[22:31] <locodir-user> Anybody there?
[22:32] <valorie> yes
[22:32] <valorie> what's up, locodir-user?
[22:36] <locodir-user> Oh I have a presario f500 and I have unbuntu 14 latest stable release and it did not detect the broadcom WiFi hardware. Any ideas or suggestions?
[22:37] <locodir-user> Any packages or software suggestions?
[22:38] <locodir-user> I did find broadcoms driver for the hardware that is for Linux.
[22:38] <valorie> oh, please use #ubuntu for these questions
[22:38] <valorie> this isn't a support channel; rather it is for Washington *buntu users 
[22:39] <valorie> and honestly, I have fixed my own wifi problems, but the broader issues are rather beyond my ken
[22:39] <locodir-user> I just figured I would get to know the group this way and I am in Washington
[22:39] <valorie> very cool
[22:39] <valorie> where do you live?
[22:39]  * valorie lives right outside Black Diamond
[22:39] <locodir-user> Bellingham
[22:40] <valorie> south east of Seattle
[22:40] <valorie> ah, we'll soon meet then!
[22:40] <valorie> at lfnw
[22:40] <valorie> I'll be up there staffing a *buntu table
[22:40] <locodir-user> Don't know what lfnw is
[22:40] <valorie> Bellingham is so lovely
[22:41] <valorie> linuxfest northwest -- join #lfnw
[22:41] <valorie> it's in April, soon after Xenial is released
[22:42] <locodir-user> No idea what denial is I'm new to the I.T. occupation
[22:43] <locodir-user> Xenial auto correct is annoying at times
[22:44] <valorie> lol
[22:45] <valorie> xenial is the code-name for the next release, 16.04 which is LTS
[22:45] <valorie> so there will be a strong demand for ISO images
[22:45] <locodir-user> Oh interesting
[22:45] <valorie> we keep busy burning DVDs for people
[22:45] <valorie> or thumbdrives, if they bring them
[22:46] <valorie> we don't have the funds to buy thumbdrives to give out
[22:46] <locodir-user> Lots of server traffic also
[22:46] <valorie> certainly
[22:46] <valorie> I seed torrents for all the *buntu releases -- I'm active in Kubuntu, myself
[22:47] <locodir-user> Nice I actual want to take some sort of classes in it
[22:48] <valorie> classes in what?
[22:49] <locodir-user> Linux
[22:49] <locodir-user> Unbuntu just software engineering
[22:49] <locodir-user> Just learning on my own right now
[22:50] <valorie> lfnw is held at a college, so you might find out some cool stuff at the talks and also at the college itself
[22:50] <valorie> it's hosted by BLUG, which you might want to look up and get involved in
[22:53] <locodir-user> Yeah I went to Bellingham tech for a little while
[22:55] <valorie> excellent
[22:57] <locodir-user> Trying to design software right now to adjust fuel and other settings on a new motor to also work with a auto drive system
[22:58] <valorie> oooo, neato!
[22:58] <valorie> embedded linux is growing so fast
[22:59] <locodir-user> Yes indeed
[23:00] <locodir-user> Have to design the computer hardware around the software which is a challenge
[23:01] <locodir-user> We are thinking of using only ram mostly like puppy
[23:03] <locodir-user> Trying to get faster reaction times, had one of our engineers suggest using fiberoptics and a system they would use in a jet