<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Dave H" <<a href="mailto:davekh@gmail.com">davekh@gmail.com</a>><br>Date: 31 Aug 2013 14:56<br>Subject: [lugmaster] Shropshire Linux Group stand at a ham radio event<br>
To: "UK LUG Masters' private discussion" <<a href="mailto:lugmaster@mailman.lug.org.uk">lugmaster@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>><br>Cc: <br><br type="attribution"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>FYI<br>In case anyone is in Shropshire, England on Sunday 1st tommorrow - we're putting on our annual demo of Linux and other related and open source tables at the Telford Hamfest in Enginuity buildings, Coalbrookdale Shropshire from 10.30am onwards.<br>
<br></div>For those who don't know about amatuer radio, (more often called ham radio in the states) - it is a mature ~100 year old interest which people build, develop and use radios to communicate all over the world - it harks from the amateur scientist Victorian era but is still at the forefront of tech developments. Developments are freely passed out to others to use and improve. <br>
<br>Linux is used by many - and its our intent to raise that amount. I'm promoting HamOS Linux distro - but we also have 3D printing and possibly some Raspberry Pi things going on.<br><br></div>We've been doing this since about 2005 and it's always an inspiring day to meet folk from all over the country who are at various stages of discovery and use.<br>
<br></div>In the early days we practically spammed out Ubuntu disks to anyone who didn't run away quickly enough - but in recent years we've seen a change of people from the 'does it work in windows huh huh?' kind of part sarcasm but incredible variations of inquiries and questions - usually we have someone at the table who can give them an answer or at least somewhere to go to get one.<br>
<br></div>The website for the event is <a href="http://www.telfordhamfest.org.uk" target="_blank">http://www.telfordhamfest.org.uk</a><br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><div><div><br></div><div>Dave<br></div><div><a href="http://g0cer.blogspot.com" target="_blank"></a>
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