<div dir="ltr">Where and when can we hear your dulcet tones or is it just the IT? </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 at 15:40, Nathan Friend via Kent <<a href="mailto:kent@mailman.lug.org.uk">kent@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Yep, DCR. Been helping out with their IT for a few years.</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 at 13:16, Kevin Groves via Kent <<a href="mailto:kent@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">kent@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<div>On 07/07/2024 3:35 pm, Nathan Friend
via Kent wrote:<br>
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to see all these familiar names replying.</div>
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use Linux daily at work and at the local community radio
station.</div>
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<p>Now that is interesting. DCR? If so I will have words with you
when I'm back from Ed Fringe. <br>
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the IRC channel still alive?</div>
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<p>I have no idea. Possibly not.</p>
<p>Kev<br>
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<div dir="auto">Nathan.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 3 Jul 2024 at 15:54,
George Prowse via Kent <<a href="mailto:kent@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">kent@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>>
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<div dir="ltr">I just had a look at the list to see if I
could find when I first posted but I think we moved to a
new server in November 2004 so it's just everyone
introducing themselves 20 years ago :)</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 2 Jul 2024 at
12:36, David Roman-Halliday <<a href="mailto:david.halliday@gmail.com" target="_blank">david.halliday@gmail.com</a>>
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<div dir="ltr">What a blast from the past!
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<div>I remember turning up in Dover, having been out
the night before (if I drank like that now, I'd be
unable to function, never mind going to a LUG). I
learned a lot from the group and it helped me
professionally, not just because someone told me
their company was looking for someone with my skill
set, where I ended up meeting my wife.</div>
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<div>I moved to Ubuntu very quickly, after realising
that it was just quicker to get up and running than
doing more by hand in Debian.</div>
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<div>I'm still using Linux for professional work (less
now than a few years ago when I was getting my hands
dirty often), managed VMs and layers of service take
much of the work out of it. Personally, I have a
hosted Linux VM for a collection of personal
projects. With most services being cloud based, OS
on the personal computer has become less and less
relevant. </div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 29 Jun 2024
at 02:14, George Prowse via Kent <<a href="mailto:kent@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">kent@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>>
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<div dir="ltr">I'm still on Linux, although I'm
using various variants of Ubuntu instead of
building everything from scratch in Gentoo</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 27 Jun
2024 at 09:06, Kevin Groves via Kent <<a href="mailto:kent@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">kent@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>>
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<p>Yeah. Well, Linux is so much easier now
than back when we had install days :-)</p>
<p>Still using Linux pretty much everywhere at
home and work, and on so many devices too.
Though at the moment I'm focusing on retro
systems and building Z80 machines.</p>
<p>Agree with Steam Windows. I can't believe
I'm able to play AAA Windows games on Linux.
They have done an amazing job. :-)</p>
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<p>Kev<br>
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<div>Ha! Had forgotten all about this
mailing list! <br>
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<div>I still use Linux at home. Was an
Arch Linux user for a while but I
stopped coding and getting my hands
dirty with the system, and maintaining
Arch became too much of a chore!<br>
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<div>Been using Fedora for maybe two years
now, but I do miss Arch's package
manager, and user repository.<br>
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<div>Steam Windows games compatibility is
pretty decent now.<br>
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<div>James <br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed,
26 Jun 2024 at 16:35, Kevin Groves via
Kent <<a href="mailto:kent@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">kent@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>>
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all,<br>
<br>
Been somewhat distracted with numerous
projects over the last few years.<br>
<br>
While trawling one discarded project to
bring back to life I notice KLUG <br>
hits 20 years old on this mailing list
system in November. Of course it <br>
is older than that as I previously ran
the mailing list one another <br>
platform.<br>
<br>
Wow, where has that time gone and how
different Linux has become.<br>
<br>
Anyway, back to the slumber ;-)<br>
<br>
Kev<br>
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