might be for me. The way the OS manages notifications and manages the difference between foreground and background focus is top on my list of saltiness. So yeah, tiny things that just get on my nerves badly. My options: So I've looked into a few things (don't know much so call me out for any issues I have) but from what I can tell, I've looked into 3 systems that I can use? I use my PC for gaming and work. My work is browser intensive so a Chrome install covers all that. Then with my games, the only one I'm slightly worried about is Star Citizen (but I will try Wine but will probably pay for CrossOver). The systems I've looked into are: - Ubuntu - Linux Mint - Zorin OS So, any advice on the best way to completely convert. I don't want to touch Windows anymore. So no dual booting or anything. Need the most efficient way of moving all my files over properly (hopefully keeping the same layout without too many changes) and then being able to just main a Linux Distro. Any advice would be appreciated. My mate is into Linux and will be helping me but just thought I'd post here and try learn as much as I can. Thanks for everyone who provides any input!!! EDIT: Thanks so much guys for all the input. Busy working now, will take the time to read and respond to anything necessary afterwards!!! Actually really excited to swap. Windows has pissed me off for a long time. [link] [comments]  |
| youtube-dl alternative on debian repos Posted: 01 Dec 2018 11:04 AM PST Hi, I'm on debian 9 and I'm using youtube-dl to download videos from youtube but it's often slow and it returns error sometimes. Can you suggest me a better way to download a video or a youtube playlist (using a single playlist link) only with software on debian official repository? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2018 12:23 PM PST Hello, as part of my coursework I need to submit my 'history bash', which contains all the work I did. The thing is when I cat the .history_bash , I don't see a history of the stuff I just did. If I 'sudo su' (always work in this mode) and click the up arrow I can see all the commands I have recently used. But they still do not show up in the history bash, so now I can't prove I have actually done the tasks. Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance! Edit1: I am using Linux Mint on VMWare [link] [comments]  |
| Do you guys actually bother to verify install media? Posted: 01 Dec 2018 04:23 AM PST Just what it says. Does anyone actually bother? I have a pretty stable connection but yeah. Is there a mega easy way to do it each time? Some small software or something? [link] [comments]  |
| Can't move some files in samba shares Posted: 01 Dec 2018 04:52 AM PST Debian 9, ext4 drive pool pooled with mergerfs. My files have been around the block but I've recently finalised my structure. File permissions all set to 0644, directories to 0755, all share a common user:group and in a samba share, which I often use Solid Explorer on Android to move things around. Using mv on command line (as root), there's no problem. But trying to move things around via the samba/app offers mixed results. Some directories, I can just cut and paste and it works. Others, it provides an error. But I CAN copy and paste files between these directories and then delete the source files - but this is cumbersome and takes longer rather than when I "move" them and it happens instantly. I've tried so hard to resolve this but nothing seems to get this working smoothly, even setting everything to 777 (temporarily) doesn't help. I'm sure there's something easy I'm missing, please help me! Edit: I suspect it's something to do with hard/sym links as the folders that seem to behave have a different value to the ones that don't in the space after the permissions on the output of ls -la but I have no idea what to do about this! [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2018 11:31 AM PST EDIT: While Xed shows no visible difference between the text files, Nano shows the offending character on the bad lines in the bad file: I suppose my next job is to find out what it is, how it got there, and how to get rid of it. ORIGINAL POST: I have two apparently identical text files. One was created by cutting and pasting the other. But the first one has a larger size on disk, and "sed" does not work properly. Any idea what's going on? The two files are uploaded here (called 'bad' and 'good'.). This is how the files begin: This is what I tried (I am still learning, obviously!) This is the result, as expected, on the good file: So far so good. but this is what happens to the bad file: The lines that end in numbers must have some kind of hidden character, causing the larger field size, and making the "sed" command create a new line. Xed confirms that they are new lines and not just wrapping. And nothing I can do will append anything to those numbers: they are like teflon, everything slides off them onto a new line. The only difference I can see in file properties is that the bad file has a "last edited" field. I suppose what I am asking is, can I do something to strip away hidden characters in a text file and make the files new and innocent again? [link] [comments]  |
| Removing files from folder B that are not in folder A Posted: 01 Dec 2018 10:29 AM PST I have 2 hard drives on a Linux media server. One serves as a backup to the other. I have redundant and obsolete files on the backup that I need to remove, that are not on the master. How can I isolate and remove these files from the backup? Everything I find online tells how to remove duplicates. I want to do the opposite of this. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2018 02:11 PM PST Hey everybody, I recently installed Ubuntu on my HP laptop(just Ubuntu, no dual boot or anything like that) I've been enjoying it except for one issue. The sound is horrible. Videos and music, the treble and bass is so off and just makes it unbearable to wear headphones cause I can notice it. Speakers aren't that big of an issue. Has anyone else experienced this? I think it has something to do with the codec but I'm not too sure. [link] [comments]  |
| I have Debian and Windows 7 - now I want to install Manjaro. How should I do this? Posted: 01 Dec 2018 01:07 PM PST Running I assume "2" is my Windows that I want to defrag and split. Do I just need to create one more partition (from my Windows) so I can reuse the linux-swap part? [link] [comments]  |
| Manjaro linux - how to copy multiple files into folder via terminal Posted: 01 Dec 2018 08:38 AM PST Howdy partners, as in title, i was tring something like cp /..../{file1, file2} /destination but it's not working. [link] [comments]  |
| Made a bootable usb OpenSuse Live but I get this error upon boot. Posted: 01 Dec 2018 06:16 AM PST |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2018 03:33 AM PST OS: Ubuntu 18.10 with i3 Issue: Ubuntu Login Loop Cause: Installed Nvidia drivers for eGPU I installed some Nvidia drivers by going to their website, downloading their suggested files for the GPU I was using, extracting those files, then running the install script. After turning off the computer and back on again I get the Ubuntu login loop. My login manager as far as I can tell is gdm3. Any help would be very appreciated!! Edit Hardware: XPS 13 9370 [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2018 09:24 AM PST So I installed linux mint from a live usb and the install seemed to go off without a hitch but when I restarted the computer it just hung on a black screen with a underscore I can boot into my system using supergrub https://www.supergrubdisk.org/ all I can think of is it said it was installing grub to /dev/sda which is just a fat drive of my files, my system is on /dev/sdb I have no idea what to do, this never happened before, I tried the install twice and both times it didnt work EDIT: running update grub appears to work but I still get the underscore on a black screen upon booting EDIT SOLVED running grub-install worked [link] [comments]  |
| Plasma messed up my GTK2/3 configuration on xfce Posted: 01 Dec 2018 05:27 AM PST Context: I've been using Xfce for the last 4 months and decided to give plasma a try. Didn't convince me so I came back to Xfce. The problem is that now when I try to change the theming on Xfce the "Controls" look like what I set on the "GTK2/3 Theming" on Plasma. I get stuff like this Also, now when I login to plasma and try to change that configuration it crashes and doesn't change anything. PD: I'm using Manjaro EDIT: I downloaded a program called gtk-chtheme where I can change the theming. I'd prefer to do I like I used to but, hey, what can you do. [link] [comments]  |
| Linux mint installer crashed.. Posted: 01 Dec 2018 05:26 AM PST Tried to install linux on a seperate hdd from windows on another hdd. Setup all the swap and home stuff and set the bootloader to the efi i created at the start and then started installing but at the end got an error saying the installer crashed and now im stuck on a command like screen when i boot like this grub>. Any way to remove linux and just go back to my normal windows boot? [link] [comments]  |
| How to access a program thats been added via the Terminal Posted: 01 Dec 2018 02:06 AM PST I've added nextcloud via the terminal instead of downloading the actual appimage program but i don't understand how I can start it or access it. Do I need to use the terminal or is there a GUI way? Thank you in advance :) [link] [comments]  |
| Formatting to do a clean reinstall Posted: 01 Dec 2018 04:00 AM PST The resolution on my OpenSUSE has gone badly and so I wish to format it and reinstall. I tried reinstalling before, but it didn't format everything and the error remained. I went to go to disk manager on The Win10 side of my dual boot set up. I took a photo of it: I know that the (C) drive holds the Win10 OS. (E) and (D) are storage devices. (F) is a game. Disk partition 1-8 must be what Linux installed, presuambly, I'm not sure what the Recovery is. When I reinstalled OpenSUSE, I think it did format Disk o partition 6, 20GB. Should I erase and format Disk 0 partition 1-8, to allow me to do a clean, fresh install of OpenSUSE? Could this possibly bugger up the GRUB boot up configuration? [link] [comments]  |
| Transfer files from one gnu/linux pc to another gnu/linux pc by ethernet Posted: 01 Dec 2018 03:36 AM PST Like in title. I am trying to even understand how to do it but any guide I read is literally skipping some steps. I plug two pces into one ethernet. I see that ifconfig see connection between computers. I thought about some ftp or some other protocols but I require to set IP adress and it doesn't work. File might by random but in my goal it will be random directory with files about 10gb+. I don't want to use any internet connection to this. Any help, advices or anything. I am dumb and green and I know nothing about it. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2018 12:13 AM PST i am comfortable with any linux distro (Ubuntu particularly) dual booting. I've been using it from 2016 and i am pretty much happy with it; but still i cannot convince myself using it as my primary os substituting windows/macOS. Most of the time i use linux and i ruin it somehow and end up switching back to windows. what should i do here. I am really very confused. I really need a strong advice. ps: i hate using linux distro using virtual machine. i've done some github projects too: https://github.com/originalabhay [link] [comments]  |
| Want to run Linux off USB. Options? Posted: 30 Nov 2018 06:39 PM PST I have some Unix experience. I installed RHAT in the 90s. I know about partitioning drives and boot sequence. Can I run Linux from a USB ? I do not want to mess with my existing disk on Win PC or laptop. I just go to BIOS and change boot sequence, right? Can anyone paste a link with a decent tutorial to get up and running? I also have some interest in trying Kali, to try some social media API calls. [link] [comments]  |
| How to Multi/Dual Boot Distros? Posted: 30 Nov 2018 09:50 PM PST considering having multiboot but not sure how to do it...currently on 250GB sdf1 60GB Manjaro KDE and just installed Kubuntu on sdf3 50GB , sdf2-16GB Swap... how do i fix current dual boot? Unable to boot to manjaro kde, it said at grub screen "Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)..." i would like to have Kubuntu Grub for now...how do i fix the grub? what i do to have other installed OS as main Grub. how do i dual boot especially multi-boot? at installation screen of partition. do i have Mount Point "/" of all sdfx that contain OS? where do i install boot loader? considering have have Manjaro XFCE boot with Kubuntu and Manjaro KDE...i still have 1 more parition considering for testing out distro. Note: everything i run on Vmware and the machine only use to host VM. [link] [comments]  |
| Would it be better to learn Linux in a vm, or actual hardware? Posted: 30 Nov 2018 03:32 PM PST I recently acquired an old Core 2 duo that had windows vista on it and installed Linux Mint on it. It works decently I'd say, but I'm wondering. Is there going to be much of a difference between that and a vm as far as performance and usability goes? Of course , having another computer takes up physical space in an already small room I have, so if it doesn't matter, I'll just put the extra pc in the closet until I can find a use for it or gift it to someone. Also curious what cool uses I could have for the computer, like a media player or something. [link] [comments]  |
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