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DaSkreechIs edubuntu going to take out the KDE Applications?12:43
pygiDaSkreech, not right now if you mean the KDEedu12:43
DaSkreechok12:43
pygifuture is ahead of us, who knows what is brings :)12:44
DaSkreechnot right means at some point?12:44
pygi*cough* libburn *cough* :)12:44
pygiif we get a decent replacement, perhaps ^_^12:44
DaSkreechSo there is a list of what need to be replaced?12:44
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pygiDaSkreech, current KDEedu apps? :)12:46
BurgworkDaSkreech, it needs not a one for one12:46
pygihey plotter mhz :)12:46
DaSkreechSo you can dump say Kstars with no replacement?12:46
mhzhi all12:46
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mhzpygi: heheh12:46
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lucasvoDaSkreech: if it would be the only one, probably12:47
lucasvoone couldn't drop Kalzium without replacement12:47
DaSkreechThat was next on my list :)12:47
pygilucasvo, that's why you are writing replacement, bleh :P12:47
lucasvoDaSkreech: it's being replaced...12:47
DaSkreechI haven't played with KPhysics yet so I don't know what it is like12:47
lucasvoDaSkreech: https://launchpad.net/products/gallium12:48
DaSkreechThis is to be easier on the libs or the menu?12:51
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mhzogra: just in case it can be done... cibercafes near my area open only from 17:30 UTC :(12:53
mhzand most meetings are held lot earlier than that :(12:53
mhzcan next edubuntu meeting be held after 17:30 UTC ?12:53
lucasvoDaSkreech: why do you want to replace kdeedu?12:54
DaSkreechI thought I just asked that question :)12:56
DaSkreechI was under the impression that edubunut was going to be weeding out KDEedu12:57
DaSkreechedubuntu12:57
lucasvoDaSkreech: yes, it is a goal...12:57
DaSkreechWith what aim?12:57
lucasvoDaSkreech: but the problem is, it includes writing several applications.12:57
lucasvoDaSkreech: Gaim has aim12:57
BurgworkDaSkreech, there is a gtk version of kstars, but more primitive12:58
BurgworkDaSkreech, more space on the cd12:58
Burgworkno kde lang packs12:58
DaSkreechAh. 12:58
lucasvoBurgwork: not only on the cd12:58
DaSkreechEdubuntu is hurting for space?12:58
lucasvonot having to load kde on the workstation is also a plus12:58
lucasvoDaSkreech: yes12:58
Burgworkvery badly so12:58
DaSkreechHmm wasn't aware of that12:58
DaSkreechAnd you have more apps that you are looking to include I'd guess12:59
lucasvoand langpacks12:59
DaSkreechfor gnome01:00
lucasvoyes01:01
DaSkreechWhats the usage of space for the KDE packages?01:02
lucasvobetween 20-100mb I think01:02
lucasvoI don't know exactly01:02
lucasvoplus kde libs which also take up space01:03
DaSkreechhow big are the lang packs that you are including?01:04
lucasvoDaSkreech: I think the gnome langpacks are about 8mb01:05
DaSkreech:-) And no space for them huh? :)01:05
lucasvothe iso is about 597mb afaik01:06
DaSkreechThat's over 50 MB of free space01:07
DaSkreechOver 100 for most distros01:07
lucasvoI mean, 69101:07
DaSkreechAh. One digit off ;-)01:07
lucasvoyes01:07
DaSkreechYeah that does get iffier01:08
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lucasvoI guess this pilot was a little bit too horny: http://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1994-19.html01:48
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trainpicanyone here?02:05
trainpicanyone?02:06
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LaserJockI'm here, I suppose02:07
trainpicOK I just have one question.02:07
jsgotangco:P02:08
trainpicIs there any hack for Edubuntu 6.06 to enable local media support?02:08
LaserJocknot really that I know of02:10
trainpicOK. I've just been looking around. 02:10
trainpicbtw this is my first time on IRC02:11
crimsunthat's a spec for 6.1002:11
LaserJockhave you asked #ltsp02:11
LaserJockyeah, it is being worked on for 6.1002:11
LaserJockbut I'm not sure about 6.0602:11
trainpicok. I know it works in the latest version of LTSP, but I have tried all the hacks on their website and none of them work. Thanks anyway02:12
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greghi04:45
greghello all!04:46
Burgundaviahey greg04:46
gregI have elementary-age child and do some sunday school projects with kids.   May I ask, WHY EDUbuntu, vs. kubuntu or ubuntu? 04:47
Burgundaviabecuase it is built for those people04:50
Burgundaviait includes all the apps you need, plus a nice theme04:50
Burgundaviafor schools, it also includes LTSP04:50
gregLTSP= Long Term SuPport?04:53
Burgundaviano, Linux Terminal Server Project, thin clients04:53
gregah. k. thx04:54
gregI'm fed up with SUSE and considering that I'm finally ready to join the cult of ubunutu :)04:54
gregJust trying to decide on a distro.04:55
greg... flavor of ubuntu04:55
BurgundaviaI would use Edubuntu04:59
Burgundaviait comes with all the same apps as Ubuntu, plus  the educational ones04:59
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gregk.  fair enough. thx05:01
Burgundaviano worries05:02
Burgundaviahey rodarvus05:02
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rodarvushi Burgundavia 05:35
ajmitchrodarvus!05:36
rodarvusajmitch: yes05:36
rodarvushehe05:36
ajmitchhello :)05:36
rodarvushello :)05:37
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ajmitchexcept I went to sleep instead05:37
lecaroshi everybody!05:37
rodarvusabout time I go to sleep, by the way05:37
rodarvusbut lets talk before I go :)05:37
ajmitchok05:38
Burgundaviaajmitch: meeting?05:39
ajmitchBurgundavia: hm?05:40
Burgundaviadistro meeting?05:40
ajmitchthat's in ~12 hours, I think05:41
Cornellius!meeting05:41
ubotuI know nothing about meeting - try searching http://bots.ubuntulinux.nl/factoids.cgi?db=ubuntu05:41
Cornelliusbah05:41
bimberinow that's an idea05:46
ajmitchBurgundavia: right, I doubt I'll be awake when the distro meeting is on05:46
bimberi!meeting-#edubuntu is <reply> Edubuntu meetings are (usually) held every week on Wednesdays at 12UTC in #ubuntu-meeting. Agenda at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EdubuntuMeetingAgenda . All welcome!05:50
ubotuI'll remember that05:50
LaserJockbimberi: except they alternate times ;-)05:52
bimberiLaserJock: gah :)05:54
bimberiLaserJock: what's the other time - i went by http://www.edubuntu.org/Community05:55
bimberi?05:55
LaserJock20:00 I think05:55
bimberi!meeting06:03
ubotuEdubuntu meetings are (usually) held every week on Wednesdays in #ubuntu-meeting. Times alternate between 12UTC and 20UTC. Agenda at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EdubuntuMeetingAgenda . All welcome!06:03
Cornelliusbimberi: :)06:10
bimberiCornellius: hey, i aim to please ;)06:11
Amaranthdev team meeting is 11 hours away06:12
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BurgundaviaAmaranth: can you pm me a one line summary of where your soc project is?06:51
Amaranthhmm06:51
BurgundaviaAmaranth: for the UWN06:52
Burgundaviayou can go to two lines if you wish06:52
AmaranthBurgundavia: Not really. :p06:52
Burgundaviaright, then tell me what you know06:52
AmaranthFor a desktop it's nearly done, just needs some fine-tuning and polish.06:53
AmaranthI guess go with that06:53
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EmxBAhi folks ;)09:34
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RichEdogra: ping11:14
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ograRichEd, pong11:27
RichEdhi ... i popped in last night to join the meeting which i thought was in the evening ... ZA was off on a National Holiday11:28
ogradont worry, we all forgot about it ...11:28
RichEdi saw the conversation thread :)11:28
ograwe started it 40 mins late :)11:28
ograand it wnet less than 30 mins11:29
ogra*went11:29
RichEdi'll check out the logs to catch up11:29
RichEdi'm going to send you a quick mail in the next 5 mins re Eric Harrison etc = needs 1 minute x 3 for a response for when you next have a smoke & cup of coffee please11:30
RichEdta :)11:30
ograi'll meet him in september btw11:31
ograwe'll meet at a ltsp hack session in michigan11:31
ogra(sept 14 to 19)11:31
RichEdthat's the sort of stuff i'm asking about ... gotta link to the above ?11:32
ogranope11:32
RichEdit may be a good plan to join you & him and do a 3 way ;)11:32
ograits privately organized by sbalneav and jammcq from ltsp.org11:32
ograredhat and probably debian guys will also be there 11:33
ogras we can work on the new upstream code of ltsp11:33
ogra*so11:33
RichEdexcellent ... ties up at least 4 ways then ... leave comments for the email ... will let you know when i have sent it11:33
ograyup11:33
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RichEdsent ogra ... tx.11:40
RichEdhi cbx33 11:40
RichEdowe you some responses soon :)11:40
cbx33hi RichEd 11:40
RichEdquickie cbx33 : if we aren't going to get a Canonical stand at BETT is there anyone else who might allow you to piggyback off their location ?11:41
RichEdsilbs mentioned the .org areas that exist in many large conferences11:42
cbx33hmm11:42
cbx33there are no such things at BETT11:42
cbx33BETT are stingy11:43
cbx33I asked if there were discounts for opensource projects11:43
RichEdcould you check with the organisers if there are any other FOSS stands ... there may be some general FOSS or left wing socialist type missionaries with stands who would be happy for support ?11:43
cbx33I will ask11:44
RichEdtx.11:44
cbx33there was the FSF there last year11:44
cbx33anyone anygood with screen casting?11:45
cbx33I have an mpeg and an mp311:45
cbx33i need to combine together to form a video that will run on a windows system in windows media player11:45
ogracbx33, why not take byzanz and create a big gif ? thats 100% platform independent11:47
cbx33this is an 800x600 screen cast11:48
cbx33with an mp3 audio track11:48
ograbyzanz does 800x600 without problem ... but the sound is indeed a prob 11:49
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ograRichEd, answer on its way ...01:05
RichEdthanks ogra01:05
ograi ope i wasnt to noisy :)01:06
ogra*hope01:06
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RichEdopening now ... will let you know01:12
RichEd:)01:12
ograargh .. i made a big mistake in the cd handling code ... now i know why my thin client dies after 20min ... *sigh* dont open 65000 files in a row with only 128M main memory , thats evil :)01:15
RichEdthanks ogra ... good comments ... i'll send a short response with one more question / point of view in a little bit.01:16
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ograhey willvdl, welcome aboard :)02:05
willvdlHi there, thanks.02:15
rodarvushey willvdl!02:16
RichEdhi will ... greetings all the way from rondebosch02:17
willvdlHi folks. Greetings all the way from Durbanville (this time)02:17
RichEdrodarvus & ogra & I had a chat around the email I forwarded to you yesterday ... all pretty much on the same page02:17
willvdlYip, went through that. Thanks02:18
RichEdwe're going to work on a schedule something like:02:18
RichEd1) combined status update by end of Monday02:18
RichEd2) tuesday to scan through02:18
RichEd3) meet on IRC in #canonical-meeting on Wednesday02:19
RichEdthis is for the core educational team = canonical employees02:19
RichEdthere is a general edubuntu meeting each wed ... community et al02:19
RichEdwe'll meet before that one02:19
willvdlYeah, I just noticed that. Was yesterday so I noticed it a bit too late02:20
RichEdso i take it you've found the fridge events :)02:20
willvdlYes. It's also mentioned in the title above which should have tipped me off first :|02:22
RichEdf.y.i. general edubuntu meeting each wed is in #ubuntu-meeting02:23
RichEdthere are logs available at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/02:23
cbx33willvdl, there should also be minutes for each meeting02:23
cbx33but I've been a little busy to write them the last two weeks02:23
cbx33yesterdays meetin notes should be there by the end of the day02:24
willvdlgreat. I'm scanning through old logs so that I don't revisit anything unnecessarily02:24
RichEdand also general logs at: http://people.ubuntu.com/~fabbione/irclogs/02:25
willvdlThe latter should make good bed-time reading02:28
ograheh02:29
RichEdwe got another lead from Africa yesterday via OEM & Support : Company has a government contract for 100 PCs for a youth project in Angola02:30
RichEdThey're going to phone him today, and get an email addresa across to me.02:31
RichEdogra: have we done anything in Portugese yet ?02:31
cbx33RichEd, did you get my second dodgy email :p?02:32
ograRichEd, ubuntu/edubuntu supports 90 languages, so i'd assume yes :)02:32
cbx33I wish I could get my LEA to consider edubuntu02:32
cbx33they are so bloody minded02:33
cbx33totally pro MS02:33
RichEdcbx33: the one from Cameroon ?02:33
ograRichEd, to test the pt_BR stuff rodarvus is a better bet though :)02:33
cbx33possibly :p02:33
cbx33ok grasynco has had some much needed attention02:34
cbx33it still won't do edubuntu yet02:34
cbx33because we have diffenrent isos02:34
cbx33that's a fix I'll release soon02:34
cbx33but it should do ubuntu/kubuntu02:34
RichEdogar: pt_BR < does this mean portugese Brazilian ?02:34
rodarvusRichEd, ogra, willvdl: feel free to redirect any pt_BR enquiries to me02:35
ogracbx33, heh, as opposed to the original script that only does edubuntu :)02:35
rodarvusRichEd, yes02:35
ograRichEd, yep02:35
rodarvusbrazilian portuguese02:35
rodarvusugh02:35
cbx33ogra, yes02:35
rodarvusfeel free to redirect any *pt* enquiries to me02:35
cbx33hehehe02:35
rodarvus(not only pt_BR)02:35
cbx33everyone hear the latest sounds?02:35
ograthe two first letters are always the language, the two big ones are the dialect ...02:35
cbx33wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuSounds02:35
cbx33I'm going to try to get out new music teacher when they arrive to consider ubuntu/edubuntu for their music pcs02:36
ograi.e. there are de_DE or de_CH or de_AT .... all germany, but different countries02:36
ogra*german02:36
cbx33cos it's so bloody great doing Music and studio work on ubuntu :D02:36
ogra(and dialects)02:36
RichEdokay, we're dealing with Angolan Portugese which is in my guess closer to Mocambiquen Portugese ... but should have a pretty comon base set with Brazilian Portugese02:36
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RichEdcbx33: the language in the Cameroon mail may sound dodgy to you, but bear in mind that the guy thinks in a local African dialect, speaks in French and then needs to write in English three diffferent grammar constructions, never mind word translations !02:38
cbx33RichEd, I didn't mean it that way02:39
cbx33I'm not taking the mick, I mean dodgy in that, why do people keep sending these messages to me :p02:39
willvdland probably used Babelfish for his translation02:40
RichEdnot making any point ... just pointing out the unusual circumstances of the darkest continent :)02:40
RichEdogra: de_CH is short for swiss german ... now that's intuitive ;)02:41
willvdlSilly question but how does one maintain the various <dialects> of Portugues and Spanish? Meaning, when it comes to Mozam or Angola etc.?02:41
rodarvusRichEd, angolan portuguese is quite understandable for brazilians02:41
rodarvus(its closer to us than portugal portuguese)02:41
RichEdgood to know rodarvus : i'll forward on this snippet of info to Hande & cc you in. there may be a need for local language conversation and you could assist.02:42
ograwillvdl, we have language packs for most of them ... the translator teams in launchpad care more or less for the contents02:42
ograindeed there mya be dialects we dont cover in their own langpack 02:43
ogra*may02:43
ograhttp://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=language-support&searchon=names&subword=1&version=dapper&release=all02:43
willvdlogra, so are there pretty strong translation teams for the various African countries?02:44
ograhas a packagelist02:44
rodarvusRichEd, nice02:45
ograwillvdl, https://launchpad.net/rosetta has an overview (i never use it so i cant give you much hints)02:46
willvdlI have. Did some Afrikaans translation for FreedomToaster. At least I stopped when it reached the Creative Commons license description.02:47
ograwell, translating license text should be left to lawyers ;)02:48
willvdlah. Points for Brazil there. 02:55
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RichEdrodarvus: what's the mother tongue in Argentina ? Spanish ?02:59
rodarvusyes02:59
willvdlIt can be quite different at the best of times though02:59
rodarvusit has some small differences from the spanish spoken in Spain, but probably is even closer to it than brazilian portuguese to portugal portuguese02:59
RichEdrodarvus: I'll send you the MoU for Thailand today. please keep confidential.03:00
rodarvusRichEd, sure, thanks!03:00
willvdlI think spelling wise is very similar but certainly sounds very different :)03:00
RichEdrodarvus: please review & add comments ... add to your actions for Monday. we'll need to get a project plan up & going next week03:00
rodarvus*nods*03:01
RichEdogra: sent a response to your response re US meet03:08
ograyep, i'll get to it .... busy preparing for the meeting03:09
RichEdogra: where do i find major events canonical calendar (not on the fridge) like sprint & allhands etc.03:09
RichEd( not rushing you :)03:09
ograhmm, it used to be somewhere on the canonical wiki03:10
ograbut i suspect its all moved into that horrible new system 03:10
RichEdokay will look ... btw do you attend kubuntu IRC meets ?03:10
ogrararely 03:11
ograonly if i'm very very bored 03:11
ogra:)03:11
ograapart from kdeedu i dont go near any KDE software ... 03:12
ograand you'd need several horses to drag me there :)03:12
ograhmm, no highvoltage today ?03:22
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cbx33ogra, i havn't seen him for a while03:32
ograhe owns a spec that needs to be reassigned :/03:32
cbx33oh03:32
ograi wanted to have that done before the meeting today 03:32
ograbut well, then it has to wait03:33
cbx33:(03:35
cbx33what spec is that?03:35
cbx33just outta interest03:35
ograthe xfce stuff03:36
rodarvusmaybe I'm able to reassign it?03:36
cbx33ahhh03:36
rodarvuslet me try03:36
rodarvusogra, its yours :D03:37
ograyay, thanks :)03:37
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ograRichEd, if you dont mind, come over to #ltsp, jammcq (jim mcquillian) would like to hear about ubuntu dinners ;)04:17
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sbalneavMonring all04:39
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RichEdogra: ping for a yes / no answer04:57
ograpong, eve a longer one ... mdz seems not around yet in -meeting04:58
ogra*even04:58
RichEddid eric ever meet JaneW (i'm busy with an intro email) that's the Y : N04:59
ograi think so, she started in sydney iirc ...04:59
ograhe was in sydney and in montreal04:59
RichEdand if you have a sec more, what's Eric's IRC nic in #edubuntu etc.04:59
ograeHarrison iirc04:59
ograwith the capital H04:59
ograbut he's not in #edubuntu05:00
ograyou'll see him from time to time in #ltsp05:00
RichEdokay is it dan_young who pops into#edubuntu05:00
ograyep05:00
RichEdand what does he nick by ?05:00
ograhe also writes on the ML05:00
ogradan_young :)05:00
RichEdahhhh cyptic ;)05:00
RichEdcryptic even05:01
ograheh05:01
RichEdhe also writes on the ML <- edubuntu-devel or edubuntu-users ?05:01
ograwell, until recently we only had -devel05:01
ograi dont remember, but i suspect it wa -devel05:02
ogra*was05:02
RichEdokay ... will check out archives for some background05:02
ograhe does tech support ...05:02
RichEdi will also post to  k12osn volunteering to take on questions regarding edubuntu ... will ask eric first (for politeness) and will work out how to route these05:03
ograpoint them also to the edubuntu lists ...05:03
RichEdat the moment, the questions/bugs are in the list, but no-one defiante to help ... it will be a good relationship point to start showing some responsibility05:03
ograthey could bear some more traffic05:03
sbalneavogra: You know, one thing that Gnome needs is a way to select YOUR default printer, i.e., set $LPDEST somehow, as opposed to the printing panel which actually sets the CUPS default printer.05:04
RichEdyes, i'll do the one-on-one to get a idea of what is happeing & to be friendly, and then start making some routing sugestions05:04
sbalneavWhere I work, we have several printers per server, and one thing Gnome could use is an easy way for people to set their individual printer preference.05:04
ograsbalneav, i'm not sure gnome-cups-manager doesnt do that already05:04
ogra(i have no printers around atm)05:04
RichEdif i build up a slow steady list conversation, then it may make others on the list curious enough to investigate & evaluate05:05
RichEdand then aim for a edubuntu help page hosted in k12ltsp05:05
RichEd(softly softly catch etc ...)05:05
ograyep05:05
RichEdokay ... will leave you to meet or code ... as you see fit :)05:06
ograwhats urgently needed is a forum ... many users dont lie mailing lists but go to forums05:06
ogra*like05:06
ograthe prob is that developers usually are the opposite way (me included)05:06
RichEdyep ... have a plan for that ... need to make sure we HOST a PEER-to-PEER forum05:06
RichEdand not get sucked into a WE'LL ANSWER your questions resource drain05:07
ograPEER-to-PEER ?05:07
ograyou mean a forum gateway to the ML ?05:07
RichEdas in teacher helping a teacher ...05:07
ograthat gets very fast very ugly05:07
ograoh, ok05:08
RichEdi.e. we help the proactive teacher who has a techie bent ...05:08
RichEdbut that proactive teacher gets kicks out of helping other teachers05:08
RichEd(will need some moderation)05:09
cbx33RichEd, I hope you find some teachers like that :p05:09
ograyeah :)05:09
ograthese are very very *very* rare05:09
=== RichEd will find a way
RichEdi've seen it working with small business owners discussing & sharing problems05:11
cbx33teachers time is VERY limitied05:11
RichEdmy assumptions:05:11
RichEd1) they need to feel comfortable within their own community05:11
RichEd2) they need to save as much time as they give05:12
RichEdi.e. find solutions from others as well as give solutions to others05:12
cbx33in my experience, teachers want everything done for them05:13
ograthe big prob there is that they wont give solutions, but workarounds05:13
cbx33they are very very difficult to work with05:13
willvdlThere are some interesting movement on peer models in the south african education arena05:13
ograyou need a tech guy to monitor and tell good advice from bad one05:13
cbx33indeed05:13
cbx33that's my job :p05:13
willvdlTelecentres.org is also centered round collaborative learning05:14
ograwe have that problem with the ubuntuforums ... where you will find the worst workarounds ever 05:14
ogracbx33, fschoep is talking about sound themes in -meeting :)05:15
RichEdhere's a cut & paste from a respected FOSS advocate in Australia:05:16
RichEdWe need pedagogical arguments to increase FOSS take up, rather than a05:16
RichEdfocus on price or freedom. We need to make the case that FOSS gives05:17
RichEdteachers more tools to enhance the educational opportunities of their05:17
RichEdstudents.  We need to foster peer-to-peer collaboration, and support05:17
RichEdteacher networks, encouraging them to harness the resources around them05:17
RichEdto teach themselves about Free Software.  A local Moodle group is a good05:17
RichEdexample of this.05:17
RichEdmany of the same points we speak about05:17
RichEdTSF is investing heavily in the same area peer-collaboration05:17
RichEdone of us must come up with a winner we can all emulate soon05:17
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RichEdfaith can move mountains05:18
RichEd(she's a big girl)05:18
ograRichEd, thats about conten stuff ... i meant the technical problems ... 05:18
ogra*content05:18
ografor content a teacher driven support it perfectly fine05:19
ogra*is05:19
RichEda small business person helping another small business person with say a tax question is not that different ?05:19
RichEdtax is a specialised technical field05:19
ogramy ltsp thin client doesnt boot ... what do i do ...05:20
RichEdbut the person who understands enough at his own level for it to make sense, can often make sense to another "lay person"05:20
ogra"remove this and that line from this and that script, that worked for me"05:20
ograafetr the next security upgrade his server is totally borked because the lines were important05:21
ograthe "this helped me" is the dangerous thing ... if nobody steps up and says "thats a bad idea"05:21
RichEdboundaries are needed ... and hacking scripts with a blindfold on is probably over that edge05:21
ograin the ubuntuforums that happens daily and results in horrible things like automatix05:22
RichEdbut there is a lot on the safe side where help can be given by peers05:22
ogra(a script wher someone aggregated 'all' bad advices )05:22
RichEdleaving the serious issues to the experts (who should have more time to attend)05:22
RichEdas i said, moderation will be required05:22
ograits not about time05:22
ograi answer about 20-30 support mails every day05:23
ograi havent answered one forum post in my whole ubuntu time05:23
willvdla techie can also be "embedded" into a forum to guide a conversation05:24
ograyou will find the same if you ask most of the other ubuntu devs ...05:24
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RichEdogra: differn't strokes for differn't folks ... techies prefer lists05:25
ograyep05:25
RichEdogra: what was Sydney gathering called (busy with that intro mail again)05:26
ograUDU05:27
ograubuntu down under05:27
RichEd:) tx05:28
willvdlOn tuxLabs the guys compiled a set of common or frequently occur issues/problems from the helpdesk data. This set was then either distributed onto the servers in the schools as part of the offering. It was linked from a start page and Jonathan was even working on a guided troubleshooter (xola) to walkthrough the problem.05:29
ograthats the advantage of a helpdesk :)05:30
ograon the ML questions are so rare that i even can implement the fix before it turns into a FAQ ;P05:30
ograit gets better though recently :)05:31
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willvdlthinking more in terms of how-to's05:31
ograyep05:31
ograthe cookbook was awesome ...05:32
willvdlMy thin-client is broken: step one-plug in cable05:32
rjarettwhich ltsp is edu 6.06 built around?05:32
ograubuntu ltsp05:32
ograalso caled muecow05:32
rjarettso nothing standard like 4.2?05:32
willvdlogra: it was. we were working on a new version as I was leaving. The old one was still on K1205:32
ograit will be ltsp 5.005:32
ograwillvdl, we have a edubuntu handbook team thats doing the same ...05:33
rjarett"will be" is not something i like seeing05:33
sbalneavrjarett: The Ubuntu model is the one which LTSP will be moving to for future development.05:33
willvdlhmmmm. should see about getting those resources to the handbook team05:33
ograwillvdl, HedgeMage and pygi lead that team ... 05:34
rjarettsbalneav  ok but short term when needing to patch or incorporate fixes for stuff like local flash media which works in 4.2, its a tad tricky to narrow down what code base to upgrade05:34
ogra(both arent here yet)05:34
sbalneavThe LTSP, Ubuntu, Debian, and Fedora developers will be meeting soon to hammer out a common thin client implementation that will be fairly consistent between distros.05:34
RichEdwillvdl: you can ask cbx33 for cookbook -> handbook contacts ... i recall hedgemadge is involved05:34
willvdlin fact, some templates are up on http://wiki.tsf.org.za/shuttleworthfoundationwiki/TuXlab/HowTo05:35
RichEdit will be in the minutes of the meeting 2 weeks ago05:35
cbx33HedgeMage and pygi05:35
sbalneavrjarett: At the moment, Ubuntu's LTSP doesn't include localdevs, however, ogra is working on porting the LTSP localdevs stuff into Ubuntu05:35
rjarettso before i load up a 6.06 environment, i am trying to determine if edu 6.06 would be best or just vanilla and 4.205:35
RichEdthey will be keen for input ... especially if it has been test driven by users :)05:35
rjarettim trying to do flash based authentication or smartcards, and local flash drives.  no users saving data on the thin client or server05:36
willvdlcool05:36
ograrjarett, for an upgradeability and maintainability POV ubuntu is surely the better choice ... it will be a breeze to upgrade to 5.005:36
ograand you can just use apt-get for maintenance of the client chroot05:36
ograif you rely on local devices *now* youre better off with ubuntu + ltsp 4.205:37
rjarettmy environments typically are setup and not touched for a few years.  rasther than constant upgrading due to buggy codebases05:37
ograwell, thats a bad security habit ;)05:37
RichEdwillvdl: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HedgeMage ... works from BinaryRedneck :)05:37
rjarettnot too bad when it wipes itself out nightly and reinstalls a fresh vm05:37
ograheh05:38
rjarettor from a clean dd image05:38
sbalneavrjarett: Could you please point me at a non-buggy codebase?  I'd love to be running one of those :)05:38
ogralol05:38
rjaretti have a few thinknic client installations running strong 5 years now without any issues.05:39
rjarettand they supported local media05:40
willvdlRichEd: interestingly, we left off our HowTo by including the soft stuff and referring to edubuntu for tech related stuff. tuxlabs was moving closer to edubuntu each release so it was a pre-emptive strike05:40
willvdlI'll ask TSF if we can get hold of the outstanding info that's not on that wiki link05:41
ograsbalneav, you had local media in ltsp 5 years ago already ? 05:41
ograwhy the heck did we meet and spec out a sane implementatin at all ? 05:41
RichEdso if we merge on the technical side and the documentation side, then we have a great pool of knowledge & solutions :)05:41
cbx33ogra, tiny pm :p05:42
willvdlZigactly. Ferpectly right05:42
ograwe should just have stayed with that code and not improve security and usability05:42
rjarettogra  your attitude towards useful features is lovely "wait till 5.0"  very microsoftish05:42
ograrjarett, i gave you two options .05:42
willvdlRichEd, there is a wealth of knowledge out there. Just need to filter it. Wouldn't want to rewrite the wheel :P05:42
rjarettlarger security risk to store user files on the server or client.05:42
ograrjarett, the better integrated implementation for ubuntu is surely the included one05:43
ograbut if you need localdev use ubuntu with 4.205:43
sbalneavogra: He must have done something on his own, we didn't have localdevs then.05:43
rjarettwell id rather go centos and 4.2 than edubuntu and "wait for 5.0"05:43
ograrjarett, up to you ... centos will get 5.0 too :)05:44
RichEdwillvdl: can i suggest you start a mail link up to hedgemadge to let her know what is available in the rough 05:44
sbalneavrjarett: I don't think anyone's saying to wait.  I think what people are saying is, "if you want localdevs NOW, go 4.2", if you want the newer way to do things WITHOUT localdevs, then wait for a bit.05:44
RichEdnot suggesting you get deeply involved, but perhaps build a few bridges05:44
ograrjarett, the advantage for you as sysadmin will be that you know how it works if you use it now ... apart from the localdevs and probably 10secs longer boot of the clients, its not worse than 4.205:45
rjarettwhen i say local devs.. i mean, user plugs in their flash card, and all work they do is saved there. 05:45
rjarettbrowser cache/bookmarks, everything.05:46
rjarettwill that be in 5.0?05:46
rjarettor will i need to make a hack for that05:46
ograno05:46
sbalneavrjarett: 4.2 doesn't do that.  05:46
sbalneavNothing does that currently.05:46
ograthats not how it works05:46
rjaretti wish people looked more into thinknics deb methods05:47
sbalneavLocaldevs will basically allow you to have plug in media be the same as plug in media on a regular stand alone box.  What you're looking for is a plugabble home directory.05:48
rjarettohh well05:48
rjarettwell, roaming home directories05:48
ograpersistent home :)05:49
ograwe could port that easily from the ubuntu liveCD05:49
rjarettno flash card = no ability to save files, and any work you do will be wiped out (i.e. browser cache)05:49
sbalneavWell, if thinknic does what you want already, why not simply use that?05:50
rjarettsince larry ellison killed the company05:50
willvdlRichEd, will do. Wil make some round table intros. You still meeting JC tomorrow?05:52
RichEdyes ... haven't seen him appear as highvoltage on IRC today ... we've set aside time but need to confirm appt.05:53
sbalneavrjarett: Well, neither the current "stock" ltsp, nor ubuntu's LTSP does what you're looking for.  So either way, you're going to have to wait.  One way to shorten the wait would be to help get involved in the development.  If you're looking for this sort of thing, now would be the time to get your voice heard.05:55
ograas i said, the implementation already exists in our liveCD  ... wouls just need someone who dedicates time to it fro porting05:56
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sbalneavexactly05:57
sbalneavogra: Do we have a page on the wiki somewhere for "wanted features"?  We should add this, and bring it up in Detroit Rock City.05:57
ograsbalneav, usually we ask people to register a spec in LP 05:58
sbalneavI could do that now.05:58
ograi wont have much time after the sprint ... we'll release in october ... so things we work out in detroit will have t wait on my side until edgy+105:59
ogra(i'll have to prepare the release between my return and release day)05:59
sbalneavright.  Understood.06:00
sbalneavbut just for discussion.06:00
ograyep06:00
ograeven for speccing it and writing a sample implementation :)06:00
ograbut codewise i'll be frozen in ubuntu06:00
sbalneavcrud.  I can't figure out how to register a spec.  I'me hopeless :)06:06
sbalneavbrb, work ping.  06:06
ograsbalneav, https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+addspec06:07
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RichEdi'm off to sort out supper for the kids ... end of my working day ... will be back in email later06:10
willvdlCheers RichEd. Marilize's pizza has made my stomach grumble too06:10
RichEdwillvdl: will confirm re: jonathan meet tomorrow06:11
RichEdi'll also pass on the angola email response & a response to cameroon email ...06:11
RichEdwill chat in the morning. have agood evening.06:12
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sbalneavrjarett: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/ltsp-persistent-home06:26
sbalneavrjarett: If you'd like to go and add some notes to the specification wiki, that'd be great.06:33
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rjarettsbalneav  is that for feature requests or code?07:10
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rjarettwhats in the 6.06 or ltsp 5.0 as far as physical authentication?   like smartcards or time accounting?   or do i need a custom pam mod and system for that07:15
Petarisrjarett: Well, if you want smart cards you will need readers07:23
rjarettare there supported readers with the module already in the release i guess is what im after... or a HCL list for the release07:24
Petarisnot sure07:26
Petarisbut I think smart cards are supported07:26
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rjarettbecause with 2factor auth, or incorporating the physical layer into a student/member id it cuts down the rate of "well that wasnt me... so and so guessed my password"07:29
Petarisright07:29
Petariswe get some of that here07:30
PetarisI'd like to do biometric07:30
Petarissee them try to wiggle out of that07:30
rjarettwell the problem with those at schools or churches is adolescent changes :P    07:30
rjarettlike when i worked for the govt, our biometric readers would get thrown off by pregnancy07:31
Petarisreally?07:31
Petariseven fingerprint readers?07:31
rjarettyeah more than 10% change in weight mixed with other issues07:32
rjarettfingerprint readers can be thrown off by size changes in hands07:32
rjarettcheap ones anyway07:32
Petarisretna scanners?07:32
rjaretttoo expensive07:32
rjarettbut the govt used a mix of retnal and scales and pregnant women were messing up both systems.  not sure of the retnal reason07:33
Petarisaccording to the forum you should be able to go by the 2.6.x kernel HCL07:34
rjarettok07:35
rjarettso im guessing the ccid basics here http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/ccid.html07:36
Petarisonly way to know is to try07:38
rjarettyep07:38
Petarisdrivers avaliable for debian so you could use those07:41
sbalneavrjarett: Sorry, back from lunch.  That would be a feature request.07:58
sbalneavIf you'd like to add some thoughts to it, it'd help a lot.07:58
rjarettill load up 6.06 in a few vms and see what comes up08:00
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mhzhi all09:18
mhzogra: did you get my bugging about next meeting schedule?09:18
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mhzRichEd: are you there?09:37
Caraibesit seems a bit silent down here  :o 09:38
mhzCaraibes: yeah, indeed, sometimes it happens so09:40
mhz"i see dead people"  :D09:40
crimsunsilence is golden.09:40
Caraibesactually, I am downloading edubuntu right now, becauese of the new version 6.06.1, to see if it boots on my pc's09:40
CaraibesI have 2 small kids09:41
Caraibesand look for a good open source OS with stuff for them09:41
Caraibesi AM ON bLAG 50K RIGHT NOW, ON MY OWN DESKTOP09:41
mhzCaraibes: oh, i see.09:42
mhzEdubuntu is a great choice for family solution, indeed09:42
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CaraibesTHANK you for your advice  :D 09:44
mhzneurogeek: ping09:44
neurogeekmhz hello!.. how are you?09:44
mhzneurogeek: alive and kicking but not internat at home09:45
mhz:(09:45
Caraibessee you !09:45
mhzso, this cibercafe thing is driving me crazy... I was so not used to it09:45
mhz:)09:45
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neurogeeksad to hear that09:45
neurogeeki know what you mean09:45
mhzyeah, too many kids playing on line, to noisy, too crowded and everyone reads emails along with me, hehehe09:46
mhzneurogeek: last time I saw you you said "need to talk to you...important!"09:46
neurogeekyes..09:47
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mhzneurogeek: see ya soon10:46
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Burgworkok, yum is slower than a dead cat embedded in molasses in the arctic11:21
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