[16:18] <androidbruce> #gslug
[20:21] <bkerensa> wish valorie would join us too
[20:21] <bkerensa> :D
[20:22] <shannonlucas> valorie: bkerensa is trying to get the Oregon channel population to beat the California channel's :p
[22:48] <shannonlucas> Anyone have any experience with the System76 laptops?
[23:34] <ievans3024> i got free stickers from them once
[23:35] <ievans3024> i also applied to a customer support position for them, but never got a response back
[23:35] <ievans3024> but i assume you've got a question about the hardware
[23:35] <shannonlucas> :-p
[23:35] <shannonlucas> It's getting time to replace my old laptop, and I was considering them as an option
[23:36] <ievans3024> and a good one, at that
[23:36] <shannonlucas> Biggest complaint I saw with the Serval was battery life being really short
[23:37] <ievans3024> yeah, a lot of power/battery technologies are developed by the manufacturers and (from what i understand) rarely shared between computer manufacturers
[23:37] <shannonlucas> Found a rant by someone about how they don't provide their drivers for other distros.
[23:38] <ievans3024> if you only intend on using ubuntu and you aren't concerned with software freedom, then i guess that wouldn't be such a big deal
[23:38] <ievans3024> funny to me though that they would be using hardware that doesn't work on the drivers provided in ubuntu
[23:39] <shannonlucas> My bigger concern is more along the lines of how long they would continue to maintain their drivers (which are open source)
[23:39] <shannonlucas> My old ThinkPad still has great driver support, but it uses baseline Intel parts for everything.
[23:40] <ievans3024> same as my sony
[23:42] <ievans3024> good luck with your computer purchase, whatever it turns out to be
[23:44] <shannonlucas> Thanks. I'll probably just agonize over it a few weeks and then just stick with what I have for a while longer. :p