 @RikMills, Which distro gives more battery life in laptop?
 @virendrarana, I believe QT based systems are less resource intensive. GTK based system tend to be more resource heavy due to use of Javascript. Correct me anyone if I am wrong
[07:59] <Unit193> GNOME uses Javascript, Xfce is a GTK desktop that's written in C.
 @Unit193, Thanks
 @nash_g5, Thnx sir, but I'm little noob … I just need a good distro names for my laptop
 Try Kubuntu 20.04. Works perfectly on my laptop.
 Lightweight
 Good battery performance
 @nash_g5, Tried , 1.5hr back-up only
 @nash_g5, Windows 10 gives 4hrs easily
 Too much difference...
[08:25] <oerheks> TLP can do some good for laptops battery life
 Yep. Tlp did wonders for me on my laptop.
[10:49] <BluesKaj> 'Morning all
 @BluesKaj, Morning
[12:37] <BluesKaj> @nash_g5, 'Morning
[13:04] <Guest89348> beastiality
[13:08] <sergun> hello there, would kubuntu 20.04 be fine with 1gb of ram? i'll be using it only for krita and some pdf viewing
 @sergun, Best would be to test it via live usb
[14:09] <ceibal> hola
[14:14] <ceibal> yyy
[15:18] <paolo_> hello
[15:18] <paolo_> I know my kubuntu 18 has python 2.7 already installed , but I need to upgrade at least to 3.6 how can I fix?
[16:22] <Antoine-> Hello, can I use the fingerprint reader of my laptop with kubuntu 20.04 out of the box or do I need to install something?
[17:12] <vbgunz_> hello, anyone here got steamvr working as good on kubuntu as it is on Windows? out of the box on Windows it's superior and playable. out of the box on Kubuntu it's terrible. anyone have a tip on getting steamvr to perform at least playable? This experience is with a Valve Index.
[17:13] <vbgunz_> steamvr is just very laggy on a brand new installation of Kubuntu 20.04 whereas on the same computer dual booting into windows 10, it's great
[17:13] <vbgunz_> the gpu is an AMD 590
[20:50] <august> HOWDY!!
 hi
[21:30] <user|94796> D:
[21:34] <user|96871> Yesterday, I decided to use rufus to create a bootable USB drive with kubuntu on it, to try it out. When I ran it for the first time, it worked fine, and I hadn't chosen to install Kubuntu on my laptop, and only ran it from the flashdrive. However, when I turned my laptop on today, with the flash drive taken out, my dell laptop said 'no bootable de
[21:34] <user|96871> vices found'. I didn't think I had even touched the default Windows OS, so I have no idea why. When I put the flash drive back in, kubuntu was the only option available. How can I fix this?
 boot to bios and select your windows boot device.
[21:35] <user|96871> when i reached the bios screen, there was no windows option anywhere
 ???
 Can you see your hard drives listed in your BIOS? Or, if you select the boot options upon boot, is your windows drive listed?
[21:39] <user|96871> No, only kubuntu options are shown
 If you ran live boot without  installing, then nothing should have changed....
[21:41] <tomreyn> maybe you changed the default boot device order in the bios?
[21:41] <user|96871> that's what I thought too, and I'm not sure what's going on
[21:41] <user|96871> How can I change it back?
[21:41] <tomreyn> undo the change you made ;)
[21:42] <tomreyn> bioses are vendor specific, it's hard to tell.
[21:42] <user|96871> I didn't think I had made a change...
[21:43] <tomreyn> i'm with darin there, though, unless you made a change, there should have been no change.
[21:43] <user|96871> I agree with you
[21:44] <user|96871> So what's happening is that when i first turn the laptop on, it takes me to a screen that says "GNU GRUB" at the top, but only stays there for a few seconds
[21:45] <tomreyn> does gnu grub only show when you have the usb sorage connected or either way?
[21:46] <user|96871> only when I have the usb connected
[21:46] <tomreyn> so it's likely the gnu grub bootloader that's on the usb storage that gets loaded there
[21:47] <tomreyn> and this one wont know about your windows installation
[21:47] <user|96871> that's specific to kubuntu right
[21:47] <user|96871> does that mean that windows has somehow completely been wiped from my device?
[21:47] <tomreyn> no. this doesn't tell us anything about what happened to windows
[21:48] <user|96871> do you know how to get from the grub screen to somewhere that shows all of the OSes on the laptop?
[21:49] <tomreyn> here's another two theories: you enabled or disabled "secure boot", or switched from uefi to legacy bios / CSM boot mode.
 Boot again to your usb and use partition manager to inspect your partitions.  Look for any NTFS partition....
[21:49] <user|96871> I'm pretty sure mine is on enabled for secure boot
[21:49] <user|96871> i'm honestly not sure what that does though - what should it be on?
[21:50] <tomreyn> the only thing that matter is whether you changed these settings
[21:50] <tomreyn> if you say you didn't touch the bios, then that's irrelevant for now.
[21:51] <user|96871> i'm pretty sure i didn't
[21:52] <user|96871> okay at the screen i'm looking at, there are 5 options - 1) start kubuntu, 2) start kubuntu (safe graphics), 3) OEM install (for manufacturers), 4) boot from next volume, and 5) UEFI firmware settings
[21:52] <user|96871> at the bottom it says you can press e to edit the commands before booting or c for a command line
[21:54] <user|96871> if anyone could help me i would greatly appreciate it - i'm in the middle of an online class, and this is the only laptop i have readily available to me
[21:54] <tomreyn> 4 would try booting into windows, but this may or may not work
[21:54] <tomreyn> other than that, 1 would enable you to do what darin suggested
[21:55] <user|96871> what does "next volume" mean?
[21:55] <tomreyn> generally this #kubuntu is not the best place to fix windows bppt problems
[21:55] <tomreyn> *boot
[21:55] <user|96871> it just shows the dell screen, saying no bootable devices found
[21:55] <tomreyn> (there's ##windows though)
[21:55] <user|96871> okay thank you I'll try that
[21:56] <tomreyn> next volume points to the next storage found on the computer
[21:56] <tomreyn> so probably the fixed disk
[21:57] <user|96871> how do i go to #windows ?
[21:57] <user|96871> nevermind found it
[22:10] <user|96871> I have another question - since it seems that my copy of windows has been somehow messed up, i'll probably have to uninstall windows. I need to back up my files, though, so can i go ahead and run kubuntu, install it, and then will i be able to back up my files from there?
 i was able to get back to windows by messing around
 messing around with  the BIOS boot?
[23:02] <tomreyn> i assume they were. no details were provided in ##windows either.