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Madpilothi all, not a docteam member, but I've started messing around in the wiki04:56
Madpilotthinking about moving some of the Apache/LAMP stuff around04:57
Madpilotnamely this --> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LAMPForHoary  <-- is a better page than04:58
Madpilothttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/ApachePHPMySQL  <-- this one, but this one has a better name04:58
Madpilotbecause LAMPForHoary will eventually have to become LAMPForBreezy04:58
Madpilotthoughts?04:59
rob^do what you think is best04:59
rob^thats what the wiki is for :)04:59
Madpilotthere's always revert if someone objects too much...04:59
rob^yes04:59
MadpilotOK, off to edit - mostly a giant cut'n'paste job for this one05:00
rob^cool05:00
rob^thanks for helping out05:01
Madpilotnp05:01
rob^Madpilot, just one suggestion though, there is a page about adding universe/muliverse to your system already - AddingRepositoriesHowto05:04
rob^put a link to that page instead of explaining how to do it05:05
Madpilotgood point- will do05:07
rob^:)05:08
Madpilothttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/ApachePHPMySQL  <-- updated. comments & further editing welcome!05:15
rob^oops you forgot to add spaces between the == and the working on Check Repositories :)05:18
rob^wording*05:18
Madpilotjust fixed that. hit reload!05:18
Madpilothttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/LAMPForHoary <-- also edited05:19
Madpilotit really should be called "ApacheMySQLPHP" to have LAMP make sense, I guess05:19
rob^heh yeah05:20
Madpiloteasy enough to create a 3rd page, I guess. can you delete pages?05:20
rob^yes05:20
rob^you could just rename the page though05:21
Madpilotjust found that option. renaming now.05:21
Madpilothttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/ApacheMySQLPHP  <-- done05:22
Madpilotis there a "Watch This Page" option that I've missed? Like WikiPedia has?05:22
rob^yes, Subscribe05:23
Madpilotare pages that have wikilinks to the old ApachePHPMySQL going to auto-redirect, or ???05:25
rob^brb05:25
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Madpilot?06:47
robitaille??06:48
Madpilot???06:48
robitaille????  06:48
Madpilot:) sorry, just got dropped by freenode while I was away from the comp06:48
robitaillesame here.06:49
Madpilotwasn't sure if I was reconnected06:49
Madpilotso it was a system-wide thing?06:49
robitailleyou are from BC?06:50
Madpilotooops. the things that happen when the phone rings06:50
Madpilotyeah, Victoria06:50
robitailleI'm also from Victoria.06:50
Madpilotsmall world. nice weather we're having, hey?06:51
robitaillerelated to Corey?06:51
Madpilotyeah. i'm his older brother06:51
robitailleweather is nice:  just back from a week camping on Galiano.06:51
Madpilothe converted me to Ubuntu about two months ago06:52
robitailleSo where is your brother?  HE is usually always online :)06:52
Madpilotnot sure. out this evening, I guess06:52
robitailleI remember when he converted you.  He mentioned it one night.06:53
Madpilotrepeatedly, probably ;)06:53
robitailleHe just mentioned it once (vague recollection that beer was involved...) What's sad is that I still haven't managed to meet him in real life.06:54
Madpilotare you involved in either VLUG or WEAV?06:54
robitaillebut we talk online nearly every day.06:55
robitailleNot really involved with VLUG.  I have been to one of their meeting.06:55
Madpilothaven't made a VLUG meet yet myself. not sure when the next one is.06:55
robitailleAugust 9th: http://www.vlug.org/vlug/meetings/06:56
Madpilotthnx. might go, depending on the topic, or if the three of us can get organized to actually meet face to face there!06:57
robitailleI may or may not be able to go.  I have 2 sets of relatives who are visiting us that week.  I'll know closer to that date if I can go.07:00
Madpilotgood; I'm usually on the main ubuntu channel, sometimes here. Corey is everywhere, all at once - except tonight...07:01
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poningruhi guys question is there a good place in the docs/wiki/forum where I can send a kid who is familiar with win 07:55
poningrubut has never even heard of linux07:55
poningruhas many questions07:55
poningruis there a place that can answer the common questions?07:56
rob^http://www.ubuntulinux.org/ubuntu/07:56
rob^https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GettingUbuntu07:56
rob^thats about it I think07:57
poningruhmm07:57
Madpilotinteresting thought... is there a "What the &%^$# is Linux" site somewhere?07:59
rob^http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/faq/07:59
rob^no, might be a good idea for a wiki page08:00
Madpilotnot sure that qualifies... I'm thinking of even more basic stuff, like "how is this different from Windows" level08:00
poningruthere was one in wiki somewhere08:00
poningrubut I cant seem to find it08:00
poningruwhats his name was thinking of axing it08:00
poningruand I was like no dont do it08:00
poningrucause this is a great intro08:01
Madpilotthe FAQ is not good to send utter noobs to, really08:01
Madpilotit's all out of order08:01
poningruyeah08:01
Madpilot"Obtaining Ubuntu" and "Using Ubuntu" should be the first & 2nd section08:02
Madpilotput the Ubuntu detail/trivia stuff last08:02
Madpilotif it were a wiki page I'd already be ripping it apart...08:02
Madpilot:) do main Documentation pages like that get bug-reported in Launchpad or Ubuntu Bugzilla?08:03
rob^we are fixing that :)08:05
Madpilotthere's still Warty-specific info in that FAQ too...08:05
rob^oh, no if you want to edit that page, do so but dont make drastic changes08:05
rob^discuss any major changes with the wiki team first08:06
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Madpilotthe FAQ page isn't in the wiki08:06
Madpilotgah...08:06
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Madpilotthe FAQ page isn't in the wiki, rob, so I can't change it...08:06
rob^yes08:07
rob^the faq is in the svn repository08:07
Madpilotthe what?08:07
rob^its a version control system for source code and docuements08:07
Madpilotso I can edit with my Launchpad ID?08:08
rob^no08:08
MadpilotOK08:08
rob^you can check a copy of the repository out08:08
rob^and send patches to the ubuntu-doc mailing list08:08
poningruhehe gotcha08:08
poningruyou know Madpilot I would be willing to work on that08:09
MadpilotI think it needs doing - some of it is just organizing the existing FAQ better08:09
rob^https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocteamProjects08:10
Madpilotbut some of it - like a super-low-level intro "What is Linux" I'm not qualified to write!08:10
rob^Madpilot, I'm the lead author of the faq08:10
Madpilotwell, that makes contacting the FAQ maintainer easy...08:11
poningrurofl08:11
rob^http://www.linuxhd.com/ubuntufaq/faqi386/C/index.html08:11
rob^that is a slightly old preview of its current status08:12
poningruI'd be willing to write the intro to linux things08:13
poningrucause I have many friends who have questions08:14
poningruand I keep logs of my convos08:14
poningrufrom irc and aim08:14
Madpilotcool, loot those for ideas. 08:14
rob^the best way is to send your ideas/suggestions to the ubuntu-doc mailing list08:14
rob^that way I can have a look at them :)08:14
MadpilotA super-basic "Ten-word Glossary for Ubuntu & Linux" would be good.08:15
rob^I'm just about to update that preview to the latest release08:15
rob^umm.. draft08:15
poningruwhats that guys name?08:16
MadpilotDef'ns of 'terminal', 'repositories', 'Synaptic', and a few others.08:16
poningrucorey I think08:16
poningruhe blogs on planet08:16
rob^sorry?08:16
MadpilotCorey Burger - Burgundavia08:16
poningruyeah thats it08:16
Madpilot(my younger brother, btw...)08:17
poningruthere was a list of wiki pages that he was thinking about axing08:17
poningruone of which was pretty good08:17
poningruabout the intro08:17
rob^done08:17
Madpilothmmm - remember the name of it?08:18
poningruno thats the prob08:19
poningruit was pretty well written too08:19
Madpilotwas the list in a blog entry Corey made?08:19
poningruno08:19
poningruhe talked about it in here08:19
rob^it will be in categorycleanup08:19
poningrulet me go see08:19
Madpilotponingru: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Installation <-- this one? good, a bit messy08:23
poningruno thats not it08:27
poningruit was very long08:27
poningruand pretty messy08:27
Madpilothttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/LinuxFilesystemsExplained  <-- OK, messy and badly written...08:28
poningruno it wasnt just a particular system or part08:29
poningruit had everything08:29
poningrulike history08:29
poningruof linux08:29
poningruand gnu08:29
poningruand things like explaination of where to go in the wiki08:30
MadpilotOK - sounds good - can't see anything that might be it in the Cleanup list, tho08:31
poningrustill looking08:32
poningruthe list just exploded08:32
poningruit was like 60 last time I checked08:32
poningruor something like that08:32
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Madpiloti think Corey's been busy categorizing stuff...08:34
Madpilotmostly into Cleanup, I think... ;)08:35
rob^yeah08:35
rob^pretty much08:35
rob^there was a lot of stuff that needed it though08:36
Madpilotyeah08:36
Madpilotthat draft FAQ basically looks nothing at all like the current released FAQ08:37
Madpilotgot it: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LinuxIntro08:52
Madpilotponingru: is that it? ^^^08:53
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poningruhmm let me see08:56
poningrudoh no08:56
poningruwait08:58
poningruyou know what I can do08:58
poningrucheck my logs08:58
rob^Madpilot, yep09:11
poningrufound it howcome09:14
poningruhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuHowCome09:14
poningrusearched through 3 days worth of #ubuntu-doc logs09:15
rob^ouch09:16
rob^I hope you greped it09:16
poningruhehe09:16
rob^I added a link to it on the wiki documents page, feel free to improve it!09:18
poningruyep09:18
rob^actually, it really needs to be made shorter, simpler09:20
rob^:)09:20
rob^that thing is like a whole novel09:20
Madpilot"If someone ever tells you to type 'rm -rf /', DON'T DO IT"09:21
Madpilotheh.09:21
poningrurofl09:21
poningruyeah09:21
poningrubut good advice09:21
Madpilotit's great, but it needs major editing09:21
poningruthough09:21
rob^yep, I've used that one on people who were bugging me before :P09:21
poningrusee the thing I liked on that is it reads like a friend is helping you out09:21
Madpilotyeah, it's actual English, not Techlish...09:22
rob^yes, but people wont read the whole thing09:23
rob^each section needs to be a couple of paragraphs tops09:23
Madpilotnot it it's current format, no they won't. 09:23
Madpilotbut it can be salvaged09:23
robitailleMadpilot: ever seen this article about "rm -Rf /" vs "format c:"  http://hohle.net/scrap_post.php?post=23&m=full09:23
rob^I added a note to the top of it, feel free to remove it when you are done.09:24
poningruwe have to preserve that thing though09:25
poningruis it ok if we preserve that and start a new article based on that?09:25
Madpilothere: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuHowComeDraft09:30
robitaille?QUIT09:31
Madpilotponingru: see ^^^09:34
poningruyep09:35
rob^nah, there is no need to preserve it09:39
rob^you can roll back changes09:39
Madpilotrob^: good point, I keep forgetting wikis do that... doh...09:39
rob^but if you want to redo the whole thing it might be easier if you start a new page, then merge it09:39
rob^its up to you really09:39
rob^I would just edit it in place09:40
MadpilotI'll leave them both up for tonight and deal with it tomorrow09:40
rob^ok09:43
Madpilotneed sleep now - having to work Saturdays bites.09:45
rob^yeah09:45
rob^I know the pain09:45
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littlepaulI wrote a small german wiki article about ubuntu-doc but i need some further details02:31
rob^ok02:32
littlepaulmy question is: what is the relationship between the *.po files brought by rosetta and the xml files. 02:34
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littlepauli mean are this gettext files automaticly merged into the xml files which some tools?02:37
littlepaulenrico, did you made newer changes on docteam-tools?02:40
enricolittlepaul: I haven't committed anything since a long time02:40
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jsgotangcoerrr who is claude peroz?03:36
rob^?03:36
jsgotangcoi got a launchpad request for ubuntu doc team03:36
rob^grr why is mp3.com only allowing me to download one song at a time?03:36
rob^where can I view it?03:37
jsgotangcothe request? only i can receive requests at the moment03:37
jsgotangcoi just don't remember this guy03:37
rob^oh, how come?03:37
jsgotangcohow come what03:37
jsgotangcoon the requests?03:37
rob^ya03:37
jsgotangcobecause i haven't set anyone as admin yet03:38
rob^oh03:38
rob^what was in the request, anyway?03:38
jsgotangcoits just a standard launchpad request03:38
rob^ah03:39
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jsgotangc1wretched lcd...03:46
jsgotangc1it just died03:47
rob^wow mp3.com really doesn't like firefox 1.0.603:47
rob^the front page, anyway03:48
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rob^gee, you would think mp3.com would offer mp3s, but no..03:50
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jsgotangcohave you tried newsgroups heh03:50
rob^I was after unsigned artists mainly03:50
jsgotangcoahhh understandable...mp3.com used to be great on that field03:51
rob^I have nicotine for the rest03:51
jsgotangcountil cnet bought it03:51
rob^yeah, no mp3s..03:51
rob^all wma03:51
jsgotangcogyaahh03:51
Nafallomagnatune.com, and that's all I say :-)03:51
rob^should rename it wma.com03:51
rob^yeah I have been03:51
rob^its good, a bit broken though03:52
jsgotangconice link03:52
Nafallowfm :-)03:53
Nafallobought two albums already :-)03:53
jsgotangcohmmm03:54
jsgotangcoerr..buy?03:54
jsgotangcooh you can pay as low as $503:55
Nafalloyes. for the first time in years I actually bought music :-)03:55
rob^heh, with the crossfade plugin for bmp playing hifi tracks on magnatune.com is smooth03:55
rob^like playing off your hd on this 512 connection03:55
Nafallohehe03:56
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rob^its nice that they offer those too03:56
jsgotangcoi should buy a player that has ogg support03:56
Nafallodist-upgrade _and_ listen to music is awesome :-)03:57
rob^actually I just got thru writing a guide to bmp for the wiki03:58
rob^so much better then xmms :)03:58
Nafallohmm03:58
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Nafallo:-)03:58
rob^holy crap. trying to apt-get muine wants to download 16.8mb of archives, including mono!04:00
jsgotangcohehe04:00
jsgotangcoyes04:00
jsgotangcobecause muine is a mono app04:00
jsgotangco(rockin' mono app btw)04:00
rob^ouch04:00
jsgotangcoyou might as well get blam, tomboy04:00
jsgotangcoheck even beagle if in breezy04:01
Nafallobut right now it can't download covers ;-)04:01
Nafallomuine that is04:01
rob^breezy, heh had another attempt at it the otherday on my testbed pc04:01
rob^X is still very broken04:01
Nafallois it?04:01
Nafalloit is very much working over here :-)04:02
rob^nah, locales problems04:03
rob^I was attempting to ssh into it and run the apps from my desktop pc04:03
rob^openssh is broken too from what I hear04:03
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rob^I did have breezy working before they messed up X again, but heh04:04
rob^its not called a testbed pc for nothing :)04:04
Nafallohaven't daniels fixed the xkb-errors yet?04:05
NafalloI fixed them locally ;-)04:05
rob^well that was 3 days ago04:05
jsgotangcolife on the edge..04:05
jsgotangcoheh04:05
NafalloI fixed mine more than a week ago :-)04:06
rob^I tried, no luck04:06
Nafalloand openssh isn't broken04:06
Nafalloprobably you were just missing xauth (new package)04:06
rob^nah it was installed04:06
rob^I set that up ok04:06
rob^I was just getting locales problems when trying to ssh into it04:07
Nafalloahh04:07
Nafallohaven't tried that04:07
rob^and I havent bothered to try and set up the X server on it04:07
rob^well, when I say ssh into it, I mean I can ssh into it, just attempting to run X programs brings those errors04:08
Nafalloif I'm out of luck sometime I got my gf's hoaryified shuttle to play on ;-)04:08
rob^my normal desktop PC is hoary also04:09
rob^I get the disatisfaction of installing windows on my testbed pc tomorrow so my wife can do her tax04:09
rob^I don't really trust wine with that :)04:10
rob^holy crud, its tomorrow already 04:10
Nafallohehe04:11
Nafallo16:12 here. maybe I should eat breakfast :-P04:11
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jsgotangcocoffee..bleah...drink V04:12
jsgotangcohehe04:12
jsgotangcoor Red Bull04:12
jsgotangcoheh04:12
rob^nah, being a shiftworker I love my coffee04:12
rob^Magnatune - We Are Not Evil :)04:15
Nafalloindeed :-)04:20
Nafallothey are not04:20
rob^yeah04:20
rob^clicking "all rock hifi" give you 700 songs :D04:20
rob^rock&pop that is04:21
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jsgotangcooh man this canada - denmark thing on a piece of rock no bigger than a football field is making me laugh05:18
jsgotangcothis is nothing compared to the spratleys hehe05:18
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jsgotangcogood night05:45
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