On Sunday 15 October 2006 05:58, Richard Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Ubuntu Chicago LoCo has some cool future plans established with our > LUGs here, and as a matter of fact, I have recently become the > president/officer of my uni's LUG. We have organized some events where the > Ubuntu guys will be giving some lightning talks, more along the lines of a > technical standpoint. Advocating to a LUG is sort of difficult, as most of > the members already have a certain mindset and a favorite distro. Here in > Chicago, it seems that Slackware is still a local favorite, however people > like what Ubuntu is doing. There are some LUGs that call us the newbs of > the Linux world, and then they get blown away at the knowledge that comes > from the community. > > What I would suggest, is do not try to merge with a LUG, try not to run > like a LUG, and don't try to merge with a LUG. What you want to do is > collaborate with them. If they are having a huge event, ask if your group > could be involved, give presentations (Ubuntu specific, or on some > technical aspect of OSS in order to make your way into the LUG). Also, what > I have done is become the main contact point for Ubuntu here in Chicago to > all of the LUGs, and I have even been supplying them with CDs for events > such as the one Microsoft and Apple just TRIED to do at the Art Institute, > but were greeted by Tux and Ubuntu ;) > > I have learned that with some LUGs you have to be patient, as some of them > won't like you because of Ubuntu. I got lucky with the LUG I run and the > Chicago LUG. They appreciate what we are doing for the Linux community. > They push the GNU thing a little much. They have RMS coming to an event, or > planning on it right now, however, I might not be able to give an Ubuntu > speach as it may make someone mad. ;) Collaborate and integrate for success > with LUGs. Also, your position might work well with young LUGs as well, and > could possibly help lift them to the forefront.
It's amazing how some LUGs can differ. This is a wonderful representation of the diversity of the worldwide free software community. I am from the Sydney LUG[1], which was formerly a Debian stronghold. In recent years, there has been a large shift towards Ubuntu in our community. The fact that certain Ubuntu/Canonical luminaries are part of our LUG may or may not be a coincidence :) It is a common occurrence for one distro to take prominence over others in a community, and there is a responsibility for that community to ensure that users of other distros do not feel marginalised. We in SLUG are wary of this. Generally, we do not actively promote a particular distribution over another to a fellow community member unless there is a valid reason to feel that they have made an inappropriate choice (e.g. a newbie starting off with Slackware). IMHO, it is the job of a LUG to officially remain distribution-agnostic. Proselytism within a LUG is usually a waste of time. We should be striving to make the community larger, not fighting amongst ourselves. [1] http://www.slug.org.au/ -- Sridhar Dhanapalan {GnuPG/OpenPGP: http://www.dhanapalan.com/yama.asc 0x049D38B4 : A7A9 8A02 78CB AB1B FCE4 EEC6 2DD9 249B 049D 38B4} "Make sure it [DR DOS] has problems running our software in the future." - Bill Gates, 1989
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