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tonyFluryon ubuntu - is there a signiificant different between a service and a deamon process ?06:27
dwatkinshiya07:18
czajkowskialoha07:26
danhgmorning all07:28
dwatkinsToday I am mostly trying to confine my coughing to my cubicle07:29
danhgget some manuka honey07:29
dwatkinsa mere £15 a jar07:41
dwatkinsI assume it's good stuff, then, danhg :)07:41
Myrttiany honey would do07:44
Myrttichrystalline one tends to work better for me, put it on a spoon and stick the spoon on the roof of my mouth and let it dissolve slowly07:45
danhgit is magic stuff. works wonders for cough/cold/sore throat07:45
dwatkinsexcellent, thanks :)07:45
Myrttihoney also makes lemsip more drinkable, seems to make it less acidic07:46
czajkowskiaye cannot drink that stuff, take the tablet version07:46
dwatkinsYeah, I tend to add a spoonfull.07:46
Myrttihuh07:53
Myrttimy clock on the top bar has vanished07:53
Myrttioh well.07:53
DJonesHappy last day of the week in work for 10 days :)08:05
davmor2Morning all you funky people08:06
MartijnVdShowdy08:06
MooDoomorning all08:09
bigcalm_laptopMorning peeps :)08:09
TheOpenSourcerermorning all.08:14
popeyMorning!08:21
bigcalm_laptopHullo popey, how's Argos?08:26
popeyheh, not been yet08:26
popeyall packaged up ready to go though08:26
davmor2morning popey08:31
davmor2popey: did you get your ipad back by the way?08:32
popeydavmor2: tnt tried to deliver it yesterday, we were out08:32
popeythey're re-delivering today08:32
popeyand it's a new one, not my old one ☺08:33
DJonesWhat do you keep doing to these ipads? Isn't that the 3rd one you've had?08:33
popeyno08:33
popeyit's my first one that failed recently, out of warranty, apple said they'd fix/replace it, and the replacement is arriving from china today08:34
DJonesMust be getting confused, probably thinking at the bloke at work who's already had one replaced08:34
popeywhich isn't bad service IMO08:34
DJonesDefinately not, certainly not something you'd complain about08:34
popeyhah, just got a phone call from TNT saying my delivery is on the van ☺08:36
popeySee, some companies know what service means ☺08:37
* popey is looking at you, Microsoft08:37
* TheOpenSourcerer thinks it unlikely that Microsoft will be paying much attention to this channel.08:41
davmor2popey: nice08:42
davmor2mrevell: it looks like the lighthouse are down sizing due to funding so we won't have the greenhouse anymore we'll have to book the seating in the cafe if we intend to keep coming here :(08:43
JamesTaitGood morning all! :)08:54
MooDoomorning JamesTait09:00
JamesTaitMooDoo: o/09:00
oimondidn't think i'd care about what logo/mascot cyanogen used, but the new proposed one looks like a scary alien :(09:25
davmor2MooDoo: morning dude09:26
davmor2TheOpenSourcerer: only unlikely I think you rate this channel too highly good sir :)09:27
oimonubuntu one is failing me yet again :(09:33
MooDoodavmor2: hello matey, how's it going?09:33
davmor2MooDoo: too much to do too little time09:34
brobostigongood morning everyone.09:34
oimonmorning09:35
brobostigonmorning oimon09:35
MooDoodavmor2: same here, although i need to get it all done before 2 as that breakup for Bhols for me.09:36
diploMorning all10:16
bigcalm_laptopdavmor2 is playing footsie again10:41
bigcalm_laptopI wish to sue for sexual harassment10:41
davmor2bigcalm_laptop: you'll stay awake though10:41
andylockranhey guys and gals, how goes things?10:44
MooDoobigcalm_laptop: sue as he's not doing it enough or well enough ;)10:47
bigcalm_laptopMooDoo: :D10:52
bigcalm_laptop<- tired :(10:52
MooDoobigcalm_laptop: <--- should be asleep then10:52
MooDoo:D10:52
bigcalm_laptopWhat do you lot think of people who do "air quotes" while talking?10:53
czajkowskibigcalm_laptop: twats10:54
* bigcalm_laptop giggles uncontrollably10:55
davmor2czajkowski: I'm going to prod you uncontrollably10:55
czajkowskidavmor2: ello ello ello ello ello10:56
bigcalm_laptopgord has made me feel ill10:56
* popey does 'air quotes' sometimes10:57
gordmy candy brings all the boys to the yard, and their like "it made me feel ill"10:57
czajkowskigord: was this the stuff from the video/pics you G+?10:57
czajkowskipopey: yes but you're not a twat :)10:57
gordczajkowski, nah different, umboshi candy, pickled plum10:57
davmor2czajkowski: I think this is a family channel and the word you used wouldn't be allowed :P#10:58
czajkowskidavmor2: think you're over thinking the word10:58
czajkowskigord: ohh10:58
bigcalm_laptopI have a constant taste of bile in my mouth10:59
czajkowskibigcalm_laptop: thank you for that lovely image10:59
czajkowskibigcalm_laptop: go gargle some water10:59
* bigcalm_laptop goes to gargle some bleach11:00
* davmor2 calls for an ambulance for bigcalm_laptop 11:02
bigcalm_laptopdavmor2 is acting like a child who just wants attention11:03
czajkowskibigcalm_laptop: thats not acting11:04
czajkowski:p11:04
bigcalm_laptopHehehe11:04
davmor2czajkowski: Awesome!11:06
andylockrananyone recommend someplace to find enthusiatic young php oop developer nr central London?11:07
czajkowskidavmor2: *glares*11:07
BigRedSandylockran: my brother'll be back in a couple of months11:07
BigRedS</plug>11:08
BigRedSare you looking permanent or contract? I know a couple of contractors who aren't looking for work but might know people who are11:08
* davmor2 awesomely tickles czajkowski with a cat and goes off to think of other things she hates 11:09
BigRedSnobody can hate cats!11:09
gordonjcpcats are awesome11:11
gordonjcpwithout a cat, I'd still have mice in my house11:11
czajkowskiI do11:13
davmor2czajkowski: liar11:14
andylockranBigRedS: I'm looking for either inexperienced, wanting to get some experience11:14
andylockranor contract11:14
gordonjcpczajkowski: what, hate cats or have mice?11:16
gordonjcpor both, for that matter11:16
gordi will teach my cat to do airquotes and then bring her to uds11:17
czajkowskigordonjcp: hate cats11:18
czajkowskigord: bring your own tea bags so11:19
gordonjcpczajkowski: hm, knew there was something wrong with you ;-)11:19
gordi think by this point we have proven that to be an impossibility :(11:19
andylockranBigRedS: Any chance you could ping over a CV at somepoint please?11:21
czajkowskigord: then you shall have 2 weeks without a propper cuppa11:22
gordsomeone will bring me tea bags! they have to11:23
gordonjcpgord: where are you?11:23
BigRedSandylockran: yeah, if I find someone :) Do you have a job description? Or is it basically anyone who can do OOP PHP and wants to get paid to do it better?11:24
gordlighthouse, why?11:24
* czajkowski rings the lighthouse, tells them not to give gord any tea 11:26
* davmor2 buys gords tea too upset czajkowski all the more then hi 5's gord s cat for being awesome and doing air quotes11:28
bigcalm_laptopdavmor2: can I have some of that hydraulic-acid please?11:39
bigcalm_laptopScrew it, I'm going to buy the micro server11:41
MartijnVdSµserver12:30
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oimonhttp://m.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17623422 << anyone know how soon ubuntu was patched for this java bug?14:04
arsenoimon   - i think it was you east of the city? some huge flames out towards blackwall tunnel..14:13
popeyoimon: jan 24th14:13
popeyhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-January/001567.html14:13
ali1234is Dr Web a person?14:15
popeyque?14:16
gordyes14:16
BigRedSoimon: Looks like this CVE: http://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-050714:35
BigRedSOh, ther eis a ubuntu one14:35
BigRedShttp://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2012/CVE-2012-0507.html14:35
BigRedSshould've guessed, really14:35
oimonthe ubuntu stuff seems to have got fixed in februaru14:36
oimonif this story is tue then apple should be spanked for its negligence14:36
BigRedSreally? that implies that 11.10 and 12.04 are both still vulnerable with openjdk 714:37
BigRedSthough, oddly, Debian's fine in 7 but not 614:38
BigRedSany rubyites?14:40
BigRedSWondering why gem is doing this: http://pastebin.com/Ru6S4rPQ14:40
bigcalm_laptopHow do I find out what the IP address of the DNS a machine is using?14:46
BigRedScat /etc/resolv.conf14:47
BigRedSbigcalm_laptop: ^14:47
bigcalm_laptopBigRedS: aha, yes, thanks :)14:47
BigRedSno problem! Nice to see somebody ask a question I can answer :)14:52
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oimonbigcalm, what's 1+1= ?15:02
oimonsorry BigRedS15:02
oimon:D15:02
popey15:13:06 < popey> oimon: jan 24th15:05
popey15:13:14 < popey> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-January/001567.html15:05
oimonpopey, thats clever cos some alerts were released feb 14th :P15:11
oimonthe power of ubunt15:11
oimonu15:11
oimonpower cut across most of north london earlier :\15:13
popeyoimon: *shrug* i just looked up the CVE on google15:15
oimonpopey, ah, there were lots of cve's in their patch update15:16
Azelphurpopey: think we could ninja this into the topic? http://bit.ly/xilcaH15:16
oimoni tihnk they do quarterly updates15:16
* Azelphur wants more people to vote for it15:17
BigRedSoimon: :)15:18
popeyAzelphur: probably better off on the mailing list15:19
Azelphurthat means I have to sign up to the mailing list :o15:19
popeyawful lot more people there than here15:20
Azelphurhehe15:21
andylockranhowdy15:34
* Azelphur waves15:34
AzelphurIn other news, I think we should make this hat mandatory for all Linux related meetups in future: http://www.illtaketen.com/penguin-hat15:41
zleaplol15:41
MartijnVdSAzelphur: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr_a8KszaPI15:45
Azelphuro.O15:46
czajkowskihow do I ë  on a keyboard16:25
czajkowskithats a copy n paste before someone comments16:25
MartijnVdSczajkowski: right-alt ", e16:25
MartijnVdSczajkowski: (with UK + International bits)16:25
popey²e16:25
MartijnVdSczajkowski: or right-alt + some letter near e16:25
popey¶łðßđ16:25
czajkowski16:26
czajkowskibah16:26
czajkowskie16:26
MartijnVdSthere's a printable keymap in the keyboard preferences screen16:26
czajkowskihttp://cloud.ubuntu.com/2012/04/brightbox-12-04-daily-images-now-available-discounts-for-testers-and-ubuntu-members/   FYI folks16:50
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ali1234starting at £18/month per instance. still far too expensive16:53
czajkowski50% for @ubuntu.com address ali123416:54
ali1234the instances would need to cost under £2/month before it becomes feasible to use instead of standard VPS16:55
czajkowskiali1234: are you ever happy :)16:56
BigRedSali1234: is it just a VPS with posh provisioning?16:57
BigRedSI was trying to work out what it was earlier16:57
ali1234no16:57
ali1234BigRedS: when you use "the cloud" you use lots of instances all managed automatically16:57
ali1234typically you end up with one or more instances for web server, one for database, one for load balancer etc16:58
BigRedSyeah16:58
ali1234so if you do that, you end up paying £80/month to run your website16:58
ali1234which is fine if you get a billion hits every month16:58
BigRedSOh hang on16:59
BigRedSI thought this was the metal-as-a-service thing16:59
* BigRedS should read up more often16:59
ali1234no this is AWS compatible supposedly17:00
ali1234er, EC2 compatible17:00
dogmatic69is it safe using ssh keys with no password?17:00
ali1234MaaS looks like the solution to the problem that getting loads of instances is currently prohibitively expensive17:00
BigRedSdogmatic69: relatively17:00
BigRedSdepends how secure the key is17:00
dogmatic69I want to auto mount folders from the network on login but that requires ssh and my key has a pw so it cant be automatic17:01
BigRedSali1234: yeah, but surely all teh work still needs to be done. Is is canonical turning up with a bunch of racks and plugging them in for you?17:01
BigRedSdogmatic69: then you need a passphraseless key17:01
ali1234no17:01
BigRedSthey're used for that sort of thing allthe time17:01
ali1234that's not the point17:01
dogmatic69BigRedS: its a local network too, so I guess that make is 'more safe'17:02
ali1234end user isn't going to buy MaaS. cloud providers will. it should enable more flexibility in instances17:02
dogmatic69I want to open the server to the www though17:02
BigRedSali1234: yeah, but what is it? I don't get what it does. We're not a cloud provider, but we do sell big clusters. Is it appropriate there?17:03
BigRedSdogmatic69: it should be fine. the connection is equally secure, all the passphrase does is mean that the key on its own is worth less to an attacker17:04
dogmatic69ye17:04
BigRedSmaybe I should reade more than just the press releases17:04
BigRedSthey all seem awfully manager-centric17:04
dogmatic69thanks BigRedS17:05
xr1rrwondered if some people could fill in this questionnaire https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGZfeDZ3Zm5CYVBrdnh1eGFfa0xONHc6MQ#gid=017:22
AlanBellwhy?17:22
popeyer17:22
popeyno way I'm filling that in.17:23
xr1rrits about phishing for my research report17:23
popey"Do you use the same password for more than one account? "17:23
popey"Do you use the same user-name or ID on multiple accounts? "17:23
popey"Do you change your passwords often? "17:23
Azelphurhaha17:23
dogmatic69lol17:23
AzelphurI think I'm going to score terribly on this test17:23
dogmatic69"can I have your pw:"17:23
xr1rrno you getting wrong idea17:23
AzelphurDo you change your passwords often? - no, I don't need to XD17:23
xr1rrIt's for a college research report about phishing17:24
AzelphurDo I click links? Sure but that's because I'm confident in my security17:24
AzelphurI deliberately mess with phishing sites for fun17:24
Azelphurhehe17:24
dogmatic69xr1rr: I think you are asking the wrong target market. everyone here will know/understand phishing17:24
xr1rrdogmatic69: just having a problem to get the amount of people to reply, I need 15017:25
dogmatic69xr1rr: you tried your fb account?17:25
AzelphurWould you be concerned if a Business had been attacked by phishing and personal or sensitive data was stolen?17:25
Azelphurmy sensitive information? or other peoples xD17:25
xr1rrdogmatic69: yh17:25
dogmatic69make the form look like barclays or something, email it around.. etc17:25
dogmatic69that will get people filling it in17:26
dogmatic69:)17:26
Azelphurhaha17:26
xr1rrAzelphur: if I dont ask these questions, how can I create research data17:26
Azelphurnah it's an interesting questionaire, I just filled it in and submitted17:27
Azelphurbut as dogmatic69 says, wrong target market, we all know what we are doing17:27
dogmatic69gender: other :S17:27
popeyindeed, you need to ask people in the street, not tech-savvy linux users17:27
AzelphurI'd be quite confident in that I could do whatever I wanted with the contents of an email or a webpage and maintain security of my computer, including opening attachments (even executable ones), and viewing malicious webpages.17:27
xr1rrAzelphur: have had replies from a lot of different people but just had hard time finding lots of people to do it17:28
Azelphuryea :)17:28
xr1rrso just thought about asking here17:28
xr1rrbut that kinda back fired17:29
xr1rrlol17:29
Azelphurhaha, hasn't really backfired, it's sparked conversation ;)17:29
dogmatic69Azelphur: about clicking links / dl'ing email attachments. ever since ubuntu, all the time :D17:29
Azelphurdogmatic69: exactly, can pretty much do whatever you want17:29
dogmatic69on windows I will SHIFT + DELETE it without blinking17:29
Azelphurdogmatic69: when people send me phishing sites, if I'm bored, I have some python, give it the details of the HTML form element, and it'll pummel it with fake account information (hopefully) rendering their database useless17:30
xr1rrAzelphur: yeah attachments not to much of a problem here17:30
dogmatic69talking about that, everyone seen how osx has been owned?17:30
xr1rrgood point17:30
xr1rrlol17:30
Azelphurdogmatic69: yea, 600,000 machines infected or something XD17:30
dogmatic69ye17:30
dogmatic69it was 540k a day or two ago, now 600k17:30
AzelphurIt's really funny when the sites go 404 shortly after ;)17:31
dogmatic69I help phishing sites with scalability issues, apache ab etc17:31
Azelphuroh yea, always gotta help them with scalability17:31
Azelphurdogmatic69: mine helps with both webserver and database scalability! :D17:32
dogmatic69:D17:32
dogmatic69I been messing with bots lately, got sick of the spam17:32
Azelphurhehe17:33
dogmatic69my site does not use any form of user capture, not one spam message in 2 months now17:33
dogmatic69:)17:33
Azelphurthat's fancy, how'd you pull that off?17:33
dogmatic69I have been improving it all along, worst was 4 or 5 per minute.17:33
dogmatic69got a rating system + honey pots17:34
Azelphurrating system?17:34
AzelphurI've been having issues on my site too and hate captchas17:34
dogmatic69https://github.com/infinitas/infinitas/blob/beta/Core/Comments/Model/Behavior/CommentableBehavior.php#L277-31017:34
popeyI ♥  captchas!17:34
dogmatic69popey--17:35
dogmatic69:D17:35
dogmatic69after sparkfun free day... dislike17:35
dogmatic69Azelphur: basically that does some rudimentary checks and gives a score -ve is bad, +ve is good, 0ish for manual review, is it full of links, has the message been submitted before, how many points does the user already have etc17:36
Azelphurah cool17:36
dogmatic69if points are low its just discarded and shown a 40417:37
AzelphurI was after stopping the signup17:37
Azelphuras well as comments17:37
dogmatic69as in -40 or something, if its -5ish would require manual activation17:37
dogmatic69honeytrap works a treat.17:37
dogmatic69just add something like <input type="hidden" name="foobar" /> and if that gets set I redirect them to /?bot=true. my code is all oop so if that happens all of a sudden no matter what, all links on the site are /?bot=true17:38
dogmatic69every single one17:38
dogmatic69its sort of like saying innocent until proven guilty.. not like most sites where every visitor is a spam bot17:41
ali1234"Do you click links on an email even if you do not know the sender of the email?"17:44
ali1234yes of course I do17:45
xr1rrfeel it in then ;)17:45
ali1234the sender of the email has almost nothing to do with whther it is safe or not17:45
BigRedSyeah, where the link goes is more interesting, really17:45
ali1234i get as much crap and viruses from people I know as people i don't17:45
ali1234if not more17:45
ali1234because the stuff from unknowns just gets blocked17:45
ali1234how do you change default web browser?17:50
ali1234oh it's in "details"... that makes sense17:51
popeyali1234: bug 974473  is something you've experienced before?17:51
lubotu3`Launchpad bug 974473 in unity "Most recently opened window doesn't get focus" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/97447317:52
popey(suspect it's a compiz bug not unity)17:52
ali1234yeah i've experienced that a lot. but not recently17:52
ali1234it comes and goes17:52
popeyi have it with a clean new user17:52
ali1234it was fixed once17:52
ali1234then it came back17:52
popeycan you try now?17:52
ali1234i disabled all windows key interaction from unity17:53
ali1234i never used it17:53
ali1234so i can't say it's the same bug or not17:53
popeywell, you dont need windows key17:54
popeyhappens if you click nautilus in the launcher17:55
popeyIME17:55
ali1234ok i can reproduce17:55
ali1234only with nautilus though17:56
ali1234ok i can reproduce with pidgin/firefox too17:56
popeygreat, thank you17:57
ali1234ok this is dumb17:58
ali1234there's at least three places where you can configure the "default" browser17:58
ali1234there's the cntrol panel thing in "details"17:59
ali1234there's sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser17:59
ali1234and there's the third way, the way that actually works17:59
popeydont think I have ever used the update-alternatives method18:01
ali1234the third way18:02
ali1234Run gconf-editor , edit the /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http(s) keys to your liking. In my case "firefox %s".18:02
ali1234nice work gnome18:02
BigRedSaha!18:02
BigRedSI was trying to remember the third way the other day18:03
ali1234of course that key doesn't exist18:03
BigRedSwell, it'd be too easy if it did18:04
GreenDanceHello Everyone!18:07
GreenDance:)18:07
GreenDancesorry it's been a while.18:07
* AlanBell has just requested the 12.04 loco CD allocation18:19
GreenDanceAlanBell, do you by any chance know why the Ubuntu team have chosen to not support the raspberry pi18:19
BigRedSI guess it's a big bunch of work to get an arm6 kernel together and the point of the raspberry pi isn't really to be a desktop system18:20
BigRedSs/kernel/distro/18:21
ali1234what *is* the point of the raspberry pi?18:21
ali1234all i ever hear about it is what it is not supposed to be18:21
BigRedSeducation!18:21
TheOpenSourcererARM6 was dropped from Ubuntu after 9.04 I think. So quite a while ago.18:21
BigRedSjust don't ask for more clarification than that18:21
TheOpenSourcererali1234: It's to play about with.18:22
BigRedSI think it's great as an arduino for people who don't want to solder18:22
BigRedSthat's what I want one for18:22
ali1234wat18:22
ali1234that is wrong on so many levels18:22
ali1234allow me to enumerate them18:22
BigRedSrather than mess around with actual components, I'll get a small, low-power, general-purpose PC18:22
TheOpenSourcererMight make a rather useful thin-client too.18:22
ali1234firstly, the arduino is solderless and the raspberry pi isn't18:22
BigRedSand use software to make it do my bidding18:22
ali1234in order to add gpio to raspberry pi, you have to solder in a header18:23
ali1234secondly, the raspberry pi is nothing at all like an arduino18:23
BigRedSalright, s/solderdeal with components/18:23
ali1234one of them has full documentation and schematics18:23
ali1234the other doesn't18:24
BigRedSyou don't need schematics for the pi because you're manipulating it in software rather than hardware18:24
GreenDanceIt's a shame the ubuntu team don't want to help the raspberry pi team.18:24
GreenDanceimo*18:24
GreenDanceEducation is important18:24
ali1234and you don't need components for the arduino if you only want to do things in software18:24
BigRedSwhy is it a shame?18:25
ali1234besides which, no amount of components soldered to an arduino will make it anything like a raspberry pi18:25
BigRedSI don't see who gains from being able to put Ubuntu on a pi18:25
ali1234because the arduino is based on a microcontroller. it is designed to turn on and off gpios and not much else18:25
GreenDancebecause, with the fact the raspberry pi is so cheap, many people can buy one, but won't be able to use ubuntu, they will have to choose something else.18:25
BigRedSno, because they're completely different. But the pi fills the same "cool cheap thing to mess around with" function as teh arduino does, but it's *not* a hardware-hacking thing, it's a playing-with-software one18:25
ali1234the raspberry pi is pretty mucht he opposite of that. it is designed for proprietary multimedia systems18:26
BigRedSGreenDance: yes. But they don't want ubuntu18:26
BigRedSbecause they wont be able to run a usable desktop on it anyway18:26
BigRedSso they may as well run debian18:26
BigRedSand they can18:26
GreenDanceBigRedS, raspberry pi want ubuntu, ubuntu don't want the raspberry pi18:26
BigRedSGreenDance: yes18:26
BigRedSbecause ubuntu means free marketing. There is no problem that is solved by Ubuntu being avilable on the pi18:27
ali1234if raspberry pi really wanted ubuntu they should have designed it around a more modern ARM core with a more accessible GPU18:27
GreenDanceali1234 it's all about the cost18:27
ali1234yes18:28
BigRedSyeah, and if it's low cost you make compromises18:28
BigRedSlike not getting support from things that don't support ancient hardware18:28
ali1234or in other words, if you are too cheap to run ubuntu, that's your own problem18:28
GreenDancehangon......18:28
GreenDanceso, all the families who are poor, it's their problem they can't aford a computer?18:29
BigRedSNo18:29
BigRedSthey can have a computer18:29
ali1234they can have a computer18:29
BigRedSthey don't want a raspberry pi instead of a PC though18:29
ali1234just not one that runs ubuntu18:29
ali1234like they also can't have one that runs apple18:29
BigRedSand, if they do, why on earth would they want to put ubuntu on it? They'd want the most pared down lightweight thing they can find18:29
BigRedSelse they'll never get anything done on it18:29
ali1234that whole "ubuntu is for everyone" thing went out the window a long time ago btw18:29
GreenDancei guess i missed that ali123418:30
ali1234ubuntu is now only for people who support the ideals of ubuntu18:30
GreenDancei don't know where i was when that happened18:30
BigRedSbut they'd be much better off joining one of the schemes to help them get an actual PC18:30
BigRedSor just getting an old PC from friends or whatever18:30
ali1234yep, if you don't have a PC, raspberry pi will be useless to you18:30
ali1234because you won't get the thing to work without a debugging system18:30
ali1234if you are poor and you don't have a PC i will give you one for free, and it will run ubuntu18:31
ali1234however, it will not be a raspberry pi18:31
ali1234it will be cobbled together from old bits18:31
ali1234also it will be extremely slow18:32
ali1234it will run ubuntu but only if you are very very patient18:32
ali1234it will still be faster than the raspberry pi though18:32
AlanBellGreenDance: yes, it is about the ARMv6 instruction set18:36
AlanBellsomeone could compile ubuntu for it and build the repos for it, but it wouldn't really be real Ubuntu without a fully maintained repository18:37
AlanBellthey were contemplating shipping something like Ubuntu 8.10 on it and that has run on the raspberry pi18:38
AlanBellI asked them not to do that, as it is going to be old and unsupportable and un-upgradeable18:38
dwatkinsThe Raspberry Pi only has 256 MB of RAM, it wouldn't run many apps.18:38
AlanBellso users would have a bad experience, and I don't want them having a bad experience and blaming Ubuntu18:39
popeys/many apps/the desktop/18:39
dwatkinsah yes, popey18:39
AlanBellalso putting ubuntu on it sets entirely the wrong expectations18:39
AlanBellit would be a PC that isn't very good, rather than an educational computer to do interesting things with18:39
dwatkinsyeah, I see the Raspberry Pi as more of a device for a single purpose than a desktop computer I could run any application on18:40
AlanBellso people can run debian on it, and python stuff, I expect a lot of the unity stuff would run on it if someone wanted to do so18:40
AlanBellyou can also swap out the SD card very easily, I can see them being used like cartridges on a games console18:41
dwatkinsyeah18:41
AlanBellyou have a stack of them that boot into different personalities18:41
* popey is looking forward to getting one to play with18:42
* dwatkins too18:42
dwatkinsI ordered a case, also18:43
AlanBellI have one ordered18:43
AlanBellwhere did you order the case from?18:43
popeyhope mine comes in time to take to UDS18:43
dwatkinshttp://www.modmypi.com/products.php AlanBell18:43
penguin42what's the current guess on when a Pi might turn up?18:45
popeymine is still due wc 16/418:46
dwatkinsMid-May, I gather18:46
popeyfingers crossed18:46
GreenDancedoes anyone here by any chance have an android mobile?18:47
* dwatkins does18:49
* BigRedS does18:49
GreenDanceI have been tinkering with mine today, trying to get it to boot faster, so i deleted 2 files, one was bootanimation and the other was the same name with 2 extra letters at the end of it, now during boot i have 10 seconds of black screen, can this be fixed please?18:51
BigRedSoh. I don't do those sorts of things with my phone18:52
GreenDanceI thought by deleting the t-mobile boot animation my mobi would be faster on boot, nope :(18:53
dwatkinsI imagine the amount of time it takes to display the boot animation images is negleigble, GreenDance.18:54
dwatkinsI replaced my boot animation with R2D2 ;)18:54
dwatkinshttp://gadgetfeel.com/how-to-install-custom-boot-animation-in-android/ GreenDance - modify system files at your own risk etc.etc.18:55
mikeatvillageHello folks. I have ubuntu 10.04 with Gnome.  How do I stop the display going blank after period of inactivity?18:59
dwatkinsmikeatvillage: system -> preferences -> power management (or screensaver)19:01
bigcalmEvenin' peeps :)19:01
mikeatvillagePower management setting at 'Never' but still blanks :-(19:01
mikeatvillageOh I am such a twat... screensaver is "Blank screen" :-))19:03
dwatkinsmikeatvillage: another mystery solved :) please mind your language, though, it's a family show :)19:04
mikeatvillagedwatkins: My apologies :-)19:05
dwatkinsalso, welcome to #ubuntu-uk, mikeatvillage19:06
popeygreetings mikeatvillage19:11
popeywelcome to the funny farm19:11
bigcalmDescription: PROLIANT N40L 1P 2GB-U INT SATA 250GB 1Y19:11
bigcalmStatus: shipped19:11
* bigcalm will be watching the front door from tomorrow morning until Tuesday evening19:12
mikeatvillageThank you.19:12
dwatkinsbigcalm: don't you have kids or pets to do that for you? ;)19:15
bigcalmdwatkins: neither19:15
dwatkinsme neither, I cheat and have stuff delivered to work19:17
bigcalmI work from home19:17
dwatkinsah I see19:18
bigcalmThough it's a 4 day weekend, I don't expect to see DPD any time before Tuesday19:18
dwatkinsnew server?19:19
bigcalmCurrently my server is an Acer Revo :)19:19
bigcalmThought it was about time to have something a little more sensible19:19
bigcalmAnd I'm getting 100 quid cash back19:19
bigcalmhttps://www.serversplus.com/servers/tower_servers/hp_tower_servers/658553-42119:20
dwatkinsnifty19:21
penguin42bigcalm: Yeh those are nice - a friend has one19:21
dwatkinsA lot cheaper than I expected, too. I guess it's just the machine on its own.19:21
bigcalmdwatkins: aye, no OS. Will be getting 12.0419:22
bigcalmPendulum: popey has been pleased with his, so I thought why not?19:22
penguin42bigcalm: One bit of advice, if you need to remove the SAS connector plug to the motherboard, do it carefully, if it doesn't want to budge stop and reconsider; a friend managed to remove the socket from the board, and looking around a few people have19:22
dwatkinsI run 10.04 on an Atom-based netbook at 1.6 GHz, does the job for me for fileserving and ssh, http etc.19:22
bigcalmOh my19:22
bigcalmWhat is the SAS connector and why would I want to remove it?19:23
dwatkinspenguin42: yeah, I've done that myself too19:23
dwatkinseven a normal SATA port can end up coming off if you yank the cable the wrong way19:23
penguin42bigcalm: All the SATA connections goes through one 4 lane SAS connector to the motherboard, it's a standard connector but the clips are sometimes a bit dodgy19:23
bigcalmI see19:23
bigcalmDuly noted, thanks :)19:23
AlanBellI like the back to brown pangolin wallpaper19:24
popey\o/ microserver19:27
bigcalmpopey: same as your one?19:27
dwatkinsbigcalm & popey: I'd be very interested to know how warm those machines get when idling19:30
popeyno idea19:32
popeyno bigcalm mine is an n36L, older, slower but much the same19:32
bigcalmAh19:32
popeymine has 5 disks in it, so probably gets warmer than others19:32
popeyand a drive bay attached with 4 more disks19:32
bigcalmOh my19:32
penguin42popey: 9 disks on a poor little microserver!19:36
popeyyeah19:39
popey:D19:39
popeyinternal 4 on RAID1019:39
popeyooh watchdog bit on iphone 4s on bbc119:39
dauberspopey: Apple say they're holding it wrong?19:40
popeyoh they're moaning about location features19:40
popeywell that wasn't worth watching :D19:42
popeyoh, now a bit about laptops19:43
popeyi love watchdog19:43
* Laney is catching up on the apprentice19:46
LaneyQuality Television™19:46
popeyhehe, segment all about how expensive wifi is in hotels19:46
mikeatvillageI'm watching steam trains on BBC4 - I hate laptops :-)19:47
popey\o/ trains19:48
MartijnVdSpopey: the Tube series thing was cool!19:48
popeyyeah, i didnt see them all19:49
Laney♥ BBC419:49
popeybut the ones i did see were entertaining/enlightening/scary19:49
popey♥ BBC19:49
* brobostigon is nerding out on new BBT eps, on e4.19:49
popeyBBT?19:49
Laneyhttp://www.radiotimes.com/episode/p4zrw/materials--series-1---1-metal-how-it-works this sounds good later19:49
Laneybig bang theory19:49
brobostigonpopey: big bang theory.19:49
popeyahh19:49
bigcalmI ♥♥ Dr. Who19:50
MartijnVdSDr. Vho?19:50
bigcalmLaney: looks good19:51
bigcalmIt's already on the iPlayer19:51
* bigcalm watches19:51
bigcalmScrub that19:51
* bigcalm leeches19:52
mikeatvillageImages of Barry scrapyard :-(19:53
popeyhttps://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ur09MPySyig/T33IS8OjF0I/AAAAAAAAMVo/A2Jsx0MT6y0/w239/abd-232.gif19:56
popeytee hee19:56
bigcalmHaha19:59
bigcalmDelivery Status: Your parcel has been received at our sortation hub20:40
penguin42oh one of those20:41
bigcalmSortation? The English language is constantly evolving20:41
czajkowskiAlanBell: http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/2012/04/05/ordering-your-12-04-cds-for-loco-teams-is-now-available/20:41
penguin42bigcalm: I don't know why they don't say sorting office20:42
AlanBellczajkowski: already done it20:44
czajkowskicool20:44
bigcalmLocation: Hub 3 - Birmingham20:46
bigcalmI could drive there right now!20:46
penguin42bigcalm: The paths they take are nuts - 100-200 miles for something that's 10miles as the penguinf lies20:47
bigcalmWhen my Nexus One was shipped from the USA, it went up and down the country 4 times because Google hadn't given UPS the correct address detail20:48
penguin42sniff - they're killing off Tesco Value20:50
Azelphurwat :o20:53
penguin42Azelphur: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-1762285621:00
Azelphurnoes, not tesco value :(21:00
bigcalmDelivery Status: In Transit21:21
bigcalmI have a feeling that I may have a new server tomorrow :S21:21
czajkowskibank holiday?21:26
bigcalmYes21:27
bigcalmEither it'll be delivered tomorrow or it'll sit at the local depot until Tuesday morning21:28
zleapthey may deliver saturday21:28
zleapif not its 4 days with no post,21:28
bigcalmMaybe21:28
bigcalmThere was a delivery option for Saturday, at much higher cost. So might not get it then21:29
czajkowskibigcalm: tomorrow is a bank holiday no?21:31
czajkowskiso if you didnt get it today and didnt pay for saturday you wont get it till tuesday21:31
bigcalmczajkowski: it is, yes21:32
bigcalmI ordered it today21:32
bigcalmI'm surprised that they have moved it anywhere at all21:32
directhexwhose suggestion was whole earth organic sparkling cola? ali1234?21:32
ali1234yeah21:34
ali1234don't blame me if it's horrible though21:35
ali1234i mean i'm not a cola expert21:35
directhexthis is the most bizarre flavour i've ever tried. might be the agave?21:35
directhexsadly it arrived flat as a pancake :/21:35
ali1234flat??21:35
ali1234in a can?21:36
ali1234how can?21:36
bigcalmSquashed under a heavy load?21:36
directhexheavily impacted, courtesy of the couriers21:36
ali1234but... wouldn't it have leaked out everywhere then?21:36
directhexali1234: nope. just knocked the carbonation out.21:36
AlanBellit should disolve back in again (or explode when you open it)21:37
ali1234yeah that's what i would have thought21:38
ali1234flat cola always tastes weird anyway21:38
directhexyeah, but i know what to expect from the taste of flat cola. this ain't it. must be the agave21:40
directhexdon't think i'[ve ever had agave-sweetened cola21:40
directhexdon't think it occurred to me as an option, tbh!21:41
popeywhere'd you get it?21:43
directhexAlanBell: okay, a tiny bit has re-dissolved. but i can count the bubbles floating to the surface21:43
directhexpopey: naturalcollection.com21:44
popey95p!21:45
popeybetter taste bloody great21:45
popeyikonia: btw, you missed a trick, should have registered omgcola ☺21:46
bigcalmHeh21:47
popeybug 97401722:05
lubotu3`Launchpad bug 974017 in unity-2d (Ubuntu) "Crash when touching trackpad with 10 fingers" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/97401722:05
bigcalmlol22:06
popeyindeed22:06
dogmatic69Not sure if I am making this up, but I am sure I read somewhere of having a terminal open and you can logout / in to the server and 'resume the session'22:11
dogmatic69is this possible?22:11
AlanBellthat would be byobu22:11
dogmatic69AlanBell: for me?22:13
AlanBelldogmatic69: yes22:13
AlanBell!info byobu22:13
lubotu3`byobu (source: byobu): powerful, text based window manager and shell multiplexer. In component main, is optional. Version 4.37-0ubuntu1 (oneiric), package size 74 kB, installed size 700 kB22:13
AlanBellso you log in, type byobu then do stuff22:13
dogmatic69so its installed on the server then22:13
ali1234use screen instead22:14
dogmatic69:/22:14
AlanBellclose the terminal, or press "ctrl+a d" then log back in and type byobu and you are back where you were22:14
ali1234it's like byobu except without all the distracting numbers and keyboard shortcuts22:14
AlanBelland you can press f9 to get a help thing in byobu22:14
AlanBelland F2 to create a new terminal window and F3 and F4 to move between terminal windows22:15
dogmatic69ye, just opened byobu and its like I need ad block for terminal :D22:15
ali1234ctrl-a c and ctrl-a n respectively, in screen22:15
popeysame in byobu22:16
ali1234byobu is actually a profile for screen22:16
AlanBellscreen is the same thing (or tmux) but with less refinement22:16
AlanBellit is a profile for tmux now22:16
AlanBellin 12.0422:16
ali1234except yes, sometimes byobu is actually tmux, which isn;t compatible with screen and a lot more buggy22:16
popeybut maintained ☺22:16
popeyBED!22:16
AlanBelldogmatic69: F9 then toggle status notifications22:17
AlanBellyou can turn on and off the stuff22:17
dogmatic69hmm.. this might be more confusing than I thought22:18
ali1234http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git22:18
ali1234looks maintained to me22:18
dogmatic694 commits in 5 months != maintained22:19
dogmatic695 the whole of last year only22:19
AlanBelltbh I can't tell the difference between screen and tmux versions of byobu, just the screen version doesn't display esoteric unicode22:19
ali1234the tmux version can't start up in detached mode22:20
AlanBellscreen is pretty much "finished" so there won't be a lot of exciting commits to it22:20
ali1234which means you can't start a session from a statup script22:20
dogmatic69ha, if you do screen. go to some folder, close terminal. open it again, ssh back to server and run byobu its back to screen22:21
dogmatic69and it does not have the notices etc22:21
AlanBellyeah, it would do :)22:22
dogmatic69defiantly just a wrapper then22:22
ali1234yes because byobu is reattaching to the existing session rather than making a new one22:22
ali1234the main difference between tmux and screen is screen is oriented around multiple "fullscreen" terminals that you switch between22:22
dogmatic69ye22:22
ali1234but tmux is about splitting up the one terminal into lots of tiny sub windows22:22
ali1234which is just confusing22:22
ali1234screen can do splits but they aren't part of the session. they go away if you disconnect22:23
AlanBelljust run tmux in screen in tmux for the best of all worlds \o/22:23
dogmatic69looking at it, it could be nice. it has download speed and cpu usage etc22:24
ali1234that is actuallypossible, if you change the hotkeys for each nested level22:24
ali1234some people like to make every terminal window on their system into a byobu22:25
AlanBelldogmatic69: you can run an irssi session in (screen/byobu/tmux) which is nice22:25
ali1234these people are crazy and end up doing exactly this22:25
dogmatic69i keep hearing about that, irc or something22:25
ali1234yeah, running irc in screen is popular22:25
AlanBelltop tip, run your irssi session on a backup server22:26
ali1234the advantage is you can run it on a server and appear to be connected all the tie22:26
dogmatic69ye22:26
AlanBellthen you know if the backup server isn't working22:26
dogmatic69:D22:26
ali1234the disadvantage is you have to use a crappy terminal based irc client like iirsi22:26
dogmatic69I have been looking at building a NAS / backup (I know now its two different things)22:26
dogmatic69I bought a blade server for home, sounds like the vacuum clear is running :D22:27
dogmatic69need matching storage / backups22:27
AlanBellsmall servers tend to be noisy22:29
dogmatic69how easy would it be to reproduce something like the 'you have mail' that pops up in terminal, with say apache errors?22:29
dogmatic69AlanBell: its a 1U, huge compared to my desktop22:30
* AlanBell tries to parse what dogmatic69 said22:30
AlanBellyeah, 1u servers are often screamers22:30
dogmatic69when your mail is not configured properly... you get notifications in terminal.22:31
ali1234dogmatic69: as we found out the other day, php can email you on error22:31
dogmatic69ali1234: I would like it in the console while deving. no more tail -f /what/is/the/damn/path/again.err22:32
dogmatic69almost like desktop alerts, but in terminal22:32
AlanBellthat sounds like a reasonable use for tmux actually22:33
ali1234you want the errors to spam all over the console?22:33
dogmatic69eg, logged into my server...22:33
dogmatic69Welcome to Ubuntu!22:33
ali1234tail -f /whatever &22:33
dogmatic69 * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com/22:33
dogmatic69You have new mail.22:33
dogmatic69Last login: Wed Apr  4 16:37:21 2012 from <ip>22:33
ali1234that's going to get annoying though22:33
dogmatic69ali1234: well it would only happen while I am actively developing a site.22:33
dogmatic69its not like I browse my dev sites for fun while using terminal22:34
dogmatic69It would need a demon monitoring the logs and then somehow spitting them out when changes are detected22:34
AlanBelldogmatic69: in byobu look at the "default windows" stuff22:35
AlanBellthere is a preset that does Every 10.0s: tail -n 5 /var/log/syslog /var/log/auth.log /var/log/dmesg22:36
dogmatic69I was just fiddling them22:36
dogmatic69ye, I had that.. that is annoying. you have to ctrl+c to get back22:36
AlanBellno, you create more windows22:37
AlanBellwith F222:37
AlanBellthen F3/F4 to flip between them, you leave it running22:37
dogmatic69ah ok22:37
dogmatic69any way to disable exit. maybe alias exit="echo 'oh no you didnt'"22:38
dogmatic69By habit I exit and that obviously defeats the purpose22:39
bigcalmYou type exit rather than ctrl-d?22:40
dogmatic69ctrl+d?22:41
dogmatic69i always exit a server22:41
dogmatic69thought that is the way22:41
bigcalmWhat do you think ctrl d does?22:41
AlanBellI just close the gnome-terminal window22:41
dogmatic69i just tried it, logs you out22:41
AlanBellnight all o/22:42
bigcalmNight Alan22:42
dogmatic69AlanBell: that pops up a window saying are you sure (well 10.10 did)22:42
dogmatic69night, thanks for the help AlanBell22:42
* hamitron uses ctrl+d22:42
dogmatic69:/22:42
dogmatic69Im the only noob using exit22:42
dogmatic69ctrl+d has just improved my lazy armoury22:43
hamitron:)22:44
hamitronthat's the spirit!22:44
dogmatic69hamitron: my new blade improved laziness 50 fold22:44
hamitron:-o22:44
hamitrondo you remember learning, when logging into loads of different terminals?22:45
dogmatic69from having hundreds of vhosts and lines in /etc/hosts for php dev, I now have bind9, one global *.dev catch and 2 vhosts. one for cakephp specific and one for php general22:45
hamitronbecause you had never heard of "screen"22:45
dogmatic69I have used terminator for a long time22:45
dogmatic69great for local, but I can see screen as a replacement for remote admin22:46
hamitronterminator?22:46
dogmatic69:O22:46
dogmatic69apt-get install terminator22:46
hamitronI just use alt+F# keys :/22:46
dogmatic69its awesome, tabbed terminal, broadcast etc etc22:47
hamitronthat sounds kinda cool22:47
dogmatic69you can open tabs, in each tab multi terminals.22:47
dogmatic69then you can group them how you like22:47
hamitronhang on, this is gui app?22:47
dogmatic69then broadcast22:47
dogmatic69ye22:47
hamitronah, I learned my stuff with no X22:48
hamitron;)22:48
dogmatic69its like screen on steroids in a GUI22:48
hamitrongonna give it a go22:48
dogmatic69but, not that its a good idea or anything, you can log into 10 servers, hit broadcast all and do 'apt-get update'22:48
dogmatic69all 10 done22:48
hamitronheh22:49
hamitronjust remembered I'm not on debian now22:49
dogmatic69things like that.22:49
* hamitron just tried to apt-get22:49
* hamitron facedesks22:49
dogmatic69ssh to all your co-workers and broadcast 'say "you suck"'22:49
dogmatic69idk22:49
* penguin42 is old school - that's what wall(1) is for22:50
dogmatic69hamitron: no apt-get?22:50
hamitronon slackware atm22:50
dogmatic69ah22:50
bigcalmYou can also echo to a single tty or user22:50
dogmatic69yum install apt-get22:50
bigcalmWith write22:50
dogmatic69:D22:50
hamitronslackware has yum?22:50
bigcalmDoesn't like the ! though22:50
dogmatic69hamitron: I am guessing22:51
hamitronI use installpkg22:51
hamitronbut I kinda need the package to install ;)22:51
dogmatic69how I miss apt-get on windows22:51
dogmatic69its a real pita to download and install apps22:52
hamitronI do miss and don't miss all the package management22:52
hamitron:)22:52
hamitronwell, auto deps22:52
dogmatic69hamitron: Its nice to apt-get some<tab> and you will likely find what you need, and 99.9% sure its not some virus infested porn app22:52
hamitronyour loss22:53
dogmatic69:D22:53
hamitronI mean, errrr, yeh22:53
hamitron;)22:53
dogmatic69I realised the other day, since ubuntu I have not really used torrents.22:53
hamitron:-o22:53
dogmatic69not that I used ever :-|22:53
hamitronI use them to test new distro22:53
hamitronmostly22:54
bigcalmNight kids :)22:54
dogmatic69linuxmag or whatever its called22:54
dogmatic69later bigcalm22:54
hamitronnn big22:54
hamitronI used to get linux format, to save on the downloads22:54
hamitronbut I felt the mag was just going over the same old "install this easy distro" every few months22:55
hamitronand the dvd were out of date22:55
hamitronand it cost £60 per year22:55
hamitroncanceled and now buy a few extra books to read certain subjects in depth :)22:56
dogmatic69ye, same as any mag.23:02
dogmatic69I only buy the ones I like every few months23:02
dogmatic69its like reading reddit every day... REPOST23:02
ali1234bug 97471623:13
lubotu3`Launchpad bug 974716 in brasero (Ubuntu) "brasero "crashes" when burning large blu-ray isos" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/97471623:13
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