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OK not everyone is near Glasgow and like it or not, whether we call ourselves the Scottish LUG we are effectively the Glasgow LUG. Although by all accounts a successful LAN party was held through in the mysterious east at the weekend.
Is it time perhaps to rename ourselves the Glasgow LUG? Also, the Scottish LUG could be reused as an umbrella organisation, perhaps uniting the other LUGs in Scotland to form a larger community ... This could be an excellent way of getting LUGs to work together in a variety of ways, maybe encouraging other LUGs to be formed to cater for local communities where there is no LUG (Inverness? Oban? Ayr? Orkneys?) and would allow ourselves to refocus on the task of being a user group for Glasgow, and not the whole of Scotland.
I personally have been humbled and astounded by the membership of our LUG, both by the amount of knowledge we all have as a whole, and in the friendly manner in which we (normally!) conduct ourselves. But as a community, I think it's fair to say we're not performing under the remit of embracing Linux (and other Open Source / Free Software) communities in and around Glasgow, and helping those who haven't the time or experience to get fully into Linux.
To my knowledge, it's quite some time since an Install Day took place, and as Willie says, all we're really doing these days is meeting at the Counting House and drinking (not that that's a bad thing in and of itself!), so I think we should all take the time to have a think about the LUG, what each of us can contribute, and delurking if possible to have your say, and have your contribution made.
Let's muck in! :)
OK two suggestions -- non IRC folk, please consider joining in if at all possible. I suppose a mini HOWTO is called for here but for now....
excellent :)
1) get a client - mIRC is good for starters if you are just beginning cos it is a Win prog and effectively free for 30 days - I won't presume to suggest a Linux client but I'd be surprised if there isnt one installed by default with your distro.
if not ...
apt-get install xchat (or) apt-get install bitchx (or) apt-get install irssi
http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=xchat (or) http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=bitchx (or) http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=irssi
http://www.xchat.org/ (or) http://www.bitchx.com/ (or) http://irssi.org/
2) point it at eu.freenode.net -- yes there _are_ alternatives, this will get you started.
connecting to irc.scotlug.org.uk would be a better bet, imo, as a) it already points to freenode, and b) if we ever decide to move irc networks (to escape the curse of the rehub-mad lilo), it's a clean move to make.
3) join #scotlug
/join #scotlug
:)
4) Have a lot of fun -- and dont be scared to jump in with the boots on and ask for help, advice whatever.
Absolutely :)
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