[01:23] other than disabling the compositor and disabling some of the autostart apps, what other tweaks can be made to improve performance [01:23] and reduce memory usage === brainwash_ is now known as brainwash [02:34] Check what's using the most ram, check `systemd-analyze blame`, etc. === jphilips_ is now known as jphilips [09:10] Unit193: thanks. the top things are blueman-mechanism, the snapd, then man-db [09:11] tbh disabling the compositor doesn't necessarily mean more performance [09:12] it may actually mean less performance [09:12] bluesabre: we ship floating xfce in the screensaver and thinking we should be having floating xubuntu [09:12] because you shift effort from the gpu to the cpu [09:12] thanks for the insight ochosi [09:12] so unless you have a really old gpu it's really not an advantage [09:12] (which is also why i'm not working on non-compositing optimizations in xfce upstream anymore) [09:12] Oh hey, did you see the commit I pasted here? [09:13] Oh hey, did you see that we accept merge requests over on gitlab.xfce.org? [09:13] :D [09:14] Yeah that's a lot more complicated. :/ [09:14] not really [09:14] I'll see if I can't bastardize `salsa` to do it sometime next week or more. [09:14] 1) create account (you should have one anyway) [09:15] with the bugs that have been cropping up with compositing, i've noticed that xfwm was running at ~14% of cpu if i just had a window open, so decided to disable compositing [09:15] 2) i give you access [09:15] 3) you fork the repo [09:15] 4) create branch, push branch [09:15] 5) file merge request [09:15] Yeah Gitlab is super slow. [09:15] 6) i click "merge" [09:15] :D [09:15] less slow than you pinging and reminding me here ;) [09:15] But like I said, sometime next week (or month) I'll see if I can't modify a GL script to do it. :) [09:17] i'm on my work laptop now, so i can't push "your" commit [09:17] i could merge it [09:18] That's OK, I'm not on a system right now that can really mess with GitLab right now, so I can commit but not push anywhere. :D [09:18] hehe [09:18] nice [09:19] we're both stuck! :D [09:20] I guess I should check what other's preferences are with regards to committing, see if I should continue the drive-by typo fixes. :P [09:23] i think in gitlab you can easily fix typos in the Web UI [09:26] i'm logging into gitlab with my github account, but i'm getting a notice that only when i set a password will i be able to pull or push. is this correct? [09:29] for pushing you need a "verified" account [09:29] so an xfce admin has to approve your account [09:29] cloning should work even anonymously i think [09:30] https://imgur.com/l71yfuQ.png [09:31] right, maybe then [09:31] you could try and then let me know so we can update the contributor docs [09:33] git clone https worked fine, even without my ssh keys connected to it [09:34] just with github [09:34] yeah, ssh keys are not necessary [09:36] to confirm, if i dont do step 2 (you giving me access), i wont be able to fork, branch and send in merge request (steps 2 to 5) [09:37] seems strange, as on github you can do all these without requesting access [09:39] please read my release announcement/email [09:39] it's mentioned and explained there [09:40] okay [09:43] I think I can use `gitlab-xfce` now to fork/push a mr if I can only grab an API key now. :D [11:47] if ubiquity slide translations for groovy arent available yet, should i suggest a contributor contribute to focal? https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/groovy/+source/ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu/+pots/ubiquity-slideshow-xubuntu [12:14] not sure why, but when i updated my system yesterday, it reinstalled the snap store [13:54] when will the .1 release come out? === jphilips_ is now known as jphilips [16:33] did another update and its try to install the snap store again. any idea now to stop this [17:02] jphilips: ask the ubuntu devs [17:03] guess its time for me to complete wipe snap from my system as i was only using it for a single app anyway [17:05] this is what it shows in software updater - https://imgur.com/yJxyjZD.png [17:05] having it installed wouldn't bother me [17:05] its trying to remove gnome-software as well [17:09] makes sense I guess [17:09] snap store is a tweaked gnome-software, isn't it? [17:10] yes, but only installs snaps [17:11] that sounds like a bad design [17:12] that's whats all the rage these days with people saying canonical is shoving snaps down people's throats [17:13] read this recently https://www.osnews.com/story/131746/ubuntu-20-04-lts-snap-obsession-has-snapped-me-off-of-it/ [17:14] "obsession" [17:14] didn't they go back and removed the snap installed calculator? [17:15] yep they removed the snaps of calculator and character map and added the snap of the store [17:16] so, it's actually a good move [17:16] people don't like the store, and now it can be only used for snaps [17:16] meaning that you don't have to use store anymore or only if you want to deal with snaps [17:18] ubuntu comes with snap store and no longer gnome software [17:19] and that is brilliant [17:22] people can go back to use other ways of installing software :) [17:22] definitely a good move on their end to push snaps, just not liking what its trying to do to my system [17:22] just another reason why i prefer synaptic over these software stores [18:10] "Other specific changes Daniel and other GNOME developers worked on this cycle include:" [18:10] " - Moving mouse no longer involves JavaScript" [18:11] yep i found that hilarious in the announcement [18:12] GNOME must be a nice playground for people who like to optimize stuff [18:14] and once everything is done, all javascript is gone :D === nikow1 is now known as nikow [18:54] from david mohammed [18:55] " I did ping in ubuntu flavors irc about this when I found the same thing in ubuntu budgie. Since you have gnome-software as a recommendation in your seeds, update manager will "upgrade" it to a snap" [18:55] "your seed needs to be adjusted to make gnome-software a dependency" [18:55] "suggest tag your fellow xubuntu devs - its a feature - perhaps undesirable in 20.04 xubuntu" [18:55] "unfortunately for xubuntu upgraders or 20.04 installations they will have been "upgraded" to the snap by now when they run update-manager." [18:55] "The way to resolve for now is to sudo apt install gnome-software" [18:56] "then update manager will not try to upgrade it to a snap" [18:56] bluesabre: ^^^ [20:41] We already pull in gnome-software, I'm not sure why the solution to that is to install...gnome-software. [21:19] I have no idea if I'm the only one that really dislikes GitLab, but if you'd like to avoid using it while using it, install devscripts then add an alias to ~/.bash_aliases with gitlab-xfce='salsa --conffile ~/.config/gitlab-xfce.conf', and then add ~/.config/gitlab-xfce.conf SALSA_API_URL=https://gitlab.xfce.org/api/v4 SALSA_GIT_SERVER_URL=git@gitlab.xfce.org: and define a SALSA_TOKEN= with [21:19] something you generate on gitlab.xfce.org [21:21] not sure why it is as well, but doing the apt install, solved the issue for me and now i'm not prompted in update manager to uninstall gnome software