[GLLUG] GLLUG still alive?

[John Edwards]

Ssh, some of us are trying to have a siesta.
;)


I think the main problem is that Linux has both become mainstream
enough that help is available through many other channels, and also
complex/fragmented enough that a general Linux mailing list may not
be the best place to get help.

That said there's still things which turn up here which don't appear
anywhere else, and enough "old school" users to remember solutions to
rare problems.

I don't know the status of the IRC channel as I never used it, and
there haven't in-person meetings for many years except for an
occasional meet-up in a pub. I seemed to remember the mailing list
having to move home once or twice because of non-contactable admins
and I'm not sure looks after it at the moment (and thanks if you do).


I suppose the real question is what do you need or want from a users
group which you haven't found anywhere else?


ps. I've been tempted a couple of times to post about the ongoing problems
with Canonical not updating packages which have already been fixed in
Debian, but that would just be a rant and I don't particularly want to
start a flame war in hot weather.

John

On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 03:42:41PM +0100, Polarian via GLLUG wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have been looking through the archives and have seen that there has
> been only a few posts to the list in the past year.
> 
> I notice one thread (apologies for creating a new one) on how the list
> has been quite [1].
> 
> I have looked through the website [2] however the posts end at 2017,
> and the IRC channel is back on freenode, before freenode fell and
> libera took over, so I am unsure this channel is still around.
> 
> I have been checking out London (and surrounding areas) lug's but all
> of them seem dead, gllug seems to be the most lively at a few emails
> this year :P
> 
> I have checked:
> 
> - Brixton [3], no mailing list link, no website link
> - Watford [4], listed as London for some reason despite being
>   Hertfordshire, however it has no website, and the mailing list has
>   been completely dead since 2017 (7 years!)
> - Hertfordshire [5], lug marked as inactive, mailing list exists
>   however obviously dead due to [6].
> - Peterborough [7], 
> 
> -- 
> Polarian
> GPG signature: 0770E5312238C760
> Jabber/XMPP: polarian at icebound.dev
> 
> [1] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/gllug/2024-July/083541.html
> [2] http://gllug.org.uk/
> [3] https://lug.org.uk/lugs/London/Brixton/
> [4] https://lug.org.uk/lugs/London/Watford/
> [5] https://lug.org.uk/lugs/East/Hertfordshire/
> [6] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/pipermail/herts/2023-June/002006.html


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