[09:31] <jamesprada> hi guys I got a one question
[09:31] <jamesprada> hi guys I got a one question?
[09:31] <jamesprada> why flash player under xubuntu is so slow?
[09:31] <jamesprada> i cannot play farmerama
[10:09] <diogenes_> jamesprada, flash is dead and currently works only in Firefox.
[13:23] <linux_love> h
[13:37] <ocho> Hello. I'm new with Linux and Xubuntu. I have just installed Xubuntu on a laptop, but the screen looks so akward, dont know why
[13:37] <ocho> https://imgur.com/05S4gz4
[13:38] <diogenes_> ocho, that's fixable.
[13:38] <ocho> Do u know how? Notice that i'm noob with linux
[13:38] <diogenes_> ocho, open a terminal.
[13:39] <ocho> Do u know a shortcut to open it? Because it's almost impossible do it with the interface like this
[13:39] <ocho> Ok, done, I opened it
[13:40] <diogenes_> if you have troubles with that interface then hit: ctrl+alt+f1
[13:40] <diogenes_> login with your username and password
[13:40] <diogenes_> and tell me when done.
[13:41] <ocho> ok, done
[13:41] <diogenes_> ok now type in there: whoami
[13:41] <diogenes_> just to see iff it gives you your username
[13:41] <ocho> yes, it gives me my user name
[13:41] <ocho> which is 'juan'
[13:42] <diogenes_> ok now type the following command:
[13:42] <diogenes_> xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/vblank_mode -t string -s "glx" --create
[13:42] <diogenes_> when you hit enter after it, you must be getting no output.
[13:44] <ocho> ok done, no output
[13:44] <diogenes_> ok now run the following command:
[13:44] <diogenes_> sudo systemctl restart lightdm
[13:45] <ocho> ok, done, now everthing is working perfectly! thank u so much
[13:45] <diogenes_> you're welcome.
[13:45] <ocho> how do yyou know how to fix it?
[13:46] <diogenes_> it's a known issue on some GPUs with xpresent compositor and open source drivers it doesn't refresh the creen properly.
[13:46] <diogenes_> screen*
[13:46] <ocho> oookey, thank u so much
[13:47] <diogenes_> you're welcome.
[18:45] <xu-irc9w> hi
[18:46] <xu-irc9w> newb here, just wanna know if i should have specified a larger root partition
[18:46] <xu-irc9w> cus now its like 50% full
[18:46] <xu-irc9w> i have a lot of software to install and if i run out what'll happen
[18:48] <brainwash> xu-irc9w: isn't it obvious what would happen in such a scenario?
[18:48] <xu-irc9w> is there no way to install to the /home partition
[18:49] <xu-irc9w> i looked around a lot and it sed i only needed like 20gb
[18:49] <brainwash> not when you use the package manager
[18:49] <brainwash> snap packages may be installed in /home
[18:49] <xu-irc9w> awrite, so how if i wanted to remove xubuntu then i just need to delete the partitions aye?
[18:50] <xu-irc9w> i'm running windows 10 as main
[18:50] <brainwash> I think so
[18:50] <xu-irc9w> and if i do that i can get safely get back to windows after a restart?
[18:50] <brainwash> the boot manager may remain still intact though
[18:51] <xu-irc9w> will that be a problem
[18:51] <xu-irc9w> cus i wanna reinstall with more root space
[18:51] <brainwash> did you try to resize the partition?
[18:52] <brainwash> that may be possible
[18:52] <xu-irc9w> resizing means i would have to reinstall rite
[18:52] <brainwash> not quite
[18:53] <xu-irc9w> how do i resize the partition then
[18:55] <brainwash> I would try with gparted
[18:55] <brainwash> it's a partition editor
[18:56] <brainwash> and it's present on the live ISO
[18:56] <xu-irc9w> awrite
[18:56] <brainwash> you can install it manually also
[18:56] <brainwash> of course
[18:57] <xu-irc9w> sounds scary xD
[18:57] <xu-irc9w> i just tried resetting the bootloader using command prompt
[18:57] <brainwash> but it may be necessary to resize the root partition while the OS is not running
[18:57] <xu-irc9w> and it isn't working
[18:57] <xu-irc9w> bcdedit /set “{bootmgr}” path \efi\microsoft\boot\bootmgfw.efi
[18:58] <xu-irc9w> cus when i restarted it was still showing the os selection screen
[18:58] <xu-irc9w> if i delete the partitions now and i restart will it mess up my windows
[18:59] <xu-irc9w> i'd rather do a clean reinstall of xubuntu
[18:59] <xu-irc9w> and how much space you reckon for the root
[18:59] <brainwash> since you do not touch the window partitions, it should not mess with them
[18:59] <brainwash> windows
[18:59] <xu-irc9w> okay and in bootup as well
[18:59] <xu-irc9w> right
[19:00] <xu-irc9w> i plan to use it for mainly dev stuff
[19:00] <brainwash> ideally, you should have a backup of important data
[19:00] <xu-irc9w> gulp
[19:00] <xu-irc9w> there you go... i've no means to backup that large a data
[19:01] <xu-irc9w> is there a possibility that a restart might screw up my windows
[19:01] <xu-irc9w> after i remove linux
[19:02] <brainwash> only if you delete the windows partition(s)
[19:02] <xu-irc9w> okay
[19:02] <xu-irc9w> thanks
[19:02] <xu-irc9w> here goes nothin
[19:02] <brainwash> the bootloader part can be restored I'd think
[19:02] <brainwash> or the next installation will set up a new bootloader