/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2011/05/08/#ubuntu-us-oh.txt

jgouldis this thing on?07:18
Unit193jgould: Nope07:18
jgoulddarn07:18
jgouldI managed to fuck up my linux install...  This time I'm not sure what did it.  It werked when I left the house, but now it wont..07:19
jgouldgoing to try to fix it.  Bbs07:21
Unit193I won't be... I hope...07:22
jgouldI'm back and it's working again07:43
jgouldIs is good or bad that I'm happier in Ubuntu than the Mac OS?07:45
BiosElementjgould: YOU fucked up your linux install?07:47
BiosElementWell congrats, I screwed my android over flashing a new rom...7 hours ago.07:47
jgouldHeh.  I don't even know exactly waht happened... It was working when I left the house, and no longer worked when I got home...07:49
BiosElementHeh, fun.07:50
BiosElementHmm, gotta plan a trip to Cincinnati soon it seems. >.>07:50
jgouldWhy>07:50
BiosElementFile a police report, fun times when idiots threaten me.07:50
jgouldah07:51
jgouldMy printer sounds sick...07:51
BiosElementBlah07:52
jgouldI'm tired..07:59
BiosElementJoin the club, I've been up near 24 hours >.<08:00
jgouldI've only been up for about 12, but I've also not been sleeping well.08:11
BiosElementBah, that sucks >.<08:11
jgouldIs it bad that even though my hardware doesn't work perfectly under Ubuntu, I'm using it more than the Mac OS?08:11
BiosElementNo, Not really. Ubuntu is far more productive for me then Win even if Win may run better for gaming/art.08:13
jgouldI guess you learn to work with the quirks08:14
BiosElementYep. FOr example, I feel utterly tied up without virtual desktops :P08:15
BiosElementAnd no package manager? Really? ;P08:15
jgouldI don't actually use the virtual desktops (even though I have them in both the MacOS and Ubuntu)08:16
BiosElementI use them whenever I work, so I can move music and extra chat windows off out of my way08:17
BiosElementMinimize just isn't enough >.>08:17
BiosElementHah, awesome. After cooking food for someone. "Does it taste ok?" "Yes." "Really?" "Yeah." "It doesn't taste like bugs?"08:19
BiosElement>.>08:19
jgouldHeh08:21
jgouldI'm heading to bed.  Night!08:23
BiosElementNight08:23
canthus13Cheri703: Hello!13:20
canthus13Cheri703: How's sully?13:20
Cheri703aright, got pics in airports13:21
Cheri703super beat though, about to take a short-ish nap13:22
J21canthus13: I guess I didn't get the USB dropout fixed....15:23
canthus13Cheri703: Having connection issues?16:21
canthus13J21: USB dropout has always been around. :(16:21
Cheri703yeah, hotel wireless = meh16:22
canthus13Heh.  Having fun yet? Or just getting over jet lag?16:23
Cheri703been taking intermittent naps, probably headed for another one soon :)16:24
J21canthus13: Only way to fix seems to reboot :/17:34
Unit193+1 to liqourix! It's faster on the real computer! (Not just VM)18:22
canthus13Unit193: Cool. :)18:44
canthus13Unit193: It didn't make a huge difference on mine, and it doesn't support PAE so I switched back. I'll prolly install it on my desktop and my kid's laptop, though...18:44
Unit193canthus13: irssi seems a bit more slugish, but the desktop seems a little more snappy18:45
canthus13the other problem I had with it was that conky won't report temperatures with it.18:46
Unit193I don't use conky (and that computer might not have good sensors)18:52
Unit193Cheri703: You going to the Lubuntu talk tues(?) at 15:00?18:53
Cheri703dunno18:54
thafreakAnyone have any experience with openvz?18:57
thafreakFound a vps host, $24/year for 512mb ram vps, w/ 20gb disk and unmetered bandwidth18:58
thafreakbut it's openvz...which is different than what I'm used to18:58
Bryanhello19:04
thafreakHello Bryan19:04
=== Bryan is now known as Guest67359
Guest67359?19:04
Guest67359what does that mean?19:05
Guest67359and hi thatfreak19:05
thafreakBryan might be a registered nic19:06
thafreaknick i mean19:06
thafreakYou using the web chat?19:06
Guest67359uh, yeah I think so19:06
Guest67359how do I change it to something different?19:07
thafreaktry //nick NEWNAME19:07
thafreakonly one slash19:07
=== Guest67359 is now known as dniMretsaM
dniMretsaMcool thanks19:08
thafreakI'm not really much of an irc guru19:08
dniMretsaMlol me neither19:08
thafreaki basically set up my client, then promptly forgot most of what i learned19:09
dniMretsaMlol nice19:09
thafreakyou new to this room I take it?19:09
dniMretsaMyep. just joined the LoCo last night19:10
Unit193Cangrats!19:10
thafreakoh, that was you...saw the email...welcome19:10
thafreakwhat region of ohio are you in?19:11
dniMretsaMyep, that was me thanks19:11
Unit193dniMretsaM: I would have to be kicked out too! I only use Xubuntu and Lubuntu19:11
dniMretsaMnorth east19:12
thafreakseems most are columbus, or some part of the northeast...19:12
thafreakwe do have some folks at the other edges of the state...but only a few it seems19:13
dniMretsaMa lot in Cincy19:13
thafreakhave you been to ohio linux fest, and if so, did you stop by the booth?19:13
dniMretsaMI've never heard of it. I've only used Linux for just over a month19:14
thafreakyeah, I guess cincy might be big...but i don't see many from there in here or on the maillinglist19:14
dniMretsaMspeaking of the forums, they seem dead19:15
thafreakWell then, you need to put it on your calendar if possible!19:15
dniMretsaMwhen is it? and where19:15
thafreakyeah...ther are those who use them, but the same peple on the forums don't tend to wander in here, or use the mailinglist19:16
thafreakhttp://www.ohiolinux.org/ sept 9-11 it looks like19:16
dniMretsaMah. I've been on the forums for a while. I stumbled on the LoCo when I was doing a google search for something.19:17
thafreakthe main day is saturday...friday there will be an ubucon though19:17
dniMretsaMlooks interesting. I'd have to get my parents to take me though, as I don't drive yet19:18
thafreakyeah, there seems to be a disjoint...people who use the forums rarely come into the chatroom or use the maillinglist19:18
thafreakthe people on the mailinglist don't pay attention to the forums, etc19:18
thafreakeven better...get them using linux :)19:19
dniMretsaMthey can't stand it19:19
Unit193I'm in here and read the ML (Don't send anything)19:20
dniMretsaMI think they just don't like it cause it's so different. Although KDE can be quite Windows-like if you want it to be19:20
thafreakUnit193: do you use the forums though?19:20
thafreakYeah, but different is good :)19:21
thafreakI think people forget that...19:21
dniMretsaMi know19:22
Unit193thafreak: Nope! I only randomly read them...19:22
dniMretsaMI didn't really like it when I first started, but I stuck it out and now I love it19:22
thafreakUnit193: you prove my point...there is a division, forum users vs maillinglist readers/irc people19:22
dniMretsaManyway, so the Ohio LoCo has a booth at the LinuxFest?19:23
thafreakdniMretsaM: yep, that's all it takes...19:23
dniMretsaMI disprove your point :P19:23
thafreakyes we have a boot...and the last few years we've even had demo machines from system 76 to show off19:23
thafreakWhich if we do this year, it may be quite interesting...19:24
dniMretsaMI even made a change within Ubuntu (to Kubuntu). I'm getting better at this lol19:24
thafreakThere are quite a few kubuntu users that lurk this chatroom...you should fit right in19:24
dniMretsaMdoes System 76 sell pre-installed Linux computers?19:24
thafreakjust avoid canthus13 :)19:24
dniMretsaMy?19:25
thafreakyep, they pre-install ubuntu...not sure about kubuntu though19:25
thafreakhaha, just kidding about canthus13, he just isn't a KDE fan is all...19:25
dniMretsaMyeah well, that's his problem, not mine19:26
thafreakI was a big kde fan...back in the kde 1.x-2.x days :)19:26
dniMretsaMbut that's the whole point of Linux/open source. YOU can decide19:26
thafreakprecicely19:26
thafreakon and fyi, I can't spell...and I don't care19:27
Unit193BiosElement is a KDE fan19:27
dniMretsaMlol. Firefox has spell check <319:27
thafreakyeah, but I'm using irssi over ssh :)19:27
thafreakI'm more of a terminal guy19:27
_bbbmega dittos19:28
thafreaksup trip-b19:28
dniMretsaMlol19:28
_bbbsappening19:28
thafreakdid you say dorritos?19:28
dniMretsaMlol19:28
thafreakmmmm nacho cheese19:28
_bbbi never really understood the whole preinstalled linux thing19:30
dniMretsaMso what types of things do they have at linux fest? I looked on the web site, but couldn't really find that much19:30
_bbbi guess its good to have options but were just gonna reinstall it anyway19:30
dniMretsaMwhy would we reinstall (assuming we wanted Ubuntu 11.04, not Xubuntu 10.10 or something)19:32
_bbb*shrug*19:33
_bbbforce of habit in my case19:33
dniMretsaMI'd get one just so I don't support MS when I buy a computer19:33
dniMretsaMSystem 76 computers are small19:34
_bbbthere is that i guess19:38
_bbbnot an issue when you roll your own19:38
dniMretsaMtrue that. I don't have the money for that though. Only 15, so I'm not exactly rolling in dough19:39
_bbb=)19:41
dniMretsaMI've actually been looking for a decent (and decently priced) computer on craigslist19:41
dniMretsaMbut so far nothing has caught my eye19:41
thafreakbuy the parts at microcenter19:47
thafreakthey've been running a deal, where you buy certain amd cpu's and get a free motherboard19:47
thafreakit's really not too bad going that route...19:48
thafreakand you only have to buy a few parts at a time19:48
thafreakjust don't skimp on the power supply :) buy something that weighs like 10lbs...the really light power supplies are usually junk19:49
dniMretsaMlol19:50
dniMretsaMI'm really out of the loop, so I'm gonna ask a question. What would you guys expect to pay for a decent laptop these days? $300? $400?19:54
BiosElementdniMretsaM: About, yeah.19:55
dniMretsaMcloser to which?19:57
_bbbdepends on your definition of decent19:58
_bbbsomewhere inbetween for lower end sure19:58
dniMretsaMhmm... found a nice looking used desktop for $250. May ask them if they would leave out the OS, keyboard, and mouse and reduce the price20:05
dniMretsaMmaybe the monitor too20:07
dniMretsaMI just spotted some guy selling 2 HDs, 250GB and 80GB, for $35. either he's crazy or not legit20:13
* canthus13 pokes at thafreak.20:23
canthus13dniMretsaM: Used drives? That's reasonable.20:23
canthus13the 80 is prolly ancient, and a used 250 would go for about 25 bucks.20:23
* canthus13 recently picked up a 750 for 35.20:24
dniMretsaMreally? that surprises me. I've seen 40 for 80 bucks20:25
dniMretsaM40GB*20:25
canthus13That's crazy.20:25
canthus13Although I could see that for a brand new 40.. Nobody makes drives that small anymore.20:26
canthus1380s and 250s are everywhere, though.20:26
dniMretsaMit probably was a new one20:26
canthus13A brand new 250 runs about 25-30 bucks.20:27
canthus13(per pricewatch).  a brand new 80 runs about 20-25.20:27
dniMretsaMI just looked on ebay and saw a TB for like $9620:28
_bbbbetter off new20:28
dniMretsaMI'm searching for a used computer on eBay and 8/10 items are software20:31
dniMretsaMnot cool20:31
* canthus13 likes old computers. people leave interesting things on them. :)20:37
dniMretsaMlol true. but old computers don't run as well20:39
canthus13They run fine once you get windows off of htem. :)20:40
thafreakyeah, never buy used hard drives these days...they don't last very long as it is20:41
* canthus13 has an old IBM p4 desktop and an old dell p4 laptop that run perfectly well. also, an old PIII dell laptop that ran perfectly until it got stepped on and then dropped on the floor.20:41
thafreakwhat kind of machine are you looking for dniMretsaM?20:41
thafreakor what do you want to do with it?20:42
dniMretsaMI'm looking for something with at least a Core 2 Duo and 2GB RAM I'd like a 160GB HD or better as well, but that wouldn't b a selling point20:42
dniMretsaMand u don't have to call me dniMretsaM. Master or MM is fine20:45
Cheri703dniMretsaM: on irc there is tab complete, so it is actually EASIER to type your full name, as it only requires the first two letters and TAB20:46
Unit193If they call you The Master, can they call me The Doctor?20:47
dniMretsaMorly? I did not know that.20:47
dniMretsaMand lol Unit20:47
dniMretsaMOooh! just found a PC with specs pretty close to what I'm looking for.20:48
Cheri703yeah, type un and press tab20:50
dniMretsaMit's a Dell Dimension 9200 with Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz, 4GB RAM, and 160GB HD. $260.xx w/ shipping20:50
dniMretsaMI could probably get my parents to pay some since they'd most likely be buying me a laptop for when I turn 17. then they wouldn't have ot20:54
dniMretsaMto*20:54
dniMretsaMOK well, I guess I'm out for now peeps20:58
Unit193dniMretsaM: Have a good one!20:58
dniMretsaMglad to be part of the LoCo!20:58
dniMretsaMu 220:58
thafreakcanthus13: you ever hear of an organization called w2servers?21:06
thafreak512mb openvz vps for $24/year...21:06
canthus13Nope.21:12
canthus13Hmm.21:12
thafreakI bought one...seems alright...openvz is a little new to me...21:12
thafreakand I tend to not trust things that I don't really understand at first21:12
thafreakI was under the impression that openvz is more or less an overglorified and pimped out chroot21:13
canthus13Hmm... It's a container-type system, apparently.21:13
thafreakso anyone on the host, has basically direct access to my files21:14
canthus13And the machines can be rebooted independently.21:14
thafreakatleast on xen, etc, you have to mount the disk image some how to get at my files...21:14
* canthus13 is poking around at the wiki right now...21:14
thafreaklet me know what you think...they also provide 10mbit unmetered bandwidth...which is nice...21:15
canthus13Higher performance than Xen...21:15
thafreakmight set up a tor router then :)21:15
canthus13thafreak: Hmm... Looks like root can see all running processes and have access to each machine.21:22
canthus13so if you don't trust the admins, you got problems.21:22
canthus13Updates are a lot easier, though... They hit all the servers automagically, rather than having to update each one individually. Of course, you can't run your own kernel.21:24
thafreakyeah, it looks like it's running good old 2.6.1821:28
thafreakeh, as long as debian squeeze is on there, no biggie21:28
thafreakyou get almost the entire disk space to use...which is nice21:29
thafreakand "re-installing" the os, is very fast...21:29
thafreakso for now, not going to put anything on there that requires keys or passwords to be in files in the plain...21:30
thafreakso probably won't be having my irssi session over there...21:30
TheErkHowdy folks23:20
Unit193Hello TheErk!23:24
Unit193I just had to take a little guy from the basement and put him outside....23:25
* canthus13 drools.23:27
Unit193Good food?23:28
canthus13nah. just bored.23:28
Unit193We had a snake in the basement, does that count as fun?23:28
canthus13Unit193: Sure.. I like snakes.23:35
canthus13they're tasty.23:35

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