[00:53] <schnoomac> Howdy all :)
[00:53] <schnoomac> Anyone know of a pretty decent (cheap) laptop in Australia which runs ubuntu well. I used to use Asus but its been a few years.
[01:02] <standleydj> hi all
[02:37] <elky> schnoomac, pioneercomputers.com.au have laptops and will put ubuntu on most of them. they probably use an older version though. They can be cheap and you can build to your own price or spec level, but their customer service isn't great. they're fairly open about the components though.
[02:38] <schnoomac> I do not mind if it comes preinstalled with ubuntu i can do that myself :) I just want to know if everything is supported (generally is these days though)
[02:39] <elky> well one would assume they would tend to lean towards ubuntu components if they're going to offer to install ubuntu on them
[02:39] <elky> er ubuntu-compatible components
[02:40] <schnoomac> Also how much ram will ubuntu/laptop support. Will it support more than 8gb these days ?
[02:42] <elky> depends if it's 64bit or not. you can still get non-64 bit processors.
[02:43] <schnoomac> Ahhh ok.
[02:43] <elky> and then it's up to the motherboard for what _it_ can support
[12:08] <sagaci> jaddi27: have you used gettext with python?
[12:08] <jaddi27> I can't say that I have, but could look into it
[12:15] <sagaci> it's for translations
[12:16] <jaddi27> Looks interesting. I assume it is widely used in the programs we have been translating
[12:17] <sagaci> yep, afaik it's the only kind that LP understands
[12:19] <jaddi27> Ok. Are you thinking of writing a program that needs to be translated?
[12:22] <sagaci> i've taken over https://launchpad.net/guitarexerciser, which is a cli program which basically just outputs text and uses basic python syntax but I'd like to learn how to use gettext as I'm building it
[12:22] <sagaci> and eventually create a GUI, upload to debian and voila
[12:22] <sagaci> 2013-14 for the latter
[12:23] <jaddi27> sounds like an interesting project
[12:23] <jaddi27> I think it looks like it should be easy to implement, but would have to read a bit more
[12:24] <sagaci> because I initially wanted to help with chromium translations but it uses grit as a native format and the old maintainer had to convert it to gettext... so I figure I should learn gettext first since that's what LP uses
[12:24] <sagaci> I was hoping for an automated script you run over the directory but it doesn't seem like that's the case
[12:25] <jaddi27> I don't know of all the differences in Python 3 though - I know it is different to 2.6,2.7,etc, but am not sure on the major differences
[12:25] <jaddi27> Ok. I am not sure if you can do that or not, but could look further
[12:32] <jaddi27> I am not sure, but you might be able to scan all of the code using pygettext.py - have a look at http://docs.python.org/library/gettext.html
[12:47] <sagaci> yep, I'll have to muck around with it
[13:04] <sagaci> jaddi27: #python is schweet
[13:04] <jaddi27> I haven't looked there before at all
[13:05] <nicksydney> hello all
[13:05] <jaddi27> I have just been learning python with what I do at work (and a bit from uni)
[13:05] <jaddi27> hi nicksydney
[13:05] <sagaci> hi nicksydney 
[13:05] <nicksydney> glad to found aussie based Ubuntu groups :)
[13:06] <nicksydney> when will be the next meetup ?
[13:06] <jaddi27> There is an online meeting here on March 11
[13:06] <jaddi27> starting a 8pm AEST (Brisbane time)
[13:06] <sagaci> if you're in Sydney, it should be around April for the Precise release party
[13:07] <nicksydney> sagaci: yeah i'm in Sydney.. are there any website that list this info ?
[13:07] <nicksydney> so i can bookmark it :)
[13:08] <jaddi27> http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-au
[13:08] <jaddi27> That has an events list that is kept up to date
[13:09] <jaddi27> A word of warning though - if you subscribe to the ical feed from there, you might find the times end up being a bit out. It is a known issue that is proving difficult to fix
[13:09] <nicksydney> jaddi27: thanks will book mark it
[13:09] <nicksydney> interested to learn more about the kernel and also want to learn contributing to it
[13:11] <nicksydney> what time normally this channel is full with conversation ? :) i presume most of them are sleeping already now :)
[13:12] <jaddi27> Some nights this can be busy, other times it can be very quiet. Just depends on who is around at the time, really
[13:12] <sagaci> we also have an #ubuntu-au-chat which is not logged so chat can be in either one
[13:12] <jaddi27> I am not the best person to ask about kernel coding, but I am sure there would be someone on the team who knows about it
[13:13] <jaddi27> I suggest sending an email to the Ubuntu-AU mailing list could help to find other people who know about the kernel
[13:13] <nicksydney> jaddi27: no worries....i'm just starting too so will be doing lots of asking questions and listening :)
[13:13] <nicksydney> jaddi27: good idea ... will subscribe to it
[13:16] <nicksydney> so are you guys doing any ubuntu work ?
[13:19] <sagaci> I've done some translation, documentation and helped out the -au team for a bit over a year
[13:19] <sagaci> now I'm learning to program
[13:22] <sagaci> jaddi27: thanks, and voila -- https://translations.launchpad.net/guitarexerciser/0.1
[13:24] <jaddi27> sagaci, Good work. You will find that en-AU is now complete :)
[13:25] <sagaci> heh, I just did those dozen as a test run, so now I can do the rest
[13:26] <jaddi27> Well, I guess I can keep an eye out to finish them off once you have done all of the strings
[13:30] <jaddi27> I'll be off now - see you all later