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scott__yo04:47
scott__anyone home?04:48
Adamant1988I am.04:48
scott__hey man04:48
Adamant1988Hello.04:48
scott__you were the one responding to my post04:48
scott__http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2137281#post213728104:48
Adamant1988Which one would that be?04:48
Adamant1988Oh, so you're Murray?04:49
scott__ya04:49
scott__whats goin on04:50
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Adamant1988Not too awful much.04:51
Adamant1988I'm talking to a lot of people about the hardware compatibility site we're working to make04:51
scott__hmmm04:52
scott__sounds fun04:52
Adamant1988Not really04:53
Adamant1988But I think it needs to be done, and I'm not the only one who believes so.04:53
scott__well good for you04:53
scott__i think im going to try and get Qemu on my USB key to boot up xubuntu04:55
scott__while in windows04:55
Adamant1988I'm in Windows right now actually04:56
scott__i got that shizz Qemulated so i never gotta boot it04:56
scott__thats the way she goes04:57
Adamant1988Haha, well, I'm not big on emulation04:57
scott__i just started with it, very interesting thing it is04:59
Adamant1988Yeah, I just prefer to actually test.  Tells me more.05:00
scott__what do you mean05:00
Adamant1988I can run something in virtualization and I know it will work on whatever hardware it's virtualized for.  But I want to test how it works on *my* hardware and such.05:03
jendahey, folks05:17
jendaAdamant1988: oi, long time ;)05:17
Adamant1988hello Jenda05:19
Adamant1988yeah, it has been.05:20
Adamant1988How has the team been doing?05:20
jendaNot bad :)05:20
jendaEven my project has actually moved a bit ;)05:20
jendacheck out diy.devubuntu.com - it's getting there.05:21
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Adamant1988Other projects still stagnant? 05:22
jendanot all05:34
jendathe UWN is very active (almost regular)05:34
jendathe counter is finished... others are +- stagnant.05:34
elkbuntuthe uwn is a week late now05:38
jenda:/05:45
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jendaG'night :)05:45
Burgundaviasomerville32 seems to have vanished05:45
jendayup :/05:46
Burgundaviaok, that means I will have to do it myself tomorrow05:46
Burgundavia!seen somerville3205:50
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Burgundaviahmm05:52
Burgundaviano storms in NS recently05:52
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Adamant1988Jenda, you around?07:04
Adamant1988actually, is anyone around?07:04
MadpilotI'm slightly around07:06
Adamant1988Need some feedback07:06
Adamant1988I'm working with a group to make a disto-agnostic hardware compatibility list that doesn't suck.  I've made a skeletal mockup of a theoretical site design, can you give feedback?07:07
Adamant1988http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/3144/mockupskeletonio1.jpg07:07
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Madpilotmy $0.02: too much whitespace, for not enough info07:17
Adamant1988Part of the goal was to not crowd it.  but I certainly will keep your opinion in mind and see if I can add more information to it without getting it too crowded07:23
Adamant1988any suggestions?07:23
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BurgundaviaAdamant1988: you need to look at http://www.phoronix.com/?page=news_item&px=NDY1OA07:33
Burgundaviaand https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2007-February/msg00000.html07:34
Burgundaviait would rock if Fedora adn Ubuntu could share an HCL07:35
Adamant1988This would be user maintained and distro-agnostic.07:36
Adamant1988They would upload the data themselves, we would moderate to prevent spam, duplicates, etc.  07:36
Burgundaviathere are lots of those efforts out there07:37
Burgundaviamight as well join one that already exists07:37
Burgundaviaand by lots, I mean dozens, at the very least07:37
Adamant1988I've seen them, and a lot of them are wikis, and what have you... linuxcompatible.org is the closest thing to what I have seen, and it's so crowded and hard to use.07:38
Burgundaviawhat they need is a client, backed up by the webbased database07:38
Burgundaviacertain things should be wiki, most things should be not07:38
Burgundaviacertain data should only come from the client07:38
Adamant1988So you're saying a program? 07:38
Adamant1988and the program sends data to the database, and it's all made available there?07:39
Burgundaviayes07:39
Burgundaviaif you don't have a consistent client, the data will suck, period07:39
Adamant1988That sounds like it would raise privacy concerns... "this organization is just trying to steal my info!1!!1!!shift+one!1!1"07:39
Burgundaviano, the client woudl only be run by the user07:39
Burgundaviaala the current program in Ubuntu07:39
Burgundaviaor smolt07:40
Adamant1988The problem is that an automated client like that won't give you the story behind the hardware.  It won't know what a PITA it is to get that graphics card up and running07:40
Burgundaviano, you can do that07:40
Burgundaviahave you run the current hwdb client?07:40
Adamant1988Nope, I'm in windows. 07:40
Burgundaviaright07:40
Burgundaviathere is your first flaw07:40
Adamant1988Ubuntu lappy took a nose-dive07:40
BurgundaviaI suggest you run smolt and the current hwdb client07:40
Burgundaviaany sort of HCL-thingy needs to be really thoughout07:41
Burgundaviabut it needs to be done07:41
Adamant1988have to get a linux friendly wireless card first.  And whatever the site is I think it needs to be something all distributions can participate in.. not just Ubuntu07:42
Adamant1988or Fedora07:42
Burgundaviaright07:42
Burgundaviaso what you need is a distro using it07:42
Burgundaviaso I say get the smolt client working and installed by default into Ubuntu and get the LHCP project RH is funding up and running07:43
Adamant1988Ok, so Smolt would sort this data out and make it easily available and readable?07:44
Adamant1988on a web DB?07:44
Burgundaviasmolt is a client to send data to a server07:44
Burgundaviahttps://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/LHCP07:44
Adamant1988But I have no experience with this client idea.  Smolt would say "How hard was it to get your wireless card working?"07:44
Burgundaviabasically07:45
Adamant1988That sounds like it would be a bit easier, but other distributions would have to include this client as well..07:46
Burgundaviayes, hence why it is easier to join an existing project07:47
Burgundaviaif any project can get at least two distros shipping its client, you are much better off07:47
Adamant1988Which will tell you how well those two distributions work with that select hardware.07:47
Adamant1988But another distribution would preform differently. 07:47
Burgundaviapretty much07:47
Burgundaviathere is no perfect system07:48
Burgundaviaand you are not going to get any distros to start pushing data to anybody by default unless somebody is already using it07:48
Adamant1988I think the fully online DB version is equally valid07:48
Adamant1988Since individuals could go to the site and load the info on their new printer, camera, etc.07:48
Burgundaviabut then you get crap data07:49
Burgundaviaand you are just another HCL out there with crap data07:49
Burgundaviado you see what I mean? there already have been lots of these projects07:49
Adamant1988Ok, well, how would you propose we not get crap data, but not require the installation of a client to get the data.  The goal is for all distributions to be able to use it...07:50
Adamant1988or at the very least, the big ones.07:50
Burgundaviayou are not going to get lots of data until you get a distro to install it and promote it07:50
Adamant1988So, push the Smolt thing on other distributions? 07:50
Burgundaviano07:50
Burgundaviaget smolt into Fedora and Ubuntu, driving to a common db07:51
Adamant1988Which is two distributions, what about OpenSuse? What about Debian, or Linspire?07:52
Burgundaviasure, if you can get them involved07:52
Burgundaviabasically I am saying this "HCLs are a good idea, but you need good data. Another non-distro-specific HCL without backing of at least one of the major distros is not going to work"07:53
Adamant1988Ok, I think I understand.  Now, is there any way that a web app could collect the same kind of data that an on-board client could collect?07:54
Adamant1988 I know there are web based virus scanners, perhaps a firefox plugin could be created to do this scan and send the data to our web DB?07:57
Adamant1988That would be distro agnostic, but would still get the same hardware data, correct?07:57
Burgundaviaa firefox plugin might be a good idea07:57
Burgundaviaalmost everybody has firefox installed07:58
Adamant1988That could be a good middle ground. 07:59
Adamant1988That would auto-detect hardware and linux distribution, and you could use the plugin/extension to add the data to the DB07:59
Adamant1988How would that detect things like Cameras, mp3 players, etc though?08:04
Madpilotspeaking of incomplete, fairly useless HCLs: System76's is in this category...08:07
Adamant1988Haha08:07
MadpilotI wanted to see what motherboard they used in their Koala Mini... their "Components" list in their wiki doesn't even have a Motherboards category yet...08:08
Red_herrinG|Zzzzwtf? ive been in this room for way too long08:09
Red_herrinG|Zzzzapologies everyone08:09
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Adamant1988What language are firefox extensions written in? Java?08:09
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Burgundaviano idea08:10
Burgundaviamaybe XUL?08:10
Burgundaviacertainly not Java08:10
Adamant1988Ah, wasn't sure.. I'm talking with some people, we're trying to figure out how hard a firefox plugin would be to do.08:10
elkbuntuxul afaik08:13
Burgundaviayou can do amazing things with XUL08:14
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Zerlinnajuliux can you send me the actual version of uwn30? I can't use gobby here and we'd like to start translating02:07
juliuxZerlinna, i have no idea if this is the final version02:08
Zerlinnajuliux doesn't matter, we have to start translating before the final version otherwise the translation would be far too late 02:11
juliuxZerlinna, i can try to connct to gobby but i am not sure if it works a the moment because my vpn server is down02:11
juliuxZerlinna, i can't connect to gobby at the moment because the firewall blocks the gobby port02:12
Zerlinnajuliux ok.. if it's not possible now, just send it to me when it's working again plz02:12
juliuxZerlinna, and pls translate the uwn in wiki.ubuntu.com02:13
Zerlinnajuliux if you want to help translating we'll be happy to create you an account in our wiki (like anybody else) ;)02:14
juliuxZerlinna, i am not happy to have hunderts of wiki accounts, a wiki is something that should be open for everybody02:14
Zerlinnajuliux me neither... I also would love to have the event planning on wiki.ubuntu.org p.ex ;)02:19
Zerlinnawell. anyway.. it would be great if you could send me uwn30 when you can reach gobby again in order that we can get things going02:20
juliuxZerlinna, the offical german wiki is wiki.ubuntuuser.de and not wiki.ubuntu.com that is the difference;)02:20
Zerlinnaand though one needs another wiki account for this wiki... but we don't want to split hairs, do we? 02:22
ZerlinnaI'm looking forward to your mail with the uwn30... see ya02:22
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juliuxZerlinna, i never think a wiki with a account is a good idea02:23
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sidelkbuntu do you have the polls you took awhile ago? is that public information yet?08:39
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cguserHello, I am interested in submitting a story to the UWN about our LoCo.  What is the best way to go about doing that?09:04
Admiral_Chicagocguser: put it up online, link to the page.09:05
Admiral_Chicagoor mail the link to the list....tha works better09:06
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cguseron a wiki? It is more of an announcement. Just "The Georgia LoCo is now holding regualr IRC meetings, feel free to drop in and visit"09:09
cguserIs that something yall want?09:09
Admiral_Chicagocguser: that's fine. just mail the list with your IRC channel, contact, maybe a link to the LoCo page. Also, a time.09:10
cguseror do you prefer larger stories?09:10
cguserok09:10
cguserthanks!09:10
Admiral_Chicagocguser: we would put that in LoCo news, we can definetly use that09:10
Admiral_Chicagonp. ty for contacting us09:11
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Rinchen====> Reminder: LoCo Meeting in 30 minutes.    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoTeamMeeting10:38
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