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Alternative OS thread Anonymous 10/19/2019 (Sat) 21:32:41 No.480 [Reply]

Personally, I believe that *BSD (minus FreeBSD) are the most realistic alternatives for Linux.
Pls don't start spamming "blackpills" or the "cuck license" bikeshed.

OpenBSD
+ The default installation is very secure. OpenBSD has many interesting security features (pledge for example).
+ Competent developers who are committed to developing their OS
+ OpenBSD's sister projects like mandoc, OpenSSH and LibreSSl are cool
+ sndio sound server is comfy
+ Especially well-written man-pages and FAQs
+ Theo de Raadt is based
+/- Its developers and users expect you to at lest try to fix the problem yourself before they will help you. You get replies quickly on the mailing-lists. #openbsd @ Freenode is active.
+/- Doesn't have Bluetooth support anymore
+/- OpenBSD uses cvs

notes and resources
* https://www.openbsd.org/
* OpenBSD Journal: https://undeadly.org/
* Default package management: OpenBSD's ports and pkg_ tools. Currently has about 10578 packages in ports.
* The OpenBSD FAQ (the installation guide): https://www.openbsd.org/faq/index.html
* Simply put, you can use pkg_info -Q foobar to find a package and pkg_add foobar to install it
* If you want, you can install the standard Ganoo tools: pkg_add coreutils
* If you wish to run X11 (xenocara) you should also enable automatic starting of OpenBSD's DM (xenodm) during the installation
* The ability to run startx as regular user was re-added in 6.6 release, however, it is still recommended to use Xenodm as startx might pick the wrong driver in some cases, apparently
* You should install ALL file sets during the installation
* If you have (created) a (MBR or GPT) partition with OpenBSD's partition type (A6) then OpenBSD's installer will recognize it and ask whether you want to install to that partition.
* OpenBSD gaming resource: https://mrsatterly.com/openbsd_games.html
* Rundown of OpenBSD's security features: https://www.openbsd.org/security.html and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBSD_security_features
* You can install non-free firmware using the fw_update tool. Its man-page is self-explanatory.
* You can install patches with syspatch. Its man-page is self-explanatory.
* You can upgrade to the next release by using the sysupgrade utility, which was added in 6.5 patch no. 012. (N.B. Be sure to read the man-page as you probably want to use the -k option!) You can read more about this feature from its announcement email (https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-announce&m=156577865917831)
* The binary packages are now also getting updates on the latest "stable" release! Currently, updates for binary packages are provided on AMD64, i386 and arm64/aarch64 platforms. Previously, your only options were to either build from source or use pkgsrc if you wanted newer packages.
* If you want to install pkgsrc on OpenBSD, make backups of the original pkg_add, pkg_delete, pkg_info and pkg_check binaries. (ProTip: use whereis command and cp) Or install pkgsrc into your home directory (use ./bootstrap --unprivileged)
* I got pkgsrc working on OpenBSD 6.3 on AMD64, by using the following command-line: ./bootstrap --compiler clang --unprivileged --prefer-pkgsrc=openssl
* When you are creating disk partitions, you can specify a partition's size in (for example) gigabytes, by appending G to the desired size (for example, 42G means 42 gigabytes). (see also, man 8 disklabel, man 8 fdisk and man 8 newfs)
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Anonymous 02/22/2020 (Sat) 11:02:17 No.1792

Tails for opsec. r8

Anonymous 04/10/2020 (Fri) 03:23:17 No.2510

Anyone used Debian kFreeBSD? I'm a Debian user interested in trying out a BSD so I figure that might be a good bridge, unless it's just a novelty and I'm better off going full BSD.

Anonymous 04/10/2020 (Fri) 03:23:50 No.2511

>>2510 or GNU/HURD for that matter

Anonymous 10/22/2021 (Fri) 23:01:00 No.3289

>>2510 If you're a debian user stay away from BSD we don't want you.

Anonymous 03/11/2022 (Fri) 14:35:46 No.3326

>>2510 >Debian kFreeBSD Don't install it. If you want to use a *BSD, install real FreeBSD or OpenBSD.

Anonymous 04/30/2020 (Thu) 18:00:01 No.2743 [Reply]

Cross post from >>>/meta/ 2 days ago As the end draws near, I want to share my ideas on Final solution. Note: I am not an expert, this is just personal thoughts Idea: >p2p >semi-centralized moderation >anon via Tor/i2p/freenet/loki/Gnunet >hierarchial tag based "boards" Idea detailed: >all posts + data(eg:images) is seed and transfered by p2p >moderation providers can be subscribed, anyone can be a moderation provider >moderation can be inherited with some personal changes >banned posts/checksums/regexs will not be seeded >anonymity can be provided through any chosen protocol >overboard is root, eg: /tech/robowaifu, /pol/left Reasons: >no single point of failure >easy moderation, semi-decentralized, less drama

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Anonymous 05/17/2020 (Sun) 20:19:09 No.2841

>>2838 Fine, let me show you how it works, agent. >global p2p chan infiltrator can >1. try to get in the biggest mods provider >2. sway discussion by sliding ddos 1 is protected by the anon nature of the network, mods data can be like posts on the p2p network but with cypto signature 1 is also as strong as the opssec and mind of the admins, so don't trust anyone if 1 falls, seasoned anons will see the difference. Then they can use another mods provider or become one. 2 is protected by glow detecting mods providers Together the quality and level of subversion depends only on the decentralized mod providers. Decentralized means no central authority, in this case everyone can be the central authority. Now go suck your boss's fuck and report to him.

Anonymous 05/18/2020 (Mon) 13:30:57 No.2844

>>2841 >he thinks infiltrators can only infiltrate moderation or ddos This is why you're a tourist and you're being mocked. Ever heard of astroturfing? Raiding? Brigading? Shilling? >b-but mods will fix it No they won't, they'll split on the first controversial case and from then onwards it's reddit v2. And even ignoring all of that, keep in mind that you're a faggot so assblated you think any one guy disagreeing with you on a niche site must be a CIA nigger: you're going to snap at other mods and start drana faster that I can type "told you so".

Anonymous 05/18/2020 (Mon) 16:47:09 No.2847

>>2844 I wonder if your anus glow much brighter, assbusted agent. >astroturfing? Raiding? Brigading? Shilling? Cool with that ass glow, you can't read with that glare. >mods will ignore that You are the mod. Oh wait, you are still blinded. >guy disagreeing with you on a niche site must be a CIA nigger But you are, or you are niggerlicious.

Anonymous 05/24/2020 (Sun) 21:18:07 No.2862

retard niggerlicious retardation nigger niggerlicious retard retarded

Anonymous 02/07/2022 (Mon) 17:32:32 No.3323

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Anonymous 08/20/2019 (Tue) 21:14:13 No.1 [Reply]

>literally dead

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Anonymous 09/18/2019 (Wed) 01:40:59 No.182

>>1
Then post a libbie thread or something you faggot.

Anonymous 12/09/2020 (Wed) 14:27:57 No.3199

>literally dead

Anonymous 01/02/2021 (Sat) 15:09:37 No.3210

>figuratively and conceptually dead smug.sitx

Anonymous 01/25/2021 (Mon) 06:04:39 No.3213

don't cry because it's over, cry because you're gay.

Anonymous 02/01/2022 (Tue) 14:28:34 No.3321

>yay I found a new board, I am finally out of /g/ >Tfw it's dead ...

Arch Linux Eliteism Anonymous 12/31/2019 (Tue) 23:30:03 No.1221 [Reply]

Does anyone know why the Arch community is eliteist? Out of all communities, they are the most eletist and toxic, even gentoo isn't that bad, despite similarities.

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Anonymous 03/01/2021 (Mon) 12:10:34 No.3227

>>3050 Do you ever want to keep an old version of a package, because the updated version isn't working? How would you set that up with pacman?

Anonymous 07/08/2021 (Thu) 16:19:28 No.3262

>>3227 Pacman installs packages compressed then decompresses them to install them. Everything you have ever installed as a package is stored on the pc. The directory tars are stored is the variable called cacheDIR or someting in /etc/pacman.conf. The default is is /var/pacman/pkg or something. Also op is a literal faggot, i have never mat a elitist arch user but i fucking met at least 5 autist obsessed with the elitist arch user boogeyman, op is one of them.

Anonymous 12/08/2021 (Wed) 14:37:04 No.3299

>>1221 It used to be because of the relatively cumbersome install process, but that's not really the case anymore, archinstall makes what used to be a journey and a half for beginners into a pretty breezy experience. Why anyone would pride themselves on the obtuseness and lack of functionality of their software is beyond me. I do use arch, btw.

Anonymous 01/13/2022 (Thu) 11:47:18 No.3309

>>3055 Imagine trying to use Gentoo 20 years ago. It has become more usable over the years. Trying to compile everything used to take days.

Anonymous 01/20/2022 (Thu) 20:38:30 No.3315

>>1225 But I love SystemD though.

GNU/Linux-based OSes thread Anonymous 03/12/2020 (Thu) 18:37:41 No.1994 [Reply] [Last]

If you would like to try out GNU/Linux because of https://itvision.altervista.org/why-windows-10-sucks.html , you can do one of the following: 0) Install a GNU/Linux distribution of your choice in a Virtual Machine (preferably using KVM or Oracle VirtualBox for newfriends). 1) Use a live image and to boot directly into the GNU/Linux distribution without installing anything (keep in mind that the performance of live distros might be very different than from distro that was booted from your HDD, as most distros are loaded in RAM and don't include the proprietary drivers for NVIDIA GPUs or up-to-date Mesa libraries in their isos). 2) Dual boot the GNU/Linux distribution of your choice along with Windows (make sure to install Windows first, as it can "replace" GRUB or other UNIX bootloaders, and troubleshooting of Windows replacing your bootloader of choice might be painful for people that just started learning about the Linux kernel) 3) Go balls deep and replace everything with GNU/Linux (you really shouldn't do this, if you don't know what you're putting yourself into, see: https://itvision.altervista.org/why.linux.is.not.ready.for.the.desktop.current.html ). Resources: Use your web browser and search engine of choice. Good comparison between them is hosted here: https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/search.html If not sure which browser to choose, just use the Tor Browser Bundle: https://www.torproject.org/ or paste these commands to your terminal emulator of choice (please make sure to first learn what they're exactly doing): $ sudo apt install torbrowser-launcher (Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint or just simply apt-based distros) $ sudo pacman -S base-devel git go && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si $ cd .. && rm -rf yay && yay -S tor-browser (pacman-based distros) $ xbps-install -S torbrowser-launcher (Void Linux)

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Anonymous 06/26/2020 (Fri) 04:08:21 No.2971

>>2969 Couple more things to consider: >compatibility with software, if you ever need (most software shouldn't depend of init system, but there is gnome) >ease of writing your own service/modifying configs, if you need to run a server but it doesn't come with service script >language it is written in >optionally: license and pozzness

Anonymous 06/26/2020 (Fri) 04:39:18 No.2977

>>2971 Why anyone would ever want to use GNOME I have no idea. Pretty much any non-systemd init is going to have some of the same issues with compatibility, though most distros who offer alternate inits take this in mind when packaging software. It looks like it's C code, and ISC license, so no big issues there. the only problem is your second point, and that's just something I'll have to look at as I'm using it in the VM. Hopefully another anon here has used it and can state his opinion of it.

Anonymous 06/28/2020 (Sun) 19:36:30 No.2983

>>2977 Update on s6: I quite like it. It handles dependencies for services automatically, which is nice. This is something runit does not do. For example, network manager requires dbus. S6 would handle this automatically, while I'd have to add it manually for runit. The whole bundle system is a little confusing for finding certain services, but it's not too bad. I tested it out switching the default sddm for lightdm and it worked fine. https://skarnet.org/software/s6/why.html is a short page on some of the features of s6 compared to other init systems, and one thing I really like is that logs are never lost. Overall, I can definitely see this replacing runit in popularity when it comes to alternative init systems, espeically as runit spends more and more time being inactive. I wouldn't call it perfect, but I would call it very good.

Anonymous 09/05/2021 (Sun) 18:07:40 No.3274

>>1994 > (you really shouldn't do this, if you don't know what you're putting yourself into, see: https://itvision.altervista.org/why.linux.is.not.ready.for.the.desktop.current.html ). Did I stumble onto internet time portal into late 1990-s, or what? News from post-2018 for you: Linux desktop is not a problem at all. Running one for over dozen years. The problem is that Linux foundation as such is now utterly PWNed, up to and including Torvalds himself being blackmailed into "voluntary" retirement. Hence all the bullshit like the infamous systemd thing. So it's going to be supplied by the same, uh, people as Weendows and Muck Ox. Therefore, a good question is: are there forks of the core from a more trustworthy team? For that matter, Libreoffice is still okay, but some bad smell already comes from that side too, see >>219

Anonymous 11/02/2021 (Tue) 01:20:03 No.3292

Anyone with experience in Guix SD here?

Anonymous 09/17/2021 (Fri) 15:36:21 No.3281 [Reply]

can anyone summarizes for me the general way to use ANY 3d softwaree to do 1. animation 2. vfx 3.rigging 4.modelling 5. texturing, skinning like from important shortcuts to developing a whole project

Anonymous 09/18/2021 (Sat) 10:58:33 No.3282

>>3281 probably should be in QTDDTOT, but there's an entire board here on AlogSpace where these topics form part of their focus and concern. >>>/robowaifu/

Anonymous 10/22/2021 (Fri) 15:39:53 No.3283

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Anonymous 03/19/2020 (Thu) 18:31:27 No.2140 [Reply] [Last]

If anyone can modify code of free software, why don't people make better versions of programs like GIMP and other free alternatives to professional software? Shouldn't we have several versions of different free programs?

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Anonymous 05/10/2020 (Sun) 14:31:07 No.2802

>>2404 >http://archive.fo/XZvng Autism was strong on both sides on this. Does the furry fuck think he's the president, acting high and mighty because he was too important to be dragged into it? The other dude doing the port wasn't too reasonable either. I understand his frustration since a random nobody showed up DEMANDING shit like some authoritarian leader. But he was also a sore autist shit. "Petulant children", and dropping the project altogether for a minor altercation.

Anonymous 05/10/2020 (Sun) 15:39:35 No.2803

>>2801 >What's left to do? Tool that draws circles and squares. GIMP is the only image editor on the planet that doesn't have this.

Anonymous 05/10/2020 (Sun) 17:20:39 No.2804

The one and only reason people don't fix shit is because: >1. It takes a long ass time to learn a codebase in 2020. Have you seen the absurd LOC in modern projects? >2. Projects are not documented enough to be openly hackable >3. Nobody enjoys trying to make sense of C codebases with a thousand imported header files and single-letter variables, specially when they are not well commented. >4. Some developers have some loud and ass-backwards opinions and they will reject your patches because of some vague notions about hoe it doesn't fit the project's philosophy. People are afraid of having their efforts thrown away due to some dude's ego. Open development suffers from the gigantic autism of the average developer. Hackable software needs some extensive documentation and not many programmers are up to that task, which causes people to be afraid of diving deep into it.

Anonymous 05/14/2020 (Thu) 07:08:19 No.2837

>>2803 baka

Anonymous 08/31/2021 (Tue) 06:40:51 No.3270

>>2403 furries are based. if you're still not a furry in 2021 you aren't going to make it

Could a virus stop super A.I.? Anonymous 05/07/2020 (Thu) 20:22:36 No.2782 [Reply]

Someone i know is doing HNC (Scottish) networking in college and they seem to be confident that they could just develop a virus that could destroy general A.I., something that will be infinitely more intelligent than us, i would think something so intelligent would have countermeasures against petty viruses. Can it actually be done or is he niggerlicious?

Anonymous 05/07/2020 (Thu) 20:25:29 No.2783

>Changing r e t a r d e d to niggerlicious What did the mods mean by this?

Anonymous 05/07/2020 (Thu) 21:12:10 No.2784

>>2782 Heh, the very fact you made this post 'guarantees the super-AI will read it and take appropriate counter-measures to stop us. YOU HAD ONE JOB OP WE'RE ALL DOOOOOMED REEEEEEE Oh well, we had a good run tbh

Anonymous 05/08/2020 (Fri) 12:28:52 No.2786

>>2782 >Can it actually be done Maybe, maybe not, they certainly shouldn't be confident they have a reliable failsafe.

Anonymous 08/31/2021 (Tue) 06:32:08 No.3269

>>2782 depends on the AI's hubris

Everything is Dead Anonymous 09/10/2019 (Tue) 17:44:01 No.80 [Reply]

>8ch goes down
>cuckchan /g/ is shit
>/tech/ irc is dead
Where else is there left?

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Anonymous 04/06/2020 (Mon) 18:54:09 No.2444

>>2439 >could be prevented Only if Mark isn't such a pussy faggot and resisted.

Anonymous 04/06/2020 (Mon) 18:55:06 No.2445

>>2439 >migrate the board to 8cuck No

Anonymous 04/06/2020 (Mon) 21:03:03 No.2446

>>2439 >please join the pig farm >the pig farm that's one step from the slaughterhouse

Anonymous 04/10/2020 (Fri) 07:35:42 No.2514

>>2439 no

Anonymous 08/31/2021 (Tue) 06:31:07 No.3268

>>1948 you should be required to write a working fizzbuzz in C to enter any technology board.

disgustings 07/28/2021 (Wed) 03:36:11 No.3265 [Reply]

are there technology to choose words for manga/comic ? i have the characters and setup designed but choosing word by words for the page just freaks me out. also is it readable i need editor but im broke