[00:47] <weudel> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoGettingApproved
[00:59] <weudel> okay,,, it 8:00... I guess we'll get going
[01:00] <Techman> Hello
[01:00] <Techman> I'm new to this group
[01:00] <weudel> Good evening, let us commence our monthly meeting.
[01:01] <weudel> First, introductions, I am Weudel LoCo Team contact and a Comm Maintainer in Greenville.
[01:02] <Techman> Nice
[01:02] <Techman> I live in York County
[01:03] <weudel> Good to know... not sure if anyone else is on or not... some of these guys just stay logged in all of the time. we'll give it a couple minutes
[01:04] <Techman> I noticed that there's two bots
[01:04] <Techman> And chanserv
[01:04] <weudel> yes... the rest are members though they might not be around.
[01:05] <Techman> Are you the channel owner or something?
[01:06] <weudel> I am the LoCo Team Contact which means I bring information to the group from Ubuntu and vice versa, and I'm also the one trying to get this thing going again.
[01:08] <weudel> WEll, if no one else is showing up, I guess we'll knock this thing out pretty quick
[01:08] <Techman> Yeah this channel is logged too
[01:08] <Techman> I wonder why...
[01:09] <Techman> But anyways I guess we could talk about our Ubuntu setups or something
[01:10] <weudel> Okay... I am running 12.10 on an old Pentium4 that I use as a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) and my daily driver for important stuff like games.
[01:10] <Techman> I run an even older like machine
[01:10] <Techman> Toshiba M55-S139
[01:11] <Techman> With maxed ram and ubuntu 12.04 LTS x86
[01:11] <Techman> And I installed LXDE and I use that now
[01:11] <weudel> so, you're going with a lighter configuration for the hardware?
[01:12] <Techman> yep
[01:12] <Techman> I still have video editors and stuff but I don't use them that much
[01:12] <weudel> cool... what are you using the machine for?
[01:12] <Techman> I wish I had a newer Gazelle from System76 but I can't afford one large payment right now
[01:12] <weudel> understand that completely
[01:12] <Techman> I contacted them to see if they accept monthly payments but they haven't gotten back to me
[01:13] <weudel> anything unusual you do with your machine?
[01:13] <Techman> Nothing really
[01:13] <Techman> Besides not booting into Winblows
[01:13] <Techman> I boot up my XP partition to update it and I was actually sick of Windows after using LXDE for about a week
[01:14] <Techman> Before I just used Unity 2D
[01:14] <weudel> cool... so, what brought you to Ubuntu?
[01:14] <Techman> Hmm...
[01:14] <Techman> I gotta recall that
[01:15] <weudel> :D
[01:15] <jbicha> I'm sort of here
[01:15] <Techman> Saw enough people on some websites pimping Ubuntu and I was like "what is that?"
[01:15] <jbicha> we just had a Linux KVM presentation in Columbia
[01:15] <weudel> oh, hi jeremy
[01:15] <Techman> They talked me into trying and I've never looked back
[01:15] <weudel> cool, Tech...
[01:16] <Techman> The machine is my computer. It's the only one I got.
[01:16] <weudel> we've had a bunch of adds on G+ this past week... wonder if we need todo our meetings over there instead of here, just to get people to show
[01:16] <Techman> I mostly use it for normal stuff such as browsing the web
[01:16] <Techman> And word processing
[01:17] <weudel> that's mostly what I use mine for, but also use it to record music from time to time
[01:17] <Techman> My computer is too old
[01:17] <Techman> Is it ok that I show you my system config?
[01:18] <weudel> Audacity will run on some old hardware
[01:18] <Techman>  HexChat: 2.9.4 ** OS: Linux 3.2.0-33-generic-pae i686 ** Distro: Ubuntu "precise" 12.04 ** CPU: 1 x Intl(R) Celeronn(R) M processor         .660GHz (GenuieIIntel) @ 1.60GHz ** RAM: Physical: 1.8GB, 70.5% free ** Disk: Total: 15.1GB, 35.4% free ** VGA: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RC410 [Radeon Xpress 200M] ** Sound: ATIIXP - ATI IXP1: ATIIXP-MODEM - ATI IXP Modem ** Ethernet: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2
[01:18] <Techman> 413/AR2414 Wireless Network Adapter [AR5005G(S) 802.11bg] ** Uptime: 2h 53m 8s **
[01:18] <Techman> well the disk is 80 GB but I have a small partition for Ubuntu
[01:19] <weudel> you might be surprised what you can do with that :)
[01:19] <Techman> a single core CPU?
[01:19] <Techman> It is so easy to rev the CPU up
[01:19] <Techman> Like running sudo apt-get update can make CPU usage go up a lot
[01:21] <weudel> well, glad you've found a lightweight config that works for you
[01:21] <Techman> Though my computer is dieing
[01:21] <Techman> Plugging in devices via USB can sometimes make the computer completely lock up
[01:22] <Techman> Well it's a 7 year old laptop is nice for how long this has lasted
[01:22] <Techman> Where I have to remove the battery
[01:22] <weudel> might not be a bad idea to single boot it...
[01:23] <weudel> though the hardware might just be coming to the end
[01:23] <Techman> I happens on ubuntu and Windows now
[01:24] <weudel> hope it continues to work for you
[01:25] <Techman> I'm trying to think of what to do if this computer fails
[01:26] <weudel> I've been telling people for years not to waste too much money on a computer... for most users the bargain one at Walmart is just fine
[01:26] <Techman> You see I do need a powerful machine
[01:27] <weudel> what for?
[01:27] <Techman> Most of the stuff I want to do for my website Techman's World requires a more powerful machine
[01:27] <Techman> such as better video in depth looks
[01:27] <Techman> Via the desktop. And running virtual machines
[01:27] <Techman> You wanna see my config for the Gazelle?
[01:27] <weudel> sure
[01:28] <Techman> Ok open the gazelle page from Sys76
[01:28] <Techman> Then I can tell you what to check
[01:29] <weudel> okay
[01:29] <Techman> By the way have you met my website?
[01:29] <weudel> no
[01:29] <Techman> It's a growing tech site that focuses on news, reviews, some video game stuff and beyond
[01:29] <Techman> I'm not sure if Ubuntu bots permit links though
[01:30] <weudel> I'm there already
[01:30] <Techman> where?
[01:30] <Techman> Oh yeah ok. Feel free to check stuff out
[01:31] <weudel> nothing there needs that much horsepower....
[01:31] <chaselivingston> hi folks!
[01:31] <Techman> There's a lot I wish I should do with my computer
[01:32] <Techman> But I'd probably ruin it if I tried it
[01:32] <weudel> any modern system can do basic video editing
[01:32] <Techman> on this machine
[01:32] <Techman> Oh and moderate gaming
[01:33] <weudel> okay... just saying a $300 laptop would probably suit your needs just as well as he gazelle
[01:33] <chaselivingston> weudel: did I see you say that you're in greenville?
[01:34] <weudel> THe Gazelle would look better and help support the community, but I'm not sure you need it
[01:35] <Techman> Trust me I need it
[01:35] <Techman> So I'll continue to save money
[01:35] <weudel> chaselivingston: Easley, but I work in Greenville
[01:35] <chaselivingston> weudel: very cool, wanted to check the group out, I'm in greenville and work for canonical
[01:35] <weudel> okay, cool
[01:36] <weudel> chaselivingston: would love to meet up with you some time and try to kick start this group...
[01:36] <Techman> I'm not sure if many people use Ubuntu in SC
[01:36] <chaselivingston> weudel: yeah, that would be cool, i've also been in touch w/ the guys that do southeast linux fest
[01:36] <Techman> At least in my area we are not full of computer geeks at all
[01:38] <weudel> WE have interest on G+, but have had trouble getting people to come to the meetings to actually get anything organized.
[01:38] <weudel> I go to SELF every year, but I'm a lowly /usr, so most of them don't know what to do with me. :)
[01:39] <chaselivingston> weudel: haha, hoping to maybe represent canonical there next year
[01:40] <weudel> that would be awesome.... the Ubuntu presence there has dwindled to next to nothing the past few years
[01:40] <chaselivingston> weudel: yeah, that's what i hear. i work specifically with ubuntu one
[01:41] <weudel> was hoping to go over the new Code of Conduct and what we need to do to become official tonight, but turnout is sorely lacking.
[01:41] <Techman> I see
[01:41] <weudel> so, you probably want me to stop using Dropbox, huh? :)
[01:42] <chaselivingston> weudel: haha, not necessarily, i use it for some things as well
[01:42] <Techman> I use SkyDrive
[01:42] <Techman> I know its Microsoft and all of that
[01:43] <Techman> But I have my legacy 25 GB and I have no problem with them
[01:44] <weudel> well, chase, hit me up on lauchpad or something and we can get together....
[01:44] <chaselivingston> sure thing, i'll do that
[01:45] <weudel> or jon@ubuntusc.org
[01:46] <chaselivingston> weudel: what's your launchpad url?
[01:46] <weudel> https://launchpad.net/~jon-rasmussen
[01:47] <weudel> and I guess we'll go ahead and wrap this thing up
[01:47] <Techman> Oh...
[01:48] <Techman> Ok then
[01:48] <weudel> I'll try to figure out a good date to do our next meeting next month, with the holidays and all.
[01:48] <Techman> ah
[01:48] <Techman> I'll have it marked on my to do and stuff like that
[01:48] <weudel> And let's see if we can get some others to show. :)
[01:49] <weudel> I'll send it out to the mailing list and G+, Facebook, and Twitter
[01:49] <weudel> good night, y'all
[01:50] <chaselivingston> later all