[04:36] <Takyoji> So apparently my poor brother has pretty much had it with his Vista laptop due to lack of performance, that he's had me assist him with choosing between certain HP laptop models (with Windows 7 obviously) which he bought at Best Buy today. I've setup the system (AMD 64-bit dual-core 2.4GHz processor, 4GB RAM, 500GB storage, etc) and it doesn't seem all that different from his original laptop.
[04:38] <Takyoji> And to additionally make his wife "happy", he would hand down his current laptop to her (which is several years newer). But she doesn't want his original laptop at all due to being slow, and apparently both of them have noticed her laptop (which was his first laptop, and currently runs Ubuntu 9.04) operates a lot faster than his original laptop at even tasks like simply opening a picture and so forth. xP
[04:39] <Takyoji> and while it seems as if he just wants her rid of Ubuntu or something, as if it's a plague or something, even though he himself dislikes his original laptop with Vista. xP
[04:40] <Takyoji> It'll be interesting to see how this all turns out...
[04:41] <Takyoji> Anyone know of a decent NAS?
[05:18] <tonyyarusso> Takyoji: sure, the one you build yourself.
[14:14] <h00k> Brittany(significant other)'s family has a new machine that is dualbooting Win7 and Karmic, after Windows Updates, it's overwriting part grub, I'm going to assume it has to do with Restore Points or something
[14:14] <h00k> :(
[14:14] <h00k> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/482757
[14:14] <ubot3`> Malone bug 482757 in grub2 "Grub loading. The symbol ' ' not found. Aborted. Press any key..." [Undecided,New]
[14:14] <h00k> It's really annoying to have to have them boot from a USB drive and reinstall grub that way.
[21:20] <mr_steve> I've got a new netbook coming.. *glee*
[21:20] <h00k> mr_steve: what one?
[21:20] <mr_steve> Acer Aspire One, AOD250-something
[21:21] <h00k> Ah, cool.
[21:21] <mr_steve> Yeah, I needed something with better battery than this old clunker for school. It's got the six-cell battery
[21:22] <mr_steve> Now I'll be testing out Ubuntu Netbook Remix
[21:48] <h00k> I use it on my EEE and I love it
[21:48] <mr_steve> i hear good things. A 1024x600 screen is definitely gonna take a little getting used to
[22:54] <d3jake> Yay! Minnesotan folk!
[22:55] <jenkinbr> :D
[23:03] <d3jake> Nice to know that there are those in the community who cam help me that would have half a chance to actually be able to meet....
[23:03] <d3jake> Anyhow.. to the task at hand.
[23:04] <d3jake> I run an older version of Kubuntu, simply because it works, and I don't want to mess with it, but this computer is a laptop and I've always had issues allowing a second monitor connect to it and allow me to duplicate my desktop to the second monitor or projector, or to add a second monitor.
[23:04] <d3jake> Any FAQs or tips to troubleshoot the issue?
[23:05] <jenkinbr> what version of kubuntu?
[23:06] <d3jake> Uhh.... I wish I remembered... I think there's some command to pull it up....
[23:09] <d3jake> I think... 6.10
[23:10] <d3jake> possibly 7.10
[23:11] <jenkinbr> d3jake: run this in a terminal window: "cat /etc/issue"
[23:13] <d3jake> My mistake: Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS
[23:13] <d3jake> But using KDE, of course.
[23:16] <d3jake> The laptop is a Compaq NC6000
[23:18] <jenkinbr> aw, cool :)
[23:18] <jenkinbr> lemmi look
[23:18] <d3jake> Cool? O.o
[23:19] <jenkinbr> it's still supported, so that's good :)
[23:19] <d3jake> Ohh, that's what the LTS means, right?
[23:37] <jenkinbr> d3jake, yep
[23:37] <jenkinbr> LTS = Long Term Support
[23:39] <d3jake> Nice!
[23:43] <jenkinbr> d3jake, my googleing isn't turning much up
[23:43] <d3jake> That's the problem... I've encountered the same problem.
[23:44] <d3jake> This coming semester it may come in handy that I be able to connect my laptop to a projector, but I really don't want to boot into Windows to do that if I can help it...
[23:44] <jenkinbr> i wouldn't either
[23:46] <d3jake> On campus they have us install a service on Windows before they'll let us access the internet... The annoyign part is that they want our Windows completely updated otherwise we're not allowed to connect :/
[23:49] <jenkinbr> campus is lame :/
[23:49] <jenkinbr> windows only, most of the time :(
[23:49] <jenkinbr> On the bright side, my local community college sysadmins run linux :)
[23:50] <d3jake> hehe
[23:50] <d3jake> Which college(s)?
[23:53] <d3jake> Century? MCTC? North Hennepin?