[00:04] <hakimsheriff> Hey Guys
[00:04] <dscassel> Hi, hakimsheriff
[00:04] <dscassel> Just getting set up now...  Sorry for the delay
[00:05] <dscassel> Meeting time...
[00:05] <hakimsheriff> I have two meetings at the same time
[00:06] <dscassel> 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] <KombuchaKip> dscassel: What can I do for you?
[00:06] <MagicFab> o/
[00:07] <dscassel> Meeting time, if you're interested. :)
[00:07] <dscassel> Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanadianTeam/Meetings/2011-06-14
[00:07] <dscassel> Feel free to introduce yourselves...
[00:07] <KombuchaKip> dscassel: I'll be voyeuristic, but can't guarantee I have much to contribute.
[00:08] <dscassel> s'cool.
[00:09] <dscassel> Anyway, I'm Darcy, in Waterloo and I'm one of the contacts for Ubuntu Canada.
[00:10] <hakimsheriff> Im Hakim Sheriff, in Montreal, and I distribute free "prowered by Ubuntu" stickers for System 76
[00:10] <MagicFab> Hi! Fabian here -> mostly U-Quebec contact - these days playing a lot with kvm, GLPI and Zentyal
[00:11] <zeroedout> 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] <hakimsheriff> I'll be in and out too
[00:13] <dscassel> zeroedout: Cool. I've been talking to the Free Geek Toronto guys about their space being a hub for Ubuntu activities there. :)
[00:13] <kavurt> I'm Klich Koken, from Halifax, NS. I'm long time linux user, but i use ubuntu since hardy.
[00:14] <zeroedout> 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] <zeroedout> I haven't had a chance to chat up the FG toronto guys much, but I hear they're doing well
[00:15] <dscassel> Good to see new (to me, anyway) people out. :D
[00:17] <dscassel> Okay, so ... Events!
[00:17] <zeroedout> glad to be here :)
[00:18] <dscassel> Vancouver is having its Natty release release party on Friday.
[00:18] <dscassel> http://www.meetup.com/ubuntuvancouver/events/17545545/
[00:18] <dscassel> (You need to sign up for meetup.com and join the ubuntuvancouver event to see it.  I hope it's nothing naughty.
[00:19] <dscassel> This Sunday is the first Car-Free Sunday in Waterloo.
[00:20] <dscassel> 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] <dscassel> (I haven't done any prep for it at lease)
[00:20] <dscassel> least)
[00:20] <dscassel> But there'll be more in July and August.
[00:21] <dscassel> Aside: zeroedout, have you been out to any of the Ubuntu Vancouver events?
[00:22] <zeroedout> I've been to a couple, trying to make it for this one
[00:22] <dscassel> Cool.
[00:22] <dscassel> I've heard good things, but I don't know too much about what actually goes on out there.
[00:23] <dscassel> Anyway, the ubuntu Global Jam date has been set.  It's Sept. 2-4.
[00:23] <dscassel> We'll be doing one in Kitchener, as usual.
[00:23] <zeroedout> 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] <dscassel> And I'll be trying to get the Free Geek Toronto guys to do one there.
[00:23] <ZykoticK9> MagicFab, re: yocto-reader isn't that an MS error?  Perhaps that would explain the problem ;)
[00:23] <dscassel> But it would be cool if we could get more of them across the country.
[00:24] <dscassel> zeroedout: Okay :)
[00:25] <dscassel> 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] <ZykoticK9> MagicFab, my bad, clearly says "Apache/2.2.17 (Ubuntu)" at the bottom.
[00:26] <dscassel> We were thinking about maybe doing an earlier Jam, where we can get people contributing earlier in the cycle.
[00:27] <sipherdee> 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. <g>
[00:27] <dscassel> Welcome, sipherdee :)
[00:27] <sipherdee> Greetings!
[00:27] <dscassel> You should talk to MagicFab re: ubuntu-qc if you haven't already.
[00:28] <MagicFab> 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] <dscassel> Awesome. :D
[00:28] <sipherdee> Yes dscassel, we know each other and he already is a great help to get me started.
[00:29] <hakimsheriff> MagicFab, Maybe, if i manage to convince my dad,
[00:30] <dscassel> 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] <KombuchaKip> dscassel: Car free Sunday here in Vancouver as well, I believe.
[00:30] <dscassel> KombuchaKip: cool.  It seems like a good opportunity to get out and interact with "normal" people. :)
[00:31] <KombuchaKip> dscassel: Yes, we'll have Ubuntu Vancouver out and about.
[00:31] <MagicFab> dscassel, ring me whenever in town, I'll gladly match my schedule to yours
[00:31] <dscassel> That's cool.
[00:31] <dscassel> MagicFab: Great. Will do.
[00:33] <dscassel> Anyway, last thing on the agenda:
[00:34] <dscassel> There are a bunch of sessions coming up in the #ubuntu-classroom IRC channel.
[00:34] <dscassel> 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] <dscassel> Anyway, the first week of sessions is ubuntu developer week, July 11-15
[00:35] <dscassel> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek
[00:36] <dscassel> It's for people looking to get into developing on ubuntu, or developing Ubuntu itself.
[00:38] <dscassel> If you think you can run a session, I'd encourage you to go to the wiki page.
[00:38] <dscassel> The second one is Ubuntu Community Week, July 18-22.
[00:38] <dscassel> That's organized by Ubuntu Vancouver's own Randall Ross.
[00:38] <dscassel> And it'll be about getting more involved in the community, building community, helping users, etc.
[00:39] <dscassel> The sort of stuff we're talking about here...
[00:40] <sipherdee> I can't run a session yet but I will be online to contribute to the talks from July 12th.
[00:41] <dscassel> sipherdee: That helps.  There'll be a -chat channel where you can help answer questions.
[00:42] <dscassel> 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] <dscassel> And that's all I got.
[00:43] <dscassel> questions?
[00:45] <sipherdee> I got enough informations with the links you posted.  Thanks for the meeting!
[00:45] <dscassel> Awesome.
[00:46] <dscassel> I'll be around for a while if anybody has anything.
[00:46] <dscassel> Thanks for coming out. :)
[00:47] <dscassel> 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] <zeroedout> lol, this was pretty interesting actually. hope to be around for more (or at least idle)
[00:49] <hakimsheriff> Meeting over?
[00:49] <dscassel> Ugh, unity crash. :(
[00:49] <hakimsheriff> dscassel, Meeting over?
[00:50] <dscassel> Yup, unless you have any questions or anything. :)
[00:52] <dscassel> ugh, it looks like the logger stopped logging this morning sometime.
[00:53] <dscassel> If anybody has the meeting in the log or buffer, could you email it to dscassel@gmail.com?
[00:56] <hakimsheriff> dscassel, why dont you try to copy and paste what happened
[00:57] <hakimsheriff> better than nothing ;)
[01:00] <dscassel> Because unity crashed and I lost my buffer. :(
[01:00] <dscassel> (not running in screen at the moment. :( )
[01:02] <hakimsheriff> should i copy and paste it for you?
[01:02] <hakimsheriff> and send it to you by e-mail?
[01:03] <zeroedout> woops, just about to send myself....
[01:03] <hakimsheriff> zeroedout, go ahead and do it
[01:03] <zeroedout> done
[01:05] <dscassel> thanks, guys. :)
[01:07] <youcanlinux> Hi from the Falls
[01:07] <dscassel> Hi, youcanlinux :)
[01:07] <dscassel> Niagara, I assume.
[01:08] <youcanlinux> 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] <dscassel> Nice. :)
[01:08] <youcanlinux> Yes, Niagara, dcassel. Greetings.
[01:09] <youcanlinux> I haven't seen a lot of Linux community activity down here... Maybe that will change...
[01:10] <dscassel> youcanlinux: There's NPLUG, but I think that's mostly St Catherine's.
[01:10] <youcanlinux> I'd be fine with that even... I work there
[01:10] <dscassel> https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=115990519465&v=wall
[01:10] <youcanlinux> txwikinger, what does the tx mean ?
[01:11] <dscassel> Texas. :)
[01:11] <dscassel> (I'm guessing he's afk at the moment...
[01:11] <youcanlinux> oh, maybe he'll be back soon. I'm familiar with that part of the woods.
[01:12] <youcanlinux> 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] <dscassel> He's a good guy. He's here in Kitchener-Waterloo now. :)
[01:13] <youcanlinux> 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] <youcanlinux> Kitchener-Waterloo, I got to take the family over for Oktoberfest :-)
[01:13] <dscassel> Definitely. :)
[01:14] <dscassel> Or our Ubuntu release parties. :D
[01:14] <youcanlinux> 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] <dscassel> He'll appreciate our cake, i'm sure. :)
[01:16] <youcanlinux> 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] <dscassel> youcanlinux: What's your blog?
[01:21] <youcanlinux> http://youcanlinux.wordpress.com/
[01:22] <youcanlinux> I've got a domain name, but I'm wanting to transfer registrar, probably to wordpress... still under consideration.
[01:22] <youcanlinux> I'm interested in advocacy and helping beginners
[01:23] <youcanlinux> also education
[01:23] <youcanlinux> community education and stuff
[01:24] <dscassel> cool. :)
[01:24] <dscassel> 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] <youcanlinux> Thanks, I'll look into that.
[01:25] <dscassel> If you do decide to do something, keep us updated. :)
[01:26] <dscassel> (you can add events here: http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-ca
[01:27] <youcanlinux> Will do. I have lots of questions about that, I'll save it for either the list or private email.
[01:27] <dscassel> Sure. :)
[01:28] <youcanlinux> I don't mean to hog the meeting, but is anyone else going to comment/ask questions ?
[01:29] <dscassel> Oh, the meeting's over. :)
[01:30] <youcanlinux> Doh!
[01:30] <dscassel> It's 7-8 (ish).
[01:30] <dscassel> I'll have logs up in a minute.
[01:30] <youcanlinux> Um, well, er.  hehe
[01:31] <youcanlinux> At least I made it to the channel.
[01:31] <dscassel> Yup. :)
[01:32] <dscassel> But really, I tend to idle in the channel all the time.  So do other community folks.
[01:32] <dscassel> 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] <youcanlinux> Thanks, I appreciate that.
[01:34] <dscassel> 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] <youcanlinux> Thank you for that LoCo info. Does Raymond make it to these meetings /channel sometimes ?
[01:36] <dscassel> What's his nick?
[01:36] <dscassel> Raymond House, you mean?
[01:36] <dscassel> I don't think so...
[01:37] <youcanlinux> Yeah, he's the one. I'd like to think that the list really helps him out a lot.
[01:38] <youcanlinux> We all have to start somewhere.
[01:38] <hakimsheriff> Anyone know what happened to Corey Burger?
[01:40] <youcanlinux__> Sorry, went to the other console. Oops.
[01:42] <youcanlinux__> 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] <youcanlinux__> So do any of the LoCo's get CD's from Ubuntu to give out at meetings /
[01:43] <youcanlinux__> ?
[01:44] <dscassel> youcanlinux__: Yeah, I've got a whole pile CDs in the trunk of my car.
[01:45] <dscassel> I'm trying to figure out how to get them out to people without costing me a fortune in postage.
[01:46] <youcanlinux__> I think people who are interested should be happy to attend a meeting or something... If only people would have events...
[01:46] <dscassel> hakimsheriff: He said he'd moved on to other things.  He's still around occasionally, but not in any official capacity.
[01:46] <dscassel> I have events! My Ubuntu Hour is tomorrow.
[01:47] <youcanlinux__> Cool.
[01:47] <hakimsheriff> dscassel, any given out in montreal?
[01:48] <youcanlinux__> Kitchener, I've heard about the place... never been. You don't speak German by any chance ?
[01:48] <dscassel> hakimsheriff: MagicFab should have a bunch.
[01:48] <hakimsheriff> dscassel, only prob is i can never go to the ubuntu hours here
[01:48] <dscassel> youcanlinux__: Not for about 8 generations, no.
[01:49] <youcanlinux__> I'm into cultures and languages.
[01:49] <dscassel> hakimsheriff: there's other ways to get ahold of him, I'm sure. :)
[01:50] <dscassel> youcanlinux__: Cool.  There isn't a whole lot of German stuff in town.  Much more in the Mennonite communities nearby.
[01:50] <youcanlinux__> hakimsherif: I hear you. spare time is scarce for many of us.
[01:50] <dscassel> KW has changed a lot even in hte 15 years I've lived here.
[01:51] <youcanlinux__> dcassel: I'm familiar with Mennonites. Thanks.
[01:51] <dscassel> hakimsheriff: You can trade him for stickers. :)
[01:51] <hakimsheriff> dscassel, i was just thinking about that
[01:52] <hakimsheriff> youcanlinux__, its not just time, im too young
[01:52] <hakimsheriff> youcanlinux__, parents wont let me
[01:52] <youcanlinux__> Is there such a thing as too young for linux ?
[01:52] <youcanlinux__> Ohh... bummer.
[01:52] <hakimsheriff> youcanlinux__, too young to go to go to ubuntu hours
[01:52] <hakimsheriff> but im not like those other kids, im reponsible and i have my priorities
[01:52] <dscassel> txwikinger had a plan to get us a table at the local multicultural festival. Not sure the status of that one.
[01:52] <youcanlinux__> 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] <youcanlinux__> i'd be very interested to chat with txwikinger... about language, culture of Germans, etc.
[01:54] <youcanlinux__> I keep in touch with the family in Mexico.
[01:56] <dscassel> youcanlinux__: Sure. He's usually online during the day...
[01:56] <hakimsheriff> Im guessing everyone who is here and watches hockey is for the canucks?
[01:56] <MagicFab> hakimsheriff, UbuntuHour is at noon in a restaurant - what is your concern (or parent's) ?
[01:56] <hakimsheriff> MagicFab, I dont know
[01:56] <hakimsheriff> Its true, i dont know,lol
[01:56] <youcanlinux__> I have no concerns, if the people organizing the Linux event are serious, and I tend to think that they would be...
[01:57] <youcanlinux__> 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] <dscassel> youcanlinux__: I've been using nVidia cards for a while, but I decided to get an ATI card this update.
[01:58] <dscassel> I'm having no end of problems getting it to work properly, tho.
[01:58] <youcanlinux__> did you buy one post-AMD acquisition ?
[01:59] <youcanlinux__> I don't see any reason for a Linux user or any non-Microsoft user to buy an ATI video card.
[02:00] <dscassel> Yeah.
[02:00] <youcanlinux__> 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] <dscassel> Their open source drivers are apparently getting a lot better, since they're co-operating more with developers.
[02:00] <youcanlinux__> As well they should. Maybe I need to give AMD procs another chance...
[02:02] <dscassel> 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] <hakimsheriff> k guys i gotta go
[02:03] <hakimsheriff> Bye
[02:03] <dscassel> Later, hakimsheriff
[02:03] <youcanlinux__> bye
[02:04] <youcanlinux__> 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] <dscassel> 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] <youcanlinux__> 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] <youcanlinux__> 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] <dscassel> I've got an SSD in the laptop. It's fantastic.
[02:11] <dscassel> I'm thinking of replacing the boot drive in the desktop with one.
[02:12] <youcanlinux__> I'm doing fine with my old discs... I'll keep an eye on the price though.
[02:16] <youcanlinux__> Well, I need to switch out video cards... Hope to return soon.
[04:57] <BobJonkman> Ermmm...  Sorry I missed the chat.  Was out for dinner with friends, no WiFi in the restaurant.
[05:03] <SIR_Taco> BobJonkman: I missed it too.. but I always miss it :)
[06:04] <dscassel_> BobJonkman: You coming to the Ubuntu Hour tomorrow?
[12:56] <BluesKaj> Hiyas
[13:17] <bregma_> the sky was salmon and robin's-egg blue at sunrise
[13:18] <bregma_> this does not auger well for a comfortable day at the ol' computer
[14:29] <s-fox> Hello.
[14:32] <TooMany_Daves> Hi
[14:32] <s-fox> Hello TooMany_Daves .
[14:32] <s-fox> How are you?
[14:34] <TooMany_Daves> fine, thanks
[14:34] <TooMany_Daves> quiet morning
[14:34] <TooMany_Daves> You?
[14:34] <s-fox> Not bad thank you.  Busy working away on the ubuntu forum.
[15:13] <dscassel> Morning, folks. :)
[15:14] <s-fox> Hello dscassel :)
[15:14] <s-fox> How're you doing?
[15:17] <TooMany_Daves> morning
[15:17] <dscassel> Pretty good. Nice walk to work this morning. And Ubuntu Hour tonight. :)
[15:19] <s-fox> Cool.  What time does that start?
[15:20] <TooMany_Daves> I thought I missed it last night
[15:56]  * s-fox yawns
[16:06] <dscassel> Last night was the IRC meeting. Tonight's Ubuntu Hour.  8pm at Whole Lot-a Gelata in Waterloo. :)
[18:02] <s-fox> ttfn