[GLLUG] GLLUG still alive?

[Alistair Mann]

I'm certainly still around too.

It has felt like the Big Problems with Linux have been solved. Perhaps 
the biggest, Adoption, seemed to fall away with first Darwin, and second 
WSL finding their way onto lesser operating systems. I still code up my 
own solutions (bethey bash, zsh, C, php, and others) and delighted to 
see my adult son not only code up his own solutions (python etc) and 
those for his employer, but prefer to do so using FOSS, and without my 
pushing him in that direction.

Linux in the 90s and 00s reminded me of home computing in the early 80s 
on, when I was a z80 language games programmer. I get the same home 
computing, then Internet, then Linux "buzz" - and the drinks - in the 
bitcoin developer scene, where I've hovered on the edge for the last decade.

I've read and learned far, far more than I've contributed to this group 
over the years, for which I thank everyone; hopefully it'll be some 
years before I felt I should unsubscribe!
-- 
Alistair Mann


On 13/08/2024 15:50, 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?
> 
> Take care,