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lotuspsychjegood morning to all05:23
lotuspsychje5cm snow here05:23
lotuspsychjeand big bionic update again05:24
lotuspsychje!info linux-image-generic bionic05:30
ubot5`linux-image-generic (source: linux-meta): Generic Linux kernel image. In component main, is optional. Version 4.15.0.10.11 (bionic), package size 2 kB, installed size 14 kB05:30
lotuspsychjehttp://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-18-04-lts-bionic-beaver-enters-feature-freeze-first-beta-lands-march-8-520032.shtml05:34
lotuspsychje822 packages in line wow05:35
lotuspsychjelotuspsychje@R00TBOOK:~$ uname -a05:40
lotuspsychjeLinux R00TBOOK 4.15.0-10-generic #11-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 13 18:23:35 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux05:40
lotuspsychje!resolution07:06
ubot5`The X Window System is the part of your system that's responsible for graphical output. To restart your X, type « sudo /etc/init.d/?dm restart » in a console - To fix screen resolution or other X problems: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution07:06
ducassegood morning07:15
lotuspsychjehey ducasse morning mate07:19
ducassehi lotuspsychje - all going well?07:19
lotuspsychjeyeah snowed all under here07:19
lotuspsychjebut i got coffee :p07:20
lotuspsychjeand weekend07:20
lotuspsychjebrb07:20
ducassegood, lotuspsychje - tons of snow here, and still pretty cold07:32
lotuspsychjelets hope its gone soon07:33
lotuspsychjehad to ride very slow with bike yesterday into snow07:33
ducasseriding bike on snow is not ideal, no07:40
lotuspsychjeand its electric lol07:43
lotuspsychjebbl breakfast :p07:43
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BluesKajHi folks12:18
JimBuntuhiya BluesKaj12:22
BluesKajhey JimBuntu12:22
* JimBuntu used to be known as jimb_12:22
* BluesKaj has used the same nick since discovering mirc way back on windows 98 :-)12:24
JimBuntuBluesKaj, I have changed nicks/pseudonyms a fair number of times now12:26
JimBuntuBefore there was "Ethernet", I was JimEther12:27
BluesKajI was a windows guy up until 2 yrs after retirement , didn't own a personal computer until march of '99. I used to frequent audio chats on mirc back then...discovered linux in '03 but didn't do much with it until '0512:30
JimBuntuwow, "didn't own a PC till '99" I guess over-all that's kinda common. Linux wasn't as much of a home/hobby/personal OS in it's early years either, unless you were a dev or dedicated in general. I remember having a friend around '95 who was a dedicated linux user, spent many days getting it to run correctly on his laptop... he was also an IT professional, as I was at the time.12:33
BluesKajin '05 I bought a new pc and that changed everything12:34
JimBuntuBluesKaj, getting a new computer can do that! I still remember the joy of buying the laptop running XChat on right now... one of the first I ever saw that had a backlit keyboard12:35
JimBuntuOMGosh, that was nearly 10 years ago12:36
BluesKajmy background is as a lab tech working with spectrophotometers and other lab equipment that used application programs on their computer control systems and early integrators by spectra physics etc... so I used computers everyday, but didn't discover the joys of home use until afterwards12:39
BluesKajthe only internet use on the job was a daily email reporting test results12:42
JimBuntuBluesKaj, ah... I was the person you called when things weren't working as expected (back then). I had a computer at my disposal since I was 5, probably had access to one earlier, but I don't remember using it.12:45
BluesKajwe had a couple data entry work stations running windows 3.1 and '95, but they were a necessary evil to most of us due to the redundancy ...the powers that be still wanted hard copy and we regarded the data entry of the same results as nothing but "make work"12:49
JimBuntuI hear ya, work duplication. Printing wasn't as fun back then though, dot matrix and all... unless you worked in a big lab that had decent plotters12:51
BluesKajwe still had to transfer the results by hand to test result report sheets and duped them on a xerox and handed them out to the engineers involved12:53
JimBuntuBluesKaj, and I bet it was a REAL Xerox too12:53
BluesKajyup, a monster12:54
JimBuntuI like that some still say "xerox" instead of "copy"/etc.  You can generally use it to determine what generation the person is from as it's not as common today... I doubt youngsters use it at all.12:55
BluesKajXerox leased their equipment back then because it needed constant attention from their techs12:55
JimBuntuYeah, and they didn't want to give up ANY secrets.12:56
BluesKajespecially the reliability factor :-)12:57
JimBuntuI don't think it was Xerox, specifically, but I remember AT&T spent a small fortune to reverse engineer the fonts used by their copy machine, so they could make slight adjustments12:57
lotuspsychjegood afternoon to all13:49
Carlllotuspsychje: afternoon dude14:14
lotuspsychjehey Carll how are you today14:20
Carllnot bad thanks, coming down with something I think. How are you?14:24
lotuspsychjeCarll: im fine tnx, playing bit with bionic14:28
BluesKajhi lotuspsychje, Carll16:16
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lotuspsychjehey OerHeks18:30
OerHekshola lotus18:31
lotuspsychjenite nite guys19:37

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