Re: linux.ie gone?

Vladimir Rusinov <[email protected]> Fri, 21 May 2021 17:12:54 +0100
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Yeah, I think it could be one page on google sites / wix / whatever,
linking to this mailing list and the likes of http://www.dublinlinux.org.

On Fri, 21 May 2021 at 15:42, Richard Rowe <[email protected]> wrote:

> Colm,
>
> many thanks for all the input into the thread.  I absolutely agree with
> your assessment of 3a&b :-)
>
> I suppose my concern is that for folk who are new to the Linux ecosystem,
> particularly in Ireland, the Linux.ie allowed a 'here we are' type of
> presence, and when Meetings were a 'thing' it was useful to publicise
> those. The soocial envionent is  different now.... meeting up to have
> 'Install Fests' may no longer be relevant, in the same way having a meeting
> to exchange distributions on CD (yes CD not DVD..) is a nonsense. Those of
> us who were involved at the start are all in a different place in life -
> but there may be a value in having a landing point for those following on
> so that they can find this mailing list, for example.
>
> Just a thought for what its worth.
>
> R
> On 21/05/2021 15:11, Colm Buckley wrote:
>
> (1) Me.
> (2) Yes, unfortunately.
> (3) (a) Sure, but *what* would you have up on it. The effort involved is
> nontrivial.
> (3) (b) No. Hosting your own mailing list is a recipe for endless toil and
> frustration, and minimal gain.
>
> Colm
>
>
> On Fri, 21 May 2021 at 12:49, Richard Rowe <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I had a wee look, and the last message on the site was 'being transferred
>> to another server' in 1st QTR of 2017.
>> So, I suppose there are three questions: 1. who holds the registration
>> for the domain name (I've forgotten with time I'm afraid)?.
>> 2. is the original site now long gone. 3. if we can get access to the
>> domain name would there be an appetite to set it up again? - if only so we
>> could host teh mailing list organically....
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 11:53 AM Richard Rowe <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> That's a shame.
>>> Is there any interest in doing a reboot?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 21 May 2021, 11:38 Ken Guest, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> archive.org could probably tell you when. it's been a while.
>>>> On Friday, January 10, 2020 at 2:09:11 PM UTC Michele Neylon -
>>>> Blacknight wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> John
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I think the site has been gone for a couple of years.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Michele
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Mr Michele Neylon
>>>>>
>>>>> Blacknight Solutions
>>>>>
>>>>> Hosting, Colocation & Domains
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.blacknight.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> http://blacknight.blog/
>>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *From: *John Allen <[email protected]>
>>>>> *Date: *Friday 10 January 2020 at 02:11
>>>>> *To: *ILUG <[email protected]>
>>>>> *Subject: *[ILUG] linux.ie gone?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I see linux.ie website is gone, what happened
>>>>>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Yeah, I think it could be one page on google sites / wix /=
 whatever, linking to this mailing list and the likes of=C2=A0<a href=3D"ht=
tp://www.dublinlinux.org" target=3D"_blank">http://www.dublinlinux.org</a>.=
</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">=
On Fri, 21 May 2021 at 15:42, Richard Rowe &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:irishbishr=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></di=
v><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;borde=
r-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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   =20
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  <div>
    <p>Colm,</p>
    <p>many thanks for all the input into the thread.=C2=A0 I absolutely
      agree with your assessment of 3a&amp;b :-)</p>
    <p>I suppose my concern is that for folk who are new to the Linux
      ecosystem, particularly in Ireland, the Linux.ie allowed a &#39;here
      we are&#39; type of presence, and when Meetings were a &#39;thing&#39=
; it was
      useful to publicise those. The soocial envionent is=C2=A0 different
      now.... meeting up to have &#39;Install Fests&#39; may no longer be
      relevant, in the same way having a meeting to exchange
      distributions on CD (yes CD not DVD..) is a nonsense. Those of us
      who were involved at the start are all in a different place in
      life - but there may be a value in having a landing point for
      those following on so that they can find this mailing list, for
      example.</p>
    <p>Just a thought for what its worth.<br>
    </p>
    <p>R<br>
    </p>
    <div>On 21/05/2021 15:11, Colm Buckley
      wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type=3D"cite">
     =20
      <div dir=3D"ltr">(1) Me.
        <div>(2) Yes, unfortunately.</div>
        <div>(3) (a) Sure, but *what* would you have up on it. The
          effort involved is nontrivial.</div>
        <div>(3) (b) No. Hosting your own mailing list is a recipe for
          endless toil and frustration, and minimal gain.</div>
        <div><br>
        </div>
        <div>
          <blockquote style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:=
0px">
            <div>Colm</div>
            <div><br>
            </div>
          </blockquote>
        </div>
      </div>
      <br>
      <div class=3D"gmail_quote">
        <div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, 21 May 2021 at 12:49,
          Richard Rowe &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=
=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
        </div>
        <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex=
;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
          <div dir=3D"ltr">
            <div>I had a wee look, and the last message on the site was
              &#39;being transferred to another server&#39; in 1st QTR of 2=
017.</div>
            <div>So, I suppose there are three questions: 1. who holds
              the registration for the domain name (I&#39;ve forgotten with
              time I&#39;m afraid)?.</div>
            <div>2. is the original site now long gone. 3. if we can get
              access to the domain name would there be an appetite to
              set it up again? - if only so we could host teh mailing
              list organically....</div>
            <div> <br>
            </div>
            <br>
            <div class=3D"gmail_quote">
              <div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, May 21, 2021 at
                11:53 AM Richard Rowe &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:irishbishrn@gma=
il.com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;
                wrote:<br>
              </div>
              <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px=
 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
                <div dir=3D"auto">That&#39;s a shame.
                  <div dir=3D"auto">Is there any interest in doing a
                    reboot?<br>
                    <div dir=3D"auto"><br>
                    </div>
                  </div>
                </div>
                <br>
                <div class=3D"gmail_quote">
                  <div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, 21 May 2021=
,
                    11:38 Ken Guest, &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ken.guest@gmail.=
com" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>&gt;
                    wrote:<br>
                  </div>
                  <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px=
 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
                    <a href=3D"http://archive.org" rel=3D"noreferrer" targe=
t=3D"_blank">archive.org</a>
                    could probably tell you when. it&#39;s been a while.<br=
>
                    <div class=3D"gmail_quote">
                      <div dir=3D"auto" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Friday,
                        January 10, 2020 at 2:09:11 PM UTC Michele
                        Neylon - Blacknight wrote:<br>
                      </div>
                      <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px=
 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
                        <div lang=3D"EN-IE">
                          <div>
                            <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>John</span></p>
                            <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>=C2=A0</span></p>
                            <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>I think the site
                                has been gone for a couple of years.
                              </span></p>
                            <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>=C2=A0</span></p>
                            <div>
                              <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-fa=
mily:-webkit-standard;color:black">Regards</span></p>
                              <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-fa=
mily:-webkit-standard;color:black">=C2=A0</span></p>
                              <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-fa=
mily:-webkit-standard;color:black">Michele</span></p>
                              <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-fa=
mily:-webkit-standard;color:black">=C2=A0</span></p>
                              <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-fa=
mily:-webkit-standard;color:black">=C2=A0</span></p>
                              <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-fa=
mily:-webkit-standard;color:black">--</span></p>
                              <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-fa=
mily:-webkit-standard;color:black">Mr
                                  Michele Neylon</span></p>
                              <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-fa=
mily:-webkit-standard;color:black">Blacknight
                                  Solutions</span></p>
                              <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-fa=
mily:-webkit-standard;color:black">Hosting,
                                  Colocation &amp; Domains</span></p>
                              <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-fa=
mily:-webkit-standard;color:black"><a href=3D"https://www.blacknight.com/" =
rel=3D"nofollow noreferrer" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"color:rgb(5,99=
,193)">https://www.blacknight.com/</span></a></span></p>
                              <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-fa=
mily:-webkit-standard;color:black"><a href=3D"http://blacknight.blog/" rel=
=3D"nofollow noreferrer" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"color:rgb(5,99,19=
3)">http://blacknight.blog/</span></a></span></p>
                              <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-fa=
mily:-webkit-standard;color:black">Intl.
                                  <a href=3D"tel:+353%2059%20918%203072" va=
lue=3D"+353599183072" rel=3D"nofollow
                                    noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">+353 (0)
                                    59=C2=A0=C2=A09183072</a></span></p>
                              <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-fa=
mily:-webkit-standard;color:black">Direct
                                  Dial: <a href=3D"tel:+353%2059%20918%2030=
90" value=3D"+353599183090" rel=3D"nofollow
                                    noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">+353 (0)5=
9
                                    9183090</a></span></p>
                              <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-fa=
mily:-webkit-standard;color:black">Personal
                                  blog:=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://michele.blo=
g/" rel=3D"nofollow noreferrer" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"color:rgb(=
5,99,193)">https://michele.blog/</span></a></span></p>
                              <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-fa=
mily:-webkit-standard;color:black">Some
                                  thoughts:=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://ceo.hos=
ting/" rel=3D"nofollow noreferrer" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"color:r=
gb(5,99,193)">https://ceo.hosting/</span></a></span></p>
                              <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-fa=
mily:-webkit-standard;color:black">-------------------------------</span></=
p>
                              <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-fa=
mily:-webkit-standard;color:black">Blacknight
                                  Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit
                                  12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty</span=
></p>
                              <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-fa=
mily:-webkit-standard;color:black">Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93
                                  X265,Ireland=C2=A0=C2=A0Company No.: 3708=
45</span></p>
                            </div>
                          </div>
                        </div>
                        <div lang=3D"EN-IE">
                          <div>
                            <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>=C2=A0</span></p>
                            <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>=C2=A0</span></p>
                            <div style=3D"border-color:rgb(181,196,223) cur=
rentcolor currentcolor;border-style:solid none none;border-width:1pt medium=
 medium;padding:3pt 0cm 0cm">
                              <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font=
-size:12pt;color:black">From:
                                  </span></b><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;=
color:black">John
                                  Allen &lt;<a rel=3D"nofollow noreferrer">=
[email protected]</a>&gt;<br>
                                  <b>Date: </b>Friday 10 January 2020
                                  at 02:11<br>
                                  <b>To: </b>ILUG &lt;<a rel=3D"nofollow
                                    noreferrer">[email protected]</a>&gt;<br>
                                  <b>Subject: </b>[ILUG] <a href=3D"http://=
linux.ie" rel=3D"nofollow
                                    noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">linux.ie<=
/a>
                                  gone?</span></p>
                            </div>
                            <div>
                              <p class=3D"MsoNormal">=C2=A0</p>
                            </div>
                            <div>
                              <p class=3D"MsoNormal">I see <a href=3D"http:=
//linux.ie" rel=3D"nofollow
                                  noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">linux.ie</a=
>
                                website is gone, what happened</p>
                            </div>
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