| daftykins | http://arstechnica.co.uk/gadgets/2016/11/dell-xps-13-kaby-lake-review/ | 04:20 |
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| daftykins | hrmm new model of my laptop, which a friend is buying soon for Linux use, has shifted to using the nasty 'killer wireless' adapters | 04:21 |
| daftykins | i wonder if Linux still has issues with supporting those | 04:21 |
| JanC | Dell sells XPS laptops with Ubuntu? | 05:43 |
| JanC | XPS13 | 05:43 |
| OerHeks | it comes with free software, JanC, OS Windows 10 Home 64-bit | 05:44 |
| JanC | I suggest he waits for a linux version | 05:44 |
| daftykins | no, you can install on them | 05:45 |
| daftykins | pretty sure they sell the developer editions with Loonix | 05:47 |
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| JanC | well, I suggest waiting for a developer edition because they will test & if necessary swap hardware for those | 06:04 |
| daftykins | JanC: you don't know about Dell then? they work on it with Linux folk and then put things back into the kernel | 06:25 |
| daftykins | sounds like there are no problems though according to reports online, things just work out of the box | 06:25 |
| daftykins | usualy Linux issues like rapid battery killing in sleep, wifi iffy after resume from hibernate etc... but if you're mad enough to get a bleeding edge laptop and ruin it with Linux, that's the least of your troubles | 06:26 |
| ducasse | hi all | 07:18 |
| daftykins | good morning | 07:24 |
| ducasse | hi daftykins - how is life treating you? | 07:25 |
| daftykins | not so bad here thanks, keeping my funny times as usual though | 07:26 |
| daftykins | how's about for you? any new exciting toys? :D | 07:26 |
| ducasse | i'm thinking of buying this, got an offer for a brand new one at a very reasonable price: https://usa.denon.com/us/product/hometheater/receivers/avrx1000 | 07:28 |
| ducasse | i'd only use it for music now, but then i have the option of doing more with it later. | 07:30 |
| daftykins | neat | 07:32 |
| daftykins | though in my experience all Denon kit as the most horrible clunky interfaces :> | 07:32 |
| daftykins | a clients AVR-3313 takes 30 minutes to update itself over the internet X| | 07:32 |
| ducasse | i just need an amp with digital inputs, this is just the best deal i could find. i found a nad at almost the same prace, but it didn't even have hdmi. | 07:34 |
| daftykins | ah har | 07:36 |
| daftykins | yeah doesn't hurt having an AVR | 07:36 |
| daftykins | i think i'm using all the HDMIs on my little baby Onkyo :D | 07:37 |
| daftykins | i'll have to replace it if i upgrade to a 4K TV | 07:37 |
| ducasse | there are small amps intended for playing music from a pc, but the price difference was like £40. | 07:37 |
| ducasse | nearly spent all my money on black friday deals yesterday, but managed to keep control :). | 07:39 |
| daftykins | just looked at the spec PDF... which didn't tell me the specs XD | 07:39 |
| daftykins | haha | 07:39 |
| daftykins | tell me about it, i nearly bought an nvidia 1050Ti 4GB just because it was £115 delivered | 07:39 |
| daftykins | i'd have thrown it in my old quad core desktop, but there's just no reason to bother :D | 07:40 |
| ducasse | besides, it's dumb to buy stuff *just* because it's cheap and fool yourself with the idea you're saving money :) | 07:41 |
| daftykins | that it is, but i've totally noticed it's a personal failing of mine | 07:41 |
| ducasse | me too :/ | 07:41 |
| daftykins | what's really evil is how amazon put up the 'list price' claiming they had it for sale way higher before the sale day, when in reality it was exactly the same | 07:42 |
| ducasse | hehe, that's pretty nasty. | 07:43 |
| ducasse | they've just started doing black friday here, and this is the first day i actually saw any good deals. last year it was just 15% on toasters etc. | 07:45 |
| ducasse | i'll be ready next year, though! :) | 07:45 |
| daftykins | haha, starting simple! | 07:46 |
| daftykins | mmm there it is, £116.54 delivered for: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/zotac-geforce-gtx-1050ti-mini-4096mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-109-zt.html | 07:46 |
| ducasse | people hardly knew about it last year, but now it was advertised pretty aggressively. | 07:46 |
| daftykins | mmm it's amazing how quickly this US thing has headed eastward | 07:47 |
| ducasse | yup. when i was a kid we didn't have halloween either. that's not been a big success here, though. | 07:48 |
| ducasse | btw; have you seen dr strange? | 07:49 |
| daftykins | nope! i don't really do films | 07:50 |
| daftykins | i think we knew of halloween but i still stand by sitting that one out | 07:50 |
| ducasse | me neither. i used to love dr strange in comics as a kid, though, so i'm considering seeing it tomorrow. | 07:50 |
| daftykins | i'd like to see The Arrival :> | 07:50 |
| ducasse | interesting, was a new one to me. | 07:52 |
| ducasse | i don't keep up at all... | 07:52 |
| daftykins | our one cinema is... pretty bad | 07:53 |
| ducasse | more tea! \o/ | 07:56 |
| ducasse | we got a new cinema a few years back, at the time it was supposed to be one of the best in the country. | 07:56 |
| ducasse | hmmm... the dar tower is coming next year, i'm not sure i want to see that one. i love the books so much, i don't want the movie to spoil them for me. | 08:05 |
| ducasse | *dark | 08:05 |
| daftykins | ooh an AMD RX 470 4GB performs about 30% faster for £16 more XD | 08:06 |
| ducasse | amd, though... | 08:08 |
| daftykins | yip, i'd say that's only really a problem in Loonix land, but... yeah they suck everywhere :D | 08:11 |
| daftykins | probably a lot more power to do the same thing | 08:11 |
| ducasse | i don't understand people who want to use linux for gaming... | 08:14 |
| daftykins | nah, it's like tying one arm behind your back on purpose | 08:15 |
| daftykins | there we go, 75W on the nvidia vs. 120W on the AMD | 08:16 |
| ducasse | terrible :( | 08:16 |
| ducasse | have you seen the humble bundle unix books thingy? | 08:16 |
| daftykins | nope! | 08:17 |
| ducasse | https://www.humblebundle.com/books/unix-book-bundle | 08:17 |
| lotuspsychje | good morning guys | 08:31 |
| ducasse | hiya lotuspsychje | 08:31 |
| lotuspsychje | hey ducasse how are you mate | 08:31 |
| ducasse | good, thanks. and you? | 08:32 |
| lotuspsychje | great, day off here | 08:32 |
| ducasse | any plans for the day? | 08:32 |
| lotuspsychje | yeah later we have a coffee and pc repair appointment at friends | 08:33 |
| lotuspsychje | there android tablets gets updates stuck, so ill have a look | 08:33 |
| lotuspsychje | do updates on their ubuntu box aswell | 08:33 |
| ducasse | sounds fun :) | 08:33 |
| lotuspsychje | yeah always nice at their place | 08:34 |
| lotuspsychje | ducasse: did you made up your mind about the receiver yet? | 08:34 |
| ducasse | i'm thinking about it over the weekend, there are a couple of other things i'd also like to have money for. | 08:35 |
| lotuspsychje | wich are? | 08:35 |
| lotuspsychje | excuse my curiosity :p | 08:36 |
| ducasse | one more screen for my desktop, for example :) | 08:37 |
| lotuspsychje | great | 08:37 |
| ducasse | we'll see, i'll do some thinking. | 08:38 |
| lotuspsychje | stores should have a formula, when interested in more devices you get 30% off | 08:39 |
| lotuspsychje | we are always too gentle | 08:39 |
| ducasse | oooh, yes! | 08:39 |
| lotuspsychje | screen, receiver and new raspberyPI for 500$ lol | 08:40 |
| ducasse | :) | 08:41 |
| lotuspsychje | ducasse: the uncle of my gf, goes to the trash park often, and gets home with like tons of pc material | 08:41 |
| lotuspsychje | for free | 08:41 |
| lotuspsychje | you wouldnt believe what ppl throw away, working | 08:41 |
| lotuspsychje | he gave me like 4 cigarboxes full ddr rams from 128till 2gigs | 08:42 |
| lotuspsychje | all working | 08:42 |
| ducasse | i know, it's ridiculous. my dad actually threw a laptop because it had gotten a virus :-/ | 08:42 |
| lotuspsychje | omg | 08:42 |
| ducasse | i yelled at him :) | 08:42 |
| lotuspsychje | i think ill make a free service in my business, to take their old stuff back for free :p | 08:43 |
| ducasse | you can build machines and give to those who can't afford them. | 08:44 |
| lotuspsychje | good idea | 08:44 |
| lotuspsychje | got a little issue with my clevo dealer | 08:45 |
| ducasse | oh? | 08:45 |
| lotuspsychje | he doesnt wanna release his pictures from his website for free | 08:45 |
| lotuspsychje | and asks like 45 euro/month to release his feed material | 08:45 |
| ducasse | idiotic. you'll be selling his gear. | 08:46 |
| lotuspsychje | but for starters, i think thats too expensive for just a feed | 08:46 |
| lotuspsychje | even if i buy 1 per 1 | 08:46 |
| lotuspsychje | he says i can get discount then... | 08:46 |
| lotuspsychje | bah | 08:47 |
| lotuspsychje | problem is, its the best barebone company i found this close to my home | 08:47 |
| lotuspsychje | so im unsure what to do here, perhaps ask main clevo support to use their pictures | 08:49 |
| ducasse | what are you going to do about it? | 08:49 |
| lotuspsychje | well i need his company, as i needing barebone laptops like that | 08:49 |
| ducasse | this is far beyond my skillset, sorry. i've always had purely technical jobs for a reason :) | 08:50 |
| lotuspsychje | with no Os, no ram no hd | 08:50 |
| lotuspsychje | ill think it over for a while.. | 08:51 |
| ducasse | talk to clevo themselves, see what they say. | 08:52 |
| lotuspsychje | yeah, think im gonna do that | 08:52 |
| lotuspsychje | and order 1 per 1 at my reseller | 08:52 |
| ducasse | not easy to set up a business :) | 08:53 |
| lotuspsychje | yeah, slowly ill get what i want | 08:54 |
| lotuspsychje | got a strong will ;p | 08:55 |
| ducasse | seems you will need that :) | 08:57 |
| lotuspsychje | bbl guys, citywalk | 09:26 |
| ducasse | ok, have fun | 09:28 |
| BluesKaj | Hiyas all | 11:44 |
| ducasse | hi BluesKaj - how's it going? | 12:15 |
| BluesKaj | Hi ducasse, good thanks , and you ? | 12:15 |
| ducasse | good thanks. soon heading out to the shop, making sure i have all i need. | 12:16 |
| BluesKaj | shop ? | 12:18 |
| ducasse | groceries etc. | 12:18 |
| BluesKaj | oh ok | 12:19 |
| ducasse | there's a store a couple hundred meters from me, so it's not a long trek :) | 12:19 |
| ducasse | really nice weather today, so it will be good to get some air. spending too much time inside in winter. | 12:20 |
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