Proposing A Lug Get Together

[livinthailandos]

I know this has probably been tried, although if it has I am unaware of it. I realize many factors play into effect of pulling this together

1. Money

2. Time

3. Availability

4. Location

I started just thinking of something simple like maybe just meeting together 1 or 2 times a year if that can even be pulled off. After reading so many different websites, books, postings I find it would be much easier if I could just meet up with some fellow linux users. Being on samui is really boring and any computer people here won't touch linux because it doesn't fit in with how they operate there business, or are just won't touch linux period. Any ideas or suggestions would be useful as other wise the only LUG group I'll be seeing won't be till i'm back in the US next year

[Mr.Poko]

Creating a Thai Linux user group, needs a organization, this organization needs to find sponsors, raise the money to pull something like this off.

It's unlikely that this is going to happen with Thaivisa, we have clearly a moderator, who has show several times that he is not neutral as it comes to operating systems (probably he works for Microsoft)

I found a little group, which is trying to create a Linux User Group, and they have a website http://www.linux4u.info

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Creating a Thai Linux user group, needs a organization, this organization needs to find sponsors, raise the money to pull something like this off.

It's unlikely that this is going to happen with Thaivisa, we have clearly a moderator, who has show several times that he is not neutral as it comes to operating systems (probably he works for Microsoft)

I found a little group, which is trying to create a Linux User Group, and they have a website http://www.linux4u.info

Hi there,

A LUG is good and i hope it becomes active too...there is tywais as moderator(or admin?) on this forum (besides of another one) and we all hope of his feedback here. I do think he was absolutely right , in his recent post where he pointed out that linux was preferred to servers but he prefers windoz for day to day issues.....something to look into for ,this is, how to make linux more userfriendly and still on top in regards of stability . I am currently using klix's on an axioo classmate and am surprised how well it runs , so does my other netbook an eeepc with xandros.So as bottom line i certainly hope an LUG is being happening....and as an advise , keep it open to beginners or windows "switchers" too. open source and linux needs programmers and users to be more popular...i like to see linux grow further as i find a better support will be coming with better popularity(although it is not bad at all currently!)

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[yuyi]

... in his recent post where he pointed out that linux was preferred to servers but he prefers windoz for day to day issues.....something to look into for ,this is, how to make linux more userfriendly and still on top in regards of stability ...

Modern Linux distributions are at least as userfriendly as windose, if not more. I challenge whoever is saying the contrary to try the current distributions before repeating what might have been true ten years ago.

The fact that some things are different than under windose is no reason to say they are not userfriendly.

The fact that some software is not available under Linux is no reason to say that Linux desktops such as Gnome or KDE are not userfriendly.

All the many desperate calls i get from windose users because their windose and MS stuff is so complicated they cannot get it to do what they need it to do ... not really a sign for userfriendlyness.

Plus I get all my browsing / email / office / graphics / multimedia software for free, no license issues how's that for userfriendlyness!

Yes there is some hardware where the vendor tries to make it impossible to get Linux drivers for it, but that's getting less and less, the majority is well supported. And it has nothing to do with userfriendlyness!

The critical mass Linux Desktop installations needed to be and stay alive and kicking was reached long ago, development continues at fast pace. So if anyone wants to keep paying MS for substandard software, no problem, up to them, mai pen rai. Just don't say that a Linux Desktop is less userfriendly than a windose one, expecially if you don't know what your talking about. ( I have systems running under Linux, Vista, and Windose XP, but my favorite for daily work is Linux (openSUSE with KDE 4.3(beta) currently)).

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... in his recent post where he pointed out that linux was preferred to servers but he prefers windoz for day to day issues.....something to look into for ,this is, how to make linux more userfriendly and still on top in regards of stability ...

Modern Linux distributions are at least as userfriendly as windose, if not more. I challenge whoever is saying the contrary to try the current distributions before repeating what might have been true ten years ago.

The fact that some things are different than under windose is no reason to say they are not userfriendly.

The fact that some software is not available under Linux is no reason to say that Linux desktops such as Gnome or KDE are not userfriendly.

All the many desperate calls i get from windose users because their windose and MS stuff is so complicated they cannot get it to do what they need it to do ... not really a sign for userfriendlyness.

Plus I get all my browsing / email / office / graphics / multimedia software for free, no license issues how's that for userfriendlyness!

Yes there is some hardware where the vendor tries to make it impossible to get Linux drivers for it, but that's getting less and less, the majority is well supported. And it has nothing to do with userfriendlyness!

The critical mass Linux Desktop installations needed to be and stay alive and kicking was reached long ago, development continues at fast pace. So if anyone wants to keep paying MS for substandard software, no problem, up to them, mai pen rai. Just don't say that a Linux Desktop is less userfriendly than a windose one, expecially if you don't know what your talking about. ( I have systems running under Linux, Vista, and Windose XP, but my favorite for daily work is Linux (openSUSE with KDE 4.3(beta) currently)).

Being a Linux user on more than one computer i am the last one complaining about Linux...however it will take a little patience to find way around for a new user to linux...

what synaptics does on the one distro, another distro has cnr... in the end you do not need to be specialist on the Computer to use linux....one of real nice versions to start with is the one Linux version on the EEEpc ( xandros) i use it almost everyday and it simply works, faultless. Sure this is just a netbook and a full PC has more functions than a netbook but even there is plenty of good distros around...personally i prefer kde but also get along with gnome.

Lerning Linux as user is something i found not easily available ...but i started about 8 years back with my first Linux version and things have been improved dramatically since than...ubuntu or kubuntu have forums and most of the other distros have also support forums.

So to say userfriendliness can always be improved ...and just stopping to improve where linux is right now would be wrong. I never mentioned Linux is less userfriendly than Windows(didn't see anyone else saying that here in this thread), but compatibility issues do occur once in while...this somtimes when using spreadsheed, presentations or documents...but even open office is a lot better these days...

Since you pointed it out that some software is not available in Linux some users may find Linux less functional for them...actually i still have 2 PC's running on Win xp for this particular reason ...and when these applications are running on linux i will get another step closer to my complete way out of windows...

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[Crushdepth]

I know this has probably been tried, although if it has I am unaware of it. I realize many factors play into effect of pulling this together

1. Money

2. Time

3. Availability

4. Location

I don't think anyone has gotten this far yet. So how about someone picks a time/date/location and we take it from there and see who turns up? How about one of the more quiet pubs in Bangkok on a weekend a couple of weeks from now? Any takers?

I'll go. I'll even buy you a beer LOS.

[Plus]

Since I run Linux only on desktops, what's the point of getting face to face and talking about stuff that works or doesn't work if I can't show it?

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Since I run Linux only on desktops, what's the point of getting face to face and talking about stuff that works or doesn't work if I can't show it?

Although i will unlikely show up in BKK for LUG meeting(due to distance of travel) but socialising with other Linux users and exchanging ideas is interesting...and crushdepth is paying a beer also:-) got to be fun too - a nice and quiet place for LUG meeting i suggest Annie's Massage @ Nana :-)

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[Crushdepth]

Since I run Linux only on desktops, what's the point of getting face to face and talking about stuff that works or doesn't work if I can't show it?

Login remotely on someone's laptop?

[Plus]

You got some good porn on there?

I'm not against getting together for a beer per se and never mind paying for my own, and we'll take it from there.

Count me as mildly enthusiastic.