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