[05:06] irssi is amazing - I have it running on a tired old laptop that I hardly ever use, and finally checked in this evening (from my nice fast new lemur) to see what I've missed over the weeks/months. It is still plugging along nicely. Glad to see activity every few days here.... [05:06] and time for the Ubuntu Global Jam!! [14:11] http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/04/01/1212219/Debaian-OpenSUSE-Arch-Gentoo-and-Grml-Merge?from=twitter [21:49] irssi is amazing - I have it running on a tired old laptop that I hardly ever use, and finally checked in this evening (from my nice fast new lemur) to see what I've missed over the weeks/months. It is still plugging along nicely. Glad to see activity every few days here.... [21:49] and time for the Ubuntu Global Jam!! [21:49] (reposted now that FunnyLookinHat is back online :) [21:49] Eh ? [21:50] Oh wow I dropped... again... lame :) [21:50] * nealmcb hasn't dropped since mid-jan..... [21:50] Lemur - nice! [21:50] I got a thinkpad recently, and it's flying along with 10.10 [21:50] or at least I came back up automatically..... [21:50] nice [21:50] I'd install 11.04 but I'm waiting for the RC as I use this for work, etc. [21:51] 8 GB also - finally enough memory.... [21:52] Oh wow [21:52] http://blog.chromium.org/2011/04/taking-chrome-to-lite-speeds.html [21:52] LOL [22:33] Oops, looks like natty escaped a bit early: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/04/google-earth-renders-cheeky-narwhal-outside-canonicals-office/ [22:34] FunnyLookinHat: I got a thinkpad about 3 weeks ago... X201 w/ 12" 1280x800 screen, 3lbs, 2.66GHz i5 M480 dual-core CPU, 8GiB RAM, cheapo hard drive. [22:35] I'm curious what your wireless chipset is, and how well it works in Linux. The rtl8191SEvB they included by default was horrible and I had to replace it. It only worked for about 15 minutes per boot, and would hard-lock the system if I tried to recover it without rebooting. [22:36] I ended up having flash a modified BIOS so I could boot with a different wifi card, because thinkpads still have that stupid hardware lock-in whitelist. [22:41] Wow - that's slick [22:41] My wireless works great - it's the Intel Centrino wireless though - and that traditionally has worked flawlessly with Ubuntu [22:42] I have a T410 w/ the nVidia Optimus Graphics setup - which is a total pain because it's completely unsupported at this point, forcing me to choose to run in either Intel or nVidia mode via BIOS [22:42] Ah, okay. I should have just paid the extra $20 for an intel card, but it *looked* like the default one was supported so I didn't bother. [22:42] And switching it kills X and all that jazz. [22:43] Ah yea - I literally always go Intel for wireless because it's worth the time saved, etc. [22:43] It has a driver, and it sort of works... but it isn't expected to work reliably until at least 2.6.39, which won't be in 11.04. [22:43] ToyKeeper, You mean Optimus ? [22:43] Or your wireless? [22:43] The wireless. [22:43] ah [22:43] You got my hopes up. :) [22:44] I almost got a T410, but it would have cost more for the same specs for some reason, and although a 1440x900 screen would be nice, I decided it wasn't worth the extra 2" of bulk. [22:45] I wanted a minimum of 8GiB RAM, since I eat memory like crazy by leaving everything open all the time. [22:45] Ah [22:45] I code on this machine - and since I can't always have my 23" monitor in front of me it was worth it. [22:45] the 1440x900 is definitely VERY nice. Makes the screen size worth it for sure (unlike most other 14" notebooks out there) [22:46] I'm only at 4 GB RAM right now... I'm considering going up to 8... but so far 4 works... [22:46] I'm not even on x64 yet - so it'd be a waste w/ the graphics memory anyways. [22:46] I code on this one too, but I like my notebooks small. [22:46] Ah [22:46] What sort of battery life do you get with that ? [22:46] (on Ubuntu) [22:47] I dunno. I hardly ever use the battery. However, this one is supposedly a 6-hour battery. [22:47] I sprung for the 9-Cell and can get about 4-5 hours with my normal routine (browser, eclipse, etc.) [22:48] You gonna be at the release party ? [22:48] I'm not sure... this is the first I heard of it. [22:50] Hmm, Sunday May 2, 2010 at Bar Louie in Westminster, CO @ 5:30pm. [22:50] Most likely, yes. [22:50] ... and then UDS about a week later. [22:52] Any idea what the non-meaty food is like at Bar Louie? [22:53] Oh, wait. Wrong year. [22:53] When/where is this year's party? [22:55] Hah [22:55] Sunday May 1st at Hanson's Pub [22:55] in Wash Park on Old Pearl St. [22:55] err - Pearl St. [22:56] You're going to UDS? I didn't know you were involved in Ubuntu dev. [22:57] I wasn't really, until about a month ago. [22:58] hah! [22:58] Nice :) [23:07] Hmm, looks like someone finally set my cloak. It works a little weird though; gotta leave and re-join channels to make it take effect. [23:07] There, that's better.