[01:09] <ibeardslee> chilts: that Dell XPS 13 "Project Sputnik" is a bit silly really
[01:09] <ajmitch> fairly nice hardware though
[01:09] <ibeardslee> more expensive than the legacy OS version and Dell is still to retarded to work out how to sell things in NZ
[01:10] <ibeardslee> "developer edition" with 1366x768?
[01:10] <ibeardslee> after Linus' rant over laptop resolutions
[01:11] <ajmitch> maybe it's just me, but I manage with the same resolution on the zareason machine
[01:11] <ajmitch> I do use 2x22" monitors on my desk at work though
[01:13] <ibeardslee> yeap I can deal with the UltraLap resolution as well .. I would have liked it higher though
[01:14] <ajmitch> sure, 1920x1080 would have been nice, I think the asus ultrabook has that?
[01:14] <chilts> yeah, it's stupid that it's higher in price than with the windowstax version
[01:14] <ojwb> nothing screams cutting edge technology like "sputnik"
[01:15] <ibeardslee> trying to find specs to see if it goes over 8GB RAM
[01:15] <ajmitch> very best soviet russia has to offer!
[01:19] <ojwb> "Distro augmented with the necessary hardware drivers" - guess that translates as "almost everything needs a proprietary driver"
[01:25] <mwhudson> guys
[01:25] <mwhudson> be happy maybe?
[01:26] <ojwb> bah humbug
[01:27] <ojwb> poking further, it seems like it might actually mean they fixed the annoying bugs in the drivers
[01:50] <ibeardslee> mwhudson: yeah true.
[01:50] <ibeardslee> of course you haven't heard me giving the Dell guy an earful on the phone about the availablity of linux laptops in NZ
[01:50] <ibeardslee> .. or lack there of
[01:51] <ibeardslee> I've told him at least twice I don't want to talk to him until members of the public can buy laptops with linux preinstaled
[01:54] <ibeardslee> I think elky has been entertained by that
[01:56] <elky> aww. did that happen again?
[01:56] <ajmitch> heh
[01:56] <ajmitch> elky: I suppose you work on a different floor & can hear him from there?
[01:57] <elky> ajmitch, yeah, we've been playing musical desks here
[01:57] <elky> ask derailed how many times i've moved desk in the past month. it's confusing the poor guy
[01:58] <ajmitch> a new meaning for agile development
[01:58] <elky> heh
[01:59] <elky> ajmitch,  i used to be on the same floor and could hear him ranting, but now i'm 5 floors up
[01:59] <ajmitch> can you still hear him ranting?
[01:59] <elky> only when he walks past still muttering
[03:33]  * ibeardslee crosses fingers
[03:41] <ibeardslee> yay remote update & reboot worked