[00:46] hello [05:35] hi FreeB3ar [05:35] happy 2016 [07:40] Hello valorie [07:40] how are you, FreeB3ar? [07:40] Cold,you? [07:40] * valorie is enjoying 2016 so far [07:41] we were at our cabin in the mountains for the new year, and it was COLD there [07:41] warmer here [07:41] are you in the Seattle area? [07:41] That sounds splendid. [07:41] * valorie lives about an hour south [07:41] Nah, I'm in Gray's Harbor County. [07:42] beautiful country down there [07:42] cold blowing in, eh? [07:42] My room has no heat aside from a candle and my computers which don't put out that much when it's cold.lol [07:42] yikes [07:42] time to compile something big! [07:43] * FreeB3ar giggles [07:43] my old laptop would get so warm compiling amarok [07:43] Perhaps I should. Hmm. But what? [07:43] something you want to test, or work on? [07:43] I used to adore amarok. Now I mainly use Clementine. [07:44] As if I have time.. [07:44] I got started working in KDE by testing and then writing for Amarok [07:44] oh wow. :) [07:44] play on your strengths [07:45] mine were: being a beginning, and being a good writer [07:45] I never figured out KDE 4 so that's when I switched to XFCE. [07:45] so you run xubuntu? [07:45] * valorie is a kubuntero [07:46] With 15.10 I actually switched from that to regular Ubuntu and hated Unity still so I've only installed Cinnamon so far to check it out VS my LMDE netbook. [07:47] I don't like unity either, but I've been a KDE fan from linux day one [07:47] which was Mandrake, back in the day [07:48] Ah,I remember Mandrake. [07:49] I think I used KDE with Sabayon nearly a decade ago. Wow, it's been that long,eh? [07:49] I'm loving plasma 5 [07:50] 5 [07:50] ?! [07:50] muhstaguts...when did that come out? I'm so out of the loop.lol [07:51] I've been using it as a beta for almost a year before Kubuntu released it by default [07:51] hm.Well then.. [07:51] first I used the neon repo which installed in /opt [07:52] we're about to release 5.5 [07:53] a bit late, but we'll get there [07:53] Maybe I should check it out again. [07:53] costs nothing to burn a liveUSB [07:53] Any idea if KDE runs smooth-ish-ly on Win7/8.1/10? [07:53] If you've got one that is. :P [07:54] sure [07:54] Qt 5 is lighter on the system [07:55] well, you can burn a DVD then [07:55] I think it's always good to "try before you buy" [07:55] so to speak [07:55] make sure that your equipment works, etc. [07:56] Good! My old beaver beast box only has 4GB.Eventually I may max it out at 32GB if I've got the money to spare. [07:56] Hey,My equipment is working well thank you. [07:56] I mean in a Kubuntu session [07:56] nothing against your equipment [07:57] * FreeB3ar giggles. [07:59] So tell me about these meetups. [07:59] we usually meet in Seattle, unfortunately [07:59] long drive for ya [08:01] I hear it's about five hours...and I drive an Explorer so lol@gas [08:01] sometimes we meet in a makerspace, and have presentations [08:01] sometimes just at a pub and eat and drink beer [08:01] hey that's pretty cool. I used to go to the nyc2600 meetings but it was never anything fancy. [08:02] coolest thing about it is that somebody else started it [08:02] :-) [08:02] hahah [08:02] oh, were you asking about the KDE meetups? [08:02] or ubuntu [08:02] I didn't even know about the KDE meetups. [08:03] because the local KDE folks are active [08:03] I'm fresh in WA. Been here less than two weeks. [08:03] and I'm not saying that ubuntu people aren't, but somehow we don't manage to meet up for like 2 years [08:03] except at linuxfest northwest [08:03] hah wow. [08:04] even the portland people come north for that [08:04] We need to really get people using GNU/Linux.. [08:04] have you come to it before? [08:04] Nope. My buddies have gone.I've only been to a few HOPEs. [08:04] http://lfnw.org [08:05] every april in Bellingham [08:05] we (KDE) had a table at HOPE when it was in Seattle [08:05] a year or so ago [08:05] that was fun [08:05] That's a false HOPE if it's not at Hotel Penn. [08:06] oops, I meant LISA [08:06] I've never been to HOPE [08:06] It's awesome. [08:08] SCALE is coming up in a few weeks, but somehow I can't make myself go down for it [08:08] family stuff happening here [08:09] awh [08:09] There are so many events I've never heard of. [08:11] https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/13x/its-scale-13x-slated-february-2015 [08:12] Ohh CraigsList...giving away free horse manure.. [08:13] Free kids too.