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02:22

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I will be making a C++ app which will need to contact a website. I do not know how to do this. I have installed Code::Blocks as an IDE. It is my understanding that I will also need to install something along the lines of Boost or cURLpp. Before I start attempting to install one, I would like som...

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02:46

How much benefit does increasing memory RAM have on the system http://askubuntu.com/questions/99136/how-much-benefit-does-increasing-memory-ram-have-on-the-system #64bit

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on January 28, 2012 at 2:25 AM

Bruno Pereira

03:20

3

back at 75% ;)

jokerdino

we are firing on all cylinders!

Jacob Johan Edwards

03:32

Dream outcome: 80% for 12.04. Then we draw in enough new users to drop down to 60%.

jokerdino

I am pretty sure we won't drop all the way to 60%..

Or at least that is what I hope.

Jacob Johan Edwards

Eh, I don't know. It's like an RPG. Level up, move to a new zone. Get whupped and start grinding again.

=D

jokerdino

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A: How can I re-enable the global menu in Firefox?

After manually installing all of your extensions, I could replicate your "bug". After disabling and enabling the extensions and trying out different combinations, I was able to find out the offending extension. The "InstantFox" extension is what is preventing the global menu from enabling. If you...

I have nailed it. :D

WarriorIng64

03:54

Hi guys!

jokerdino

Hi!

WarriorIng64

Hey, this question came up...the tags are awful, but I can't find anything better. Have any ideas?

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Q: Does Ubuntu have any comic/anime/manga/series about it

As some communities have their own Comic, Manga, Anime, TV Series, does Ubuntu have one related to it, to the developers, the Ubuntu scenario or something related to it.

11.10 fun

jokerdino

meta post!

community might be a better tag though. remove 11.10, fun and add community,.

WarriorIng64

Looking at the description for "community" though, it doesn't seem like it would fit. I thought of that one, but thought I'd ask.

jokerdino

i can't disagree.

WarriorIng64

04:59

...back: yet another fire alarm in my dorm (someone broke a sprinkler)

jokerdino

aah

WarriorIng64

Oh, I've updated my 12.04 install to use the new HUD ppa, if anyone's interested in hearing how that went

jokerdino

And I feel like a nut case... Should have read all of the comments...

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A: How can I re-enable the global menu in Firefox?

After manually installing all of your extensions, I could replicate your "bug". After disabling and enabling the extensions and trying out different combinations, I was able to find out the offending extension. The "InstantFox" extension is what is preventing the global menu from enabling. If you...

I got HUD installed here already!

Should I just delete the answer and save myself the embarrassment?

I will be back after lunch.

WarriorIng64

I guess you could...but InstantFox should be mentioned as part of the accepted answer, not kept in a comment.

I'll probably leave now anyway, since I need to get packed for when my dad picks me up for the weekend

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Q: Should I use http or ftp links in apt sources.list

Should I use http or ftp links in /etc/apt/sources.list? What I mean is is using something like, deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free better or worser than using, deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ squ...

ubuntu debian package-management

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05:35

Bounty offered: starting sshd on first connection to port 22 with upstart's new socket bridge http://askubuntu.com/questions/96436/starting-sshd-on-first-connection-to-port-22-with-upstarts-new-socket-bridge #upstart

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on January 28, 2012 at 5:25 AM

jokerdino

06:06

Hi @GeorgeEdison!

George Edison

@jokerdino Hello.

@JorgeCastro: I am still hoping to (make a charm for JetFTP) but with the current list of things that need doing, it might be a while before I get to it.

George Edison

06:20

@RolandTaylor: This just makes me sick. So many flaws that I don't know where to begin.

George Edison

06:59

Night all.

jokerdino

17 hours ago, by jokerdino

Heh ofcourse I monitor your moves.

Why on earth is this one starred? @.@

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08:45

Bounty offered: How do I hide an 'unshared' directory? http://askubuntu.com/questions/87939/how-do-i-hide-an-unshared-directory #networking

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on January 28, 2012 at 8:25 AM

jokerdino

09:19

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A: How do I install Adobe Flash player?

Note: At the time of writing, this method installs Flash player plugin across all currently supported releases and all architecture. To install the latest Adobe Flash player browser plugin, enter the following command in a terminal: sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer Alternatively, cli...

jokerdino

09:30

Good luck to me :S

Amith KK

10:29

Hello all

jaimehrubiks

Hi

i need little help anyone there?

jokerdino

what's the matter?

jaimehrubiks

can I install kubuntu 4.8 in ubuntu without installing the full apps pack (kubuntu-desktop)?

jokerdino

afaik, you can't

jaimehrubiks

ooh.. and why? kde-standard is outdated?

jokerdino

10:36

on second thought, i guess you are right.

i am going off. meet you later.

Amith KK

@jaimehrubiks sudo apt-get install kubuntu-low-fat-settings

jaimehrubiks

oh thanks

but it would be kde 4.8 if i had updated respositories or previous version?

Amith KK

@jaimehrubiks No

Bruno Pereira

11:07

@bioShark have you tried suing the 11.12 drivers instead of the the 12.1 version?

@bioShark I was looking last night and I am seeing people around with issues suing them

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11:31

Bounty offered: Screen Brightness on new MacBook Pro 8,3? http://askubuntu.com/questions/90640/screen-brightness-on-new-macbook-pro-8-3 #hardware

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on January 28, 2012 at 11:25 AM

Vadim Rutkovsky

11:48

Guys, any ideas why indicator-loader can't display an indicator?

/usr/lib/libindicator/indicator-loader /usr/lib/indicators/6/libdatetime.so -> empty GTK window

Amith KK

12:30

BBL

htorque

@VadimRutkovsky 1. kill the compiz session: (metacity --replace &), 2. you need indicator-loader3 ←!, 3. start the indicator like this: UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= /usr/lib/libindicator/indicator-loader3 /usr/lib/indicators3/6/libdatetime.so

meh, or let's start this way: what version of ubuntu are you using?

and, the UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= part is not needed - i just had this in mind from testing the appmenu indicator.

okay, you also don't need to kill the compiz session for it :D

forget everything i said

Vadim Rutkovsky

em, that is 10.10 =)

gtk3 indicators don't work either

however, they are correctly picked up on session startup

htorque

weird, they do in 12.04 dev. :-/

Vadim Rutkovsky

but only default ones, not the one i've put into this folder

really weird - not error message - and no image :(

htorque

can't help you there - maybe visit the #ubuntu-unity IRC channel, but it's kinda dead during the weekend.

Vadim Rutkovsky

12:38

sigh

deostroll

12:49

hi. is it possible to upgrade ubuntu from 10.10 t o 11.04 via shell alone. (without even starting the gui interface).

jokerdino

i am guessing do-release-upgrade lets you do that.

deostroll

the things is I have the alternate iso...but what to execute the upgrade via logging into shell...?

* I want to execute the upgrade... 4give typo

jokerdino

if you have internet connection, you can use the command i mentioned above.

but, i don't have any experience using alternate ISO. so, you might want to hang around until someone with more knowledge comes here.

deostroll

did you have any experience wherein your upgrade process ended abruptly and then you couldn't log-back in...?

jokerdino

hmm no. i didn't have such problems.

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14:40

Bounty offered: Changing hostnames in bulk http://askubuntu.com/questions/98146/changing-hostnames-in-bulk #hostname

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on January 28, 2012 at 2:25 PM

Amith KK

15:51

Hello all

jokerdino

Hi @AmithKK

Amith KK

I'll be here on ping

jokerdino

good night guys ::D

Amith KK

16:14

@jokerdino Night

William

Morning @all

Amith KK

@William Hey

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A: Upgrade to Firefox 9 crazy dependencies?

Upgrades on Kubuntu might have a lot of dependencies .Firefox needs only some of them of them Such as the xul-ext-ubufox. But it is probably because you havent updated in a while.

BBT

Octavian Damiean

17:17

Gosh ... the latest updates killed my 12.04 install.

Like properly killed.

htorque

how?

Jorge Castro

WAS IT CCSM?

:)

Octavian Damiean

No.

Just a normal update.

htorque

a partial one? what's not working?

Octavian Damiean

Rebooted and it told me that my graphics configuration is fubar.

htorque

17:28

we need more information to answer your question.

:P

Octavian Damiean

It stopped there with a black screen.

htorque

there was a kernel update.

Octavian Damiean

I'm still working on it. :D

htorque

3.2.0-11-generic

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Bounty offered: Make my own Dropbox / Ubuntu One server at home http://askubuntu.com/questions/3678/make-my-own-dropbox-ubuntu-one-server-at-home #softwarerecommendation

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on January 28, 2012 at 5:25 PM

htorque

17:29

maybe -10 works?

ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1916471

Octavian Damiean

If only I'd get that far.

Stefano Palazzo

hello :)

Octavian Damiean

I have an Intel graphics chip by the way. :)

starts reading the logs

o/ @StefanoPalazzo

Stefano Palazzo

do any of you know git? I've got a bit of a problem here :)

Octavian Damiean

Shoot.

Stefano Palazzo

17:34

I'm trying to create a repository on a remote server

so I ran this

git init
git push [email protected]:microsoft/kv.git

Octavian Damiean

How was it called? A bare repository, is it that what you want?

Stefano Palazzo

yes, just an empty repo that I can push to later

I can now run this: git checkout [email protected]:microsof/kv.git

but when I run "git push", it says "No refs in common and none specified; doing nothing."

~/microsoft/kv $ git pull
Your configuration specifies to merge with the ref 'master'
from the remote, but no such ref was fetched.

I also ran some other stuff, mainly based on hope and expectations

this can't be good either:

~/microsoft/kv $ git log
fatal: bad default revision 'HEAD'

any ideas? :\

Octavian Damiean

Uh.

Stefano Palazzo

I probably did everything wrong, so I could just create it again, properly this time

in which case I'd have to delete this one first. don't want to clutter microsoft's servers :)

Octavian Damiean

Mm .. m.m.mmmicrosoft!!?

Stefano Palazzo

17:46

let's say microsoft :) (I'm not 100% sure this url is meant to be known)

Octavian Damiean

I'm not sure what surprises me more, that you touch Microsoft stuff or that they use git.

Stefano Palazzo

it's not really microsoft ;)

Octavian Damiean

Jan 28 17:57:05 thinkpad-x60 kernel: [   63.225553] unity-greeter[4740]: segfault at c ip b77fb090 sp bfbb2730 error 4 in libindicator3.so.7.0.0[b77f7000+c000]

Mhmm

htorque

cool, let me try that :-)

Bruno Pereira

evening .o/

Stefano Palazzo

17:54

okay, I'm getting somewhere

I can now push to the repo by doing "git push origin master", and pull with "git pull origin master".

but something is still not right, I can pull all the others by just running "git pull"

(such a noob) (:

never mind, I just needed to clone it

awesome

htorque

@OctavianDamiean nope, all fine here

Stefano Palazzo

\o/ git and I are like that

htorque

@OctavianDamiean what does sudo cat /var/log/lightdm/x-0-greeter.logsay?

Octavian Damiean

paste.ubuntu.com/820332

htorque

18:12

> File '/usr/lib/indicators3/7/libdatetime.so' does not exist.

it should. :P

sudo apt-get install --reinstall indicator-datetime should fix that

Octavian Damiean

Yup, just read it in the bug report. Thanks. :)

reboots

Bruno Pereira

hes not back... rip @OctavianDamiean

Octavian Damiean

Thanks @htorque. It worked. :D

htorque

\o/

Bruno Pereira

\o/

htorque

18:25

out of votes, out of close votes → party time! :P

cya

Bruno Pereira

gn

Octavian Damiean

o/

Bruno Pereira

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Jorge Castro

what am I supposed to do now?!?!

I just realized that I have enough G+ followers that sharing a question netted me a badge right away

Bruno Pereira

lol

keep them going, when you have enough bronze trade them for silver and then for gold!

Octavian Damiean

18:37

Hehe, take AU offline and Jorge's world collapses. :D

@JorgeCastro Are you going to nominate yourself for the moderator elections?

Jorge Castro

nope

I'm an editor and an organizer.

Past 10k doesn't really matter, I can do anything I need to do to get things done

I suppose I'll do chores or something else worthless until SE comes back

George Edison

18:50

Site's down.

Even Stack Mobile is down.

Octavian Damiean

Yup. :)

Jorge Castro

Hey, everybody favorite this comment by then unbeliever @htorque: ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=9948836&postcount=61

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George Edison

Lol.

lazyPower

@JorgeCastro nice find

Bruno Pereira

main site is back up

lazyPower

19:03

I'm having the best time migrating services :D I never thought pulling away from a crappy groupware suite would be so satisfying

George Edison

@BrunoPereira Yay!

lazyPower

seems like most if not all of hte services are back. AU was back up about 5 minutes ago

Takkat

Hi all - finally managed to log in after SE is back :)

George Edison

Great.

Octavian Damiean

@JorgeCastro Oh god ... I can remember that thread. I've replied as well.

William

19:24

The selected configuration for displays could not be applied: required virtual size does not fit available size: requested=(1600, 1668), minimum=(320, 200), maximum=(1600, 1600)

Why can't I arrange my monitors how I want them?

Even on windoze I could have 2 monitors one on left one on right at full resolution...

and yes i tried unity 2d

Octavian Damiean

I have no problem using two monitors. :)

William

Well, I do!

Octavian Damiean

What graphics card do you have?

William

AMD

Takkat

You may have to define a modeline first

Octavian Damiean

19:26

Mhmm, should work then.

William

Whats a modline?

Takkat

Xrandr calculates possible resolutions based on a modeline

William

So how do I set one?

Takkat

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A: Adjusting display geometry in a virtual machine?

Display Geometry Settings in Virtual Box In Oracle Virtual Box you can adjust the virtual screen resolution after having installed the Guest Additions simply by dragging the window with the mouse or by choosing full screen mode. No need to do anything with xorg.conf. XServer 1.10 (included in ...

That's for Virtual Box but should also work in real ;)

In the bottom paragraph there is an example on how to use xrandr

William

Doesnt change anything

Takkat

19:32

xrandr -q # gives you all possible resolutions

William

williamt@FatalError-HP-Ubuntu:~$ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 1600, maximum 1600 x 1600
LVDS connected 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 193mm
1366x768 60.0*+
1360x768 60.0
1280x768 60.0
1280x720 60.0
1024x768 60.0
1024x600 60.0
800x600 60.0
800x480 60.0
640x480 60.0
DFP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
CRT1 connected 1280x800+86+768 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 443mm x 249mm

My laptop display works fine

My 2nd monitor is at 1280 by 800

I want it to be at 1600 by 900

And on the left

not bottom

Takkat

xrandr alrerady has a modeline fot that resolution 1600x900

William

Yes

but when i click it it gives me this error:

Takkat

How to put it on the bottom I don't know - that's maybe done from the ATI driver

William

required virtual size does not fit available size: requested=(2966, 900), minimum=(320, 200), maximum=(1600, 1600

I don't want it on the bottom

it won't work on the left

only when I put it on the bottom

Takkat

19:36

If you driver cannot make a new virtual monitor other than CRT1 xrandr has no access to it.

I have given up on ATI some time ago, so I dont know the present state

of how to do it there.

George Edison

0

Q: Clear Chat - Clears all of the messages in the chat window.

Screenshot About Ever wish you could simply clear all of the messages from the chat window (similar to a terminal)? Well now you can with this UserScript! Simply install it using the link below and click the clear button - and that's it! License MIT License Download Get it here: http:...

script chat

Alvar

:P

@GeorgeEdison I get an error in stackapplet

George Edison

You do?

Alvar

My log-in name is forgotten when I quit.

George Edison

It forgets your user ID for a certain site?

Alvar

19:43

no

Takkat

@William It may come from your laptop screen not being able to get more lines than 768.

Alvar

@GeorgeEdison both, last time it was stack overflow and askubuntu

George Edison

So it forgets all of your user IDs?

Alvar

:3170830 my name, it says now "connection error" "no accounts"

@GeorgeEdison yes

George Edison

Ah, okay. Try this: quit the app and delete ~/.stackapplet. Then start the application again.

Alvar

19:45

@GeorgeEdison ok brb

George Edison

Enter the settings again and then restart the app one last time.

That should fix everything.

Octavian Damiean

I have to admit that I am impressed by MyUnity.

Alvar

@GeorgeEdison ~/.stackapplet can't find it

George Edison

Hmm... in Nautilus?

...or in the terminal?

Alvar

$ cd /.stackapplet
bash: cd: /.stackapplet: No such file or directory

terminal ofc

:P

George Edison

19:47

cd ~/.stackapplet

Try that ---^

lazyPower

@GeorgeEdison ooo thats handy

Alvar

@GeorgeEdison thanks, it works now! :)

Octavian Damiean

just installed the HUD

George Edison

@Alvar Great :)

Anyone know of a CDN hosting liveQuery?

Alvar

:)

Octavian Damiean

19:58

@GeorgeEdison Google.

George Edison

They host it?

Octavian Damiean

Oh wait, liveQuery ...

I read that as jQuery for some reason. :P

George Edison

I've got it hosted here but I would much prefer using a CDN.

Octavian Damiean

Mhmm, what is it used for?

George Edison

A UserScript (or two).

William

20:02

Where csn I find the square chrome logo I see in a lot of screenshots?

George Edison

One second...

@William This?

William

Yep.

How do I make it my chrome icon in the dash?

I mean the dock

Whatever it's called

You know what I mean

William

20:13

How do i change my chrome icon to that?

Octavian Damiean

You either install the Faenza icon theme or you can create a custom .desktop file with that icon set.

Alvar

@GeorgeEdison "... And one more thing!" Why is the icon grey instead of white?

George Edison

You can change that... there's a setting for it.

Alvar

@GeorgeEdison no? I can only find black / white ...

George Edison

@Alvar Really?

Alvar

20:28

@GeorgeEdison DOH

William

Is there any way I can only use certain icons from the Faneza icon set?

George Edison

Alvar

@GeorgeEdison I was 100% that I had white theme on! but I had black ...

forgot I reset the system settings...

O.o

Octavian Damiean

@William Yes, you can extract the icons and point to them in the .desktop file.

William

How?

I apologize for my noobness

I only like some of the icons though

Octavian Damiean

20:37

Uhm, I'm not sure but I think there is a question on AU about that.

William

I can't find anything.

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Can you answer this? How do I get window title bars to stop glitching? http://askubuntu.com/questions/16915/how-do-i-get-window-title-bars-to-stop-glitching #compiz

Tweeted by StackUbuntu on January 28, 2012 at 8:25 PM

bioShark

21:06

@BrunoPereira I have updated my question: askubuntu.com/questions/99111/…. Reverted to 11.10 but the issue is still there

William

21:44

George Edison

@William What... lol!

William

Yep. Believe it.

Couldn't find a higher reolutioon image, so it looks pixelated.

Too bad.

George Edison

I don't have a higher-res. image.

William

OK.

George Edison

I took that picture on a cellphone originally - 640x480.

William

21:46

The only penguin with pixelated glasses, then.

Highest resoulution I could find was 128 by 128.

George Edison

William

Thanks.

One moment please...

3

Now running Ubuntu 11.10!

And Linux 3.2!

George Edison

Thanks!

William

lol

Your'e welcome!

William

22:11

@all The room is silent. That means people are getting work done. Customizing is more fun then working.

William

22:22

Anyone know where Ubuntu puts application icons that aren't under usr/share/pixmaps?

Stefano Palazzo

22:36

@William if they have a name, they go in "/usr/share/icons/<theme>/"

and "applications/<size>/" or "<size>/applications"

William

Thanks

rlemon

23:39

ok so my dual boot is kinda messed right now - windows is taking a LONG ass time to load the desktop from login or lock screen(40-50 times as long as normal)... also from hibernate / sleep the desktop is crashing.. (no windows work... mouse is responsive but that is it until I reboot). This started a few days ago, and I have literally changed nothing, nor have I installed any new software. I just don't get it!

being that it is windows... the only thing I have on there is a game. and it saves to battlenet... so i'm not too concerned about just blowing away windows and re-installing.. however when I setup the dual boot I was told to install windows first.. so will the re-install of windows mess with my ubuntu side of things? will it try to mess with GRUB?

George Edison

It will erase Grub from the MBR :P

But you can easily restore it after.

rlemon

is it hard to do so?

bioShark

@rlemon just need to reinstall grub after you install ubuntu

rlemon

Do I need the ubuntu cd again (i'd have to find it)

bioShark

sorry after win

George Edison

23:42

Yes.

bioShark

with your ubuntu cd

:)

rlemon

ok, so i'll have to make sure I have that cd before I proceed.

where did i put you...

bioShark

@rlemon bootable usb cand do the job aswell

rlemon

yea then i have to find one of my drives... i have literally like 10+ 4-16gb thumb drives, keep buying them because the cats get hold of them and i can't find them again for months.

same with my micro sd / sd

bioShark

@rlemon ubuntutechnical.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/…

:)

lazyPower

23:44

@rlemon so your cats find those as fun toys too huh?

George Edison

I thought the keyboard was the cat's toy...?

rlemon

my cats love everything.. especially my toes rages

lazyPower

I lost a thumb drive with my "mission critical" ssh keys for a few weeks because my cat was batting it around the house. He was crouched by the couch staring at something, i lifted it up and found it sitting a nice and cozy under the sofa.

George Edison

After all - my cat can write Perl just by sleeping on the keyboard.

bioShark

@rlemon you just have to love cats :)

George Edison

23:45

(Of course, this is hypothetical - I don't actually own a cat.)

rlemon

"try to program barefoot", Challenge Accepted :P - DAMN CATS! Y U BITE TOES!

@bioShark I have two - one is 5 years old and she is a farm cat I have had since she was only a few days.. so she is quite attached to me (follows me from room to room and sleeps next to me, its cute and annoying at the same time)

the other I just got, he is roughly 8-9 months old.. beautiful looking guy - but it looks like he's been a stray his whole life - I got him right as it was getting cold out and didn't want him to freeze to death..

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Great answer: Why does my computer get less battery life with Ubuntu compared to Windows? http://askubuntu.com/questions/93654/why-does-my-computer-get-less-battery-life-with-ubuntu-compared-to-windows/93661#93661 #laptop

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bioShark

@rlemon very noble gesture. Hat off to you

rlemon

well I call the humane society in my area and ask them what they would do if I brought in a stray. They said 7 days, if no one claims / adopts him in that time they euthanize them.

bioShark

@rlemon I have a 2.5 year old turkish angora, white as snow. She loves sleeping on my desk while I work. Not once she has shutdown my pc from the keyboard shut-down key :)

rlemon

23:50

the new one likes it behind my monitor.. but it's a led tv I use as a monitor so it's not even warm or anything.

lol, loves ubuntu one - click with the phone - 2 minutes later it's synced to my pc

they like to sleep in laundry baskets

bioShark

Linux pocket guide is my cat's favorite cushin on the desk

Gaurav_Java

i am currently using 12.04 . some of my appindicator is not working like gnome-pie,cryptkeeper

anyhelp

rlemon

wait 2 and a half months?

bioShark

2 years. 6 months :)

Octavian Damiean

o/

Just applied for a UDS sponsorship.

bioShark

23:56

Octavian Damiean

Oh, cat picture time?

My furball. :)

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