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plaindaveHow do I check the speed of my USB ports in Xubuntu? E.g., USB 3.0.12:00
maieulholla14:31
maieulI am currently moving from mac to xubunut14:31
maieulI have many question14:31
maieulfirst of one is : is there a shortcut to show all the workspaces/to know the name of the current workspace14:32
FernandoBassomaieul, You can enable workspace plugin on the task bar, configure how many workspaces you want, their names (I believe so), and set a shortcut for `xfdesktop --windowlist`.15:34
maieulhow can I do that?15:38
maieulwhere can I configure the task bar?15:39
FernandoBassoWhat distro? You probably need to install xfce4-goodies.15:47
FernandoBassoAnyways, right-click on panel, and take a look on panel-preferences -> itens.15:48
* FernandoBasso is going to have lunch. I'll be back later.15:49
maieulxubunut15:50
maieulHow can I install the goodies?16:00
FernandoBassosudo apt install xfce4-goodies16:42
maieuldone16:43
maieulthere is some much thing that are not installed16:43
maieuland now?16:44
maieulwhat should I done?16:44
FernandoBassoRight click on the panel and start fiddling with stuff.16:47
FernandoBassoIf you ever mess up too much you can just remove (or move away) ~/.config/xfce4/16:47
maieulwhat do you mean by paneL? the top barre16:47
maieul?16:47
FernandoBassoYep.16:48
FernandoBassoright-click -> panel-preferences -> items16:48
maieulyep16:49
maieulfind16:49
maieulthanks16:49
FernandoBassoOne is glad to be of service.16:50
maieulthe tools is not veru useful, the workspace are too tiny to be seen16:51
maieuloh16:54
maieulI understand well what I can doo16:54
maieulyes, it will be nice16:55
maieulhttp://imgur.com/Xy3ML72l.png16:58
maieulis it possible to del that some application must always used in one workspace?17:00
PlainDavehow do I install a program that comes in GZip format? After I unpack, where do I put the files?18:38
well_laid_lawndoes it have a readme or install script?18:42
well_laid_lawnif not generally /usr/local/bin is used18:43
PlainDaveI read the readme, but there wasn't any install info18:43
well_laid_lawnsince there is only me using this computer I added ~/bin to $PATH for any programs I use that aren't from the repos18:44
PlainDavewell_laid_lawn, I just tried to cut and paste into usr/local/bin, but it wouldn't let me. Do I do it in terminal?18:49
well_laid_lawnyou'll need to use admin rights - sudo in a terminal is easiest imo18:54
PlainDaveokay cool. thanks.18:54
well_laid_lawncheers18:54
PlainDavewell_laid_lawn, Just one more question. After moving files, do I need to reboot?19:06
well_laid_lawnnope19:06
maieulhow could I show my keyboard layout19:07
PlainDaveokay thanks19:07
maieulwith a "graphics" representing the keyboard with the letter affected to19:07
maieul?19:07
well_laid_lawnmaieul:  does this help https://askubuntu.com/questions/930006/keyboard-layout-popup-xfce ?19:15
maieulnon19:15
maieulwhat I need is to see all the touch19:15
maieuland which letter is in which touche19:15
well_laid_lawnI don't understand what you mean. Do you want to try a french channel?19:19
well_laid_lawn!fr19:20
ubottuNous sommes desoles mais ce canal est en anglais uniquement. Si vous avez besoin d'aide ou voulez discuter en français, veuillez taper /join #ubuntu-fr ou /join #ubuntu-qc. Merci.19:20
maieulwell19:21
maieulyes19:21
well_laid_lawngood luck :)19:23
plaindaveHow can I upgrade from 16.04 to 17.10?21:23
knomeselect to upgrade to any new version, then run a normal upgrade and it should suggest you this21:25
plaindaveYou mean "sudo apt upgrade"?21:25
knomeno, "sudo do-release-upgrade" if you want to do it from the command line21:26
plaindaveokay. thanks.21:26

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