=== cong06 is now known as Guest4425 === cong06 is now known as Guest74114 === cong06 is now known as Guest9916 [09:33] yo! [09:33] yo! [09:33] what's up? [09:33] not much. [09:33] you? [09:34] Ah not much [11:33] dude. I was just chilling in a channel for work, and some guy pops in... invites me to his channel [11:33] and makes me an op there. [11:33] it was bizare [11:33] hehehee [11:33] well people can make channels all the time :) [11:33] now I'm an op in irc://lightirc.com/#jackerz [11:34] *irc.lightirc.com [11:34] that's true... [11:58] so, ebel, tell me about yourself. How long ago did you start using ubuntu? [11:58] I've been using ubuntu for about 5 years now [11:58] How about yourself? [11:58] I think the first installation was 6.10... [11:59] but the first installation on a serious computer, for an extended period of time would have been 7.04 [11:59] so maybe 3-4 years [11:59] no, actually, I think i got the versions wrong [11:59] it was 7.10 and 8.04 [11:59] so 2-3 [12:00] 5 years ago... that's pretty early on in Ubuntu's history [12:00] I mean it's not that old, is it? [12:00] LTS wasn't released until 6.06 iirc [12:01] First release was 4.10, so 2004 [12:02] I started around 5.10 or 6.06-ish [12:02] I've also been involved with the LoCo stuff since about 2007 or so [12:03] I'm the Point of Contact for the Ireland LoCo [12:03] I can't remember what LoCo stands for... [12:06] Local Communitye [12:06] *Community [12:07] ah. ok. [12:07] I just figured out that if I search "ubuntu loco" it might give good results :P [12:08] so you live in Ireland? [12:09] heheh [12:09] Yeah I live in Ireland. [12:09] I've been to Kenay twice, in 2006 & 2008 [12:10] Hence why I'm on this channel :) [12:10] ;) [12:11] well, then I guess we're both a bunch of foreigners. [12:11] I'm from the US [12:12] but I'm working in Kenya right now [12:12] Ah OK :) [12:12] Where abouts? [12:12] in the US? Pennsylvania. in Kenya? Kimende [12:12] I was usually in Mombasa (& other coast places shortly, Malindi/Lamu) [12:12] do you know Kimende? it's right before Kijabe [12:12] on the way to Naivasha [12:12] (from Nairobi) [12:14] I've been to Mombasa, but not really for too long... I hope to travel back there sometime this year [12:14] Ah Gotcha :) [12:15] I was with Camara, an Irish NGO that sets up Ubuntu Computers in schools [12:17] oh, that's kinda what I'm doing! [12:17] though we're just using ubuntu cause it's free. we're trying to use computers to allow communication between schools [12:18] so that students can learn from each other [12:18] our primary objective is fighting against the conflict in 2007 [12:19] thought that was in 2008? [12:19] yeah, you're right. I always think of the election in 2007 [12:19] but the conflict was really 08 [12:20] Camara uses ubuntu and FLOSS to prevent lock in. [12:20] No point helping people get started on computers if they have to keep buying new MS software every few years! :) [12:20] (and it's free :) ) [12:21] yeah, that is an issue. [12:22] also we could customise the installer [12:22] I messed around with that some [12:22] To make it easy to install ubuntu on a few hunderd machines in parallel :) [12:22] but I'm trying to keep everything simple [12:23] yeah. [12:23] Simple is good. [12:23] Cause you're not going to be there forever! [12:23] And when it breaks.... [12:23] exactly.