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Unit193https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements#Lightweight_GUI_alternative_.28Xubuntu_and_Lubuntu.29 That right for what we say is the requirement?01:00
pleia2hm, I can't even find the page on the site where we mention specs05:22
pleia2oh, on the download page05:22
pleia2we do say 512 is "strongly recommended" but it can run with 25605:23
pleia2I'd say the specs on the help wiki are fine05:23
pleia2thanks for keeping an eye out Unit193 :)05:24
Unit193I'd say the others are outdated, but it'd depend on the processor I guess.05:25
pleia2well, things like flash won't work so well :\05:26
pleia2but it never works well05:26
Unit193Flash has more to do with CPU, 2G computer doesn't do as well with 1G computer. :P05:27
micahgyou need at least 512MB at this point to run flash half decently (gnash might sip less)05:27
knomebug 994816 \o/06:45
ubottuLaunchpad bug 994816 in Ubuntu QA Website "Buttons for adding bugs found in previous builds of a product" [Wishlist,Fix committed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/99481606:45
ochosimorning06:47
knomehey ochosi :)06:47
* knome should poke js to learn some drag&drop06:48
ochosimhm06:48
knomenot only because of the bug, but generally i think that would be useful06:48
ochosii almost finished blackbird 0.1 yesterday btw06:48
ochosiyeah, sounds useful06:48
knomegreat06:48
ochosi0.1 == gtk2/xfwm4 complete, initial gtk3 version06:49
knomeochosi, the test vote is up06:50
ochosii already voted last night ;)06:50
knomeaha06:50
knomedang06:51
knomeapparently we can't see the results until the poll is over06:51
ochosiwell that is good06:51
knomein a way, yeah06:51
ochosiotherwise there could be tactical votes06:51
knomeyeah, but poll admin06:51
knomeor creator...06:52
ochosior people could wait with voting until they're a tie-breaker etc06:52
knomei mean, what's his motivation to give tactical votes06:52
ochosiwell still, why should anyone see that?06:52
ochosibecause he's a secret dictator rather than a democrat? :)06:52
knomeif we do a user survey-like poll, isn't it stupid we need to wait for the poll to end to see the results?06:52
knomesay, we set the poll time to 2 weeks to gather maximum number of votes06:53
ochosii thought we'll use this as tool for team-decisions?06:53
knomesure, but i'm also investigating if it could be used in other things as well06:53
knomeand i thought the team-decisions would be open...06:53
knomei mean06:53
knomeit doesn't make much sense in a 10-person team to have closed votes06:54
knome"i won't tell you what i think"06:54
knomethat doesn't encourage discussion06:54
ochosiwell they can be open afterwards06:54
ochosior: they have to be open afterwards06:54
knomesure, i see your point for the votes not to be shown06:54
ochosii can see why you'd wanna have the numbers beforehand, but i think there are no real downsides to not having that (other than practicing your patience – and i don*t mean the game "patience" ;) )06:55
knomelol06:55
knomewell, if we'd know the results before, we could start doing the work for the blueprints ;)06:55
knomei'm guessing some of the items are going to be something that we all agree anyway06:56
knomelike "analyze and optimize boot times"06:56
knomewho wouldn't want that in?06:56
ochosiyeah, and if we knew the results before, we even wouldn't have to set up polls ;)06:56
Unit193Nobody wants that.06:56
knomeespecially if you don't have to do that...06:56
ochosiwell boot times... ubuntu takes care of that for us06:56
knomenah06:57
knomewe can make it better06:57
ochosiso i'd say let's boot this item from the list :D06:57
ochosi(woohoo! word-play before even having coffee)06:57
knomeubuntu doesn't take very good care of that for us then, since my 12.04 boots much slower than 11.1006:57
ochosiyeah, but it could be related to upstart rather than to our session06:58
knomewell actually, i suppose it *does* relate to our session06:58
baizonbut the shutdown process is much faster with 12.0406:58
knomebut we should investigate06:58
ochosibaizon: +106:58
knomebaizon, don't know about that, been really fast for me for a long time06:58
ochosibaizon: in fact i think 11.10 was the only really slow shutdown i ever had06:58
baizonagree06:58
knomeif we can cut even 0.5seconds off the boot with fast machines, that's much for the slower06:58
ochosimr_pouit: would you take care of the technical side of getting more dialogs into the settings-manager? (i would – along with others – try to get a selection/list done)07:17
ochosimr_pouit: i'm referring to the 12.10 roadmap and putting us as assignees07:18
knomeochosi, isn't that just editing the .desktop files, thus a good item for somebody just starting to contribute?07:18
ochosiyeah, i guess07:19
ochosibut we still need an assignee before next week07:19
knomemmh.07:19
knomeremember, we can approve items later in the cycle too07:19
knome"Any items added to the list after the brainstorming phase and those that were decided to postpone at the approving phase will need to be approved by the Xubuntu project leader along with the concerning team leaders."07:20
ochosiright, good point07:21
Unit193To be honest, I'm waiting to see if there is any low hanging fruit after better people have already taken some.07:21
knomethat actually sounds easier than "... the Xubuntu team will approve or reject the proposed blueprints by a simple majority vote."07:21
knomeUnit193, ^ that would be one07:21
ochosiyup07:21
ochosiit's mostly compiling a useful/meaningful list07:21
Unit193http://ubottu.com/ljl/apt/?repo=Oneiric&arch=i386&package=apt-offline&have=xubuntu-desktop problem, ossifer?07:22
knomeossifer?07:22
knome:D07:22
Unit193And I didn't remember less wasn't already installed. >_>07:23
knomeis more installed then?07:23
knome(not a pun...)07:23
Unit193I generally like less better, in many cases.07:23
knomei don't have a preference07:24
Unit193Task: minimal07:24
knomemore has better help07:24
knomeat least when typing 'more' and 'less' as is07:24
Unit193So, apt-offline a problem?07:25
knomeprobably not07:25
knomejust needs to be added to the seed, if the team approves it07:25
knomeunless we want to start a more complete meta-talk about tools07:26
knomelike "which tools are worth including, or should we include any case-specific tools"07:26
knomea bit like pastebinit07:26
knome"is it really useful for most of our users"07:26
Unit193Useful to me when they try to paste a 30 line file into #xubuntu :P07:27
ochosii think apt-offline has a meaningful role in a default install07:27
knomeyes, you, but "for most of our users"07:27
ochosiit's fairly different from pastebinit imo07:27
ochosi(i mean its role)07:27
knomeyes, but they both are tools whatsoever07:28
ochosifor pastebinit you can simply do apt-get install blah. with apt-offline it's not that easy (assuming you're in a scenario without internet)07:28
Unit193Doesn't synaptic have that?07:29
Unit193!offline07:29
ubottuIf you need to download Ubuntu packages using another machine or OS, check the desired packages in Synaptic and select File > Generate package download script. Alternatively, try http://ubottu.com/ljl/apt/ - See also !APTonCD07:29
knomewe're probably dropping synaptic for 12.1007:29
knomeso we can't count on that07:29
Unit193What? That's crazy...07:30
knomeno, it's not, synaptic is not really maintained07:30
knomeor, that's what it is, maintained, but not developed07:30
Unit193Heh, well it's loooads better than USC...07:31
ochosi... and we currently have 3 methods of installing packages07:31
knomeUnit193, but we're probably dropping USC too.07:31
* ochosi is currently investigating a cooperation on lubuntu-software-center with elementary/lubuntu/xubuntu07:31
Unit193That saves a purge for me.07:31
ochosimaybe we should involve u-studio as well07:31
knomemm-hmm07:31
knomesc[tab][tab][tab][tab] -- GAAH he's not here!07:32
knome;)07:32
ochosiwhere are the studio folks, i mean really?07:32
knometaking a break?07:32
Unit193Heh, back when making it I had already thought "lightweight-software-center) rather than Lubuntu.07:32
knomeit's a good time to do it now.07:32
knomei have to say i don't fancy any "software center" :/07:33
ochosihm right, i didn't know they are taking a break07:33
knomei don't know if they are07:33
ochosiwas wondering whether they're taking a break from xubuntu07:33
knomejust guessing...07:33
knomelol07:33
Unit193Quite, all I need is terminal and apt.07:33
knomeno, scott isn't in #us-devel either07:33
ochosik07:33
knomewhen i want to search or find apps i don't know well enough (like, i want a "dvd ripping app"), i go to GUI07:34
knomeand i think the way synaptic shows the packages is way superior than the software centers07:34
knomethey all make me feel like i need to be shepherded07:34
ochosimany users need to be shepherded07:34
ochosi(if that verb even exists)07:34
knomehahah, i know07:34
knomenow it does! languages are dynamic!07:35
ochosithe main problem i see with synaptic is that the gui is a bit too messy and that "technical items" are mixed with "apps"07:35
ochosii mean for newcomers07:35
knomeyeah, but there is the ubuntu logo...07:35
knomeoh, that's there for the libs too07:36
knomebleh07:36
knomehow does SC make a difference between the apps and libs?07:36
knomethere must be an apt tag07:36
knomeit would be insane to control that manually07:37
Unit193gmusicbrowser, sc, parole, disk-creator, and a few others are purged within minutes of install/upgrade.07:37
knomeUnit193, well yeah, i suppose most power users will always remove certain packages after installation, no matter what the default seed was07:38
Unit193I understand this, but it also means I don't happen to know how to use them.07:39
Unit193I expect this.07:39
ochosiknome: afaik they make that distinction based on desktop files (there was a bug with xfce packages a while ago)07:39
knomeochosi, i'm wondering if synaptic could have that feature too07:40
ochosisure07:40
knome(yes, it would still be ancient, but that'd shed some hope)07:40
ochosiit could probably even use the same source as usc07:40
ochosis/source/method07:40
ochosibut i don't see anyone maintaining synaptic07:40
knomeisn't mvo maintaining it07:40
ochosiit would also need a port to gtk3, so why not just write something new?07:40
knomeso, again, somebody wants to join xubuntu-team07:41
knomedo we know "aman sharma" ?07:41
ochosinever heard of07:42
knomeyeah...07:42
knomei love when people do not have the patience to read the team description07:42
ochosihmmhm07:42
knomeit very clearly states:07:42
knomePlease note that only users who have contributed to Xubuntu perpetually will be approved to the team.07:42
knomeand then tells the people:07:43
knomeTo start contributing, join us at #xubuntu-devel or the Xubuntu development mailing list and introduce yourself as well as your skill set. Thanks for your interest and understanding.07:43
knomewe probably should link to our website too07:43
ochosiyeah07:44
thauriswulfaOk I got it I'll have to make contributions first07:44
ochosi:)07:45
ochosihi thauriswulfa 07:45
knomethauriswulfa, aha, so it's you ;)07:45
* knome just fed up with the people who aren't even on IRC, or anything...07:45
thauriswulfayep its me07:45
knomethauriswulfa, so, what are you interested in?07:46
thauriswulfayep07:46
* Unit193 is never on IRC.07:46
thauriswulfadon't worry approve me only when my contributions to project will be significant enough07:47
knomehehe, yeah, i will ;)07:47
knomeso, to ask again, where would you like to contribute to?07:47
knomedevelopment? community? documentation?07:47
ochosiartwork?07:47
ochosi=)07:47
thauriswulfadevelopment07:47
knomethauriswulfa, so, would you like to pick up a blueprint?07:49
knomehttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Roadmap/Goals/Quantal07:50
thauriswulfathanks07:51
knomeTo start contributing now, navigate to http://xubuntu.org/contribute/. The page will give you some good starting points to get involved as well as list the areas where you can help.07:51
knomeochosi, ^ sounds good?07:51
ochosiyup07:52
knomek, done07:52
knomeUnit193, so, you'd like to take the "settings manager" -item?07:53
Unit193Asking me at 03:53 isn't a good idea, but if nobody else does and an idiot can actually do it, why not?07:53
knomeUnit193, feel free to think until tomorrow ;)07:54
knomethauriswulfa, is there something specific in development you are interested in?07:54
knomethauriswulfa, unfortunately, we don't have up-to-date documentation of how to start developing and/or what areas we could use help with... but i don't think fixing bugs would be a bad start, for example :)07:55
thauriswulfa thats what I am trying to find out. I've been using xubuntu since a long time so I wanted to contribute and I am already subscribed to mailing list but didn't have time in past07:57
thauriswulfaI'll find my way to contribute07:57
knomethauriswulfa, okay, great :) mr_pouit and micahg (not around right now) are our main developers07:57
thauriswulfa:-)07:57
knomeastraljava started helping us out too in the precise cycle07:58
knomefeel free to poke them if you need something to do, or are lost :)07:58
knomeothers can help too, but those three are on top of the development issues best07:58
thauriswulfaok I'll07:58
mr_pouito hai08:30
Unit193Howdy.08:30
thauriswulfahello mr_pouit08:30
mr_pouitochosi: if nobody else wants to do it, why not (but as knome said, it's something easy enough for a newcomer who wants to be involved ;-)08:30
mr_pouit(or not newcomer, anyone :p)08:30
knomewell, yeah, it's something really anybody can grasp during the development phase of the cycle, which is a few months :P09:08
knomeastraljava, sent personal messages via LP to those three, who were in the wiki, but not in the LP team09:35
knomemadnick, you here?09:35
knomeUnit193 too :P09:35
knomemadnick, Unit193: you need to enter your information to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Testing/Testers09:35
astraljavaknome: ACK, thanks.10:04
mr_pouitah, I forgot to apply a patch from xfce4-utils to xfce4-session in the ppa12:28
mr_pouit(alacarte will try to use gnome-desktop-item-edit ;-)12:29
bluesabreknome: I can help with testing as well (I love finding bugs) :-D13:11
knomebluesabre, add you information to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Testing/Testers, join the team at https://launchpad.net/~xubuntu-testers and see http://xubuntu.org/contribute/qa/ for more information on how to get started13:12
knomebluesabre, right now there is not much to test, but it's good to prepare for that :)13:12
bluesabreyup13:13
ochosimr_pouit: oh, also: i noticed something with xfce4-notifyd-config must be wrong, it doesn't show up in the new settings-manager (and the rest of the menu)13:14
ochosibluesabre: yeah, i noticed you love finding bugs :)13:14
bluesabrehehe13:14
knomebluesabre, erm, did you miss the wiki-part? ;)13:16
knomeGridCube, \o/13:16
GridCubei assigned myself to the items i added on the wiki13:17
GridCube:)13:17
knomegood13:17
GridCubeohai knome o/13:17
GridCubei did some searchs and i found that the only xrandr frontend thats left its arandr, all the rest are gone13:18
knomeheh13:18
GridCube!info arandr13:18
ubottuarandr (source: arandr): Simple visual front end for XRandR. In component universe, is optional. Version 0.1.4-1 (precise), package size 48 kB, installed size 376 kB13:18
bluesabreknome: working on the wiki part right now13:18
bluesabre:D13:18
GridCube!info grandr13:18
ubottuPackage grandr does not exist in precise13:18
knomebluesabre, good, i'll approve you once you're done :)13:18
GridCubeoh, look at that13:20
GridCube!info lxrandr13:20
ubottulxrandr (source: lxrandr): simple monitor config tool for LXDE. In component universe, is extra. Version 0.1.2-1ubuntu1 (precise), package size 53 kB, installed size 812 kB13:20
GridCubeo:13:20
GridCubemm, but doesnt seem to have all the tools arandr has13:21
bluesabreknome: finished adding13:25
knomebluesabre, approved13:25
bluesabrelightning fast13:25
knomeyeah, i get wiki notifications ;)13:25
astraljava...into your cortex.13:33
GridCube:/13:36
ochosibtw, if we go for arandr that should go into the settings-manager _instead_ of the xfce-display-settings imo13:42
GridCubesecond13:45
GridCubei have a question though, because i still use 4.8, maybe in 4.10 theres a better monitor management system?13:47
GridCubei havent tried that yet13:47
mr_pouitochosi: re xfce4-notifyd: yep, it didn't get a new release for 4.10 (it's not in core). That's why its desktop file still uses categories for the 4.8 settings manager13:47
bluesabreGridCube: Just opened the display settings, looks like the 4.8 version.  Can't really test it though, in vbox atm13:48
mr_pouitI'm waiting for someone to design + code a clean ui for xfce4-display-settings...13:48
mr_pouitno, it didn't change13:48
mr_pouit(many people complain, or tell that it's easy to update by adding comboboxes, but it'll be plain ugly)13:49
ochosimr_pouit: i can do the design part, will you do the coding part then? :p13:51
ochosii mean the stuff is all there, the functions13:51
ochosii'm using the extended desktop right now13:51
ochosiwow, adding new stuff to the settings-manager is really easy...13:52
mr_pouityeah, most functions are there, you just need to do some ninja moves with xfconf-query13:52
mr_pouitochosi: it depends on the ui you propose (things like drag'n'drop of outputs like arandr, I can't do, that's why nothing changed ;-)13:53
ochosilisten up everyone: mr_pouit is a ninja!13:53
ochosiwell we can do something simple for starters13:54
ochosianyway, if you're serious i can set up a page in the xfce design wiki for it13:54
mr_pouit+1, I feel bad letting it rot, as I was the one to rewrite it for 4.8 (with jeromeg)13:56
ochosiok, cool13:56
ochosibtw, amazing stuff nick did there with the new settings-managwer13:56
ochosiafter editing a desktop-file, the launcher appears _live_ in the settings-manager or changes category without restarting13:57
mr_pouitgarcon rulez :P13:57
ochosiyup13:57
mr_pouitone fun thing could be to extend launcher plugin with bamf to track open apps like a dock :P14:05
ochosiyeah, i would be more than just up for that14:05
ochosithere's a very immature project in xfce-git14:05
ochosimaybe you saw14:05
ochosibtw, i think the settings-manager needs debugging14:05
mr_pouitI remember the discussion, but forgot the project name ;>14:05
ochosiseems like i can't add an endless amount of launchers14:05
ochosimr_pouit: is it possible that multiple categories interfere with each other?14:25
mr_pouitochosi: what's your issue?14:27
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ochosimr_pouit: at some point the desktop-files i edited stopped showing up in the categories15:23
ochosior in settings-man at all15:24
ochosimight have to test a bit more whether it's related to specific launchers15:25
ochosiis there a reason why they wouldn't show up?15:25
ochosie.g. software sources15:26
ochosioh right, it had NoDisplay=true 15:27
ochosistupid me15:27
ochosipavucontrol also doesn't show up15:28
ochosicurrently i have these btw: http://www.zimagez.com/zimage/screenshot-05152012-053003pm.php15:30
ochosithey really add up quickly15:30
baizoni will switch to that theme right away :D15:33
baizonafter it is relesed :>15:33
ochosibaizon: a first version will hopefully be out before the weekend. but there are still so many things to tweak and fix...16:21
baizonochosi: will it be available for 12.04?16:22
ochosibaizon: well themes are easy to install, in fact you can "mkdir ~/.themes; cd ~/.themes; git clone git@github.com:shimmerproject/Blackbird.git" and then set blackbird in the appearance and wm-settings16:23
baizonhmm, your right16:23
baizonthanks :)16:23
ochosinp16:23
ochosii need testers anyway16:23
ochosiso don't hesitate to try it and give me feedback16:23
baizonok16:23
ochosimr_pouit: ok, maybe something is wrong with pavucontrol.desktop, at least i can't get it to show in the settings-manager16:24
ochosiscott-work: just fyi, i'm working on a dark theme that bears some similarities to the previous u-studio default theme19:23
scott-workooooooh!  that is very interesting news, ochosi. i look forward to that :)19:24
ochosiscott-work: you can test blackbird in the shimmer github-repo (mostly gtk2 and xfwm4 atm)19:37
ochosiscott-work: btw, i'm not sure i'd recommend it as a default theme though. dark themes are really problematic. already came across a few libreoffice and smaller qt issues19:38
scott-workcool, i look forward to testing this next week :)19:42
knomemore access for xubuntu-team in xubuntu.org \o/21:40
mpriceout of curiosity what is going on with the xubuntu-docs? I would like to bring it back to life instead of the sad state that its in now22:15
mprice*help22:16
knomemprice, there's plans to update them during the 12.10 cycle - feel free to join us22:16
knomemore details will be sent out to the development list later22:16
knomebut the process is definitely open for everyone, and i'm making sure it is really easy to hop in22:17
* GridCube points that not even the logos in the documentation are closely right22:18
mpricethe version number isn't even correct and in launchpad the development version is still stated as natty22:19
Unit193Docs? Something other than manpage and archwiki?22:19
mpriceI'm more than willing to help clean it up and update it 22:20
knomeUnit193, applications menu -> help22:20
knomemprice, great to hear that :)22:21
knomewe'll be start soon enough22:21
knomeGridCube, and yeah, we will update the logos and the appearance too ;)22:21
bramweltAny update on hosting an xubuntu mirror at the OSUOSL? I haven't recieved any mail from the list. :)22:22
knomemprice, are you subscribed to the xubuntu-devel mailing list?22:22
knomebramwelt, pleia2 should have been investigating it22:22
knomebramwelt, if she didn't, i'm sure she'll go "oops" as she got that ^ ping ;)22:22
mpriceya I am 22:22
knomemprice, good. so stay tuned :)22:23
bramweltknome: Thanks! Just wanted to know if it was being looked at. :)22:23
knomeyup, we're on it22:23
Unit193knome: Hmmm... Wrong channel again.22:24
knomeUnit193, what is?22:24
Unit193I is.22:24
knomeheh. :)22:24
knomedon't worry22:24
knomewe should probably start logging -offtopic though to catch all the devel talk ;]]22:25
Unit193Heck no.22:25
knomewell i'm just teasing you. ;)22:26
knomeand will continue, if dev talk continues at -ot ;)22:26

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