| nhaines | pleia2: hey, I need to buy an über-expensive book from O'Reilly. They don't offer LoCo or community discounts, do they? | 17:58 |
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| nhaines | (The book is in German; ironically "über-expensive" translates to "superteuer" and doesn't have the word über in it.) | 17:58 |
| nhaines | I suppose it's relevant that I'm buying an ebook copy. | 18:03 |
| akk | Seems like I see 50% off sales from them pretty often ... if you can wait a few weeks one might appear. | 18:05 |
| nhaines | akk: aww. I need the book for a project I'm currently on. | 18:05 |
| akk | You might check local LUGs too -- I think a lot of LUGs get discounts, if we don't. | 18:06 |
| nhaines | akk: thanks. :) I found a couple codes on the Web, so I'll wait an hour and see if we can get the California team credit for the sale. | 18:11 |
| nhaines | Plus, I just got offered the company credit card to make the purchase, so even better. | 18:12 |
| akk | \o/ | 18:13 |
| nhaines | Quite. :) | 18:15 |
| pleia2 | nhaines: the code is the same for all user groups | 19:08 |
| pleia2 | it's the one you find all over the internet :) | 19:08 |
| pleia2 | they don't really track who is using it or whatnot as far as I can tell | 19:09 |
| nhaines | pleia2: yay, thanks. :) | 19:12 |
| raevol | http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/384934/torvalds-steamos-will-really-help-linux-on-desktop | 19:35 |
| darthrobot` | Title: [Torvalds: SteamOS will "really help" Linux on desktop | News | PC Pro] | 19:35 |
| nhaines | I agree. Just about the only thing Linux doesn't do is games, and that's simply because they're not ported. | 19:53 |
| nhaines | But Valve Software is not only creating and distributing a dedicated Linux-based gaming platform, but is also creating free debuggers. | 19:53 |
| blitz | it's not that simple | 19:54 |
| nhaines | Even if we pretended that Valve didn't strongarm Intel, nVidia and AMD to fix their graphics drivers, that alone is a huge boost. | 19:54 |
| akk | I actually think the big thing Linux doesn't do (as far as desktop) is get heard about, or sold preinstalled. | 19:56 |
| akk | It would work just fine for most people (most people aren't hardcore gamers) but people don't really have the opportunity to consider it. | 19:57 |
| blitz | I think steamos is great but will be held back by steam machines... yet to get tons of info on that though | 19:57 |
| raevol | blitz: why held back by steam machines? | 20:09 |
| blitz | because, like akk mentioned, the biggest way the os will make it into people's homes is preinstalled | 20:10 |
| raevol | and? | 20:10 |
| blitz | so the key to it being very successful is how well steam machines take off | 20:11 |
| raevol | and you think they won't take off because? | 20:11 |
| blitz | because the odds are against someone breaking into that market | 20:12 |
| raevol | what do you consider to be "that market"? | 20:13 |
| blitz | there isn't much concrete information available yet, but it just seems like there are so many places where valve/their hardware partners could fail | 20:13 |
| blitz | the biggest to me is them pricing things too high, or not low enough | 20:13 |
| raevol | well i am excited to give it a shot :) i won't be buying a steam machine though, i'll put it on the box i already have if anything | 20:18 |
| blitz | oh, don't get me wrong, I will too | 20:27 |
| blitz | I'll probably turn my current gaming pc into a steam machine and build a new one | 20:27 |
| raevol | yay saucy | 23:27 |
| raevol | wow the software center is really terrible :( | 23:39 |
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