On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 01:09:05AM +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
Changing the name is suggested as a reminder to include other things. Maybe we should try for "ALUG's a Lively User Group" and see if that starts any fires.
So why is there no campaign to change the name of all Linux user groups? Other groups don't seem to have this "problem" so I don't think it can be related to the name. I also figure that the reason we tend to dwell on kernels and drivers etc. is that the biggest problems people get is on their first install when trying to get things setup (hell, I am having lots of "fun" with hardware right now!). I don't really see what changing a name and losing recognition actually achieves, I am also a bit surprised about saying things about not talking about applications, one of the interesting recent threads was on ripping music and different apps to do it with.
I'm a bit surprised by Adam on this, as I thought he was a GNUWinII fan and very concerned with user land things.
I am not necessarily a GNUWinII fan, just I advocate handing it out to people who don't want to install Linux (because quite frankly installing Linux and getting it to work with all of your hardware can be a pain, and I don't think its an option to say to interested people "hey, yeah Linux is really cool. oh btw you need to buy a new graphics card and a supported webcam because that one is no good and you then need to apply these patches that you can find on the internet to get that digital camera working" most people will look at you and say "but it works in windows now and if Linux is "better" why won't it work?"
Adam