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inetproare we having a meeting tonight?14:30
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inetprohmm...18:37
inetproanybody here for the meeting?18:38
perphilyap18:39
inetproperphil: hi18:39
perphili`m new to this18:40
inetprosorry that I'm late18:40
inetprolet's see if others can join before we start18:41
perphilhi, i`m very that we have some place to see all african techs18:41
inetproperphil: where are you from?18:41
perphilsorry...18:41
perphiljanilson from Cap Verd18:41
inetpronice!18:41
perphilsmal island in atlantico18:42
perphildo you know anything about it18:42
inetprounfortunately no18:43
inetproperphil: have you seen the page at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AfricanTeams ?18:43
perphilin past its like portuguese where the first to land this island18:43
perphilyes18:44
perphilall of  my friends use windows18:45
inetproperphil: how many people on the island?18:47
perphilhalf milion18:48
inetprointeresting18:49
* inetpro trying to locate it on the map18:49
perphilbut you may hear about Cesaria Evora  famous singer in france18:50
inetproperphil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ces%C3%A1ria_%C3%89vora18:52
perphilyap18:52
perphili`m from biggest islind Santiago and it has nation capital18:53
perphilhave you see it on map?18:54
inetproah, found it now18:54
inetproso do you use Ubuntu?18:55
perphilstarted about 4 months18:56
inetproperphil: what do you do for a living?18:56
perphilright now i`m doing webdesigner18:57
inetpronice18:57
perphiljust start to it, till now have to clients18:58
* inetpro happy to see a growing community 18:58
perphilme too18:58
inetprosadly this place is very quiet today18:58
inetprounfortunately our resident oom Kilos is not very well these day18:59
inetprodays*18:59
perphilunfortunately18:59
perphilwhy?18:59
inetprohe's due for an operation19:00
inetprohernia19:00
perphilooh19:01
inetproas far as I understand his medications are making him very tired as well19:01
perphilwhere are you from?19:02
inetproI'm from the south19:02
inetprodown in South Africa19:02
inetproPretoria to me more exact19:02
perphilok, nice19:03
inetproperphil: do you use twitter or other social media?19:03
perphiltwitter most for sites that ask for it for ads19:04
perphili closed my facebook19:04
inetproyou can find me there as @inetpro19:05
perphilbut i m thinking about be more active on google +19:05
perphilok, what you do for in tech world19:06
inetprosysadmin jack of all trades and master of none19:06
perphilgood19:07
perphili dont speak english well19:08
inetproyour english is not bad at all19:08
perphilbut i think you can understand me19:08
perphilbut i`m too slow on typing19:08
perphilit19:08
inetprowhat is your home language?19:09
perphilportugues19:09
perphiland criolo19:10
perphilsome mix between that19:10
inetproperphil: Crioulo?19:11
inetprohi oom Kilos19:11
inetprowhere have you been19:11
inetpromeeting night19:11
Kiloshi inetpro and others19:11
Kilosi had a hard day, sorry sir19:11
inetproKilos: meet perphil19:11
perphilhello kilos19:11
Kilosb/p dropped to 72/4819:11
inetprofrom Cape Verde19:12
Kiloshi perphil19:12
perphilhi19:12
perphilhope health improvements19:12
inetproperphil: oom Kilos is the man who started this project19:12
Kilosit will ty, welcome on our channel19:12
perphilthanks19:12
perphili`m very happy19:13
perphili was looking for this a long19:13
Kilosthats good to hear19:13
Kilosi like people to be happy19:13
perphilAfrica must come together at all layer19:13
perphilnice19:14
Kilosyes i agree thats why we started this19:14
Kiloshave you seen the site19:14
inetproKilos: recheck the blood pressure19:14
inetprois that not a bit low?19:14
Kilosi have 3 times already inetpro , its climbing after lots of slt19:15
Kilosvery low19:15
inetproyikes!19:15
Kilosi battled to stand up even19:15
Kiloshaha19:15
Kilossalt19:15
Kilosand i think my wireless card in desktop packed up, i had to bring my modem here19:16
Kilossigh19:16
Kilosso not the best day ive had19:16
Kilosbut feeling lots better now19:17
Kilosperphil have you seen our site?19:17
perphilkilos: do not make too much effort19:17
Kilosno im on my back with laptop on my knees19:18
Kiloshaha19:18
perphilyes i was looking for logs and all19:18
perphillunchpad19:18
Kilosaha19:18
Kilosspread the word19:19
perphili dont speak english right19:19
Kilosno problem19:19
perphilok19:19
Kiloswe have french guys here as well19:19
perphilnice19:19
inetproperphil: have you registered at https://launchpad.net/ yet?19:20
perphilhere i have just 2 friends tha is in blender project19:20
perphilyes yesterday19:20
inetproplease join the team https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-africa if you haven't19:20
KilosDro__ why so quiet19:22
Dro__Kilos, bored19:22
Kiloslol19:22
Kiloswas elacheche here today?19:23
Kilosd4rk-5c0rp hi there19:24
inetproKilos: it was very quiet in here today19:24
Kilosoh my19:24
inetproguess I should try to be more active here as well19:25
inetproperphil: what client are you using for IRC?19:26
perphilxchat19:27
inetproperphil: welcome to the team19:28
inetpronow please join the mailing list on that page as well19:28
perphili have joined the team but i`m in pending approval19:29
inetproperphil: check your mail19:29
perphilok i`m in the AFRICA now19:30
Kiloswelome19:31
Kiloswelcome19:31
perphilthanks19:31
perphilmy problem with ubuntu 14.10 is samba with virtualbox19:32
perphili have  read test a thosen tutos tricks19:32
inetproperphil: what is the exact problem you're having?19:33
perphilbut none works,19:33
inetprowhy use samba?19:34
perphilas i use xammp i need to test sites on w7, xp, w1019:34
inetproah, so you want to share files across platforms?19:35
perphiland want to acess some progs on disck to install on windows guest19:35
inetproperphil: https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/samba-fileserver.html19:36
perphilits dificult to forget windows19:37
Kiloslol19:37
inetprothe more you use Linux the less you will want to see windows19:37
perphilthanks will check now19:37
perphilthats truth19:38
inetprowb elacheche_anis19:38
Kiloswb elacheche_anis19:38
Kilostunisians are slack hey19:38
inetproyou forgot about our meeting?19:38
Kilosoh sorry nizarus19:38
nizarus:)19:39
Kiloshaha19:39
elacheche_anisHello Africa :) :) :D19:41
elacheche_anisI'm late! x) → I forget about the meeting x)19:42
Kilosdate eater19:42
Kiloscamel milk drinker19:42
elacheche_anishahaha Kilos :p :)19:42
Kilosyou need some brain food19:42
Kiloseat fish19:42
Kiloshehe19:42
Kiloselacheche_anis meet perphil form cape verde19:43
perphilhaha kilos very entertaining camel milk19:43
Kilosi dont know their main language19:43
perphilcrioulo19:43
elacheche_anisHey perphil :)19:43
perphilhi elacheche19:44
perphilguess, from tunisia ?19:44
inetproKilos: Portuguese19:44
Kilosaha19:45
perphilelacheche: how camel milk taste?19:45
elacheche_anisperphil: I have no idea :D Never drinked it :) It's just Kilos making fun of me :p19:46
Kiloswe dont have peeps from  mozambique here yet either have we?19:46
perphillol19:46
nizarusperphil, just visit tunisia and you will know it19:46
Kilosperphil i enjoy teasing people19:46
perphilgood, very entertaining19:46
elacheche_anis+1 nizarus :)19:46
nizarusKilos, i'm from the sahel in tunisia so my main food is fish ;-)19:46
elacheche_anisKilos: You should come to Tunisia for your honeymoon ;) :) :D19:47
Kilosfish is wonderful food19:47
perphilbut i think camel milk is not so bad19:47
Kiloshaha elacheche_anis too far man19:47
perphilif y`re alone in desert and have not to eat it can help right?19:48
nizarusperphil, neither kamel meet too :p19:48
elacheche_anisYou'll go to Australia :p Tunisie is not that far :p Tell her and she'll like the idea ;) :D19:48
Kiloshahaha19:48
elacheche_anisyeah perphil it can, if you find it :) :D And why you'll find me alone in the desert!  x)19:49
perphilwe have woman here?19:49
inetproperphil: at least one from france who's coming and going from time to time19:50
Kilosnot now but melodie from franc visits oftne19:50
perphilelacheche: you know some times "dust storm "19:50
elacheche_anisEuuuh, I know what's a dust storm.. I never been in one.. I never visited the desert anyway x)19:51
elacheche_anisKilos: no meeting for tonight?19:52
Kilosiwas also late elacheche_anis19:53
Kilosinetpro  did you have a meeting?19:53
elacheche_anisOK.. Who's here :) I wanna talk to you about a little project that needs the help of AFRICA :)19:53
inetproKilos: I never started it, no19:53
Kilosive been very slack, sorry, should have posted a reminder in the list19:54
Kilosoh my19:54
inetproI was a bit late as well, to be honest19:54
Kilosas soon as im in top form again iill start revving peeps19:54
inetprotoo much focus on the rugby world cup19:55
Kiloshahaha19:55
inetprosee Japan got a bit of a hiding today19:55
Kilosyeah i heard it on the news just now19:55
inetproperphil: do you guys play rugby on the Cape Verde islands?19:56
perphilno19:57
* inetpro would love to see more african teams compete in the world cup19:57
perphilits english influences19:58
inetproit doesn't have to be that way19:59
perphilyou know we are too closed to culture that is far far away from atlantico19:59
perphili dont mean in that way20:00
perphiljust trying to explain that colonization has for some way determined our culture20:01
* inetpro wonders how Samoa started playing rugby20:01
perphilwho is Samoa ?20:03
inetproperphil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoa20:03
Kilosbig guys from an island near australia i think20:04
inetprothey are one of the teams competing the the current world cup20:04
inetproKilos: near australia?20:04
inetproI guess it's all relative :-)20:05
Kilosarent they down there somewhere20:05
inetprothey are somewhere between nowhere and nothing in the middle of a big ocean20:05
Kiloslol20:06
Kilosi see old colony of new zealand20:06
perphildoes mozambique play rugby ?20:07
Kilosno20:07
Kilossoccer peeps20:07
perphilAngola?20:07
Kilosmost of africa is soccer mad20:07
inetprohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Rugby#Africa20:09
perphili see that world english are more universal than other comunity20:12
Kilosyes20:12
Kilosnight all of you, sleep tight20:14
perphilhere in Cap Verd its dificult to get people to strike government20:14
inetprogood night oom Kilos20:14
Kilosperphil dont disappear hey20:14
perphilnope20:14
perphili`m 19:1520:15
inetproperphil: I think he's trying to say that you should stick around here like every day from now onwards :-)20:15
perphilok20:16
perphilbut he went to sleep so early ?20:16
inetproit's 22:16 here20:16
perphilok, i used to sleep 00:0020:17
perphilwhat about you feel asleep ?20:17
perphilinetpro:?20:18
* inetpro is still here for a few minutes20:18
perphili think gone be alone here... mad20:18
elacheche_anisI just sent an email to our ML perphil inetpro :)20:19
nlsthznsup all :)20:20
inetprowb nlsthzn20:20
inetproperphil: meet nlsthzn20:21
nlsthznthx inetpro ... was actually expecting more people to be lurking here...20:21
elacheche_anishey nlsthzn :)20:21
elacheche_anisCheck your inboxs guys :p20:21
* inetpro checking mail20:21
nlsthznhey elacheche_anis :)20:21
perphilhello nlsthzn20:22
nlsthznhi perphil :)20:22
perphily`re going to be more minutes here right ?20:23
elacheche_anisAh inetpro ! I forget.. LP is too slow that the emails comes late the the MLs on LP x) My mail will take a couple of minutes to be in your inbox x(20:23
inetproI got it20:25
inetprosounds like an interesting project20:25
inetproperphil: did you sign up on the mailing list at https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-africa20:26
elacheche_anisYep :) inetpro my email not in the public archive yet.. x)20:26
inetpronlsthzn: are you even a team member yet?20:27
perphilwaiting to mail get in the box20:28
inetproperphil: if you're not subscribed on the mailing list you won't see it20:29
craigbrashmy most sincere apologies20:29
inetprocraigbrash: wb20:29
nlsthzninetpro, team member off?20:29
inetpronlsthzn: ubuntu-africa on LP20:30
inetpronlsthzn: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-africa20:30
inetproclick on Join the team20:30
nlsthzndoubt it... after a little "incident" I removed myself from most things ubuntu (even my IRC cloak is now unaffiliated)...20:31
perphilinetpro: i am subscribed20:31
nlsthznI am actually running ubuntu now for the first time in months20:31
nlsthznbut I will look into it and perhaps I signed up20:32
inetprohmm...20:32
inetpronlsthzn: how's the little "incident" doing?20:33
inetpro:-)20:33
nlsthznnot what I was meaning :D20:33
nlsthznbut that little incident is doing fine (except for the top two teeth seemingly wanting to come out both at the same time)20:34
inetproyikes! Another incident?20:34
inetproperphil: ah, I see you're a member of the mailing list as well20:35
nlsthzna story for another time perhaps ;)20:35
inetproelacheche_anis: I wonder how long it takes for a message to appear in the public archives20:35
nlsthznwell it is nearing 1 in the morning... I will attempt to lurk here too :) good night all20:36
inetprogood night nlsthzn20:36
perphilgood night nls20:36
perphilinetpro: last message that i see is from Yossa20:37
perphilFrom: Rodrigue YOSSA, 2015-09-1720:37
inetproyeah, I think it's all normal20:38
inetprothe archives are probably generated once every half hour or even once every hour20:38
perphiltoo slow20:39
inetproI think we should look at another altenative for our mailing list20:41
inetproanyway, time for me to go sleep as well20:43
perphilinetpro: this time meeting is fair for all members since we have too diferent time zone?20:43
inetproperphil: nice talking to you20:43
perphilok me too20:43
perphilgood night20:43
inetprogood night20:43
elacheche_anisinetpro: Last time I mesured that it was 30min for the 1st mail in a thread.. And minutes for the rest of mails in the same thread20:46
perphilelacheche_anis: good project, but i use 3g pen21:06
elacheche_anisIf you know someone with ADSL you can share the mail with him perphil :)21:09
perphilhere you must pay about 160 dollar for unlimited net subscrib21:23
perphil:- (21:24
elacheche_anis160$/month?21:49
elacheche_anisperphil: if you have the right to do it, you can put it @work.. I didn't put my probe @work because it's a 20Mb/s Optical Fiber, that will not help I think.. So I choosed to use my 4Mb/s home ADSL..21:50
perphilwould like to help, we are in the stone age like turts, its too expensive21:59
perphilhave to use net very racional, every bits count22:00
elacheche_anisI know that feeling perphil.. We was in the same situation 8 years ago..22:01
perphilas i do webdesign, waste more time on searshing new trends tutos free books22:03
perphilTunisia is in good direction, unfortunately extremism is a "stone in the shoes"22:05
elacheche_anisextremism is a political issue in here.. They just turn it on/off when they'll need it or not..22:06
perphilthat behavior is in their over time, as people come together politicians will be ridiculous22:10
elacheche_anis:)22:13
elacheche_anisShould go have some sleep..22:15
elacheche_anisGoodnight guys :)22:15
perphilgood night elacheche  nice talk :)22:21
perphilAll Africa gone to sleep?22:27
perphilhello nizarus23:19
nizarushi perphil23:20
perphilare you from tunisia right23:22
nizarusyep23:23
nizarusand you ?23:23
perphilwest coast senegal, Cap Verd23:24
perphilland of Cesaria Evora23:24
nizarusso you speak french ?23:25
perphilunfortunately no23:25
perphilcolinazed by portuguese23:26
nizarusAh ! no problem, my french is better then my english23:26
perphilmy english is bad too23:27
perphilnow in tunisia is about 02:00 ?23:27
nizarusno we are in utc+123:29
nizarusso it's 00:3023:29
perphilhave installed inkscape yesterday on ubuntu 14.10, bu today refuse to start23:29
perphilam new to ubuntu23:30
perphilstart use it for web dev23:30
nizarusany error message ?23:31
perphilnothing23:32
perphilsince last update on some librarys for security issues23:33
perphilevince stop to function and now is inkscape23:33
perphilbut i`ve installed adobe reader 923:34
nizarusthe update was done with no errors ?23:34
perphili think so23:35
perphili'm using metacity, because my pc is pentium 4 3.0 Ghz and an old ati graphics 128 Mb23:38
nizarustry to launch one of them from a terminal and see if you got any error message23:38
perphilok23:38
perphillook:root@bidido:~# /usr/bin/inkscape23:40
perphil/usr/bin/inkscape: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpoppler-glib.so.8: undefined symbol: _ZN7GfxFont16getAlternateNameEPKc23:40
nizarusbad point : using the desktop as root23:43
perphiljust sudo -s23:43
nizarusyou are not doing an administration task so no need to be root :/23:44
nizarushttps://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/inkscape/+question/26257123:46
perphilam in the nodejs and xammp, and they need hight privilege23:47
nizarusjust 'sudo apt-get install libpoppler46'23:47
perphiland im very lazy to always sudo, as my system is fresh new every am installing some new library23:50
perphiland im very lazy to always sudo, as my system is fresh new every day i`m installing some new library23:50
perphilso use i use sudo -s23:51
perphilwhat you do in tech?23:52
nizarusdon't be lazy :)23:52
perphili`m more interesting in html5 javascript game dev23:53
perphilit worked, have inkscape now, thanks, saved my day and lot of downstream bit23:56
nizarus:)23:59

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