#ubuntu-us-dc 2011-06-01
<bcurtiswx> im starting to get annoyed at TOI food prices
<bcurtiswx> getting an inkling to try somewhere else that's cheaper and has WiFi, and is also close to a metro stop.
<bcurtiswx> not sure i can get all those wishes tho
<bcurtiswx> and for maco, a place that has plenty of vegan choices
#ubuntu-us-dc 2011-06-03
<n4cht> hey folks.  marylander here.  i was considering trying to start a LoCo, but since there's a DC LoCo that seems fairly redundant, so i figured i'd see what you folks are up to instead.  :)
<maco> there's a maryland loco too...well, except that the loco contact has stepped down. two people (i'm one) have offered to take it over
<n4cht> maco: no kidding?   where is the maryland loco located primarily?  (meetings, etc?)
<bcurtiswx> maco, what would be the point of a MD LoCo?
<maco> n4cht: howard county mostly
<maco> bcurtiswx: um, not all of maryland is in montgomery & PG counties?
<bcurtiswx> maco, so what can you offer living in one of those two counties?
<maco> bcurtiswx: i work in howard county and have a car
<bcurtiswx> maco, what places would you have meetings, and what interest is there outside of the DC area ?
<maco> im not really sure yet. i asked chuck (the old loco contact) for a list of places they'd met before. i know they were using some of the howard county libraries
<maco> their first meeting ever was at the Timonium ham & computer show, i remember that (i was there)
<bcurtiswx> cool, i'm a ham myself
<maco> (all howard county libraries run ubuntu on all their systems)
<n4cht> i really rather like the idea of a MD LoCo.  I'm in AACo, Howard County is a short drive.   DC is a 45 min drive, then metro, etc.
<n4cht> maco: i'd be willing to scout some areas in the parts of AACo that border Howard and help you out with the MD LoCo.
<maco> ok :) anapolis also would be a good place to do stuff some time
<maco> though im pretty sure my affinity for annapolis is "rennfest!"
<n4cht> oh heck yes.  annapolis is really close to me.  i live in pasadena, but there's a lot of spots i can scout in the glen burnie/severn/severna park/arnold/annapolis area.   public libraries, meeting halls, etc.
#ubuntu-us-dc 2011-06-04
<bcurtiswx> maco, what would be a good ubuntu program that will allow me to draw window mockups
<maco> bcurtiswx: dunno. i think canonical tends to use pencil or balsamiq, but they're proprietary & for-pay
<maco> bcurtiswx: oh no wait. balsamiq is prop/pay. pencil is a FF addon, so try that
<maco> bcurtiswx: http://speckyboy.com/2010/01/11/10-completely-free-wireframe-and-mockup-applications/
<crimsun> anyone meeting @ ToI?
<julian_c> ... or on here?
<crimsun> looks like a no
<crimsun> (I'm doing some bug triaging in Debian BTS ATM)
#ubuntu-us-dc 2011-06-05
<bcurtiswx> i still think we should find another meeting place.  It's not that I hate the atmosphere there at all, it's the price of food
<julian_c> And still in the city? *thinks*
<eridu> I'd be said if "we" stopped meeting at ToI
<jbicha> you don't have to buy food
<bcurtiswx> maco, how GTK+ knowledgable are you?
<bcurtiswx> i know you're a KDE girl so i wasn't sure
<bcurtiswx> Last time I went to TOI it was quick and I got takeout, ordered the Chicken Curry, I got DOUBLE the amount of chicken curry I get while sitting down at the table.  Plus it's now 15 bucks just to get the chicken curry
<bcurtiswx> i'd rather go to a place that has more affordable items
<bcurtiswx> i can get an all i can eat indian buffet for cheaper, and closer
#ubuntu-us-dc 2011-06-07
<kjcole> Anyone available for a bit of A/V conference system testing?
<maco> kjcole: what happened to your gallaudet email addy? it keeps bouncing at me
<kjcole> which one?  gri.gallaudet.edu  has been dead for about a year.
<kjcole> (Years ago, I set up a web/email/mailman/database/kitchen sink server.  Over time, filtering spam and maintaining it became a pain, until finally a thunderstorm spiked the campus bad and blew out several computers
<kjcole> including gri.gallaudet.edu.  While I resurrected it as an Ubuntu machine (it was Red Hat), I never reconfigured e-mail, since it was such a pain to get working the first time.
<maco> yeah thats the one
<maco> i tried to include you on a thread about foss conferences & hoh/deafness after OLF last year in september and it was bouncing
<maco> didnt know your other gallaudet email address
<maco> kjcole: i think we should put our meetups on meetup.com
<maco> kjcole: right now all that shows up searching for ubuntu in the area on there is a charity group
<maco> and maybe we'd get some new blood if people could find us that way
<maco> kjcole: oh. i see... meetup charges $12/mo for group organizers
<kjcole> Sorry I stepped out.  Really what we need is an organizer -- meetup or otherwise, and I'm not it.  I was just the slowest to step backwards when volunteers were asked for.
<kjcole> Well. Time for me to run.  Ta-ta.
#ubuntu-us-dc 2011-06-11
<dtchen> ping re ToI this afternoon
#ubuntu-us-dc 2011-06-12
<kjcole> So... Merge has again been dabbling in the Dark Side of the Force, and while traveling picked up some motion detector camera system in some back alley of Bangladesh.
<kjcole> It's the kind of crap-tastic software that one expects is riddled with viruses, etc.  But having expressed my distain / concern, I'm still trying to help.
<kjcole> It CLAIMS to broadcast on ports 5060, 5061 and 5062.  (I forget the specifics of which port does which.)  And also 80.  What it puts out on 80 appears to be HTML sans header that identifies it as such.
<kjcole> I forget the best way to see the headers.  Micro$oft Aiiieeeee! recognizes the data as HTML and displays it as correctly as possible, but other browsers just give me raw "view source" views of the HTML.
<kjcole> Thoughts?
<kjcole> (Minimizing this window...)
#ubuntu-us-dc 2011-06-16
<thedoc8786> hey all, I just found out about this group via a local WordPress meetup. I <3 linux and Indian food...WIN-WIN!
#ubuntu-us-dc 2011-06-18
<jbicha> maco: do you have KDE commit privileges yet?
<jbicha> at any rate, I need someone to follow up on bug 791635
<lubotu1> Launchpad bug 791635 in kdepim (Ubuntu) "Unable to set Kmail as default email provider in Gnome" [Low,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/791635
#ubuntu-us-dc 2011-06-25
<bcurtiswx> would I get bood at TOI if I bought my iPad? :P
<bcurtiswx> brought*
<maco> youve done it before :P
<maco> i wont be there though. boyfriend had surgery yesterday so im going to stick around home in case he needs anything
<Bcurtiswx_> I'm at TOi no Kevin
#ubuntu-us-dc 2011-06-28
<ChinnoDog> hello
<maco> howdy
<ChinnoDog> some of you peeps look awfully familliar. Who here is actually in DC?
<dtchen> most of us are. Presently I am not.
<maco> atm, i'm in columbia, md
<maco> when im at home, i'm only about 50 feet into i-can-have-a-senator territory
<maco> (i live on the dc border)
 * ChinnoDog googles Columbia
<ChinnoDog> maco: Isn't that a long commute?
<dtchen> depends on time of day and direction
<dtchen> it's rarely a long commute for me, but I'm almost always going against the flow of traffic
<maco> ChinnoDog: 25 minutes
<dtchen> (I also take the train to/from work most days, so I don't drive)
<maco> i tried taking the train home from work before i got a car. a coworker was about to drop me off at a rally shady MARC station when we found a decapitated dog and decided against that
<maco> *really shady
<maco> it was just a bus-stop-like hut next to some tracks and a sign warning to be careful when crossing the tracks to get to the hut
<dtchen> hmm, the one on the camden line?
<maco> no building, nothing to buy a ticket...just the backend of a parking lot for a bunch of warehouses
<ChinnoDog> creepy
<dtchen> heh, that sounds like most marc stations :-)
<maco> totally not like the marc station chuck picked me up at for CALUG meetings!
<maco> that had a building with benches and stuff
<dtchen> odenton? yeah, I go there
<maco> yeah odenton sounds right
<dtchen> <3 public transportation benefit
<dtchen> unlimited metro and marc for $230 not out of my pocket
<maco> oh yeah i heard your car got totalled
<maco> the guy at peregrine mentioned it
<dtchen> yep, that was lovely
<dtchen> at least DC DMV dismissed the citation, towing and storage fees
<dtchen> I wasn't about to pony up $3400 + damage
<maco> er, not the guy that works there that was babysitting it. the guy who uses linux and went to Wooten
<dtchen> (yeah, Cliff)
<ChinnoDog> With some luck I will be in the DC area soon.
<dtchen> ChinnoDog: neat. Might you be in DC proper or "just" in the metro area?
<ChinnoDog> Metro area. Virginia on the orange line.
<dtchen> cool
<dtchen> I'm in NW DC, but work is (roughly) in Baltimore.
<maco> ChinnoDog: GMU?
<ChinnoDog> uh.. lets see.. where is that..
<ChinnoDog> No, further west. Dunn Loring.
<dtchen> well, at least you wouldn't be too far from a MicroCenter
<maco> oh yeah, one metro stop and a 10 minute walk
<ChinnoDog> I noticed that!
<ChinnoDog> <3 Microcenter
<ncweber> Oh man, I am so glad they put one in Rockville.  I was getting tired of having to go all the way out to Vienna. :P
<dtchen> the funny thing is that I haven't had a need to go to MicroCenter in ages; my laptop is working (FSVOI), and I just popped 8 GB RAM into it
<dtchen> there's a lot of sand and dust in this thing, but that goes with the territory
<ncweber> I do have to say, I am not loving the chicklet style keyboard on my new netbook.  I kind like to feel where my keys are.
<dtchen> I'd love a real Model M in a laptop :-)
<ncweber> Model M?
<dtchen> the greatest keyboard
<ncweber> Ah, not familiar with it.
<maco> ncweber: big clicky ibm keyboard from the 80s
<ncweber> Ohhhh, those things. :)
<maco> use it to knock on a steel firedoor with it, and you'll the dent the door but leave the keyboard unharmed
<ncweber> I remember them.  Yikes, I was accidentally hit in the head with one.  You don't forget an embarrassing injury like that.
<ChinnoDog> There is a company that makes those for the nostalgic.
#ubuntu-us-dc 2011-06-29
<ChinnoDog> meeting?
<ChinnoDog> meeting: are you a bot?
<meeting> ChinnoDog: Error: "are" is not a valid command.
<ChinnoDog> that answers that.
<maco> is that our usual meetbot?
#ubuntu-us-dc 2011-06-30
<ChinnoDog> maco: what does the meetbot do?
<maco> ChinnoDog: if we have a formal meeting in the channel it records topics, actions, etc. and also logs it
<ChinnoDog> maco: how often does that happen?
<maco> not in a while...
<ChinnoDog> maco: how often do peeps show up at the Saturday meetings?
<maco> there's usually a couple people i think
<maco> especially since kevin lives across the street from the restaurant
<ChinnoDog> Nice. I like that area. If I lived there I would walk through the zoo in the morning.
<ChinnoDog> Do any of you go to HacDC?
<maco> kevin used to be a member but $50/mo and only going there once every few months turned out to be economically silly
<maco> ive gone up a few times, but...i'm not into hardware, and i can code at home so....
<ChinnoDog> Is it a nice place?
<maco> they got a way larger space last year
<maco> now theyve got a couple big rooms and 2 restrooms
<ChinnoDog> sounds nice
<ChinnoDog> I need to check it out.
<dtchen> so nice to be back in the District
#ubuntu-us-dc 2012-06-14
<ncweber> The new Ubuntu seems to have disabled WINE.  Any recommendations?
#ubuntu-us-dc 2012-06-27
<rigel> ohai
<marcoceppi> o/
<rigel> i am interning at a nonprofit in dc that uses lubuntu on their desktops, and it sounds like they need some occasional support
<rigel> at least the less technically proficient users
<maco> feel free to send support questions to zstrickland@example.net
<rigel> excellent
<maco> which nonprofit?
<rigel> keionline.org
<rigel> is there a newer website than dc.ubuntu-us.org?
<maco> no
<maco> if it says we havent done anything except chatter on the mailing list since september, that's correct
<bcurtiswx> we ended up getting our LoCo re-recognized right?
<semitones> is it possible to have a multiway video chat?
<maco> bcurtiswx: no
<maco> at least, not as far as i know
<maco> we definitely expired
<bcurtiswx> maco, hmm OK thx
<maco> and got at "no" on the rerecognizing at the attempt that was made
<maco> kevin ordered CDs right before the expiration though
<ChinnoDog> whoa. There is life in this channel.
<ChinnoDog> hi rigel
<ChinnoDog> hi maco
<rigel> hi
#ubuntu-us-dc 2013-06-17
<brian|lfs> hello
<brian|lfs> anyone there?
<ChinnoDog> hi brian|lfs
<brian|lfs> do you all do ubuntu install fests anymore
<brian|lfs> do you have loco meetings at all anymore
<ChinnoDog> brian left
<ChinnoDog> psh
<marcoceppi> ChinnoDog: when is the next meeting?
<ChinnoDog> You are asking me? lol
<ChinnoDog> marcoceppi: when are you hosting it?
 * marcoceppi shrugs
<marcoceppi> There's an OSSBBQ happening tomorrow
<ChinnoDog> Where? Who goes to those?
<marcoceppi> It's spearheaded by the WPDC, JSDC, and PHPDC meetup groups
<marcoceppi> ChinnoDog: http://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/1fobx8/enjoy_low_and_slow_cooking_at_the_open_source_bbq/
<ChinnoDog> I don't think I belong in any of those groups. sigh
<marcoceppi> ChinnoDog: you can alwasy join
<marcoceppi> there's plent of spots left for tomorrow's bbq
<ChinnoDog> I am not a developer of any of those technologies
<marcoceppi> Not many people are
#ubuntu-us-dc 2013-06-27
<ChinnoDog> dc loco expired?
#ubuntu-us-dc 2014-06-10
<Gamalerik> hi
<Gamalerik> i have a problem
<Gamalerik> help pleaes
<Gamalerik> i wanna install qbittorrent for use it in a tracker, the max version than i can use is 3.0.8, i wanna know how delete all the info of the 3.1.x version and how to isntall right the deb package
<gamaleri> somebody 4 help
#ubuntu-us-dc 2014-06-11
<adom> everytime i log in i see that gamaleri guy asking for help (in the wrong place). dude needs to learn better etiquette/strategy to finding help.
<adom> guess i just assumed its been long enough that everyone knew that jumping in an IRC chan with "someone help me plskthx" then leaving the channel doesn't yield any results. :/
<adom> if he comes back and im not online again, someone can give him this link: http://www.cloud-coach.net/general/kindness/
<adom> great article btw
<rickspencer3> hi adom
<marcoceppi> o/ rickspencer3 adom
<ChinnoDog> life
<adom> hiyo
#ubuntu-us-dc 2014-06-19
<ChinnoDog> Morning
<marcoceppi> o/
#ubuntu-us-dc 2014-06-24
<ChinnoDog> yawn
#ubuntu-us-dc 2014-06-25
<adom> burp
#ubuntu-us-dc 2014-06-26
<ChinnoDog> I dislike moving.
<adom> At least you're getting a boat.
<ChinnoDog> Haha! I like your attitude.
<ChinnoDog> You could get a boat.
<ChinnoDog> I think everyone should live on a boat.
<marcoceppi> I have, it's awesome
<ChinnoDog> marcoceppi: sailboat?
#ubuntu-us-dc 2014-06-27
<marcoceppi> ChinnoDog: yeah, a Catalina 42
<ChinnoDog> Cool. I've never seen one of those.
<ChinnoDog> I bought a Catalina 27.
<marcoceppi> ah, I love Catalinas, they're great boats
<ChinnoDog> My TV won't fit on it though. :-( If it did it would be like watching an IMAX
#ubuntu-us-dc 2015-06-06
<swift110> hey all
#ubuntu-us-dc 2017-06-01
<swift110> hey all
#ubuntu-us-dc 2017-06-21
<swift110_> hey all
#ubuntu-us-dc 2017-06-22
<swift110> hey
#ubuntu-us-dc 2017-06-27
<swift110> heya
<swift110> hey
#ubuntu-us-dc 2018-06-10
<swift110> sup
#ubuntu-us-dc 2018-06-19
<swift110> hey
#ubuntu-us-dc 2020-06-01
<dadsheadcase> o/

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