[05:06] <nealmcb> 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] <nealmcb> and time for the Ubuntu Global Jam!!
[14:11] <FunnyLookinHat> http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/04/01/1212219/Debaian-OpenSUSE-Arch-Gentoo-and-Grml-Merge?from=twitter
[21:49] <nealmcb> 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] <nealmcb> and time for the Ubuntu Global Jam!!
[21:49] <nealmcb> (reposted now that FunnyLookinHat is back online :)
[21:49] <FunnyLookinHat> Eh ?
[21:50] <FunnyLookinHat> Oh wow I dropped... again...  lame :)
[21:50]  * nealmcb hasn't dropped since mid-jan.....
[21:50] <FunnyLookinHat> Lemur - nice!
[21:50] <FunnyLookinHat> I got a thinkpad recently, and it's flying along with 10.10
[21:50] <nealmcb> or at least I came back up automatically.....
[21:50] <nealmcb> nice
[21:50] <FunnyLookinHat> I'd install 11.04 but I'm waiting for the RC as I use this for work, etc.
[21:51] <nealmcb> 8 GB also - finally enough memory....
[21:52] <FunnyLookinHat> Oh wow
[21:52] <nealmcb> http://blog.chromium.org/2011/04/taking-chrome-to-lite-speeds.html
[21:52] <FunnyLookinHat> LOL
[22:33] <ToyKeeper> 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] <ToyKeeper> 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] <ToyKeeper> 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] <ToyKeeper> 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] <FunnyLookinHat> Wow - that's slick
[22:41] <FunnyLookinHat> My wireless works great - it's the Intel Centrino wireless though - and that traditionally has worked flawlessly with Ubuntu
[22:42] <FunnyLookinHat> 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] <ToyKeeper> 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] <FunnyLookinHat> And switching it kills X and all that jazz.
[22:43] <FunnyLookinHat> Ah yea - I literally always go Intel for wireless because it's worth the time saved, etc.
[22:43] <ToyKeeper> 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] <FunnyLookinHat> ToyKeeper, You mean Optimus ?
[22:43] <FunnyLookinHat> Or your wireless?
[22:43] <ToyKeeper> The wireless.
[22:43] <FunnyLookinHat> ah
[22:43] <FunnyLookinHat> You got my hopes up. :)
[22:44] <ToyKeeper> 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] <ToyKeeper> I wanted a minimum of 8GiB RAM, since I eat memory like crazy by leaving everything open all the time.
[22:45] <FunnyLookinHat> Ah
[22:45] <FunnyLookinHat> 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] <FunnyLookinHat> the 1440x900 is definitely VERY nice.  Makes the screen size worth it for sure (unlike most other 14" notebooks out there)
[22:46] <FunnyLookinHat> I'm only at 4 GB RAM right now...  I'm considering going up to 8... but so far 4 works...
[22:46] <FunnyLookinHat> I'm not even on x64 yet - so it'd be a waste w/ the graphics memory anyways.
[22:46] <ToyKeeper> I code on this one too, but I like my notebooks small.
[22:46] <FunnyLookinHat> Ah
[22:46] <FunnyLookinHat> What sort of battery life do you get with that ?
[22:46] <FunnyLookinHat> (on Ubuntu)
[22:47] <ToyKeeper> I dunno.  I hardly ever use the battery.  However, this one is supposedly a 6-hour battery.
[22:47] <FunnyLookinHat> I sprung for the 9-Cell and can get about 4-5 hours with my normal routine (browser, eclipse, etc.)
[22:48] <FunnyLookinHat> You gonna be at the release party ?
[22:48] <ToyKeeper> I'm not sure...  this is the first I heard of it.
[22:50] <ToyKeeper> Hmm, Sunday May 2, 2010 at Bar Louie in Westminster, CO @ 5:30pm.
[22:50] <ToyKeeper> Most likely, yes.
[22:50] <ToyKeeper> ... and then UDS about a week later.
[22:52] <ToyKeeper> Any idea what the non-meaty food is like at Bar Louie?
[22:53] <ToyKeeper> Oh, wait.  Wrong year.
[22:53] <ToyKeeper> When/where is this year's party?
[22:55] <FunnyLookinHat> Hah
[22:55] <FunnyLookinHat> Sunday May 1st at Hanson's Pub
[22:55] <FunnyLookinHat> in Wash Park on Old Pearl St.
[22:55] <FunnyLookinHat> err - Pearl St.
[22:56] <FunnyLookinHat> You're going to UDS?  I didn't know you were involved in Ubuntu dev.
[22:57] <ToyKeeper> I wasn't really, until about a month ago.
[22:58] <FunnyLookinHat> hah!
[22:58] <FunnyLookinHat> Nice :)
[23:07] <ToyKeeper> 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] <ToyKeeper> There, that's better.