Re: LUGs
Colin Fee via linux-aus <[email protected]>
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On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 at 09:55, Ashley via linux-aus < [email protected]> wrote: > > On 28/06/2023 10:13 pm, Russell Coker via linux-aus wrote: > > <snip> > > Linux is easy enough that the people who have less demanding needs can > figure > > most things out on their own (except printers, they still suck). If > this is > > the cause of the decline of LUGs then it is evidence to suggest that the > > majority of Linux users have less demanding needs. > > > > Should we try to have less of an emphasis on computer science in LUGs if > > that's not what the users want? > > > I'm not sure about the other LUGs but I was a member of SLUG starting in > the mid 90s. I think I started going to the meetings at the Sydney > Institute of Technology in about 1996. It was here that I learned a > great deal about Linux. My first successful install was in about '92 or > '93 with Yggdrasil Linux and kernel 0.99. > > SLUG introduced me to the much friendlier desktop versions and taught me > about such things as bash scripting and getting things working. We would > have in depth discussions about the use of various programs such as the > VIM and Emacs editors and, of course, other useful programs such as the > GIMP, Mutt and Mozilla. > > I wonder how the maturation on Linux distros, certainly wrt the more popular distros, along with the proliferation of online help communities/forums etc has contributed to the downturn of in person LUGs? -- Colin Fee [email protected] _______________________________________________ linux-aus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to linux-aus-unsubscribe-cunTk1MwBs8iFSDQTTA3OBCuuivNXqWP@public.gmane.org