Hey All! Am back after a hiatus of over 2 months ;)
>Lesser > participation and a seemingly low enthusiasm at BLUG I can very confidently state that BLUG meetings (and hopefully ilug-d - i haven't one attended since LinuxAsia..:) are in no shortage of members who want to hang out and talk about linux. I think thats more so with ilug-d because of the informality and 'snakes' which is prevalent (not to mention the original Guitar twanging and SciFi book meets coupled with them). The BLUG meets on the other hand, have [sic] become corporatized [/sic]. > It was exciting to go the meets and discuss stuff! > Things are different > now. Almost every college student uses Linux.. Correction. It IS still exciting to go, meet other people and discuss stuff and debate about issues as varied as which distro, or how barista is too expensive, and satkar's rules ;) Secondly, most college students might use Linux as a compulsion, which is definitely not in the same vein as getting hooked on to something new and exciting. Talking to people who fall in the latter category might rub some enthusiasm off them! > ..Internet now, even from home. And the number of > sites providing help.. But we come back to the oft discussed topic.. Is the internet (and BBS's before) the end of our social skills as we know them? Searching google (or even IRC) for a technical problem is one thing, but looking for expressions and epressing thoughts on blogs is a totally wierd concept, if seen in mutual exclusion of face to face contact. You NEED to go talk to people, drink, eat with them, and generally talk about stuff. I'm part of the Delhi Blogger's group, and even THEY have group meetings every month. (Do a google on DelhiBloggersMeet). I really don't think the concept of meets is going to fade away for a long time. [Kartik, the original thread creator btw, is the maintainer of the BLUG list. Or was till a while ago..] PS, this was just an off the cuff reaction to the post ;) Ciao! Viksit ===== -- Viksit Gaur http://www.viksit.com me[at]viksit.com viksit[at]linux-delhi[dot]org 'Not all who wander are lost.' - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Vote for the stars of Yahoo!'s next ad campaign! http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/yahoo/votelifeengine/ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
