| frodo654321 | Hi there .. | 12:43 |
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| frodo654321 | What's the progress on LXQT on Lubuntu ? | 12:44 |
| lubot | <VikingRedwolf> You can test the metapackage by yourself (lubuntu-qt-desktop) available since Xerus release :) | 12:45 |
| frodo654321 | Thanks .. | 12:45 |
| lubot | <VikingRedwolf> But as it's being ported from Qt4 to Qt5 it still needs a "retouch" | 12:45 |
| frodo654321 | Will it still run as fast as LXDE on the same hardware? | 12:46 |
| lubot | <VikingRedwolf> Yes | 12:47 |
| lubot | <VikingRedwolf> The Qt Team is optimizing the Qt core libraries to make it as fast as "old" gtk ones. | 12:48 |
| lubot | <VikingRedwolf> And our goal is to keep light but fully functional apps on top of that. | 12:48 |
| acheronuk | Qt is not 'heavyweight', really. just what some project do with it makes it so | 12:48 |
| lubot | <VikingRedwolf> Yes | 12:49 |
| frodo654321 | i like the desktop because it doesn't get in your way, unlike the one that came out of Redmond :) | 12:49 |
| * acheronuk notes KDE plasma used about 1/2 the memory that Unity an Unity 8 did :P | 12:49 | |
| lubot | <VikingRedwolf> A couple distros released LXQt desktops, I've tested and I don't like them, because of the customised environment. | 12:50 |
| acheronuk | as always, it's not what you've got, but what you do with it that matters. ;) | 12:50 |
| lubot | <VikingRedwolf> indeed | 12:51 |
| frodo654321 | I have noticed how the system swaps out even when it has lots of available memory, I disabled swap and it runs fine :) | 12:52 |
| lubot | <VikingRedwolf> I don't even have a swap :) | 12:52 |
| frodo654321 | I've got the system running on 13G partition .. | 12:53 |
| frodo654321 | It's a 23 GB partition the system is 13 GB .. | 12:53 |
| redwolf | enough | 12:54 |
| redwolf | mine is 15 I think | 12:54 |
| redwolf | Linux isn't a resource devouring OS really | 12:54 |
| frodo654321 | Change of topic. I guess the systemd wars are over ? | 12:54 |
| redwolf | yes :) | 12:58 |
| frodo654321 | I haven't noticed a big difference myself, except maybe boot and shutdown times are a bit faster. | 12:58 |
| redwolf | actually, new versions work better than upstart | 12:59 |
| redwolf | there's some documentation here for "nostalgics": https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SystemdForUpstartUsers | 12:59 |
| frodo654321 | It used to wait on 'waiting-on-network', I disabled some script and it boots a lot quicker. It's to do with a non-standard NIC, I think ? | 13:00 |
| redwolf | it seems you did a good job | 13:00 |
| redwolf | not for average users, though! :) | 13:00 |
| frodo654321 | It's a cobbled together machine made out of old parts. | 13:01 |
| redwolf | well done | 13:02 |
| frodo654321 | I'm still 0n 16.04, time for an upgrade ? | 13:02 |
| redwolf | I always recommend a fresh install but, unless you want an edge OS, or if you don't need to keep that system for any server reason, yeah, go ahead | 13:03 |
| frodo654321 | I did run dist-upgrade and for what ever reason it decided to remove most of the installation. I did of course make a full back-up before. | 13:05 |
| redwolf | that's wise. and that's why I recommend to fresh install re-using the home partition | 13:06 |
| redwolf | so you get back all your preferences and settings | 13:06 |
| redwolf | including ssh, pgp, and other keys | 13:06 |
| frodo654321 | I've got a recovery system on a USB .. I've managed to squeeze MPV onto it, it actually runs faster than from the harddrive. https://mpv.io/ | 13:08 |
| redwolf | sorry, lunch time! brb | 13:08 |
| frodo654321 | "including ssh, pgp, and other keys" .. I don't have anything confidential on this machine. I always assume someone is monitoring me :) | 13:09 |
| frodo654321 | ok gtg .. bye | 13:09 |
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