On Mon, 2009-12-07 at 14:24 +0800, Harisfazillah Jamel wrote: > Hi, > > Thank you for your interest. that may be possible but each groups > exist for number of reasons. > For example we have KK Linux and base mostly in Kota Kinabalu. > Ubuntu-my for the love of Linux Ubuntu.
That makes a lot of sense since there are some minor cultural difference between East and West Malaysia due to the way the country is split geographically. I'm kinda from KK. I hope we can all collaborate more, though. I just think that we might be missing out on some things because the groups are separate and small. Personally, I hope to live in KK and travel to KL (Air Asia, RM199 :) ) to participate in different conferences and meetings. There are some problems with the existing groups... LinuxMalaysia (http://groups.google.com/group/linuxmalaysia ), for example lists their Web site as http://www.geocities.com/linuxdotmy , but GeoCities is no longer in service. Linux-Malaysia (http://groups.google.com/group/linux-malaysia ) hasn't had any activity since the beginning of 2006, but the "about" page says that there are 20 members. Maybe those are 20 people who would like to know more about Linux, but they don't know that there are other groups out there? MyLinux (http://groups.google.com/group/mylinux ) shows 7 members, but no activity since 2008 (and I think that was SPAM). I personally know at least 5 tech-savvy Malaysians who would be interested in learning more about Linux and taking part in Linux-related groups, but they don't know anything about LUGs. Which one would I tell them to join? If I walk around Kompleks Karamunsing (shopping center in KK) having conversations with people about computers (as I often do), I'll probably meet 30 more people who would like to know more. But I wouldn't have a single resource or URL that I could give them that would help them. > But we can combine them for a purpose or project. For example for > Projek Terjemahan, its by > Ubuntu-my but open to all groups. > I'm glad you mentioned Ubuntu-my. I had only looked in the Google Groups for Malaysian Linux groups and didn't know about about the Ubuntu-my mailing list. I've joined now :) > We also discussing about MSC Malaysia Open Source Conference 2010 that > will involved community around Malaysia. The activities will combine > all the community. > > Do join us in OSDC.my mailing list > > http://groups.google.com.my/group/osdcmy-list > Sudah join bah! :) Sometimes "Open Source" groups have a slightly different focus, or feel, to them than LUGs because there is a political and government aspect to FLOSS adoption. This isn't anything bad, but it does seem less personal. > to discuss about MSC OSCONF 2010 and about your proposal. > > Thank you. Thank YOU! I look forward to more conversations with and about the groups. Vince Aggrippino > > Harisfazillah Jamel > > http://www.facebook.com/linuxmalaysia > > > On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Ghodmode <ghodm...@ghodmode.com> wrote: > > > > Hi everyone. I just want to introduce myself. > > > > I'm Vince Aggrippino. I'm an American web developer (www.ghodmode.com ) > > and a Linux enthusiast. I'm also married to a Malaysian girl (Kadazan, > > dari Kota Kinabalu, Sabah). I lived in Malaysia for about 3 years > > already. Right now, we're living in Auckland, NZ, but we'll be moving > > back to Malaysia to stay in 2010. > > > > I hope to be very active in the IT/ICT community when I come back to > > Malaysia. > > > > I noticed that there are many Malaysian Linux users' groups, but they > > all have a relatively small membership and low activity. I wonder if we > > could combine them all and just have one or two with increased activity? > > > > Saya boleh cakap BM, tapi saya bukan sangat pandai. Saya cakap mecam > > orang Sabah sebab saya belajar sana dan keluarga isteri dari sana. > > > > Thank you. > > > > -- > > Vince Aggrippino > > a.k.a. Ghodmode > > http://www.ghodmode.com > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join Open Source Developers Club Malaysia http://www.osdc.my/ Facebook Fan page http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98685301577 http://www.facebook.com/OSDC.my You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OSDC.my Mailing List" group. To post to this group, send email to osdcmy-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to osdcmy-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/osdcmy-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
