[19:23] <aeden__d> anyone tried elementary OS yet? Curious to what the local team thinks
[19:30] <bwmaker> I didn't care much for it. I'd rather stick with Gnome or Cinnamon.
[19:33] <aeden__d> I didn't like it much either. It seems everyone wants to emulate osx
[19:36] <bwmaker> Yeah, I'd prefer OSX over Elementary.
[19:38] <aeden__d> do you use ubuntu primarily or do you run another os?
[19:45] <bwmaker> Depends on what day it is. :) I've used Arch, Debian, Mint, Ubuntu and Fedora for at least several days over the past few years. Currently using Mint 17.2 on my laptop and home desktop.
[19:46] <bwmaker> Previously had Ubuntu Mate on my desktop and Ubuntu Gnome on my laptop.
[19:46] <bwmaker> I had Fedora 21 on my laptop for a while as it had the right mix of stability, up-to-date kernel and newer packages. It seemed to work best. Mint seems to be a close 2nd to that.
[19:54] <aeden__d> that's cool. I used to use ubuntu as my primary os then I stopped once unity came around, or, I never updated. I've got mac but I only use it to host linux distros I want to try out. go figure
[19:55] <aeden__d> I really like mint, too. But the more I use Ubuntu 14.04 I'm feeling the loyalty calling me back in.
[20:02] <bwmaker> Unity isn't bad. I think they cleaned up a lot of the right stuff. But I feel like Gnome 3 has the elements that I like about OSX and Unity but I'm still able to customize it and navigate quite easily.
[20:03] <bwmaker> aeden__d: What are you using now? OSX still?
[20:04] <aeden__d> yeah, I bought a mac about a year ago. But I rarely use "it". I use Ubuntu 14.04 in virtual box as my primary
[20:10] <bwmaker> Interesting. I did that for a bit. Then work gave me an XPS 13 Sputnik, so I don't bug my wife to use her MacBook anymore. :)
[20:13] <aeden__d> Ha! Don't get me wrong, there are things I really appreciate about OSX, but for some reason I can't pull away from Ubuntu.
[20:17] <aeden__d> bwmaker, what part of Tn are you from?
[20:18] <bwmaker> Nashville
[20:20] <aeden__d> I'm down in Tullahoma
[20:23] <bwmaker> I haven't been down there in a long time. I grew up in Warren/Grundy Co.
[20:23] <bwmaker> I escaped, but I didn't make it far. :)
[20:25] <aeden__d> Grundy County?? haha, ok, I'll hold back on any jokes :)
[20:26] <aeden__d> I actually work with a few people from Grundy County, one of them is a mechanical engineer from Tn Tech
[20:27] <bwmaker> No, fire away! :) I'm "from the valley" so I'm more McMinnville-oriented than anything. Not sure that's much better, though.
[20:27] <bwmaker> Interesting.
[20:28] <aeden__d> interesting that a mechanical engineer came out of Grundy?? haha
[20:28] <bwmaker> Yeah, a little. They're not really known for their promotion of education. There's a few smart ones there, but not a lot.
[20:28] <bwmaker> Mostly good, well intentioned people, though.
[20:29] <aeden__d> One thing I've learned over the years. just because someone talks slow doesn't mean they think slow
[20:29] <bwmaker> It's very true. I've had friends who were really bright and could be really inventive problem solvers.
[20:30] <bwmaker> They just didn't like school.
[20:30] <bwmaker> Or at least didn't like school the way it was made available to them.
[20:31] <aeden__d> That happens a lot. I work in a mechanical/aerospace field and there are a lot of craftsman that are extremely bright, they just dont have a piece of paper saying so
[20:32] <bwmaker> Down at AEDC?
[20:32] <aeden__d> yeah
[20:33] <aeden__d> where do you work at?
[20:34] <bwmaker> Southerners get a bad rap sometimes. But AEDC, Huntsville, Oak Ridge... we've got some really smart people in small, Southern towns. I know some came from other areas, but lot's of smart people with a drawl.
[20:35] <bwmaker> I work for Emma. http://myemma.com
[20:35] <aeden__d> I agree
[20:37] <bwmaker> brb
[21:05] <bwmaker> I'm back
[21:05] <bwmaker> aeden__d: Are you an engineer?
[21:30] <cyberanger> More people from ADEC, sweet