[01:49] <Drewcify> Installed a lubuntu last night on a laptop that is getting older.  Lubuntu is practically saving it
[01:50] <Drewcify> d620 t5600 1.8ghz core2duo, 3gb ram ddr2 and a 220gb 7200rpm
[01:50] <Drewcify> nvs110m video card
[01:51] <Drewcify> not terribly old specs, but most other OS's were starting to run sluggish
[01:52] <holstein> probably 3d support related
[01:52] <Drewcify> def with ubuntu
[01:53] <holstein> well, ubuntu uses unity and unity requires 3d support
[01:54] <Drewcify> i really like xfce but after using lxde its performance is very nice
[01:54] <Drewcify> especially on a bit older specs
[01:55] <Drewcify> one strange thing about this laptop though is I used to use 90w adapters and it felt like it ran faster.  Now i am using a 65w adapter.  I swear it is running a bit slower
[01:56] <holstein> could be hardware related...
[01:56] <Drewcify> but it is fully recommend for 65w and only needing the 90w if you use a docking station
[01:56] <holstein> could be hardware speed stepped..
[01:56] <Auctus> so i was going to install lubuntu on this laptop alongside windows, but its trying to partition the windows recovery partition intsead of the windows partition
[01:56] <Drewcify> as in the 65w decreases its performance?
[01:56] <Auctus> when i try to do the custom partitioning thing, it says its going to format all the other partitions, which i didnt tell it to do, not sure how to just install it beside windows
[01:57] <Auctus> has worked on all the other computers, this one is a crap emachines one
[01:57] <Drewcify> hmm aucus
[01:57] <ianorlin> Auctus: how many partitions does it have
[01:58] <ianorlin> if it has 4 primary you can't really add many more
[02:01] <Auctus> its just the one and the recovery partition afaik
[02:01] <Auctus> will check
[02:02] <Auctus> yeah two partitions, a 13gb recovery partition i think? and a 136gb main partition
[02:02] <Drewcify> maybe take free space and partition and try an alongside install?
[02:02] <Drewcify> but dont trust me
[02:02] <Auctus> well i was gonna try that but it says its gonna format the other partitions, might have to try with gparted or something
[02:03] <Auctus> thats not what the built in tool is is it?
[02:04] <Drewcify> yeah maybe partition using other software first
[02:04] <Drewcify> but i would think they would have that option
[02:05] <Drewcify> You may be able to even do it with disk management in windows
[02:06] <Auctus> hows this wubi thing work? I havent tried that yet
[02:06] <Auctus> is that pretty safe? :p
[02:06] <ianorlin> Auctus: discontinued
[02:07] <Auctus> its on the 14.10 iso?
[02:07] <ianorlin> I don't think anyone tested it
[02:07] <Auctus> ok then i wont use that
[02:07] <Auctus> ill see if i can get gparted and do it
[02:08] <Drewcify> holstein i did do a bios default restore before the lubuntu installed it may have helped with performance issues compared to previous OS's
[02:08] <Drewcify> if you were thinking of intel speedstep
[02:09] <ianorlin> Drewcify sometimes the powertop package is useful for troubleshooting power management problems as well as prolonging battery life
[02:09] <ianorlin> although you need sudo to use it
[02:11] <holstein> Drewcify: no, i was specifically thinking of *anything* in the bios that would scale the CPU, that could be the default settings that the device is shipped with
[02:11] <holstein> Drewcify: but, i dont know of anything specificially.. its likely just, as you are implying, your imagination
[02:12] <Drewcify> I swear though with the 90w adapter the cpu didnt spike at 100% as much
[02:12] <holstein> cool
[02:12] <holstein> maybe ask the manufacturer, or poke around in the bios
[02:13] <Drewcify> if it was underpowered i would think the cpu voltage would be lower maybe??
[02:13] <ianorlin> ah the only thing I know that shows that might be i7z but that only works with the core processors
[02:14] <Drewcify> tis a core2duo
[02:14] <ianorlin> ah I don't know of anything that does that
[02:15] <Drewcify> i mean as of now its running great but the only 2 factors that have changed are installing lubuntu (used to have windows 7) and a bios defaults reset.  Which i noodled alot in the bios, could of messed something up.
[02:16] <Drewcify> im very impressed with lubuntu so far
[02:16] <Drewcify> it might be staying on this laptop
[02:16] <Drewcify> i would try arch but im not familiar with building everything yet
[02:17] <holstein> shouldnt have to "build everything"
[02:17] <holstein> but, linux is linux, on some level.. the kernel is the same, basically
[02:17] <holstein> if you want a system for light machines that is ubuntu, lubuntu is a great choice
[02:18] <Drewcify> for sure!
[02:18] <ianorlin> Drewcify: with arch you have to set it all up yourself
[02:18] <Drewcify> xfce/xubuntu is a pretty decent performer, but lxde is even quicker
[02:19] <holstein> they are basically just desktop environments.. nothing will make your machine any faster, but, you can use a lighter environment
[02:19] <Drewcify> yep
[02:22] <Drewcify> is there a way to set the windows to open the home menu?
[02:22] <Drewcify> windows key*
[02:23] <Drewcify> bit of a silly question? hah ;)
[02:25] <Drewcify> http://askubuntu.com/questions/79557/bind-the-windows-key-to-lubuntu-start-menu
[02:26] <Drewcify> kind of strange that the start menu is bound to alt+f1
[02:28] <holstein> you should see me, complaining about the help menu popping up all the time when im on a windows PC
[02:29] <Drewcify> :)
[02:29] <Drewcify> do you use alt f1?
[02:30] <holstein> or, kupfer
[02:30] <holstein> !info kupfer
[02:31] <Drewcify> had to relog
[02:56] <Drewcify> I might try out lubuntu on my desktop i7 3770k 8gb ddr3 GTX 670 FTW
[02:57] <Drewcify> have a spare linux drive
[03:02] <Drewcify> bit overkill, but just for fun
[03:02] <ianorlin> hmm not sure how well that nvidia will work
[03:03] <Drewcify> hmm really
[03:03] <ianorlin> I think the open source nvidia driver doesn't work that well
[03:04] <ianorlin> the igp on the intel would work perfectly fine
[03:05] <Drewcify> wow i didnt even know there was anigp in my processor
[03:06] <ianorlin> there is at least since core started coming out
[03:06] <Drewcify> wow nice
[03:06] <ianorlin> there is #lubuntu-offtopic which this is getting a little bit
[03:07] <Drewcify> oh sorry
[03:10] <Drewcify> If i wanted to try different themes for lubuntu what would i be looking for?
[03:10] <Drewcify> openbox themes?
[04:10] <ForTheWin> i need opinions, lubuntu or lxle?
[04:11] <ianorlin> ForTheWin: lxle is hard to know where the packages truely come from as it has lots of ppas and is not supported here
[04:17] <ForTheWin> ianorlin: ok thank you
[06:23] <drew__> im trying to get pavucontrol working
[06:24] <drew__> everytime i try and start pavucontrol it asks for libpulsecommon-4.0.so
[06:24] <drew__> but i have libpulsecommon-6.0.so
[06:25] <drew__> im not sure how to get it to function
[06:30] <drew__> im guessing i need to get ahold of pulseaudio 4.0
[12:09] <tzipi> Hello. I have a problem. I'm using Lubuntu 14.04 on a laptop with a 4:3 screen, and an external monitor with aspect ratio of 16:9. I would like to mirror both displays while "stretching" the 16:9 display so it would fit on the entire screen and not just a 4:3 square. Is there any way to do that?
[17:00] <Jinxed-> How do I setup dual monitor with lubuntu
[17:08] <holstein> Jinxed-: i use the included GUI, or, i'll install arandr
[17:09] <holstein> i find, it *can* depend on linux support with the hardware and drivers needed..
[18:12] <zy3pD> hey guys, i wanna use action scripts with pcmanfm (lubuntu 14.04) and i stored the .desktop file in ~/.local/share/file-manager/actions ... but the entry doesnt appears (also after reboot)???
[22:01] <Aladiah> 	Iam with lubuntu 14.10 dual boot windows 8, after a restart in lubuntu with a pen drive inserted with Lubuntu Live on it, something went wrong. I switch off on laptop button. Now every time i swtich on, i no longer see the menu to choose lubuntu or windows, it start with windows , why this ?
[22:02] <Need> Hello, I have a Toshiba AC100 notebook. I need someone to remotly help me (Teamviewer) to install lubuntu on it, but first we need to set the device back to its previous settings through Nvflash, because some stuff stopped working. I anyone please be willing to help me?? Thank you all in advance