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lotuspsychjegood night00:03
Bashing-omlotuspsychje: Not much of a nap there friend :P00:20
lotuspsychjenop :p00:20
lordievaderGood morning06:16
ducassegood morning06:44
lordievaderMorning ducasse06:45
lordievaderHow are you doing?06:45
ducassei'm good, thanks, how are you?06:46
lordievaderDoing good here :)06:46
ducassegot plans today?06:49
lordievaderGot another student graduating :)06:53
lordievaderFull agenda furthermore06:53
lordievaderHow about you?06:53
ducassenot much, quiet day ahead here06:54
lordievader😁06:56
guivercctrl+alt+F4 opens ?? a virtual-terminal??  is that the correct name?  (my mind has gone blank again)07:11
daftykinsTTY07:11
daftykins*shrug*07:11
guivercyou & i know what we mean (with TTY) but I'm writing to a user (bug report) & would like to be 'correctish'07:12
guivercthanks daftykins07:13
daftykinsnp! i'd probably still write TTY but then explain with e.g. (the things you get when you press...) :D07:13
guiverci've changed my mind & aren't sending anyway07:16
daftykinsbug is now a feature 8D07:17
guivercboo!!  ibm documented bugs & they weren't bugs anymore, that & "this page intentionally left blank" I was never a fan of..  (s390)07:18
daftykinsmy exams always had that07:21
guivercapologies for the bad memories!07:22
daftykinshehe nah you're fine07:31
daftykinsi always wondered what they were thinking07:31
EoflaOEhello everyone07:36
lordievaderMorning EoflaOE07:36
EoflaOEgood morning lordievader07:37
lordievaderHow are you doing?07:37
EoflaOEDoing fine. And you?07:37
lordievaderDoing good here :)07:37
EoflaOENice.07:38
ducassehi guiverc07:42
guivercG'day ducasse :)07:45
ducasseguiverc: all well, i hope?07:45
guiverc& G'day EoflaOE , yep all good thank ducasse, how about you?07:46
EoflaOEThanks guiverc. And good day to you. Is everything well?07:47
ducasseguiverc: no complaints, thanks :)07:47
EoflaOEhi ducasse07:48
ducasse\o EoflaOE07:48
EoflaOEHow are you doing?07:48
ducasseall good, you too, i hope?07:48
EoflaOEAll good07:49
BluesKajHi folks10:59
marcoagpintoHello!11:17
JimBuntuGreetings marcoagpinto !11:21
marcoagpintogreetings JimBuntu!11:26
marcoagpinto:)11:26
BluesKajhey marcoagpinto11:27
marcoagpintoBluesKaj!11:29
marcoagpinto:)11:29
marcoagpintothis morning I went to Lisbon to get my medical leave for the weekend I didn't go to work11:29
marcoagpinto:)11:29
marcoagpintodays 3 and 4 of August11:30
marcoagpintotwo months for 19.10!11:52
marcoagpinto:)11:52
marcoagpintothen 20.0411:52
marcoagpintoI am so curious what 20.04 will bring11:52
marcoagpintoI am almost sure 20.04 will bring Kernel 5?11:55
marcoagpinto:)11:55
marcoagpintosince it is a LTS release and needs to be stable11:56
marcoagpinto:)11:56
JimBuntusadness marcoagpinto , sadness... and a lot of updates for people to perform :-(  Meh, necessary evil11:56
JimBuntuI can't wait for the jokes around 20.10... needs to be named 'A Space Odyssey'11:57
marcoagpintoohhhhhh11:57
marcoagpintogood name11:57
marcoagpinto:)11:57
marcoagpintowell thought11:57
JimBuntuThey could have SO MUCh fun around that... special background, HAL... everything11:58
marcoagpintocan't 20.04 bring a 512-bit OS?11:58
JimBuntuI mean, it's a point 10 release anyway11:58
marcoagpintoOS=file system*11:58
marcoagpinto:)11:58
marcoagpintoan ext5 or something?11:58
marcoagpinto:)11:58
JimBuntu512, why stop there... 640-bit11:58
marcoagpintowell, in a few years the servers will have 1 TB SSD drives11:59
marcoagpinto:)11:59
JimBuntuThe time has come for Webuntu instead of Ubuntu ;p11:59
marcoagpintoso, 512-bit makes sense11:59
marcoagpinto1 PT11:59
marcoagpintoPetabytes11:59
marcoagpintosorry for the typos, my brain is toasted11:59
JimBuntuno worries, my bagel is toasted12:00
marcoagpintothere is already at least 100 TB SSDs for servers12:00
marcoagpinto:)12:00
JimBuntusheesh. I can't say I am surprised by this though.  The cost is probably nice and high too.12:01
marcoagpintoyes12:01
marcoagpinto:)12:01
marcoagpintobut in 5 years the prices will drop12:01
marcoagpinto:)12:01
BluesKajwonder about X11 being replaced by Wayland or at least optional12:01
marcoagpintolike the normal Samsung SSDs have dropped a lot12:01
marcoagpinto:)12:01
JimBuntucyclic things BluesKaj ... if it happens on any long scale, X11 will improve and then it will go back to them dominating12:02
JimBuntumarcoagpinto, due to technological advancements, SSD costs are supposed to start dropping fast by the end of the year, once the tech makes it into full production, at least... that's what I read12:02
BluesKajWayland seems more difficult on KDE/Plasma than Gnome12:02
BluesKajSSDs should be down to $100US for 1TB before I'll consider upgrading from my Samsung EVO 256GB12:05
BluesKajthe 1TB outboard usb spinner does the job for media files atm12:06
JimBuntuI'm in the market for a bigger SSD, or I might simply go with one of those uSD cards to reduce the shipping costs to insanely low amounts. Either way, I think I need to make up my mind today and get it ordered.12:10
pragmaticenigmabut they'll be cheaper tomorrow ;-)12:11
BluesKajuSD card?12:13
BluesKajmicro sd ?12:13
JimBuntuyeah, micro12:14
BluesKajJimBuntu, ^12:14
BluesKajthey wear out fast after too many writes IME12:14
JimBuntuSorry, forgot which channel I was in BluesKaj , the micro is for that thing in the other channel where I literally mail data to someone12:15
BluesKajok'12:15
marcoagpinto:)12:15
marcoagpintomy Samsung 500 GB 850 cost me some 200-250 EUR a year or two ago12:16
marcoagpinto:)12:16
marcoagpintonow they are at ~100 EUR on Amazon UK12:16
JimBuntuMine was like $100 USD not long ago, I think I got the 128GB for something like $3012:16
marcoagpintodoes anyone know the life-time of standard HDD servers?12:18
marcoagpinto:)12:18
marcoagpintojust wondering12:18
BluesKajI went thru 3 microsd cards on my rpi3 already so i transferred the / partition to a usb hdd and the sd just contains the boot file12:18
BluesKajthink the microsd is kaput again since the rpi3 no longer boots12:19
BluesKajbut I seldom use it anyway so it's no real loss12:20
marcoagpintoBluesKaj: Years ago I too had problems with microSD cards for my MP3 player12:21
marcoagpintothe files on them would get corrupt12:21
BluesKajyeah, they're unreliable12:22
marcoagpintobut my last MP3 player comes with 8 GB storage, so I no longer need cards12:22
marcoagpinto:)12:22
JimBuntumarcoagpinto, I would have to guess that it really, really depends on utilization. Specs for most hard drives are available though. I do not have good info for 'in general' though12:22
marcoagpintobut the software is chinese and it sucks12:22
marcoagpintoJimBuntu: for example: Facebook?12:22
marcoagpinto:)12:22
marcoagpintojust wondering so that I could compare with SSDs in 5 years12:23
marcoagpinto:)12:23
marcoagpintoahhh... every time my MP3 players gets damaged and I buy a new one, the software is always the same, even if the brand changes12:23
marcoagpintoand it doesn't accept UTF-8 filenames, so all musics get corrupted names12:24
JimBuntusorry marcoagpinto , I don't have any friends at Facebook. Had a similar discussion with a friend at Google, but they said it was basically a constant stream of replacing drives and systems :/12:25
marcoagpintoohhhhhhh12:25
BluesKajlesson, don't buy Chinese software12:26
JimBuntuGoogle also did/do run their data servers pretty hot though, much warmer than most, so that *might* contribute to more failures of equipment.12:26
marcoagpintoBluesKaj: I don't buy Chinese software. All MP3 players in Portugal seem to use it12:26
marcoagpintoat least the cheaper ones12:26
* JimBuntu sends marcoagpinto a nice MP3 player from the USA... of course, made in China though ;p12:27
marcoagpintoJimBuntu: >:)12:27
BluesKaj I don't own a mp3 player so...12:27
marcoagpintoWhen I go to Lisbon I usually take the player with me12:28
marcoagpinto:)12:28
JimBuntuI no longer have any device specially built for MP3 playback, well... I am sure I have at least 1 laying around somewhere, but I don't use one any more12:28
BluesKajjust listen to cds or FM radio in my old car :-)12:28
JimBuntumarcoagpinto, are such devices 'popular' in your land?12:28
marcoagpintoJimBuntu: yes12:29
marcoagpinto:)12:29
marcoagpinto20 EUR or so12:29
marcoagpintoplus 15 EUR ensurance if it breaks12:29
marcoagpinto:)12:29
JimBuntuoh wow. Somewhat inexpensive too.12:29
marcoagpintoor something like that12:29
marcoagpintoso, if it brakes, I buy a new one12:29
marcoagpinto:)12:29
marcoagpintothe ensurance costs about the same as a new one12:29
marcoagpintobreaks*12:29
JimBuntuAround here, the tablet craze has taken over.12:29
JimBuntuor the 'phablet' craze.12:30
BluesKajmp3 audio is awful to my ears12:30
marcoagpintoBluesKaj: convert the songs to 320 kbp or above12:30
marcoagpintoand get good headphones12:30
BluesKajit's ok for voice, but not music12:31
marcoagpinto:)12:31
JimBuntuBluesKaj, you didn't spend enough time next to huge speakers cranked up. Now you suffer from poor audio quality while the rest of us yell 'what?'12:31
BluesKajoh I have a dropout in my ears at 6Khz then it goes back up to normal levels on the frequency spectrum12:33
BluesKajI've spent a lot of time near big guitar amps over the years, but I used stuff cotton in them when we were gigging12:34
BluesKajused to12:34
JimBuntuI was/am stupid though BluesKaj , all of those gigs I set up... with stupid young me sitting right on top of huge speakers enjoying the free show.12:35
BluesKajwhen you're young you're invincible :-)12:36
marcoagpinto>:)12:36
marcoagpintolike when I was a kid... I would place a "Napalm Death" CD on the stereo and would turn the volume to the maximum :)12:37
marcoagpintoso that the neighbours would hear it12:37
marcoagpinto:p12:37
marcoagpintolol12:38
marcoagpintoonly crap I have done12:38
BluesKajnice way way to blow tweeters12:38
BluesKajclipping amps12:38
BluesKajoops, repeating myself again again12:39
pragmaticenigmaecho echo echo12:39
JimBuntuechoooooo echoooooo echooooooo12:40
BluesKajusually 60% volume on a preamp stage is anough to drive an amp to full power12:41
BluesKajenough even12:41
BluesKajat line level12:43
BluesKajand sometimes to little power is worse than too much12:44
bobjungaanyone know what window manager disco uses by default? I dont recognize any in the process list of my install. I am using the default (non-wayland) session15:39
bobjungasecond question: I see two systemd processes in the process list. systemd(1) at the top as I expected but then there is another. Is that a snap thing?  Where can I find information on it? googling has not paid off15:45
lotuspsychjebobjunga: not sure what you are trying to do?15:58
pragmaticenigmabobjunga: There are Desktop Managers, Desktop Environments, and Compositors ... that make up what a person might perceive as the window manager16:08
pragmaticenigmaWhat are you digging for, and what is your concern?16:08
bobjungawell, I am research and learning about the display architecture and X, wayland16:08
bobjungaI was playing around with making a "Xepher :1"  X server and adding various components like a win manager and then gnome-panel, etc...16:10
bobjungathis is on a fresh 19.04.   I installed metacity to and it worked on the :1 X server but I wanted to see which in manager I was running in 19.04 and try that one16:11
bobjungabut I could not find any of the ones I know about -- mutter, metacity, etc...16:12
bobjungaso I wonder if in gnome3/ubuntu the window manager is built into something else16:12
pragmaticenigmabobjunga: Gnome-shell has it's compositor embedded in the Desktop Environment. There is no separate window compositor (e.g. Metacity)16:14
bobjungaand then while looking at pstree output for the win manager, I found it a little disconcerting that there was a second systemd and would like to understand why16:14
bobjungapragmaticenigma: hmm.. I thought that the compositor was separate -- (an X extension and built into wayland)16:15
bobjungabut anyway, it would make sense if gnome-shell provides the dock and top panel and the win manager functionality16:17
pragmaticenigmabobjunga: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Shell#Software_architecture16:17
pragmaticenigmaThe direction was Gnome is trying to make their desktop more customizable by use of extensions, which are easily written as JavaScript programs that Mutter can render16:18
bobjungaok. its starting to make sense. I had read that wiki page yesterday but back then, the distinction between the window manager and compositor and descktop shell did not mean enough to me.16:20
bobjungainteresting. I cant run a second copy of gnome-shell on display :1, apparently because it registers with dbus and there can be only one.  (error:  rg.gnome.Shell already exists on bus and --replace not specified)16:23
bobjungaso because gnome3 is monolithic in this respect, a person cant choose to use a tiling win manager like awesome with the gnome dock and top bar and extensions16:25
bobjungapragmaticenigma: I like the gnome3 extensions but why is that not a huge security concern. Package in the official ubuntu repository go through some approval process run by canonical but it seems that anyone can post a gnome extension to their website16:28
pragmaticenigmabobjunga: If you want tiling, then use a environment built for that purpose. You wouldn't use a screw driver to hammer a nail, it's possible to do, but not very effective. What I'm trying to say is, why force Gnome-Shell to behave a particular way it wasn't designed to work in.16:30
pragmaticenigmabobjunga: As far as users installing extensions as they please, it's on the user to research and verify the applications, extensions and other features they install won't harm their system. Ubuntu itself comes with no guarantee that it won't break or harm your system. A best effort is made, and some extensions are avaialble in the Ubuntu software repos for more common usage or for Ubuntu to achieve a particular feature set.16:32
pragmaticenigmabobjunga: One case for the extensions is Gnome developers are removing the ability to treat the desktop as a folder, meaning anything you place in ~/Desktop will no longer be displayed if you minimize all the windows. There is, however, an extension that can restore that functionality.16:34
bobjungapragmaticenigma: thanks for your help in understanding gnome3 arch:)16:42

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