> Heheh. I spent my first 18 years in rural Missouri town 2 hours North > of K.C., population ~2000. I've lived in Missouri all my life, 15 in > the St. Louis metro. > > I attended one SLUG (St. Louis Linux Users Group) meeting while in St. > Louis, with my manager at the time, who was the SLUG president. This > was in 2006. Less than 20 people attended that day, all sysadmins or > managers at local corps/unis/K-12 schools. It was a lunch meeting, as > were almost all of them. We ate sandwiches as a Linux software vendor > gave a presentation. I can't recall which one it was or the product. > > I understand from conversations with said manager that this was the > typical SLUG meeting. There was no user-user interaction WRT anything > technical, no knowledge exchange, no mentoring of any kind. Neither the > organization nor the meetings were intended for this purpose. This may > simply be unique to SLUG. The K.C. and other LUGs around the US may be > different. But now you understand my "pessimism". > > Rather than attending LUG meetings to achieve your goal, I'd suggest > auditing a Linux night course at a local college or uni. There's bound > to be some kid in the class eager to show off his skills and tutor an > "old guy". As a former college student decades ago, I still recall that > free pizza was a strong motivator. ;) > > -- > Stan > >
St.Louis local here and I was actually considering checking out the local User-Group, but that's what I "feared". I mean I have nothing against a "boys-club" of sorts, but what I'm looking for is a group of people that'll push-me though the backend of a GNU/Linux based system and not feel agitated/obliged to do so. The local and/or community college-esque route might be a good way to go too, though. :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1342312005.13605.10.camel@companioncube
