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shaunoit's rather weak in places, but I decided re-recording it forwarned would lose the effect00:00
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harry_Hey is there any channel for the InstallJammer's help???05:03
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AlanBellhttp://www.thisisthecountdown.com/05:54
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Girly-GirlMorning06:11
czajkowskialoha06:46
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popeymorning all06:58
MartijnVdS\o popey07:09
MooDoomorning all07:10
GirlyGirlMooDoo: Mooooooooo07:12
* MartijnVdS likes the Ubuntu monospace (terminal) font07:13
MartijnVdSpopey: http://xkcd.com/963/07:13
MooDooGirlyGirl: mooooooooo back :)07:15
GirlyGirlMooDoo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_EsxukdNXM07:16
popeyheh MartijnVdS07:18
DJonesMorning all07:19
MooDooGirlyGirl: ok ok you win :)07:19
dwatkinsmornin ubuntu-uk07:22
dwatkinsMartijnVdS: I completely agree with that graph :D07:22
AlanBellmorning all07:54
Joeb454morning AlanBell08:05
bigcalmGood morning peeps :)08:14
czajkowskiAloha08:16
bigcalmHi cz08:16
bigcalmajkowski08:17
* czajkowski hands bigcalm a tab key 08:18
oimonman i hate those self-serve tills in sainsbury's." unexpected item in bagging area ,remove item" : remove item, "please replace item". repeat ad nauseum. cannot cancel or proceed08:18
* MooDoo need a caffine drip and a punch bag :)08:19
Joeb454oimon: I had a self-serve till where the card machine didn't recognise my card 3 times in a row08:20
Joeb454that was fun08:20
Joeb454couldn't find a way to cancel and pay by cash either08:20
oimonyou know they run windows, right? :)08:20
gordso just press random buttons until it bsod's?08:22
Joeb454oimon: I vaguely remember seeing one on a windows screen once. Shame there's no proper keyboard08:24
oimonat my local shop there is always 1/6 terminals showing a windows screen and unknown exception error or similar08:25
Joeb454that's pretty impressive08:25
oimonbad software on top of bad software :D08:25
JamesTaitGood morning, all!08:30
BigRedSg'morning!08:31
* oimon wonders if JamesTait's regular morning greetings are produced by a script ;)08:32
BigRedSIt's how I'd do it :)08:32
oimonis there any way to disable the "top story" thing on facebook?08:34
DJonesoimon: I just clicked on the option to "Sort by recency" that seems to have put it back mostly like normal08:35
oimonwhere? where? !!08:36
DJonesJust above the 1st story08:36
DJonesUnderneath the whats on your mind box on the right if of the centre section08:36
oimondoesn't show on mine?08:37
DJonesUnderneath the whats on your mind box, I get "x recent stories, x matked as top", then just to the right, "Top stories first:Sort by recency"08:38
* oimon tries on firefox instead08:38
DJonesThis is on Chrome08:40
DJonesoimon: http://imagebin.org/17861708:41
oimonwow, definitely don't get that08:41
* DJones feels "special"08:41
oimonhttp://ubuntuone.com/2GFiTN7NKOThjSlhH1wpCQ08:42
oimonchromium and firefox are the same08:43
DJonesI have seen people suggesting betterfacebook is a good add on to use, but I'm wary of letting facebook apps/addons have access to login details08:45
DJoneshttp://betterfacebook.net/#wwbfd08:45
ali1234haha so facebook completely copied google+08:46
DJonesali1234: You mean the betterfacebook? Its not anything to do with facebook, 3rd party addon08:46
ali1234no i mean facebook.com08:46
DJonesI have seen people suggesting betterfacebook is a good add on to use, but I'm wary of letting facebook apps/addons have access to login details08:46
DJonesali1234: ok, I misunderstood08:47
ali1234i have never heard of betterfacebook but it sounds a bit like polishing a turd08:47
DJonesoimon: http://betterfacebook.net/#wwbfd (Hadn't noticed you'd disconnected)08:47
* oimon wonders if better facebook is always the previous version :)08:48
DJonesoimon: Looking at the screenshots, it does look quite useful for reducing the amount of junk on there08:48
oimondoes anyone else get djones option my my (lack of) option08:48
czajkowskioimon: nope08:51
oimonczajkowski: your view looks like mine or djones?08:51
czajkowskimine looks perfect08:51
oimon:-\ is that 1 or 2?08:52
* oimon thinks djones has written his own app in his sleep.08:53
DJonesHeh08:54
DJonesMaybe my facebook hasn't been upgraded yet08:55
oimon"upgraded"08:56
MooDooDJones: upgrade it yourself :)08:57
DJonesoimon: ok spamgraded08:57
oimonjust found an ubuntu 8.10 CD in my cd, complete with ubuntu stickers :D08:58
bigcalmCD in your CD?08:59
oimons/cd/drawer/08:59
bigcalmAh08:59
DJonesdrawer or drive?08:59
oimonmy brain is broken today08:59
TheOpenSourcererlol: http://puffbox.com/2011/03/22/testing-hmrcs-open-source-claims/08:59
popeyey'up all08:59
czajkowskiyou havea drawer full of cds08:59
bigcalmHello mr cake man08:59
popeyi need to find somewhere to crash tomorrow night08:59
bigcalmHave you upset the wifey?09:00
popeyor check times of last trains home09:00
popeynope09:00
popeyshe's out tonight, I'm out tomorrow09:00
* DJones goes one better, my wife is out tonight and won't be back until Monday evening09:01
TheOpenSourcererThe Farnborough mainline trains run quite late don't they popey?09:01
bigcalmHayley is at work all day, not sure how I will cope09:01
popeynot sure TheOpenSourcerer09:02
MooDoomy wife is p***d off she can't go out, rosie won't let her :) lol09:05
popeywho is rosie?09:05
popeyand how old is she09:05
bigcalmWhat's the current prescription charge per item?09:05
popey7 pound sommat?09:05
bigcalmIs it 7.40?09:05
* bigcalm pokes TheOpenSourcerer09:06
TheOpenSourcererOuch09:06
MooDoopopey: rosie is my daughter who it 4 weeks, yeah 7 pound sommat09:06
TheOpenSourcererbigcalm: Any particular reason for that abusive prod?09:07
bigcalmSorry, guess I got the wrong nick :)09:07
popeyahhh09:07
popeyquite young then09:07
bigcalmWho is the medical type person in here?09:07
MooDoopopey: very, she doesn't like to sleep unless held :S09:07
* bigcalm gives TheOpenSourcerer a plaster and a lollypop09:08
oimonbabies are overrated.. toddlers are great though09:08
Myrttipopey: are you encouraging people to flood the u-r-p? :-D :-D09:09
bigcalmI was right with 7.4009:09
popeyMyrtti: moi!?09:09
Myrttiyes, you!!!09:09
DJonesHas anybody had any issues with 11.10 not shutting down properly, mine just sticks at a point with the 5 dots on it09:10
bigcalmDJones: not on 11.10 yet, but do you have any network shares?09:10
DJonesbigcalm: NFS shares, yes09:10
gordthe network share problem was fixed a few releases back (or at least, significantly reduced)09:11
DJonesHadn't had any issues with 11.04 with shares09:11
bigcalmDJones: next time you go to shut down, try unmounting them before you shutdown09:11
* bigcalm shrugs09:11
bigcalmJust an idea :)09:11
gordDJones, iv had it take a long time, but never just hang, let it be for a bit more?09:12
AlanBellI would like to see a non-negotiable suspend or shutdown based on laptop lid09:12
gordhrm?09:12
bigcalmWorks on my laptop in 11.0409:12
TheOpenSourcererSeems like I need to practice drinking more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-1526531709:12
MartijnVdSSuspend on lid-close works on my laptop09:13
DJonesWill have to look at bug reports, the longest I've left it is 10 minutes before pressing the power button, it starts up with no errors afterwards09:13
AlanBellbigcalm: yes, but applications can block it, transmission for one09:13
MartijnVdSBut only after suspending manually once09:13
bigcalmI see09:13
bigcalmGuess I'm not using such apps :)09:13
gordsuspend shouldn't be blockable09:13
AlanBellpops up a dialog saying "do you really want to suspend, I am doing something really important" or something like that09:13
DJonesMay also try a command line shutdown to see if that has the same problem09:13
gordAlanBell, file a bug in transmission telling them that its an extremely dumb thing to do :)09:15
gordi understand for shutdown, but on suspend its just stupid09:15
brobostigongood morning everyone.09:16
AlanBellactually it might not be doing that, there is a checkbox for "inhibit hibernate"09:16
MooDoomorning09:16
brobostigonmorning MooDoo09:17
gordso the countdown was a countdown to the start of a countdown thats counting down to the actual release?09:20
AlanBellestimated, yes09:20
AlanBelldecrypting the transmission from chi saggitari09:21
bigcalmThis makes me think they copied the idea from the Portal 2 release09:28
sebsebsebhi09:30
Joeb454hi sebsebseb09:35
sebsebsebJoeb454: hi09:35
davmor2morning all09:54
MooDoomorning davmor209:56
bigcalmAfternoon09:56
bigcalm(I wish it was)09:57
bigcalmdavmor2: I'm only on the ubuntu-uk mailing list and haven't seen any responses. Have you had any more feedback elsewhere?09:58
smittixMoaning all10:00
bigcalmMorning10:00
smittixAnyone know what they are doing about the mailing list admin position?10:01
LaneyIS IT OUT YET?10:01
DJonesAnybody with Virgin cable tv, http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/42491/sky-anytime-on-virgin-media10:01
bigcalmSweet10:02
bigcalmNot that we bother to watch any of the Sky channels10:02
AlanBellsmittix: the ubuntu-users one?10:04
jaymeskellerWhy would you want to do that? It's like tying your breakfast onto a plauge rat.10:04
smittixAlanBell: Yeah10:04
AlanBellpopey might know about that, are you stepping forward?10:04
oimonisn't that the one that turned popey into a bitter and twisted old man? ;)10:05
smittixYeah I emailed but have not recieved anything back yet? That was quite a few weeks ago now.10:05
oimonperhaps it got moderated :)10:05
AlanBelloimon: no, popey has always been bitter and twisted10:05
AlanBelllike a slice of lime in a G&T10:06
oimonhe's more machine now than man10:06
smittixheh10:06
* AlanBell slaps youtube with a support ogv properly stick10:08
davmor2AlanBell: it might support webm more realistically10:12
gordi use webm when sending to youtube these days10:12
AlanBellI have an ogv made with gtk-recordmydesktop10:14
AlanBellffmpeg and mencoder are arguing with me10:15
AlanBellopenshot saves the day I think10:17
popeyi have uploaded to youtube by renaming .ogv to .avi before now10:18
gordi have a command somewhere in my bash history i refer back to that gets me things from <whatever> in to webm :)10:18
gordchances are it uses non free stuff for audio though10:18
DJonesOk, Evidence that intelligence levels of the human race are dropping, just noticed this question from a friend on twitter "What date is halloween" (and it was asked in all seriousness)10:34
MooDoooh dear lord10:36
MooDooDJones: i hope you're still taking the mickey10:36
DJonesMooDoo: Nah, can't be bothered with that10:37
BigRedSman. Ctrl-A, Backspace is a _really_ bad thing to have in muscle-memory :(10:37
davmor2bigcalm: nope me neither only gord, alex has it in his diary for next month, Ron has been made aware again and will try and make the afternoon again and mrevell will hopefully be there so there should be more than us this time :)10:37
davmor2MooDoo: me owld mukka how's things dude10:38
mrevelldavmor2, I'm hoping to be there, yeah10:38
MooDoodavmor2: i need lots of beer at the moment, day it's not going well10:38
davmor2mrevell: 17th put it in your calendar ;)10:39
davmor2MooDoo: Oh dear what did you break?10:39
MooDoodavmor2: lol nothing, it's just well busy10:39
davmor2MooDoo: we're not, not with a release tomorrow on no we're not busy at all oh wait.........10:40
MooDoodavmor2: oh it's only a release, stop whining, you'd think hundreds of thousands of people are looking forward to it or something10:41
MooDoodavmor2: oh wait.....10:41
davmor2MooDoo: :D10:41
davmor2gord: have you tried out ryzom yet?10:42
gorddavmor2, rywah?10:42
davmor2gord: look at USC ryzom mmorpg for Ubuntu10:43
davmor2gord: it's not terrible either :)10:43
gorddavmor2, not in my sc10:44
davmor2gord: oh you're on oneiric right10:45
gordyup10:45
davmor2gord: it will be latter today I think10:45
davmor2we are porting the for purchase games across steadily10:45
gordaha10:46
gordstill think most of them are priced too high in the sc10:46
bigcalmdavmor2: goodo :)10:46
davmor2gord this is free10:47
gordso why is it "for purchase" :P10:47
davmor2gord: non free license, and at some point I'm assuming they will have some sort of subscription system to fund the hardware and bandwidth10:48
popeyLunchtime seems like a good time to release a podcast episode to me.10:48
popeyAgreed?10:48
bigcalmYep10:48
davmor2popey: +110:48
bigcalmGimmie gimmie :)10:48
gordi disagree, for unspecified reasons that may be made up10:49
popeyhttp://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2011/10/11/s04e17-chains-of-misery/10:49
popeydone10:49
ali1234davmor2: do they have a website?10:49
davmor2ali1234: yeap10:49
bigcalmgpodder to the rescue!10:49
bigcalm:(10:49
gordwhy isn't quake 3 arena in the software centre :(10:49
bigcalmgpodder says no new episodes10:49
davmor2http://www.ryzom.com/en/10:49
* bigcalm goes to lunch. Maybe it'll work later10:50
oimondavmor2: how is it funded?10:50
davmor2gord: they would have to novitiate it10:50
davmor2oimon: magic10:50
gordits free to play10:51
gordso the same way all other free to play games. hats.10:51
oimonwhat's this page? http://www.ryzom.com/en/mmorpg-rpg-mmo-subscription-options.html10:51
ali1234the video says "21 day free trial"10:51
popeybigcalm: blame feedburner10:51
* bigcalm blames with fire10:51
davmor2oimon: as I say I think they will be implementing a subscription system10:51
* oimon scrolls up and nods10:52
gorddavmor2, there is no one outreaching to people who have made games?10:52
davmor2gord: there is10:53
gordthen tell them to talk to ID about quake 3, because i want it. its the most important thing10:53
ali1234you need to get that legend of grimdark ported. if i see another mmorpg or fps i might actually lose it10:54
davmor2gord: you're wrong rage is the most import thing linux client scheduled for next year ;)10:54
gordhow is it supposed to be the year of the linux desktop if we don't even have quake 3 :(10:54
BigRedSI'm sure I've got quake3 working under linux before10:59
BigRedSopenarena's way easier and basically the same, though10:59
BigRedSit's like quake 3 but with the lights on10:59
gord*no* its not10:59
gordits stupid and i hate it10:59
gordits *slightly* different in every way, which means its unplayable10:59
DJonesOh dear, its that time, sony accounts accessed http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/10/11/an-important-message-from-sonys-chief-information-security-officer/11:00
davmor2BigRedS: I'm pretty sure I got it playing although it may of been Doom3 it's been a long time11:00
BigRedShm, maybe it's just been too long since I played Q3 proper, then11:00
BigRedSeither way, it is pretty doable. Basically you need a Q3 disc for the images and the for-linux version of the engine off id's ftp server11:01
davmor2Rage looks nice though11:01
gordyeah i don't have my q3 disks anymore11:01
BigRedSah, Im sure I've one somewhere which I could stick somewhere accessible to you?11:01
gordi want to buy it again :) on the software centre, you can play it for free at quakelive.com anyway11:01
davmor2and I hate fps11:01
BigRedSyeah, I've bought it several times now. In fact, I think I've got it on steam11:02
gordbut the plugin for quakelive breaks every time firefox updates, which given their new version schedule of a new major version every day, means it breaks a lot.11:02
BigRedSwonder if that's at all usable as far as extracting he media11:02
gordshould be, you only need one file or so11:03
BigRedSyeah, just wondered if steam did silly things to it11:03
BigRedSI have a distrust of anything that makes things that easy. Something must be up there somewhere11:04
gordyeah there is a wrapper around the exe file that forces authentication with steam, but everything else should be fine11:04
ali1234sony hacked again? lulz11:06
gordi think its just people who, when told by sony to choose a new password, put in their old one again =\11:08
BigRedSoh, gord, have you faffed around getting old id games working on new ubuntus and debians at all?11:08
davmor2I may have to install neverwinter nights again at some point11:08
BigRedSthe sdl-sound hack appears to have stopped working in oneiric & experimental and I don't know enough about sound in linux to know why :(11:09
ali1234gord: so ioquake3 with q3a datafiles is not acceptable to you?11:09
gordBigRedS, they all have open source replacements, up until doom 3, doom 3 source should be out already though i think11:10
gordali1234, sure, ioquake3 is great11:10
gordwhy wouldn't it be acceptable?11:10
ali1234i dunno11:10
ali1234it's in the repositories so what is the problem?11:10
gordi don't have the datafiles?11:10
davmor2man upgrades are slow11:11
ali1234how do you know it's a good game then?11:11
gordbecause i used to 12 years ago?11:11
ali1234is it really that old :|11:11
BigRedSgord: yeah, they're open, it's just that I'm playing old games that are unawre of the, uh, developments of linux sound recently11:11
BigRedSI'm playing Enemy Territory mostly11:12
gordi think 199911:12
gordBigRedS, ah, that one never got open source code, sorry :) - maybe remove pulseaudio?11:13
davmor2BigRedS: it might be that you need the 32 bit lib if you're on 64bit11:14
BigRedSdavmor2: yeah, I've got that from whenever it used to work (Maverick?) so I think that's all there. Every couple of releases something changes to keep me on my toes11:15
BigRedSgord: I did wonder that. I'm sure it used to work on pulse, but it's probably simplest to just do without it and it'll keep just working11:15
BigRedSor install a Lenny VM and play in that...11:15
davmor2BigRedS: don't forget the new naming version in oneiric for the apps is now :i386 other wise it will install the 64bit version that might not be any cop to you11:16
BigRedSAhh, I'd not noticed that (Is *that* what these release notes are for? :)11:16
BigRedSI'll have a poke next time I'm at home11:17
BigRedSta11:17
jaymeskellerWait. They're changing the naming version in oneriric?11:17
Laneywhawt?11:17
Laney-w11:17
gordhawt?11:17
* Laney sews sides back together11:18
davmor2jaymeskeller: only on packages, it's using multiarch now so you can install any i386 only app11:20
MartijnVdSnot any11:20
MartijnVdSbut lots of them yes11:20
davmor2MartijnVdS: well the bulk of them then :)11:22
gordreason #1351 why this is not the year of the linux desktop, we don't have this application ported to ubuntu; http://bitboost.com/pawsense/11:30
BigRedSoh!11:31
* BigRedS wants11:31
Laneyone of my passwords is cat generated11:32
BigRedShaha11:32
PendulumLaney: how'd you memorize it?11:33
Laneyi just take the cat with me everywhere11:33
Laneyhe knows it11:33
Pendulumheh11:33
Laneyhe is also immune to social engineering11:33
Laneybut not tuna engineering :(11:33
davmor2gord: when you get to reason 1337 is it then cause linux is too leet?11:34
davmor2got not get11:34
gordreason #1337 is that linux users think saying 1337 instead of using letters is cool :(11:35
davmor2gord: haha11:36
davmor2gord: you mean it isn't cool?11:36
gordno sir11:38
BigRedShe lies!11:38
davmor2BigRedS: gord just isn't 1337 :D11:39
BigRedShaha, we r t3h 1337 h4xx0rz11:42
BigRedSI'll stop now11:42
* gord puts more easter eggs into unity to make all text be leetzorized for davmor2 11:43
davmor2gord: Yay it's you that has to read it though with all the bugs I'll report so I don't care :P11:43
ubuntuuk-planet[Ubuntu UK Podcast] S04E17  Chains of Misery - http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2011/10/11/s04e17-chains-of-misery/12:20
bigcalmEncoding fail12:20
Myrttinext naming scheme should be Take That12:24
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Myrttior Oasis or Blur, just for lulz12:24
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dwatkins!samba12:28
lubotu3Samba is the way to cooperate with Windows environments. Links with more info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MountWindowsSharesPermanently and https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/windows-networking.html - Samba can be administered via the web with SWAT.12:28
dwatkinsI need to reinstall a server, so this documentation should be useful.12:28
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sagaciis there an en_GB team for the Launchpad-hosted packages, or only the en_GB team for the main Ubuntu package set?13:03
bigcalmBloody hell13:05
bigcalmI got mentioned in the podcast13:05
bigcalmMeep13:05
MooDoobigcalm: yeah they like mentioning stalkers nowadays13:07
Laney"be aware, strange man spotted wearing a suit made entirely of bacon and bees"13:07
Laneybeer fans, help me choose which ones to try http://www.beerfestival.nottinghamcamra.org/Assets_pdf/Beer_2011_List.pdf13:08
MooDooLaney: you going?13:10
MooDooer obviously13:10
MooDooLaney: i should of asked, what day you going lol13:10
Laneythursday + saturday13:10
MooDoocool13:11
LaneyDark porter style beer with a ginger infusion13:12
Laneyinteresting...13:12
hamitronWineHQ App DB hacked? :/13:14
MartijnVdS"a ginger infusion" sounds dirty13:14
Laneysounds tasty13:14
MartijnVdShamitron: hacked? how?13:14
hamitronjust got an email, saying the user database has been stolen13:14
Monsterwizard:O13:14
oimonvia phpmyadmin13:14
oimoneasily done13:15
* hamitron spits13:15
oimoni got an email about it13:15
oimonfortunately have not used that passwd anywhere else13:15
hamitronall this stuff is just annoying13:15
oimoneven more fortunate that firefox still remembered the password13:15
hamitronwell, I had done.... only I've changed all important passwords since sony and codemasters13:16
hamitron;)13:16
oimongo for low hanging fruit and hope that users use simple passwords across sites13:16
hamitrondatabase leaks appears to be the norm :/13:16
oimonwonder if i can transfer my firefox saved passwds into chromium?13:17
ali1234yeah so the recent sony breach... done with winehq passwords?13:18
gordfirst time i have listened to the u-uk podcast in a while, things i have learnt; popey things a warthog is a type of aardvark13:19
ubuntuuk-planet[Chris Oattes] How to improve on ARGs - http://www.cjo20.net/blog/?p=3313:20
oimonthe other thing is that when the wing commander comes on it's the end of the show13:20
popey:D gord13:33
MartijnVdSoimon: the wing commander rocks :)13:33
gordhamitron, i just noticed onboard works with unity dash now :)13:57
gorderm13:57
gordsorry, not hamitron, i meant "ha" but i tried to tab complete it i guess13:58
hamitrononboard?13:58
hamitronhaha13:58
Pendulumgord: yes :)13:59
_janen  /join #edinhacklab14:00
Seeker`wow, I['m still on the planet14:00
hamitronSeeker`, which one?14:01
Seeker`ubuntu-uk14:01
Laneyearth14:01
hamitronah14:01
hamitron:)14:01
ubuntuuk-planet[Andy Loughran] Health and Exercise - http://zrmt.com/2011/10/12/health-and-exercise/14:20
bigcalmSo, when does uupc get renamed to the Popey Show?14:30
popey:D14:31
gord"Popey and friends"14:32
popeys/P/p/14:32
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popeyWAKEY WAKEY!15:25
oimonssshhhhh15:26
DJoneszzzzzz's15:27
bigcalmBed please15:28
DJonesHang on, isn't this the wrong channel for that15:28
hamitronhaha15:28
hamitronyeh, take it into private ;)15:28
DJonesI was thinking more of the minecraft channel :)15:29
ascenseurhey :)15:29
hamitronyeh, but no harm in misleading those not aware ;)15:29
kirrusThere's a minecraft channel?15:29
kirrushello ascenseur15:29
* DJones erases my last comment15:30
ascenseurhowdy kirrus :)15:30
gordhuh, intel have shut down their Digital Home Group - looks like arm is gonna power tv's and media devices for the foreseeable future15:30
gordwonder what that means for atoms15:31
DJonesI wonder if you made a "supercomputer" using atom processors, could you call it a molecule computer (I know, bad joke)15:32
hamitron:D15:32
* hamitron kinda liked it15:32
hamitron;/15:32
DJonesgord: Probably the share price will go up15:32
gordyou could network up a bunch of atom computers, each of them simulating a virtual atom15:32
hamitronthat work done at intel with old i586 cpu recently sounded interesting15:33
hamitronused a lot less power, hope that is the direction they are moving towards15:34
ujjainWhat is the children game called when children have to run away from eachother and the 'catcher' has to touch them, them the touched person becomes 'catcher'15:38
ujjainsorry for bad explanation15:38
hamitronthink it has a few different names15:38
gordtic-a-nic?15:38
gordamericans like to call it tag i think15:39
popey"it"15:39
popey(is what we call it)15:39
DJonesujjain: We called it "Tic"15:39
ali1234we called it dobby15:39
popeyujjain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_(game)15:39
popeyexplains it best15:39
davmor2that's Tig surely15:39
bigcalmIt goes by many names15:40
bigcalmI was always it :(15:40
popeyheh15:40
Pendulumbigcalm: that's because you were loved :)15:41
davmor2bigcalm: you still are muppet boy ;)15:41
hamitronwe mostly played British Bulldogs iirc15:41
gordi was really really fast and there was a girl who was really really fast so we both used to only chase each other, ahh to be 8 again15:41
popeywe used to play "1, 2, 3 and out" where you ran hid and had to get back to the base before you were caught15:41
bigcalmpopey: I knew that as 40/40 home15:42
bigcalmWhy, dunno15:42
bigcalmdavmor2: wakka wakka15:42
bigcalmPendulum: sweet :)15:42
davmor2bulldogs and pile-on when they got banned tagdogs bugdogs without the aggression15:43
davmor2then we realise that if you went to the field and held a rugby ball you could still play pile-on and bulldogs :)15:43
bigcalmHahaha15:44
hamitronbanned? :|15:44
ujjainDJones, popey, thanks! :)15:55
=== GirlyGirl is now known as PartyBot2
=== PartyBot2 is now known as GirlyGirl
Diogo#webdetails16:32
marcushaslamhi16:45
gordcool, if you buy "dungeons of dreadmore" on steam, they put the linux binaries in the download :)17:36
Girly-Girlbye18:49
bigcalmHi?18:50
popeyYES!18:52
MartijnVdSHowdy!18:52
bigcalmFish fingers!18:53
davmor2Rupert the Bear18:54
christeland custard?18:54
Azelphurfish fingers and custard \o/18:59
AzelphurI should try that sometime, I wonder how it actually tastes18:59
mgdmboggin', I'd suspect19:00
Azelphurapparently it tastes good, http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/fish-fingers-and-custard/19:01
christelAzelphur: yeah, you and i both!19:14
christeli am all for trying it19:14
AzelphurI've tried more daring things19:14
AzelphurThe other day I cooked a recipe someone pulled off 4chan \o/19:14
MartijnVdSAzelphur: Dead baby stew?19:15
AzelphurMartijnVdS: 2 minute brownies :D19:15
MartijnVdSah the microwave one19:15
Azelphuryep, it was good \o/19:15
davmor2http://instantrimshot.com/index.php?sound=crickets  :D nice19:31
=== chrisccoulson_ is now known as chrisccoulson
brobostigonbbc4 10pm, brazil, :)20:01
brobostigonget-iplayer :)20:07
MartijnVdSI don't think that'll work on movies20:09
Patch230Evening !20:09
brobostigonMartijnVdS: :'(20:10
Patch230Anyone from the north east ?20:17
davmor2AlanBell: well looking at the workload I have left I don't think I'll be coming down tomorrow :(  still midst application migration testing for the paid for apps :(20:22
davmor2oneiric new multiarch is being a pain for us :(20:27
AlanBellaww20:49
andres-kaindoes anyone have gnumeric? if so could you try something simple like adding two columns?20:53
andres-kaindoes it work or does it give you #Value!20:54
jacobwandres-kain: gnumeric is a bit outdated20:56
andres-kainAh! found it! it was that I was using decimals like 0.1 and not 0,120:57
andres-kainjacobw how is it updated?20:57
andres-kainoutdated?*20:57
andres-kainlast update was in july according to wikipedia... it is what is recomended for lighter distros (or so it seemed)20:59
* jacobw is wrong 21:00
BigRedSandres-kain: does that mean you don't need it testing?21:13
andres-kainyes sorry21:14
* BigRedS is as fond of gnumeric as he'll allow himself to become fond of any spreadsheet app21:14
BigRedSah, it's fine!21:14
BigRedSI don't mind not doing something :)21:14
andres-kaingnumeric is awesome.21:15
BigRedSI wouldn't go that far, but it's preferable to all the alternatives21:18
ubuntuuk-planet[Andy Loughran] iPhone4S or Galaxy S2? - http://zrmt.com/2011/10/12/iphone4-or-galaxy-s2/21:20
AlanBellGalaxy S221:20
andres-kainsamsung tizen21:21
andres-kainwith flexible screen display thanks to grafene.21:21
BigRedSDespite the goodness of the S2, I'm having trouble liking Samsung again after what they did to the S21:23
MonsterwizardI need help from you guys21:24
MonsterwizardOk when I look at a problem..yano a software or logic one21:24
MonsterwizardI pannic21:24
Monsterwizardanixiety21:25
Monsterwizardkicks in21:25
andres-kainwhat is the problem?21:25
Monsterwizardany problem21:25
Monsterwizard:P21:25
andres-kainin what do you need help now..?21:25
zleaphi21:27
popeyhello21:27
zleaplooks like 10.10 is released friday or very late thursday21:28
popeyi think you mean 11.1021:28
* zleap is going by the counter (yheah 11.10)21:28
popeyi wouldn't go by the counter21:28
popeythat has pretty much no bearing21:29
zleapokj21:29
AlanBellzleap: the release manager is coming to the party in London21:30
zleapok21:30
AlanBellthat is a much more sensible upper bound on the release time21:31
zleapi have a countdown banner on my website showing 1 day21:32
zleapi would have organised a release party but no one on the linux user group ever seems interested21:34
zleapplus lack of suitable venues21:34
YaManicKillwow that was a lot of typing21:37
YaManicKillmy ubuntu reviews always end up being so big...21:38
popeyyay21:39
popeyYaManicKill: url?21:39
popeyis it on G+?21:39
YaManicKillits not posted yet...i'm waiting till the release21:39
popeyah ok21:39
BigRedSYaManicKill: but by then it'll be out of date! :)21:40
YaManicKill;-)21:40
YaManicKillit seems premature releasing it when people can't get the stable version21:40
popeyhahah you said stable21:40
YaManicKilli know, i know, its not much different...but that tag makes a huge difference to people21:40
* BigRedS spots another oneiric user21:41
popeyi had a bit of a rant21:41
YaManicKilli saw :-P21:41
YaManicKilli dont think its "broke" its just a rubbish rubbish design tbh...21:43
BigRedSwonder if ubuntu can beat apple tomorrow: http://www.lonap.net/bandwidth.shtml21:43
AlanBellno, sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager was *not* what I wanted to do in an SSH session to a customer server21:45
YaManicKillhaha21:45
BigRedShah. oops21:45
BigRedSI apt-get installed mongodb once and got half of X...21:45
AlanBellsaved by a broken proxy :)21:46
zleaphmm how do I fix a package in an inconsistant state21:47
zleapdoes dpkg -p purge a package21:48
zleapso i can remove it21:48
zleapstill got problems with apt being in an inconsistant state with this printer driver21:48
ali1234why are you all hating on oneiric?21:49
ali1234it isn't worse than natty21:49
ali1234it certainly crashes a lot less21:49
BigRedSit's more surprising for me21:50
BigRedSalt-tab in particular seems to go out of its way to not do what I meant21:50
BigRedSand I can't quite work out whether that's what it's supposed to do21:50
ali1234i prefer the new alt-tab to the old alt-tab, which was useless21:50
ali1234now it is only mostly useless21:50
BigRedSit makes the same assumptions as gnome3 - that I don't necessarily not want another window of the current app - but gnome3 is easier to correct21:51
ali1234there's too many double negatives in that, i can't parse it21:51
YaManicKillali1234: why is it that pointing out a problem is immediately "hating on" something?21:51
BigRedShaha21:51
zleapok if I wanted to search /var/lib/dpkg/status for a specific package how do i do that21:51
zleapgrep /var/lib/dpkg/status <what i want to search for >21:52
ali1234YaManicKill: i just wonder why so many people seem to have /only just/ noticed that unity sucks21:52
YaManicKillit doesnt21:52
BigRedSwhen I alt-tab in an app with two windows open (say firefox and firefox downloads) the hardest window to get at is the other window of that app21:52
BigRedSwhich is completely contrary to how I work21:52
YaManicKillthats a stupid crap generlisation21:52
ali1234well, we'll see21:52
BigRedSI don't think it sucks necessarily. I think it's just made for people with different tastes to me21:52
BigRedSthough I don't find it *hard* to use, I did prefer Gnome221:53
* TheOpenSourcerer will be sticking to 10.10 on his work machines for *another* round by the sound of things...21:54
BigRedSHah. I'm still postponing my shift from Debian21:54
BigRedSI've been doing that for about five years now21:54
TheOpenSourcererOneric on my netbook is ludicrously slow to boot... And sometimes I just get the nautilus menu in the top bar and nothing else. Anywhere. CTL+ALT+F1 the login and reboot. Yawn.21:55
popeytakes ages to boot on my 8 core i7 on SSD21:55
BigRedSsurely you could just restart gdm?21:55
ali1234TheOpenSourcerer: that means unity failed to start due to graphics driver bugs21:55
BigRedSnot a lot more elegant, granted21:55
popeyI dont quite get why its so slow to get to the logon screen21:55
ali1234or rather compiz21:55
popeymy 1.6GHz atom is faster21:55
TheOpenSourcereroh crumbs popey - an i7 should be quite quick.21:56
popeyindeed21:56
TheOpenSourcerers\quite\very21:56
popey3.4GHz quick21:56
* popey looks for a bootchart21:56
TheOpenSourcerer:-)21:56
mgdmabout half an hour of going "Cor, that's quite a lot of cores you've got"?21:56
popeyhmm, i installed bootchart and now its gone21:57
TheOpenSourcererBigRedS: it doesn't seem to have gdm anymore. Something else I found I could restart but it didn't help much.  I had to login as a guest and copy some .gnome2/.gconf dirs from the /tmp/guest to my home dir so it would start properly ;-)21:57
popeylightdm21:58
BigRedSTheOpenSourcerer: it's got *something* gdm3? lightdm?21:58
TheOpenSourcererthat's it.21:58
BigRedSah, lightdm21:58
TheOpenSourcererthat is a lie.21:58
ali1234where is the lightdm theme stored?21:58
* popey shrugs21:58
TheOpenSourcerer*light*dm my bottom.21:58
BigRedSWell, it's nice in some perverse way to know that someone else is having more trouble than me...21:58
ali1234yeah, it has a whole html engine built in, doesn't it?21:58
TheOpenSourcerershould be slowdm21:58
TheOpenSourcereryou are kidding ali1234?21:59
ali1234no, that's the point of it21:59
BigRedSoh, is that where this write-a-wm-in-javascript thing comes from?21:59
ali1234the theme is done in html21:59
TheOpenSourcererwft?21:59
AlanBelllighter than GDM21:59
ali1234anyway i want to get rid of all traces of that ugly purple wallpaper, even though i only see it after a kernel upgrade22:00
popeymy pc boots to a black screen22:02
popeywith a flashing cursor22:02
popey_and_ a mouse cursor22:02
BigRedSoooh22:03
ali1234nice22:03
YaManicKillhaha22:03
ali1234sounds like KMS fail22:03
* popey videos this madness22:03
popeyits intel22:03
ali1234yeah, there you go then22:03
popeyif i press enter lightdm starts22:03
ali1234the only way to escape the insanity is to use a driver that doesn't support KMS22:03
zleapohh i think i may have fixed this issue22:03
TheOpenSourcererOn  a lighter note: https://plus.google.com/u/0/104060033182234025482/posts/CTKqTsrFyVF22:05
BigRedSTheOpenSourcerer: looks painful22:05
TheOpenSourcererHad all three on my Beans last night ;-)22:05
TheOpenSourcererlol22:05
popeyhttp://popey.com/~alan/bootcharts/wopr-oneiric-20111012-1.png22:05
popeyhows that for lolworthy22:06
TheOpenSourcererToday I got some new seeds for next year: Trinidad Scorpion "Butch T" (Current world record holder for hottest chillie at ~1.4m scovilles) and the Naga Viper(R) (The 2nd hottest at ~1.3m scovilles)22:07
BigRedSyou freak :)22:07
mgdmpopey: wow22:07
zleapwhat do i need to install to connect to another computer on the same network i am on running Windows XP ?22:07
gordonjcppopey: comedy cold22:08
ali1234popey: that looks like the weird IRQ bug again22:08
BigRedSzleap: define 'connect to'22:08
gordonjcpor even gold22:08
ali123420 seconds of nothing, then you hit enter and it comes to life22:08
BigRedSbut probably smbclient22:08
gordonjcpTheOpenSourcerer: interesting22:08
zleapok22:08
zleapif I want to actually control the other computer22:08
YaManicKill1:15 for a core i7???22:08
BigRedSfor various windows services (filesharing, wins, netbios)22:08
BigRedSzleap: aha, there's a terminal services client22:08
YaManicKillmine booted in about 30...22:08
BigRedSI can't remember what it's called22:08
zleapok22:08
BigRedSbut you don't need smb for it22:08
zleapso what do i need to run on the windows box ?22:09
BigRedS'terminal services' is what windows calls remote desktop22:09
BigRedSyou need to enable terminal services. I can't remember where.22:09
TheOpenSourcererzleap - you can browse to an existing Windows share without having to install anything IIRC.22:09
TheOpenSourcererOn 10.10 Places->Network and wait a mo.22:09
zleap11.0422:10
TheOpenSourcererChrist knows on anything later than that though22:10
TheOpenSourcerer;-)22:10
zleapbut yeah,  i havce tried to install what is needed but don't seem to be able to see the other computer22:10
TheOpenSourcereropen a terminal and (if it isn't installed install it) run smbtree22:11
popeyyou can get to that menu in 11.0422:11
popeyjust go to the top of the screen22:11
popeywhere the menu is22:11
TheOpenSourcererWith sudo if you need to  - it will browse the LAN for any Windows shares22:11
zleapok22:12
TheOpenSourcererlike that:22:13
TheOpenSourcererhttp://paste.ubuntu.com/707019/22:13
zleapthat sees my windows box22:13
TheOpenSourcererNot much else on now - everyone else in bed22:13
zleaphmm22:15
ali1234/etc/lightdm/unity-greeter.conf to change the wallpaper on the login screen (or replace it with a solid colour like i just did)22:15
* TheOpenSourcerer decides to (just for a laugh) update his netbook to Oneric released -1day22:15
zleapi think i need to change the domain  name or what ever on the windows box to WORKGROUP so its the same as for the computer I am on now22:15
TheOpenSourcererDoes anyone else get a message on startup about a sparse file not allowed?22:16
ali1234no22:16
ali1234did you install on ntfs or something?22:16
TheOpenSourcererI *think* I might have selected btrfs just for fun :-[22:17
BigRedShaha22:17
ali1234oops22:17
BigRedS'just for fun' about a filesystem choice?22:17
YaManicKillpopey: your weird alt-tab stuff doesn't happen in unity2d22:18
TheOpenSourcererIt's my netbook. Not a "production" machine. Well - it has Unity on it so definitely not production.22:18
popeyYaManicKill: colour me unsurprised22:19
popeyfriend of mine laments that Ubuntu dont put big warnings in the installer about btrfs22:19
popeyits proper grolsch22:19
ali1234popey: i've been complaining about the inability to switch to a single window without revealing all of them for 6 months22:20
ubuntuuk-planet[iain woz ere] Robin Hood beer festival 2011 - http://orangesquash.org.uk/~laney/blog/posts/2011/10/beer-festival/22:20
ali1234how did you not notice this before?22:20
popeypass22:20
ali1234i just don't get it :|22:20
popeyI used OSX for a fair chunk of this cycle22:20
popeybut wiped that out completely recently22:20
Laneyman that kernel bug looks annoying22:21
Laneynot even the bug itself, but the automated ping pong22:21
popeywhich bug?22:21
TheOpenSourcererOooh no updates for the last day or two... Don't say this is final. Perrrrlease22:22
popeyTheOpenSourcerer: enable -proposed :D22:22
popeythere's loads of updates22:22
TheOpenSourcererAh OK.22:22
popeyget them now, while you can :D22:22
alexcockellI was thinking - when I do a major upgrade next year, the learnign curve could be a bit big.. as other LTS-LTS users like me will find...22:22
popeynah, we'll have the documentatino done by then :D22:23
alexcockellHArdy to Lucid was pretty seamless...22:23
popeythere will be a new Ubuntu manual out by then22:23
Laneypopey: the one you twote22:23
popey..for maverick22:23
Laneybut kernel bugs in general22:23
popeyLaney: the ralink one?22:23
ali1234popey: is that the italian localization?22:23
alexcockellbut considering my muscle memory was XP Classic - to GNOME2...22:23
Laneyi don't even remember what it was22:23
popeyLaney: i believe it's just that the driver is shit22:23
Laneyi just saw the automated responses and got annoyed22:23
popeyit seems to work if you power down completely22:23
TheOpenSourcererpopey: Only 43 packages22:24
TheOpenSourcererAbout 11MB22:24
* Laney upgrades to precise22:24
Laneyoneiric? pfft, who uses that?22:24
zleapi can now see my ubuntu box from windows22:24
* popey smells Laney's breath22:24
alexcockellI also found out the hard way ( as there was a second partition on my netbook) that it's always best on lappies to have nothign connected and battery in - and on mains - to do the full dist-upgrade..22:24
* popey puts a pint of water next to Laney's bedside for rehydration22:25
alexcockellYou lot been following the whole RIM debacle and giggling?22:25
ali1234popey: point about full shutdown. i *always* do that. half the time this machine wont even post if i warm reboot. bioses these days...22:25
alexcockellUnless of course you have Blackberries...22:26
popeyi only know about the RIM stuff because a) my nieces are moaning about it and b) people keep posting steve jobs jokes about it22:26
alexcockellCore switch in Slough went bang and took the whole bloody network with it.22:27
shaunoif a bug has been milestoned for oneiric-updates, does that mean it won't be oneiric at release?22:27
popeyno22:27
popeyit will go to -updates22:27
ali1234their whole operation was routed through slough?22:27
ali1234lol22:27
alexcockellEurope, North Africa etc was..22:27
alexcockellAnd BBMs stacking up in their queues then rolled over to their datacentre in Canada and started affecting everything over there as well.22:28
TheOpenSourcererOn the R4 news this eve. they said it was affecting North America too22:28
alexcockellApparently there was a network change going in.. and no disrec or backout plans..22:29
alexcockellAnd auto-failover didn't.22:29
alexcockellOne fuckin' massive SPOF waiting to happen.22:29
ali1234it's still going on? jeez22:29
alexcockellApparently no major net upgrades had happened since 2007..22:29
popey3 days I think22:29
alexcockellOh - and it was *since* then that they decided to add all the consumer traffic.22:30
TheOpenSourcererRight reboot Oneric and then time for bed.22:31
TheOpenSourcererWell, breakfast proly22:31
AlanBellTheOpenSourcerer: this samsung is running oneiric22:31
alexcockellSo - Cisco 9000 goes bang... and took down all the proxies with it..22:32
TheOpenSourcerer"error: sparse file not allowed" It's a grub thing.22:33
TheOpenSourcererbug 46474322:33
lubotu3Launchpad bug 464743 in grub "error: sparse file not allowed" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/46474322:33
TheOpenSourcererNotice "New"... Reported 2009-10-3022:34
popeyTheOpenSourcerer: you have one partition and it's btrfs?22:34
TheOpenSourcerer:-)22:34
popeyyou need /boot22:34
popeyAIUI22:35
AlanBellTheOpenSourcerer: new in grub, fix released in grub222:35
TheOpenSourcererThe installer didn't tell me that22:35
TheOpenSourcererIt boots OK - Just pauses to tell me about sparse files22:35
alexcockellOh - re the RIM debacle, I run a Nokia N900... so I'm sitting back with popcorn..22:37
shaunoI thought that was kinda ironic timing.  the same day apple's take on bbm goes live, bbm's nowhere to be seen22:39
AlanBellwonder if matti is very busy right now22:39
popeyi thought he left22:40
popeyi like that I can send animated gifs over apple imessage :D22:40
AlanBellah, I see, matti moves on and the whole infrastructure falls apart!22:40
popeytypical22:41
wintellectAnyone else having issues with Virgin media?22:41
TheOpenSourcererRight time for bed. nn all.22:41
wintellectSeems I can do anything except access port 80 on other servers :(22:41
shaunopopey, I'm told imessage becomes bbm-compatible if you turn airplane mode on22:42
AlanBello/ TheOpenSourcerer22:42
popeyhaha22:42
popeywintellect: no22:42
wintellect:'(22:44
wintellectthanks popey22:44
alexcockellShauno> LOL22:48
alexcockellRIM report msg - as quoted by the Grauniad - "The messaging and browsing delays being experienced by BlackBerry users in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, Brazil, Chile and Argentina were caused by a core switch failure within RIM's infrastructure. Although the system is designed to failover to a back-up switch, the failover did not function as previously tested. As a result, a large backlog of data was generated and we are now working to clear22:57
alexcockellthat backlog and restore normal service as quickly as possible. We apologise for any inconvenience and we will continue to keep you informed."22:57
shaunoargh .. NTL can't do anything right :/  dvr decided to record exactly 60 seconds of billy connolly23:07
BigRedSalexcockell: yeah, I'm still skeptical that it's *a* core switch failure. That's one hell of a SPOF23:08
alexcockellIf the whole *frame* went phut...23:09
alexcockellCards to each of the related areas... possible?23:09
alexcockellBut no mesh implemented?  No MPLS infrastructure?  or just PVCs to the related centres?23:10
BigRedSwhat, and no plan for if the DC had gone away?23:10
alexcockellSounds fucking stupid..23:11
BigRedSwell, yeah23:11
Seeker`alexcockell: language23:11
BigRedSand, oddly, now doesn't seem to be the time for people to realise that relying on someone else to run a 'free' service for you doesn't always work out well23:11
* BigRedS pats xmpp server23:11
MattJXMPP \o/23:11
BigRedShaha23:11
BigRedSI'm sure that's a script23:12
MattJIt's not, I assure you23:12
alexcockellApparently, North America was badly affected - as probably BBNs were being rerouted...23:12
alexcockellThe problem is - they seem to have very few interlinks to the rest of the Net - and they rely on push servers to interrogate remote mailfiles run at external IMAP and POP servers...23:13
alexcockell... on behalf of their users..23:13
BigRedSMattJ: ah, I think that proved it.23:13
alexcockellSame witht he interlinks to Facebook etc.. and their proxy servers..23:13
MattJBigRedS, or I'm a good scripter23:13
BigRedSeither it's not a script, or it's a good one :)23:13
MattJ;)23:13
doadhi room im currently using ubuntu 11.04 and im finding it rather slow but when i try to download ubuntu 9.10 and try burning it using ubuntus cd burning software it keeps coming up with error when burning disk, i have tried downloading it from several different sites but no good can anyone help me please23:39
AlanBelldoad: older versions are not neccessarily faster23:44
AlanBellwhat processor and ram size do you have?23:44
popeydoad: have you tried installing unity-2d on your 11.04 system?23:44
doadyeah but my comps quite old and i found using 9.10 faster than 11.0423:44
popeyits quite a bit faster then unity 3d23:45
doadany ideas people?23:46
doad11.04 wont let me burn 9.10 to disk and im stuck :(23:46
doadany ideas peeps23:49
doadpopey << where can i obtain unity -2d23:52
AlanBellsudo apt-get install unity2d23:55
doaddo i do that in a terminal?>23:55
AlanBellyes23:56
* AlanBell heads off to bed23:56
doadcan i ask what does it do?23:56
AlanBellhappy 11.10 release day everyone, see you at the party later23:57
hamitron12.04 is next :D23:57
AlanBelldoad: from the login screen you can choose unity2d, it does exactly the same as unity3d, but with less bling (slightly)23:57
doadand is it a bit faster like for my firefox  internet and loading other programs23:58
AlanBellnot much23:59
AlanBellwhat spec  is your computer?23:59

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