[02:31] <chegney> hello
[02:34] <chegney> If I were to create a linux install on a usb drive, what would be the best size for the drive?
[02:35] <wxl> 8+
[02:37] <chegney> is it possible to use the usb drive only for the os, but have a windows directory be the main portion of the file system /usr?
[02:37] <wxl> amutjomg
[02:37] <wxl> oops
[02:37] <wxl> anything is possible
[02:37] <wxl> whether or not it's easy is another question
[02:37] <chegney> another windows director for /home?
[02:41] <chegney> it would just be a matter of mounting those windows directories as drives during the install right?
[02:41] <chegney> or mount points rather
[02:41] <wxl> yeah they'd certainly need to be mounted
[02:42] <chegney> so I could have everything including /boot on the usb drive except /usr and /home on windows partion right?
[02:43] <wxl> i'm sure that /home would be trivial to do with the installer. /usr might require some manual partitioning. i've never tried
[02:43] <wxl> manual in this case may mean dropping into a terminal and doing the heavy lifting
[15:57] <chegney> I'm running lubuntu on an old mac mini from 2005
[15:57] <chegney> very usable still for simple things
[15:59] <chegney> still have 394M memory left with X and some terminal windows open
[16:00] <mpmc> Looks like I'm stuck on 16.04 until a kernel fix for r8168/9 is released.
[16:01] <chegney> is there something after 16.04?
[16:01] <chegney> I thought that was the latest
[16:02] <mpmc> chegney: the upcoming 18.04 (or 17.10 if you want).
[16:02] <chegney> Ah yeah, I forgot 17s were out
[16:02] <mpmc> 17.10 isn't worth it as 18.04 is about a month or so away.
[16:03] <chegney> I don't think anything above 16.04 runs on the old powerpc though, right?
[16:06] <mpmc> sem idéia
[16:17] <chegney> 18.04 won't have support for powerpc right?
[17:16] <chegney> is there a console player for google play music?
[17:16] <chegney> I found something called Jam on github, but can't seem to get it to install
[18:16] <JohnDoe_71Rus> chegney: you can install this kernels http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/
[18:17] <JohnDoe_71Rus> i use 14.04 with 4.15 kernel
[18:17] <wxl> chegney: https://github.com/96AA48/gmplayer
[20:24] <chegney> I need that kernel to use the gmplayer?
[20:24] <wxl> 0916 < chegney:#lubuntu> is there a console player for google play music?
[20:58] <chegney> ah, okay, thanks
[21:11] <chegney> where are the instructions to install gmplayer?
[21:14] <chegney> I try the npm command in the readme and I get Illegal instruction (core dumped)