<jkeyes0> evening, all

<etank> good evening

<etank> sorry that the contivity client didn't work out for you

<jkeyes0> yeah, that's no problem. I've tried lots of different things to no success.

<jkeyes0> brb

<Zuph> Quiet evening.

<Zuph> CompUSA is having a fire sale at most of their locations, btw

<Zuph> Oddly enough, both the Kentucky locations are staying open

<|{evin> fire sale?

<Zuph> CompUSA closed 180 stores.

<Zuph> Although the one in Louisville always seemed like Best Buy Lite and the one in Lexington seemed like a dirty radioshack with fewer toys.

<zenwhen> yeah

<zenwhen> they do well in ky

<zenwhen> great location

<zenwhen> at least in lex

<Zuph> Yeah

<Zuph> Still, anything I can get at CompUSA I can get from the Russians up the road for cheaper.

<Zuph> Or the chinese guys.

<|{evin> chinese rocks

<|{evin> Gary's got the hookup

<Zuph> Russians have better prices.

<etank> bkingx:

<etank> sup

<Kambrik> anyone on here?

<srwalter> hey |{evin

<bkingx> Hello srwalter!

<etank> mornin guys

<etank> and bkingx

<bkingx> Pshh...!

<bkingx> Hey etank, when are we gonna make the move over to the kentucky channel?

<etank> i think that once we get the forum and mailing list done then we make the move

<etank> im in there anyway

<bkingx> Yeah, me too.

<bkingx> Any word yet from Ubuntu on the domain name? :S

<etank> nope

<bkingx> Dang!

<etank> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-website/+ticket/3684

<etank> there is a link to the progress so far

<srwalter> so I'm the treasurer of the UK Linux User's Group. Brian sent me an email

<bkingx> Hey there!

<bkingx> Glad to see you here!

<bkingx> Dang...firedrill...brb

<etank> bkingx is Brian

<bkingx> back

<bkingx> Great timing, huh?

<bkingx> Fire drill for 3 people in the building.

<etank> srwalter: is the UK LUG new or has it been around for a while

<srwalter> in it's current incarnation, it has been around since October or so

<srwalter> there was a UKLUG a few years ago, but it had been dormant

<bkingx> Well, glad you guys are getting it back in business!

<etank> how many members are there in the LUG

<srwalter> there are 4 officers and another 4 regular attendees

<srwalter> then probably 3-4 other people who come to meetings sometimes

<srwalter> (it was much better when we could offer free pizza)

<bkingx> Mmm...free pizza always draws a crowd!

<srwalter> anybody go to UK's Engineering Day over the weekend?

<bkingx> No...I didn't really know it was going on.

<bkingx> Otherwise, I prob would have.

<srwalter> I had a "demo" of Ubuntu/Beryl in the CS dpt

<bkingx> How did yo ulike it.

<srwalter> E-day or Beryl?

<bkingx> LOL...Beryl.

<bkingx> I read that Eday went pretty well.

<srwalter> it's pretty slick. by "had a demo" I mean "gave a demo/ran a booth"

<bkingx> I want to install it on one of my Edgy loads, but I haven't found a good one to play wit yet.

<srwalter> I run it on my daily machine, which is feisty

<bkingx> Cool....Eric, etank, is also running feisty. I think he has herd 3 loaded.

<etank> herd 4 now

<bkingx> I'm still learning all this Linux stuff, so I am sticking with Edgy for a bit.

<bkingx> So have you had a chance to check out our web pages?

<srwalter> cool. I ran gentoo before I ran ubuntu, so the stable releases get a little boring for me :)

<srwalter> I browsed your wiki page

<etank> I was a gentoo user before ubuntu too

<etank> that and suse

<etank> we need to give our web site some more content

<etank> once the dns name stuff is resolved

<bkingx> Right...we are working on design and features right now.

<bkingx> We would go ahead and register the domain name, but Ubuntu has asked that any domain names containing references to Ubuntu be registered through them.

<bkingx> So we are waiting on that to happen.

<srwalter> I see

<srwalter> I like the ideas for projects you have, particularly getting old machines and ubuntu-fying them

<srwalter> I hope I can get our LUG involved in that too

<bkingx> Well, that is what we are here for, to see how our 2 teams can work together.

<bkingx> Of course, we are Ubuntu-specific, where you guys are more general, I assume.

<srwalter> we are, although it is LUG policy to recommend Ubuntu to beginners

<etank> according to the wiki page we are not totaly ubuntu specific

<srwalter> the 3 other officers all run Arch Linux

<etank> This group is for anyone in Kentucky who uses, or is interested in using, a flavor of Ubuntu, whether Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, or any other Linux distribution

<etank> never tried Arch

<bkingx> Ah...and so I have been put in my place....LOL

<bkingx> So, do you think your members would be interested in partnering with us?

<srwalter> partner in what sense? as in, we usually work on projects together?

<bkingx> It would be pretty cool to have a large presence here in Kentucky?

<srwalter> yes, that I agree with

<bkingx> Well, first thing I am thinking of is the brainpower.

<bkingx> More brains, more ideas, more support for the community, etc.

<bkingx> Then in projects, we could help one another by pooling our resources.

<etank> srwalter: is the UKLUG open only students or can anyone join?

<srwalter> as far as I'm concerned, anyone can join

<srwalter> there may be some university policy about it, but I don't think they really care either

<bkingx> That is cool.

<etank> I tried to go to your web site but it looks like it is down at the moment

<etank> when do you meet?

<bkingx> Yeah...I really wanted to attend sometime.

<srwalter> we meed every 2nd wednesday

<srwalter> so not today, but next week

<srwalter> the website is hosted on my machine, whose IP just changed. waiting on DNS to percolate

<bkingx> Do you meet in person?

<srwalter> 5:30pm in the Ralph G. Anderson bldg on campus

<bkingx> OK..cool.

<bkingx> I'll try to make it next week then, for sure.

<srwalter> awesome

<etank> srwalter: you mentioned that you were needeing some more CDs

<etank> we are trying to become an approved LoCo team and with that we can order a large amount of the most current version of Ubuntu

<srwalter> that would be awesome. I just handed out the last of our 32-bit 6.06 discs Saturday

<bkingx> I just got 30 6.06's last week.

<etank> I think we get a mix of platforms and the number of CDs is around 500

<bkingx> And we have encouraged all our members to order the same.

<srwalter> how big are you guys currently?

<bkingx> The approval etank is talking about is one of our most important goals.

<|{evin> 5'9"

<bkingx> Ignore |{evin, we do!!

<srwalter> ;-)

<bkingx> We have about 30 members so far.

<bkingx> We seem to grow about 5 members a week.

<etank> 28 to be exact

<bkingx> Mostly by word of mouth, but we will soon begin some more aggressive marketing.

<etank> link to CD info https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoGettingCds

<srwalter> do you guys meet in person?

<bkingx> We have a few times, but lately on IRC

<bkingx> We do this since we are spread out all over the state.

<bkingx> We plan on having a meet and greet / key signing party sometime in the near future.

<etank> there has been some discussion of doing an install fest / release party

<etank> we are looking for a place to meet that will give us the room needed and internet access for updates

<srwalter> I'm sure I could get our LUG excited about an InstallFest/release party

<bkingx> Great!

<srwalter> and I personally would enjoy a key signing party

<bkingx> Having resources to UK, do you have any places we can use to do this?

<bkingx> Finding space ahs been one of our biggest problems.

<srwalter> our standard meeting room is a larger classroom, it can probably accomodate 40 people sitting

<etank> there has been some mention of going to the big Linux conference in Ohio in September

<srwalter> we could probably request a larger venue for a special occassion, but I've not been responsible for that, so I don't know

<srwalter> Ohio LinuxFest? I went last year, it was fun

<bkingx> That would be AWESOME!

<etank> thats the one. I really want to try to get there this year

<etank> we have been talking with the Ohio team and they are the ones that mentioned it to us

<bkingx> I think there are a few of us already planning to go.

<srwalter> awesome

<bkingx> So we have a meeting tomorrow night on IRC.

<bkingx> Think you can make it?

<etank> i may be able to make it after all bkingx

<srwalter> I'll be busy until 8:30 or so. what time is it?

<etank> you guys still run it though

<etank> we meet at 8:00

<srwalter> I might make it fashionably late, then

<bkingx> But we have been running late most nights.

<etank> but we post the logs of the meeting online each week

<srwalter> cool

<bkingx> Meaning, we usually talk til 10:00.

<bkingx> We would like you to extend an invitation to your fellow LUGs, if you think they might be interested.

<srwalter> I'll try to cajole the president into it, but he seems to work about 18 hours/day

<srwalter> otherwise I bet I can get a couple people

<bkingx> Great! Everyone is welcome!

<bkingx> And speaking of which, is there any topics you want to cover?

<etank> me?

<bkingx> We usually work on the agenda the day before.

<bkingx> no etank, srwalter

<etank> I actually start thinking about the adgenda on Fridays

<bkingx> Right...and then ink them in by Wed.

<bkingx> etank, what's on the list for this week?

<etank> the launchpad fix, customized CDs, other

<etank> still working on the name chnges for the forum and mailing list

<bkingx> Yeah man! Good stuff!

<bkingx> And the domain, ahem.....

<etank> that is still in a holding patern

<bkingx> Grr....I'm getting impatient!

<bkingx> I know...I know...

<bkingx> Patience young grasshopper.

<bkingx> But DANG, we have work to do on that thing!

<srwalter> nothing in particular that I want to cover

<srwalter> you might mention that we've been in touch with each other and would like to work together

<srwalter> I gotta head to work

<etank> later srwalter

<bkingx> later dude!

<bkingx> Holler back!

<bkingx> That went well, I thought.

<etank> yep

<JarG0n> Can anyone recommend a partitioning strategy for Ubuntu?

<etank> sure

<etank> will it be for a server or desktop use?

<etank> JarG0n: I set a partition for / one for /home and a swap

<etank> here is a good link that discusses it http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/separatehome

<etank> with the seperate home partition when you upgrade you dont loose all of your personal stuff

<etank> unless you format it that is

<JarG0n> yeah

<JarG0n> exactly what I was looking for, thx!

<etank> no prob

<JarG0n> Do you think Ubuntu would run much faster with more than 256MB of ram? I'm running quite a few extra applications, and one torrent.

<etank> that site has some really good info on it

<JarG0n> Memory consumption is around ...

<etank> how much ram do you have now

<JarG0n> 58%

<JarG0n> 256

<etank> i run 512 and it is ok

<JarG0n> Used swap: 24.3%

<etank> i would rather have 1G though

<JarG0n> me too, I just don't know if it would make that big of a diff if it's not already using what I have.

<etank> if you can afford to add more then it would be a good idea

<JarG0n> I most certainly will, Sam's Club has a 22 inch widescreen LCD montor (Samsung) for $345

<etank> more is always better with mem and cpu in my opinion

<JarG0n> I think my CRT monitor is slowing going out

<JarG0n> That widescreen is going to be my next purchase. The desktop will look quite nice with it.

<JarG0n> I'm still wondering if I should max out my motherboard, or upgrade to a 64bit AMD/INTEL system.

<JarG0n> It supports up to an Athlon 2100, with a 400mhz bus.

<JarG0n> I'm going to use it eventually for Quake 4 gaming... I hope that's enough, with a good video card too.

<etank> im not up on gaming

<JarG0n> man... I can't wait until Quake 4 Weapons Factory comes out. I've spent a good portion of my 20's playing it, lol.

<JarG0n> The Quake 2 version anyhow.....

<etank> do you read http://ctrlaltdel-online.com

<JarG0n> never heard of it

<JarG0n> What is it?

<etank> it is a comic strip for gamers

<etank> i am hooked on it

<JarG0n> heh

<etank> it goes back to 2002

<etank> funny stuff in it

<JarG0n> I thought you weren't up on gaming?

<etank> language not so nice though at times

<etank> im not

<etank> im up on funny though

<etank> and that thing is funny

<JarG0n> ah

<JarG0n> I went out and bought Ubuntu Unleashed.

<etank> is it good

<etank> i want the Offical Ubuntu book

<JarG0n> I'm a bit disappointed it doesn't have more information on partitioning aside from the install process.

<JarG0n> Yeah, it covers alot.

<etank> once it is released with the new Feisty updates

<JarG0n> i'd read the Amazon reviews of the Official book first. It's far from complete.

<JarG0n> yes

<JarG0n> If you are an intermediate/advanced user, you'll likely find it lacking almost everything you need. I'd get Ubuntu Unleashed from Sams.

<JarG0n> (not Sam's Club, SAMS Publishing)

<etank> good to know

<etank> the ubuntu hacks book looks good too

<JarG0n> I looked through the index of the Ubuntu Hacks book, and it didn't seem to fit the title at all. Unless I'd peruse the individual chapters to find some real 'hacking' as the title implies, it seems to be just more advertising than anything else.

<JarG0n> haven't seen the Amazon.com reviews though...

<JarG0n> Great reviews on Unleashed though

<etank> i think that it would be cool if we could offer / raffel off stuff like that at the install fest

<etank> like a door prize for coming

<JarG0n> the books?

<JarG0n> yeah

<JarG0n> I think it would be great if we could all bring in our systems to help with configuration and installing the right way/ etc....

<JarG0n> I know I haven't been yet, but I've been working until 8pm lately, so it's a bit out of the question for now.

<etank> no problem

<etank> sup venomous

<Zuph> O brave new world with such people in it

<etank> huh

<Zuph> I got to tour geek squad city today.

<etank> best buy?

<Zuph> Nope, The big facility in Bullit county where all the computers they can't fix in store go.

<etank> aah

<Zuph> it was pretty cool

<Zuph> Don't know if I could work there, though

<Zuph> I'm not sure wether it's a good thing or not that all that stuff I said would take up the rest of the week has taken up the rest of the afternoon.

<Zuph> I guess I had better slow down, lest I look overproductive.

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