[ubuntu-us-nm] A Linux get together

[Mayer Landau]

I've never used the IRC thingy. How does it work?
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Mayer Landau

On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 10:05 AM, David Thomas <dthomasdigital at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well my post to the various Linux groups got a pretty good response and I
> wanted to follow up and give a bit of history about why I'd like to, as I
> put it, come up with a "State of the State of Linux in New Mexico.
>
> About 2 years ago the Linux group for the distribution Ubuntu (commonly
> known as the Ubuntu LoCo) was pretty mature. Lots of members actively
> meeting on-line and in person, we held some events and even started to
> organize a convention of sorts. But in the last few years we've slowed down
> and I must say I was almost completely out of the picture. While I can't
> devote as much time as I once did a new job has come along and I'm able to
> participate again. So here I am.
>
> The NMGLUG appears to still be active, and their mailing list is always full
> of good information. The other groups in the state may be active as well but
> I've not seen much activity from mailing list and other contact methods.
>
> The irony is that Linux really looks poised to become very active even more
> than it all ready is and gaming, the proverbial Achilles heel of Linux, has
> really started to may some real in-roads in the last few months with STEAM
> and the Unity game engine being ported over.
>
> So with all that in mind we've (Ubuntu LoCo) has a IRC meeting set up on the
> 18th  to talk about the details of getting together and  seeing just what
> state we are in with this Linux thing, details can be found here
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NewMexicoTeam/December_18_2012
>
> Please invite and pass along this information to others I may not know
> about. I'll be posting as much info as I can on the Ubuntu LoCo wiki, but
> remember this is more about Linux than anything else.
>
> Hope to see and talk to you all soon.
>
> David Thomas
>
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