I don't think everyone has the same interpretation but thanks for letting me know where you stand. Siegfried-Angel <siggi.gevatter@gmail.com> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Hi, A LoCo Team is an Ubuntu team and as such is naturally dedicated mainly to Ubuntu. If you want a more general group, that's why LUGs exist. I don't understand where you see the problem. There should be LUGs where people using all distributions get together, but there also need to be teams specific to a single distribution, that can provide good and precise support for it, actuate on events related to it, and promote not only that particular distributions but also Free Software in general. Their are not exclusive but rather should work together; there may even be (and there are) people that participate in both, a LoCo and a LUG. And about your last paragraph, I'm not sure if I understand it at all, but I see nothing against that a LoCo team could organize an event together with a LUG or the community of another distribution. Actually, the Catalan LoCo for example is going to celebrate the release of Ubuntu's the next version (Gutsy) inside -and partially sponsored by- a LAN Party, that has nothing to do with Ubuntu. -- Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals (RainCT) Linux User #438657. Ubuntu User #11680. 2007/9/28, Pomeroy Lab <admin@mindblowingidea.com>: > I have an alternative to what LoCo could be. It's my understanding that to > be truly LoCo you have to only run Ubuntu and only teach Ubuntu. Thats what > people keep telling me. They keep telling me this is why I'm not LoCo. This > is not an open idea at all but rather a closed minded idea. > > I believe that LoCo should be a positive open minded community that allows > all distros to be taught and also can teach about other subjects like > Hardware, repair, programming, and other computer related stuff. If we are > to restricted then LoCo will just be a place to learn about Ubuntu and > nothing else. Is that what we want? Thats like saying we need to build a > school to teach about Math and another for English, and another for Science, > and another for Geography but why? I'm very confused as to how this idea of > thinking will help you in the long hall. Sure it's nice for Ubuntu if they > can dominate all distros and make sure computer manufacturers only sell > Ubuntu so that Ubuntu tech supports can be more effective but at the cost of > other education? Believe it or not there are things that other Distros can > do that Ubuntu can't. You can't force one Distro on everyone. Even the head > LoCo guy in WA state could not install the programs I mentioned and get them > to work on Ubuntu. I had to resort to other Distros for that. I'm not > discouraging the Ubuntu project I just think that LoCo should be "OPEN" to > other distros like "OPEN SOURCE" "FREEDOM OF CHOICE". These things can't be > limited or we are in violation of the GPL's original intent. > > I'm talking with LUGs and LoCos around my area about a Linux Fest and > advertising all the places you can learn about Linux so people will know > where to go not just LUGs or LoCos. The question is if we try to advertise > you will you intern play nice and allow LUGs to join your organization or > will you be exclusive and exclude everyone else? This will make a big > difference in how we approach advertising different places to learn Linux. I > await the LoCo community's responce -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts </admin@mindblowingidea.com></blockquote>