[01:58] <jamesp> mastodon.technology is shutting down, lubuntu will need to move to another instance
[05:56] <guiverc> thanks jamesp, we're aware of that but can't do much about it currently I believe
[15:00] <jamesp> guiverc[m]: you guys can still move to another instance, like how kubuntu moved to fosstodon.org
[16:37] <arraybolt3> 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] <s300> what's Windows 10 alarm like on lubuntu?
[17:58] <arraybolt3> s300: Could you rephrase? I'm not sure what that means.
[17:59] <s300> im used to use Windows 10 alarm ... what's the alternative for it on lubuntu
[17:59] <s300> ?
[18:00] <arraybolt3> Oh. I get it.
[18:00]  * arraybolt3 looks up applications
[18:01] <s300> here only stopwatch installed...
[18:02] <arraybolt3> Well I see KAlarm, which might work, but it has quite a few dependencies which make it quite large.
[18:02] <arraybolt3> Lemme install it and see if it is the right thing.
[18:02] <s300> i see, i have only 2 G ram 
[18:03] <arraybolt3> 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] <arraybolt3> Oy, my Internet speed is crawling, so bear with me a few minutes.
[18:06] <arraybolt3> 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] <arraybolt3> It also has a ton of other features for stuff like automated email sending (I believe).
[18:09] <kgiii> 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] <s300> is there microsoft store like apps on lubuntu? i want to search all apps like clock/stop watch
[18:13] <arraybolt3> s300: Discover.
[18:13] <arraybolt3> Should be already installed. just launch Discover and you can browse through and find stuff.
[18:14] <s300> yes, loading the discover
[18:14] <arraybolt3> 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] <arraybolt3> s300: ^
[18:15] <arraybolt3> 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] <arraybolt3> Oh wait actually it will just tell you right on the application tile so nevermind.
[18:16] <arraybolt3> 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] <arraybolt3> 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] <arraybolt3> 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] <s300> 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] <s300> thanks for the info arraybolt3
[18:26] <arraybolt3> s300: Just wait, it might take a bit.
[18:29] <s300> i see, i also notice that that firefox now is as a snap apps
[18:29] <arraybolt3> True.
[18:32] <s300> 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] <s300> what's the term of that on lubuntu?
[18:44] <arraybolt3> s300: That's called tiling I believe, but sadly Lubuntu doesn't have that (yet).