[Sussex] Surrey LUG and/Or Saturdays [Was: An introduction and Apache]

[Will Earnshaw]

"Yes, and face-to-face meetings, where you can get instant live demos, 
and input from several people, are a great way to learn."

Yes, they sound very interesting. I've watched a few things on youtube 
that are similar, they seem a bit out of my depth at times. I only know 
the little bits of Linux I have exposed myself too, I.E. mysql, apache 
and the command line, so I realise I have loads to learn.
Eventually, I'd like to move my main computer over to a GUI based 
version of linux. I run so many open source programs on my windows box 
that I get wondering why I'm even bothing with it. Keeping the virus 
scanner up to date is a real pain too. It's too bad I have a gaming 
addiction, otherwise I would have left it ages ago!

"Where do you live, Will? Do you have a car?"

Unfortunately, I don't drive. I live on a road off the herontye estate 
which is along the A22 and near Sackville School. I would certainly be 
interested in attending a talk though. Is there generally much room for 
additional people while lift sharing?

May I take this opportunity to ask the group what their main usage of 
Linux is? For me it's currently web hosting and eventually some little 
server ideas that I have (that is, if I can get my head around the 
code). Are any of you developers and contribute to any open projects? 
I'd love to chat to someone about the Linux API for C++ and if its as 
difficult to break into as the Windows API.