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Lizjsgotangco: 03:57
jsgotangcoLiz!!!!03:57
Liz:)03:58
Lizmay i pm you?03:58
jsgotangcosure03:58
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jsgotangcorobitaille, http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20051219#204:23
jsgotangcoheh04:23
jsgotangcofile it under idiot users dept.04:24
robitaille"dumb down" and "idot" seem to be the words of the week in Ubuntu-Land04:25
MadpilotLinus's comments were last week, actually ;)04:26
robitailleok...last 7 days :)04:26
jsgotangcobleah obviously the mini article is just a personal troll04:26
robitaillewhy did he didn't do "apt-get install gcc" and be done with it????  04:27
robitailleI don't get it...04:27
Madpilotdoesnt't build-essential have all that compiling stuff in it?04:27
jsgotangcoif youre going to package...04:27
robitailleyes.  and build-essential will install "gcc", and gcc is at 4.0 in Breezy04:27
robitailleunless you want to compile the kernell then you probably want gcc-3.404:28
jsgotangcooh wait04:28
jsgotangcohe installed 3.x04:28
jsgotangcohaha04:28
jsgotangcoi just noticed it now04:28
jsgotangcohe'll get creamed04:28
robitaillemaybe I should send an email to te sounder list with it :)04:29
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Burglaptoprobitaille, jsgotangco, think I should write a rebuttal?04:42
jsgotangcosure04:42
jsgotangcohe obviously wrote it as a troll04:43
Burglaptopyes but trolls on major news sites need answering04:44
jsgotangcoyes04:44
BurglaptopI think I shall focus on where we are going with dapper, rather than directly answering him04:47
Burglaptoprobitaille: do you have a default debian install?04:48
Burglaptopdoes a default debian install come with build-essential installed?04:48
jsgotangcoafaik it doesn't even on the base install cd04:49
robitaillehttp://packages.debian.org/build-essential04:50
BurglaptopI will need to make certain that is correct before I write my rebuttal04:50
bshumateBurlaptop: where is this troll?! i need it for my thesis!04:50
bshumateeyurgh *Burglaptop*04:50
Burglaptopbshumate: tab completion is your friend04:51
robitailleI keep thinking I should install a debian install on my computer...04:51
bshumateBurglaptop: shnikes!04:51
bshumateeven in gaim it appears to function!04:51
bshumateBurglaptop: so where is the troll in this major news site? upon which topic does the sub-bridge-dweller write?04:53
jsgotangcobshumate, yes04:53
Madpilothttp://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20051219#204:53
jsgotangcoabout gcc04:53
robitailleBurglaptop,  I would ask on #ubuntu-devel or #debian.  Someone must know if gcc comes on by default with a default debian installation. (last time I install Debian was Woody 2 years ago)04:55
jsgotangcoask -devel04:55
bshumatewoweee...lots of free operating systems ship without a compiler, or development tools of any sort-  or some make you select a "Developer" subset of components to install them. it is somewhat sad that his apt-get install gcc didn't leave him with a sane environment, but where's the "dumbing down" part come in?05:03
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Burglaptopbshumate: that was his follishness05:04
jsgotangcothats great editing at work05:06
bshumateI believe that fine chap Kevin Cole who recently laid the smack down upon me with his high quality UNIX beard would say something like :  it's "Linux for Humans" non?  not "Linux for Developers" 05:06
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Burglaptoppossibly first para (pasting dump)05:07
BurglaptopUbuntu is going to piss some people off. It is also going to make some people love us. That is ok. Ubuntu strives to be the best Linux distribution in existant (Does not every distribution?). We have clear goals and clear objectives. We are opinionated. We make choices, bold choices and sometimes stupid choices, but we make them. This is no different than any other distribution out there. It is just that sometimes ours are a lit05:07
Burglaptoptle more bold more out there.05:07
MadpilotWTF is a "high quality UNIX beard"?05:07
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bshumateit's awesome05:08
bshumatea quality gnu/linux distribution05:08
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jsgotangcowon't you get noticed as a computer lovin' redneck?05:09
whiprushBurglaptop: a well thought out blog post should do the trick05:10
Burglaptopwhiprush: currently working on it now05:10
Burglaptopthen I tell osnews, etc. about it05:10
bshumateBurglaptop: yes, but is it of this scope and scale?  :   https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KevinCole   Now THAT is a high-quality UNIX beard!05:11
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bshumateno offense to Mr. Cole at all of course.  I happen to sport a junior sized beard myself.05:11
whiprushBurglaptop: sounds like the guy just needs to be told about build-essential. No big deal, it's on the CD and well documented.05:12
Burglaptopwhiprush: we need to answer it because it hit distrowatch05:12
Burglaptopwhiprush: it is more we need to address his hidden objections05:12
whiprushlike I say in my talks. The tools are available for experts willing to read the documentation.05:13
whiprushIMO if the user needs to compile something then we've already failed at that task.05:13
whiprushbut yeah, I see what you're trying to say.05:14
Burglaptopand the whole "ubuntu/gnome dumbed down stuff"05:15
whiprushyeah05:15
whiprushbut that's just the flavor of the month.05:15
Burglaptopthe way I am wording it will sort of move beyond the debate05:15
whiprushthere's a silent majority of people who just want their stuff to work. :) 05:16
whiprushand we try to provide that.05:16
bshumate"Ubuntu dumbed down.  Recently, the new version of Ubuntu GNU/Linux, 8.10 "Enigmatic Emu" was found to have no terminal applications, nor command-line shell environments at all.  Only graphical environments on X further indicating a conspiracy by Microsoft to dumb down this popular distribution."05:18
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Burglaptopbshumate: you need to go one further05:18
Burglaptopwe simply won't ship an X server or DE05:18
Burglaptopnor any tools, nor a kernel05:18
whiprushI deal with people like this every day at work.05:18
whiprush"I can't root. I can't do foo ..."05:19
whiprushjust a bit of patience and some guidance goes a long way.05:19
Burglaptopclear communication of the goals also helps05:20
whiprushI can feel the frustration though, sometimes I want to drive their heads through a wall, but commmunication does the trick.05:20
whiprushright05:20
whiprushwhat you just said. :)05:20
bshumateBurglaptop: ship the documentation though!!!05:21
bshumatecause EVERYONE reads THAT!!! ;-P05:21
Burglaptopbshumate: yes, all you get are docs telling you how you should go outside because you dont need a computer05:21
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whiprushBurglaptop: blog soon though, I've been giving it alot of thought and want to do the same and I don't want to collide posts on planet. :)05:22
Burglaptopwhiprush: should be up within the hour05:22
whiprushk05:22
BurglaptopI would let me talking about the same subject stop you from blogging05:22
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Burglaptopok, the pain won. I am having more icecream05:24
jsgotangcowow when i try to update dbus im asked to download a quarter of the size of the distro05:29
jsgotangcoheh05:29
jsgotangcohaha it removed like 80% of gnome functionality05:36
Burglaptopjsgotangco: the ca. mirror must be behind. I don't have the dbus yet05:37
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Burglaptopwhiprush: posted05:42
whiprushk05:43
robitailleBurglaptop,  the ca. mirror is always a bit behind.  I always point to the uk mirror on my dapper machine05:48
Burglaptoprobitaille: I am not concerned05:50
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jsgotangcoheh oh well06:29
jsgotangcoit definitely screwed my unit06:29
jsgotangcodbus love =)06:29
Madpilotthe actual time for the next CC meeting *still* hasn't been posted...07:06
jsgotangcoyay we'll be meeting all night07:08
Madpilotif it's another 1400Z meeting, I can make it but I'd better go to be soon; if it's a 2200Z (or whatever) meeting then I'll be at work...07:11
jsgotangcoare you on queue?07:13
Madpilotfor Membership? No, I've been waiting to see when this next meeting is... ;)07:15
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whiprushBurglaptop: awake still?07:28
jsgotangcomr. fridge!07:29
robitaillemr. fridge?07:30
whiprushno no07:31
whiprushjdub is mr. fridge07:31
whiprushI merely stock it.07:31
robitailleand you are doing a very good job at it07:31
whiprushnah nah07:32
whiprushneed more content07:32
whiprushactually ... we need to showcase some docteam work 07:33
rob1grrr07:33
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rob1the end of the year is so busy for me07:34
rob1all my free time lately has been devoted to getting my wireless network and media centers set up07:34
whiprushwe're all in the same boat.07:36
whiprushso much to do, so little time.07:36
jsgotangcowhiprush, would fridge jr. do?07:37
jsgotangcohehe07:37
whiprusha college fridge!07:37
whiprushit'd be all beer. :)07:37
jsgotangcono no that's not the point07:37
jsgotangcothe point is to spoil the fun07:37
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jsgotangcoheh07:37
rob1mmm.. beer07:38
jsgotangcowhiprush, my desktop is dumber than your desktop hah07:40
whiprushunlikely.07:40
rob1jsgotangco, using gnome?07:40
jsgotangcoyes im very stock gnome while whiprush isn't07:40
whiprushhey, so for fun, at our last lug meeting I took a desktop poll.07:40
jsgotangcoheh07:41
whiprush50/50 gnome/kde.07:41
whiprushAll stock wallpapers and desktops.07:41
rob1its like 80/20 gnome/kde at mine07:41
jsgotangcoi have a bsd desktop here on kde and it ok07:41
whiprushwell, my point was that they all had stock desktops.07:41
Madpilotwhiprush: all stock? where's the fun in that?07:41
rob1I guess we are all Linux n00bs07:41
whiprushnah...07:42
jsgotangcoMadpilot, on my part, i just have no time to tweak my desktop07:42
rob1well, 80% of us07:42
whiprushjsgotangco: bingo!07:42
Madpilottweaking the desktop saves time, though!07:42
jsgotangcothe easiest tweak isa wallpaper change07:42
jsgotangcoMadpilot, and for most part, the default works, and i rarely go to gconf07:43
jsgotangcoalthough most people coming from windows hate spatial because it reminds them of stock windows95 explorer behavior07:43
whiprushyeah.07:44
Madpilotspatial's awful - all those windows popping up everywhere...07:44
whiprushbut, as I've been deploying gnome desktops at work ...07:44
whiprushI'm starting to find ...07:44
whiprushthat people don't care about things like that07:44
jsgotangcoyes07:44
jsgotangcoas long as they know how to navigate07:44
whiprushthey care about more fundamental things07:44
whiprushlike ... "why can't I print?"07:45
jsgotangcoright07:45
whiprush"I bought a dvd at the store, I put it in, and it doesn't work."07:45
whiprushgrrr.07:45
jsgotangcopeople udnerstand the change with linux on my side07:45
jsgotangcoand they're interested to see the difference07:45
jsgotangcosure they can make comparisons but it doesnt mean they can't be productive07:45
Madpilotwhiprush: good rant!07:46
whiprushMadpilot: I like to rant.07:46
whiprushblog while drunk, it's the best place to be!07:47
jsgotangcowhiprush, the store clerk tells you "dude you're in asia, that's region 3"07:47
jsgotangcoheh07:47
whiprushTo be honest, when linus posted his thing, at work we were like "wow, he can print? dude shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth."07:48
whiprushI mean, when esr did his gnome rant 2 years ago, he didn't even get that far ...07:48
whiprushso i guess there's progress being made there. :)07:48
Madpilotha... but I did spend a LOT of time on linuxprinting.org before buying my current HP inkjet...07:48
whiprushwell, kudos to hp, I've yet to run into a printer from them that they don't have a linux driver for.07:49
whiprushrecently anyway.07:49
MadpilotI nearly bought a Canon... bleh!07:49
whiprushwe bought at ricoh at work, bad news07:50
whiprushrpms for rhel only.07:50
jsgotangcowe bought a brother...bad news too07:50
whiprushwe made it work .. but ...07:50
whiprushthey don't stop by anymore. :)07:50
jsgotangcowhat's worse its an all-in-one machine07:50
jsgotangcothey didnt even *ask* me07:50
whiprushheh07:51
jsgotangcothey got too excited getting a free printer after buying one07:51
jsgotangcogreed07:51
whiprushthe trick is to get a working relationship with the printer guy.07:51
whiprush"look dude, we run linux, you buy what I tell you. Or you don't get invited to bar night."07:51
whiprushthen after a while the local vendor figures it out.07:52
whiprush"vote with your dollars" and all that.07:52
jsgotangcohmm dapper still doesn't get the automount ntfs parition right07:53
whiprushif only consumers had the same buying power as companies. :-/07:53
Madpiloten mass, they might - there are twice as many HP printers on the wiki's printer page as any other company...07:54
whiprushjsgotangco: I've been wrestling with cups all day so i'm kind of picking on it in the blog post.07:54
rob1try a lexmark.. its hit or miss. 07:54
whiprushfrustration++07:54
jsgotangcohmm07:55
rob1the older models work best, my lexmark only just began to start working07:55
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rob1with dapper07:55
whiprushhey so jerome07:55
whiprushrun this by the doc team dudes for me ...07:56
whiprushI'd like to start showcasing doc team stuff on the fridge07:56
Madpilotmy former printer was an old Lexmark - Z32 - it was only partly working when I moved to Linux, and I never did get it to print properly...07:56
whiprushdo you guys have like a list of the best ever wiki entries or something?07:57
whiprushjust some good content that I can point people to?07:57
whiprushlike a "best of the wiki" or something?07:57
MadpilotBasicCommands is good, whiprush07:57
rob1https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDocumentation is about the only list07:57
whiprushMadpilot: looking07:57
jsgotangcoDocteamProjects is pretty good =) but im biased07:57
rob1heh07:58
jsgotangcoso guys07:58
jsgotangcois it ok if i proofread the docs this weekend07:58
jsgotangcoi won't do any invasive changes07:58
jsgotangcoi'll just make comments to the docs07:58
rob1sure, but I dunno how the dg is going07:58
whiprushwow, UserDocumentation rocks.07:59
MadpilotUserDocs is mostly just "the big list of everything"07:59
jsgotangcoi can look on it, i won't make any big changes, just comments since i didnt start the doc at all07:59
whiprushYeah07:59
jsgotangcoi don't want to disrupt the work of other people07:59
jsgotangcoi think it could work if there are some people who review/proofread07:59
whiprushso hey Madpilot ... what do you think about doing something like "Wiki page of the week" or something?08:00
whiprushwhere we do linkage to a certain page...08:00
jsgotangcoWiki page of the week08:01
jsgotangcohehe08:01
jsgotangcohow about member spotlight08:01
jsgotangcoMember of the Week: Jorge Castro08:01
whiprushcould do that too.08:01
whiprushhah08:01
whiprushthat guy's a loser.08:01
rob1heh08:02
rob1who is he?08:02
MadpilotPage of the Week would be interesting - not sure we've got enough really great wiki pages to go for a lot of weeks, though ;)08:02
jsgotangcosome beer loving dweeb i heard08:02
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whiprushyeah08:02
whiprushhe's a drunkard.08:02
whiprushrob1: he's referring to me. :)08:02
jsgotangcohe only gets good work done when he's drunk!08:02
rob1ah08:03
rob1hehe now I get it!08:03
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whiprushSo like, when I was doing thin clients at work, this dude wrote up the entire thing on the wiki.08:03
whiprushSurely we can do a page biweekly or something of really gold wiki content.08:03
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Madpilothttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/WhatWindowsUsersWant <-- interesting, but messy to look at08:04
jsgotangcothat's a pretty old page08:04
rob1http://members.cox.net.nyud.net:8090/jmccorm/santa.html08:04
jsgotangcothat's pre-UDU08:04
rob1hehe drunk santa08:04
whiprushCan you guys think of a good wiki page that's good quality and relevant to breezy users?08:04
whiprushor a certain topic I mean.08:05
rob1RestrictedFormats?08:05
whiprushhmmm, how about something more general?08:05
Madpilotmedia formats is pretty general, isn't it?08:06
rob1thttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/ApacheMySQLPHP?action=show&redirect=LAMPForHoary08:06
Madpilothttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/ApacheMySQLPHP <-- simpler URL ;)08:06
rob1-> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ApacheMySQLPHP08:06
rob1yeah08:06
whiprushMadpilot: yeah but that gets complicated with different countries and whatnot, I was thinking of getting something easy in first.08:06
whiprushthen move towards more advanced stuff08:07
rob1what about https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Cedega08:07
whiprushhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/NanoHowto08:07
whiprushtoo simple?08:07
rob1maybe08:08
whiprushoh oh08:08
whiprushgot one08:08
Madpilothttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoldingAtHome08:08
whiprushhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/RootSudo08:08
whiprushMy line of thought is "Brand new ubuntu user."08:09
Madpilotthat's got to be the most-cited wiki page ever on #ubuntu...08:09
Madpilotall the "why didn't I get asked for a root pw" questions ;)08:09
whiprushMadpilot: yeah, but the fridge is more general than that.08:10
whiprushwe're still just getting started08:10
rob1whiprush, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MultimediaApplications08:10
whiprushit's linked from the homepage. ie. "my mom doesn't go to #ubuntu"08:10
rob1very basic, and lots of pics08:10
whiprushrob1: oh dude now that's what I dig.08:11
Madpilotpictures are good08:11
whiprushyeah08:11
rob1some good links at the top to other more advanced multimedia stuff if people want to know more also08:12
whiprushthis page is exactly the kind of stuff I think would go well on the fridge08:12
whiprushrob1: exactly!08:12
whiprushrob1 / Madpilot: So what are the chances you guys can find pages like this on a regular basis. :)08:13
rob1not all are that good08:14
whiprushwell, we'd have to find the good ones.08:14
Madpilotwhiprush: well, it might inspire more cleanup efforts :P08:14
rob1Madpilot, maybe08:14
Madpilotsomeone recently did a great job on the modem/dailup pages08:14
whiprushMadpilot: link?08:14
Madpilothttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/DialupModemHowto08:15
rob1https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RootSudo <- isn't bad as a more advanced one for users switching from other Linux distros08:16
whiprushrob1: I was thinking the same thing08:16
whiprushman .. that dialup page is ouch08:16
whiprushdidn't realize we sucked in that area so badly.08:17
Madpilotwhiprush: you should have seen all the pages that one replaced... that was hideous08:17
whiprushI can imagine08:17
whiprushI think I'll play it safe and go with rootsudo as a writeup.08:18
whiprushsee how it goes.08:18
whiprushare you guys cool with pinging me on cool wiki pages?08:18
jsgotangcoI heard wiki.ubuntu.com/JorgeCastro is an awesome page08:18
whiprushi'd like to get more wiki/docteam content on the fridge ...08:19
whiprushbut i need someone to yell at me with "hey dude, RUN THIS PAGE!"08:19
whiprushand jsgotangco is busy being a speaking star in his hemisphere ...08:19
jsgotangcooh drop it will ya08:20
whiprushheh08:20
Madpilotwhiprush: ask on the mailing list, too08:20
whiprushROCK STAR.08:20
whiprushMadpilot: I will do so.08:20
jsgotangcowhiprush, theres really not much awesome wiki entries out there..but will ping you when something comes out as well as update you on docteam news/meetings we haven't been really good on documenting ourselves lately though08:21
whiprushwell, ideally, if you guys are scrubbing along fixing articles, I'd like to highlight the stuff as it becomes documentation gold.08:22
whiprushLike, the dude who did the sunray stuff ... is just /awesome/.08:22
rob1man I must be the only freenode staff member anywhere near my timezone08:23
rob1just about everyone else is sleeping or been idle for ages08:24
jsgotangcolots of requests?08:24
rob1strangly no, and currently I'm the only one listed as online08:24
rob1gee this is a bit dodgy looking: http://cgi.ebay.com.au/200-FREE-Guaranteed-Make-Money-the-Easy-Way_W0QQitemZ4810436987QQcategoryZ1057QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem08:26
rob1there is even a dodgy ebay comment from someone else saying how great it is..08:27
whiprushok so fellas, I'll hit up the list tomorrow on fridge-able wiki pages ...08:29
rob1okie dokie08:29
whiprushjsgotangco: docteam meta-stories will always be accepted of course.08:30
whiprushI was mostly asking about normal content.08:30
whiprushof course I'll run your meeting summaries, calls for help, etc. etc., as usual.08:31
jsgotangcook wilco08:31
jsgotangcoerr guys08:38
jsgotangcohow would you react if a long time DD is willing to join the docteam?08:38
rob1DD?08:38
jsgotangcoerr08:39
jsgotangconevermind08:39
rob1what the heck is a DD?08:39
jsgotangcoDebian Developer08:39
rob1oh08:39
robitaillewe would welcome him?08:41
robitaille :)08:41
jsgotangcohmm but he wants to get paid heh that just deflated my spirit08:42
rob1pfft08:42
jsgotangcoyeah so like i said, nvm08:42
jsgotangco=)08:42
robitaillejsgotangco,  see it like the paid-developpers in Ubuntu vs the volunteers/motus/etc08:43
robitailleif he is paid, then you get a full-time person working on docs.08:43
jsgotangcorobitaille, i think we're doing good as volunteers, if he gets paid/hired, that's a corporate decision08:44
jsgotangcoand makes him a visible target (?) for us08:44
jsgotangcoheh08:44
rob1my question is how would decisions then be made? does he get the final say?08:44
jsgotangconah let's not go there....08:44
robitaillethe doc team makes the final decisions.08:45
robitailleit just happens that one member can spend 40+ hours a week helping08:45
robitailleanyway, it's not our decision.08:45
jsgotangcoyep08:46
rob1I met a guy last week that is going to set me up with some part-time paid doc writing work next year if all goes well08:46
robitaillebut generally I would say more staff from Canonical is more a positive than a negative to help the project as a whole08:46
rob1it will all be in house stuff though08:46
rob1and windows apps08:47
jsgotangcorob1, i can hook you up with some as well08:48
rob1jsgotangco, sounds good08:48
jsgotangcorob1, i'm doing some at the moment for iosn (www.iosn.org) but they need more people in our region08:49
rob1hmm 404 not found08:50
jsgotangcoarrrrgghh08:50
jsgotangcoiosn.net08:50
rob1is it mainly open source stuff?08:51
jsgotangcowell yeah, its not called IOSN if they sell proprietary stuff08:52
rob1heh sure08:52
jsgotangcos/sell/promote08:52
jsgotangcoit may not pay that much compared to other commecial projects but hey its UNDP looks good on your CV08:53
jsgotangco=)08:53
rob1yeah08:53
rob1but still, something is better then nothing08:53
rob1and your cv08:53
rob1who do I need to contact?08:53
jsgotangcowell i'll ask sunil first if they need more people08:54
rob1ok08:54
jsgotangcoi'll let you know soonest08:54
rob1ok sounds good. thanks jsgotangco 08:54
rob1hmm about half an hour until the pool is filled up08:59
rob1yay08:59
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jdubwhiprush: ha ha, fridge jr.10:56
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jsgotangcohey all02:21
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Kaiser_Awayhi jsgotangco jjesse02:23
jjessemorning Kaiser_Away 02:23
jsgotangcoKaiser_Away, good evening02:23
jsgotangcojjesse, :)02:23
jjessemorning jsgotangco 02:24
Kaiser_Away:)02:24
jjessejsgotangco: started working on release notes for dapper02:24
jsgotangcojjesse, yeah i noticed02:24
jsgotangcodo you want me to grok on the kquickguide this weekend? 02:24
jjessethat would be awesome02:24
jsgotangcoi'm using ubuntu at the moment, but I can easily switch02:24
jjessei will be at my in-laws who are basically !internet this weekend so i will have some time to do some editing of docs02:25
jsgotangcolol so internet is a cause for docteam inactivity02:27
jsgotangcohaha02:27
jsgotangco=)02:27
OgMacielhi guys02:27
OgMacielgood morning02:27
jsgotangcoOgMaciel, hey dude02:27
jjesseno activity not inactivity02:27
OgMacieljsgotangco, how is it going?02:27
=== jsgotangco looks at horrid bootchart result of his laptop at the moment
jsgotangco46 seconds :(02:28
OgMacielwow02:28
OgMacielwhich part takes the longest for you?02:28
jsgotangcoipw220002:28
jsgotangcodefinitely not acceptable02:28
OgMacielreally?02:29
jsgotangcoi've seen results < 30 seconds02:29
OgMacielI have the same wireless card and it is working fine with me02:29
jsgotangcohow long did it take on your side?02:29
OgMacielabout 20 secs tops02:30
OgMacieldefinitely not 4602:30
jsgotangcowow02:30
OgMaciel;)02:30
jsgotangcothat's incredible02:30
OgMacielwhat are you using to benchmark it?02:30
jsgotangcofor any graphical linux system that's really good02:30
OgMacielsometimes I kill the network detection script02:31
OgMacielthat really speends it up02:31
OgMacielhehehe02:31
jsgotangcowell ok i guess thats the reason02:31
jsgotangcomine is just stock02:31
jsgotangcocheater!02:31
OgMacielhehehe02:31
OgMacielbut what are you using to benchmark it?02:31
jsgotangcoa toshiba set02:31
OgMacielbut you're not using a stopwatch, right?  ;)02:31
jsgotangconah hahaha02:32
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OgMaciel;)02:32
OgMacieljsgotangco, which program are you using to "time" it?02:32
jsgotangcoisn't bootchart doing that?02:33
OgMacielbootchart?  dunno that one02:33
jsgotangcooh its a new dapper add-on made by Keybuk02:34
=== OgMaciel not using Dapper yet
jsgotangcoit basically "charts" the boot process and shows how much time its taking for each module/device/etc.02:34
jsgotangcoits pretty neat, you get a png file for the report02:35
OgMacielI think I saw it on someone's post on one of the planets02:35
OgMacielit is pretty sweet02:35
OgMacielwas it Frederico?02:35
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jsgotangconot sure02:35
OgMacielanyhow, have you heard of anyone having successfully isntalled Dapper on VMWare by any chance?02:36
jsgotangcoi can try later02:37
jsgotangcoi have a windows machine that has an eval of  5.502:37
OgMacielam thinking of giving it a whirl02:37
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jsgotangcoi download the 5.04 vm and its pretty sweet02:37
OgMacieljsgotangco, I haven't tried VMWare on 64 bits but it should be fine02:38
jsgotangcoi haven't tried it myself altough i just bought a dual core system a month ago02:38
OgMacielniice02:39
=== jsgotangco no time!
OgMacielsame here02:39
jsgotangcomaybe this christmas02:39
jsgotangcohehe02:39
OgMacielam only here b/c of the stupid NYC transit strike02:39
jsgotangcobut my wife will kill me02:39
jsgotangcowhoa02:39
OgMacielhehehe02:39
OgMacielI hear that02:39
jsgotangcothere's a transport strike?02:39
OgMacielin NYC02:39
jjesseyeah started yesterday right?02:39
OgMacielall buses/trains/subways02:39
jsgotangcowow02:39
OgMacieltoday02:39
jsgotangcoeven cabs?02:39
OgMacielat mid-night02:40
OgMacielnope02:40
OgMacielnot cabs02:40
OgMacielbut the fares are astronomical02:40
jsgotangcothat's still terrible, is NY on a gridlock at this time?02:40
OgMacielpretty much02:40
OgMacieljsgotangco, I want to help out with the documentation02:41
OgMacieljsgotangco, can you gimme a quick walk-through?02:41
jsgotangcosure02:41
jjesseOgMaciel: is there a specific portion of documentation you want to help w/?02:41
jsgotangcoUbuntu/Kubuntu?02:42
jsgotangcoEdubuntu02:42
OgMacielno preference...  whenever you need help the most02:42
OgMacielwherever02:43
OgMacielnot whenever02:43
OgMaciel;)02:43
jsgotangcowell i was thinking of something02:43
jsgotangcosince some people started writing from the start02:43
jsgotangcoi wouldnt want to invade their work but still want to help out02:43
OgMacielk02:43
OgMacielmakes sense02:43
jsgotangcoi wouldn't want to disrupt their flow of thought02:44
jsgotangcoso i was thinking of organizing peer reviews02:44
OgMacielhummm02:44
OgMacielthat is an interesting idea02:44
jsgotangcowe still get to edit the doc, but instead, we do it in comments02:44
OgMacielit would give them (writers) the freedom to go about their work02:44
jsgotangcoyes02:44
jsgotangcolet's say i grabbed jjesse's work02:45
jjessejsgotangco: that is a good idea, a lot of sections in a doc get marked status="review" and i always wondered who did the review02:45
jsgotangcoyes02:45
jsgotangcoits either 1) they just mark it 2) they forgot to change the mark02:45
jsgotangcofor example, i wouldn't dive into bhuvan's current work since he already has a TOC from the start02:46
jsgotangcobut it doesn't mean i can't suggest02:46
OgMacielright02:46
jsgotangcoso what i do is that i edit parts of the doc but do it in comments02:46
jsgotangcoso that it doesn't build but its there for him (bhuvan) to notice02:46
jjesseor you could go through and make comments on the sections flagged for reivew02:46
jsgotangcoright02:46
jsgotangcoexactly02:46
OgMacieland the author would then accept them or not?02:46
jsgotangcoim pretty sure the author would accept it02:47
jjessethat way the maintainer can change them and mark them as complete or whatever the next tag is02:47
OgMacielinteresting ide02:47
OgMaciela02:47
jsgotangcoand people interested in diving in can make a contribution even if its not a writing contribution02:47
OgMacielthat all sounds good02:48
jsgotangcoif we get to start it, we can have a much cleaner doc in the coming milestone releases02:48
OgMacieland it would allow more people to hit the ground running02:48
jsgotangcoright02:48
jsgotangcothe setback though is that02:48
OgMaciel?02:48
jsgotangco1) you'd still need commit access to edit the doc and upload02:48
OgMacielhummm02:49
jsgotangco2) or have someone patch it02:49
OgMacielwhich one would be viable?02:49
jjesseboth would be viable, start submitting patches you can get svn commit access02:49
jsgotangcowell there's no problem with some of us, we already have commit access, we just haven't been active in writing lately (others do)02:49
jsgotangcoDOCU REVU02:50
jsgotangco:P02:50
OgMacieljjesse, ok... one question... so far I've only seen the "work in progress" on the web... is that how I should be working?  by reading them and sending in my suggestions via the mailing list?02:50
jsgotangcoOgMaciel, that's not even accurate if you ask me...02:51
jjessejsgotangco: i agree, i think the docteamproject page isn't as current as it should be02:51
OgMacielhummm02:51
jsgotangcothe status should work, its only a cron job on the server, but i still suspect if its being done regularly02:51
jsgotangcoor maybe the status script doesn't work at all02:51
OgMacielI either did not understand the "instructions" on getting started or it is not obvious to me  :/02:52
jsgotangcowell yes02:52
jsgotangcoOgMaciel, actually, we're not so good in documenting ourselves :)02:52
OgMacielhehehe02:52
OgMacieljsgotangco, maybe I could help out once I understand the process02:53
OgMaciel;)02:53
jjesseheck sometimes we struggle coming to our own meetings :P02:53
jsgotangcojjesse, yeah dude i hear ya02:53
OgMacielI hear that02:53
jsgotangcoOgMaciel, well ok its a pretty simple process02:53
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jjesseOgMaciel: I started by checking out the source from svn and looking at the docs and just trying to make corrects02:53
jsgotangcowe basically work in DocBook02:53
jjessecorrections02:54
jsgotangcoyou need subversion on your machine so you could checkout a working copy02:54
OgMacieljjesse, lemme chek the wiki again...  don't remember reading anything about svn access02:54
jsgotangcoyou can download the sources but can't commit02:54
OgMacielI see02:54
jsgotangcoso what you do is make a patch02:55
jsgotangcoits terribly tedious at the moment02:55
jjesseisn't that at w.u.c/DocteamGettingStarted or something likethat?02:55
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jsgotangcoi think its in DocteamStepByStepRepository02:56
OgMacieljsgotangco, not found02:57
OgMaciel;)02:57
jjesseisn't that at w.u.c/DocteamGettingStarted or something likethat?02:57
jjessedoh02:57
jjessehttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocteamStepByStepRepository02:57
jjessethats what i menat :)02:57
jsgotangcohttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocteamStepByStepRepository02:57
OgMacielgot it02:58
OgMacielhehehe02:58
OgMacielthanx02:58
OgMacielso the first step is to download the files using svn... then I'll start reading and commenting02:59
jsgotangcoyeah02:59
jsgotangcoif you make changes, you can make a patch02:59
jsgotangcoand send it to the list02:59
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jsgotangcotry editing the styleguide...its a non-invasive doc that needs some review and editing03:04
OgMacieljsgotangco, will do  ;)03:05
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jsgotangcogood night05:31
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jjessemdke: master of the wiki? :)09:21
mdkelol09:21
jjessefear him he's the master of the wiki09:21
OgMacielhhe09:22
OgMacielhehe09:22
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jjesseso upon becoming a ubuntu member you get a .ubuntu.com email address?10:02
OgMacieljjesse, yup10:02
jjesseso how do i go about getting access to jjesse@ubuntu.com or whatever it is?10:02
OgMacielit is supposed to get created automagically10:03
mdkejjesse, it's automatically your launchpad id10:03
OgMacielit gets forwarded to your LP account email10:03
mdkeat the moment changing it is broken10:03
jjesseah i didn't know that10:03
mdkeyou have to ask a LP admin to change it10:03
jjesseany other secret handshakes or something that i'm missing as a member?10:04
mdkelol10:04
OgMacieljjesse, atm, lots of patience helps10:05
OgMacielhehe10:05
mdkeOgMaciel, patience?10:05
jjesseOgMaciel: grin im not in a hurry i don't want to be missing out, don't know if someone was supposed to let me know things differently or not10:05
OgMacielmdke, been asking elmo to change my email for 5 weeks now10:06
mdkethere is no automatic right to free toys...10:06
mdkeelmo's a busy guy, but I sympathise to an extent ;)10:06
OgMacielhehehe10:07
OgMacielthanx10:07
OgMacielI understand he's got bigger fish to fry10:07
OgMacielbut it has reached a certain threshold10:07
OgMacielfor he won't even ackknowledge me10:07
mdkethe more he acknoledges, the more people will ask10:12
mdkeand the more time he loses10:13
OgMacielmdke, I meant he didn't reply to my emails...  all he had to do was spend 2 secs to say "fuck off" or something... ;)10:14
mdkeOgMaciel, lol10:14
OgMaciel;)10:14
jjesseanyone following the converstation about the channels in #u-m ?10:15
mdkeOgMaciel, he gets a LOT of mail10:15
mdkeyeah10:15
jjessewhat was the issue?10:15
mdkeno idea10:15
OgMacieljjesse, am there..10:15
mdkepeople get banned and don't know what to do10:15
OgMacielseems to be something between 2 people in here10:15
jjesseoh well i got lost in the dicussion about bots, centralized organization and someone getting banned :P10:15
jjesseso i went back to work10:15
mdkequite right10:17
OgMacielgot my email squared away10:18
OgMacielpheeew10:18
mdkeheh10:18
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jjessei'm bored bored as well but i'm at work :)10:21
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