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Seth

00:17

rotfl clientsfromhell.net/post/94333972337/…

Braiam

00:39

@Seth why do I feel like I've heard that before...

maybe the last line....

dammit....

^ like a boss

Andrew

01:19

@Braiam read linuxcertified.info

Is anyone on?

Eliah Kagan

@Andrew Hi. I am, now. For a short while. :)

Andrew

read www.linuxcertified.info

It is good.

@EliahKagan tell me what you think it is only 10 paragrapfs or so

Eliah Kagan

@Andrew Is this a review of linuxcertified.com/linux_laptops.html? (I am/was actually unfamiliar with the "Linux Certified" brand.)

Andrew

linuxcertified.com/linux-ultrabook-lc22plus.html

I have hear of them.... But didn't know that they rip off people

system76.com/laptops/model/galu1

System76 Price $999

Linux junk price is $1199

They look the same laptop

model

Eliah Kagan

"He told me that they would be able to give me back about half of the restocking fee, conditional on me giving them a positive 5 star review online."
That part's quite disturbing.

Andrew

01:31

Yea I even thought about my shelf

It the same laptop model.

They even have the same specs

Eliah Kagan

Anyway, not having heard of that brand before (and having heard good things about some of the other brands mentioned in that article), I would almost certainly not buy from Linux Certified. On the other hand, not having heard of them before, I would probably not have bought from them before reading that article.

@Andrew So that's what I think. :)

Andrew

Same... I was just looking on how many linux OEMs there are

I just wounder on how many people they rip them off and how much?

They don't do it with bigger OEMs because they will probably get sue.

Eliah Kagan

This is unrelated... but would you happen to know if the old-releases server provides arm packages, and if not, where to refer people who need to upgrade (or install software one) an unsupported arm installation of Ubuntu? Looking at the files on the server, like in old-releases.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nginx, suggests the old-releases server does not have those packages. This relates to Are raring arm packages available someplace?

Andrew

I have no idea

Eliah Kagan

Maybe they are there... the thing is, not all packages have arm builds. It looks like nginx wasn't a good choice of package for me to check. archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/n/nginx

Andrew

01:37

IT does post it in the comment

Ask Ubuntu Meta

03:33

0

Q: Are there any memes on AskUbuntu?

Just curious. After reading about the infamous "Boat Programming" question, I wondered if anything like that has existed on AskUbuntu.

Seth

04:17

@AskUbuntuMeta Oh help us, it's happened!

reversiblean

04:44

@Seth what to do with the errors appear on the syslog, can we safely ignore them?

2049 Aug 12 09:23:11 ubuntu kernel: [ 0.106522] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): _SB_.PCI0.USB0._PSW: Object (Integer) must be a control method with 1 arguments (20131115/nsarg uments-147)

This appears on my logs every reboot

Nathan Osman

06:17

Wow.

Over 100K views in 6 days.

Epic question.

Andrew

@NathanOsman Wow!!!!

Nathan Osman

06:32

Inside a Chinese Bitcoin Mine.

That's an interesting read.

Andrew

►

@NathanOsman WOW!!! who can do that?

Rinzwind

07:31

am I correct in assuming this is off topic:

2

Q: I want to modify linux kernel and make iso image of kernel

I'm studying about virtualization. I want to modify a kernel and make a iso image of Ubuntu. Then, I want to load that iso file to qemu. Is it possible and how to do it?

virtualization

Andrew

@Rinzwind I agreed.

Oli

07:54

@Braiam I'll thank you for not editing out the context in my meta posts please...

reversiblean

08:29

can I unplug the computer after suspend?

Andrew

No'

Because there are still things still in the RAM.

@reversiblean does that answer your question?

reversiblean

@Andrew If I suspend to disk?

Andrew

I don't know what that means... but Probably no any ways.

reversiblean

I've heard that you can suspend to ram or the disk. will search for more info about this

Andrew

@reversiblean You want to Hibernate your computer.

33

Q: What is the difference between Hibernate and Suspend

Logout, Restart and Shutdown are all self explanatory to me. What are the differences between Suspend and Hibernate on the shutdown menu?

hibernate suspend

reversiblean

08:42

Yup that's it.

Andrew

@reversiblean en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibernation_(computing) Hiernation is the samething as suspend to disk

reversiblean

@Andrew that answers my question, thanks

Andrew

@reversiblean You are welcome.

fossfreedom

@Andrew umm - yes - you can unplug your laptop after a suspend. The key thing is to not run out of battery power :)

Andrew

08:57

@fossfreedom Yea... But just to be sure, if it is a desktop...

fossfreedom

... then make sure you are using a UPS!

Andrew

@fossfreedom When I think of things like that I think of desktops and not laptops... Althou you can't do it if your battery power is not there.

@reversiblean You can if it is a laptop and make sure it doesn't run out of battery power.

fossfreedom

suspend is something I primarily think as useful only for laptops. Hibernate is better for desktops although in the past hibernate has caused a few issues - somewhat better now but not always perfect.

Andrew

Totally agreed.

@fossfreedom did you know some people overclock their monitor?

fossfreedom

I've heards about overclocking graphics cards - never monitors though.

Andrew

09:04

►

What get me is how can they overclock their res, without losing any detail, because their monitor has a set PPI, and you can't go over it even if you try.

fossfreedom

sounds dubious - smoke and mirrors

Andrew

smoke and mirrors?

Oli

@Andrew They're changing the framerate, aren't they?

Andrew

Yea but some people change their res to be higher.

Oli

But that's silly. Monitors have a physical native resolution.

Andrew

09:09

I know....

I am trying to find the video in my watch history in my youtube account.

►

~3:10

Oli

And by 4 minutes he's saying that you can't do that

Andrew

Yea still.

Some people still do it....

I remember back when I was in 4 grade... the 'ITs' did it to the school monitors at the time.

@oli How I know it was overclock was the taskbar look to small, and every thing too.... until they change the scaling to like 125%.... I don't know what kind of IT they are.

Oli

They're silly people. They're all over YouTube.

Andrew

Silly NO just plain up sutipd who don't know what they are doing.

@Oli try to do that on a 4k monitor.... Isn't going to work... Do you know why?

tweaktown.com/news/38112/…

Rinzwind

@fossfreedom even that can bite you ....

I know a company with a group of women on the workfloor where the power went out and they closed the door to the server cuz it KEPT ON BEEPING.

of course after 1/2 an hour it did stop beeping so all was fine ... untill the power went back on and their screens did not connect to the server :=D

fossfreedom

09:24

tell me about it! trying to ensure the infrastructure team actually testing the batteries to ensure the various UPS's actually does what it should do doesnt go smoothly as it should :/

Andrew

displayport.org

Rinzwind

"Why do we need an UPS. The power never fails here. That's a waste of money"

Pity that power always fails 1 or 2 years later and not right then and there :(

fossfreedom

yep - and its always muggins here who has to clear up the mess afterwards

Andrew

what is UPS?

fossfreedom

its then you find out the maintainer hasnt actually been doing any backups...!

Rinzwind

09:26

@Andrew universal power supply :=D

fossfreedom

UPS=uninterruptible power supply

Rinzwind

or that :D

Andrew

What one is it?

And what is it?

Rinzwind

BUT I DISAGREE that is is "uninteruptable"

fossfreedom

:)

Rinzwind

09:27

@Andrew a battery pack that makes sure the server stays on for a few more "hours"

Andrew

Lol!!!

Rinzwind

so when power fails you get to shut it down properly

fossfreedom

or 30 seconds when the battery is actually flat

Andrew

They are too hungry for power...

Rinzwind

seen that happen more than once @fossfreedom :D

oooh made anohter 200 rep y-day. let's see how far I am

rep cap was reached via rep from upvotes *only* on 34 days
earned at least 200 reputation on 59 days

91 more to go :=D

Andrew

09:30

Oh no... you are too rep hungry

give some of that to the poor...

fossfreedom

@Rinzwind need to give you another hobby - go and code something!

Rinzwind

Luis is EVIL! He is on 66.6k rep

@fossfreedom I am waiting for a mysql table to get filled >:D

Andrew

paste.ubuntu.com/8025123

Good?

fossfreedom

09:58

feel another flag coming up against your name...

Andrew

@fossfreedom Why?

fossfreedom

rizzy has now deleted ... no worries

Andrew

Oh it wasn't for me?

fossfreedom

no

Andrew

So do you like what I am doing?

fossfreedom

10:03

I'm a mouse - cuddly and friendly to all

I like everyone

Andrew

So even fascists who want to kill you from not being their 'race'?

I am making food so If I don't respoon right away that is way!

fossfreedom

on this forum - I'm a nice mouse - even when using a ban-hammer

cup of tea time

Oli

Good call.

Andrew

LOL

Rinzwind

10:21

@fossfreedom as if I care about flags >:-D. Just copying the original title (not the new one...) results in so many usable hits TS is just wasting time :-X

reversiblean

How do i find what caused my system to freeze?

Rinzwind

@reversiblean log files are in /var/log/

reversiblean

I note down the time and check syslogs

Rinzwind

check the files for the date they have been altered

Ask Ubuntu Meta

10:39

0

Q: I think SE is down

I am seeing lots of errors on Ask Ubuntu and I can't get to Se Meta. It looks like this: ![https://imgur.com/NxR74oa][1] and ![https://imgur.com/pPOUamh][2] 1: https://imgur.com/NxR74oa 2. https://imgur.com/pPOUamh

bug

Rinzwind

@tim who cares about SE meta :D :D

Tim

11:04

@Rinzwind Yes, I could still (just) post on Meta here, but it wasn't easy :P I think the whole SE domain was down, and we were almost fine because a lot of our stuff is in Ask Ubuntu domain... We got errors because it does need some remote resources. (I guess, I am not a web dev at all!)

Oli

@Tim I don't think it was, I think it's more likely a DNS issue local to you. I've been able to access everything throughout the life of your meta post.

Andrew

11:24

@oli Agreed

Tim

Oh okay then... Yay :/.

it was only SO that was down, no other sites at all...

Andrew

DNS issure

Tim

okay... what to do if it happens again?

Cool: valuemydomain.name/show.php?url=askubuntu.com

Andrew

Wow

Doesn't work :( the html tag "<script type="text/javascript" src="http://valuemydomain.name/badge.php?url=askubuntu.com"></script>"

Tim

Stack Exchange is 6 million +!

You could add it in your profile maybe?

Andrew

11:37

1,235,530

Tim

sorry, stack overflow is 6.4: valuemydomain.name/show.php?url=stackoverflow.com

Andrew

You will never find a end of a rainbow even if you try... It is like trying to find a end of a circle.

Oli

@Tim Check the various domains through a service-status checker like: downforeveryoneorjustme.com/stackoverflow.com

Andrew

Did you know that the symbol or the logo for Ubuntu is three humans holding hands and is name the ‘Circle of Friends’. ref 1 Because the name Ubuntu is an African phrase meaning "humanity towards others". ref 2.

Rinzwind

11:52

@Andrew tsk

Andrew

tsk means?

Rinzwind

67

A: What's the meaning of the Ubuntu logo? Where does it come from?

Ubuntu means "an ethic or humanist philosophy focusing on people's allegiances and relations with each other". And the logo is a graphical representation of 3 people holding their arms out, making a circle. See these 2 images: So the logo is perfectly describing the word Ubuntu.

@Andrew you really think we did not know that? :=D

Andrew

Most Ubuntu users know that... I tell people on the IRC and they are....

Tim

@Andrew I guess it was a circle of people, but I hadn't made the link to the name... I thiught it represented the community of ubuntu and the foss ness.

Andrew

I didn't know what the symbol name was or what it means until few days ago.

Rinzwind

11:54

@Andrew the original cd had 3 humans on it as you can see in that one ^^

Tim

@oli cool thanks :)

Rinzwind

this user is asking for trouble:

0

Q: Enable php script to delete file

I have Ubuntu 12.04 on my server. I am trying to delete files using a PHP script. but It does not allow me. every time I use unlink it gives me Permission Denied message. I am not allowed to use move_uploaded_file, chmod etc. I have tried to change the folder permission but no luck. So I think ...

server permissions php

Andrew

I knew that but forgotten about it and didn't link it together.

Rinzwind

the 1st one to post "do a chmod -R 777 /var/ should be shot _O-

or at least clubbered

ARGH ANDREW AND TIM

you upvoted me :Z

Tim

oh sorry, that was me... ;)

Rinzwind

11:56

yeah typical

Tim

@Rinzwind lets watch it, and see who does... then we can link to here!

Rinzwind

2 users in chat. I post a link. I get 2 upvotes.

Tim

what's wrong? Do you like 68?

Rinzwind

I did math in school ;)

Andrew

20 things that you should know about Ubuntu

Rinzwind

11:57

@Tim naaa I just believe posting links in chat should refrain ppl from upvoting

now it looks like soliciting upvotes ;-)

Tim

okay yeah ;)

Rinzwind

@Andrew #1 better be "Oli ROCKS"

Tim

Oh look: stackoverflow.com/questions/13507721/…

Andrew

@Rinzwind NO it should be "Rinzwind ROCKS like a rock"

Rinzwind

naa I am #3 in line of rocking

#2 is fossy >:D

Tim

11:58

oǒ'boǒntoō? We should say ubonto?

Andrew

Yea right.

Rinzwind

@Tim posted it as comment to the q ;)

Andrew

@Tim No because it is not how the word is spell

Tim

but that's how it's pronounced...

knife?

knee?

Andrew

Yea

Tim

11:59

women?

ghoti?

Andrew

I totally agreed with you. Words should be spell like how they are pronounced.

Rinzwind

"Ubuntu releases are supported for 18 months. Ubuntu LTS (Long Time/Term Support) releases are supported for 3 years on the desktop, and 5 years on the server."

This aint true anymore(?)

Tim

no, and the latests isn't 11.04...

Andrew

It was witten when it was

Tim

@Andrew I disagree tho, it is funny watching people learn our imposible language ;)

Andrew

12:03

LOL... U bun too

Tim

do you say you-bun-too or oo-bun-too?

When the person who changed american spellings from the english, he sugegsted mixt instead of mixed...

Andrew

LOL

Oli

So to change the subject completely, LiveStream is claiming you can record 16:9 full-res video on an iphone while holding it vertically. Does that mean it's a square sensor?

Rinzwind

@Tim he was dutch? >:-DD

Andrew

@oli that is a joke propbly

Oli

12:06

That was my first thought but I got this directly from them. They're advertising this as a feature.

Andrew

@Oli I think i know it does it.... I think take out a 16:9 radio from the center and scale it to size of full HD.

Oli

Anybody got an iphone and can test?

Tim

But that would lose quality...

Andrew

So it is the same res... not the same ppi

They say nothing for PPI or PPCm

Oli

Well they are. Resolution isn't PPI and screensize like it is with displays, it's a pixel-by-pixel measurement

PPI doesn't affect how many pixels there are, it just defines how big the image will be (if the resolution is fixed)

Andrew

12:10

@Oli yea but if you have a image and scale it up to three times as it size, than it is three times the res.. For bitmaps and not for vectors

I see what you are saying, and yea. It is call false HD

Oli

Technically, but slicing a 16:9 landscape out of a 16:9 1080p (1920×1080) image gives you a 1080×607px frame size. However you scale that you're going to flood the image with artefacts.

Andrew

When you have a image, or a video with the res of HD but it is in reality lower then that.

And that is why I think it is a joke

Tim

it doesn't look like one tho...

Andrew

look up reviews on it and how it works

I think we miss the how point 'vertical Broadcasting for IOS'

Oli

But this is why I wonder if the iPhone sensor is just square (or circular). Given the lens is circular it's projecting a circular image onto whatever the sensor is... It would be really cool if you could take "full" resolution images with it.

Andrew

12:16

No I did because under it, it says 'with out truning your device'

I believe it is circular

►

Oli

Nope, cameraimagesensor.com reckons it 4.89×3.67 mm... How are they doing it >_<

Andrew

Is it a joke?

Oli

I don't think so. They claim it in their iOS app page too.

Andrew

I think the image is just joke... Surly no devs is going to name their software livestream that can be confuss for live stream

@oli do you agreed.

Oli

No, LiveStream is a real company. I got that image from a newsletter I got because I've used their service to watch kittens.

Andrew

12:22

Hah, and it wasn't a spam mail

to just get your money

Oli

Given the app and service are free, I doubt it.

Andrew

Humm.

Tim

ooh you like kittens too? ;)

Rinzwind

@Tim you don't?

Tim

timlawnmowing.moonfruit.com/kittens

Andrew

12:24

My sister just found three of them by the road like 2-5 weeks old... just two days ago

Tim

of course I do!

Andrew

Livestream

Livestream, formerly known as Mogulus, is a live streaming video platform that allows users to view and broadcast video content using a camera and a computer through the internet. It offers a free ad-supported service and multi-tiered premium services. Livestream also offers wireless HD broadcasting in the form of a device combination called Livepack, described as "a satellite television truck in a backpack." In September 2009, Livestream started providing custom channel pages to stream events like concerts from Kina Grannis, Pixie Lott, Eric Gales, David Gray, and Foo Fighters. These pages...

Tim

okay, quickly changed topic there :p

Andrew

for what

Tim

suddenly kittens...

Oli

12:26

Hmm, looking at the camera specs again, the native resolution is 3264×2448, it's just limited in video. I wonder if they've just found a way to get it to record a subsection of pixels in the other plane. You could theoretically take a 2448×1377 16:9 image the wrong way around.

Andrew

itunes.apple.com/us/app/livestream/id493086499?mt=8

@Oli that whould be how

@Oli at first I just thought it was a joke or a sham because it did fail the basic logic test.

Tim

So apple limit to 2448×1377 even the right way round, so they can make that claim?

Oli

@Tim No, I'm saying that's the physical limit. There are software limits too but only in as much as I can't ever remember seeing anybody do this before and that they have to write this file to the device (or over the network) and that has its own physical limitations.

Andrew

Yea very hard to code

Tim

oh okay.

Oli

12:36

SD card readers are the worst.

Andrew

Why?

int_ua

And again the older question with better answers got marked as duplicate of a newer one with just one answer that doesn't have all the alternatives included. askubuntu.com/questions/60389/avahi-error-on-startup

Tim

that looks the right way to me...

askubuntu.com/u/310247 is one to look out for in the edit queue

Oli

Tim

?

Oli

12:44

And in completely unrelated news, new moderation aid! (though I should point out —just in case my FLO ever sees this— that I only moderate pigeons and clay pigeons with this)

Tim

+1 if i could...

flo? newbie here...

Oli

firearms licensing officer

Tim

ahh! I'm in the UK so that doesn't exist...

in fact I don't know anyone who owns a gun...

Oli

I'm in the UK (just down the road from you), that's why they exist :)

And now you do.

Tim

oh do they?

oh cool

so in america they don't?

I've noticed that a lot of the high rep users here are UKians...

Oli

12:48

I'm sure they do for some weapon types but generally speaking it's a lot less work to buy a gun in the US.

I have to show a reason for wanting a gun (pest control and sport) whereas in many states in the US "because I want a gun" is enough.

Tim

yeah... i saw the moms against guns posters - they've banned stuff like kinder eggs but not guns...

what do you mean just down the road?

cambs as well?

Oli

Used to be near Ely, now in South Norfolk.

Tim

imgur.com/a/fKhjx

yeah, south cambs here

Rinzwind

13:14

this might need intervention: askubuntu.com/questions/510248/…

Tim

13:27

I'm gonna struggle here:

0

Q: Are desktop files stores in hard drive?

Hi I'm new to Ubuntu and I do not know much about this OS. The problem I am having is getting access to files on the desktop without booting the OS, I am currently running a 14.04_live according to unetbootin but I currently cannot access the login because I edited /etc/lightdm/light(something I ...

live-usb lightdm

Oli

@Rinzwind Yeah, poor user barely knows how to get a terminal up and they're having a thousand commands thrown at them. Fortunately, I have a bit of history with the device in question so hopefully that'll just work™...

@Tim /proc/ and /sys/ disagree with you.

Tim

oh okay. yeah, but i think i could dumb it down here because he doesn't seem to know much about ubuntu...

Tim

14:00

word of the day: resumption

google.co.uk/search?q=Resumption

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

0

Q: Ubuntu 14.04 can only recognize some of the Windows 7 partitions on my T420

I've had a Windows 7 installed on my ThinkPad T420. There are two NTFS partitions for Windows 7, a "Windows7_OS" and a "Lenovo_Recovery". Meanwhile, there is another partition named "SYSTEM_DRV" which is set to boot the Windows 7 OS. To be more specific, the "Lenovo_Recovery" is not the original...

ubuntu windows

Rinzwind

@Oli cool! :-)

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

14:47

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Q: Dual boot Ubuntu 14.04 and CentOS 7.0

Problem in installing Ubuntu after CentOS 7.0: I have a laptop with a hard disk around 170Gb. After installing CentOS 7.0 I tried to install the Ubuntu 14.04 alongside with the CentOS 7.0. The Ubuntu installer could not recognise the existing CentOS 7.0 and I could not shrink the exisitng drive. ...

ubuntu dual-boot centos7

Ask Ubuntu Meta

15:58

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Q: When I have completed the reviews, I still get the number in the top bar

So today I (unusually) reached the max (20) in the suggested edits queue. As you can see, the orange box refers to the suggested edits queue - confirmed because when I click it goes to the suggested edits queue. So I click on it, it takes me there and... I can't review any, I've already don...

discussion feature-request bug

guntbert

16:33

There is an answer that seriously needs some downvotes:
http://askubuntu.com/a/510344/117103

2

chmod -R 777 ... shudder

Ask Ubuntu Meta

0

Q: Yesterday was 23 hours ago

This should possibly be on Stack Exchange. In all the review queues, the times are a bit wrong. I am posting this close enough to 17:00 BST, so 16:00 UTC. So yesterday was 16 hours ago. I took this screenshot at 15:52 UTC. In my history, I have 2 reviews, done today at 14:00 and 12:00. (2014-0...

feature-request bug

guntbert

"suddenly" the proFormaComments extension (Chromium and Firefox 31.0) refuses to work - no "auto" link any more. Any ideas?

Ask Ubuntu Meta

17:40

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Q: Why is it so difficult to upvote

I recently used this answer to configure a DNS server for my virtual machine network, and I thought the answer went far and above in it's readability and thoroughness. Why can't I vote for this with rep from a different site? This answer to a similar question seems to imply that there are trolls...

discussion

blade19899

18:28

Hase any of you succeeded in compiling banshee 2.9.1 in Ubuntu 14.04?

Been working on it all day, got far but now I got an error which i cant seem to fix

error CS0006: Metadata file /usr/local/lib/cli/gstreamer-sharp-1.0/gstreamer-sharp.dll' could not be found`

Seth

18:44

@guntbert Have you tried uninstalling and re-installing?

That happens sometimes.

Also clean your cookies and cache.

guntbert

@Seth, yes I tried un/reinstalling, and even in a "private" window - I was mainly asking for probable reasons - on this machine it works, on my other two (supposedly identical software) it does not - but cleaning the cache might have come to my mind earlier :-)

ah, I just see - on this browser it is a user script, on the other I have the extension installed - worth a try

No Time

anyone else having problems with flash/shockwave?

I'm getting full system crashes. I can't even Ctrl+Alt+Backspace, or tty out of. I keep having to REISUB, or cycle power.

blade19899

19:08

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Q: How to build Banshee 2.9.1 on Ubuntu 14.04

I am trying to build banshee but i can't get it to compile. I used the banshee Source Tarball, and the banshee github code. Here is a script on what I already did: #!/bin/bash # dependencies sudo apt-get install aptitude sudo aptitude build-dep banshee sudo apt-get install git-core autoconf ...

compiling banshee mono

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

19:33

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Q: Ubuntu: Only Group Members Can Access Disk

Environment Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Desktop 64-bit Problem All members of group vip should be allowed to read,write,execute to a specific disk. Currently, only the logged in user is allowed to access such disk. Question What is the correct way to allow members of group vip to read,write,execut...

ubuntu permissions

Ask Ubuntu Meta

0

Q: Duplicate question request for reconsideration

Upgrading raring to saucy on arm This question is closed as a dup. I claim that Are raring arm packages available someplace? is actually the dup, it's the question that asks 'where are the packages'. Upgrading raring to saucy on arm is a question about a problem that arose after I'd already ta...

discussion specific-question

Seth

@guntbert I'm not sure a reason exists, just happens :-/

Is your script up to date?

There have been a few updates recently.

No Time

Hello Seth

Seth

hello no time.

No Time

I was looking through the election (I am guessing that elected you) but I haven't seen it yet.. It's kinda interesting though

Seth

19:47

@bmargulies Still around?

Nathan Osman

Greetings from SIGGRAPH.

No Time

I don't think so. Hi Nathan Osman

Seth

@NoTime oh?

guntbert

@Seth, yes up to date - I even removed it /installed it afresh from git - well its not a big issue, mostly I am on AU on this (shiny new) machine, and here the script works as intended - I was more thinking of some interferences from other extensions and hoping to get a hint.

Nathan Osman

Lots of really cool tech on display here.

No Time

19:49

@Seth yeah one of the frozen rooms. I wasn't here for any elections, so I wanted to look

@NathanOsman I haven't heard of SIGGRAPH

Nathan Osman

You have now.

Seth

@NoTime ah.

No Time

Were you elected 2013?

Seth

nope, just this year, 2014 :)

askubuntu.com/election/4

No Time

Well that is cool.. I think I signed up 3 months ago or so

Yeah 05 this year.

I gotta go though. I wanted to ask more people about shockwave/flash issues (I am getting full system crashes) and was wondering if anyone else was having the same problems. (On chrome, and firefox)

If you guys do see something like that going on. @Notime me

hbdgaf

19:56

I'm using pepper on chromium and it's pretty stable.

No Time

later

Ok. I'll check it out @hbdgaf later guys

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

21:48

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Q: How can I tease Sonicwall ?

In my college, I can't use the web, because they use Sonicwall network firewalls How can I tease it? For I use all websites in my college? Please see the result when I access a website blocked I already tried use non-proxy but it didn't worked. Thanks!

ubuntu firewall proxy

Andrew

22:14

Ubuntu is an ancient african word, meaning "I can't configure Debian"

urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ubuntu

I didn't knew that!!!

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

23:04

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Q: How to copy-merge two directories?

I have two directories images and images2 with this structure in Linux: /images/ad /images/fe /images/foo ... and other 4000 folders and the other is like: /images2/ad /images2/fe /images2/foo ... and other 4000 folders Each of these folders contain images and the directories' names under imag...

ubuntu directory file-copy

Bernmeister

I sent some feedback/questions to AskUbuntu via askubuntu.com/contact last week and have not yet had a reply. Is that the best way to contact the moderators/admins?

Luis

@Bernmeister hi, what can I help you with?

No Time

guys with huge rep seem to have questions that are huge (as in votes)...

Luis

@NoTime How dare them!

Bernmeister

@Luis: I'd been retagging a lot of questions in the last couple of weeks. A user made a few comments (that were rather goaded) and I wanted clarification. I can give you the links to the two questions in particular if need be, or resubmit my feedback somewhere else. All I wanted to know is if I was doing the right thing or breaking some policy (and to determine if the comments made by the user are offensive and should be reported).

No Time

23:16

I'll slink into corner for a bit tille this is taken care of

Luis

@Bernmeister please do.

Bernmeister

@Luis: I'd been retagging questions with deprecated tags, specifically 'installation' to 'system-installation' or 'software-installation' or whatever is relevant). As my changes need review, I couldn't tell what I'd changed from looking at the search results so I did it in batches - first the newest questions and then the oldest questions and then back again.

@Luis: As ALL the retags had been approved I assumed it was the right thing to do, until I got comments at the tops of these two questions: askubuntu.com/q/3201/67335 and askubuntu.com/q/571/67335. So...should I have retagged? I ignored this user but if I retag again I want to direct him/her to something more formal.

Luis

@Bernmeister let us continue the chat in: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/16390/…

Seth

@Bernmeister That link is for contacting SE directly, they get a lot of emails so it can take some time.

No Time

23:32

whats KDE Unity GNOME XFCE called again.. is it like window manager, desktop manager.. I can't remember proper name

Seth

Desktop environment.

No Time

ok thanks

trying to find questions on AU

Luis

Desktop Environment

No Time

I got a double Orange Diamond answer. :)

Not sure I understand how this error message would come up:
`mount: mounting /dev on /root/dev failed: no such file or directory`

On someone elses question

Why would they be mounting to root?

doesn't it go to '/' first not '/root'

Seth

scratches head /root?

well whatdayaknow.

No Time

23:41

askubuntu.com/review/first-posts/305908

Seth

/root does exist.

Never noticed that folder before.

No Time

just.. why would devices... maybe in middle of session he went to root and halted system?

Seth

haha, I never realized root's home folder was /root.

I'd never thought about it, although I knew it wasn't in /home/root.

No Time

I know he needs to change command to gparted. Yeah me either

I am having trouble speaking English

the person who reviewed that did 'No Action Needed'....

There was a bunch wrong with it.

Seth

like?

No Time

23:54

The commands gpart, are not correct, the image size was super small. grammar (these are a few results, but lists only one)

gotta go

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