Promote Linux!!!

ghenry · #1 22nd March 2004, 04:46 PM

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. Find your local one and go along. I am part of Aberdeen's 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. It's aim (you can download the source from Sourceforge):

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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*** · #2 22nd March 2004, 04:50 PM

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

Ug · #3 22nd March 2004, 06:02 PM

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

PeTzZz · #4 22nd March 2004, 06:06 PM

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 · #5 22nd March 2004, 06:15 PM

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 · #6 24th March 2004, 02:04 AM

I have 3 in my area

Prometheus · #7 24th March 2004, 02:10 AM

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 · #8 13th July 2004, 11:57 AM

I joined my local one, NORLUG. I didn't even know it existed until I found linux.org's list.

ghenry · #9 13th July 2004, 09:00 PM

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

Ug · #10 13th July 2004, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by 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

Its 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 · #11 13th July 2004, 09:21 PM

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

cyborg · #12 14th July 2004, 01:53 AM

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 · #13 14th July 2004, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by imdeemvp

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 · #14 13th October 2004, 08:21 PM

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

saBrEwolf · #15 13th October 2004, 09:08 PM

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