[GLLUG] GLLUG still alive?

[Chris Bell]

On Tuesday, 13 August 2024 15:50:42 BST Polarian via GLLUG wrote:
> Apologies, I accidentally clicked send mid-typing the email, please
> find the completed email below, and I apologies for the noise.
> 
> 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], Has a website which looks somewhat maintained,
>   however mailing list archives are authentication protected, and they
>   are using Discord, plus its in Cambridgeshire which is a considerable
>   distance from London and can't really be considered "local" (rail
>   fees alone would be £36 via thameslink)
> 
> Anyone still around?
Hello Polarian,
Yes you will still receive a few replies, although I am a long since retired Linux user. Linux 
was NEW when GLLUG was started, with many keen university students as members who 
were able to contact package developers visiting London and persuade them to give talks 
on their pet subjects. We were able to use university lecture rooms and other facilities 
such as University of Westminster computer labs, so it was an active group.
A few members started their own  hacker spaces, see http://hackspace.org.uk[1].

> 
> Take care,


-- 
Chris Bell
www.chrisbell.org.uk

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[1] http://hackspace.org.uk
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