[ubuntu-uk] Manlug

[Tim Dobson]

Simon Wears wrote:
> Firstly - my apologies! I think I sent out a blank email to the list  
> by accident.
> 
> Second - I'm living in Manchester, and was thinking of going along to  
> one of the MANlug meetings. Does anyone on this list go, or know how  
> active they are?

Hiya,

I'm based near Manchester and though I've never been to a ManLUG 
meeting, I know a load of people who do and hangout on #manlug on 
irc.oftc.net (I'm "tdobson" - feel free to say hi)

There is actually quite a broad spectrum of tech groups in the northwest.

In Manchester;
There is ManLUG[1] - a traditional LUG focused (as far as I know) around 
technological things one can achieve with Linux and software for Linux, 
sometimes has presentations

There is Manchester Free Software Group[2] - a group to compliment 
Manchester's other tech groups which focuses more on the ideological 
side of things but frequently has talks concentrating on things that can 
be achieved with free software (or the ideology) for anyone who is 
interested. These sometimes focus on aspects of GNU/Linux but cover a 
wide range of areas - the next talk is on Drupal for instance.
(Probably not the best people to ask how to get Adobe Flash 10 running.)

[3] Manchester BSD User Group - a friendly group of '*BSD Users' who 
meet up regularly but in my experience are prone to use Darwin (OS X) 
and talk about everything except BSD, but if you wanted to know anything 
about BSD, they'd be the bunch.

There are plenty more tech orientated groups in Manchester, focusing on 
various different things, Geekup[4], DFEY-NW[5] and Manchester Geek Girl 
Dinners[6] being just a few.

Hope this helps,

Tim

Disclaimer: I am involved in the organisation and running of Manchester 
Free Software Group.

[1] http://www.manlug.org
[2] http://manchester.fsuk.org
[3] http://www.bsdgroups.org.uk/manchester/
[4] http://geekup.org
[5] http://dfey.freedomdreams.co.uk
[6] http://www.manchestergirlgeekdinners.co.uk/

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