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i want to install my binaries in akarin's repository
Jose Rivera
if I switch to void linux from arch can I still use the AUR and apply anything on the arch wiki to void just fine?
Mason Collins
>can I still use the AUR no >apply anything on the arch wiki to void just fine? not everything but most of it
Levi Moore
this image gave me a BONER
Elijah Brooks
*sniffs*
Henry Mitchell
>Ishtar >Arch Linux >Ishtar showing the arches of her feet This is an advanced pun.
Matthew Taylor
How can I type in moonrunes on KDE? The guides on the Arch wiki didn't help at all. I could install everything I supposedly need, but in the end I can't convert the hiragana to katakana or kanji. It behaviors like I'm using a keyboard with japanese layout, which isn't the case.
Alexander Morgan
Are you retarded?
Evan Wilson
Is this image a single hair of a neck beard?
Ryan Collins
Void is not an Arch derivative.
Ryder Watson
So I want to create a oneliner to extract the channel id of a youtube user and I got this
I'm on Arch. Is it even worth it to run Windows in a VM with a Core 2 Duo? Specifically, the Core 2 Duo T9500 but important thing is 2 cores and 2.6ghz.
You can, it should work somewhat okay in qemu with kvm because that machine has some virtualization features with VT-X.
But I don't know why it'd be worth to run Windows. Most things that are worth running run in Linux or under wine.
Jacob King
to add channel RSS feeds to newsboat
Ethan Butler
>can I still use the AUR i've thought about how to make this work and i think the hardest part is how to map arch packages to void ones so that dependencies work by their contents probably but i'd need a way to look up what files an arch package contains (preferably without installing pacman or using the website) usually it's less effort to just port pkgbuilds to xbps-src templates manually though
Christopher Clark
Can anyone help me from last thread? Is there a way to get urxvt to support images with w3m properly? They show up fine without x, but on urxvt they only load half way or flicker.
I've tried disabling the fake transparency on urxvt, I compiled with and without pixbuf on rxvt-unicode, and with imlib and gdk-pixbuf on w3m and I can't get it to work.
># robots.txt file for YouTube ># Created in the distant future (the year 2000) after ># the robotic uprising of the mid 90's which wiped out all humans.
Literally botnet.
Thomas Sanchez
Reminded: MX Linux already did this, and establishes itself not solely on being Debian without systemd
Julian Smith
Set to 24 bit?
Ryder Rogers
Never headed of this distro.
Michael Butler
Tried it, didn't work either
Colton Barnes
What's the best distro for a laptop?
Parker Stewart
install gentoo
Gabriel Lopez
I'm having problems with system freezes when running out of memory on my 4GB system. Instead of the OOM killer stepping in, or processes swapping, the system freezes and becomes unresponsive to anything except a hard reset. SysRq does not work except for syncing to disk, and ssh isn't accepted. It just runs forever with the HDD LED indicator on, and there's nothing in the logs after reboot.
Jackson Rogers
I want to consider Void but I have yet to find an answer to my biggest question. Does void have repos with the same volume as the AUR, or do I need to compile all non-official packages myself?
Ryder Watson
Void isn't Arch, it has no AUR nor a large user repo.
Eli King
Thanks! Didn't knowabout the user
Austin Baker
if you understand pkgbuilds, it's not that hard to write an equivalent xbps-src template and optionally contribute it to void-packages on github dot com if you're a weird heretic you can use the nix package manager portage is also in void-packages for some reason but i don't know how people use it without having to compile a whole gentoo system because of dependencies
Angel Watson
I know it doesn't have THE AUR, I was just wondering if there was an easy way to get unofficial packages. Seems not.
Parker Gray
Finally solved the issue. Installed IBus and kkc and everything's working like sex in my mouth です。
Nathan Smith
debian kde (best power management options)
Lucas Gutierrez
I used Crux like ten years ago and it was pretty dead then. Is it any more active today? I'd like a nice simple binary distro to use.
Last I checked (which was a while ago), Lunar was more active than SourceMage, neither compared to Gentoo/Funtoo though.
Leo Rogers
how easy is it to get something into void-packages? i use quite a few uncommon programs on arch, as evident by the fact i have 98 things from the AUR installed, and i even maintain a handful of things in the AUR myself, so while i don't mind putting things in repos, i wouldn't want to maintain many packages and not even be able to share them
Aiden Ross
Why isn't there a weekly /fglt/ podcast? >the freshest memes >the buthurtest dramas
Xavier Scott
alright thanks to luke smith I finally got me my arch distro working with his i3 larbs script. Is there any way how a retard like me can train to use the distro probably? I have no idea what I should do first
github.com/void-linux/void-packages/pulls?q=is:pr is:closed "New package" github.com/void-linux/void-packages/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md (see also Manual.md) usually if a package is rejected, it's because: - the program is unmaintained - there hasn't been a release with a version number (void prefers stable releases over -git packages) - it's too simple or duplicates the functionality of another package if the program is useful to you and compiles from source on at least x86_64-glibc, it'll probably be accepted you can also ask packaging-related questions in #xbps at irc.freenode.net (core developers lurk there)
Carter Myers
i think i'm in love with the elementaryos
Joseph Cox
I think I uninstalled my laptop keyboard drivers, and after reset I can't type with any keyboard (tried plugging in a keyboard via usb).