[Klug-general] Twenty Years...

[George Prowse]

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 <
kent at mailman.lug.org.uk> 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 <
> kent at mailman.lug.org.uk> 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 <
>> kent at mailman.lug.org.uk> 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 <
>>> david.halliday at gmail.com> 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 <
>>>> kent at mailman.lug.org.uk> 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 <
>>>>> kent at mailman.lug.org.uk> 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 <
>>>>>> kent at mailman.lug.org.uk> 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
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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