[02:17] <someotherguy> hello all, i was hopinh to find some help with an audio issue im having in xubuntu 20.04. I am using hdmi audio device of nVidia GTX980 TI connected to my television. 95% of the time this works just fine, however at random times there will be aperiod in which the sound has a great deal of "feedback" noise in it. sometimes the issue can be corrected by toggling to another audio device and back to the hdmi output, other times 
[02:17] <someotherguy>  this a few times before it works right. this same card runs great under windows with no audio issues so i do not suspect the hardware at this time, any help would be greatly appreciated
[03:58] <joaquin> How can I solve the sound problem?
[03:58] <joaquin> I play a video and it gets stuck and a buzzing sound starts that doesn't go away until I pause the video or the music
[12:38] <PeGaSuS> why does Xubuntu on a bootable USB stick when "Try Xubuntu" is used has a different set of icons than the ones on my current installed OS ?
[12:39] <gnrp> PeGaSuS: Did you check Settings -> Appearance -> Symbols?
[12:40] <PeGaSuS> actually no, because I've just noticed it now lol
[12:40] <PeGaSuS> I've downloaded Xubuntu 20.04.3 to delete some partitions via GParted
[12:43] <PeGaSuS> oh.. nice... just booted into my installed Xubuntu and checked it.. thanks gnrp
[12:45] <gnrp> hehe, good^^
[12:46] <PeGaSuS> it's incredible how my 10y old laptop with a 5400rpm disk still works properly with Xubuntu on it ^^
[12:46] <gnrp> oh, you still have an hdd?
[12:47] <gnrp> that's the thing I totally try to get rid of whenever I can^^
[12:47] <gnrp> got a lot of old computers at work with HDDs. Then I replace the hdd by a cheap ssd (30 bucks for 250gb) and they're still good to go
[12:47] <PeGaSuS> I still have a 1Tb HDD, yes :)
[12:50] <gnrp> ok, 1tb is a reasonable size to keep
[12:56] <PeGaSuS> I'm wondering if brands such as PNY are reliable enough...
[12:58] <gnrp> PeGaSuS: I trust them. I literally buy the cheapest SSDs from a brand I heard (so practically all the shops here offer) and didn't have problems so far. And it is tens of them by now
[12:58] <gnrp> SSDs seem very reliable to me so far, no matter which brand. With USB drives, that's a different story...
[12:59] <PeGaSuS> when comes to USB drives I usually buy Kingston or Verbatim.. lol
[12:59] <PeGaSuS> didn't had any issues so far with them
[13:01] <gnrp> I think I had issues with practically all the brands, and no matter if it's an expensive or cheap stick. Ok, PNY was particularly bad, with 2/3 failing within one week of no use, but also the other ones... become incredibly slow over time or things like that
[13:01] <gnrp> for reliable external storage, I use SSDs now
[13:03] <PeGaSuS> I have an internal 1Tb HDD (Seagate Barracuda) and an external 1Tb HDD (Toshiba). I'll probably buy a new laptop this summer to replace this old one (a cheap one since I basically only use it for IRC, YouTube, web) and then I'll probably switch to SSD.
[13:09] <gnrp> if there is no need to replace the rest of the components (and 10y is not too old, I would say), replacing the internal hdd by an ssd already could do wonders
[13:12] <PeGaSuS> my PC is currently a laptesk (laptop with broken screen attached to an external VGA monitor, acting as a desktop).. :P
[13:13] <gnrp> oh, ok, I get it^^
[13:20] <PeGaSuS> also using a 3rd gen i5, when we're already on the 10th gen? xD
[13:20] <gnrp> 3rd gen i5 are actually quite good, still. I have soem of them in use
[13:21] <gnrp> and we're at 11th gen btw ;)
[13:21] <gnrp> 12th supposedly arriving soon
[13:21] <gnrp> but there was not such a big advance in performance, rather in efficiency and special features
[13:23]  * PeGaSuS wondering how to check CPU details
[13:24] <gnrp> cat /proc/cpuinfo
[13:24] <gnrp> (in the terminal)
[13:27] <PeGaSuS> I was unsure of my CPU speeds, thinking it was only 2Ghz but seems to be a 2.5Ghz one https://termbin.com/levp
[13:27] <gnrp> the CPU speeds are not as constant anymore as they used to be^^
[13:28] <gnrp> normally, you have a speed at which one core can go alone, and then a max speed at which all cores can be at the same time, but most of the time the cores will sleep at lower frequencies anyway...
[13:33] <PeGaSuS> that's exactly why I have this: https://imgur.com/bWm1bkl.png
[15:03] <VIA> hi all
[15:04] <VIA> are there grafical widgets/applets that display system stats like CPU RAM etc .. ? managed to install conky. its ugla and worst of all it just disappears when i click on my desktop
[15:16] <Maik> VIA: rightclick on the panel in xubuntu/Xfce select Panel and click on Add New Items
[15:17] <Maik> you'll then get a window with a list of applets you can add to the panel