[13:46] <XubuntuLinuxSupe> Hello is there anyone online to help answer my questions?
[19:52] <gnoob> Hello everyone, I am looking to set up xubuntu on my windows box.  Usually I would install Virtualbox but was wondering if there is an alternate recommended way?  I tried WSL and it did not meet my needs.
[19:54] <diogenes_> gnoob, dual boot?
[19:54] <gnoob> yeah, that's one option...
[19:55] <gnoob> I should think about aswap and run xubuntu and windows in a VM.
[19:57] <diogenes_> gnoob, another way is a persistent USB drive.
[19:59] <gnoob> True that's a reasonable suggestion, i have not tried on of those in a while.  I know before they used to seem a bit unstable, at least for me.  Always a noob..   not sure I want to be in teh dual boot game anymore.  swapping from one OS to another completely.
[20:00] <xubuntu84i> hello
[20:00] <diogenes_> !hi | xubuntu84i
[20:02] <xubuntu84i> didn't know xubuntu is this popular
[20:04] <xubuntu84i> ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉)
[20:04] <gnoob> yup, some people even make it their user name.
[20:05] <xubuntu84i> (y)
[20:06] <xubuntu84i> just installing it
[20:08] <xubuntu84i> goodbye finished installing, restarting now.
[21:19] <gnoob> he never came back... hopefully he is OK... :)
[21:21] <sorcerer> lol
[21:43] <gnoob> hey, i am trying to get xubuntu installed on VirtualBox machine from an .ISO.  This is the second time it's say it has failed.  "This is often due to a faulty CD/DVD disk or drive."
[21:43] <gnoob> any suggestions?
[21:44] <krytarik> Check the ISO hash?
[21:47] <gnoob> krytarik, i will look at that now.
[21:50] <gnoob> krytarik: do you know how to check the hash on window 10?
[21:51] <gnoob> OK, I got it
[21:53] <gnoob> krytarik: I pulled the file called MD5SUMS from the mirror and opened it in notepade.  This number matches the one I generated from the command    certutil -hashfile D:\Downloads\xubuntu-20.04-desktop-amd64.iso MD5
[21:53] <gnoob> MD5 hash of D:\Downloads\xubuntu-20.04-desktop-amd64.iso:
[21:53] <gnoob> c8977ce50d175dfce8e309dcaef8f1b3
[21:53] <gnoob> CertUtil: -hashfile command completed successfully.
[21:54] <krytarik> Well, ok then..
[21:54] <gnoob> :)
[21:55] <krytarik> And I'm not sure what else to suggest. >_<
[21:58] <gnoob> krytarik: thanks
[22:00] <krytarik> Since you seem to be already both registered and on #ubuntu, I would suggest asking there too though.
[22:00] <gnoob> Hmm, it might have something to do with having tried to install WSL.  However, i uninstalled that
[22:01] <gnoob> not sure If I rebooted since the uninstall.  Maybe.
[22:03] <gnoob> I think I am going to reboot real fast.  I need to get something like ZNC set up one day.
[22:07] <gnoob> OK, round 3, lets see.  :)
[22:10] <gnoob> This time I noticed it said that there was an error with three files, when the machine was booting.  i am going to delete the ISO and redownload.  Even though the hash matched.
[22:11] <tomreyn> how much ram did you allocate to the VM=
[22:11] <tomreyn> ?
[22:12] <gnoob> 1GB
[22:12] <gnoob> That was the default
[22:17] <gnoob> downloading 1.5GB in just about 2 minutes.  So much nicer than the old days...
[22:23] <tomreyn> gnoob: 1 GB is insufficient, see the minimum requirements
[22:24] <tomreyn> hmm actually https://xubuntu.org/requirements/ says 512 MB, but i assume this may be no longer correct.
[22:24] <tomreyn> i'd go for 1 GB, 1.5 at least
[22:24] <tomreyn> typo: i'd go for 2 GB, 1.5 at least
[22:25] <gnoob> tomreyn: 1GB was the minimum that Virtualbox assigned. Sorry..
[22:25] <tomreyn> gnoob: yes i think that's probably not enough
[22:25] <tomreyn> and the errors you're seeing would be a result of it
[22:25] <gnoob> It seems to be working.  I think the new image from a different mirror helped.  I can always bump up the RAM later.
[22:26] <gnoob> after it reboots I will look into increasing.
[22:28] <gnoob> OK, I am in.  Thanks for the assistance tomreyn.
[22:29] <tomreyn> nice, so i was wrong
[22:30] <gnoob> :), I am not saying that.  It's still at 1GB however, I will see how it run.   CHecking the hash was a good idea.  Not sure why it matched if the file was bad.