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adomSo I was just looking more into the Ubuntu Global Jam. Is there an event in DC tomorrow? I see one in Ohio and Michigan, but no other ones in US. :/19:21
adomreference: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/2315/19:21
marcoceppiadom: you could start one19:29
marcoceppiI'd go19:29
adomI feel far from confident enough to host/collaborate one. If someone else were to initiate the event/meeting, I'd join.19:29
adomWhat kind of stuff do you do at one anyway?19:30
adomDo we all just hang out and geek out about Ubuntu?19:30
marcoceppiadom: typically you pick stuff to jam on, like documentation, translations, patches, support19:30
marcoceppiadom: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam19:31
marcoceppiadom: there's something for everyone!19:32
marcoceppiadom: I work at home, so I don't know of any venues, but we could just tell people to meet us at X bar, restaraunt, shop, cafe, etc19:33
adommarcoceppi: That seems like a possibility.19:33
adomdoes anyone have any topics that they think would be good talking points for the meetup?19:34
adomThere isn't much documentation that I'm psyched to talk about. Just sayin. ;)19:34
marcoceppiadom: no so much talk about, but to do. A jam is just a hackathon. Get together (or don't, you can just jam from home) and work on stuff for Ubuntu19:35
marcoceppichat about Ubuntu, stuff like that19:35
marcoceppiit's not as formal as presentations, etc19:36
adomahh19:36
adomI'm not using Unity, but I might be able to add some wiki documentation on using Ubuntu with gnome+cairo-dock...19:37
* adom is trying to think of other things he could possibly contribute to Ubuntu...19:37
adomopen to ideas19:37
marcoceppiadom: there's code patches, you can spend some time in #ubuntu on freenode or askubuntu answering questions, you can try translating if you know another language, helping with bugs19:38
adomi guess even if there's nothing i can contribute in means of code, patches, etc. it would still be an opportunity to meet other linux geeks like me.19:39
adomChinnoDog: meeting opportunity ^19:39
ChinnoDogHuh? What are we doing now?19:40
adomthinking about meeting up tomorrow to celebrate Ubuntu Global Jam.19:42
adomstill debating19:42
adommarcoceppi: where-abouts are you located? if we meet up, we might as well make it easy to get to for those involved.19:43
adomim down in Woodbridge, but I work in Manassas, so if I come in after work tomorrow, I'd probably drive into DC.19:44
marcoceppiadom: I'm in Falls Church, but anything dc metro is fine for me19:44
adomI keep forgetting where ChinnoDog lives, but I remember it being West of the city as well.19:45
ChinnoDogWhat do we do at Jam?19:45
marcoceppiChinnoDog: just, ubuntu stuff19:45
marcoceppihttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam19:45
ChinnoDogI live near the Dunn Loring metro station19:45
marcoceppitesting, bugs, support, patches, translations, whatever you can19:46
adomanyone know the closest metro station to Manassas?19:46
marcoceppiChinnoDog: oh cool, I live at the Mosaic District, where the new Target is19:46
marcoceppiadom: Vienna station probably19:46
ChinnoDogSo, you are half a mile from me? How ironic. haha19:47
marcoceppiChinnoDog: hah, yeah19:47
ChinnoDogI go down there all the time19:47
marcoceppiChinnoDog: yeah, I'm in the apartments above the Chipotle19:48
ChinnoDogadom: Vienna is closes metro station but you can take VRE depending on timing / distance to you.19:48
ChinnoDogmarcoceppi: I go to that Chipotle a lot...19:49
ChinnoDogAnd I go to the theater for their free stuff on Sundays sometimes.19:50
marcoceppiChinnoDog: hah, I think I found the next location for a physical ubuntu-us-dc meeting ;)19:50
ChinnoDogI was thinking I might watch Breaking Bad there this Sunday instead of getting it on Amazon on Monday.19:50
ChinnoDogThat Chipotle is kind of small and noisy to be a venue19:52
adommarcoceppi: we could meet somewhere near you guys tomorrow? I'm coming from Manassas, so I'd be going right through that area.19:52
adomChinnoDog: good point19:53
adomyou guys know that area better than me obviously, any ideas on other meeting areas?19:53
adomcan be small. looks like just us 3, maybe a couple addons possible i guess.19:53
ChinnoDogBlackfinn is probably ok when it isn't busy but tomorrow is Friday19:54
adomoh, also, i politely request for a place that serves beer.19:54
adomreally just need a place that we can share a table big enough for a few laptops. would be nice to have a quiet spot to chat.19:55
ChinnoDogLost Dog cafe has good beer selection. Not sure about volume level. I usually don't eat in.19:55
ChinnoDogidk if they have any wifi though19:56
adomoh yeah, forgot about wifi19:56
adomi could do it on my phone, but i downloaded a lot of torrents on it this month and im almost at my limit, which resets on the 15th, TWO DAYS AWAY SO CLOSE19:57
adomif we hit the limit, it'd get throttled at near-dialup speeds, which would suck for us.19:57
marcoceppiadom: I've got unlimited we can tether with19:59
ChinnoDogYelp says they a have Wifi19:59
ChinnoDogI can always walk over there and check20:00
ChinnoDogI am trying to remember what other venues there are around the Chipotle. There is that gelato place but I don't recall them having any real seating.20:01
ChinnoDogThere is Matchbox but that is expensive20:02
ChinnoDogThere is the Vietnamese place. We could sit outside.20:02
ChinnoDogoh. I don't think the Vietnamese place has beer20:04
ChinnoDogThat is all I have for ideas. There is another place I know of nearby but it isn't metro accessible.20:04
adomwell, it doesnt necessarily need to be metro accessible; you two live nearby within walking distance it sounds like, and ill be driving.20:11
adomi was only considering taking metro if we're meeting inside the city20:11
adomand we probably shouldn't do an outside venue. weather could change (like it just did here in Manassas, its pouring right now), and also other small things like places to plug in laptops, screen glare from sun, etc.20:12
adomjust thinking ahead20:12
ChinnoDogidk if any of the mentioned places have outlets.20:13
adomwhich lost dog cafe were you referring to ChinnoDog?20:15
adomDunn Loring? they have locations in north and south arlington as well.20:15
marcoceppiVietnamese place has beer20:16
adomim liking the lost dog cafe place, just because they support animal rescues...looking at their site, looks like there's one they're affiliated with20:18
ChinnoDogDoes Vietnamese place have outlets though?20:18
marcoceppiadom: ChinnoDog lost dog sounds good to me20:43
ChinnoDogk, lost dog it is.20:43
* ChinnoDog begins Ubuntu install on new laptop20:43
ChinnoDogok, maybe it will be Mint instead of Ubuntu. hehe20:44
* adom likes ChinnoDog's style.20:46
adomI used Mint for a long time. Just recently I switched to crunchbang for a bit, then decided I still preferred Ubuntu over Debian, so installed Ubuntu 13.04.20:47
adomUsing cairo-dock rather than Unity. :/20:47
adomMint is great tho20:47
ChinnoDogI used cairo-dock for awhile but decided it had too many shortcomings20:48
ChinnoDogI am really a Windows user (shhhh) and I just got this laptop. I am installing Mint into a VM.20:48
ChinnoDogThis is going to be fun. lol21:09
ChinnoDogI set up this computer to boot using UEFI but Hyper-V doesn't support UEFI boot21:09
ChinnoDogAnd since I am installing Ubuntu onto an Expresscard SSD it probably isn't visible to the bootloader... if I can even configure it to boot to an MBR21:10
* ChinnoDog presses his luck21:11
* marcoceppi is glad his employer let's him use Ubuntu21:12
ChinnoDogI have too much Windows stuff I need to do to run Ubuntu as main OS21:13
marcoceppiChinnoDog: good luck with uefi stuff21:13
ChinnoDogI'm trying to perfect the Ubuntu-in-Windows model of computing.21:13
ChinnoDogDual boot would be nice but not absolutely necessary21:13
marcoceppicool21:14
adomI wish my employer allowed me to use Linux for work.21:16
adomChinnoDog: I genuinely prefer Linux over Windows for day-to-day use. Its installed on my home desktop. I still think Windows is required for the best gaming experience, but my current desktop isn't anything special, so I can't run new games anyway. Currently playing Minecraft, WoW, and a bunch of Steam games on my ubuntu desktop at home and all run super smooth.21:17
adomI hate dual-booting, because you have to reboot the PC just for some important things. I'm not much of a fan of using a VM frequently either. If you want to run Ubuntu in Windows, one way of getting something like that would be to use Cygwin as your terminal in Windows...it lets you use Linux commands and packages in Windows.21:19
adomits only a linux command line obviosly, no gui. but it'd be a way to use awesome linux commands in Windows. kind of the best of both worlds.21:19
adomChinnoDog: let me know the shortcomings in cairo-dock you had problems with, i want to see if they're issues for me as well21:20
ChinnoDogDual booting would be nice if I want the performance and resources of booting without Windows, but 99% of the time I would rather have my Windows available to me.21:20
ChinnoDogI do not think my plan is going to work21:26
ChinnoDogI am going to abandon it before I spend many hours banging my head against my desk21:26
adomi remember my ASUS EEE pc netbook would boot Ubuntu off the SD card slot like a charm. Had Ubuntu 10.04 install on a microSD card in the SD card slot, and Windows 7 on the hard drive.21:42
adomLoved that EEE pc. The ONLY reason I sold it was because it was JUST too small to use on my lap comfortably. I had to hold my legs together touching if I didn't want it to fall off.21:43
ChinnoDogEEE pc was designed to work around storage technology limitations though21:43
adomeverything else about it was awesome. 8hr battery, 802.11n, etc.21:43
adomoh21:43
adomhad no idea21:43
adomi get so angry when i see parents/students buying $1900 Macbooks for freshmen year of college. You can use a $350 netbook instead and you would have NO problems through all of college/university.21:45
ChinnoDogThere is some irony in the way that Microsoft has locked down Windows 8. It is becoming so difficult and time consuming to do things in the UI that I have decided I am going to start doing everything at the Powershell prompt21:45
adomthe best part is that those $1900 are just used forFacebook and Frostwire and iTunes.21:45
ChinnoDogI intend to do the same in Ubuntu21:45
adomha that is a bit ironic21:45
adomand funny21:45
* adom has yet to use Win8 for more than 10 minutes.21:46
ChinnoDogYou can't disable UAC in Win8 or Metro apps don't work!21:46
* ChinnoDog shakes fist at Uncle Bill21:46
ChinnoDogOh sorry. That is a Windows guy joke. I'm sure you get it though.21:46
adomI refuse to get it.21:49
adomon principle21:49
ChinnoDoghaha21:49

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