[06:57] <ducasse> good morning all
[08:20] <lordievader> Good morning, happy new year!
[08:30] <ducasse> happy new year, lordievader - best wishes for the new one :)
[08:31] <BluesKaj> hi ducasse... insomnia here
[08:32] <ducasse> BluesKaj: hi, that sucks - i've had insomnia for most of my life.
[08:34] <BluesKaj> I suppose it doesn't matter much ..I can sleep in later or have a nap this aft, or both :-)
[08:36] <ducasse> BluesKaj: naps are good, i find as i get older :)
[08:37] <BluesKaj> yup
[08:38] <ducasse> after i got my new desk, my cat discovered she can sleep between the keyboard and the screen, so now i've got company most of the time i'm at my computer :)
[08:40] <BluesKaj> :-)
[08:41] <ducasse> now i'm looking at monitor arms for three screens, they're actually not that expensive. only problem is that two of the screens have buttons on the right-hand side.
[08:43] <BluesKaj> I'm having fewer problems with 17.04 dev Kubuntu than 16,10 which has window manager/kwin crashes, due to using the newer plasma desktop
[08:46] <ducasse> yes, i heard the plasma packages were bad. any other nice things in zesty?
[08:46] <lordievader> Hey ducasse, same to you ;)
[08:46] <lordievader> Hey BluesKaj
[08:47] <BluesKaj> Hi lordievader
[08:47] <lordievader> Best wishes!
[08:48] <BluesKaj> lordievader, Happy New Year !
[08:49] <lordievader> How are you doing?
[08:50] <BluesKaj> ok here, and you?
[08:52] <lordievader> Doing good, bit tired but I do have a cup of coffee... the second.
[08:53] <ducasse> chai here today, considering getting my third cup :)
[08:54] <lordievader> ducasse: What is stopping you ;)
[09:03] <BluesKaj> zesty with plasma 5.4.3 is running fine here, btw
[09:44] <ducasse> BluesKaj: have you used the kde connect android-thingy?
[09:46] <lordievader> I have :)
[09:46] <lordievader> It is quite nice.
[09:46] <ducasse> it can give you notifications etc, right?
[09:47] <lordievader> Yes, both ways appearently.
[09:47] <ducasse> nice. does it connect over bluetooth or usb?
[09:47] <BluesKaj> ducasse, yes, it worked earlier, but now the connection is iffy, my cheap phone's OS being an early version
[09:47] <lordievader> Wifi
[09:47] <BluesKaj> yes
[09:48] <lordievader> Your phone and the pc running KDE connect needs to be on the same network.
[09:48] <lordievader> A firewall can be a pita.
[09:48] <ducasse> aha. i've got to test this out, then. i've been missing proper android integration.
[09:48] <ducasse> i only need this at home, so not a problem.
[09:49] <lordievader> The feature of pausing the music for a phone call is quite nice.
[09:49] <lordievader> Though it still confuses me at times. "Huh why did the music pause?"
[09:50] <BluesKaj> kde connect works sometimes and sometimes not, it gets confused by more than one linux OS at the same IP
[09:51] <BluesKaj> and my phone is just a low end alcatel one touch
[09:51] <ducasse> well, it's still better than what i have now, which is basically nothing beyond mtp connectivity.
[09:52] <ducasse> my phone is a cheap lg, but actually got marshmallow this fall.
[09:54] <BluesKaj> kde connect worked well enough at first to transfer my pictures folder from the pc to the phone.
[09:55] <lordievader> Nice thing about it is that it works network independent. If both machines are on a different wifi network (the same work wifi for example) it works just fine ;)
[09:59] <BluesKaj> different IPS yes, then it's fine but dual booting from one pc with different hostnames, but the same IP makes for unpredictable connectivity...my laptop  connects ok
[10:00] <BluesKaj> no dual booting on the laptop
[10:02] <ducasse> none of my machines dual boot, alternative installs are either in containers or virtual machines.
[10:05] <ducasse> but thanks for the info, guys, i'll install it and take a look. :)
[10:19] <BluesKaj> ducasse, in your case it should work ok
[10:24] <BluesKaj> well, gonna get some more sleep...bbl