[03:46] For those who missed it, but would like to catch it: http://www.whitehouse.gov/state-of-the-union-2011 [13:13] hey folks [20:18] hello anyone here [20:19] Hi joeoshawa. [20:19] What's up? [20:20] hello sorry to just drop in but i got an ignorant comment in the ubuntu channel and i saw canada so i figuredi would check you out [20:20] ignorant from an op [20:20] anyway [20:21] so what is this team about what do you do [20:21] No worries. :) [20:22] We're the Ubuntu Canada LoCo team. Mostly we coordinate activities and events across Canada (in a decentralized sort of way) [20:22] well i try to help some people out with what i know (isn't much really) while i get help with what i need you know [20:22] cool [20:22] i didnt' know ubuntu had events [20:22] great idea [20:22] although not new i am sure [20:24] Yeah. Release parties, "jams" where people get together to contribute and regular meetups called Ubuntu Hours. [20:24] And anything else people want to do. [20:24] awsome [20:24] Right now there are groups running events regularly in Waterloo, Toronto and Ottawa. [20:25] excellent thats good to know i have actually been asked if ubuntu does that and i didnt know [20:25] i kinda try to convert people who have problems to ubuntu [20:25] problems with windows [20:25] Awesome. :) [20:26] i got a lot of people to switch [20:26] over 200 at this point [20:26] That's... impressive. :) [20:26] it really is a perfect distro for people who don't want to play games or do it on xbox or ps3 [20:27] well all i do really is get them to use it once they boot it up and try it thats all they want to use [20:28] actually my ex never had a computer and never really used one so when she wanted to i showed her ubuntu and windows 7 she hates windows and only uses ubuntu [20:29] she says windows is to hard to use [20:29] its the software center mostly [20:30] she wants something point click install [20:31] I love software centre. :D [20:31] same [20:32] so you have a lot of public events? [20:33] For a country the size of Canada, there should probably be more.. [20:34] hard to do i would imagine and not free [20:35] i have been thinking of putting together and selling machines with ubuntu pre-installed with my brother [20:35] he is more of an it person [20:35] (sorry, day job... biab...) [20:35] cool [20:37] Back! [20:37] Not free, but not really that much trouble, either. I do it because I like it. [20:37] I run things in Kitchener-Waterloo. [20:38] nice i like the area [20:38] The release party is pretty much all me. And I organize the monthly Hour meetup too. I get some help with the global jam, though. [20:38] its not bad here but i am in an area with alot of older people [20:38] nice [20:38] There's on guy in Oshawa on our mailing list (Tek Ang) who was interested in doing stuff. [20:39] assuming you're in Oshawa... :) [20:39] you know anything about 11.04 [20:39] yeah i am lol [20:39] Event-wise, you mean? [20:39] wonder if it will be alot different [20:39] Yeah. Unity. [20:39] Completely new desktop interface. [20:40] i only started with 9.04 [20:40] oww [20:40] wow [20:40] Yeah, I know. [20:40] never checked it out [20:40] But! it's not hard to go back to the old gnome2 session. [20:40] might be better have to see [20:40] Considering that gnome is moving to gnome shell, we were going to end up with a completely new desktop at some point anyway. [20:41] i liked enlightenment but it makes my destop go nuts thanks to gnome [20:41] I think Unity will probably be more "regular" user friendly. [20:41] ...eventually... [20:41] my ex better stick with 10.10 she will lose it lol [20:42] I'd upgrade (because 10.10 isn't an LTS), but switch her back to using the old gnome2-session. [20:43] may have to her computer won't do 10.04 [20:43] hardware problem [20:43] it was fixed in 10.10 [20:44] i am going to stick with 10.10 for a bit i just managed to get my login changed [20:44] Yeah. [20:45] i got a big blue dragon [20:45] black on red for the login part [20:46] brb need water [20:47] back gonna check out info on unity [20:49] Cool. :) [20:49] Yeah, my gf isn't going to be impressed by Unity, I know already. I've been trying to tell her it'll be trivial to switch back. [20:50] I'm looking at it as a positive long-term change with associated short-term horribleness. [20:51] But there's a good chance I'll switch to gnome-shell. At least on my desktop. [21:00] actually i am not big on the whole gnome thing i didn't like that they took the ability to change your login out it seems like a microsoft thing to do [21:01] my ex just wants the way she uses her computer to stay the same so she doesn't have to relearn all over again [21:02] personally i probably will put both on and dual boot [21:03] i set up a debian fluxbox rox combo for my daughter and talk about an easy desktop [21:04] its a 500 mhz pentium with 640k ram and its great fast and the icons are huge lol [21:04] disney princess background on the login and the desktop and the webbrowser is all cartoons [21:18] My gf complained about gdm2 being less customizable too. [21:18] I don't think it's a big effort to screw users and remove customizability... [21:18] It's just customizability is a lower-priority feature. [21:18] Someone has to do the work. [21:20] That said, Ubuntu (with its Ayatana project) is moving to either remove or hide customization options. [21:21] Because they're confusing to new users. [21:32] well the thing i like about linux is there's always a way around lol [21:33] Definitely. :) [21:34] its funny alot of people try to push the existing kiddy distros for my daughters cpu but for me it was about i am not buying my 4 year old a computer so i needed something that works on really old hardware [21:34] debian fluxrox was perfect [21:34] in fact i have been using it myself lol [21:35] but it has to be really really simple for a 2 year old and a 4 year old [21:36] although the 4 year old figured out how to remove toolbars and change the theme to pink in ubuntu and the 2 year old can open amsn and chat with her uncle [23:00] not sure if your still here but looks as tho ubuntu will still work the same unity is just on top of gnome === Tomas changed the topic of #ubuntu-ca to: dscassel hi === Tomas changed the topic of #ubuntu-ca to: dscassel: how are you? 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