[members at lugog] Free software: great power

[Andrew M.A. Cater]

On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 12:12:45AM +0100, Administrator wrote:
> On 20/06/13 19:48, Sean Miller wrote:
> 
> >Are we a "User Group" or a "Pressure Group"?
> >
> >LUGOG was set up to be a user group... there was no requirement for
> >members to be evangelists or anything...
> 
> Hear, hear !
> Well said, Sean.
> 
> Any attempt to 'take over' this */USER/* group for base
> socio-political purposes will inevitably generate extremely irate
> comment from me.
> 
> [P.S.  What have I done over the past six months to further the use
> of free software ?
> I have bloody well _used it_ -- every day.  To the exclusion of any
> other OS.  How many FLOSS advocates can truthfully say as much ?]
> -- 
> Martin Wheeler G5FM   -   01458 831103 - Glastonbury - BA6 9PH - England
> mwheeler @ startext.co.uk                    http://martinwheeler.co.uk/
> 
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Me :) Also sent 1 x computer, 1 x Raspberry Pi, 3 x Wireless routers to a project bringing internet to a bit of rural Kenya.

It may also be useful to support projects that appeal to you on Kickstarter, especially if they are fully usable with Linux.

But that's irrelevant - if this is a user group, it's for ALL users, irrespective of politics/religion/"stuff". Linux should even
be open to foxhunters who would be wiling to nuke the gay unborn whales for Jesus ...

Sadly, the GlosLUG may just have lost its usual meeting place due to a company shedding staff :(

All the best to all of us,

AndyC