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=== ..[topic/#ubuntu-meeting:JaneW] : Agendas: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingAgendas | Calendar: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Calendar | Logs: http://people.ubuntu.com/~fabbione/irclogs/ | 14 Sept 12:00 UTC: Edubuntu | 22 Sep 12:00 UTC: MOTU | 27 Sep 20:00 UTC: Community Council
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klepasmoin12:24
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EricVHello !12:30
klepasni hao12:30
klepasin other word, hi. :-)12:31
EricVmy chinese isnt very good ;) thanks !12:31
EricVyou have a french name with an australian host, am i wrong ?12:32
klepasyep12:34
klepasI'm German, living in Aussie land (Canberra to be precise), got a French name, can speak a wee bit of Chinese and use Linux.12:35
klepashow's that mate?12:35
EricV:D12:37
klepasHow about you?12:37
EricVI'have a french name, living near Paris ! I have to keep learning German ! And i use Hoary & Windows... I'm here to see what they are to say about Edubuntu, because i work for a humanitarian association, and we will bring computers to African schools. Maybe we will install edubuntu for them, because we aren't really happy of Windows...12:42
EricVAnd you what do you in Canberra ? do you work for ubuntu ?12:44
klepasNot as of yet12:46
klepasBut I certainly am interested in offering my skills to the rather large and awesome repetoire of skills and abilities available within the Ubuntu community12:47
klepas:-)12:47
klepasOther than that, I've only got one accepted piece of work so far - a splash screen for JuK 2.3 which will be released with KDE 3.5 and maybe 412:48
klepasand I do a lot of other art for myself and anyone else who happens to like it :-)12:48
klepashttp://wombat.nuxified.com/about and http://wombat.nuxified.com/work12:49
klepasbrb12:49
klepasback12:50
EricV('m reading your websites)12:53
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klepas:-) thank you12:54
EricVyour splash screen for gimp is nice! do u use gimp for creating all your picts ?12:56
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klepasyes12:59
klepasThe GIMP and sometimes a little Inkscape12:59
klepasbut otherwise, I am all for using open source apps12:59
klepas:-)01:01
EricVas powerful as apps like Photoshop ?01:01
ograklepas, do you know art.ubuntu.com ? 01:02
klepasyes01:02
klepasI co-admin that :-)01:02
ografine :)01:02
klepasthat I suppose is my only little contribution so far.01:02
klepas:-)01:02
EricVwill you add new themes, soonly ?01:04
klepas*checks01:04
EricV(that's empty for the moment...)01:04
klepasone item01:05
EricVwell that's a very new web site, i understand why it's not full...01:05
klepasBreezy Login Mockup 01  gdm_greeter01:05
klepasyea01:05
klepasand it is still missing a lot of functionality01:05
EricVanyway there are some nice background01:05
klepasbut, alas I look forward to what it could mean!01:06
klepasi've done this one: http://art.ubuntu.com/backgrounds/ubuntu/601:06
klepas:)01:06
klepasbrb - need to take out the trash01:07
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EricVi've seen it on your blog !01:07
klepas:-)01:08
EricVwell i'll be back in 40minutes01:09
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JaneWI can't u/l to http://art.ubuntu.com/ anymore... where's u/l link gone?01:15
ograJaneW, probably depending on the launchpad maintenance ? or is that over already ?01:26
JaneWit's over... 01:26
ograi.e. no login, no upload...01:26
ograah, ok01:27
JaneWI can login, but there's no link (anymore) which says upload a new wallpaper...01:27
ograhmm, and hno is on holiday01:27
JaneWnod01:28
JaneWI am wondering if anyone else can u/l01:28
JaneWJavacide added some yesterday...01:28
klepasW00t!01:28
klepasUbuntu 6.04 ~ will be named Dapper Drake01:28
klepasawesome01:28
JaneWahhh, I found something... ogra I think I worked it out, it's changed.01:29
JaneWyes01:29
ogra:)01:29
JaneWsounds a bit mandrakey01:29
JaneW;P01:29
ograheh01:29
JaneWI was expecting it to be Daper Dassie01:30
klepashehe01:30
klepasDassie souns nicer, imho01:30
JaneWbut Dapper Drake has a nice ring to it.01:30
JaneWdassie is also native to SA01:30
klepasyea01:30
klepasboth dapper and drake have nice meanings and work well together01:31
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spaceywhat does Dapper mean?01:37
spaceysounds like a dutch word :)01:37
Treenaksspacey: dict ;)01:37
spaceyoh its the same as in dutch01:38
Treenaksspacey: it is?01:38
klepasdapper means: Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or01:38
klepas   appearance; lively.01:38
spaceybrave/dapper01:38
JaneWmeans brave etc01:38
klepas:-)01:39
klepasand a drake is the male of the duck kind01:40
spaceydappere eend :o)01:40
Treenaksspacey: woerd 01:41
Treenaksspacey: (male duck :))01:41
spacey:p01:42
JaneWDapper:01:42
JaneW   1.01:42
JaneW         1. Neatly dressed; trim.01:42
JaneW         2. Very stylish in dress.01:42
JaneW   2. Lively and alert.01:42
JaneW[Middle English daper, elegant, probably from Middle Dutch dapper, quick, strong.] 01:42
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EricV(re gentlemen)01:54
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JaneW**REMINDER** Edubuntu meeting her in 2 mins01:58
ograher ? 01:59
ograwhom ? 01:59
ogradoes she look good ?01:59
ogra:)01:59
Mithrandirogra: I thought you already had a "her"? :-)02:00
ograi do... i was just courious :)02:00
EricVherE, i suppose...02:00
JaneWno it's ME02:01
EricV(i'm disapointed too..)02:01
JaneWTA DA!02:01
EricV;)02:01
ograok, so she looks good ;)02:01
JaneW:P02:01
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jelknergood morning all!02:02
JaneWok I am ready02:02
spaceyok:)02:02
JaneWhi jelkner 02:02
JaneWwhere's flint?02:02
jelknerJaneW: hi, i only have 10 minutes before my students arrive02:03
JaneWoh right he;s moving isn't he?02:03
jelkneri can't speak for flint02:03
JaneWjelkner: well then SHOOT02:03
jelkneris there any way to narrow down which days are edubutu related at ubuntu below zero?02:03
jelknerbtw. Edubuntu rocks!02:04
JaneWjelkner: I discussed this with mdz last night02:04
JaneWjelkner: RAD!02:04
jelknerand...?02:04
ograyay jelkner, thanks ;)02:04
JaneWI was hoping we could plan as per my mail to you yesterday...02:04
jelknerbut that is a whole week02:04
JaneWjelkner: I still think we can actually, but mdz doesn't want us to strictly limit ourselves to that...02:05
JaneWok so the distro team is busy from Mon 31 Oct to Sat 6 Nov...02:05
ograwe'll have a dedicated edubuntu summit again later i guess02:05
jelknerwait, maybe i didn't see your mail from yesterday...02:05
JaneWThe LTSP crew arrive on Thu 3 Nov02:05
jelknerwhat should i do?02:06
JaneWso I am thinking we should focus most of our edubuntu sessions in the overlap02:06
JaneWThurs- Sat02:06
ograthe dostro team stays until 7th, that makes 4 days02:06
ogradistro even02:06
JaneWwe may do some prelim talks in the days before that, but the meat will be near the end of the week, and in collaboration with the LTSP guys...02:06
JaneWdoes everyone agree?02:06
JaneWogra: but so far the 7th is an 'off' day... we don;t want to take that away already!02:07
Treenaks(note: Sunday 6th is a day off now)02:07
jelknercan i do nov. 1 to 6 then?02:07
ograJaneW, i thik all we do there will be very ltsp specific, since we'll have our normal edubuntu summit too 02:07
JaneWogra: sides some of us will be there close to 3 weeks....02:07
TreenaksJaneW: the 8th is the off day?02:07
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TreenaksJaneW: uh, 7th?02:07
JaneWsorry I am confussed re dates and days... Sun 6th is the day off02:07
JaneWthanks Treenaks 02:08
ograJaneW, so app selection etc will happen on the edubuntu summit...02:08
JaneWjelkner: can you be there in that time?02:08
ograbut we can collect input in montreal indeed02:08
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JaneWjelkner: 1-6th?02:08
jelknerJaneW: i can attend any 2 to 3 weekdays plus a weekend02:08
jelkneri just need to know now so i can apply for leave02:09
JaneWjelkner: since ogra and I have other comitments (Ubuntu, LP, scheduling etc etc) would you be willing to help us to lead, as you did so ably at UDU?02:09
jelknersure02:09
JaneWcool02:09
jelknerjust tell me the days, and i'm there02:09
JaneWjelkner: you can beat the content filtering drum again.... ;)02:09
jelkneri will!02:10
JaneWmdz reckons we have enough for a full edubuntu track...02:10
jelknerthere are a lot of issues02:10
jelknerlocal access to usb devices02:10
JaneWso if I can get us a dedicated room (not sure what infrastructure we have yet), we can go made and schedule accordingly...02:10
jelknersound02:10
jelkneretc.02:10
ograjelkner, sound out of the box ;)02:10
JaneWs/made/mad02:10
JaneWjava...02:10
ograJaneW, we cant ship java02:11
ograJaneW, we have it in multiverse, thats enough02:11
jelknerwe can ship gnu java02:11
JaneWjust thinking of the norwegian flash/java requirement for exams...02:11
jelknerand it is getting better all the time02:11
ograjelkner, we do already... gcj is in02:11
JaneWanyway shall I try to get us a dedicated room?02:11
jelknerogra: yes, i know02:11
ograjelkner, thats why we cant ship java ;)02:12
JaneWI have created a wiki page to start listing BOF topics...02:12
JaneWhttp://www.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuBelowZero02:12
ograJaneW, good idea02:12
JaneWfor edubuntu specifics...02:12
ogra(the room)02:12
jelknerJaneW: i still need a final decision on days02:12
JaneWhere's another one, for general Ubuntu BOFs02:12
JaneWhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBelowZero/BOFs02:12
jelkneryou pick em, and i'll be there02:12
jelknerbut i need to know02:12
jelknernow..02:12
jelknerand i need to go in 4 minutes...02:13
JaneWWell if we get our own room, and a complete edubuntu track, we can start on the Monday 31 Oct and end on Saturday 5 Nov02:13
JaneWnot sure how wall to wall we'll be though02:13
JaneWwe really need that BOF list, start filling that02:13
JaneWif you can be there at least Wed-Sat it would be great02:14
JaneWmore would be a bonus...02:14
JaneWhow does that sound?02:14
ajmitchJaneW: ah, the BOFs page is up for suggestions (for general ubuntu work)?02:14
jelknermore?02:14
jelkneri'm trying to minimize the number of days i'm away from students02:14
jelkneri don't mind working on sunday02:14
JaneWajmitch: yes.02:14
jelknerthat is better for me02:14
jelknerbut i'd like to limit my weekdays to 302:15
JaneWjelkner: yes but it's scheduled as an off/recreational day for everybody...02:15
jelknerok02:15
ograbut please note while filling that we'll have an additional edubutnu summit thats less technical, we should concentrate onthe technical stuff at UBZ02:15
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ograhey li02:15
ograflint1, even02:15
JaneWogra: is another edubunut summit confirmed yet?02:15
JaneWhi flint1 02:15
flint1hey ollie, sorry I am late...02:15
jelknerso perhaps you don't need me for all those days02:15
flint1Hi there jane...02:16
jelkneri gotta run02:16
jelknerlet's follow up by email02:16
jelknerthanks!02:16
ograJaneW, we committed to have one every 6 months, i dont know if sabdfl's commitment still stands02:16
flint1hi jeff bye jeff...02:16
JaneWjelkner: if you can be there at least Wed-Sat it would be great (I can only reitterate that)02:16
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JaneWogra: we'll need to confirm before relying on it...02:16
ograJaneW, yup... but t was the wording even before we started the last one...02:17
Treenakssun/mon are planned for Ottawa, tue is travel back02:17
flint1did jeff go into the need for the "snow white" filter system?02:17
JaneWYES02:17
JaneW*cough* Bloody Americans *cough*02:17
ograanyone interested in the technical status we're at ?02:17
JaneWogra: yes please02:17
flint1absolutely02:17
ograbeware my paste !02:18
ograSerious blocker bugs we have:02:18
ogra- #14967 - disappearing KDE menu items in the GNOME menu02:18
ogra- #12942 - NFS timeout causing second boot for thin clients02:18
ograNormal bugs being resolved during development:02:18
ogra- ltsp-client-builder.udeb progress reporting is missing (time consuming to fix, every test needs a manual CD build)02:18
ogra- ltsp-server postinst needs to generate the dhcp.conf file dynamically according to the selected IP adress02:18
ograPackage bugs being resolved during development (to be solved this week):02:18
ogra- moodle www-config-common bug02:18
ogra- moodle security bug needs upgrade to v1.5.102:18
ograImprovements since preview:02:18
ogra- Missing default IP adress in the installer fixed02:18
ogra- the dhcp server doesnt ask questions anymore during install (big improvement, but needs the above ltsp-server fix too to work fully automatic)02:18
ogra- edubuntu-artwork now built to be used easily by all custom ubuntu distros02:18
ogra- schooltool fixed and in the default install now02:18
ogra- "Chicken Install" now possible :)02:18
ograThings that "could" come (no promises, depending on amount of bugs and time):02:18
ogra- Probably a usplash pic reading edubuntu instead of ubuntu (if jbailey add the feature to usplash to be themeable)02:18
ogra- rebranding of the installer (ubuntu/edubuntu)02:18
ograNote that we are at the very edge of CD space now (powerpc: 699MB, amd64: 647MB, i386: 635MB), 02:18
ograall further additions will require to remove something !02:18
Treenaksogra: remove ppc ;)02:19
ograits tempting :)02:19
sladenogra: the themeable bits need to go in for kubuntu too02:19
ograbut we had one user installing on a mac mini today :/02:19
ograsladen, you mean usplash ? 02:20
ograthats a nice to have, but no must...02:20
Treenakssladen: they need a blue usplash? :)02:20
ograwe dont need to hide our inheritance02:20
sladenogra: I think riddell is keen ;-)02:20
ograsladen, depends if jbaileys fix gets accepted before release... so i dont bet on it now02:21
sladenwho did the artwork, it's probably almost scriptable to render the logo, add a gradient and select the appropriate colour palette02:21
sladenogra: and if not, usplash can be split into a usplash andan usplash-artwork which differnet packages can provide02:22
JaneWogra: how's #14967 going?02:22
Treenakssladen: yeah, get it in a vector format and use kdrive + cairo to get the image up 8)02:22
ograJaneW, slow, its not easily reproducable... i hope i can build an alliance wit riddel, since he's affected too02:23
JaneWogra: you saw that Petter found it too...02:23
flint114967 is one of those that jeff was whining about... 02:23
JaneWogra: hmmm02:23
ograJaneW, as i said yesterday, i'm trying to find a inotify specialist to help there...its not solvable by us alone i think02:23
JaneWogra: do you know anyone who fits the bill?02:24
JaneWmdz reckoned such a person was not easy to find...02:24
ograJaneW, nope, probably BenC has enough kernel insight or fabbione ...02:24
ograi'll run around and poke several people after the meeting02:24
JaneWogra: ok thanks02:25
flint1what about Johnathan?02:25
JaneWogra: what did you think of the feedback from the mac mini guy today?02:25
JaneWHe seemed to have some valid points02:25
ograJaneW, no idea what he did, thats all normal distro stuff that fails, not edubuntu specific... i tend to poit him to bugzilla02:26
ograJaneW, but nothing we can solve in edubuntu specifically02:26
flint1we have not tested using the mac as a client, does this actually work?02:26
ograflint1, ltsp-server is missing the feature to build the chroot for a different arch yet, mdz promised it would come before release... then it should work02:27
flint1thanks for the update my man.  Fantastic!02:27
ograi think its a bit tricky to implement, will take time for him02:28
ograwhich is rare onhisside)02:28
ograbah,whereismyspacekeygone?02:28
flint1how many mdz clock ticks is edubuntu eating?  like half?02:28
JaneWlol@ogra02:29
ograi doubt it...except the sleepless nights probably02:29
JaneWflint1: something like that02:29
ogra(space works again :))02:29
flint1he really hates getting my 08:00 PST calls...02:29
ograheh02:29
JaneWflint1: that's NOT a good idea!02:29
ograunderstandable02:29
flint1space....the final frontier02:29
JaneWdon't phone prga at that time (UTC) either02:30
flint1ah, if i cannot piss off mdz then what use am i?02:30
JaneWflint1: that's actually pretty easilly achievable atm - we can all do it well ;)02:30
JaneWok what's next, orga any more to report?02:30
ogranope, the above is my final list02:31
JaneWHas everybody seen the cool artwork in http://art.ubuntu.com/ ?02:31
ograif we have solved this, we are release ready02:31
JaneWI am very impressed with our community artwork02:31
JaneWesp Steve Torrefranca - he is very good.02:31
JaneWogra: np then '02:31
JaneW)02:31
ograi'm not really impressed by the badger backgrounds...02:31
ograthe badger is neat but i the background hurts my eyes afetr some time02:32
flint1the angle here is the saturation in these graphics will appeal to younger children02:33
ograto coulored, to wild to use as a real background... the icons will disappear in the coulorfullness...02:33
ograyou wont be able to distinguish the icons from the background easily...02:33
flint1as you appeal to older and still older students, you will want to change the style.02:34
ograi'm not talking about taste02:34
flint1with luck we can start an amusement park called "badger world" and make a packet.02:35
ograits simply not usable, try to clutter your desktop with icons and use this background... go away over the weekend and try to find a particular icon again02:35
ograthey get swallowed, its to colorful02:35
flint1there is a great deal to be said for human brown.02:35
JaneWfrom a kids point of view they are great i.e. I love them :)02:35
JaneWI am using one right now :)02:36
JaneWthey are cheerful02:36
flint1Ollie, you see these through the eyes of a grown man.  Go find a child and do a test.02:36
JaneWogra: ah but you keep a cluttered desktop ;)02:36
ograJaneW, i'm talking about usability... not taste, i know kids like it colorful, but we shouldnt provide defaults that are hardly working with usablility requirtments02:36
sladenthis is the same reason that kids love comic sans... prettiness and I'm sure they're young eyes can cope with the strain02:36
sladens/they're/their/02:37
JaneWsladen: I agree02:37
flint1I swear Ollie, as we get older our sensitivity to color saturation dramaticallly increases...02:37
ograflint1, again, its not about taste...02:37
JaneWesp when alcohol is involved....02:37
ograanother color would probably sole it already02:37
flint1lol02:37
ograsolve02:37
JaneWogra: atm I have one icon in each of the quilted squares, it's funky ;)02:38
ograand note, we wont be able to include any background we have, there is not enough space... we are on the very edge02:38
flint1the angle I see is that you could tell what grade or form a classroom was just through the graphic displayed02:38
JaneWthe space issue sucks... I believe kubuntu is battling too...02:39
ogra(except we drop ppc)02:39
JaneWcan we shave anything anywhere?02:39
JaneWogra: doit!02:39
JaneW;)02:39
ograif we'd rop ppc we'd have 50MB on amd64 and 70 on x86 :)02:39
ograJaneW, so you'll answer all the complaints from mac users ? 02:40
spaceyogra, sounds fair enough ;)02:40
ograthey should have at least the standalone workstation install...02:40
JaneWsure, dear mac user, get a proer PC *hide*02:40
ograheh02:40
sladenogra: just make the ppc CD bigger eg. 700MB and keep the other two at 650MB02:41
ograsladen, it *is* 700MB02:41
ograsladen, all images of edubuntu are02:41
ograwe are at 699MB on ppc02:41
sladenbling!02:42
flint1so the graphics are limited on the power pc.  big deal!02:42
flint1how is the i386 loading?02:42
ograflint1, ?02:42
flint1I thought that you had cd load problems on the power pc distro.  did i get this right?02:43
flint1by load i mean size02:43
ogranope, we have space probs on ppc02:43
ograah, yes02:43
ograx86 is around 640MB02:44
flint1ppc is power pc yes?02:44
ograa bit less...02:44
ograyp02:44
ograyup even02:44
flint1ok then - i also mislabled x386 as i386, my bad.02:44
ograppc is traditionally bigger... an i dont want to drop it if possible02:44
ograflint1, call it sa you like ... i386 is the right technical term...02:45
ograi'm just to lazy to type powerpc :)02:45
flint1interesting, when I took assembler i always thought motorola code was more compact...02:45
flint1I remain a motorola bigot!02:46
ograppc has some tools and kernels the others dont have02:46
flint1thus it comes down to balance, now your build script for ppc is out of whack from amd and i386.02:46
ograthe size difference isnt avoidable...02:47
flint1I honestly have never booted ppc ubuntu.02:47
ograflint1, i have no influence on build scripts02:47
flint1gotcha, you just control what is in the build tree.02:47
ograthast all automated... i only can influence the app selection... i could drop some apps from ppc, but we already are down to the bare minimum02:48
ograso the user experience wouldnt be the same... i' like to avoid that02:48
ograwe have all apps in by realease and have still a good Cd for all arches, we just wont be able to provide a ton of artwork02:49
flint1as I am in the process of moving from DC to Vermont, my mac stuff is packed and in a quarry near Montpelior.  I cannot test or investigate ppc matters until later this month.02:49
ograi doubt there will be problems with ppc... it works in ubuntu, so it should work for us as well02:50
flint1seems to me we are either killing artwork or language overlays.  Language overlays always win.02:50
ogramdz already said he cant imagine MACs in school environment, he wouldnt object to drop ppc... but i do...02:51
rickfitzI assume this only affects the server. Could still use mac clients on an i386 server?02:51
ograflint1, we only have one language packa left on the CD , there is nothing you cold drop...02:51
ograrickfitz, if the missing --arch feature is added to ltsp-build-client, yes02:52
flint1as servers macs are not so popular in these parts.  As clients mdz is wrong.02:52
ograrickfitz, but that doesnt affect the ppc CD02:52
ograrickfitz, since you will build it on a i386 server02:52
ogra(which requires the i386 CD)02:52
flint1on another topic not related to edubuntu, ...Elkner and I had a big fight over printer drivers...02:53
ograppc is only interesting for ppc servers and ppc standlone workstations...02:53
JaneWdoes anybody know how the docs are loking, jsgotngco has been owrking on them...02:53
ograflint1, thats something we inherit 100% from ubuntu... if you find bugs, please file them in ubuntu02:54
flint1very impressive typos accompanying your discussion of docs jane...02:54
JaneWhttp://www.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuDocumentation02:54
flint1gotcha ollie.02:54
JaneWflint1: I tent to hit the right keys, just not in the right order... can you tell I have a wonderful musical ability too? ;)02:54
flint1is Colin's stuff updated to current release?02:55
ograflint1, whats colins stuff ? 02:55
JaneWflint1: I don't think so, he has all but vanished...?02:55
ograi never heard abou that ? 02:55
flint1Step-by-step LTSP setup by Colin Applegate02:56
flint1Colin went to college and likely got a girlfriend...02:56
ograoh, the hoary stuff...02:56
ograwe should tag that deprecated02:56
flint1Jane this is not misogyny it is reality...02:57
flint1I will read it over and determine if we can update it in the current context.02:57
ograflint1, some stuff about sound on the thin client and local NW acess would be cool, thats something we dont provide in this relese02:58
ogras/NW/HW02:58
ograflint1, i think colin had some ideas there02:58
flint1ah yes, the two hard nut, local access////02:59
rickfitzI was going to ask about sound. How far off is that?02:59
ograi'll solve both for breezy+1 it wasnt  onthe plan for breezy...02:59
rickfitzThat's good03:00
flint1I really like the fact that you can alt <F> to a character screen on the clients.  03:00
flint1when you do this on a client, are you logging into the server or the local?03:01
ogracurrently using something like NAS should be the way to go... but we have no sane default setup yet and i personally would love to tunnel the sound throughssh like we do with the graphicsalready03:01
ograflint1, thats local03:01
ograand there is no user by default, so you cant get in anyway03:01
flint1I noticed...03:02
ograwe should probably drop a "DontZap" option in the xorg.conf to avoid the switching at all03:02
ogracurrently its helpful if you set a root PW in the chroot, you can login and read logs on the client... good for debugging03:03
flint1how hard would it be to grant local access, if there is a working linux partition on the local machine?03:03
flint1I am talking breezy+1 stuff here now.03:03
ograflint1, you'd have to have an nfs server on the client and mount it on the server, i dont se any other solution currently03:03
ografor breezy+1 i'll look into all solutions available...03:04
flint1...makes my head hurt to think of it.03:04
ograyes, its a back and forth through the network...03:04
ograhttp://www.gnome-look.org/content/pre3/29050-3.png03:05
ograjdub just posted that in -devel :) ^^^03:05
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flint1This is illustrative of my argument with Elkner, the printer worked for everything but the printer variable was set wrong for the PDF viewer, his position is that due to this lack of 100% operation he would prefer none.  I say keep the alt screens active, they represent a promise of future funcionality, 03:06
ograyou mean the console ? 03:06
ograthat'd be hard to maintain for a normal teacher...03:07
flint1yes, any young mind evil enough to find the local console may be able to eventually solve the problem...03:07
ograyou have to login into the chroot to make changes, all is commandline work ...03:07
ograflint1, nope, you cant login, there is no user and root is locked03:08
ograno way to log in...03:08
flint1yes, I can see the point from the teachers side, a kid putting the machine in console mode effectively broke the client.03:08
ograflint1, you cant03:08
ograits technically not possible...03:08
flint1is this a bug or a feature?  i reluctantly vote bug.03:09
ograexcept you poked around in the chroot manually indeed03:09
ograflint1, its a security requirement...03:09
flint1nah, i just hit ctl alt <F1>03:09
ograno bug, rather a feature03:09
ograflint1, and ? what do you do there ?03:10
flint1I was, a dicipline problem in school myself...03:10
flint1looked at a console login, that was all that I could do.03:10
ograyou can see the console, thats all..03:10
flint1so you say you can make this fuctionality which leads no where go away?03:10
ograas i said, i think about adding a "DontZap" option to xorg.conf for release, currently its needed for debugging03:10
ogras/debugging/easier debugging/03:11
flint1amen to that DontZap for release...03:11
ograi'll tald to mdz about it...03:11
ogratalk03:11
flint1no, s/talk/wake up and talk/ :^)03:12
ograheh03:12
flint1neat.  I will look over colin's documentaion.  I can mark depreciated till it is updated please let me know if I should do this.03:13
ograflint1, if it helps our users, DOIT ! :)03:13
flint1ok then.03:13
ograflint1, so we wont see colin at UBZ ?03:14
flint1I will track my boy down figure this out, and report back.03:14
ogra:)03:15
flint1This whole going to class thing can be a real constraint.03:15
ograoh, we lost jane03:15
flint1we put jane to sleep?03:15
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flint1jeez, you start talking about caracter mode and jane goes away.  How GUI!03:16
ograah, the mistress is back :)03:16
flint1I feel the spiked heels once again!03:16
ogralol03:16
spaceybtw will translations be ok for edubuntu?03:16
spaceyapplications/places/system is not translated atm03:17
spaceythe least i would expect :)03:17
ograspacey, everything we inherit from ubuntu will be ok...03:17
spaceyyeah ok its ubuntu part03:17
ograall the other stuff needs to be handled...03:17
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spaceybtw are there any ideas on how to handle if all the kids want to use the same login? its not possible is it?03:18
flint1it is not possible is correct03:18
ograspacey, nope03:18
flint1Elkner has been known to set up numerically related logins03:18
spaceybecause the kids are too retarded to remember logins03:18
flint1(the security geek within me cringes)03:18
spaceyguess we will make logins per pc03:19
flint1that works, post the login on the pc03:19
spaceyyeah03:19
flint1the eventual deal here is to give each munchkin their own personal directory space...03:19
ograthe gconf database is bound to a user... if you log in twice, you loose the gconf settings for this user, i'd give every pupil a login... so tey keep their personal sttings all the time and learn to handle passwords etc responsible03:20
flint1that becomes like their locker, or their desk.03:20
spaceyogra, they are to young and not 100% so that won't work03:20
ograflint1, thats what /home is for...03:20
ograflint1, i wouldnt do anything additionally...03:20
\shspacey: how old are they? My son was loosing his password one time when he was 6 03:20
flint1ollie home is exactly what I ment...03:20
ograah :)03:21
spacey\sh, its a primary school03:21
ograso 6-10 ?03:21
spaceyand the kids are like i said not 100%, school for difficult learning/behavior kids03:21
\shspacey: yes....my son was dealing with computers at his primary school...03:21
flint1these are not munchkins yet, these stacy are ankle-biters...03:21
spaceyflint1, :)03:21
spaceylol03:21
flint1go with the map to machines, and allude to giving them their own space.  This could be and educational avenue.03:22
\shspacey: this is a good approach..give them something like a "businesscard" with their usernames and password03:22
\shthats what we did in primary school03:22
spacey\sh, i will remember that :) 03:22
spaceysounds like something that might work03:22
flint1The sooner and ankle-biter develops an electronic identity, the sooner they graduate to munchkin status.03:23
ograflint1, do you know if elkner tested my themeable login app ? 03:23
spaceyat least for the older grades03:23
flint1oh boy,  am i in trouble...03:23
spaceyanyway we don't have to reset the passwords if they forget, the local school employee will do that03:23
\shspacey: it works as well for smaller kiddings...and also for difficult learning/behaviour kids...03:23
ograi think i couls add something like usb key or smartcard authentication to it... but i need tests tests tests to have it in breezy+103:24
flint1I swear I will test it by tomorrow!  A MIGHTY OATH!!!03:24
\shogra: the kids need an approach, it should handled as a game03:24
flint1ollie this I&A question is most delicate.  It relates to child development as much as technology.03:24
flint1Ollie the game idea is facinating... What is your angle?03:25
Mithrandirogra: I think adding getting opensc support integrated into breezy+1 would rock.03:25
Mithrandirogra: only problem is the cards cost a little bit each, and so do the readers.03:25
ograi nearly rewrote gdm for that temeable ldm thing... now adding features should be easy... 03:26
flint1opensc is not for either ankle-biters or munchkins, is if for the next level after?03:26
ograflint1, \sh make some mockups how it should be, i can build it in...03:26
\shMithrandir: thinking about those sun solaris enterprise extention..03:27
Mithrandirflint1: opensc is a framework for smartcards.03:27
ogra(or write ups if no mockups)03:27
JaneWhi...03:27
flint1yea i got opensc,03:27
Mithrandirflint1: so it would be sunray-like, except you wouldn't have to buy sun and run solaris.03:27
\shogra: it's nothing technical...this is educational and psychological approach ;) 03:27
ograits a feature i'm missing since ages in gdm...03:27
ogra\sh, yes, make me a step by setp list how such a game should look like03:28
Mithrandirflint1: if we manage to get nx rocking for breezy+1, it'll mean you can disconnect your session and such too03:28
flint1keep in mind that spacey's question related to very young children.  in the case of these very young you map to the machine and go on with education.03:28
\shogra: how did u start in primary school?03:28
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\shu got your card with your name ;) and you were responsible for this card03:28
ograflint1, as i said, if i get a writeup how such a game should look like, i can implement it03:28
\shand u were proud to have this card03:29
flint1lemme think abou this game idea some more ollie...03:29
ograoki03:29
spaceyMithrandir, FreeNX works in breezy perfectly03:29
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flint1suppose you could not join the "game" unless you had an identy (eg I&A)03:29
spaceygot it installed succesfully on Edubuntu server as well03:29
ograspacey, its not even *in* breezy03:30
spaceyogra, well external repo ;)03:30
spaceybut it works03:30
spacey:p03:30
ograi know... that has a reason, you know ? 03:30
Mithrandirspacey: the packaging sucks.  Which is why I'm working on fixing that.03:30
spaceysecond X codebase?03:30
ograspacey, see Mithrandir 03:30
flint1i believe that someone has been at the apt repository, FreeNX is a good thing.03:30
spaceyMithrandir, the packaging is ok i think, i don't mean the one in backupports repo03:30
spaceyoh the packaging in general03:31
flint1spacy, have you looked at someting called "teacher tool"?03:31
spaceyyeah that might be true03:31
spaceyflint1, nop, i should?03:31
ograflint1, doesnt work with our ltsp implementation03:31
flint1it may be broken right now, look carefully.03:32
flint1it allowed the teacher to display to all desktops as well as lookin in on any desktop.03:32
flint1way better than a video projector.03:32
ograflint1, it monitors remote X11 sessions... we done even use X for transport in our ltsp...03:32
flint1I know, can we ever get that functionality back?03:32
ograflint1, thats what SCP is planned for, but i havent had the time to finish it in time for breezy03:33
flint1another breezy +1 item then.03:33
ograhttp://www.gnome-look.org/content/pre3/29050-3.png03:33
ograoops03:33
ograhttp://www.grawert.net/SCP.png03:33
ograthats what i meant...03:33
flint1very nice, and not very big as a file....03:34
ograthe network button will show a little screenshot of the desktop, the right pane will list all running apps with n option to stop them03:34
spaceynice03:34
ograif you click the network button, the tool will automaticaly establish a VNC connection to the students desktp03:34
ogra90% works, but the missing 10% are taking much time...03:35
flint1ollie if you implemented teachertool with FreeNX could teacher tool be made to work?03:35
ograthats why it became a dapper item03:35
spaceyogra, available for testing?03:35
ograflint1, implementing teacher tool would mean rewrite teacher tool03:35
ograspacey, nope03:36
ograflint1, thats more work than finishing SCP03:36
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flint1ok, i know the original author03:36
flint1hey Johnathan03:36
flint1sorry jonathan...03:36
flint1gotta loose that "h"03:37
ograwhere is our chairwoman ? 03:37
ograJaneW, ? 03:38
flint1The student control panel is nice.  The viceral real time control that teachertool gave is potent.03:38
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flint1bet she is making tea or some other such commonwealth activity...03:38
ograflint1, its mainly incorporating all teacher tool functionality, just with the right backends for edubuntu...03:39
ograflint1, yes, but i'm german... you know we germans need a leader ;)03:39
flint1can you actually share and view desktops?03:39
JaneWogra: I'm multitasking but here...03:40
ograflint1, the teacher can VNC to the pupils desktop...03:40
flint1...give me one generation of german youth....03:40
JaneWthis one hour meeting has a habit of dragging on to 2 hours at least...03:40
flint1I was writing up a high level wish list for edubuntu... any ideas03:40
ograJaneW, since we drift into #edubuntu chatiing since 20min, cn we adjourn the meeting and move over to #edubuntu ? 03:40
flint1that's because I am always late!03:41
JaneWflint1: add to BOF list please, so it doesn;t get lost03:41
flint1bof url?03:41
JaneWI wish it would just work!03:41
JaneW ;)03:41
ograJaneW, what ? 03:41
JaneWhttp://www.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuBelowZero03:41
flint1Did you go and get tea jane?03:41
flint1thanks jane...03:42
JaneWflint1: not yet03:42
JaneWogra: joke...03:42
JaneWogra: that was my wish for the wish list (i.e. all the bugs could dissappear)03:42
ograJaneW, i just didnt understand whatshould just work :)03:42
ograJaneW, ah... at least we have it "chicken install" ready since todays build :)03:42
ograi.e. put some seeds on the enter key, put a chicken in front of the pc and boot it with te edubuntu CD ... in one hour the chicken fnished your install03:43
JaneWlol03:43
JaneWogra: will the chicken be cooked by the end too?03:44
ograuntested yet though03:44
JaneWthat would be cool...03:44
Mithrandirogra: does the partitioner default to "eat my partitions"?03:44
ogralest see, thats an extra installer option, i'll talk to colin about a oven.udeb03:44
flint1the install works ok.03:44
ograMithrandir, its the same partitioner as ubuntu uses with the same defaults03:44
Mithrandirogra: then you need to put some seeds on the left arrow key too03:45
ograMithrandir, ah, damned iforgot...03:45
ograso only a 99.9% chicken install :)03:45
flint1if it is going to eat partitions, why not call it cookie_monster?  There are draditions...03:45
ogralol03:45
ograso can we close the meeting and move the common chatting over to #edubuntu ? 03:46
ograJaneW, ^^ ?03:46
JaneWyes please03:46
JaneWta03:46
ograthanks jane03:46
JaneWthanks again for a great achievement with the preview03:47
flint1Ollie, I damed you with too faint praise, forgive me.03:47
ograto be honest, todays daily is what i wanted for preview...03:47
flint1you done good Ollie.03:47
ograits technically far beyond the preview03:48
JaneWcool03:48
flint1ok I'm outa here...later youse guys (and gals).03:48
flint1bye03:49
JaneWso Edubuntu 1.0 can be called the Pecking Chicken relase...03:49
JaneWbye03:49
ograbut we have only 6 bugs left now... so i look forward to release with a calming feeling...03:49
ogra(as long as we solve 14967 and 12942 during the net 4 weeks)03:50
JaneWnod03:50
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Yann2hi06:22
Yann2i had a question.. who s in charge at canonical for shipit?06:22
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