[00:37] <azx> When i open an app window in kubuntu it's always too small and has part of the content cut off and i have to resize it
[00:37] <azx> is there a setting i can set to automatically make the window large enough to show the content within
[00:38] <azx> I've changed the scale to be large enough to read on my 4k display
[00:38] <azx> i think the windows are opening with the old sizing method for the tiny scale
[00:38] <azx> because if the scale is tiny,  idon't have this issue
[01:14] <mparillo> azx: I have never done it but under your application window icon can you More Actions > Configure Special Window Settings or More Actions > Configure Special Window Settings
[01:15] <mparillo> Second option should be Configure Special Application Settings.
[01:16] <azx> mparillo: Thanks! I'll have to do that on a per-application basis
 I am about to move from Arch to Kubuntu because of AMD pro drivers but the question I have is how to early load intel-microcode in Kubuntu or is it already installed and set up this way??  I am pretty sure it is different for me in Arch. Any help or explanations are appreciated.
[02:00] <k_sze> Does Kubuntu (18.04) support fractional scaling of display
[03:33] <valorie> @freefreeno afaik, intel-microcode comes through with other updates
[03:33] <valorie> I never added any extra repos, etc.
[03:33] <valorie> !info intel-microcode
[03:36] <valorie> k_sze: fractional scaling was introduced in 2019, so I doubt that it will work in 18.04, even with backports
 @valorie, I wasn't talking about installing intel-microcode. I was asking if it loaded early by default. It is recommeded to load intel-microcode early in the boot process but it can be loaded late. The last time I used Ubuntu distro I believe it was being loaded late. I want to know if loads EARLY by default.
[03:43] <valorie> that I don't know
 Josh, what card are you using?
[03:44] <valorie> the kubuntu team doesn't do that part of preparing the ISO, etc.
[03:45] <valorie> I was going to suggest asking in #ubuntu, but @DarinMiller knows hardware, drivers, etc.
 intel microcode install is optional on Kubutu  (can be installed after OS install: sudo apt install intel-microcode).
 I recommend installing 19.10 and adding backports PPA.  Better fractional scaling support will soon be available in plasma 5.18 and then upgrade to 20.04 (an LTS release).
 If 18.04 is a must, use a combination of Force Font DPI  and/or display scaling to achieve the desired results.
 @DarinMiller, I am on the i7 9750H and I have been loading the intel-ucode at boot fro years and would like to know how this is done in Kubuntu
 @DarinMiller, I was under the impression from the wiki that everyone should be loading there microcode at boot or at least loading it late but loading it early is the recomended way.
 @DarinMiller, i7 9750H
 @DarinMiller, I load mine now with systemd boot it loads early with grub also. This is how I configure it. I would just like to know how after I install the intel-microcode package what do I do then to load it early.
 @valorie, Thanks for helping.
[05:34] <valorie> you're welcome!
 @valorie, Maybe I am asking this wrong. We use intel-ucode.
[05:35] <valorie> if you have further questions, #ubuntu may be better
 @valorie, I asked this same thing at Ubuntu forums and got no help. Thanks though. I think I am supposed to use iucode_tool in Ubuntu distro's. I just don't understand how to use it.
[05:50] <valorie> @freefreeno I'm not sure why doing anything special would be required?
[05:51] <valorie> !info iucode_tool
[05:52] <valorie> there is https://gitlab.com/iucode-tool/iucode-tool
[05:52] <valorie> but it doesn't explain why its use would be necessary
 Not to sound ike a you know what but  BUT are you saying that you recomend that people use there PC's without installing the microcode for there processors???
[05:53] <valorie> I do use it
 @valorie, Ok hold on one sec then and we can get to the bottom of this.
[05:55] <valorie> I'm really the wrong person to discuss this with, @freefreeno
 @valorie, It only takes one command to see if your has automatically loaded early is all I am saying. I am getting the command now. It will be in dmesg or journal.
[05:56] <valorie> sorry, have other things to do
 journalctl -k --grep='microcode'
 @valorie, journalctl -k --grep='microcode'
[05:58] <valorie> journalctl -k --grep='microcode'
[05:58] <valorie> -- Logs begin at Sun 2018-12-16 02:29:24 PST, end at Sun 2020-02-02 21:55:24 PST. --
[05:58] <valorie> Jan 14 12:58:26 valorie-Oryx-Pro kernel: microcode: microcode updated early to revision 0xca, date = 2019-10-03
[05:58] <valorie> Jan 14 12:58:26 valorie-Oryx-Pro kernel: microcode: sig=0x906e9, pf=0x20, revision=0xca
[05:58] <valorie> Jan 14 12:58:26 valorie-Oryx-Pro kernel: microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.
[05:58] <valorie> @freefreeno
 @valorie, Ok this is all I need to see and all you did was install intel-microcode ???
[05:59] <valorie> yes
 @valorie, Ok thanks. This has to be configured in Arch.
[05:59] <valorie> never anything special
[05:59] <valorie> lol, doesn't surprise me
[05:59] <valorie> :-)
[06:00] <valorie> one of the many reasons I use Kubuntu rather than the alternatives
 @valorie, Its like three words but nevertheless
[06:00] <valorie> real magick is often simple
 @valorie, What keeps me from making the jump for a couple years is hardware acceleration in chromium and the widevine package. I have to have these things.
[06:01] <valorie> !info widevine
 @ubottu, Yes I know and that means no netflix or anything in chromium and no hardware acceleration.
 @ubottu, So its chrome for vids with no hw accel
[06:03] <valorie> https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=chromium-widevine
[06:03] <valorie> I suppose that is installable with dpkg
 @valorie, See you've been a great help. Now if Ubuntu just had a patched chromium with vappi
[06:04] <valorie> you could file a "needs packaging" bug against it
[06:04] <valorie> and ask for the patch, too
[06:05] <valorie> possibly available as a snap
 @valorie, Well they did have an experimental snapd package with it enabled but I think that is gone now.
[06:11] <valorie> bummer
 I just am a chrome user and I like to watch videos and it makes a huge difference especially if your on battery.
 @valorie, Processor run at like 5 to 8% with it playing HD but without it is like 20 %
[06:14] <valorie> ok
 @valorie, Thanks again.
[06:15] <valorie> yw
[07:24] <lordievader> Good morning
 Hello
 😀😀
[10:58] <Qik> why is translation lacking on 19.10 ?
[10:58] <Qik> on 18.04 wherything is translated
[10:58] <Qik> on 19.10 there are things that arent
[11:51] <lordievader> File a regression bug
[11:53] <user|5091> hi, does kubuntu come "out of the box" with a proper rdp client?
[12:16] <BluesKaj> Howdy all
[12:40] <lordievader> user|5091: I don't think it comes with it out of the box, but remmina is one `apt-get install` away.
[13:24] <BluesKaj> !crosspost
[14:49] <nenad> is anyone alive?
[15:05] <ray_> Is the program KArm (time tracking app) still available?
[15:06] <ray_> (I used it several years ago and haven't needed it agin until recently)
[15:07] <ray_> Or is there an alternative? I am lookin for something simple that will track time spent based on desktop used and stop timing on idle
[16:05] <ray_> Is the program KArm (time tracking app) still available?
[16:06] <ray_> (I used it several years ago and haven't needed it agin until recently)
[16:06] <ray_> Or is there an alternative? I am lookin for something simple that will track time in multiple categories based on desktop used and stop timing on idle
[21:16] <Wizard_> can i have question about kubuntu?
[22:24] <user|196323> I have a kubuntu question. Is anyone around to answer?
[22:28] <wardred> It's better just to ask.  What's up?
[22:29] <user|196323> I previously installed (I think) 19.04 from a USB stick
[22:29] <user|196323> but I've changed to 19.10 from a DVD
[22:29] <user|196323> However something weird about the partitions
[22:30] <user|196323> it's all on the same laptop, but this time I have a small fat32 partition
[22:30] <user|196323> I don't remember ever having that previously
[22:30] <user|196323> should I be worried
[22:30] <wardred> I believe that's typically the UEFI partition, asuming you're using UEFI to boot instead of bios.
[22:31] <user|196323> I'm too much of a noob to know what i'm using to boot
[22:31] <wardred> That's pretty typical on modern hardware.
[22:31] <user|196323> But why didn't it do that on this laptop from the USB stick?
[22:31] <user|196323> (at least as far as I remember)
[22:32] <wardred> Depending on how things were setup, and/or what type of USB stick you were using, UEFI boot may not have been an option.
[22:32] <wardred> USB stick is a little touchier than DVD.
[22:32] <user|196323> What would be the tangible difference between a UEFI boot and a non-UEFI boot
[22:32] <user|196323> i.e. what's the difference in how it looks
[22:33] <wardred> I don't know all the particulars, but you can search for Ubuntu USB not booting UEFI or something similar.
[22:33] <user|196323> Well I'm not bothered about how it boots so long as it works
[22:33] <user|196323> It was just a red flag to me to have an extra partition compared with what i'd had before
[22:37] <wardred> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFI
[22:37] <wardred> You should be good.  I'm not 100% sure why the USB stick didn't create the fat32 partition.  I'm out, have fun!
[22:50] <pica> aloha
[23:49] <Wizard_> I just run do-release-upgrade and it stucked after installing chrome via snap,... then i runned apt ugrade and it downloaded stuff,... is there a way how to tell that everything is alright and proper? system works, but i had to ctrl+c that do-release-upgrade after that chromium install. so iam worried, that there is something missing.
[23:49] <Wizard_> (from kubuntu 18.04 to 19.10)