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embers are already ubuntu members but, ubuntu users/'members' of th=
e loco are not aware of BLU.=A0 For instance, I had heard it refered to as =
Boston Linux 'Users' group not 'Unix', not a big deal but, =
for someone like myself who is relatively new, and learning(concidence I wa=
s thinking unix would be cool thing learn)=A0 this feels like two groups th=
at would have a mutally beneficial relationship, is becoming quite polarize=
d.<br>
<br>This is coming from a perspective of a moderate user.=A0 If I had not r=
ead about different distros, these groups come off as mutual exclusive.=A0 =
Strange or ironic FLOSS believers are closed minded in approach.<br>=A0 <br=
>=A0<br>
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Message: 1<br>
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 08:19:04 -0400<br>
From: &quot;J.M. \&quot;Peng\&quot; Hardin&quot; &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:peng=
.thinkblue at gmail.com">peng.thinkblue at gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
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Great questions and comment, all. I haven&#39;t been anywhere near as activ=
e in<br>
the LoCo as I&#39;d like, but would it be possible to set up a secondary bu=
t<br>
parallel group to promote GNU/Linux in general, without being<br>
distro-specific? I&#39;m sure it&#39;s a lot more work than I realize, but =
it might<br>
give us the best of both worlds. I&#39;m not sure how realistic the idea is=
, but<br>
I wanted to throw it out in case it&#39;s not as idiotic an idea as I think=
 it<br>
may be.<br>
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*J.M. &quot;Peng&quot; Hardin<br>
*My Blog: I&#39;m Just an Avatar<br>
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Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:21:58 -0400<br>
From: Wesley Hirsch &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:emperorshishire at gmail.com">empero=
rshishire at gmail.com</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-ma] Is Ubuntu-centricity holding us back?<br>
To: Ubuntu Massachusetts Local Community Team<br>
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Heh... I was just about to suggest that. =A0Beat me to the punch. =A0I agre=
e,<br>
it&#39;s probably a better idea to start a completely new group built aroun=
d<br>
F/OSS ideals. =A0I don&#39;t see a problem with most of us being a part of =
two<br>
similar groups simultaneously, and I&#39;m not entirely sure I wanna forsak=
e the<br>
Ubuntu connection if we have a choice. =A0I think it may be a bad idea to j=
ust<br>
drop Ubuntu sponsorship, partially because of &quot;Brand Recognition&quot;=
. =A0Out of<br>
all the linux distros out there, Ubuntu is probably the best known to peopl=
e<br>
who don&#39;t know anything whatsoever about linux. =A0On the other hand, I=
 agree<br>
with Danny as well that we shouldn&#39;t be locking ourselves into one dist=
ro,<br>
else we face the same kind of problem that proprietary systems face (Sure,<=
br>
we can change it as much as we want, but then it&#39;s no longer really Ubu=
ntu,<br>
now is it?).<br>
<br>
--Wesley<br>
<br>
On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 8:19 AM, J.M. &quot;Peng&quot; Hardin &lt;<br>
<a href=3D"mailto:peng.thinkblue at gmail.com">peng.thinkblue at gmail.com</a>&gt=
; wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; Great questions and comment, all. I haven&#39;t been anywhere near as =
active in<br>
&gt; the LoCo as I&#39;d like, but would it be possible to set up a seconda=
ry but<br>
&gt; parallel group to promote GNU/Linux in general, without being<br>
&gt; distro-specific? I&#39;m sure it&#39;s a lot more work than I realize,=
 but it might<br>
&gt; give us the best of both worlds. I&#39;m not sure how realistic the id=
ea is, but<br>
&gt; I wanted to throw it out in case it&#39;s not as idiotic an idea as I =
think it<br>
&gt; may be.<br>
&gt; ------------------------------<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; *J.M. &quot;Peng&quot; Hardin<br>
&gt; *My Blog: I&#39;m Just an Avatar<br>
&gt; &lt;<a href=3D"http://nancib.wordpress.com/" target=3D"_blank">http://=
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Message: 3<br>
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:17:34 -0400<br>
From: James Gray &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jamespgray at gmail.com">jamespgray at gma=
il.com</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-ma] Is Ubuntu-centricity holding us back?<br>
To: Ubuntu Massachusetts Local Community Team<br>
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-us-ma at lists.ubuntu.com</a>&gt;<br>
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I like being part of an *Ubuntu* loco because it is something very<br>
specific. =A0Linux and FOSS are very general. =A0It is harder to say &quot;=
a FOSS<br>
operating system will meet your needs&quot; when you don&#39;t have a parti=
cular<br>
operating system in mind and different Linux distros cater to such differen=
t<br>
needs not to mention there are a number of other OS options.<br>
<br>
I see Ubuntu as a vehicle to permote FOSS adoption rather then an exclusive=
<br>
club.<br>
<br>
On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Wesley Hirsch<br>
&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:emperorshishire at gmail.com">emperorshishire at gmail.com<=
/a>&gt;wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; Heh... I was just about to suggest that. =A0Beat me to the punch. =A0I=
 agree,<br>
&gt; it&#39;s probably a better idea to start a completely new group built =
around<br>
&gt; F/OSS ideals. =A0I don&#39;t see a problem with most of us being a par=
t of two<br>
&gt; similar groups simultaneously, and I&#39;m not entirely sure I wanna f=
orsake the<br>
&gt; Ubuntu connection if we have a choice. =A0I think it may be a bad idea=
 to just<br>
&gt; drop Ubuntu sponsorship, partially because of &quot;Brand Recognition&=
quot;. =A0Out of<br>
&gt; all the linux distros out there, Ubuntu is probably the best known to =
people<br>
&gt; who don&#39;t know anything whatsoever about linux. =A0On the other ha=
nd, I agree<br>
&gt; with Danny as well that we shouldn&#39;t be locking ourselves into one=
 distro,<br>
&gt; else we face the same kind of problem that proprietary systems face (S=
ure,<br>
&gt; we can change it as much as we want, but then it&#39;s no longer reall=
y Ubuntu,<br>
&gt; now is it?).<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; --Wesley<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 8:19 AM, J.M. &quot;Peng&quot; Hardin &lt;<br>
&gt; <a href=3D"mailto:peng.thinkblue at gmail.com">peng.thinkblue at gmail.com</=
a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Great questions and comment, all. I haven&#39;t been anywhere near=
 as active<br>
&gt;&gt; in the LoCo as I&#39;d like, but would it be possible to set up a =
secondary but<br>
&gt;&gt; parallel group to promote GNU/Linux in general, without being<br>
&gt;&gt; distro-specific? I&#39;m sure it&#39;s a lot more work than I real=
ize, but it might<br>
&gt;&gt; give us the best of both worlds. I&#39;m not sure how realistic th=
e idea is, but<br>
&gt;&gt; I wanted to throw it out in case it&#39;s not as idiotic an idea a=
s I think it<br>
&gt;&gt; may be.<br>
&gt;&gt; ------------------------------<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; *J.M. &quot;Peng&quot; Hardin<br>
&gt;&gt; *My Blog: I&#39;m Just an Avatar<br>
&gt;&gt; &lt;<a href=3D"http://nancib.wordpress.com/" target=3D"_blank">htt=
p://nancib.wordpress.com/</a>&gt;Follow me on Twitter @BostonPeng&lt;<a hre=
f=3D"http://twitter.com/BostonPeng" target=3D"_blank">http://twitter.com/Bo=
stonPeng</a>&gt;<br>

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Message: 4<br>
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 18:37:28 -0400<br>
From: Bill Simonds &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:wtsimonds at gmail.com">wtsimonds at gma=
il.com</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-ma] Is Ubuntu-centricity holding us back?<br>
To: Ubuntu Massachusetts Local Community Team<br>
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I think we need a group devoted to Ubuntu Satanic Edition.<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"http://ubuntusatanic.org/news/" target=3D"_blank">http://ubuntus=
atanic.org/news/</a><br>
<br>
I believe that devil worshipers are under represented in society, and<br>
we need recognition. Perhaps we could have a sub-group devoted to the<br>
Dark Master...<br>
<br>
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Danny Piccirillo<br>
&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:danny.piccirillo at ubuntu.com">danny.piccirillo at ubuntu.=
com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; For a while now, i&#39;ve been thinking about the possibility of endin=
g our<br>
&gt; Ubuntu-centricity. The community is Ubuntu&#39;s greatest strength, ye=
t the<br>
&gt; community isn&#39;t being listened to. More importantly though, i thin=
k it is a<br>
&gt; huge disservice to the greater Free Software (aka Open Source) ecosyst=
em to<br>
&gt; have one of the strongest global network of advocates to be banded aro=
und<br>
&gt; one distribution. I&#39;d like to propose that we become a general Fre=
e Software<br>
&gt; team, and recommend that the rest of the LoCo&#39;s do the same.<br>
&gt; I can&#39;t even think of any pros to being an Ubuntu-only team. Havin=
g one OS<br>
&gt; to promote may make certain advocacy easier, but there&#39;s no reason=
 why a<br>
&gt; general team couldn&#39;t make the decision to primarily support Ubunt=
u in most<br>
&gt; cases. As an official LoCo, we get freebies from Canonical, but i don&=
#39;t<br>
&gt; think this is a very big deal. We can make our own CDs and i&#39;m sur=
e if we<br>
&gt; were doing worthy projects, Canonical would still be willing to provid=
e us<br>
&gt; with CDs, as it would be in their interest.<br>
&gt; Now, a few of the cons:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Lack of community input for major decisions and arrogance among those =
in<br>
&gt; charge<br>
&gt; Lack of support for educational events,?and it&#39;s not hard to see w=
hy since<br>
&gt; Canonical may endanger their own educational services?revenue if they =
helped<br>
&gt; out more.<br>
&gt; Alienate the many many non-Ubuntu members of the Free Software communi=
ty<br>
&gt; Being exclusive to Ubuntu makes it hard to reach out to a wider audien=
ce of<br>
&gt; people with varying levels of interest from beginners to hardcore comp=
uter<br>
&gt; people<br>
&gt; We&#39;re doing a disservice to the rest of the community by only ackn=
owledging<br>
&gt; one free desktop OS<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I think what we are united around, more so than an OS which, to be fra=
nk, i<br>
&gt; don&#39;t feel any loyalty towards, is ideals. Yes, i&#39;m sure at le=
ast one person<br>
&gt; is thinking that they just care about what tools work, but let&#39;s n=
ot forget<br>
&gt; to thank the ideals that made these better tools possible. I think mos=
t of<br>
&gt; us imagine a world where these ideals are universal, and see an incred=
ible<br>
&gt; amount of potential in that.<br>
&gt; If this idea is well-received, we could either just do our own thing o=
r use<br>
&gt; LibrePlanet which is a network that already exists and would be easy t=
o move<br>
&gt; to. I understand some people have some badly tainted perceptions of th=
e FSF,<br>
&gt; but i would have no problem being a part of their extended network. Ei=
ther<br>
&gt; way, the more i think about it, the more i do think it is appropriate =
for<br>
&gt; LoCo&#39;s to abandon their exclusive-to-Ubuntu nature.<br>
&gt; I&#39;m sure you can think of other good reasons as well. We would be =
giving up<br>
&gt; our Ubuntu exclusivity, but not abandoning Ubuntu. It seems this could=
 make<br>
&gt; our job easier, benefit the greater FLOSS community, and still have no=
<br>
&gt; significant disadvantage for Ubuntu.<br>
&gt; Thoughts?<br>
&gt; --<br>
&gt; .danny<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; ??? - <a href=3D"http://www.google.com/profiles/danny.piccirillo" targ=
et=3D"_blank">http://www.google.com/profiles/danny.piccirillo</a><br>
&gt; Every (in)decision matters.<br>
&gt;<br>
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Message: 5<br>
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:07:26 -0400<br>
From: Bill Ricker &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bill.n1vux at gmail.com">bill.n1vux at gm=
ail.com</a>&gt;<br>
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-ma] Is Ubuntu-centricity holding us back?<br>
To: Ubuntu Massachusetts Local Community Team<br>
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-us-ma at lists.ubuntu.com</a>&gt;<br>
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Are you suggesting Ubuntu holds back the SETC team mission and SETC holds<b=
r>
back the mission to spread Ubuntu to the masses?<br>
<br>
Or that you want to promote all FLOSS not just one brand?<br>
<br>
Whenever I was at an installfest, I had by collection of old install disks<=
br>
and recent magazine disks -- if someone had asked for Open Office for<br>
Windows or Fedora, I&#39;d have helped install it. It might not be on the m=
enu,<br>
but a good kitchen can serve whatever is ordered. =A0I can support Ubuntu b=
est<br>
by not telling someone to run it when it would be the wrong choice for them=
.<br>
<br>
We already have in Greater Boston a no-limits Linux User Group, BLU.org,<br=
>
Boston Linux Unix, that does any-distro installfests, and which is open to<=
br>
even commercial Unix -- which explains why it is the only LUG older than<br=
>
Linux. BLU will have a booth at LinuxCon this summer here in Boston. =A0It<=
br>
could really use some younger members, so Danny and anyone else wishing to<=
br>
be active outside of Ubuntu be welcome to join us there. Last week, we hear=
d<br>
about using a commercial product, Dragon Naturally Speaking, under WINE.<br=
>
Upcoming:<br>
<br>
 =A0 1. Wed, May 19, 2010 :: Open Source and Astaro&#39;s<br>
Business&lt;<a href=3D"http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2010-may" target=3D"=
_blank">http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2010-may</a>&gt;<br>
 =A0 2. Sat, May 22, 2010 :: Linux InstallFest<br>
XXXVII&lt;<a href=3D"http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2010-ifest37" target=
=3D"_blank">http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2010-ifest37</a>&gt;<br>
 =A0 3. Wed, Jun 16, 2010 :: Secure Data Deletion Under<br>
linux&lt;<a href=3D"http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2010-jun" target=3D"_bl=
ank">http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2010-jun</a>&gt;<br>
 =A0 4. Wed, Sep 15, 2010 :: PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XI, plus a talk by =
V.<br>
 =A0 Alex Brennan. &lt;<a href=3D"http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2010-sep"=
 target=3D"_blank">http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2010-sep</a>&gt;<br>
<br>
<br>
Boston is also galactic headquarters for EFF &amp; Gnu. =A0They support all=
 FLOSS<br>
that is free enough by their standards. Good folks, different mission.<br>
<br>
Having a connection however disfunctional to Canonical and the rest of<br>
Ubu-core is what makes *this* Local-Community team unique among LUGs. We ca=
n<br>
escalate questions through channels. If someone wants help with *buntu, the=
y<br>
should want tqgo through this team. This team should not walk away from<br>
that.<br>
 =A0 However, we might not want to be quite so Gnome/U-buntu centric.<br>
Especially while the buttons are bollixed and Mono is being pushed, we<br>
should consider pushing LUbuntu (Lxde) as the alternative for those that<br=
>
shouldn&#39;t be on Kubuntu (KDE), especially since Xubuntu (XFCE) is no lo=
nger<br>
usable on obsolete hardware.<br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
Bill<br>
<a href=3D"mailto:n1vux at arrl.net">n1vux at arrl.net</a> <a href=3D"mailto:bill=
.n1vux at gmail.com">bill.n1vux at gmail.com</a><br>
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