I just saw your information posting in the uk.linux newsgroup (at least I think it was there) and thought I'd come and see what you do here.
I've been in computing professionally since 1970 so I've seen a few changes over the years! :-)
Currently I'm a C/C++/Java programmer with a company in Ipswich. I live at Newbourne out in the sticks (where there's no ADSL).
I'm a Unix/Linux junkie, have been since the 1980s. My desktop machine at work is a Sun Solaris box but is soon to be changed to a PC running RedHat. At home I have a Slackware 9.1 'server' machine that runs all the time.
It would be good to try and get some face-to-face meetings in Ipswich going again.
On 2003-12-15 11:05:48 +0000 Chris Green chris@areti.co.uk wrote:
It would be good to try and get some face-to-face meetings in Ipswich going again.
Hi Chris,
Welcome to the group. It sounds like you're one of the group's more experienced members. When did you pick up GNU/Linux? Does your Sun have GNU tools on it? flexlm? ;-)
It is great that we have quite a good number of people near Ipswich who want to have meetings there again. Now it just needs someone, or a few people, to pick a venue and call a meeting. Some suggestions written by myself and a few others are linked from the Ipswich page, at http://www.alug.org.uk/articles/2003/howtomeet.html (more suggestions welcomed). Who will do this next step? (or should that be NeXT GNUstep?)
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 12:38:42PM +0000, MJ Ray wrote:
On 2003-12-15 11:05:48 +0000 Chris Green chris@areti.co.uk wrote:
It would be good to try and get some face-to-face meetings in Ipswich going again.
Hi Chris,
Welcome to the group. It sounds like you're one of the group's more experienced members. When did you pick up GNU/Linux? Does your Sun have GNU tools on it? flexlm? ;-)
I just started using Linux on my home machines as a way to get 'Unix at home'. I think I used RedHat first, around version 5, then went with Mandrake for a while, then SuSE (7 and 8) and lastly Slackware 8.1, 9 and 9.1.
It is great that we have quite a good number of people near Ipswich who want to have meetings there again. Now it just needs someone, or a few people, to pick a venue and call a meeting. Some suggestions written by myself and a few others are linked from the Ipswich page, at http://www.alug.org.uk/articles/2003/howtomeet.html (more suggestions welcomed). Who will do this next step? (or should that be NeXT GNUstep?)
Well I have one obvious possibility for a venue, my house. It's a very big house and rather underoccupied at the moment. The biggest room in the house can fairly happily accomodate 12 to 20 people. The main disadvantage is that we're rather out in the sticks at Newbourne so the only sensible way to get there is by car.
I can even provide another attendee as my son Ben is a computer[ish] person too.
How does Newbourne grab Ipswich people as a venue?
On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 14:28, Chris Green wrote:
It would be good to try and get some face-to-face meetings in Ipswich going again.
How does Newbourne grab Ipswich people as a venue?
Would have to find out where Newbourne is when I'm less busy... ... but Christmas is coming and things are hectic at work, but hopefully I'd be able to attend anything around Ipswich.
I kept meaning to get to Norwich but for one reason or another it always ended up falling through for me.
On 2003-12-16 22:04:39 +0000 Mr. Adam ALLEN adam@dynamicinteraction.co.uk wrote:
Would have to find out where Newbourne is when I'm less busy...
East of Ipswich and the A12, south of Woodbridge. 4 buses each way Mon-Sat, so I guess lift coordination required. I think it would be good to be somewhere in Ipswich itself, but I also think the final decision belongs to people nearer Ipswich and whoever will put in the effort to organise the meeting.
MJ Ray wrote:
On 2003-12-16 22:04:39 +0000 Mr. Adam ALLEN adam@dynamicinteraction.co.uk wrote:
Would have to find out where Newbourne is when I'm less busy...
East of Ipswich and the A12, south of Woodbridge. 4 buses each way Mon-Sat, so I guess lift coordination required. I think it would be good to be somewhere in Ipswich itself, but I also think the final decision belongs to people nearer Ipswich and whoever will put in the effort to organise the meeting.
Well, I live in Ipswich, have a pretty large house, and a 2meg line. I'd be happy to host a meet, but only in the summer.
Cheers, Laurie.
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