[02:00] elacheche, o/ [08:26] helloooo africa [13:00] congrats elacheche [13:00] married man now [14:25] Hiya All, just discovered this channel [14:25] Was searching for LoCo team for my country, Nigeria [14:26] Am happy to have found one for Africa [14:26] hi leumas [14:27] Hi Kilos [14:27] glad you found us [14:27] im trying to remember if we have other nigerians here [14:28] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AfricanTeams [14:29] you can go see our site https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AfricanTeams [14:31] Seen, i am an avid user of Kubuntu and wanted to know if there was any LoCo teams [14:31] I was directed to the Ubuntu LoCo groups [14:32] great. i use kubuntu as well [14:33] with luck you can help get the nigerians motivated again [14:35] leumas did you join us on https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-africa [14:35] join the mailing list as well [15:34] I havent Kilos..will do that later [15:34] cool [16:56] my connection is bad today [16:56] hi Kilos [16:56] hi MarwenDo how are you [16:57] Fine :) what about you ? Kilos [16:57] good ty [16:57] do we have to say Mr. cheche now he is married [16:58] did you see MarwenDo we have a new guy here from nigeria [16:58] no ! Welcome Mr nigeria :) [16:59] What's his name Kilos [16:59] leumas [16:59] hi leumas :) Welcome to our community [17:00] i wish the rest of the world was like us linux users in africa [17:00] We are glad to see you here [17:00] i am struggling with pakistan, bangladesh and india [17:00] Thanks MarwenDo [17:00] Happy to be here [17:00] they cant get past the local conflict issues [17:02] Kilos: :) hopefully we can move forward and make Africa great through Open Source [17:02] leumas, can you introduce your self ? :) [17:03] that is the plan leumas , we are already connected from tunisia to capetown [17:03] Ok, am a Nigerian [17:03] with in between guys as well and even mauritius [17:03] i am south african [17:04] MarwenDo: you? [17:05] I'm Tunisian , a student , 23 years old , I use Ubuntu Gnome :D [17:06] I use Kubuntu 16.04, big KDE fan, employed, married [17:06] hehe ima month away from 65 [17:07] leumas do you know more linux users there? [17:07] Kilos: in Nigeria? [17:07] yes? [17:08] Yea, some group of friends but i guess i have more interest than they do [17:08] we have a guy who does many servers in kenya as well [17:08] just invite them, when they see how friendly we are they will join as well [17:08] I formed a group on whatsapp just for us to update ourselves on the latest on opensource [17:09] yea, i did a while ago when i discovered this channel [17:09] update them all about this community [17:10] the tunisians are strong here [17:10] and south africans [17:11] theShirbiny where are you again? [17:11] leumas what irc client do you use? [17:11] Kilos: Konversation [17:12] i use konversation [17:12] yay [17:12] Like i said big KDE fan [17:12] haha [17:12] mny use quassel [17:12] many [17:13] yea....i guessed over the years Kubuntu has switched from Konversation to Quassel and then back to konversation [17:14] How long have you been using Linux? which distro/DE did you start with? [17:14] i started with 8.10 gnome2 [17:15] when ubuntu switched to unity it took a year to switch to kde [17:15] kde network manager gave lots of probs on kde before 14.04 [17:16] i can only use mobile broadband [17:16] Yea [17:16] Been on Kubuntu from the onset [17:16] but now 14.04 is rock stable [17:17] ill try 16.04 when its more stable [17:17] I tend to upgrade quickly once a new distro out [17:17] i see many guys with bug probs [17:17] verson i mean [17:17] version* [17:17] yeah many do that [17:18] im happy with 14.04 because i never have to fix things, everything works [17:18] Really, i am runnng 16.04 on an old Lenovo thinkpad with the latest backport updates and am still cool...no probs so far [17:19] i have a thinkpad here as well [17:19] so thats good [17:19] T410.i [17:20] Mine is T420i [17:20] haha same machine [17:20] Core i3, 4GB, 250GB [17:20] oh [17:20] later [17:20] hahahaha... [17:21] mine is i5 4GB and a 128GB ssd [17:21] works well [17:22] i got this laptop to run Linux alon for the first time [17:23] I have been dual booting with Windows all this while [17:23] i went through a pile of old desktop pcs first before my son gave me the thinkpad [17:23] i wiped widows [17:24] waste of disk space [17:41] lol [17:42] My main laptop has Windows on it, i hope to wipe it out somedayand install Kubuntu fully on it [17:42] it has better specs than the laptop am using now [17:42] you use windows for work? [17:42] Yea [17:43] ouch [17:43] So when i get home i switch to my Linux self [17:43] lol [17:43] Have you tried out KDE connect? [17:43] many linux users have no choice at work [17:44] no i havent [17:45] Ok [17:45] what does it do [17:46] I have been thinking recently how to engage more people to use Linux and open source in General for the good of my country [17:46] KDE connect helps you sync notifications from your phone to your PC [17:47] people are very stubborn and scared to switch from windows [17:47] and you can send files as well [17:47] it connects both devices via wifi [17:48] KDE connect comes by default on Kubuntu and you can install it on your Android phone [17:48] i just run the laptop now. have a desktop with 12.04 unity on but hardly ever even boot it anymore [17:49] i only have an old nokia that can sms and call [17:49] hehe [17:51] hahahahaha [17:53] leumas: it doesn't on Kubuntu 14.04. But I agree, it is a very useful piece of software [17:55] paddatrapper: Yea, i think it became default from 14.10 [17:55] I have been trying to make it work for a while now but no success [17:56] I have even tried to disable my firewall, ufw but that doesnt help either [17:56] What do you guys about the use of Open source by institutions in Africa and the oppurtunity it holds? [17:57] i have a friend in france that helps peeps in africa [17:57] join our mailing list i am about to forward one of her mails [17:58] I think Africa needs it most to develop fully IT wise.....we need to do stuff ourselves and create our own future [17:58] What issue are you having? [17:58] For sure. We also need the infrastructure to do it. There is great potential here that isn't being realised [17:58] On the app i should be able to see my phone once I have KDE connect installed on both devices [17:59] Yea, Govt needs to support that agenda but as we know we cant wait for them [18:00] Sadly can't rely on government. But community can do a lot when they work together [18:01] I am thinking of coming up with very affordable solutions in education, health n for SMEs [18:01] Are both your phone and laptop on the same network [18:01] yup [18:02] I have even typed in the laptops IP address on the phone but thats not working too [18:02] And they aren't isolated from each other? [18:02] Can you ping your phone from your laptop? [18:04] i can [18:05] just pinged my laptop from my phone [18:05] Hmm... IP's correspond to the same network? [18:06] yea [18:06] They are both connected to my Wifi modem [18:07] Laptop is 192.168.1.6 while phone is ~.4 [18:07] Hmm... What's OS is your phone running? [18:07] I just fell it should work like charm but its not [18:08] Android 6.0 [18:08] Cynamodgen 13.0 [18:08] It did for me. Literally just installed both and it ran like a charm [18:08] woah [18:09] Kubuntu 16.04? [18:09] yea [18:11] Mine was Kubuntu 14.04 and CyanogenMod 11.0... I'll have to have a look when I get home and see if I can think of something [18:12] leumas paddatrapper is in capetown [18:12] Thanks paddatrapper! Nice to meet you [18:12] Yeah so when I get home is about 20 minutes time [18:12] You too! [18:12] leumas: where are you from? [18:13] Nigeria [18:13] Nice [18:13] :) [18:18] I'm starting to realise just how much potential this channel has to improve, even in a small way, the technological state of Africa [18:18] yes [18:29] hi Kilos ! [18:29] hi melodie [18:29] chat to leumas , he is in nigeria [18:29] tell him about your efforts in africa [18:30] leumas melodie is the friend in france i told you about [18:30] Kilos is there a special reason to why you want me to do that? [18:30] so he can spread it in nigeria [18:31] of course he should! [18:31] my connection is very bad today [18:31] Hi melodie, nice to meet you [18:31] Nigeria is in North Africa, is that right? [18:31] hi leumas ! [18:31] West Africa [18:31] im waiting for him to join the mailing list so he will get your last mail as well [18:32] I have met Gildas today, who led the Ougadougou Fablab project where there is also a co-working space using Linux Ubuntu and also showing the young how to work with computers and Linux distributions [18:32] he did a conference in our Linux install party! the very first one of our new LUG in our département!* [18:33] cool [18:33] leumas close to Mali, Ivory, Congo, and Burkina Faso then? [18:33] Kilos if you can display that page with your crummy connection: [18:34] well yea, we are surrounded by Niger, Benin and Cameroun [18:34] and then the Atlantic is South [18:34] http://ouagalab.org/ [18:35] leumas ok [18:35] do you have a LUG there? [18:35] Woah great work! [18:35] Kilos I keep getting 500 server error, can you display it? [18:36] No we dont at the moment, I searched a while back and noticed one was created initially but is currently not active [18:36] let me try [18:36] leumas same happened here, but I finally got to make it work. [18:37] yes its open melodie [18:37] Cool [18:38] during 3 years, I organized an informal meeting around free software, called newspapers, wrote a few lines in some free no cost agendas, and gathered from 3/4 to 12 people at a time in one day, then last year suscribed to the nearest mailing list and at the beginning of 2016 sent a message there saying who I am, what was my path to Linux and experience, and said I wanted to create a LUG and everyone was welcome to join in [18:38] leumas this is how it worked [18:39] and now I continue to make it work, using this method seen at TedX (if you can access, I know connexions in Africa are not always easy): [18:39] Woah, that must have taken you out of your comfort zone [18:39] http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement?share=161fa539c1 [18:40] melodie: great persistence! [18:40] yeah she doesnt give up [18:41] leumas a bit, but not that much. I find it rewarding to see that today we had our very first meeting, I did a presentation with video projection, and explaining the economies and the ecology and why GNU/Linux and there were so many poeple who can and attended, it was great! [18:41] and everyone in the team who had been able to come participated very actively! [18:42] we had a Mageia, a Fedora, several Ubuntu to show and let people try and test... [18:42] it was inauguration day also today [18:43] paddatrapper that's what it takes... 12 years now using a computer, only the 3 first months with Windows. I'm a very stubborn one :D [18:43] haha [18:45] All i can say is a resounding well done to all your efforts and congrats on achieving so much milestones [18:46] The video was very insighful too, thanks for that. I will have to pick the learnings and practice [18:46] I will have to move to get your space soon [18:47] I have the ISO files of about 11 distros on my laptop ready to introduce/install for anyone who needs it and share my ll knowledge with them as well [18:48] I really feel inspired by your experience melodie! [18:48] Kilos: I have joined the comunity on Launchpad [18:48] Awaiting approval [18:49] cool leumas [18:49] leumas wonderful! [18:50] you see how many members we have there [18:50] Kilos Burkina Faso will be joining soon! [18:50] Gildas/Ougadougou [18:51] one of then did chat with me a while back [18:52] Kilos great! [18:52] today he told me he now IRC [18:52] some of our newcomers here have never heard of IRC, which makes African people more advanced than some European ones! XD XD XD [18:53] he knows* IRC [18:53] but he never joined on lp or https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AfricanTeams [18:53] give him time? [18:53] I'll send him your mail address in a few days, if you want me to? [18:53] yes please [18:54] or tell him how to get here [18:54] mails arent my favourite way of doing things [18:54] im an irc person [18:55] leumas youve been approved. now can you join the mailing list there [18:55] ? [18:56] then ill forward melodie s mail [18:56] then all africa has it [18:56] Kilos: Cool [18:57] Kilos I told him about #ubuntu-africa but if he does not get in touch within a week or two, I'll send him a mail so you can connect together. but he told me he will! [18:57] they even have a good internet in their fablab! fancy? [18:57] cool, ty melodie [18:57] I can see am already subscribed to the mailing list ubuntu-africa@launchpad.net [18:58] is there any other mailing list? [18:58] great leumas [18:58] not yet when we have time we are moving off lp mail [18:58] Alright [18:59] Kilos my pleasure [18:59] the LP list is buggy [19:01] check if you got that one leumas [19:02] An email? [19:02] yes in the list [19:02] more of melodies work [19:03] she is involved with everything [19:03] very busy lady [19:03] Sorry i need some guidance, how do go about that? [19:04] oh dont you use thunderbird mail [19:07] leaving, good night! [19:09] Oh, seen. I can read it from the archives [19:12] i get my mail downloaded to pc with thunderbird mail client using pop [19:17] then you get an alert when a new mail arrives [19:39] sleep tight africa [19:40] Good night Kilos === marwen_ is now known as MarwenDo [20:34] Hi leumas [20:34] Fellow Nigerian here [20:41] Hi Acetakwas [20:58] paddatrapper: Hi, All of a sudden KDE connect is working! [20:58] I didnt make any change [20:58] it just came up, I have paired both devices together [21:05] hi acetakwas [21:07] Hi paddatrapper [21:07] My KDE connect is working fine now [21:08] leumas:: Hi [21:08] What part of Nigeria are you in? [21:08] I'm guess your real name is Samuel. [21:09] Am from Imo State, based in Lagos, u? [21:09] Oh cool [21:09] From Osun State. Resident in Lagos too. [21:09] yea, thats my name [21:09] :) [21:09] :) [21:09] Well.... glad to have you here. [21:09] Nice to meet you!! [21:10] In all of my IRC-ing. You are the third Nigerian I'm having to chat with. [21:10] hahahaha [21:10] Nogerians don't do much IRC-ing. [21:10] s/Nogerians/Nigerians [21:11] IMHO IRC is a Linux thing [21:11] Well. That might be a valid reason. [21:11] Most ppl stick with the mobile chat platforms or Skype on PC [21:12] Yes [21:12] Linux encourages the use of IRC by given a default client on most distros [21:13] Pidgin comes with Ubuntu for instance [21:13] Am happy to have met you here, whats your fav distro? [21:13] Well... I haven't explored many distros [21:13] Yea Konversation comes with Kubuntu which is what I use [21:13] I have always used Ubuntu predominantly [21:13] Okay, cool [21:13] Only trying out Backtrack (before it went defunct) [21:14] And Fedora [21:14] I have been stuck with Kubuntu from day 1, tried other distros but still see Kubuntu as my main distro [21:14] I celebrated 4 years of a permanent Linux shift two days ago [21:15] Nice [21:15] I have Kali on a netbook which i boot up fro time o time [21:15] I use LXDE on Ubuntu [21:15] Woah, good for you man! [21:15] Yes, life has never been the same [21:15] Especially as a developer [21:16] There's a lot more support for Linux out of the box [21:16] I have been dual booting all this while but I got a fairly used laptop and installed Kubuntu on it straight up [21:16] Yea, you are absolutely right [21:20] Am yet to make the full switch, hopefully in the near future [21:22] Aah. You should. [21:22] I have dual boot setup with Win 8 too [21:22] But I only use Windows once in a blue moon [21:27] leumas: great to hear! [21:50] paddatrapper: thanks once again