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edwinksl

01:25

@TheWanderer i see your profile picture has changed

TheWanderer

yes

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: What features did Ubuntu have on by default that made it like Windows?

In the last line of this explain xkcd it says, "This may be a reference to Ubuntu being developed with non-advanced users in mind, with many fail-safes and additional features being turned on by default, which had more in common with Windows than any other Linux-based operating system at the time...

karel

06:32

I need one more reopen vote from a reviewer to reopen this question: Ubuntu Software frequently freezes in Ubuntu 16.04. I flagged this question to be merged with its linked duplicate after I close voted it, but the merge flag was declined because The questions are not exact duplicates, after all. so now I am ruefully trying to reopen it.

Rinzwind

08:23

@karel check!

karel

@Rinzwind Thanks for helping.

Rinzwind

Please promptly pay the invoice I sent out >:)

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

11:07

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Q: how to maintain a linux os for a long time

I have been using Linux as my main and only operating system for more than three years so far, and each time I tried to maintain a good, fast and clean system so I could use it for a long time, but in this three years I had to reinstall my OS twice and I'm about to having to do it once more these...

linux ubuntu files maintenance

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

13:47

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Q: bad font in openbox after resume

I've got openbox installed on my laptop on a Ubuntu 16.04 base and it works great. Only at times, after I resume from sleep, my system fonts are messed up and they won't come back until I restart OpenBox. To clarify what I'm talking about, here's a screenshot: What's going on here, is there a w...

ubuntu fonts openbox sleep

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

14:19

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Q: permission in wine applications

running wine program argument, on wine at USER/.wine, and program at wherever. running as USER, with ownership of user, and group set to USER, the result No protocol specified creating Window Class routeros_null 0009:err:winediag:nodrv_CreateWindow Application tried to create a window, ...

ubuntu permissions wine

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

15:23

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Q: Installation error for OpenVPN and other apps - Something phython2.7 related

I'm trying to install OpenVPN on Ubuntu 18.04 to setup a VPN - but it shows some weird error that says the following: The directory '/home/myusername/.cache/pip/http' or its parent directory is not owned by the current user and the cache has been disabled. Please check the permissions and owner ...

ubuntu python

Fabby

16:11

Anyone on worldbuilding who thinks that's a good answer?

Kaz Wolfe

@Seth Well, KW0LFE/AE

Seth

@KazWolfe Congrats man! I told you you could do it :P

Nice job.

Kaz Wolfe

Missed one on both element 3 and 4.

TheWanderer

what's going on

Kaz Wolfe

@TheWanderer Pork-based radio.

TheWanderer

16:16

pork-based?

is that kosher?

Kaz Wolfe

Yes.

Fabby

Sometimes, when wandering into this room, I really doubt my own sanity!

Because... Well... If everyone is talking crazy ~~shit~~ stuff that I have no clue about,

It's more logical to conclude that I'm the only crazy person here, instead of everyone else around me!

@KazWolfe @TheWanderer @Seth What the ~~expletive~~ hell are you talking about???

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: How to disable the microphone mute feature using mouse sensitivity buttons?

I am using a Razer Imperator mouse on Ubuntu 18.04. I am aware that this brand is not very well supported on Linux but, surprisingly, mouse sensitivity buttons works fine (probably because of a default configurations or because it was previously configured on Windows). The problem is that these ...

ubuntu keyboard mouse dconf microphone

Seth

@KazWolfe wait, you went all the way to extra? Missed that. Very nice!!

@Fabby !wiki Amateur_radio

Hmm, guess that command got pulled.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio

Fabby

Ah! Thanks!

I got it without that command!

Seth

16:31

Also TIL chrome://dino was a thing.

Kaz Wolfe

16:58

@Seth Yep, went all the way to Amateur Extra.

TheWanderer

@Seth I think it's wiki:Amateur_radio

Amateur radio

Amateur radio, also known as ham radio, describes the use of radio frequency spectrum for purposes of non-commercial exchange of messages, wireless experimentation, self-training, private recreation, radiosport, contesting, and emergency communication. The term "amateur" is used to specify "a duly authorised person interested in radioelectric practice with a purely personal aim and without pecuniary interest;" (either direct monetary or other similar reward) and to differentiate it from commercial broadcasting, public safety (such as police and fire), or professional two-way radio services (such...

Yup

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

17:18

paces around the chatroom back and forth

Fabby

@SergiyKolodyazhnyy What's ~~wrong~~ on your mind?

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

@Fabby School stuff. Specifically senior project. Many things to do, not enough supplies and time, and no clue how to put everything together. Oh, and no prototypes so far

Kinda want to curl into a ball with my laptop and just write either Python or C, or scripts. Just to get away from stuff for a moment.

Rinzwind

17:46

mint -> askubuntu.com/questions/1075568/…

and in case someone wants to disagree: 19 = mint Tara.

dessert

18:07

@Rinzwind closed

jrg

18:21

Mark Shuttleworth

Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African entrepreneur who is the founder and CEO of Canonical Ltd., the company behind the development of the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system. In 2002, he became the first South African to travel to space as a space tourist. He lives on the Isle of Man and holds dual citizenship from South Africa and the United Kingdom. == Early life == Born in Welkom in South Africa's Orange Free State to a surgeon and a nursery-school teacher, Shuttleworth attended school at Western Province Preparatory School (where he eventually became Head Boy...

whoaa

that's cool

@TheWanderer when did they add that?!

TheWanderer

It's been here since before I joined chat

So

jrg

Maybe I just never knew about it then 🤷‍♂️

Also the ability to pull a solid 30Mb/s down out of thin air is pretty much magic.

That's over my hotspot.

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

!wiki dame tu cosita

!wiki Despacito

And it's broken again ?

!wiki Dame_Tu_Cosita

Dame Tu Cosita

"Dame Tu Cosita" (lit.Give Me Your Thingy) is a song by Panamanian artist El Chombo, featuring Jamaican dancehall musician Cutty Ranks. It was originally recorded in 1997, but extended and released as a single in 2018. A remix with Pitbull and Karol G was released on August 29th, 2018. It was produced by Afro Bros. == History == The song was first released on Chombo's album Cuentos De La Cripta 2 (1997) where a short version of the song was under the name "Introduccion B (El Cosita Remix)". Chombo then signed with French label Juston Records in 2018 to produce an extended version of the song. ...

Oh, there it goes

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

18:51

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Q: /usr/bin/ld: Cannot find -lbfd

I am trying to compile some code for a setup. https://code.google.com/archive/p/decaf-platform/wikis/build_conf.wiki I have managed to reduce the errors by installing the prompted dependencies. Now I am geting an error like this: /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lbfd collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit...

ubuntu qemu

TheWanderer

19:16

lol wrong syntax @SergiyKolodyazhnyy

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

@TheWanderer That's what I always say when debugging my code

In fact . . . .lemme do something . . .

2

Limited edition joke in profile description

Also . . . lol, wrong grammar . . ."what did . . .say"

:3 Merci por le star, me no habla French

Fabby

19:32

@SergiyKolodyazhnyy When it's funny and I'm around, it gets starred!

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

Gotcha. sudo apt-get funny fabby_inchat_tracker starbait_generator

jrg

20:04

@SergiyKolodyazhnyy if only that was a package you could install LOL

also fun fact hitting return on the mobile chat sends a new message.

shift return doesn’t work for new lines though

which makes me sad

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

20:17

message

Test
Test

jrg

@SergiyKolodyazhnyy reply

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

With hackers keyboard shift+enter actually works

ive multiple keyboards on my phone :)

jrg

Ah, must be something with iOS then.

I wonder if theres a hackers keyboard for iOS

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

Default Android keyboard is the same,too, so I don't think it's iOS specific.

jrg

Ok, so it’s probably that the keyboard I’m using doesn’t know how to send a shift-enter

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

22:30

Still testing the keyboard ?

jrg

Ha ha nope. Something else.

Seth

6

jrg

I think @Seth has something to share

Seth

Stupid safari @jrg

jrg

Indeed.

Rotating my photos EVEN WHEN I ROTATE THEM

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

22:32

Is that you guys ?

Seth

APPLE KNOWS BEST

jrg

No, it’s a random photo I found on the internet @SergiyKolodyazhnyy

(Yes it’s us)

Seth

GET ON BOARD JAMES. gosh :p

jrg

Ok now we need to change our avatars to the same photo

just to confuse everyone

Seth

@SergiyKolodyazhnyy I won't admit to knowing who either of those dudes are

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

22:33

@Seth You can't confirm nor deny ? :)

Seth

Precisely.

jrg

Ping!

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

Well, that's already confusing, lol. rows and rows of the same avatar

jrg

22:48

@SergiyKolodyazhnyy Well, it is our faces. Allegedly.

Nathan Osman

23:28

Wow.

jrg

@NathanOsman that's all you have to say? LOL

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