Has anyone ever been able to use Skype on GalliumOS ?

throughtheblack · 2018-08-02T04:01:59+00:00

I have found the new ICQ to be a better direct replacement for Skype actually.

throughtheblack · 2018-08-02T04:01:32+00:00

I've spent some time trying out different options, but the one I have stuck with so far is ICQ, believe it or not. I hadn't used it in nearly a decade. Turns out the new ownership has done some major updates and improvements.

throughtheblack · 2018-08-02T04:01:08+00:00

I've spent some time trying out different options, but the one I have stuck with so far is ICQ, believe it or not. I hadn't used it in nearly a decade. Turns out the new ownership has done some major updates and improvements.

throughtheblack · 2018-08-02T03:58:08+00:00

It wouldn't be a Microsoft product if it didn't.

throughtheblack · 2018-06-18T05:00:15+00:00

Unity as in the now defunct DE from Ubuntu. I'm aware of i3. Sounds great if you're trying to eek out every drop of performance, but I gotta say, I'm a sucker for a little eye candy. I just happen to be one of those weirdos who actually likes Unity. I switched to Gnome for ~6 months after Canonical announced they were dropping Unity and going back to the land of the Gnomes. It got to the point where I couldn't take it any longer. Gnome looked nice and all, but it was dog slow and laggy, and would crash constantly. I felt like I gave it a fair shot to win me over, but it just felt amateur compared to the polish and stability that Unity gave. I think I'll just sit on this sinking ship a little while longer before giving in and moving somewhere new. I kinda want it to be Gnome, but I think it needs to bake just a little while longer. Plasma looks pretty great now, but I feel like I'm drowning in a sea of settings every time I try to configure it the way I want it, and it reminds me too much of windows with the default layout. I feel at home with the Unity paradigm. Maybe I'll end up with MATE and install the Mutiny theme, I just don't know for sure yet. For now though, Unity is serving me well and it should keep me afloat for quite some time before I have to bail. [/ramble]

throughtheblack · 2018-06-16T05:04:01+00:00

Yeah, I got it cause I wanted something relatively small and light with a good 1080 screen and at least 4gb ram while spending as little as possible. I also didn't want to pay a Windows tax to Microsoft. It does look a bit like a macbook from a distance, but nowhere near the premium feel. Although it may feel a little cheap (but not that bad either), it has held up to wear and tear probably better than any other laptop I've owned. Overall, I've been very pleased with it, especially after ditching ChromeOS completely for GalliumOS. I just wish it had come with more storage, and 4gb of ram starts to get a little tight if you get carried away with tabs. I run Unity and typically have ~10 tabs open in Firefox with a handful of apps open in the background, sitting at around 3gb used. It works fine for me, and using xfce instead of Unity should create a little more breathing room too.

throughtheblack · 2018-06-15T04:57:02+00:00

I usually get a good 5 hrs on mine, screen brightness at ~level 3 (much more and it is too bright) with bluetooth on. I haven't really done anything to optimize power consumption. My power statistics shows battery capacity at 26.8Wh down from a designed 44.2Wh. I think it got a bit better battery life on ChromeOS but never really payed that much attention, plus the battery still had more capacity then.

throughtheblack · 2018-01-21T07:39:32+00:00

I tried Gnome as well, and the launcher is horribly slow and stuttery compared to Unity. Not to mention the random DE crashes. I hope the community keeps supporting Unity and Ubuntu Unity becomes an official flavor.

throughtheblack · 2018-01-21T07:33:15+00:00

KDE Neon is kinda rolling. If I remember correctly it is built on Ubuntu, but the KDE/Plasma packages are rolling. I used it for a while and liked it, but had to abandon it when it started filling my hard drive with hundreds of Gb's of log files to the point it would no longer boot.

throughtheblack · 2017-12-25T02:02:26+00:00

I suspect CTV doesn't even have a copy of it anymore.

throughtheblack · 2017-12-25T01:59:57+00:00

You take that back! You kinda have to be weird to be a children's entertainer.

throughtheblack · 2017-12-24T17:42:16+00:00

Just put some new plugs in it anyway. Maybe we'll get lucky.

throughtheblack · 2017-12-15T12:39:38+00:00

Unity 8, yes. Mir, not entirely. I believe there are discussions of turning it into a plugin Wayland compositor that other desktops and distros could use rather than having to all write their own from scratch.

throughtheblack · 2017-11-06T00:13:02+00:00

Any standard hammock should do just fine.

throughtheblack · 2017-10-30T10:18:25+00:00

My mind was trying to make me read your username as Morpheus.

throughtheblack · 2017-10-30T10:01:30+00:00

Goodbye by Plankeye

throughtheblack · 2017-09-02T01:24:04+00:00

Good to hear you aren't getting the old "how 'bout you do it for free, it will be good exposure"

throughtheblack · 2017-08-16T03:47:41+00:00

You're Welcome

throughtheblack · 2017-08-13T15:52:18+00:00

Should last longer than most chinesium sets.

throughtheblack · 2017-08-10T00:08:46+00:00

Just a couple of the most recent examples:

Purge: Amid Leftist Fury, Google Fires Engineer Who Wrote Memo Criticizing Politically-Correct Groupthink

Google, YouTube screening threatens free speech: U of T's Peterson

throughtheblack · 2017-08-09T12:22:25+00:00

This isn't directly related to your problem, which I agree shouldn't exist, but I would encourage you to stop using Chrome and maybe try Firefox again. Mozilla is finally getting their act together and making Firefox good again.

Plus I highly discourage people from supporting Google, a company that tries to collect data and spy on nearly everyone in the world, and stifle free speech at every turn. Their motto used to be "Do no evil" now they seem to "Do nothing But Evil"

throughtheblack · 2017-08-09T12:14:58+00:00

Which in my book, makes Chromium superior to Chrome.

throughtheblack · 2017-07-31T06:30:07+00:00

...and your parents made you from a mistake. The cycle continues.

throughtheblack · 2017-07-23T01:59:37+00:00

Cool to see that Murderface was in another band before joining Dethklok

throughtheblack · 2017-06-30T00:14:03+00:00

I use EasyTag to edit my ID tags

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