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randomatixanyone here using multitouch? I've got an Apple Magic Trackpad working with basic 1 & 2 finger gestures, and now want to enable 3 & 4 finger.00:12
Daskreechrandomatix: ok.00:16
Daskreechrandomatix: try #phoronix :)00:17
graftokay, so i installed gnome in order to get activity journal working, which was a mistake. So i uninstalled gnome, but now when i go to shutdown KDE, i get a black screen while it says 'shutting down in NN seconds, etc.'00:52
graftwhat gives?00:52
Daskreechgraft: how did you unistall GNome?00:56
graftDaskreech: apt-get remove gnome-desktop, and then autoremove00:57
graftDaskreech: i didn't purge00:57
Daskreech!purekde00:57
ubottuIf you want to remove all !Gnome packages and have a default !Kubuntu system follow the instructions here « http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purekde »00:57
graftwhy does that get rid of make?01:01
graftor gcc for that matter01:01
graftoh well... crossing my fingers and eyes01:05
DaskreechIt's a bit of scorched earth01:15
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Daskreechis freedektop.org down for anyone else?02:16
Daskreechfreedesktop.org02:16
pangolinnope02:18
Kimlarouxhttp://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/freedesktop.org02:18
DaskreechWell yeah I can ping it but it won't give me the wiki :(02:19
DaskreechOk responding again :)02:23
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phasegenwhy does plasma look and function  so differently from my laptop to my netbook, and how do I make both look and act like the laptop?05:17
ronnocphasegen: one is the Plasma Desktop interface and one is the Plasma Netbook interface?05:18
Daskreechphasegen: run plasma-desktop instead of plasma-netbook05:18
ronnocphasegen: System Settings > Workspace Appearance > Workspace is where you change it in the last few KDE releases05:19
phasegenwill try it. thank you very much. next question. why is that info so hard to find with google, and so easy to find in here?05:22
DaskreechWe pay google to keep it off the air so we will have someone to talk to05:23
phasegencool enough. good night, or morning wherever you are...05:24
Daskreechhi desti05:25
deer3212I return with the same issue: I need a software to rip a encrypted dvd05:27
deer3212dvd rip doesn't work05:27
deer3212k3b doesn't work05:28
deer3212( is a DL dvd)05:28
DaskreechDL should not matter05:29
Daskreechk9copy ?05:29
deer3212but is does...I gused before dvd cloner ( a windows app) and worked for SL but not working for DL05:30
Daskreechmaybe a hardware limitation?05:31
ronnocDaskreech: lol05:34
Daskreechronnoc: Hardware limitations are no laughing matter. E-viagra doesn't help. Herbal or not05:35
ronnocDaskreech: I was laughing at your Goole comment (sorry, dealayed) :D05:35
ronnoc*google05:35
Daskreech:-)05:35
deer3212is not a hardware limitation because I am able to play the movie05:36
deer3212and k9copy just crached05:36
deer3212maybe is a new encryption05:36
ronnocfrom K3b website: "Though K3b can be used to copy almost any DVD to similar medium, it does not provide a way to copy, or reproduce a double-layer DVD onto single-layer medium. Of course, there is not a program anywhere on any platform that can make an exact duplicate of a double-layer DVD onto a single-layer disk, there are programs on some platforms that can compress the data on a double-layer DVD to fit on a single-layer DVD05:37
ronnocproducing a duplicate, but compressed, image. If you need to copy the contents of a double-layer DVD to single-layer medium, you may want to look at the RMLCopyDVD package. "05:37
ronnocmaybe not applicable...but interesting nonetheless05:38
deer3212I want to copy the file locally on my external hdd, I don't want to burn another copy05:40
deer3212the idea is to play the movie from may hdd witch is already connected to my tv05:40
deer3212I hate to use a laptop as intermediary05:41
DaskreechMight be able to mount it as an ISO05:42
deer3212and BTW, k9copy doesn't do DL05:42
deer3212at lest a iso, but I am not able to create one05:42
deer3212I try with k9copy and crashed every time...   :(05:42
Daskreechdeer3212: try dd if=/dev/dvd of=~/MyDVD.iso05:46
ronnocfound this about K3b as well...scroll to the very bottom it says "I have found dual layer media unreliable. This may be a mismatch between the media and burner, or it could be k3b needs more "tweaking" to burn dual layers reliably. I intend to try a different brand of media in due course, to see if it improves.05:46
ronnocSony seem to have used more resources than anyone else in trying to stop you copying their discs. Depending on which type of encryption/copy protection they have used, will determine whether or not you enjoy success."05:46
ronnochttp://wiki.soslug.org/wiki/copying_commercial_dvd039s05:46
almoxarifewhat is the the no frills just works image viewer for kde4?05:47
ronnocalmoxarife: Gwenview05:47
almoxarifethanks05:47
DaskreechI don't know about no frills :)05:48
deer3212tryied: dd: reading `/dev/dvd': Input/output error05:51
deer3212it copied only 758MB05:51
Daskreechdeer3212: ha cute. Either the DVD can't be read or it's built in to error out at certain points05:52
deer3212but it can be read, if I play the movie works05:52
deer3212has to be a new encryption   :)05:52
DaskreechYes it has bad sections of the Disk that it knowingly skips. If you try to just read directly without going through the encryption it feeds in corrupt data that will break anything elese05:53
Daskreechelse05:53
ronnocout to thwart all those Chinese people using Linux to rip Pirateable DVD's!05:54
DaskreechCurse those Chinese Penguins!05:54
ronnocmmmhmmm05:56
deer3212you are right....05:57
deer3212let's give some time to our guys...they will come up with something  :)05:59
deer3212:)05:59
Daskreech:)05:59
deer3212thank you for your time though06:01
Daskreech'sure06:03
almoxarifewhat is the closest thing to synaptic in kde4??06:05
almoxarifeyes, I am slowly migrating to all kde06:05
Daskreechkpackagekit?06:05
Daskreechor Muon06:05
Daskreechor synaptic :)06:06
almoxarifesynaptic is gnome backend06:06
ronnocalmoxarife: lol. well of course you can install Synaptic. There's also Muon wich is now the default it appears06:06
DaskreechFrontend06:07
almoxarifeI have synaptic installed still, and yes, frontend06:07
ronnocAre you on 11.10 Natty?06:07
almoxarifeyes06:07
ronnocI mean Oeneric (sp) >.>06:08
almoxarifeyes, 11.1006:08
ronnocok see here about instaslling the latest Muon http://www.thebluemint.net/2011/12/muon-suite-13-beta-released-kubuntu-ppa.html06:08
ronnocit's pretty good06:08
saurabh_DHi, I'm using kubuntu 11.10 on x86-64 machine. I want to change window border from 'shiny blue' to anything else. Googling for solutions didn't fix my problem. Help06:10
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Daskreechchange the theme?06:10
saurabh_Dblue color is activated by KWIN compositing not theme color :(06:11
Daskreechoh the glow?06:12
saurabh_DI've changed the border color to gray, but the shadow or glow doesn't seem to change06:12
saurabh_DNor do I have 'shadow' plugin in 'Effects'!06:13
almoxarifeI stopped seeing glow when I went from opengl to xrender06:14
DaskreechHmm06:14
ronnoccan you change it in System Settings > Workspace Appearance > Window Decorations > Configure Decoration > Shadows?06:14
almoxarifeor I am seeing less, isn't glow a desktop effect?06:14
Daskreechmight ask in #kwin I'm not sure if there is a simple way to change that06:14
ronnocthere are color options there06:14
DaskreechHm that might be true I never tried that :)06:14
ronnoc:p06:15
ronnocthat works for me06:16
saurabh_DOh my bad, <ronnoc>'s solution fixed it. Thanks06:16
saurabh_D<ronnoc> solution works for me, even with OpenGL. Thanks06:16
ronnocsaurabh_D: no problem. I just recently learned that myself. it's pretty hidden.06:17
almoxarifespeaking of googling, this about makes it insane simple , http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2000-01/msg02637.html06:18
Guest56706How to use QQ on kubuntu?06:19
saurabh_D<almoxarife> cool06:20
almoxarifeI can't decide between opengl and xrender, which is less of a hog and not buggy?06:20
almoxarifesaurabh_D: I get lost googling and forget what I was out to do in the first place06:20
saurabh_DFor KDE 4.7, I haven't found anything wrong with OpenGL. Xrender causes heating up in my laptop.06:21
almoxarifeI made a fix to that script btw, rather than 'openurl' use kfmclient newTab <- keeps it all on one window06:22
almoxarifesaurabh_D: really? good reason then06:23
saurabh_D<almoxarife> Xrender won't be a concern on Desktop though. OpenGL works for me.06:24
almoxarifesaurabh_D: also on a laptop06:24
ronnocfor the truly lazy, you could just use http://www.googlubuntu.com/06:24
randomatix I have a panel set to auto-hide.  It often won't unhide when I hover at that edge.  Has anyone else seen this problem?06:24
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almoxarifethis kde plasma desktop is what ubuntu should have defaulted to06:29
almoxariferandomatix: mouse sensitivity?06:30
Guest0Hi, I want to ask how to solve plasma crash problems?06:31
randomatixalmoxarife: don't think so.  pointer will flip workspaces at that edge if I hold it there06:31
DaskreechGuest0: Gadu Gadu?06:32
saurabh_D<Guest0> Whenever crashed, I restart plasma from shell. "$plasma-desktop".06:33
DaskreechGuest0: depends on the crash?06:34
Guest0Sometimes while kubuntu started , I clicked the menu icon and ..06:34
szalGuest0: if that is KDE 4.7.3, use the kubuntu PPA to upgrade to 4.7.4, and Plasma crashing is history06:34
Guest0Really?06:35
DaskreechGuest0: What version of KDE?06:35
randomatixszal: do you mean the beta ppa?06:35
Guest0I'm using KDE 4.7.306:35
szalrandomatix: no, the standard PPA06:35
Guest0Last year while I was using the PPA It crashed everytime I shutdown06:36
thelonelyarcherPosted a question here last night. But missed the answer sorry. So here goes again. Does anyone know how to get native gtk2 apps like inkscape & shotwell to follow the selected widget theme, such as qtcurve? The apps default to a horrid-looking oxygen look alike.06:52
Daskreechthelonelyarcher: there is a package for that07:03
thelonelyarcher@Daskreech. Thanks. But which one is it? It's either THAT or I have to find a decent Inkscape replacement native to kde.07:07
almoxarifethelonelyarcher:    system setting > app appearance > Control the style and fonts used by GTK+ applications in KDE07:08
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HordekingAlright, what's up?09:53
Hordekingalmoxarife: I'm here09:54
almoxarifeI was in your shoes about 4 months back, no way I was going to try to make the new ubuntu work, then I played with plasma-desktop, it's the gnome that went missing09:55
HordekingI did figure out how to get gnome back, and uninstalled unity. Yuck. It might be okay if I had a touchscreen or something.09:55
almoxarifeHordeking: you keep up to date kernel, everything is configurable again, my desktop looks the same as before even09:55
HordekingWell, configuring things doesn't seem to be a problem.09:56
HordekingI can't see why wireless is going down so badly.09:56
Hordekingalmoxarife: What's the url?09:57
HordekingFor plasma desktop?09:57
almoxarifeHordeking: url for?09:57
almoxarifeits a variation of kubuntu, kde409:58
almoxarifeI did add a ppa for it, let me find it09:58
HordekingWould the official kubuntu have the same wireless issue?10:01
almoxarifehttp://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu <-- that is what I used to get on plasma-desktop10:03
HordekingIs plasma-desktop pretty much a desktop environment?10:03
almoxarifeyeap, completely configurable, like old gnome10:04
HordekingHow would that solve my problem keeping the wifi connected?10:04
almoxarifeand eats less resources, I am down to 398 at startup with opengl10:04
HordekingI might definitely try it.10:05
almoxarifeHordeking: it may it may not, it does use its own network-management10:05
Hordekingalmoxarife: Do you think it's a network manager issue?10:05
almoxarifeHordeking: no, I think it's a combo of your hardware and router issues, you use g?10:06
almoxarifeHordeking: wifi goes to shit mostly because all the wifi defaults to one channel, usually (4), you can't believe how many people around me are all on (4), so I am on the least used10:07
HordekingI have seen some people suspect it, and somehow rolled their network manager version to Natty. But I don't know how.10:07
El-Hrairahalmoxarife: Do you think it's a network manager issue?10:08
El-HrairahI have seen some people suspect it, and somehow rolled their network manager version to Natty. But I don't know how.10:08
almoxarifeEl-Hrairah: wifi?10:08
El-Hrairahalmoxarife: It just went down, I had to reconnect it.10:08
almoxarifewhat channel is your router wifi set to?10:09
hellBenderIt goes down a lot.10:10
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almoxarifeEl-Hrairah: and as far as 11.10, when I am on wifi in the house I use (n), it works fine till I am back on the channel with the rest of the neighbors, that's how I know I am, my wifi goes to crap10:11
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HordekimgI wonder if there's a channel issue...my neighbor has wifi, but it's theoretically out of range, though I can see it on the network manager10:12
almoxarifeHordekimg: how many sids do you see?10:13
almoxarifeHordekimg: you don't want to be on the same channel as your neighbor10:13
HordekimgI see a belkin and a d-link. I have absolutely no clue where they are.10:13
HordekimgMy neighbor's house is something like 300 feet away, and the house past that is about another 300 feet10:14
almoxarifeHordekimg: change the channel on the router to (8)g , no one uses it10:14
HordekimgLet me see if I can do that...10:14
almoxarifeHordekimg: should have a web interface with the router10:14
r3v045 mins till 201210:15
almoxarifer3v0: 22.45 here, where are you?10:15
r3v0New Zealand10:16
r3v0Its 11:16 here10:16
almoxarifer3v0: happy new year coming10:16
almoxarifeits 2am here10:16
r3v0You too almoxarife10:16
almoxarifethe NW of the US10:16
r3v0Wut I'm a bit drunk10:17
almoxarifecool :) tiz the night for it10:17
r3v0Yeah I'm more than a bit too10:18
almoxarifer3v0: don't drive, otherwise keep sharp stuff away from where you may fall10:20
r3v0yeah10:22
r3v0im not that totaled yet10:22
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ubuntuhi10:33
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jubo2Supreme Cheeze Commander Fondue Commiemist Question...10:46
phoenix_firebrdanyone here familiar in reading S.M.A.R.T data?11:03
almoxarifephoenix_firebrd: looking at mine I hope to see little of the red highlighted items and lots of green11:06
phoenix_firebrdalmoxarife: what is the software you use to read smaet data?11:08
almoxarifephoenix_firebrd: I am guessing you are not on ubuntu/kubuntu11:09
phoenix_firebrdi am on kubuntu11:10
phoenix_firebrdusing smartctl to read data11:10
phoenix_firebrdalmoxarife:  my smart data http://paste.ubuntu.com/788738/11:11
almoxarifephoenix_firebrd: I used gnome-disk-utility last to look at it11:11
phoenix_firebrdalmoxarife: is there a kde app?11:12
almoxarifeI am sure there is11:12
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jostickhey, maybe some can give me a hint: I'm using Kubuntu 11.10. A few days ago, my ALT-TAB is broken. It doesn't reliably "walk through windows" anymore. It works every 4-5 attempts. In the other cases my currently focused window will just lose focus. And sometimes the command runner opens containing a TAB. Any ideas?11:49
jostickI did try a few thing, but nothing seems to help. It happens for all users on the system. Thus I guess removing .kde won't help anything...11:51
wth_happenedNow, I've been doing other things for a while, but login/password are still stored in passwd/shadow, right?12:05
wth_happenedSo, how come I no longer have my login name in those files? Have I been hacked?12:06
wth_happenedNevermind, seem to have mounted the wrong drive. *blush*12:09
wth_happenedAnd isn't root supposed to be disabled in 'shadow'12:10
wth_happenedBah. Another time. NOT new years eve.12:11
soeeis there an app for audio file vonvert   with qt interface ?12:28
thorGTHello everybody!12:30
thorGTHappy New Year!12:30
Peace-soee: to covnerte files?12:32
Peace-convert?12:32
soeeyeah, found some i think12:32
soeesoundKonverter12:32
Peace-yes12:32
Peace-it is the best12:32
thorGTdoes anybody know if Project Neon is still running?12:34
Peace-thorGT: of course12:35
Peace-!neon12:35
ubottuProject Neon provides set of daily builds of KDE and releated modules | See https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/ProjectNeon | More support in #project-neon12:35
Peace-thorGT: http://techbase.kde.org/Getting_Started/Using_Project_Neon_to_contribute_to_KDE12:36
thorGTPeace-: thank you, this is nice news, indeed12:36
Peace-thorGT: actualli i have used  it ,  on kdm you get  neon session and your own session , i mean what you get installing kubuntu standard12:37
thorGTPeace-: that's even better.12:38
Peace-thorGT: yes it is installed on /opt/project-neon12:38
u19809My entire kmail2 folder is empty ... how can I get them back ????12:39
Peace-thorGT: so your installantion is not  overwritten by project-neon installation12:39
thorGTwell, I will try it out myself then. Although I mainly use source KDE builds, there's a KUbuntu derivative in development, focused on polishing the KDE desktop, that needs nightly builds for the average users.12:39
thorGTdoes Neon provide daily builds, or a build in a few days? Is there a strict timetable?12:40
Peace-thorGT: i am on kde 4.8 rc112:40
Peace-thorGT: well i guess it's daily build12:41
almoxarifeI use ksystem-log to monitor a network machine, is it possible to give it its own tab/log-collection icon?12:45
soee:D12:46
soeeset ~ 500 files to convert and open in new Dolphin direcotry where it happens :D nice show12:46
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BluesKajHiyas all14:03
irc0I'm using KDE 4.7.4. And rekonq crashes frequently. Is there a solution?14:42
BluesKajirc0, perhaps a different browser , reckonq still needs some development14:44
irc0And I want to ask how to clear the history in quassel IRC?14:46
Peace-irc0: install chromium or firefox14:47
Peace-rekonq sucks14:47
irc0Can anyone answer that?14:49
who_medid you see the ones that were suggesting installing either firefox or chromium ?14:51
irc0I'm saying how to clear the history in quassel IRC.14:51
* BluesKaj checks quassel , for history14:53
irc0What does that mean?14:58
BluesKajirc0, couldn't find any history15:00
irc0I mean while I close quassel and open it again my talk records are still there.15:02
BluesKajirc0, /join #quassel15:06
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BluesKajmanifold, check your connection please , you're flooding the chat15:19
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BluesKajPici, are you available? this manifold__ guy keeps changing his nick and flooding the channel15:21
BluesKajpangolin, are you available? this manifold guy keeps changing his nick and flooding the channel15:25
whykinghi16:14
whykingI installed openjdk and all other packages such as jre and icedtea, but I have not java runtime16:14
Peace-!java16:16
ubottuTo just use java you need a "Java Runtime Environment" (JRE) and/or a browser plugin. If that is not sufficient you will need a "Java Development Kit" (JDK) aka "Software  Development Kit" (SDK).  Please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java about how to install one of three current implementations.16:16
BluesKajopenjdk-7-jre, whyking16:18
whykingBluesKaj: no luck16:31
BluesKajwhyking, describe "no luck"16:32
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whykingBluesKaj: still no java binary16:32
whyking /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-i386/bin/java exists16:34
whykingbut for some reason it's not linked16:34
whykingor not in the path16:34
BluesKajit's not linking in the browser ?16:34
whykinghttp://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1858568.html16:35
whykingsomeone with the same issue16:35
whykingBluesKaj: browser is not the problem16:35
whykingjdownloader didn't work16:35
BluesKajahh16:36
Torchwhyking: i have the packages openjdk-6-jre and openjdk-6-jre-headless installed for java runtime17:20
whykingTorch: but v7 shouldn't also provide that, no?17:20
Torchwhyking: i would agree, yes. but i can't tell for sure.17:22
Torchwhyking: do you have the -headless package?17:22
whykingyes17:23
whykingI fixed it now, thanks17:23
whykingit just wasn't linked for some reason17:23
BluesKajwhyking, IIRC java nad flash are installed with kubuntu estricted extras , but it contains a lot of legacy 32bit flash plu,gin wrappers and other non-essentials for 64bit systems which is just clutter IMO .I removed kubuntu-restricted-extras and installed 64 bit flash from adobe and java from the repos ..all seems well so far17:31
phoenix_firebrdhappy newyear to all18:26
BluesKajHappy New Year , phoenix_firebrd18:32
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phoenix_firebrdhappy new year BluesKaj :)18:53
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saurabh_Db19:24
saurabh_DHappy New Year.19:25
saurabh_DLong Live KDE!19:26
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babaluwhich gui can i use on kde to decompress multipart zip files? i've tried opening myfile.zip.001 on ark, it's loading archive, but then it's failing19:51
Resistancedid you try right clicking and just hitting "Extract"19:54
Resistance?19:54
Resistancethat's worked for me :P19:54
Resistance(and when that fails, i keep a Windows VM handy for WinRAR and stuff)19:55
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wohnpalhi!20:32
wohnpaljust did a fresh install kubuntu 11.10, then started up, everything went fine, I started updating (120 mb or so), the update program (muon I guess) hung after 57% installation of the downloaded updates, I reinstalled, started updating again, same thing... 57%....20:33
wohnpalwhat is going wrong?20:34
wohnpalanyone here?20:35
who_mewhat happens if you do: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade20:35
who_mein konsole20:35
wohnpalone moment20:36
wohnpalat the moment probably nothing because the updater is still running, but I will kill it20:36
wohnpalps20:36
who_meyeah if that is still running that apt-get will complain :)20:37
wohnpalat the moment I can't even start programs, they are "not there" in the menu20:37
who_mealt + F2 and write: konsole20:37
wohnpalwell yesterday I restarted the computer and I could not start up muon again because it was locked somehow20:39
who_metbh I have no problems with muon, mainly because I uninstalled it as fast as I could and use either command line or synaptic :)20:40
wohnpalyeah.. what I don't understand about muon is that the search function is not working.. I tried searching for firestarter, it didn't find it, although it was in the index.. I think I will just reinstall and do the update over synatpic20:41
wohnpalit says dpkg was interrupted and now i have to configure it...20:43
wohnpalsux20:43
wohnpalI will just reinstall20:43
wohnpalagain20:44
wohnpalwhat never ceases to astonish me is how even in relatively "mature" distros like ubutnu and kubuntu so many OBVIOUS bugs are in there20:44
wohnpali mean.. how can they put in junk like muon which does not even survive the first update cycle...20:45
tsimpsonwohnpal: just run "sudo dpkg --configure -a"20:45
wohnpaljust did that20:45
wohnpalso muon and synaptic are all frontends to dpkg20:45
wohnpal?20:45
tsimpsonpretty much, yeah20:45
tsimpsoneverything revolves around dpkg20:45
tsimpsoneven apt is a front-end to dpkg20:45
wohnpalwhy is kubuntu better as debian?20:46
wohnpalnever tried debian, but if all the functionality is derived from debian, I might as well install debian20:47
tsimpsonkubuntu is generally easier to configure/run than plain debian20:47
tsimpsonthe main point of the Ubuntu distributions is to make Debian easy to use for "everyone"20:47
who_mewith *ubuntu some things "just works" (tm) while on Deb you might need to work a bit more to get things done :)20:48
tsimpsonbut, if you like to poke around and play with things, you should play around with Debian some time, it's fun :)20:48
who_melike installing the binary drivers for Nvidia or AMD/ATI cards20:48
wohnpalah no, I just want it to work... I have some actual work to do on the computer20:48
tsimpsonI used Debian before moving to Kubuntu, right now I just want my system to "Just Work"20:49
wohnpal:)20:49
wohnpaljust work sounds fine20:49
who_meI still keep 10.04 LTS for actual work, using Kubuntu Oneiric to help hunt bugs as this seems to be what I'll be using on 10.04 goes EOL20:50
wohnpalI used libreoffice 2 weeks ago to do a presentation.. after 45 minutes of work, it just crashed, everything was gone, that never happened to me in the last couple of years in MS office.. immediately reboot into my windows system and did the presentation there.. unfortunately the office suites are just not there!!20:50
who_mewohnpal: did you save often ? :P20:50
tsimpsonlibreoffice is what I class as bloat-ware, I tend to avoid it and just use plain-text and google docs20:51
wohnpali used ubuntu, but now that they have introduced the iphone user garbage I deleted it... I want a bar in the bottom of my screen20:51
who_me:D20:51
wohnpalwell.. It's a shame linux still cannot offer a reliable office suite... it is the most important thing if you actually want to do some work. and no, I did not save... I totally forgot about that stuff using MS office!!20:52
who_mewohnpal: luckily ubuntu offers choices: Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu20:52
who_mewohnpal: you are not forced to use either20:52
tsimpsondoesn't it offer auto-save? (I haven't used it in so long I don't remember)20:53
wohnpalyeah.... well I liked gnome, I was abhorred by kde some years ago because it crashed all the time, and so did all the major applications... it seems to have improved very much now, it does not crash anymore!!20:53
who_meMS Office does save often, but automatically20:53
wohnpalwell libreoffice = openoffice, it's all the same20:53
wohnpalall garbage20:53
wohnpallittle things.. if I import an image from the web in a .doc file in MS office, the image is saved IN the document.. in libreoffice it merely saves a link and the image cannot be shown without an internet connection or if the original source is no longer there... tried for hours to fix that.. to no avail... GARBAGE!20:54
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who_meand there is a setting in Libre that allows to set the interval to save recovery info. The default is 15 minutes but you can set it to 3,5, 10 etc20:54
wohnpalit shouldn't crash in the first place!!20:55
wohnpalhaha20:55
who_meI've had Office 2007 crash merrily on me, but always recovered fine because it does "save often"20:56
tsimpsonyou want to talk about crashes, I was setting up a new laptop for my mother over christmas, it can with Windows 7. I was _only_ transpiring files over the network from the old laptop to the new one and got a lovely blue screen of death on the new (less than an hour old) laptop20:57
tsimpsonthat's a crash...20:57
who_mefrom my POV saving data like images and sound and movies in a "doc" file is a big no-no...20:57
who_mewohnpal: best parctice, no matter what office suite is, once you've done what you want to a document, save a PDF version of it. That will include your images and whatnot and will display the same no matter where you view it21:00
who_meI've had doc files display diff when I was trying to display it on another computer where I used to work21:00
who_meit would display fine on my machine and have some weird formatting on the other21:01
wohnpalwell windows is definetely garbage now... even my dad is considering installing kubuntu now!!!21:03
wohnpaland he is retired and has worked with windows ever since it came out21:03
who_me:D my windows 7 install is very well behaved21:03
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wohnpalwell if it weren't for the office suite I would not use windows at all...21:04
who_methe only times I've seen W7 fail was faulty drivers or HW21:04
who_mewohnpal: I also play some games that work best on windows :)21:04
who_metrust me, dual-booting is a good thing21:05
who_mewohnpal: honestly I'm quite amazed how well stuff we get now for free works21:06
BluesKajwohnpal, .I worked with windows since it was added to msdos and before , I'm also retired and have been using linux of and on since 1996 at home .21:13
BluesKajoff and on21:13
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BluesKajno more windows on any of my pcs here , wife has W7 on hers ...it helps me keep up with what's going on in the windows world21:14
who_meit really depends on what one needs21:16
BluesKajwohnpal, your dad will enjoy Linux , I'm sure :)21:16
who_meI managed to build a nice system for a dude that plays Counter Strike all day. Built a beefier system with the money I saved by not buying Windows.21:17
BluesKaja lot of linuxers aren't serious gamers ...most gamers don't care about OSes , they just want a platform to run them21:17
who_meexactly21:17
who_meI installed stuff he needed, explained how it worked and he seems very happy21:18
who_methe fact that wine works as well as it does amazes me. PlayOnLinux and Crossover Games are awesome to help simplify wine usage.21:22
BluesKajno wine or playonlinux here , just a media server for our tv/audio room , connected to a HT receiver and a plasma tv, which I use as a monitor21:25
BluesKajan old geforce 7600gt card for video and m-audio soundcard for digital spdif out21:26
who_mevery cool\21:27
BluesKajpc and tv/audio integration is already here21:29
BluesKajmy son doesn't use cable or sat service ...all internet ..not even any ota to the tv21:30
who_meI wish I could leave my cable company but I can't... I do not have use for theri services but mom does21:30
who_metheir*21:30
who_meI watch content online, get my news bits online, I really don't care about television as it is today21:31
BluesKajyeah , we're all bundled up with phone. internet and tv from one provider21:32
BluesKajfixed income requires fixed costs :)21:32
who_meI actually managed to avoid that. Phones are on pre-paid , tv is from a diff provider as is internet21:32
who_mebut we're a small country.. easier to cover :)21:33
BluesKajlarge country here ,  Canada , not so easy :)21:33
who_meyeh21:34
BluesKajmore expensive too ..not enuff ppl to spread the costs21:35
who_meI just browsed the various TV channels that "matter" here and what their shows for New Year's Eve just suck. Reek of bad taste and ppl with no manners.21:40
afzmhola21:50
afzmfeliz ano21:50
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BluesKaj, Happy New Year All ! , see you next year :)22:06
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MaxHRHello, I am getting the following message: The server failed the authenticity check (www.genericsecuresite.com). The certificate authority's certificate is invalid23:00
MaxHRThe root certificate authority's certificate is not trusted for this purpose The certificate cannot be verified for internal reasons23:00
FloodBotK2MaxHR: Please don't flood; use http://paste.ubuntu.com to paste; don't use Enter as punctuation.23:00
MaxHRI also get a similar message from Muon when trying to install new packages...23:02
MaxHRhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/789249/23:03
MaxHRHow can I fix this problem with Kubuntu thinking the security certs are not valid for websites and for repos?23:03
jschalli get a lot of tearing in video playback with my gtx 560m. i used to play the same videos on my desktop with an older and slower 8800gts and a slower processor and did not have any issues with video playback, ever. the only video playback case in which i don't get bad tearing is vdpau with compositing off. i have vsync checked in kwin's settings, i have it checked in nvidia-settings for xv and opengl. any ideas?23:10
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MaxHRCan someone please tell me how to update the security certs on kubuntu?23:22

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