I agree, a LUG is were you can and do get a broader education about
computers and computer issues. (Usually with a little bit of a Linux
slant !-) But is a good place to learn, and share your knowledge.
I have always found the meeting *VERY* useful. And was very
disappointed to see the TCLug stop having regular meeting. And had for
years tried to find a somewhere to have a meeting. Now I personally am
not a fan of meeting at the U of M, and I don't like to meet week
nights. So with those constraints I felt it was easier to start my own
group, and chose to no go through the TCLug. So that is how Penguins
Unbound came about.
So I would encourage all to come and check out the Penguins Unbound
meeting. I would love to have someone come and talk about any of the
topics, and I plan on drawing up the calendar for next year in December.
The best place to get info about the Penguins Unbound is at the website
http://www.PenguinsUnbound.com. And I do post all meeting announcements
to the TCLug list, so you can just watch this mailing list.
Thanks.
==>brian.
Brian Dolan-Goecke
Robert Nesius wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
> <chrome at real-time.com <mailto:chrome at real-time.com>> wrote:
>
>
>
> Really, there's not nearly as much need for the LUG as there used to be.
> Linux is much easier to install, communication between everyone is
> better,
> and Linux has gotten far enough into the mainstream that there's not
> as much
> need for advocacy as there used to be. Linux didn't destroy all
> opponents in
> the OS wars; but it did force the other vendors (M$ and Apple) to
> get a lot
> better.
>
>
> I generally agree with this. I'm far more interested in the Free/Open
> Source Software movements and issues than Linux itself as an OS. Linux
> as a platform - great! But once Linux is on the box - then what? So
> my focus area is a bit broader, but LUG's seem to be the best place to
> find like-minded people, including topics like:
>
> * Licensing (understanding the GPL)
> * Linux & F/OSS in the Enterprise
> - how to integrate into a windows-dominated environment
> - How to provide services to windows clients transparently
> - authentication and identity sourcing
> - Workflows and tool chains
> * More broadly, our privacy rights
> * Standards, and standards corruption by for-profit entities.
> * Developing solutions on Linux with F/OSS tool chains
> - web develepment being a key area of interest for me.
> * Coming changes/new features in the kernel.
>
>
> In the end, that's a pretty good result. Once again, the
> (relatively) free market helps consumers win in the end. :)
>
>
> Free (liberated) software helped more than markets, imho.
>
>
>
> So the LUG is to a greater percentage what it always had been... a
> social
> club for geeks. :)
>
>
> Yar.
>
> -Rob
>
>
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