[00:40] <bluzeo> hey guys- im looking for a alternive for dropbox
[14:48] <pikurasa> Hello Ubuntu Studio IRC!!! I have a question about an issue that I am having with Ubuntu Studio and Chromium. Any takers?
[14:49] <cub> pikurasa, ask your question and stick around for a while and someone might know
[14:50] <cub> I run Chromium right now so maybe I can help
[14:50] <pikurasa> Thank you!
[14:51] <pikurasa> The issue is that chromium seems to use 100% of my CPU when I use it to run this javascript-based software: http://rawgit.com/khandelwalYash/Music-Blocks/master/index.html
[14:52] <pikurasa> The reason I need to run this software is because I am working on the development of it (design-side)
[14:53] <pikurasa> I think that, generally, CPU use is high, but I generally have a "guilty until proven innocent" policy on JS... plus I usually use Firefox, so I do not know what its typical behavior is.
[14:53] <pikurasa> However, (reluctantly) I tried this on my wife's mac and it ran just fine.
[14:53] <cub> hmm I have an old laptop which run high on CPU as soon as a start a browser, so not much use in testing it on my pc
[14:53] <pikurasa> Plus, the developer who uses vanilla Ubuntu has no problems.
[14:54] <cub> that's strange. Shouldn't be an issue connected to xfce
[14:54] <pikurasa> The software plays sounds, so is it taking full use of the low latency kernel?
[14:55] <pikurasa> I should add that the developer has similar specs on his computer--and so does my wife on her mac.
[14:57] <cub> the kernel won't make any difference when only playing sound. It's more if you are to record something at the same time
[14:58] <cub> but you don't get the same issue when using Firefox?
[14:58] <pikurasa> All I have to do it open the browser to this page and the CPU use goes through the roof. Mozilla runs at about half this--and I would do my testing there, but...
[14:58] <pikurasa> for some reason there is a bug with firefox...
[14:59] <pikurasa> I even tried running the software from a local file
[14:59] <pikurasa> same results
[15:02] <pikurasa> What I would like to do, simply, is to test the software and then record desktop so that I can make some videos about how to use it.
[15:02] <pikurasa> But the CPU usage is ruining this plan.
[15:02] <cub> I got full CPU usage when trying on Chromium. So I tried Google Chrome as well, same thing.
[15:02] <pikurasa> *Creating an obstacle, I should say.
[15:03] <cub> I don't run xfce though so it's not related to vanilla vs other Ubuntu imho
[15:04] <pikurasa> But why would it run on my wife's mac, which is also dual-core?? ...
[15:04] <pikurasa> The developer at least has 4 core, which might explain a little better performance...
[15:04] <cub> Different OS, probably handle things differently. I'm more curious why it works fine on the developers plain Ubuntu
[15:05] <pikurasa> ...but otherwise same tech specs.
[15:05] <pikurasa> *similar, not same
[15:05] <pikurasa> Yeah, firefox won't work... (tried it again)
[15:06] <pikurasa> It has a bug where the sound will not stop playing after triggered in firefox (CPU is fine, however).
[15:08] <cub> which US version do you use and did you install Chromium from the repos?
[15:09] <cub> you could also try the #chromium-support channel. And hope they don't just send you back here. :D
[15:12] <pikurasa> Yes, I installed Chromium from repos. I wouldn't even know where to start with building it. As for US, I think 12.04--what is that command to check???
[15:13] <pikurasa> 14.04
[15:13] <cub> ok same as me
[15:13] <pikurasa> Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
[15:14] <cub> keep this channel open and someone might have some ideas
[15:15] <pikurasa> Sure thing. Thanks for entertaining the question.
[15:17] <pikurasa> Also, if anyone has other ideas for workarounds, that would be appreciated. Again, all I really want right now is to 1) test it in a browser (functionally) and 2) record the desktop as I test it.
[15:17] <cub> well, at least we could verify the same behaviour in another US installation and both Chromium and Chrome.
[16:35] <pikurasa> (pikurasa is still looking for workarounds and speaking to MusicBlocks/MousMusic developer about FF issue)
[16:35] <pikurasa> Random question: Does VLC play video upside-down for others, too?
[16:38] <cub> pikurasa, not by default no. :D
[16:39] <pikurasa> I started using US a little over a year ago. I had no idea what I was doing and made a complete mess of the configurations trying to solve little issues. I spent the next year trying to fix the damage...
[16:40] <pikurasa> at least one learns something when trying to fix things.
[16:40] <pikurasa> like, now I know so much about boot and grub and efi
[16:42] <cub> breaking and fixing things is a good way to learn, but frustrating if it is your main workstation.
[16:42] <cub> Therefore I have one LTS installation where I just make things work, and some other installation where I try new stuff.
[17:03] <pikurasa> That is nice idea, but I feel like my workflow is:
[17:03] <pikurasa> 0. Try new stuff.
[17:03] <pikurasa> The end.
[17:03] <pikurasa> Hahaha...
[17:08] <cub> haha yeah but when you broken your main pc too many times you start looking for alternatives
[17:11] <pikurasa> You are right! And then your family says, "that doesn't seem to be working for you. Why don't you try [fill in proprietary solution HERE]?
[17:11] <pikurasa> Which is a situation that must be avoided.
[17:12] <cub> hehe right.
[17:14] <pikurasa> (So as a workaround, I am using VLC's rotate option in preferences) which is pretty bizarre...
[17:15] <cub> I mostly use mplayer and not VLC though
[17:16] <pikurasa> I was using video, but that seemed to stop working for no reason.
[17:16] <pikurasa> #libreworldproblems
[17:23] <pikurasa> I am going to leave for now and give me and my computer a break. Thank you!
[20:54] <enitiz> Hi
[20:56] <enitiz> I have ubuntu studio 14.04 and I want to upgrade it to 15.04 via command line
[20:57] <zequence> enitiz: sudo do-release-upgrade
[20:57] <enitiz> just that much? thanks
[20:58] <zequence> Its a script that should upgrade to the next stable release
[20:59] <zequence> If it doesn't work, try: sudo do-release-upgrade --help
[20:59] <zequence> (I think it accepts that option, I don't remember)
[21:01] <enitiz> Alright, I already launched the software updater application as I was asking the question.
[21:03] <zequence> enitiz: Let us now if there were any problems
[21:03] <enitiz> Sure. Thank you.
[21:34] <enitiz> The laptop freeze during the upgrade last time. I've restarted it and trying the process again.