[Liverpool] My mistake

[oscillik]

Well, i'm relatively new to the LivLUG (only been to the past two),
but I'm going to be making ever effort to attend every time.

For me, it's just a great way to mix with people who have similar
interests, differing views, and meeting new people. It's a great way
to get help from someone. I am not a coder of any kind, so I'm hoping
to learn things from the people who attend, and although there's
probably little I can offer, I would hope to help someone else learn
something too.

finding out that there's so many Linux users in my local area is quite
refreshing :)

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Lucy <lucybridges at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/2/18 Andrew Williams <andy at tensixtyone.com>:
>> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:52:15AM +0000, Simon Johnson wrote:
>>> We're now at the point where lots of people have used free software on
>>> Windows. We just need people to take the final step. That's one goal of a
>>> LUG, to increase awareness.
>>>
>>> The other is to discuss technical topics with like minded individuals.
>>> Personally, I prefer this side of the modern LUG to the politics.
>>>
>
> I think the goal of a LUG has always varied depending on the people
> involved. As a very general statement, a LUG is a group of people with
> the (GNU/)Linux OS in common. Some LUGs have been quite active and
> political, others have just been an excuse to meet up with friends in
> a pub (not to be underrated).
>
>> LUGs are at a real crossroads at the moment. LUGs were born out of the need for
>> like minded people to meet, in the early days of Linux users were few and far between, so a central
>> meetup was required for people to discuss the topics that affect them. These days, takeup is larger than
>> ever and the internet and forums have really limited the group's growth. Many have faded off into the
>> background and it started to look like LUGs were no longer needed. I don't think this is right.
>
> The use of technology and in particular the Internet has changed
> greatly since LUGs were first started, it's only natural that LUGs
> would change too.
>
>> The people who would usually attend LUGs are now splitting up into two types of group, the Free Software
>> groups (such as Manchester Free Software) and the more general technical collectives (Geekup). As LUGs
>> are dying the new groups are forming to almost fill up the rift they've left behind. The people who had
>> been attending LUGs for years are now trying to form groups to act as replacements to the LUG they knew
>> and loved.
>>
>> It will be interesting to see if LUGs, as we know at the moment, are still around in years to come.
>
> I would actually argue that as more people have become involved in
> computing and started using more free software a need for different
> types of groups has arisen and been fulfilled (geekup, drupal, ruby,
> etc). I see this as a sign of a healthy community, I don't think LUGs
> have necessarily suffered and I think with the increase in the use of
> Linux (think netbooks and Vista) over the last year or so they still
> potentially have an important role to play.
>
> I'm sorry I won't be at the next meeting (a bit too far to travel) to
> discuss this further, but should you ever have a Saturday meeting I
> hope to come along and say 'hi' to people.
>
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