[03:38] <nlsthzn-work> Yippeeeeeeee for going home time is upon IR :D
[07:31] <sakhi> moonin
[07:49] <superfly> yo sakhi
[08:26] <drubin> superfly: ++ not being a kde fanboi in his reply :)
[08:29] <superfly> hehe
[08:35] <superfly> joo ask ze question, I answer ze question
[08:37] <marcog> http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/04/oracle-gives-up-on-ooo-after-community-forks-the-project.ars
[08:37] <marcog> :(
[08:56] <confluency> Well, that's not really surprising.
[08:56] <confluency> Was anyone actually still using OOo?
[08:57] <marcog> it's not, but it's frustrating that they put all the barriers up against TDF and now are just letting OO die
[08:58] <confluency> The article says they're "ready to hand over control of the project to the community", whatever that means.  If it means signing over the ownership of the name, then I'd say the fork has "won" in every sense of the work.
[08:58] <confluency> word
[08:59] <marcog> but will the community want to go back to the OO name?
[08:59] <confluency> Well, if they don't, it means they like the new name better.  So what's the problem?
[09:00] <confluency> The possibility of creating hostile forks when the people in charge of the source are screwing with you is one of the major benefits of OSS.  And here I see it working exactly as intended.
[09:00] <marcog> true i suppose
[09:01] <confluency> Mkay, more talk from the opposite end of the trip to campus. :)
[09:32] <Kilos> morning superfly and all others
[09:34] <superfly> hiya Kilos
[09:39] <acherv> hi @all
[09:40] <superfly> hi acherv
[09:41] <acherv> superfly: what's up?
[09:41] <superfly> nothing much, just working
[09:41]  * acherv would like to assit the new release in pretoria but he's newcomer in southafrica
[09:44] <queery> who is org the RP in Pretoria?
[09:45] <acherv> queery: org?
[09:45] <marcog> queery: nico?
[09:46] <queery> org = organise
[09:46] <queery> what's his IRC nic?
[09:46] <marcog> no clue
[09:48] <queery> ok
[09:48] <acherv> queery: i don't know who oarganise?
[09:49] <queery> apparently nico is organising it
[09:49] <marcog> he was the one sending the emails about it
[09:49] <marcog> maybe just email him and ask how you can help?
[09:51] <queery> thanx marcog 
[09:51] <queery> I gave acherv his email addy
[09:51] <marcog> areas where you might be able to help include: advertising (via mailing lists, word of mouth or posters), helping with the local repo, perhaps finding someone to give a talk, etc.
[09:52] <nuvolari_> o/
[09:52]  * nuvolari_ tips hat
[09:54] <acherv> marcog: ML 
[10:41] <rodemire> Anyone know where i can download repos from the Internet and access them offline?
[10:42] <marcog> rodemire: http://tumbleweed.org.za/2010/10/09/release-party-ubuntu-mirror might help
[10:45] <rodemire> Thanks marcog
[10:45] <rodemire> I think thats what i'm looking for
[10:47] <rodemire> Can i download the mirror or parts of it?
[10:50] <rodemire> The thing is  I have a machine at home that does not have access to the internet and i want to keep it updated. I have access to the internet at work but i dont run Ubuntu at work. So i was wondering if i can copy parts of the repos and use them to update my home machine.
[10:51] <marcog> oh, for that have a look at apt-zip
[10:52] <marcog> that lets you create a download script on your offline PC that you run on you online PC
[11:00] <rodemire> can i perfom this on a pc that doesnt have ubuntu?
[11:01] <marcog> the online pc can be anything that has wget, iirc
[11:01] <marcog> dunno if it works on windows
[11:01] <marcog> but i'm pretty sure it'll work on any *nix pc
[11:28] <nuvolari_> rodemire: location?
[11:28] <nuvolari_> there's a guy here in KZN that carries around a hdd for such cases
[11:29] <nuvolari_> (Ubuntu)
[11:33] <rodemire> I stay in Jhb.
[11:34] <rodemire> I wonder how he manages the updates that occur in Ubuntu. 
[12:12] <Kilos> lo maiatoday hows ya
[12:13] <Kilos> lo nuvolari  rodemire  marcog 
[12:13] <Kilos> Maaz, coffee on
[12:13]  * Maaz flips the salt-timer
[12:13] <rodemire> hallo
[12:17] <Maaz> Coffee's ready for Kilos!
[12:17] <Kilos> Maaz, thanks
[12:17] <Maaz> Kilos: Okay :-)
[12:19] <nuvolari_> lo oom Kilos 
[12:29] <inetpro> good mornings
[12:31] <maiatoday> hi Kilos
[13:02] <|3o|3> sweet
[14:32] <rodemire> join #ubuntu
[14:33] <queery> onthoud die /
[17:00] <Kilos> lo all
[17:00] <Kilos> i dont need a windscreen wiper motor
[17:02] <superfly> haha, well said Kilos
[17:03] <Kilos> hehe
[17:03] <Kilos> that kept the list alive for a while hey?
[17:06] <nlsthzn-work> hehe ... hi all btw :)
[17:08] <superfly> hey nlsthzn-work
[17:09] <nlsthzn-work> The mailing list has been uber busy the last week or so :) More than the last year :p
[17:12] <Kilos> hi nlsthzn-work 
[17:13]  * superfly had fun baiting all the Gnomies
[17:13] <Kilos> lol i noticed
[17:14] <Kilos> but looks like we all gonna be forced off gnome
[17:14] <superfly> Kilos: don't believe everything you read on the lists
[17:15] <Kilos> all i need is a ui that works and doesnt look like windows
[17:18] <Kilos> might have been on kubuntu if the network manager worked as easy as ubuntu
[17:18] <Squirm> hello
[17:18] <Kilos> lo Squirm y
[17:26]  * nlsthzn-work is likeing unity
[17:32] <Kilos-> aw
[17:50] <Kilos> hmm family of maaz here
[17:50] <Kilos> hi mazal 
[17:50] <mazal> Hi Kilos
[17:58] <mazal> Any Open Office experts around ?
[20:55] <nlsthzn-work> www.ubuntu.ae :) the emirates team slowly forms :)
[20:57] <marcog> Maaz: nlsthzn++
[21:15] <Kilos> go nlsthzn-work 
[21:17] <nlsthzn-work> :) thanks... decision was made last night in IRC meeting to become an official loco... I am pleased :D
[21:27] <inetpro> nlsthzn-work: great, congrats!
[21:28] <nlsthzn-work> inetpro. Kilos, marcog - :) thanks 
[22:13] <Kilos> night every one. sleep tight