[14:52] <Mead> I run Lubuntu off a SD as my only linux machine in the house. It didn't come back after a restart.  How do I determine if the SD card is physically borked or if the data is stores just got borked?
 no error messages on bootup?
[15:31] <teward> Mead: no errors on startup?
[15:31] <teward> (realized I didn't ping you when I messaged over telegram oops)
 Hi, in my school I was given the task of installing Linux on about 15 i3 computers with 4 GB of RAM. This system installation should be maintained over the years, with updates and upgrades with no more fresh installations beyond this first. Do you advise me to install Ubuntu or Lubuntu?
[16:50] <diogenes_> JyotiGomes, it depends on the purpose and the specs of the computers
[16:50] <diogenes_> there were rumors that ubuntu is going to be supported for 10 years
 @diogenes_ [<diogenes_> JyotiGomes, it depends on the purpose and the specs of the computers], The room would be used by high school students and adult students, trainees of a training center.
 One of my doubts is if with these characteristics (processor i3 and 4 gb of ram) the computers would work well with Ubuntu
[16:55] <acheronuk> Lubununtu 18.04 is supported until April 2021. Ubuntu 18.04 until 2023
 @JyotiGomes they'd play well with Lubuntu probably.
 diogenes_: that rumor is IIRC meaning with ESR coverage from Ubuntu Advantage, not straight up.
[16:58] <acheronuk> Yes, the 10 years until 2028 is ESM: https://i.imgur.com/Od68wTd.png
[16:59] <acheronuk> and as yet, the packages supported has not been confirmed
[16:59] <acheronuk> most likely it will just be server/cloud things
[16:59] <teward> and/or Main stuff
[16:59] <teward> (possibly desktop Main stuff for Ubuntu base via security updates but)
 And as I personally like Lubuntu more, the temptation to install Lubuntu is great. But I have to think not so much in my personal preferences but in the general interest and the ease of other people who know linux even less than I, even if I quit school next year, have to do the updates and upgrades, the ease of working out-of-the-
[16:59] <acheronuk> desktop support is not very likely
 I would like to install an LTS, but as far as Lubuntu is concerned I would like to install Lubuntu LXQt, which makes the decision complex :-)
 It is not every day that we have the possibility to install Linux on 15 or more computers at once ... 😊
 Do you think that the computers with these characteristics (processor i3 and 4 gb of ram) would work well with Ubuntu? I do not know which graphics card the computer have.
 with *Ubuntu*?  Not if you intend 18.04+
 Lubuntu, it'd work fine.  but not pure Ubuntu
 *might* work with MATE, but that's going offtopic for this space :P
 @teward001 [Lubuntu, it'd work fine.  but not pure Ubuntu], Why not the pure Ubuntu?
 'cause GNOME is evil
 and has a lot more heavy reqs than Unity
 Unity and LIghtDM*
 we have a number of systems with i3s and 4GB RAM here with meh graphics cards, Ubuntu 18.04 lags on them
 so we threw Lubuntu 18.04 on them, with intention to upgrade to 20.04 in a year or so :P
 @teward001 [so we threw Lubuntu 18.04 on them, with intention to upgrade to 20.04 in a year …], I would prefer install Lubuntu 18.10 😊
 i mean you COULD
 you'll just have to upgrade in 6 months :P
 No proble, if it will be possible to upgrade Lubuntu without fresh installs
 Hi! how can i change, on Lubuntu 18.10, the user password or even change the login session to start without password?
 I't not documented in the manual?
[21:31] <wxl> it's lxqt-admin-user as seen https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-admin for changing passwords
[21:33] <wxl> for starting without a password, you have to tweak sddm which does not have a gui (yet)
[21:34] <wxl> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SDDM#Autologin
 @wxl [<wxl> for starting without a password, you have to tweak sddm which does not hav …], Thanks