/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

So, I thought it was a good idea to run /fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread on /g/ to get some normies into GNU/Linux. Sadly this thread suffered too much from censorship and banhammers (like the rest of 4kids), so let's do a proper one (if welcome) in Holla Forums.

/fglt/ - Friendly GNU/Linux Thread

First Edition

Welcome to /fglt/. We are always open to users of all levels, including absolute beginners.

There are four ways to try GNU/Linux, you can:

0) Install a GNU/Linux OS on a VM (Virtual Machine/VirtualBox).
1) Use the Live ISO directly without installing anything.
2) Dual-boot GNU/Linux with Windows/Mac.
3) Go balls deep and overwrite everything with GNU/Linux.

Please be civil, notice the "Friendly" in every Friendly GNU/Linux Thread.

Visit the Friendly GNU/Linux Thread/Website:
fglt.nl/

Resources:
man
Your friendly neighborhood search engine (searx.me, ixquick)
wiki.archlinux.org/ (Most of the configurations and troubleshoots will work on various distros)
wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Category:GNU/Linux
wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Babbies_First_Linux
prism-break.org/en/categories/gnu-linux/
linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php
gnu.org/

Other urls found in this thread:

gnu.org/software/bash/
wiki.bash-hackers.org/
grymoire.com/Unix/index.html
mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ
mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide
mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls
pement.org/sed/sed1line.txt
pement.org/awk/awk1line.txt
google.github.io/styleguide/shell.xml
linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php
commandlinefu.com/
shellcheck.net/
explainshell.com/
usesthis.com/interviews/daniel.robbins/
poal.me/83m6iu
trisquel.info/fr/forum/what-makes-good-community
twitter.com/NSFWRedditImage

nice hugbox thread

Thanks for the reminder:
Do not talk to windows users.

just leave already smh

So you are telling me that Holla Forums already knows everything and doesn't need a users-helping-users thingy?

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God, you are such a whiny little faggot.

Why do people use void?

I went balls-deep, wiped everything on my laptop and installed GNU/Linux. I still have to use a DAW in Windows to arrange and automate older projects, but I've had no problems doing all that in a Win7 VM with 1.9GiB RAM and one core and one thread.

What are the practical limitations to the application of bash scripting for regular user tasks (i.e. maintenance). Also, is there anything I should be doing that I'm probably not.

I use Linux Mint.
It is difficult to install things because I do not know what to do with .tar.gz files in order to install them.

r8 me

we don't need a linux hugbox
even in the op, he listed rtfm
this thread is redundant

Linux mint is shit. Just use Ubuntu or better yet Debian

Extract it like a zip then do:
./configure
make
make install

Fedora special snowflakes not using fedora.

I tried that, it did not work.
spoonfeed me!


I use Mint and there is downsides, it will not play any webms or mkvs but Debian is too difficult and I don't really want to change

helping each others != circlejerking

*dibs bedora*

lol

Learn to rtm

Have this pasta.


The based GNU Bourne Again SHell:
gnu.org/software/bash/

The community driven BASH wiki:
wiki.bash-hackers.org/

The Grymoire - home for UNIX wizards:
grymoire.com/Unix/index.html

Greg's (also known as GreyCat's) wiki:
mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ
mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide
mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls

SED and AWK; your new best friends:
pement.org/sed/sed1line.txt
pement.org/awk/awk1line.txt

Google's Shell Style Guide:
google.github.io/styleguide/shell.xml

The Linux Command Line - A Book By William Shotts:
linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php

Interesting, useful and dangerous one-liners:
commandlinefu.com/

Great online (and offline) linting tool:
shellcheck.net/

Know what you are doing:
explainshell.com/

Personally I suggest visiting The Grymoire, especially the SED section. It's fucking based.

inb4 shitstorms

Mint is borderline-botnet my man. Try fedora, it's still pretty user-friendly and you're new to linux so a package manager switch won't be a big deal.

ubun2 is worse than mint if we're looking at privacy.

Could you list the contents of the tar for us?

Both are shit.

Ubuntu removes the freedom from GNU/Linux, Mint adds the franken into the Debian.

So,
Ubuntu, amazon shit
Mint, Frankedebian
Fedora, RHEL testbed
Manjaro, takes you back in time
Arch, breaks every now and then
Gentoo, made by a macfag running Google Chrome
Debian, SJW

What's left?

Is there any bully-free, serious distro?

but I do not want to change


Mint

What the fuck man. Literally nobody is running Fedora. All you get are alpha packages, a Red Hat cock up your ass and the community packages place is literally a ghost town. For a reason: Nobody is fucking using Fedora.

Linus Torvaldis does m8

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Gentoo

Linus is a GOD


Gentoo is on life support

usesthis.com/interviews/daniel.robbins/

Cheers boss.

Found your problem.

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What OS do you use?
poal.me/83m6iu

trisquel
trisquel.info/fr/forum/what-makes-good-community


However, the defining characteristic of social justice warriors is advocating for social justice, which is essentially an attempt to achieve perfect equity at any cost, including trampling things like equality, fairness, and freedom (especially freedom of expression, which is what SJWs most frequently go after). In general, any problem someone has is, according to the idea of social justice, the fault of oppression. SJWs most often advocate silencing "problematic" speech that they think "oppresses" "minorities", or "triggers" people, or makes certain people uncomfortable, or something to that effect.

Are new linux users welcome here?

we call "new linux" "rolling release"

What? I am new to linux and im certainly not rolling anywhere..?

TL;DR?

it was a funpost


bash does stuff, the book

mixed up the quotes lol

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That's basically what the thread is about; oldfags spoonfeeding newfags.