[00:00] <daftykins> nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure
[00:00] <Nitin> 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] <directhex> 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] <directhex> http://i.stack.imgur.com/kGMqN.jpg
[00:03] <Nitin> so install ubuntu alongside windows will not affect windows ?
[00:03] <directhex> 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] <directhex> 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] <Nitin> ok
[00:05] <Nitin> and why do we have option of swap area while installing ubuntu?
[00:05] <directhex> 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] <Nitin> ok...
[00:06] <Nitin> so what would be the ideal size for swap area?
[00:06] <directhex> same as RAM, plus a few meg for luck, is my formula
[00:07] <Nitin> ok so i got 4gb ram..so keeping 5gb of swap area would be enough i guess?
[00:07] <directhex> yes
[00:08] <Nitin> i saw a video on youtube where the guy kept 512mb for /boot partition... what does that mean?
[00:14] <Nitin> ??
[00:17] <daftykins> it's where the kernels are stored, that's a fine idea
[00:17] <daftykins> a lot - but certainly no harm in it
[00:19] <Nitin> so keeping only 512mb for kernel is good enough?
[00:19] <Nitin> or shall i increase the size a bit more?
[00:20] <daftykins> oh no 512MB is loads
[00:20] <daftykins> i usually set 150.
[00:22] <Nitin> ok
[00:23] <directhex> daftykins, protip: on UEFI, you need a much bigger /boot than 150 :|
[00:23] <daftykins> that's not even technically a /boot though? :D
[00:23] <directhex> well, you can still have a /boot in edition to th efi system partiton
[00:23] <Nitin> 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] <directhex> e.g. if you have disk encryption you need an unencrypted /boot
[09:31] <AlanBell> morning all
[10:05] <brobostigon> good morning everyone.
[12:24] <ali1234> what is the keyboard shortcut to switch workspace in unity?
[12:25] <ali1234> is it still ctrl-alt-arrowkeys?
[12:41] <AlanBell> ali1234: yes
[13:05] <tripleclones> ali1234: once you have enabled  workspaces
[15:08] <ali1234> 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] <ali1234> the xfce maintainer accepted my zoom patch in principle, just need to clean up some stuff
[15:55] <AlanBell> ali1234: I found mouse polling to be stable, but compiz doesn't poll faster than the vblank interval anyway
[15:55] <AlanBell> things get a lot smoother with the polling interval at less than 50hz
[16:34] <bigcalm> Good morning peeps :)
[16:34] <MartijnVdS> \o
[16:35] <bigcalm> 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] <bigcalm> Hi MartijnVdS
[16:36] <MartijnVdS> My Samsung SSD is fine
[16:36] <MartijnVdS> just make sure you enable discard/trim
[16:36] <bigcalm> ?
[16:36] <MartijnVdS> bigcalm: it's a mount option, makes it send "this bit of disk is now unused" to the disk
[16:36] <MartijnVdS> so it can use that bit for wear-leveling
[16:37] <MartijnVdS> keeping everything working smoother for longer
[16:37] <bigcalm> Ooo
[16:37] <bigcalm> This will be used with Windows 7
[16:37] <bigcalm> Hopefully that feature is available
[16:37] <Nitin> guys i need help
[16:39] <Nitin> 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] <Nitin> sorry
[16:40] <Nitin> i am getting this error can anyone please help me?
[16:40] <Nitin> 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] <Nitin> what do i need to do?
[16:42] <Nitin> anyone?
[16:58] <DJones> 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] <Nitin> guys i need ur help...anyone?
[17:13] <Nitin> i am getting below error... plz help
[17:13] <Nitin> 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] <SuperEngineer> boo!
[17:59] <SuperEngineer> just made some changes recommended here [ http://www.techdrivein.com/2013/03/4-simple-tweaks-to-improve-unity-performance-ubuntu.html ]... impressed!
[18:00] <SuperEngineer> n.b. works for me - doesn't mean it'll work for all .... etc. etc. blah blah blah
[18:12] <Myrtti> 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] <Myrtti> for your entertainment: http://zed0.co.uk/crossword/
[19:10] <ali1234> the thing about passwords on a site like adobe is that, yes, a lot of them are terrible
[19:10] <ali1234> but it is because nobody cares about adobe accounts
[19:11] <ali1234> it doesn't protect anything useful for 99% of the users and they only created an account because some feature required it
[19:42] <GentileBen> Myrtti, how are you getting along with the N5? I've found it has excellent standby battery performance.
[19:42] <GentileBen> Not...so great if you've got the screen on 100% brightness.
[19:42] <Myrtti> GentileBen: I never have mine on full brightness, well, none of my devices are
[19:43] <Myrtti> 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] <GentileBen> I bet you hate sun spotting too.
[19:44] <GentileBen> To be fair, the N5's screen is ridiculously bright.
[19:44] <GentileBen> Indoors, it's actually too bright.
[19:44] <GentileBen> Eg. the bright red on the call screen - it pierces the eyes.
[19:44] <Myrtti> I also have Twilight installed
[21:30] <DJones> Sheesh, Win 8 to Win 8.1 is a 3.1Gb download
[21:46] <mungbean> thats a lot of gigglebytes for a half baked start menu
[22:15] <DJones> Yup
[23:16] <GentileBen> DJones, you don't seem to understand how this "updating" business works.
[23:17] <GentileBen> 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] <GentileBen> 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.