[00:02] <Sose> hi. I'm trying to make xubuntu feel a bit more like windows, by changing some shortcuts. like how in Windows pressing the windows key opens the start menu but pressing win-e opens the file explorer for instance
[00:03] <Sose> I managed to change those keybinds from the keyboard menu but now the "start menu" opens up even if I press win-e for the file explorer
[00:03] <Sose> is there any way to fix that?
[00:04] <Sose> like make it only open the "start menu" on keyup if no other key was pressed alongside the windows key
[00:11] <Sose> also, having windows key / "Super" as the shortcut for the whisker menu means that under desktop->keyboard, if I bind Super-d to show desktop, it won't work at all :(
[00:18] <Sose> ah, of course when asking for help I found the right words for google. a little program called "ksuperkey" fixed it
[00:24] <jphilipz> hi Sose
[00:25] <jphilipz> yes the super key is an issue that doesnt have a complete solution at the moment
[00:27] <jphilipz> other xfce distros have the Super left key work with whisker and then, if you have a Super right key, that can be used with other Super shortcuts and not open whisker
[00:28] <Sose> right, I see
[00:28] <Sose> anyways, installing ksuperkey and adding it to autostart seems to do exactly what I want
[07:59] <Sose> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snapd/+bug/1575053
[07:59] <Sose> hilarious, that's like 3 years old and it's still not possible to add a '.' to the directory name?
[08:43] <knome> Sose, patches welcome? :P
[08:45] <Sose> I'm sure I couldn't figure it out if nobody else did. it's just funny because you'd think it's very easy to just add one character to a directory name
[08:47] <Unit193> Why put it in ~?  Depending, it should be in .config/snap, .cache/snap, or .local/share/snap
[08:55] <knome> that's a different question :)
[09:26] <Spass[m]> good to know that I'm not the only one that hates that ~/snap folder
[09:30] <Unit193> What's in it?
[09:30] <Spass[m]> for me it's a (yet another) clear indication, that desktop/home use isn't Canonical's focus for some time now
[09:31] <Spass[m]> not sure, I don't use snaps on my systems, and yes, that folder is one of many reasons why ;)
[09:35] <Sose> I guess it has some settings for programs installed with snap
[09:36] <Sose> for me it has code, node and spotify folders cause I installed those with snap (or from the Software program, didn't even realize I was using snaps except node)
[09:39] <Spass[m]> I use Spotify from the official repo -> https://www.spotify.com/download/linux/
[09:39] <Spass[m]> it opens quicker
[09:40] <Sose> hm, interesting, thanks for the tip
[09:41] <Sose> I wonder if the same is true for vscode
[09:42] <Sose> both spotify and vscode list Snap as the first option for installation though
[09:42] <Sose> guess it's the easiest
[09:44] <Spass[m]> yep, one command line, auto updates in the background, less "user support"
[09:46] <Sose> the one from the deb file just keeps crashing after logging in o.O
[09:46] <Sose> I'm not on LTS version of xubuntu though, I got the latest
[09:47] <Sose> maybe I'll just stick to the snaps for now :D
[09:50] <Sose> anyways I don't think the startup time is that long. feels similar to how it was with Windows 7
[09:52] <Spass[m]> Spotify was always problematic for me at first runs (black screen, crashes) but then it just start working
[09:52] <Spass[m]> I remember I tried it from snap some time ago and I had the same issue (black screen/empty window)
[09:53] <Spass[m]> and after couple restarts it suddenly starts working :)
[09:53] <Sose> heh, weird
[09:54] <Spass[m]> yeah, and I had the same issue on 3 machines
[09:58] <Sose> well spotify isn't the best software ever written even though I like the service
[09:59] <Spass[m]> true
[10:01] <Sose> https://www.neowin.net/news/canonical-improves-snap-performance-significantly-in-latest-update/
[10:01] <Sose> Examining the difference after font caching was added to the snap binaries on Ubuntu 18.10, Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code opened in 22.9 seconds, down from 119.9 seconds.
[10:01] <Sose> lol
[10:02] <Sose> (22.9 seconds is still really long. it takes like a couple of seconds at max?)
[10:02] <Sose> what are these numbers
[22:59] <cfoch> hi
[22:59] <cfoch> will 32 bit support will be removed in Xubuntu after 2021 too?
[23:04] <Unit193> If it's removed from the archive, there's nothing we can really do about it.