[05:23] <lotuspsychje> good morning to all
[05:23] <lotuspsychje> 5cm snow here
[05:24] <lotuspsychje> and big bionic update again
[05:30] <lotuspsychje> !info linux-image-generic bionic
[05:30] <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 kB
[05:34] <lotuspsychje> http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-18-04-lts-bionic-beaver-enters-feature-freeze-first-beta-lands-march-8-520032.shtml
[05:35] <lotuspsychje> 822 packages in line wow
[05:40] <lotuspsychje> lotuspsychje@R00TBOOK:~$ uname -a
[05:40] <lotuspsychje> Linux R00TBOOK 4.15.0-10-generic #11-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 13 18:23:35 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[07:06] <lotuspsychje> !resolution
[07:06] <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/Resolution
[07:15] <ducasse> good morning
[07:19] <lotuspsychje> hey ducasse morning mate
[07:19] <ducasse> hi lotuspsychje - all going well?
[07:19] <lotuspsychje> yeah snowed all under here
[07:20] <lotuspsychje> but i got coffee :p
[07:20] <lotuspsychje> and weekend
[07:20] <lotuspsychje> brb
[07:32] <ducasse> good, lotuspsychje - tons of snow here, and still pretty cold
[07:33] <lotuspsychje> lets hope its gone soon
[07:33] <lotuspsychje> had to ride very slow with bike yesterday into snow
[07:40] <ducasse> riding bike on snow is not ideal, no
[07:43] <lotuspsychje> and its electric lol
[07:43] <lotuspsychje> bbl breakfast :p
[12:18] <BluesKaj> Hi folks
[12:22] <JimBuntu> hiya BluesKaj
[12:22] <BluesKaj> hey JimBuntu
[12:22]  * JimBuntu used to be known as jimb_
[12:24]  * BluesKaj has used the same nick since discovering mirc way back on windows 98 :-)
[12:26] <JimBuntu> BluesKaj, I have changed nicks/pseudonyms a fair number of times now
[12:27] <JimBuntu> Before there was "Ethernet", I was JimEther
[12:30] <BluesKaj> I 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 '05
[12:33] <JimBuntu> wow, "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.
[12:34] <BluesKaj> in '05 I bought a new pc and that changed everything
[12:35] <JimBuntu> BluesKaj, 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 keyboard
[12:36] <JimBuntu> OMGosh, that was nearly 10 years ago
[12:39] <BluesKaj> my 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 afterwards
[12:42] <BluesKaj> the only internet use on the job was a daily email reporting test results
[12:45] <JimBuntu> BluesKaj, 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.
[12:49] <BluesKaj> we 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"
[12:51] <JimBuntu> I 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 plotters
[12:53] <BluesKaj> we 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 involved
[12:53] <JimBuntu> BluesKaj, and I bet it was a REAL Xerox too
[12:54] <BluesKaj> yup, a monster
[12:55] <JimBuntu> I 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] <BluesKaj> Xerox leased their equipment back then because it needed constant attention from their techs
[12:56] <JimBuntu> Yeah, and they didn't want to give up ANY secrets.
[12:57] <BluesKaj> especially the reliability factor :-)
[12:57] <JimBuntu> I 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 adjustments
[13:49] <lotuspsychje> good afternoon to all
[14:14] <Carll> lotuspsychje: afternoon dude
[14:20] <lotuspsychje> hey Carll how are you today
[14:24] <Carll> not bad thanks, coming down with something I think. How are you?
[14:28] <lotuspsychje> Carll: im fine tnx, playing bit with bionic
[16:16] <BluesKaj> hi lotuspsychje, Carll
[18:30] <lotuspsychje> hey OerHeks
[18:31] <OerHeks> hola lotus
[19:37] <lotuspsychje> nite nite guys