[00:13] <austin> hey
[21:54] <prosurestring> hello!
[23:27] <Jim`> is the Xubuntu version of the new LTS out?
[23:37] <arraybolt3> Jim`: Yes it is.
[23:37] <arraybolt3> https://xubuntu.org/
[23:37] <Jim`> arraybolt3: I guess no better time to see if I can get off the M$ train before it derails Oct 2025
[23:37] <arraybolt3> https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/24.04/release/
[23:37] <Jim`> cause aint nobody being forced to upgrade parts 
[23:37] <arraybolt3> Jim`: Neat. Derails Oct 2025? That's when Win10 goes EOL I'm guessing?
[23:38] <Jim`> arraybolt3: yes
[23:38] <Bashing-om> Jim`: https://xubuntu.org/download/.
[23:38] <Jim`> I aint being forced to upgrade my 8 year old hardware
[23:38] <arraybolt3> neat. Hope you end up enjoying Linux as much as I do (I daily-drive it and have done so for years).
[23:38] <Jim`> arraybolt3: I just worry if my HP Deskjet 2640 is going to work 
[23:39] <Unit193> hplip just works, right?
[23:39] <arraybolt3> I would guess it would, I have a couple HP inkjets and one laserjet here that "just work" upon being plugged in.
[23:39] <arraybolt3> The laserjet even works over WiFi without any fancy gymnastics
[23:39] <Jim`> Unit193, arraybolt3: I should be able to test it in Live mode first?
[23:39] <arraybolt3> Yep.
[23:39] <Unit193> One brother laser printer that needs their driver and libc-i386 (yes...) and it works great.
[23:39] <arraybolt3> Just boot from the USB, then plug in your printer and see how it works.
[23:40] <Jim`> I don't think it did in Pops
[23:40] <Jim`> when I tried about 3 years ago
[23:40] <arraybolt3> A lot can change in three years :) Also Pop!_OS isn't Ubuntu, so it may have had a bug that made it not work in that regard.
[23:40] <Unit193> hplip is seeded in Xubuntu, so yep you're good.
[23:42] <Jim`> It was on sale for $25 at walmart when I got it, the ink is more lol
[23:42] <Jim`> but I don't wanna have to change out the printer either
[23:42] <Jim`> I still need it to copy, for return labels, etc
[23:42] <Unit193> You don't have a CartridgeWorld near you?
[23:43] <Jim`> never heard of it
[23:43] <arraybolt3> cheap printer ink I think
[23:43] <Unit193> They refill the container.
[23:44] <arraybolt3> are HP cartridges still even refillable? All mine warn that you can't refill them and I think HP has some weird "security" stuff to make refilling hard
[23:45] <Unit193> arraybolt3: All of the printer makers try to complicate it.  I remember *years* ago that CW said the new cartridges were padded so held half the ink they should too.  For the brother one I use EZ-Ink and it works great, but I've never let the system update firmware (that tends to lock-out third party refills.)
[23:46] <arraybolt3> mmm