Yes it is alive although I have lurker status rather than heavy contributor. There are so many sources for how to info on Linux both textual an video that I guess that is the first source people go to.
Asking question to your "neighbours" does not have a big advantage over asking the rest of the internet when you are unlikely ever to meet. I remember a meeting at Vanier College, where someone there gave me a copy of knoppix live cd in the days of transition from dialup Broad band. I did not have access to big download at that time and I appreciated it. All the places where you used to go to find info in the physical world and bump into people who where interested in the same thing, have vanished. A not insignificant part of a century ago I spent my spare and some work time at l'octet, computer land, compucenter and the computer store on Phillips square. Taught my self unix on a Fortune 16:32 (???) in the store while customers looked on. I get the owners didn't mind as I was effectively doing a free demo. So back to the question is this list dead. No but it needs to find a purpose to be anything but a occasional "local" question resource. Nelson Asinowski > On Feb 6, 2017, at 6:41 PM, Hendrik Boom <[email protected]> wrote: > > This mailing list is alive, but not very active. Occasionally > someone announces a meeting considered relevant to Linux users; > sometimes asks a question. Often there's a short flurry of > messages in response. People do read it. > > This is a good place to ask questions like, Where in Montreal can I > buy a machine that will actually run Linux and not be locked > down to Windows or Android or something. > > A few years ago this group actually organised meetings, but lately no > one has been doing that. > > -- hendrik > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
