Ask Ubuntu General Room

ByteCommander

01:29

"window-ubuntu dull boot"; "how I can lunch my pc"; "choose witch os to launch"

^ Sorry, but those typos were predestined to be craved in stone... Too funny! ^.^

Nathan Osman

"ubunut"

ByteCommander

@NathanOsman Nothing against a dull-booting pc to lunch with witch-OS...

Nathan Osman

I'm copying 23,457 files (11.6 GB) off my phone so that I can unlock and root it.

ByteCommander

Nice. I had desktops a few years ago with smaller HDDs...

Nathan Osman

I've only had the phone for a little over two months.

ByteCommander

01:41

O.o

Nathan Osman

How did I manage to put so much data on it :P

ByteCommander

What do you use your phone for?

Another reason why I still have one with buttons...

Mateo

@ByteCommander i usually use mine for most everything actually calling people is probally the smallest use case for it ;P

ByteCommander

@Mateo Other way round. No, I think I write more SMS...

Or minor checking of wikipedia from outside...

Nathan Osman

@ByteCommander All manner of things. Downloads, social media, photography, video recording, browsing (I have four browsers installed) email (three accounts), maps, documents, fitness, SSH, Google Music, wake-on-LAN, Kodi remote, SMS, piano practice, phone calls, reading (Kindle), games, remote access (RDP, VNC), and banking. And YouTube.

Mateo

01:44

hm, i do a bit of that

Nathan Osman

So not much, really.

ByteCommander

Is it a shame that the manufacturer of my mobile is not existing any more for years now?

Nathan Osman

Hmm... that's a problem.

Mateo

who made your phone?

TheX

Guys! I found my laptop that I use to use at work!

Nathan Osman

01:46

Does it run DOS?

Mateo

yay

Nathan Osman

Or did it not meet the system requirements?

</troll>

TheX

o.O

no it is a HP Probook 4510's...

ByteCommander

@Mateo Look and see: google.de/…

Nathan Osman

Lol.. that should be good for at least Windows 95.

@ByteCommander Benq is still around.

...aren't they?

Mateo

01:47

aw, benq is gone? I used to buy their monitors

TheX

It was on the bottom of a pile of broken laptops.

Nathan Osman

We used to have a Benq monitor.

ByteCommander

But not as "BenQ Siemens".

TheX

because the keyboard stopped working at some point I guess...

Nathan Osman

Ah.

TheX

01:48

still had Ubuntu 12.10 installed on it...

Nathan Osman

@TheX Both the mouse and keyboard are busted on my work laptop.

ByteCommander

They fused to produce mobiles for a year or so and then gave up and splitted again.

TheX

So I found another laptop that was the same model and robbed it lol

Nathan Osman

Lol.

TheX

be back in a few

ByteCommander

01:50

I'm off to dream of unicorns now guys... See you around! :)

Mateo

later, I'm out too. the work week hasn't ended yet this week. so not up late for me.

Nathan Osman

Have a great weekend, guys.

Don

You too Nathan :)

TheX

@NathanOsman your work needs to hire a real IT person...

it took me 10 mins lol

Nathan Osman

Lol... that happened when three of us were trying to install an SSD in the laptop.

We got the SSD installed but the mouse and keyboard stopped working.

TheX

02:01

Wow... you guys suck...lol

Nathan Osman

Excuse me?

We basically stripped it down to the chasis.

Lucio

morning guys

Nathan Osman

@Lucio Hello.

Lucio

ouch, that ping hurt

TheX

and half of it didn't work when you put it back together!

Lucio

02:02

good reminder to put down headphones

Nathan Osman

@TheX It's not my fault they make keyboard ribbon connectors so flimsy.

TheX

@NathanOsman lol...

You know know what I did to a keyboard cable once?

Nathan Osman

Nope...

TheX

speaking of sucking at laptops...

I tore it all apart... got the new keyboard... put it in, put everything back together...

plugged it in, fired it up...

Nathan Osman

Boom!

TheX

02:04

saw smoke coming from the middle of the keyboard area, and smelled plastic melting..

Nathan Osman

It exploded, right?

Ah, close enough. Lol.

Lucio

@Mateo what the hell happened with that 42?

TheX

took it back apart... the cable was melted to the palm rest...

and some how I didn't get the cable in exactly just right...

so then I had to find a new cable, and hope and pray I didn't cause any permanent damage to the keyboard or logic board...

Nathan Osman

That's worse.

TheX

Yeah...I didn't want to tell anyone...but the other tech could smell it...

Nathan Osman

02:07

Only once have I ever seen smoke coming out of a piece of hardware. And that was when one of the capacitors on a monitor went rogue.

Thankfully it was still under warranty.

...by like a month.

TheX

Oh...I have seen lots of smoke come from hardware...

Lucio

@blade19899 that looks like a communist paper but I like the news anyway.

and +1 for @Rinzwind ;)

TheX

one time on our OLD (its been recycled) Voice mail server the power supply went bad on it...

So I found another power supply... put it in, and somehow didn't get it lined up right somehow (didn't know it was possible) and saw lots of sparks and smoke...

one time I plugged a computer in at the school after it not being on all summer, and I saw flames shooting out of the PSU...

one time I melted a video cable to my finger on a a laptop...

Nathan Osman

Oh my.

TheX

(not sure how I actually did that) by the way...

but it hurt like hell

Oh well...all in the day of a IT person/Network admin...

Lucio

02:15

it was nice to see the site with a new face

they are doing great, the less system will worth it

TheX

hey is there any such thing as a "smart" toaster, or a network enabled toaster?

Lucio

I saw one of those in YT

TheX

I need to upgrade my toaster, but I really want something that I can monitor the status of my toast from my pc...

Lucio

have a good night fellows!

chaskes

@Lucio just missed you

Nathan Osman

02:22

@TheX Yes, there is.

1443

Q: Why does Windows think that my wireless keyboard is a toaster?

I've inherited an old PC from my girlfriend's dad and when setting up the printer I got a bit of a surprise: Two questions spring to mind here: Why does Windows think my wireless keyboard is a toaster? Why does Windows even have an icon for a toaster in the devices menu?

TheX

@NathanOsman sweet!

Nathan Osman

03:38

@jrg: So it looks like you can get an app to stream from Google Music on Android to an AirPlay-compatible device.

Seth

03:53

My reaction when someone tells me they just wrote a "killer" #PHP website: http://t.co/ZvNCAeEX8D

Tweeted by george_the_dev on March 28, 2015 at 8:17 PM

@NathanOsman Clearly PHP should be made Federally illegal :P

SmokeDetector

04:18

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: http://stowapp.com/renew-anti-aging-cream/ by kitasud Rioe on askubuntu.com

Nathan Osman

05:05

^--- taken with Nexus 6 and a magnifying glass lens.

hbdgaf

05:19

Nice. Physical lens or software sharpen and zoom?

Nathan Osman

05:30

Nope - an honest-to-goodness magnifying glass and manual focus.

Though I did touch it up a bit in the Gimp afterward.

:)

hbdgaf

Awww. Disappointed all around... sorry. Here I was thinking someone came up with a magnifier attachment or an auto-software-enhance Ubu-Touch app.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, blacklisted website: Herbal facts With Weight Loos Supplement by Lynn Allen on askubuntu.com

Nathan Osman

@hbdgaf Sorry, but the camera lens is far too small for taking macro shots like that on its own.

hbdgaf

Oh, it's fine. It's just one of those "Oooohhh, I'm really impressed. Ooops" womp womp moments.

@NathanOsman Still playing with the Sudoku solver at all?

Nathan Osman

I really want to... but have been busy. (Raspberry Pi 2 arrived this week, etc.)

hbdgaf

05:42

Ahhhh. I haven't touched it either, but I did do a little sketch of solving that "fails on this block" one.

Nathan Osman

06:12

Argh... Digital Ocean won't let me spin up a droplet from the snapshot I created.

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

06:29

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Q: Missing taskbar icons in ElementaryOS

For some reason, some of my taskbar* icons are missing. Dropbox, Network (Wi-fi) and Mega icons are gone. I don't know how it happened, perhaps an apt-get update or something. Those icons should be placed besides that volume icon. What I have to do to get them back? I have Elementary OS Luna ve...

ubuntu elementary-os icons

Fabby

06:53

@NathanOsman Modern Sherlock@Work... ;)

hbdgaf

07:15

o/ @Fabby

Nathan Osman

My blog is back.

It's been separated from the website now. It's a simple Jekyll-based blog.

I'll be migrating some of my old articles over in due time. Meanwhile, time for me to head to bed :)

Fabby

07:40

@hbdgaf \o

(sorry for late reply: feeding the dogs...)

@Rinzwind: went over a few of your answers (as you might have noticed) ;-) How long till the legendary badge?

Rinzwind

@Fabby one sec

earned at least 200 reputation on 76 days :=)

oli will be 1st he is far ahead of me

Fabby

08:25

I think it's because of the green avatar... Oli's answers stand out whatever he types...

(but he's also very, very good!)

(very³)

@muru: done! http://askubuntu.com/a/607903/344926
Though I disagree with you putting it in bash directly (and that's why this answer is in the chatroom).
As readline gets used everywhere, the readline settings will also be available while you do ftp, ssh, ...)

Rinzwind

09:16

@Fabby he also answers questions I would VTC ;)

Fabby

Me too! ;-)

Remember the KKK and the FBI and ... rant???

I got a gold badge for that one!

askubuntu.com/help/badges/55/reversal?userid=344926

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Ubuntu 14.04 - Force using home and end as keyboard shortcuts

I'd like to be able to use the home and end keys as shortcuts, but Ubuntu's settings absolutely refuse to let you do so by normal means because it'll become "impossible to type using this key." - That's just silly. I personally never use those keys; I'm sure some people do, but I am not one of th...

ubuntu keyboard-shortcuts

muru

10:40

@Fabby The first reversal badge on AU! Party time!

2

\o\|o|/o/

ByteCommander

11:04

@Fabby Congratulations! :)

Cliff Richard - Congratulations

►

Mateo

11:20

@Lucio inside joke

ByteCommander

12:12

daydr3am3r, Bucharest, Romania

1

boot dual-boot hp usb

@Rinzwind You got a twin! ^

blade19899

@ByteCommander:

Tox the free and secure skype replacement

►

I recorder Tox, and our messages to ech other shows up there for a sec.

ByteCommander

Hi! o/

blade19899

You care, or

Morning Ya'all

Probably best to start with that XD

ByteCommander

Huh, what? You want me to write to you so that you can record it?

blade19899

@ByteCommander Tox saves chat history,

WHen i was recording Tox, and features, i also clicked on you, and our messages to eachother shows up for a sec.

I don't know if you care about such things?

ByteCommander

12:19

Hmm... I would have preferred to be informed about that BEFORE you uploaded it...

blade19899

@ByteCommander I recorder it last night, this morning, i uploaded it before i drank my coffee :(

ByteCommander

What date was it, so that I can check what I wrote then?

blade19899

@ByteCommander The exact wine i clicked on your profile: youtu.be/jg8R2DLM8-k?t=35s

Were just talking about Tox.

I don't mind deleting it!

Just let me know!

Literal 3 sec on screen

ByteCommander

@blade19899 Well, the content is nothing private, but I would love if you could pixelize my username/image

blade19899

@ByteCommander Sure. Lets see what YouTube can do.

ByteCommander

12:24

Okay. :)

blade19899

Well, YouTube is useless

Fabby

12:41

@muru Oh? I didn't even notice I received the first one! :)

Where did you see this?

@ByteCommander Thanks!

ByteCommander

Np! Awesome that you're the first who got that badge! :)

You wrote AU history!

Fabby

@blade19899 Is tox compatible with Skype?

ByteCommander

@Fabby No, Tox is different, I think. Searching for reference...

Fabby

Too bad... Keep me posted when they make a PPA available...

@muru Found it! Indeed: I'm the only one! :D

ByteCommander

<-- Can't believe that this crappy /dev/null file size answer already got +20 votes...

@Fabby Btw: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/…

Fabby

12:49

@ByteCommander :D :D :D

Look at this crappy answer then: askubuntu.com/questions/586442/…

ByteCommander

Seems like the easier and less useful the questions, the higher voted are the answers... :)

Fabby

:D Indeed!

ByteCommander

+540 rep in the last 5 days... Wowzers...

blade19899

@Fabby Nope. But, Gotta Go!

Bye! Ya'all

Fabby

@ByteCommander who? You?

Rinzwind

12:53

@ByteCommander that is 460 away from max :=)

ByteCommander

Yep. Basically out of two answers.

[permissions](http://askubuntu.com/a/606564/367990) has +16 and accepted
[/dev/null](http://askubuntu.com/a/607729/367990) has +20 and is not accepted yet.

Huh? Why doesn't it rename the link?

/me is currently on #7 in weekly reputation gain

@Fabby wiki.tox.im/FAQ

@Fabby And they have a PPA.

Fabby

13:20

@ByteCommander You're higher ranked then me!

Congrats!

@ByteCommander reading...

ByteCommander

@Fabby Only in the weekly rank. You beat me in month(=quarter) and year.

It was just a good week. ;)

Fabby

@ByteCommander That's how it starts!

ByteCommander

Maybe. But next week starts school too... :P

Fabby

>:)

qTox is not for me yet: no desktop sharing...

Ask Ubuntu Meta

13:39

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Q: Why not moderate questions from new users before making them visible on site?

I had suggested before also that questions from new users should not be posted directly on the site rather they should be moderated first and they should be visible to only users with high reputation (say 600 rep) so that duplicate posts, rants and spam like posts could be controlled. And once th...

discussion feature-request

user136984

13:59

If I approve someone's edit suggestion, does it immediately get approved and show, or does it have to be approved by a few people, if so, how many?

terdon

14:30

@Toroidal 2

Meaning you and one more

> In addition, users with this privilege level can also begin reviewing suggested edits (which previously you would have had to suggest). These edits remain in a pending state until they get enough votes to either approve them and make the edits take effect or reject them and discard the edit. Two votes in either direction will finalize the action, except on Stack Overflow where three votes are required.

askubuntu.com/help/privileges/edit

Fabby

@Toroidal If it's your own post: You and someone else.

If it's another post from the review queue: I believe the number is 4... Right, @terdon?

terdon

@Fabby no, that's for close/reopen votes. suggested edits need 2, see above

If it's your own post, it only takes you, no one else.

Fabby

Ah??? Thanks!

user136984

@terdon Ok, thanks! :)

user136984

Well, I look forward to getting 3k, then I will be able to do close and open votes!

user136984

14:43

Although I did just get up to 2.5k, and that unlocked some features.

edward torvalds

14:56

hey guys like arch linux has a good wiki website which shows what all services and packages are installed and how things work, do we have similar website for ubuntu ?

terdon

@edwardtorvalds There's the Ubuntu wiki but Arch has the best documentation of any distro. The Arch wiki is a great resource.

Gentoo is not bad also.

edward torvalds

can you pls give me the link to it?

this one? wiki.ubuntu.com

Seth

yup

user136984

15:21

@Fabby: When I get rid of these modules or whatever they are with a fresh install sometime soon, how should I run applications which require those latest Intel modules to run properly? Or do I just not use that software which requires the latest?

Fabby

@Toroidal (thinking)

I have:
1/ A system back-up
because I also have:
2/ The xorg-edgers PPA installed...

#2 is what gives me the latest and greatest video drivers for my Intel and nVidia...

I've also seen people that have had huge troubles with installing the latest and greeatest drivers (particularly on older hardware)

Good enough???

user136984

@Fabby: Yep! Thanks! :)

0xF2

HP offers "That cloud thing everyone is talking about" - The Onion youtube.com/watch?v=9ntPxdWAWq8

Fabby

@Toroidal Could you convert that into a Q then?

(and ping me when done?)

I'll provide the A... >:)

user136984

@Fabby: I could do, but for some reason it's not allowing me to post any questions at the moment... :( But I will do when it starts working again.

user136984

15:29

It's very strange, when I try to post a question it does absolutely nothing... Not even complain!

Fabby

@0xF2 I like the Apple without a keyboard better

user136984

@Fabby: But I will write the question and save it as a draft and let you know when it has allowed me to post it. :)

Fabby

@Toroidal You're like the proverbial madman that poses so many questions that even 7 wise men cannot answer them! :D

RTFM first! :P

user136984

:D

chili555

If God is all powerful, can He make a rock so big that He, Himself cannot move it?

user136984

15:34

@chili555: Probably, but what would be the fun in that? ;D :P

Rinzwind

@chili555 if God is all powerful he probably killed himself to see if he could

or she :D

chili555

LOLOL!

And to see if He could then arise from the dead!

Rinzwind

and he then failed >:D

hence no god >:)

ByteCommander

@Rinzwind Would you kill yourself just to see if you can do it? o.O"

0xF2

@Fabby "everything is a few hundred clicks away"

Rinzwind

15:37

@ByteCommander yes! ultimate proof!

I have been playing Bloodborne so I KNOW how to die >:D
A lot. And then some.

ByteCommander

Hrmm... I'm not really very spiritual or religious, but those jokes seem to go a bit too far for my taste...

Fabby

@0xF2 I'm sorry: what are you referring to?

Rinzwind

I envoke the right to freedom of speech! :=D

ByteCommander

Freedom of one ends, where it inflicts with other's freedom!

Rinzwind

@Fabby he is referring to a pointer named 0xF2

chili555

15:39

The 'rock' question actually comes from a George Carlin bit.

Rinzwind

looks like it is a nvsram region that 0xF2 >:D

@chili555 it is a pretty well known question ;)

Fabby

@chili555 If He is all-powerful, he can and cannot! That's why there's Schrödinger's cat!

;-)

0xF2

@fabby: the apple (onion) ad you linked

Rinzwind

and just to make it clear: I have ZERO confidence in there every having been a god or ever for a god to emerge.

ByteCommander

@Fabby Yay, back to quantum physics! ;) :P

Rinzwind

15:41

@Fabby THAT CAT IS DEAD!

0xF2

my favorite apple spoof is the "tallest thing to happen to iPhone" youtube.com/watch?v=XNBP18nrRdw

Fabby

@0xF2 Ah, yes!

Journeyman Geek

@chili555 I've heard something similar in B5 ;p

Rinzwind

JMAN!!

Fabby

@Rinzwind No! It's dead and alive at the same time, until the quantum probability wave collapses!

Rinzwind

15:41

The only god I accept is Oli! >:)

2

chili555

Not Linus?

Rinzwind

@Fabby NO after all those years in the box with NO food that cat is most definatly dead

Fabby

@Rinzwind :D :D :D

chili555

Or even Clapton?

ByteCommander

house duties. brb... :P

Journeyman Geek

15:42

Or bloody furious.

Fabby

That's like the chicken-and-egg dilemma:

Rinzwind

@Fabby he's been in that bloody box since what 1920s?

@Fabby CHICKEN

Fabby

The dinosaurs laid eggs long before there were any chickens!

>:)

Rinzwind

you need a chicken to lay a egg but you do not need a chicken to have something lay an egg

Fabby

@Rinzwind So you were right about the cat and wrong about the chicken!

Rinzwind

15:44

naaa I wanted to be wrong >:)

Fabby

I'm going to remember the one about the cat though!

Rinzwind

very simpel: a chicken once came out of an egg but it was not a chicken egg.

@Fabby :D

Fabby

The chicken evolved more then the egg...

blade19899

@ByteCommander Your profile pic and name has been blurred out with the help of OpenShot, Gimp and this YouTube Tutorial: How to blur or pixelize an area in your videos with OpenShot - Dashcam Steven - YouTube

Fabby

;-) >:)

Rinzwind

15:45

@blade19899 But WE still know it is him

blade19899

Now, i just need to export it, and upload it to YouTube. So, my system is gonna lag like crazy. Bye, Ya'all

@Rinzwind YEp, but others wont ;)

Rinzwind

ooh boat race on the BEEB

@blade19899 I am so gonna twitter it >:D

user136984

@Fabby: Ok, I have written out the draft of the question so when it finally allows me to post it I will give you a ping! :)

Fabby

@0xF2 Never seen it! Fantastic!

@Toroidal :*:*:* >:)

Rinzwind

I dont like the new frontpage :( it is harder to spot the 0 answered questions from the frontpage

wait

god

oli

there must be a reason they are both 3 letters and have an o :=)

Seth

15:50

@Rinzwind I invoke Oli's answer!

You don't have freedom of speech here ;)

Rinzwind

@Seth yes I do. Until Oli says otherwise >:D

Seth

(Funny I would pull out an Oli answer after you claim him as your god lol)

Rinzwind

refers to the starred comment

Seth

@Rinzwind He just did -.-

Rinzwind

@Seth I dont trust you >:D

Seth

15:51

Read the answer! :p

Rinzwind

People with names with 4 letters are dubious people

now people with 3 letters names OWN!

Seth

renames self

Rinzwind

Btw ... it is a conicidence by my real name is Wim >:D

so I own by my own definition >:D

Seth

hahah

Rinzwind

:D

0xF2

15:54

howdy Mitch!

Rinzwind

he wont see that without an @ in front of the name :=)

0xF2

Howdy @mitch!

Mitch

@0xF2 Hello :D

Rinzwind

heya Mitch! :=D

Mitch

@Rinzwind How are you :)

Rinzwind

15:59

still got the flue

4th week now

Mitch

I'll take the flu any day, since I've been diagnosed with Diabetes :(

Rinzwind

dang. what type?

Mitch

Type 2

Rinzwind

So you need to excersise and eat healthy stuff more ;-)

Seth

16:19

@Mitch I'm sorry to hear that Mitch :(

Mitch

@Seth Thanks, I know, but life has to go on, and I'm keeping it under control.

Seth

That's good!

Mitch

@Rinzwind I've been doing so since I found out. I actually dropped about 15lbs.

Nathan Osman

16:57

Unity broke again. I have to do the Ctrl+Alt+F1 trick every time I boot now :(

ByteCommander

It's more a hack than a trick, isn't it?

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