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Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
1:07 AM
@jrg: this one's for you :)
 
 
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Seth
Seth
2:26 AM
 
No Time
No Time
2:41 AM
The frequency is the same as small sattellites
I was warned not to stand in front of them because they would make me sterile
It's between VHF and UHF
but cool
@Seth
 
Seth
Seth
Oh cool, 150 MHz.
 
No Time
No Time
Oh you are there
brb
if you missed it :)
 
Seth
Seth
missed what?
 
No Time
No Time
I'm sorry I feel like I am sounding like an a-hole.. the about (tech specs) of the gotenna
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
I'm reading it now.
 
No Time
No Time
2:50 AM
Seems more like a VHF transmitter, from the ranges
 
Seth
Seth
I'm just trying to understand what, specifically, I am missing.
@NoTime Yes, yes it is.
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
> "...current FCC regulations don't enable us to store-and-forward messages..."
Lame.
 
No Time
No Time
It has to have lower range because omnidirectional
 
Seth
Seth
@NathanOsman They'd have to be storing messages on someone else's device, so I can see why they can't.
 
No Time
No Time
ok they are under estimating
 
Seth
Seth
2:53 AM
@NoTime Do they give a power output?
3.6 miles is a good average.
 
No Time
No Time
normal ranges for VHF are usually like 3-5k unless good power source
or 5-10k up to 20 on good days
 
Seth
Seth
really depends on the power output.
 
No Time
No Time
I mean if you had a direct power source you could do 100k I'd say
 
Seth
Seth
ehhh...
 
No Time
No Time
If you had HF you can hit across the world depending on weather
and power of course
antenna size etc
@ Seth 2w power out
thats what you asked right?
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
2:58 AM
They don't ship to Canada. That's the end of that.
 
No Time
No Time
@NathanOsman looks like CBC likes it though
 
Seth
Seth
@NoTime no way you can get 100k with 2 watts..
with that antenna at least.
 
No Time
No Time
@Seth right.. I'm sorry when I was talking ranges I was talking about a regular VHF radio not gotenna :)
 
Seth
Seth
ohh... lol.
now it makes sense.
 
No Time
No Time
I was trying to compare it
I talk too much though, and miss things when I do. I'm hard to understand sometimes
They said at 150m high perfect conditions you could get 40k (theoretically)
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
3:03 AM
@NoTime Heh - so there's hope then.
 
No Time
No Time
@NathanOsman I used to listen to a CBC broadcast on American National Public Radio
from CBC
jian ghomeshi
@Seth that last thing about being 150m elevation and 40k is written somewhere.. I just closed my tabs
oh the CBC article
 
Seth
Seth
yeah yeah, on a regular radio I'm sure you could.
 
No Time
No Time
they are saying for the gotenna
 
Seth
Seth
I heard a story of a repeater that got ~50 miles on 1 watt.
Which is roughly 100k I think.
 
No Time
No Time
yeah
10k about 5 miles
 
Seth
Seth
3:07 AM
@NoTime really?
 
No Time
No Time
yeah the article linked above
 
Seth
Seth
you're right o-O
I don't see that on the gotenna site though..
 
No Time
No Time
yeah I think that may be pre release info
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
My challenge for the evening. Rebuild one of the 2buntu web servers without any downtime.
 
No Time
No Time
you guys are all doing cool stuff
I'm lurking and reviewing, sometimes asking or answering questions
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
3:11 AM
We have three servers - one running nginx+uwsgi, one running PostgreSQL, and a third running Redis.
So far the nginx server seems to be getting utilized the most.
It has the least free memory anyhow.
 
No Time
No Time
@NathanOsman I'm looking through your profile
now your site
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
Which one?
 
No Time
No Time
(and 2buntu)
quick media
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
2buntu is much more up to date.
...and the entire blog engine is open source.
 
No Time
No Time
what is it written with?
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
3:14 AM
Python. It uses the Django web framework.
 
No Time
No Time
the __init__ is blank?
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
__init__.py is required in directories that modules are imported from.
 
No Time
No Time
Ok so basic (theory) would be.. Django is holding your library
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
You mean the articles?
 
No Time
No Time
you write scripts to access/interact that
I mean module library
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
3:18 AM
Django provides a set of modules that include an ORM (object relational mapper), process forms, route URLs, and render templates (the HTML that your browser gets).
The 2buntu blog simply imports the Django modules that it needs.
 
No Time
No Time
That seems cool. I am not going to understand all of it, but I think I get main idea.
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
If you're interested in learning more, I wrote a series of articles on the blog that provide an introduction to Django.
The first one is here.
 
No Time
No Time
I designed personal websites using <html> <h1>Stuff</></html>
in 1995 i believe
when I was 12 whenever that was.. 20 years ago
1994
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
Yeah, I started about when I was 12 too.
...back in the days of Netscape Navigator.
 
No Time
No Time
my friend had the gold beta
and you could move it from one computer to another :)
I used mosaic and opera as well
I didn't have internet for the next 5 or so years
after that
had to go to people's houses
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
3:23 AM
We didn't even have Internet at home until I was about 20 :P
I had to do everything offline or go to the local library.
 
No Time
No Time
yeah. I was near a university campus in 6-7th grade
so there were people with T1 even :)
but then I moved and almost no one had a computer, if a modem
but I was the guy that fixed people's stuff :)
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
Yup, I know the feeling.
 
No Time
No Time
when I knew DOS, and how to do stuff like setting interupts for SCSI drives..
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
"Halp! I can't find the Internet Explorer icon!"
 
No Time
No Time
heh
Dude I got a Dell!
Dude... you got a Dell... (wtf)
 
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
3:27 AM
lol
 
No Time
No Time
I used to absolutely despise Dell
and hated Packard Bells as well
Then HP came along.. I was wary. Dell acquired Alienware.. like hmmm.. now it's pretty much those 2.. or Lenovo
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
HP isn't that bad.
 
No Time
No Time
Packard was though
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
Their printers are terrible but their computers are alright.
 
No Time
No Time
Packard Bells were absolutely bad
Only reason I didn't like HP right away. I actually don't mind the printers :) only from working with like every model.
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
3:31 AM
Our current printer decided to just randomly stop printing black ink the other day.
 
No Time
No Time
99% computers were Dell, 99% printers were HP
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
I put in a brand new empty cartridge and it would happily print out completely blank pages.
 
No Time
No Time
Ok.. yes I don't like non business ones.
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
...and then a few days later it decided, "hey, let's start working again!" And so it did.
 
No Time
No Time
At least there is kinda support with hplip
although I had to set my printer static, because every time it switched IPs I had to reconfigure it
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
3:32 AM
Yup, everything in my house has a static IP address.
It's much easier that way.
(I have a NAS and I frequently SSH into my machines from outside.)
 
No Time
No Time
I don't have an outside IP address
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
How do you connect to the Internet then?
 
No Time
No Time
heh.. yeah I mean an IP address that I own.. its through ISP
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
Me too, but my router monitors the address and updates a DNS record whenever it changes. That lets me do 'ssh nathan@home.quickmediasolutions.com' from anywhere without memorizing an IP address.
 
No Time
No Time
You are hosting DNS?
@NathanOsman I gotta go.. sorry I don't want to stop this conversation.. but wife wants to watch a video
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
3:37 AM
Yes and no. I manage DNS for quickmediasolutions.com. Actually, home.quickmediasolutions.com is a CNAME for a domain on one of those dynamic DNS services.
 
No Time
No Time
ttyl
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
@NoTime I'll talk to you another time.
 
No Time
No Time
ok later
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
Bye!
 
Flabricorn
Flabricorn
3:51 AM
Hello!
Been a long time since I've popped in here.
 
Seth
Seth
Indeed!
How's life been @etsr?
 
etsr
etsr
Alright, alright.
I started using all sorts of Linux distros, ended up on OpenBSD after 50+ installs and a ruined spinning rust disk.
@jrg can confirm, I may be insane.
While I was gone I ended up with a gold medal. :P
What about you @Seth?
Oh wow, Mod status, I am behind the times. Congrats!
 
Seth
Seth
4:15 AM
@etsr Not much.. Having a lazy summer ;P
Been pretty hot here. At least, hot for here. Probably nothing compared to you Ohio guys ;)
@etsr Thanks :)
So, how's OpenBSD?
 
etsr
etsr
I like it, it's comfy.
Kind of buggy, but it's a challenge and that's what I've needed.
And not too hot in Ohio, we've been getting a lot of rain.
But I'm not in there now, hard to say. :P
 
Seth
Seth
Not in there meaning not in Ohio anymore? :/
@etsr Buggy is cool. I would run a development release if it weren't for the fact that I only have one machine and I need it relatively stable.
 
etsr
etsr
@Seth That's how I feel. It's only really buggy since it's built for servers more than clients, although I like to itnker.
tinker*
 
Seth
Seth
well I'm off to bed. Nice talking to you @etsr!
 
 
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Andrew
Andrew
7:03 AM
Are all of these a joke? amazon.com/s/…
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
Sadly, no.
 
Andrew
Andrew
@NathanOsman Whould you paid over $5000 on a bunkbed?
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
Nope.
 
Andrew
Andrew
look at it...
By Unknown.. propbly a sham
I want something like it.. Oh wait I do, and it is called my house.
@NathanOsman whould you trust something like this... amazon.com/Prepac-White-Floating-Desk-Storage/dp/B009I2AL8W
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
I'd never got both my widescreen monitors to fit on that desk :P
 
Andrew
Andrew
7:16 AM
fin?
So you have it?
@NathanOsman Can you find me a joke?
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
Sorry, I meant "fit".
 
Andrew
Andrew
Okay
I don't like widescreen... Unless it is big like 40"
@NathanOsman what do you think on office chairs like these? hermanmiller.com/products/seating/performance-work-chairs/…
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
I have no idea.
It's getting kind of late here. I better head to bed now.
 
Andrew
Andrew
@NathanOsman how much do you spend on a office chair?
Night than.
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
I've never bought an office chair :)
 
Andrew
Andrew
7:22 AM
Than what do you use?
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
Every office I've worked at took care of buying furniture for me.
 
Andrew
Andrew
for free?
I guess that is nice.
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
Anyway, goodnight.
 
Andrew
Andrew
night
 
 
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Ibn SaeedI am trying to get meld 3.11 to work on ubuntu 14.04 I tried following the method below" cd ~ git clone https://git.gnome.org/browse/meld cd meld sudo ln -s ~/meld/bin/meld /usr/bin/meld But when i run meld in the terminal i get the following error Traceback (most recen...

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hbdgaf
hbdgaf
12:28 PM
what's up @DavidOneill - long time no see
so, walmart just changed dresscode to include "blue or white collared shirts and tan or black pants" meanwhile paying people scantly over minimum wage.

wonder what will happen when i show up to work in these threads:
http://des.dresslily.com/uploads/2014/201403/heditor/201403051809451301.jpg
http://img.dresslily.com/L/2014/201402/source-img/1391734388276-P-1479722.jpg?5
 
Ask Ubuntu Meta
Ask Ubuntu Meta
1:05 PM
0
Q: question about xfce & ihave unity

hwezactually this is the question I tried to help him but he never used the xfce neither do I so I am asking you please show him how to get the system settings in xfce

discussion
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
1:24 PM
what's up @Takkat
 
Takkat
Takkat
everything is in paradise state here @hbdgaf
<-- is sitting on the beach in southern France
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
awesome. wish i was in vegas, but i'm fine here.
well that's good. i added an external keyboard to my laptop to fix my Q key...
 
Takkat
Takkat
wish I could plug in externals to my elderly netbook here.
This stamp sized touchpad drives me crazy.
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
you'ld be amazed how quirkily common it is for your query to contain a quintessentially queer character like Q
 
Takkat
Takkat
can't remember when I typed a Q last time.
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
1:29 PM
try and ask a question
or say requirement
 
Takkat
Takkat
on request I will query that. ;)
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
@Takkat with you on that one. but it seems like no winning. it's either too small, so you have to use a stylus on the touchpad to not fatfinger it, or so astronomically large you reposition your cursor while typing
 
Takkat
Takkat
there always is that mouse I could plug in ... but mice and sand don't go well together,
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
you could use the andorid mouse app if you have a nexus laying about as well
 
Takkat
Takkat
no Nexus but a CMed Samsung should do as well...
... no - no connection to my toothless netbook,
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
1:32 PM
sure. it's just an android app over on google-play. it connects via wifi.
the flaw i see with it is that it doesn't pretend to be a bluetooth peripheral. it requires a local server app on your device.
 
Takkat
Takkat
<-- is searching...
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
seems like an interesting bit of code to fuzz from my end, but the installation base is probably small. one second, i'll get it for you
here's the blog article that pointed me to it nexus7.wonderhowto.com/how-to/…
 
Takkat
Takkat
steppschuh?
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
crap... looks like it got pulled from market
 
Takkat
Takkat
merde - it asks for a PC server app to install... 99,9% it's Windows-only
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
1:36 PM
no it has a linux server iirc
 
Takkat
Takkat
WiFi mous install atm.
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
in other news, i'm making a transmissionbt desktop widget with some added features.
5
 
nutty about natty
nutty about natty
This question has two answers, but so far none is accepted. I don't find either particularly enlightening or convincing. Anyone care to improve or add an answer?
4
Q: Power on/off USB ports

curious_coderIs it possible to on/off specific usb port using terminal in ubuntu? lsusb displays the following result Bus 001 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 002 Device 002: ID 8087:0020 Intel Corp. Integrated Rate Matching Hub Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Fo...

usb power-management
 
Takkat
Takkat
@hbdgaf \o/ it works - nice :)
<-- likes the scroll wheel
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
i didn't write it, but i did think it was interesting when i saw it
glad you found it useful.

the adding of features for a desktop widget is so i have an appindicator to toggle the widget and i can do something like this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/499990/how-to-control-a-torrent-file-to-be-downloaded-item-by-item/500007#500007
all in a transparent/semi-transparent widget with scrolling blobs on the right side of the screen in an always-on-bottom window.
 
Takkat
Takkat
1:45 PM
this was typed from the android
(but edited form the real keyboard) ;)
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
i found it looking for a solution for my Q key. i didn't decide that i like the keyboard on android for my laptop, but i did decide i would store it away in my brain for someone else's benefit.
 
reversiblean
reversiblean
how do you access indicator applets from keyboard?
 
Takkat
Takkat
@hbdgaf good you did.
 
reversiblean
reversiblean
in 14.04 Unity
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
@reversiblean write in a shortcut key. i'm not aware of a good way to get at them from the keyboard. i'm not really targeting i3 users or anything with the app. it's more an app that is an answer to a question. that has worked well for me in that past
 
Takkat
Takkat
1:50 PM
if the indicator applet had no keyboard shortcut support I believe you may not be able to access it's menu. But I never dug into that, really.
 
reversiblean
reversiblean
yup to set up a keyboard shortcut, you should at least know the command. I can't find it anywhere
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
i answered that already askubuntu.com/questions/166464/…
mir may break it, but it works for now
 
nutty about natty
nutty about natty
still stuck with this one:
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Q: Possible to "electronically disconnect" the fingerprint sensor on my laptop? // X41 Thinkpad

nutty about nattyI'd like to fully disable the fingerprint sensor on my IBM X41 Thinkpad. The first place to look which comes to mind is BIOS: I will double-check on my next reboot and update the question accordingly, but as far as I remember there is no BIOS option to fully disable the fingerprint sensor: only t...

thinkpad fingerprint-reader
help appreciated!
 
Takkat
Takkat
@nuttyaboutnatty does the device support suspend at all? If not then there is little hope.
 
nutty about natty
nutty about natty
the devices name (according to lsusb) appears to be "SGS Thomson Microelectronics Fingerprint Reader"
no idea if it supports suspend or not
here's a thread on a similar issue, which trails off with an answer which is not quite clear (and reliable) to me: ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1030845
 
Takkat
Takkat
2:04 PM
you could just remove the fingerprint board...
 
nutty about natty
nutty about natty
Says: "... Go to /dev/bus/usb/<bus number> remove the device number corresp to the Fingerprint reader ... "
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
this made me giggle quite a bit if you feel like spending 20 minutes on pure happy youtube.com/watch?v=aCv10_WvGxo
 
nutty about natty
nutty about natty
@Takkat you mean, open-heart surgery on my thinkpad and physically (try to) remove the fingerprint hardware ?
 
Takkat
Takkat
@nuttyaboutnatty it's more like cosmetic surgery.
support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail.page?LegacyDocID=MIGR-60073 should get you to the hardware maintenance manual.
 
nutty about natty
nutty about natty
@Takkat possibly a solution; but first I'd like to try a software / command-line-based solution. What do you think of ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1030845 ? How to check if the device supports suspend?
 
Takkat
Takkat
2:10 PM
@nuttyaboutnatty it is trial and error I guess. Note down whatever you do on your software heart surgery to be able to undo if anything went wrong.
 
nutty about natty
nutty about natty
@Takkat if I understand that thread correctly, it instructs to delete the files 001 and 002 (in my case)
regarding noting down steps in order to being able to undo,
trying to backup those files with copy-and-paste,
returns a "can't copy special file" error
a quick google of which returned only few results
 
Takkat
Takkat
@nuttyaboutnatty This may only unwantedly disable a port but not suspend a single device on that port.
 
nutty about natty
nutty about natty
hmm
:(
 
 
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Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
3:37 PM
Morning all.
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
sup @Nathan
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
Added a spam filter to my mail server.
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
good. spam needs more hurdles
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
Now I just need to figure out how to have it move messages to the junk folder when they are positively identified by the spam filter.
dovecot-sieve apparently is the package I need.
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
careful about that, i hear there might be code execution bugs in common configs... see immunity posts on their non-official blog
 
 
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hbdgaf
hbdgaf
4:40 PM
the derp is strong with this one... anyone with a vanilla 14.04 install that can confirm this works as long as they don't screw anything up then cry about it? unix.stackexchange.com/questions/149377/…
 
Pandya
Pandya
This Question seems off-topic as not for Ubuntu (Asked for Linux mint)
 
Mateo
Mateo
@hbdgaf I'll give'er a go, I don't keep anything important on this netbook
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
@Mateo i suspect i found the problem see the comments
no need to test. it's documented here
people ask ubuntu questions on UL and Mint questions on AU. feeling trolled
 
Mateo
Mateo
it was a mint question?
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
the one on UL was an ubuntu or ubu+debian question. the one on AU was a mint question, hence irritation
@Mateo - directed at the question pair not you
in other news, i got a new keyboard
 
Mateo
Mateo
4:53 PM
@hbdgaf ok cool
 
Alaa Ali
Alaa Ali
Haha, I've always heard that song on the radio and I never knew he actually says that.
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
waiting on both parts to resolve, but it's not worth any more of my headspace.... and moves along.
 
Alaa Ali
Alaa Ali
What kind of keyboard?
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
the cheap kind
 
Mateo
Mateo
nice, my cardboard came in
 
Alaa Ali
Alaa Ali
4:54 PM
Not going to make your fingers comfortable.
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
i'm not going to respond to that
 
Mateo
Mateo
google cardboard that is:
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
nice
 
Mateo
Mateo
so, it is interesting. the part I like best is you can view your own 360 pictures you took on it, I'll have to look and see if you can pull 3ds pictures and view them on here, that would be cool.
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
5:33 PM
I've tried it without the cardboard.
If you can cross your eyes, you can still perceive the 3D effect.
 
Mateo
Mateo
ouch, did that once on the old psp, hmm, wonder if cardboard would fit on it, would try and play MGS again, they had some special vr thing in japan only
aw, cardboard is too big ;)
can't hit buttons
 
Nathan Osman
Nathan Osman
We might use this to calculate "similar articles" to the one currently being read on our blog.
 
Mateo
Mateo
5:52 PM
oh, speaking of old games, found my old Castlevania games:
hm, sideways...
 
jokerdino
jokerdino
GNOME 3.13 looks different. @_@
 
Mateo
Mateo
@jokerdino different good? do you have a screen?
 
Tim
Tim
 
jokerdino
jokerdino
@Mateo it looks different but good-good.
i think most changes actually come from gtk
 
Mateo
Mateo
oh, did they ditch the grey theme?
 
jokerdino
jokerdino
6:03 PM
yeah, its very white now
 
Mateo
Mateo
ew, still going for the rounded gradient thing...
 
jokerdino
jokerdino
you mean the edges?
 
Mateo
Mateo
the buttons and decoration
 
jokerdino
jokerdino
yeah well, it sticks out somewhat
and gedit looks barebones
 
Mateo
Mateo
and those are built in, so can you change to get a numix look on them?
 
jokerdino
jokerdino
6:06 PM
i suppose yes.
 
Mateo
Mateo
I find it strange that since getting rid of the menus, they are opting for larger buttons, at least it is a all in one deal though
 
jokerdino
jokerdino
lol too true
they do it pretty well to hid it somewhere deep
 
 
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hbdgaf
hbdgaf
7:25 PM
@jokerdino eew... that just looks abrasive to my eyes
 
jokerdino
jokerdino
i think there's a darker variant of the theme
i like white personally but this one's just too white
 
Seth
Seth
7:42 PM
@jokerdino my eyeeeeeees! ;_;
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
i would invert that contrast. save the planet and all
2
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
8:11 PM
sup @Mateo
 
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Q: Creating symbolic links

user3552926When creating a softlink how do add the path, I did the following: ln -s file1.txt /home/user9000/Desktop/SymbolicLink.txt When I see the softlink on the desktop it marks that the doc doesn't exist. Am I doing something wrong?

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Q: Should an answer like remove Ubuntu and install (insert distro here) be flagged / downvoted?

CijcoSistemsThe question Should an answer like remove Ubuntu and install Slackware be flagged? arose myself while answering Let's not do “I don't know how to fix your problem, so just reinstall", so I decided to ask it as a separate question. I have searched for similar questions and found this one: Should ...

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Mateo
Mateo
hey @hbdgaf
how goes the new project? looks like you have a good target audience based on the star wall ;)
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
I know right?
I set up using the icon in the applet, and it looks like it needs to be simplified to be useful as an applet icon. it's still great as a toggle/app icon though. I'll let you know when it sort of works. I have the applet, config, and main window launching from that template i made a while ago. I also have the window acting transparent and loading in about the same space as occupied by notify-osd if you got a screen-full. Now it's on to the widgets and functional bits
 
Mateo
Mateo
hm, maybe taking out a set of lines and fill in the center for a small version
what is a applet icon normally, 32, 24, smallest 16px?
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
I'm looking at just theoraclemachine.net/sites/default/files/images/… for the small version
in other news...
@Mateo looks about like that size. i'm on a high-res screen though.
 
Mateo
Mateo
8:46 PM
not perfect, but, something like this maybe:
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
that works
dammit... you're too fast on the icons, now i have to right more code not to be the weak link
 
Mateo
Mateo
just kind of a "take out the complex bits" version
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
@Mateo i get it. it does look good.
 
Mateo
Mateo
@hbdgaf that was interesting
he needed a giant set of stairs to tumble down
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
i know... it's vine-ing going viral right now.
started about two days ago
and now i have an 80s song in my head... youtube.com/watch?v=-kw3ziKi3aU ... darn vines
alternately, i wonder what he used to make the controls for the extending and contracting slinky arms. would be nice to see it on github
 
Mateo
Mateo
9:06 PM
@hbdgaf here this might get it out of your head:
might not be better...
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
i'm not playing that... on purpose.
 
Mateo
Mateo
but you might forget the other song ;)
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
that's true, but then i'ld want it back
I'll just watch ender's game 1:53 on loop with "the enemy's gate is down" for a while. it should work.
 
 
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No Time
No Time
10:53 PM
my apt/aptitude/synaptic/software manager doesn't work.. getting annoying
 
Mateo
Mateo
problem with your sources?
 
No Time
No Time
I'm stuck at :
` 73% [Connecting to us.archive.ubuntu.com (2001:67c:1562::14)] [Connecting to security.ubuntu.com (2001:67c:1562::15)] [Connecting to dl.google.com (26 `
Whenever I try to get a package it is staying at 0%.. I did apt-get upgrade
to see if I was hitting anything and it wasn't just packages
@Mateo I think my computer hates me. Debian mouse doesn't work well at all. Ubuntu not able to install anything
I don't want to install on Debian because mouse sucks (spent last week trying to fix)
 
Mateo
Mateo
11:13 PM
hm, try disabling extra stuff in your sources, -> software center -> edit -> software sources
 
No Time
No Time
it suddenly started working..
I didn't get to change anything
well at least it all of a sudden has updates to install
 
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Q: Ubuntu 13.10 x64 - slow and acting strangely gvfs+NTFS

pbiesI have updated Ubuntu 13.10 x64 to latest stable releases of all packages. I'm running GNOME and using SSD disks on USB 3.0 ports in lenovo Y500 notebook. I'm using Midnight Commander (as root) in GNOME to make operations on files (copy). What I observe is that when copying file (whole question -...

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No Time
No Time
Never mind... I'm wrong. But at least I could do sudo apt-get update and hit servers
 
hbdgaf
hbdgaf
11:50 PM
i need a nap... l8r ppl
 
No Time
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