[00:04] Hey Guys [00:04] Hi, hakimsheriff [00:04] Just getting set up now... Sorry for the delay [00:05] Meeting time... [00:05] I have two meetings at the same time [00:06] Mass call! genii-around kavurt pillow billybigrigger Guest95519 kenjy ryanakca BobJonkman KombuchaKip sipherdee bregma IdleOne komputes txwikinger cyphermox james_w Drossel jburkholder willwh Jeruvy MagicFab zeroedout FiReSTaRT Kamondelious Mobidoy ZykoticK9 [00:06] dscassel: What can I do for you? [00:06] o/ [00:07] Meeting time, if you're interested. :) [00:07] Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanadianTeam/Meetings/2011-06-14 [00:07] Feel free to introduce yourselves... [00:07] dscassel: I'll be voyeuristic, but can't guarantee I have much to contribute. [00:08] s'cool. [00:09] Anyway, I'm Darcy, in Waterloo and I'm one of the contacts for Ubuntu Canada. [00:10] Im Hakim Sheriff, in Montreal, and I distribute free "prowered by Ubuntu" stickers for System 76 [00:10] Hi! Fabian here -> mostly U-Quebec contact - these days playing a lot with kvm, GLPI and Zentyal [00:11] Hi, my name is Alishams Hassam. I'm a director at Free Geek Vancouver. Trying to get the gtalk plugin to work with natty so i'll be here on and off [00:13] I'll be in and out too [00:13] zeroedout: Cool. I've been talking to the Free Geek Toronto guys about their space being a hub for Ubuntu activities there. :) [00:13] I'm Klich Koken, from Halifax, NS. I'm long time linux user, but i use ubuntu since hardy. [00:14] dscassel: sweet! Currently we do something called Open Help Night (formerly Windowless Wednesdays), ever wednesday where people come in with Ubuntu issues and techs from the community come to help fix/install ubuntu. [00:15] I haven't had a chance to chat up the FG toronto guys much, but I hear they're doing well [00:15] Good to see new (to me, anyway) people out. :D [00:17] Okay, so ... Events! [00:17] glad to be here :) [00:18] Vancouver is having its Natty release release party on Friday. [00:18] http://www.meetup.com/ubuntuvancouver/events/17545545/ [00:18] (You need to sign up for meetup.com and join the ubuntuvancouver event to see it. I hope it's nothing naughty. [00:19] This Sunday is the first Car-Free Sunday in Waterloo. [00:20] There was some talk about us setting up a booth or something, but I have a feeling it's not going to happen this month [00:20] (I haven't done any prep for it at lease) [00:20] least) [00:20] But there'll be more in July and August. [00:21] Aside: zeroedout, have you been out to any of the Ubuntu Vancouver events? [00:22] I've been to a couple, trying to make it for this one [00:22] Cool. [00:22] I've heard good things, but I don't know too much about what actually goes on out there. [00:23] Anyway, the ubuntu Global Jam date has been set. It's Sept. 2-4. [00:23] We'll be doing one in Kitchener, as usual. [00:23] the last one I went to was just people getting together and chatting about ubuntu and general geekery. Had some issues with the last event... but this isn't the time or place :) [00:23] And I'll be trying to get the Free Geek Toronto guys to do one there. [00:23] MagicFab, re: yocto-reader isn't that an MS error? Perhaps that would explain the problem ;) [00:23] But it would be cool if we could get more of them across the country. [00:24] zeroedout: Okay :) [00:25] On jams, one thing we've been talking about here in KW is that the Global Jam happens awfully late in the cycle. [00:26] MagicFab, my bad, clearly says "Apache/2.2.17 (Ubuntu)" at the bottom. [00:26] We were thinking about maybe doing an earlier Jam, where we can get people contributing earlier in the cycle. [00:27] Hi everyone! My name is Eric Beaurivage and I'm from Montreal, QC. My plan is to get more involved into Ubuntu with Ubuntu-QC and... I am a bit late to introduce myself for this meeting. [00:27] Welcome, sipherdee :) [00:27] Greetings! [00:27] You should talk to MagicFab re: ubuntu-qc if you haven't already. [00:28] hakimsheriff, me wants stickerz :) Coming to next Ubuntu Hour ? dscassel don't worry I 've taken care of sipherdee's *free* time already [00:28] Awesome. :D [00:28] Yes dscassel, we know each other and he already is a great help to get me started. [00:29] MagicFab, Maybe, if i manage to convince my dad, [00:30] MagicFab: I'm planning on being in Montreal the last week in August. I'm hoping I can get out to the Outremont ubuntu Hour. [00:30] dscassel: Car free Sunday here in Vancouver as well, I believe. [00:30] KombuchaKip: cool. It seems like a good opportunity to get out and interact with "normal" people. :) [00:31] dscassel: Yes, we'll have Ubuntu Vancouver out and about. [00:31] dscassel, ring me whenever in town, I'll gladly match my schedule to yours [00:31] That's cool. [00:31] MagicFab: Great. Will do. [00:33] Anyway, last thing on the agenda: [00:34] There are a bunch of sessions coming up in the #ubuntu-classroom IRC channel. [00:34] If you get an app called Lernid (there's a PPA out there if you want to google for it), the experience is a bit more streamlined and you get slides. [00:35] Anyway, the first week of sessions is ubuntu developer week, July 11-15 [00:35] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek [00:36] It's for people looking to get into developing on ubuntu, or developing Ubuntu itself. [00:38] If you think you can run a session, I'd encourage you to go to the wiki page. [00:38] The second one is Ubuntu Community Week, July 18-22. [00:38] That's organized by Ubuntu Vancouver's own Randall Ross. [00:38] And it'll be about getting more involved in the community, building community, helping users, etc. [00:39] The sort of stuff we're talking about here... [00:40] I can't run a session yet but I will be online to contribute to the talks from July 12th. [00:41] sipherdee: That helps. There'll be a -chat channel where you can help answer questions. [00:42] Jono has a blog post about the various weeks and things coming up this cycle: http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/06/01/six-months-of-rocking-ubuntu-events/ [00:43] And that's all I got. [00:43] questions? [00:45] I got enough informations with the links you posted. Thanks for the meeting! [00:45] Awesome. [00:46] I'll be around for a while if anybody has anything. [00:46] Thanks for coming out. :) [00:47] And think about running an Ubuntu event in your town! Ubuntu Hours are easy, and anyone can do them. http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hour [00:47] lol, this was pretty interesting actually. hope to be around for more (or at least idle) [00:49] Meeting over? [00:49] Ugh, unity crash. :( [00:49] dscassel, Meeting over? [00:50] Yup, unless you have any questions or anything. :) [00:52] ugh, it looks like the logger stopped logging this morning sometime. [00:53] If anybody has the meeting in the log or buffer, could you email it to dscassel@gmail.com? [00:56] dscassel, why dont you try to copy and paste what happened [00:57] better than nothing ;) [01:00] Because unity crashed and I lost my buffer. :( [01:00] (not running in screen at the moment. :( ) [01:02] should i copy and paste it for you? [01:02] and send it to you by e-mail? [01:03] woops, just about to send myself.... [01:03] zeroedout, go ahead and do it [01:03] done [01:05] thanks, guys. :) [01:07] Hi from the Falls [01:07] Hi, youcanlinux :) [01:07] Niagara, I assume. [01:08] I try to keep up with the mailing list... Have today off from work, and my wife took our son for a drive. I just started using latest Ubuntu and I like it a lot. [01:08] Nice. :) [01:08] Yes, Niagara, dcassel. Greetings. [01:09] I haven't seen a lot of Linux community activity down here... Maybe that will change... [01:10] youcanlinux: There's NPLUG, but I think that's mostly St Catherine's. [01:10] I'd be fine with that even... I work there [01:10] https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=115990519465&v=wall [01:10] txwikinger, what does the tx mean ? [01:11] Texas. :) [01:11] (I'm guessing he's afk at the moment... [01:11] oh, maybe he'll be back soon. I'm familiar with that part of the woods. [01:12] i was just shopping computer parts in St. Kitts today, found a neat little store. Need to set up a better computer for my mother-in-law. [01:12] He's a good guy. He's here in Kitchener-Waterloo now. :) [01:13] Anyway, I'm dealing with a cooling issue on my testing system... I switched out a fan and it seems I didn't put enough goop on the CPU. [01:13] Kitchener-Waterloo, I got to take the family over for Oktoberfest :-) [01:13] Definitely. :) [01:14] Or our Ubuntu release parties. :D [01:14] And lots of Linux stuff going on over there, I think. I gotta take my son to one of the parties, he's 5. [01:14] He'll appreciate our cake, i'm sure. :) [01:16] I am hoping to put up more info on my blog about the latest Ubuntu, but I am really wanting to see more club acitiviies. I [01:20] youcanlinux: What's your blog? [01:21] http://youcanlinux.wordpress.com/ [01:22] I've got a domain name, but I'm wanting to transfer registrar, probably to wordpress... still under consideration. [01:22] I'm interested in advocacy and helping beginners [01:23] also education [01:23] community education and stuff [01:24] cool. :) [01:24] Well, if you want to start building community in Niagara, you can start by organizing something like an ubuntu hour... http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hour [01:25] Thanks, I'll look into that. [01:25] If you do decide to do something, keep us updated. :) [01:26] (you can add events here: http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-ca [01:27] Will do. I have lots of questions about that, I'll save it for either the list or private email. [01:27] Sure. :) [01:28] I don't mean to hog the meeting, but is anyone else going to comment/ask questions ? [01:29] Oh, the meeting's over. :) [01:30] Doh! [01:30] It's 7-8 (ish). [01:30] I'll have logs up in a minute. [01:30] Um, well, er. hehe [01:31] At least I made it to the channel. [01:31] Yup. :) [01:32] But really, I tend to idle in the channel all the time. So do other community folks. [01:32] I may not be able to get back to you right away, but if you have questions, just ask away and I'll get back to you. [01:32] Thanks, I appreciate that. [01:34] You can also join #ubuntu-locoteams to ask questions to the LoCo council. They can help with stuff not particular to the Canada LoCo (ie, us) [01:34] Thank you for that LoCo info. Does Raymond make it to these meetings /channel sometimes ? [01:36] What's his nick? [01:36] Raymond House, you mean? [01:36] I don't think so... [01:37] Yeah, he's the one. I'd like to think that the list really helps him out a lot. [01:38] We all have to start somewhere. [01:38] Anyone know what happened to Corey Burger? [01:40] Sorry, went to the other console. Oops. [01:42] I know there used to be a way to set up a system to be able to do X-Windows sessions and switch between consoles with Ctrl-Alt-F?, hmm [01:43] So do any of the LoCo's get CD's from Ubuntu to give out at meetings / [01:43] ? [01:44] youcanlinux__: Yeah, I've got a whole pile CDs in the trunk of my car. [01:45] I'm trying to figure out how to get them out to people without costing me a fortune in postage. [01:46] I think people who are interested should be happy to attend a meeting or something... If only people would have events... [01:46] hakimsheriff: He said he'd moved on to other things. He's still around occasionally, but not in any official capacity. [01:46] I have events! My Ubuntu Hour is tomorrow. [01:47] Cool. [01:47] dscassel, any given out in montreal? [01:48] Kitchener, I've heard about the place... never been. You don't speak German by any chance ? [01:48] hakimsheriff: MagicFab should have a bunch. [01:48] dscassel, only prob is i can never go to the ubuntu hours here [01:48] youcanlinux__: Not for about 8 generations, no. [01:49] I'm into cultures and languages. [01:49] hakimsheriff: there's other ways to get ahold of him, I'm sure. :) [01:50] youcanlinux__: Cool. There isn't a whole lot of German stuff in town. Much more in the Mennonite communities nearby. [01:50] hakimsherif: I hear you. spare time is scarce for many of us. [01:50] KW has changed a lot even in hte 15 years I've lived here. [01:51] dcassel: I'm familiar with Mennonites. Thanks. [01:51] hakimsheriff: You can trade him for stickers. :) [01:51] dscassel, i was just thinking about that [01:52] youcanlinux__, its not just time, im too young [01:52] youcanlinux__, parents wont let me [01:52] Is there such a thing as too young for linux ? [01:52] Ohh... bummer. [01:52] youcanlinux__, too young to go to go to ubuntu hours [01:52] but im not like those other kids, im reponsible and i have my priorities [01:52] txwikinger had a plan to get us a table at the local multicultural festival. Not sure the status of that one. [01:52] I could pitch it to them for you. I can give them reasons to let you associate with a LInux club... career development. I've worked in the industry, I should be a poster boy for Linux. [01:53] i'd be very interested to chat with txwikinger... about language, culture of Germans, etc. [01:54] I keep in touch with the family in Mexico. [01:56] youcanlinux__: Sure. He's usually online during the day... [01:56] Im guessing everyone who is here and watches hockey is for the canucks? [01:56] hakimsheriff, UbuntuHour is at noon in a restaurant - what is your concern (or parent's) ? [01:56] MagicFab, I dont know [01:56] Its true, i dont know,lol [01:56] I have no concerns, if the people organizing the Linux event are serious, and I tend to think that they would be... [01:57] I'm in the market for another video card... I tend to favor nVidia, any other brands people like for use in Linux ? [01:58] youcanlinux__: I've been using nVidia cards for a while, but I decided to get an ATI card this update. [01:58] I'm having no end of problems getting it to work properly, tho. [01:58] did you buy one post-AMD acquisition ? [01:59] I don't see any reason for a Linux user or any non-Microsoft user to buy an ATI video card. [02:00] Yeah. [02:00] But I'd like to see AMD shake things up in the video chip market... I would hope that Intel would put out video chips that are as excellent as their procs, hmm. [02:00] Their open source drivers are apparently getting a lot better, since they're co-operating more with developers. [02:00] As well they should. Maybe I need to give AMD procs another chance... [02:02] I can let you know if I have any better luck with it. But at this point, i'm thinking I'll probably send it back. :/ [02:03] k guys i gotta go [02:03] Bye [02:03] Later, hakimsheriff [02:03] bye [02:04] Here's a question, I've got a really ancient ATI video card, ATI RagePro, I wonder if I should slap that in this old computer and give it a try.... I've got one of these in my crusty old laptop and it seems to do okay. [02:06] I don't know what the state is of the open source driver for the older Rage cards, but it's worth a shot, I guess. [02:06] I figure it's worth a try. I was at Futureshop today and I was checking out the Intel solid-state drives... I'm really curious about that. [02:07] The wife would probably not like it if I just bought oen of those... hey I can buy one for her Mom! that's the ticket ;-)))) [02:10] I've got an SSD in the laptop. It's fantastic. [02:11] I'm thinking of replacing the boot drive in the desktop with one. [02:12] I'm doing fine with my old discs... I'll keep an eye on the price though. [02:16] Well, I need to switch out video cards... Hope to return soon. [04:57] Ermmm... Sorry I missed the chat. Was out for dinner with friends, no WiFi in the restaurant. [05:03] BobJonkman: I missed it too.. but I always miss it :) [06:04] BobJonkman: You coming to the Ubuntu Hour tomorrow? === dscassel_ is now known as dscassel [12:56] Hiyas [13:17] the sky was salmon and robin's-egg blue at sunrise [13:18] this does not auger well for a comfortable day at the ol' computer [14:29] Hello. [14:32] Hi [14:32] Hello TooMany_Daves . [14:32] How are you? [14:34] fine, thanks [14:34] quiet morning [14:34] You? [14:34] Not bad thank you. Busy working away on the ubuntu forum. [15:13] Morning, folks. :) [15:14] Hello dscassel :) [15:14] How're you doing? [15:17] morning [15:17] Pretty good. Nice walk to work this morning. And Ubuntu Hour tonight. :) [15:19] Cool. What time does that start? [15:20] I thought I missed it last night === bregma_ is now known as bregma [15:56] * s-fox yawns [16:06] Last night was the IRC meeting. Tonight's Ubuntu Hour. 8pm at Whole Lot-a Gelata in Waterloo. :) [18:02] ttfn === IdleOne is now known as OneiricOne