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oSoMoNgood morning desktoppers05:57
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dufluMorning oSoMoN06:48
jameshOkay, so I've got gnome-builder to open a snapcraft project, successfully build it, and produce a snap file07:05
jameshjust need to get it to show the user where the snap file is07:06
didrocksgood morning jamesh & others07:13
jameshhi didrocks07:13
MrMojit0Is it correct that when I have installed Wine I cannot configure applications for Windows 1007:24
dufluMorning didrocks. Gday jamesh07:24
dufluMrMojit0: AFAIK Ubuntu does not officially offer Wine. Try the channel #winehq (https://www.winehq.org/irc)07:25
dufluIf it works it works, but Ubuntu does not provide the support for it07:25
MrMojit0Thank you for the information and the channel I´m kinda new to the Ubuntu world :)07:26
didrockshey duflu07:31
andyrockgood morning07:46
dufluHey andyrock07:48
didrockshey andyrock07:52
willcookemorning all07:59
didrockswb willcooke!08:01
didrockshow was your extended week-end?08:01
willcookevery good thanks!08:01
Laneyyo08:02
didrockshey Laney08:04
Laneyhey didrocks08:14
Laneyyou good?08:14
seb128hey Laney didrocks desktopers08:15
seb128how is everyone today?08:15
oSoMoNhey seb128, I’m fine and you?08:15
didrocksre seb12808:17
didrocksLaney: I'm great, thanks! Still some hours of lack of sleep, but otherwise, good08:17
didrockscan't wait for today's rain (around 1PM)08:17
didrocksyou?08:17
Laneyhey seb12808:21
* Laney is good!08:21
Laneydid a lot of weeding at the allotment last night08:21
Laneythat actually wasn't good08:21
* Laney gets depressed08:21
Laneybut wait, I ate the first strawberry of this year's crop08:22
* Laney gets undepressed08:22
jameshhi seb128.  Sorry I forgot to send my report through to you last night.08:22
didrocksfirst strawberry -> nice!08:24
* oSoMoN likes strawberries08:26
willcookeduflu, koza - I can't do the BT sync meeting today, sorry08:26
dufluwillcooke, No problem. Actually zero BT news from me. koza?08:27
oSoMoNI managed to get my chromecast set up yesterday, the initial update started downloading when I moved the router closer to the device. Much closer08:27
dufluOh, almost zero. I mentioned a little in the summary yesterday'08:27
* willcooke reads the meeting notes08:28
willcooke(later)08:28
oSoMoNit was initially located 1.5m from the router, and that apparently wasn’t close enough…08:28
dufluoSoMoN, I was impressed by the FHD Chromecast in others' houses. Then tried the UHD one at mine -- weirdly faulty. Covered in grease from factory, and only ethernet worked, not wifi08:29
* duflu shrugs08:29
dufluHurray for easy refunds08:30
didrocksoSoMoN: is it a chromecast 1 or 2?08:30
didrocksand busy wifi signals close to you?08:30
oSoMoN2nd gen, but not the Ultra08:30
oSoMoNnot that many signals, I mean I never had problems with any of my devices before that08:31
didrocksweird that in my busy wifi place, I have better results with the 1.08:31
didrocksyeah08:31
didrocksI do have problems with my laptop, but never with my chromecast (1)08:31
dufluI'm also not impressed that a consumer device like that can't be configured without a Google account (and thus google tracking everything)08:31
dufluSame with Android really08:32
oSoMoNyeah, that sucks (and it actually requires an android device too, can’t do the initial set up from chrome on linux)08:32
Laneybut did you reproduce the bug? :-)08:32
jameshIt is definitely a walled garden08:32
Laneyhey jamesh08:32
dufluOf course you can create a dummy account, set it up for guest mode and done, I guess08:33
oSoMoNLaney, I did, yes! now looking into fixing it08:33
didrocksduflu: well, part of their strategy, I think you know what you get when buying such products08:33
jameshWhile the Chromecast is essentially just displaying web pages, you can't get it to display arbitrary pages by URL: you need to ask it to display an "application ID", which causes it to ping Google and ask it for the URL of the application ID08:33
dufludidrocks: Yes. Everything is free from Google so long as you pay with a little of your soul08:33
jameshduflu: guest mode actually requires a connection to Google08:34
jameshand you only need it if you want people not connected to your wifi to be able to control the chromecast08:34
jameshhi Laney08:34
duflujamesh: Ha, yes of course08:34
jameshduflu: in Guest mode, rather than talking directly to the Chromecast over wifi, the RPC goes via Google's servers.  The pairing is done by the PIN displayed on the idle screen, or broadcast via ultrasonics through the TV speaker08:35
jameshi.e. proof that you're sitting in front of the device the Chromecast is plugged into08:36
oSoMoNI’m definitely not going to use it for anything else but testing, it’s easy enough to plug my laptop into the TV to play content08:36
dufluoSoMoN: Also bonus feature: If your TV is on a different input and someone starts using the Chromecast it will instruct the TV to switch to Chromecast08:37
dufluNo touching remote controls08:38
willcooke(if your TV supports CEC)08:38
jameshThere's no way to restrict access to people who are connected to your wifi: disabling guest mode makes no difference there08:38
dufluYes08:38
oSoMoNman, that device is *evil*08:43
dufluHeh. Didn't Google stop using the line "don't be evil"?08:44
dufluMaybe not. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_be_evil08:45
dufluIt really was a low bar to set08:45
seb128jamesh, no worry for the meeting notes, maybe send them anyway for the record if you have them, otherwise try to remember next week08:45
willcookeplease cc me for the newsletter on Friday ^08:46
jameshokay08:46
seb128thx08:48
oSoMoN« in October 2015, the motto was replaced in the Alphabet corporate code of conduct by the phrase "Do the right thing" »08:50
oSoMoNnow that’s better, of course it’s the right thing to do from a business perspective08:50
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MrMojit0What is better to download and install 16.04 2 LTS or 17.04? Are there any considerations I need to keep in mind?09:10
jameshMrMojit0: what is more important to you? Having the latest and greatest, or having a more relaxed upgrade schedule?09:11
jameshas a non-LTS release, 17.04 will only be supported until January next year, so you'd need to upgrade to 17.10 before then09:13
MrMojit0jamesh: I´m new so aldo I´m going to use Ubuntu I need to make sure I´m protect well and the support is there when I need have support. So it´s not gonna be.. o your running 17.04, sorry no support there yet or manual available09:13
jameshMrMojit0: 16.04 is a long term support release, so it will continue to be supported for 5 years after release (until 2021), and can be directly upgraded to the next LTS release (18.04 next year)09:15
jameshMrMojit0: from what you say, the LTS release might be the better choice for you.09:17
MrMojit0jamesh: So you suggest 17.04 LTS09:17
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fossfreedomMrMojit0, 16.04 is the LTS release - from what you said that is what you should consider using.09:25
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dufluwillcooke, forgot to take notes, but did update the important card in Trello10:01
dufluWith notes :)10:01
duflu Other topics are already covered by other existing cards in the 17.10 desktop board10:02
duflu-are +were10:02
willcookethanks duflu, great work on Bluetooth, much appreciated10:02
dufluNothing is moving yet. Don't thank me :)10:03
dufluNight10:03
willcookeMrMojit0, Just FYI you should checkout the #ubuntu channel as well.  You'll be able to get a lot of info from there.10:33
MrMojit0willcooke: I´m also idle in that channel. I thought this would be the main channel for desktop/laptop10:55
MrMojit0Thank you anyways for the advice10:55
willcookeMrMojit0, this is mainly a channel for developers working on the desktop, rather than users of the desktop.  But we're a friendly bunch :)10:56
MrMojit0willcooke: Thank you I will keep that in mind for when I have questions10:57
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jbichagood morning11:10
willcookemorning jbicha11:14
oSoMoNgood morning jbicha11:14
MrMojit0Goodmorning11:41
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Beretwillcooke, how goes the gnome transition?15:13
willcookehey Beret, its coming along.  Waiting on a security review to complete on gdm and then I think we're about there.  Some more testing with LightDM and Wayland needed as well, and that's going on too15:20
Beretwillcooke, too early for us to be kicking the tires?15:22
willcookeBeret, yeah, but not by much.  We have some PPAs, but really I'd not recommend that as a good way to play with it.  We'll be sure to put the word out once those last few issues are sorted and if you can wait another week or so I think it'd be preferable15:23
Beretok, will do, thanks for the udpate15:25
Beretupdate15:25
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kenvandineseb128, http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-desktop/+junk/snap-gnome-3-24/view/head:/snapcraft.yaml16:35
kenvandineworks well16:35
seb128kenvandine, great16:35
kenvandineand http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-desktop/+junk/ghex-snap-gnome-3-24/view/head:/snapcraft.yaml16:36
kenvandinefor the ghex snap16:36
kenvandinerequires my branch of snapcraft-desktop-helpers16:36
seb128did you test on xenial as well?16:37
kenvandinenot yet16:37
kenvandinelocal builds are arful are good16:37
seb128I can do that tomorrow if you awnt16:37
seb128great16:37
kenvandinesure16:37
kenvandinei can do it this afternoon as well16:37
seb128I guess we can both test, doesn't hurt :-)16:37
kenvandineannoying that we need those work arounds still :(16:38
kenvandineseb128, latest ghex snap isn't built on LP yet, waiting for it to notice the branch changed16:45
seb128kenvandine, k17:18
kenvandineseb128, it's built now17:18
seb128great17:19
* kenvandine is annoyed that his laptop has a key that closes the current window17:19
kenvandineno modifier...17:19
kenvandinejust the key next to the refresh key... closes the current window :)17:20
* kenvandine lost lots of tabs17:20
willcookectrl-shift-t ftw17:20
kenvandineno... chrome didn't try to restore the tab17:21
kenvandineand it didn't remember the tabs that got closed17:21
kenvandinegrrr17:21
kenvandinei don't recall ever hitting this before... maybe that key didn't work in unity :)17:21
kenvandineit's between the volume up and the refresh keys... just waiting to accidentally be hit17:22
kenvandinei use both of those keys often, over the past 2 years i must have accidentally hit it...17:23
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oSoMoNI got chromecast to work in chromium, yay18:14
kenvandineoSoMoN, woot18:23
willcookenicely done oSoMoN18:43
seb128oSoMoN, woot :-)18:43
oSoMoNyeah, the patch was quite simple, figuring out how to set up the chromecast device was the hard part :)18:44
willcookehaha18:44
willcookeMust be about time to do some "testing" of Netflix about now then?18:44
oSoMoNthere’s a patch to enable loading the widevine plugin installed by chrome, but I haven’t tested it (don’t have a netflix subscription)18:46
oSoMoNwillcooke, feedback welcome if you have netflix18:46
jbichaoSoMoN: do you have a ppa with that widevine patch?18:47
mdeslaurTIL some people don't have Netflix18:47
willcookeoSoMoN, sure thing.  Can you drop me an email about how to get it installed and I'll give it a go.  Busy with finishing reviews now, so will give it a go over the weekend18:47
jbichamaybe that's the secret to oSoMoN's productivity :)18:47
oSoMoNjbicha, no PPA needed, the patch is in the repos already18:47
willcooke:D18:47
mdeslaurhehe :)18:48
oSoMoN:)18:48
sarnold:)18:48
jbichaoSoMoN: it's already in your May 10 update?18:48
oSoMoNjbicha, it should be, lemme check18:49
willcookeoh, so it's literately, go to Netflix and watch a movie?  I can probably handle that.18:50
willcookeliterally18:50
oSoMoNwillcooke, see https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~chromium-team/chromium-browser/zesty-working/view/head:/debian/patches/widevine-other-locations18:50
oSoMoNjust install the chrome deb from their website, and that should do it18:51
willcookeso install Chromium and Chome on Z and it should "just" work?18:52
oSoMoNin theory, yes18:52
willcookeright on18:52
willcookebah, now I find myself firing up a VM and not doing reviews.18:53
willcookea pox on all your houses18:53
jbichawillcooke: oSoMoN: shouldn't that work in Xenial too then?18:55
oSoMoNjbicha, yes, the same patch is applied on xenial too18:56
willcookenight all22:56

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