[01:51] <ryanjyoder> Hi all! I just started following this channel/community. I have to admit it's a bit quieter than i expected. :D so before i started spamming you all with stuff, i was wondering what are the reason people joined this channel? Maybe it sounds like a dumb question but just curious about people's motivations. Are most people using Ubuntu professionally? Or as a hobby?
[01:53] <DonkeyHotei> it wasn't always this quiet here
[01:57] <DonkeyHotei> and i used to be a lot more involved
[01:58] <ryanjyoder> What do you think is driving that? Just a natural ebb and flow? Or a changing natural of online communities in general? Ie proximity is not as important as it used to be?
[02:00] <DonkeyHotei> i attribute the quieting down in large part to the fact that fewer and fewer average people use computer desktops at all anymore except if their job makes them do so
[02:01] <DonkeyHotei> and that has trickled up into what you see
[02:05] <ryanjyoder> Hmmm did you really think less people are running Ubuntu on their machines now?
[02:06] <ryanjyoder> Haha i ask this from my android
[02:08] <DonkeyHotei> case in point
[02:10] <ryanjyoder> But that only because i can't open my laptop now :)
[02:16] <DonkeyHotei> phone, or tablet?
[02:16] <ryanjyoder> Phone
[02:17] <DonkeyHotei> yeah, fewer people use tablets for anything now too
[02:18] <ryanjyoder> I want to try Ubuntu touch maybe on pine phone...
[02:19] <DonkeyHotei> i ran it on a nexus5 for a bit
[02:19] <ryanjyoder> But i don't own a car so I'm very reliant on lyft... So i couldn't make a full switch..
[02:19] <ryanjyoder> Yeah....? How was it?
[02:21] <DonkeyHotei> it seemed to combine some of the irritating aspects of iOS with something ChromeOS-esque
[02:21] <DonkeyHotei> from a UX perspective, that is
[02:21] <DonkeyHotei> under the hood, it was more like android
[02:24] <DonkeyHotei> btw, there is or was a kubuntu touch variant, too, and it aimed to be partially compatible with android apps