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rmg51Morning10:31
jacksonmorning o/10:55
teddy-dbearMorning peoples13:13
* ChinnoDog yawns14:53
ChinnoDogSo.. Ubuntu for Android.... why aren't I using it yet?18:17
pleia2because it hasn't been released18:18
pleia2ask lamalex about it18:18
ChinnoDogI can't blame lamalex because he isn't here.18:22
pleia2s/blame/ask18:23
ChinnoDogblaming is more fun though because it is lamalex18:23
pleia2I don't think he's in charge of product release, but he should know something18:23
ChinnoDogk.18:23
* waltman is holding out for Xubuntu for Android18:43
* waltman just sighted a MutantTurkey 18:43
ssweenyyou know too much already18:56
jedijfwaltman: did the turkey have a resume for tailfeathers?21:37
waltmanI discretely didn't bring up his resume, seeing as how we were chatting with his boss at a different job at Drexel at the time. :)21:43
jedijfahh, very good21:51
IdleOnejedijf: You still the person to talk to about LoCo stuff getting done?22:22
roasted_hello!22:22
IdleOneheya roasted_ I belive you want to talk to jedijf about your project, not sure he is here right now though22:23
IdleOnebelieve*22:23
roasted_sounds good22:23
roasted_thanks for the insight bro22:23
IdleOneno problem22:23
roasted_I gotta switch clients tho - need to work on my server hosting irssi22:23
jedijfIdleOne: yeah23:17
jedijfroasted___: wassup?23:17
ChinnoDoghi jedijf23:18
jedijfhello ChinnoDog23:18
ChinnoDogI am trying to fix my desktop computer.. finally. RAID bios hangs after BIOS update. Looks like one particular drive causes it to hang23:36
roasted___hey there jedijf23:38
ChinnoDoghowdy roasted___. I haven't seen you here before.23:39
roasted___jedijf: I was just bangin around some ideas when I was in the ubuntu-offtopic chat. I work for a public school district in the IT department. I heard some numbers that suggested a higher number (than I thought) of students have no computer at home. That kind of got the ball rolling for an idea... about repurposing older P4 (and newer) machines that people might otherwise throw out in favor of something like, say, Ubuntu wit23:39
roasted___need accordingly based on what the principals and guidance counselors think since they would have a better idea of financial situations with certain families.23:40
roasted___ChinnoDog: haven't been here before. This channel was recommended to me.23:40
roasted___Then it was brought to my attention that some other people might already be doing this, so here I am. :D23:40
ChinnoDogroasted___: who recommended?23:44
pleia2IdleOne, seems like23:45
roasted___ChinnoDog: come to think of it, I may have gotten two groups mixed up.23:45
roasted___I think the point of coming here was, hey, I'm an Ubuntu user from Lancaster PA. :D23:45
ChinnoDogOh yea? I am from Ephrata.23:45
roasted___nice, nice23:45
* IdleOne wonders how pleia2 is liking her new employer23:47
* pleia2 happy dance23:47
waltmanpleia2: wow, it's already been a week, hasn't it?23:48
jedijfthat's the week one anywhere dance23:48
pleia2waltman: yep!23:48
pleia2flying to Seattle on Sunday to actually meet some of my team for real23:49
* IdleOne dances with pleia2 23:49
pleia2:)23:49
IdleOneSo, anyway. roasted___ had an idea about helping kids get computers and I sorta remembered ubuntu-pa doing something like that at some point and I also mentioned Partimus to him, who I know are in SF but they might have insight to offer.23:52
IdleOneNow he just needs to start emailing people and get something going I guess.23:52
waltmanpleia2: How are you adjusting to having coworkers in the same time zone as you?23:53
roasted___I want to take some initial baby steps because I'm pretty confident I can dig up a ton of gear considering I have several hundred co-workers who are all about helping kids.23:53
pleia2waltman: my boss has been in europe all week and the team is actually quite scattered, so... not :)23:53
waltmanhah23:54
waltmanbut...but...Seattle!23:54
IdleOnepleia2: Like the old job, but better!23:54
pleia2yeah, there are a couple people there, so I do have some coworkers in my timezon!23:54
pleia2+e23:54
pleia2it's also nice to not have a phone23:54
pleia2everyone just uses IRC <323:54
IdleOnenice23:54
pleia2roasted___: IdleOne mentioned Partimus.org, we're doing this in San Francisco, so far we've only really been able to get into public charter schools, school districts are terribly bureaucratic and near impossible to get into23:55
pleia2ubuntu pennsylvania did work with a recycling program, an adult learning center and girlsinc.org23:56
waltmanYesterday morning I emailed someone who I thought was 2 blocks away about doing a talk next month. He didn't reply until last night. Turned out he had to fly home to China for a funeral, and now he's stuck there until he gets a new visa.23:56
roasted___pleia2: I hear ya. I work for a school district, so I know what hoops it takes in order to get district-purchased equipment the "ok" to recycle and/or donate.23:56
roasted___pleia2: this idea though is being driven from personal gear that teachers may own... have laying around in their basement, garage, etc.23:56
roasted___that makes it exponentially easier since the gear is being donated from individuals, and not necessarily from a district who purchased it with tax payer dollars (which is where it gets hairy)23:57
pleia2roasted___: the barrier we've run into is district-mandated "standards" for hardware and software that specifically exempt things that aren't approved in triplicate by some committee23:58
roasted___this is still in its infancy stages yet. I only got the okay to talk to staff at an upcoming meeting a few hours ago.23:58
pleia2one of our teachers even had to go to bat to protect the linux lab he built for his students from one of the district higher ups, it was pretty sad23:58
roasted___yeah, that's pretty bad23:59
pleia2(he had allies so it worked out, but it shouldn't have happened)23:59

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