[01:04] <poningru> well that blew
[01:05] <poningru> we had one guy come by for the installfest
[01:05] <tonyyarusso> sad
[01:05] <tonyyarusso> where?
[01:05] <poningru> gainesville fl
[01:05] <poningru> see this was meant for non-students in a college town
[01:06] <tonyyarusso> Aaah
[01:08] <poningru> yeah so it was far away from campus
[01:08] <poningru> we didnt advertize on campus
[01:08] <poningru> hit all the grocery shops... craigslist... other random areas for flyering
[01:09] <poningru> apperantly the residents just arent that interested
[01:24] <Burgundavia> installfests are a challenge
[01:25] <Burgundavia> here is what I would do: make it a bring an old computer and install linux for donation fest
[01:27] <poningru> we had awesome success for oncampus stuff
[01:28] <poningru> its just the lug wanted to try something offcampus
[01:46] <tonyyarusso> poningru: I'd love to get some oncampus stuff going - any tips from your success there?
[01:52] <tonyyarusso> Hey all, feedback welcome on http://www.tonyyarusso.is-a-geek.com/images/ *custom.svg
[01:52] <tonyyarusso> (Slightly modified versions of some that I think Madpilot gave me)
[01:53] <lotusleaf> tonyyarusso: I didn't click, but is that the OBEY Ubuntu thing he's working on?
[01:54] <tonyyarusso> lotusleaf: No, CD display stand.
[01:54] <lotusleaf> tonyyarusso: oh? Awesome
[02:03] <scamboy> helo..
[02:04] <lotusleaf> hi
[02:05] <scamboy> lotusleaf: so this is the marketing team for ubuntu???
[02:05] <lotusleaf> scamboy: see topic :)
[02:06] <scamboy> hmn.....
[02:06] <scamboy> so where does the marketing team based on asia??? or except isle where are they??
[02:08] <BHSPitLappy> huh?
[02:09] <scamboy> hah?
[02:10] <theCore> scamboy, the marketing team is just a group from the community that wants to promote Ubuntu
[02:10] <theCore> scamboy, nothing like a real marketing team
[02:11] <scamboy> oic
[02:12] <scamboy> so wat is the benefit of this channel??
[02:12] <BHSPitLappy> to talk about ubuntu marketing... :)
[02:13] <scamboy> i know...but how it works? this channel supports me or i support the channel??
[02:16] <BHSPitLappy> tonyyarusso, why is it the cool thing to do nowadays to install windows 3.1 in an emulator? :P
[02:16] <BHSPitLappy> scamboy, uhh, we just discuss how we promote ubuntu
[02:16] <tonyyarusso> BHSPitLappy: Not so much cool as possible.  Although, my dad liked 3.1, so maybe he'll get a kick out of it
[02:16] <BHSPitLappy> posters and free cd covers and etc
[02:17] <BHSPitLappy> tonyyarusso, you're not the only person I've seen playing with that recently
[02:17] <scamboy> hmn..now i understand..thanks..8-)
[02:17] <BHSPitLappy> was it recently made possible?
[02:17] <tonyyarusso> no idea
[02:18] <BHSPitLappy> did you have to pirate it? or are you vintage enough to have some floppies lying around :)
[02:19] <lotusleaf> don't waste your time with old versions of windows, if you want to be 1337 you'll run Amiga or C=
[02:19] <tonyyarusso> theCore: I need to learn how to make/use a chroot...
[02:19] <tonyyarusso> BHSPitLappy: People have it available for download.  Not sure if it's still technically pirating or if they wouldn't care any more.
[02:20] <tonyyarusso> BHSPitLappy: Although, yes, we do have floppies, as well as a functional machine, but that's at my other house.
[02:20] <BHSPitLappy> tonyyarusso, MS probably still offers it to retailers with a suggested price of $79
[02:20] <tonyyarusso> That's funny
[02:21] <tonyyarusso> Hmm...how many pieces of cardstock can I waste making mistakes?
[02:21] <tonyyarusso> Apparently there was a reason there were only 5 bullet points on the original
[02:21] <BHSPitLappy> use paper first
[02:22] <BHSPitLappy> and, by the way, I wasn't exactly drooling over the design you linked us to :/
[02:22] <theCore> tonyyarusso, https://help.ubuntu.com/6.10/ubuntu/packagingguide/C/appendix-chroot.html
[02:23] <tonyyarusso> BHSPitLappy: Suggestions?  (Someone else made it, I just modded text)
[02:23] <BHSPitLappy> ah.
[02:23] <BHSPitLappy> well, it looks pretty unprofessional in its current state
[02:23] <theCore> tonyyarusso, downloads the latest debootstrap and follow the instructions
[02:23] <BHSPitLappy> like a 6th grade MS Office class project or something
[02:24] <tonyyarusso> BHSPitLappy: So to fix that you would ____?
[02:24] <theCore> tonyyarusso, don't forget to change "edgy" for "feisty" in the commands
[02:24] <BHSPitLappy> "redo it myself" :P
[02:24] <tonyyarusso> theCore: All right, looks not-too-bad
[02:24] <tonyyarusso> BHSPitLappy: How though?
[02:25] <tonyyarusso> It doesn't help to say that it should be "different" only.
[02:25] <BHSPitLappy> well, are you printing it with an inkjet or are you going to have something professionally done
[02:25] <tonyyarusso> inkjet
[02:25] <BHSPitLappy> ok, so we don't need to be too conscious of # of colors
[02:26] <BHSPitLappy> second, do you have any photos of what that template looks like folded up? I'm not quick enough to tell just from the net
[02:32] <tonyyarusso> I don't, although one exists somewhere.
[02:34] <tonyyarusso> BHSPitLappy: Here we go: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DIYMarketing?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=full.jpg
[02:34] <BHSPitLappy> hmm, didn't realize it looked like that
[02:35] <BHSPitLappy> I was thinking it was  like a full-blown AOL cd dispenser or something :P
[02:36] <BHSPitLappy> and you're stocking it with shipits?
[02:40] <tonyyarusso> Next time I get some.  For now I just have home-burned.
[02:41] <tonyyarusso> I should order some, but I'm sad they aren't shipping Edgy
[02:50] <BHSPitLappy> me too
[02:58] <lotusleaf> tonyyarusso: that's why I'm burning edgy cds and dvds for distribution
[02:59] <tonyyarusso> lotusleaf: Yeah, I have 13 of those left as well, but some people like the official-looking ones
[02:59] <lotusleaf> tonyyarusso: so print out a label for it
[02:59] <lotusleaf> and stick it on em ;)
[02:59] <nixternal> http://flickr.com/photos/78122667@N00/153803178    <-- how much you want to be that is a fake..i asked an ubuntu question today, and got a "no comment"
[02:59] <tonyyarusso> lotusleaf: Yeah, that would be good.  Should figure out how to do that.
[03:02] <lotusleaf> nixternal: heh
[03:03] <nixternal> that guy is out there...i wanted to pie him so bad, but i was told i would be arrested for even attempting it
[03:03] <BHSPitLappy> lol
[03:03] <BHSPitLappy> I love the Gates pie video
[04:47] <poningru> Burgundavia: hey dude who do I talk to re: ubuntu iso returning bad mime type
[04:47] <poningru> err as in the website
[04:47] <Burgundavia> the website or a mirror?
[04:47] <poningru> hold on asking
[04:51] <poningru> the columbia mirrors
[04:51] <poningru> BHSPitLappy: why do you like the gates pie vid?
[04:51] <poningru> kinda lame if you ask me
[04:52] <BHSPitLappy> because it's funny
[04:52] <BHSPitLappy> like HA! PIED!
[04:52] <BHSPitLappy> out of nowhere
[04:53] <BHSPitLappy> and they looked all vicious, like it was some actual attack or assassination
[04:53] <BHSPitLappy> but it's a -pastry-
[04:58] <Madpilot> So, do we have a sensible doc on uploading to our bzr setup yet?
[04:59] <Burgundavia> nope
[05:00] <Madpilot> Burgundavia, no? What did you do all day, sleep? ;)
[05:00] <Burgundavia> half of it
[05:00] <Burgundavia> then I played video games, cleaned my room and ate
[05:01] <Madpilot> a productive Saturday. I got paid to sit at a desk, watch the awful weather, and check my personal email.
[05:03] <Madpilot> well, to start with one basic step, what's involved in generating the SSH key that LP needs?
[05:04] <poningru> hold on that doc is written
[05:05] <poningru> http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Dapper#How_to_use_key_based_SSH_authentication
[05:05] <tonyyarusso> ubuntuguide?  :O
[05:06] <poningru> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SSHHowto#head-1ff9e61cfd81e9f741920b6920af8a85f7bddb30
[05:06] <tonyyarusso> There we go
[05:06] <poningru> :p
[05:06] <poningru> tonyyarusso: re: your earlier comment re: college success
[05:07] <tonyyarusso> poningru: Ah, yes?
[05:07] <poningru> I am starting up a college wiki page for marketing
[05:07] <tonyyarusso> Sweet
[05:07] <poningru> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam/College
[05:07] <poningru> still half done
[05:08] <poningru> err more like 1/10 done
[05:08] <BHSPitLappy> poningru, I wish I could find other linux users my age
[05:09] <poningru> BHSPitLappy: how old are you?
[05:09] <BHSPitLappy> 17.
[05:09] <poningru> loads of lin users
[05:09] <BHSPitLappy> and a high school free software club probably wouldn't take off here
[05:10] <poningru> hehe yeah better to wait that year till you get to college
[05:10] <BHSPitLappy> I really do think I might be the most knowledgeable person at school when it comes to linux, and that's not saying TOO much
[05:18] <Madpilot> with an SSH key fingerprint, is the user@hostname bit part of the fingerprint or not?
[05:22] <nixternal> yes
[05:23] <Madpilot> got that - LP wanted the whole paste of .ssh/id_dsa.pub anyway, not just the fingerprint
[05:26] <poningru> bbl
[05:26] <poningru> like half an hour later
[05:29] <Madpilot> Burgundavia, what was the sftp URL for the bzr repo? Forgot to write it down...
[05:29] <Burgundavia> look on our LP page
[05:35] <Madpilot> there was some other package I needed to make bzr via sftp work, wasn't there?
[05:37] <theCore> BHSPitLappy, eh, I know that feeling...
[05:37] <BHSPitLappy> weird
[05:38] <BHSPitLappy> less than a second after I clicked on this tab, just to see what was going on, you said that
[05:38] <theCore> bah, it just a good timing
[05:38] <BHSPitLappy> or you're watching me through the blinds...
[05:40] <theCore> Linux users are hard to find outside of LUG and IRC
[05:40] <BHSPitLappy> I might start a Youth LUG
[05:40] <tonyyarusso> That would be cool.  A LUG that's not by region?
[05:41] <BHSPitLappy> I was thinking that, should it be a regional one still or be worldwide
[05:41] <BHSPitLappy> the real point of a LUG is to have people you can actually hang out with in person, right
[05:41] <theCore> BHSPitLappy, yep
[05:41] <BHSPitLappy> a global, online LUG would be kind of moot
[05:42] <BHSPitLappy> I can just go into #ubuntu or something, and say WHO'S A TEEN? WANNA PM?
[05:42] <theCore> also difficult to manage
[05:42] <theCore> well, that's a so-so idea ,,,
[05:42] <BHSPitLappy> also, I don't really want to pay for a domain name or anything
[05:42] <BHSPitLappy> theCore, yeah :
[05:42] <BHSPitLappy> :P
[05:43] <tonyyarusso> Maybe a channel rather than a LUG, make an #ubuntu-teens, along the same vein as #ubuntu-women
[05:43] <BHSPitLappy> I didn't know about the women one
[05:43] <BHSPitLappy> do you have to contact anyone to authorize/officialize a #ubuntu-xxxxxx channel
[05:43] <tonyyarusso> It's not very active, but it exists.
[05:43] <theCore> BHSPitLappy, but, hey you don't have to search far, far to find a young linux user :P
[05:43] <tonyyarusso> Yes, Seveas is in charge of Ubuntu's IRC presence.
[05:44] <BHSPitLappy> theCore, depends on where you live.
[05:44] <BHSPitLappy> I personally think there should be more sub-channels for ubuntu
[05:44] <BHSPitLappy> the main one is too ambiguous and crowded
[05:44] <BHSPitLappy> I mean just for support related topics
[05:45] <BHSPitLappy> #ubuntu-wireless or -laptop or whatever for example
[05:45] <theCore> well, there's -offtopic and -trivia :)
[05:46] <tonyyarusso> BHSPitLappy: There is a laptop one.
[05:46] <BHSPitLappy> yeah
[05:46] <BHSPitLappy> I just mean that idea
[05:47] <BHSPitLappy> #ubuntu-xgl probably deserves a rename/redirect now; it's still the best place probably to get support with accelerated graphics stuff, but the title doesn't really say it right anymore
[05:48] <Madpilot> BHSPitLappy, #ubuntu-how-to-crash-your-system, perhaps?
[05:49] <theCore> Madpilot, :)
[05:49] <BHSPitLappy> har.
[05:50] <theCore> BHSPitLappy, so, where are you from?
[05:50] <BHSPitLappy> tx
[05:50] <theCore> texas?
[05:50] <BHSPitLappy> yeah.
[05:50] <BHSPitLappy> my IP mask isn't too shy about that one
[05:52] <theCore> BHSPitLappy, http://www.linux.org/groups/usa/texas.html
[05:52] <BHSPitLappy> I'm familiar with that page and its contents, thanks
[05:52] <theCore> maybe there's a LUG that you could join...
[05:53] <BHSPitLappy> both the FWLUG and the NTLUG are a little too much "old men club" for me, no offense to old men
[05:53] <theCore> hehe
[05:53] <theCore> find a GNOME club then
[05:54] <BHSPitLappy> kids like me don't want to hang out with the dad's generation
[05:54] <BHSPitLappy> ha
[05:54] <theCore> GNOME peoples are usually younger
[05:54] <theCore> people*
[05:58] <BHSPitLappy> I didn't know they existed.
[05:58] <BHSPitLappy> Gnomes are fairy tale creatures!
[05:59] <theCore> BHSPitLappy, eh
[05:59] <theCore> BHSPitLappy, or you could do like me, and hang on IRC
[05:59] <BHSPitLappy> IRC has lost its excitement
[06:04] <theCore> BHSPitLappy, you could search for a LoCo team
[06:04] <theCore> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamList
[06:06] <Burgundavia> meet "Real People" TM
[06:07] <Madpilot> OK, after wasting two days with bzr, I've done what I should have done in the first place - put the images I wanted to share on webspace I actually have access to: http://ubuntu-ca.org/Ubuntu_roughcut_poster/
[06:08] <BHSPitLappy> there already is one, really
[06:08] <BHSPitLappy> the Dallas LoCo team listed there seems nonexistent
[06:08] <BHSPitLappy> their listed channel isn't even registered
[06:09] <Burgundavia> it occurs me that we probably need web-based system
[06:09] <poningru> BHSPitLappy: how close to houston are you?
[06:09] <poningru> Burgundavia: for?
[06:09] <poningru> meeting people/
[06:09] <Burgundavia> no, for our documents
[06:10] <poningru> uh... bzr?
[06:10] <Madpilot> Burgundavia, how about svn instead of bzr? Seems simpler, frankly
[06:10] <Burgundavia> webbased is nice
[06:10] <Burgundavia> so svn to download, etc.
[06:10] <BHSPitLappy> poningru, about 5 hours close.
[06:10] <Burgundavia> plus accessible to everybody, including those stuck on windows or machines they don't control
[06:10] <poningru> hmm true
[06:11] <Burgundavia> poningru: check out knowledge tre
[06:11] <Madpilot> I know bzr is Ubuntu's shiny pet thing, but svn is stupidly easy to set up...
[06:11] <poningru> Madpilot++
[06:11] <Burgundavia> we already have an svn repo, but it isn't perfect
[06:13] <Burgundavia> webbased means easy account control
[06:14] <Madpilot> LP is webbased, supposedly has easy account control... but the docteam's svn repo is still far easier to set up (write) access to than our bzr repo...
[06:14] <Burgundavia> that isn't what I am talking about
[06:14] <Burgundavia> I am talking about a DMS
[06:14] <Madpilot> a what?
[06:15] <Burgundavia> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document_management_system
[06:15] <Burgundavia> http://www.ktdms.com/
[06:16] <Burgundavia> sadly it is php, and doens't work on php5 at that
[06:18] <Madpilot> um, how does a DMS differ from a managed repo thru svn/bzr/etc?
[06:18] <Burgundavia> it is entirely web-based
[06:19] <Burgundavia> no commandline tools to master, etc.
[06:21] <Madpilot> is the problem with bzr the commandline, or the documentation quality?
[06:21] <Burgundavia> the commandline
[06:21] <Burgundavia> it is beast to setup, etc.
[06:21] <Burgundavia> look how many more people edit the wiki vs our svn
[06:22] <Burgundavia> I can edit the wiki at work
[06:24] <nixternal> hey Burgundavia, i have a BZR tutorial written up, drafted right now, if you want to take a look at it
[06:24] <nixternal> it is still a little rough around the edges, but the content is there
[06:27] <poningru> nixternal: link?
[06:27] <poningru> Burgundavia: how about... a wiki?
[06:28] <rjian> whats new here?
[06:28] <rjian> HeheHehe
[06:28] <Burgundavia> not good for documents
[06:28] <poningru> Burgundavia: how so?
[06:28] <Burgundavia> no version control, no acls, beast to upload stuff
[06:28] <BHSPitLappy> I've never seen sabdfl online before
[06:28] <BHSPitLappy> I feel so blessed :P
[06:28] <poningru> Burgundavia: ofcourse there is a version control
[06:29] <Burgundavia> for pages, not documents
[06:29] <Burgundavia> I am talking about things like posters and the like
[06:29] <nixternal> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/bzr
[06:29] <poningru> oh
[06:29] <poningru> wait wtf
[06:29] <poningru> bzr is gpl?
[06:29] <nixternal> yes
[06:29] <poningru> I thought it was in the same boat as lp
[06:29] <Burgundavia> no, far from it
[06:29] <nixternal> hell no
[06:30] <nixternal> thank god ;)
[06:30] <poningru> woah thats a resounding no
[06:30] <nixternal> stupid enter key messed me up
[06:30] <tonyyarusso> poningru: Wow, you weren't kidding about it being a work in progress.
[06:30] <nixternal> ya, made it sound like i was being a d0rk
[06:30] <poningru> tonyyarusso: :p
[06:31] <nixternal> there hasn't been any spell checking or grammar checking..i just threw down words and instructions...if more needs to be added it can be
[06:41] <nixternal> Madpilot: did you get those posted yet, or do you want me to go ahead and do so?
[06:41] <Madpilot> nixternal, go ahead and add them to the marketing repo
[06:41] <nixternal> will do!
[06:41] <Madpilot> thanks
[06:42] <nixternal> and the download begins!
[06:45] <Madpilot> interesting - I just realized that the SVG of that poster is actually larger (in Kb) than the PNG version - usually it's the other way around.
[06:49] <Burgundavia> did you vacuum defs on it?
[06:49] <Burgundavia> that will shrink the size of it
[06:50] <nixternal> Madpilot: which directory do you want them to go into?
[06:51] <Madpilot> Burgundavia, no, I didn't, actually
[06:51] <nixternal> man, the Marketing Branch is Windows directory naming =/
[06:51] <poningru> wtf
[06:51] <nixternal> ya, naming with spaces
[06:51] <nixternal> it makes tab completes so much fun
[06:52] <Madpilot> nixternal, how about a new directory in DIYMarketing called Ubuntu_posters_roughcut or similar? I've no idea if jenda has a plan for naming, however
[06:52] <Burgundavia> Madpilot: that shrunk it considerably
[06:52] <nixternal> got it
[06:52] <Burgundavia> nixternal: can you vacuum defs on that sucker?
[06:53] <nixternal> i have no idea on how to do that now
[06:53] <nixternal> im an inkscape idiot
[06:53] <Burgundavia> open inkscape
[06:53] <Burgundavia> file > vacuum defs
[06:53] <nixternal> gahaha
[06:53] <nixternal> i can do that i think ;)
[06:53] <Burgundavia> I think you can
[06:54] <Madpilot> Burgundavia, considerably? I got a whole 2kb drop - from 348 to 346Kb...
[06:54] <Burgundavia> hmm
[06:56] <Burgundavia> what is wirelizard?
[06:59] <Madpilot> the very small graphic in the bottom righthand corner of the poster. Zoom in on the SVG version.
[07:00] <nixternal> man, that branch isn't setup correctly at all
[07:00] <nixternal> i can't commit either, i had to commit --local and then push the damn thing
[07:00] <Burgundavia> the other problem with using complicated tool
[07:00] <Burgundavia> but where is the name from?
[07:01] <Madpilot> Burgundavia, the Wirelizard name? The inside of my head, which is strange & thankfully uncharted territory ;)
[07:01] <Burgundavia> ah, right
[07:01] <Madpilot> the lizard itself started as a PD OCAL SVG, which I basically rebuilt for my own amusement
[07:10] <nixternal> alrighty...this little learning experience caused me to write up a troubleshooting section on that bzr doco
[07:11] <nixternal> need a good wiki name before i move it to /community/
[07:12] <nixternal> LaunchpadBazaarUse
[07:15] <Burgundavia> wonder how many users are jumping ship from OpenSUSE right now?
[07:16] <nixternal> where is there IRC channels?
[07:16] <nixternal> lets go spy
[07:16] <Burgundavia> are there, you mean?
[07:16] <Burgundavia> no idea
[07:16] <nixternal> ya, they are somewhere around here
[07:17] <Burgundavia> hmm, irc.opensuse.org exists
[07:17] <nixternal> they are on freenode
[07:17] <nixternal> lol
[07:17] <nixternal> irc.opensuse.org == freenode ;)
[07:17] <nixternal> #openSUSE
[07:17] <nixternal> #openSUSE-chat for OT
[07:17] <Burgundavia> -fud
[07:17] <nixternal> #openSUSE-project
[07:17] <nixternal> hahaha
[07:18] <Madpilot> Burgundavia, wouldn't that be #novell-fud?
[07:18] <nixternal> gahahaha, 4 people
[07:18] <Burgundavia> 190 users
[07:18] <nixternal> man, i did that and lagged
[07:19] <Burgundavia> where is suse getting all their hits on Distrowatch from?
[07:19] <nixternal> we are going in with ubuntu member tags as well
[07:19] <nixternal> from bogus links..don't follow distrowatch, as it is easy to hack now
[07:19] <Burgundavia> why is it easy to hack?
[07:20] <nixternal> burg
[07:20] <nixternal> #opensuse-fud
[07:20] <Burgundavia> was in there
[07:20] <nixternal> that is the novell/ms discussion chan
[07:20] <nixternal> oh
[07:20] <nixternal> damn..i look like a fool then
[07:21] <nixternal> us joining/parting doesn't look good either
[07:21] <nixternal> but ummm, oh well, thats the way the cookie crumbles ;)
[07:22] <Burgundavia> meh
[07:22] <Madpilot> evil Ubuntu users snooping in and out :)
[07:22] <poningru> rofl
[07:22] <Burgundavia> http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2006-11/msg00132.html
[07:23] <poningru> haha
[07:23] <nixternal> oh wow, you just busted a dev with that Burgundavia ;)
[07:23] <Burgundavia> yep
[07:23] <nixternal> hahahah
[07:23] <nixternal> that is an Ubuntu Dev saying that...i seen the name and flipped a nut
[07:25] <nixternal> interesting...i thought he was a dev..oh, he is an IRC op..thats where i know him from
[07:25] <nixternal> hahahaha
[07:25] <nixternal> > > I know this isn't your fault, and I'm sorry I have to stop using your
[07:25] <nixternal> > > excellent work. I'm sad to have to change to another distro, I've been a
[07:25] <nixternal> > > fanboy since SuSE 8.0, but this deal is just disgusting.
[07:25] <nixternal> Agreed, it is very disgusting, like going home to find your wife in bed with
[07:25] <nixternal> the worst guy of the office.
[07:26] <nixternal> oops...but hahahahahahahahahahaha
[07:26] <Burgundavia> that is pretty funny
[07:26] <Burgundavia> I feel sorry for the opensuse and N devs
[07:26] <Burgundavia> they are getting shit on by the community
[07:26] <nixternal> me too
[07:26] <nixternal> i hope they goto red hat truthfully
[07:26] <nixternal> or to us of course
[07:26] <nixternal> but most of them rpm guys will probably head over to fedora and what not
[07:27] <Burgundavia> "Hug a Novell engineer today: It's not their fault" <-- from the gnome-hackers chan topic
[07:27] <Burgundavia> next GUADEC should be interesting
[07:27] <nixternal> hahahhahahahaha
[07:28] <nixternal> i so wish i could find the picture someone did of the Edgy Lizard doing the SUSE Lizard..thta was classic
[07:29] <Madpilot> some lizard love for the Suse iguana?
[07:30] <nixternal> yup
[07:30] <nixternal> i seen it around july/august
[07:30] <Burgundavia> http://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu%20fucking%20suse&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
[07:30] <Burgundavia> take a look at the first hit
[07:31] <nixternal> hahahaha
[07:34] <poningru> do I wanna click?
[07:35] <Madpilot> the first link is just a Digg rantpage
[07:36] <poningru> ah
[07:36] <Burgundavia> digg rantage is funny
[07:37] <Madpilot> odd def'n of 'funny' you have ;)
[07:41] <nixternal> THAT IS METHANE, NOT NITROUS!!!
[07:42] <poningru> *spark*
[07:42] <nixternal> ^^W^^W^^BOOM^^WW^^WW^^
[07:43] <Burgundavia> http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,,1939890,00.html <-- hate your neighbours? knock his house down
[07:51] <Madpilot> nixternal, how often is the web portion of Marketing's bzr repo rebuilt, any idea?
[07:51] <nixternal> the one on the doc server?
[07:51] <Madpilot> yes
[07:51] <nixternal> i really don't know
[07:52] <nixternal> well, by the looks of it Madpilot, i would have to say soon
[07:52] <Madpilot> [jenda]  idle 38:11:26 <-- I suspect he's not around to ask
[07:52] <nixternal> heh, guess not
[07:53] <nixternal> i wonder if there is just a bzr cron running that stats the branch, and then upgrades/updates the doc server
[07:54] <Burgundavia> yes, there is a cron job
[07:54] <nixternal> you know..there is ssh to that server as well..i just can't remember the info
[07:55] <Burgundavia> Madpilot knows that
[07:55] <nixternal> heh
[07:55] <Burgundavia> 'cause he scp'ed something tehre
[07:55] <nixternal> scp then, or fish if you have kde goodness
[07:55] <Madpilot> right, but the scp'd stuff gets eaten & 404's
[07:56] <nixternal> hrmm
[07:56] <Burgundavia> the cron job nukes the folder and rebuilds it
[07:56] <Burgundavia> do you see why need something better?
[07:56] <nixternal> ahh
[07:57] <nixternal> alrighty..im crashing..my day was filled with work, rms, and ignorance
[07:57] <nixternal> g'nite all
[07:57] <Madpilot> night nixternal
[08:02] <poningru> oh right today was the rms thing
[08:02] <poningru> nn dude
[08:56] <Madpilot> http://blog.wired.com/halloween2006/2006/11/ubuntu_pumpkin.html
[09:40] <BHSPitLappy> that's so sad
[09:40] <BHSPitLappy> why would someone do that?
[10:51] <Madpilot> BHSPitLappy, do what, carve faces into pumpkins? The pumpkins don't seem to mind. ;)
[10:51] <BHSPitLappy> Madpilot, no, smash the ubuntu one
[10:52] <Madpilot> That's just Rule #1 in action.
[10:52] <Madpilot> Rule #1: Many people are stupid.
[01:25] <jenda> Burgundavia: looks like someone bzr'd Madpilots posters in the end?
[01:54] <jenda> ompaul: congrats to gNewSense 1.0 :)
[01:55] <ompaul> jenda, thanks, I am now wondering what to do next with it, and I think a faq on installing Flash and various restricted modules is out of the question :)
[02:46] <tsmithe> so yall, would putting some cds in the computer lab at school plus a poster or two be a good plan? (i don't like that place... gives me the creeps...)
[02:58] <tsmithe> halloo?
[03:16] <tsmithe> i'll just sit in this corner by myself then
[03:22] <tsmithe> good. be that way...
[03:22] <ompaul> tsmithe, it might be better to offer to give CDs away if someone asks, and put up info about the distro and what you can do with it
[03:23] <tsmithe> that's what i do. but i want to get people interested quickly
[03:23] <ompaul> tsmithe, and then they loose interest quickly
[03:24] <tsmithe> really, why?
[03:24] <tsmithe> thats sad
[03:24] <ompaul> tsmithe, it is the era of instant everything
[03:24] <tsmithe> i didnt, and no-one gave me a cd
[03:24] <ompaul> so you have to make them hunger for it
[03:24] <ompaul> offer them solutions
[03:24] <ompaul> to their problems
[03:25] <tsmithe> that's the idea of putting up the poster... they don't even know they have problems. they just think that's what computers are like
[03:25] <ompaul> so say you have no virus issue
[03:25] <ompaul> say you have no rebuild cos it is slow issue
[03:25] <ompaul> what is spyware
[03:25] <tsmithe> im not following you...
[03:26] <ompaul> say what issues you don't have
[03:26] <ompaul> say what you do have
[03:26] <tsmithe> uhuh
[03:26] <ompaul> you have an "alternative" to their way of computing
[03:26] <ompaul> not a replacement
[03:26] <ompaul> this means that it does not do exaclty what the other does but guess what you can do so much more
[03:26] <ompaul> etc
[03:27] <tsmithe> cool
[03:27] <tsmithe> but wouldnt mass marketing be quicker. or are we learning from apple (where it doesnt really seem to have worked...)
[03:39] <ompaul> tsmithe, if you want to make it work do this
[03:39] <ompaul> (A) become as expert as you can
[03:39] <ompaul> (B) train people who can do what you can do in terms of installing
[03:40] <ompaul> (C) train people in the thinking behind Ubuntu
[03:40] <ompaul> (D) get good at understanding people
[03:40] <ompaul> (E) offer to help people - put defined limits on what help you will give
[03:40] <ompaul> (F) don't be afraid to walk away
[03:41] <ompaul> (F) don't be afraid of people not understanding
[03:41] <tsmithe> that's hard work.
[03:41] <ompaul> (H) do not get angry, remember most people do not get what is happening to their freedom
[03:41] <tsmithe> i dont have the time, really, though i'd love to
[03:42] <ompaul> tsmithe, so then quick hit a few CDs and hope some of it sticks
[03:42] <tsmithe> we need a mass marketing scheme. on tv (the news appearances are doing their bit, I feel)
[03:42] <ompaul> but
[03:42] <ompaul> but
[03:42] <ompaul> but
[03:42] <ompaul> you are missing it - marketing it without support is just a way to alienate people
[03:43] <tsmithe> i know i know. it's true. we need vendors to do the support. something that people are used to
[03:44] <ompaul> so more important would be to tell people about help.ubuntu.com/community and help.ubuntu.com read the main points in those before you start so if your asked any questions you can at least look like you know more
[03:44] <ompaul> tsmithe, not in their interest (yet)
[03:44] <tsmithe> soon. hopefully (microsoft is gonna lose out big time with vista i feel0
[03:44] <ompaul> it has nothing to do with vista
[03:44] <ompaul> it has to do with choice
[03:45] <tsmithe> vista will put pressure on people. they'll start to look for the choice that before they did not recognise
[03:45] <tsmithe> we need microsoft to kill themselves
[03:45] <ompaul> it has nothing to do with them
[03:46] <ompaul> your energy if directed incorrectly
[03:46] <tsmithe> ...
[03:46] <ompaul> you have 30 seconds with someone - think, do they want to hear you say "Windows is rubbish"?
[03:46] <tsmithe> no.
[03:46] <ompaul> or would they rather hear
[03:47] <ompaul> You know you have another option, you may have to release some of your concepts of what computing is, because you can be so much more flexable, but you know what you won't have to pay to find out
[03:48] <ompaul> here is a live CD and here is a page of the top 10 useful urls
[03:48] <ompaul> have a nice day
[03:48] <ompaul> sold in 30
[03:48] <tsmithe> the second of course. but if we do marketing en masse, with information about the community support, then I won't have to (as it is so hard to) find people who will listen
[03:49] <tsmithe> many people say that because it's free it must be crap: this is all life experience has taught them
[03:54] <tsmithe> well, im gonna get lunch now...
[05:02] <somerville32> How do I do line breaks in the Ubuntu wiki?
[05:11] <MenZa> somerville32: <br />
[05:11] <somerville32> haha, ok
[05:12] <somerville32> I tried <br/>
[05:15] <somerville32> Thanks :] 
[05:32] <ompaul> somerville32, or two lines below a line
[06:05] <jenda> allo :)
[06:06] <somerville32> :] 
[06:06] <MenZa> hey :)
[06:08] <nixternal> somerville32: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BR  <-- do that
[06:08] <nixternal> yo yo marketeers
[06:19] <poningru> anyone know how I can listen to the speeches?
[06:21] <somerville32> At the conference thinger?
[06:22] <jenda> poningru: VoiP
[06:22] <jenda> have a look at the Participation wikipage.
[06:22] <poningru> sweet
[06:22] <poningru> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick
[06:22] <poningru> err
[06:22] <poningru> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperSummitMountainView/Participate
[08:48] <somerville32> Is Corey around?
[08:48] <jenda> nope...
[08:59] <jenda> somerville32: ^
[08:59] <somerville32> haha
[08:59] <somerville32> Hey Corey
[09:03] <lophyte> Burgundavia: ping
[09:03] <Burgundavia> lophyte: pong
[09:03] <lophyte> somerville32: there ya go :)
[09:03] <lophyte> Burgundavia: somerville32 was looking for you
[09:03] <Burgundavia> right
[09:04] <somerville32> Burgundavia: Can I talk with you in private query?
[09:04] <Burgundavia> shoot
[09:10] <Burgundavia> all you slackers (including me), lets get this UWN out tonight-ish
[09:12] <elkbuntu> yeah, stop slacking
[09:22] <poningru> oh snap true
[10:57] <somerville32> Can I help with UWNL21?
[11:01] <Burgundavia> yep
[11:01] <somerville32> Anything that needs doing?
[11:07] <nixternal> hey Burgundavia, lets use the canonical server for the uwn, and do it live ;)
[11:07] <Burgundavia> sure
[11:08] <Burgundavia> it there anything for 21 on poningru's server?
[11:08] <poningru> yeah true
[11:08] <poningru> dont think so
[11:09] <poningru> nope nothing