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Terrance

00:00

As far as I have seen, yes. My phone is rumored to get the Android 6 update early 2016

Zacharee1

So then you get the Google Services installer and it should work

The Note 4 (my phone) is supposed to get it late Feb 2016, so around the same time

The problem I see with that is how Verizon is taking so long with 5.1.1. Who knows how long 6.0 is going to take?!

Terrance

Reddit was the place I was looking. Didn't look too promising.

GeoMint

@Zacharee1 youtube.com/watch?v=N8ngpJqe2ko

Terrance

@Zacharee1 That is a good question on how long it will take. Sprint for me takes a while too!

Zacharee1

@Terrance Sprint was the first to give 5.1.1 for the Note 4. They're ahead of the game

Terrance

00:02

@Zacharee1 Yeah, but my Galaxy S5 is still 5.0

Zacharee1

Verizon, meanwhile, has yet to even release a patch for Stagefright 2.0

GeoMint

@Zacharee1 is V2 costs $500 + ?

Terrance

I just got the StageFright update today! :P

Zacharee1

@Terrance I don't think the S5 had the problems that the Note 4 has

Or at least not as bad

@GeoMint idk

Terrance

@Zacharee1 Probably not.

GeoMint

00:03

its too good to be cheap

Zacharee1

I have less than 7 hours of idle battery life (pretty minimal install), huge lag issues, overheating, service drops, and issues I can't even think of right now

And I have it relatively good

GeoMint

indiegogo.com/projects/saygus-v-squared#/story

Zacharee1

Some people can't get 5 hours out of their Notes

Terrance

I think my S5 gets close to 6 hours with heavy usage. Saturday, I think I got 5 - 6 before I had to put it in Ultra Power Saving Mode.

Zacharee1

@Terrance See, that's what I could get on KitKat. Since I'm a minimal-moderate user, I could get three days out of it

Now that 5.0 is here, I get maybe 2/3 of a day

Terrance

00:07

@Zacharee1 WOW! That was awesome to get that long!

Zacharee1

SERIOUSLY

And 5.1.1 gets it back up there!

But Good Ol' Verzion Just Has To Keep The Release Away

Terrance

I am staying patient with my updates. Hopefully they will come soon. My friend updated his Nexus to Android 6, and the battery life is insane on it.

Zacharee1

I know. My friend has the same phone and he can get a WEEK out of it

This phone just gets better and better

Terrance

It's crazy!

Zacharee1

Waterproof for 30 mins at 1 meter, Kevlar casing, fingerprint reader, double SD AND double SIM at the same time

Stereo front-facing speakers

Terrance

00:12

@Zacharee1 I know. I really need to talk to my sister and find out what is taking him sooo long to get the thing out.

Zacharee1

I think I might be able to forgive the screen resolution if it ever actually come out

@Terrance probably production contracts and demand graphs and stuff like that

Terrance

Maybe

Zacharee1

lagless beaming

COME ON

This is better than the Note 4, even with the so-so screen!

camera button, that's nice. So I don't accidentally take a picture when I want to turn my volume down

Terrance

:D

Zacharee1

Three Mics?!?!

Terrance

00:16

Can't think of why you would need 3. But there has to be a good reason for it. =)

Zacharee1

Better phone calls?

Maybe?

¯_(ツ)_/¯

?

Terrance

Maybe.

Zacharee1

Better audio stuff

But I really like the idea of the speakers

Oh yeah, reversible USB 3.0 charger!

pls reles

Serg

Happy "Get Sick during Finals week" season , guys !

Zacharee1

Lol, my finals were two weeks ago

GeoMint

00:18

Its waterproof, shutterproof, 2.5Ghz Snapdragon 801, 3GB RAM, 64GB Internal = BEAST

Zacharee1

Now, if I could stop typing "may" instead of "my" that would be great

@GeoMint Yes

YESYEYSYEYSYEYSYEYSYEYSYEYSYEYSYEYSYEYSYEYS

Yes

Found a bug in @NathanOsman 's script

GeoMint

It passes my budget...

Nathan Osman

Oh?

Terrance

The Sony Xperia Z5 has similar specs, but like half the phone and it is released as far as I know.

GeoMint

But worth every cent

Serg

00:20

@Zacharee1 I've had one today, and enjoying sore throat since yesterday . . .

Zacharee1

@NathanOsman If you send a message too quickly and it brings up the try again thing, but you send another message before you try again, the chat bubbles will stay below the message that needed to be resent instead of the one you send before you try again

GeoMint

@Terrance you can get a v2 from indiegogo campaign

Zacharee1

@GeoMint Not right away

@Serg :P

The only thing I ever get is a cold

And I've had remarkably few this year

Terrance

@GeoMint Not that I know of yet. But I am going to try to find out what is taking so long to get these phones out.

Nathan Osman

@Zacharee1 hmmm... that's an obscure one. But thanks for finding it.

Zacharee1

00:21

It's not like I was looking :P

GeoMint

i wait 1 month to get to 300€ to buy

Zacharee1

I can't believe you actually understood what I said

Nathan Osman

I've just lost all Google apps on my phone with the latest Cyanogen update.

GeoMint

Does OnePlusX is really for sale. i didn't understand their invite system

Zacharee1

@NathanOsman whoohoo

Serg

00:22

@GeoMint youhave to have account on oneplus.net

and get invite through email

Zacharee1

@GeoMint It's weird. You have to have an invite, then you can buy it and then you get two invites to give to someone else. There's a subreddit where people give out extra invites they have

Serg

That's how I got my OnePlus Two, only I don't have the account, i used ,my friends' :p

GeoMint

@NathanOsman play.google.com/apps Press "My apps"

Zacharee1

@GeoMint Every default Google app isn't included on Cyanogen, including the Play Store and Play Services. You have to get a special Play Services Pack that you flash to the phone so you can use Google stuff

GeoMint

@Serg but they say the invite is for 1 day... and how long you waited for 1+ 2 ?

Ohhh :/ @NathanOsman you can still download f-droid.org

Serg

00:25

@GeoMint my friend has been scarring me that I have to wait for a month or so, but I only waited about 2 weeks. But I'm in the US, so they probably have more suppliers here in the US than in Greece

Nathan Osman

I can probably reflash the apps, but that's still annoying.

GeoMint

1 month is ok. worth the time

Serg

Have to go home . . . . and to bathroom . . . this sickness makes me run to bathroom every 20 mins

-_-''' i dont know how i made through the exam

GeoMint

@Serg how did you go on exam? I mean you wrote OK?

Zacharee1

@GeoMint teamandroid.com/gapps

@Serg ergh

GeoMint

00:28

@Zacharee1 this is proprietary . F-Droid is Free Software

Zacharee1

@Terrance you need to find out what technology the screen is: IPS or OLED.

@GeoMint But it gives you the Google framework

GeoMint

true

Zacharee1

That's what most people want

Maps, Camera (some devices), App Store, Chrome

Nathan Osman

Yeah. I need the Play Services app.

Terrance

@Zacharee1 I'll find out

Zacharee1

00:29

@Terrance thx

GeoMint

some of the phones in greece (TurboX) from Plaisio Store, didn't have Play Store preinstalled :P

Terrance

=)

Zacharee1

If it's OLED, idc about it being only 1080p

@GeoMint nice

Journeyman Geek

@Zacharee1 computer screen?

Zacharee1

@JourneymanGeek Phone screen

Journeyman Geek

00:30

ahh

Zacharee1

I'd like to see an OLED computer screen

Journeyman Geek

then I know very little

@Zacharee1 as would I

Zacharee1

OLED is pretty nice

Journeyman Geek

tho IPS/4k is awesome

Zacharee1

My Note 4 has it

GeoMint

00:30

i go to sleep

Zacharee1

@GeoMint goodnight

GeoMint

@Serg hope* to speak tomorrow

:)

Journeyman Geek

(and I'm buying a second 4k screen once I get employed again)

Zacharee1

Can you buy me one too? :P

Nathan Osman

My phone has a 2K AMOLED display :P

Journeyman Geek

00:32

@Zacharee1 nope ;p

I could actually buy the second screen now (I saved virtually all the money I made working) but it wouldn't be prudent :(

Zacharee1

@JourneymanGeek Then you could get me one with the money you get when you get a job! :P

Nathan Osman

@JourneymanGeek I can totally relate to that.

Journeyman Geek

;p

Zacharee1

@NathanOsman 1080p?

Journeyman Geek

@NathanOsman and practically all the money I spent was on hardware ;p

Zacharee1

00:34

@NathanOsman I think I have you beat with 2.5k AMOLED.

Wait, are you on Samsung?

Nathan Osman

@Zacharee1 1440p.

Zacharee1

This has a duplicate somewhere, I just know it:

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Q: Kubuntu 15.10 install on Win7

Is it possible to install Kubuntu 15.10 on my win7 Acer laptop? Do I need a previous version of kubuntu or will it install with a dual boot? Thanx, Dann.

@NathanOsman that's 2.5k

2560x1440

Nathan Osman

I have a Motorola Nexus 6.

Zacharee1

oh

@NathanOsman Lucky you on Marshmallow

Week's worth of battery

lol: androidcommunity.com/…

user139252

@Zacharee1 I've done some work on my server

Zacharee1

00:39

@HeatherBrown what have you done?

user139252

Played with world edit and tnt

Nathan Osman

As of the last Cyanogen update, yes, I'm on Marshmallow.

Up until today I was on lollipop.

Zacharee1

@HeatherBrown oh fun

@NathanOsman look at this

Everything highlighted is wondering when 5.1.1 is coming

The thing circled in red and highlighted is an issue with 5.0.1

Nathan Osman

Gotta love Verizon.

Zacharee1

ikr

@HeatherBrown how powerful is your computer?

@HeatherBrown I've made a modded server (custom modpack, ~111 mods) on the same IP, port 28960

Meanwhile: xda-developers.com/…

And it has the middle finger!

Serg

00:54

@GeoMint i think i did ok, got 60- 70%. I am sure i will pass , because i got 90% on other exams. So I'm safe

Zacharee1

Anyone else here use Mega.nz?

Serg

Dropbox here

Zacharee1

MEGA gives you 50GB free

Serg

Cool.....though i aint got no reason to get that much cloud storage

Zacharee1

photos?

Serg

01:16

Eh, not that many photos in recent years

Nathan Osman

I have a 50GB box.com account.

Zacharee1

@NathanOsman free?

Nathan Osman

Yeah, but it was a special promo I think.

Zacharee1

Surdoc gives 100GB free for a year, then goes down to 50GB

@NathanOsman huh

@NathanOsman Oh wait, I have the same thing lol

Nathan Osman

:P

Zacharee1

01:19

I have 2 Dropbox, a MEGA, a Copy.com, a Box, 2 OneDrive, and a Surdoc

There may be more

Nathan Osman

I have a Copy account too. I never use it though.

Zacharee1

They're pretty nice

I honestly only use it to sync my schoolwork

Nathan Osman

I have something really neat though - a Backblaze B2 account.

They offer the cheapest cloud storage of anywhere.

Still in private beta, I think.

Zacharee1

hmm

Oh, and 2 Google Drives

Nathan Osman

I use Google Drive a fair bit. Forgot about that.

Zacharee1

01:22

So did I (obviously) :P

Seth

I have 35GB of OneDrive storage sheepish smile

Zacharee1

30GB here

How many referrals did you do? :p

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: How should executables installed under /opt be added to the path?

Can programs installed under /opt be safely symlinked into /usr/local/bin, which is already in the PATH by default in Ubuntu and other Linux distros? Alternatively, is there some reason to create a separate /opt/bin and add that to the PATH, as in this answer: Difference between /opt/bin and /o...

linux ubuntu software-installation directory-structure fhs

Seth

none.

At least, none that I know of.

Zacharee1

Then how?

Seth

01:25

No idea. I joined it early, back when they gave 25GB of storage but I don't know where the other 10 came from.

Zacharee1

Probably camera storage

Although I do have 1TB on one account...

Seth

That's possible.

Nathan Osman

github.com/nathan-osman/clicrypt

@Seth you might be interested in that ---^

Zacharee1

01:39

ugh

Stupid Windows

Torch slowed down to the point where I could no longer interact, so I tried closing and reopening, but somehow managed to open a blank window, then my old session on top, still unresponsive. So I killed the process and then lost my session, with no Restore button

And I had to reboot because it was still slow

Seth

@NathanOsman ooh, yes, I am.

Thanks!

Nathan Osman

NP.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website in body: Driver problem with SMC 2662W and 11 Mini USB Corega by Ricardo Velasco on askubuntu.com

Zacharee1

Screenshot.net is blacklisted?

Journeyman Geek

@Zacharee1 yeah

they spam a lot.

Zacharee1

01:53

?

whoa: C_C

Emoticon

yay

Nathan Osman

Getting gapps working is tricky...

I end up with a "Setup Wizard has stopped working" error and it keeps restarting.

I'm going to try reflashing both.

Ravan

@Zacharee1 o/

Zacharee1

hi

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

02:08

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Q: Massive disk corruption on Ubuntu 15.10 with dm-crypt + LUKS full disk encryption?

I suspect there's a bug in Ubuntu's default whole disk encryption setup. Here's what happens, repeatably: I make a fresh install, Ubuntu 15.10 with whole disk encryption, overwriting the whole disk It boots and seems to work just fine A few reboots later, programs start crashing. "Ubuntu has e...

ubuntu luks dm-crypt

Ravan

@Zacharee1 did you observed anything here?

imgur.com/bKEBJai

Zacharee1

@UL I read disk with a c instead of s

I need sleep

Ravan

Zacharee1

@Ravan ?

Seth

Community Council election results! Our own @MarcoCeppi too :-)

5

Zacharee1

02:10

What about it?

Ravan

The reputation is more dark

Mateo

anyone know how to keep the gnome message tray always up? the on screen keyboard dosnt trigger in browsers, and the button on the tray can't be triggered because the area to activate can't be triggered with this touch screen

Seth

@Ravan yes, they changed that overnight. See: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/270461/…

Zacharee1

@Ravan I don't see it

Ohhh

Ravan

@Seth Hello :)

yeah

Mateo

02:19

hmmm, oh well going to use a chrome plugin...

Seth

lol, CBS was dubbing bird songs into its golf tournaments xD

Nathan Osman

This phone is really messed up now.

Everything is crashing, Play Services won't sign in, no Google apps are working.

ಠ_ಠ

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: How to delete Ubuntu without damaing another Linux distro?

I have 3 partitions on my computer they're dual-boot, Red Hat, Ubuntu & Windows 8. I want to get rid of Ubuntu and keep Red Hat & Windows 8. What would be the safest route to achieve my goal.

linux ubuntu grub2

Zacharee1

@NathanOsman Is this the 12.1 update?

Nathan Osman

Nope, 13.

I think it might be related to the new permissions.

Ravan

02:31

Is "unaccept" is a correct word?

Nathan Osman

Yes.

Zacharee1

No

At least according to Chrome's spellcheck

Ravan

o_O

I not even find it here wordhippo.com/what-is/the-opposite-of/accept.html

Zacharee1

It isn't a verb

You can "not accept," but you can't "unaccept."

oooh, pretty: sonymobile.com/global-en/products/phones/xperia-z5-premium-dual/…

Ravan

AH? I remember I used many a times the word "unaccept" which is a mistake? o_O

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

02:36

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Q: I think Ubuntu messed up my EFI. I'm in over my head

So, installing Ubuntu was a breeze. Make a bootable thumb drive, restart, hold alt, boot into it. But Ubuntu isn't for me, so I thought I'd try Mint. If I reboot and hold alt, I get a few choices to boot from. If I take out the thumb drive one of them disappears, and if I put it in it reappea...

ubuntu efi

Zacharee1

What was the context?

Ravan

When I type it shows red line (spellcheck) for "unaccept"

Zacharee1

Yeah, but how have you used it before?

Ravan

The sentence is: " I asked him to unaccept the answer"

or atleast: Please unaccept it

Nathan Osman

Yeah, that's correct.

Zacharee1

02:42

Oh, well then yes, it's correct. You're using it in a slang form

But in general, it isn't

Nathan Osman

I've just gone through the permissions granted to each app on this phone and fixed them all. Now I'm rebooting. This phone had better work afterwards.

Zacharee1

:P

Hmm, I just had a thought

Nathan Osman

It was no small task to fix the Setup Wizard.

ARGH. This stupid thing.

Zacharee1

Samsung is doing its best to get the Note 4 from shelves.

Nathan Osman

I might have to do a factory reset. ಠ_ಠ

Zacharee1

02:45

Because no one is buying the Note 5

@NathanOsman why not just go with stock?

It seems carriers are employing methods to get rid of it and force users to the 5. Sprint stopped sales in August and people who broke their phones received Note 5s from their insurance.

Maybe Verizon's lack of an update for the Note 4 is their way of making users go to the Note 5

Mateo

because, they can stop you from tethering on stock

Nathan Osman

@Zacharee1 I prefer the customization capabilities with Cyanogen.

Besides, I can't use the stock kernel anyway.

Mateo

cyanogen, it all looks the same it is just data

Zacharee1

@Mateo Most unofficial tethering apps work without root, and the rest usually work with root. Tethering also comes in most plans now.

@NathanOsman why not?

Nathan Osman

@Zacharee1 You can't gain root.

Zacharee1

02:48

@NathanOsman on a Nexus device you can't get root?

Nathan Osman

With 6.0, apparently not without a custom kernel.

Mateo

extra on mine, its arbitrary because they want to sell more hotspot devices, and extra plans

Zacharee1

huh

Kubuntu Touch is a thing?

Mateo

erg, typing on phone

yep

plasma-mobile.org

they built it off of Ubuntu touch looks like, runs the apps too

Zacharee1

Looks better than Plasma Desktop

Mateo

02:53

remember what they tried for a tablet?

Nathan Osman

I can't even get Titanium Backup to work.

Imma probably have to nuke this thing.

Mateo

basically everything in widget mode - was called plasma active

Zacharee1

gtg

sleepy time :p

Nathan Osman

Alright, time to start from scratch again.

Seth

BWAHAHAHA. That reaction.

then they rickrolled them all at the end xD

Nathan Osman