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brobostigonmorning boys and girls.05:45
zmoylan-pimorning mammals05:47
brobostigonmorning zmoylan-pi05:48
* knightwise greets the carbon based units infecting the internet !05:50
* brobostigon puts on a borg voice, he is only parly carbon based.05:50
brobostigonpartly*05:51
knightwiseHalf borg - half KFC ?05:51
brobostigonlolz v.2.3.105:51
* zmoylan-pi hands brobostigon a lozenge to help ease the borg voice05:51
brobostigonlolz v.2.3.1.105:51
brobostigonthanks zmoylan-pi05:51
zmoylan-piso anyone super excited by new android promises?05:52
knightwiseI'll see when it gets actual devices downstream05:52
brobostigonwhich ones?05:52
zmoylan-piability to limit access to features in a device.  kinda like what symbian had a decade ago :-)05:53
brobostigoni have a nexus4, so i am probably screwed except for when it goes to CM.05:53
brobostigonzmoylan-pi: CM has had that for ages.05:54
zmoylan-pithough it seems you can't limit apps access to the internet for some reason05:54
* brobostigon can, :)05:54
* zmoylan-pi hugs my dumbphone... :-)05:56
knightwisezmoylan-pi: i've turned off most notifications on my smartphone . its amazing how smoothing it is05:56
knightwisesoothing05:57
zmoylan-pii deleted pinterest app as it started using notification area to tell me to update the flippin app05:57
knightwiseGod I hate the pinterest app.05:58
knightwiseit keeps on mailing you on and on and on !05:58
zmoylan-pii had it on android tablet still knocking around05:58
brobostigonthats where my pebble is handy, silent phone, genetle vibe on activity.05:58
knightwisebrobostigon: same for me (has a moto360)05:59
knightwisemostly use it to tell my phone to buzz at the end of a meeting05:59
brobostigoncool :)05:59
brobostigonah.05:59
knightwisefor example : ok google , set a countdown timer for 60 minutes05:59
brobostigonandroid wear does look interesting however compared to my pebble, its still inferior in many ways.06:00
brobostigonsw and hw.06:01
knightwiseI disagree on that, I love the voicecontrol it offers06:02
zmoylan-pii'd hate to share an office with people using voice control...06:03
brobostigonthere are useful things like that, however at a disadvantage when it comes to screen readability, battery life.06:03
brobostigonease to program for.06:04
knightwisezmoylan-pi: i use it mostly on the road and in the car06:06
knightwisenever in the office06:06
zmoylan-piyes, but it's like speakerphones, we've all been in public spaces where someone insists on using one... just bad manners06:07
knightwiseI use the 'secret agent' approach :) I only talk to my phone, i do it discretely :)06:09
brobostigonwhile holding your phone, stroking the screen in a deep sexy voice, "helllo phone, please call my wife."06:12
brobostigonif james bond had a phone, thats what he would do.06:13
knightwiseIndeed he would06:13
knightwisena .. just a "ok google : Text nyana 'im on my way , eta 20 00)06:13
knightwisemy wife has the gear 2 , if she is in a rush she answers her phone on her watch06:14
knightwiseshe can make phonecalls on that watch06:14
knightwisebut she never does it in publix06:14
brobostigon:)06:15
knightwiseI NEVER use speakerphone in public , that is just wrong06:16
brobostigonyep, you dont want half the planet to hear and listen in on your conversation.06:20
knightwisetreu06:25
brobostigon:)06:27
MooDoomorning all07:19
diddledan_m0007:19
diddledan_morning07:19
knightwiseok .. nearly cooked the I7 Cpu on my mac mini there07:25
knightwiseanother nail in the coffin of running linux natively on unsupported hardware.07:25
* popey squints back at Myrtti 07:53
MyrttiFacebook squint, that was07:54
popey:)07:57
popeyI figured07:57
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* Laney stares into the abyss08:09
Laneyjimmy wales is on desert island discs atm08:09
bashrc_good moaning08:17
SuperMattmorning08:17
MooDoomorning SuperMatt08:17
knightwiseok , ... my mac mini just went nearly chernobyl on my while running Elementary .. for some reason temp sensors and fans didn't kick in.08:20
* knightwise *harg*08:20
knightwisethats it , im buying an xps13 with Ubuntu pre-installed08:20
popeyhah08:20
popeyI'm still pondering what to get :(08:20
intrbizknightwise: XPS13 is a nice machine08:23
Laneyknightwise: I ordered one of those on Wednesday08:24
davmor2Morning all08:24
LaneyI heard that the shipped version of ubuntu has some bugs though, might need to upgrade if that's not fixed yet08:25
SuperMattI liked the look of the new HPs which are coming to ebuyer with Ubuntu installed, but they only have Radeon cards D:08:26
Laneyit was xps 13 or the x1 carbon for me08:27
popeyyeah, those are the two at the top of my list08:32
popeybut lack of touchpoint is a factor08:32
Laneyeveryone loves that08:37
Laneybut I've never had it so nothing to miss for me :)08:37
JamesTaitGood morning all; happy Friday, and happy Learn About Composting Day! 😃08:40
popeyadding this to wishlist http://www.amazon.co.uk/FURminator-Long-Hair-DeShedding-Large/dp/B004WJ0L3Q08:43
TwistedLuciditypopey: Those type work quite well. As do the rubber mitts...I can look up what I bought if you like.08:45
popeythanks08:45
TwistedLucidityOk, about to go on a call; will do after08:45
popeyi just have a plastic brush, which the cats aren't particularly interested in08:46
JamesTaitpopey, they are excellent.08:47
JamesTaitpopey, we have a furminator for our cats, and it really helps.08:47
popeyexcellent08:48
JamesTaitPlus it's sturdy enough to withstand being attacked if you catch them when they don't feel like it. 😉08:49
* davmor2 feed JamesTait to the worms to see how well he composts :D08:50
davmor2popey: did you not instantly race out and buy one of those jml brushy scratch pads with catnip?08:52
knightwiseLaney, which one did you order ? The HD version or the QHD ?08:52
LaneyQ BABY08:53
knightwiseLaney: Cool .. you sure ubunu won't have no scaling issues ?08:53
Laneyfind out when I get it :-)08:53
TwistedLuciditypopey: We have a dog with the pretentions of a double coat (typical mutt). This works quite well: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001GJSEI408:53
JamesTaitdavmor2, I had to put my foot down on that one - both boys wanted to get a couple.08:54
popeyLaney: is that the touch screen one?08:54
TwistedLuciditypopey: This also wroks well: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003UUC9UQ08:54
Laneysure is08:54
popeyinteresting08:54
davmor2JamesTait: I think you are missing the point of them, it's for cleaning cats not feet08:55
popeythis could be worth doing and just not use an external display at all08:55
Laneyknightwise: 1880 at ×2 scaling is going to be okay08:55
TwistedLuciditypopey: This wasn't great on the mutt, but might trick a cat into thinking grooming is strokey time: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001BFDU3208:55
popey(I use an external display on my x220 because 1366x768 is too low)08:55
LaneyI know the browsers were hidpi holdouts but not sure where they stand atm08:55
popeybut with a larger res display on new laptop I'd be tempted to get rid of my external screen and just use the laptop like a laptop08:56
TwistedLuciditypopey: Useless: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rosewood-Protection-Salon-Grooming-Slicker/dp/B003GPD51W08:56
popeyheh08:56
TwistedLuciditypopey: We have a brush like this (kinda like a Furinator-combo) it works great: http://www.amazon.co.uk/SMALL-DOGS-Functionality-Brilliantly-Accessories/dp/B00LEE3BTI08:57
TwistedLucidityHas the fine tooth side for getting out dead hair, and then a broad tooth for detangling/agitating the undercoat (which makes grooming easier)08:58
TwistedLucidityAnd there ends "Ubuntu Pet Corner" :-)08:59
knightwiseLaney: i'm thinking of going for the Hd version. I love to work outside with it (its my mobile companion). Did you order the developer edition or just the windows version ?08:59
Laneyknightwise: I got the one with 14.04 ...08:59
Laneywhat do you mean by the other one being better to work outside with?08:59
Laneybecause it'll have better battery life?08:59
knightwiseLaney: better batt life AND a matt screen (non touch)09:00
Laneyah09:00
LaneyI'm okay with gloss outside if the screen is bright enough09:00
Laneybut I can probably count on my fingers the number of times I've used this one outside in the 5 years I've had it :)09:00
knightwiseI will miss scrolling with touch .. I love that on my surface pro09:01
knightwiseI was on the verge of ordering a surface pro 3 yesterday and just running ubuntu in a fullscreen vm ... (and run ubuntu natively on my mac mini) but .. at the end I think i'm better of just running ubuntu on supported hardware.09:03
bashrc_yes. Trying to run it in a vm on a legacy OS might not be a very good user experience09:05
TwistedLuciditybashrc_: So long as goodness like GPU passthrough is available; why would the VM give two stuffs about the host OS?09:11
TwistedLucidityUnless the host OS is Windows 95....09:12
ne2kI have bought an HP ProBook 455 G2 with Ubuntu pre-installed. It claimed it was going to come with 14.04, but it actually came with 12.04, which was a bit annoying. I have reinstalled with 14.04.2 desktop and I now need to find the extra drivers for trusty.09:15
TwistedLucidityne2k: Go to 15.04. If you're going to take pain, may as well go for broke.09:18
ne2kbefore I blatted 12.04, I noticed that it had some repositories from HP (precise-stella-wanhua and precise-oem-sp1 and precise-oem-sp2). I'm trying to work out what the equivalent repositories are for trusty09:18
TwistedLucidityI'm finding 15.04 really nice, bar a few KDE glitches.09:18
ne2kI can't seem to find ANY documentation on where these names come from, what stella means, what wanhua means, anything09:19
ne2kis this a question for canonical, or for HP? the archives are hosted on hp.archive.ubuntu.com09:19
TwistedLucidityne2k: Meh, I have a few repros that are still labelled "precise". Not had any issues09:19
TwistedLucidityne2k: More a question for HP to be honest, it's their repo. If you can find the packages those repos provide, you can have a scout around.09:20
TwistedLucidityAlso, the repos can be hit via a browser; see if "trusty" is is listed when you do.09:20
ne2kTwistedLucidity, I've done that. there are trusty-stella-* ones, but I don't even know what "stella" is. I'm looking for documentation on what this means09:21
ne2kand finding it... missing09:21
TwistedLucidityLooks like a Toshiba thing from an initial search09:22
ne2kinteresting09:22
ne2ktbh, I just need a working rtl8723be wifi driver and the optimal fglrx09:23
TwistedLuciditystella-wanhua appears to be screen controls. Canoncial is listed as the maintainer09:23
ne2kTwistedLucidity, where are you finding this?09:23
TwistedLucidity"Description: A Brightness Workaround"09:23
TwistedLucidityne2k: I'm just browsing the repo09:23
ne2khttp://toshiba-buffalo.archive.canonical.com/dists/precise-stella-wanhua/public/binary-amd64/Packages09:23
TwistedLucidityBingo :)09:24
ne2kso that's not particularly important09:25
ne2kso you think I could install the fglrx and rtlwifi packages from precise-oem-sp1 and it would be ok?09:25
TwistedLucidityne2k: http://askubuntu.com/questions/457341/wifi-drops-and-wont-reconnect-until-reboot-14-04-with-rtl8723be#45851809:26
TwistedLucidityThat appears to be a complete solution for WiFi09:26
ne2kTwistedLucidity, fwlps=009:26
TwistedLucidityAye, the commenter seems to have needed that.09:27
TwistedLucidityI can see "trusty-oem-sp" and "trusty-oem-sp1" exist; but without know exactly what packages are provided I couldn't really tell you if they are the Trust versions of the Precise ones you have09:30
TwistedLucidityI am sure someone with much more knowledge than me could help you more.09:31
ne2kthere's nothing for rtlwifi in the trusty-oem* repos, though09:34
ne2kI think I need this http://hp.archive.canonical.com/pool/public/o/oem-wireless-rtlwifi-1367658-dkms/09:36
knightwiseLaney: I just got the quote on the I509:37
knightwise1196, vat included09:38
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Laneyknightwise: quote?09:51
LaneyI just got it from dell's website09:51
knightwiseprice-offer09:52
Laneyis that EUR?09:52
knightwiseyep09:54
Laneynod10:01
euxsymfony10:06
davmor2friday fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pidokakU4I10:07
popeyLaney: typically i you phone dell up they negotiate if they think you won't buy10:13
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TwistedLuciditynon-Linux: Are small, clip-on LEDs a thing? Trying to find some for backpacks etc and failing.10:20
ne2kTwistedLucidity, I have contacted HP and they tell me that they don't support Ubuntu. despite the fact that they sell a computer with Ubuntu installed10:21
TwistedLucidityne2k: How...odd.10:21
ne2kTwistedLucidity, well, the maintainer on those packages does say "canonical engineering" etc.10:22
TwistedLucidityne2k: So what? The contract is between you and HP.10:23
ne2kwhat contract?10:23
ne2kTwistedLucidity, I bought the laptop from eBuyer, an online retailer10:23
ne2kbut they are boxshifters, so I don't expect them to know technical answers. they told me to contact HP10:23
TwistedLucidityne2k: Oh, in which case the contract is between you an eBuyer.10:24
TwistedLucidityNot that that helps you10:24
ne2kyes, and they have offered me a refund as the goods were not as sold. which is about as much as I would expect from them10:24
TwistedLucidityDid that askubuntu things not help with the WiFi issue? Seemed like a full solution when I looked.10:24
TwistedLucidityYou may also find that 15.04 fixes issues too due to the newer kernel etc10:25
popeyne2k: got a link to the device you bought? I'll raise it with the people who made the build.10:25
popeyTwistedLucidity: you can run the 15.04 kernel on 14.0410:26
TwistedLuciditypopey: Aye, but it's so much easier to do "apt-get do-release-upgrade" IMHO.10:27
ne2kpopey, ooh, thanks. it's this: http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/psi/home/?sp4ts.oid=694383410:27
popeynot if you want long term support it's not10:27
ne2krelease upgrade has only ever caused MAJOR, MAJOR problems for me, so I never do it10:27
ne2kI want the LTS release10:27
popeyne2k: got the ebuyer link?10:27
TwistedLucidityne2k: It does cause me some issues, but then I have more PPAs installed that is strictly healthy....10:28
ne2kpopey, http://www.ebuyer.com/705955-hp-455-quad-core-laptop-l8b56es10:28
popeythanks10:28
ne2kpopey, are HP right that they didn't make the ubuntu build, that Ubuntu made it for them?10:28
popeyne2k: and this thing ships with 12.04?10:29
ne2kpopey, well, the one I received yesterday did!10:29
popeyok10:29
popeythanks10:29
ne2kand the certification page http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/hardware/201404-14968/ only lists 12.04.410:29
ne2kpopey, what's your connection to this process? I don't understand how the whole thing works10:32
popeyWell the PPAs are run by our engineering services department10:32
popeythey will have done some work to enable the hardware10:32
ne2kHP are denying all knowledge, saying they have no responsibility to support HP on the computer, but the computer came with an HP build of Ubuntu. so they are right?10:32
popeywhich maybe why it ships with those PPAs enabled10:32
ne2kpopey, yes, indeed, but I thought HP had done that work. it was actually Canonical, then?10:33
popeyright, I'm mailing internally to raise this and find out if there's a better number you can call10:33
popeywe do that work10:33
popeyusually :)10:33
popeyit varies, sometimes we do most/all of it, sometimes it's in collaboration with people on their side10:33
popeybut let me get clarification from someone internal for you.10:33
ne2kpopey, so you work for canonical10:34
popeyyes10:34
ne2kpopey, can I PM you my e-mail address so you can keep me posted?10:34
popeysure10:34
ne2kor e-mail you?10:34
MartijnVdSI wish the Raspberry Pi/VC4 DRI driver was more finished :(10:34
popeysure, alan.pope@canonical.com10:34
* TwistedLucidity imagines popey walking down the office with the "baseball bat of blame" :-)10:35
popeytricky when I work from home10:35
ne2kpopey, cheers. what's your "title"?10:35
popeybut yeah, i like that image10:35
popeycommunity manager10:35
ne2kI have just apologized to the poor HP chat support operative for lambasting them10:36
ne2klol10:36
popeyhaha10:36
popeyhow did you contact them? phone or website chat?10:36
ne2kweb chat10:36
popeyok, ta10:36
popeyne2k: what's the output of "lsb_release -a" ?10:39
ne2kpopey, I don't haev the machine in front of me atm10:39
popeyok10:40
popeyno worries10:40
popeynice looking machine for the money though10:41
popeyodd that it came with 12.0410:41
ne2kpopey, especially with the £50 cashback10:41
popeynice10:42
* popey considers lunch10:42
* jpds too.10:43
davmor2popey: take a close look at the ebuyer descriptions, they list a 12 compute core then later it is 10, 14.04 and it's 12.04 the list kinda goes on like that :)10:43
ne2kdavmor2, not that I can see10:45
ne2kpopey, just e-mailed you, got it?10:46
popeyyes10:47
ne2kpopey, cheers. any vague idea of when I might expect an answer? not trying to rush you at all, I'd just like to know if possible10:47
popeydunno. will let you know as soon as I know10:48
ne2kpopey, ok, cheers10:48
Odd_BlokeI had my eye on one of those laptops for my wife.10:51
ne2kOdd_Bloke, I've got a second 8GB stick arriving too, for a total of 16GB10:51
Odd_Blokene2k: How does it seem build-quality-wise?10:52
ne2kOdd_Bloke, pretty decent. it's quite thin. the keyboard has a very nice action10:52
ne2kit's kinda like a plastic copy of a macbook, if you like. the screen resolution seems very low for the size10:53
popeyne2k: really sorry you've had the experience.10:53
ne2kpopey, well, it's hardly your fault, is it?!10:53
Odd_BlokeAh, yeah, that's something I noticed when considering it.10:53
ne2kOdd_Bloke, no firewire, but then, what has?10:53
ne2kOdd_Bloke, no expresscard, but then, what has?10:54
ne2k;-)10:54
ne2kOdd_Bloke, no comment on the battery life yet as I only received it yesterday10:54
Odd_BlokeI'm sure I could live with the absence. :p10:54
ne2kOdd_Bloke, the battery does seem strangely small, though. the seemingly sell larger ones that stick out a bit if you want10:54
Odd_BlokeYeah, the battery does sound smallish.10:54
ne2kOdd_Bloke, it's your basic "business" laptop10:54
Odd_BlokeBut my wife would have it plugged in most of the time anyway.10:55
Odd_BlokeSo I'll let you and popey iron out the creases, then I'll get one. ;)10:55
TwistedLucidityne2k: As was discussed yesterday, *everything* is Canonical's fault! :-P10:58
ne2kTwistedLucidity, haha10:59
ne2kI have to say that I am already quite impressed that someone from Canonical was actually here and actually offered to sort this out10:59
davmor2TwistedLucidity: fun we all blame you, so does that mean everything is your fault?11:00
TwistedLuciditydavmor2: It usually is, but I stopped caring years ago!11:01
davmor2haha11:01
ne2kOdd_Bloke, I'll whack the solution on my blog https://atatdotdot.wordpress.com/ once I have it11:01
ne2kpopey, Shengyao Xue <shengyao.xue@canonical.com> seems to do a lot of the stuff on this build11:03
ne2kpopey, is there any documentation anywhere on how this whole system fits together? like, what is hp.archive.canonical.com? what is stella? what is stella-wanhua? what is wataugafour? if you search for these names, nothing comes up apart from the package repositories. there's no explanation11:04
Odd_Blokene2k: That is an amazing blog.11:05
ne2kOdd_Bloke, isn't it just?! ;-0)11:05
popeyne2k: basically any names you don't recognise are probably product code names11:08
popeyused because we get hardware before its released11:08
popeyso we don't reveal stuff that's under NDA11:08
ne2kpopey, fair enough. can the installer image for 12.04 that was on the laptop be reacquired from somewhere?11:09
ne2kHP deny all knowledge of its existence11:09
popeyI don't know. I'll ask11:09
ne2kdespite having clearly been responsible for writing it to the disk before shipping it11:09
popeyooh, had a reply11:09
popeyne2k: are you happy for me to pass on your email address internally?11:09
ne2ksure11:09
popeyok11:09
LaneyI bet it's an information not getting to the front line situation inside HP11:10
popeyya11:10
davmor2Laney: ah they don't need to know11:11
popeyne2k: ok, passed on your email and irc nickname. hope they can help.11:11
davmor2Laney: it's not like they deal with the customers.......wait a minute11:11
TwistedLucidityProbably because first-line will tend to follow a "Have you tried turning it off and on?" script. Second (or maybe third) line would have the chops and info to deal.11:12
ne2kTwistedLucidity, no, they sent me the link to the fglrx-*.tar installer. which I don't want, I want the proper repositories so it gets updated automagically.11:13
TwistedLucidityAnd this reminds me, I need to email Verbatim for some info (only way to get at the third line folks)11:13
TwistedLucidityne2k: Oh right, there was at least /some/ info. More than I understood for before.11:14
ne2kanyone on surespot? I've created an account but have no friends. lol11:18
TwistedLucidityNever heard of it11:20
davmor2ditto11:21
TwistedLucidityAh, like Telegram11:21
davmor2ne2k: ah you need to join telegram then, that where all the cool kids are :)11:24
TwistedLuciditySureSpot does multiple ids which I don't think Telegram does11:26
TwistedLucidityNeat11:26
bashrcdoesn't telegram rely on proprietary servers, or is it like xmpp?12:09
MartijnVdSbashrc: their servers12:14
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ne2kbashrc_, same with surespot, but the end-to-end comms are cryptographically secure13:22
ne2ksupposedly13:22
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