We need to get LUGOG (Linux User Group of Glastonbury) going again,
haven't had a meeting for a couple of years, but the challenge is
exactly this...
On 29 July 2012 10:18, Gareth France <gareth.fra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I didn't really picture it as being something so formal as having speakers
> really. At Reading nothing like that goes on and it's a very casual
Nobody in the LUG seems to be able to agree on what they want.
Some won't attend unless it's a formal speaker type setup ("I might as
well just go down my local and chat to Linux users online than travel
to drink with Linux users who probably don't know much anyway" etc.)
and others don't really want a formal presentation and would rather a
casual chat about shared problems etc.
It's all really "horses for courses" and, unfortunately, we don't have
enough members to really sustain two courses.
The other problem, of course, is that Linux is a kernel not an
Operating System so whilst the users no doubt have a lot in common
there is a lot that is different too.... we need to recognise that
most "Linux Users" are no longer trying to do obscure things from the
command line but are far more likely to be running applications and
(of course) we have the 90% of "Linux Users" who don't even know
they're "Linux Users" but are running the kernel on their Android
smartphones.
Not to mention that if you get a Debian user, a KDE user on another
distro, a Gnome user and a Ubuntu together in one room there is
guaranteed to be fireworks. We have the challenge of "evangelism",
people not trying to help but rather convert, saying things like "that
wouldn't happen on *MY* distribution"...
It's far too much effort for me, to be honest. I would *love* LUGOG
to restart, but I have no great confidence that it would survive for
more than another 2-3 meetings.
Any ideas anybody could offer as to how one could make a LUG viable in
a sparsely populated area like Mid Somerset would be gratefully
received.
Sean
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