[ubuntu-us-nm] A Linux get together

[David Thomas]

Here is and IRC help page let me know if that helps.


On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Mayer Landau <metaplecticgroup at gmail.com>wrote:

> I've never used the IRC thingy. How does it work?
> --
> 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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