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lordievaderGood morning.08:46
BluesKajHowdy all11:14
lotuspsychjegood afternoon to all11:42
lordievaderHey lotuspsychje, how are you doing?11:43
lotuspsychjelordievader: hello, great im fine11:43
lotuspsychjelordievader: just joined #ubuntu-hardened channel about ubuntu's security and exploits11:44
cfhowlettsounds ... nsfw-ish11:44
lordievaderI see.11:44
lotuspsychjecfhowlett: well i wanted to know how come so many exploits are being patched lately for ubuntu11:44
lotuspsychjeso this channel takes care of it11:45
lordievaderlotuspsychje: Do you run a hardend kernel?11:45
lotuspsychjelordievader: no11:46
lotuspsychjelordievader: this looks interesting to get involved: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/GettingInvolved11:49
lotuspsychjeBluesKaj: fternoon mate :p11:54
BluesKajHey lotuspsychje11:54
lordievaderlotuspsychje: Go for it ;)11:59
lotuspsychjelordievader: just added myself to security mailinglist11:59
lotuspsychjecfhowlett: cant find any link about nvidia driver removal either12:01
cfhowlettlotuspsychje, lemme look12:01
lotuspsychjetoo many askbuntu results :p12:02
lotuspsychjecfhowlett: but the opensource drivers still avalaible for lts right?12:02
cfhowlettYeah, opensource no problem.  just the proprietary was pulled.  very unusual12:02
lotuspsychjeyeah, and for LTS oO12:03
lotuspsychjecfhowlett: its time linux starts taking over from win and mac, and stop this hardware boycot12:19
lotuspsychjei hear less computers will be sold, because windows10 will be a free upgrade12:19
cfhowlettlotuspsychje, well THIS year will be ... the year of the linux desktop!12:20
lotuspsychjeyeah12:20
lotuspsychjegood news for ubuntu, selling pc's with ubuntu as default then :p12:20
lotuspsychjecrazy how much distro's come out12:21
lotuspsychjehttp://linux.softpedia.com/get/Linux-Distributions/12:21
cfhowlettwindows10 free but I would be you still need to upgrade hardware for it to work.  that's why SO many computers here in China are still on WinXP12:23
lotuspsychjetrue12:23
lotuspsychjecfhowlett: and with lower hardware, you can run linux fine12:24
cfhowlettindeed!12:24
lotuspsychjei read a school in spain have converted the whole school with ubuntu12:24
lotuspsychjecfhowlett: http://itsfoss.com/spanish-school-ditches-windows-ubuntu/12:25
cfhowlettI see a few linux adoptions in government, schools and libraries12:25
lotuspsychjesaves a lot of $$$$$$12:25
lotuspsychjere17:21

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