[08:49] <bootlfdhfrsa> http://mad.ly/04f523?pact=12145030818&fe=1
[08:49] <czajkowski> bootlfdhfrsa: morning
[08:50] <bootlfdhfrsa> czajkowski, Hi there You in Ireland, or not ?
[08:50] <czajkowski> I am currently
[08:51] <czajkowski> I'm at home till the end of the month
[08:51] <bootlfdhfrsa> Yeah, I'm listening to 96FM at the moment . In Douglas.
[08:51] <czajkowski> I'm in Castleconnell
[08:51] <czajkowski> so nenagh side of limerick
[08:51] <bootlfdhfrsa> I would like to know more about the Ubunutu/Linux Irish scene.
[08:52] <czajkowski> it's quiet but it is there
[08:52] <czajkowski> today in limerick for example there is an open source meet up which seems to happen from time to time
[08:52] <bootlfdhfrsa> nothing changed then !
[08:52] <czajkowski> next week I'm giving a talk to the UL students on how to get involved in ubuntu
[08:53] <czajkowski> and at the weekend we had skycon.skynet.ie
[08:53] <bootlfdhfrsa> Which would you say is the best place for open source in Ireland/ Uni's etc . ?
[08:54] <bootlfdhfrsa> BRBack (making a cuppa tea)
[08:55] <bootlfdhfrsa> Oh poo ! only half a dozen tea bags left .. need to pop to the shops at midday .
[08:56] <bootlfdhfrsa> czajkowski, Still there ?
[08:57] <czajkowski> yes
[08:57] <bootlfdhfrsa> Is Limerick the best Linux course in Ireland, then ?
[08:57] <czajkowski> not sure I'd say that tbh
[08:58] <czajkowski> each college has it's own merrit
[08:58] <czajkowski> it really depends on the student
[08:58] <bootlfdhfrsa> Right I was looking for one with a good quality Lug etc.
[08:58] <ebel> IME one advantage of universities is that there are local computer/internet societies so you can do linuxy things
[08:58] <czajkowski> ebel: morning
[08:58] <ebel> Depends what you want out of it aswell.
[08:59] <czajkowski> so UL has skynet and it's active enough
[08:59] <ebel> czajkowski: 'ello. enjoying being back home? :)
[08:59] <czajkowski> DCU has redbrick which is large and active
[08:59] <bootlfdhfrsa> ebel .. I wanna be chris pirillo.
[08:59] <czajkowski> galway has 091 labs
[08:59] <czajkowski> dublin is larger and has more options and events and has the hackspace
[08:59] <czajkowski> it really depends tbh, also cost I suspect comes into it
[09:00] <bootlfdhfrsa> mmm hackspace .., Any other than Dublin ?
[09:00] <czajkowski> yes
[09:00] <czajkowski> 091 labs galway
[09:00] <bootlfdhfrsa> e.g.  ?
[09:00] <bootlfdhfrsa> oh galway Ok
[09:00] <czajkowski> and I think there was milk labs in limerick not sure if they are active
[09:00] <ebel> bootlfdhfrsa: there are serveral irish hackerspaces. tog in dublin, 091 labs in galway, milkspace in limerick (I think), nexus in cork
[09:00] <bootlfdhfrsa> do they have a website ?
[09:00] <czajkowski> and I heard something abour Cork but not sure
[09:00] <ebel> think there's one setting up in droghede and/or belfast aswell
[09:01] <bootlfdhfrsa> I looked at tog website for a while.. but I'm not into the lockpicking course they were doing, so i moved on.
[09:02]  * ebel is a member of tog, there are loads of things in tog, not just lock picking.
[09:02] <bootlfdhfrsa> Oh Ok. great.
[09:03] <bootlfdhfrsa> scanning 4   091 labs...
[09:04] <czajkowski> also a lab/hackspace is what you make it as well
[09:04] <ebel> agreed
[09:05] <ebel> re: uni & linux, again, depends what you make of it
[09:05] <czajkowski> same with any group
[09:05] <czajkowski> ebel: exactly
[09:05] <ebel> you can do a lot in linux without uni, and you can go to uni and do no linux.
[09:05] <bootlfdhfrsa> http://091labs.com/  looks good.
[09:05] <bootlfdhfrsa> surprised its not a .ORG
[09:06] <bootlfdhfrsa> I was wondering how 091labs.com/wiki/ qualifies as a wiki... as I cannot make changes to it.
[09:06] <bootlfdhfrsa> & there's no 'talk' page .. but I 'm ok with it.
[09:07] <ebel> bootlfdhfrsa: some of these wikis are for members only
[09:08] <bootlfdhfrsa> mmm OK
[09:09]  * bootlfdhfrsa think Kerry needs one.
[09:09] <bootlfdhfrsa> Can you do computing @ Tralee ?
[09:10] <bootlfdhfrsa> ** Tralee (ITT)
[09:11] <bootlfdhfrsa> scanning for ITT stuff..
[09:11] <czajkowski> yes I'm sure you can
[09:13] <bootlfdhfrsa> mmm  	3,500 students .. bit small for /the action/
[09:14] <bootlfdhfrsa> Anyone listening to 96FM today ?
[09:16] <czajkowski> nope working away here :)
[09:17] <bootlfdhfrsa> Work (?)    ... there's a word .
[09:18] <ebel> ditto, at work too
[09:19] <bootlfdhfrsa> Where as I am in internet-land.
[11:22] <bootlfdhfrsa> ebel, Is there an open source summit in Ireland at all ?
[11:22] <czajkowski> bootlfdhfrsa: different events not a summit as such
[11:22] <tdr112> bootlfdhfrsa: I think think there is a summit event
[11:22] <tdr112> dont
[11:22] <czajkowski> we just had skycon 130 people
[11:22] <tdr112> *
[11:22] <czajkowski> there is also pycon
[11:23] <bootlfdhfrsa> is pycon in galway ?
[11:23] <czajkowski> and tdr112 is invlved in the dublin hackspace so they run lots of events
[11:23] <czajkowski> nope dublin I think
[11:23] <bootlfdhfrsa> scanning 4 pycon/ireland.
[11:27] <bootlfdhfrsa> ... It looks a bit messy .. I think I'd prefer the galway meetups.
[11:29] <bootlfdhfrsa> Ireland desperately needs an open source event .. I cant even think of one in Europe to compare to the one in Oregon.
[11:29] <czajkowski> FOSDEM
[11:29] <czajkowski> 5K geeks
[11:29] <czajkowski> 300 talks
[11:29] <czajkowski> key signing
[11:29] <czajkowski> LPI exams
[11:29] <bootlfdhfrsa> been there.
[11:29] <zmoylan> and there's hackerspaces in a few places around ireland now.  http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Ireland
[11:30] <bootlfdhfrsa> I found FOSDEM to be far too developer-centic .. where is the event for the average user ?
[11:31] <bootlfdhfrsa> *major event*
[11:32] <zmoylan> define average user?
[11:33] <bootlfdhfrsa> i.e. The average END-user ..
[11:33] <czajkowski> bootlfdhfrsa: eh not really
[11:33] <zmoylan> a very nebulous term
[11:33] <czajkowski> not at all if you find there is not one talk for you outta over 300 there is something wrong
[11:33] <czajkowski> it caters for all levels
[11:33] <czajkowski> hell you can sit in the lightning talk room and just hear all sorts all day long
[11:33] <czajkowski> or go to the distro rooms like mozilla and hear debates or disucssions on community
[11:35] <bootlfdhfrsa> czajkowski, True, but as I have to take a flight to get there, I think that my time would be better going West than East, and go to one of the american FOSS conferences next time . IMHO.
[11:36] <tdr112> bootlfdhfrsa: i dont think there is demand for a big end user open source event
[11:36] <bootlfdhfrsa> anyway, FOSDEM was snowing last year ... and I hate snow.
[11:36] <thethomaseffect_> There's a python night in 091 labs galway tonight at 8pm fyi :)
[11:37] <zmoylan> a bit developery? :-)
[11:37] <bootlfdhfrsa> thethomaseffect, Thanx, I make it my waypoint in the coming months.
[11:39] <czajkowski> bootlfdhfrsa: true, each to their own, I prefer to support EU events.
[11:39] <bootlfdhfrsa> mmmh .. An 'open source big public event that isn't too cold' [?] ... I'll ask/email Chris Pirillo.
[11:41] <thethomaseffect> It's not too developer-y as you say, galway hackerspace peeps are very friendly :)
[11:48] <bootlfdhfrsa> tdr112, Which is kinda the reason I'm in this chatroom, right ?
[13:26] <tdr112> bootlfdhfrsa: I dont understand you, you want to run an event ?
[13:38] <bootlfdhfrsa> tdr112, I already AM  runing a monthly event ... Just saying it would be nice to do an annual event for people to travel to, In Ireland like OSCON
[13:40] <bootlfdhfrsa> I think the Irish Government could greatly benefit from seeing GNU + Opensource in Action.
[13:40] <bootlfdhfrsa> aswell as the business community at large.
[13:59] <ebel> Yep.
[13:59] <ebel> You new to Ireland?
[14:17] <tdr112> what event are you running at the meoment
[14:17] <tdr112> moment
[14:53] <czajkowski> http://isatechbrew.eventbrite.ie/  dublin flks
[18:32] <airurando> I see tdr112 and czajkowski make cameo appearances in oggcamp-interactive documentary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K15PIGuiLKw
[18:32] <airurando> looking good people!