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hg8

2:00 PM

Too bad I can't import my profile

edward torvalds

hi guys

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Q: how to 'not' execute alias

I have set few aliases in .bashrc file. I need those aliases most the time, but sometimes I need to run those command without options set in that particular alias. How to not to execute alias command?

Stefano Palazzo

@A.B. put that into an answer

very cool, I didn't know that

A.B.

@StefanoPalazzo You mean the alias thing?

Stefano Palazzo

yeah I just saw the answer :)

A.B.

=)

Arg, I can't make a screenshot, all screenshot tools create a black image

o_O

jrg

2:30 PM

@Mateo no, i haven't.

I'm wishing I had time to do that right now haha.

Serg

Good meowning !

hg8

Hi @Serg

A.B.

@Serg \o/

=)

Serg

\ (^_^)/

A.B.

@Serg that's funny \(^_^)/

Serg

2:37 PM

@A.B. I prefer asian emoticons , though remember only a few

hg8

@Serg ~(‾▿‾)~

A.B.

~(–▿–)~

~(_▿_)~

Serg

=( ^._.^ )= <----- dos that looks like a cat ?

A.B.

no

hg8

@Serg obese cat yes

A.B.

2:40 PM

a fat cat

perhaps

Serg

haha, oh yes, i didn't see it that way at first

That's totally my cat. She's so fat

A.B.

LOL

hg8

does your cat look like this too ? （ΦωΦ）

A.B.

nice

hg8

=^.^= . Here is a tail for your cat @Serg (^._.^)ﾉ

Serg

2:44 PM

haha, no she looks more mean than that

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Unable to use VMWare Workstation 12

I found myself unable to use the VMWare Workstation 12 trial on Debian Stretch as well as on Ubuntu 15.10. It installs just fine, but when I attempt to start it, it simply does nothing, no error or anything else. I came across this thread: Ubuntu 15.10 Host - Can't Start VMWare WorkStation Playe...

debian ubuntu virtual-machine gcc vmware

A.B.

@fossfreedom we need more cats =)

fossfreedom

... dont like cats ... prefer dogs

jokerdino

+1 to dog train

A.B.

@fossfreedom wolves =)

@hg8 I need a wolf/dog as ASCII art

hg8

2:48 PM

@A.B. @fossfreedom ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ

A.B.

what's that?

Serg

@fossfreedom I used to be afraid of dogs, until my family got our own. I was bitten by a large hound when I was 5. Feared dogs since then till like 17-ish years old

A.B.

OMG, I see

hg8

hum look like a cat finaly...

(❍ᴥ❍ʋ)

Serg

A.B.

2:49 PM

=)

hg8

last one : ⊂ﾟＵ┬────┬~

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asciiworld.com/-Cats-.html

A.B.

sweet =)

<o o>
=( v )= o
( ^ ) /
( ) /
(_W_W_)/

arg

hg8

@A.B. Nice try =p

A.B.

indeed

=|

Serg

2:56 PM

（0(oo)0） <----- piggy

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Q: Can I use "powered by Ubuntu" stickers legally?

I recently installed Ubuntu (the 14.04, not any edubuntu or any other ubuntu flavour) in my college lab desktops. I was willing to put a "powered by Ubuntu" sticker on all of them. I want to know are there any legal issues involved to print Ubuntu stickers by myself and use paste them on cpu ca...

14.04 legal education

there is "powered by Ubuntu " stickers ? I WANNA ! NAU !

smoke, BRB

Rinzwind

3:18 PM

"-10 59 mins ago removed User was removed (learn more)"
:**(

hg8

@Rinzwind
-10 10 hours ago unupvote
-2 10 hours ago downvote
:'(

Rinzwind

3:33 PM

Those -10 and -2 are probably deserved!
A removed user should not be my problem.

hg8

@Rinzwind the -10 & -2 was from the same user. he unupvoted and downvoted

blade19899

3:46 PM

@Rinzwind Horrible. Use the new Ubuntu logo!

A.B.

@hg8 for which answer?

hg8

@A.B. This one : askubuntu.com/q/679591/338915

A.B.

70-2 are 68

hg8

@A.B. ?

A.B.

You have 7 UVs come on :)

hg8

3:56 PM

@A.B. I had 9 D=< haha

Anyway not a big deal

kos

@cl-netbox I didn't see that comment. You got my +1 :)

cl-netbox

@kos very nice from you - THANK YOU @kos ! :)

kos

You're welcome. :)

edward torvalds

hi people

cl-netbox

@hg8 Still angry ? =)

edward torvalds

4:02 PM

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Q: Which answer to accept if all are equally correct and important

I am facing a dilemma here. I have asked this question answers to which are all good and equally correct. All give something good to learn In such situation accepting one will make other less correct since accepting implies the most correct answer. Now what to do?

discussion

A.B.

o/ @edwardtorvalds

edward torvalds

hi @A.B. whats up? o/

hg8

@cl-netbox not angry... just don't understand...

edward torvalds

I thought Ubuntu is for my DOG

A.B.

@edwardtorvalds nothing special

Ravan

4:06 PM

@A.B \o

when will be your interview

cl-netbox

@hg8 please do me a favour ... forget about this f.....g piece of s..t ! NOW ! IMMEDIATELY ! He doesn't deserve ANY attention from you my friend - better concentrate on keeping up the decent and fantastic work you are contributing for ubuntu users on AU ! :)

@cl-netbox I will ;)

@hg8 NICE !!! :)

@hg8 I am here :)

can any one answer question on C language?

hg8

4:08 PM

Thanks @Ravan =)

edward torvalds

@kos can you answer some C questions?

Ravan

post Q @edwardtorvalds

user139252

Despite knowing Ubuntu apps will work, this is still about Mint and should be closed.

edward torvalds

abc.c is the source file and def.o is the compiled binary file, question and answer is in this image: i.imgur.com/FjSMYeu.png

cl-netbox

@Ravan : something new about your CPU heating problem ? :)

Ravan

4:12 PM

@cl-netbox sorry cl and thank you, that was not mine someone else -

Ask Ubuntu Meta

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Q: Which answer to accept if all are equally correct and important

I am facing a dilemma here. I have asked this question answers to which are all good and equally correct. All give something good to learn In such situation accepting one will make other less correct since accepting implies the most correct answer. Now what to do?

discussion

Serg

FINALLY , after a year and half or so of using Ubuntu I found a way to change greeter's background

wrong link

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A: Change the background of the login screen

The proper way of changing default unity-greeter background is through overriding glib-2.0 schema, as specified in the Lightdm Ubuntu Wiki The steps are as follows: 1) Create /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/10_unity_greeter_background.gschema.override file with the following contents: [com.canoni...

kos

@edwardtorvalds printf() prints the return value of the expression getchar() != 0, which is always 1 as you never really enter EOF

Serg

@kos teaching C ?

edward torvalds

@kos if will notice the first execution of binary, I have type EOF, it still outputs 1

kos

4:22 PM

@Serg Looks like so :)

@edwardtorvalds EOF is a special character, not the string EOF

A.B.

:)

kos

You can send EOF by hitting Ctrl+D.

edward torvalds

@kos I am reading a book written by Dennis Ritchie, he has type EOF in the example

@kos btw how do I type EOF in source file of C ?

kos

In the source file you type EOF :D while the program is running, you hit Ctrl+D

edward torvalds

LOL, silly me :-D

kos

4:25 PM

;)

fossfreedom

@edwardtorvalds - is this the question you are referring to? some good answers there - stackoverflow.com/questions/1782080/…

edward torvalds

@kos why Ctrl+D and not Ctrl+C or Ctrl+X ?

@fossfreedom exactly

kos

That's rather philosophycal, why do we greet each other with "hi"? :)

Serg

@edwardtorvalds because Unix creators decided so . . .

edward torvalds

@kos that means no specific reason

@Serg got it

Serg

4:27 PM

Also according to wikipedia EOF commonly has value of -1 but is really system dependent

edward torvalds

in this:
cat << eof
something here
eof

I cannot input first eof by Ctrl + D ?

A.B.

@cl-netbox congratulations, 8k well done

cl-netbox

@A.B. Oh - thank you very much my friend ! :)

Serg

@edwardtorvalds in that case you are using something known as heredocument and that first line could be anything

xieerqi:$ cat << YOLO
> one two three
> YOLO
one two three

kos

@edwardtorvalds That's another thing, in that case you're telling cat to stop reading standard input when a line in the standard input is equal to the string EOF

edward torvalds

4:30 PM

ok

kos

@edwardtorvalds ^^ what Serg said

Serg

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A: Where is hex code of the "EOF" character?

There is no such thing as a EOF character. The operating system knows exactly how many bytes a file contains (this is stored alongside other metadata like permissions, creation date, and the name), and hence can tell programs that try to read the eleventh byte of a ten byte file: You've reached t...

@edwardtorvalds also worth reading ^

edward torvalds

@Serg thanks

On linux system using latest GCC, the value of EOF is -1 (int)

kos

4:54 PM

Based on which criterium are questions tweeted by the way?

edward torvalds

@kos I am learning from the C programming language by Dennis Ritchie, all these question are based on my learning research and curiosity

kos

I was referring to questions on the site :)

A question of mine only got 26 visits and 3 upvotes, but it got tweeted.

A.B.

Tweeted questions?

kos

@A.B. Yeah, sometimes questions get tweeted on Ask Ubuntu's twitter profile: twitter.com/AskUbuntu

Here's the tweet: twitter.com/AskUbuntu/status/661785205305442304. But it wasn't even a hot question or something.

Seth

5:13 PM

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A: How does the twitter bot work?

Looking at the Server Fault and Super User Twitter streams, it looks like each account is set up to automatically tweet a new status every 3 hours. According to this answer by Nick Craver there is a "hotness" algorithm based on views over a certain period of time. (This is probably similar to t...

kos

Ah ok, I see. Thanks @Seth

cl-netbox

@A.B. Congrats back to you my friend ! ... just seen ... TOP 12 of all time ! 43K in 10 months ! What a fantastic job ! Keep on rockin' the house man ! =)