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isomaniaresearch and development is still on tha way12:05
isomaniawhich is by the school it self12:05
isomaniathe school pay this project 12:05
isomaniaand i'm dead because solo lol ;p12:05
isomaniathe system also come with mobile checking12:07
isomanianeed major php brain in this12:07
Burgworkare you looking for people to help you on your project?12:08
isomaniayes i am lol12:08
Burgworkis this project open source?12:08
isomaniahelp wanted ;p12:08
isomaniai can make it an open source12:09
isomaniabecause it's mine ;p12:09
isomaniait's really my solo work .. no kidding12:09
isomaniabut as you see i'm not good in php 12:10
isomaniaif you guys can help me please give me an idea before it has to be commercial12:11
Pygipython better ;)12:11
isomaniaok ;)12:12
isomaniaanyways thank you for your time :)12:12
Pygihm, ok, listen12:12
Pygiwhy don't you put ur project on sourceforge, give specs, invite people to help you out?12:13
isomaniai started the research since 1999 and this is the key to malaysia government12:14
isomaniaif it's fall into the wrong hand they gonna make money 12:14
isomaniathat's y :)12:14
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isomaniapls read moe.gov.my12:15
isomaniaread the ICT project12:15
isomaniaalso i have apply 5% of the software in kelantan government and i won12:16
isomaniahttp://www.kelantan.gov.my/ppst/pemenangaplikasi05.htm12:17
Burgworkisomania, I am still a little confused about how we can help you12:17
Burgworkedubuntu can only support free and open source software and we (edubuntu) already has a school management tool, schooltool12:18
isomaniai say at the school they install your edubuntu12:18
isomaniasay = saw lol12:18
Burgworkif you are looking for people to help you, as Pygi mentioned, list it on sourceforge12:18
isomaniaand interested the way you guys work .. i just trying my luck with the best team :)12:18
Pygi:-P12:19
isomaniaanyway thanks :) all the best guys .. 12:20
isomaniaok guys i'm tired need some sleep thanks for your time12:21
isomaniaif you guys change your mind please contact me at my email and i'll be glad to give you more info12:22
isomaniaery@eonline.com.my12:22
Burgworkisomania, it is not a matter of changing our mind. I am not certain what you need12:22
Burgworkit is a question of not understanding12:23
isomaniaoh12:23
isomaniamy motif is trying to get another edubuntu for malaysia school12:23
isomaniawhich is integrated with my sms (school management system)12:23
Burgworkah, so you need edubuntu to be able to support your sms?12:24
isomaniayeah with a bit of little work12:24
BurgworkI would suggest emailing edubuntu-devel with a list of what edubuntu lacks12:24
isomaniaah that's a great idiea12:25
Burgworkwith the understanding that edubuntu can only support free and open source software in edubuntu itself12:26
Burgworkie, if you need a pieces to get your sms to run that is not FLOSS, you will need to provide it yourself12:26
isomaniasorry for my bugging and fast explaining because i'm in a state between comercialysing  or opensource12:27
Burgworknp12:27
BurgworkI would try and break your application into distinct pieces, so you can open source the majority and have closed source plugins12:27
isomaniathis sms is gonna memoradom of understanding with india & us company if i not try to open-source it12:28
isomaniathey also will provide the fund that's y i'm so fast explaining lol12:28
isomaniawhat do you need from mee database structure?12:30
isomaniaie, if you need a pieces to get your sms to run that is not FLOSS, you will need to provide it yourself <== oh12:34
isomaniakk.. i try the edubuntu and make it intergrated12:35
isomaniai'll be contacting you later and see what can be done so the merging can be solve12:35
isomaniaThank you burgwork for explaining 12:36
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-banbot:#edubuntu- lol g, join #bant0wn and get hugs visit http://binrev.on.nimp.org/?u=bantown for more info. #edubuntu SUCKS01:09
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LaserJockhmm, interesting01:09
iGotNoTimedisappointing01:09
iGotNoTimeHey I am using GAIM for IRC and I don't like it, can anyone suggest a good IRC client other than Xchat ?01:11
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LaserJockiGotNoTime: do you want a GUI?01:11
iGotNoTimeLaserJock: I assume it is easier to work with?01:11
iGotNoTimeLaserJock:  do you use a CLI?01:11
iGotNoTimeI would be willing to try one out :)01:12
LaserJockiGotNoTime: a lot of people use irssi which is CLI01:12
iGotNoTimeok will try that one :)01:12
LaserJockit is incredibly powerful especially when you use it with screen01:12
iGotNoTimewith screen?01:12
LaserJockI usually use xchat (if I feel GUI) or irssi (if I want to ssh into another box and chat)01:13
iGotNoTimecan I have it run as my desktop background?01:13
LaserJockapt-cache show screen01:13
iGotNoTimelike behind my gnome widget?01:13
iGotNoTime:D01:13
iGotNoTimethanks01:13
LaserJockscreen is a really cool app if you do things CLI or ssh into your box01:14
iGotNoTimeno never01:14
iGotNoTimebut will look anyhow :)01:15
LaserJockif you do KDE it all konversation is a great irc client01:15
iGotNoTimeok01:15
iGotNoTimethanks for the help :)01:15
LaserJocknp01:16
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LaserJockiGotNoTime: how's the testing going?01:29
iGotNoTimeI gave up :P01:29
iGotNoTimeXchat it is01:29
iGotNoTimeI don't like leaving terminal open01:29
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p4olohttp://linux-club.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=82901:30
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LaserJockiGotNoTime: lol, I live in terminals. I haven't seen an Ubuntu X for a couple weeks01:31
iGotNoTimeLOL01:32
iGotNoTimeI am too new :)01:32
iGotNoTimeI still have cheat sheets for CLI commands all over my desk01:32
LaserJockah01:33
LaserJockthen I think xchat is probably the way to go01:33
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LNSHey ogra, you there?07:18
LNSAnybody have a URL to some nice pictures, presentations, slideshows or the like for Edubuntu? I have a demonstration tomorrow for it and I'd like some nice shtuff to show off...07:19
mhzLNS, did you check the wiki_07:22
mhz?07:22
mhzhttps://wiki.edubuntu.org/Presentations07:23
mhzor ConferenceAppereance07:23
mhzor something07:23
mhzlike that07:23
mhzLNS: I have only in spanish,and not here but at the office07:23
LNSthank you mhz07:24
mhzsorry for not helping you07:24
LNSno that was good, i'll check those out =) thanks!! i'm gonna try and make one too i think, a nice pdf07:25
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JaneWspacey: ping09:00
highvoltageWenaJ iH09:00
Burgundaviahighvoltage: are you bored on a Friday?09:01
highvoltagesemitemos :aivadnagruB09:01
highvoltagei really, really needed another hour or two worth of sleep09:02
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spaceyJaneW: pong09:06
spaceyearly09:06
JaneWhi 09:08
JaneWegatlovhgiH olleH09:08
JaneWspacey: I just wanted to ask about the cookbook09:08
spaceypigy said he sent you a mail09:09
JaneWPygi wasn;t very happy about the meeting09:09
spaceybut i don't know whats in there09:09
spacey:p09:09
spaceymeeting was quite useless09:09
spaceypigy and i were the only ones who prepared09:09
JaneWfwded mail to you09:09
JaneWdo you think it can still happen?09:10
spaceyofcourse flint was starting rambling about other stuff as usual09:10
spaceywe got some small suggestions from kjcole and hedgemage09:10
spaceybut thats it09:10
spaceynot real input09:10
spaceyso09:10
spaceyi was thinking about a small work meeting09:11
highvoltageJaneW: i agree with some of the things you said in your email09:11
highvoltagethe cookbook project needs a strong leader, i don't know if we have someone that has really stepped up to that yet09:11
spaceywith you, me, piggy and highvoltage or something09:11
spaceyah09:12
spaceysee the mail now09:12
spaceynot sure why he didn't sent it to me:p09:12
JaneWhighvoltage: that implies that you didn't agree with others...? ;)09:12
spaceyhe is probably not too happy with me :P09:13
JaneWspacey: ah I feared flint would have been there!09:13
JaneWdamn09:13
JaneWlook this is a community project and anyone can and may speak up09:13
JaneWBUT flint hasn't taken ownership of anything09:13
JaneWand has explicitly told me he won't either09:14
JaneWso I think we should disregard him when he is merely being disruptive and causing trouble09:14
JaneWhe enjoys conflict09:14
JaneWand we simply don;t have the time or resources to continually indulge in circular debates09:14
JaneWI am of the opinion that we get the damn thing done09:15
highvoltageJaneW: i actually just spead-read through it, so i can't say yet that I 100% agree with everything (yet)09:15
JaneW(as I have said numerous times)09:15
spaceyhighvoltage: read through what?09:15
JaneWit doesn;t have to be perfect09:15
highvoltagespacey: jane's mail09:15
JaneWit just has to be FINISHED09:15
JaneWonce it is finished we can always improve on it09:15
spaceyah09:15
highvoltagethere's a bunch of people who have food intentions that we shoudn't entirely exclude09:15
Burgundaviadamn, I wish I had time to help you guys09:15
spaceyi forgot to read the response09:15
highvoltage(good intentions)09:16
JaneWbut to date we really have nothing to show after more than 6 months09:16
JaneWjsgotangco made a good start initially, but simply didn;t have the time to commit to it09:16
JaneWBurgundavia: do it! ;)09:16
JaneWhighvoltage: are you hungry?09:17
highvoltagei don't have time to help manage the edubuntu cookbook either :( if i had, i would've sorted it out ages ago09:17
JaneWyup09:17
highvoltageJaneW: perhaps more of a force of habit ;)09:17
JaneWso we need to either find09:17
JaneW1) One person who has the time and ability to do it09:17
JaneWor09:17
BurgundaviaJaneW: my editor would kill me09:17
spaceyJaneW: i'm not sure what pygi's problem is with me. i find it wierd that he didn't sent the mail to me, maybe he misunderstands me, or was not happy how i handled the meeting.09:17
JaneW2) A small group who are able to work together and split the load between them, to finish it together09:17
JaneWspacey: I dunno...09:18
highvoltagei think a very small group should just get *a* version done, doesn't have to be big, doesn't have to be fancy09:22
highvoltagethen a larger group can work on polish and specific sections that they are interested in.09:23
highvoltagethat would be both the fastest way, and...09:23
highvoltageand i've lost my train of though.09:23
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tttmehello everybody11:30
tttmehello lns11:32
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tttmeleave bye11:37
tttmehttp://freenode.net/faq.shtml#privmsg11:39
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highvoltagechannel ping06:13
Yagisanhighvoltage: whats up ?06:15
highvoltageYagisan: friday afternoon, just chilling a bit :)06:16
highvoltageYagisan: and you?06:18
Yagisanhighvoltage: saturday morning here. have a 1062MB upgrade to do :(06:19
Yagisanhighvoltage: and I'm spearheading a copyright and license audit of a FLOSS project06:19
highvoltagegeez!06:20
highvoltageYagisan: happy april fools day to you then :)06:20
Yagisanis it ?06:20
Yagisandamm - I'm really out of it then06:20
Yagisanhighvoltage: do you like auditing licenses ?06:21
highvoltageYagisan: i haven't done it before, but from what i've read, it can get tedious, depending on what you have to do06:22
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highvoltageYagisan: does that include things like, checking the code for parts that belongs under an incompatible license?06:23
Pygispacey: around?06:23
PygiJaneW: ping06:25
Yagisanhighvoltage: oh yes. exactly like that.  http://deng.sourceforge.net/blog/?p=3306:25
Pygihighvoltage: here?06:27
highvoltagePygi: yep06:28
highvoltageYagisan: looking...06:28
Pygiwhats up?06:28
highvoltagegetting ready for the weekend06:30
highvoltagei have lots of work planned for myself. need to get that organised.06:30
Pygihighvoltage: ah, we need to have a meeting soon06:36
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highvoltagekiki click on "Edit", but it doesn't give me a place to change the user (by a co-incidence, ogra) into an administrator :/06:37
highvoltagebah, wrong window06:37
Pygiogra: you here?06:38
Pygihighvoltage: have you rea new mail I just sent?06:41
Pygis/rea/read06:41
highvoltagePygi: let me check.. my mail is still downloading... should be here in a minute or so.06:41
Yagisanhighvoltage: as you can see "fun" times ahead for me06:43
highvoltageYagisan: yep, yep06:44
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Pygiogra: what is happenning to you? :P06:47
highvoltageogra must have some heavy IRC withdrawel symptoms :)06:48
highvoltagePygi: got it06:49
highvoltagePygi: read it06:49
Pygihighvoltage: k, mind to respond if you have time?06:50
highvoltagePygi: i feel that we should include everyone who wants to contribute, even though i do agree that a small team should dedicate some time to get the 1st version up06:50
highvoltageok, will reply by e-mail06:50
Pygihighvoltage: I am still for the thing that we should write the book (three or four of us)06:51
Pygihighvoltage: will be much better....06:51
highvoltagePygi: there is a time constraint problem though :/06:52
Pygihighvoltage: bah, we can make it ^_^06:52
highvoltagePygi: if we all had a solid 2/3 days, we could do it easily06:52
Pygihighvoltage: we can do it this way as well, just a bit more tougher06:52
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highvoltagePygi: i suppose i'll have to think about this in more depth, i never got involved with the edubuntu cookbook, since i assumed flint was handling it06:53
Yagisanwell that sucked. gaim suddenly quit06:53
Pygihighvoltage: ah,k06:54
highvoltagePygi: i am interested, though, i did big parts of the tuxlab cookbook, on which the edubuntu cookbook would be based on06:54
Pygiah :)06:55
highvoltagePygi: i've been tempted to skip sleep this weekend and just adapt the software module update to V2.00 to a edubuntu cookbook draft, but i'm not 100% sure that i'm up to that quite yet :)06:55
Pygi:-P06:55
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highvoltageogra: how are things? we miss you.07:10
ograhighvoltage, not so good ... 07:11
highvoltageogra: how so?07:13
ograwe had a fatality in my GFs family ... my life is a bit upside down atm07:13
highvoltage:(07:13
highvoltagei'm sorry to hear that07:13
ograand will get worse predictably07:13
Bluekujame too oliver07:14
highvoltagegeez. was it direct family member?07:14
ograher mother 07:14
Bluekujareally unhappy to hear that things07:14
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Yagisanogra: my condolences to you and GF07:15
ograYagisan, thanks i'll forward it ...07:15
ograbtw, flight-6 is ready07:16
ogra(not released yet, but should happen the next hours)07:16
highvoltageogra: i know there's nothing i can do to make things better, but my condolences too, i can't imagine what she (and you) must be going through, but she can be glad she has you, i'm also glad that you're putting her first07:16
Pygiogra, my condolences as well 07:17
ograhighvoltage, my prob is, that its way more than just a dies mother, she cared for my GFs handicapped brother and has a lot of real estate stuff at the other side of the country ...07:17
ograhighvoltage, i'm currently starting to pack boxes to prepare moving etc ...07:18
highvoltageogra: i'll pvt msg you...07:18
ograyep07:18
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LaserJockogra, what do you think about possibly doing a squeak virtual package that depends on squeak-sources squeak-vm and squeak-image07:35
ograas you like :)07:35
ograi'm fine with the idea07:36
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LaserJockcould I just tack that binary on to the squeak-vm source package or do I need to make a whole new source package?07:37
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ograi think its fine in -vm07:41
LaserJockI also whipped up a zenity script to handle starting squeak from the menu07:42
ograis that really necessary ? 07:43
ograi'd like to avoid additional complication where possible 07:43
LaserJockwell, basically it was the only way I could find to start the thing from a menu07:44
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LaserJockthey do a terrible job of starting the thing up07:44
ograhmm, i have started it with the breezy version just fine with the squeak script from the linex dir 07:45
LaserJockbut they actually wanted to include my script in their packages I think (they wanted me to mail it to there ML)07:45
LaserJockthe problem is the included script is fine from the CLI07:45
ograits been fine from the menu as well ...07:46
LaserJockreally?07:46
LaserJockwhat script did you use?07:46
ograat least back whne i built the initial package07:46
ograthe suqeak script from the linex dir in the squeak-vm source package07:46
LaserJockok, well maybe I'll have a look07:47
LaserJockthe ones i\07:47
LaserJockI've tried become interactive07:47
LaserJockand so in the menu they just go into infinite loops07:47
ograthere is no need for interaction 07:48
ogralets just define a fixed location for the image ;)07:48
LaserJockhmmm07:48
ogra~/.squeak for example07:48
ograif its not there, create a default image, else just start with that one 07:49
LaserJockthe thing is that it seems like people often use more than one image07:49
LaserJockwe can certainly start with a fixed location for sure07:50
ograthen lets peek your script for a second menu itam we hide by default ... so the "normal" users that just diont care about locations can start ricght away and the advanced ones can enable it with alacarte07:50
ogras7peek/keep/07:50
ograor even show them both but call one "squeak" and one "select squeak image"07:51
LaserJockogra: http://pastebin.com/632978 is my zenity script07:52
LaserJockit's shorter (and simpler) than the linex script07:54
ograi didnt say the linex one is good ;)07:54
ograi just said it worked :)07:54
ograok, lets just go with yours 07:55
ograbut dont forget the dependency on zenity ;)07:55
LaserJockyes07:55
LaserJockI hate to increase the deps but since zenity is installed by default in ubuntu and edubuntu I don't think we are loosing much07:56
ogranope 07:56
ograonly if people want suqeak in KDE might be an issue 07:56
LaserJockyeah07:56
ograor in a lightweight environment ...07:57
ograbut lest see, if we get no bugs, it must be fine ...07:57
LaserJockzenity was just the easiest at the time07:57
ograyep07:57
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LaserJockanyway, the squeak devs were very interested in the script so I'm hoping this kind of starter will get included upstream so we don't have to worry about it08:00
ograyep08:00
LaserJockit is somewhat annoying that they don't have a very good way of opening images08:00
LaserJockfrom the menu08:00
ograbut as i said before, i doubt the package will see many updates anyway 08:01
ograso we dont need to care too much about upstream ...08:01
ogra(since ther eis not much active development )08:01
LaserJockok, so I'm going to add the virtual package and add this zen script as startsqueak or something08:03
ografine 08:03
ogra:)08:03
LaserJockand then there will be startsqueak and squeak so everybody is happy08:03
ograyep08:04
LaserJockand I can close ~ 3 bugs08:04
ogra:)08:04
iGotNoTimeI'm already happy :)08:07
LaserJockgood, less work for me ;-)08:08
iGotNoTimea few weeks ago someone sent me a link with step by step help for mounting drives in Edubuntu... I have since reformatted08:08
iGotNoTimedoes anyone have a link I can use to do that again?08:09
iGotNoTimeI have 6 drives and 4 are not yet mounted08:09
ograhttp://doc.ubuntu.com/08:09
iGotNoTimeok :)08:09
iGotNoTimeI will bookmark this time :)08:09
ograor install ubuntu-dosc, then you have it locally in the help viewer08:10
iGotNoTimegood plan :)08:10
ogra*ubuntu-docs indeed08:10
LaserJockogra: is there an edubuntu-docs package?08:11
ograyes, but not much content yet08:11
ograand its neither in main nor is it a dep of edubuntu-desktop yet 08:11
iGotNoTimethere is on the WiKi why not copy and paste?08:11
ograbut thats planned for dapper08:11
LaserJockiGotNoTime: believe me, it's not that easy ;-)08:11
ograwe want edubuntu specific documentation in edubuntu-docs, not the common stuff thats in ubuntu-docs 08:12
iGotNoTimewhy? I mean is it simply a man-power thing?08:12
iGotNoTimeI see08:12
ograbecause that would duplicate the efforts08:12
highvoltageiGotNoTime: your name implies some of the problems :)08:13
iGotNoTimehighvoltage, that's what i assumed the issue was08:13
LaserJockiGotNoTime: kinda, and then docs are usually written in DocBook and you have to make sure you got everything right08:13
iGotNoTimeyou guys know the most helpful page I have seen is the Unofficial Ubuntu 5.04 Starter Guide08:13
iGotNoTimeIt had all the questions I wanted answered in there08:13
Burgworkogra, who is working on a basic install guide for edubuntu?08:13
LaserJockiGotNoTime: try the Ubuntu Desktop Guide on doc.ubuntu.com08:14
ograBurgwork, that'd be me on my TODO i guess 08:14
iGotNoTimeyes am there now LaserJock  :)08:14
Burgworkogra, ok, I will add it to my todo08:14
ograBurgwork, oh, wow, thanks a lot !!08:14
Burgworkis there work started somewhere?08:17
highvoltageogra: where should i find the edubuntu inst guide on my installation again? i looked in /usr/share/doc/edubuntu-docs, but there's just two files in there :/08:17
ograBurgwork, EdubuntuInstallNotes 08:18
Burgworkok08:18
Burgworkwe want something in docbook?08:18
ograyelp can html, no ? 08:18
ograif not, then yes, we want docbook 08:19
Burgworkyelp can do html or docbook08:19
Burgworkdocbook gets us pdf08:19
Burgworkwhich, in this market, is a major win08:20
iGotNoTimeblah pdf LOL08:20
LaserJockBurgwork: is docboook easier for translation?08:20
ograbut docbook is harder for contributors 08:20
ograi'd prefer that anyone can contribute ... doing it with nvu or openoffice html editor for example ...08:21
Burgworkyes and yes, LaserJock and ogra 08:21
Burgworkyes, it is a problem but if they provide content, it can be added08:21
ograotherwise you need to learn docbook or an editor for it first08:21
LaserJockOO can export xml if that helps at all08:22
ograi think for now i'm fine with either, we'll see if people have problems#08:22
ograits the first time we ship any docs anyway ...08:22
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ograwe can change it in later releases08:22
Burgworkyes08:22
Burgworkdocbook means I can use the existing ubuntu/kubuntu doc toolchain08:23
ograi'm preparing a ltsp howto that i'll keep in html for example (simply because you can read it with lynx in a terminal)08:23
ograbut for desktop only docs, docbook should be fine08:24
highvoltageogra: i just got vmware, which seems much smoother than qemu. i can get updated screenshots and instructions for the installation section08:24
ogracool08:24
ograqemu is a pain08:24
YagisanI agree08:26
Yagisanhighvoltage: which version ?08:26
highvoltageqemu is better than nothing, i think it will improve with time.08:26
highvoltageYagisan: vmware? it's 5.508:26
Yagisanhighvoltage: trial, paid or "extended trial >:)"08:27
highvoltagetrial. will be paid by end of next week.08:28
Yagisanqemu need to be a bit more user friendly. That's my problem08:28
highvoltagei could've saved many, many hours if i had it earlier.08:28
Yagisanqemu and networking causes me so many issues.08:28
Yagisanwish it was as easy as vmware to set up08:29
Burgworkhow indepth should this install guide by. Should it be "Box to Desktop?"08:40
highvoltageogra: i'm going to combine that 'software' and 'technical' part, then we'll just call it 'Getting started with Edubuntu', that fine?08:41
ograyep08:41
ograBurgwork, i think just adaptin dapper specifics into the InstallNotes is enough ...08:42
Burgworkok08:43
ograso from putting in the Cd until ltsp is running :)08:43
Burgworkok08:44
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Yagisanw00t failed dapper upgrade :(09:03
YagisanI have a dialog box. The title is question. There is no content, but until it's gone, my gnome panels wont start. If I force quit it, it just restarts. :(09:05
YagisanI'm very glad I had an icon for xterm on the desktop. It's the only thing that works.09:06
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Pygispacey, janew: around?09:31
highvoltageogra: the current "Install a server" option, is that a minimal setup, or a bare edubuntu server setup?09:52
highvoltagemy word. i've forgotten how much there is to write about installing edubuntu. just the boot option screen for the cd boot has a lot to write about.10:10
Pygiyup10:18
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Pygispacey: around?10:42
spaceyjust got in10:45
spaceylet me reply some mails10:46
spaceybrb10:46
Pygikk, spacey...10:46
highvoltageogra: got http://jonathancarter.co.za/docs/ed-gs/ so far tonight, making some nice progress here.11:00
highvoltagePygi: btw, will reply to your mail just a bit later11:00
Pygihighvoltage: ok ^_^11:02
Pygispacey: you still alive? ^_^11:03
spaceyyea11:03
spaceyjust finished my mail11:03
spaceysome apress lady offered me to review an ubuntu book11:03
spaceyand review it on my blog11:03
Pygisorry for the meeting thingy, it really wasn't intentional11:03
spaceyyeh ok, see e-mail11:04
spaceyits fine, just experienced some jaw dropping11:04
Pygiyup, saw the mail11:04
spaceyno need to make a big issue out of it, just wanted some clarity11:04
PygiI was kinda asleep after 5 days of no sleep :P11:04
LaserJockspacey: lol, I think mdke got a similar email11:04
PygiLaserJock: a lot of people got that mail11:05
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spaceyLaserJock: let the books come! :)11:05
Pygispacey: let's rather work on our book :-P11:06
spaceyPygi: indeed:)11:06
Pygiespecially if ogra won't be able to help11:06
spaceyi only had ogra in mind for technical QA 11:06
spaceysince he is always quite busy11:06
gboutwel1edubuntu didn't find/setup my soundcard or my network card.11:06
Pygispacey: decide what next, write content, find a publisher (hehe :) ), and publish ;)11:06
spacey:)11:06
spaceyand translate to different languages11:07
spaceyi would love to see it in dutch11:07
spacey:)11:07
Pygibah :-P11:07
Pygibut not in dapper timeframe pls ;)11:07
Pygiyou haven't written when is meeting ok for you11:08
Pygiconsidering most people can't on weekends ;)11:08
spaceyPygi: only monday would be a problem11:08
spaceyrest of the week is fine at this stage11:08
Pygifor me any day next week is a problem, but I'll try to handle it11:08
Pygibook is important now ;)11:08
spaceyyeh11:09
spaceywe should get this stage finished as quickly as possible11:10
Pygiif we can really find a publisher, that would be great11:10
Pygiyup, write TOC, and start working on articles for it11:10
spaceyand define what each chapter should cover (at least)11:10
spaceyso we don't miss something11:10
Pygiyup, detailed TOC11:11
Pygiand while we are working on that, send it to publisher11:11
Pygiany ideas to whom?11:11
gboutwel1I'm having trouble enabling these 2 devices myself.11:11
spaceyyou installed a server or workstation?11:12
spaceygboutwel111:12
gboutwel1workstation11:12
spaceyok11:13
gboutwel1One I believe is an AZTEC 2320, which appears to have an Alsa driver, the other is an pretty standard 3Com EtherLink 3c509B11:13
spaceyi never heard of aztec but the 3com nic should work out of the box11:13
spaceygboutwel1: `ifconfig -a` shows something?11:14
gboutwel1spacey: It didn't... But then it's not in PNP mode... It's in Legacy mode11:14
spaceyits ISA?11:14
gboutwel1spacey: You'll have to forgive me...  The box is at home and I'm looking for ideas of what direction to take here at work... I don't have access to try commands on it from here.11:15
gboutwel1spacey: Yes it's ISA, there are like only 2 ISA slots in the box, one of them is the NIC11:15
spaceyoh11:15
spaceyi never used ISA in linux11:15
spaceygboutwel1: did you take a look in the wiki?11:16
spaceyhttp://wiki.ubuntu.com 11:16
spaceynothing there it seems11:17
spaceygboutwel1: you can run an edubuntu desktop on such an old machine?11:18
Pygispacey: so, will we continue the discussion? ;)11:20
spaceyofcourse11:20
spaceydiscussion++11:21
Pygiany idea about the publisher?11:22
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gboutwel1spacey: Is like an Intel 400 with 384 MB of ram and and 12Gig HD...11:28
gboutwel1But yes.. It runs reasonable...  About the same as Win2k or Win98SE on the same hardware.11:28
gboutwel1Except that Win2k and Win98SE found was able to get the NIC and Sound card to work out of the box.11:29
spaceyPygi: i think publisher is not really important at this stage11:33
spaceywe should finish it first11:33
spaceyand it will be included anyway for free11:33
Pygispacey: ah, we'll talk at meeting11:34
spaceyi think its quite hard to find publishers for free licensed books11:34
spaceyyeah11:34
Pygiand yes, it'll be available for free ofcourse in web format ;)11:34
Pygirl11:34
Pygimost probably*11:34
spaceyPygi: and if its packaged it is available in the help menu from edubuntu i think11:39
LNSOk, I need to vent11:52
LNSI just got done demonstrating Edubuntu to a non-profit, after-school kids club11:53
LNSthey loved it11:53
LNSthey want me to install it at one of their locations as a 'pilot' and the rest of their 5 locations afterwards11:53
LNSI get back to work, and about 2 hours later I get an e-mail from the CEO saying she just got a letter from the national non-profit center saying they JUST got surprise funding for 10 new computers11:54
LNSat the PILOT location specifically11:54
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LNSwith a "software gift" from Microsoft, with Windows XP, Office 2003, Publisher, Encarta, etc.11:55
LNSalong with a long list of software use restrictions on the new hardware which most likely will necessitate the use of their software on the computers for them to recieve the gift11:55
Burgworkheh11:56
BurgworkI would hit back and explain why Edubuntu will save them time and money11:57
Burgworkfree is not free, in this case11:57
LNSexactly what i tried to tell her in my reply11:59
LNSjust got a reply saying she must keep MS and all computers at that one location for site audits to make sure everything is going "as expected"12:00
LNSbut still wants to move forward with Edubuntu at another site12:00
Burgworkalso talk about long term sustainability and how Eudubntu can help them with providing better service12:00
LNSso it's not all bad news...but still..ARGH! =p12:00
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Burgworkdoes it show?12:00
LNShaha =) yeah it does!12:01
LNSthat's exactly what i told her too12:01
PygiLNS: want me to help you compose a letter? ;)12:01
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LNSPygi, I think this calls for something that more than this situation can benefit from12:02
LNSwe should all compose a PDF/presentation on the specific benefits of using Edubuntu in a school/other educational environment in place of Microsoft software12:03
LNSso people after me have some arsenal12:03
Burgworkyep12:03
BurgworkI am going to be doing a presentation about buntu/edubutnu soon12:03
LNSawesome12:03
LNSit's not much but let me upload/link you guys on the presentation pdf i wrote up last night/this morning12:04
Burgworkmy todo list is rather large though12:04

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