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7:06 PM

I bet @Zacharee1 reaches 20k before me

@DavidCole-GrammarPolice Gui is overrated

-.-

@KazWolfe were you here when david totally lost it

XD

@edwinksl don't think so

7:07 PM

It was funny

:3

find me a dupe target anyone? askubuntu.com/questions/823390/…

Can someone translate that to english

@Zanna my first effort didn't find anything. i did come across something eliah kagan wrote, so i am guessing that was what you were talking about

I don't know hwo 2 fxi thsi. PLZ HELP OR IM GOIGN bACk to wNidOWs

ZACH :D

I FIXED UBUNTU

oh nvm joker beat me to it lol

7:13 PM

O shit

Ubuntu Desktop got removed O_O

um

@edwinksl ah no the Eliah Kagan thing was totally unrelated... possibly that one could be duped to "how do I install Ubuntu" but maybe one of those answers will land an upvote

postfix configuration: no configuration or Internet Site?

@Zanna closest i got askubuntu.com/questions/795648/…

@AaronHall for what?

mail server or just a local machine?

7:14 PM

Installing emacs build dependencies

internet site then

What's the diff?

internet site allows postfix to function as an MTA. Send/receive mails.

Not configuring it leave it, well, unconfigured.

Typically packages need postfix to send/receive messages to/from users of the system.

@edwinksl nice! thanks! but this person just wants to create a dual boot system afaik, nothing special

If someone could tell me what that means XD

I'd appreciate it <3

7:18 PM

Settings Daemon is gone

How do I get them back :3

@Zanna jonascz did mention plain old dual boot in his answer

hey when you run sudo /path/to/shell/script.sh, does the shell script itself run as sudo, or is the interpreter?

@Zacharee1 If daemon is gone how do I reinstall it

You should run the classic sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get install -f && sudo dpkg --configure -a

7:22 PM

Nothing installed.

root@david-desktop:~# sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get install -f && sudo dpkg --configure -a
Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Ign:4 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Get:5 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release [1,189 B]
Get:6 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release.gpg [916 B]

brb

@edwinksl fine :)

@DavidCole-GrammarPolice hmm. Then sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

@Zanna i am okay with leaving it open though

then I'm fine with that too @edwinksl

configure: error: The following required libraries were not found:
     libpng
Maybe some development libraries/packages are missing?
If you don't want to link with them give
     --with-png=no
as options to configure

this is weird, because I've installed libpng-dev which installed libpng12-dev

7:25 PM

@Zanna well then you should have written an answer while you could... now it's too late :P

@edwinksl boring question, don't want to answer :)

Im back

GASP

ZANNA NOT WRITING ANSWERS?!

WAT

david@david-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
[sudo] password for david:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
ubuntu-desktop is already the newest version (1.361).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

configure: WARNING: Your version of Gtk+ will have problems with
       closing open displays.  This is no problem if you just use
       one display, but if you use more than one and close one of them
       Emacs may crash.
       See bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85715

also ^^^

7:28 PM

@Zacharee1 Seems to work after a reboot

ok then

I wish I could tell you what I did to fix it

but I have 0 clue

That's computers

hmmm

some of my .desktop files are asking for my sudo password now :/

idk

7:30 PM

Im just happy I can keep my files :D

@DavidCole-GrammarPolice next time remember to backup before upgrading :P

Pops some bubbly for @DavidCole-GrammarPolice

IanC

afternoon!

hahah yea @edwinksl

or separate your files

7:31 PM

or you could yolo like i do but don't complain when it backfires ;)

backup your files.

@edwinksl TSVUT

before you do anything else.

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@edwinksl Tú Solamente Vives Uno Tiempo

7:33 PM

@Zacharee1 wow no wonder my google search wasn't turning up anything relevant

lolz

i kid though. i do backup continuously.

Hello

I'm here to ruin lives.

relevant username

lol

7:35 PM

@NVidia Im comin for you

like that'll happen...

will year of linux desktop come before year of amd graphics

It'll happen as soon as we release stable drivers for versions 16

which won't ever happen

Exactly ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

7:39 PM

@Zacharee1 nice revision to remove screenshots... is it time to fite askubuntu.com/posts/823395/revisions

Wow

fitting conversation ^^

ooops

@DavidCole-GrammarPolice you sure AMD is not your sockpuppet?

Ignore my edits @edwinksl and @KazWolfe :p

Ive only got 1 PC :P

7:40 PM

I clicked something I shouldn't have

She couldn't add the images in because not enough rep, and she edited the post.

@Zacharee1 forever remembered by the internet

leeeel

@KazWolfe to remove them

@edwinksl I am no ones sock puppet

@KazWolfe ah, i see

7:42 PM

omg those images are huge

hang on, lemme resize

they're fine

hello

Any way to access Ubuntu files from Windows?

not really

you can install an EXT driver, but that's typically not a good idea

Could I mount /home in an NTFS partition?

7:44 PM

all better

@DavidCole-GrammarPolice yes but no

@KazWolfe tag war askubuntu.com/posts/823403/revisions

@AMD u 'avin' a giggle m8

Ya I am

You probably use nvidia @Zacharee1

Yes

Should use AMD

7:47 PM

@AMD I get 4x the performance of a desktop AMD with my entry level laptop NVIDIA

so no, no it's fine

why do you have a desktop amd

@edwinksl my friend does. I also do for my server, but it's Ubuntu 16.04, so not much there

that triple ping to fix typo

@edwinksl ping!!!

Now I won't be able to send messages for 5 minutes :p

@Zacharee1 anyway i am going to copypasta link to your amd q&a whenever i see someone ask about amd in r/ubuntu

7:51 PM

woot woot

@AMD Hello, my CPU.

sigh askubuntu.com/questions/823403/…

is OP really talking about 900 freaking Hz?

or is it a serious typo and OP really meant 900 MHz???

idk

If it's GPRS, it's 900MHz

who the hell transmits at 900 Hz

7:54 PM

no one

They said GPRS

yeah must be 900 MHz. learn the goddamn units ffs

that is 6 orders of magnitude difference

also hearing vs not-hearing

when you find a tab you opened 2 days ago on a question you meant to answer but got distracted and forgot all about!

lol

shame steeldriver is not here to see the wall really hehehe

8:02 PM

@Zanna i have 8 windows open with suspended tabs. those are things i have left on the backburner for weeks now.

oh me too @edwinksl but usually answering a question is something to do as a priority

nobody had answered it though!

6 more edits till 200

I hope the review quene is alive

@Zanna i think because it wasn't tagged command-line

haha should I edit?

"NOTE: I am only 11 years old, and though I do know a lot about the terminal and stuff, please don't get way too complicated! Thank you so much! :)"

11 yo? huh. does SE have a minimum age policy?

8:06 PM

well at least someone admits it

@Zanna yeah why not :P

@Zacharee1 yeah i was definitely not using blender-like things when i was 11

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tsk tsk tsk

my command-line brings all the boys to yard

and their like "my tag is better than yours"

@Edity oh well

8:07 PM

@Edity THEYRE PLS

i am going to exercise my editing privilege to remove that info in the post

how kind

and im like "BRO PLEASE"

@edwinksl useful use of privilege

@Zanna useful use of useful privilege

8:09 PM

@Zacharee1 GASP

@edwinksl PSAG

lol

Now I want paneer for some reason

Saag paneer

@Zacharee1 I like our new editing tags inline privilege, pretty neat no?

oh wat

8:10 PM

I find seeing deleted posts kind of disturbing... it's like there's zombies everywhere

@Zanna Pooooointssss

oooh

tag editing fun

To "cool down" xD askubuntu.com/users/591371/lord-kife

isn't it

What did he ask about again? I wanna see the question again

idk how to find deleted questions tbh

well I search my browsing history

but idk what the question was called

8:14 PM

askubuntu.com/help/badges/3/editor?userid=591371

no idea

(post deleted)

ohohoho

nice work @Edity

noice

8:15 PM

:D

@Zanna dat title tho

> Sure but I can just make a new account. Not like it doesn't take 3 clicks to do

can u see it?

darn

dun dun dun

dat title doe O_O

that's not the title ;p

@Seth is this guy IP-banned?

8:17 PM

no thanks to ****** admins

so yes you can see it

(I just did * for swearing)

Page not found

the title

haha first thing you think of doing with your mod privs is digging up that trash

Lots to go till 10K

8:18 PM

What was the title D:

it was deleted for reasons guys

:((

@Zanna yeah, but if he comes back...

it's D-DAY

and NUKE-day

@DavidCole-GrammarPolice you can see it in Edity's link askubuntu.com/help/badges/3/editor?userid=591371

8:19 PM

although it's deleted

(post deleted or otherwise unavailable)

the 10k land sure sounds fun

wheeee

@Zanna let's go delete questions

O_O

askubuntu is in the WayBack Machine

duh

8:21 PM

do you know what this means

@edwinksl you're gonna love it...

cool, i will find out in a few years

lol

I'm not sure how anyone managed before you had 3k @edwinksl every closed Q has your vote on it, and how did anything ever get edited before you had 2k? You make this place

WOOHOO! Askubuntu Beta TM!

8:25 PM

@Zanna there was videonauth

but then poof

just like kos

wow

askubuntu beta was fancy

@edwinksl oh yeah... you came to the rescue then

@Zacharee1 maybe kos didn't like the 6.9k he lost from the purge

heh

no, life

8:28 PM

and this was called "general"

I should really be doing homework

@Zanna i am getting lazy though. luchnacho is making a lot of edits, so we are still good :P

Can we go back to this web.archive.org/web/20101013061123/http://askubuntu.com

The Question button is so obvious

me thinks it is a good idea to let people who want the +2 to do the edits and we can just approve or improve them

we neeeeeed that

8:31 PM

WE NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED that

omg

@Zacharee1 the wayback machine always takes so long to load for me

The chat troller still mostly works

isitjuzmi

undefined LOL

8:31 PM

@edwinksl I clicking it 5 minutes ago and it's still loading :p

@edwinksl Wayback takes me 5 second to load, ja.

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Any German speakers in the house? askubuntu.com/questions/823438/…

@edwinksl I agree with this but I also think editing is an all-hands on deck task - not enough users with <2k do it for us to lay down our virtual red pens

hmm I fear all the Germans have gone to bed @ElderGeek

:-)

yeah i haven't heard from the germans the past couple of hours

8:35 PM

@ElderGeek edit pending

did it

@Edity It doesn't seem so.

oh it got applied now ^_^

@Zanna that's true. though i think overly quick editing by >2k users discourages <2k users from editing. so if we slow down a bit, we might actually see more <2k editors do the necessary ~~janitorial~~ editing work

@Edity Thank you!

Your welcome ^_^

8:38 PM

grr

Sorry zach :(

when I got 2k I thought I might miss the +2 from edits, but it's never crossed my mind, the freedom to edit is fantastic!

@Zanna I still think we should get +x from other reviews

@edwinksl Oh, I don't know. I've done plenty of editing, and had posts edited as well. I think no matter who you are or what your rep is if you see something that needs it you should do it.

cause then we'll actually do them

8:42 PM

@Zanna i strongly prefer the freedom to edit than wait for someone to approve and give me +2, but i doubt this is how most people feel

@ElderGeek I agree with this, it needs doing and we should all do what we can

@Zacharee1 I disagree because reviewing work can't be meaningfully evaluated by the community... you only get rep for what can be peer reviewed, and that's right imo

@Zanna not necessarily for edits, but for things like CVs from the queue, Recommended deletion, etc

all the things that need other reviewers

discussion reputation review vote-to-close

tricky. i am sure someone had proposed this on MSE before.

-11

Q: Reputation for close votes

Since I have the right to vote to close questions while reviewing I observe that the number of "Close Votes"-questions is raising. Why not getting reputation for voting to close? For example for 5 votes get 1 rep. Why not activating this temporarily until the counter of "close votes" has gone do...

heh

James Tobin

lol

8:57 PM

@edwinksl I agree with the voters, it's a baaaad idea

@Zacharee1 nope, like I say, those actions can't be meaningfully reviewed - you could easily just click the delete button 100 times to get as much rep as possible without reading anything

or VTC everything

@Zanna you should only get the rep if it is actually closed