[00:29] <moquist> johnny: am now
[00:34] <johnny> aha.. bb online in a few
[00:34] <johnny> am leaving for work
[00:34] <johnny> i just wanted to know where the xterminator should be installed, server or chroot
[01:38] <moquist> ogra: what's that command to change the debian/changelog safely?
[01:40] <moquist> figured it out.
[07:48] <somerville32> Do you guys have a -devel channel?
[07:48] <LaserJock> nope
[07:48] <LaserJock> this is everything
[07:49] <somerville32> I'd like to help out
[07:49] <LaserJock> coolio
[07:49] <LaserJock> if you want to help with bugs we have an edubuntu-bugs team on LP
[07:50] <LaserJock> it's a bug contact for most of the edu apps
[07:52] <somerville32> k
[07:56] <RichEd> somerville32: hi there :)
[07:56] <RichEd> and 'lo LaserJock
[07:57] <somerville32> Hi RichEd
[07:58] <RichEd> somerville32: we're improving our volunteer uptake ... to help guide people to where they can assist according to skill & interest ...
[07:58]  * somerville32 nods.
[07:58] <RichEd> for the moment, could you mail me a short outline and cc highvoltage
[07:58] <RichEd> let me get email addresses for you
[07:58] <LaserJock> somerville32: cool, you get to be a guinea pig :-)
[07:59] <somerville32> :D
[07:59]  * RichEd hides the needles and straps
[07:59] <RichEd> ;)
[08:00] <somerville32> I have John's e-mail
[08:00] <somerville32> Just need yours
[08:00] <RichEd> somerville32: send a "hi" email to: richard@ubuntu.com and jonathan@ubuntu.com
[08:00] <somerville32> Perfect
[08:00] <RichEd> i'll whip up a quick "profiling template" with a few basic background questions ... the aim is to turn this into a web form ... so bear with us as we try out on you for fit
[08:09] <somerville32> RichEd, sent :]
[08:10] <somerville32> Although I totally forgot a complete word in the sentence, it should make sense.
[08:10]  * somerville32 notes that is 4am here :)
[08:10] <somerville32> See, I just it again.
[08:10] <RichEd> thanks got ... will send questions now ... just a few simple queries for an email response ...
[08:11] <somerville32> Alright. Perfect :]
[08:11] <RichEd> somerville32: get some rest :) ... check mail & reply when you wake up ... jono and i will work through your responses over the weekend
[08:12] <somerville32> So, what process am I going through exactly?
[08:14] <RichEd> we get people volunteering offhand in the channel, but we do not always have someone to chat to them to find out where they can help, and introduce them to a "mentor" to get them oriented to processes etc.
[08:15] <RichEd> so the enthusiasm can fade away due to a lack of welcome and fit
[08:16] <RichEd> we're trying to set up a process where we can say: cool, thanks for offering, send a mail here to our "edubuntu ambassador" who will help you get going
[08:16] <RichEd> as we handle these manually, we'll convert into a web-form, and improve our "how to help / contribute" web pages to make it easier
[08:16] <RichEd> make sense ?
[08:18]  * somerville32 nods.
[08:18] <RichEd> (at the moment, if we say to people go check out the web site and see where you would like to get involved ... there is far less of an "engagement" ... less personal, and also people who are busy will say to themselves "I'll come back to check it out once I have this damn dns server sorted out")
[08:19] <RichEd> but an email saying "hi, glad to hear you are a programmer interested in edubuntu ... meet fred, he'll chat to you about dev assistance" has a better hook
[08:21]  * somerville32 nods.
[08:22] <somerville32> Well, I'm on the Xubuntu-team and I'd simply like to branch off into some other areas like Edubuntu :)
[08:22] <somerville32> I've always had an interest and now I'd like to get involved/contribute
[08:26] <RichEd> :) great ... also if we can say "this and this is going on ... where do you think you fit" ... people can go "hey, that's just what i'm good at / want to learn etc."
[08:26]  * somerville32 nods.
[08:26] <RichEd> note that we are not only trying to "harness" coding skills, but also documentation, user guides, application reviews etc.
[08:27] <RichEd> so even kids / newbie users can start helping ... and hopefully move up the skill stack towards developement as far as they are interested
[08:29] <somerville32> Sounds like an excellent plan, RichEd
[15:06] <bddebian> Heya
[15:06] <somerville32> heya
[21:57] <ogra> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7115538.stm
[22:07] <stgraber> ogra: ouch, that's real cool
[22:10]  * ogra beams :D
[22:10] <effie_jayx> indeed :D
[22:48] <mindslant_> Howdy.  I'm a computer teacher and I'm trying to get advice for buying a webcam for a music video we're shooting.  we're variably running edubuntu 6.06 - 7.10.  Any happy "it worked right out of the box" stories...or close?
[22:50] <Burgundavia> mindslant_: webcams are one of the trickiest pieces of hardware to get working
[22:50] <mindslant_> so i've discovered
[22:50] <mindslant_> I've been scanning the forums and hope does not well forth overflowing
[22:50] <stgraber> You can check : http://mxhaard.free.fr/spca5xx.html
[22:51] <stgraber> that's the list of webcams supported by the spca5xx driver which is used for a lot of webcames
[22:52] <mindslant_> which I assume ubuntu uses right?
[22:53] <stgraber> gpsca is included in Ubuntu yes
[22:53] <mindslant_> sweet.  Now I've got a shopping list.
[22:53] <mindslant_> How amazingly lucky you know that website
[22:56] <stgraber> you may want to check for one using the UVC thing (USB Video Class), that's some kind of "generic" video access over USB which would tend to have a single way of accessing webcames or any other video device
[22:57] <stgraber> this driver being the same for all UVC compatible webcames it'll certainly be the most active/up to date one
[22:59] <stgraber> for UVC compatible webcams you have a detailed list here : http://linux-uvc.berlios.de/ (and a list of known issues for some of them)