Re: [Hampshire] List Activity

[Alan Pope via Hampshire]

On Mon, 12 Dec 2022 at 10:43, rmluglist2--- via Hampshire <
hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:

> I guess I’m a bit of a dinosaur but I notice that this list (as have many
> other LUG mailing lists I’ve subscribed to) has been quiet for quite a
> while.   I strongly suspect folks have moved onto social media (which I’ve
> yet to really embrace properly) but if so, where can I find you all?
>
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> Or is it that LUGs have been replaced by more subject specific forums?
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There's probably a hundred reasons why Linux User Groups are less busy than
they previously were. Including: (warning, generalisations coming)

* Linux being easier to install and use these days, so less need for a
support group
* Web forums, stack exchange, and distro/app specific web properties have
visitors with better depth of knowledge on specific issues
* Many people grow up and have other activities which take their time (such
as children)
* The popularity of Arduino and Raspberry Pi means people are doing more
hardware-related activities
* Those doing anything with software, Linux is just an implementation
detail. They're involved in communities further "up" the stack.
* Older members of LUGs are aging out
* Potential new younger audience don't really care for email (my teenage
Son says "Email is just for resetting your password on websites")
* Tools like Discord, Discourse, TikTok and Snapchat are where younger
people hang out. There are active Linux communities on most of those.

Probably other reasons too.

Cheers,
Al.
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Re: [Hampshire] libgtk-1.2.so.0

[Alan Pope via Hampshire]

Hi Peter,

On 14 May 2018 at 12:18, Peter Alefounder via Hampshire
 wrote:
> How would I do that? I have found moonlite.rpm on an old SUSE 7.3 disk, but
> not at all to my surprise, can't install it:

Maybe it might be easier to get a newer version from their website,
although they haven't done any updates for a while.

I found a tarball on their download page at
http://www.moonlight3d.eu/downloads.html

I downloaded the 64-bit tarball on my Ubuntu 18.04 system running
Unity. I unpacked the tarball and ran moonlite.sh in the download
folder and it worked first time..

Here's what it looks like. https://imgur.com/a/zBCfBmG

Maybe give that a try.

Cheers,
Al.

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