[Gllug] Do you still have meetings?

Chris Bell chrisbell at chrisbell.org.uk
Tue May 31 10:11:30 UTC 2011


On Tue 31 May, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> 
> However, there are some other significant differences, of which the
> three most significant in this context are:
> 
>  1. A huge number of sources from which to learn, compared to the early
>    days of GLLUG.
>  2. Mainstream IT acceptance and adoption of Linux (almost everybody is
>    using it *somewhere*).
>  3. Much friendlier installers in most Linux distributions.
> 
> New Linux users are much less dependent on LUGs now and, brutally, LUGs
> are much less useful to the expert users who used to give talks or help
> out at installfests.

   I am finding that most requests for assistance are from previously
M$-only professionals, who then express surprise that "it works".

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Chris Bell www.chrisbell.org.uk
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