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9:00 AM

Off-topic : askubuntu.com/q/699492/338915

@A.B. good morning ! :)

@edwardtorvalds : can you please STOP this !

edward torvalds

@cl-netbox stop what?

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A: Black screen after 15.10 upgrade, not even getting into tty1 anymore

Completely reinstall the NVIDIA drivers! I assume that you have a GPU newer than GEFORCE 400. When the GRUB boot menu appears : Highlight the Ubuntu menu entry and press the E key. Add the nouveau.modeset=0 parameter to the end of the linux line ... Then press F10 to boot. When the login scr...

@edwardtorvalds : these comments are not helpful !

@edwardtorvalds and the downvotes are not very welcomed !

edward torvalds

@cl-netbox I think they are helpful since I am informing you that this question is duplicate of several other

@edwardtorvalds : you can talk about this here !

edward torvalds

9:04 AM

@cl-netbox how can you say I was that person who downvoted? accusations without proof are disrespecting

@edwardtorvalds I do not like this - I helped a lot of users because my things work (mostly) !

edward torvalds

@cl-netbox what you don't like? my comments? I will stop them

@edwardtorvalds Do you think I am an IDIOT ?

edward torvalds

@cl-netbox no, I don't

@edwardtorvalds GOOD - then please undo what you did !

edward torvalds

9:07 AM

@cl-netbox my comments? OK, on it

@edwardtorvalds and the downvotes !

edward torvalds

done

@edwardtorvalds can't see any thing wrong with @cl-netbox answer

edward torvalds

@cl-netbox do you have authority on me to dictate how and why I down vote answers?

@Neil me neither

@edwardtorvalds I offer you something : Let's work together and not fight each other !

edward torvalds

9:09 AM

@cl-netbox I am suggesting the same, when did we started fighting?

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Q: How to deal with users that won't mark duplicate but instead copy-paste their answers agan and again

I have found some users are just copy-pasting same answers again and again instead of marking them duplicates. Is this allowed on AskUbuntu? If not, how to deal with such users?

@A.B. @Serg maybe you could answer this meta.askubuntu.com/q/14690/294611

@edwardtorvalds I still see the downvotes - they are NOT justified and again : I don't like this ! - I saw some answers from you that weren't that good, but I respect your will to helping the user, so I did NOT downvote them !

Any cron expert?

edward torvalds

@cl-netbox why you are after me? this is annoying now,

@edwardtorvalds that user could have a slightly different problem

edward torvalds

@kos meta.askubuntu.com/q/14690/294611

9:13 AM

@kos i have useed cron but not an expert.

@Neil EXCATLY ! ... and thank you for this ! :)

@Serg askubuntu.com/a/699491/367165 =)

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Q: How to deal with users that won't mark duplicate but instead copy-paste their answers agan and again

I have found some users are just copy-pasting same answers again and again instead of marking them duplicates. Is this allowed on AskUbuntu? If not, how to deal with such users?

@edwardtorvalds : What do you want ? please respond to this : chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/25498318#25498318

@edwardtorvalds : STOP being that aggressive ! Remember your reaction when I wrote a tutorial especially for you ?

9:16 AM

@Serg upvoted, but to be honest: no you're no competition for @JacobVlijm once he puts his mind to something! ;-)

@cl-netbox i think he left the chat.

And this?

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A: Output only the column under COMMAND of `ps` command in terminal

A more generic way. We determine the column of the command. In this way, it does not matter which switches are used for ps. ps ax | awk -v p='COMMAND' 'NR==1 {n=index($0, p); next} {print substr($0, n)}' Sample output % ps aux | awk -v p='COMMAND' 'NR==1 {n=index($0, p); next} {print substr($...

May I advertise both this Q and A for some votes? They're great in my opinion! askubuntu.com/q/698201/367990

@Neil My question buries a little deep maybe, I wanted to understand exactly what happens with variables set at the top. Apparently a tilde will be expanded, but variables won't. My understanding was that cron handles them, not a shell, but now I'm not sure about that anymore.

@ByteCommander Morning and done =)

9:18 AM

Hi! :)

@ByteCommander And which Ubuntu version You're using?

@edwardtorvalds ?

Morning @ByteCommander

@A.B. The Werewolf of course! Can't you see it? ;-)

@kos Good morning kos!

@ByteCommander Right ok =)

@Fabby That's definitely true but @Serg did do a pretty good job from what I can see. :D (Also, g'morning.)

9:20 AM

@ByteCommander Can you test this please? sudo adduser --system --uid 1024 --no-create-home --home / --gecos $(gettext "Guest") --group --shell /bin/bash bar

@KGIII :D 'mornin! ;)

Oh, I just see I got the bronze command-line badge! :D

@Fabby : Good morning my friend ! :)

@A.B. Give me a minute...

sure

9:21 AM

You mean running directly or editing into /usr/sbin/guest-account ? @A.B.

What to do with homework question?

Votes given @ByteCommander - Seems like a great question and a fine answer.

@ByteCommander directly

like this one : askubuntu.com/q/699499/338915

@hg8 User @Fabby has a standard answer for it. :-)

9:23 AM

@KGIII Do you have it ? Fabby as always great answers

alphawolf@wolf-pack:~$ sudo adduser --system --uid 1024 --no-create-home --home / --gecos $(gettext "Guest") --group --shell /bin/bash bar
[sudo] password for alphawolf:
Adding system user `bar' (UID 1024) ...
Adding new group `bar' (GID 1024) ...
Adding new user `bar' (UID 1024) with group `bar' ...
Not creating home directory `/'.
alphawolf@wolf-pack:~$

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@cl-netbox Gute morgen

Moreover he created two account : askubuntu.com/questions/699499/re-computing-work-urgent askubuntu.com/questions/699500/…

@edwardtorvalds Why is that so important to you?

9:24 AM

@Fabby "Guten Morgen".

@cl-netbox Gute morgen!

Not on hand, no. Sorry. :( It's pretty close to what you said. Basically, "Pound sand." However, if they're showing initiative then there's some reason to help point them in the right direction but not do their homework for them.

@hg8

[I will not post homework questions on Ask Ubuntu!](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MeO65BoP3VU/VLb1Q8JGBPI/AAAAAAAAGxg/‌48tIxC7Yjrg/w426-h237/Homework.gif)

@Fabby Guten Morgen Fabby ! :)

@hg8 do we down vote the shit out of it ?

9:24 AM

looks like this:

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@edwardtorvalds If you have a problem with "duplicates", than flag. But if you look at the answers in more detail, then you will see that they are tailor-made.

@Fabby Hello my friend! Great thanks =) I let you post it ?

@Fabby To me it looks like this:

danke!

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9:26 AM

@edwardtorvalds Many of my answers are strictly speaking duplicates. But they are also tailor-made answers.

I once saw a guy (through a link) who was asking someone to do his homework for him, specifically chemistry homework. Funny enough, the site where he was asking for help was a site where the professor was a frequent visitor and he recognized the student's question as they'd used the exact same verbiage in the question that the professor had used when assigning said homework.

@hg8 I will

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@ByteCommander new link

@ByteCommander But why does it not in the script?

@A.B. Good contribution ! and another thing @edwardtorvalds : downvoting accepted answers is a GREAT help !!!

9:28 AM

Downgoating of good answers is never a good idea.

Duplicate or not duplicate

@A.B. First/lastUID don't work:

alphawolf@wolf-pack:~$ sudo adduser --system --firstuid 450 --lastuid 499  --no-create-home --home / --gecos $(gettext "Guest") --group --shell /bin/bash bar2
Adding system user `bar2' (UID 121) ...
Adding new group `bar2' (GID 130) ...
Adding new user `bar2' (UID 121) with group `bar2' ...
Not creating home directory `/'.

I do believe that there have been multiple complaints about said Edward. Up to, and including, forcing one user here to simply use the "ignore" option here in chat. While that does nothing to help out if they're messing with you on the site, it may be an option to avoid conflicts in the future.

Same with = or higher numbers:

@ByteCommander Start another test. rename the script and check, if the Guest login is possible after that.

alphawolf@wolf-pack:~$ sudo adduser --system --firstuid=450 --lastuid=499  --no-create-home --home / --gecos $(gettext "Guest") --group --shell /bin/bash bar3
Adding system user `bar3' (UID 122) ...
Adding new group `bar3' (GID 131) ...
Adding new user `bar3' (UID 122) with group `bar3' ...
Not creating home directory `/'.
alphawolf@wolf-pack:~$ sudo adduser --system --firstuid=4500 --lastuid=4990  --no-create-home --home / --gecos $(gettext "Guest") --group --shell /bin/bash bar4
Adding system user `bar4' (UID 123) ...

edward torvalds

9:30 AM

@cl-netbox come here: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/31356/edward-and-cas

@A.B. The command does NOT work with first/lastuid set.

@ByteCommander Yes, but with a fixed ID

or not?

And when it fails to remove the guest account once again?

Will the next one overwrite it?

Or will it produce great error messages to scare my brother away? :D

(or fail silently)

let me check

@KGIII :D Yup, Edward Torvalds is on my ignore list until 21/11

9:32 AM

I don't know in which state the guest account gets left, if it stays fully there or just hal-deleted.

LOL @Fabby I was gonna let you identify yourself, or not. :D

I'm going to shamble down to the lobby and get a couple of the pastries that they put out. I'm smuggle back enough for you guys. BBIAM

He's on my ignore list in the chat and on the site until 21/11

then he gets a second change.

Three strikes and you're out though! ;-)

@ByteCommander no, a new one will be created.

@ByteCommander One more problem. The ID can't be greater than 500

if [ "$GUEST_UID" -ge 500 ]; then
echo "Error: user $GUEST_USER is not a system user."
exit 1
fi

Every guest account is unique. (be warned: I don't know the context of your remark)

@Fabby what did Edward Torvalds do ?

9:36 AM

@A.B. Therefore I decided to use the range 400-499

@Neil He's a help vampire

@ByteCommander And the removal should be okj

wait whats a help vampire

A help vampire?

@Neil lmgtfy.com/?q=help+vampire

9:37 AM

touch "I have another question"{1..1000}

Journeyman Geek

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@JourneymanGeek good one!

lol like said in this post here

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Q: The Help Vampire problem

What is Stack Overflow's long-term solution for the Help Vampire problem? Quote from article follows: Identifying Help Vampires can be tricky, because they look like any ordinary person (or Internet user, whichever is lesser). But by closely observing an individual's behavior using this hand...

discussion vampire

Journeyman Geek

Essentially if all you do on chat is ask people about problems you have, people will get annoyed.

@Neil add http:// before that

9:39 AM

@ByteCommander there is no magic:

@JourneymanGeek starred!

`remove_account ()
{
GUEST_USER=$1

PWENT=`getent passwd "$GUEST_USER"` || {
echo "Error: invalid user $GUEST_USER"
exit 1
}
GUEST_UID=`echo "$PWENT" | cut -f3 -d:`
GUEST_HOME=`echo "$PWENT" | cut -f6 -d:`

if [ "$GUEST_UID" -ge 500 ]; then
echo "Error: user $GUEST_USER is not a system user."
exit 1
fi

if [ "${GUEST_HOME}" = "${GUEST_HOME#/tmp/}" ]; then
echo "Error: home directory $GUEST_HOME is not in /tmp/."
exit 1
fi

# kill all remaining processes
while ps h -u "$GUEST_USER" >/dev/null; do

OK, off to do some job hunting!

Journeyman Geek

I need to go pick up my remix mini tommorrow

Good luck

Waiting to hear from the place I interviewed at 2 weeks ago :(

@A.B. So you want me to edit the /usr/sbin/guest-account with a fixed guest UID now?

9:45 AM

@ByteCommander Yes, try it please.

 adduser --system --uid 499 --no-create-home --home / --gecos $(gettext "Guest") --group --shell /bin/bash $USER

@A.B. It worked! UID and GID are set to 499 now.

@ByteCommander Cool =)

I quickly reboot without logging out of the guest now to produce such a half-dead account and test how it reacts.

BRB

10:02 AM

@kos Perl, what is Perl? >:) =D

@A.B. There was no dead guest remaining behind... Strange, but ok. So then we can get back to the original iptables question?

@A.B. Which AWK do you use? I was looking at yours but I can't run it

sudo iptables -A OUTPUT -m owner --uid-owner 499 -j LOG --log-prefix='[GUEST INTERNET ACCESS] '

@A.B. Should I try the above command now?

@ByteCommander yes

@kos o_O gawk

@kos mawk doesn't know [[:space:]]

changed my answer

@A.B. No output means no error, I assume. Visiting one or two sites with the guest account now. Where do I see the log afterwards?

10:17 AM

@ByteCommander in /var/log/kern.log

@Fabby I have created a better version of your image

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$ tail -n 20 /var/log/kern.log
Nov 18 11:19:00 wolf-pack kernel: [ 1007.594346] audit: type=1400 audit(1447841940.263:137): apparmor="DENIED" operation="sendmsg" profile="/usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-guest-session" name="/run/systemd/journal/dev-log" pid=4922 comm="gnome-session" requested_mask="w" denied_mask="w" fsuid=499 ouid=0
Nov 18 11:19:00 wolf-pack kernel: [ 1007.812752] audit: type=1400 audit(1447841940.483:138): apparmor="DENIED" operation="open" profile="/usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-guest-session" name="/proc/sys/kernel/cap_last_cap" pid=5187 comm="gnome-keyring-d" requested_mask="r" den…

@A.B. There's no such thing in the logs.

I guess apparmor or something like that blocked the logging.

Off-topic : askubuntu.com/q/699523/338915

@ByteCommander Try a ping

@A.B. Permission denied for guest account.

10:28 AM

@A.B. Ok, works in GAWK. +1 ;)

@kos =) I have removed [[:space:]] in the meantime.

@ByteCommander for a ping?

@A.B. Yes. ping: icmp open socket: Permission denied

@ByteCommander Ok, nice firewall =)

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Q: how to update my old local ubuntu repository packages?

I have one local repository that contains all ubuntu packages so my lcoal network set their source to it and no need to download more from internet. but how can I update it's packages ? and just downlaod the updates not all the packages from first ? in fact I have downloaded my repository packa...

updates repository local

i find this hard to understand.

@A.B. Firewall? I suspect apparmor. Because the UFW firewall should work the same for all accounts.

10:34 AM

@A.B. Perl is a bunch of unintentionally obfuscated code that has several traits, among which are unreadability and the programmer's tendency to not actually know how it works. Both are considered features and are marked as "Won't Fix" in the bug tracking software.

user136984

@Serg: You've sent me a rather strange video... :D

@ParanoidPanda what video is that ?

I updated my question by the way. askubuntu.com/q/695797/367990

> "Canonical has been working on Unity 8 for a long time, and they are always asked about its official launch platform. The latest information from the developers confirms the implementation of Unity 8 as default in Ubuntu 16.10." - Phoronix, Ubuntu 16.10 to Have Unity 8, Mir, and Snappy Personal as Default

user136984

@Neil: This video...

10:37 AM

@KGIII =D

> Unity 8 as default for Ubuntu 16.10 is not set in stone

user136984

Bad music and silly girls dancing... And shaving a man's chest!

@ParanoidPanda not bad music :)

@ByteCommander Meh, apparmor

@ParanoidPanda o.O"

10:38 AM

> "The Ubuntu Touch platform has quite a few apps, but one of the most important is definitely Telegram, and it has just been updated." - Phoronix, Major Telegram Update Arrives for Ubuntu Phones

user136984

@Neil: I don't know... I didn't really listen to it that much, but I wouldn't say that it is my type of music.

@ParanoidPanda i listed to it for a bit. and can say its not my type as well.

@ByteCommander ok, ping as guest isn't possible. But Firefox should give an output in kern.lg o_O

@A.B. But it seems to me who has no idea about that stuff that apparmor is blocking the logging.

Because I get lines like this instead of the expected [GUEST INTERNET ACCESS] messages:

Nov 18 11:19:22 wolf-pack kernel: [ 1030.063374] audit: type=1400 audit(1447841962.731:164): apparmor="DENIED" operation="connect" profile="/usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm-guest-session" name="/run/systemd/journal/stdout" pid=4693 comm="dbus-daemon" requested_mask="w" denied_mask="w" fsuid=499 ouid=0

@ByteCommander remove the iptables rule and check the kern.log again.

10:48 AM

How do I do that?

@Neil : First kick today from me received ? ... second one will follow soon ... =)

Ah, I found it out, just replace -A with -D in the original iptables command. @A.B.

user136984

I definitely (unless I am going absolutely crazy like @terdon thinks :P) posted this question yesterday, so how come it says "today"?

@ByteCommander sudo iptables -D OUTPUT -m owner --uid-owner 499 -j LOG --log-prefix='[GUEST INTERNET ACCESS] '

1 min ago, by Byte Commander

Ah, I found it out, just replace -A with -D in the original iptables command. @A.B.

No output in kern.log within the last few minutes except the normal UFW BLOCK messages.

That means the apparmor message from above was caused by the attempt to log the iptables rule.

10:55 AM

AppArmor says "NO TRACES" :)

And how do I tell apparmor "F### YOU"?

=)

Sigh... I fear I need to open another sub-question on that. :P

Yeah =)

@ParanoidPanda You asked it 17 hours ago, at 17:35. It looks like the "today" string depends on whether the question was asked more than 24 hours ago.

user136984

10:59 AM

Ah... Phew! I thought I really was losing it! :D

AppArmor blocks the write access in /run/systemd/journal/stdout

@ByteCommander Perhaps something in /etc/apparmor.d/abstractions/base

@ByteCommander But I doubt that changes to the profile are a good idea.

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Q: AppArmor blocks logging set up through iptables - How to enable?

To log the internet usage (visited URLs) of my local guest account, I asked the question Monitor visited websites of guest account through any browser and after assigning the guest accounts the fixed UID 499 and setting up the iptables rule below, I am not getting the wanted log messages in /var/...

networking iptables logging apparmor

@ByteCommander What is the output of sudo grep -r 'journal' /etc/apparmor.d

$ sudo grep -r 'journal' /etc/apparmor.d
/etc/apparmor.d/usr.lib.telepathy:    owner @{HOME}/.cache/wocky/caps/*.db{,-journal} rwk,
/etc/apparmor.d/abstractions/base:  /{,var/}run/systemd/journal/dev-log w,

@cl-netbox @cl-netbox kick received :)

11:13 AM

@Neil just asking because the way from Germany to New Zealand is quite a long one ... =)

@cl-netbox yep

Who downvoted my AppArmor question?

@cl-netbox why would it take a long time ?

@Neil check the distance on Google Maps ! =)

@cl-netbox its 00:17 i need to wake up at 06:30

well good night :)

user136984

11:18 AM

@ByteCommander: That is driving me nuts!

@ParanoidPanda What?

Oh, and the DV converted into an UV.

@Neil sleep well ! :)

@ByteCommander wonders sometimes happen ... can sing a song of this ... =)

user136984

@ByteCommander: My bloody cursor jumping up and down just as I click! >:{

user136984

I mean it actually jumps quite far...

@cl-netbox I feel like Jesus now: water to wine! ;-D

user136984

11:20 AM

It started after I dropped so chocolate cake in my machine...

@ParanoidPanda Ah, so that was you who just missed the target?

user136984

Yes! :D

@ByteCommander and for @Serg ... wine to vodka ... =)

Is that Jesus version 2.0 then? ;-D

user136984

The amount of questions that I have accidentally down or up voted recently has been amazing! It just jumps!

11:23 AM

@ByteCommander No edition 3.0 - new feature : coffee mixing implemented ! =)

user136984

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Q: Cursor randomly jumps around

Since I upgraded from Ubuntu GNOME 15.04 with GNOME 3.16 to Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 with GNOME 3.18 (and also dropped some chocolate cake into my computer) I have noticed the cursor randomly jumping around (I have a touchpad built-into my laptop), sometimes it happens when I click, sometimes not, but ...

gnome touchpad laptop 15.10 cursor

;-) I left you a comment/reply @ParanoidPanda.

Ubuntu 16.10 to Have Unity 8, Mir, and Snappy Personal as Default -> news.softpedia.com/news/…

user136984

@cl-netbox: 16.10? We haven't even had 16.04 yet! :D

58 mins ago, by blade19899

> "Canonical has been working on Unity 8 for a long time, and they are always asked about its official launch platform. The latest information from the developers confirms the implementation of Unity 8 as default in Ubuntu 16.10." - Phoronix, Ubuntu 16.10 to Have Unity 8, Mir, and Snappy Personal as Default

11:35 AM

@ParanoidPanda HAHA ... just FYI ... :D

edward torvalds

@cl-netbox please take a look at this meta.askubuntu.com/a/14692/294611

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@ParanoidPanda Maybe ^ would solve your touchpad issue too...

;D

user136984

Anyway, GNOME is far more interesting than Unity, they actually ship out new versions for every release! I haven't seen much change in Unity for a while.

edward torvalds

@Neil please take a look at this meta.askubuntu.com/a/14692/294611

user136984

@ByteCommander: Maybe... :D But you haven't seen my computer area! :P

11:37 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title: Product Skin Care Review- It's not thus unusual by NuzoZuhe on askubuntu.com

edward torvalds

@A.B. please take a look at this: meta.askubuntu.com/a/14692/294611

@ParanoidPanda Then get yourself a dog to do the job.

@edwardtorvalds You can ping several users within one message. no need to tell the same thing 5 times.

edward torvalds

@ByteCommander got it

And I guess half of them have put you on their ignore list anyway.

edward torvalds

@ByteCommander I dont care, neither I forced them to answer me :)

11:42 AM

@edwardtorvalds May you tell me what the cause for this all was? (link to that duplicate answer)

user136984

Aww... Why did someone downvote this? :(

@edwardtorvalds duplicate answers raise automatic moderator flags.

edward torvalds

@ByteCommander we had a discussion on how to deal with duplicate answers, so I am informing them

@terdon automatic how?

Wasn't me @ParanoidPanda but I voted it up to give it some balance. ;-)

@ParanoidPanda Because there is simply no way anyone can know what is going on and help you. We don't have access to the machine, you haven't even tried to use an external mouse to see if the problem is the touchpad or not, all you've said is that you dropped something on it. How in the world would you expect anyone to be able to help?

@edwardtorvalds The system itself recognized duplicate answers and flags them.

edward torvalds

11:45 AM

ok

user136984

@terdon: I don't know, but there must be some questions people can ask me to at least figure out what is happening at the point of it jumping.

user136984

@KGIII: Thanks! :)

edward torvalds

@terdon can you please look at this series of conversation?
http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/25498832#25498832

http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/25498857#25498857

http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/25498861#25498861
I never forced anyone to help me, neither I abused them in any way. but they calling me 'pain in but[t]' in public I feel embarrassed

@edwardtorvalds Pain in the butt is a relatively mild term, not particularly offensive. I don't know what the exact history between you and Fabby is and this really isn't something I think you'd want discussed in public.

@ByteCommander you could try this:

sudo nano /etc/apparmor.d/abstractions/base

and add /run/systemd/journal/stdout w, below /dev/log w,

But I can not classify the safety point of view.

After that, restart apparmor

@terdon is that a bad idea? ^^^^^^

12:02 PM

No idea, I know nothing about apparmor.

user136984

@A.B.: Do you know anything about this by the way? :)

@ParanoidPanda Open the activities menu and use button 3 to start a new instance =)

user136984

@A.B.: But how exactly do I bind that to a keyboard shortcut?

@ParanoidPanda Not necessary, in my GNOME 3.18 each Ctrl-Alt-T opens a new instance

user136984

@A.B.: Strange, in mine it just brings the already open one to the front...

user136984

12:09 PM

@Fabby: What do you think of BABYMETAL by the way? Or have you not looked at them yet? :D

I don't have Gnome, I'm on Lubuntu, but it opens a new terminal here. @ParanoidPanda. For such a paranoid panda, you sure stick your paws into some strange places. :D

@ParanoidPanda gsettings get org.gnome.Terminal.Legacy.Settings new-terminal-mode

@ParanoidPanda Every CTRL+ALT+T opens a new window for me. (15.10 Unity)

user136984

@A.B.: 'window'

user136984

Oh, it's fine, this fixed it! :)

user136984

12:14 PM

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A: How to make "CTRL + ALT + T" open new Terminal window when one is already open?

The funny thing is that on Unity, CTRL + ALT + T does open a new window, apparantly not on Gnome... To make the setup: First disable the existing command/key combination with the command: gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys terminal "" Which will make CTRL + ALT + T "...

The guy that answered that question, @ParanoidPanda, the Jacob person, is absolutely brilliant.

user136984

@KGIII: And his favourite colour is Orange, and so is mine! :D

Well, that's an important metric. nods Mine is green but I've not really made my OS match. It didn't seem important, at the time. I probably should. I'm likely to tear it down and rebuild it next week (or any week) so it might just be a waste of time except it'd help me learn something new.

Also, now I can't help but envision a panda, paranoid that someone's going to steal it, double fisting chocolate cake into its maw.

It's not as bad a mental image as one might expect. :D

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Very appropriate @ByteCommander.

I'm tempted to "answer" the question just so I can include that image. :)

12:27 PM

Or rather this:

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Now that is almost exactly what I was thinking.

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@A.B.: You know anything about this? :)

@ParanoidPanda No, but I have answered your background color thing

UV and accept tomorrow please =)

@ParanoidPanda Tomorrow

12:42 PM

@A.B. FULL HOUSE ? What a bad day for you ... on better days you accomplished this between 10 and 11 in the morning ! :D

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@A.B.: I like to accept answers when I get them and they work, but I will redo it tomorrow. :)

As an entirely off-topic aside: There are way too many amusing "paranoid panda" pictures when you do an image search.

@ParanoidPanda :P =)

NO!

only 2 more days

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@KGIII: When I search for "Paranoid Panda" in the DuckDuckGo images I just get nude women...

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12:45 PM

With tattooed pandas on them...

I'm changing my search engine to DuckDuckGo.

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@KGIII: I hope not only for that reason... :P

@KGIII nice - you will love it ! :)

I keep Google pretty blocked (I use uMatrix to stop all their silly tracking and scripts) but I do opt to let them keep track of my searching to better give me on-topic results. I'm aware of the tracking and opt to accept it in return for the increased functionality and the better SNR.

It's a trade-off that I made in good-faith, knowing the consequences. I accept that. I get on-topic results, for instance they know that I'm using Linux and usually looking for a technical answer. Tracking is disabled, by default, on other sites. :D

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@KGIII: But DDG even gives you the option to use a redirect so that the sites you go to aren't given the term you searched for.

12:48 PM

That's okay, I use a VPN.

They can have those metrics. (They're also stripped out with a GreaseMonkey script.)

@KGIII Wow, that's great =)

I use Direct Google and stopRedirect. That and a VPN, and well, I am okay - I guess.

@KGIII in uMatrix?

What I do dislike is their tracking of people who do not know better. Me? I made a clear choice to allow them to access and retain some of my data in exchange for better results.

In uMatrix the api and ajax and google tracking are all disabled by default on new sites unless I enable them.

The other two are GreaseMonkey scripts.

uMatrix is like an old school software firewall except for your browser. It's based on whitelisting. It's a pain to get configured (for a while) but then it gets easier over time as you add sites that you frequently visit.

uMatrix looks great =)

12:53 PM

It also has an option to backup settings and to restore them from a file. So, I've had the same uMatrix settings (and expanding) for quite a while now. (I'm guessing two years or so?)

uMatrix is awesome. It does have a small learning curve but if you're worried about your privacy, it's excellent. Not to mention, one needn't run a bunch of other extensions on top of it.

I was able to dump Ghostery and Disconnect and just use uMatrix. I can probably get rid of AdBlock Plus too but I keep it as a backup, just in case.

user136984

I didn't know you could upgrade your kernel to 4.2 in 14.04...

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Does upgrading the kernel to 4.2.0-18 in 14.04.3 lts help? — Raphael 2 days ago

user136984

I thought that was only on the latest version?

wow, uMatrix is really for advanced users =)

@KGIII I think NoScript is doing pretty much the same job as your uMatrix?

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12:57 PM

@KGIII: So is that in the Firefox add-on store thing?

@ByteCommander Not really, uMatrix seems to do a great deal more - such as blocking cookies, frames, and other things - not just scripts. It's also highly configurable.

@ParanoidPanda No, I don't think Firefox has a version. I use Opera which is based on Chromium but has all the Google tracking ripped out of it. It is an extension for Opera. There's a Chrome/Chromium version, as well - I'm pretty sure. Heck, I might have downloaded it for Chrome - Opera can use Chrome's extension ecosystem.

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