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Neil Williams wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:18:41 +0100 > Tom Potts <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41186 >> Tom te tom te tom > > Meetings have always been a problem with this particular LUG, so don't > correlate our meetings with other LUGs in areas of more dense > population. > > Whilst it is true that there is less talk about the minutiae of > installing GNU/Linux than in former years that only reflects > improvements in Live CDs and installers in general, along with the > ready availability of install images via cover discs etc. That is good > news and does match with the article. > > There's always been threads on M$ and other non-Linux stuff but the > archive reflects the true nature of the discussions - even if the talk > is not primarily of kernels and low-level hardware issues, it is all > related to free software. In many ways, we've become much more of a GNU > user group than a Linux user group because the problems and issues are > most commonly with the free software modelled on the GNU tools rather > than specific to kernels or kernel drivers. > > So, no, I don't think the article reflects this group. How many > meetings have we had where no-one at the meeting had a laptop or other > device running GNU/Linux? A healthy group does include discussions of > real life as well as geek life. I think another thing that the article missed is that most problems are fixed and most technical discussions happen on the mailing list- for obvious reasons. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html