Ask Ubuntu General Room

user136984

9:00 PM

Is there anywhere where I can report a spamming address to?

user136984

That is an address which is emailing me spam.

Serg

Fabby

@ParanoidPanda <strike>spamhaus</strike> scrap that

Serg

Clev.or

Fabby

@ParanoidPanda: they don't take reports any more....

(I'm an old fart)

user136984

9:03 PM

Oh, so is there anywhere else?

Tim

omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/10/…

A.B.

Good night guys and girls. I HAVE to sleep :\

user136984

@A.B.: Goodnight! :)

Terrance

@A.B. Goodnight friend! =)

Tim

o/

Byte Commander

9:10 PM

0

Q: How is the default auto-switching wallpaper in Unity made? (15.10)

You all know, when you go to System Settings > Appearance and look at the available background images, this looks like the screenshot below: The third background icon has a clock symbol on it and selecting it will cause the wallpaper to change every [?] minutes and cycle through all of the def...

user139252

@ByteCommander Just read it.

Byte Commander

@HeatherBrown I have read it. But I would like to learn more about it than can be seen in this example. Maybe there are some more effects or fancy stuff that is not used in this file?

user139252

I don't think so...

user139252

I think it's a basic transition, that's it.

Byte Commander

"think"!

user139252

9:18 PM

I'm a good thinker.

GeoMint

guys

do you know a good theme for xfce?

not a dark one

user139252

Anything coffee based?

Fabby

@HeatherBrown Don't over-think it! :D

GeoMint

what is coffee?

( its not mint for sure :P )

user139252

@Fabby You should just not think.

Serg

9:25 PM

Having PTSD flashbacks about java and one more project due next week

user139252

I can smell it from here, when you do.

Fabby

@HeatherBrown I think, but mostly with the wrong head! :P

user139252

Gross.

Fabby

@HeatherBrown A dirty mind is a joy forever!

;-)

Byte Commander

>.< Oh noooo... @Fabby pictures in my mind

GeoMint

9:26 PM

back to my question! do you know a pretty light theme?

Fabby

@ByteCommander Yeah, and I'm only a Vorlon!

GeoMint

not mac-look based

Fabby

@GeoMint I've got my own pretty orange SteamPunk Theme!

@ByteCommander Centaurians have 7!

user139252

brb, switching DEs

GeoMint

@Fabby can you tell me more about that?

Fabby

9:28 PM

here is is!

GeoMint

your DE is unity

Fabby

@GeoMint I like to KISS

(Keep it Simply Stupid)

hahahahha

so: yes: Unity!

i preffer gnome :P

9:30 PM

Meh, I don't really care: Unity does the job....

GeoMint

yeah

:)

Fabby

Care to show your current desktop?

GeoMint

hmm

my laptop is closed

Fabby

on the phone?

GeoMint

no

pc

i have 2 computers

my pc has windows and i use virtualbox ( not proud of that )

Fabby

9:32 PM

@GeoMint I deleted Windows about 2 years ago...

user139252

Fabby

@GeoMint The only thing I missed was a good editor, but @A.B. showed me atom... :-)

Byte Commander

@Fabby Huh?

GeoMint

@HeatherBrown can i see the file explorer

yeah

Terrance

@ParanoidPanda about your font problem yesterday, this works great: webupd8.org/2012/09/customize-gtk3-gtk2-theme-colors-using.html

user139252

9:33 PM

Yes?

Fabby

@HeatherBrown cool! Lubuntu?

GeoMint

no xfce xubuntu

user139252

@Fabby Nope. 15.10 with MATE.

GeoMint

really?

user139252

Yep.

GeoMint

9:34 PM

ohh yeah

Fabby

@HeatherBrown Nice&clean...

Byte Commander

@Fabby Centauri have 7 what?

GeoMint

@HeatherBrown i used to have gnome-classic on my laptop before MATE excist as ubuntu DE

its almost the same

@Fabby yeah, i use sublime editor and atom :)

user136984

@Terrance: Ok, thanks! :)

Fabby

@ByteCommander Sorry, my mistake! they have 6

Byte Commander

9:37 PM

Just found that article too... Eew.

Fabby

@HeatherBrown Have you used unity before???

Byte Commander

<-- is not into tentacles! >:P

Fabby

@HeatherBrown Should I move over to MATE? Are there any compelling features?

@ByteCommander Yeah, I'm an old fart and like my tentacles...

Byte Commander

Yuck!

GeoMint

Byte Commander

9:40 PM

/me has just forgotten his skype password :P

GeoMint

my gnome virtualbox

Seth

@GeoMint You use fish?

GeoMint

no

i use bashrc :P

Fabby

@GeoMint not Russian, not Ukranian... What alphabet is that?

GeoMint

greek

Fabby

9:41 PM

includes µ

GeoMint

ελληνικά

Seth

@GeoMint hahaha ok ;p

GeoMint

μ is a greek letter

π is also greek letter

ω is also

Fabby

I didn't know the small e was too...

user139252

@Fabby I've used Unity, yeah. Not a fan.

user139252

9:42 PM

Still exploring MATE.

Fabby

I knoew about µ and pi

GeoMint

α β γ δ ε ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ τ υ φ χ ψ ω

Fabby

Eta...

off course!

GeoMint

η

Seth

@Fabby Cyrillic was actually derived from Greek ;P

user139252

9:42 PM

I usually do KDE, just wanted to try something new.

GeoMint

@Seth :D

Fabby

@Seth I know! By Saint Cyrill!

Visited his grave!

GeoMint

bible was wrote in ancient greek :P

Seth

Cool!

Fabby

(funnily: it's in Slovenia, where they don't use the Cyrillic alphabet) @Seth

Seth

9:43 PM

@GeoMint Just New Testament tho.

Fabby

@GeoMint The version we use...

GeoMint

what?

Seth

@Fabby that is a little odd..

Fabby

there were writings in Hebrew, but we don't use them any more

user139252

What?

GeoMint

9:44 PM

ohh ok

user139252

EW KILL IT WITH FIRE!

Fabby

@GeoMint In the original Hebrew texts that survived, the Hebrew word for "Young woman" was translated to the Geek word "Virgin"

user139252

user136984

I do like this! :)

user136984

Ghost Of The Navigator

►

GeoMint

9:45 PM

@HeatherBrown you are fan of nature? :)

@ParanoidPanda "This video is not available. " in Greece

user139252

@GeoMint I like heather flowers.

GeoMint

haha

Serg

@HeatherBrown how's MATE ?

user139252

My wallpaper is a field of Scottish heather buds about to blossom.

user139252

@Serg It's okay, so far.

user139252

9:46 PM

Seems quick, easy to navigate

Fabby

@HeatherBrown How are the keyboard short-cuts?

Tim

@GeoMint the New testament is Ancient Greek, the old is Arabic and Ancient Hebrew.

GeoMint

its gnome2

@Tim ok

Tim

Although I read it in English :P

Fabby

@Tim There are surviving texts in +Hebrew of some of the apostles...

GeoMint

9:47 PM

i read it in ancient and modern greek

Tim

@Fabby yes, tho not many. And there's the Torah of course.

Fabby

(though most got burnt in after the Diocese???

user139252

@Fabby All I know is CTRL-ALT-T for terminal.

Fabby

(lemme look that up)

user139252

ALT-TAB works

user139252

9:48 PM

There's no window spread with the super key like in GNOME, though.

Terrance

@HeatherBrown ALT+F2 for run box?

user139252

@Terrance Yep.

Nathan Osman

I'm feeling discouraged. It seems both Windows and Ubuntu have neglected desktop users in favor of "convergence". The only big platform pouring effort into making a usable desktop environment is - wait for it - Apple.

Terrance

@HeatherBrown Sweet! =)

Fabby

@GeoMint You do know that the Greeks invented everything worth inventing, right???

GeoMint

9:49 PM

;D

Fabby

like Democracy, orgies, Lego, atoms,

Nathan Osman

@Fabby They didn't invent gunpowder though.

GeoMint

hahaha

user139252

ALT-F5 oddly resizes your current window

Tim

@HeatherBrown Yeah, Super + W

Fabby

9:49 PM

@NathanOsman that wasn't worth inventing...

:D

Nathan Osman

Paper?

The printing press?

Transistors?

user139252

ALT-F8 turns your cursor into a window resizer.

GeoMint

do you know that they used to see the stars and know what comes in the few days after?

Fabby

@NathanOsman the Egyptians did that one...

user139252

@Tim Super + W doesn't work for me.

Nathan Osman

9:50 PM

@Fabby exactly my point.

GeoMint

i can not really see the stars :P in city there so many lights

Tim

@NathanOsman I have to agree - I use OSX when I can and it is the nicest. I like how it does what you want a Desktop to do, but also has the iOS features I like

Fabby

printing press: babylonians... (suspected lost technology)

Tim

@HeatherBrown oh

Serg

@NathanOsman You also forgot to mention wheel and AC generators

Tim

9:50 PM

oh you said mate didn't you? my bad

The babylonians had a base 60 system...

user136984

Goodnight! :)

Fabby

@Tim yeah, that's why we're still with 60 seconds and minutes!

Nathan Osman

I'm not saying there weren't some clever Greeks.

Fabby

@ParanoidPanda Pumpkin! ;-)

Nathan Osman

I'm just saying that they don't hold the monopoly on intelligence.

user139252

9:51 PM

You can use CTRL-ALT-ARROW KEYS to change workspaces

Fabby

@NathanOsman The only thing the Romans invented was cement...

Terrance

Fabby

(and partially hardened iron)

GeoMint

@Terrance thats beautiful

Serg

@HeatherBrown could I shamelessly suggest you my script for changing the number of workspaces ?

Fabby

9:52 PM

oh! and Triplex! (oof course)

GeoMint

my wallpaper
http://i.imgur.com/kFKYXn2.png

Terrance

@GeoMint =)

Fabby

@Terrance @HeatherBrown's going to like that one!

Nathan Osman

I never thought I'd say this either, but Edge is more stable than Chrome it seems.

Fabby

@NathanOsman :D

FF stability has gone down the chutes lately.

Terrance

9:54 PM

@NathanOsman That might be true, but Chrome supports way more than Edge.

Nathan Osman

I wouldn't say way more.

Edge is pretty good at following current standards.

Terrance

OK, you can have that

Fabby

@Terrance Just wait a few months...

It's the de facto standard... (nowadays)

Nathan Osman

Chrome does U2F and Edge is the only other browser to announce plans for it.

Tim

I use Chrome. I wonder about edge but it had the ie logo which makes me want to vomit...

Terrance

9:55 PM

@Tim That was my biggest complaint about it.

user139252

@Serg Sure

Tim

Do you think in 5 years time developers will be saying "this works, but if you want it to work on edge..."

user139252

@Fabby @Terrance I am so tempted to replace my wall paper with that...

Fabby

@Tim fat chance!

Nathan Osman

@Tim I doubt it.

Edge has been keeping up quite well.

Fabby

9:56 PM

@HeatherBrown I'm still on Trusty Tahr, otherwise I would...

Nathan Osman

They dumped something like 300,000 lines of code from IE.

Terrance

@NathanOsman Are you actually saying that Microsoft is doing good? :P

Nathan Osman

So lots of legacy code is gone.

@Terrance Yes, I am.

Tim

Hmm okay :P

Serg

@HeatherBrown askubuntu.com/a/676116/295286 There you go ^_^ Eh . . .not much of self promotion though, as Jacob's python still wins

Nathan Osman

9:57 PM

@Tim Remember, Edge is not Internet Explorer.

They are two separate products.

GeoMint

wow, i just realize that CentOS give 7GB .iso file :P isoredirect.centos.org/centos/7/isos/x86_64/…

Tim

@NathanOsman but they gave it the same logo???

Nathan Osman

No, it's different.

Terrance

IE and E are still Es

GeoMint

all two based on .NET

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9:58 PM

0

Q: SystemTap simple demo fails - Ubuntu 14.04

Started learning SystemTap using RedHat's manual. Here is the example I'm trying to run. While executing stap open.stp I got the error: [root@ror6ax ~]# stap open.stp semantic error: while resolving probe point: identifier 'syscall' at open.stp:1:7 source: probe syscall.open ...