[Linux-aus] LUGs

[Colin Fee]

On Thu, 29 Jun 2023 at 09:55, Ashley via linux-aus <
linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> 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?


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Colin Fee
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