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Ben64ok my chrome is still lagging02:26
Ben64:(02:27
sarnold:(02:28
Ben64so far beta chrome working03:59
lotuspsychjebluefox83: i like stacer to tweak systemd services05:54
lotuspsychjethe GUI way05:54
bluefox83ah05:54
bluefox83whats the deal with haveged?05:54
lotuspsychjealso fileshredder and all in one prog05:54
lotuspsychjebluefox83: https://linux.die.net/man/8/haveged05:55
bluefox83i doubt i need all that, i just browse the web, chat in irssi, and mess around in python :)05:55
lotuspsychjebluefox83: system tweaks are not 'needed' its when the user chooses for it05:56
bluefox83i wish i had the funds to build a server, or a pi cluster, something so i could play on more than just my laptop05:56
daftykinsinstall a VM = free05:57
bluefox83yeah, this laptop is old, and doesn't run VM very well05:57
bluefox83i've got all of 4gb to mess with05:58
daftykinswow05:58
bluefox83not nearly enough ram to run a decent VM05:58
daftykinswell you say that but my home Linux VM which runs my home nextcloud instance, this IRC client and so on has only 1GB allocated05:59
bluefox83wow, that's impressive05:59
lotuspsychjebluefox83: 4gb & a spinner and 5sec boot on 20.04?05:59
lotuspsychjeor ssd?05:59
bluefox83ssd05:59
lotuspsychjeah06:00
bluefox83like a cheap one, nothing fancy06:00
lotuspsychjerussian fatty dove lol?06:00
daftykinsdo you have another RAM slot free? very cheap to double up on older generation hardware06:00
bluefox83no, just 2 slots, and it would be about $40 to just buy 8gb of ram and replace this. but i don't have it06:07
daftykinsoh it's in a 2x2, that's unfortunate06:07
bluefox83trust me i'd leap at it if i did06:07
bluefox83and the damn thing maxes out at 8gb, 4 per slot06:08
daftykinshonestly though, i picked up two ThinkPad T450's which have 5th gen intel i5's with 8GB RAM and SSDs for £170 each the other day, it really doesn't take a lot of money to get something nice06:08
daftykinsmust be old06:08
lotuspsychjeare you on hexchat bluefox8306:09
bluefox83yeah, the problem is i haven't worked since march 23rd, and i'm barely getting enough to pay my bills in unemployment, and haven't got my stimulus yet06:09
bluefox83irssi06:09
lotuspsychjeah kk06:09
daftykins*nod*06:09
daftykinsyeah i would not spend that handout on stuff, despite the temptation everyone in the US seem to have :P06:10
bluefox83i was supposed to start work back up on next monday, but they pushed it back another week06:10
daftykinswhich state are you in?06:12
bluefox83kentucky06:12
daftykinshmm i don't think i've seen any news about how they've been handling things, there06:14
bluefox83well, our governor is Andy Beshear06:16
bluefox83he's newly elected and doing a fucking amazeballs job06:16
bluefox83he's taking social distancing and stuff seriously06:16
bluefox83unlike our ex governor, who has been quoted recently as saying covid is a hoax and that we shouldn't have shut anything down06:17
bluefox83he tweeted from a private bunker, freakin jerk06:18
lotuspsychjeplz mind your language in the ubuntu channels bluefox8306:19
lotuspsychjewe try to remain family friendly06:19
bluefox83oh, my apologies06:20
bluefox83so my ssh is only 120gb lol06:21
bluefox83but it has a whole lot of partitions...guess that's what i get for letting the installer pick06:21
daftykinsoh SSD06:23
daftykinsthe EFI spec has multiple also, just the way things work06:24
lordievaderGood morning06:28
ducassegood morning06:38
bluefox83just installed a quick package and apt listed a ton of packages to remove, so i went ahead and ran autoremove. let me tell ya, i was sweating!06:42
bluefox83i still don't know if the laptop will boot when i restart! lol06:42
daftykinsyou would have to remove a very crucial package for autoremove to be suggesting anything important to take off07:00
daftykinsit's always smart to have a flash drive with a bootable live session to hand07:01
bluefox83i keep one in a drawer by my bed07:05
oerheksoh no, defcon is cancelled http://defcon.ws/09:33
lotuspsychjetoo bad oerheks09:37
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lotuspsychjeCrazySam: if you want latest software, snap can be a good idea in some cases09:47
CrazySamlotuspsychje: the performance issues they are talking about in the main channel, is this an inherent problem of snap, or app specific?09:51
lotuspsychjeCrazySam: ubuntu blog wrote an article about snap speed improvements, the speed also depends on the specific snap/maintainer yes09:51
lotuspsychjeCrazySam: https://snapcraft.io/blog/snap-startup-time-improvements09:53
lotuspsychjeCrazySam: Snapd 2.36.2 and higher should have 6x faster speeds09:54
CrazySamlotuspsychje: it seems to me like users will have to be a little more patient, while developers of snap improve the system, as well as app developers learn to optimize their snap apps better. Thereby closing the gap between snap vs. no snap.10:15
lotuspsychjeCrazySam: its the users choice to install snaps or not10:16
CrazySamThey used Ubuntu 18.10 in those tests. I would expect anyone running Ubuntu 20.04 today to benefit from the improvements they already made, and then some.10:16
mgedminit would be interesting to see some numbers10:17
lotuspsychjemaybe phoronix did it, those are always ready to benchmark everything10:18
mgedminI never actually noticed _performance_ as an issue with the chromium snap10:18
mgedminI'm constantly annoyed by other things instead10:18
lotuspsychjemgedmin: like what10:18
mgedmin(no looking at html files in /tmp! no clicking on magnet: links! forced background upgrades that make you lose the browsing session and history if you don't restart right away!)10:18
daftykinsFirefox #110:19
mgedmin(no color emoji! no selenium tests with chromedriver!)10:19
mgedminI accidentally started using a workflow where I use firefox for work and chromium for leisure10:20
mgedminnow it's a problem going back to just a single browser10:20
mgedminit's so nice that you can close a browser and forget about work, then open it the next day and all your tabs are right there10:20
mgedminfirefox has profiles, yes, but ugh10:21
daftykinsah i get you, i do similar but the other way around :)10:21
mgedminanyway it would be better to fix the snap problems10:21
daftykinscan't see the magnet one stopping you from a right-click -> copy approach10:22
mgedminyup, but it's annoying10:23
CrazySammgedmin: you mean profiles, not containers? Firefox has both. I don't use containers. It seemed like a nice feature at first, but I never stuck to using it.10:32
mgedminyeah, I said profiles -- I don't even know what firefox containers are10:33
CrazySammgedmin: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers10:41
CrazySamYou can even sync them across different computers with Firefox account.10:42
mgedminthanks!10:43
mgedminiirc I switched my leisure browsing to chromium when I discovered that youtube videos at 2x speed sound better there10:43
CrazySamInteresting...10:44
mgedminspeaking of sound, my bluetooth headphones sound terrible with skips and drops every couple of minutes10:44
mgedminand I don't know if I should blame interference at 2.4 GHz from my wifi router, bluez, pulseaudio, snap, or chromium10:45
mgedminit's probably not the latest two, as I had skips when I played sound with mpv as well10:45
mgedmin(could be cheap crappy headphones too!)10:45
CrazySamAnyone here using + in email addresses? I'm curious how it helps keep spam at bay?12:07
mgedminsometimes, for testing, and I haven't ever heard that it would help fight spam in any way?12:10
mgedminmaybe when people use different email+siteX@example.com addresses to sign up for sites so when they start getting spam they'll see which site sold/leaked their address12:11
daftykinsyeah ^ my sentiments exactly, it's just handy for filtering12:17
CrazySamRight, and in that case there is no way stopping those e-mails anyway? It just helps you blame? I have come across some old blog posts mentioning this.12:39
daftykinswell you filter them to another folder and know that they're less important12:42
CrazySamI see... so those would be "potentially" spam mails.12:43
CrazySamHere is one post from 2004 on the topic: http://www.somebits.com/weblog/tech/bad/plusEmail.html12:43
daftykins16 years, heh yeah i'm good12:44
CrazySamHehe I just noticed the path. "/tech/bad/" :P12:44
CrazySamLook! Here is Tech! And here is Bad Tech! :)12:48
CrazySamMore bad tech: San Francisco Treasurer website is insecure12:52
CrazySamhttp://www.somebits.com/weblog/tech/bad/sf-treasurer-site-is-insecure.html12:52
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marcoagpintoThe demon!!!!!!13:36
daftykinsoop guard your fridges, people13:37
marcoagpintoso, I noticed that GTK4 ships with 20.04?13:40
marcoagpintoin today's update it was installing GTK4 files13:40
daftykinsi'm pretty sure it wouldn't just suddenly start13:51
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CrazySamhttps://forum.snapcraft.io/17:55
CrazySamIs this forum run by Canonical?17:55
CrazySamI can't seem to sign in with Ubuntu One.17:56
Lukewhit is, but doesn't use Ubuntu One17:57
CrazySamI think Ubuntu One is a good idea. But not everyone agrees with me.18:11

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