On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Mahesh Aravind <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>From: Dibu Philip <[email protected]> >>To: [email protected] >>Sent: Mon, 27 September, 2010 8:37:52 PM >>Subject: [ILUG-Cochin.org] LinuxUG >> >>It would b very nice if v could go back to GNU/Linux rather than Libre. Just >>my > >>opinion. >>
I look this situation differently. Most of the Linux User Groups in India (with the name Indian Linux User Group) were born during the initial phase of free software popularisation . Specifically at the timepoint were Debian potato available on 16 Floppys . There a Linux India Group and various chapters at delhi, mumbai , bangalore, cochin & chennai. User groups e inwfocused mainly on sharing solutions to known problems hardware compatibility issues and various such knowledge & media sharing , at a time inwhich internet is not much popular as of now Name change happens at a different point . If i am correct It was around 2008. Free Software become much popular and More Special interest user groups started in various cities , like users groups for each FOSS projects . And it was not kernel user groups. Many changed their names during this process . LUG mumbai became GLUG-MUMBAI , Bangalore LUG is died. Free Software User Group evolved in many cities . Ilug Trivandrum changed its name to FSUG-TVM . LINUX INDIA died . I see Ilug cochin's name shift of Linux to Libre as a wonderful hack to facilitate more discussion on the FOSS projects than getting stuck on OS Platform . I suggest to keep it as it is , which marks a wonderful mark in ILUG cochin's 13 year evolution Anivar _______________________________________________ Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org #[email protected]
