[05:18] <markwalt> Hiya
[05:26] <valorie> hello markwalt
[05:29] <markwalt> What's new?
[05:41] <valorie> linuxfest nw is coming up
[05:41] <valorie> wrote to the list about it recently
[05:42] <markwalt> Hrm.  I don't seem to have anything in my email with "linuxfest" in it.  I must not be signed up on that list.  Can you point me to it?
[05:43] <valorie> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-wa
[05:51] <markwalt> Thanks, I signed up
[05:51] <valorie> cool
[05:52] <valorie> you can see the sparse previous posts in the archives
[05:54] <markwalt> Yeah, I was just reading February's archive
[05:55] <valorie> :-)
[05:57] <markwalt> Pidgin does *not* make the best IRC client.
[06:01] <markwalt> better
[06:02] <markwalt> Pidgin was clunky and weird.  X-chat seems more like my style.
[06:28] <valorie> well, I'm a KDE user, and my favorite is Konversation
[06:28] <valorie> never liked xchat
[06:28] <valorie> not pidgin either
[06:31] <markwalt> xchat seems okay, I'm still getting used to it.
[06:32] <markwalt> I haven't been on IRC in over 15 years.  And back when I was regularly using it, I used mIRC or PIRCH, on Windows.  xchat reminds me a bit of mIRC, I guess.
[06:33] <valorie> mirc was my favorite on Win, yes
[06:33] <valorie> I absolutely love konvi though
[06:34] <markwalt> I'm running XCFE.  Konversation is probably usable in XFCE.  I might try it.
[06:39] <valorie> certainly, you can use any application in the archives
[06:39] <valorie> xubuntu is great
[06:39] <markwalt> I like Xubuntu a lot
[06:41] <valorie> we should all be happy with our tools, IMO
[06:41] <valorie> I say this sometimes: it's software, not religion
[06:43] <markwalt> Tell that to Reddit
[06:45] <valorie> I pretty much stay off there
[06:45] <valorie> women are not treated will there, in general
[06:46] <markwalt> I've noticed that.  The place is pretty anti-feminist, which is weird, because it's also fairly liberal.  I guess it's mostly liberal jerks.
[06:47] <valorie> no idea, but critiquing feminism is one thing
[06:47] <valorie> trolling women is another entirely