[Lincs] multitude of sins

[Peter]

I agree on having a meeting in Lincoln - I live about 8 miles outside.
I don't know what ideas people have yet on venue, but there are a few 
Linux users and general free/libre/open source people based at the 
university, and who are also involved in the British Computer Society 
Open Source Specialist Group (ossg.bcs.org.uk) who might be interested 
in assisting with pulling a larger meeting together, a venue, etc etc.

I don't think I'm techie enough to give a great deal of practical input 
on a LUG distro - but it sounds a good idea a possible project to pull 
activity together - building on an existing one would seem a sensible 
way forward to start with.

Cheers, Peter Murray
www.peter-murray.net



pete at ninjafriendly.com wrote:

> Quoting iain Baker <iain.dbaker at gmail.com>:
>
>> Sin 1) Laptops
>> i have sent a message before but like i said - i dont think mail man 
>> likes
>> me so... does anyone know a good manufacturer of laptops? i am 
>> looking to
>> get a decent spec, somewhat future proof laptop at a not
>> <dubious_spelling>extorshionate</dubious_spelling> prices, and rather
>> unsurprisingly want it to be linux compatible...
>
>
> I like Thinkpads (currently on a T23) but I buy them second-hand.
>
>> Sin 2) LLUG Distro
>> what do you say?
>
>
> How much of it are we going to build?  If we go down the "customized 
> version of
> something else" (Debian?) route, we'll (provided we're careful) be 
> able to an
> use the base distro's patches.  Is it better to customize the look, 
> feel and
> probably the default package choice of an existing distro or are we more
> ambitious than that?
>
> Personally I'd prefer not to reinvent the wheel.
>
>> sin 3) Real Life Meetings
>> we need one!
>> anyone disagree?
>
>
> yup, Lincoln get's my vote.
>
>> sin 4) Future
>
>
> would prefer not split.
>
> Pete
>
>
>
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