User1: hi
User2: Hi. I am searching for a solution (preseed?) or command line to automate adding of 2 keyboard layouts (en,de) to Ubuntu/Mate. System->Preferences->Hardware->Keyboard->Layout (English US, German)
User2: Please let me know if/how you have done something like that
User3: I'm using "debian-installer/language=el keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=gr", and this puts the default keyboard layouts for Greece, which are us,gr
User3: Dunno about de
User3: Note though that this is a xorg/console setting, and mate just inherits it, so it's unrelated to the desktop environment
User2: @alkisg You mean with preseed?
User3: User2 yes, although I'm actually using the cmdline to pass those
User3: It's easier when you only have a couple of values
User2: I use Forman/Puppet/preseed and this seems to be the only missing piece at the moment
User2: I'll give it a try. Thanks
User2: BTW where in Greece are you. I am currently in Maroussi.
User3: Haha, nice, I'm in Ioannina, to the top/left of the map
User2: Hehe - well not quite around the corner ;)
User3: What are you using foreman etc for?
User3: Many disposable machines there?
User2: I am doing trainings
User2: So I need to provision a couple of laptops
User2: Also I am trying to make my infrastructure somehow reproduce-able
User3: Have you seen ltsp?
User2: Yes I played around with edubuntu.
User2: This would not work for my use case I think, since I am into Embedded LInux
User2: People need to cross-compile on the machines
User3: ltsp is about netbooting any computers with any os that you want
User3: So you e.g. setup an ubuntu-mate template machine, and directly netboot the clients with that
User3: And you setup all the infrastructure that you want , cross compilers etc, in the template machine
User3: The bonus there is that you do all that graphically from synaptic etc, without learning about foreman, puppet, preseeding etc
User2: I did something like that from a school with the difference that the thin clients did not even have hard discs inside and everything ran form a server
User2: for a school
User3: It's not different, that's the way ltsp works, without disks
User3: And it supports both thin and fat clients (thin run the session on the server, fat locally on the client)
User3: All diskless
User3: So you only need to maintain one template installation, nothing else at all
User2: I have scenarios with 10 laptops. Each is an i7 with 8 threads and the bottleneck is disc I/O.
User2: while compiling ;)
User2: Well yocto building
User2: Need to leave now - delivering a training - CU
User4: sysc3
User5: hi)
User6: Not very active today!
User6: Any mate on RPI3 experts out there?
User7: Hi guys.. how can i make a NTFS file system win 10 bootable usb from ubuntu mate
User8: oh you're here too lets talk here so others can help too :)
User8: how familiar are you with the terminal?
User7: newbie..dunno anything
User8: ok
User8: there are gui ways to do this too, might be nicer fro you
User7: ok
User8: do you want to try it the terminal way?
User8: personally i trust terminal tools more, they always work
User7: anything is fine...if i can understand
User8: sure
User8: i'll try to explain everything as we go
User7: lets start
User8: don't plug in the stick yet
User8: $something means "type something to terminal and press enter"
User8: $ lsblk
User8: "list block devices", practically your hard drive, usb sticks and all partitions
User8: it outputs a bunch of stuff, don't show all of that to me
User7: ok.did
User8: now plug in the stick
User8: cancel any dialogs that pop up
User8: $ lsblk
User8: now you should have more stuff there, that's the stick
User7: yes
User8: it's sdSOMETHING
User8: what is it?
User8: probably sdb
User7: sdb
User8: ok
User8: type this in, but don't press enter yet:   sudo dd if=
User8: sudo means "do whatever u want to my stick"
User8: i dont remember what dd is short for, it just copies a file and displays stats about what it did
User8: now when you have that typed, drag and drop the iso there
User8: so now you should have:   sudo dd if='/some/long/path/to/windows.iso'
User7: ok
User8: you have that?
User7: yep
User8: make sure you have at least 1 space at the end
User8: add of= to the line
User8: actually
User8: add of=/dev/sdb
User8: "device sdb"
User8: if is in file, of is outfile
User7: one space after = right
User8: no
User8: no spaces around =
User7: ok
User7: sorry
User8: now you should have:  sudo dd if='/the/path' of=/dev/sdb
User8: no problem :) you're doing well
User7: one space after iso'
User7: right
User8: yes great
User8: press enter
User8: you won't see your password, just type it blindly and press enter
User8: then wait for it to finish and your stick is ready :)
User8: unfortunately plain dd doesn't have any kind of progress indicator thingy
User7: it says dd: unrecognized operand â/dev/sdbâ
User7: and forgot to tell..can i create in ntfs format
User8: of=/dev/sdb
User8: the iso should contain whatever partitions are needed
User8: make sure that you have no spaces arond =
User7: i mean the stick is formated in ntfs
User8: hmm
User7: its ok right
User8: i think it shouldn't matter
User8: whatever is there is overwritten with this command
User8: i think i've used it for windows xp isos in the past too, so it should work
User7: i pressed enter
User7: no log
User7: i mean its not showing anything
User8: right
User8: you just need to wait and trust it :)
User8: it kind of sucks
User7: thank you so much...terminal is really better than cmd.
User8: right
User8: powershell is kind of a step in the right direction but not really
User9: you know what sucks the most? not having tacos for dinner :(
User7: so is there any course where i can learn how to use terminal
User8: i have just looked up stuff as i have needed
User10: Hey guys, I made a forum post about 10 hours ago and received no responses. Could one of you maybe help me out?
User8: monkey, basic commands are mostly same as in cmd, but ls instead of dir
User8: dir works too but ls has nice colors by default
User7: :)
User8: SirMeowington5, ask your question, maybe i or someone else has time :)
User7: Thank you akuli...bye
User8: monkey, wait
User7: yep
User8: i found this thing, seems ok https://www.cheatography.com/davechild/cheat-sheets/linux-command-line/
User8: anyway you can do all kinds of cool stuff with the terminal
User8: control volume:  $ alsamixer
User10: I have a MacBook Pro which has a dead discrete graphics chip. I managed to get Mac OS to run again by removing some kexts but without those kexts the powerprefs and thermals are thrown way off. Is there a way to disable the discrete GPU in Ubuntu Mate completely that might resolve thermals/power consumption issues?
User8: monkey, play tetris:  $ tint
User8: monkey, be annoyed when you mistype ls:  $ sudo apt install sl
User8: fun stuff :)
User8: oh
User8: look up acronyms:  $ wtf is lmao
User8: read documentation:  $ man wtf
User8: $ man man
User8: nice introduction to terminal:  $ man intro
User7: u mean tetris in terminal?
User8: yep
User8: its cool
User7: we can play games in terminal? sounds cool
User8: you need to install it, but if you don't have it installed you'll get installation instructions :)
User8: yep
User8: $ sudo apt install bsdgames
User8: $ ls /usr/games
User8: to get a list of some game commands
User7: but terminal is busy
User8: open another terminal
User7: yes did it..now its installing something
User8: have fun with my commands :)
User8: $ nano akulinotes
User8: kinda like edit in docs
User8: dos
User7: it opened another terminal....but kind of not looking like terminal
User8: sounds weird
User8: the nano thing?
User7: yes
User8: oh it's the editor
User7: how did u open it?
User10: I take it nobody knows the answer to my issue :(
User7: how did i open it
User8: monkey, you typed nano something
User8: you can type stuff there and e.g. save and quit with Ctrl-X (^X in the bottom help area)
User8: SirMeowington5, i don't know, not many other people active right now :)
User8: you can ask on #ubuntu if nobody knows here
User10: What would be a good time to come back?
User8: i dont know
User8: not many macbook guys here :(
User8: monkey, ctrl+X gets you back to where you were before
User10: Yeah, I figured, also a pretty unique issue I imagine
User8: monkey, the "basic terminal"
User7: so u made ur own set of commands?
User8: SirMeowington5, gpu problems aren't that rare, i'm sure someone on irc knows what to do :)
User8: monkey, i don't get it
User8: oh the $nano akulicommands ?
User8: akulicommands was a file name
User7: when i typed the nano thing, it displayed ur name on it
User10: Okay, I'll check out the Ubuntu channel tomorrow then if I get no responses in the forum overnight.
User7: so did u create that file..it shows ur name
User8: no, you created a file called akulicommands :)
User7: u made a guy u knows ntg about terminal create a file
User7: in terminal
User7: sry went to piss
User7: so on average, how much time does it take to create usb bootable stick in terminal
User8: depends on the stick and size of the iso
User8: usually not more than 15 minutes, but be patient :)
User8: i'll be back tomorrow, bye
User7: see u
User7: maybe i need to connect with u in fb
User7: i have a lot to ask
User9: then simply ask
User9: this place is filled with knowledgeable people
User11: Filled might be over stating it
User9: ok then... this place have a few skilled people
User12: preciso desinstalar o firefox e nao consifo
User12: consigo
User12: alguem sabe como consigo?
User11: /join #ubuntu-es
User9: hes talking portuguese not spanish
User11: /join #ubuntu-pt                ?
User11: brasil messes me all up too
User9: hahaha understandable
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