[01:23] <newDZHUSER> Hi, I wanted to check if this is still the best place to ask questions when i need help with ubuntu mate 18.04
[01:25] <newDZHUSER> I also want to ask... y'all gonna move to GitLab? (given the recent news that microsoft is buying GitHub)
[01:34] <stevecero> So I'm trying to change the icon for the Menu in the top-left corner. I'm not really fond of the Gnome Foot. Anyone know how to change the menu icon without selecting a whole new icon theme?
[01:43] <newDZHUSER> That reminds me, and this may be real noob question, how do I change to the cupertino theme?
[01:43] <newDZHUSER> when I go to Appearance Preferences -> Theme tab, I don't see it in the list
[04:03] <Voss749> whats the difference between ubuntu-mate and linux mint mate?
[04:30] <swift110> hmm good question
[05:09] <fingerprint> hi there, dont suppose anyone has an x220 thinkpad?
[05:12] <fingerprint> looking for the fingerprint driver
[06:24] <m4t> fingerprint: no experience personally but google says it has an Upek reader which is supported by fingerprint-gui
[12:35] <lehrer> hallo
[12:36] <lehrer> wie gehts
[12:36] <lehrer> soos
[13:50] <mate|33345> hello all - noob here. Is there anything that I can do to speed up the lauch time of snap applications?
[14:04] <gnugr> mate|33345: check what amount you have in /etc/default/grub GRUB_TIMEOUT=?, just set it to amount 2
[14:04] <gnugr> then do 'update-grub'
[14:09] <mate|33345> mine is set to 10
[14:11] <mate|33345> ...but i think this has to do with bootup time, correct? I was referring to the delay when launching snap applications vs normal installed applications
[14:18] <alkisg> Yeah that's just the grub menu timeout
[14:18] <alkisg> Personally I think snaps will be just another failed try of Canonical, so I avoid them completely
[14:18] <alkisg> sudo apt purge snapd :)
[14:19] <sixwheeledbeast^> But it depends on a meta-package
[14:19] <alkisg> Nah, it gets removed cleanly
[14:20] <mate|33345> i was thinking perhaps it would allow me to have the latest version of an app while running LTS distro
[14:21] <alkisg> True, that's the idea behind it
[14:21] <sixwheeledbeast^> It appears i have an old transitional package that is now replaced with snap-confine.
[14:21] <sixwheeledbeast^> You can use PPA's or other repos for that
[14:22] <sixwheeledbeast^> Bye bye snapd .. you have been purged :)
[14:26] <sixwheeledbeast^> The thing with snap applications is they will have to load all of there libs they are packaged with. So it is likely they will be slower by design.
[14:35] <valentino> hello, i need help. i want to start Cura3.3.1.AppImage but i dont know how....was searching in google....
[14:41] <valentino> someone can help please
[15:40] <Bert_2> Hi, I'm having a weird issue. I'm customising 18.04 the way I like it, but every time I edit my startup applications, it resets my previous changes (edits as well as disables). Does anyone know why?
[15:49] <gnugr> Bert_2: are all apps native package or included also 3rd party of them
[15:49] <gnugr> native packages*
[15:50] <gnugr> i faced also that behavor with firefox developer version
[15:57] <Bert_2> gnugr: I have it with an item I added by hand for seafile, dropbox (3rd party) and indicator session (preinstalled)
[15:57] <Bert_2> so I'm covering every option here :P
[15:59] <gnugr> Bert_2: if the system can't find the correct i.e. icon of them it could be frustrated
[16:00] <Bert_2> I see, you think it might reset because of lack of an icon? :O
[16:01] <gnugr> yes it might be one of the things
[16:01] <Bert_2> what a silly reason to reset everything :P
[16:02] <Bert_2> should I report that as a bug then? cause that's obviously not intended behaviour\
[17:15] <mate|84136> fuck u
[17:26] <sixwheeledbeast^> I have a few custom startup programs with no icons and no issues.
[18:04] <humm8> I read somewhere that latest mate release got support for HiDPI. Does that mean MATE is further with this than the others?
[18:05] <vkareh> humm8: other desktop environments have HiDPI support as well
[18:06] <humm8> ok
[18:11] <humm8> vkareh: Is HiDPI something which still has to improve a lot these days?
[18:11]  * humm8 considers a new screen
[18:12] <Svcdgoose> newbie to ubuntu mate
[18:12] <Svcdgoose> never used chat before.
[18:12] <vkareh> humm8: I use a HiDPI laptop as my daily driver. Works very well for me :)
[18:12] <Svcdgoose> what is hidpi?
[18:13] <vkareh> humm8: there might be a few things to improve. Marco has some things that could be scaled better, but overall it works pretty well
[18:13] <vkareh> Svcdgoose: screens with double the pixel density (aka Retina displays on Mac, for example)
[18:14] <humm8> yes, that made me happy vkareh :D
[18:14] <humm8> vkareh: High dots per inch
[18:14] <humm8> eh
[18:14] <humm8> Svcdgoose: High dots per inch
[18:15] <vkareh> humm8: I'd say give it a try, report any issues - I'm sure they'll get addressed promptly ;)
[18:17] <humm8> vkareh: I will (as long as i get some help for it)
[18:18] <humm8> Although... i am not in a hurry really, i basicly still want to wait for samsung to release a 8K screen. :)
[18:20] <vkareh> humm8: what's the resolution on those things? 7680x4320? Might need to add an extra option to MATE to support resolutions that high! Currently it supports 1x and 2x, but that might require 3x or 4x depending on how big the screen is.... which is insane, in my opinion
[18:21] <vkareh> humm8: you can always ping me for HiDPI help - I lurk in these IRC channels regularly and know just about enough HiDPI to break some stuff
[18:21] <vkareh> :D
[18:23] <humm8> thank you vkareh
[18:23] <vkareh> you're welcome!
[22:03] <BlueProtoman> I'm trying to use the nvidia drivers version 396 on Ubuntu 18.04, with a nVidia GeForce GTX 860M via Optimus.  Although `prime-select query` outputs `nvidia`, nvidia-smi fails with "NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn't communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running."  I can't use CUDA as a result, and my graphics are being drawn with my Intel chip.
[22:03] <BlueProtoman> How can I fix this?