| knightwise | morning everyone | 05:15 |
|---|---|---|
| knightwise | msg HazRPG morning ! | 05:33 |
| shauno | lol .. morning knightwise | 05:35 |
| AlanBell | morning all | 06:37 |
| GirlyGirl | morning! | 06:42 |
| knightwise | mornign AlanBell | 06:42 |
| knightwise | happy birthday btw AlanBell :) | 06:42 |
| knightwise | wasnt it your bday this week ? | 06:42 |
| AlanBell | nope! | 06:42 |
| knightwise | darn , my bad | 06:42 |
| AlanBell | hehe | 06:43 |
| knightwise | i thought i saw somethin on facebook | 06:43 |
| AlanBell | mid June | 06:43 |
| AlanBell | Pendulum and czajkowski have recently got less young | 06:43 |
| GirlyGirl | knightwise: I'm sure you AlanBell would still like a gift though for his immaginary bday | 06:43 |
| AlanBell | good thinking GirlyGirl | 06:44 |
| knightwise | GirlyGirl: he should be so lucky ! | 06:46 |
| AlanBell | http://ubuntu-uk.org/free-cds/ now accepting pre-orders for Oneiric CDs | 07:01 |
| popey | AlanBell: worth updating the artwork on that page? | 07:06 |
| diplo | Morning all | 07:07 |
| AlanBell | just about :) | 07:07 |
| AlanBell | would be surprised if many people noticed the updated artwork, but I will do it. At the moment it just surfaces images from shop.ubuntu.com | 07:07 |
| popey | ahhh | 07:08 |
| AlanBell | in fact, I am lazy, I will wait for the store to do the thumbnailing for me | 07:09 |
| DJones | Morning all | 07:25 |
| === aasfsdf is now known as GirlyGirl | ||
| === GirlyGirl is now known as Guest66566 | ||
| j0nr | hello everyone | 07:59 |
| j0nr | turning coldafter that little hot spell | 07:59 |
| j0nr | it is October after all | 08:00 |
| === Guest66566 is now known as Girly-Girl | ||
| gord | http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/blog/2011/10/04/ubuntu-is-closing-for-the-winter-to-take-a-sabbatical/ oh no! | 08:18 |
| bigcalm | Morning peeps | 08:20 |
| * bigcalm scratches his head | 08:22 | |
| * DJones offers bigcalm a nit comb | 08:22 | |
| bigcalm | Ta, but I really just need a wash | 08:22 |
| bigcalm | ;) | 08:22 |
| DJones | Thats good news, much healthier | 08:23 |
| czajkowski | Aloha | 08:30 |
| bigcalm | Hi | 08:31 |
| DJones | Morning czajkowski | 08:32 |
| czajkowski | can I just say time sheets are a pain in the arse | 08:32 |
| JamesTait | Happy Friday, everyone! | 08:33 |
| DJones | Agreed, thankfully after doing them for 23 years in previous jobs, I don't need to do them in this one :) | 08:34 |
| gord | wait, its friday? wooo | 08:34 |
| * Laney gets down | 08:35 | |
| DJones | Doesn't Friday just mean its teh start of the overtime weekend catching up on the things people didn't have time to do in the normal week | 08:38 |
| bigcalm | DJones: you've just described my life :( | 08:38 |
| DJones | Heh, I was going to say "catching up on the things that people couldn't do because they were too busy playing minecraft on works time" | 08:39 |
| DJones | Oh wait, thats me :) | 08:40 |
| bigcalm | :D | 08:40 |
| DJones | Good job we've got a rubbish computer system that makes me wait for between 30-60 minutes running some reports | 08:40 |
| === Girly-Girl is now known as GirlyGirl | ||
| bigcalm | Ug | 08:41 |
| === GirlyGirl is now known as Girly-Girl | ||
| === Girly-Girl is now known as GirlyGirl | ||
| === AlanBell changed the topic of #ubuntu-uk to: Welcome to #ubuntu-uk! http://ubuntu-uk.org | This channel is publicly archived http://irclogs.ubuntu.com | Mailing List http://tinyurl.com/uukml | Support Guidelines http://tinyurl.com/uuksupport | Meeting 20th October 21:00 UK time #ubuntu-uk-meeting | Ada Lovelace Day http://findingada.com/ | ||
| * AlanBell waves danfish in the direction of http://www.ehi.co.uk/events/ehi-live/skunkworks/ | 08:48 | |
| kirrus | This is a bit of a silly question.. but does the partition type for swap actually need to be swap (82)? I've always set it so, so never found out! | 08:48 |
| gordonjcp | kirrus: not really | 08:57 |
| gordonjcp | kirrus: it makes it easier for things to "guess" what the partition type is meant to be | 08:57 |
| kirrus | grand, thanks gordonjcp :) | 08:58 |
| danfish | thanks AlanBell :) | 08:59 |
| brobostigon | good morning everyone. | 09:17 |
| HazRPG | knightwise: morning dude! \o I think you forgot the / in front of that msg :P | 09:37 |
| brobostigon | morning HazRPG :) | 09:37 |
| HazRPG | AlanBell: Ah, mid june is your birthday... much the same as me then! | 09:37 |
| HazRPG | AlanBell: its great having a summer birthday isn't it :) | 09:38 |
| HazRPG | brobostigon: morning dude \o | 09:38 |
| brobostigon | o/ | 09:38 |
| Myrtti | august 13th ♥ | 09:38 |
| Myrtti | although recent events have made a part of my oggcamp birthday raffle prize redundant... | 09:39 |
| bigcalm | Not the penguin?! | 09:40 |
| Myrtti | no... I just have to give back my laptop | 09:41 |
| Myrtti | :-( | 09:41 |
| bigcalm | :( | 09:41 |
| Myrtti | the axe finally swung for good | 09:42 |
| davmor2 | morning all | 10:07 |
| * czajkowski hugs Myrtti | 10:08 | |
| TheOpenSourcerer | Something for the weekend... http://news.techeye.net/mobile/oxford-uni-puts-the-large-hadron-collider-into-android | 10:29 |
| jpds | TheOpenSourcerer: Or you could give https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VakjZqso8Ik a try. | 10:31 |
| BigRedS | oooh | 10:32 |
| czajkowski | popey: nice blog post, clicking from FB open in chrome I get a 404 error as it puts www remove the www and it works. odd | 10:38 |
| bigcalm | popey: your mod_rewrite rules need correcting in .htaccess :) | 10:40 |
| popey | ugh | 10:41 |
| popey | help me fix it :D | 10:41 |
| DJones | Myrtti: Just just reading backlog, you share the same birthday as me | 10:42 |
| bigcalm | RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^popey.com$ [NC] | 10:44 |
| bigcalm | RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.popey.com/$1 [R,L] | 10:44 |
| bigcalm | Try that | 10:44 |
| popey | its lighttpd not apache | 10:44 |
| bigcalm | No idea then :) | 10:44 |
| bigcalm | Actually, it'd want to be the reverse as well I guess | 10:45 |
| * bigcalm goes back to giving mobile devices some love | 10:45 | |
| popey | try now? | 10:45 |
| gord | i'v decided i hate gmails priority inbox, it just collects google+ messages and ignores all my important email | 10:46 |
| bigcalm | 404 | 10:46 |
| * popey has deleted the fb post | 10:47 | |
| popey | stupid facebook | 10:47 |
| kirrus | gord: really? Mine ignores all my google+ messages :) Maybe google's algorithm just thinks you put more priority on them | 10:47 |
| bigcalm | I have g+ all archived to a folder and bypass inbox | 10:47 |
| gord | i have most of my stuff archived well so i don't really even need priority inbox | 10:48 |
| * brobostigon doenloads lhsee. | 10:49 | |
| tonytiger | I already voted \o/ | 10:50 |
| tonytiger | I wanted to vote for czajkowski. You put the candidate you want at the bottom of the list, right? | 10:50 |
| bigcalm | Heh | 10:51 |
| popey | :D | 10:52 |
| popey | 11 is bigger so that must be better | 10:53 |
| popey | I gave everyone 11 | 10:53 |
| davmor2 | bigcalm: so Steph rang me this morning and so you're aware the lighthouse is available 9-5 not 6 it is open to the cinema at 5:30 so it stops being University property at that point | 10:53 |
| brobostigon | very nice 3d graphics in lhsee, | 10:53 |
| DJones | Probably need to be nice to czajkowski, she's going to getting stressed ahead of her 6am date tomorrow | 10:53 |
| bigcalm | Aha | 10:57 |
| bigcalm | That's fine. An early bunk off is something I can cope with | 10:57 |
| bigcalm | davmor2: cheers | 10:57 |
| scoundrel50a | finally got my Oneiric working on my lenovo laptop, in the end, after a week of not getting the gui to load, and updating via Ctrl+Alt+F1 I added a new user and changed to admin in new user and the Unity finally loaded. Cant get Ubuntu one to synch tomboy notes, really annoying | 11:02 |
| popey | thats a known bug | 11:02 |
| scoundrel50a | ah, that is good to know, thanks popey, will stop trying now | 11:03 |
| davmor2 | bigcalm: yeah I thought I'd let you know as soon as I did though | 11:03 |
| bigcalm | Rally the troops and get more people to come along :D | 11:03 |
| scoundrel50a | its very much like Mac os isnt it, but not quite as much functionality as mac | 11:03 |
| scoundrel50a | I have a macbook pro, and I was surprised at how much like the os Unity is | 11:04 |
| davmor2 | bigcalm: Will be | 11:05 |
| popey | scoundrel50a: it is similar | 11:05 |
| popey | scoundrel50a: in the same way that other releases are similar to windows | 11:06 |
| davmor2 | bigcalm: we got a month of advertising this time rather that 6 days :) | 11:06 |
| bigcalm | Hehe | 11:06 |
| bigcalm | Though I think the coffee rounds will get expensive ;) | 11:06 |
| scoundrel50a | popey: Having the mac os, does help with getting used to Unity I think | 11:06 |
| scoundrel50a | popey: it makes more sense | 11:07 |
| bigcalm | I should find out how well Unity copes with 3 screens | 11:07 |
| scoundrel50a | popey: I wasnt getting used to it, until I got the macbook | 11:07 |
| scoundrel50a | this lenovo laptop is amazing, I recommend getting one to anybody | 11:08 |
| popey | which model is it? | 11:08 |
| scoundrel50a | G550-6 | 11:09 |
| scoundrel50a | the cheaper one, but it works well with Unity, and the support is amazing from linux emporium | 11:09 |
| tonytiger | It looks like a fairly bog standard laptop to me :) | 11:10 |
| scoundrel50a | plus it works with Ubuntu Classic and Gnome, I found out why I lost the window controls with Gnome it was in the settings | 11:10 |
| scoundrel50a | but a better graphics card than I have had till now | 11:11 |
| scoundrel50a | and this had 11.04 and 11.10 preinstalled without windows | 11:11 |
| Joeb454 | scoundrel50a: I don't think unity is that much like the OS X dock - the taskbar in Windows 7 groups windows into 1 icon by default too | 11:11 |
| scoundrel50a | I didnt think it was like windows 7 at all, must have missed something, but very rarely use windows at all | 11:12 |
| MartijnVdS | it's very Windows 7y | 11:12 |
| scoundrel50a | just for updating my phone | 11:13 |
| MartijnVdS | Some games, TV firmware unpacking, updating my Logitech Harmony | 11:13 |
| Joeb454 | I think it's the way quite a few UI's seem to be going now | 11:13 |
| scoundrel50a | once you use it more, it does make more sense, I do like the Classic version though, that is even better | 11:14 |
| Joeb454 | I prefer unity, personally. I think that's because one of the features I liked most on OS X is spotlight, but I never really found anything similar for ubuntu...and the windows start menu wasn't the same. Unity manages to do that, and in a nicer way, IMO | 11:15 |
| ubuntuuk-planet | [Alan Pope] Voting in a new Ubuntu Community Council Begins - http://popey.com/blog/2011/10/07/voting-in-a-new-ubuntu-community-council-begins/ | 11:17 |
| scoundrel50a | is there support for installing ubuntu on macs? I was wondering about doing that sometime, is it complicated? | 11:17 |
| directhex | depends on the age of the mac | 11:19 |
| jpds | scoundrel50a: Well, some stuff might not work; the hardware isn't built to run with Ubuntu. | 11:19 |
| scoundrel50a | ah | 11:19 |
| jpds | scoundrel50a: I once dealt with one that had no wireless detected by Ubuntu. | 11:20 |
| scoundrel50a | oh, that isnt good, I have an ethernet connection, but never use it | 11:20 |
| jpds | Buy a Thinkpad or something. | 11:21 |
| scoundrel50a | Unity does use the battery up very quickly though | 11:21 |
| jpds | scoundrel50a: Actually, that's probably more related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/760131 | 11:22 |
| lubotu3 | Ubuntu bug 760131 in linux (Ubuntu Natty) "Power consumption raised significantly in natty" [High,Fix committed] | 11:22 |
| Joeb454 | scoundrel50a: I managed to get Natty installed on my Macbook (late 2008), not sure I did it right though, as I screwed the boot on it | 11:23 |
| Joeb454 | Apple still have it in for repair now :P | 11:23 |
| scoundrel50a | oh dear, how long has it been in for repair? | 11:25 |
| Joeb454 | they said 3-5 days, but they've had it for 10 days now | 11:27 |
| scoundrel50a | I notice that I havent had any bugs appear since logging in today, in 11.10, had a huge update this morning, and the compiz bug stopped showing | 11:27 |
| scoundrel50a | do they normally take that long? | 11:27 |
| Joeb454 | no, normally they've been really good. I've had to deal with apple customer relations once before, so I might email them, largely because when I called to ask about it yesterday the guy that answered the phone was quite rude | 11:29 |
| scoundrel50a | that is unusual, I have not had problems with them so far, they have really good.....sorry to hear that | 11:32 |
| DJones | This might be of interest to anybody who uses their android phone for book reading http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/07/google_books_app_launches_uk/ | 11:33 |
| scoundrel50a | oh, I usually use Kindle, but will have to look out for that | 11:37 |
| DJones | I use FBReader, but I'll give it a go, review comments don't sound to brilliant for it | 11:38 |
| scoundrel50a | battery running out, have to log off, connector over other siden of room | 11:41 |
| scoundrel50a | by for now | 11:41 |
| gord | davmor2, remind me about the lighthouse thing again closer to the time, its only half an hour away or so on the train :) | 12:16 |
| davmor2 | gord: I thought you were further up north than that | 12:19 |
| gord | davmor2, crewe, not that far away, but to be honest the rail links here are great, you hop on the fast virgin train and can get anywhere within two hours | 12:21 |
| davmor2 | gord: oh man I thought you were much further north than that :) | 12:22 |
| czajkowski | I have proof davmor2 really wuvs me deep deep down!!! | 12:26 |
| davmor2 | czajkowski: I haz proof there is alcohol in this dandelion and burdock | 12:27 |
| davmor2 | bigcalm: see the numbers are increasing for the next one already :) | 12:28 |
| bigcalm | \o/ | 12:29 |
| bigcalm | Announce it to the lists next? | 12:30 |
| davmor2 | bigcalm: of course I feel sorry for czajkowski if me, you and gord are all in the same room | 12:30 |
| bigcalm | Hehe | 12:30 |
| bigcalm | We'll be too busy taking the piss out of each other to annoy czajkowski ;) | 12:31 |
| davmor2 | bigcalm: I know she won't feel the love at all that's what I mean | 12:31 |
| bigcalm | Ah | 12:32 |
| czajkowski | bigcalm: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/czajkowski#Testimonials_about_my_work_in_the_Ubuntu_Community 1st comment davmor2 | 12:32 |
| czajkowski | see he wuvs me! | 12:32 |
| bigcalm | czajkowski: sounds like a different davmor2 to me ;) | 12:33 |
| davmor2 | bigcalm: I repeat <davmor2> czajkowski: I haz proof there is alcohol in this dandelion and burdock | 12:34 |
| popey | moooooooooooooooooooo | 12:34 |
| bigcalm | Haha | 12:34 |
| Laney | popey: you didn't say that emmet is standing again | 12:34 |
| Laney | ps GREETINGS! | 12:34 |
| popey | oops | 12:34 |
| popey | yes i did | 12:35 |
| jussi | How was the pub lunch? | 12:35 |
| popey | <li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EmmetHikory">Emmet Hikory</a></li> | 12:35 |
| jussi | popey: ^^^ | 12:35 |
| Laney | no like this | 12:35 |
| Laney | "Daniel and Lyz are standing again" | 12:35 |
| popey | well | 12:35 |
| popey | its tricky | 12:35 |
| popey | we haven't actually spoken to him | 12:35 |
| popey | so thought best to add him anyway | 12:35 |
| Laney | hah | 12:35 |
| Laney | been there | 12:35 |
| popey | jussi: crabbies and a fish finger sandwich | 12:36 |
| jussi | popey: nom? | 12:36 |
| popey | very | 12:36 |
| bigcalm | Hey Hey W Are Not the Monkees | 12:38 |
| bigcalm | What a strange 80s rap track | 12:38 |
| bigcalm | s/W/We | 12:38 |
| * czajkowski hugs davmor2 | 12:44 | |
| davmor2 | bigcalm: strange 80's rap would be morris major and the minors with the stutter rap | 12:46 |
| Myrtti | woo, at my apartment ♥ | 12:51 |
| === Lcawte is now known as Guest74670 | ||
| AlanBell | Myrtti: what country are you calling home right now? | 12:59 |
| popey | stupid dput not working behind a stupid proxy | 13:30 |
| popey | bah! | 13:30 |
| Myrtti | AlanBell: whatever where majority of my socks reside | 13:43 |
| czajkowski | popey: thanks for doing the blog post, we're all using it to share and link to | 13:44 |
| czajkowski | I've yet to wear socks yet | 13:44 |
| czajkowski | only then will I admit it's cold | 13:44 |
| popey | hehe | 13:46 |
| TheOpenSourcerer | Great PR: http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2011/10/ubuntu-powers-hp-public-cloud/ | 13:47 |
| czajkowski | hate wearing socs | 13:47 |
| czajkowski | oh also turns out I've a sprained ankle but didnt notice as taking enough meds for my back not to notice | 13:47 |
| czajkowski | go me | 13:47 |
| czajkowski | I am full of fail this week | 13:47 |
| === carl__ is now known as carl0s- | ||
| === Guest74670 is now known as Lcawte | ||
| czajkowski | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-15213346 | 14:24 |
| bigcalm | So sad | 14:26 |
| popey | i got home from work yesterday to find some chestnuts on my desk :D | 14:27 |
| popey | they have huge chestnut trees at the kids school | 14:27 |
| popey | hmm, the only mp3 on my laptop is nyancat.mp3 | 14:29 |
| Joeb454 | popey: (and anybody else on G+) have you noticed that you'll get the notification either via the phone app or web about 3 hours before the email? Or is that just me? | 14:30 |
| popey | yes | 14:30 |
| bigcalm | It appears to be the case, yes | 14:30 |
| Joeb454 | I don't know why, but that bugs me. You'd think they'd be able to email you sooner than that | 14:43 |
| kirrus | are the emails batched, contain multiple notifications for the last 3 hours? | 14:45 |
| kirrus | makes sense if so, to not flood you with emails | 14:45 |
| davmor2 | czajkowski: I've told akgraner you're being nice to me publicly she just laughed | 14:47 |
| * czajkowski goes down on one knee to davmor2 I think you're just great | 14:49 | |
| davmor2 | czajkowski: Get up you creep ;) | 14:50 |
| popey | i see the candidates are being especially nice to everyone | 14:50 |
| Joeb454 | kirrus: now you mention it, I think they might be | 14:52 |
| Joeb454 | popey: think it'll last long? | 14:52 |
| davmor2 | popey: I wouldn't mind but I only said she was gobby | 14:53 |
| rascal999 | anyone on BT? | 15:08 |
| Seeker` | for broadband? | 15:08 |
| rascal999 | yeah | 15:09 |
| Seeker` | yup | 15:09 |
| rascal999 | Seeker`: can you access http://www.newzbin.com ? | 15:10 |
| rascal999 | BT were ordered to block it, but i've read no further news | 15:10 |
| Seeker` | err, not on a BT connection at present | 15:11 |
| rascal999 | dang | 15:11 |
| diplo | rascal999, in news today | 15:18 |
| diplo | They are appealing it | 15:18 |
| diplo | So doubt it will be banned yet | 15:18 |
| czajkowski | popey: I'm alaways nice to popey on the 1st friday of the month | 15:30 |
| czajkowski | after that it's game on | 15:30 |
| czajkowski | and now I've no Moodoo I've a gord | 15:30 |
| czajkowski | but I'm gentle with gorl | 15:30 |
| czajkowski | *gord | 15:30 |
| gord | gorl for short | 15:30 |
| popey | WHAT!? | 15:31 |
| popey | there's a _pattern_ to this madness!? | 15:31 |
| gord | yeah, but observing it changes it | 15:32 |
| * popey blinks | 15:32 | |
| * popey likes blinking | 15:32 | |
| bigcalm | Weeping Angels like popey | 15:32 |
| czajkowski | it'll be back to normal come tomorrow | 15:33 |
| czajkowski | and I shall be back to poking kicking and throttling davmor2 | 15:33 |
| czajkowski | then teasing gord about nice foods I have till moodoo comes back | 15:33 |
| czajkowski | simples | 15:33 |
| bigcalm | *squeek* | 15:33 |
| czajkowski | stupid meerkat add | 15:38 |
| bigcalm | Oh dear. My android tablet is telling a website that it's an iPad | 15:38 |
| * bigcalm sighs | 15:38 | |
| gord | maybe it is an ipad and you are just confused? | 15:45 |
| davmor2 | czajkowski: in that case, I may just tie your hair to your chair in preparation for your departure :) | 15:47 |
| czajkowski | http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/1283/detail/ dont forget to register if you're coming along | 15:47 |
| stuphi | Anybody here use a Twinhan USB DVB tuner card with 11.10? | 16:31 |
| MartijnVdS | let me check the brand on mine | 16:31 |
| stuphi | This happens with mine:- http://paste.ubuntu.com/704076/ | 16:31 |
| MartijnVdS | [532177.990328] dvb-usb: WideView WT-220U PenType Receiver (Typhoon/Freecom) successfully initialized and connected. | 16:31 |
| MartijnVdS | stuphi: Ooh, shiny crash | 16:32 |
| MartijnVdS | stuphi: you'll probably want to report a bug for that | 16:32 |
| stuphi | MartijnVdS: Any suggestion what package to report against? | 16:32 |
| MartijnVdS | stuphi: the kernel, let me find a HOWTO | 16:33 |
| MartijnVdS | stuphi: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/KernelTeamBugPolicies | 16:33 |
| stuphi | MartijnVdS: Thanks for that. | 16:33 |
| davmor2 | gord: you going to the release party? | 16:59 |
| gord | davmor2, nope, too far for me | 17:00 |
| davmor2 | I still have a horrible feeling that we'll be working on a release then, but I'm still hoping | 17:00 |
| gord | davmor2, work on release *at* the party | 17:19 |
| davmor2 | gord: it's at the cask wifi never works at the cask | 17:20 |
| gord | davmor2, mobile internet? | 17:21 |
| davmor2 | there ahahahahahahahahahaha | 17:21 |
| gord | unless i'm out of the country, i don't even bother using wifi out and about these days | 17:21 |
| brobostigon | terry gilliam, on the one show, :) | 17:57 |
| AlanBell | waterponies \o/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15215335 | 18:07 |
| zleap | brobostigon, no idea who he is | 18:16 |
| brobostigon | zleap: director, and member and animator for monty python. | 18:17 |
| zleap | ah | 18:17 |
| popey | Evening all! | 18:28 |
| brobostigon | evening popey | 18:28 |
| zleap | evening | 18:28 |
| zleap | not long to go | 18:28 |
| DJones | popey: Are you now a retired council member now? | 18:36 |
| * popey puts his feet up | 18:37 | |
| popey | yeah | 18:37 |
| popey | (no) | 18:37 |
| popey | staying on till newbs are voted in | 18:37 |
| DJones | heh | 18:37 |
| DJones | I would have thought the vote would be before your term ended so they'd take over as one term ended | 18:39 |
| AlanBell | DJones: this is still the dreamy oneiric cycle, administrative processes will be precise next time | 18:41 |
| popey | Impressed that we'll have an installfest three days after release | 18:49 |
| popey | thats brilliant work | 18:49 |
| zleap | popey, i want to do stuff here in South Devon but no one seems to be ever avialbel to help when i mention it on the list | 19:03 |
| zleap | as in dclug list | 19:03 |
| davmor2 | czajkowski: Boo!!! | 19:18 |
| pepito | hello all! I am having some major issues and could really use some help from people who know what the heck they | 19:45 |
| pepito | are doing | 19:45 |
| pepito | I bought my laptop from an aquaintance (i wont say friend) who had a friend of hers wipe the hard drive and install his windows vista ultimate on it... problem is I didnt know this and the thirty day registration window ran out | 19:47 |
| pepito | and when I tried to get the product key from him and enter it, it says the product key has already been used.... anyway long story short, I have decided to go with Ubuntu and would like to install it on my computer | 19:48 |
| pepito | the problem is that I am accessing the internet through the windows vista "limited access" feature which means it allows me to get on the internet (although it kicks me off every thirty minutes or so) | 19:49 |
| pepito | and I downloaded ubuntu to my hard drive, but I have noooooo idea how to install it and get an operating system up and running | 19:49 |
| pepito | I am severely clueless when it comes to IT stuff, and I am really really hoping someone here has a clue how I can install ubuntu from my harddrive | 19:50 |
| pepito | I am not able to access my USB drive or my CD burner in order to install Ubuntu the way it is explained on the website | 19:51 |
| pepito | Can anyone give me any good advice? | 19:51 |
| pepito | anybody there? | 19:55 |
| Pernig | o/ pepito | 19:57 |
| pepito | hi pernig | 19:57 |
| Pernig | howcome you can't access a cd burner? | 19:57 |
| pepito | because all that windows vista will allow me to do is access the internet | 19:58 |
| Pernig | hmmm | 19:58 |
| Pernig | and USB drives will not show up? | 19:58 |
| pepito | there si a black screen with a small notice in the corner saying that the version of windows has not been confirmed as genuine | 19:59 |
| pepito | I can't see or click on ANYthing | 19:59 |
| pepito | I have the download window open... | 19:59 |
| Pernig | oh dear | 19:59 |
| Pernig | right | 19:59 |
| pepito | since I just finished downloading ubuntu | 19:59 |
| Pernig | when you turn the computer on | 20:00 |
| Pernig | wait until the boot screen goes off | 20:00 |
| pepito | and I clicked on the downloaded file to try to open it, but it just says that there is no program to open this .iso file | 20:00 |
| Pernig | then tap F8 a few times | 20:00 |
| pepito | okay ..... | 20:00 |
| Pernig | you will get a dialogue with things like "last known good configuration, repair this computer and safe mode" | 20:00 |
| Pernig | what you want is safe mode | 20:00 |
| pepito | okay... taking notes... | 20:00 |
| Pernig | you _should_ be able to access CDs and USB devices from there | 20:01 |
| pepito | okay,.. that is good to know.... the question I still have is.. | 20:01 |
| Pernig | fire away | 20:01 |
| pepito | how do I get the file from my download file where it is located now into a USB drive? | 20:02 |
| pepito | will I be able to access the download from this safe mode? | 20:02 |
| Pernig | you will be able to access the download | 20:02 |
| Pernig | but you probably won't be able to initiate new downloads | 20:02 |
| Pernig | so download the things you need now | 20:02 |
| Pernig | i would recommend a tool called unetbootin | 20:02 |
| pepito | okay, unetbootin | 20:03 |
| Pernig | http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ | 20:03 |
| pepito | is it pretty intuitive to use? | 20:03 |
| Pernig | it's simple enough | 20:03 |
| Pernig | that screenshot that you see on the unetbootin homepage | 20:03 |
| Pernig | you choose the radio button marked 'diskimage | 20:03 |
| Pernig | ' | 20:03 |
| Pernig | and press the three dots | 20:03 |
| Pernig | and choose your Ubuntu iso that you have already downloaded | 20:04 |
| pepito | furiously scribbling notes.... | 20:04 |
| Pernig | then for your drive, choose the USB drive you have plugged in (format this before you run unetbootin) | 20:04 |
| pepito | okay that triggers question | 20:05 |
| pepito | formating the USB drive involves...? (sorry I am really IT clueless) | 20:06 |
| Pernig | go to the start button in the bottom left | 20:06 |
| Pernig | click that | 20:06 |
| Pernig | then click computer | 20:07 |
| Pernig | your drive will be in the section for 'removeable devices' | 20:07 |
| pepito | will the start button be there in the "safe mode"? | 20:07 |
| Pernig | or something like that | 20:07 |
| Pernig | yep | 20:07 |
| pepito | ok | 20:07 |
| Pernig | then right click on the drive you want to format | 20:07 |
| Pernig | it brings up a menu | 20:07 |
| Pernig | and format is one of the options | 20:07 |
| Pernig | there are a few options there but again quite straightforward | 20:07 |
| Pernig | i usually tick 'quick format' or it takes quite a while | 20:08 |
| pepito | okay I think I got it... when I format the USB drive I assume whatever is on it will be deleted? | 20:09 |
| Pernig | yeah | 20:09 |
| Pernig | back up your things first if possible | 20:09 |
| Pernig | this will also be the case when you install Ubuntu on your computer's internal hard drive | 20:09 |
| pepito | okay | 20:09 |
| pepito | I really appreciate this by the way | 20:09 |
| pepito | I mean I REALLY appreciate it | 20:10 |
| Pernig | no prob | 20:10 |
| pepito | can I pick your brain for just a few seconds longer? | 20:10 |
| Pernig | i think we were all where you are at one stage | 20:10 |
| Pernig | of course | 20:10 |
| pepito | I made the decision to do Ubuntu partly because of the ridiculous cost of windows 7 and partly because I find Microsoft's methods.... diabolical to put it nicely.... but mostly because I believe in the concept of open source | 20:11 |
| pepito | I have been reading up on alternative economies, Sacred Economics and etc..... anyway my point is I have a strong desire to work with Ubuntu | 20:12 |
| pepito | and had already started down this path with OPen office... | 20:12 |
| pepito | the question comes now... | 20:12 |
| Pernig | ok | 20:12 |
| pepito | will Ubuntu be a functional system? I mean, open office is great in many ways, but when it comes to interfacing with word users, I find that little details like formatting are slightly different... this | 20:13 |
| Pernig | of course it will be different | 20:14 |
| Pernig | it will feel a little different | 20:14 |
| pepito | sort of sucks when I am sending a resume to a potential employer, for example, and formatting needs to be stable | 20:14 |
| Pernig | the inner workings are very different | 20:14 |
| Pernig | but i have found Ubuntu to be very stable | 20:14 |
| pepito | will it be as functional? | 20:14 |
| Pernig | i would say so | 20:14 |
| Pernig | if not more functional | 20:14 |
| Pernig | the difference between an OS and a package like openoffice | 20:14 |
| Pernig | your operating is the only thing that will access your PC | 20:15 |
| Pernig | once you have it running right, it will stay running right | 20:15 |
| Pernig | no one else is going to look at it from somewhere else and cause an incompatibility | 20:15 |
| Pernig | i know what you mean about the openoffice documents etc | 20:15 |
| Pernig | Ubuntu has a lot of resources being spent on bugfixing, compatibility etc | 20:16 |
| pepito | yeah that makes sense. Honestly just knowing that there is an awesome group of people like this is hugely reassuring. | 20:17 |
| Pernig | have you chosen LTS? | 20:17 |
| pepito | lol now you really get to see my IT ignorance. what is LTS? | 20:17 |
| Pernig | sorry | 20:17 |
| Pernig | the long term support release of Ubuntu | 20:17 |
| pepito | I believe so. I think it said something about three year or something like that? | 20:17 |
| pepito | I didn't know exactly what that meant but it sounded good | 20:18 |
| Pernig | 10.04 | 20:18 |
| ubuntuuk-planet | [Jono Bacon] Feedback Welcome - http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/10/07/feedback-welcome/ | 20:18 |
| Pernig | it's ironic that now you have chosen a 'free' OS, you may well find you get better tech support! | 20:19 |
| pepito | no it looks like I downloaded 11 04 | 20:19 |
| Pernig | 11.04 is pretty good | 20:19 |
| Pernig | how old is your computer out of interest? | 20:19 |
| jacobw | LTS releases are supported for 3 years on the desktop and 5 years on the server | 20:20 |
| pepito_ | sorry | 20:21 |
| jacobw | wb pepito_ | 20:21 |
| pepito_ | vista kicked me out mid chat | 20:21 |
| Pernig | did you get kicked off? :P | 20:21 |
| pepito_ | in order to log me off and remind me of the almighty power of MS | 20:21 |
| pepito_ | you mentioned the irony of better tech support and I fell off my chair laughing at the truth of it | 20:22 |
| jacobw | it is true | 20:22 |
| Pernig | we're not a bad bunch | 20:22 |
| jacobw | anyway, you want to intall Ubuntu on your laptop? | 20:22 |
| pepito_ | I'd say you're aaaight so far. yeah I am going to go through and try to read my scribbled handwriting, follow the process that Pernig laid out, and then I will be back in to let y'all know how it went | 20:23 |
| jacobw | assuming the laptop has function USB ports you should be able to make a bootable USB drive to install from | 20:23 |
| pepito_ | no idea how long it will take, so if you're not here when I get back.... thanks again. | 20:23 |
| Pernig | no prob | 20:24 |
| jacobw | i haven't read all the exchanges just the original question | 20:24 |
| Pernig | let us know how you get on | 20:24 |
| Pernig | jacobw: i gave pepito a link to unetbootin homepage and showed how to use | 20:24 |
| jacobw | excellent :) | 20:25 |
| pepito_ | will do... I need to download that first of all I think | 20:25 |
| pepito_ | oh snap | 20:25 |
| Pernig | it's only a few MB | 20:25 |
| pepito_ | can you give me that link again? | 20:25 |
| jacobw | install from usb is much faster than CD | 20:25 |
| Pernig | sure | 20:25 |
| jacobw | !unetbootin | 20:25 |
| lubotu3 | For information about installing Ubuntu from USB flash drives, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/FromUSBStick - For a persistent live USB install, see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LiveUsbPendrivePersistent | 20:25 |
| Pernig | http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download | 20:25 |
| Pernig | nope | 20:25 |
| Pernig | http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ | 20:25 |
| Pernig | wrong glasses :P | 20:25 |
| pepito_ | yeah that one | 20:25 |
| pepito_ | okay it gives me options to download for windows, linux or mac | 20:26 |
| pepito_ | lol | 20:26 |
| pepito_ | I assume the windows one? | 20:26 |
| Pernig | yeah | 20:26 |
| pepito_ | since I will be using it before I delete windows for ever and ever | 20:26 |
| pepito_ | okay | 20:26 |
| Pernig | once you have Ubuntu on there is a convenient tool built in for making USB installation disks | 20:27 |
| pepito_ | okay it is downlloaded.... here goes nothing. | 20:28 |
| Pernig | is the USB device showing up now? | 20:28 |
| Pernig | too late haha | 20:28 |
| Pernig | ooo new kernel and new version of KDE | 20:29 |
| Pernig | shame about the download size! | 20:29 |
| * jacobw is a lazy GNOME user | 20:29 | |
| Pernig | to be fair, my main desktop activity is almost an _exact_ copy of the unity interface | 20:30 |
| jacobw | at least you'll have a shutdown button :P | 20:33 |
| Pernig | haha | 20:33 |
| GirlyGirl | bye | 20:51 |
| Myrtti | AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGFGGGGHGHGHGHGHGHG | 21:07 |
| Myrtti | The Ryanair.com booking system is currently unavailable due to essential system maintenance. | 21:07 |
| Myrtti | We apologise for the inconvenience caused by this temporary system outage | 21:07 |
| Myrtti | FAIL | 21:07 |
| Pernig | oh dear | 21:07 |
| Pernig | a friend had problems with that | 21:08 |
| Pernig | the online checking thing | 21:08 |
| Pernig | checking in* | 21:08 |
| gord | with the way ryanair is, i'd be surprised if its up for more than a few minutes a day | 21:09 |
| Andres-kain | thinking of going anywhere nice? | 21:10 |
| Myrtti | second time a charm | 21:11 |
| Myrtti | yeah, UK | 21:11 |
| Myrtti | it's a loverly place I hear | 21:11 |
| stuphi | Anybody know what happened to avidemux in 11.10? It's gone! :-( | 21:11 |
| Pernig | stuphi: maybe there is not a package built for 11.10 yet | 21:12 |
| pepito | Well guess who is a fresh convert to ubuntu??? Me is, that's who! | 21:12 |
| Pernig | that was quick! | 21:12 |
| stuphi | Pernig: It's getting a bit late, aint it? | 21:13 |
| pepito | I feel like I am seeing the world in color for the first time!!!! | 21:13 |
| pepito | yes it was quick, and painless, thanks to some awesome help | 21:13 |
| Andres-kain | i knew a grasshopper named pepito... | 21:14 |
| pepito | microsoft can go play under a bus. This is awesome stuff | 21:14 |
| Andres-kain | uk is awsome. mysociety is awesome. | 21:14 |
| pepito | I was once a grasshopper til I learned ubuntu kung fu | 21:14 |
| Andres-kain | did you completely remove windows or dualbooting? | 21:15 |
| pepito | I completely removed it. I saw no point in keeping it around when I would have to buy windows 7 in order to get back in and use it again | 21:16 |
| pepito | I do have a question already though... | 21:17 |
| Pernig | it's in cases like yours when you realise the value of the freedom of software | 21:17 |
| Pernig | a lot of people can't get their head around that part | 21:17 |
| Pernig | pepito: what's your question? | 21:18 |
| pepito | In the set up I told it to set the keyboard for US settings, naively thinking I was being smart.... I live in Germanz, laptop is German kezboard, and I am unfortunatelz alreadz adapted to the German kezboard as zou can see | 21:18 |
| Pernig | haha | 21:18 |
| Pernig | i'm not sure i can help you with that one | 21:19 |
| pepito | how can I go back and tell it to have a german kezboard setting, while maintaining english as the language | 21:19 |
| Pernig | but i'm sure someone in here can | 21:19 |
| Pernig | you are using 11.04 right? | 21:19 |
| pepito | lol well anyway it is a small price to pay for such a feeling of freedom. yes it is 11.04 | 21:20 |
| Myrtti | I'd be surprised if there isn't a way in System - Preferences to change the keyboard layout | 21:21 |
| Pernig | i will take a look for you, just need to recompile my virtualbox modules | 21:21 |
| Myrtti | well, that's atleast it would go in Classic Gnome | 21:21 |
| Pernig | pepito: is there a bar with icons that goes all the way down the left hand side of the screen? | 21:21 |
| pepito | yes | 21:22 |
| Pernig | http://www.mygeekopinions.com/2011/05/how-to-change-keyboard-layout-in-ubuntu.html | 21:23 |
| Pernig | ok | 21:23 |
| pepito | lol | 21:23 |
| Pernig | if you just press the icon in the top left | 21:24 |
| Pernig | type control center in there | 21:24 |
| Pernig | the icon should come up | 21:24 |
| Pernig | it should only change the layout, not the language | 21:24 |
| pepito | you know, I can build furniture and hang a door like nobodys business... I say that to comfort myself as I sit in awe of you guys' prowess in this IT geek stuff | 21:24 |
| popey | thats handy, I hate hanging doors | 21:25 |
| Pernig | tbh you have the aptitude and the right attitude to be able to do it | 21:25 |
| Andres-kain | pepito i swap spanish and english. press the meta key (what was your windows key) and type keyboard | 21:26 |
| Andres-kain | from there there are two optios, sadly not at pc now so cant help any further | 21:27 |
| pepito | my jaw seriously dropped at the meta key function | 21:27 |
| pepito | that is BITCHIN | 21:27 |
| Pernig | it's very handy | 21:27 |
| Andres-kain | but you can add another configuration | 21:27 |
| Pernig | if you hold it down you can use keys to go to your favourite programs on the left | 21:28 |
| pepito | and that was incredibly easy. I added german, so now I should be able to switch back and forth I assume, right_ | 21:28 |
| Andres-kain | and have a hotkey shortcut or an icon on top right to switch. or both | 21:28 |
| pepito | whoa whoa | 21:28 |
| stuphi | Pants! Avidemux has been removed from 11.10 :-( bug 831096 | 21:28 |
| lubotu3 | Launchpad bug 831096 in avidemux (Ubuntu) "avidemux version 1:2.5.4-0ubuntu7 failed to build in oneiric" [High,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/831096 | 21:28 |
| pepito | hotkeys is techie jargon there | 21:29 |
| Andres-kain | sorry. | 21:29 |
| pepito | lol no I should be apologizing.... I am just to busy gazing at this awesomeness that is my new OS | 21:30 |
| Andres-kain | hotkey for me is using key combinations to do stuff. like alt+ctl+right arrow (or left) | 21:31 |
| Andres-kain | yeah, i never got over the awsomness. it doent go away. | 21:31 |
| Andres-kain | hits me very hard everytime i have to get back to work with windows. | 21:32 |
| Pernig | Andres-kain: same | 21:33 |
| Andres-kain | by the way celebrateubuntu videos in youtube channel look very clean and well made. | 21:33 |
| pepito | I just discovered that I can set up timed breaks, to keep me from getting lost and spending hours on this thing, and it will even lock the screen *but onlz if I want* to enforce it | 21:33 |
| Pernig | for instance when i want to checksum a download on a friend's computer or do something that i can do very quickly on the command line | 21:33 |
| pepito | so hotkeys, okay I am getting distracted | 21:34 |
| pepito | I can program hotkeys for certain functions, sort of like speed dial phone numbers in my cell, is that the concept? | 21:34 |
| Pernig | yes | 21:35 |
| Andres-kain | yes | 21:36 |
| Andres-kain | press meta and type compose (i recall) | 21:36 |
| Andres-kain | it will show you what you have. | 21:36 |
| Andres-kain | i would leave defaults | 21:37 |
| pepito | compose shows no results | 21:37 |
| Andres-kain | also hold meta a little longer and your icons on the left will show numbers | 21:37 |
| Andres-kain | dang, sorry about that must be another word | 21:38 |
| pepito | you mean when I am clicking on it? tried it, not seeing anything... | 21:38 |
| Andres-kain | sorry again, working from memory and in bed here. | 21:39 |
| pepito | lol no worries | 21:39 |
| Andres-kain | so simple thing... hold meta (the windows key) and number 1 | 21:39 |
| Andres-kain | that should open your firfox or whatever you have on the top of the list to the left | 21:40 |
| Andres-kain | try meta+2,3,4.... | 21:41 |
| Andres-kain | is that working for you? | 21:42 |
| Andres-kain | not very important really i like clicking (not much of a power user) | 21:42 |
| pepito | sorry I left the computer for a second | 21:43 |
| pepito | okay meta key and number one | 21:43 |
| pepito | wait so I click it and press 1? | 21:44 |
| Pernig | just hold down the meta key itself | 21:44 |
| Pernig | and don't let go until you have pressed a number | 21:44 |
| pepito | oh snap | 21:44 |
| pepito | now I get it | 21:45 |
| Andres-kain | press keyboard button with the windows drawing on it. | 21:45 |
| Andres-kain | cool. | 21:45 |
| pepito | the meta key the meta key | 21:45 |
| Pernig | aye | 21:45 |
| pepito | now I am up to speed | 21:45 |
| Andres-kain | great! | 21:45 |
| pepito | that is friggin awesome | 21:45 |
| Andres-kain | do you know about multiple desktops? | 21:46 |
| pepito | no. should I be sitting down? | 21:46 |
| Andres-kain | with ubuntu you get 4 for the price of one. | 21:46 |
| Andres-kain | and the first one is free. | 21:47 |
| Joeb454 | Andres-kain: you know you can increase that number, right? I have 9 | 21:47 |
| pepito | lol seriously I can't contain my exuberance here. There is a beauty in this that money cannot buy | 21:47 |
| pepito | so what is the benefit of multiple desktops? how would that work? | 21:47 |
| Andres-kain | yep you can have as many desktops with different apps running on them as you like. by default 4 | 21:48 |
| Andres-kain | i use only 2. | 21:48 |
| pepito | okay, but why not just have the various apps open on one desktop? I can run multiple apps on one desktop like I did in windows before, right? | 21:49 |
| Andres-kain | yes | 21:49 |
| Andres-kain | sorry typing on mobile phne.. not too quick | 21:49 |
| pepito | I am in no hurry | 21:49 |
| pepito | take your time | 21:49 |
| pepito | I have tons of questions and lots of excitement | 21:50 |
| Andres-kain | advantage is you cn have one desktop for worlk another for play | 21:50 |
| Andres-kain | another for your music... | 21:50 |
| Andres-kain | i didn't make sense of it until i statrs using it | 21:51 |
| pepito | okay it sounds like it is worth learning about | 21:51 |
| pepito | sorry guys I am going to be on here picking your brains until I either fall asleep exhausted and happy or somebody kicks me out | 21:52 |
| Joeb454 | pepito: as an example, I currently have 5 workspaces in use - 1 for web, 1 for IRC, 1 for IM, 1 for emails and 1 for music | 21:52 |
| Andres-kain | so on the left-handed colum of icons go to the bottom ther should be some grey dull looking ones | 21:52 |
| Joeb454 | it keeps them nice and self contained | 21:52 |
| Pernig | no prob pepito | 21:52 |
| pepito | every time a turn around something else piques my curiousity | 21:52 |
| Pernig | i'm not going to bed for another hour yet | 21:52 |
| Andres-kain | click on the grey ones. | 21:53 |
| pepito | okay andres-kain I am seeing it | 21:53 |
| pepito | HOLY BATSHIZ | 21:53 |
| Andres-kain | yep. | 21:53 |
| pepito | whoa whoa whoa | 21:53 |
| Andres-kain | found it | 21:53 |
| pepito | YES | 21:54 |
| Andres-kain | i think holding ctl+alt+ arrowkeys cycles through them. | 21:54 |
| pepito | okay that is the coolest thing since Vanilla Ice | 21:55 |
| MartijnVdS | *dun dun dun dundundun dun* | 21:55 |
| pepito | lol | 21:55 |
| Andres-kain | you can grag windows between the desktops (called workspace) | 21:55 |
| pepito | grag? | 21:55 |
| Andres-kain | drag* | 21:55 |
| pepito | drag? | 21:55 |
| MartijnVdS | drag | 21:55 |
| pepito | ok | 21:55 |
| Andres-kain | yes | 21:55 |
| Andres-kain | :) | 21:56 |
| pepito | no kidding. wow, okay. when I shut off the computer it all goes back to square one though, right? | 21:56 |
| MartijnVdS | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Arrow = move current window along to new workspace | 21:56 |
| Andres-kain | you on live usb? | 21:57 |
| Andres-kain | live cd? | 21:57 |
| pepito | or can I start it up and already have all four set up with specific intended uses | 21:57 |
| pepito | if you are asking what I think you're asking, I installed it on my harddrive. I am a committed user | 21:58 |
| Andres-kain | oh, i get it. you probably can but i do not know how. | 21:58 |
| pepito | by square one I mean... okay yeah we on the same page | 21:58 |
| Andres-kain | well done. | 21:58 |
| pepito | I am going to be shouting about this all over FB | 21:58 |
| Andres-kain | there is something called start up manager. but i would get to that yer. | 21:59 |
| pepito | I think I might even go graffitti it on a Microsoft billboard somewhere | 21:59 |
| pepito | what is this ubuntu one? | 21:59 |
| Andres-kain | tried that. just gets you into trouble and kills the nice linux brand. | 22:00 |
| Andres-kain | your cloud (ubuntu one) | 22:00 |
| Andres-kain | and music streamer to your phone | 22:00 |
| pepito | hmmm sounds dreary | 22:00 |
| Andres-kain | and browser sync | 22:00 |
| pepito | is it more for smartphone users? | 22:01 |
| Andres-kain | and ... | 22:01 |
| Andres-kain | not necesarily | 22:01 |
| pepito | so you wouldnt reccommend the ubuntu one? | 22:02 |
| Andres-kain | you use fb right? say you want to share a pdf document | 22:02 |
| pepito | okay... | 22:02 |
| Andres-kain | i really do recomend it. | 22:02 |
| Andres-kain | the pdf doc is in your hdd but not in internet. | 22:02 |
| pepito | oh oh you were responding to me graffiti comment. sorry, sometimes hard to follow the flow of conversation | 22:03 |
| pepito | okay I follow you | 22:03 |
| Andres-kain | you put file in ubuntu one folder then right click and choose share via url. copy that link | 22:04 |
| Andres-kain | to fb. and all your fb contacts can download it. | 22:05 |
| Andres-kain | did i explain myself? | 22:05 |
| pepito | aha okay yes that makes sense even to a slow feller like myself | 22:06 |
| Andres-kain | ok. do you know about software centre? | 22:06 |
| pepito | no. am I going to have another endorphin rush? :) | 22:07 |
| Andres-kain | more imporantly: do you remember your password? i forgot mine the first time. | 22:08 |
| pepito | I am also wondering about "empathy messaging" and also questions about email syncing.... | 22:08 |
| pepito | yes password is good | 22:08 |
| Andres-kain | software centre is one of the icons to the left that looks like a shopping bag | 22:08 |
| Andres-kain | filled with stuff. | 22:09 |
| pepito | i see it | 22:09 |
| pepito | it looks like christmas come early | 22:09 |
| pepito | hows it work? | 22:09 |
| Andres-kain | ok. if you want to install something go there first. | 22:10 |
| Andres-kain | it is safe, mainained and easier to use than the windows installers. | 22:10 |
| pepito | install something meaning, downloading anything? | 22:11 |
| Andres-kain | just as easily you can uninstall in the same way. | 22:11 |
| pepito | oh wait okay I see | 22:11 |
| pepito | yes the windows stuff was kind of a pain in the ass | 22:12 |
| Pernig | it takes care of the downloading for you | 22:12 |
| Andres-kain | yes, and 99% is free of cost. | 22:13 |
| Andres-kain | ok you mentioned epifany? | 22:13 |
| pepito | okay | 22:13 |
| Andres-kain | how are you chatting now? different computer? | 22:13 |
| pepito | I am browsing through it right now. I mentioned endorphin rush, close enough to the same thing | 22:13 |
| Andres-kain | web? | 22:13 |
| pepito | web | 22:14 |
| Andres-kain | cool. | 22:14 |
| Andres-kain | install a simple game to give it a try. | 22:14 |
| pepito | okay it asks my password, which is cool | 22:17 |
| pepito | nobody can download crap without asking me first | 22:17 |
| pepito | I like | 22:17 |
| pepito | got to take off for a second, brb | 22:17 |
| Andres-kain | pepito, i'm going to have to leave you but i want to say a few things: epifany is for chat: irc, facebookchat, googlechat/talk,... gwibber is for facebook, twitter,... | 22:17 |
| Andres-kain | evolution is for email like outlook but a bit easier i think. | 22:19 |
| Andres-kain | once you have them set up you can access all from top right (notificatio area) | 22:20 |
| pepito | well I can't thank you enough, all of you. I am going to be in here quite a bit I think so I will look forward to seeing you around | 22:20 |
| Andres-kain | you can set it up from there. | 22:20 |
| pepito | okay I will play around and see what I figure out. | 22:20 |
| Andres-kain | i normally use ubuntu-uk mailing list. it is a bit slower but i like it better. | 22:21 |
| pepito | it is asking me about adding the game to the "launcher". what is the launcher | 22:21 |
| Andres-kain | enjoy your freedom. | 22:21 |
| pepito | thanks Andres-kain | 22:22 |
| Andres-kain | launcher is th list of the left | 22:22 |
| pepito | aha. okay | 22:22 |
| Pernig | later pepito | 22:22 |
| Pernig | it's nice to hear such a positive first impression | 22:22 |
| Andres-kain | you can drag and reorder them as you like. | 22:22 |
| pepito | are you checking out too Pernig? its nice to finally discover something that can give me such a fantastic experience! | 22:22 |
| pepito | it might just be the contrast in comparison to Windows experiences, but I think it is the bomb | 22:23 |
| Pernig | aye, gonna jump into bed and switch to the phone | 22:23 |
| pepito | well I wish all a good night. I will play around a bit and then climb into bed myself | 22:23 |
| Andres-kain | the best thing yet to come: update manager | 22:24 |
| pepito | lol | 22:24 |
| pepito | cant wait. quick question, how is the libreoffice compatibility with my existing word docs? | 22:24 |
| Andres-kain | updates all your software un one place. and does it for ... | 22:25 |
| Andres-kain | comparibility is great. even macros. | 22:25 |
| Andres-kain | i am not a power user on any | 22:25 |
| pepito | okay it just keeps getting better | 22:25 |
| Andres-kain | on the plus side librewritter can save to pdf and html out of the box. | 22:26 |
| Andres-kain | unlike word. | 22:26 |
| pepito | cool | 22:27 |
| pepito | i love how, when I hover over something, an explanation pops up that is actually well written and very easy to grasp even for no knowers like me | 22:28 |
| Andres-kain | ohh i have a good one for you then. | 22:29 |
| pepito | lol okay I am sitting down now | 22:30 |
| Andres-kain | if you have audio files and you hover (hover without clicking) over the file icon it plays the audio with out opening a player | 22:30 |
| Andres-kain | hover the mouse i mean. | 22:30 |
| pepito | no kidding????? | 22:31 |
| pepito | I got to try this | 22:31 |
| Andres-kain | so if it says track3 you quickly know what song it is. | 22:31 |
| pepito | this is the genius of open source | 22:32 |
| Andres-kain | ok love doing this for longer but i wake up at 6 tomorrow. | 22:32 |
| pepito | hey get to bed already | 22:32 |
| pepito | thanks for the tips | 22:33 |
| Andres-kain | glad to help! good night! | 22:33 |
| pepito | see you around | 22:33 |
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