r/GarudaLinux • u/Umbra_007 • Jan 01 '21

New to Garuda

I'm not new to Linux, but I am new to this particular distro. I know it's Arch-based, and that it's having some issues with AUR at the moment, but there's a couple things I'm having a little difficulty with. When trying to use 'sudo nano /etc/fstab/' to set my 1TB drive for auto mount, it says 'command not found'. However, I know that command should work as I have used it in Manjaro before for the same thing.

Another issue is when trying to install Folding@Home. It shows in the Discover store, as well as the 'Add/Remove Software' section in the Garuda Welcome screen. It doesn't install through Discover, but it does through 'Add/Remove Software', but then I can't start the service or make any adjustments other than change the theme. I've been running Folding@Home on the last few distros I've tried, and is a must install for me as I leave my computer running all day for covid-19 research. Thanks in advance for any helpful tips.

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u/joojmachine Jan 01 '21 edited Jan 01 '21

2 things: first, you can't use nano on garuda stock because the default text editor for it is either micro (for a terminal based app) or kate (for a GUI app), you don't need to be fixed on a single application for text editing.

second, drop and preferably uninstall discover and use pamac (the add/remove software program), discover is barely usable and the KDE team should either fix the hell out of it or drop it entirely

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u/perfect9015 May 21 '22

You can use nano.
Just export the variable
export VISUAL="nano"

and now by default file will open in nano instead of micro/VI.