[Klug-general] Twenty Years...

[Nathan Friend]

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 <george.prowse at gmail.com> 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 <
> 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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