Promote Linux!!!

[ghenry]

A great thing to do to learn more about Linux in general, is to join a Linux User Group. A good list of all the LUG's in the world is available from Linux Magazine. (http://www.linux-magazine.com/Readers/Usergroups) Find your local one and go along. I am part of Aberdeen's (http://www.aberdeen.lug.org.uk) one in Scotland, UK. I organise the Open Day's.

If you have friends (maybe not) that haven't heard of Linux yet (they need to be shot if they haven't) a good project to check out is the Linux Brochure Project (http://lbproject.sourceforge.net/). It's aim (you can download the source from Sourceforge (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=85434)):

Our overall goal is simple; document essential Linux information on the two sides of a single letter-size or A4 sheet of paper which is Z- or C-folded into six mini-pages of a brochure that LUGs and other Linux organizations can use for publicity.Print some out and hand them to random people!!!

You might make friends, you might lose some :-)

Go on, join a Linux User Group today.

[ewdi]

yeah, also North Texas people can join us at Nokia building in plano/dallas for open install project (NTLUGS)

[Ug]

I see you found the access rights to the News forum. ;)

[PeTzZz]

Estonia is not in the list :(
Actually I didn't wonder.
I have to figure out what is going on with Linux in Estonia.

[Ug]

Well mine covers the whole of East Anglia! Which is a ridiculously huge area.

(Non GB: Look at a map of Britain, and look at the east, East Anglia is the whole huge round lump sticking out the side!)

[Bana]

I have 3 in my area ;)

[Prometheus]

I gotta go clear across the state, a good 150 miles (so like 230 km) for the nearest one, great to live in hicksville

[Jman]

I joined my local one, NORLUG. I didn't even know it existed until I found linux.org's list (http://www.linux.org/groups/).

[ghenry]

Great !! The best way to learn and get involved with the community.

[Ug]

I gotta go clear across the state, a good 150 miles (so like 230 km) for the nearest one, great to live in hicksvilleIts about half that for me, and even then the LUG appears to be dead. Which isn't very good at all! I might join one when I go to University though.

But to be honest I'm not in that much of a hurry.

[imdeemvp]

i joined the cerritos linux group in the LA, california area....USC also has one! Go Trojans!!

[cyborg]

We have one at school that used to be run by Ug, it may not have been a very big one but if it wasn't for LUG I wouldn't be using Fedora

[Picomp314]

i joined the cerritos linux group in the LA, california area....USC also has one! Go Trojans!!

my brother went to USC

I am constantly trying to convince people to let me install linux on their computers, so far i have converted ~4 people.

[imdeemvp]

Picomp314,

my daugther wants to go to USC and become a doctor....i am biting my nails, its just too expensive! she will have to get some schoolarships or grants but anyway i guess you brother is a trojans fan....

i have given some free copies of linux to other people so they can try it out too :D

[saBrEwolf]

I'm going to be starting a LUG in my local area..
Any tips guys?

[Jman]

I'm going to be starting a LUG in my local area..
Any tips guys?
Work off the closest existing one if possible. Talk to them about their experiences.

There even is a LUG howto (http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/User-Group-HOWTO.html).

[imdeemvp]

you will have to know people that uses most popular distros....