=== pauljw1604 is now known as pauljw [12:12] Happy New Year! [13:12] 'Morning pauljw, Happy New Year ! :-) [13:13] hey BluesKaj, ty, Happy New Year! :) [13:20] we had a jam for a couple hrs last night, but I made it home in time for wife and I to "jump" into the New Year. Old scandinavian tradition, stand on the sofa holding hands with some coins in the other and jump off at the stroke of midnight. [13:22] sounds superstitious but it's fun :-_) [13:28] that's great BluesKaj :D [13:31] assume you had a nice New Year's Eve too, pauljw [13:32] yeah, nothing special, been a long time since we've even stayed up to watch the ball drop. :) [13:34] right, a neighbour even provided a fireworks display for about 30 secs [13:34] nice [13:35] it was very quiet around here, too cold for anyone to be out. [13:36] t was cold here too, we just watched it thru the front window [13:37] :D [13:39] wb EriC^^ :) [13:40] Hey EriC^^ Happy New Year! :) [13:40] thanks pauljw :) [13:40] BluesKaj: thanks! you too! :) [14:00] * BluesKaj wonders whether this old pc will last another yr, it's now almost 10yrs old...still purring nicely tho. [14:16] that's a good run on that pc BluesKaj :) [14:17] my laptop just turned 4 and i thought that was good. [14:22] pauljw, think laptops suffer from more handling etc than pcs do so they don't last as long, but my lenovo is almost 4 yrs old and doing ok except for some graphics red colour artifacts caused by the video wire connetion to the screen (I think). [14:25] BluesKaj, true, but my laptop pretty much just sits on my desk and is almost always running. :) had to replace the keyboard about a month ago, but so far, everything else is just humming along. [14:26] * BluesKaj nods, good stuff :-) [14:26] :) [14:26] the rpi3 is a temporary backup in case this old pc bites the dust [14:28] i just ordered a rpi3, going to try implement kodi for home entertainment with it. bought a 4T usb hard drive and wireless keyboard and mouse. should be a fun winter project... :) [14:30] cool, it's surprising how well they work considering their specs [14:32] and the wifi works right out of the box....that surprised me [14:47] can't wait to get started playing around with it. [14:50] yeah, they're fun and there are tutorias on the net for all kinds of uses for them besides entertainment/media [14:51] what os are you running on yours? [14:52] raspbian , based on debian [14:53] okay, comes with that, was just wondering if maybe you installed *buntu in it's place. :) [14:55] pauljw, I tried a couple of 'buntu flavours like mate and xubuntu ...ubuntu itself is too resource heavy for the rpi [14:56] yeah, i would have thought maybe xubuntu or lubuntu might work, but i imagine that raspbian would be rather customized for it and more efficient. [14:56] mate and xubuntu worked well , but I didn't like the default graphics theme , there weren't any other choices at the time [14:58] :) [15:00] raspbian is a nice compromise , and as you say it's tweaked for the rpi3 [15:04] there are some tricks as well that can save wear and tear on the microsd card , like moving the / (root ) partition to your usb drive or even a usb connected drive. Then the only job the sdcard has to is boot the system [15:05] i was hoping i could do that. [15:07] my first microsd card only3 mos til I found tut that helped me do the above ...here http://magnatecha.com/using-a-usb-drive-as-os-root-on-a-raspberry-pi/ [15:07] lasted 3 mos [15:08] :) thanks, will study that one. [15:09] this is simplest and most effective tutorial I've found for moving / [15:43] brb, gonna join in the rpi [16:04] wb [16:07] thanks pauljw , on konverstion irc client on the rpi3 . It's my only ikde ndulgence on this OS :-) [16:08] bbiab..... [16:37] that's cool BluesKaj_ [16:38] not a hexchat fan..find it clunky and unorganized [16:39] heheh, guess it's just what we get used to. [16:50] I suppose [17:02] i used konversation for a couple of years when i was using pclinuxos. had no problems using it. then i bought a dell laptop when they started pre-loading ubuntu and started using xchat with no problems and have just stuck with it, now hexchat. [17:03] i installed and tried weechat a couple of weeks ago, but that one is just too primitive for me. :) [17:13] yeah, some purists insist on living on subisitence level on linux/unix [17:14] ;) [17:14] irsssi and weechat are fine for emergency support when one needs to use the vt/tty to communicate [17:15] agreed [17:15] brb, wife needs help in kitchen... [17:34] back [17:45] using chromium browser, it's a bit slow to load, but it works great [17:49] :) [18:46] bbl [22:05] EriC^^: ID theft .. I start with my bank, see what they can do to help and advise . [22:06] well the money is gone, it's not really an bank card, i had a 'virtual debit card' that i loaded money onto to buy some stuff online [22:09] EriC^^: well, the bank card has to be financed somewhere . ( discover re-imbursted us in a similar situation 0nce ) . [22:17] aha [22:17] i think i wont see the money, especially that i lost a lot of it just trying to beat them to spending it [22:18] i ordered a bunch of extreme size pizza's and chicken wings for days [22:18] and a bunch of other stuff i had shipped home [22:19] i really want to site the site closed though, it's unreasonable to get in the top 10 results on google and it's a phishing site, wth [22:19] *to see [22:19] EriC^^: Ouch ! .. We were quick to report and freeze the account while Discover investigated . [22:20] they just started buying stuff, i could see it in the account cause it's a virtual card, i was literally at arms race to buy more before they zero'd it out, the card support said theyd contact me in 2 days when i tried to report it at first xD