[00:56] <Madpilot> ah, the joy of users trying to run before they can walk. Wants to install "only those packages I want, not what someone else thinks I should want", doesn't know what X is or the difference between Gnome 3/Unity/Gnome Shell...
[00:58] <elky> getting confused about dependencies i assume
[00:58] <elky> "but it's making me install OTHER things too!!!"
[00:58] <Madpilot> probably will, we haven't gotten that far yet
[00:59] <elky> I usually just explain that the one thing they want is in lots of pieces, because some of those pieces can be reused in other things.
[01:00] <genii-around> I find if you set APT::Install-Recommends off it cuts down a lot of unnecessary cruft
[02:32] <bazhang> cmd.exe cmd for ubuntu plz
[02:32] <chu> :)
[02:37] <bazhang> he's going to port itunes to dosbox with cmd.exe
[02:37] <genii-around> bazhang: Yes, I know!!
[02:37] <chu> genii-around: You're far too kind.
[02:37] <genii-around> bazhang: I almost rolled off my chair when you said that
[02:38] <genii-around> Anyhow dosbox is cool in it's own way. You can actually run an entire install of Win 3.1 and 3.11WFW under it without issue
[02:39] <bazhang> darkenvy is running an eol vps(sp?) and has made some odd requests. why he would need to install java on that I'm not sure
[02:44] <chu> What's the factoid which is something like "When responding to someone prefix the message with their name (use <TAB>)"?
[02:45] <bazhang> it's !tab , or !who
[02:45] <Madpilot> !who
[02:45] <chu> I think !who was what I was thinking:)
[02:47] <bazhang> ormie has a bit of a history of trolling
[02:47] <bazhang> trying to find some of his other nicks (one being floodbot9)
[02:47] <genii-around> frogonwheels seems to be patiently dealing with them
[03:17] <chu> So sorry bazhang, what have you gotten yourself into.
[03:18] <bazhang> this is nothing
[03:18] <bazhang> wait til you meet <serial troll name here>
 bazhang, i dont have money or time or a car im 13  <--- why he cannot take it into the shop to see if it supports 8GB ram
[03:26] <Madpilot> lshw was inconclusive?
[03:27] <bazhang> I took it to hardware channel to stop flooding #ubuntu
[03:28] <bazhang> he wants to buy a lot of ram, yet cannot afford busfare
[03:28] <genii-around> bazhang: Well, that does explain I suppose their narrow focus
 hey does anyone know of a transparent text editor or IDE.  Not just nano ran in terminal - I want to be able to watch a movie in the background and write code over top of it
[03:52] <bazhang> EMACS!
[03:55] <Flannel> er.... you can still run nano in a transparent terminal?
[04:32] <chu> bazhang: Which is none? :p
[05:33] <chu> Where is dax when I need him.
[05:34] <bazhang> #freenode
[14:01] <Mamarok> AlanBell: just sent you a mail, could you please verify with riddell
[14:02] <Mamarok> gah, and there we go again, my mail bounces...
[14:05]  * Mamarok shakes fist at Launchpad for trying to destroy her very identity
[14:07] <Myrtti> Mamarok: you sent it to the list
[14:07] <DJones> I suspect that has gone to everybody on the ubuntu-irc list
[14:07] <Myrtti> yup
[14:07] <Mamarok> well, yes, as I replied to that mail
[14:07] <Myrtti> alright, if that was your intention
[14:08] <Mamarok> yes, definitely
[14:09] <Myrtti> "nickname: just sent you a email" vs. "just sent email to the list" was a bit misleading then ;-)
[14:16] <Mamarok> well, yeds, but I am fighting at getting my subscriptions sorted out with a mail address change since several months now, which was pretty flawless in most parts but an utter mess in Launchpad
[14:16] <Mamarok> and I am not done with the surprises as the mail today shows
[14:20] <AlanBell> no problem, will sort it out later
[17:44] <IdleOne> !mint-#ubuntu-fi is <reply> Linux Mint ei ole Ubuntun tuettu rinnakkaisjakelu. Ole hyvä ja hae tukea kanavalta #linuxmint-help palvelimella irc.spotchat.org
[21:40] <AlanBell> Mamarok: you should be fully reinstated now
[21:41] <AlanBell> and I renewed you in kubuntu-offtopic
[22:19] <BarkingFish> Good evening ops, would you mind awfully, keeping an eye on IBMHPGOOGLE in #kubuntu please? It looks like his connection is on the fritz, he's in and out like a moth in a wardrobe :)
[22:20] <BarkingFish> he musta joined and parted 10 times or more in under 5 minutes so far
[22:21] <BarkingFish> perhaps possibly even a gentle nudge into ##fix_your_connection wouldn't go amiss? :)  But I won't tell you your job, you know it far better than I do :P  Thanks!
[23:33] <Mamarok> AlanBell: thank you