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Kiloshlloo africa05:59
philipballewhey Kilos06:40
* philipballew beat Kilos in saying hello06:40
Kilossorry philipballew hows you ?06:40
philipballewKilos, haha! I am alright.06:41
philipballewI am trying too fix my broken laptop currently06:41
Kilosoh my , what broke06:41
philipballewKilos, I did something dumb and deleted all kernels instead of one like I went to do06:42
Kilosouch06:42
philipballewso I am trying to figure out how to decrypt my hard drive partition and then chroot into it and install a kernel06:43
philipballewKilos, can you test a ssh connection for me to see if it shows up?06:44
Kilosyes06:45
philipballewssh 192.168.5.99@68.8.101.6106:46
Kilosnot going in06:48
philipballewKilos, typical06:50
Kilosssh: connect to host 68.8.101.61 port 22: Connection timed out06:50
philipballewKilos, can you ping that ip?06:52
Kilosping: unknown host 192.168.5.99@68.8.101.6106:52
philipballewKilos, what about just the external ip of 68.8.101.61?06:53
Kilosjust tried 192.168.5.9906:53
Kilosno reply from either one06:54
philipballewKilos, I think I am behind a firewall06:57
Kilosoh06:58
Na3iLhey guys07:05
Kiloshi Na3iL07:05
Kilosyou been busy hey07:06
Na3iLyup I was afk07:06
Na3iLhows you?07:06
Kilosnono i mean with all the wiki work while i was asleep07:06
Kilosim good ty and you?07:07
Na3iLah :D yup07:07
Na3iLI' fine too ty07:07
Kilosi havent gone to see, need to stretch 300m data till month end07:07
Na3iLhmm I see07:08
elachecheo/07:34
Kiloshi elacheche pieter262707:41
pieter2627morning oom Kilos07:41
elachechewassup!07:41
KilosNa3iL  been sorting the wiki for us07:42
KilosQA  wb07:46
QAThank you so much Kilos my good friend07:46
Kilossomeone tried to hijack our bots nick07:47
elachechehahaha Kilos :) take care of QA :)07:47
pieter2627how??07:47
Kilosbut tween freenode staff and our pro we have it covered now07:47
Kilosthey gave commands to enforce the nick recovery07:48
Kilosmust have been when she got disconnected and came back as QA _ then they grabbed the nick QA07:49
Kilosswines07:49
* pieter2627 rofl07:49
Kilosmy goed is my goed07:50
Kilosyou must just see how many trolls and other bad peeps freenode staff have to fight all the time07:51
Kiloshi craig__ nizarus08:49
Kilosmorning superfly08:50
Kilosstickyboy  what happened08:50
Kilosyou run out of feta?08:50
nizarusmornig Kilos :)08:50
Kilos:)08:51
stickyboyKilos: Halloumi is also nice. :P08:51
Kiloslol08:51
Kilosi just wondered because you been quiet08:52
stickyboyKilos: Yah, been out sick a few days this week.08:52
Kilosaw thats no good08:53
superflymorning Kilos08:54
stickyboyKilos: I feel better now than earlier this week hehe.08:59
stickyboyBut still not "all there".08:59
Kilosgood, look after yourself man08:59
stickyboyObama is coming to Nairobi tomorrow. It's got all our roads messed up.08:59
Kilosoh my08:59
Kiloshi ronaldm10:45
Kilosbit cold here today10:45
ronaldmKilos:  I am good10:45
Kilosgood10:45
Kilosi am very happy i found you guys, took 6 months. we thought your group had vanished10:47
Kiloshi coco1111:15
Kilos:)11:15
coco11hi Kilos: ;-) Africa11:19
Kiloshave all of you guys seen my blog about this project11:20
Kiloshttp://kilosubuntu.blogspot.com11:20
Kilosit shows on ubuntu planet as well and even had a mention in the Ubuntu weekly newsletter 2 weeks ago11:21
Kiloshi Fatar welcome to ubuntu-africa15:00
elachecheo/ Fatar :)15:01
FatarHello! I'm a total noob so I don't think i'm going to add much things to discuss here15:01
KilosFatar  we are here to help15:01
elachecheFatar, :D we discuss everything in here :D15:01
craigbrashhometime guys :)15:01
Kilosyou can ask for help guidance or talk about where you are and what you do15:02
Kilosgo well craigbrash15:02
elachecheIf you wanna discuss food we discuss food too :D whatever you want :D You should be an expert on something :D You'll help me on what you're expert in and I'll help you in what I'm expert in :D15:02
craigbrashty have a good night15:02
Kilosyou too ty craigbrash15:02
elachecheFatar, If you wanna discuss food we discuss food too :D whatever you want :D You should be an expert on something :D You'll help me on what you're expert in and I'll help you in what I'm expert in :D15:04
KilosFatar  if you are young and just starting out in the IT world you can tell us what it is like to be young in this modern world15:04
Kiloshehe15:04
FatarWell I'm just a 17 years old kid with too much time on his hand right now :P15:05
Kiloswonderful then you can help us here15:05
Kiloswe need young people with time on their hands15:06
elachecheGreat Fatar :D I always love it when young people use FOSS :D I started my GNU/Linux journey when I was 17 too :D15:06
elachecheNa3iL, your not the youngest person anymore :D :D Congrats :D :p15:06
elachecheyou're*15:06
Kiloslol15:06
FatarOh man Kilos the way you speak it seems i'm going to be in a lot of responsabilities15:07
Kilosnono15:07
Na3iLbut why :( LOL xD15:07
Kilosthe whole aim here is to make friends with peeps all over africa15:07
elachecheHe's younger than you :D hahahah :D15:07
Kilosthis is a fun channel before anything else15:08
FatarI can see that haha15:08
elachecheFatar, no & yes.. we share the responsibilities here :) You'll get used to that by time :) Kilos is a good leader :)15:08
Kilospeople must come here because its enjoyable15:08
Na3iLFatar, welcome :D15:08
elachecheFatar, wanna start by introducing yourself more? :)15:09
Kilosi started my pc journey at 5715:09
Kiloshehe15:09
FatarOh man oh man15:09
* Na3iL need coffee right now :')15:09
KilosNa3iL  cyber coffee is very healthy15:10
KilosQA  coffee on15:10
* QA flips the salt-timer15:10
Na3iLKilos, indeed :D15:10
Kilosi like what you did on the wiki, ty very much15:11
Kiloswe havent heard elacheche s comments yet15:11
elachecheNa3iL, meet QA :D15:11
elachecheQA, coffee please!15:11
QAelacheche: Done15:11
Na3iLyou're welcome, it's just the begin x)15:11
elachecheKilos, QA don't like me :'( :'( :'( Talk to your child!15:11
Kiloselacheche  why15:11
elachecheQA, is your child isn't she?! :D15:11
QAelacheche: Huh?15:11
Kilosshe said done15:11
Na3iLQA, I need coffee here x)15:12
QANa3iL: Excuse me?15:12
Kilosshe will make you some15:12
Kilosjust coffee please Na3iL15:12
Na3iLQA coffee15:12
QANa3iL: Huh?15:12
Kiloscoffee please15:12
Na3iLxD lol she hate mee xD15:12
Kilosshe only helps good mannered peeps15:13
Na3iLQA, coffee please15:13
QANa3iL: Alrighty15:13
Kiloshaha15:13
Na3iLwell x) hahahaha15:13
Na3iLI should go guys, time for my coffee now15:13
Kilosshe is written in python buy some old za members15:13
Na3iLcia o/15:13
Kiloscheers15:13
elachecheKilos, I had a net problem :D I skipped all that.. I just got the whole conversation before & after my last message x(15:14
QACoffee's ready for Kilos, elacheche and Na3iL!15:14
KilosQA  ty15:14
QAOnly a pleasure Kilos15:14
elachecheThanks QA15:14
Kilosalways bot nick first15:14
Kiloswhat did you miss elacheche15:14
elachecheQA Thanks15:15
QAsure thing, elacheche15:15
Kilosgive time in/out15:15
elachechenothing Kilos, but the whole conversation was sent to me after a while → Net problem :/15:15
Kilosoh haha15:15
Kilosbad lag15:15
FatarHmm well I live in this tiny island Mauritius. Since I think i'm going to do studies in Computer? I don't think there's a direct translation( I'm french) I looked for things related to that. I found a game hosting Wargames that's basicly a fun way to learn linux and the like and here I am.15:18
Kiloselacheche  dont let luna miss the meeting hey15:19
Kilosoh Fatar there is an ubuntu communit in mauritius15:19
elachecheFatar, when you can't translate a thing use the French word and I'll translate it for you :)15:19
elacheche+1 Fatar you should join the TOO15:20
Kilosand cyrilb is in mauritius15:20
FatarWoah seriously15:20
FatarThat's great15:21
FatarI'm still super basic noob through15:21
Kiloswe are everywhere15:21
Kiloseverybody was a noob once15:21
Kilosi am still learning stuff all the time15:21
Kilosand forgetting most15:22
Kilosso learn again tomorrow15:22
elachecheKilos, I still a n00b :)15:22
KilosFatar  would you like to join our group on launchpad?15:22
Kiloshttps://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-africa15:23
Kiloselacheche  will guide you if needed15:23
FatarWhat is launchpad?15:23
Kiloselacheche  explain15:24
Kilosin french even15:24
elachecheKilos, that's why am always here :D I know you will :)15:24
FatarIf I understand correctly It's a group system?15:24
Kiloselacheche  tell him what launchpad is15:24
elachecheFatar, launchpad is the plateform where Ubuntu CODE is hosted.. It's used for many other projects, including Local Communities like Ubuntu Mauritus or Ubuntu Tunisia, or Ubuntu Africa :)15:25
Kilosty cheche15:25
elachecheIf you can't understand the English explanation I can translate Fatar :)15:26
FatarIt's cool15:26
FatarSo does the ubuntu africa team has a project?15:26
Kilosmauritius just had a big event a few months back15:27
Kilosour project here is to unite all ubuntu and linux users in africa15:27
Kilosthis channel and the links in the topic bar were only made this year15:28
Kiloswb Na3iL15:28
Na3iLty Kilos15:29
elachecheHey Dro__ :D15:29
Dro__lol hi :P15:30
Kiloshi Dro__ welcome to ubuntu-africa15:30
Na3iLhey Dro__ :D15:30
Kilosyou guys know him?15:30
elachecheFatar, Kilos just started #ubuntu-africa.. As he said we need to unite all the africains in here.. And we'll have our FIRST irc meeting next week :D Don't miss it!15:30
Dro__Kilos, yes, i'm famous... (H)15:31
elachecheDro__, is tunisian Kilos :)15:31
Kiloshahaha15:31
Kiloswonderful15:31
elachecheHe just saw the channel name in our channel and joined :D15:31
Na3iLyup he's tunisian ubunturos :D15:31
Dro__damn you don't know me Kilos  ?15:31
Kilosall tunisians are slow to come here15:31
Dro__in which planet you live? OMG ! :P15:31
Kiloslol15:31
Dro__oh let me see.. its seems you're not interested about stars news.. well nice to meet you any way :)15:32
Kiloswell Dro__ your first time here and you havent even joined us yet15:32
Kiloswe need stars too15:32
Kiloshttps://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-africa15:32
elachechel0000l Dro__ :)15:32
Dro__yes its my first time.. sorry i was a bit busy making some meetings with Merkel and Holland ..15:33
Dro__so where is mister scratch?15:33
Kilosnp15:33
elachecheDro__, x_x15:34
Kiloselacheche  ^^15:34
* elacheche is speechless :p15:34
Kiloslol15:34
Kiloswho is mister scratch15:34
Kilosfind him15:34
Dro__Kilos,  where are you from ?15:36
Kilossouth africa15:36
elachecheAh Kilos I forgot to tell you:15:37
Kiloswhat?15:37
Dro__ntmu Kilos  :)15:38
elachecheAm pushing Na3iL to apply for the membership, as he contributed to Ubuntu Gnome, and Ubuntu in general :)15:38
Kilosyes thats good elacheche15:38
Kiloshe has my vote already15:39
Kilosntmu?15:39
Kiloselacheche  te Dro__ im a noob15:39
elachecheNa3iL, you see.. I told you that you should think about it :) You have the support of 2/4 Board Members :) :D15:39
Kilostell15:39
elachecheDro__, what language is that dude x) "ntmu"?! x) Are you alien?!15:40
Dro__elacheche, ntmu = nice to meet you15:40
Kilosl9ol15:40
Na3iLty elacheche & Kilos :D I'll work more hardly to get the Ubuntu membership15:40
Kilosgood lad Na3iL15:40
elachecheFatar, don't be shy :) You're home here :) And you are very welcomed :)15:40
Dro__Na3iL, good luck, you'll have my vote too.. (even i don't have one :p)15:41
Kiloshehe15:41
Na3iLhaha ty Dro__ :D15:41
elachecheDro__, you can join the membership board meeting to support him :D We accept supporters :)15:41
Kilosyes it helps to have supporters there15:41
Dro__and he will pay me? :D15:42
Kiloslol15:42
elachecheQA say HI to Dro__15:42
QAhiya15:42
elachecheWhen you pay me for making your TV thing on ubuntu works he'll pay you :D :p15:42
Dro__QA say Looking for people who can vote for Na3iL , Na3iL will pay $1000 for each vote15:43
QADro__: Got it15:43
Dro__lol15:43
Kiloshaha15:43
Na3iLhahahaha xD15:43
KilosQA  looking15:43
QAKilos: *blink*15:43
elachecheKilos, you see, Tunisians are noisy! :D I really elive that WE africans are very noisy comparing to others :D15:43
KilosDro__  you know python?15:44
Kilosnoisy is good15:44
Kiloslurkers make me sad15:44
Dro__Kilos, no, but python may know me :P15:44
Kiloslol15:44
* Na3iL Dro__ u made my day xD15:45
elachechehahahha :D15:45
Dro__Na3iL, don't forget my 1000 USD then :P15:45
Na3iLhaha don't worry :P15:46
Kiloselacheche  there is a guy in mauritius that runs their loco but i forget his name15:47
Kiloshad sil in it somewhere15:47
elachecheash!:15:47
elachecheHe's name is ash I think15:48
elachechelet me check :)15:48
cyrilbHi15:48
FatarHello?15:48
Kiloshi cyrilb here is a youngster in mauritius looking for you guys15:48
FatarSeems freenode servers bugged or something nothing was showing up15:48
Kiloswe see you Fatar15:49
cyrilbI'm hiring sysadmins15:49
FatarWell now me too15:49
elachecheFatar, use a desktop client instead of the wb one ;)15:49
cyrilbDreamnology.com15:49
elachecheKilos, the guy name is Ish Sookun!!15:49
Kilosya ish15:49
Kilosi think we have mailed each other15:49
Na3iLFatar, try xchat much better than web freenode15:50
elachechecyrilb, really!! The job is in what country?15:50
Kiloshexchat15:50
Kilosxchat not supported anymore15:50
Na3iLyup but I liked it and I can't change to another desktop client Kilos15:51
elachechehexchat == xchat :)15:51
Na3iLelacheche, you mean I should update nor upgrade?15:51
Kilosi use kde so use konversation15:51
Kiloshexchat is the supported version kinda15:52
Kilosforked i think15:52
elachecheNa3iL, no you should install hexchat and migrate your xchat config files to hexchat and everything will be the same :)15:52
Na3iLokay15:52
elachechecyrilb, "Rs" WHAT CORRENCY IS THAT?15:52
elachecheSorry for the UPCASE :(15:52
cyrilbelacheche: check the website15:52
cyrilbYou can apply online15:53
elachecheIt's based on France! I don't have a VISA x( :p15:54
cyrilbCan you read ????15:55
elachecheI am reading.. But need to focus x(15:56
Kilosso cyrilb how are you man? long time no hear15:57
cyrilbSorry it's the first line or the website15:57
cyrilbHey15:58
cyrilbKilos: I've been busy working15:58
cyrilbA lot15:58
Kilosbusy is good15:58
elacheche"basé à Ebène." I didn't seen that I just jumped to the technical qualifications x(15:58
Kilospays the bills15:58
cyrilbBusy is good15:58
cyrilbI'm scaling my team in mauritius15:59
cyrilb7 peeps by the end of the year15:59
Kilosnice15:59
cyrilbSysadmin experts15:59
cyrilbEverything is documented on the website16:00
cyrilbWe have an online application16:00
cyrilbWe received like 50 valid tests from worldwide16:00
cyrilbEurope, Africa, Asia16:01
Kiloscool16:01
Kiloseveryone wants to go to a holiday resort16:01
cyrilbFeels good16:01
Kiloswith warm weather16:01
cyrilbAs an office16:01
Kilosyeah16:01
elachechehope that you find good people cyrilb :)16:03
* elacheche need to go home.. see you later16:03
Kilosgo well16:03
Na3iLcia elacheche16:03
cyrilbany event planned in SA?16:11
cyrilbplanning a trip…16:11
cyrilbany meetup/FB/whatever group to follow?16:11
Kiloswe have a fb page now as well16:11
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KilosCryterion  whats the fb page please16:12
Cryterionhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/49477542068678016:14
Cryterionshould add it into the topic16:14
Kilosi dont know how much activity is there yet16:14
Kiloswe could add it to the site as well, only time for the host is very limited atm16:15
Na3iLI don't prefer that failbook16:15
Kilosnor do i but everyone else is social media mad16:16
cyrilbthanks16:18
cyrilbI requested to join16:18
Kiloscool16:18
Kiloswe have a guy in the states that monitor it while we sleep16:18
Kilosphilipballew  ^^16:18
cyrilbin the US?16:18
Kiloshe was fixing laptop today16:19
philipballewKilos, im here16:19
philipballewon my spare16:19
Kilosyes on the mexican border16:19
Kilosphilipballew  cyrilb requested to join fb16:19
philipballewKilos, perfect, just approved16:20
cyrilbthanks16:20
cyrilbphilipballew: ^16:20
Kiloscool16:20
philipballewcyrilb, you are from France?16:21
cyrilbI'm French16:21
philipballewif you see any french spam anywhere here or the facebook page, let us know and we can remove it16:21
cyrilbbut I left France, I was in Madagascar and I'm now in Mauritius16:22
cyrilbFrench spam?16:22
cyrilbtell me more16:22
cyrilbURL?16:22
cyrilbnext time you see French spam, let's talk here16:28
cyrilbphilipballew: ping me and I'll see what I can do to help16:28
philipballewcyrilb, yeah, thats great.16:28
philipballewi was just wanting to make sure we have as many non english people as we can and all here16:29
philipballewKilos, good idea to make sure someone in here speaks french right?16:29
Kilosthere are also lots of the french speaker africa groups that could join there so one needs to understand what they are saying16:29
Kilosthere are quite a few philipballew16:30
Kiloselacheche  and all the tunisia guys for starters16:30
cyrilbyou really have a lot English people in Ubuntu Africa?!16:30
Kilosthe think is cyrilb i dont understand french so most of the guys use english so i understand16:31
cyrilbho, you mean English speakers16:31
cyrilbThse are not English people :)16:31
cyrilb(from England)16:31
Kilosoh16:32
Kiloshaha16:32
Kilosyes english speaker16:32
Kilosonly one here in the uk is popey16:32
Kiloswe also have french in our wiki page now too16:33
Kiloshttps://wiki.ubuntu.com/AfricanTeams16:34
cyrilbLinux people all speak English16:34
cyrilbeven in France16:34
Kilosim lucky hey16:34
Kiloshehe16:34
cyrilbif you target French speakers who didn't make the effort to learn English, they won't make the effort to learn Linux either16:34
cyrilbEnglish is mandatory in Tech16:34
Kilosyes16:35
cyrilbthe IT guy won't can't speak English is not an IT guy16:35
cyrilbshe/he's just pretenidng16:36
Kilosyeah16:36
Kiloscyrilb  you must meet melodie sometime16:36
cyrilbwho's she?16:36
Kilosshe is in france and working on ubuntu with openbox16:37
Kiloscalled bento16:37
cyrilbI'm not in France16:37
Kilosyes man but she visits here and is always looking for guys with ideas and time to test stuff16:37
cyrilboh OK16:38
cyrilbI wish I could have time ;-)16:38
Kilosthats a world wide prob16:38
Kilosonce you have your team going it should ease up a bit16:38
cyrilbyes16:39
Kiloswelcome to the team Fatar just approved you16:45
Kilosyou can join the mailing list there as well16:46
Fatarbrb16:53
cyrilbthanks16:53
cyrilbmovie time now16:53
cyrilbsee you guys16:53
cyrilb9pm here16:53
FatarAh, much better!16:54
FatarThank you whoever recommanded hexchat16:54
Kiloslol i used to use xchat till they stopped supporting it16:55
Kiloshexchat is close and an improvement16:55
Kilosphilipballew  have you fixed the laptop?17:53
philipballewKilos, nope. I am going to have a guy I know ssh in and do it17:57
philipballewhes a debian developer so he knows all17:58
Kilosif you can get it to a cli you can apt-get install ubuntu-desktop17:58
philipballewKilos, yeah, but I have no kernel to boot to, so I need to chroot and install "linux-image"17:58
philipballewits sad17:58
Kiloswhew17:59
Kilosgood luck with that17:59
Kilosdont you have an iso on dvd?17:59
philipballewflash drive17:59
philipballewmy laptop has no cd/dvd drive18:00
Kilosah then you can boot from that18:00
philipballewexactly. then set up ssh and let him in18:00
Kiloscopy /home to another flash drive and then reinstall18:00
superflyKilos: ping18:00
philipballewhome is encrypted18:00
Kilossuperfly  pong18:01
superflyKilos: how did you fix the reply-to with the mailing list?18:01
Kilosit was a setting in thunderbird , had to press a funny name button18:01
Kiloslemme find it in account settings18:01
superflyKilos: oh, no, you didn't quite fix it18:02
Kilosmanage identities18:02
superflyKilos: the mailing list should be setting the reply-to18:02
Kilosthen blank where it said reply to18:02
Kilosoh18:02
Kilosinetpro  ^^18:03
Kiloshows the family superfly ?18:04
Kilosand you also?18:04
superflyya, they're fine18:04
Kilosgood, we got yucky weather for next few days18:05
Kilossuperfly  after i blanked out the reply to block in the ubuntu.com thing peeps then could reply to me18:08
Kilosi have no idea what else must be done18:08
Na3iLyo Kilos18:10
Kilosyo Na3iL18:10
Na3iLyou know, am thinking about a new project related to Ubuntu18:10
Na3iLby the way what u use as DE/environment for ur desktop?18:10
Kilosyay i found where to make my @ubuntu.com my default mail18:11
Na3iLhahah cool :D18:11
Na3iLKilos, am thinking about a team Ubuntu Awesome..18:14
Na3iLfor the awesome wm environment, what u think..18:14
Kiloskeep thinking18:14
Na3iLI hope I can gather some users using awesome as their interfaces18:15
Na3iLfor that am asking everywhere pple :D18:15
Kilosi dont know it18:15
KilosNa3iL  speak to elacheche lets hear what he says18:17
Kilosthese things are beyond me18:17
Na3iLIt's like Unity/Gnome/Kde18:18
Na3iLyup elacheche know about it already18:18
Kilosoh a gui18:18
Na3iLyup18:18
Kilosok18:18
Kilosive just spent a happy year on kde now you want me to learn something new18:19
Na3iLyup :D you should give it a try18:19
Kiloshaha18:20
Kiloswhat size is the download needed for it18:21
Na3iLI think u should read about it a little18:22
Na3iLhttps://urukrama.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/first-steps-with-awesome-window-manager/18:22
Kiloswhen i get new data i can try it on another drive18:22
Kilosremind me again on the 1st18:22
Na3iLokayy18:24
Kilosyou think its better than kde?18:24
Kilosi love kde18:24
Na3iLI tried them both, and I liked Awesome wm a lot18:27
Na3iLit's simply Awesome :D18:27
Na3iLbut need some basics18:27
Kilosi havent just tried kde , ive learned to love it18:27
Na3iLcool :D18:28
Kilosso much better than unity18:28
Kilos:D18:28
Na3iLof course :D I hate unity18:35
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