| <Brady_M_at_work> Hey guys, posted you my idea for a logo on your thread | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> weekend... ya | |
| <boredandblogging> finally | |
| <boredandblogging> anyone around tonight? | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> what? | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> ya | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> but not for too long | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> worked on a new dell core duo... | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> setup for a friend | |
| <boredandblogging> wife's gone to sleep since she has to work tomorrow | |
| <boredandblogging> so I"m bored | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> wiped the hd first... partitioned... | |
| <boredandblogging> hey ash211 | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> into 4 parts... | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> ya, hey ash211 | |
| <boredandblogging> core duo, nice | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> windows vista, kubuntu root, /home and swap | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> ya | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> but she paid about 150 too much | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> kubuntu looks so nice onit | |
| <boredandblogging> ehh, could be worse | |
| <boredandblogging> very cool | |
| <boredandblogging> so I was thinking... | |
| <boredandblogging> ubuntu will send out CDs of old releases for free... | |
| <heathen> awake? | |
| <heathen> erm, anyone* | |
| <boredandblogging> I was thinking of getting some breezy CDs... | |
| <boredandblogging> then maybe put an insert in them about the Ubuntu LoCo and distribute them around | |
| <heathen> breezy? wasnt that awhile back? | |
| <boredandblogging> or conveniently leave them in places | |
| <boredandblogging> what was before edgy? | |
| <heathen> dapper | |
| <heathen> lol | |
| <boredandblogging> ahh, then its dapper | |
| <boredandblogging> we could press our CDs, but thats pretty time consuming | |
| <heathen> i had a few, but my child killed them | |
| <boredandblogging> would you guys be willing to help out? | |
| <boredandblogging> just conveniently "leaving" them places? | |
| <heathen> probably | |
| <boredandblogging> like a library or someting | |
| <heathen> downtown.. | |
| <heathen> lol | |
| <heathen> bike nights | |
| <heathen> ^^ | |
| <boredandblogging> coffeeshop whatever | |
| <boredandblogging> church | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> making some table tents/ holders with signs showing that they are free | |
| <heathen> synagog.. | |
| <heathen> :P | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> and info on the loco/lug lists... | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> would help | |
| <boredandblogging> exactly! | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> people need to know somebody cares... | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> and that they are totally free | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> and free of spyware | |
| <boredandblogging> and if all you want to do is browse the web, check email, here is something completely free | |
| <heathen> yeah, but ive been trying to convice my brother to install ubuntu for months | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> the only way for those people is to let them really use it... | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> Mepis is better for that if you want to give the Gui goodness of Beryl | |
| <heathen> bleh | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> i could not believe it | |
| <boredandblogging> there are multiple steps...1) just leave the CDs with info about the LUGs/lists inside the CD cases, 2) get a tent in front of something and talk to people 3) installfest 4) attend conferences | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> well, that it worked better than my installed feisty and faster.. | |
| <heathen> i hate beryl... i'm getting way to acostumed to fb | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> well, the thing i need and most people my age or older is the screen magnifier... | |
| <heathen> although, that's something we could do, get our laptops together and show them the diversity that can come with linux | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> beryl has that hands down... | |
| <heathen> nomasteryoda|w: haha, you're old! | |
| <heathen> sorry | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> and i learned how to group windows say like gimp... | |
| <boredandblogging> has anyone printed out labels for CDs | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> lol | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> i have | |
| <heathen> im tired, i've reverted to my 3yearold tendancys | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> you can set them up in scribus or openoffice | |
| <heathen> B&B, i have, but it's been a while | |
| <boredandblogging> is it painful? I'm thinking we print something on the CDS saying ubuntu Georgia LoCo | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> no its not | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> really... | |
| <heathen> hell for that, just get a 1x3 label and stick it to a sleeve | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> now printing on cds directly, that is a pain. | |
| <heathen> sucks that we arent ubuntu-indiana, my dad has access to a cd printer | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> ya you could, but people who are noobs or just windows users need a better looking cd | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> well... | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> i have access to a color laser printer.... | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> =D | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> thats how i make mine | |
| <boredandblogging> yes, people aren't going to want to try some generic CD with a sticker on it | |
| <heathen> virii!!! | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> ya | |
| <boredandblogging> yeah, looks matter to a lot of people and making good impressions is important, we gotta do some marketing | |
| <heathen> i meant getting some dapper cds from shipit and sticking our lable inside the sleve they send the cds in.. | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> well, i was thinking about the whole issue of publicity | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> .... | |
| <boredandblogging> heathen that is the easiest thing to do and I think thats the default if we can't come up with something better | |
| <boredandblogging> heathen, we might go that way, just trying to figure out if there are some other things we can do | |
| <heathen> other than that, we'd have to burn and print our own labels | |
| <boredandblogging> right yoda | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> putting up posters for meetings in strategic places... handing out business cards at stores... | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> things like that | |
| <heathen> we have meetings? | |
| <heathen> lol | |
| <heathen> im such a horrible member of this teem | |
| <heathen> team** | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> there are soo many people who don't know about even OpenOffice, much less Linux | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> well, we have monthly meetings ... our LUG down in WR/MCN | |
| <boredandblogging> i think once feisty has been out and most of the kinks have been ironed out, I'm all for arranging an installfest | |
| <heathen> clark howard was talking about openoffice on his show the other day | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> ya | |
| <heathen> krista was bashing it... | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> that would be great | |
| <heathen> booo | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> krista | |
| <boredandblogging> who is krista | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> dumb | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> his side-kick | |
| <heathen> lol | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> that's her job | |
| <heathen> she's doing the travel stuff now | |
| <heathen> she's a producer | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> ya | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> i don't get to listen too much... | |
| <heathen> i dont listen to clark... i do listen to boortz and hannity... | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> down here am is so noisy | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> ya | |
| <heathen> i wanted to call in and defend OOo | |
| <boredandblogging> alright, I'm gonna see if I can order like 500 CDs from shipit | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> but clark was not dissing it? | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> lol | |
| <heathen> but they were getting ready for the travel deals | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> boredandblogging, good luck | |
| <heathen> b&b, want me to as well? | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> i could only get like 30 | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> they are all gone.... | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> heathen, do it | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> but... | |
| <boredandblogging> let me see | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> this week at my conf. i pushed linux and oo.org very much | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> gave out the OpenCD project discs too | |
| <heathen> opencd? | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> check it in google... | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> for windows users | |
| <boredandblogging> yoda, next time we need to set you up with Ubuntu CDs and LUG inserts | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> but its all open source and gets exposure.... | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> yes | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> that would be great | |
| <boredandblogging> do you have any conferences coming up? | |
| <heathen> brb... i gotta feed the cancer.. | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> man, i wish... that is the only one until this time next year | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> i get blank cds for free when i can... | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> from stores.... dumpsters... or the rebate stacks of disks | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> sometimes dvds too | |
| <boredandblogging> i put the request in | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> coo | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> l | |
| <boredandblogging> did they tell you how many they were sending if they sent it? | |
| <boredandblogging> before they sent it? | |
| <boredandblogging> or did the CDs just show up at your door? | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> er, yea | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> no it was like 4 weeks | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> but that was when demand was high | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> i got them sent to work and home | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> that way i could get more | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> got amd 64, 386 and ppc | |
| <boredandblogging> right, we might need to spread it around the folks here ;-) | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> ya | |
| <boredandblogging> i thought about setting up some ubuntu georgia domains, but that idea got shot down | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> ya | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> not needed | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> better to let all points lead to ubuntu.com | |
| <boredandblogging> yeah, jono thought people would spend too much time on them | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> yup | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> focus on posting good forum entries... | |
| <boredandblogging> i need some ideas for getting the word out...what have you guys done for the LUG? | |
| <boredandblogging> and why doesn't skype do a better job on linux? | |
| <heathen> i've bugged you guys here for the month or so that I've known about you...lol | |
| <heathen> im useless | |
| <boredandblogging> heathen, how did you find out about us? | |
| <heathen> boredom on uf.org... i happened to scroll down enough to see that it was there.. | |
| <boredandblogging> ahh, ok | |
| <heathen> if it werent for yall i wouldnt be an irc addict now... | |
| <heathen> damn you! | |
| <boredandblogging> haha | |
| <boredandblogging> are you still using irssi? | |
| <heathen> i find #ubuntuforums to be quite entertaining | |
| <heathen> yes | |
| <heathen> i like it | |
| <heathen> short of getting a sidebar with a list of who's in the room... it does what i want it to do | |
| <heathen> and i like term apps | |
| <boredandblogging> i'm in 11 channels at the moment, couldn't use irssi effectively for that | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> lol | |
| <heathen> im in 2... im frequently in 6 or so... 2 are usually active | |
| <nomasteryoda|w> 12 for me... 2 networks... | |
| <heathen> it's a pain to follow sometimes.. but i spend most of my time bugging #ubuntuforums | |
| <boredandblogging> haven't spent much time in #uf | |
| <heathen> i have, mostly because it's something to do when im bored | |
| <heathen> ugh, i have to stay awake untill my brother in law gets here... he's not even to murphreesboro yet | |
| <heathen> How can I help the LoCo? | |
| <boredandblogging> just get the word out | |
| <boredandblogging> you can help with the CDs | |
| <boredandblogging> dropping them off | |
| <heathen> how to explain to people that linux isnt just for "uber-geeks" as my boss likes to say | |
| <heathen> hell, i can use it, it's not that hard | |
| <heathen> lol | |
| <boredandblogging> have you shown him like a LiveCD? | |
| <heathen> yeah i gave him one when we were in knoxville | |
| <heathen> he said it wasnt intuitive for him... I ought to give him a kubuntu cd next time, it's more windowsish in its layout | |
| *** irc.freenode.net sets mode: +o ChanServ | |
| <heathen> jumping between the two... i like that flux handles transparency (even flux has some eyecandy) but i like the "no bs" of blackbox | |
| <heathen> i dont use the panel so i could care less about that | |
| <boredandblogging> nice to have options, doesn't it? | |
| <boredandblogging> isn't it | |
| <heathen> yes... | |
| <boredandblogging> been a while since I've used fluxbox | |
| <heathen> i love it.. | |
| <heathen> i doubt I'll go back to a "standard" DE | |
| *** irc.freenode.net sets mode: +o ChanServ | |
| <heathen> haha, i convinced my brother in law to install ubuntu | |
| <boredandblogging> hey pwill | |
| <robertj> ok guys, just got 1 of 2 openbox laptops at Best Buy Duluth, too good of a deal to pass up, anyone wanna hear :) | |
| <boredandblogging> yeah, hurry, gotta head on out | |
| <robertj> ok Core 2 Duo 2 gigs of ram | |
| <robertj> GeForce 7600 GT | |
| <robertj> 1680x1050 LCD | |
| <robertj> Webcam | |
| <robertj> Fingerprint Reader | |
| <robertj> Real Windows Install CD | |
| <robertj> $850 + Tax + $15 best buy gift card | |
| <boredandblogging> sweet | |
| <robertj> 2.0 gigs on the core 2 btw | |
| <boredandblogging> very nice | |
| <robertj> one left this morning and its not on the floor | |
| <robertj> XP Pro though | |
| <boredandblogging> gonna use ubuntu, so who cares ;-) | |
| <robertj> but not a problem for people here though, I will be dual booting Vista though | |
| <robertj> downsides = no bluetooth, no DVI :( | |
| <voidmage> robertj: i've never seen a laptop with DVI | |
| <voidmage> :P | |
| <robertj> but it comes with both a system restoer disk and an OS disk, thats crazy | |
| <voidmage> for $850? |