[02:17] <daftykins> nice, just recovered a little old NAS that was doing nothing :)
[04:49] <pauljw> gnite all
[04:52] <SeriouslyLaugh> !bot
[06:41] <lotuspsychje> good morning to all
[10:14] <lotuspsychje> morning cfhowlett
[10:14] <cfhowlett> greetings lotuspsychje
[10:15] <lotuspsychje> motaka wining again about solutions for his borked system
[10:16] <lotuspsychje> he's on 12.04 and tryed upgrade to 14.04 and got failed upgrade, now cant get greeter to load, cant do recoverymode,previous kernels fail to boot and doesnt want clean install
[10:16] <lotuspsychje> prrrr
[10:17] <cfhowlett> lotuspsychje, he's screwed then
[10:17] <lotuspsychje> yeah told him he needs to clean install
[10:18] <cfhowlett> wait, he STILL hasn't fixed that 12.04?  and STILL doesn't want to do a proper install?  back to windows XP for him then :)
[10:18] <lotuspsychje> indeed
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[10:18] <lotuspsychje> cfhowlett: he's got 300 previous kernels in his list oO
[10:19] <cfhowlett> sweet christmas!
[10:19] <lotuspsychje> lol
[10:19] <cfhowlett> clearly doesn't believe in spring cleaning, aka PEBKAS error
[10:21] <lotuspsychje> cfhowlett: you need a w10 theme lol? http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/windows-10-accurate-theme-released-for-almost-all-major-linux-desktops-496831.shtml
[10:21] <cfhowlett> read wha ... oh HELL no!
[10:21] <lotuspsychje> :p:p
[10:21] <cfhowlett> I saw that and said "meh!"
[10:38] <lotuspsychje> he keeps talking and talking and no action
[10:39] <cfhowlett> yeah, I see that.
[10:47] <cfhowlett> lotuspsychje, I've seen his pattern and added to /ignore.  He's attention trolling.
[10:48] <lotuspsychje> yeah
[12:00] <BluesKaj> Howdy folks
[12:01] <pauljw> Hi everyone
[12:13] <BluesKaj> 'Morning pauljw
[12:13] <pauljw> hi BluesKaj :)
[12:38] <BluesKaj> Hi cfhowlett
[12:38] <cfhowlett> hidiho BluesKaj
[12:38] <BluesKaj> :-)
[12:42] <BluesKaj> BBL , gotta check something
[14:44] <pauljw> brb
[16:31] <lotuspsychje> good evening to all
[18:36] <daftykins> lotuspsychje: howdy \o
[18:36] <lotuspsychje> hey daftykins
[18:36] <daftykins> cor, 50mph winds down on the island here D:
[18:36] <lotuspsychje> hows you mate
[18:36] <lotuspsychje> yeah we got strong storm also
[18:36] <daftykins> good thanks :D tad windswept though! yourself?
[18:36] <lotuspsychje> fine here  tnx
[18:36] <daftykins> just been to scrub up my other bike that i took away to Wales, as it'd been at my parents since
[18:37] <daftykins> i'm being forced to take it back again so my folks can get their motorbikes in and out :>
[18:37] <lotuspsychje> :p
[18:38] <daftykins> oooh i can hardly wait for the week to start, to get all my deliveries ^_^
[18:38] <lotuspsychje> the mobile glass front?
[18:39] <daftykins> yep, plus the SSD, £200 Lenovo laptop and bluray Battlestar Galactica set i snagged in the sales
[18:39] <lotuspsychje> ohhhh
[18:39] <lotuspsychje> wich ssd was it?
[18:39] <lotuspsychje> lol you buy dvd's?
[18:39] <daftykins> 240GB SanDisk Plus, for £33 delivered. Low end, but still MLC
[18:40] <lotuspsychje> ah right neat price
[18:40] <lotuspsychje> and goes rocketfast also
[18:40] <daftykins> i own exactly one bluray set right now, this'll be my second - i tend to splash out if it's a series i'd really like to see again
[18:40] <lotuspsychje> daftykins: gonna run w10 on it?
[18:40] <lotuspsychje> daftykins: check qbittorrent :p
[18:41] <daftykins> oh trust me i have my sources for such things, just didn't fancy it this time
[18:41] <daftykins> ;)
[18:41] <lotuspsychje> or gonna run linux on it?
[18:41] <daftykins> well the cheap Lenovo is going to the guy i got that 27" screen in for, as it's new enough to drive 2560x1440 over HDMI - so he'll run 10 on it probably as he will be using it for architects drawings
[18:41] <lotuspsychje> ah kk
[18:42] <daftykins> i may be able to sell him that SSD to put in it, depends if he'll be willing to cover my time to do it - the machine comes with a 1TB spinner :>
[18:43] <lotuspsychje> 1TB out and in enclosure and ssd in
[18:43] <lotuspsychje> or does the laptop handle double hd?
[18:43] <daftykins> most likely not... but yeah, could get an optical drive bay to put it in
[18:43] <daftykins> or i'm sure i could make use with it in my special enclosure for my xbox otherwise ;)
[18:44] <lotuspsychje> im gonna do that with ssd+ubuntu transforms on existing laptops
[18:44] <daftykins> mmm, good way to keep folks data then
[18:44] <lotuspsychje> plugout their existing mechanical hd and put in sata enclosure
[18:44] <daftykins> i do find that's the most time consuming part of support tasks, just shunting peoples digital lives around before you can work :P
[18:44] <lotuspsychje> yeah
[18:46] <lotuspsychje> hmm that latest 352 nvidia driver seems to cause alot of issues
[18:46] <lotuspsychje> had several users to revert to older driver versions
[18:46] <daftykins> that could be why i don't seem to be able to get anyone's optimus setup working when i suggest it :(
[18:46] <lotuspsychje> yeah
[18:47] <lotuspsychje> the guy i just helped got optimus aswell
[18:47] <daftykins> it can be a right tricky devil :)
[18:47] <lotuspsychje> think it works best with optimus+340 or 346
[18:48] <daftykins> mmm, probably ok when the mobile chip is an 'older' one that's already in 346
[18:48] <daftykins> supported by 346, i mean
[18:53] <lotuspsychje> hey EriC^^
[18:54] <EriC^^> hey lotuspsychje
[18:54] <lotuspsychje> EriC^^: what happened to the sattelite?
[18:55] <EriC^^> haven't replaced the part yet
[18:55] <lotuspsychje> im gonna watch klitschko vs fury in a bit :p
[18:55] <lotuspsychje> he lost
[18:55] <EriC^^> we have another satellite registration ( the local satellite distributor ) so it's ok
[18:56] <lotuspsychje> EriC^^: nice
[19:09] <lotuspsychje> bbl guys watching heavyweight boxing
[19:09] <pauljw> bye
[19:09] <daftykins> \o
[19:09] <pauljw> hey daftykins and all
[19:10] <daftykins> hey pauljw! hey EriC^^ :D sorry i fell asleep the other time i said hi :>
[19:10] <EriC^^> :)
[19:10] <pauljw> i've been in and out too
[19:11] <daftykins> might be time to do that whole food thing i'm so fond of!
[19:13] <pauljw> :)
[19:56] <GrizzlyKolsch> Hi everyone - I'm new to ubuntu / linux, but want to learn more about networking and security. Are there any 'projects' you could recommend, so that I could learn using a hands on approach?
[19:56] <daftykins> i got a good background by setting myself the task of setting up a wordpress website from ubuntu server a while back
[19:57] <daftykins> the free course LFS101x on edx.org is also a good primer on Linux aspects
[19:57] <daftykins> perhaps creating two VMs that can file share via samba would also be a good one
[19:57] <GrizzlyKolsch> ah - I was thinking about edx courses. That sounds like a good idea to me.
[19:58] <GrizzlyKolsch> cheers for the tips :)
[23:33] <daftykins> i do so enjoy those users with the periodic updates