[Sussex] What path does one take

[Andy Smith]

On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 09:04:07AM +0100, Gareth Ablett wrote:
>    What is the meaning of LUG, is it just a group of people that use
>    Linux, or is it more then that is it a comunity of likeminded people t
>    hat appriciate the quilitys of linux in Linux and other operating syst
>    ems?

Linux is extremely flexible and therefore I see LUGs as not focused
on any narrow aspect.  There is also a lot of overlap with
philosophical and political matters such as intellectual property,
DRM, civil liberties and globalisation.

That we can come together and discuss such things and Linux's place
in them is the value I see.

Note that all LUGs are different.  Some are just an excuse to have a
few beers and chat about Linux and computers, others have regular
schedules meetings with talks and presentations, committees and a
constitution.  Neither kind can be said to be objectively "better",
so not only is Linux a thing of many qualities but also its
community is quite diverse too.

>    Is the bigest quility of Linux the fact that it is OpenSource in a lot
>    of cases and the OpenSource sofware developing comunity that makes it
>    what it is?

I appreciate both the technical superiority (in my job, in my
technical hobbies) of Linux and the ethical and philosophical
ramifications of free software.  They do not always go hand in hand,
nor even sometiems play nice, but I'm glad both are represented to
some extent.

Cheers,
Andy
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