On Sunday 12 Jan 2003 00:43, Tathagata Banerjee wrote: > missed an important point before - the informality and volunteer-run > nature of lug-s. > > - t. > > Indian Linux Users' Group, Calcutta Chapter > ======================================================================== > All over the world, the Linux movement is propelled by Linux Users' > Groups, or LUG-s for short, which are non-profit, informal, > volunteer-run organisations [or interest groups ??]. It is in a sense a measure of the > movement's success, and the[growing ?] popularity [it is gaining], that every major > city in the world now has its own LUG, and many minor ones have theirs > too. Kolkata is no exception, being host to a very active LUG that came > into being in January, 1999. It is called Indian Linux Users' Group, > Calcutta Chapter (ILUG-CAL for short), because it is a regional division > of the national-level Indian Linux Users' Group (ILUG). It has its own > website (www.ilug-cal.org) and mailing list [with nnnn no. of users]. Anyone who is a Linux user, > or is interested to know more about Linux, is welcome to join the list > by sending an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "subscribe > ilug-cal" (without the quotes). > ========================================================================
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