<div dir="ltr"><div>I am glad someone thought to revive this email thing. Linux - I like it because it does a better job of giving users a secure computing environment. When I use it, I am fairly sure that the OS does NOT have a back door that the government can use to access my computer. Windows and Mac both give the Government a back door, it is my understanding...<br><br></div>Linux definitely is not usable for everything. Too many of the big CAD programs and stuff are for the Windows OS. But Linux is secure. I especially like TAILS available from the TOR web site. You boot your Linux off of a CD or stick that is write protected, and nothing can get in or out.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 10:02 AM, James Gray <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jamespgray@gmail.com" target="_blank">jamespgray@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">There is already a <a href="http://www.meetup.com/linux-393/" target="_blank">Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group</a>. I know Andy, the founder, as he is also the founder of the <a href="http://www.wlug.org/" target="_blank">Worcester Linux Users Group</a>, which I attend from time to time.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 9:49 AM, Bill Ricker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bill.n1vux@gmail.com" target="_blank">bill.n1vux@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><span><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 9:34 AM, leftyfb <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:leftyfb@left-click.org" target="_blank">leftyfb@left-click.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>As far as I know the group isn't active anymore, but I do monitor the<br>
mailing list just in case. I have been thinking about staarting a LUG or<br>
maybe have meetings/installfests for Ubuntu at the makerspace in Lowell.<br>
Any interest?</div></blockquote></div><br></span><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">That could be a good venue to attract folks. With active LUGs in Cambridge, Nashua, Manchester, your Lowell might be a under-served location, particularly for non-car-owners or oh-no-not-downtow-boston suburbanites.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">(bit out of *my* baliwick) </div><span><font color="#888888"><br>-- <br></font></span><span><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Bill Ricker<br><a href="mailto:bill.n1vux@gmail.com" target="_blank">bill.n1vux@gmail.com</a><div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux</a> <br></div></div></div>
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