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nixternalBurgwork: i have to come realise that after today, you don't need to compile custom kernels for ubuntu/kubuntu...they don't do anything else better...plus the repository kernels don't break stuff ;)12:13
LinuxMonkeylmao12:15
nixternalalso noticed the wiki ati is good for the first time12:16
nixternaleating and typing...1 sec12:16
Burgworknixternal, yep, welcome to Ubuntu12:16
LinuxMonkeylmao12:16
nixternalhehe12:16
Burgworknixternal, would it shock you to learn I have never compiled a kernel?12:16
BurgworkI have run linux for 3 years now12:17
mdkedisgraceful12:17
nixternalthere are a lot of people that haven't..and have been using linux for a long time12:17
mdkenot real men12:17
nixternali used to be into that whole LFS croud back in the early 90's12:17
LinuxMonkeywould it shock you that I once compiled a kernel when it took a few days to do so12:17
nixternalhaha mdke12:17
nixternalthat was a cruddy machine12:17
mdkei've never compiled an Ubuntu kernel, I have to say12:18
nixternal18 hours was my longest LFS compile...on a 386 in 94 i think12:18
LinuxMonkeyi remember when I used slackware..that was horrid to set up but when u were done it was solid12:18
nixternali bet i can pee further than you ;)12:18
nixternali bet my dad could beat you up12:18
nixternal;)12:18
LinuxMonkeylol i got candy12:19
nixternali got peanut butter everywhere...can't type and eat, but i can drive and drink ;)12:19
nixternalgotta check the mail....bbiaf12:20
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mdkeBurgwork: just realised that we need all the wiki organisation pages included in the move too, we'll need them for the new wiki12:44
LaserJockmdke: is the wiki license now PD (basically)?12:45
mdkeno, that hasn't gone through the CC yet, as far as I can see12:45
LaserJockah12:45
LaserJockI thought you sent out the mass email12:46
mdkeyeah, that was a "wait and see how people react kinda thing"12:46
LaserJockoh12:46
mdkebut if you're thinking about forum/wiki compatability of licences, any attribution licence basically screws any chance we have of using the forum material without express permission12:46
mdkepeople so many people contribute to wiki articles, we just can't have an attribution licence without listing hundreds of people for most pages12:47
LaserJockwell, if the UDSF is CC-SA then ..12:47
mdkedelete the first "people" from that12:48
LaserJockso then we can't really grab UDSF material, right?12:49
Burgworkmdke, the WikiTodo, etc?12:49
mdkeno, we can't12:49
mdkeBurgwork: yeah. I've been tagging em12:49
BurgworkLaserJock, UDSF used to be PD12:49
LaserJockwonderful12:50
Burgworkmdke, can we tag them as something other than CatDoc, to make them easy?12:50
=== LaserJock goes back to work and looking over the immensity of the UDR
mdkeBurgwork: not for the move, the scripts just looks at doc12:50
Burgworkah, ok12:50
mdkecan we kill https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WikiImprovements ? looks like it is superceded by b-w-d12:51
Burgworkyep12:52
mdkewe have too many pages with "wiki" in the name :D12:53
LaserJockhow about "HowTo"s12:54
mdkeyeah, too many of them as well12:55
Burgworkand too many pages with Ubuntu in their name12:56
BurgworkI plan on killing them right after the move12:56
Burgworkthat will be a perfect time to deal with naming stupidity, as the new wiki will have no google juice12:56
Burgworkmdke, two things: 1 - moving a page should cause a redirect to be left behind 2 - redirects should be ignored in searching. Can this be done on the help wiki>12:57
Burgwork?12:57
mdkekilling pages = bad - urls to the previous wiki will break. But I agree we can be slightly more proactive in resolving naming issues.12:59
mdkepoint 1 = not sure we should worry about it, given that moving pages will be limited access12:59
mdkepoint 2 = excellent idea, we'll probably need some code12:59
LaserJockheck, why don't we break everything and let people figure out that we are now at help.ubuntu.com? :-)01:00
LinuxMonkeylol01:00
LinuxMonkeywhen are we moving?01:00
Burgworkmdke, it doesn't matter who is moving it, it should just work01:00
=== Burgwork grumbles under his breath that mediawiki gets this right
BurgworkI need to update the wiki style guide too01:01
mdkeBurgwork: the same amount of time will be wasted killing the redirects that aren't wanted. A checkbox "Create a redirect [] " would work01:02
Burgworkapt-get and page naming01:02
Burgworkmdke, there are no redirect that are no wanted01:02
mdkeyeah there are01:02
Burgworkthe only issue I have with redirects is that they are searched by default01:02
mdke1. I create a page. 2. I realise it has a stupid name01:02
Burgworkif they are not, there is no worries01:02
Burgworkunless the redirect is confusing01:02
Burgworkeverything I am talking about is how it works on Mediawiki, which runs the 10 biggest wikis in the world01:03
LaserJockis the new wiki moin 1.3? please say no01:03
Burgworkif it works for them, it is going to work for us01:03
BurgworkLaserJock, if we are not running 1.5, I am going to cry01:04
mdkeyou know full well that it is 1.301:04
mdkeyou've seen it01:04
Burgworkugh01:04
mdkewe'll definitely make upgrading a priority01:05
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LaserJockwas that just to make the move easier?01:05
BurgworkLinuxMonkey, thanks01:05
LaserJockor is it physically the same machine? I don't know how these things go01:05
mdkeLaserJock: no, it's because upgrading to moin 1.5 is a seriously major operation on the Ubuntu servers. And we'll need to write a new theme too01:06
LaserJockah01:06
Burgworkupgrading to 1.5 broke the gnome live wiki theme01:06
mdkethe theme api has changed slightly.01:06
Burgworkthey still have not fixed it, likely because jdub doesn't have time01:06
mdkenot so much, but a bit01:06
mdkeby the way, I thought we could remove a few links from the top that I don't think are vital and might make the wiki look a bit cleaner01:08
Burgworkmdke, do you have full sysstem access to the machine that help.ubuntu.com runs on?01:08
Burgworkin other words, if we ask for certain things to be done, are we going to be stuck waiting for a canonical person to do them?01:08
Burgwork(which is never, basically)01:08
mdkei have no access01:09
mdkeHenrik has been ferrying things across01:09
Burgworkhmm, that sucks01:09
Burgworkhenrik is a great guy, but insanely busy01:09
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mdkethey obviously just don't trust me01:10
mdke:)01:10
mdkeI might ask, if it becomes problematic01:10
Burgworkhopefully01:10
Burgworkthere are lots of little things I want to see addressed, to make navigation and editing easier01:10
BurgworkI also really loved the look of mhz's slideshow plugin01:11
mdkeso, about removing these links01:12
mdkeI've tried removing the links to HelpContents, RecentChanges and the user's homepage, because I thought these weren't so important for the user01:12
mdkehttp://help.ubuntu.com/wiki01:13
Burgworkthat works01:13
mdkeand then I moved the rest onto the same line01:13
Burgworkthis for logged in or anons?01:13
mdkeshould work for both01:13
Burgworkplease restore the link to RecentChanges for logged in yours01:13
Burgworkanons shouldn't see any of it01:13
mdkeI will look into if that is possible01:14
BurgworkFindPage can die for everybody01:14
mdkehmm01:14
Burgworkthere is already a find bar01:14
mdkeyes01:14
Burgworkanon: no links01:14
Burgworklogged in: edit, page history, recent changes01:14
LaserJockwhat if we put links to like the top 5 pages?01:15
Burgworklogged in wiki team: edit, page history, move page, delete page01:15
mdkeBurgwork: I get the idea, I just don't know if it is possible01:15
Burgworkjust epressing it very clearly01:15
BurgworkI also want to kill the drop down, too confusing01:15
Burgworkif possible01:15
mdkepresumably all this is possible, we just have to find out how01:16
Burgworksomeone from #moin can give us some love01:16
mdkeyes, i will put it on my todo list01:16
LaserJockmhz can do some pretty cool things with moin01:16
LaserJockI'm still very impressed with the gnuplot and latex01:17
LaserJockwarms my nerdy heart all over01:17
Burgworklovely, I like the idea of embedded slide shows, ala bbc's pictures01:17
LaserJockglator sure filed a lot of doc bugs01:27
LaserJockglatzor I mean01:28
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mdke\o/01:43
LaserJockwhat?01:43
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LaserJockoh cool01:43
LaserJockis that through the theme?01:44
LaserJockor is that an admin thing?01:44
mdkeyes, in the theme01:44
LaserJockI'm probably going to start a moin wiki for the Chemistry Grad Student Assoc. here  (I'm the VP for Events and Communications)01:45
LaserJockI'll have to learn how to admin moin and adjust a theme01:45
mdkeit's not so bad01:46
mdkeyou speak python so even easier01:46
LaserJockyeah, that's sorta why I wanted moin01:46
mdkeLaserJock: some help01:50
mdkeif I have something like this in my python theme:01:51
mdkeif blah blah blah01:51
mdkeelse blah blah blah01:51
mdkeand I want "else" to be "do nothing"01:51
mdkehow do I do that?01:51
LaserJockso you want it to get out of the loop?01:52
mdkeyeah01:52
mdkei assume01:52
LaserJocktry "pass"01:52
mdkeelse:01:53
mdke    pass01:53
mdke?01:53
LaserJockyeah01:53
mdkeperfect01:54
mdkethanks01:54
mdkeBurgwork: would you like the hotel moved a little to the left?01:54
LaserJockheh, no thank the Python Essential Reference ;-)01:54
Burgworkmdke, say again?01:54
mdkeBurgwork: nothing, a Fawlty Towers joke01:55
mdkeBurgwork: I've got the disappearing links thing sorted01:56
Burgworkmdke, ah, ok. Not a fawlty towers fan01:56
mdkeif logged in, you get the edit bar with a link to the Home, to RecentChanges and to UserPreferences, if not logged in, you get a "Login to edit" link, and a link to the Home and to RecentChanges01:57
mdkeBurgwork: how does that grab you? Or would you rather get rid of the RC link too?01:57
Burgworkthat works, but I would nuke the RC link01:58
Burgworkis really only needed for people who are editing01:58
mdkethat makes sense, ok01:58
Burgworkcan you get rid of hte dropdown thingy?01:58
Burgworkpage history is nice, however01:58
Burgworkoh, and can you add a "discussion" link?01:58
Burgworkand yes, the motel a little to the left please01:58
mdkeget rid of the dropdown thingy for logged in users?01:59
Burgworkno, for non-logged in ones01:59
mdkeI've nuked all of the left hand links for non-logged ones, just "Login to edit" appears01:59
Burgworkcool01:59
mdkeI'll upload it to h.u.c/w :)01:59
mdkedone02:01
mdkeargh, the bastard doesn't work02:01
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Burgworkanyway, home I go02:03
mdkeah, wiki config is screwy02:04
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visik7where can I find doc about restricted modules ?02:23
visik7the new volatile tree inside kernel modules02:23
LaserJockhmm, not sure02:24
visik7and there are some thing that I can't understood02:25
visik7e.g. there are 2 drivers for atheros cards inside the modules madwifi and madwifi-ng but madwifi is always selected how can I tell ubuntu to use madwifi-ng ? all this things are undocumented02:26
visik7nevermind time to sleep I'll put up a blacklist02:27
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nixternalthis laptop has been compiling modules in breezy for 2 hours now...this orinoco thing is nuts03:06
nixternalit just works with dapper..that is great ;)03:06
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nickrudanyone have time to talk about the restricted formats page? Like, breaking it up and getting a common look?03:10
MadpilotDeath to RestrictedFormats!03:10
nickrudall hail Java, Flash, Shockave, and WatchingYourDamnedMovies03:11
linuxmonkeyMadpilot: nah man too many people use that page03:11
Madpilotyeah, it has to exist as a directory, if nothing else03:12
LaserJockI'm with Madpilot 03:12
nickrudlikewise03:12
nickrudI'd just go break it up myself, but this something the doc team should determine. 03:15
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nixternalhey Burgundavia03:41
Burgundaviahey nixternal03:41
nixternalthis lappy has been compiling modules for more then 2 hours now...just to patch the orinoco drivers...jeesh03:42
nixternali will admit, Ubuntu layout seems solid...even in Breezy03:42
nixternali may dual boot this lappy with Kubuntu and Ubuntu maybe03:42
linuxmonkeyhey Burgundavia03:43
Burgundaviahye linuxmonkey03:43
linuxmonkeywell i cleaned up 1 of the wiki pages today03:43
linuxmonkeytook me awhile to get it just right but i got it :)03:44
Burgundaviayes, it does take a while03:44
linuxmonkeyhttps://wiki.kubuntu.org/KubuntuAddingRepositoriesHowto 03:45
Madpilotanyone here still (or also) running Breezy?03:46
linuxmonkeynot i03:47
linuxmonkeyshould of asked yesterday i had breezy installed on a server03:47
Madpilotgah - from the wiki's DMA page: "My new 200G SATA drive does not support DMA at all."... erm, because it's a SATA drive, and it's not supposed to... delete key to the rescue... :)03:47
Madpilotnah, had a question about Breezy's gnome menus, which I think have changed slightly in Dapper03:48
BurgundaviaMadpilot: I have an install03:49
MadpilotBurgundavia, running currently?03:49
BurgundaviaMadpilot: will be in a sec03:49
Madpilotcool. thanks.03:49
BurgundaviaMadpilot: what do you want to know?03:49
Madpilotwhat's the Desktop background thing called in System->Preferences menu?03:50
Burgundaviashould be the same03:50
Burgundavialet me confirm03:51
MadpilotI thought it had changed, but that's just a vague thought03:52
Burgundaviabooting now03:52
BurgundaviaMadpilot: yep, it is the same03:54
Madpilotthanks03:54
MadpilotI updated some of UbuntuEyeCandy to Dapper, then realized I'd deleted the Breezy stuff, some of which is different.03:55
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nixternal@sig@ inserts a signature correct?04:18
Madpilotyes04:18
Madpilotit doesn't work in the wiki's Preview mode, though04:18
nixternalya i know that...i just brainfarted on the sig portion for a sec04:19
nixternalhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/OrinocoMonitorKimset2005Hoary    <- could be deleted...it is the same as (actually older) than https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OrinocoMonitorKismet2005Hoary04:21
nixternal^^difference is the spelling of "Kismet"04:22
MadpilotI'd vote for killing the misspelled one04:22
nixternal+1 here04:23
Burgundavianixternal: redirect it04:28
Burgundavialinuxmonkey: you got help with the Kubuntu repos page?04:28
nixternalroger that04:28
Burgundavialook, the artwork team is creating more wiki pages04:49
Burgundavia@04:49
Burgundavia!04:49
Burgundaviaany vmware users here?04:50
Burgundaviahttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/InstallingVMWare?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=vmware&titlesearch=Titles04:50
Burgundaviafor the love of all that is holy, pare that down04:50
MadpilotBurgundavia, some of the Artwork Team folks seem to approach wiki-page renaming & creation as some sort of competitive sport ;)04:51
Burgundaviaindeed04:51
nixternalBurgundavia: i use vmware04:51
Burgundavianixternal: can you please clean up those pages04:51
Madpilotsome of the pages have been moved four or five times...04:51
Burgundaviaone central page, etc.04:52
nixternali can work on them if needed sure...04:52
Burgundaviawhy do people think that a first boot wizard is a great thing?04:53
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Madpilotyou mean a "Welcome to Ubuntu" guided-tour/animated mascot type thing?04:54
Burgundaviayep04:54
BurgundaviaI just found yet another page with yet another proposal04:54
nixternaluh oh..not mine is it?04:56
nixternalhe got quiet...must be mine ;)04:57
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Burgundavianixternal: FirstBootWizard ?04:58
nixternalwhew..thats not me ;)04:58
BurgundaviaUbuntuWelcomeCentre is another useless spec04:59
nixternalthat is actually similar to one i had previously done though ;)05:00
Burgundaviaplease no05:01
Burgundaviathere are two places for it05:01
Burgundaviayelp and ubiquity05:01
Burgundaviaanother bloody app is not needed!05:01
nixternalhehe05:03
Burgundaviaok, done making my big sweeping statements for the day05:06
Burgundaviaso far, I have suggested a new direction for my company, told off people making a useless welcome screen, said shipping gcc is useless and lambasted people for creating yet more distro specific system tools05:07
Madpilota good day, then? ;)05:08
Burgundaviayep05:08
Burgundaviaand this is all within the 2 hours of getting home05:08
Burgundavianow I am going to tackle RestrictedFormats05:09
Burgundaviaok, Java is now a page dump of every single Java page on the wiki05:19
Madpilotick05:19
linuxmonkeyBurgundavia: mostly did it myself with input from the doc comunity05:21
Burgundavialinuxmonkey: cool, no need for me then?05:22
linuxmonkeywhat do you mean by that05:24
Burgundaviayou eamiled the doc team and asked for advice05:24
linuxmonkeyyeah and got some..lol05:24
linuxmonkeyso im all good05:25
Burgundaviagood05:25
nixternalBurgundavia: do you have a name suggestion you want for the VMware stuff? 05:28
BurgundaviaVMware works great for me05:28
nixternalVMware is taken already, but that info could be compiled into the rest though05:28
nixternal^^is that alright with you?05:29
nixternaljust use that VMware page, and bring everything into it05:29
Burgundaviayes, redirect as needed05:29
nixternalok..will do05:29
nixternalredirect all the other vmware pages to the main one05:29
nixternalonce the main one is complete though05:29
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Burgundaviamight it just be saner to recommend people just download the jre deb from dapper?05:32
nixternalhttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/VMware05:36
nixternalthat is the future home..VMware was open05:36
Burgundaviacool05:36
nixternali have 16 tabs of vmware open in firefox05:36
Burgundaviaindeed05:36
nixternalif firefox could cuss..i bet it would right now05:36
nixternallol05:36
nickrudBurgundavia, absolutely. It's not free, but it's the wiki05:37
nickrudBurgundavia, you certainly do have balls :)05:38
Burgundavianickrud: the Java stuff?05:38
nickrudsure, java should be easy, and the easiest way should be documented first.05:39
BurgundaviaI am thinking the easiest way is to pull down the java stuff from dapper multiverse05:40
LaserJockBurgundavia: are you talking about Breezy?05:41
Burgundaviaor Hoary05:41
BurgundaviaI am testing that now, with Breezy05:41
Burgundaviamaybe we should consider pushing it into hoary and breezy -updates05:42
nickruddapper sun, and earlier blackdown. And the java-package stuff, maybe that should be hidden somewhere.05:42
Burgundaviajust going to kill it05:43
BurgundaviaI see no sane reason why anyone would want it05:43
nickrudiava-package is still broken05:43
nickruderm, java-packate05:43
Burgundaviapackage, you mean?05:43
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LaserJockwant what?05:45
Burgundaviato create java .deb with java-package over the predone stuff05:45
Burgundaviaok, sun java fails to run on breezy, dammit05:46
Burgundaviawhat does exit status 10 mean?05:46
nickrudbroken on amd64 and ppc fundamentally, according to the bug reports. Just do the repos, and be done with it. It's the best available from what I've seen05:46
Burgundaviabut what about people who want sunjava on breezy and any java on hoary?05:47
nickrudCarry the old stuff over to a transitional page, and try to hook java knowlegeable people to vet it.05:48
BurgundaviaExit status 10 means you didn't accept the license (see05:48
Burgundavia/var/lib/dpkg/info/j2re1.4.preinst).05:48
LaserJockyikes, I've seen that before :-)05:48
Burgundaviadoes dpkg use debconf?05:48
nickrudif the package used debconf05:49
Burgundavianixternal: you still have that breezy install going05:49
Burgundavia?05:49
nixternalyes05:49
Burgundaviacan you try and install Java?05:50
nixternalwill do05:50
nixternali had to reinstall..hard drive died after power outtage today05:50
Burgundaviaoh, wait05:50
Burgundavianever mind05:50
nixternallol05:50
nixternaldon't do it then?05:50
Burgundaviano, don't05:50
Burgundaviayou need to do the jre first, to accept the license05:50
nixternalyou talking about a repository install?05:51
Burgundaviano, dpkg05:51
nixternalahh05:51
nixternalvia wiki howto or forum howto?05:51
Burgundaviawiki howto05:51
Burgundaviarewritting Java05:51
nixternalahh05:51
nixternali always use the how-to int he forum...there is one that is super easy to follow and do...in like 5 lines java is installed and set as firefox plugins05:52
Burgundaviawhat does it do and it is sane?05:52
nixternalit installs java/jre 1.05whatever the new one is from java...very sane05:52
nixternallet me find it05:53
Burgundaviaperfect, that works05:53
nixternalit is always a paint to fine05:53
nixternals/paint/pain05:54
nickrud(<Tab> means press the Tab Key) In the directory where you downloaded the sun jre, type sudo aptitude install java-package && fakeroot make-jpkg jre<Tab> . When that's done, type sudo dpkg -i sun<Tab> 05:54
nickrudcan be done in two lines, actually05:55
nixternalhttp://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=14807505:55
Madpilotnickrud, it's easier than that in Dapper05:55
nixternalthat one is painless05:55
nickrudMadpilot, very true05:56
nickrudThat is what should be in restricted formats / java05:56
Burgundaviathere is already a pre-packaged version05:56
BurgundaviaI am going to tell them how to install and download that05:56
nixternalthe reason i use that one there i listed is because i don't use the preinstalled Firefox with Kubuntu..i grab it from mozilla and install in an /opt directory where i keep all my little toys05:57
nickrudBurgundavia, the section between Getting Java and Sun Java from sun, that05:57
nixternalthat way there if i wipe my system...all my toys are still there05:57
nickrud's what should be correct and complete. And it might actaully fit on RestrictedFormats :)05:58
Burgundavianickrud: it is all moved to Java anyway05:58
nickrudBurgundavia, that is good. Now, just ditch Shockwave :)05:59
Burgundaviaalready done05:59
Burgundaviatake a peak05:59
Burgundaviapeek, even06:00
nickrudshorter for sure. But Java. You said you concatenated, but damn06:01
BurgundaviaI am rewriting now06:01
BurgundaviaLaserJock: how do I remove the key for the license?06:01
LaserJockDM or java?06:02
BurgundaviaLaserJock: ie: how do I get the java package installer to prompt me again?06:02
Madpilotpurge the .deb?06:02
LaserJockprobably06:02
Burgundaviathat did it06:03
LaserJockyou doing the jre?06:04
Burgundaviayep, figured it out06:04
nickrudBurgundavia, as a temporary measure, I'd delete everything on your new java page except for what was on restricted. That is just too much info right now.06:05
Burgundaviahow do I get it to reconfigure everything?06:05
Burgundavianickrud: don't worry, that is what I am doing06:05
Burgundavianickrud: I just need to confirm that my new solution works06:05
LaserJockBurgundavia: how'd you do it06:05
BurgundaviaIt left -jre unconfigured. I need to tell it to rerun the configuration06:06
Burgundaviathere is a command to configure any packages left unconfigured, what is it?06:08
BurgundaviaLaserJock: &06:08
Burgundavia^06:08
LaserJockdpkg --configure ?06:09
LaserJockI'm not sure06:09
Burgundaviagot it06:09
nickrudBurgundavia, dpkg --reconfigure -a 06:09
Burgundaviagot it06:10
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nixternalhey..with Ubuntu (im a Kubuntu user), is there an easy way to drop down a menu and get a screenshot?  key sequence?06:17
LaserJockyou hit the print scrn key I think06:18
nixternali tried...when i drop down a menu in synaptic..it doesn't do a screenshot06:18
Burgundavianixternal: for the menus, you might need to use gimp/krita06:18
nixternalhrmm..06:19
nixternalyou know what..i have the synaptic install on kubuntu..i will grab the screens from it if needed06:19
nixternaljust for menus06:19
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nickrudBurgundavia, java is looking really better.06:30
Burgundaviagetting there06:30
Madpilotnixternal, 16 *pages* of VMWare info on our wiki? Insane...06:31
BurgundaviaMadpilot: our wiki is really starting to come together06:34
Madpilotyeah06:34
Burgundaviawe should have a note on all pages about talking to us about editing the wiki06:35
nickrudhaving some kind of control, as in wikipedia is a good notion06:36
nickrudjust, I'm gonna enjoy watching others edit at that level :)06:37
MadpilotBurgundavia, you talk about Free/Sun/IBM Javas in the opening intro, then talk about Blackdown in the next section without introducing it... 06:38
BurgundaviaMadpilot: yep, no worries, fixing that06:39
nickrudBurgundavia, if I may: don't worry about details tonight. Get the overall structure done, and let others deal with details.06:39
BurgundaviaI will get it at least done for tweaking06:40
nixternalMadpilot: 16 pages...with 8 referring to the same thing almost06:40
Madpilotnixternal, fun06:41
nixternalyes it is hehe06:41
nixternalim gonna work on that now since breezy has a couple hours of updating to do on the lappy yet06:41
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nixternalBurgundavia: nice blog rant there...thx for that rss feed ;)06:55
Burgundaviano worries06:56
nixternalit was a good read06:56
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MadpilotBurgundavia, next you can rant about first-install wizards ;)07:05
nixternalhey now07:10
nixternal;)07:10
nixternalit figures...just as i start writing up the VMware Workstation howto, i can't dl it from vmware07:11
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Burgundaviahey jsgotangco, robitaille07:33
BurgundaviaMadpilot: oh, I truly intend to07:33
robitailleHi Burgundavia 07:33
jsgotangcohi07:34
froud-awayhey jsgotangco 07:37
jsgotangcofroud-away: !07:37
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Burgundaviafroud: long time, no see. Great to see you back07:38
froudBurgundavia: thanks, been hectic07:38
froudjsgotangco: remember that project I was working on?07:38
jsgotangcohmmm07:38
froudwere going commercial :-)07:38
froudhttp://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1022&s=news07:38
jsgotangcooh yeahh07:39
Madpilotwe need to update doc.u.c - it still talks about "the docs we're working on for release with 6.06..."07:54
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nixternalvmplayer = stupid08:05
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jsgotangcoman that moglen keynot is nice...08:05
jsgotangcos/keynot/keynote08:05
nixternalfroud: freedom toasters looks pretty darn sweet man08:06
froudnixternal: it's a nice project, now we are in the process of making it possible for anyone to build one08:07
froudnixternal: it needs breezy08:07
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nixternalthat would be good...i would put one in my buddies store front ;)08:08
froudnixternal: we have v3 in testing and v4 in trunk08:08
nixternalhis store windows have m$ spam all over them...i will put up the Ubuntu logo over all of them, and have a toaster right there as you walk in08:08
nixternali like that id08:08
nixternalidea08:08
nixternali believe as a marketing tool, that it could also provide useful in other locations also08:09
froudnixternal: you are welcome to join the project. It's a small team08:09
nixternalim not a coder what so ever, so what help i could give would probably be minimal though08:09
froudnixternal: in V4 we now have the ability to upload music under creatiive commons08:09
nixternalcreative commons is helping out a lot in the free world08:10
nixternalthat is good stuff08:10
froudnixternal: I need help with the docs http://www.freedomtoaster.org/?q=Build08:10
froudhttp://www.freedomtoaster.org/?q=documentation08:10
froudWe also have translation in Rosetta08:10
froudOur bugs are in Malone08:11
froudYes CC is a nice license08:11
nixternalim looking over teh documentation now...08:11
froudnixternal: we just made some changes that need testing, we need to update them alittle08:12
froudWe should have a through the web editing solution soon, based on Joomla + docbook::collab08:13
froudthat will make editing the docbook faster and easier for most users08:13
jsgotangcotopic?08:13
Burgundaviafroud: have you seen the moin2docbook thingy that is being worked on as part of SoC?08:14
froudShow me :-) there are a few08:14
Burgundaviahttp://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SummerOfCode/2006/MikkoVirkkil%C3%A408:14
nixternali really like the idea behind that..i remember there used to be kiosks years back here in the US, where you could buy quick versions of a lot of software, but it wasn't cheap. that is why those failed...but there isn't anything for linux really unless you goto a specialty computer store08:17
froudBurgundavia: yes I seen this one of the ppl at #docbook is working on it08:17
froudBurgundavia: see http://www.joomladirectory.co.uk/news/joomla-component-news/docbook:collab-1.0.1.html08:17
Burgundaviahmm, interesting08:18
frouddemo http://virtuemart.net/index.php?option=com_docbookcollab&Itemid=10508:18
Burgundaviawe are about to be blessed with choise08:18
froudBurgundavia: my problem with the wiki is that transformations are not really backend08:18
froudyou need to generate docbook08:18
Burgundaviaif you generate docbook on the fly, it is not an issue08:19
Burgundaviathen lock the page08:19
froudI like the approach of through the web db editing and storage on SVN working copy repo with automatic building inside a content management system08:19
froudThe process of development and production are nicely seperated 08:20
froudBUt at the momenent docbook collab uses BFE08:21
froudSo it can support ll docbook08:21
froudbut only edit sdocbook08:21
froud:-(08:21
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froudHowever, the system can support xinclude, entities, ato index, auto glossary, olink xrefs08:22
froudand localization is perfromed using std gentext of db xsl08:22
froudthe system con therefore be compatible with l18n08:22
frouds/con/can08:22
froudThe downside for ppl who dont like java is that we use Apache FOP which means we use Sun Java08:23
Burgundaviaick08:24
froudHowever, as things evolve we have a total level of indirection switch between xml toolchain components08:24
froudThe added benefit is that the new Saxon8 with RelaxNG support08:25
froudWe also have a project to do docbook2PDF08:25
froudand there is alsread a docbook2worddddddml08:25
froudAs a result the system will output vitually all the major formats08:26
jendaanyone know their way around drupal?08:26
froudjenda: some08:26
jendafroud: please have a look at: http://www.ubuntu.cz08:26
jendaHow can I change the link and text of one of the tabs at the top?08:27
froudAh yes that one caught me too08:27
froudjust a sec I must login to our system and check 08:27
froudjenda: r you logged in as admin08:29
jendafroud: I'm not exatly sure how it is with raghts there.08:29
jenda*rights08:29
jendaI'm logged in and can change the content.08:30
jendaI'm not the #1 admin there. (#4 more like)08:30
froudjenda: you need rights to administer blocks and templates etc08:30
jendawell let's try :)08:30
froudjenda: if != #1 then you need admin08:30
jendaHm. OK you sure? I have access to content-types, for example.08:31
jendafroud: And where would the setting be, if it were?08:32
froudHold it was tricky and I must find it, it was not intuitive08:32
jendaIndeed :) have been looking for it...08:33
jendafroud: think I found it, and indeed, will have to wait for the admin. :)08:34
jendaand froud, in order to add to the 'what's new' section, do I need admin as well?08:37
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froudjenda: Ah ha08:42
froudI have it08:43
froudfinally08:43
froud%$#@! Drupal is hairy08:43
froudjenda: can you get to themes08:43
froudIf yes the, you will have two tabs08:43
froudclick the configure tab08:43
froudDO NOT SELECT FROM THE THEMES BELOW08:43
froud(that's the catch)08:44
froudYou will find the text box Primary Links08:44
jendaOK08:44
froudEdit the HTML there and you will be able to control the top right links08:44
froudjenda: stupid system is it not?08:44
jendahehe, I actually quite like it :)08:45
jendaBut I can't get there.08:45
jendaWill wait then ;)08:46
froudno I mean how to edit the primary links, in general drupal is hairy, but kewl08:46
froudOneday I replace our home page by mistake08:47
froudI was just learning, it took me like 20 minutes to revert the change :-)08:47
jendaHaha :) nice one. Perhaps it's a good thing I'm not admin, then :)08:48
jendaWhich one are you in charge of?08:48
froudhttp://www.freedomtoaster.org08:48
jendaah, the toaster :)08:48
jendaany of those out yet?08:48
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froudyou know it then08:49
jendaOf course :)08:49
froudhttp://www.freedomtoaster.org/?q=node/1408:49
froudWe have good few out in co.za08:49
jendanice ;)08:49
froudWe now give full instruction for anyone to be able to build them08:49
froudnew version is toalllay a breezy08:49
froudv5 will be dapper08:50
froudsince dapper installs the LAMP which is our base architecture08:50
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jendaI just checked those instructions. Cool :)08:51
froudWe need to do some updates to them08:52
froudlast week had some major changes08:52
froudwe now also have ability to generate installation cd08:52
jsgotangcothis would be really useful for softwarefreedomday08:52
froudso ifyou have no network connection you can still install08:52
jendajsgotangco: check.08:53
froudjsgotangco: go-open used it for software freedom day and we take them to technology expos08:53
froudjsgotangco: the toaster normally has a long line of ppl burning08:53
jsgotangcoyes but that's in ZA, i live thousands of miles away from a toaster =)08:53
jendafroud, there should be a clearer statement of where these toasters are. I for one have no idea where bloemfontain is :)08:53
froudlast expo we burnt over 1500 distros08:54
jendaYou should add a 'country' to each one.08:54
froudjenda: yes it is a point08:54
jendaOK08:54
froudjenda: come on holiday to ZA08:54
froudI will take you there08:54
jendaHehe :)08:54
jendaWould love to, perhaps in some time.08:54
froudmost toasters are still in ZA we do    have a few in Namibia08:54
jendaAre they all in ZA?08:54
jendaOK08:54
froudWe want now for people to build there own and then we can make the category include countries08:55
froudjenda: FT is now also available in French08:55
jsgotangconow i'll just need someone to sponsor hardware to be able to create one :/08:55
froudjenda: more translations coming in Rosetta08:55
jendaHmm... what's the budget for a freedom toaster? (by estimate)08:56
froudWe sell them at R2200008:56
froud22,000.00 ZAR08:56
froudSouth Africa Rand = 3,268.70 USD08:56
froudUnited States Dollars08:56
froudCheaper models can be engineered08:57
froudWe are modelling a solution based on a laptop08:58
froudwith external drive08:58
jendaer?08:58
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frouda special mold will be placed over the laptopwith the monitor detached and embedded into the front of the housing. The model is actually shaped like a toaster08:59
jenda(this one gives an access denied: http://www.freedomtoaster.org/?q=node/55)08:59
jendahehe, cool :)08:59
froudtry that link again08:59
jenda22000 ZAR = 3 268 USD ?08:59
jendaOK09:00
jendathat makes sense.09:00
froudcan you view it now09:00
jendanope09:00
froudhmm09:00
froudctrl+r09:00
froudnow09:00
froudcheckou this toaster http://wiki.clug.org.za/wiki/Freedom_Toaster09:01
jendayup09:01
froudthis script shows you the current content http://137.158.123.98/public/distros.php09:02
froudthis toaster is a bit ahead of most, but that is more or less the content that is available from all of them09:02
froudnotice Dapper is available09:02
jendaOK09:03
jendaI did ;)09:03
jendaVery cool.09:03
jendaI'd love to operate one here ;)09:03
froudToaster now go commercial http://freedomtoaster.org/medialounge/articles/freedom_toasters_go_commercial.html09:04
froudJoin us and start a business :-)09:04
jendawow ;)09:04
jendaOr you could make a toaster slot machine ;)09:04
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jendaDo the CD drives hold out ok?09:05
jendaI'd thought the trays get ripped off eventually...09:05
froudyes they hold09:05
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froudmy toaster at Cresta has in excess of 5000 copies burnt09:06
jendabut no-tray drives are available as well :)09:06
jendawow09:06
froudTop distro is .... SuSE09:06
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froudWe want to make wikipedia snap shots available09:07
jendaeek09:08
jendaBut the toaster runs Ubuntu ;) why Hoary?09:08
jendafroud: as in a CD-burnt wikipedia?09:08
jendaMEGA cool09:08
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froudjenda: yes as in CD-burnt toast09:09
froudjenda original system was hoary09:09
jendaaww... that is so cool.09:09
froudnew system v3 and v4 are breezy09:10
jendaOh, OK, now it's not ;) I stumbled upon something outdated, then ;)09:10
jendav5 - Dapper?09:10
froudv5 will be dapper09:10
jendayay09:10
froudyes at present we have to setup and configure LAMP09:10
MadpilotAnyone know how to take screenshots w/ Gnome's menus showing? PrntScrn doesn't seem to work after I open System menu...09:10
froudthx 2 dapper no longer09:10
frouduse ImageMagik09:11
jendaMadpilot: there's a delayed screenshot tool somwhere...09:11
froudmust go09:11
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nixternalMadpilot: i had that same issue earlier09:11
jendalater, froud09:11
nixternalyou can do it in Kubuntu with kscreenshot ;)09:11
Madpilotjenda, via terminal I think you can do delayed screenshots, I think...09:12
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jendaMadpilot: and whatever you can do through the terminal, you can do through a keyboard shortcut as well ;)09:14
jendaAnd I gotta go now too.09:14
Madpilotlater09:14
mdkemorning09:23
mdkethat's _far_ too much scrollback09:24
Madpilotit's been a busy channel ;)09:24
robitaillejenda,  gimp does delayed screenshot09:24
Madpilotrobitaille, does it?09:25
robitailleyep...via file---acquired screenshot09:25
Madpilotcheers09:25
jendacool ;)09:26
jsgotangco:/09:26
mdkejenda: "sleep 3; gnome-screenshot" works too09:29
jendamdke: I wasn't the one asking :)09:30
mdkeoh, my bad09:30
jendanp, thanks anyway ;)09:30
Madpilotmdke, thanks, I couldn't remember the delay command09:31
Madpilotthe number is seconds, right?09:31
mdkeyes09:32
Madpilot"-bash: gnome-screenshot: command not found" - huh?09:34
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mdkeMadpilot: yeah, definitely a CategoryWTF ;)10:38
Madpilotmdke, heh10:38
mdkethat page can go, I'm sure. It is obviously unmaintained10:39
MadpilotI outright deleted another CategoryWTF just now, but the one I sent to the ML looked like it might make sense to someone10:39
mdkehttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/x86_64packages?action=diff&rev2=27&rev1=2610:40
Madpilotyeah, it's been 10 months since last had a major edit. Delete.10:41
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Madpilotnight all10:45
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jendamdke: ping11:49
runespong11:50
runessorry just had to it's about 6am here11:50
robpong is the standard answer, yes11:50
jendaHmm...11:51
runeswell a brief Introsuction: I started using Ubuntu 9 days ago I migrated from windows server 200311:51
UbugtuUbuntu bug 9 in john "john: Does not build in Sparc" [Normal,Resolved: notwarty]  http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=911:51
jendaI need mdke to update ubuntu.com/support/local ... or can someone else?11:51
runesI was suggested by Madpilot that I can contribute by sharing the workaround I foudn in online documentation11:52
runesI read up on the manual of style and joined the mailing list figured I join the channel to get a good idea of how you publish and what types of content prior to submission11:53
jendarunes: depends on where... this is the channel for the entire doc team.11:59
runeswiki11:59
jendaAh, in that case... it's rather simple.12:00
runesOh ok so the .com and wiki are two separate projects in terms of documentation12:00
jendaIf you have a howto you can write, just put it up in the relevant wiki URL12:00
jendaerr... not sure what you mean.12:01
jendawiki.ubuntu.com12:01
jendathat's the wiki.12:01
jendaWhat is this howto about?12:01
runesgot it just wanted to make sure that I was formatting the content according to the guidelines12:01
jendaI'm not really the authority on that... hmm...12:02
runesjenda, appending to Madpilots' original documentation on windows users migration to Ubuntu12:02
jendawiki guidelines...12:02
jendaAh OK12:02
jendalink?12:02
runesfigured start with the basics before I try to contribute more12:02
runessec I have it here12:02
runeshttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/MigratingFromWindows12:03
runeswas quite a challenge migrating had to remind myself of all the little details often left out12:04
jendarunes: and what is it that you want to add?12:04
runesjenda, updte the information to current applications 12:04
jendaI see.12:05
jendaIn that case, perhaps work with https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SwitchingFromWindows12:05
runesand a cross reference to many of the gnome counterparts12:05
jendaas it is more complete.12:05
jendaOK12:05
runesis there a way to combine both removing redundancy12:05
runesit would make it easier for new people to have one link with both documents combined12:06
runesI bookmarked your link to compare the documents12:06
runesif I do not have the rights to remove one then I wil wait until Madpilot gets online before makign any changes12:07
jendarunes, combining them is probably being worked on (it says so at the top)12:07
jendarunes: don't remove anything.12:07
runesI wouldn't12:07
runesI'd ask him though what he thinks12:08
jendaIf you are sure there is nothing in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MigratingFromWindows that isn't in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SwitchingFromWindows , set a redirect12:08
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runesgood idea !12:08
jendarunes: You don't need to ask Madpilot, it's a wiki - if you believe it right, act it ;)12:08
runesoh ok !12:08
jendarunes: to redirect, simply type "#redirect SwitchingFromWindows" as the only line in there.12:09
runesonly yafter merging the conten :-)12:09
runesoops this 6am thing...12:10
jendaIf Madpilot or anyone else in 'power' dislikes your change for any good reason, they can revert the changes.12:10
runesthat works12:10
mdkejenda: pong12:10
runeswhat projects are you all working on12:10
jendamdke, i need a line added to: www.ubuntu.com/support/local12:10
mdkejenda: sure12:11
jendamdke: "Jabber konference: Mstnost Ubuntu na conf.netlab.cz"12:11
jenda(in the esky section)12:11
mdkedone12:12
jendaperfect. thanks12:12
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stenhi.  I'd like to print out a copy of the Desktop Guide, and put it in a 3-ring binder, or maybe have it spiral bound...but I'm not sure if the margins are big enough for this.  Has anybody tried?  Is there a way to modify the margins of a PDF?01:29
sten(if the margins aren't big enough)01:29
mvirkkilsten: Would you mind giving me a link to that pdf?01:32
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stenmvirkkil: http://help.ubuntu.com/pdf/ubuntu/C/desktopguide.pdf01:48
mvirkkilsten: You can't really change margins in a pdf, I think..01:50
mvirkkilsten: But instead you can scale the whole thing01:51
stenmvirkkil: how many cm do you think that that margin is?  (I also can't quite tell if this PDF is A4, or letter page-size)01:55
stenah, it's letter01:56
mvirkkilsten: Huh? I'm pretty sure it's a401:57
mvirkkila4 or legal01:57
mvirkkildefinetly not letter01:57
mvirkkilIt's a401:58
mvirkkilAt least that's how it shows up in my system.01:58
stenagreed.  I saw the 8in, and 11in in acroread and though "8in by 11in?  Isn't that letter?", but really should have bothered to convert to cm.02:00
sten:-$02:00
mvirkkilsten: Why don't you just print a single page?02:00
mvirkkiland check if it fits?02:01
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stenwell, I suppose I could. ;-)  I thought that I'd try to to figure out what I was going to have to modify if it didn't work. (perhaps I am a pessimist)02:03
mvirkkilsten: You could check out mpage. It's a command line utility mainly for printing multiple pages on one page, but it can also indent 02:04
mvirkkilwhich hopefully means it can change the margin :)02:04
mvirkkilsten: And you can also specify pagemargins.02:04
stenletter is 21.59cm x 27.94cm, and A4 is 21cm x 29.7cm, and I live in Canada will will be printing on letter... So do you think that the printer will scale the A4 down, to make the height fit, which will also make the width smaller?  Hmmm.  mpage.  I will definitely check it out.02:05
mvirkkilsten: I think it will scale, as long as you tell the software that you are printing on a smaller paper.02:06
mvirkkilsten: I'm actually quite sure it will scale.02:06
mvirkkilsten: But it will also place it in the middle of the page, while it would be better for it to place it a bit asymmetrically.02:07
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stencups will use ghostscript to scale A4 to Letter when printing, so it seems like I could use ghostscript (or some kind of ghostscript gui) to pre-scale the A4...  Maybe that's when I can modify the margins?  OTOH, maybe mpage's indent feature will do the trick.02:10
stenmvirkkil: thanks for the tips02:10
mvirkkilThe gnome print dialog is wonderfully simple. One would just hope it would have some place where you could equally easily define printing methods for stuff like how to print a page on multiple pages02:11
mvirkkilAnd multiple pages on one page ::)02:11
stenmm. :-)  I think that acroread can do multiple pages per page though.  (no luck with margins though, although I can apparently set margins on the printer itself.  Hmm)02:13
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mdkesten: the margins on those pdfs should be 1 inch02:18
mdkedunno if you can increase them manually on the printer02:19
mdkesten: but you could always buy one of our printed books, it might be cheaper than printing it yourself02:20
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mvirkkilmdke: I was looking at the documentation. It might be a good idea to split the documents in to smaller chunks, and then just use [[Include(PageName)] ]  02:21
mvirkkilmdke: on the wiki, that is.02:22
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mdkemvirkkil: which documents did you have in mind?02:26
mvirkkilmdke: Well, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SwitchingFromWindows is extremely long.02:27
mvirkkilYou could have the subsections in SwitchingFromWindows/NameOfSectionOrChapterOne02:28
jjesseSwitchingFromWindows i'd like in Kubuntu Docs for Edgy02:28
mvirkkiland then the actual page would be just a bunch of include commands.02:28
mvirkkilAnd then you could use some parts of it in other versions.02:28
mdkemvirkkil: the page itself would still be the same length, right?02:28
mvirkkilmdke: The resulting page, yes.02:29
mvirkkilmdke: It would just simplify editing and sharing.02:29
mvirkkilwell, editing might not get that much simplified.02:29
mdkeright, yeah that would be a clever thing to do for documents which share the same things for different derivatives, but which differ in some respects too02:29
mvirkkilyeah, like ubuntu/xubuntu/kubuntu02:29
mvirkkilthey aren't going to burn a cd the same way, but they will have the same chapters about generic security stuff.02:30
jjessemvirkkil: agreed02:30
mvirkkilor "transferring your stuff from windows"02:30
mvirkkilwell, even that might vary.02:31
jjessebut i still think it would be nice to re work it ito documents that could be included in the next release02:31
jjessethat way it could be in chapter form and available at doc.ubuntu.com until it moved to help.ubuntu.com02:31
mvirkkiljjesse: Well, that's where my docbook converter comes in.02:31
mvirkkilor maybe not..02:31
mvirkkilI'm not sure what you mean with your second comment02:31
mvirkkilmdke: The docbook conversion stuff already support the Include macro, though I'm having some trouble there too where the resulting docbook is almost valid, but has empty para tags where it shouldn't.02:33
jjesseif it is in the published docs, then it would't have to be in wiki form02:33
jjesseso instead of looking for SwitchingFromWindows/Chapter1/XXXX02:33
jjesseyou could just navigate through doc.ubuntu.com like a "normal" document of ours02:33
mvirkkiljjesse: True, but when looking at it you wouldn't need to go to  SwitchingFromWindows/Chapter1/XXXX, the whole thing gets aggregated in to one page anyway to one page.02:34
mvirkkil...*grumble* horrible sentence *grumble* ...02:35
mvirkkilThe end result in the wiki would be the same as it is now when just browsing, but behind the scenes it would actually consist of several wikipages.02:36
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jjessehmm anyone been following UbuntuWelcomeCentre?  Apparently its a SoC project.... i think he should be working heavily with the doc team on this but it doesnt look like it02:45
mdkejjesse: yes02:49
mdkeI have asked the mentor to have a chat with me about it02:50
jjessegood, you know how i hate to see work duplicated :)  02:51
mdkeyeah :)02:55
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mvirkkiljjesse: Where can I find out more about UbuntuWelcomeCentre? (is that Ubuntu WC for short?)03:02
jjessewiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWelcomeCentre is all i know03:03
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matthewrevellHello all03:10
mvirkkilmatthewrevell: hi03:12
mvirkkiljjesse: Couldn't find it using google. Google landed me on a page that no longer exists :O)03:12
jjessehttp://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWelcomeCentre03:14
matthewrevellWhat's the current status of the style guide?03:15
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matthewrevellI've noticed the HTML preview is giving a page not found03:15
melodiehello, could someone tell where (in Hell!) has gone the hard/laptop section of the documentation ?03:17
mvirkkilmelodie: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportMachinesLaptops03:18
melodiemvirkkil, thks!  :))03:18
mvirkkilmelodie: oops, wrong address. That's not in hell ;)03:18
melodielol03:19
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mvirkkilhmm.. Time from question to answer < 1 minute, and I had no idea where they were moved. I just searched for the page.03:19
mdkematthewrevell: it hasn't had much work for a bit03:22
melodiemvirkkil, in Google or whatsoever like that ?03:22
mdkematthewrevell: the link works though - http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/styleguide/en/index.html03:22
melodieHello mdke, how d'you do ?03:23
mdkemelodie: fine thanks, you?03:23
matthewrevellmdke: Cheers. I'll update the Getting Start page to fix the link03:23
melodieOk, I go to Ubuntu now,03:23
mdkematthewrevell: some of the sections need fleshing out and we've been thinking about some more sections too03:23
mvirkkilmelodie: Now, in the wiki.03:23
melodiemdke : I moved to Archlinux, but try to keep a dual Ubuntu, though the Dapper seems not to like my laptop03:24
mdkeaha03:24
matthewrevellmdke: I've been meaning to help with the docs for some time. I thought I should probably start by looking at the style guide :)03:25
mdkematthewrevell: welcome :)03:25
matthewrevellmdke: Thak you!03:25
mdkematthewrevell: are you the MR of lug radio fame?03:25
matthewrevellmdke: I wouldn't call it fame, but yes :)03:26
mdkeinfame then03:26
mvirkkilwow. We have a celebrity right in #ubuntu-doc.03:26
matthewrevellYes, infamy :) Ha.03:27
melodieI noticed the Sitemap page does'nt exist anymore, It used to be practicle... 03:29
mdkemelodie: on which website?03:31
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matthewrevellSo, are the mailing list archives the best place to get up to speed?03:38
mdkematthewrevell: yeah. If you can, talk to jeffsch at some stage about plans for the styleguide, he keeps an eye on that doc03:39
matthewrevellmdke: Cool, will try to catch him on here.03:40
mdkenice, thanks03:40
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melodiemdke, here : http://www.ubuntu.com/sitemap03:50
mdkemelodie: ah03:53
melodiemdke, :)03:55
melodiesalut, et au plaisir... (nice weather--->out!  :D 03:58
melodieaway03:58
jjesseman i like the kubuntu theme to the wiki so much better then the default theme :)03:59
mdkefor me it is the same theme04:01
mdkeah, perhaps that is my preferences04:01
jsgotangcoheh04:02
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mvirkkilThe "WhatWindowsUsersWant"-statistics are quite out of date..04:20
jsgotangcothat's like a year old i believe04:22
mdkewe need a new page with lists of equivalent documentation, that page isn't really documentation at all04:22
mdkehttp://doc.gwos.org/index.php/AppHelper has a nice list04:23
mvirkkilmdke: I suppose a list of equivalents is the important part of the page and not the statistics.04:24
mvirkkil?04:25
mdkemvirkkil: well, that page is basically a marketing discussion, rather than aimed at providing information for users04:26
mdkewe need to make a separate one with a list of equivalent applications04:26
mvirkkilmdke: what I'm trying to ask, is if there is interest in re-counting the numbers? :)04:27
mdkenot from me, but maybe the author of that page or someone involved in marketing might be04:28
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mvirkkil https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportMachinesLaptops & https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam04:31
mvirkkilThose two don't seem to link to eachother much...04:31
jsgotangcoit was a result of some marketing study by a guy in AU that presented it during UDU04:32
mvirkkiljsgotangco: Tim something.. I wrote the script to collect the statistics.04:32
mvirkkiljsgotangco: But it was for more or less one time use.04:34
jsgotangcoahhh04:34
mvirkkilIIRC his version 1 was done by counting by hand, while version 2 was done using my script.04:35
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jsgotangcouggh this compiler on default thread is dragging alrady05:32
LaserJockreally?05:32
LaserJockI personally don't see a big deal05:32
LaserJockas long as it is documented somewhere05:33
jsgotangcoyes05:35
jsgotangcoi mean05:35
jsgotangcobuild-essential is already there05:35
LaserJockyep05:35
jsgotangcojust tell them its there and that's it05:35
LaserJockyep05:35
jsgotangcoif it gets installed by default, tell it as well05:35
LaserJockyep05:35
jsgotangcoi dunno i guess it is man's nature to argue05:35
LaserJockgeeks and their toys, shesh ;-)05:36
trappistwell the question is whether to install it by default, and there are good arguments on both sides of that05:36
trappisthe did *ask* for input :)05:36
LaserJocksure, and I think mdz is doing a great job of getting out there and asking for feedback05:37
LaserJockI just don't see why it really matters much either way05:37
LaserJockit's not like gcc is in Universe or something :-)05:37
jsgotangcoi just find the topic is not going to end unless mdz gives a decision (or probably after paris)05:37
LaserJockIMO, this is why I'd like to have some kind of advanced user guide (not that any of them would read it of course ;-) )05:39
LaserJockI'm thinking of writing a Python doc spec for Paris05:39
LaserJockat least sabdfl might appreciate it ;-)05:41
jsgotangcogood night05:42
LaserJockcya jsgotangco 05:43
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LaserJockmdke: is there a wiki wishlist somewhere? maybe just the wiki todo list?06:06
LaserJock-motu has a doc that they really would like cleaned up06:06
mdkeLaserJock: WikiToDo, yeah06:10
LaserJockthe live cd customization wiki page needs major help06:10
mdkeright, Kamion said he was going to look at it, I'll remind him06:11
LaserJocktseng says http://www.atworkonline.it/~bibe/ubuntu/custom-livecd.htm is good06:11
mdkeLaserJock: no licence though. Maybe include a link to it if you add the livecd page to WikiToDo and note that it can't be outright copied without the author's permission06:18
LaserJockyeah, I wondered that too06:18
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LaserJockack so there is a dapper specific LiveCD wiki page and then a generic one?06:23
mdkelooks like it yes06:24
mdkeso Tollef says that page is fine06:24
LaserJockhmm06:25
LaserJockmaybe it was the non-dapper one that was the problem06:25
mdkewas it only a problem because it didn't work for dapper, or for some other reason?06:25
LaserJockwell, my  experience was that few people could get it to work06:26
mdkeon hoary/breezy?06:26
LaserJockdapper06:26
mdkeright, because as it says, it is for hoary/breezy, or am I misunderstanding?06:26
LaserJockit could be that the dapper page was mad because of that06:26
LaserJockI'm not sure06:26
LaserJockall I know is that that was the most frequent non-packaging question I was getting in -motu06:27
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LaserJockand tseng and a couple other guys in -motu said it was also a problem06:27
LaserJockbut maybe it was because people were using the non-dapper version for dapper, not really sure06:27
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LaserJockI wasn't aware that there was 2 versions06:28
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mdkeme neither, until just now06:29
LaserJockwell, I have noticed that people don't seem to be complaining about it as much anymore06:31
LaserJockmaybe the problem is solved06:31
LaserJockexcept if people don't get to the Dapper one, for whatever reason06:31
mdkeit's a good example of why we need to make it clear about what version pages apply to06:31
LaserJockyep06:32
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LaserJockis it #REDIRECT ?06:42
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nixternalyes LaserJock06:54
nixternal#redirect page06:55
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naliothhowdy y'all07:50
LaserJockhi nalioth 07:50
pygihey nalioth 07:50
naliothi have a question about that <blanketyblankblankblank> moin page07:51
LaserJockwhich one07:51
naliothi'm trying to get email@email.net?subject="subject here"   to work right07:51
nalioththe wiki07:51
Burgworknalioth, you want people to be able to email you?07:52
naliothBurgwork:https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NewUsersNetworkGuidelines07:52
naliothi want a subject line i can route into a folder in my email07:53
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naliothnobody around that knows how to tame moinmoin ?07:59
mdkewhat have you tried?07:59
naliothi've tried user@email.dot?subject="subject here" and it prints it out just like that08:00
naliothdoesnt hide the ?subject*08:00
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naliothand i'm (fortunately or not) unfamiliar with how to work moinmoin08:01
mdkeI can't see any way to do it08:02
naliothanother reason to love moinmoin08:04
mdkebecause it doesn't help you filter email?08:04
mdkeuhuh08:05
naliothbecause it doesnt do what standard html does08:05
mdkeyou could use the HTML parser, if it were installed, which it isn't08:05
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naliothok, thanks guys08:07
mdke#moin might be able to help better08:07
naliothi was going there next, lol08:08
naliothi will return and enlighten you as to what i find08:08
mdkeok08:08
mdkemaybe a newer version of moin supports it08:09
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naliothmdke: the mailto macro solves it  http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/HelpOnMacros08:19
nixternalok..the remember last page pref is very annoying. because of it, i cannot goto the wiki main page08:19
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LaserJockack, do we have a wiki page on upgrading from 510 to 6.0608:21
naliothi thought we did08:22
Burgworkrelease notes?08:24
Burgworkit is pretty easy08:24
LaserJockI found https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DapperUpgrades08:24
nalioththat mailto macro for moinmoin is the cats pyjamas08:25
nixternallol nalioth...i was just playing with it in the sandbox...do you know if you can hide the subject line though from displaying on the wiki itself?08:37
naliothnixternal: i'm not sure, but i'm happy now that my string is all hot-clickable08:37
nixternalhehe...i hear you...that is nice to use for sure08:40
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Burgworkwow, lets watch the artwork redo their wiki pages one more time108:52
Burgwork!08:52
nixternallol09:00
naliothlove those artists09:01
naliothok guys, y'all take it easy09:01
nalioththanks for your time09:01
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nixternalnalioth obviously isn't from the south..he said y'all and  not ya'll or yawl09:02
LaserJockhmm, I find things like that hard to spell09:05
nixternallol09:05
BurgworkLaserJock, tim is getting on my case. Where are we?09:06
LaserJocklike yay as in "wahoo, I'm happy"09:06
LaserJockBurgwork: umm, I'm waiting for Jason09:06
BurgworkLaserJock, ok, can you communicate that?09:06
LaserJockI guess, aren't we ahead of schedule?09:07
LaserJockI thought I was supposed to get new stuff Monday or Tuesday09:07
Burgworkno idea. I just got a phone call from tim asking where we are09:07
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LaserJockok, I'll reply to his email to reassure him we are on schedule, how's that ;-)09:08
Burgworksweet, that works for me09:08
LaserJocklol, I gotta keep you employed here :-)09:09
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=== Burgwork hugs LaserJock
LaserJockhehe10:06
LaserJockhope it helps10:06
mdkewhat are you guys working on?10:06
mdkesounds all secretive!10:06
Burgworkmdke, all will come clear in due course10:06
LaserJocksuper top secret10:06
mdkeis it Ubuntu related?10:06
Burgworkyes10:06
mdkeah, damn you and your secrets10:06
mdkeBurgwork: see the WikiGuide page?10:07
mdkeany thoughts?10:07
Burgworkmdke, on my list of things to look at10:07
mdkecool10:08
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