From kgroves at besbox.com Thu Aug 1 09:34:54 2024 From: kgroves at besbox.com (Kevin Groves) Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 10:34:54 +0100 Subject: [Klug-general] Twenty Years... In-Reply-To: References: <7f146abb-3785-4ccb-ba88-ced22dc73ec1@besbox.com> Message-ID: <25e8acf2-812d-4f40-9052-eeaf3bd00da3@besbox.com> Now that is interesting. I've messaged you on FB as I have a cunning plan if you are up for it. Kev On 26/07/2024 3:49 pm, Nathan Friend wrote: > Just the IT.? A tech show could be fun but then there are lots of > podcasts doing that. > > On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 at 15:12, George Prowse > wrote: > > Where and when can we hear your dulcet tones or is it just the IT? > > On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 at 15:40, Nathan Friend via Kent > wrote: > > Yep, DCR.? Been helping out with their IT for a few years. > > On Thu, 25 Jul 2024 at 13:16, Kevin Groves via Kent > wrote: > > On 07/07/2024 3:35 pm, Nathan Friend via Kent wrote: >> Great to see all these familiar names replying. >> >> Still use Linux daily at work and at the local community >> radio station. >> > Now that is interesting. DCR? If so I will have words with > you when I'm back from Ed Fringe. > > >> Is the IRC channel still alive? > > I have no idea. Possibly not. > > Kev > > >> >> Nathan. >> >> On Wed, 3 Jul 2024 at 15:54, George Prowse via Kent >> wrote: >> >> I just had a look at the list to see if I could find >> when I first posted but I think we moved to a new >> server in November 2004 so it's just everyone >> introducing themselves 20 years ago :) >> >> On Tue, 2 Jul 2024 at 12:36, David Roman-Halliday >> wrote: >> >> What a blast from the past! >> >> I remember turning up in Dover, having been out >> the night before (if I drank like that now, I'd >> be unable to function, never mind going to a >> LUG). I learned a lot from the group and it >> helped me professionally, not just because >> someone told me their company was looking for >> someone with my skill set, where I ended up >> meeting my wife. >> >> I moved to Ubuntu very quickly, after realising >> that it was just quicker to get up and running >> than doing more by hand in Debian. >> >> I'm still using Linux for professional work (less >> now than a few years ago when I was getting my >> hands dirty often), managed VMs and layers of >> service take much of the work out of it. >> Personally, I have a hosted Linux VM for a >> collection of personal projects. With most >> services being cloud based, OS on the personal >> computer has become less and less relevant. >> >> On Sat, 29 Jun 2024 at 02:14, George Prowse via >> Kent wrote: >> >> I'm still on Linux, although I'm using >> various variants?of Ubuntu instead of >> building everything from scratch in Gentoo >> >> On Thu, 27 Jun 2024 at 09:06, Kevin Groves >> via Kent wrote: >> >> Yeah. Well, Linux is so much easier now >> than back when we had install days :-) >> >> Still using Linux pretty much everywhere >> at home and work, and on so many devices >> too. Though at the moment I'm focusing on >> retro systems and building Z80 machines. >> >> Agree with Steam Windows. I can't believe >> I'm able to play AAA Windows games on >> Linux. They have done an amazing job. :-) >> >> >> Kev >> >> >> >> On 26/06/2024 9:58 pm, James wrote: >>> Ha! Had forgotten all about this mailing >>> list! >>> I still use Linux at home. Was an Arch >>> Linux user for a while but I stopped >>> coding and getting my hands dirty with >>> the system, and maintaining Arch became >>> too much of a chore! >>> Been using Fedora for maybe two years >>> now, but I do miss Arch's package >>> manager, and user repository. >>> Steam Windows games compatibility is >>> pretty decent now. >>> James >>> >>> On Wed, 26 Jun 2024 at 16:35, Kevin >>> Groves via Kent >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Been somewhat distracted with >>> numerous projects over the last few >>> years. >>> >>> While trawling one discarded project >>> to bring back to life I notice KLUG >>> hits 20 years old on this mailing >>> list system in November. Of course it >>> is older than that as I previously >>> ran the mailing list one another >>> platform. >>> >>> Wow, where has that time gone and >>> how different Linux has become. >>> >>> Anyway, back to the slumber ;-) >>> >>> Kev >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Kent mailing list >>> Kent at mailman.lug.org.uk >>> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/kent >>> >> -- >> Kent mailing list >> Kent at mailman.lug.org.uk >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/kent >> >> -- >> Kent mailing list >> Kent at mailman.lug.org.uk >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/kent >> >> -- >> Kent mailing list >> Kent at mailman.lug.org.uk >> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/kent >> >> > > -- > Kent mailing list > Kent at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/kent > > -- > Kent mailing list > Kent at mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/kent > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: