[00:00] nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure [00:00] i actually don't use windows much ....before i was using ubuntu and opensuse in virtualbox...from windows ....but now i want ubuntu [00:01] the easiest, east thing to do, with a blank disk, is to install windows first - use "advanced" mode, and create a partition of the desired size. then the ubuntu installer will have a "use empty space" option where it'll just set up some partitions of recommended sizes in the remaining space [00:02] http://i.stack.imgur.com/kGMqN.jpg [00:03] so install ubuntu alongside windows will not affect windows ? [00:03] it's a long long time since i ran the installer without having complex partition requirements, but i think that's the point of it [00:04] even if you installed windows to one big c: partition, the installer can shrink it to make free space for its own partitions [00:04] ok [00:05] and why do we have option of swap area while installing ubuntu? [00:05] swap is used for two things - to free up RAM (and keep the system going if you run out of RAM), and for hibernation mode when suspending the computer to disk [00:06] ok... [00:06] so what would be the ideal size for swap area? [00:06] same as RAM, plus a few meg for luck, is my formula [00:07] ok so i got 4gb ram..so keeping 5gb of swap area would be enough i guess? [00:07] yes [00:08] i saw a video on youtube where the guy kept 512mb for /boot partition... what does that mean? [00:14] ?? [00:17] it's where the kernels are stored, that's a fine idea [00:17] a lot - but certainly no harm in it [00:19] so keeping only 512mb for kernel is good enough? [00:19] or shall i increase the size a bit more? [00:20] oh no 512MB is loads [00:20] i usually set 150. [00:22] ok [00:23] daftykins, protip: on UEFI, you need a much bigger /boot than 150 :| [00:23] that's not even technically a /boot though? :D [00:23] well, you can still have a /boot in edition to th efi system partiton [00:23] so i'll make one partition for /boot = 512mb then one for swap area = 5gb and rest for / ....anything else i should do? [00:24] e.g. if you have disk encryption you need an unencrypted /boot === dan_ is now known as Guest81380 === dan__ is now known as Guest68353 === Guest68353 is now known as DanChapman_ [09:31] morning all [10:05] good morning everyone. [12:24] what is the keyboard shortcut to switch workspace in unity? [12:25] is it still ctrl-alt-arrowkeys? === michael is now known as Guest24367 [12:41] ali1234: yes [13:05] ali1234: once you have enabled workspaces === Lcawte|Away is now known as Lcawte [15:08] AlanBell: remember how compiz used to barf if the mouse polling rate was too high? any idea why that was or what fixed it? [15:11] the xfce maintainer accepted my zoom patch in principle, just need to clean up some stuff [15:55] ali1234: I found mouse polling to be stable, but compiz doesn't poll faster than the vblank interval anyway [15:55] things get a lot smoother with the polling interval at less than 50hz [16:34] Good morning peeps :) [16:34] \o [16:35] My father is looking for me to replace his laptop's HDD with a SSD. Seems he wants a minimum 200GB drive. Anybody had experience of Samsung SSD? [16:35] Hi MartijnVdS [16:36] My Samsung SSD is fine [16:36] just make sure you enable discard/trim [16:36] ? [16:36] bigcalm: it's a mount option, makes it send "this bit of disk is now unused" to the disk [16:36] so it can use that bit for wear-leveling [16:37] keeping everything working smoother for longer [16:37] Ooo [16:37] This will be used with Windows 7 [16:37] Hopefully that feature is available [16:37] guys i need help [16:39] Processing triggers for gnome-menus ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up nuvolaplayer-flashplugin (0.5-0fenryxo3~precise1) ... [INFO] Removing previously installed Flash plugin. [INFO] Downloading Flash from http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_11.2.202.310.orig.tar.gz --2013-11-16 22:04:04-- http://archive.canonical.com/pool/part [16:40] sorry [16:40] i am getting this error can anyone please help me? [16:40] dpkg: error processing nuvolaplayer-flashplugin (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 8 Setting up nuvolaplayer (2.2.1-0.1~precise) ... Errors were encountered while processing: nuvolaplayer-flashplugin E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) [16:41] what do i need to do? [16:42] anyone? [16:58] Ugh, just setting a new laptop windows 8 for father-in-law, its got to be most badly designed desktop environment ever, it makes the change from Gnome 2 to Unity look a simple change [17:12] guys i need ur help...anyone? [17:13] i am getting below error... plz help [17:13] dpkg: error processing nuvolaplayer-flashplugin (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 8 Setting up nuvolaplayer (2.2.1-0.1~precise) ... Errors were encountered while processing: nuvolaplayer-flashplugin E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) [17:58] boo! [17:59] just made some changes recommended here [ http://www.techdrivein.com/2013/03/4-simple-tweaks-to-improve-unity-performance-ubuntu.html ]... impressed! [18:00] n.b. works for me - doesn't mean it'll work for all .... etc. etc. blah blah blah [18:12] even if some of you are in #ubuntu-offtopic, I have to crosspost this, it's way too funny to not show it [18:13] for your entertainment: http://zed0.co.uk/crossword/ [19:10] the thing about passwords on a site like adobe is that, yes, a lot of them are terrible [19:10] but it is because nobody cares about adobe accounts [19:11] it doesn't protect anything useful for 99% of the users and they only created an account because some feature required it [19:42] Myrtti, how are you getting along with the N5? I've found it has excellent standby battery performance. [19:42] Not...so great if you've got the screen on 100% brightness. [19:42] GentileBen: I never have mine on full brightness, well, none of my devices are [19:43] I had to turn the brightness on my new laptop as low as it would go because I just don't like bright screens [19:43] I bet you hate sun spotting too. [19:44] To be fair, the N5's screen is ridiculously bright. [19:44] Indoors, it's actually too bright. [19:44] Eg. the bright red on the call screen - it pierces the eyes. [19:44] I also have Twilight installed [21:30] Sheesh, Win 8 to Win 8.1 is a 3.1Gb download [21:46] thats a lot of gigglebytes for a half baked start menu [22:15] Yup [23:16] DJones, you don't seem to understand how this "updating" business works. [23:17] If Microsoft was to include just the delta bits for every file changed by official or third party patches, the upgrade would be larger than 3.1GB. [23:17] It's actually more efficient to just ship the standard 8.1 WIM to users - files of whatever version are replaced by the 8.1 RTM build.