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ckontrosHey guys.00:18
ckontrosScottL. Gimmie 'till the weekend to digest your email. Things are a but nuts 'till then. I'll be able to better respond on Saturday.00:19
ckontrosOk. Peace guys. (note that Im often connected but not in-channel if someone needs me)00:24
persiaAnd we try not to pester you, if we can avoid it.  We know you don't really have time.00:25
rlameiropersia: only one test to go on the iso.qa.ubuntu.com00:35
rlameiro:DD00:36
persiaCool!00:37
persiaentire-disk-with-encryption.00:37
rlameiroyeap00:37
persiaYou doing that next, or do you need a hand?00:37
rlameiroi never did a entire disk with encryption00:37
rlameiroit shouldn't be hard00:37
rlameirobut i dont want to mess with my other os00:37
rlameiroat the mometn i have 2 ubuntus installed00:38
persiaDO you need both of them?00:38
persiaOh, entire disk.00:38
persiaRight.00:38
rlameiroyeap00:38
rlameiroi am on a laptop00:38
persiaI can do an install to a VM, but not a real install, with the hardware I have avaiable.00:38
rlameiroif i had a desktop i would do it00:38
rlameirojust putting an old 40 gb harddrive00:39
persia(well, I suppose I could do a real install, but I'd fail it, because of an installer bug related to that specific hardware, and that's not useful)00:39
rlameiroits 64bit00:39
persiaOK.  I'll start up a VM.00:39
rlameirovm with 64 bit are00:39
rlameirodifficult to fins :D00:40
rlameirowell, at leas virtualbox doesnt support it00:40
ScottLlater tonight i should get the last i386 test tonight :)00:42
ScottLoh and thatnks rlameiro for the testing you did 00:42
rlameiroScottL: they are all made :D00:42
rlameiroava made it00:42
rlameiroits only missing a AMD64 entire disk with encryption00:43
rlameiroScottL: I am going to sleep now00:44
rlameirowe need to talk later00:44
rlameirocya guys 00:44
persiaThe trick to 64-bit VMs is to have a 64-bit server around with libvirt installed.00:46
persiaThe hassle is getting this to actually work properly00:46
ScottLhmmm, i wonder what rlamerio wanted to talk about?00:49
persiaOK Test running.00:51
ScottLgood, i'm working on the last i386 now01:00
* persia fails to understand why it's slow going from a virtual iso to a virtual disk on a machine that isn't really doing much else01:01
persiaOh!  I know why it's slow.  I'm encrypting everything.  Silly me.01:07
ScottLlol01:16
ScottLthat should be the last test also01:31
ScottLi meant the one you are performing persia01:31
persiaYeah, just taking a while.01:33
persiaSo, there's a discussion in -motu about whether the images should be respun.01:46
persiaI think they shouldn't, because I think we won't manage to test them again if they are.01:46
persiaBut if someone wants to make an official statement to that effect, it wouldn't hurt.01:47
ScottLstatement made in -motu, not sure how it would be official01:52
persiaSame as anything else.  consensus.01:52
ScottLdo i need to address myself as project lead or acting lead or something?01:53
persiaI think that needs to get sorted out internally first.01:53
persiaI'm known to be associated with ubuntustudio.  My statement that you might be the right person is probably as much as we need.01:53
persiaI don't remember if there was an official release delegation this cycle (I think not, remembering the meeting).01:54
persiaSo we might not even *have* an appripriate person to make that decision, which would make it fall to TheMuso.01:54
persiaAnd he's already swamped with enough other stuff, that he's not likely to have time to check the corner cases.01:54
TheMusopersia: I agree they shouldn't.01:55
ScottLpersia, i put forth my suggestion because you mentioned "official" here and referenced me in -motu02:02
persiaScottL: You appear to be taking on the mantle of project lead.  Apologies if I presume too far.02:03
ScottLno, no, i've stated in this channel that i had volunteered for the position in lieu of anyone else, no apologies need my friend :)02:04
ScottLi meant that it sounded like it would be helpful in -motu to wield a title to fortify our argument02:06
persiaIn my experience if the choice is between "do a lot of work in a hurry" and "wait a couple days to complete a task that can be prepared in advance safely", people will always choose the latter unless prompted otherwise.02:09
persiaSo if we *did* want a respin, there would likely be a need for strong statements.  Several folk saying "just wait" tends to be enough to build consensus without the need for more formal measures.02:09
detratevirtualbox supports 64bit02:18
detrateunless your host is 32bit02:18
detrateunless you're talking about something specific?02:18
detrateI wish ubuntu wiki would give an extra tab if you're browsing in a 'flavor' of the operating system02:23
persiaWe can do different CSS if we like.02:23
persiae.g. wiki.kubuntu.org02:23
detrateor go another level down in the URL02:23
persiaNeeds making the CSS, etc.02:23
detratehttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Art/Incoming02:24
detrateor such02:24
detrateI can do CSS for ya02:24
detratewhat about markup?02:24
persiaDunno precisely.  Compare wiki.kubuntu.org and wiki.ubuntu.com02:24
persiaSee what's different.02:24
detrateokay02:24
persiaThat's the bits we can change.02:25
detrateall run from the same CMS?02:25
persiaYep.  Same backend.02:25
detrateokey dokey02:25
persiaNote that it will take months to get IS to actually implement it, based on past experience, but it's available if we want it.02:25
detrateokay02:26
detratewell I'm confused how ubuntu.com has the wiki but kubuntu.org doesn't02:27
detratecan you edit template files at all or only CSS?02:27
persiaWhat?02:28
detrateFor the wiki, as an admin or whatever user role they gave you.  Do you have access to editing some sort of template file or only CSS?02:28
detrateby template I mean a markup language02:28
detratesuch as HTML, Smarty or something similar02:29
persiahttps://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu vs. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kubuntu02:29
persiaOh, users can edit content.  moin syntax.02:29
persiaBut we can do per-flavour CSS.02:29
detrateon ubuntu.com, there is a "ubuntu" "community" "support" "partners" "planet"02:30
detratebut this is not on kubuntu02:30
persiaOh, I dunno.02:31
persiahttps://wiki.kubuntu.org/UbuntuStudio/Sandbo works02:31
persiahttps://wiki.kubuntu.org/UbuntuStudio/Sandbox02:31
detratealso, can you get the domain wiki.ubuntustudio.org ?02:32
persiaOh, you're looking at www.02:32
persiaI'm only talking about wiki.02:32
detratehmm?02:32
detrateno, I was too02:32
detratethere is a menu in the header on wiki.ubuntu.com that is not there on wiki.kubuntu.org02:33
persiaI don't see any reason wiki.ubuntustudio.org couldn't point there.02:33
detrateI think that would help with clarity02:33
detratejust my opinion, you can get a vote on it but I suggest both that name and a theme02:33
detrateI'd be happy to help theme it / write the css02:34
persiaOh, I see what you mean.02:34
ScottLdetrate, i just added you to me list of people who rock ;)02:34
persiaYeah, if that differs for those two, it could differ for us.02:34
detrateokay, that can be helpful as well02:35
detratethanks ScottL :-P02:35
detratehere is a view through my current world if you're interested ^_^ http://imgur.com/sYgeS.png02:37
detratemy IRC client is konversation by the way02:37
detrateso that's a qt4 version of the same gnome theme that makes up the rest of that screenshot02:38
ScottLdetrate, how did the awards go?03:06
detrateit was pretty cool, cash bar though :-P03:07
detrategood meal, good speakers and entertainment03:07
detrateHow about themes for Ubuntu Studio releases04:28
detratehave these been discussed before? and by themes, I mean as ubuntu has with animals.04:29
detrateperhaps do a stylish animal that reflects the operating system, or create your own naming pattern following ubuntu's naming scheme04:30
rlameirogoodmorning08:43
rlameiropersia: thanks for the test report :D08:44
astraljavaHey rlameiro 08:46
rlameiroastraljava: hey08:47
ScottLdetrate, that is an interesting idea about the themes12:01
ScottLhistorically i don't think we have had consistent manpower to achieve something so organized and....well, thematic :P12:02
ScottLdo have some suggestions or specific ideas towards this?12:04
jussiAs a recognised derivative we follow Ubuntu's naming scheme. 12:10
astraljavaAre you two on the same discussion? ;)12:39
detrate:-P13:01
detratewell the reason I even bring it up is because if I'm trying to brainstorm some mockups13:01
detrateall I can do is draw abstract shapes and such13:01
detratethere is no real art beyond the logo13:01
rlameiromaybe the logo may need to be updated to be more on the line of the new ubuntu logo13:20
detrateI'd hope a distro targeted more at artists can be more visually pleasing13:29
detrateI can't say I'm 100% or even 60% with the design changes ubuntu has been making13:29
astraljavaAre you now talking about vanilla Ubuntu or Ubuntu Studio?13:32
detratevanilla13:32
detrateI don't like the new font choice amongst other things13:32
detrateas far as I can tell ubuntu studio has not used to ubuntu font before13:36
rlameiroisnt Ckontros part of the art team? maybe this debate could be made with him13:54
astraljavaI thought Cory took a leave of absence. I could be wrong, though, as I've only been back for a couple of weeks or something.14:19
detrate-cory was in here the other day14:21
astraljavaYeah I saw that, but I assumed it was merely out of curiosity. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-studio-devel/2009-August/001878.html14:26
rlameiroyeah, but i am almost sure he would help in this matter, since is into artwork14:28
astraljavaThat might be true.14:30
scott-workcory has mentioned that he has very limited time, but it _would_ be awesome if he could be involved with art, even it it was to a limited degree16:25
detrate-Are there any illustrators with ties to the project?16:36
detrate-it'd be nice to get a stylish Maverick Meerkat16:36
scott-worki don't think so16:40
scott-worki think historically it has been cory by himself doing most of the art direction, although i believe we may have gotten most of our images (gdm screen, wallpaper) from others16:41
scott-workand cory may have even done most of the work on the dark theme we have16:45
persiaThere's limits to how much we can diverge from iconography used over the entire Ubuntu project.  We an embrace it, and frame it, but not change it precisely.16:58
persiaThat said, those limits don't preclude some graphics, but they do provide some limits (check with the art team for the specifics of the boundaries for flavours).16:58
persiaIt's critical that we don't move from "flavour" to "derivative" or "remix", as we'd lose the ability to integrate with the rest of the project, and share the work.16:59
rlameiropersia: thats the reason i mentioned ckontros17:00
scott-worki had not considered the distinction before persia, you bring up some interesting points (i.e. flavour vs. derivative or remix)17:00
persiaIt was a *lot* of work to become a flavour, but being a flavour means we get more support from other teams (testing, bugsquad, MOTU, etc.).  It's not *lots* of support, but enough that I think it's worth keeping within the guidelines.17:01
detrate-well, I mean it in just a fanart kind of way17:02
detrate-so a stylized background image17:02
detrate-with the character from the release17:02
detrate-~for creators, by creators~ type thing going on17:02
persiaRight.  We just need to run that by the art team and make sure we're not deviating too much.17:02
detrate-oic17:03
scott-workdetrate-: do you mean something like this   http://www.wallpaperstop.com/wallpapers/product-wallpapers/freebsd-wallpaper-240x150-0017.jpg17:04
scott-workbut maybe in the corner?  and different animals?17:04
* scott-work admits that he is a fan of a uncluttered desktop background image17:05
scott-worki just realized i was assuming where you wanted to put the stylish Maverick Meerkat, my apologies17:05
rlameiroyeah, we could have a clean desktop image17:06
scott-workdetrate-: where did you want to use it?17:06
detrate-more like this -- though not necessarily tans http://juzo-kun.deviantart.com/gallery/#OS-Girls-and-computer-related-mascots17:06
detrate-anime can be a touchy subject ^_^17:07
rlameirolol17:08
rlameirofor sure17:08
rlameiro:D17:08
rlameirotouchy it is17:08
detrate-but maybe something more like this http://fanart.lionking.org/Artists/Spiritwolf77/ZiruPrisma.jpg17:08
rlameiroi think it would never made it trough the artwork team17:09
rlameirolol17:09
detrate-obviously not the one from the lion king :-P17:09
rlameirohehe17:09
detrate-but as an example, a stylized meerkat with headphones on, maybe painting a picture17:09
rlameirowel need to go to work17:09
detrate-or djing, who knows!17:09
rlameirodetrate: only if it is small on a corner for instance17:09
rlameiroor in the middle17:10
rlameirobut not to big17:10
rlameirowell17:10
rlameirogoing now17:10
detrate-okey dokey17:10
detrate-I'm just getting the ball rolling on ideas, details can be worked out later17:10
scott-workdetrate-: how about a meerkat taggin a wall, in the bottom right corner of the wallpaper17:10
scott-workspraying either the ubuntu studio icon or the words "ubuntu studio" on the wall17:11
detrate-scott-work: would that promote illegal activity though? -P17:11
detrate-:-P17:11
scott-workkinda looking back over his shoulder at YOU17:11
scott-workkinda like this   http://www.individualsole.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/go-flock-yoursel_446_banksy.jpg17:12
scott-workbut small like and kinda cartoonish17:12
detrate-yeah, that could work17:12
detrate-probably through some headphones on him17:12
detrate-maybe have the previous mascot video taping him :-P17:13
detrate-it'd be cool to highlight the big 3 areas... but focusing on 1 is also acceptable17:13
detrate-stupid google dirty links17:14
detrate-I _REALLY_ hate that they try and hide it with javascript17:14
detrate-anyway, maybe something banksy esque http://www.planetvideo.com.au/blog/2008/11/banksy.html17:15
detrate-so... does uS have any connections to artists that would be willing to help out in this area?17:17
scott-workyeah, i likes me some banksy, has some intelligence behind it it does, better than that crap on the sides of trains IMO17:19
scott-workdetrate-: to (not really) answer your last question, i don't think any are actively, *BUT* with a clear vision we might attract someone though17:20
detrate-bbiab, lunch17:21
scott-workpersia, yesterday when we were discussing "midi (?)" , did you mention lilypad?17:25
scott-worki seem to recall luke mentioning that before, if he recommends it then i would expect that it would be worth including as well17:26
persiaI didn't mention it.  lilypad produces beautiful scores.17:26
persiaI think musescore is a richer featureset, but I don't use either that much.17:27
persiaBut *both* are score editors.  They happen to have (differing) support for MIDI, but they should be considered as score editors, not as enabling "MIDI".17:28
scott-workright, i was just using "midi(?)" to help frame the previous discussion17:29
scott-workbut for the home enthusiasts (especially the ones who are not instrumentalists) this would be helpfull to create music17:30
scott-workthis = musescore and lilypad17:30
persiaFor some definition of "create music" :)17:31
persiaIt's useful to generate a score, so if you can read/write scores, it's a great way to share music.17:31
persiaBut it's often not a useful way for people to generate audio streams.17:31
persia(except in that by generating a score, they may be able to work with others to have a recording session)17:32
scott-worki had come to understand that you can take a Bach sonnata and play it on, say a tuba using lilypad17:33
scott-workbut i think i understand your larger issue17:33
persiaWell, you kinda can.17:34
persiaSo if you transcribe the score into a score editor, you can then generate MIDI which can drive a tone generator.17:34
persiaThis tends to generate uninspired music though, as it typically has no expression.17:35
persiaOr rather, expression is limited to that indicated in the score.17:35
persiascores have an inherent assumption that a human will be generating the audio from the score, and that the human in question will express themselves in the music.  This is why different musicians will record the same Bach sonata, and different folks will appreciate the different recordings differently.17:36
persiaComputers aren't that smart, so they just play the indicated notes on the indicated (simulated) instrument for the indicated times (precise to the microsecond).17:37
persiaWhich ends up feeling "lifeless" or "uninspired" when later heard by humans.17:37
persiaFor rythym generators, there's been a lot of work in algorithms to "humanise" them, by subtly changing the timings to better match how humans tend to play (e.g. in a basic 4/4 backbeat, beats 2 and 4 come a little later than math suggests to provide wider emphasis on beats 1 and 3).17:38
persiaBut that only works for fairly simple models.  Attempting to apply such an algorithm to a fugue is an execise in futility.17:39
scott-worklol @ fugue comment17:42
scott-workbut if the focus is to "create" music then neither lilypond nor musscore really assist17:42
persiaWell, it depends.17:42
persiaIf one is creating electronica, it's mostly pointless, especially as much of this consists of looped samples.17:43
persiaIf one is doing choral work, it's absolutely critical, as one needs to inform the members of the choir.17:43
persiaMost everything else falls inbetween: it depends on how many other humans are involved.17:44
persia(and how they want to receive instruction: some guitar players, for instance, prefer tabulature to scores)17:44
* persia faintly dreams of the effective integration of vocoders, harmonizers, and text-to-speech generators17:46
scott-worki personally find tabulature very easy to read, while some other guitarist with whom i have associated could not use it in any manner (they could not read score either)17:49
persiaRight.  Different folks need slightly different forms.  I presume the second guitarist in your example did best learning by ear.17:50
scott-worki wrote a song in an afternoone using hydrogen and espeak    last song under 2010 called "M C Azimov"  http://wirblewind.rpmchallenge.com/17:50
scott-workexactly, he wanted to learn one of the slower, more melodic solos that I typically performed and he required me to show him step-by-step17:51
scott-workeither though we had the tabulature right there17:51
scott-worki used such words as dopplegangers in the Azimov song, it was great fun creating it!17:52
* scott-work has to go to lunch meeting but will be trying to duck out early17:52
persiaHeh.  That's fun.17:54
detrate-in the wiki, I feel like all [major] packages should be outlined with screenshots and links to official sites (if available)18:16
persiadetrate-: Go for it :)18:17
detrate-I'm not saying do this NOW but ideally it would be quite beneficial18:17
detrate-persia: I don't really know much about the sound related software but when I find some time perhaps I can some for 2d art18:17
detrate-to give examples18:17
detrate-well I think some of this goes back to using wiki.ubuntustudio.org to an extent19:26
detrate-I think that would be an invaluable level of organization, especially if someone find out if we can edit header templates19:27
scott-workpersia: i agree with your correction (developers vs. contributors), i tend to generalize into overt stereotypes far too easily19:28
scott-workdetrate-: are you suggesting that we use wiki.ubuntustudio.org, which will use custom CSS, that will then link to the other pages?19:29
scott-workbut the overall effect is to show a consistent view (format) of the information despite it coming from two different wikis?19:29
persiaWe're stuck with the help./wiki. split.19:31
detrate-well, I think its important to differentiate between enduser and developer focused documentation19:31
detrate-can we perhaps do help.ubuntustudio.org as well?19:31
persiaThere's no precedent at help.kubuntu.org19:31
persiaWe could probably do it, but would need coordination.  I'd suggest checking with the #ubuntu-docs folks.19:32
detrate-I don't really have the authority19:32
detrate-but I don't see why it wouldn't be doable from a technical standpoint19:32
persiaYou have the authority to ask them about how it might work.19:32
detrate-it's done for wiki and help is run off the same CMS19:32
detrate-is #ubuntu-docs on another server?19:33
persiaNo.19:33
detrate-it was empty when I joined19:33
persiaSorry.  It appears to be #ubuntu-doc19:34
scott-workpersia:  please take this as the compliment it is intended to be;  sometimes you sound like Yoda, you are able to see things in a simple manner and state them likewise19:38
detrate-Okay, I've asked them some questions19:38
scott-work"You have the authority to ask them about how it might work."19:38
persiaThanks :)19:38
scott-workas where others (myself included) tend to over complicate issues19:38
detrate-check out this crazy css masking effect http://econsultancy.com/blog/016-online-pr-capitalisation-is-fine-but-caps-lock-isn-t19:40
detrate-on the logo (scroll up and down)19:40
detrate-I've never seen that implemented before19:40
detrate-I came across that trying to prove that you should capitalize text via the CSS layer19:41
detrate-because my in-house design team thinks it's cool to use capslock for headers all the freakin time19:41
detrate-and my interns sometimes like to just type out HEADER NAME in the HTML19:41
detrate-which I imagine is bad for SEO19:42
detrate-where >> <h2 class="uppercase">Header Name</h2> .uppercase { text-transform: uppercase; } << is still the same visually but my guess is it's treated nicer by the page rank algorithm19:43
persiaMakes sense: most of the automated stuff is case sensitive.19:44
detrate-I figured it would be but had no proof19:45
detrate-So I'm guessing most of you are using GNOME?19:47
scott-workwhen i'm not at work and using windows, yes19:48
scott-workthere are some people at ubuntuforums who use xfce or kde and then install the metapackages19:48
scott-worklinux outlaws already have a stylish meerkat design for us     http://linuxoutlaws.com/podcast/14519:49
scott-workscroll down a bit, about 1/319:49
detrate-sorry was distracted for a moment, one of the graphic artists came to speak with me19:56
detrate-you talking anout this? http://linuxoutlaws.com/files/squirrel-balls.jpg19:57
detrate-:-P19:57
scott-workyeah, that was it - that would be like Fab to think of that20:02
rlameirohello20:46
detrate-I received information for #ubuntu-doc -- Matthew East has shown me a theme that answers some of my questions http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mdke/ubuntu-docs/helpwiki-newtheme/annotate/head%3A/MoinMoin/theme/ubuntunew.py21:20
persiaExcellent!21:33
persiamdke is a great contact in general, for documentation-related stuff.21:33
detrate-yes, we seemed to have a good rapport going so far21:34
detrate-would you like to see the log?21:34

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