[01:58] mastodon.technology is shutting down, lubuntu will need to move to another instance [05:56] thanks jamesp, we're aware of that but can't do much about it currently I believe [15:00] guiverc[m]: you guys can still move to another instance, like how kubuntu moved to fosstodon.org [16:37] jamesp: We are aware, the problem isn't that. I'm not at liberty to disclose any details, but it's a bit of a mess. Thanks for the idea though. [17:56] what's Windows 10 alarm like on lubuntu? [17:58] s300: Could you rephrase? I'm not sure what that means. [17:59] im used to use Windows 10 alarm ... what's the alternative for it on lubuntu [17:59] ? [18:00] Oh. I get it. [18:00] * arraybolt3 looks up applications [18:01] here only stopwatch installed... [18:02] Well I see KAlarm, which might work, but it has quite a few dependencies which make it quite large. [18:02] Lemme install it and see if it is the right thing. [18:02] i see, i have only 2 G ram [18:03] I don't know if it's going to be RAM heavy, but it was around 116 MB disk space on my machine. [18:03] Oy, my Internet speed is crawling, so bear with me a few minutes. [18:06] s300: OK, got it installed. It looks like it's probably going to do the trick - you can use it to play an audio file at a specific time every day, which would act as an alarm clock. [18:06] It also has a ton of other features for stuff like automated email sending (I believe). [18:09] I use Thunderbird's calendar and tasks as my alarm. Though, reading that you have just 2 GB of RAM makes me think it's a bit of overkill. [18:10] is there microsoft store like apps on lubuntu? i want to search all apps like clock/stop watch [18:13] s300: Discover. [18:13] Should be already installed. just launch Discover and you can browse through and find stuff. [18:14] yes, loading the discover [18:14] Exercise a bit of caution though, apt packages are virtually guaranteed to be safe, but Snaps *might* not be. If an app is a Snap, look for a checkmark indicating that it is safe. [18:14] s300: ^ [18:15] You can tell if an app is a Snap or not by scrolling down to the bottom of the apps info page, I believe. [18:15] Oh wait actually it will just tell you right on the application tile so nevermind. [18:16] Anyway if you click on a Snap, it will show you the publisher name underneath the app rating - if there's a checkmark next to it you should be good. [18:17] Other Snaps aren't necessarily unsafe, but they aren't from known-trustworthy developers, so then you have to know and trust the developer. [18:18] Anything that doesn't specifically mark itself as a Snap is (I believe) an apt package, and those you can just install. Ubuntu (and Debian, Ubuntu's upstream) vet packages that are intended to go into the apt archives. [18:26] looking for this kind of clock apps but seems it is not responding when i try to install https://imgur.com/a/62BFYS0 [18:26] thanks for the info arraybolt3 [18:26] s300: Just wait, it might take a bit. [18:29] i see, i also notice that that firefox now is as a snap apps [18:29] True. [18:32] on windows, i used to press windows button and the arrow button, to make the window apps side by side in one screen; a half on the left screen and another on the right [18:33] what's the term of that on lubuntu? [18:44] s300: That's called tiling I believe, but sadly Lubuntu doesn't have that (yet).