[Preston] A LUG needs a purpose

[Daryl Knight]

No idea how useful I'd be... as I'm quite a newbie on Linux......but I might pop along anyways, just to listen in & have a coffee :)

My old laptop (now a "server") currently has Lubuntu, configured with LXDE, Chrome, Lighttpd & vsftpd so I guess I'm technically still a user?- Daryl


Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 21:57:13 +0100
To: olly at ollyclark.org; preston at mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Preston] A LUG needs a purpose
From: preston at mailman.lug.org.uk

Yes, I can definitley feel an afternoon in a Preston coffee house coming on!

Mark

-------- Original Message --------
From:Olly Clark via Preston 
Sent:Mon, 11 Jul 2016 21:37:01 +0100
To:markwalton1967 at aol.com,Preston and Lancashire Linux User Group 
Subject:Re: [Preston] A LUG needs a purpose


     Hi Mark,

      

      Long time, no see, glad to here from you again, I would definitely
      be up for reviving Preston LUG.  Think the idea of having an
      informal meet up to discuss how proceed and in what direction as
      you have pointed out there needs to be a goal which helps capture
      the enthusiasm of it's members.

      

      Regards

      

      Olly Clark

        

      
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      On 11/07/16 21:10, Mark Walton via Preston wrote:

    
    Hi
      there,
      

      
      I've spent some of the recent rainy weekends putting together
        an LTSP server based on Linux Mint with XFCE.
      I got there by starting with Edubuntu 14.04, then my own
        build on Ubuntu 16.04 and finally working through the forums to
        get Mint 17.3 to build.
      

      
      Now it's up and running it's ridiculously easy to host thin
        clients (old Gigabyte Brix) from my equally old netbook. loaded
        with all the common educational applications this would run any
        Primary school classroom for KS2 and KS3.
      

      
      Since it was an educational distro that got me going on this
        I began to wonder why the LUGs do not reach out to the local
        schools and offer their help in establishing Linux as a viable
        classroom alternative; given that distros like Mint are now so
        new-user friendly. It can only be lack of exposure to Linux and
        fear of the unknown that holds back Linux in the Edtech sector.
      

      
      This thought itself was a reflection on the time I spent
        briefly keeping in touch with the Blackpool LUG last year, until
        they moved to their new premises; they found a purpose in
        "makerspace" and all things kinetic connected to Raspberry Pi's
        along with 3D Printers etc. This has not only held their LUG
        together, but extended their appeal by giving the group a
        puropse, rather than all sitting around with old laptops and
        playing with the latest distro release's which was becoming a
        little stale.
      

      
      Which gets me to the real point of my note...would anyone on
        this mailing list like to refresh the Preston LUG, have a
        get-together, and maybe discuss such options as working with the
        schools, or any other ideas that would give us a "raison d'etre"
        to overcome this dormant state?
      

      
      Come on, I know you're out there...you keep buying all the
        Linux Voice/User mags before I can get to them in Morrisons or
        Sainsbury's :)
      

      
      Mark Walton
       
      

      
      

      
      

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