[11:41] <Eightynine> Hi. How can I get rid of tearing? I'm using HD 530 graphics. Enabling Compton didn't help.
[19:40] <ohemdevin> g'day all
[19:42] <ohemdevin> I got Xubuntu 16.04 installed on an old computer (designed to run Vista, hah) that has a dual-core processor and less than 1GB of RAM installed.
[19:58] <xubuntu_> hola....
[19:58] <xubuntu_> ando aburrido....
[19:59]  * ball waves
[19:59] <xubuntu_> estoy probando raring ringtail....
[19:59] <Pici> !raring
[20:00] <xubuntu_> ah ok, si entiendo que es end of life....
[20:05] <ball> Can a Xubuntu ISO be dumped onto a flash drive and booted from on a PC?
[20:05] <ball> (I'm looking at amd64, though I may end up using i386)
[20:06] <Pici> sure
[20:07] <ball> Thanks Pici
[20:10] <xubuntu_> solamente una pregunta...
[20:11] <Pici> !es
[20:11] <xubuntu_> gracias....
[20:11] <xubuntu_> bueno, me retiro....
[20:13] <ball> You done scared him off!
[20:14] <ball> Oh no, he or she went to #xubuntu-es
[20:40] <ball> Are the system requirements any lighter for i386?
[20:52] <ohemdevin> I've heard that requirements are lighter for i386 machines, don't have evidence to back that claim up.
[20:52] <ohemdevin> I'm running Xubuntu 16.04 on a 32-bit machine though..
[20:53] <ohemdevin> This machine is on the lower end of the hardware spectrum (only 1GB of RAM), but it's quite snappy with XFCE. :D
[20:53] <ball> Hmm... ok.
[20:54] <ohemdevin> http://i.imgur.com/uNl4jii.png
[20:55] <ohemdevin> I don't do any serious work on this machine. I just use it for web browsing and spreadsheets.
[20:58]  * ball nods
[20:58] <ball> My test rigs are even lower-end than that, though I have some more capable boxes sitting idle in storage,.
[20:59] <ohemdevin> Oh wow... at least there's always LXDE, i3, Openbox, etc..
[21:00] <ohemdevin> I do think XFCE is a lot more appealing to look at than LXDE, but Openbox can be made into something quite nice to look at.
[21:00] <ohemdevin> I think once LXQt replaces LXDE, that might be something work using. :P
[21:01] <ohemdevin> Dunno if the tests are true or not, but the LXQt devs checked how much RAM the DE used and it was actually using less mem than XFCE..
[21:02] <ohemdevin> https://blog.lxde.org/2016/10/04/benchmark-memory-usage-lxqt-desktop-environment-vs-xfce/
[21:03] <ohemdevin> I found it interesting that Cinnamon actually uses more RAM than GNOME 3 in that test..
[21:13] <gr1dl0ck> i've tried debian with some of those DE's and found it to be feelin incomplete from a proper get go DE. I just keep running back to xubuntu/linuxlite.
[21:14] <gr1dl0ck> the only debian that came close is the MXlinux
[21:14] <ohemdevin> I tried out SparkyLinux... it's okay.
[21:15] <ohemdevin> It was good for reviving an old laptop with an Atom CPU.
[21:15] <ohemdevin> ..that was originally running Windows XP on it.
[21:15] <ohemdevin> Even THAT took forever to boot... SparkyLinux on the other hand? It took less than a minute.
[21:15] <ohemdevin> To be on the desktop!
[21:16] <ohemdevin> I don't really like tiling wms btw... XFCE is a great DE that takes a very short amount of time to customize.
[21:17] <ohemdevin> I keep getting tempted to try out tiling wms because of r/unixporn, but ehhh
[21:43] <prtg02> hi all :)
[21:43] <prtg02> I just installed openbox on my machine from a server version of ubuntu only
[21:43] <prtg02> how can I start openbox, simply typing "startx" does not do the trick
[21:46] <ohemdevin> This might be a good question to ask in #ubuntu, but I will try my hands at some Google-Fu for you.
[21:47] <ohemdevin> http://openbox.org/wiki/Help:Getting_started#Starting_Openbox_without_the_graphical_log_in
[21:47] <ohemdevin> This wasn't recently updated, but it might still work for you!
[21:48] <prtg02> yup, was trying to login to ubuntu but got into ubuntu-unregged
[21:48] <prtg02> aka, to many users
[21:49] <prtg02> I tried that command too from ur page, but got an error
[21:49] <prtg02> https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2259345
[21:49] <ohemdevin> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/openbox
[21:49] <ohemdevin> Arch Wiki to the rescue
[22:02] <prtg02> got it working now, required some fucking around but anyway it works
[22:03] <ohemdevin> That's good. I didn't think Openbox was that hard to set up on Ubuntu... then again, I've never tried the server distribution... does it only come with Unity or just a plain 'ol CLI?
[22:09] <prtg02> server edition is just CLI, its not really hard, I just never used openbox and I am not that familiar with the whole xorg thing
[22:34] <ball> Does Xubuntu support (and boot from) software RAID-1?
[22:34] <prtg02> ball: absolutely
[22:35] <prtg02> xubuntu is just an desktop environment nothing more, ubuntu with the kernel is what makes the hardware work. ubuntu supports RAID-1 and thus it will all work
[22:35] <ball> Thanks prtg02.  Does the installer make that straightforward or is there some jiggery-pokery involved?
[22:35] <prtg02> ball: not sure on that one, never used RAID-1 with the installer like that
[22:37] <ball> Still, it's useful information. Thank you.
[22:38] <prtg02> :) no problem
[22:41]  * ball waits patiently for the Xubuntu DVD to burn.
[22:56] <ball> Oh dear. Xubuntu (and perhaps Linux generally) won't work on my 32-bit test rig.
[22:56] <ball> ...and I don't have time to try the 64-bit one.
[22:56] <ball> Perhaps tomorrow.
[22:57] <ohemdevin> Is your computer using the 64-bit or 32-bit architecture? I think things will work better if you install the OS accordingly. Also, do you know if your computer has AMD, Intel, or Nvidia graphics?