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lotuspsychjegood morning to all04:31
lotuspsychjehttp://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-Now-Has-Over-20-Millions-of-Users-According-to-Canonical-478787.shtml04:44
lordievaderGood morning.07:59
OerHeksMorning lordievader08:05
lordievaderHey OerHeks, how are you doing?08:14
OerHeksGreat, just walked the doggies, how are you ?08:16
lordievaderDoing pretty good.08:17
BluesKajHiyas all09:53
lotuspsychjeBluesKaj: hello mate09:53
BluesKajHi lotuspsychje, what's up?09:53
lotuspsychjeoh nothing much, doing a lil support :p09:54
lotuspsychjehttp://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-Now-Has-Over-20-Millions-of-Users-According-to-Canonical-478787.shtml09:54
lotuspsychjeand some good news readin :p09:54
lordievadero/09:54
* BluesKaj nods and reads09:54
lotuspsychjestill most popular Os09:55
lotuspsychjeim sure they count ubuntu phones too09:55
BluesKajno doubt09:57
lotuspsychjeok im off for lunch09:59
=== EriC^ is now known as EriC^^
MonkeyDustupgrading this redmond machine to the next preview version, wish me luck14:23
BluesKajW10?14:28
BluesKajMonkeyDust,^14:28
MonkeyDustyes, technical preview, out of curiosity14:31
MonkeyDusti'm unable to install W8.1 tho, in vbox or vmware14:33
MonkeyDustdue to uefi, i giess14:33
lotuspsychjeMonkeyDust: did you disable fastboot and secureboot14:35
MonkeyDustlotuspsychje  not sure and cannot check now...14:35
lotuspsychjeMonkeyDust: what error do you get?14:35
* MonkeyDust clicks install now14:36
MonkeyDustdrum roll...14:36
lotuspsychjeMonkeyDust: EriC^ is our uefi specialist :p14:36
EriC^lol, what's up?14:36
lotuspsychje<MonkeyDust> i'm unable to install W8.1 tho, in vbox or vmware14:37
lotuspsychje<MonkeyDust> due to uefi, i giess14:37
MonkeyDustlotuspsychje  in vbox, it was some VT-x error14:38
BluesKajI dumped all the gpt partititons/table on my laptop and went with legacy mode and secure boot disabled14:38
EriC^i think it installs in legacy too14:38
EriC^MonkeyDust: i get the vt-x error when i try installing 64bit os's, i had to enable it in the bios14:39
lordievaderBluesKaj: Do you have disks larger than 2Tb?14:39
BluesKajyup , make sure virtualizing is enabled in the uefi/bios14:40
BluesKajlordievader, nope , my laptop is 1Tb14:40
BluesKajmy other pcs are non-uefi14:40
lordievaderAh, okay. msdos cannot do disks >2Tb.14:41
lotuspsychjeioria: welcome :p14:42
ioria^_^14:42
BluesKajlotuspsychje, lordievader I did have an occsional problem where the laptop refused to boot at all , it wouldn't see the UEFI/BIOS or the post page...I had to take the battery out for a few mins in order to reset14:45
MonkeyDustok, the equivalent to "apt-get upgrade" worked, but i want the "do-release-upgrade"... more drum rolls...14:45
lotuspsychjelol: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Windows-Users-Download-Ubuntu-30-000-Times-a-Day-and-Other-Cool-Facts-478852.shtml14:45
lordievaderI know nothing of Uefi, BluesKaj ;)14:45
lotuspsychjeBluesKaj: what brand is this mate?14:45
BluesKajlotuspsychje, it's a Lenovo G500 with intel i3 cpu, and 8G Ram and 1Tb hdd ...pretty plain jane laptop14:47
lotuspsychjesounds nice14:47
lotuspsychjesome brands hide fastboot somewhere real deep in bios, you have to search hard to find :p14:48
daftykinsso true14:49
BluesKajit's fine lotuspsychje , I tried installing a gpt boot partition for safety's sake ,and altho it somehow reverted to msdos I no longer have the no boot problem14:49
daftykinsor are just buggy as hell and need to be running the latest version to even operate :)14:49
lotuspsychjetoo bad for microsux, we always find a workaround :p14:50
daftykinsa friend had one of the ~2011 samsung 9 series ultraportables, hilariously it wouldn't even boot the windows 7 installer from flash drive without an EFI update14:51
lotuspsychjelol14:51
lotuspsychjedaftykins: you think ubuntu would need that efi update to install aswell then?14:52
daftykinsnever hurts to look at the fixes listed on the download page from the manufacturer, i say14:53
lotuspsychjetrue14:53
daftykinshttps://www.dropbox.com/sh/7t7n5llpq5dyuc7/AACsIO22uCVR3MUceENXe3yla?dl=014:53
daftykinscheck out this cheap Lenovo i picked up, it was on a special cashback deal so all told i got it and the free printer for £208 delivered O_O14:54
daftykinsit's since had the RAM doubled to 8GB for an extra £21 and an SSD put in :D14:54
lotuspsychjewich ssd brand?14:54
lotuspsychjeneat lappy14:55
daftykinsi upgraded a friends Lenovo X240 to a 512GB Crucial and he let me keep the intel 160GB that was in it14:55
lotuspsychjenice14:55
lotuspsychjewhats your boot time?14:55
MonkeyDu1twas that with ubuntu preinstalled?14:55
=== MonkeyDu1t is now known as MonkeyDust
daftykinsheh nah, i was just testing it out14:56
daftykinsi tend to boot a Linux distro to nuke the factory 8 installs they come with :D14:57
lotuspsychjei also like that14:57
daftykinsthat one is going to mother dearest so is running 7 *ducks*14:57
lotuspsychjethats what im gonna do with my store :p14:57
daftykinsi did have a video, but basically if you imagine booting 7 - the swooshing bootlogo colours don't even get to the centre before the desktop comes up14:58
daftykinsit's a pretty nice Haswell i3-4010U14:58
lotuspsychjei get 5sec boot/3sec halt on samsung evo 84014:58
daftykins:D14:59
daftykinsi still won't buy EVOs ;) i hear they've finally released yet another attempted firmware fix14:59
lotuspsychjeonly the evo 84014:59
lotuspsychjedoesnt affect 850 and 850 pro14:59
daftykins*nod*15:00
lotuspsychjei know a guy who runs servers with only 850 pro's and hammered them for weeks15:00
lotuspsychjehe says samsung is unbeatable15:00
lotuspsychjenever had one fail yet15:00
daftykinsCrucial M4s have been good to me, they did have that firmware bug where after x hours powered on Windows BSODd, but after updating that they've not let me down too :D15:01
lotuspsychjeyeah crucial is also good15:01
daftykinsi was in Australia when that happened to a client, i had to call a friend back home and ask him to pop in and update one :D15:01
lotuspsychjei still have an old trancend 8 gig slc ssd in my desktop, and still rocketfast15:02
lotuspsychjeback in the days, it was like 100$ for the 8gig ssd lol15:02
MonkeyDustmy first pc, a 386, cost about $32.000!!15:04
lotuspsychjeoO wow15:04
MonkeyDustyup, and it was before the dot com bubble15:05
daftykinsi found the shipping invoice for my first the other day, an intel X25-M 160GB15:05
daftykinsit's still the OS disk in my ageing desktop :D15:05
lotuspsychje:p15:06
lotuspsychjethose intels are fast too, but not very cheap15:07
MonkeyDustmeanwhile, back in the batcave...15:07
lotuspsychjelol15:08
daftykinsthis channel might need an Alfred15:08
lotuspsychjeZAPP KABBOOM15:08
EriC^haha15:09
daftykinsi had a bit of a laugh doing a clean install of Windows 7 on the above cheap Lenovo, with the stock 500GB mechanical disk it came with15:10
daftykinsso my routine is clean install, put IE11 on, then minimum of a network driver to get it online and do Windows Update15:10
daftykinsthe first 168 odd updates took... wait for it... 2.5hrs to install.15:10
daftykinsthat's even with system restore disabled to speed things up15:11
lotuspsychjedaftykins: i worked recently in a mediamarket in my country and had to reinstall win8 boxes on routine, took me day n night to fix+update15:11
lotuspsychjedaftykins: the laptops were running all night to update + win 8.1 update15:11
lotuspsychjea real nightmare15:11
daftykins:(15:12
lotuspsychjeand the worst of all, my boss forbid me to install ubuntu on clients machines :p15:12
daftykinsyou needed yourself a recent ISO ;)15:12
lotuspsychjeso i quit that job :p15:13
daftykinsi don't put out desktop Ubuntu either because i just couldn't support it15:14
BluesKajnow I know why I don't use smpalyer , it's flaky, the spdif feed works and provides a DTS/DD audio one . but not the next on the same moviw with the same audio settings ...good ol' VLC to the rescue :)15:14
lotuspsychjevlc rox15:15
BluesKajone day, that is15:15
BluesKajlotuspsychje, I see that a lot about Windows being the de riguer OS for clients because that's what he thinks they expect and can provide support for15:17
daftykinsyeah, was it that the boss refused to allow it even if you talked a customer into it?15:18
daftykins'cause it'd be fair if you were throwing it on where someone'd brought in Windows for fixing XD15:19
lotuspsychjei did it once, and customer payed me 50 euro as reward because he loved it15:19
BluesKajI heardabout  the same experience at my forner employer with fellow employees that wanted to bring their macs to work15:19
lotuspsychjethat was the only box i did15:19
MonkeyDustthe VT-x error for W8.1, do I change something in the vbox settings, or in the hardware BIOS?15:19
lordievaderMonkeyDust: Hardware bios.15:19
daftykinsif you've been VMing a long time it's a surprise if you'd have been doing so without VT enabled15:20
MonkeyDustlordievader  ok, but this is an old laptop15:20
daftykinsah it's been around for over 7 years15:20
lordievaderMonkeyDust: What cpu?15:20
MonkeyDustdaftykins  win xp, vista, 7 and 10 work, but 8 not15:21
MonkeyDustbrb15:21
daftykinsi think avoiding 8 is a blessing in disguise :D15:21
lotuspsychjelol15:21
lotuspsychjexp was the best of all nightmares15:22
BluesKajMonkeyDust, that's strange ...I had 8.1 on this 7 yr old desktop a while ago , it ran sort of ok and installed without any probs15:22
daftykinsthis is for installing 8 in a VM atop said old laptop though right?15:22
daftykinsnot bare metal15:23
BluesKajok15:23
BluesKajhad W7 on qemu-kvm , haven't tried 8.1 tho15:24
BluesKajqemu-kvm is difficult to setup LAN access15:25
BluesKajso i dumped it...my linux machines can share files with windows machines np15:26
lordievaderJust standard linux networking stuff.15:26
MonkeyDustBluesKaj  for some reason, it won't here...15:27
MonkeyDustjust checked, no VT setting in the BIOS15:27
daftykinsMonkeyDust: i take it you're on an up to date vbox?15:27
daftykinsi typically use vmware personally ;x15:27
BluesKajlordievader, i tried that tutorial you gave me for qemu-kvm netwoking ...no luck15:27
lordievaderBluesKaj: How did you configure it?15:28
MonkeyDustvirrtualbox 4.3.1015:28
EriC^MonkeyDust: are the other distro's 32bit by any chance?15:28
MonkeyDustEriC^  yes, all15:28
BluesKajthe vbr bridging15:28
EriC^MonkeyDust: is the win8.1 64bit?15:28
lordievaderBluesKaj: virbr0 is used for natting...15:29
lordievaderBluesKaj: Did you nat or bridge?15:29
lotuspsychje_MonkeyDust: old machine, wich brand?15:29
BluesKajit said it was bridging15:29
* lordievader food :)15:29
MonkeyDustEriC^  it's 32bit15:29
BluesKajlotuspsychje_, but it's ok , it 's no longer needed15:30
lotuspsychje_lordievader: bon apetit!15:30
MonkeyDustand lotuspsychje_ it's an acer aspire15:30
BluesKajoops sorry lotuspsychje_ , I mean lordievader15:30
EriC^MonkeyDust: that's odd, what's the error it's giving?15:31
lotuspsychje_MonkeyDust: i tryed lubuntu once on old acer aspire, and it didnt run smooth :p15:31
daftykinslol how old?15:32
lotuspsychje_MonkeyDust: is that with 40gig hd inside?15:32
MonkeyDustlotuspsychje_  i'm happy with it as it is15:32
lotuspsychje_daftykins: acer aspire 1392 or something15:32
lotuspsychje_daftykins: the only thing runned properly was xp on it15:32
daftykins:S15:33
daftykinsi know some people that refuse to let XP die :(15:33
lotuspsychje_lolz15:33
daftykinsusing registry tweaks to make it appear as XP embedded so it keeps getting some updates15:33
lotuspsychje_daftykins: i think xp was already braindead for years with all those nasty exploits under tha hood :p15:33
daftykinstoo true15:33
daftykinsthe best i had was a friends mothers work laptop, she is a school teacher15:34
daftykinsthe school had contracted IT but they refused to deal with this rootkit because it was clever enough to disable itself and hide when at the school using their proxy15:34
lotuspsychje_lol15:35
daftykinsthey didn't really believe her saying that it was coming up with all kinds of popups when browsing at home15:35
lotuspsychje_daftykins: tell us the truth mate, you were spying the teachers hot pics with sub7 dont you :p15:35
daftykinslmao15:36
daftykinsi was dating her daughter at the time so i think i was ok :D15:36
lotuspsychje_:p15:36
lotuspsychje_alot of people never look under the hood15:36
daftykinsanywho i decided to take a stab, sure enough it'd redirect online searches and open adverts, all the usual fun of the fair - but i eventually bypassed the Admin password and found a kind of fake device manager entry which was the main hook allowing this thing to hide its' files from explorer15:37
lotuspsychje_they think their antivirus holds them clean15:37
daftykinsonce i disabled that i could scan the disk and kill it all off \o/15:37
lotuspsychje_fake device manager, thats new for me15:37
lotuspsychje_daftykins: you remember the rootkits name15:38
daftykinshrmmmm TDS something i think15:39
daftykinsTDSS15:39
lotuspsychje_yeah rings a bell15:40
daftykinsyou had to enable 'show hidden devices' then it was buried under something like 'system devices' looking pretty cunningly named15:41
daftykinsit was just through searching for the site i was being redirected to that i found a guide to remove it though, no real intelligence on my part15:41
lotuspsychje_TDSS is written in such a manner that detection becomes almost next to impossible. The installation of a rootkit like Rootkit.TDSS is made easier through PC users that log into their computers casually, imposing no access restrictions whatsoever.15:42
daftykinsmmm15:42
lotuspsychje_nasty one http://www.wiki-security.com/wiki/Parasite/RootkitTDSS/15:42
daftykinswas definitely the most intelligent i'd ever seen15:44
daftykinsyou'd find evidence of file locations but there'd be nothing there due to the explorer hooks15:44
daftykinsit was like opening a safe after disabling the device manager entry, suddenly you saw all its' files15:45
lotuspsychje_never seen such one15:45
daftykinsi wondered if the contract IT would have ever noticed i had to change the admin password :D15:47
lotuspsychje_lol15:47
daftykins-d15:48
daftykinsugh bad typing today15:48
lotuspsychje_alot of admins dont know about rootkits15:49
lotuspsychje_they think their network is safe15:49
daftykinsi could understand that one in a way, they're in the school on the proxy and none of the symptoms she'd report would show up15:51
daftykinsoh yeah it was even one of those ones bright enough to kill processes with common names, so task manager wouldn't run - notepad... tonnes of others15:51
lotuspsychje_triggered from the botnet15:52
daftykins:D15:53
daftykinswhat makes me laugh is when you find some with "irc.exe" running15:53
lotuspsychje_lol15:53
lotuspsychje_or joke names like serv1ce.exe15:54
daftykins8D15:54
lotuspsychje_explorerer.exe15:54
daftykinsthe TDSS one naturally could hide processes too :/15:55
lotuspsychje_and re-trigger itself after removal15:57
lotuspsychje_ok dinnertime here16:00
lotuspsychje_cheers and laterz16:00
MonkeyDustW8.1 is installing, i have a preview key at hand...16:05
daftykinsyou may be fully updated as of Wednesday (:16:09
BluesKajor later :)16:09
BluesKajwindows updates is the most frustrating,  crappy lil repos with millions of users accessing at the same time, it's bloody ridiculous16:12
BluesKajbbiab16:13
OerHeksYeah, people pay an awfull lot of money for windows16:21
OerHeks...16:21
BluesKajI've received activted W7 and earlier versions from relatives' workplace OSs16:36
OerHeksMe once paid for windows vista, because i wanted to build my pc myself.16:37
MonkeyDustgreat, works, even without key16:38
daftykinsit's quite easy to disable key requirements for installation on Windows media16:40
daftykinsglad they're finally switching to something almost resembling free for Windows 10 though16:40
daftykinsoh by the way since all the work we do is solely to enable access to cat pics and videos, here's one of mine for you all! :D16:42
daftykinshttps://www.dropbox.com/s/68t62blrc55f1it/VID_20150420_015606.mp4?dl=016:42
MonkeyDustcat pics and cute baby pics... is why the internet was invented16:43
MonkeyDustand lunch pics ;)16:43
daftykins:D16:44
daftykinsbaby ones i'm immune to ;)16:44
EriC^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwI8qi9uam016:51
daftykins"When life gives you lemons... you're this guys kid" :)16:53
EriC^lol16:54
EriC^this is pretty funny https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NDkVx9AzSY16:54
BluesKajbabies always remind me how old I am, my youngest grandchild is now a teenager :P16:55
daftykinsgenuine panic @ 30 seconds XD16:55
EriC^daftykins: yeah haha16:56
daftykinshehe16:56
daftykinsBluesKaj: don't tell me that! you're reminding me how much i should be doing far more things rather than giving free help online XD16:56
daftykinsi'm just a youngster of 30 :P16:57
daftykinsand only became that in Feb so i'm still reeling at having typed it16:57
BluesKajdaftykins, yeah I remember turning 30, thought i was getting old then too :)16:58
daftykinssure feels it16:58
daftykinsapart from the fact i refuse to grow up!16:58
EriC^i turned 29 recently, it felt pretty big 28 -> 2916:59
EriC^seems like there's no buffer or something16:59
EriC^haha16:59
daftykins:D16:59
daftykinsthe card from my parents at 29 said 'make the most of the last of your 20s'17:00
daftykinsthat was when the fear set in ;)17:00
BluesKajfear not daftykins ...it only gets worse :)17:01
daftykinsyaaaay \o/17:01
daftykinsjust watched a bit more of the Jimmy Kimmel thing, if you think about it the parents basically have no way of telling off the kids for their resulting tantrums17:02
daftykinsit's pretty evil :P17:02
EriC^yeah it is :P17:04
EriC^this is pretty nuts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKuB39b0SxI17:04
EriC^daftykins: what do you mean telling off?17:05
EriC^you mean they can't tell them they were j/k?17:06
daftykinsimagine if a kid gets so stroppy they make some real damage though :D17:07
EriC^lol17:08
daftykinslike the quiet one walks off to their room to sulk, but secretly lets the handbrake off in the car and watches it roll down the hill17:08
EriC^lol17:08
EriC^that'd be funny17:09
daftykinswhich leads to the obliatory: http://cdn.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/picture/227827/1036325.png17:09
daftykins*obligatory17:09
EriC^they tell them they're j/k right away though17:09
daftykinsd'aww the little one "we'll get some more next time..."17:12
EriC^yeah17:12
daftykinshrmm wonder if my lappy will appreciate a vacuumed keyboard whilst powered on17:13
EriC^when i was about 6, i was watching cartoons on a saturday morning and i broke the antenna and my dad had warned me not to mess with it, so i fixed it, and turned the tv off, then dad comes home later and he wanted to watch the lebanese news on his tv channel (i was in the usa), anyways he's like wth isn't this working? then he notices the antenna is taped together with scotch tape and he freaks out17:15
EriC^oops, that was kind of long..17:15
daftykins:D17:16
daftykinsaaah i'm so glad this channel exists17:17
daftykinsgood to have an exchange with you lot that isn't just a subtle nod at some crazy that's come in ;)17:18
EriC^hehe yeah ;)17:18
daftykinsotherwise #ubuntu tends to be like this for me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEmklTvAkbM17:18
EriC^lool17:20
EriC^:D17:20
daftykinshttp://blog.releases.com/home/2015/4/20/amds-ceo-reveals-windows-10-releasing-in-july18:18
daftykinswell well well18:18
daftykinsdon't even need to click to get the gist of that article18:18
OerHeksIt's windows 9 :-D18:34
daftykinssure is18:36
OerHeksIn Germany it would sound like windows "no"18:36
daftykinsif a German support guy was thinking a customer was speaking of 7 first, then got corrected18:37
daftykinsit'd be "Ach, nein!"18:37
daftykins\o/18:37
MonkeyDustnice, W8.1 works, but I have no use for it :p18:39
OerHeksMonkeyDust, at least it is a host for antivirus18:40
MonkeyDustit does have a use: rmember me that everything costs money in and for windows18:41
MonkeyDustremind*18:41
OerHekswell, it is a friendly way to leave your email, age, size of socks everywhere18:42
OerHeks*when you register software18:43
BluesKajoops almost got caught in the google web, no pun intended19:02
daftykinsMonkeyDust: but Linux costs me my youth and my hair :D19:03
BluesKajthet insync app, wants to take over my internet 'experience' ..don't think so19:03
daftykinsnever heard of that one 0o19:04
MonkeyDustdaftykins  nevertheless, "we are young, and we're free"19:04
OerHekspoor but happy :-D19:05
OerHeksRich of dreams19:05
daftykinshehehe19:05
OerHeksmillionairs know some other kind of poverty19:05
daftykinstoo true19:05
OerHeksget me that feeling :-D19:06
MonkeyDustms hearts is no longer there...19:06
OerHeksIt all went down with ms flightsimulator19:07
MonkeyDustoh, it's xbox now19:07
daftykinsyou actually seem to have to have an MS account and use their store to download and install fully connected online games now =|19:07
daftykinseven the basic card ones19:07
OerHeksStill, my mom can use her gmail on win819:08
BluesKajI still use gmail, i just don't want it to take over my pc and surfing ...stick to email and browsers i say :)19:23
BluesKajFF for browsing19:24
daftykinsyeah i have chrome for gmail and then FF for browsing19:28
daftykinskeeps things away from being tied to your account then, too19:28
BluesKajwell, i don't do twiter at all and facebook is a necessary evil in my circle so i put up with it, but otherwise I prefer to surf and do my own thing on line19:32
daftykins*nod* same here19:38
daftykinsonly touch facebook for the social obligations19:38
JanCthe only facebook social obligation is not to use it...19:43
JanCeverything else is asocial19:43
daftykinsnot when your friends are all turning 30 and they all send out invites via it19:44
JanCif they don't care to invite you in a socially acceptable way, they aren't friends19:45
daftykinsi'm sorry but your opinions here are totally silly19:46
lordievaderJanC: For many people Facebook is a socially acceptable way.19:52
JanCgive me one objective reason why *forcing* somebody to join, and be exploited by, facebook would/should be socially acceptable?19:53
lordievaderI am not saying that I find it personally acceptable. I am saying that for many people it is normal and therefore acceptable. You are allowed to disagree ;)19:55
JanCthat's fine, as long as they don't force it onto others19:56
daftykins+1 to lordievader19:58
daftykinsJanC: your opinion here however borders on the paranoid-online insane :/19:59
daftykinsand it's cool to think that way, but i don't think we should have to hear about it19:59
BluesKajoh facebook has it's advantages and it's a perfectly acceptable way to give and receive invitations in this day and age, but otherwise I just don't use it much20:02
BluesKajanyway , it's time to sign off ...been an interesting day here gents, take care all20:13
MonkeyDusthave I ever! I actually LIKE windows 8.1!!22:55
daftykins...23:16
daftykinsMonkeyDust: get out23:16
daftykins:D23:16
EriC^lol23:17
EriC^that reminded me of that kid and the drawers23:17
EriC^haha23:18
daftykinsXD23:18

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