Thanks! Sorry the RI group is still a little uncertain in its interests. Doing a Linux installfest might possibly fall within the RI group's interests, it's just too early to say. I know I'd attend if we had one in RI, don't know if you would be interested in joining.
I already set up a listserv for the RI group that's being formed. Do you have contact info for the Natick FOSS discussion list? If we do try to organize or jointly organize a Linux installfest in RI, we could talk about parameters for that. On Fri, Jan 17, 2025, at 3:49 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote: > Hi Randall, sorry it has taken me so long to respond. I was initially > thinking of Linux installfests, but since it looks like some of the interests > are outside the scope of Linux, per se. After we moved our server, possibly > we could set you up a listserv. Or they could join the blu discuss or Natick > FOSS discussion lists. > -- > Jerry Feldman <gaf.li...@gmail.com> > Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org > > On Wed, Jan 15, 2025, 3:20 PM Randall Rose <rr...@pobox.com> wrote: >> A group that's started to form in Rhode Island is interested in learning, >> teaching and advocating for non-corporate software. Although I'm not sure >> whether we will call ourselves a Linux User Group, at the first meeting last >> night everyone was interested in learning more about Linux and most were >> Linux users. We also want to be useful to people who don't see themselves >> as technically skilled and aren't interested in Linux per se, but just want >> to have their phone less dominated by insidious corporate products and are >> just looking to take a small, not-too-techy step in that direction. And we >> may be doing some advocacy too. Some are interested in learning how to >> disconnect their car's wireless. So far we don't have a name, but most of >> us are in Providence. >> >> Would BLU possibly be interested in helping this new group get started -- >> mentoring, being a resource, helping some initial event(s) like maybe an >> event to install FOSS stuff on people's devices? >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.blu.org >> https://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.blu.org https://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
