On 2/7/26 06:12, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I'm in rural SW Missouri [Springfield nearest city].
> My web search turned up groups in Kansas City, St. Louis, and one
> evidently somewhere along Mississippi river.
>
> ~20 years ago there was a general computer users group {Windows focused}
> but it apparently died when COVID appeared.
>
> Is there some sort of national 'database'?
>
> TIA
>
>
Richard,You can ask the folks in the STllug (https://stllug.sluug.org/) if they know of any LUGs closer to Springfield. I've got a few dead links to LUG directories, but these seem to still be updated: https://www.linuxlinks.com/linux-world/ https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group_list LUGS are a bit of a "retro" concept these days, you can try a few old time pre-web internet services like Gopher. You might be able to find a LUG list still actively maintained. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopher_(protocol) I have links to Floodgap Systems (also has a web portal) and Super-Dimensional Fortress (SDF Public Access UNIX System) on my gopher page: gopher://gopher.linuxgalaxy.org Unfortunately, most web browsers have dropped gopher:// (no idea why since the code is very small and stable). I use: lynx Mosaic-ck lagrange There are a few others. You can poke around in your distro's repo. Unfortunately, lots of LUGs have faded; I'm still flabbergasted that PLUG is active. Not being much of a "volunteer" over the decades, hopefully my current penance of recording and posting PLUG meeting videos will help keep PLUG alive a bit longer. -Ed
