[12:13] hey folks [12:18] Morning, BluesKaj [12:35] hi dscassel [22:31] Meeting in 1/2 an hour. [22:32] I'm heading to Kwartzlab if any KW people want to join me there. (Looking at you, BobJonkman :) [22:35] Helloe everybody [22:42] O Hai, dscassel [22:43] Just got home to Elmira. Feeling a bit baffed, would rather be NIFOC [22:43] Have a meeting in 15 minutes, right? [22:44] By ourselves, if necessary [22:49] hello everyone [22:49] Hi there, fhassouneh [22:49] Hi BobJonkman [22:50] I'm thinking dscassel is in transit to #kwartzlab, so he may not yet be at a terminal (that's his irssi presence in the channel) [22:51] Back! [22:51] Meeting in 10 [22:51] Yay! [22:53] * BobJonkman is looking at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CanadianTeam/Meetings/2011-07-12 [22:53] Thanks, BobJonkman :) [22:54] Like I said, not a lot on the agenda. Anybody want to add anything? [22:54] How about https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek [22:54] Oh yeah! [22:54] Mentioned it last time, but it bears repeating. [22:54] Should be on now... [22:57] Ah, I guess the last session today ended at 5:00pm EDT [22:58] Runs all week! [22:58] * BobJonkman grabs a last-minute beverage, and prepares to compute outside on the back deck [22:58] Hold on, denting the meeting. [23:01] (People should follow @UbuntuWaterloo on twitter/identica, btw. That's me). [23:01] (There's no Ubuntu Canada account, but people can use !ubuntuca on identica or #ubuntuca on Twitter. [23:02] Meeting start! Introductions are in order. [23:02] Who are you? Where are you from? What are you doing for/with Ubuntu? [23:03] I'm Darcy, in Waterloo. I'm the LoCo contact for Ubuntu Canada, and run events and stuff here in town. [23:04] I'm Fouad, from st johns, NL. I study computer engineering and I work in signal and image processing [23:05] I am Hakim Sheriff, in Montreal, I distribute "Powered By Ubuntu" STickers for System76 (Temporarily not since I am moving) and I try to help here and there. [23:05] Awesome! Welcome, fhassouneh. [23:05] o/ [23:05] Is there much of an Ubuntu community in St John's? Any LUGs or anything? [23:05] Hi, hakimsheriff :) [23:05] Hi Fouad! [23:05] I think most of my Data structures class use ubuntu [23:06] but we dont have any community here [23:06] Hey dscassel [23:06] hi hakimsheriff [23:06] hey dscassel [23:06] Cool. U Waterloo's CS and Math departments are all ubuntu now. :) [23:06] dscassel: rgreening is in St. Johns [23:07] Mass Call! KombuchaKip sipherdee IdleOne Kulag cyphermox Jaguar james_w willwh johanbr MylesBraithwaite zeroedout FiReSTaRT Kamondelious ryanakca zul ! [23:08] (Sorry, forgot earlier) [23:08] Meeting start! [23:08] oh thats interesting, cz st. john's is a small city, so i definitly met him before [23:08] Introduce yourselves if you could. :) [23:08] Hey folks. My name's Kip. I'm the principle developer behind the Avaneya project, a cerebral science fiction game for Ubuntu (www.avaneya.com). [23:09] I'm from White Rock, British Columbia, and sometimes Vancouver. [23:10] Hi Kip. :) [23:11] hey darcy\ [23:12] BobJonkman is Bob Jonkman from Elmira, ON, just north of Waterloo [23:12] dropped in for a couple, but watching copa america [23:12] chile playing peru [23:12] dscassel: Hey man. Check out what the Avaneya VikingExtractor pulled out yesterday. This is a real pic. http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=197342&d=1310504995 [23:13] KomuchaKip: I get "You are not logged in or you do not have permission to access this page. " [23:14] /.../ KombuchaKip: I get "You are not logged in or you do not have permission to access this page. " [23:14] BobJonkman: You need to login to the Forums [23:14] to be able to see it [23:15] BobJonkman: Ubuntu forum I think you have to sign in to see message attachments. [23:15] KombuchaKip: Huh. Is that all rendered, or just the lander superimposed on Mars photos? [23:15] * BobJonkman grumbles about yet more logging inning [23:15] dscassel / BobJonkman: It's real. Very exciting. Details on how we got it out here: https://www.avaneya.com/temp/Avaneya%20Crew%20Handbook.pdf [23:16] BobJonkman: That you certainly don't need to login for. [23:17] * txwikinger is on his way [23:18] KombuchaKip: That's cool. I was assuming Avaneya was just the game. [23:19] See you soon, txwikinger :) [23:19] Okay, we don't have much of an agenda today, but we should get started... [23:19] dscassel: It is, but we needed the Viking Lander images to make the material shaders realistic. [23:19] Events! [23:20] * BobJonkman grumbles that he has to log into http://ubuntuforums.org and not https://ubuntuforums.org [23:20] Sorry. [23:20] Ubuntu Global Jam is coming up September 2-4. [23:20] We're going to host a jam here at Kwartzlab (the hackerspace in KW) [23:21] BobJonkman: Don't worry. Soon we'll have them all in PNG for you to download. [23:21] There seemed to be interest in hosting one in Toronto at Free Geek, but I haven't heard what's going on with that. [23:21] I need to hunt down a point contact person there. [23:22] If people want to run one, it's pretty fun. [23:22] Not as easy as an Ubuntu Hour, but a great way to get people contributing to the project. [23:22] Anybody running (heard about) other Jams? [23:24] I'm assuming that's a no. [23:24] nope :) [23:24] nope [23:24] nope [23:24] hakimsheriff: Nothing in Montreal? [23:25] dscassel: not sure [23:25] (Quebec has its own loco, but I like to know these things so I can tell people about them if they ask. :) [23:25] Im not very involved with Ubuntu Quebec [23:26] hakimsheriff: Still haven't made it out to an Ubuntu hour, eh? [23:26] not really, [23:26] im currently VERY busy [23:26] MagicFab's a good guy. I'm looking forward to meeting him next month. :) [23:27] Are you going to MagicFab, or is MagicFab coming to KW? [23:27] BobJonkman: I'm going to Montreal. :) [23:27] Anyway, Ubuntu Developer Week is on this week in #ubuntu-classroom. [23:28] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek [23:28] If you're interested in programming for or on Ubutu, it's a great place to learn about different technologies and techniques. [23:29] Thanks a lot dscassel [23:29] no problem, fhassouneh :) [23:29] Hope it's helpful. [23:29] I've attended in the past. [23:29] I kinda forgot about it this week (doesn't help I'm at work when it's going). [23:30] oh ok, it should be interesting [23:30] I'll probably fire up Lernid and have it running in the backround at work. [23:31] Ubuntu Vancouver's Randall Ross is running a similar event: Ubuntu Community Week. [23:31] Similar, but about building the community. [23:32] dscassel: thanks for mentionning it again, i am back from vacation so i will check #ubuntu-classroom. [23:32] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuCommunityWeek [23:32] No problem, sipherdee :) [23:32] It's July 18-22 in #ubuntu-classroom. [23:33] (Although I think they're pushing Lernid, because you get slides and it's easier for non-technical people). [23:33] Too late for the meeting? [23:34] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lernid [23:34] cgroza: Nope! We're still going. [23:34] Although we're coming to the end of the posted agenda. [23:35] Anybody else running, know of events they'd like to talk about? [23:35] Is the Ubuntu CD Bribery Program still on? [23:35] Assuming the answer is no, anything I can do to convince you it's a good idea? [23:35] BobJonkman: Yeah, but no bites. [23:36] Ubuntu CD Bribery Program is I will send you a package of 10 CDs if you run an Ubuntu Hour in your town, and post pictures/blog about it. [23:36] A bargain! [23:36] I'll probably throw in stickers and buttons too. :D [23:37] Maybe I can distribute some CDs at events like the Guelph Web Makers Meetup and the KW Design/Developers Meetup [23:37] Be Right Back, [23:38] Ubuntu Hours are fun and easy! You just find a nice cafe somewhere, advertise when you're going to be there (twitter/identica/forums/the mailing list/loco.ubuntu.com) [23:38] And people show up! You meet other cool Ubuntu people! And you can make nefarious plans for release parties and whatnot. :D [23:39] Or you dont' have to talk about ubuntu at all, if other things come up. [23:39] Totally informal. [23:39] http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hour/ [23:39] And we have one in KW next Wednesday [23:39] Yup! [23:39] BobJonkman: I brought CDs for you to KWLUG, but you weren't there. :( [23:40] I'll have some to give you next week. [23:40] * hakimsheriff is back! [23:40] yay! [23:40] *grins* because #gwmm is tomorrow... [23:40] But #kwdm is the week after Ubuntu Hour [23:41] BobJonkman: You should be here! I've got them in my car. :) [23:42] That'll teach me... [23:42] fhassouneh: You should totally run an Ubuntu Hour in St John's. [23:43] Anything else anyone wants to talk about? [23:43] dscassel: I think its a great idea, i think i'll run one soon, i just need some information and ill definitely find some ppl to help me here [23:43] fhassouneh: Great! [23:44] Yeah, see if you can get in touch with rgreening. :D [23:44] And let me know if you have any questions about it. There's really nothing to it. [23:44] ok i think it will be a fun experience [23:45] We gotta get one going regularly in Linuxcaffe in Toronto. I should poke the Free Geek guys. [23:45] by the way all the computers at memorial univerity have ubuntu 8.04 installed on them [23:45] fhassouneh: Yeah, that's where U Waterloo is too. [23:45] dscassel: yeah thats awesome [23:46] I'm just happy I'm able to run Ubuntu at work now. No more Windows! :D [23:47] I've been running rogue Ubuntu at work for about 6 months. [23:47] BobJonkman: I'm making it possible for other developers to run Ubuntu at work too. :D [23:48] Need Virtual Box to run WinXP for MS-only apps like OneNote and Exchange (because the Exchange server is too damaged to properly deal with UTF-8 in SMTP) [23:48] Our old IDE is Windows-only. I'm making a new cross-platform one based on Eclipse. :D [23:49] BobJonkman: Yeah. I need IE for a few things still. [23:49] I installed Crossover Pro trial to get Office running because I need to mark up Word docs sometimes. [23:50] (I'm thinking the meeting is pretty much over, btw. But I'll be around for a bit if anyone wants to chat) [23:50] I'm hoping the money argument will win over management types to adopt Linux - no OS license fees, no server license fees, no application license fees... [23:50] BobJonkman: For us, we support Linux for our customers, but developers aren't testing it. [23:50] Maybe we should form a special interest group, the Ubuntu Rogues [23:51] nice to meet everyone today, sand I'll keep u all updated about the ubuntu hour :) [23:51] have to go now [23:51] Getting developers developing on Linux cuts down on embarassing bugs. [23:51] Bye fhassouneh! [23:51] See you, fhassouneh. thanks for coming out. :) [23:52] dscassel: see you [23:52] fhassouneh: Goodbye! [23:58] BobJonkman: Ubuntu Rogues. I like that. Infiltrate and assimilate. :D