| canthus13 | that cpu seems... weak. | 00:05 |
|---|---|---|
| canthus13 | and I haven't had luck with the newer mobile radeon chipsets. :/ | 00:05 |
| BiosElement | Aye, I agree on that front | 00:08 |
| BiosElement | Found a somewhat improved model: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834246327 | 00:08 |
| BiosElement | But with linux support slightly more in question heh | 00:08 |
| canthus13 | my girlfriend has this, running Mint 12. (Windows barely boots on it) http://www.technostarry.com/hardware/asus-x53u-sx013d-review/ | 00:09 |
| canthus13 | ...but with the 1.6ghz brazos. | 00:09 |
| BiosElement | Yeah, Asus is a bunch I like somewhat heh | 00:10 |
| canthus13 | Funny thing.. the non-free video drivers don't work right on that machine. I had to roll back to the O/S ones. | 00:11 |
| BiosElement | Somewhat a pain when I demand a resonable build quality, dedicated graphics, linux support and a decent keyboard all in one >.> | 00:12 |
| canthus13 | The build quality on that asus is... ok. | 00:12 |
| canthus13 | for $399, it's not bad. | 00:12 |
| BiosElement | Yep, that's asus for ya lol | 00:12 |
| canthus13 | Everything worked OOB with Mint. Win 7, otoh... Win 7 takes about 5 minutes to boot. | 00:13 |
| BiosElement | lmao wow | 00:14 |
| canthus13 | about the only time she boots into windows now is for netflix. | 00:16 |
| ronnoc | BiosElement: For a good looking deal (and better ADM processor) might have a look at this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834246300&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL033012&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL033012-_-EMC-033012-Index-_-LaptopsNotebooks-_-34246300-L0D | 00:31 |
| BiosElement | Quite nice actually heh | 00:32 |
| ronnoc | indeed | 00:32 |
| ronnoc | *AMD | 00:33 |
| BiosElement | Decided to order http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834246327 | 00:44 |
| BiosElement | Hopefully I won't regret the sucker heh | 00:44 |
| canthus13 | better video chipset, for sure. | 00:47 |
| BiosElement | Aye, it'll just be a PITA to get running on linux. But apparently they fixed that issue | 00:48 |
| ronnoc | BiosElement: nice | 01:01 |
| Cheri703 | rawr | 04:53 |
| Unit193 | Heyhey, bad week it seems. | 04:53 |
| Cheri703 | LONG week | 04:54 |
| Cheri703 | bored and hungry and antsy tonight | 04:54 |
| Cheri703 | hungry part taken care of :) | 05:39 |
| ronnoc | Hi Cheri703. Hope you are enjoying the weekend :) | 06:07 |
| Cheri703 | thanks, mine just started tonight, I worked til 11pm | 06:07 |
| Cheri703 | off sunday/monday | 06:07 |
| ronnoc | nice. well..let the festivities commence! | 06:08 |
| Cheri703 | indeed! I have a ton of crap to do :/ | 06:09 |
| ronnoc | I'd love to have Mondays off. So much easier to get errands done, etc. | 06:09 |
| Cheri703 | yeah, my old shift was tues/weds off, which was dumb, sun/mon works nicely | 06:09 |
| ronnoc | yea that would be perfect for me as well | 06:09 |
| Cheri703 | I hate the job, but the shift is good :) | 06:10 |
| Cheri703 | once my book arrives on monday, I am starting to study for the CompTIA Security+ exam :) hoping to take it by the end of april or sometime in may | 06:11 |
| ronnoc | Not too many people are blessed with a job they love. | 06:11 |
| Cheri703 | I'm working on it | 06:11 |
| ronnoc | Oh nice! Is it hard to pass? | 06:12 |
| Cheri703 | not as far as I can tell | 06:12 |
| Cheri703 | I got a book that comes very highly recommended, yay amazon | 06:12 |
| ronnoc | \m/ | 06:12 |
| ronnoc | Are there any plans (tentative or not) regarding Ohio Linux Fest this year? | 06:13 |
| Cheri703 | I have no idea. I couldn't go last year due to finances/transportation | 06:13 |
| Cheri703 | I'd imagine something will get worked out, I'm hoping it will | 06:13 |
| ronnoc | I'm going to go. Was talking to BiosElement earlier. There's a new KDE-USA group with a few members in Ohio who want to attend also. I might look at seeing if it makes sense to pool resources... | 06:14 |
| ronnoc | If anything needs done organizing, etc, lemme know | 06:15 |
| Unit193 | Cheri703: You went Kubuntu didn't you? | 06:16 |
| Cheri703 | had been planning to, but stuck with ubuntu proper...still working out the kinks with unity... | 06:16 |
| Unit193 | Unity is better in 12, so I hear. | 06:17 |
| ronnoc | It appears to be gaining some love and polish. I check it out now and again and keep an eye on development | 06:19 |
| ronnoc | i also use the USC in Kubuntu | 06:19 |
| ronnoc | and Ubuntu One | 06:19 |
| Unit193 | I don't like USC, Unity, or Gnome*. :P | 06:20 |
| ronnoc | Unit193: Well, if Desura worked worth a &*%^ in Qt/KDE, I'd ditch USC. Brings in a lot of GTK stuff that is not otherwise needed. | 06:21 |
| ronnoc | But really I just like to keep abreast of what's all going on with Corporate | 06:21 |
| ronnoc | Which begs the ?... is Ubuntu TV already dead? lol.... That....Fizzled.... | 06:23 |
| BiosElement | Honestly, Unity didn't seem at all better. | 06:31 |
| Unit193 | Than shell? | 06:32 |
| Unit193 | I know a few that like Shell. | 06:32 |
| BiosElement | Then Kubuntu. >.> | 06:33 |
| Unit193 | Heh, but you like Kubuntu. | 06:33 |
| Unit193 | I know a fair number that wouldn't touch it, but think KDE isn't so bad. | 06:33 |
| Unit193 | I don't hav the hardware to run it either way. | 06:35 |
| BiosElement | Heh having fun getting a laptop :| | 06:38 |
| ronnoc | KDE 4.8 is pretty solid. I love it for it's ability to be mass-customized. I don't think I could ever seriously go to Unity for that reason alone. | 06:44 |
| BiosElement | I ran into a huge wall with unity's workflow | 06:44 |
| ronnoc | And actually, KDE's Activities are pretty revolutionary when one "gets it". It's the ultimate workflow companion IMHO. | 06:45 |
| ronnoc | Yea, unity seems like an impediment to enabling the ability to get things done | 06:45 |
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