IRC log for #utos on 20071009

00:04.56sontekherlo: because it doesn't support toggling displaying contacts by online/offline instead of by groups
00:05.38sontekand she can't retrieve her passwords from it (she forgot her msn password)
00:05.55sontekand when she deletes a group it doesn't prompt her to move the users to a different group
00:06.04sontekand thats just her list from 10 minutes with it :/
00:06.32sonteki'm installing kopete for her right now
00:06.37sontekbut the internet here is slooow
00:07.24herlosontek: where are you?
00:07.47herlotell her she is just a n00b and to deal with its quirks.
00:08.04herlocan't she get a new passwd sent to her for her msn?
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00:16.55sontekherlo: slc coffee break
00:17.12sontekherlo: yeah, but its a convenience thing
00:18.09sontekherlo: she shouldn't *have* to deal with quirks, we are trying to make Linux mainstream, windows doesn't have these kind of quirks
00:18.26sontekshes the kind of user we need to start fixing Linux for
00:31.58Heartsbanehehehe :) that is funny
00:46.13Zelutwindows doesn't have quirks?
00:46.41Zelutgranted I agree that new users offer a different view we should listen to for improvements.
00:49.27herlodude, that's awesome
00:49.56herloI'm gonna install it tonight too... :)
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00:51.16herlodecriptor: hey
00:51.33decriptorherlo: yo
00:51.38decriptoruvsc isn't blocking irc anymore
00:52.45herlodecriptor: sweet!
00:52.51herlodecriptor: did you see what I am doing?
00:52.55decriptoroh yeah
00:53.06herlo18:49 <@herlo> dude, that's awesome
00:53.06herlo18:49  * herlo is using the Hotel's PC with a live Fedora CD
00:53.07herlo18:49 <@herlo> I'm gonna install it tonight too... :)
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00:56.43Hearts|laptopherlo: how does the hotel feel about that?
00:57.01herloHearts|laptop: uh
00:57.02Zelutmy guess is the hotel will be unaware of the "improvement"
00:57.30Hearts|laptopWell then I agree wholeheartedly :)
00:59.14herloresizing the partition now...
00:59.31Zelutherlo: I don't know that I'd leave any proof like that :)
01:00.30herloZelut: yeah, probably not
01:13.47herloso what other tools are there beside gparted to resize a partition?
01:14.27herlothey're using like 7GB of a 70GB disk
01:14.30herloseems like a waste
01:19.34Zelutherlo: so half of my class is not ready for my class
01:20.08Zelut"ohh, I haven't used Linux in a few year now.." is not the best way to start the 253
01:20.43herloZelut: I've got 17 people (1 gal) who seem like they know what they're doing.  Questions are right on...
01:21.07herlowhich doesn't happen much...
01:21.17Zelutwhich one are you doing?
01:22.40herlo300
01:22.49ZelutI mean when students ask what "yum" is in this class that can't be a good thing.
01:23.11herloI actually like that class when it goes smoothly and since there are so many people I can say "we need to move on"
01:23.18herlofinished 5 chapters today actually
01:23.34ZelutI do like the 300, but that may be because I've done it more than any other
01:24.41Zelutoddly I'm more nervous about the 120 I'm doing next week.
01:24.49herloI actually like *this* 300, I don't really usually care for it as much as the 133
01:25.11herloyeah, the 120 isn't bad, but you have to show emacs!
01:25.31ZelutI've just only done it once is all
01:26.49herloheh
01:27.10Zelutluckily none of my students this week are taking the exam so its a no-pressure setup
01:30.54Zelutherlo: what is recursion referring to in dig lookups
01:33.42herloZelut: recursion refers to who will do the recursive lookups
01:33.52herloseeing as its a distributed database
01:34.06herloZelut: give me the syntax
01:34.25mheathsontek: ping
01:34.47Zelutherlo: dig redhat.com will show flags: rd and the slide mentions it will "attempt recursion first", if the nameserver will allow recursion.
01:35.21Zelutherlo: if it doesn't it returns a referral to the tld and chases it.. ?
01:35.27herloright
01:35.42herloso its possible that the nameserver it contacts will do the recursion for your nameserver
01:35.52herloif it doesn't want to, then your nameserver will have to do it
01:36.26herloeither way, the recursion gets done, sometimes its faster for the upline server to do recursion because it may already have the data
01:36.29herlocached
01:38.00Zelutrecursion meaning it'll just keep going until it finds the answer, instead of asking someone else?
01:55.04herloright
01:55.36herloit will possibly still need to ask other nameservers, but it will try its hardest to do all the work for you...
01:55.50herloyou being your nameserver
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02:17.27herloGate: good evening
02:25.35Gateherlo: g'day
02:27.04herloGate: how's it going
02:27.26Gatebusy busy :)
02:27.39herloyeah?  That's good isn't it?
02:27.52Gatenot particularly, 2 midterms tomorrow
02:27.57herloahh, indeed
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03:49.28sontekmheath: pong
03:49.41sontekherlo: you in town this week?
03:50.42mheathsontek: hmm, I forgot what I was going to ask. Sorry :p
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03:53.52herlosontek: nope, next three weeks I'm gone
03:57.19sontekherlo: write a blog on setting up dns for your own nameservers
03:57.20sontek:D
03:58.00herlosontek: uh, okay
03:58.38herlosontek: did you see my latest post?
04:02.08sontekherlo: nope, was celebrating mine and katies 6yr today
04:02.11sontekwe just got back
04:03.22herlosontek: nice and happy?
04:03.29herlosontek: just posted it not 20 minutes ago
04:03.43herlosontek: I also installed (and dual booted) the hotel's pc tonight
04:04.35sontekyeah, I got her a lappy and shes now running suse :D
04:04.42herlo:)
04:04.47sontekbut acpi is broken for her laptop
04:04.51herlooops
04:04.52sontekso I have to figure that out
04:05.12sontekI had to disable it because it was thinking her battery was dead and shutting down :P
04:05.14herloyep
04:05.22herlothat sucks
04:05.42sontekso right now she just has to monitor her laptop and make sure she doesn't drain the batter
04:05.46sonteky
04:05.48sontekwhich sucks
04:05.54sontekbecause its an older laptop so we should have support for it
04:06.01sontekits a thinkpad r40
04:06.21herloyup, I agree
04:06.26herlocheck out thinkwiki
04:06.29herlo.org
04:07.20sontekbut her only complaint so far was about pidgin being terrible, but its valid, it is pretty terrible :P
04:07.32sontekyou aren't gonna run f8?
04:07.37herlosontek: I don't think its terrible, but it could use some improvement
04:07.38sontekor is it still a little touchy?
04:07.49herlosontek: I'll be upgrading to f8 on another box tomorrow night :)
04:07.56herlogonna convert all the pcs here
04:08.08sontekI think i'm done running beta distros, its been nice running 10.3 and having everything stable
04:08.13sontekfirst time I've had that in awhile ;)
04:08.24herlothey'll still boot winders, but will have fedora as an option
04:08.38sontekwheres that at?
04:08.49herloChicago
04:10.32sontekin your hotel?
04:10.54herlouh huh
04:10.56herlo:)
04:33.17herloand once that's done, its bedtime
04:50.31goozbachi updated today too. 740 pkgs
04:57.22herlonice
04:57.33herlogoozbach: so when can I move over to Centos 5?
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14:53.37herlo~w00t
14:53.38infobotw00t!!!
15:04.33sontek~hurray
15:04.34infobot<simonrvn> "hurray hurray for the first of may, outdoor fucking begins today!"
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17:06.26goozbach~factinfo hurray
17:06.26infobothurray -- created by hoxu <hoxu@dsl-jklgw3i1c.dial.inet.fi> at Thu May  1 11:03:25 2003 (1622 days); it has been requested 4 times, last by sontek, 2h 1m 52s ago.
17:06.43goozbach~seen hoxu
17:06.44infobothoxu is currently on #debian. Has said a total of 113 messages. Is idling for 8d 22h 52s, last said: 'jelly-home, heh, the way to go is getty then, thanks :P'.
17:06.59goozbach~literal hurray
17:07.00infobot"hurray" is "<reply> <simonrvn> "hurray hurray for the first of may, outdoor fucking begins today!""
17:07.07goozbach~forget hurray
17:07.07infoboti forgot hurray, goozbach
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17:46.40herlodecriptor: ping
18:01.02sontek~seen herlo
18:01.04infobotherlo is currently on #utos (8d 12h 48m 23s) #ubuntu-utah (8d 12h 48m 23s) #utah (8d 12h 48m 23s) #uphpu (8d 12h 48m 23s). Has said a total of 1443 messages. Is idling for 6m 2s, last said: 'Ryu: Midvale'.
18:01.11sontekherlo: you talk to much! 1443 messages!
18:07.42herlosontek: hi
18:37.02sontek~silence herlo
18:37.03infobotACTION shoves an apple in herlo's mouth, shoves a spit through ... well, uhm, anyway ... then builds a nice fire and starts roasting
18:40.56decriptorherlo, Pong
18:41.04undertakingyouIt is so nice to feel the love in the room
18:41.38decriptorI feel it
18:42.11decriptorand am ready to eat some herlo
18:58.48decriptorso typing is really slow
18:59.23decriptorI m getting better though
19:03.10undertakingyoudecriptor: yeah, it is really slow at first.  And people might make fun of you.
19:09.34thaddeusqundertakingyou: might?
19:09.55undertakingyouthaddeusq: yeah, might.  Would probably be better?
19:09.57undertakingyou:)
19:10.18thaddeusqs/probably/will/
19:10.34thaddeusq:)
19:13.16undertakingyounow thaddeusq, you know that I use dvorak right?
19:14.09thaddeusqundertakingyou, you've been made fun of, right?
19:14.25thaddeusq~mock undertakingyou
19:14.25infobotACTION pulls undertakingyou's pants down and shows the world undertakingyou's pink spotted underwear
19:14.30undertakingyouvery very much so
19:14.47undertakingyouthats my favorite pair of underwear too.
19:37.09mheathHey, Anyone here use any desktop distros other than Ubuntu?
19:37.16mheathI was thinking of giving something else a whirl...
19:38.08thaddeusqmheath: define "desktop distros"
19:38.50mheathDistros that are suitable for use on the desktop?
19:39.05thaddeusqmheath: Aren't they all?
19:40.14thaddeusqI've been using Fedora on my desktop for many years.
19:40.58thaddeusqI've also used SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop here and there.
19:47.53mheathWell, how does SLED compare to Ubuntu?
19:48.03mheathDon't want to start a flame, just interested in opinions..
19:49.16thaddeusqSLED uses rpm not deb packages
19:50.46thaddeusqPersonally, I believe that Ubuntu feels more user friendly
19:52.16thaddeusqI believe it is because Ubuntu was built from the ground up to be user friendly, sometimes at the expense of configurability. SLED was born out of a need for a desktop version of an Enterprise distro.
19:53.33thaddeusqI like to be able to configure everything and not have to go through a clumsy GUI tool to do it. I don't find that capability in Ubuntu.
19:54.30herlodecriptor: can you do me a favor and send out an email follow up tonight about the dinner this Saturday saying where and when it is?
19:54.35herloor have memilyrae do it?
19:54.54decriptorherlo, sure
19:55.24herlothanks
19:58.54herlodecriptor: I'll watch for the email so be sure to cc me :) at my gmail if you could...
20:00.21herlodecriptor: if you don't have it, pm me
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20:05.26herlodecriptor: if you don't have it, pm me
20:05.38herlodecriptor_: oops
20:06.02decriptor_herlo: sorry in a meeting
20:09.22herlodecriptor_: heeh
20:09.25herlonot a problem
20:09.58decriptor_herlo: where is the link to the uug meeting stream
20:19.59herlodecriptor_: utosf.org
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22:49.52herlodecriptor: ping
23:16.43sontek~ddod decriptor
23:16.48sontek~ddos decriptor
23:16.49infobotACTION about to DOS decriptor just for fun "Take that"
23:16.49sontek&&
23:21.16herlosontek: hey
23:29.46sontekherlo: sup
23:29.50sontekherlo: hows life?

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