[18:44] <bkerensa> valorie: I have to backup my server :P
[18:45]  * bkerensa is getting epic traffic.... Slashdotted and Reddited (r/linux)
[18:45] <valorie> for which post?
[18:45] <bkerensa> ;) I'm anticipating someone will try and own my box
[18:45] <bkerensa> :P
[18:45] <bkerensa> http://benjaminkerensa.com/2011/10/23/uefi-headaches-begin-linux/
[18:46] <bkerensa> Over 1k hits since 9am
[19:14] <valorie> great on the post
[19:14] <valorie> ugh on the content
[19:14] <valorie> perhaps Ubuntu Friendly program will be a help
[19:14]  * valorie crosses fingers
[19:19] <bkerensa> yeah
[19:19] <bkerensa> :D
[19:21] <valorie> bummer, I missed your party
[19:21] <valorie> I so wanted to catch that
[19:23] <bkerensa> valorie: We might be doing some Ubuntu/Debian hours
[19:23] <bkerensa> jointly
[19:23] <bkerensa> a Canonical guy asked if I was interested in helping out the local Debian UG
[19:23] <bkerensa> :
[19:23] <valorie> that is GREAT
[19:23] <valorie> we need to do more with Deb folks
[20:53] <seattlegaucho> bkerensa: I just tweeted your URL ... I hope it doesn't add to your misery ... but I doubt I have that many followers
[21:07]  * valorie will do that to add to bkerensa's misery -- in awhile
[21:43] <bkerensa> seattlegaucho: Oh I should be fine... My webserver sits behind the largest CDN in the world
[21:43] <bkerensa> ;)
[21:43] <bkerensa> I could handle SNL plugging me
[21:49] <seattlegaucho> OTH, that is really sad news ... I wonder if any Dell rep would understand what I'm talking about if I ask him
[21:49] <shannonlucas> I think that's going to be the case with most customer service reps in general
[21:51] <bkerensa> heh
[21:51] <bkerensa> Im getting quite a bit of trolling from some people
[21:51] <bkerensa> who say I'm being anti-corporate for blaming UEFI for not working with Linux
[21:51] <shannonlucas> oy
[21:52] <shannonlucas> Because Red Hat and Canonical aren't corporate at all?
[21:52] <bkerensa> mind you my post hardly passed blame... It just demonstrated that UEFI is already causing problems and nothing more
[21:52] <bkerensa> :P
[21:52] <bkerensa> shannonlucas: Its some trolls who hate Ubuntu/Canonical
[21:53] <bkerensa> they hangout in #ORLUG and since they dislike ^ then they dislike anything I have to say and troll like its going out of style :P
[21:54] <valorie> sad, sad people
[21:55] <shannonlucas> If people just used half the effort they spend detracting on creating or supporting...
[21:56] <bkerensa> Indeed
[21:56] <valorie> yes, one of these days we could work on changing trolls into productive team members
[21:56] <bkerensa> so much.... division among people in FOSS simply over what distro or DE they like most
[21:56] <bkerensa> its like the NFL almost
[21:56] <valorie> I wonder where my wizard hat, cape and wand are?
[21:56] <bkerensa> =/
[21:57] <valorie> distro/DE aren't religion
[21:57] <valorie> they are tools
[21:57] <valorie> someone at the Mentor's Summit asked me to sell him on using KDE again
[21:57] <valorie> and was sort of puzzled that I wouldn't do that
[21:57] <valorie> I love it
[21:58] <valorie> wish everyone did, but the fact is -- some people make another choice, for their own reasons
[21:58] <bkerensa> Indeed
[21:58] <valorie> we're all on the same side: freedom
[21:58] <bkerensa> I will gladly give out any distro
[21:58] <valorie> me too
[21:58] <bkerensa> in fact I just asked MarkDude to send me some Fedora CD's
[21:58] <valorie> for that matter, those who choose Apple or MS are choosing the tools they like, as well
[21:59] <valorie> my husband and one son us MS
[21:59] <valorie> use
[21:59] <valorie> but they support freedom in other ways
[21:59] <bkerensa> my new laptop has Win7 on it for my fiancee to play games
[21:59] <bkerensa> I dont condemn it.... I encourage her to use Ubuntu for everything else though
[21:59] <bkerensa> :D
[22:00]  * bkerensa nevers uses it
[22:00] <shannonlucas> I have Win 7 for playing Portal 2 :-p
[22:00] <valorie> I doubt my husband will ever change -- he likes photoshop too much
[22:00] <valorie> I'm totally OK with that
[22:01] <shannonlucas> I'd have a hard time giving up Photoshop if my work depended on it.
[22:02] <bkerensa> Gimp is ok for me.... I like Photoshop but so far I have been able to switch fine.... I just miss some features
[22:03] <shannonlucas> The one that's been the toughest for me is Lightroom. Darktable is looking good, but it isn't there yet.
[22:04] <shannonlucas> I've been using mostly Bibble Pro on Ubuntu. It's not free, but it compares pretty well with Lightroom.