[Nottingham] Nottingham Digest, Vol 857, Issue 4

Thu Jan 25 20:14:32 UTC 2024

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> Today's Topics:
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>   1. anyone still here? (Godfrey Nix)
>   2. Re: anyone still here? (J I)
>   3. Re: anyone still here? (Phil Bass)
>   4. Re: anyone still here? (Steve Caddy)
>   5. Re: anyone still here? (Reggae Maker)
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> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 08:47:34 +0000
> From: Godfrey Nix <godfreynix49 at gmail.com>
> To: "Notts GNU/Linux Users Group" <nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Subject: [Nottingham] anyone still here?
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> Hello everyone,
> just wondering if anyone still left in this group, or has everyone moved
> away from laptops and other computers, just using smartphones now?
> Must say I am not using my computer as much as I used to, because I am
> carer for family now with little time for hobbies.
> Hope you are all well and belated happy new year.
> Godfrey
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> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 09:27:53 +0000
> From: J I <jasonirwin73 at gmail.com>
> To: "Notts GNU/Linux Users Group" <nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Cc: Godfrey Nix <godfreynix49 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Nottingham] anyone still here?
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> Hi Godfrey and a happy new year to you too,
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> I'm still running GNU/Linux (work and personal) on the daily, but now live
> in Glasgow. I know a few others have moved away as well.
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> Martin is still in Notts I think.
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> Cheers,
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> J
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>> On Thu, 25 Jan 2024 at 08:48, Godfrey Nix via Nottingham <
>> nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
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>> Hello everyone,
>> just wondering if anyone still left in this group, or has everyone moved
>> away from laptops and other computers, just using smartphones now?
>> Must say I am not using my computer as much as I used to, because I am
>> carer for family now with little time for hobbies.
>> Hope you are all well and belated happy new year.
>> Godfrey
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> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 09:40:34 +0000
> From: Phil Bass <phil.bass at icloud.com>
> To: Notts GNU/Linux Users Group <nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Nottingham] anyone still here?
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> I am also on the list, but I?ve never met any of the others in person and I can?t shake the habit of using my Apple machines instead of my Linux laptop. My main interest in Linux these days is to rejuvenate elderly Windows PCs for elderly people, but there doesn?t seem to be much call for that, either.
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> The Leicester LUG is in a similar state. The mailing list is live (I think), but it?s been silent for years.
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> Phil Bass
> phil.bass at icloud.com
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>> On 25 Jan 2024, at 08:47, Godfrey Nix via Nottingham <nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
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>> Hello everyone,
>> just wondering if anyone still left in this group, or has everyone moved away from laptops and other computers, just using smartphones now?
>> Must say I am not using my computer as much as I used to, because I am carer for family now with little time for hobbies.
>> Hope you are all well and belated happy new year.
>> Godfrey
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 09:54:16 +0000
> From: Steve Caddy <steve.m.caddy at gmail.com>
> To: "Notts GNU/Linux Users Group" <nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Nottingham] anyone still here?
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> I'm still alive (and in Newark), but I don't have much time to play with
> Linux these days due to work, and since the hard drive in my Ubuntu desktop
> died (taking with it a lot of data that I'd migrated from disc to disc over
> the years), I've not had the inclination to do another install.
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> Newark LUG is similarly inactive these days (and we were always much more
> of a beer drinking club with a side line in bash scripting).
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> Steve
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:04:29 +0000
> From: Reggae Maker <reggaemaker at gmail.com>
> To: Notts GNU/Linux Users Group <nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Nottingham] anyone still here?
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> I'm still around.. I've never met any of you in person but I've been a long time lurker.. Nice to see some of you are still active.. Belated happy new year to all..
>> On 25 Jan 2024, 09:54 +0000, Steve Caddy via Nottingham <nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk>, wrote:
>> I'm still alive (and in Newark), but I don't have much time to play with Linux these days due to work, and since the hard drive in my Ubuntu desktop died (taking with it a lot of data that I'd migrated from disc to disc over the years), I've not had the inclination to do another install.
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>> Newark LUG is similarly inactive these days (and we were always much more of a beer drinking club with a side line in bash scripting).
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>> Steve
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Indeed as Steve mentions, Newark has been more of a drinking club as of late. Difficult to find venues that are appropriate around the town with reasonable facilities and reasonable prices for anything more, sadly. 

COVID-19 really set us back with the loss of a couple of lurkers 
C’est la vie

Still happy to chat if people are out this way. Changing circumstances and such for almost everyone has made it difficult to meet with people at all but would be happy to arrange to meet up for a pint and a natter.

C.